180 The pie in the sky

Gu Qing rested for a while and then leaned on the bed and read the medical book, and her mother-in-law came to send a message to all the people in Xuejing Courtyard to go to Ling Han Courtyard, she didn't know.

Wen Qing returned to the Snow Courtyard with a pale face, and entered the house, Gu Qingwan's eyes happened to be tired, she put the book and rubbed the acupoints lightly, seeing that Wen Qing looked like she had lost her soul, she was stunned, got out of bed, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Wen Qing looked up at Gu Qingwan, and then her eyelashes trembled lightly and said, "Girl, slave maid...... The slave is fine. ”

Seeing that Wen Qing was obviously not quite right, Gu Qingwan helped her, took two steps and pressed her to sit at the table of the Eight Immortals, and personally poured Wen Qing a glass of water and handed it to Wen Qing's hand, and he also pulled a spring stool and sat down beside her, before he said again: "Is it okay?" Need I find a mirror to show you what you look like? What the hell is going on. ”

The warm water in the teacup, flowing with a warm temperature, was transmitted to the cold fingertips, and looking at Gu Qing's beautiful eyes that were clear and unconcealed in concern, Wen Qing's tense body relaxed.

She drank two sips of water at Gu Qingwan's signal, and then hurriedly put down the teacup and stood up, blessed her body, and said: "The king of the three counties learned that the second master opened the treasury today, and personally selected gifts to take the girl back to her parents' house, and made trouble with Concubine Liu, and it happened that the prince was also ......."

She told all the causes and consequences of the incident, and said with some shock: "It's terrible, it's much more terrible than the court staff, Qiu Juan's head finally hung down, and the whip belt was covered with blood......

Gu Qingwan twisted her eyebrows slightly and said, "It's okay, it's all over." ”

Gu Qing said it late, stood up, patted Wen Qing's shoulder and said, "I don't have to wait here, you just go back and drink some soothing soup and get some sleep." Go ahead. ”

Wen Qing was looked at by Gu Qingwan's kind gaze, and the whole person seemed to have returned from the frightened world, blessed her body, and said, "The slave is gone." ”

Gu Qingwan sent her out, sat on the spring bench and slowly sighed and remembered what Fang Wenqing said.

She didn't expect that the matter of Concubine Liu and the king of the three counties being punished would be related to her.

When she was in Linghan Courtyard, Qin Yu asked the maid to put her clothes and Qin Yu's together, and Gu Qingwan felt that this move was inappropriate. But at that time, she didn't stop it.

At that time, she just wanted to use this unruly thing as a test to see if this matter would stir up storms, to find out how deep the water in the palace was, and to see if there were any people around her who were staring at her with malicious intentions.

When she was in Linghan Courtyard, she never made any trouble, but she didn't expect that now she moved her nest and entered the Snow Courtyard to make a fuss.

Sure enough, Prince Li's Mansion looks calm on the surface, but in fact, it hides all kinds of crises.

When Qin Yu came in, he saw Gu Qingwan sitting at the table of the Eight Immortals meditating, quiet and beautiful, he paused slightly before stepping forward, hugged Gu Qingwan, sat on the spring stool where she was just sitting, hugged the beauty on her lap, and said, "What do you think?" ”

Gu Qingwan shook the tip of her small and straight nose and sniffed at Qin Yu's neck and body, and said, "Why doesn't it smell of blood?" ”

When Wen Qing spoke, she didn't know if it was a psychological reason, Gu Qingwan had always felt that there was a smell of blood, but she didn't smell it from Qin Yu at this time, could it be that the smell of Su Hexiang on his body covered up the smell of blood?

When Qin Yu heard this, she knew that she had heard about the front yard, so she immediately twisted Gu Qingwan's face and said, "Ye is afraid of dirtying your ground, so he deliberately went back to Hanmo Academy to change his clothes and cleaned up before coming over, Ye Shi, can you keep a snack!" ”

He complained with accusations, Gu Qingwan looked at Qin Yu, and then realized that he really had a change of clothes on him. She vaguely remembered that Qin Yu had deliberately changed into an ink-colored robe when he left the Snow Courtyard Courtyard, but now he was wearing a dark robe with inky blue edges.

So, he was really afraid that the smell of blood would hit her, and he deliberately went to Hanmo Academy to change his clothes, so he came over?

The details that Wen Qing hadn't paid attention to, Qin Yu took it to heart, Gu Qingwan felt a little confused, and looked at Qin Yu in a daze and couldn't speak.

