A cold feast was quite a success—at least on the surface.

Back in Fengyi Palace, the smile on the queen's face was simply uncontrollable, she was not just happy that there was an extra concubine in the Anjun Palace, but because the emperor finally failed to help the Jiang family and stop this matter.

The confidants around the queen saw her smiling face, and also said playfully: "This time, I'm afraid that Princess Anjun's life will be uncomfortable." ”

When the queen heard this, the smile on her face deepened: "Yes." Look at the way she looked at the beginning, I thought she could be hard to the end. ”

"The Queen Mother's words have been put down, where can she refuse." The palace people smiled, "The Queen Mother is the mother of King Anjun. ”

"I'm still the emperor, and I'll support her." The queen also felt tired at the end of the day, leaned back comfortably, and said in a very good mood. That's what she's most happy about.

The confidant palace man was a little hesitant. It's nothing if the queen doesn't like the princess of Anjun, just a princess of the county, even if the queen clearly wants to bully her, what can she do? But the emperor is different, even if the queen is the middle palace, it is because she is the emperor's wife. It can be said that the honor of the queen is because of the emperor, if you want to please someone to be the queen, except for the queen mother, there is only the emperor, and even the emperor should be ranked before the queen mother.

However, the relationship between the empress and the emperor is ...... To be honest, even the confidants of the palace often feel that the queen is really wrong about something, no matter how jealous she is of those favored or pregnant concubines, this jealousy should not be used on the emperor. For example, today's incident, with the Cui family as the side concubine, not only the princess of Anjun was unhappy, but the emperor was also unhappy, and the queen gloated about the princess of Anjun, but she was also ...... That's a big mistake.

However, these words can only be thought about in the stomach, but it is difficult to say. Over the years, the queen has become more and more paranoid, and unless she is willing, she will never listen to what others say.

"It's still the queen's idea." The queen let out a long sigh, "In this way, I don't think the Jiang family has time to seduce the emperor." Go, find a good head and face, by the way, it should be inlaid with rubies, the color should be correct, and add makeup to Cui's. ”

The main room can use red, and the queen prefers to pick up the head inlaid with rubies to add makeup to Cui's family, which has a clear intention. The confidant palace people had to agree, and gently persuaded him: "The queen mother always has a way, the mother is not as good, if you have something, you should consult the queen mother...... "The queen and the queen mother are separated, and they are also embarrassed by the servants who were brought into the palace from the Yu family."

The queen replied casually, and commented on Cui Youwan: "The Cui family said that it was a scholarly family, but in fact, in my opinion, it was like that, and even agreed to marry a desolate relative." Also, before the father passed the first seven, the daughter used fat powder when she entered the palace, tsk-"

The confidant sighed secretly. The queen is always like this, she wants to use others, but she looks down on her heart. Naturally, the Cui family's approach will inevitably be criticized, especially the girl of the Cui family, who looks at her without any relatives, but wishes to be able to enter the palace of Anjun, which is really a bit inappropriate. But when it comes to fat powder......

The slave maid looked at it, and there seemed to be a scar on Cui Er's face, which was covered with fat powder. Probably afraid of losing the honor in front of the emperor? "After all, it is in the midst of filial piety, even if you use fat powder, you don't dare to use too much, so it's just a thin layer, and if you look closely, you can faintly see a little trace at the bottom.

The queen didn't pay attention to this at all, she only saw that Cui Youwan used fat powder, and she couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this: "There are scars on your face?" "This is not a big success, she was born not as good as the Jiang family, if there is a scar on her face, I am afraid that she will not be able to compete for favor," Go, pick up some of the jade cream used in the palace before and reward her." It's a good day for her to go out of Qiqi, and this injury has to be healed. ”

At this moment, Cui's mother and daughter were already on the carriage home. Shi Qing, the eldest girl who had been waiting outside the palace, soaked the soft handkerchief with the warm water prepared in the morning and handed it to Cui Youwan: "The girl has removed the fat powder on her face." According to the imperial doctor, fat powder should not be used at this time, but you can't enter the palace with a wound that crosses half of your face, and the loss of etiquette in front of the emperor is one of them, and more importantly, if the queen mother sees that her face is injured, and she doesn't plan to use her anymore?

