The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1699: Who Wants to Harm the Eldest Young Master?

Chapter 1699: Chapter 1699: Who Wants to Harm the Eldest Young Master?

"No one’s disturbing him, which is good. It saves him the trouble from all that riffraff!"

She spoke of trouble, but if it were only trouble, that would be fine!

The fear was that even if those people knew Chushui couldn’t cultivate, they wouldn’t tolerate him.

With this thought, her eyes sharpened!

If that was truly the case, then she needed to consider how to manage the family affairs. After all, Chushui relying on his father was definitely out of the question.

"Rong Xin, have you found out what that thing is?" she asked into the emptiness of the room.

The next moment, an old man about her age emerged from the side, holding an empty bowl in his hand.

"Master, Rong Xin has examined it for two days and still can’t figure out what drug was used in this bowl,"

Rong Xin replied to Old Madam Yue.

This bowl was something her master brought back and asked her to check for medicinal components.

But despite examining it for a long time, she couldn’t discern any clue, truly a waste of her alchemist’s name—her master said there was something in the bowl, so there must be.

But she had discovered nothing.

"Master, could someone be trying to harm the Eldest Young Master?" she asked.

Hearing Rong Xin’s question, Old Madam Yue fell silent.

If someone else wanted to harm her grandson, she would have reacted during the banquet that night, and wouldn’t have allowed those vulgar people to secretly harm her grandson.

Just so, it could have been a lesson to others!

But it wasn’t so.

That night, although Chushui had been discreet, she, sitting beside him, still saw it.

The child had taken an elixir pill and dissolved it in his tea, only drinking it right before his father was preparing to use him for a blood sacrifice.

Previously, she always thought that Chushui’s mother had high talent in cultivation, and even though her own son lacked vision, he also had some talent for it.

Two people with such high cultivation talent couldn’t possibly have a child that was lacking, could they?

She believed that after the blood sacrifice, the child would certainly be able to cultivate.

Yet, the child had no reaction to the blood sacrifice at all, with not even a trace of spiritual power fluctuation within him.

Originally, she had been quite disappointed, thinking that they would lose a promising young master.

But afterwards...

The child had shown no ripple of emotion concerning his inability to cultivate, truly not reacting at all.

Considering what she had seen before, she suspected whether the elixir pill he took had some effect.

So, she took her grandson’s teacup to let Rong Xin have a look, to check for any trickery.

"You’re saying, no traces of any drug were found?"

Old Madam Yue looked at her, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes, master."

Rong Xin replied, placing the teacup on the table.

"Perhaps this drug is effective only for a few hours, which is also possible."

Old Madam Yue looked at the empty teacup as the corners of her mouth slightly curled up.

"It seems..."

The child had a secret too—well then, she would pretend not to know.

"Rong Xin, how many years have you been with me?"

She lifted her head and asked Rong Xin.

"Replying to the master, it’s been forty-two years. I was only eight years old at the time, and it was the master’s kindness that saved my life," Rong Xin replied.

"Hmm."

Old Madam Yue listened to her answer and nodded her head.