"What's that?" Lu Qingrong asked.

"This ......" Aunt Chen showed a rather embarrassed expression, especially at Mother Cao, who was standing beside Mrs. Shizi.

After what he said just now, Lu Qingrong had already made clear the intentions of Aunt Chen and Aunt Wei, so he said bluntly: "Don't worry. Every word that the two aunts said in this house today could never reach Qinyi Courtyard. ”

At this point, Aunt Chen knew that there was no way out, so she simply turned her heart sideways and continued to speak.

"At that time, the two of us were also secretly eating some ...... The tonics, for fear of being discovered, are all for the maid to go to the small kitchen of Jingchun Hall to boil in the dead of night. ”

This kind of thing, I'm afraid there are few aunts who don't do this, Aunt Chen's face was calm, but when she said the latter words, she was obviously a little trembling.

That night, Mrs. Jiang drank the medicine, and the main house immediately became much quieter, and there was no one in the kitchen. The pomegranate next to me went to boil the tonic as usual. Who knew that it didn't take long for a number of maids to go over, saying that they wanted to clean the kitchen. ”

Pomegranate panicked. First, she was secretly boiling medicine for us; Second, she really hasn't seen such a formation, which kitchen is cleaning in the middle of the night? So she didn't have time to think about it, so she quietly took away the medicine pot, and took back the remaining unboiled medicinal herbs in a hurry. ”

"At that time, looking at the things she brought back, I was lucky enough to count her down, saying that it was all some kind of mess, and some of them were not our tonic at all, not to mention that there were some dregs mixed with them...... I was worried that it must be left over from the medicine I boiled for Mrs. Jiang just now, and the residue of the medicine was forgotten, and if those medicinal materials could not be found when I boiled the medicine for Mrs. Jiang again, it would be a big sin, so I immediately asked the pomegranate to be sent back quietly. But he didn't want to, and when Pomegranate went back to the small kitchen again, he was suddenly frightened by the scene in front of him. Smoke billowed from the kitchen, and a group of people worked hard outside to put out the fire, but everything inside had burned out......"

Lu Qingrong was a little excited in his heart, but his tone was as flat as possible: "So, those medicinal materials and medicinal residues have always been in your hands?" ”

"Yes." Aunt Chen didn't hide it, "Since the small kitchen was burned down by a fire, we naturally don't have to risk sending it back." ”

"Where's the thing now?" Lu Qingrong asked.

Aunt Chen didn't hesitate at all, and directly took out a paper bag from the sleeves on the left and right: "I have been putting it in a jar before, buried in the backyard of Jingchun Hall, and I only took it out last night." ”

Lu Qingrong signaled with his eyes, Cao's mother stepped forward to take the two paper packets, opened them carefully, and saw that one of the packets was a medicinal residue that had been molded and then dried, and the other package of medicinal materials was not dry, but the shape was not too damaged.

"Do you know what kind of medicine this is?" Lu Qingrong stared at the medicinal herb, but he couldn't see the reason.

"It's not clear. At that time, we knew that the kitchen was on fire, and we were just glad that we didn't have to worry about being found boiling medicine, so we didn't think much about it. Aunt Chen's eyes suddenly dimmed, "Later, when we learned of Mrs. Jiang's death the next day, we began to panic, and the more we thought about it, the more we felt that the kitchen was burned, maybe it was because of this...... I don't dare to let others see it, so I don't know what kind of medicine it is......"

Lu Qingrong nodded secretly in his heart, this sound is also reasonable.

First asked Cao's mother to put away the two packets of medicine, and Lu Qingrong asked: "On the day of the Spring Festival, when she was in the ancestral hall, why was Aunt Chen so excited, she actually kowtowed and knocked out blood?" ”

Aunt Chen's words just now, although there are no obvious loopholes, cannot explain her various expressions in the ancestral hall that day.

If what she said was true, then no matter what the reason for Mrs. Jiang's death, she didn't have much responsibility for it, why was she so excited in front of Mrs. Jiang's tablet?

"Mrs. Jiang treated us very leniently when she was alive, and most of Jingchuntang received a lot of grace from Mrs. Jiang from top to bottom, and we are no exception. Every time I think of Mrs. Jiang's death, we didn't do anything...... This is still secondary, after all, we don't understand pharmacology, and it is impossible to predict the prophet. But later, although he had doubts in his heart, when the prince asked, he still chose not to mention it, and he inevitably felt a little resentful of himself in his heart......"

Aunt Chen's tone was sad, and her sadness was obvious.

Lu Qingrong remained silent, surprised that Aunt Chen had such a benevolent heart, and she was not sure how true or false she was.

"After Mrs. Jiang died, Jingchuntang was completely replaced, why didn't Mrs. Wu get along with the two aunts at that time?" Lu Qingrong continued to ask.

"At that time, Mrs. Wu originally asked the two of us to move out of Jingchun Hall with the words 'Hou Ye is sick and needs to recuperate', and Mother Cao and Shi Ziye should have heard of it. Later, it was because Hou Ye's condition worsened sharply after Mrs. Jiang's death, and he couldn't see that there were people around him, and he was often noisy, so Mrs. Wu let us stay in Jingchun Hall. The reason for this is that I lost my honor in the ancestral hall, and I am afraid that I am also worried that the prince will become more and more powerful, and one day I will return to the court after victory......"