Thankfully, it didn't happen. But now Cui Youwan couldn't even care about the injury on her face, she didn't even take the handkerchief, and only asked Mrs. Cui urgently: "Mother, what do you say Princess Anjun knows?" ”

Mrs. Cui was also worried in her heart, and she didn't even know what she ate at today's cold food banquet: "Look at what it means, it seems that you really know......"

"How would she know?" It's completely impossible, "Isn't it - you're cheating us?" ”

Mrs. Cui shook her head: "She said it twice, it doesn't look like she's cheating...... Besides, if you don't know something, how can you deceive us? "Most people think that Cui Xiuwan is really dead, who would take a dead person out to deceive people? Only those who know a little bit of the inside story, or at least suspect that the dead man is not dead, will bring up the matter.

"What then?" Cui Youwan felt that her hands and feet were a little cold, "If she pokes it out...... "That is the crime of bullying the king!"

Mrs. Cui recalled Taohua's smiling expression, as well as her promise in front of the Queen Mother, and murmured: "She, she asked our family to refuse the Queen Mother...... Jiang said at the time, "As long as the Cui family is willing", she is naturally willing, so what if the Cui family is unwilling?

"It's not going to work!" Cui Youwan jumped up in shock, "Mother, this can't work!" ”

Let the Cui family refuse the Queen Mother? How can this be! If she refuses the Queen Mother this time, she will never have the opportunity to enter the Anjun Mansion again, and she may not even be able to marry a better family.

Of course, Mrs. Cui didn't want to. The Cui family is now counting on the queen mother's blue eyes, and the Yu family will be able to take care of the Cui Jing brothers in the future, if they really reject the queen mother, not to mention that there are no benefits, and they will be hated by the queen mother, then everything will be over!

"But, if they really knew...... Mrs. Cui only felt a cold sweat running down her back. Princess Anjun was just a doctor girl at that time, she was not so hand-eyed, and it was absolutely impossible to know that Cui Xiuwan was not dead. So, who knows about this - King Anjun?

"No, it's impossible!" Cui Youwan's eyes also straightened, "If the prince of the county knew about it earlier, why did he ......" Why didn't you say it at that time, and gave Cui Xiuwan a year? You must know that he was over the age of weak at that time, and he should have gotten married a long time ago, so why wait for a year?

"Yes, what you said makes sense...... Mrs. Cui herself has no idea, "but if the prince of the county doesn't know, how does she know?" ”

Cui Youwan stomped her feet: "Mother, no matter how she knows now, what matters is what to do now!" ”

Mrs. Cui's temples crumbled, and the pain seemed to be pierced by an awl: "How is it good, how is it good...... By the way, send your sister away when you go back! "Why did this troublesome girl run back to the capital at this time?

"Mother, if they find out, where will they send my sister? What if they rob someone? ”

Thinking that King Anjun was holding a former princess of Zhunjun who had already done a funeral, Mrs. Cui couldn't help but shudder, but what else could she do? If you leave people at home, won't they be discovered when the time comes?

Cui Youwan pursed her lips. This sister always does some foolish things, when she said to leave, the family was caught off guard, and in the end she failed to continue the original marriage, and now she is coming again, but at this time, is it going to make her fail?

Cui's mother and daughter went home as if there was a dog chasing after them, and it was not until they saw that the gate of Cui's mansion was closed, and the guards who followed behind returned to the county king's mansion to report the news.

