Two hours later, Zi Xia returned with a bowl of dark, murky tonic medicine in her hand.
"Second Miss, the tonic medicine is ready," Zi Xia placed the tonic on the table.
"Hmm!" Xuexue nodded and then asked, "Did everything go smoothly?"
"It went well! I got the medicine and immediately went to prepare it in the kitchen," the maid replied.
"Was there any trouble in between?"
"No, everything went very smoothly."
Zi Xia was a trusted confidante sent by Situ Yongjie, and Xuexue still had considerable trust in her.
Xuexue looked up at Xiao Taohong in the air.
Xiao Taohong nodded, indicating that there was no problem with the tonic.
Only then did Xuexue hand it to Madam Xie to drink.
At that moment, Xiao Cao, who had been pretending to clean outside the door, peeked inside surreptitiously, looking very sneaky.
Not until she saw Madam Xie drink the medicine did she leave the doorway and quickly walk away.