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As soon as Xiao Ruo returned to the inn, she entered the space and quickly discovered that the poison affecting Lady He was not arsenic but Craneshead Red.
"The poison affecting Lady He isn't arsenic from the teacup in her room but Craneshead Red? What's going on?" The result left Xiao Ruo stunned.
Fu Hanwen furrowed his brow: "Wait for me a moment, I'll go to the He Family Ancestral Hall to take another look."
There is something strange everywhere in this case; perhaps something has been overlooked by them.
After Fu Hanwen left, Xiao Ruo re-examined the cotton fabric she had gathered but found nothing else.
Fu Hanwen returned at dawn with two pieces of news: "The maid and the old woman who were with Lady He at the time of the incident have disappeared, and also, Craneshead Red is not something an ordinary person can obtain in Cangming Country."
"So?" Xiao Ruo didn't quite understand his implication: "Do you mean that Lady He's death is related to her maid and old woman?"
