C11 As Expected

“Let’s wait and see what Bi Yao has found,” Mu Jia said to Bi Qiao while flipping through the book.

“Oh,” Bi Qiao sat down and leaned over to read the book in Mu Jia’s hand. She asked in confusion, “Miss, where did you get this book from? And it’s… the ‘Great Xia’s Law and Order’. Miss, what are you reading this for?”

“It’s nothing. I was just casually flipping through it,” Mu Jia said. She then told Bi Qiao, “Go to the study room later and clean it up. It’s covered in a thick layer of dust.”

The west courtyard used to be Mu Cheng’s residence. The books in the study room were naturally Mu Cheng’s collection when he was young. This time, when Mu Jia returned to the capital, Tong Xiuchun had instructed someone to clean the west courtyard. It was unknown whether Tong Xiuchun was not concerned or the servants were perfunctory. The study room was actually left unclean. When Mu Jia went in, she was choked by the dust and sneezed a few times.

“Oh, I will remember it,” Bi Qiao nodded. Then, she reacted and said with surprise, “Miss, you can get out of bed now?”

Mu Jia sipped her tea and said lightly, “I can barely walk a few steps.”

“That’s much better than before. Since you fell sick, you didn’t leave the bed to eat or drink…” Bi Qiao got more and more excited. However, when she said this, Bi Qiao’s heart suddenly thumped. She paused for a while and said in a deep voice, “Miss drank medicine all day, but your illness hasn’t improved. But Miss vomited the medicine last night, and your body seems to be better today.”

“You finally realized it.” Mu Jia looked at Bi Qiao with a gratified expression.

In her previous life, she was a simple and kind-hearted lady. The servants around her were also clean. She didn’t think about being framed after being sick for so many years. Instead, she was grateful to Tong Xiuchun and Mu Fu for taking care of her. She even thought of Zhang Mo as her own people. She would say whatever she wanted to Zhang Mo. It was ridiculous and sad.

Bi Qiao looked at Mu Jia’s mocking expression and felt a bit complicated. After what happened last night, she felt that Mu Jia seemed to have changed. Especially Mu Jia’s eyes, she used to be simple and innocent. Now, she seemed to be… more spirited and deep.

“Miss!”

Bi Yao ran in while gasping for breath. She closed the door and said to Mu Jia, “Miss, I walked around the Mu Mansion. There was no residue on the road. I even walked a bit further but I didn’t find any residue!”

Mu Jia laughed coldly and said, “As I expected.”

She told Bi Yao to check if there was residue on the road this morning. Since ancient times, the Great Xia had dumped the residue on the road to ask people to take the disease away. However, she was taking the medicine and there was no residue on the road. It was weird.

Bi Yao had gone through so much, and she had no more questions. She said angrily, “You really don’t know a person well enough to know their face. That Zhang Ma is such a good person. I didn’t think that she would dare to do something in the Lady’s medicine. She’s really detestable. I will go report to the Lady now!”

“Come back here!” Bi Qiao pulled Bi Yao back and glared at her. She said, “You want to report that Zhang Ma did something in the Lady’s medicine, right? Can you bring out the evidence?”

Bi Yao glared at her and said, “She didn’t pour the dregs on the floor, which means that she has something on her mind. Isn’t that proof?”

Bi Qiao rolled her eyes at her and ignored her. She turned to Mu Jia and said, “Lady, what do you think we should do now?”

“The person who drugged the Lady is clearly trying to make me fall ill. I’m afraid that it has already spread in the capital that my daughter is ill. No one will ever marry me, a sickly lady,” Mu Jia put down the book in her hand and sneered. “People with such wicked thoughts should be kept away. Otherwise, how are we going to live in the future?”