[018] Lin Daiyu is caught in a life-and-death situation
"Ah?" Lin Daiyu opened her lips in astonishment and widened her eyes. She thought she heard wrongly and asked, "Brother Chen, what did you say?"
Jia Chen realized there was ambiguity in his words and said with a smile:
"I mean, sister Lin, don't worry, I will take care of you in the future."
Lin Daiyu's face brightened slightly and she smiled gratefully:
"Brother Chen is so kind to me. Ever since I entered Rongfu, I feel like everyone is separated from me. There is only one Baoyu who bothers me every day, but only to play with me. Unlike Brother Chen, who cares about me so much.
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"Sister Lin, come with me. I have something important to tell you." Jia Chen looked around and saw no one around, took Lin Daiyu's little hand and pulled her into a secluded pavilion and waterside pavilion.
Lin Daiyu had a frail body and had never run so fast before. She was panting from exhaustion and asked with a frown:
"Brother Chen, is there something urgent that needs to be so mysterious?"
Jia Chen said softly:
"Did you know someone was trying to poison you?"
Lin Daiyu's eyes widened, her beauty turned pale, and she exclaimed:
"Brother Chen, are you telling the truth? Who wants to harm me?"
She never expected that in this seemingly prosperous and harmonious Rongguo Mansion, someone would actually want to harm her.
If she had not witnessed the strange death of her brother and mother, she would never believe it.
But now, I can't help but believe it a little bit.
Jia Chen looked solemn and said:
"It's absolutely true. I heard with my own ears the conversation between Sister-in-law Liu, the kitchen manager of Rong Mansion, and another woman. Someone instructed Sister-in-law Liu to poison your food."
"Is this impossible? If the food was poisonous, I should have died of poison."
Lin Daiyu still couldn't believe it. After all, this was her grandmother's house. She had just arrived. She was careful every step of the way, paying attention to everything and not daring to make any mistakes. She probably didn't have any enmity with anyone. Who would be so crazy in trying to poison herself?
Jia Chen analyzed:
"What she gave you should be a chronic poison. It's possible that she didn't poison you. Instead, she used the principle of mutual restraint of food to mix several ingredients together and react with each other to produce toxins."
Lin Daiyu had never heard of this theory of food being incompatible with each other. She felt that Jia Chen was more mysterious and curious about him. She asked in surprise:
“Can ordinary diet combinations also cause poisoning?”
Jia Chen nodded slightly and said:
"Yes, for example, eating prunes and mutton together can cause chest tightness, eating dog meat and ginger together can cause abdominal pain, and eating ginseng and radish together can cause abdominal bloating."
Lin Daiyu's eyes dimmed and she suddenly realized:
"It turns out that improper diet can cause so many diseases. No wonder I've been feeling bloated recently. It turns out that after I entered Rongfu, I got used to taking Ginseng Yangrong Pills before every meal and drinking one after every meal.
The bowl of wolfberry and radish soup was originally for digestion, but I didn’t expect that ginseng and radish are not eaten together.”
Jia Chen said pointedly:
"Just because you can't think of it doesn't mean that Sister-in-law Liu can't think of it. Even if Sister-in-law Liu can't think of it, it doesn't mean that the mastermind who ordered her to poison you can't think of it."
Although it was a bit convoluted, Lin Daiyu, who was as smart as ice and snow, still got it right. She immediately frowned and asked with a tense face:
"Brother Chen, do you already know who is behind the scenes?"
Jia Chen smiled bitterly and shook his head:
"In order to avoid alerting the enemy, I did not question Sister-in-law Liu face to face, but I have vaguely guessed that the person behind the scenes is probably your second aunt."
When Lin Daiyu heard that the mastermind behind the scenes might be Jia Baoyu's mother, Mrs. Wang, she immediately took a breath, pursed her lips a few times, tears filled her eyelashes, and said in a trembling voice:
"Why did my second aunt want to harm me?"
Jia Chen analyzed:
"Before your mother came out of the government, she had a very bad relationship with your second aunt because your second aunt was jealous that your mother was prettier than her and was more favored than her in the Rong family. She always held a grudge. Come on.
After that, she turned her anger on you and transferred her resentment towards your mother to you.
Also, you, the fourth generation of the Lin family, have a huge fortune, and your second aunt wants to kill you, make your Lin family extinct, and take the opportunity to take away all the Lin family's property."
Lin Daiyu was so angry that she was shaking all over and said angrily:
"What a vicious plan! Although I never like to speculate on others' malice, when I first entered Rong Mansion and met my second aunt, I found that there was disgust and hostility deep in her eyes when she looked at me. Moreover, I
My mother also told me that her relationship with her second aunt was not good."
Jia Chen nodded slightly. Mrs. Wang had always held a grudge against Jia Min for many reasons.
In the past, when Jia Min was a girl, she attended various government banquets. Among all the female relatives, Jia Min was always the center of attention and dominated the show.
Later, the Wang family wanted to marry Jia Min, but she refused.
Marriage between the four major families is an unwritten rule, but Jia Min is an exception.
Seeing how Jia Min was sick and beautiful, dressing up seductively every day, and paying for the food and clothing of the maids and women under her hands, Mrs. Wang was so angry that she was itching her teeth.
Later, Lin Ruhai, who married Jia Min, was a prince of the Hou family, and he was also an unparalleled prostitute, which made Mrs. Wang's jealousy even deeper.
Because as the legitimate daughter of the Wang family, Mrs. Wang originally wanted to marry the eldest daughter of the Gongmen Hou Mansion, but she only married the second eldest daughter of the Rong Mansion. This also made Mrs. Wang very uncomfortable.
In fact, in this era, the status of sister-in-law is slightly higher than that of sister-in-law.
For example, when eating in the Jia Mansion, Wang Xifeng's sisters-in-law just sat and ate, while the daughters-in-law Wang Xifeng and Li Wan could only serve beside them. They could only eat by themselves after their mother-in-law and sisters-in-law had finished eating.
Scenes like this must have appeared in the Rongguo Mansion back then, but the parties involved were replaced by Jia Min and Mrs. Wang.
At that time, Jia Min was the sister-in-law and Mrs. Wang was the sister-in-law. Jia Min had a higher status than Mrs. Wang, which undoubtedly made Mrs. Wang hold a grudge against Jia Min even more.
These are all the grudges between Mrs. Wang and Jia Min.
Jia Chen warned solemnly:
"Sister Lin, you can no longer eat or drink in Rong Mansion."
Lin Daiyu looked embarrassed and said:
"But, I live in Rongguo Mansion now. If I don't eat in the mansion, where can I go?"
Jia Chen smiled warmly and said:
"You can come to my house and I will cook for you."
Lin Daiyu's eyes brightened for a moment, then dimmed again, she shook her head in disappointment and said:
"I'm afraid this won't work. I am a girl waiting to be married. For the sake of my reputation, I must not leave the front door or the second door. I can't even leave the Rongguo Mansion, so how can I go to your house for dinner?"
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the shackles on women reached their peak. Women who had not left the court were kept in a boudoir and could not easily see outsiders. Women who had left the court could not easily see outside men.
"The Classic of Female Filial Piety·Guangyao Daozhang" states:
"A woman must cover her face when going out... Don't go beyond the threshold to send your brothers. This is the key to women."
Facing Lin Daiyu's worried and pitiful eyes, after thinking for a moment, Jia Chen's eyes suddenly lit up and he said with a smile: