Zhu Men Ji Shi

Chapter 280 Xiaotao kowtows to Dujuan as an apology

If Miss Xiaotao really made a mistake, not to mention that the second wife would not spare her lightly, after the second young master came back, she would have a dead end... Although Xia Jiu was terrified in her heart, she agreed more. She took a deep breath With a sigh of relief, she nodded again and said, "Young lady is right. If you continue to endure like this, there is no way out. Slaves, servants must finish the errands that you have given me." After she finished speaking, she squatted down again and wiped her hands vigorously with a rag. Wiping the oil stains on the ground, wiping and wiping, changing several basins of water, finally cleaned it up.

After cleaning the room, Xia Jiu came to Xiaotao to pay the money, and was about to go out.

Xiao Tao didn't know how much it was, so she gave Xia Jiu ten taels of silver in one go.

Xia Jiu took it heavily in his hand, put it away carefully, then turned and went out without saying a word, as if he was afraid that if he hesitated a little longer, he would regret it.

Some things should be done immediately once a decision is made, because just a little hesitation will make people lose courage.

Xia Jiu walked out of Zhu's house from the backyard with the money in her pockets, and went straight to the south gate of the city in a hurry.

There was everything in the market, but poisons like arsenic were still missing.Such things are not allowed to be sold privately, and no one dares to sell them except drug stores.

However, oleander is different. Although it is poisonous, it is also a flower. Moreover, the flowers are bright and very ornamental.

Perhaps because of some guilty conscience, Xia Jiu hesitated for a while before coming to a stall and asking the price of the oleander.

The seller saw that she was dressed in a light shirt and looked pretty, so he knew that she must be a little maid from a respectable family, so he hurriedly approached her with a smile and said: "Little girl, I have a good eye, my flowers and plants are the best and most beautiful. Look at the leaves and petals, they are so beautiful."

Xia Jiu didn't have any interest in the other ones. She just looked at these oleander plants and asked softly, "I only want this one."

The stall owner replied with a smile: "Well, this oleander is also a beautiful and easy-to-grow thing. It blooms every season. If you really want to buy it, you can buy it for fifty yuan a plant."

Fifty Wen is definitely considered a high price.

He decided that Xia Jiu was an ignorant child, and he deliberately fooled her.I thought she would open her mouth to bargain, but who knows, she nodded and said: "Okay, I want all the flowers on the stall."

The stall owner was taken aback when he heard the words, and then responded with a smile on his face: "Oh, the girl is really happy, okay, okay, I'll fill you with soil and pots."

Today can be regarded as good luck.

Xia Jiu waved his hands and said, "I don't want flower soil, I just want flowers, you just tie them up for me."

The stall owner was taken aback again, thinking, maybe it was because she was close, so he responded, just worried that she really didn't understand anything, so he couldn't help but kindly reminded: "Young lady's words are good, but It is also poisonous. Especially the flowers, leaves and stems, you should be careful when you go back."

Xia Jiu didn't hear anything, stared straight at the bright red petals, took out a tael of silver and handed it to the stall owner, and said indifferently: "This money is enough." Good oleander.

When the stall owner saw the silver, his eyes lit up, he nodded and bowed his head and said, "Where did you use so much! The little one doesn't have any broken silver for you, girl."

Xia Jiuli ignored him, and just left with the flowers in his arms, as if he didn't care.

The stall owner was both surprised and happy, and quickly put the money into his arms, as if he was afraid that she would suddenly come back and ask for it.

Xia Jiu didn't dare to go back with the flowers in her arms, so she bought a half-sized clay pot from the market, then broke off the oleander one by one, put them into the pot, and brought them back to Zhu's house.

Because Xiaotao was pregnant, everyone looked at her holding the jar and didn't think much about it. They thought Xiaotao was greedy again and wanted something good to eat, so they asked her to buy it back quietly.

Xiaotao had been anxiously waiting for her to come back, seeing her come back with a jar, she couldn't help feeling relieved.

The master and servant stayed in the room all afternoon and did not go out. They just smashed up the petals, branches, leaves, and stems, and then collected the poisonous juice bit by bit.

After a busy afternoon, I could only pound out a small bowl.

Looking at the bowl of dark green soup, Xiaotao thought to herself, before poisoning Du Juan, she had to try the medicine first.

Xia Jiu poured out some poisonous juice from the bowl, mixed it with some leftovers, and sent it to the corner of the backyard, where wild cats often haunted and ate food.Therefore, if you want to know whether the venom is effective or not, and see if those wild cats are dead or alive, you will know everything.

This night passed extremely long.

Early the next morning, before dawn, Xia Jiutian went for a walk around the backyard. As a result, he saw the dead bodies of several wild cats in the place where the bowls were placed.

Nervously, Xia Jiu buried the bowl containing the leftovers, and then trotted all the way to answer Xiaotao.

Now that something is useful, there is nothing to hesitate about.

Xia Jiu asked out of breath, "Girl, Du Juan is always cunning. It is not easy for you to poison her."

Xiao Tao pondered slightly: "It's hard to say, it's hard to say, it's not hard to say. Didn't she say it yesterday? I hope to see me admit my mistake on her forehead. Come to think of it, if I really do that, she will think she has won , there is nothing to be wary of."

