Tianliangyuan

Does Chapter 39 carry a hint of evil?

When Xu Zhaozhao learned that it was the old lady of the Sun family's birthday, she guessed that Sun Qian would definitely not behave herself.

To be honest, she never intended to go.

If all I have to do is say I'm sick, then everything will be fine.

The problem is that she heard that Xu Lin took a lot of precious medicinal herbs from the Marquis's mansion in the first month of this year, saying that she wanted to nourish the old lady's body. Among these herbs, there are some that Xu Zhaozhao is currently lacking.

Since there is such a legitimate opportunity, wouldn't it be a waste to miss out on a great tonic if we didn't go and absorb the medicinal power?

There's no reason to take back the medicinal herbs that have been sent out.

Moreover, given the Marquis's status and position, it is indeed inappropriate to ask for it back, unless the elders are truly terminally ill and urgently need life-saving medicine.

Putting aside the fact that no one in the family is seriously ill, even if someone were, Xu Lin might not be willing to use the money to save them. And even if Xu Lin were willing, the greedy and petty old lady of the Sun family would not.

Since that's the case, she might as well go and pick it up herself.

Last time, in the medicinal field outside Huguo Temple, Xu Zhaozhao held back and didn't draw out all the medicinal power and vitality. This time, she has no intention of showing any mercy.

Anyway, they originally belonged to the Marquis's mansion, and she wasn't stealing them; she was just making them less useful.

Xu Zhaozhao felt that she might have to do her best to be a medicine depot for the rest of her life.

Although the vitality in her superpower can save lives, the problem is that it is difficult to control people unless she uses the medicinal properties of some plants. However, she didn't need to worry about this in her previous life, since there were mutated plants everywhere there, but there aren't any here!

Therefore, everything can only be achieved through one's own hard work.

I wonder if she can successfully cultivate the herb she brought back from the mountain near Huguo Temple.

If that doesn't work, we'll have to think of another way.

The birthday banquet for the matriarch of the Sun family was quite a lively affair, with preparations beginning several days in advance throughout the household.

Xu Zhaozhao didn't really understand. Didn't they consider Sun Qian's feelings at all?

“Miss, the aunt came to pay her respects to the old lady, but she kept mentioning potted plants in her conversation. I think it must be that the aunt is unwilling to spend the Sun family's money to buy them, and instead has her eyes on our mansion’s plants.”

Xu Zhaozhao smiled and said, "My aunt has been married into the Sun family for so many years, and she hasn't learned anything else, but she has learned the stinginess of the old lady of the Sun family to perfection! After all, she was raised in the Marquis's mansion and has seen all kinds of good things. How did she become so petty?"

Dingxiang chuckled: "Miss, if your words reach the ears of the old lady, you will surely be punished again."

Although the old lady loved her young lady, she loved her own daughter even more.

Otherwise, Xu Lin has been married for so many years, yet she still manages to take away a lot of good things from the Marquis's mansion.

Xu Zhaozhao didn't stay at the Hundred Fruit Garden for nothing; she would secretly go up the mountain almost every night to extract the life force of the plants to cultivate her supernatural abilities.

Her efforts were not in vain; she only stayed there for a little over ten days, yet her supernatural ability was able to advance by one level.

Now, she no longer needs to touch the plants to draw their life force.

Of course, being too far away is also not good.

Xu Zhaozhao now wants to know if Xu Lin will still move the potted plants if they become wilted and droopy!

Before Xu Zhaozhao went to pay her respects to the old lady, she made a special trip to the flower room and took a lot of life force from all the flowers and plants that Xu Lin liked. At the same time, when no one was paying attention, she also took some life force from some of the precious flowers and plants in the old lady's yard and deliberately made them look listless.

After entering the house, Xu Zhaozhao had just finished her greetings when she quickly went to an orchid plant and deliberately exclaimed in surprise, "Oh dear, why does this orchid look so listless? Did you water it too much?"

The moment she touched it, the orchid-shaped eyes looked wilted.

No one noticed that the two masters were talking and naturally wouldn't keep staring at a pot of orchids, and the servants in the room all stood properly and didn't dare to look around.

So, no one really realized that the orchid had just wilted.

Orchids are delicate and not easy to cultivate.

This orchid had been in the old lady's room for seven or eight days. It had been doing well before, but today it looked listless, and the leaves looked like they were half-dead. The old lady was very worried.

"Quickly, move it to the greenhouse so the gardener can take a good look at what's going on."

"Yes, old lady."

Xu Lin was discussing with the old lady what flowers and plants to move over when, unexpectedly, the orchid turned out to be in bad shape.

She had actually taken a liking to this orchid the moment she entered the room; something precious like it would naturally elevate her status.

Little did she know that before she even mentioned the orchid, trouble had already broken out.

Not only that, but soon the servant who delivered the flowers to the flower room returned to report that many of the valuable flowers in the flower room seemed to be sick, as did several potted plants in the yard.

This made the old lady restless.

The old lady is getting on in years and has always been fond of believing in gods and Buddhas. Moreover, in her opinion, the more lush the flowers and plants are, the more vitality they can gather. Now that the flowers and plants in her yard have lost their vitality, how could the old lady not worry?

Upon further inquiry, it was discovered that only the flowers and plants along the route from the second gate to her were affected, while the flowers in the other courtyards were unharmed.

The old lady couldn't help but overthink things. At this moment, she had no time to care about Xu Lin's request to borrow the potted plant. She dismissed her with a few words. Although Xu Lin was angry, she didn't dare to vent her anger on the old lady. She could only glare at Xu Zhaozhao resentfully before turning away.

The old lady had no interest in talking to Wang Ruolan and Xu Zhaozhao anymore, and was preoccupied with wondering if the feng shui of the courtyard was bad.

When the old lady finally calmed down and sat back on the couch, she felt quite tired.

How could she not be tired? Xu Zhaozhao deliberately took away a bit of her vitality, just to make her rest quietly for a while and stop thinking about supporting Xu Lin.

Xu Zhaozhao's thinking was simple: she just wanted the old lady to sleep a few more days in peace. As long as she didn't look too energetic, Xu Lin shouldn't be able to bother the old lady to recuperate.

In addition, we need to make other arrangements.

The old lady woke up in the afternoon and had someone help her walk around the yard, hoping to see if the flowers and plants could recover.

As soon as they arrived at the greenhouse, they heard two servants complaining.

"You know, we take such good care of these plants all the time, just to please our masters. These potted plants were perfectly fine before, but they started to lose their vitality after the young lady came in and took a look around. But we dare not say this to the old lady, for fear that a beating would be the least we can do."

"What you said is really true. I compared them carefully at noon today. All the flowers and plants that my aunt liked and praised are now wilted. Don't you think my aunt has some kind of evil spirit about her?"