It was still Qin Yu who hugged Gu Qingwan and tapped the tip of her nose, Gu Qingwan came back to her senses and said: "When I was in Luojing City before, His Royal Highness healed my wounds in front of me, and I was so scared that I vomited, and later, His Royal Highness also set a trap to lead those assassins to attack the courtyard at night...... How did His Highness become so considerate and thoughtful now? I heard Wen Qing say that the whipping was carried out by Song Ning, and His Royal Highness should not have any blood stains on his body......"

Qin Yu didn't expect Gu Qing to ask this question at the party, he raised his eyebrows high, looked at Gu Qingwan with confusion in his eyes with a smile, and said: "How can it be the same as at the beginning, you were not the master's woman at the beginning, and the master will naturally not care about you half a point, now Qingqing is the only woman of the master, and the master must be considerate of his own woman." ”

Gu Qingwan's eyes moved slightly when she heard this, and her heart jumped slightly.

The only woman? Be considerate of her?

She lowered her eyes, and suddenly felt a little messy in her heart, this feeling made her instinctively repulsive, and took a light breath, Gu Qingwan raised her eyes and decisively changed the topic, and said, "Your Highness, don't you think today's events are too strange?" How could it be so coincidental that the king of the three counties just rushed in when the prince was in Biyun Courtyard? I think there is a black hand behind this, trying to stir up the troubled waters of the palace. ”

Qin Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "What do you say?" ”

Gu Qingwan licked her lower lip and said, "Your Highness, think about it, now that Concubine Liu and the King of the Three Counties have suffered such a big loss, will they feel that they have been calculated?" Who do you think is counting them? ”

Qin Yu is an authentic ancient man, even if his personality is a little unruly and deviant, he doesn't pay much attention to the rules and etiquette. But what he has received since he was a child is also a very traditional upbringing, believing in the male protagonist outside, the female protagonist inside, this kind of inner house, Qin Yu really hasn't thought about it carefully, he made all the mistakes that ancient men love to make, and looked down on women.

I really didn't think about it deeply, and when I heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said: "What Qingqing means is that the black hand behind the scenes wants to make Concubine Liu's mother and son hate her mother and concubine, and the palace that is stirring up is not peaceful?" Dealing with the royal mansion, so that such a means that cannot be put on the table is really an eye-opener for the lord. ”

Gu Qingwan blinked when she heard this, she felt that men and women really had different perspectives when they considered things. What she means is that Concubine Liu is not the only concubine in the palace who has children, maybe it is run by other concubines, so that Concubine Liu and the princess and concubines can fight non-stop, so that the fisherman can benefit.

For example, Mrs. Zhao, who gave birth to the king of the four counties, is very suspicious. However, one plan can not only make Prince Li tired of Concubine Liu, but also provoke the fight between Concubine Liu's mother and son and Qin Yu's mother and son.

But Qin Yu didn't keep his eyes on the inner house, and directly thought of fighting in the court.

Gu Qingwan smiled unconsciously and said: "I mean the concubine room next to the prince, after all, there is not only one concubine Liu, but also more than one concubine Liu, and if Concubine Liu falls, she can still vacate a concubine." ”

Gu Qingwan felt that the Zhao family benefited the most in this matter, and Prince Li had only a few sons, and the three county kings who were tired of the Zhao family, and the five county kings who were the same mother as the three county kings could also be implicated.

The Qin Yi brothers have always been not close to Prince Li, Gu Qing has also inquired about some things about the palace in the past few days, and heard that the king of the four counties is very knowledgeable, and the prince has always been respectful and envious, and he is more calm and polite than the king of the three counties and the king of the five counties from Concubine Liu.

Concubine Liu fell, and Mrs. Zhao's promotion of Concubine Zhao was just around the corner, so it was logical.

As for the other side concubine Wei, I heard that she also had two fetuses when she was young, but unfortunately she had a miscarriage once, gave birth to a daughter once, and died early. Over the years, I seem to have been discouraged, and I have been very low-key, eating fasting and reciting Buddha in my yard, and rarely going out to walk around.

Prince Li also has two ladies and a few concubines, but they are all childless, and they are not particularly favored, so this matter seems to have little to do with them.

Qin Yu pursed his lips when he heard this, kissed Gu Qingwan's lips, and said: "This matter will be investigated deeply, the mother concubine has a head wind attack, and she can't get out of bed, but I think Mama Chen will also dig deep into this matter." ”

Gu Qingwan was surprised: "The princess has a headache and can't get up?" ”

Qin Yu sighed and said: "It's an old problem, the imperial doctor has been conditioning the mother concubine all these years, but when the weather is cold, the head wind still comes as scheduled, and the imperial doctor's acupuncture and decoction can only play a certain relieving role." ”

Gu Qingwan still had a good impression of Princess Li, and subconsciously stroked the jade bracelet hanging between her wrists, and said, "I want to visit the princess for a while, isn't it out of line?" ”

Qin Yu's eyes lit up, staring at Gu Qingwan, and suddenly grabbed her by the crook of her legs, threw her up and down twice like a child, and said with a smile: "What's wrong with this, the prince will take you over in a while." Qingqing is willing to be closer to her mother, and she is very happy. ”

He looked overexcited, and Gu Qing was a little inexplicable.

