Congqing smiled, "It's a pity that I'm taller than Rong'er and can't wear her clothes, otherwise I would have helped her wear those beautiful clothes." ”

Xu Shi didn't talk about his niece anymore, and said with a smile, "Now that the four of you have become ******?" Mixed together every day. I heard that you are either having fun in Xinxiangin or in the Sei Haya. ”

"Congqing and Lingzhi's calligraphy, painting, and piano skills are good, if it weren't for the fear of arguing with Rui'er, we really want to make trouble with you one day." Rong'er said with a smile.

"I envy you." Xu said happily.

"The weather is bad these days. When the weather clears, I will invite everyone to go to Dongpingzhou with me and my brother. Lingzhi said with a smile.

"I'm looking forward to the sunny weather now." From Qingqing's eyes flashed with excitement.

"Will Daddy agree?" Xu looked at Rong'er in surprise.

"Sister-in-law. My dad agreed. But you have to keep it a secret for us, and you can't let Chun'er's mother know about it for the time being. Rong'er didn't hide this from Xu.

"You're going to follow them to Dongpingzhou?" Xu's eyebrows drooped and he looked at Yingchun in dismay.

"Auntie. Don't be so uninformed and bold. Can't I hang out with Aunt Rong? The winter in Dongpingzhou is not too cold. We've only been out for a month, and when we come back, it's only been winter. Yingchun couldn't help but glance at Xu.

"If you hadn't had a baby. I ask you to join us. Lingzhi said cheerfully.

Xu Shi smiled and shook his head, "I pretend not to know about this, how to tell Chun'er Niang, you can figure it out yourself." ”

"That's my good aunt." Yingchun leaned his head on Xu's shoulder and was coquettish.

"Daddy will send someone to escort you, right?" Xu looked at Rong'er with concern.

"Yes."

"Sister-in-law. When we come back, we'll bring a lot of fun stuff back with you. ”

……

The house was bustling with activity.

"The snowflakes are coming." The fragrance opened the curtain. Someone came in.

The chatter and laughter in the room immediately stopped, and they all looked at the snowflakes in a blue water and grass embroidered robe.

Xuehua said urgently: "Third Miss." The third cousin of Gufu is here. Madame tells you to go to her house alone. ”

"I'll go first. You're playing. ”

Rong'er got down from the couch and left with Yuqin and Yumei.

Eun Seung wore a leather vest with a white fur collar. I sit in the living room of the main courtyard.

Gu Shi sat on a large fur chair, his expression a little solemn.

Rong'er came in to say hello to her third cousin, feeling that something was wrong, and said with a smile, "Look at your heavy expressions, what's going on?" ”

Gu Shi looked at Ensheng and said to her, "I was talking with your Aunt Xie in the house just now. Your third cousin came, so I let Aunt Xie out. Your cousin Hanxuan sent a letter. said that there was something going on in Huining Mansion in the past two days. ”

Rong'er sat on the chair with a brocade hot cushion on the side, and said in surprise: "What's the matter?" ”

It must not be a trivial matter in my heart. Otherwise, Ensheng will not be allowed to deliver the letter.

Ensheng frowned and said, "I heard that on the night of your birthday banquet, Mrs. Huining suddenly fell ill with an epidemic and kept having diarrhea. The next day Mrs. Gian went to see her. The reaction was strong. said that Mrs. Ning had drunk the Autumn Wind Golden Dew Tea before her illness, and Mrs. Ji'an angrily threw out the tea you sent. After cleaning, the next person went to the miscellaneous yard to take out the garbage, and the cat who didn't want the kitchen to pass by, ate some of the tea, and died of exhaustion after a while. ”

Rong'er was so shocked that her phoenix eyes were round, and her little pink mouth was open and round, and she couldn't close it for a long time.

On the evening of the birthday wine, Rong'er and her father watched Zeng's full of energy and get into the carriage of Huining Mansion. There was only one reaction in an instant, Zeng's illness was definitely related to dog meat. And the cat died of exhaustion after eating some of the tea. Coincidentally, there must be some mystery in the middle.

It's strange these days that Dog Meat hasn't taken advantage of the opportunity of birthday wine to make trouble. I don't believe she's going to be at ease. I don't want to do it.

Although she couldn't figure out the reason for a while, Rong'er had a bottom in her heart.

Gu sighed, "Why is it so strange? If there was a problem with the tea, Zeng took the tea back to the house, and for several days, on the birthday wine, she also told me that Huininghou likes to drink that tea. Why is she the only one who is suddenly ill? ”

Ensheng said: "I heard that that night, Mrs. Hou Hou Huining's Qiaolian also contracted that disease. ”

"What about the others?" Rong'er asked in surprise.

"Everyone else immediately drank medicine to prevent it."

"Is Mrs. Huining's condition stable now?"

"I heard that it stabilized yesterday. It's just that overnight, Mrs. Huining, who has always been round and jade, withered a lot. ”

"What does my cousin mean by sending this letter?"