"It turns out that the Queen Mother hit this idea." Of course, Shen Shu also followed Taohua back to the capital from Huangzhuang, "It's a high-sounding thing, you really care about me." Find such a woman to come to our house, just because you didn't save her father, let's not think about having a peaceful birthday in the future! ”

Taohua originally wanted to come back and throw a little tantrum at Shen Shu, after all, this was to set up a side concubine for him! However, now that I heard Shen Shu take a mouthful of "we", this anger somehow disappeared: "It's a pity." The queen mother is also carefully selected - although she is a side concubine, her father is a martyr who sacrificed his life for the country, if I treat her a little lightly, I am afraid that I will not be poked in the back? It's a pity that the Queen Mother probably didn't know that Cui Xiuwan was still alive. ”

"The Queen Mother has always been thoughtful." Shen Shu sneered, his hands pillowed behind his head, "In your opinion, will the Cui family retreat?" ”

"It's hard to say...... Taohua frowned slightly, "I look at Miss Cui Er, and I seem to be dead set on you." ”

Shen Shuha laughed, sat up and hugged her waist: "Annoyed? ”

Taohua rolled his eyes: "I can understand now, when I went to treat her sister, why did she always sneer at me and dislike it, Bacheng is because at that time, my family still bought you the herbs needed in the army." "It's really amazing to say, how old was Cui Youwan at that time, could it be that she was attentive to Shen Shu? At that time, Cui Xiuwan was still there, but Shen Shu was her brother-in-law!

Shen Shu couldn't suppress his laughter, hugged Taohua's waist and fell on the bed: "Where is it." Most likely for her sister. ”

Momoka pouted. Although a woman's intuition is unreasonable at some times, it is very accurate, Taohua feels that Cui Youwan is not for Cui Xiuwan at all, and she has to be villainous: "Cui Xiuwan eloped at the beginning, it wouldn't have been instigated by her, right?" ”

Shen Shu was not interested in the dispute between the Cui family sisters: "Leave them alone." But at this moment, is it someone to hand over a message to Cui's house? Don't look at them panicking, if they don't press it anymore, the Cui family may not dare to refuse the Queen Mother. "They can only be made aware of the situation, and the lesser of two evils is chosen.

Taohua frowned: "But where is Cui Xiuwan now?" ”

That's a real problem. Even if they know that Cui Xiuwan is still alive, there is no empirical evidence that the Cui family may not admit it.

"Her cousin, whose ancestral home is Jingxiang, is in Fuzhou. I'll send them to search on both sides. Shen Shu turned over and sat up, "If it really doesn't work, I'm afraid I'll have to go to the Cui family's ancestral tomb to open the coffin for an autopsy." "That coffin is very likely to be empty, even if there are people, it must not be Cui Xiuwan lying inside, most of them are silver red!

What Shen Shu thought of here, of course Mrs. Cui also thought of it.

Cui Xiuwan rushed back to the capital from Quanzhou all the way, although she still had some money on her body, so she would not sleep in the open air, but she was tired enough to travel thousands of miles, and when she returned to her home, she fell asleep after a little food, and now she has not woken up, which is convenient for everyone in the Cui family to gather in the study to talk, and there is no need to worry about her for the time being.

"The coffin is empty......" Of course, Cui Jing knew this matter best, and immediately regretted it, "At that time, ...... "should have made a corpse to put it in, but it was in a hurry, where to get the corpse, and it was necessary to have a female corpse of similar height and size, which was really not such a coincidence."

As soon as she said this, Cui Youwan's face also changed. In this way, Princess Anjun doesn't have to catch Cui Xiuwan at all, as long as she opens the coffin, she will understand everything.

"How's that good?" Mrs. Cui was completely panicked. Her husband is dead and she has two sons, but if she is convicted of bullying the king, the whole family will be finished, "Xiuwan, this girl, is really-" It's really harmful, and she also specializes in pit her own family! Although it was the flesh that fell from her body, she really couldn't say that she was right with her conscience.

The Cui brothers looked at each other, and after a while, Cui Min said: "The dead are big, if there is no real evidence, King Anjun can't open the coffin." "Alarming the dead who have been buried, this is a great thing, and it is also an insult to the Cui family. Although Cui Xiuwan died unmarried and was only buried next to the ancestral grave, she was also Cui's daughter. If Shen Shu wants to open the coffin for an autopsy, he has to risk the world's condemnation.

Cui Youwan said coldly on the side: "If the coffin is opened and the body is not seen, I am afraid that it will not be the king of Anjun who has defied the world's condemnation." "At that time, the Cui family will be guilty of bullying the king, and the family will probably be killed, so what responsibility does King Anjun have to bear.