The two went to Qiushuang Courtyard together after dinner, and when they arrived, Prince Li was leaning on the big pillow, and Xiang Xue was waiting to drink porridge.

Her face was pale, and she still had a wide forehead on her forehead, and her expression was a little sad, so she waved her hand and said, "Withdraw, I really can't eat it." ”

She said that, and raised her hand to press the two foreheads that had been aching.

Xiang Xue sighed lightly, stood up and went out with the tray, just as Gu Qingwan and Qin Yu came in. Gu Qingwan glanced at the porridge that still had half a bowl left, and followed Qin Yu into the house.

"Is the concubine better?" Qin Yu stepped forward and asked with concern.

Prince and Princess Li gathered her spirits, smiled, put down the hand that was rubbing the corners of her forehead, and said, "It's much better, Qingwan is also here, come here." ”

Gu Qingwan was the first time she saw Prince Li after entering the mansion, she walked over obediently, blessed her body, and Princess Li smiled and asked her if she could adapt or something.

As soon as she didn't say a few words, big drops of sweat broke out on her forehead, and she looked even more tired and painful.

Gu Qingwan looked at it in her eyes, and it happened that Mama Chen came in with a medicine bowl, so Gu Qingwan hurriedly took it, sat sideways on the edge of the bed, scooped a spoonful and sent it to the mouth of Prince Li, Princess Li reluctantly smiled and said: "Put it on the side, wait for it to get cooler, just drink it in one go." ”

Gu Qingwan insisted and said, "The medicine is still drunk while it is hot, and the effect of the medicine is the best." Qingwan is clumsy, and she can't do the work on the side. In the past, when I was in the boudoir, I didn't serve my grandmother with medicine, and this kind of work was still done, so the princess asked Qing Wan to serve it. ”

When Prince Li heard this, she didn't refuse, Gu Qingwan came over with the hour. Halfway through the soup, I felt a familiar sensation of slight heat coming from my wrist.

She knew that it was the jade lotus that was about to penetrate the nectar, so she quietly guided the princess and princess to talk to Qin Yu, and took the opportunity to flick a drop of nectar into the medicine bowl.

Since he knew that the consumption of this nectar and the addition of decoction were extremely helpful to the human body, Gu Qingwan secretly ate nectar to those he cared about.

Last time at home, she specially made a few jars of fruit wine and added a lot of nectar to it, saying that reading medical books said that drinking less than two glasses of fruit wine a day is good for the body, and persuaded Zhuang Yuexian to drink some every day. Zhuang Yuexian has promised her, those fruit wines with ingredients, Gu Qingwan expects Zhuang Yuexian to be able to drink them for two or three months, and when she goes back next time, she will find an opportunity to add them.

Princess Li treated her well, and Gu Qingwan was still willing to do her part.

After the Prince and Princess of Yu Li drank the soup with the added ingredients, seeing that the Prince and Princess Li looked very tired, Gu Qing and Qin Yu withdrew in the evening.

Two days later, Qin Yu told Gu Qing that he was late, and Concubine Liu and the king of the three counties were punished, and he checked and checked, only to find that it was Ziyan, the maid of the king of the three counties, who chewed the root of her tongue in front of Qin Jian that day, and Qin Jian ran to Biyun Courtyard impulsively and broke into trouble.

But Ziyan heard about Ling Hanyuan from the mouth of another maid, Zisu, and the king of the three counties punished him for kneeling in the ancestral hall for two days, and when he returned to the courtyard, he inquired about the events of that day.

Ziyan cried and shouted that she was wronged, and she was determined, she just saw that Qin Jian was in a bad mood at that time, so she casually said some gossip to adjust the atmosphere.

She also argued that she didn't know that Prince Li was in Biyun Courtyard, so it was impossible for her to deliberately say those words to Qin Jian. What's more, she is Qin Jian's maid, and Qin Jian has no face when she is punished, and she is not good.

And Qin Jian believed Ziyan, but he was annoyed by the shisu who spread the gossip into the courtyard, and he also slapped the shisu who chewed the tongue badly on the thirty boards.

Qin Jian was injured, and Ziyan took care of her tirelessly, and faintly became the first favored maid by Qin Jian's side.