Aunt Chen said, and Aunt Wei kept nodding her head on the side.

"I see." Lu Qingrong said indifferently, "If what the two aunts said is the truth, I will definitely not ignore your safety." You go back to Jingchun Hall for the time being, and I will do my best to arrange for you to go to Zhuangzi outside the city, away from Mrs. Wu's sight. As for what happens next, I can't rush it for the time being. ”

Lu Qingrong said that, and he didn't plan to tell them his plans in detail.

Who knew that when the two aunts heard "Zhuangzi outside the city", they all put on an extremely frightened look: "Mrs. Shizi! Do you know that the people of Jingchun Hall were all sent to Zhuangzi outside the city by Mrs. Wu at first, but those people ...... Then they were all gone! It's impossible to say whether it's dead or alive......"

"Don't worry." Lu Qingrong's indifferent expression remained unchanged, "I'm not talking about the grange of the Marquis of Jingyuan's mansion, but the Zhuangzi I married." ”

The two aunts' faces eased at this time, but they were still a little worried: "Can Mrs. Wu agree to let us go to the Zhuangzi where you are married?" ”

"You don't have to worry about that. All you have to do is get back today and start packing! ”

After speaking, Lu Qingrong stood up, and under the slightly stunned gaze of Aunt Chen and Aunt Wei, he left the hall with Mother Cao and her party.

The two quickly came to their senses, walked out of the hall one after the other, and left the elm courtyard.

Aunt Chen was still the same as when she came, bowing her head and pretending to be a maid, until she returned to the hut in the backyard of Jingchun Hall, and she did not let go of her heart.

And Mrs. Wu in Qinyi Courtyard really didn't know that Aunt Chen had sneaked out.

But Mrs. Wu knew that Aunt Wei had gone to Yuyuan......

At this time, in the Yuyuan, Lu Qingrong returned to the hall, and Cao's mother, Ye's mother, and Luzhu were all in front of him.

"In your opinion, what the two of them just said is the truth?" Lu Qingrong first asked Cao's mother.

"I didn't see any flaws." Cao's mother thought for a while, "At that time, I was on an errand in the main house, and there was not much difference between their descriptions and the truth about the development of Mrs. Jiang's condition, Mother Lu's medicine, and the fire in the small kitchen. Including later, Hou Ye couldn't see that there were living people in front of him, and it was true. ”

"That'...... But is there anything they haven't mentioned? ”

"There must be, but it makes sense. After all, the two aunts don't live in the main house, and if they know everything, it's not normal. Cao's mother paused slightly, as if she was recalling something, "Actually, I came to the Imperial Doctor twice that day. The first time was the person who prescribed the medicine that Aunt Chen said just now, and the second time was when it was almost dawn, and it was another imperial doctor, who was ...... He said that he had no power to return to heaven. ”

"Why isn't it the same person?" Lu Qingrong wondered.

"At that time, we weren't too surprised, after all, the hospital still had to be close to the nobles in the palace, and this kind of thing had happened before. Moreover, the later imperial doctor came to the Hou Mansion on weekdays to see a doctor, and the slave maid had seen it. But then the slave maid also felt something strange, because the later imperial doctor, not long after Mrs. Jiang's death, resigned and returned to his hometown, and the imperial doctor who came first was never seen again! ”

Hearing this, the veins in Lu Qingrong's heart gradually became clear.

Mrs. Jiang definitely did not die of a normal illness, there is no doubt about it. It is also not difficult to deduce how much of a role Mrs. Wu played in this.

But she and Jiang Xuan had talked about it, and Jiang Xuan's words were still in her ears.

Not to mention whether these so-called evidence and witnesses are reliable, or whether the joints are really as she suspected, the point is that now is not a good time to make a big deal out of old scores. The Wu clan led by the Empress Dowager Wu is still extremely powerful, and the pending storage position makes it possible for them to retain the possibility of becoming stronger, but Jiang Xuan is not in the capital at this time......

The top priority is to protect the two aunts, as well as those unknown medicinal residues!

Lu Qingrong already had a plan in his heart......

On the second day, Lu Qingrong was having breakfast, and Qinyi Yuan sent a maid to invite him.

Unexpectedly, Lu Qingrong finished his meal unhurriedly before going to Qinyi Courtyard.

This time, Mrs. Wu didn't see her in the flower hall, but in the main house.

"I heard that Aunt Wei went to Yuyuan yesterday?" As soon as Mrs. Wu came up, she got straight to the point.

"Yes." Lu Qingrong did not deny it, and said calmly: "It's still about those account books, and I asked Aunt Wei to ask for a thing or two." ”

"Oh?" Mrs. Wu's surprise was mixed with a hint of joy, "But what's wrong?" ”

"Not really. It's just that some details are not written in detail enough, and I think it's because I'm not very proficient in accounts, but Aunt Wei has already explained it clearly. ”

After listening to Lu Qingrong's explanation, Mrs. Wu couldn't hide her loss, and she really wanted to make trouble again, when a maid suddenly broke in outside to tell her.

"Oh no, no, no! Jingchuntang's aunt is infected with a vicious disease! ”R1152