Chapter 74: The Real Murderer
I only entered the palace yesterday, and today I handed over the sign, and the Queen Mother didn't know what was going on, so after thinking about it, she still agreed.
When Cui Keyin arrived at Kunning Palace, the concubines had already asked An Bi and retreated, and only Li Xiuxiu stayed on the pretext.
"Yesterday, by the grace of Niangniang, the quasi-concubine held a chrysanthemum reward, but Concubine De Niangniang stubbornly wiped Niangniang's face, she didn't come, and she also instigated the ladies in the palace not to come, so that Niangniang had no face." Li Xiuxiu knelt at the feet of the Queen Mother, crying with tears and snot to complain to Shen Mingzhu.
In the imperial garden, Li Xiuxiu lost face, the Queen Mother knew about it, and she didn't say a word when she received the news.
originally wanted her to enter the palace to give birth, but more than a month has passed, and her stomach has not moved at all, and the queen mother is a little unhappy. In addition, the concubines kept saying bad things about her in front of the Queen Mother, what was arrogant and domineering with the "unspeakably expensive" life, what was born in the Hou Mansion, and did not take the sisters in their eyes, and so on. Slowly, the Queen Mother faded towards her.
"Is this chrysanthemum feast, it stands to reason that the queen will preside over it." The Queen Mother said lightly.
It means that she is not qualified enough, and the concubines don't appreciate her face, but it's not Shen Mingzhu who makes small moves behind her back.
"!" Li Xiuxiu burst into tears and said, "A few Zhaoyi, Jieyu, and Xuanzhi promised their concubines that they would definitely participate, but in the end, Yu didn't come." ”
People were lower than her, and they had to agree under her threats and temptations, and when they inquired and no one arrived, they simply let her pigeon go.
The Queen Mother was so entangled by her that she was impatient, and just about to spend her, the palace people reported that Miss Cui had arrived.
"Alright, you go back first. I would say her. The Queen Mother said lazily.
Cui Keyin met Li Xiuxiu with a sad face at the gate of Kunning Palace. The moment he saw Cui Keyin, he was stunned for a moment, and then he seemed to see the enemy who killed his father, and his face changed to bitterness and hatred.
Li Xiuxiu hasn't received news from Li Mingfeng yet, but Cui Keyin is fine, but I don't know if the rest of the Cui family is okay.
Cui Keyin's face was expressionless, and she curted her knees, which was regarded as a salute.
Li Xiuxiu was about to have a seizure, but she was at the gate of Kunning Palace, for fear that the Queen Mother would think she was quite unreasonable. No seizures. I can't go through it in one breath. She was still entangled here, and the palace people came out and said, "Miss Cui, the Queen Mother is invited." ”
Cui Keyin passed by her.
She looked at Cui Keyin's upright back like a bamboo, and her teeth itched with hatred.
Cui Keyin entered the hall with the palace people. Salute: "See the Queen Mother." ”
The Queen Mother said: "Excuse me." I heard that you entered the palace yesterday? Today, I ask to see the mourners. But what's the matter? ”
Cui Keyin stood up straight. Said: "The courtiers are here to thank you." Empress Dowager Xie yesterday rewarded vegetables, mutton, and goat's milk to the courtier's house. ”
The Queen Mother was surprised and said, "The mourning family gave you vegetables, meat, and goat's milk?" ”
"Yes."
Looking at the Queen Mother's expression, Cui Keyin knew that someone must have pretended to be the Queen Mother. It was just speculation before. Now it's confirmed.
The Queen Mother said: "Ah Rong, did you ask Miss Cui to eat yesterday?" ”
Aunt Rong, who was waiting on the side, bowed down and said, "Niangniang said that she laughed, without Niangniang's instructions, how could the slave dare to make her own opinions." ”
The Queen Mother turned her head to look at Cui Keyin, with a look of "Look, it's not me".
Cui Keyin saluted and said: "There is a new disciple in the courtier's family, I think this servant doesn't know what to say, and he made a mistake." The courtiers recklessly disturbed the mother, and asked the queen mother to punish her. ”
The queen mother rewarded, that is to open the middle door to welcome the inner servant in, and the main mother who presided over the middle feed received the order and received it personally. Where is a doorman who has gone wrong?