Qin Yu also found out that the prince of Rili was a palace where the yamen was idle and returned on a whim, and going to Biyun Courtyard was also a sudden move, not specially arranged by anyone.

Therefore, whether it is Qin Yu or Mama Chen, after in-depth investigation, they all feel that the events of the day are probably just the fight between the two most favored maids around the king of the three counties, Ziyan and Zisu.

When Gu Qingwan heard this, she always felt that something was wrong, but since Prince Li was not specially led to Biyun Courtyard, this matter could only be explained in this way.

Originally, although this matter started because of Gu Qingwan, the fire did not burn her body in the end, and she couldn't find anything, so Gu Qingwan left this matter behind, because as the martial arts examination got closer and closer, Gu Qingwan began to be busy dealing with the affairs of the Liu Mansion, and she really didn't have so much heart to hold on to the little thing that was missing from the palace.

On this day, Liu Minsheng came out of the yamen and made an appointment with a few colleagues to go to Xianyue Tower for a drink. The group came out of Xianyue Tower, already a little drunk.

Liu Minsheng said goodbye to his colleagues in front of the restaurant, and walked to Liu's pen and ink shop not far ahead, and when he arrived at the pen and ink shop, he probably felt that he was full of wine, and it was not good to enter the pen and ink shop, so he stood in front of the shop and instructed the little guy to go in to buy things.

As soon as the little guy entered, a young man in a cloth shirt bumped into Liu Minsheng's body, the young man lowered his head, hurriedly apologized to Liu Minsheng, and ran away quickly.

Liu Minsheng didn't react at first, and then he realized that something was wrong, the spacious avenue in front of the shop was not crowded, why did that person just bump into him?

He looked down and checked, and sure enough, a fine piece of mutton fat jade attached to his belt had been scraped off the tether and was gone.

Okay, little thief, the thing went down to him, the fourth-grade official!

Liu Minsheng suddenly shouted, the smell of alcohol came up, and he rushed over after the figure who ran away.

Or Dingfeng Teahouse, it is the cow, Zhou and the two adults listened to the book and ate tea in the teahouse, Zhou heard the movement on the street below, looked down, and just saw a man in cloth stumbling in front, and Liu Minsheng chased after him with a small servant.

In the blink of an eye, a few people ran over from the street outside the Dingfeng Teahouse, and Lord Zhou was curious, vaguely listening to Liu Minsheng's little guy shouting to catch the thief.

Liu Minsheng is still wearing an official uniform, and the thief stole from the official, how strange this is!

Lord Zhou felt that he had to follow up and take a look, if it was true, he would have to be impeached, and Jing Zhaoyin would be impeached for inaction, and the thieves in the capital would be rampant like this.

As soon as Lord Zhou jumped up, Lord Niu next to him was not far behind, patted his butt and stood up, the two looked at each other, and laughed again.

"Joint?"

"It's done!"

So, the two hurriedly got off the Dingfeng Teahouse, followed behind them.

Liu Minsheng couldn't catch his breath in front of him, and saw that the thief finally got into a small alley, Liu Minsheng glanced at the alley, glanced at the little guy, and said, "You go ahead to block him!" ”

The little guy agreed and continued to run along the street, but Liu Minsheng chased into the alley. He turned a corner, but saw that the little thief probably knew that he couldn't run away, so he stopped, Liu Minsheng snorted coldly, and before he could speak, the little thief ran at him with a jade pendant, and said, "My lord, here you are!" ”

The thief said, took out two things from his arms and stuffed them into Liu Minsheng's hands, and then the thief didn't say a word, turned around and ran away quickly.

Liu Minsheng didn't expect this, and was slightly stunned, the thief had already rushed through the end of the alley and disappeared.

Liu Minsheng looked down, but saw that in addition to his jade pendant, there was also an extremely thick purse in his hand. This purse is not his, he was stunned, opened the purse, pulled out the contents and looked at it, and immediately gasped.

Good guys, it turned out to be a silver ticket!

A large denomination of silver tickets, a stack, at a glance, to say the least, there must be three or five thousand taels of silver.

Liu Minsheng was taken aback, his mind turned slightly, and he immediately knew what was going on.

This purse must have come from a thief, and now he is chasing him in a hurry, probably knowing that he is an official, afraid that he can't be provoked, and then afraid, afraid, he returned his jade pendant, not to mention, even the purse that came from nowhere was given to him in a panic.

Liu Minsheng felt that this was simply pie in the sky, so he instinctively stuffed the silver ticket back quickly, and looked around twice.