Cui Jing took a breath: "Then get a corpse and put it in!" "When the coffin is opened and the corpse is seen, things are much easier.

"The matter is so urgent, where is my brother going to get the body?" Cui Youwan washed off the fat powder, but the wound on her face was still aching, she was anxious about her face and her marriage, and her tone couldn't help but get bad, "When my father was still alive, I couldn't get a suitable body, where is my brother going to get it now?" ”

At the beginning, Governor Cui also wanted to put the body in the coffin, but there were fewer female corpses than male corpses, even if he was the parent official of Yifu, he could not find a suitable corpse from Fuzhou Prison for a while. Now that there is no such convenience, Cui Jing really has no choice, and he can only keep his mouth shut when asked by his sister.

Cui Min thought for a while and said, "Otherwise, use silver-red ......"

Yinzhu ran away with Cui Xiuwan at the beginning, and Yinhong returned to his hometown, but was then killed by Governor Cui. Her body is still there.

Cui Youwan said coldly: "Yinhong is shorter than my sister, can't she be found out during the autopsy?" And how did she die? ”

Yinhong was poisoned, and if the coffin was opened, there would be a good show.

Mrs. Cui gritted her teeth and said coldly: "Yinhong is not good, there is also Yinzhu!" "Yinzhu's figure is similar to Cui Xiuwan, and it is more suitable to be placed in a coffin than Yinhong.

The Cui brothers glanced at each other and did not speak. At this time, if you don't want to blame the Queen Mother, you can only sacrifice Yinzhu.

Cui Youwan lowered her head and said after a while: "What about my sister?" Where to send it? "Actually, of course, the safest way is not to use silver zhu, but ...... That's all there is to it.

How to place Cui Xiuwan, this is another problem. Mrs. Cui was ruthless: "The farther you send it, the better!" "We can't let a confused daughter ruin the lives of the whole family.

"Quanzhou is far enough, and my sister is not coming back." Cui Youwan sighed lightly, "After all, my sister is a person with hands and feet, if she is dissatisfied, she can always come back." ”

"I'll go talk to her." Mrs. Cui also sighed, "At this time, she can't help but be confused anymore." It's just Yinzhu, how to ...... "I reported that I died of a violent illness, and now I want to kill Yinzhu, what method should I use?" It is not possible to be poisoned, it is not possible to strangle to death, and of course it is not possible to be beaten to death, how can it be made to die of a violent illness?

Cui Youwan said coldly: "Take her to her hometown, and keep giving her crotons on the way!" "Originally, I had to work hard for thousands of miles, and then I pulled it all the way, and the iron man couldn't stand it, and when the time came, he would die of illness, which should not be found.

Cui Min was startled and whispered: "It's such a long way, in case she shouts out......"

"I poured dumb medicine first." Cui Youwan said without hesitation.

Cui Jing couldn't help but turn his head to look at this little girl. Some slaves who knew too much were sold to prevent them from spreading the news of their master's house, they would pour a bowl of dumb medicine. It's much more merciful than beating you to death. However, in Cui Jing's impression, the little sister has always been lively and cute, but now she actually said such words as filling dumb medicine chin beans from her mouth, and she still said it without changing her face, which really made Cui Jing feel a little strange.

However, I have to say that Cui Youwan's method is the best. Mrs. Cui immediately made up her mind: "That's it." Tomorrow is the first seven, after the first seven, I will send your father's coffin back to my hometown, and bring Sister Xiu'er and Yinzhu with me! ”

"Mother-" Cui Jing frowned, "There are many people in the ancestral hometown, I'm afraid I can't place Sister Xiu'er there." "In the past, when they were proud, the clansmen wanted to climb up, but Mrs. Cui had a tight hand and didn't let them get much advantage. Now that Governor Cui's mansion has gone, it is difficult to guarantee that there are no villains who fall into the well and take revenge for personal gain. Besides, if the Anjun Mansion wants to investigate, I'm afraid that the Cui family's ancestral home will be found first.

