Chapter 043: The Fearful "Birthday Gift"
After that day, as usual, the Ulanala clan remained silent as if they didn't know, not knowing what they were calculating. There was no movement in the Song family's courtyard, and it didn't seem to have the slightest suspicion. The events of that day were like me and Wanqing having a dream that had nothing to do with others, but we clearly knew that it was just the surface.
In this way, he was worried but uneventful until November of the forty-second year of Kangxi. I haven't seen Yinzhen during this time. I heard Xiaoshunzi say that Kangxi went on a tour of the west, and Yinzhen was left in Beijing without accompanying him, so he was busy with official business until late, and he rested in the front yard and rarely came to the backyard to walk around.
After the fall of Suo Etu, the group of people close to the prince more or less became Kangxi's heart knot, and Yinzhen was inevitably given a cold reception by Kangxi, so naturally he would not be arranged in the accompanying list.
With Yinzhen's character, even if he doesn't show it on his lips and face, he must have some thoughts about it in his heart. It's just that he doesn't want anyone to notice this mind, especially me, who has been involved with Yinyu and has an unclear position, which may be one of the reasons why he didn't let me go to the study again.
In this regard, I just laughed at myself with "after all, I am still not very familiar", he was so avoidant and alienated from me, and I also calmly accepted the fact that the kiss had no other meaning to him except for temptation.
After the Song incident, Wanqing and I have a common secret, and the relationship has become close and tacit, she will no longer blindly hold on to etiquette as before, and she will be accommodating and retreating on matters that are not important.
Yun Hui was growing up, although she was seriously injured, but she was well recuperated and recovered very well, and she kept talking to Mama Pang to return to my side to serve. According to the rules, I can only have three servants and maidservants around me. Yun Hui was injured before, and Yin Zhen didn't want people to think that I was being mistreated, so she arranged for Wanqing to come over and serve temporarily. Now that Yun Hui is almost good, Wanqing's stay can only be decided after Yinzhen is busy.
I also talked to Wanqing about this, and Wanqing just euphemistically expressed Yunhui's young age and Mama Pang's old thoughts, and she wanted to stay by my side and wait. But I was reluctant to Yunhui and Mama Pang, and I was also in trouble for a while.
On his birthday, he is just a humble character, so naturally he will not be treated differently. However, Wanqing cooked by herself and added a few side dishes that I liked with vegetables and fruits from the yard.
Yun Hui was waiting for me to eat, and suddenly saw Wanqing come in with a solemn face and a blue face. Her lips were a little pale, and she glanced at me with concern, as if she wanted to say something, but she avoided Yun Hui on the side and didn't dare to speak.
Only me and Wanqing knew about the Song family, and we didn't mention it to anyone. Her appearance made me feel that my heart sank, and I was afraid that there was a new branch in that matter.
didn't want Yun Hui to see anything, so after a few mouthfuls at random, he broke her apart and asked Wanqing, "What's wrong?"
"Little Liuzi in Song Gege Courtyard...... It's gone......" Wanqing said this, and I saw her body trembling slightly.
Xiao Liuzi was the chamberlain she met in the Song courtyard that day. That day, we already knew in our hearts that this person must be the eyeliner arranged by the Wulanala clan by the Song clan, which is why we "coincidentally" broke the secret of the Song clan.
"It's gone...... How do you know?" I asked Wanqing as I pondered.
"It's been spread all over the house....... A few days ago, I heard that Xiao Liuzi was allowed to go out of the house to do some business, and then no one cared if he came back. In addition, there are usually few people walking around in Song Gege's courtyard, and Xiao Liuzi also likes to be lazy and slippery, and he often doesn't see anyone, and Song Gege doesn't care how long he has been out. However, the people in charge of flowers and plants in this house found that a large area of camellia that was originally blooming outside the garden of Changfujin was all dead, and when he went to check, he found that the soil there had been moved, and he opened it to take a look...... I found ......" Wanqing told her a rough story, and when she found Xiaoliuzi's body, her face turned even paler.
Seeing that Wanqing looked like she was about to faint, I stopped her from continuing and asked, "Has the cause of death been identified?"
