Chapter 11: Happiness in Suffering (2)
The next day, during the day, Shi Jiaheng's left eye kept jumping, as if something calamity was about to happen, and it came true at night. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
When Shi Jiaheng knocked on Chu Yunxi's door again, she thought that she would open the door happily to welcome guests, but his unexpected encounter with the unexpected was always so shocking. The candle flame in the courtyard floated through the crack in the door to his fingers, blood red. After a long time of no one answering, he complained badly, so he used light skills to climb over the wall through the stones outside the courtyard wall.
He rushed into the main room, only to see Chu Yunxi hanging half of his body outside the bed, his hands clutching his neckline, and an unbearable groan of pain came out of his mouth. He hugged her upper body to prevent her from falling from the bed, and she lay on her back in his arms, her eyes misty, her cheeks like a burning flame, and the intoxicating fragrance of her teeth and cheeks as her lips opened.
He put her down on the bed and touched her forehead, which was as hot as coal, he retracted his hand and stumbled to his feet, "Oh, I was negligent, I didn't expect the cold and fever to worsen to this extent." He turned and said, "I'll go get a doctor." ”
"Don't." What little sanity she had left forced her to hold him down: "I don't want anyone to know that I'm here, I'll be exposed." ”
Shi Jiaheng weighed it and sighed: "It seems that I have to invite her." ”
"Yunxi, Yunxi......" The voice seemed to come from nine days away, ethereal like the wind. A smiling face as bright as a peach blossom floated above, the smile could not hide sadness, and there were tears in the eyes.
Chu Yunxi said with difficulty: "Yueyuan, you ...... All right. The sour smell was like an overturned vinegar urn, diffusing between the two of them.
The two reunited after a long absence, Lin Yueyuan was filled with joy and sorrow, and her throat was blocked by thousands of words. Half-loud, he burst out with a foul language that seemed to be angry: "Good! Good! Good! What a fart. You're like this, do you care if I'm okay? ”
Chu Yunxi was blamed by her, although it was bitter and sweet, she smiled bitterly: "It's worried about you." ”
Lin Yueyuan frowned, and said angrily: "You also know that I will be worried, you are so silent and say goodbye, do you know that I have been worried all day long, restless food, and sleepless in the past few months." I was trapped in the palace and couldn't get out, and my heart felt like roasting on fire and frying in oil. ”
"You too" Lin Yueyuan puffed out his chest and pushed Shi Jiaheng and said, "Since you already know that Yunxi is here, why don't you inform me, what kind of heart do you have?" ”
Shi Jiaheng spread his hands innocently and defended: "You don't rush to the doctor and kill a good person unjustly, okay?" You live in Yuyang Palace, and I am on duty in Yuanxin Palace. If it weren't for the class where I went to speak for General Han of the Yang Palace today, I wouldn't even know where you live. ”
She glared at him unforgivingly, and her eyes could release a sharp sword: "Then you didn't take care of Yunxi, what can you say." ”
Shi Jiaheng knew that he was wrong, raised his hand and surrendered: "Okay, I was wrong." Miss Lin Er, you have been taking the pulse for half a day, but you can see some clues. ”
She held Chu Yunxi's hand and said, "Well, Yunxi, you are poisoned." ”
"Poisoned?" Shi Jiaheng exclaimed.
Lin Yueyuan nodded and said, "Yes, fortunately, this is the first time I have suffered an attack, and it is not very serious." It would be hard to say if it dragged on for a few more days. At this point, her expression was quite difficult, "Detoxification is a little difficult for the time being." It's not that the antidote is difficult to match, it's just that the symptoms of this poison attack are similar to many poisons, and I really can't judge for a while, it's about flowers and plants. If I could look at it, I would make out it. ”
Shi Jiaheng nodded frequently and asked, "Yunxi, do you remember eating or drinking something similar recently?" ”
"Or have been exposed to pollen. There are not many flowers and plants in autumn and winter, you should be able to remember, you think about it. Lin Yueyuan added.
