Chapter 157: A Game Within a Game
Qing'er deliberately looked at her and stretched out her hand: "Bring the hush money." ”
"You! This one is up to you. Xiang Tao was very angry, and reluctantly took off a jade bracelet from the jade wrist, and did so many things for the master to reward such a one, he was really reluctant to give it away, and finally stomped his foot and handed it to her, "Take it, if you say half a word, you will not die well." ”
Qing'er didn't answer, and laughed: "I'm playing with you, my sister is still serious, but my sister is also an old man in the palace, why is she so careless, I saw it today, if it is seen by others, it will not be able to protect what will happen." She said heartily as she helped clean the floor.
"Really?" Xiang Tao is still suspicious, the masters in this palace are unscrupulous for the superiors, and the palace people are still fighting for merit and rewards.
Qing'er checked it again, and after making sure that there was no trace left, Fang clapped his hands: "Go quickly, the master is looking for you everywhere, I'm afraid that I will be trained if it's late." ”
"Okay, your kindness has been recorded, I'll go first." As soon as she reminded her, Xiang Tao didn't dare to delay any longer, and turned away.
As soon as Yang Ningzhi saw her, she scolded her head and face: "Where did you die, you won't come for a long time, don't you want to do it, don't you want to do it, say it as soon as possible, some people want to substitute." ”
"Mother, the slave is wrong." Peach swallowed her head and admitted her mistake.
Yang Ningzhi retreated left and right, and reprimanded: "What are you still standing there doing, and then I went to get the essence and sprinkle it into the water." ”
"Niangniang, I can't help it, the previous amount has infringed on the body, if you increase the dosage, I'm afraid it will be difficult to save." Peach was shocked and tried to persuade her.
The woman's face soaked in water vapor was watery, with a touching flush, but her expression was fierce, and she lost the gentleness of the past, and I saw the pity of the gods, "I can't control so much, if the emperor refuses to touch this body, he still can't conceive a dragon, won't he fall short at both ends." ”
"Mother, you are still ......"
Xiangtao still wanted to dissuade her, but was interrupted by the master's shout: "When will it be your turn to be the master's decision, don't go quickly." ”
"Yes, master."
Xiangtao didn't dare to say anything more, turned around and came to the outside of the hall, just happened to meet Qing'er, and looked at her with sympathy: "I was scolded again, alas, who made us slaves, bear with it." ”
Xiang Tao couldn't hold back on her face, "Some people can't get their turn if they want to be scolded by the master." Throwing down the next sentence, he angrily walked in the direction of the master's dormitory.
"Yes, yes." Qing'er accompanied Xiao to the direction of the side hall, but no one noticed it, and the corners of her eyes kept watching the movement of the peach until she disappeared.
One day half a month later, a guest came to Baishazhou, not a guest to be exact, it was Imperial Physician Xu who sent his little apprentice to deliver medicine, and he didn't want to detain the medicine as soon as he arrived on the shore.
"It's convenient for everyone, this is the pill that my master sent to Concubine Li, no, to the Dou family." That little apprentice is also of a good grade, but he has to bow down when he reaches the boundary of other people's land.
A father-in-law rolled his eyes: "What kind of medicine do you take if you are not sick or sick?" ”
"This is not an ordinary medicine, it is a tonic for the body." The little apprentice hurriedly explained.
The father-in-law was more afraid of not agreeing, and his thin voice was as ugly as a wire scraping an iron pot: "There is a decree in the saint, the Dou family is wearing a sinful body, and the day and day have already thought about it, and they have to stop enjoying it, and what tonic to take, really." ”
"Who said you can't eat it, did the saint say that you are not allowed to take tonics, or is your father-in-law Ye falsely preaching the holy decree, and it is a deliberate obstruction?" A person jumped out of the oblique thorn and pointed at Ye Gonggong's nose and scolded.
Father-in-law Ye has been with her more than once, and every time he is scolded bloody, but it is not easy to say clearly, when he came, Mr. Li told him that he had to be careful about the daily life of Baishazhou, especially the ingredients must be specially supplied, and foreign food is not allowed to be released.
"Miss Xiuzhu, did the Holy Lord say it, if you don't believe it, you might as well ask it yourself." The most embarrassing thing is that it is obviously protection, but on the surface it has to pretend to be difficult.
Xiuzhu was choked half to death by this sentence, and instantly burst into a mush, snatched the box containing the pill and ran, Ye Gonggong was in a hurry, and chased after him, all the way to the yard.
"What are you doing here?"
Today, the sky is rarely clear, and the warm winter sun is lazy on his body, Dou Lianyi moved the place where he read from the house to the outside, which raised his eyes from the book and asked unhappily.
"Returning to the ......" Gonggong Ye didn't know what to call it, so he simply skipped it: "Someone just sent a box of pills, and the slave was ordered to collect it, but Miss Xiuzhu grabbed it and ran away, please let her hand it over, don't embarrass the slave." ”
This is a very tactful remark, but there is no intention of backing down.
"What if I insist on staying." She said lightly, and it was a consultative tone, but there was an awe-inspiring bearing that people did not dare to offend.