"My sister heard that the Huining Mansion didn't publicize this matter. But secretly, Mrs. Ji'an took the opportunity to instigate Mrs. Huining, and now Mrs. Huining is disgusted when she hears Anping Mansion and your name. ”

Rong'er nodded, and at this time she fully understood the intention of Mrs. Huining's illness. Mrs. Huining turned out to be a pawn of dog meat, in this situation, she refused to restrain herself, it can be seen that dog meat is only responsible for vendetta in this life, no matter what the overall situation is, she is only bent on killing herself, and it is better to die than to live.

Ensheng looked at Rong'er and hesitated, "Although the news has turned around in the past few days, no one has said that Huining Mansion and Anping Mansion will return to each other. However, when my grandmother heard the news, she said that she was afraid that Mrs. Huining would not give up on the marriage. ”

Rong'er smiled, "Tell your grandmother when you go back." If you have such a thing, it is not a good thing to retreat or not. As soon as there was a little strange news, Mrs. Huining became nervous, and I wished to withdraw from this marriage, lest I not be able to reconcile with such a strange mother-in-law in the future. ”

Ensheng half-opened his mouth, how could a little girl say that?

Gu sighed, "Your father and I are only worried that we have received too many congratulatory gifts for this birthday wine, how will we return them one by one in the future." The matter of marriage can only depend on Rong'er's own blessings. ”

Ensheng said, "My aunt and uncle have always been too warm and polite. You're thinking too much about it. Those who have contacts on weekdays are all about the same status. Without this birthday wine, I still have to come and go. As for those with much worse status, they have not been in contact with each other before, and they will not have any contact in the future. Didn't you come to see the emperor's face? Auntie, you have to persuade your uncle, don't worry about this. If you want to be so annoying, there are too many congratulatory gifts from those subordinates to their superiors. Superiors don't bother to die of this? ”

"Why do you kids say that?" Gu Shi said angrily, "We don't want to make this kind of fortune. ”

"But the emperor wants Anping Mansion to make this fortune, so let it be." Ensheng persuaded.

Gu Shi said: "Ze'er said such things that night. He was blinded by his father a few times that night, and yesterday his father reprimanded him for a long time, until he changed his words, and his father let go of the matter. ”

Rong'er gave Eun Sheng a look.

Ensheng stopped the topic and said, "Let's talk about this urgent matter first." ”

Rong'er said: "Thank you cousin for being so kind and always quietly reporting for us." You go back and tell everybody about this kind of thing. The news should be known, but there is no need to panic too much when you know it. Anyway, there was a lot of wind and news in the sky, and everyone prepared for the worst. ”

Eun Sheng nodded. "Then I'll go back and talk to my grandmother."

"You go back first." Gu estimated that there would definitely be news when the marquis came back, so he didn't leave his nephew to sit longer.

"I'm going to send my third cousin."

Gu Shi said "um", thinking about Mrs. Huining's illness and the death of the cat.

Rong'er sent Eun Sheng away and returned to the Gu family's house. After a while, Ying Qingyuan came back.

Sure enough, Ying Qingyuan brought back the news of Zeng's illness.

"Facing up today. The emperor said that the weather was getting cold, and the autumn and winter transactions were plagued. Tell everyone to be careful. I wondered how the emperor would mention this, but later, when Concubine Hui asked Gonggong Wang to send me a letter, she quietly told me that Mrs. Huining was sick the night before, and the symptoms were like epidemics, but fortunately, it was controlled immediately, and it stabilized yesterday. I asked him how he knew about it. He said that yesterday the queen sent someone out of the palace to invite Mrs. Huining into the palace. So I learned about Zeng's illness. ”

Gu Shi said: "Ensheng just left. Han Xuan secretly sent a letter to her mother's family, saying this. It's very weird to say, not only Zeng's is sick, yesterday Mrs. Ji'an blamed Zeng's for drinking the tea made by Rong'er the first night, and threw the tea out, a cat ate it, and died of exhaustion on the spot. He also said that Huining Mansion did not publicize the matter this time. ”

Ying Qingyuan's face changed in shock, "During the day, Xia Shi was as warm and friendly to me as before, and he didn't say a word about the affairs of the Ning Mansion. In the past, when there were big things at home, we would nagging each other for a while. ”

Rong'er said, "Why is he so strange about Anping Mansion about this?" And now he has made rumors again, which makes the emperor angry. According to Na's identity and behavior, it is normal to pretend that nothing happened. ”

Ying Qingyuan nodded, took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to his daughter, "This is Concubine Hui's reply to you." ”

"I'll go back for a moment. After I write my reply, I will ask my father to help me transfer it to Concubine Hui. Rong'er took the letter and left, without reading it in front of her father.

Ying Qingyuan didn't mind, when Rong'er's reply was written and handed over, he would naturally know.

Rong'er returned to the house, Yingchun was not there, and Yuqin was talking in the study, letting Yumei and them stay outside.