Chu Yunxi closed his eyes and recalled, and suddenly tilted his head and asked an irrelevant word: "Have you ever heard in the palace that Xie Zhaorong in the Qiluo Palace has been in good health these days?" ”
Lin Yueyuan shook his head and didn't know. Shi Jiaheng was surprised: "Can you pinch it?" Xie Zhaorong has been unwell recently, and even the people in front of her have fallen ill, and it is rumored that she has contracted the epidemic. She is the emperor's favorite concubine recently, and the entire hospital is alarmed. Everyone in the Yuanxin Palace knew about this incident, and the harem was not very peaceful. ”
Chu Yunxi's heart was full of clouds and fog, like a mirror hanging high. She waved her hand and beckoned Shi Jiaheng over, and almost without thinking, she called cordially: "Jiaheng, you enter the study on the west side, facing the small door, count the third shelf from left to right, and take a roll of white silk cloth wrapped in a painting from the fourth drawer from top to bottom." ”
Lin Chu didn't care, only Shi Jiaheng was called by her and her heart trembled. Without asking too much, he followed the instructions and brought a silk cloth bag, in which several snow-white sheets of rice paper were stacked, and the paintings were not framed, like a stack of sketches.
Chu Yunxi took out one from it and handed it to Lin Yueyuan, and asked, "Do you think the flowers in the painting are poisonous?" ”
Shi Jiaheng stood behind Lin Yueyuan, and the two of them watched the candlelight, and the painting was a palace beauty sitting on a soft couch, a teenager, with beautiful snow skin and foggy sideburns. The eyes are large and lively, the face is bright and beautiful, and the whole body is full of youthful vitality and sweet happiness bathed in love. To her surprise, a single-layer purple flower shaped like a thin-necked porcelain vase bloomed on the windowsill not far behind her, burying a big secret, a conspiracy that could kill people.
From a distance, the flower looked like the beautiful waist of a bewitching woman, and she hid in the shadows and secretly laughed at the master who sat in front of her and robbed her of the sun and rain. The strange fragrance that spits out from the stamens tempts her to inhale it, erodes her life, and captures her soul.
Chu Yunxi's painting art is unique in the world, and the things he paints are all realistic and truthful. Lin Yueyuan gestured a few times at the painting and affirmed: "Yes, the symptoms of the attack are consistent with the toxicity." That's right, it's the femme fatale. ”
She explained to the two in detail: "This flower comes from the remote southern Xinjiang and is not poisonous in itself, but the pollen emitted when it blooms is extremely poisonous. Her name is femme fatale, and she is like a jealous woman, and she specializes in women. It has a very short flowering period, and it fails in an hour after flowering during the day, and the most vicious thing is that this poison can be latent in the human body for several years without occurring. As for why you had an early seizure, it should be related to the dry and cold weather in Chang'an, where yin flourishes and yang declines, prompting poison. ”
Shi Jiaheng was puzzled: "There is no news in the palace that Xie Zhaorong has recovered, is it possible that no one in the entire Tai Hospital knows about this poison?" ”
Lin Yueyuan said disdainfully: "The Tai Hospital is all sour and rotten foolish doctors who follow the script. They are locked up in the palace all day long, and they can't treat and know only a few people in the palace. To be honest, I have never seen the real thing, only in the poison book drawn by the master. ”
Speaking of her master, her tone gradually revealed pride: "When my master was young, he learned from Shennong to taste a hundred herbs, traveled south and north, and once saw some strange alchemists in southern Xinjiang extract the pollen in this flower to make anti-aging cream for local noble women, which is about the same effect as the polyponic pill taken by Zhao Feiyan in the Han Dynasty. In the local area, this flower is as expensive as gold and is very rare. Master told me that the poison of this flower is far more than that, and that people in the world are ignorant and do not hesitate to risk their lives for the sake of beauty. But he also said that I am a girl, so I don't need to know much......"
Chu Yunxi coughed twice and said in a dumb voice: "When I painted Xie Zhaorong at the beginning, I didn't add this thing. The single painting figure is inevitably dull, and I happened to smell the fragrance of the flowers on the windowsill, which was a fragrance that I had never smelled, and saw the beauty of this flower, so I added it to it, and used it as the background......"