Wanqing nodded and said, "I inquired, and I said that I was poisoned...... The ...... where the corpse was buried"
Hearing the word "dismemberment", my stomach that I had just eaten churned for no reason, and my face suddenly turned bad. There are few people who study medicine who are afraid of death, but the living people who originally talked to us have become lifeless corpses in a few days, especially since this matter is still involved with us, and no one can calm down.
Actually, Xiaoliuzi will die, and I am mainly responsible. My words to Song that day hinted that there was something wrong with the person next to her. I thought that with Song's character, I would just be careful, but I didn't expect that it would be so decisive.
"Gege......" Seeing that I was stunned, Wanqing took a step closer and whispered: "Not only that, I heard that there is a ...... tightly held in the hand of Xiaoliuzi's corpse Jasper Drop Earrings ......"
These four words exploded in my ears like thunder. After returning from Song's side, I found that an earring on my right ear had been left somewhere, and I suspected that it had fallen in front of Song's door when I was deliberately beating Wanqing. But at that time, I only felt that it was not a big deal to drop something while beating and scolding the servants and maids, so I didn't deliberately investigate it deeply.
But now the earring has escaped into the hands of a dead man who was poisoned and dismembered. What does the Song family want to do? Is it a warning? Or is it a frame-up! Thinking about it this way, the corpse will be found on my birthday today, and I am afraid that it will also be deliberately arranged, and it is really a "great gift" that is frightened but completely unhappy.
I took a deep breath and said to Wanqing: "Don't be afraid, the earrings are mine, yes, we went to Song Gege's courtyard that day on the mission of Chang Fujin." After you went, you accidentally knocked over the rouge compact, and I blamed you for accidentally dropping the earrings. Afterwards, I stayed in my yard and stayed at home, and everyone in the house knew about it. If someone wants to use an earring to blame me for murder, I won't just be so wronged, even if I die desperately, I have to ask for an explanation. ”
Wanqing shook her head and said, "If someone dies in the house, the master will definitely let people thoroughly investigate the cause of death." Those of us who are slaves are all cheap in the eyes of the masters, and if we die, we will die, if we find out about Gege's head, Gege's statement is true, as long as the master does not pursue it, this matter can be passed peacefully. But people's words are terrifying, even if there is no wind, it can set off three waves, if you encounter someone who secretly provokes and walks rumors, Gege's reputation is afraid to be ruined. If there are too many people to talk about it, the master will also have suspicion in his heart, and it will be difficult for Gege to make it clear when the time comes. “
Wanqing said and suddenly knelt down, lowered her head and choked up: "According to what the slave thought, if the slave told the master the truth about the events of that day, only said that the slave heard the movement first, Gege didn't know, and the slave was afraid that Gege would be reckless, so he deliberately threw the powder box to prevent Gege from entering." Gege didn't know the truth, so he hurriedly punished the minions, so he lost the earrings, but he didn't expect that Song Gege not only killed people, but also wanted to use the earrings he found to blame Gege......"
"Do you think that if you say this, the master of your family will be able to believe it? You won't hold a grudge against me at all? Don't be stupid, suspicious and suspicious, don't you think Song Gege just suspects what we know, so there will be such a thing? I don't think this matter is up to us, and the earrings just want to remind us not to meddle, otherwise we will end up like this. If you say this, and we can't come up with full evidence, and then Song Gege bites back, what should we do? You have been by your master's side for some years, and you should know that what your master dislikes the most is the fight in the inner house, and now that I have been in the mansion for less than a year, I have had one after another incidents, won't I be suspicious and suspicious?" I was moved that Wanqing was willing to sacrifice herself for my life, but after calming down, her reason told me that this was definitely not a good idea for her.
Yinzhen is not a fool, Wanqing is a servant, she must not be able to cross me to the front of the Song family first, since even she heard the movement inside, how could I not hear it.
"What do we do now?" asked my opinion worriedly.
I sighed, stretched out my hand to pull Wanqing, who was kneeling on the ground, up, and said to her: "In today's situation, we are difficult to ride a tiger, so we can only respond to all changes with the same. ”
Wanqing is a smart person, she knows very well that my analysis is reasonable, and she has no idea for a while, so she can only listen to my step by step.