Du Juan naturally had a bit of arrogance in his bones. Although she was a slave, she was also the first woman the Second Young Master had ever met in his life. It was impossible for him to have any thoughts or pride in his heart.

Xia Jiu let out a long breath, and said nervously, "Miss, do you really think about it?"

Xiaotao's mood was as cold as ice at the moment, and even those dark eyes were covered with a thin layer of frost.

There is no turning back when opening the bow, just like she is now, if Du Juan does not die, then the child in her womb will die, and she has to choose one.

"Let's do it like this. Whether it will be good or bad in the future depends on this time."

Xiao Tao silently brewed a plan in her heart, but Du Juan didn't realize it, and continued to bully Xiao Tao in different ways, looking at her dejected face and being complacent.

Xiaotao carefully put away the oleander juice, and asked Xia Jiu to bury all the leftovers behind the rockery in the garden overnight, so as not to be discovered after the incident.

After everything was arranged properly, Xiaotao intentionally rewarded the cooks in the kitchen a lot of money, asking them to prepare a table of good meals for her, and all the dishes Du Juan liked to eat were made.

The people in the kitchen reported the message to Du Juan, but Du Juan didn't expect that she would still be so carefree, so she couldn't help feeling a little angry again.

The people in the kitchen were very quick in their work, but within an hour, the food was ready and delivered.

As soon as the food was put on the table, Du Juan walked in slowly with her slender waist swaying. She could smell the aroma of the food from a distance. After entering the room, she squinted at the table first, then looked at Xiao Tao with a sneer and said: : "What a good day today, my sister is in such a good mood."

Xiaotao looked as usual, walked slowly in front of Du Juan, saluted, and said in a respectful tone: "Today is not a good day, I prepared some food and drinks on my own, and I want to make amends to my sister. Sister appreciates face, don't be disgusted."

When Du Juan heard this, his eyes flashed, he smiled slightly, his tone was full of condescending disdain, and said: "It's strange, it's so strange that my sister can say such flattering words. However, two days I don’t know who said it, saying that he wants to fight me to the end, and he must make me regret it?”

Xiaotao lowered her head, and said: "It was because my sister was too ignorant at that time, and she contradicted her in a daze. Afterwards, I deeply regretted it, so I want to apologize to my sister today, and I hope you will be an adult. A lot, adults don’t remember villains, please forgive my sister once, my sister will make up for my sister here.”

She knew she would give in.Hearing this, Du Juan showed a smug smile on his face, but then said: "Since it is an apology, it should look like an apology. My sister is standing upright like this, which makes people look really sincere." No."

Xiaotao knew in her heart that she would make an inch of it.

She hesitated for a moment, but slowly knelt down on her knees.

Du Juan looked at her condescendingly, looked at her with disdain, and remained silent for a while.

Seeing this, Xiaotao took a deep breath, bent down and kowtowed heavily to her, and said, "My sister was too stupid before, she didn't understand her good intentions, she did a lot of wrong things, said a lot Wrong words. My sister will kowtow to my sister today, please rest assured."

Du Juan's heart skipped a beat, she didn't expect that she would really kneel down.

Xia Jiu also changed his face beside him, and was about to reach out to help, but suddenly remembered what the girl had told him before, and then silently put down his hand.

Du Juan sighed pretendingly on purpose, then walked to the table and sat down, slightly raised her hand to Xiaotao and said, "Sister, why bother if I knew this earlier? Forget it, forget it, since you sincerely admit your mistake, I Of course I can't argue with you anymore."

Xiaotao didn't get up immediately when she heard the words, but raised her head and asked, "Sister said so, but did you forgive my sister?"

Looking at her cowardly and innocent face, Du Juan said with a half-smile: "My sister has done this and is so sincere, of course I have to forgive you, not to mention that you are still pregnant with the second master's child. Instead of looking at the face of the monk and the face of the Buddha, I have the right to forgive you once for the sake of the second young master. However, we have to put the ugly words up front. Since you have admitted your mistake, you have to be able to see what you say and do things in the future. A little bit of winking will do. The address between us sisters and sisters, although it sounds close, we must not break the rules."

Holding Xia Jiu's hand, Xiaotao stood up slowly and said, "What my sister said is very true. In the past, my sister didn't understand the rules. From now on, my sister will do what my sister says, and I promise to be obedient."

After hearing this, Du Juan smiled again, and gave her a meaningful look: "It's best for my younger sister to think so. Speaking of which, we are all around the second master, so you can call me elder sister."

Xia Jiu has been standing by the side watching and listening, only to feel that the girl is really tolerable.If it were someone else, I would have been unable to bear it.

Xiaotao looked at Du Juan present with a docile expression, smiled softly, and thought, let her continue to be so complacent, until tomorrow morning, she couldn't laugh even if she wanted to.

The more docile Xiaotao behaved, the happier Du Juan was, but she was still a little cautious after all.

The meals on the table are all cooked by the kitchen staff, so there should be no problem.However, she waited for Xiaotao to taste it before she dared to eat it with peace of mind.

Du Juan ate a delicious meal, while Xiao Tao kept watching her face, didn't eat much, just kept laughing along with her.

(End of this chapter)