Lin Yueyuan said with a smile: "Good intentions are rewarded, you are conscientious, and you want to paint well, how do you know that you have a blessing in it." ”
She shook her head and said, "The harem is constantly fighting, which is not the blessing of the previous dynasty." Xie Zhaorong is favored by the emperor, and jealousy is inevitable. But if you want to put people to death, their hearts are vicious and terrifying. ”
Shi Jiaheng hurriedly said: "From what you said, this poison is very powerful, so ...... Is there a solution? ”
Lin Yueyuan was full of confidence: "Of course, the red spotted snake snake tail is the natural nemesis of this flower, and where the red spotted snake is infested, this flower will die." She stretched out her hand and patted Shi Jiaheng's shoulder, rubbed her hands, and said eagerly, "Let's go, let's catch the snake." ”
The two looked at each other and smiled, and the idea was finalized, and they immediately started it, and they would never drag the mud and water. Chu Yunxi was thoughtful, and he had to give some instructions before he could settle down. She stood up, faced the backs of the two of them who were about to drive out of the hospital, and shouted loudly with all her might: "You have to be careful, Yueyuan, after you return to the palace, don't forget to check Xie Zhaorong's pulse." ”
Shi Jiaheng's figure disappeared behind the door, Lin Yueyuan grabbed the edge of the door with both hands, poked his head out, and grinned: "You put your heart in your stomach, rest well, and wait for us to triumph." The last word in his ears fell with the sound of the door closing, Chu Yunxi exhaled heavily, exhausted his strength, fell on the bed, and fell into a dream.
After dawn, Lin Yueyuan was ordered by Concubine Lin Shu to visit Xie Zhaorong in the Qiluo Hall of Yuyang Palace. So he presented the red spotted snake tail soup to Xie Liuhong, but it was opposed by the doctors in the hospital. Everyone is very skeptical of the medical skills of this stinky girl. At the critical moment, Chu Changgeng offered a painting, which made them speechless.
Emperor Li Chengxun was furious when he learned of the poisoning, and ordered a thorough investigation. The emperor reprimanded harshly, Gu Guifei shouted that she was wronged, saying that someone was deliberately framed, she knelt in front of the emperor, and cried bitterly with tears in her eyes: "The emperor Mingjian, the poisonous flower was indeed placed in the concubine's bedroom when it was about to bloom, and the concubine thought it was not in good color, so she ordered the palace maid Fu'er to throw it away." The concubine really didn't know how the flower appeared on Sister Xie's windowsill. And if the concubine knew that this flower was highly poisonous, she would never dare to put it in the bedroom and damage her body. ”
In front of Tianwei, Fu'er was so frightened that she confessed truthfully, she was ordered by Concubine Gu to throw away the poisonous flowers, passing by the Qiluo Palace, her heart turned around, rather than discarding it, it was better to borrow flowers to offer Buddha. She took it upon herself to give the flowers to the errand maid of the Qiluo Palace, who was good friends with her, and begged her to say a few kind words in front of Xie Zhaorong. After Kushier changed the flowers on the windowsill, she forgot all about Fu'er's request.
The situation is clear, in order to appease the two concubines, the emperor ordered the death of two palace maids, in order to prevent the two from deepening the disagreement, he moved Gu Guifei from Yuanxin Palace back to Yuyang Palace to be with Concubine Lin Shu, and praised Lin Yueyuan and Chu Changgeng, rewarded Concubine Lin Shufei with a lot of things, Concubine Lin Shufei got face in front of the emperor, and doted on her little niece more and more.
The New Year is coming, the follow-up investigation of the poisonous flower is put on hold for the time being, Shi Jiaheng and others know that the emperor is suspicious of this matter, and he will lose face in front of Gu Guifei; Second, they are afraid that there will be discord between the concubines and concubines, which will make people panic. I think that after the New Year, the matter will naturally be closed.
The poisonous flower turmoil came to an end, and everyone packed up their mood to welcome the New Year, only Gu Guifei was angry in her heart, and her hatred for Xie Liuhong was like a spark, and in the near future, it gradually spread out of the prairie fire. (To be continued.) )