Gonggong Ye was really shocked, and after a long time, he finally explained: "The minions are also thinking about you, and the things outside are afraid that they will not be clean." ”
"This pill is not clean, as long as it can cure the disease and adjust the body, go down." Dou Lianyi decided, Gonggong Ye hesitated, and finally didn't dare to disobey her, the woman was obviously taken away from her title, but even Manager Li was so nervous, it was better not to anger her.
Xiuzhu proudly raised the box in her hand at him, and saw that his face was green with vomiting, which made his heart bloom, and a bad breath that had been going on for many days finally came out.
"The pill is almost finished, Imperial Doctor Xu remembered." Su Yun said with emotion.
I don't know why, Gonggong Ye's unclean words always seem to mean something, Dou Lianyi groaned: "Show it to me." ”
Xiuzhu hurriedly handed her the box, it was no different from before, opened the lid of the box, and there were dozens of dark brown balls neatly stacked inside, she pinched one with her thumb and index finger, and looked at it for a while.
"Could it be that there is a problem?" Su Yun asked.
Dou Lianyi didn't answer, only pinched one end with two hands and broke it hard, and suddenly a note appeared, his eyes were happy, and he immediately took out the note and opened it to see.
Xiuzhu watched this scene in disbelief, and when the master finished reading it, she couldn't help asking, "Who wrote it?" What's written on it? ”
Creak.
At the base of the wall, a rat thief crawled out, sniffing around looking for food, Dou Lianyi frowned, counted from the first to the fifth pill on the left side of the pill box, picked it out, raised his hand and threw it in front of the guy.
"Wouldn't it be a pity to feed it such a nice thing...... Finish. ”
Before the last word could be spoken, Xiuzhu's eyes widened, and the nasty thing opened its mouth to bite the pill, and then fell to the ground, bleeding from her mouth and nose, and finally stopped moving after a while of spasms.
"Toxic."
Xiuzhu yelled and picked up the pill box and threw it out.
"Why are you ruining such a good thing like this." Dou Lianyi glanced at her angrily, his face was full of regret, and he got up and walked to the house.
When he entered the house, Su Yun had already woken up: "Could it be that only that grain is poisonous?" ”
"Exactly, it's written on this note." It seemed that Yang Ningzhi couldn't wait to take her life, and after she sat down, she raised the note in her hand and said, "I guess you want to know who wrote this, and there is no need to hide it from you now, it's Qing'er." ”
Xiuzhu exclaimed: "Qing'er? Didn't she betray you, her master? ”
"The slave understands, it was a game you deliberately set up to take Qing'er away, right?" After thinking about it for a while, Su Yun suddenly realized.
Dou Lianyi stroked his sleeves and didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.
"Then we scolded her like that before, didn't we wronged her, it's over, it's over, she must feel uncomfortable." Thinking that every time she saw Qing'er, she scolded more than once, and Xiuzhu regretted it.
She shook her head and said: "The reason why I didn't sue you before was because I was afraid that you would show flaws in your acting after you found out, although I often advise you to calm down, this time it is a good scolding, the harder you scold, the less Yang Ningzhi will doubt her." ”
"Really, that slave has made a contribution this time." When Xiuzhu heard this, she turned her worries into joy.
Dou Lianyi was angry and funny: "Don't put gold on your face, your quick temper must also be changed, otherwise something will happen sooner or later." Xiuzhu stuck out her tongue.
"Master, what should I do next?" This is like playing Go, since the game has been laid out, there will be an end, Su Yun's mind is more delicate than Xiuzhu, and he naturally thinks farther.
Speaking of this, Dou Lianyi is a little embarrassed, now trapped here, he can't talk to Qing'er, let alone plan the next step.
"I've got to think about it, don't rush."
Qing'er also said on the note that she had found out that Yang Ningzhi did have a booklet on making spices, and more importantly, she found that Peach burned money for the deceased, and was very superstitious about ghosts and gods.
Perhaps, a gap can be opened from the peach?
In a blink of an eye, it was the last day of the old year of the lunar calendar, that is, the Chinese New Year's Eve, in order to create an atmosphere, Xiao Yingzi specially supported the boat to the palace on the opposite bank, asked for red lanterns and a lot of red paper back, he and Xiuzhu were responsible for hanging lanterns, Su Yun was skillful, and taught the master to cut paper and play.
Dou Lianyi quickly mastered the essentials, and she could cut out a happy word or a blessing word in three or two clicks, and she trembled and was quite proud to show it to Su Yun, "Hey, you can also cut portraits?" Teach me quickly. "Seeing that the portraits cut out by Su Yun are lifelike, I can't get rid of them anymore.
"Okay, master, look at it, fold the paper in half like this twice, then trace the portrait with a pen, and then hollow it out with scissors." Su Yun cut out a portrait of a girl in three clicks while explaining.
Dou Lianyi was already eager to try, so she took a piece of red paper, folded it in half and drew a portrait with a pen, and then carefully cut it up, and when the last twist went down, it was announced that another "masterpiece" was born, she happily showed it to Su Yun, and asked childishly: "How is it?" ”