The Queen Mother looked at Cui Keyin with a serious face, laughed out loud, and beckoned to her: "What a stupid child, come and sit here." ”
Cui Keyin thanked him and sat down at Jindun.
The Queen Mother asked Ming again what she had sent, and said to Aunt Rong, "Can you hear clearly?" Someone went to find out who left the palace yesterday afternoon. ”
This time you can send things in her name, next time you can make friends with courtiers in her name? She's really confused.
"Is the thing you sent clean?" The Queen Mother is worthy of being through ups and downs for a long time, and quickly thought of one thing, and asked quietly.
Cui Keyin got up from her seat and knelt down, and sobbed in a low voice: "Because the goat's milk is specified to be given to the courtiers, the uncles and aunts of the family dare not move, and the courtiers eat a little too much snacks at Concubine De's mother, and they can't eat it anymore when they get home." I wanted to keep it for use this morning, but I didn't expect the grandmother in the house to be greedy and secretly ate a cup of goat milk at night. ”
The Queen Mother leaned forward and said, "How is the grandmother now?" ”
Cui Keyin took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the corners of his eyes, whimpering: "The seven orifices are bleeding, and they can't live anymore." ”
And so it was. The Queen Mother pursed a sneer on her lips, and soon changed her gentle expression and said, "Good boy, did it scare you?" Get up. ”
Cui Keyin nodded innocently.
The Queen Mother smiled, took Cui Keyin's hand, held it in her hand, and said, "You stupid boy." I'm your mother-in-law, it's too late to hurt you, how can I kill you? ”
What thanks, I think it was taught by Cui Zhenyi, looking at her simple appearance, and admitting that she was afraid, she had no scheming, and the Queen Mother was really satisfied.
"The courtiers thought they had done something wrong in the palace." Cui Keyin's voice was as thin as a mosquito, and she looked very scared and scared.
The queen mother thought that she found that her family had stolen goat milk and died of poisoning, so she must have been terribly scared and comforted her.
The more Aunt Rong looked at it, the more frightened she became. The Queen Mother's heart is like an iron stone, when will she comfort people? What are the dirty things in the palace, what is a dead person? Cui Keyin can break through the hard shell of the Queen Mother, which is really amazing. This person, how much intimacy will be in the future.
Cui Keyin leaned on the arm of the Queen Mother and sprinkled for a long time before returning to normal under the comfort of the Queen Mother.
"If there is anything in the future, just ask me." The Queen Mother said loudly: "That bad-hearted person wants to separate our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but there is no door." ”
Cui Keyin responded respectfully: "Yes." ”
The Queen Mother said again: "Call the horse to come over." ”
Ma Liang came soon.
The Queen Mother briefly explained the ins and outs of the matter, and said, "You go and check to see who wants to frame the mourning family." ”
Frame the mourning family! Hearing these four words, Ma Liang immediately knelt down and said, "Yes, the slave will do it." ”
Dare to frame the Queen Mother, is that a death?
Cui Keyin returned to Xinglin Hutong, and Zhou Heng had been waiting for half an hour.
Mama An died, and Jiang was so sad that she fell ill all of a sudden.
Zhou Heng came over, she sent Cuihuan to come out to confess, and asked people to go to the yamen to invite Cui Zhenyi.
"It was found out that the person pretending to be an inner servant was the son of a butcher in Yinye Hutong, and he had no clean body." Zhou Hengdao.
Cui Keyin looked at him puzzled, her big eyes full of question marks.
"The Dingyuan Marquis Mansion is in front of Yinye Hutong, the mouth of the Hutong of Ginkgo Hutong." Zhou Heng explained: "In this area, there are nobles living in Ginkgo Hutong, and after two alleys, there is a courtyard where traders live. ”
I see.
Cui Keyin's eyes erupted with fire, and she said: "The one who sent goat milk in the name of the Queen Mother is the Marquis of Dingyuan?" (To be continued......)