This also makes sense, Mrs. Cui thought for a while, and could only say: "If this is the case, let Sister Xiu'er go to Lingnan, I have a cousin who married in Liuzhou in her early years, and I entrust Sister Xiu'er to take care of her, I am also relieved." ”

Liuzhou belongs to Guangxi, far away from Fuzhou, and is Mrs. Cui's cousin. Cui Jing nodded and said, "My son will arrange for a reliable person to take care of his sister." "It's said to be taking care of, but in fact, it also means a bit of care, at least Cui Xiuwan must not be allowed to run back casually.

As soon as Mrs. Cui made up her mind, she immediately took action, called Thrush and Bailing, and took two powerful mothers-in-law and went straight to Cui Xiuwan's courtyard.

Cui Xiuwan had just woken up, and Yinzhu was combing her hair. Both the master and servant slept well, and finally felt much more comfortable physically and mentally. Cui Xiuwan touched her somewhat rough hair, and sighed: "This hair is not as good as before...... "When she was in Quanzhou, she also had to do something by herself, and she didn't have so many maintenance things, not to mention her hair, but her hands were rough."

"It's good to be back now." Yinzhu hurriedly comforted her.

"But Daddy ......" Cui Xiuwan was gloomy for a while. Cui Zhifu went, and the Cui family immediately did not look as good as it used to be, and I am afraid that the kind of life in the past would be unbearable.

"I don't know what my cousin is doing now...... "At that time, I was only afraid of what Mrs. Wei would do to her, so I ran back as soon as my mind was hot, and now I am sitting at home peacefully, and I think of Wei Yuan coming, "I should also leave a letter when I leave." For fear of being caught up by Mrs. Wei, she didn't dare to tell Wei Yuan that she was going back to the capital, so she only packed up a little money and left in a hurry.

Yin Zhu sighed: "Girl, now that you're back, don't think about the young master anymore." "If there was no young master at the beginning, the girl would already be a serious princess of the county at this time, even if the old man died suddenly, her status could not be shaken, why did she fall to today?

Cui Xiuwan looked stunned: "But my cousin is sincere to me...... "Mrs. Wei doesn't care, Wei Yuan is really good to her." On weekdays, he studied in the academy, and when he was resting, he would go back to his residence, and he was so gentle that he rarely agreed to even invite him to travel with his classmates, just to be able to accompany her for one day every ten days.

Yinzhu secretly thought, if it weren't for his sincerity, he wouldn't be where he is today. However, it was not easy to say this, so I had to interrupt other words: "Today, the wife and the second girl entered the palace, and I don't know what happened." ”

Cui Xiuwan then remembered: "I want to come back at this time——"

As soon as she said this, as soon as the curtain was lifted, Mrs. Cui walked in with a group of people, and without waiting for Cui Xiuwan to speak, she pointed to Yinzhu: "Pull this girl down!" ”

The two mothers-in-law quickly stepped forward, twisted Yinzhu's arm one by one, felt out a dirty handkerchief and stuffed it in her mouth, and dragged people out.

Yin Zhu was frightened by this sudden attack, and she didn't react and struggle until she was dragged to the door, but a big girl like her, she only serves her master close to her on weekdays, and her strength is enough to serve tea and fold clothes, that is, she did a little rough work in those days in Quanzhou, where can she deal with the two mothers-in-law with big shoulders and round waists specially picked out by Mrs. Cui, and she was dragged across the threshold, and the threshold was muffled.

Mrs. Cui made a look, and Bai Ling's face was a little unbearable, but she still went out with her. She had to watch the dumb medicine poured into Yinzhu, and the croton had to be used today, so that she was weak and weak, and it would be easy to take it on the road.

Cui Xiuwan was also shocked, and saw Yinzhu being dragged out of the door, so she stood up in surprise: "Mother-this, what is this?" Let go of Yinzhu! ”

Mrs. Cui sighed secretly, and with a wave of her hand, the thrush went over and closed the door, isolating the voice of Yinzhu struggling outside: "Sister Xiu, sit down, my mother has something to say to you." ”