"Dog meat is really all over the world, can it make Mrs. Huining sick so magically?" Yuqin felt scared.

"It must have something to do with her. What Fang Shi predicted before must have been arranged by Dog Meat. Rong'er didn't say, except for her, only Dog Meat knew a lot of things about the Zeng family, in the previous life, the Zeng family died of heart disease, and the stomach was not very good before death, and a little cold and hot water and food could provoke her to diarrhea.

"It gave me a wake-up call. It seems that she can't be guarded against. Yuqin. After I'm gone, you'll have to be more careful, that dog meat knows how to heal, and he can play evil tricks. ”

"You're gone, what if someone in the house suddenly gets sick?"

"So you have to keep the food coming in from the outside in the fine mansion, and you also have to pay attention to the people who usually go out, especially beware of the people who will spend money on dog meat to buy people in Anping Mansion. I still have to talk to Lang Wenqi about this. ”

"It's good that Wenqi is here. Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to handle it well. ”

"I'll remind Daddy too."

After thinking for a while, Rong'er picked up the pen and wrote a reply to Concubine Hui, and then went out, found her father in the study, and handed the letter to him.

Ying Qingyuan took out the letter and read it before sealing it with his own hands.

**

At night, the autumn rain paused, and the autumn wind was more stinging than the previous two days.

The windows of Huifang Palace were tightened, and a brazier began to be placed in the house.

The emperor paced back and forth in the house.

"Your Majesty. Stop pacing. You keep dangling back and forth, and you dazzle the concubines. Concubine Hui sat at the table, a coquettish smile on her lips.

"It's so weird. Mrs. Huining drank the tea sent by Ying Rong'er that night and fell ill urgently, and the next day she ate the tea and died of exhaustion? I asked several physicians, and they all said that they had never heard of this. The emperor's eyebrows twisted a knot.

"I'm afraid it's all a coincidence. Maybe it was someone in Huining Mansion who usually hated the master and took the opportunity to do something to the tea, so he did this. If Rong'er has the intention to cause harm, why is Mrs. Huining okay a few days ago? And that party, Ning Hou also drank that tea, and it was all right. The concubine thought that Mrs. Huining was sick, and she didn't realize it for a while, but it happened to be cold that night, and she ate too much fishy meat during the day, so she happened to have it. As for the cat, hasn't it been raised for years? When people are old, they still have to have their organs exhausted, let alone a cat? Concubine Hui said.

"Hey. I thought so, too. But I'm afraid that Mrs. Huining will make some strange feelings because of this. The Emperor stopped pacing and sat down at the table.

"You've never been afraid of such a fight? Afraid of these? Concubine Hui said angrily.

The emperor sighed lightly, did not speak, and clenched his fists gently.

"The concubine knows what is on your mind. So now it is imperative to cure the mountain. If Mrs. Huining wants to find a reason to make trouble, let her make trouble. Isn't it just a marriage, if Mrs. Huining wants to get rid of Rong'er, I can't wait. Concubine Hui's eyes were full of urgency.

The emperor looked at her and smiled, "You have taken a fancy to her?" ”

Concubine Hui sighed, "It's really good for her, I don't want to be like that." Shan'er and Feng Ruoxin have a marriage contract. If I want Rong'er to marry Shan'er, she can only be a side concubine. In terms of conditions and qualifications, how can Ruoxin compare to Rong'er? If Rong'er cures Shan'er in the future, Mrs. Huining will really make trouble in the future, and I can't help her willfulness. Your Majesty, you can't let her mess around. Now it seems that if Rong'er marries Kang'er in the future, from a personal point of view, Kang'er is not worthy of Rong'er. ”

The emperor laughed, "Let's go." Let's think about the treatment of the mountain first. If Ying Rong'er can cure the mountain well, I will repay her a great favor in the future. ”

"But the weather hasn't been good." Concubine Hui glanced out of the glass window.

The emperor held her hand and comforted: "As Rong'er said, all these years have passed, and it is not short of these ten days and a half months." ”

"Hmm. These **** pray for good weather every day. ”

"Aifei, are you ready over there?"

Concubine Hui nodded.

"Let's cooperate with Rong'er. I will not let Huining Mansion spoil a big matter, and because of personal grudges, it will affect the treatment of Shan'er. ”

The emperor took out a gold medal from his arms and put it in Concubine Hui's hand.

"Thank you, Emperor Longen." Concubine Hui took the gold medal and was surprised to kneel down and salute.

"Hey. It's all about saving the mountains. As a father, I owe it to me to do the best I can. The emperor stopped her, took her hand and walked to the soft kang couch, and snuggled together.

Three days later, the weather finally cleared.

At the end of the day, two large carriages drove out of Anping Mansion.

Youxin and Qingming were dressed in cyan riding clothes, and they rode tall horses with the Tao Ye brothers, escorting them on both sides of the carriage. The carriage was followed by ten sturdy guards. (To be continued.) )