Seeing that there was no one in the alley, Liu Minsheng coughed and hurried forward. He turned a corner, but he didn't know that every move he had just made and the thief had fallen into the eyes of the two adults, Zhou and Niu, who were hiding in the shadows.

Zhou, Niu and the two adults came out of the darkness and looked at the direction in which Liu Minsheng disappeared, both thoughtfully.

Zhou Dadao: "This is not right, the thief obviously had a chance to run away, what did he do and turn back and return the things to Lord Liu?" ”

Lord Niu said: "Not long after Lord Liu was promoted to the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Rites has always been the Qingshui Yamen, how could Lord Liu bring so many silver tickets?" ”

Lord Zhou nodded and said in agreement: "Yes, Lord Liu went to the yamen, what did you do with so many silver tickets?" Also, the old man just saw clearly, the purse containing the silver ticket is not quite right, the silver and red embroidered lotus, this does not look like a purse that a big man would use. ”

"Why is this so strange?" Lord Niu chimed in.

Lord Zhou pondered for a moment and said, "This matter is not quite right, recently, let's keep an eye on the movements of the Liu Mansion, and the impeachment of Jing Zhaoyin is slow, and then take a look." ”

Lord Niu nodded in agreement and said, "What Brother Zhou said is very true. ”

Over there, Liu Minsheng didn't take a few steps to turn the corner, and his little servant ran over panting and said, "My lord...... Small incompetence, no ...... Couldn't stop him and let him run. ”

I thought I was going to be reprimanded, but who knew that Liu Minsheng waved his hand indifferently and said, "That's it, Master Yu Peiben has already chased it back in person." Let's go home. ”

Back at Liu's house, Liu Minsheng went into the study and counted carefully, no more or no less in his purse, a full 4,800 taels of silver tickets, all of which were bills from Jinxin Qianzhuang.

The silver ticket was obtained by the thief from nowhere, and now in his hands, the thief did not dare to trouble him, even if he secretly brought out the silver.

As for the person who was stolen, maybe he hasn't noticed the money until now.

Liu Minsheng has just been promoted to the right waiter, his family background has not risen, his income is limited, but there are more entertainments, and the house is also more expensive than before in order to put on the pomp of the four officials, plus to prepare a dowry for Liu Huijia, and go out to the boss again, Liu Minsheng has been short of silver recently.

This silver is just enough to solve the urgent need, and it is simply not taken for nothing.

Liu Minsheng only thought for a moment, then made up his mind, called his henchman and official to come, gave him the silver ticket, and instructed: "When you take out the silver, first take a look around to see if anyone is staring at the money in the dark, and if you are sure that there is no problem, quickly take out the silver, and don't show any traces." ”

The steward only thought that the money was a bribe received by his own lord, nodded again and again, indicating that he understood, and hurried away with the people.

Liu Minsheng was waiting back and forth in the study, he was a little worried, afraid that the owner of the lost silver ticket had found out that the silver ticket had been stolen, and let people stay in ambush near the money bank. If there is a disturbance, it will not look good.

Half an hour later, the official family came back with people with white flowers, and repeatedly assured that they did not show any traces, and they were not seen to enter the house with silver.

After another seven days, it was the day of Liu Huijia's marriage, thinking of the things that Liu Huijia had made before marriage, and then thinking of Liu Huijia being married, Liu Minsheng intended to save the in-laws of Jinxiang Bofu, and gritted his teeth and added 1,000 taels of silver to Liu Huijia's dowry.

In a flash, it was three days before the martial arts test, in the Dingfeng Teahouse, Zhou and Niu listened to the story and ate tea, and just came down from the teahouse with their sleeves dangling, they saw a man on the street wearing a navy blue arrow sleeve brocade robe and a square scarf hurriedly passing in front of the Dingfeng Teahouse with his head down, and went to the Qingyue Building in front.

Lord Zhou twisted his eyebrows and said, "Why do I think the person who passed by just now is a little familiar?" ”

Lord Niu was also frowning and thinking, and when he heard Lord Zhou say this, he said, "My brother also thinks he is familiar." ”

The two glanced at each other, and Lord Niu slapped his thigh and said, "It's him, the thief who was chased by Lord Liu that day!" ”

"Yes, the thief has a black mole on the side of the thief's nose, and there is a small cyan birthmark on the forehead. Lord Zhou also remembered.

The two looked at each other and felt that this was getting more and more strange.

Why did the person who wore cloth clothes and be a thief in a few days work hard, changed his body, and wore brocade clothes again, and entered the Qingyun Building where the Wuju people gathered.

Thinking that Liu Minsheng was in charge of this martial arts test, the two adults Zhou and Liu felt more and more wrong, and resolutely walked towards Qingyun Tower.

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