112, poisoned to death
Not long after Nangong Xiu left, Mrs. Jiang also excused herself a little uncomfortable, and went to the rest meeting first accompanied by her confidant Mama Zhou, and then came to see off the guests after a while.
However, in the middle of the birthday banquet, Mama Zhou's hair was messy, and she ran into the banquet hall in a panic, shouting: "Lord, lord, it's not good, it's not good!" ”
Nangong Hong's cold face was full of anger, and he said: "On the day of great joy, why are you so rude in front of all the distinguished guests, what happened?" ”
Mama Zhou knelt down and cried: "Lord, the old princess suddenly vomited blood from her mouth and fainted to the ground!" ”
Nangong Hong lost his voice and said, "What? Where is the mother now, quickly take this king over. Then he walked to the side of several imperial doctors, clasped his hands into fists, and said: "Imperial Physician Zhang, Imperial Physician Hu, Imperial Physician Chen, please go and see the old princess, this king has thanked me here." ”
"Lord Wang, politely, this is my equivalent matter, please lead the way!"
Several imperial doctors retired with Mama Zhou and the daughters of the Nangong family first.
After Nangong Hong apologized to the guests, only Nangong Liang was left here to take care of the guests, and then left with Nangong Ji and others.
After all, the old lady Nalan and the Nangong family were in-laws, so she went to the old lady's bedroom in the backyard accompanied by Nalan Wan and Nalan Yun.
Several princes also rushed to the courtyard of the old lady Jiang because Nangong Hong held heavy troops and was deeply liked by the emperor now, hoping to take the opportunity to win them over.
When Nangong Hong arrived, several imperial doctors, including Zhang Yan, had already diagnosed Mrs. Jiang's pulse.
Nangong Hong asked worriedly, "How is the old princess?" How is she? ”
Several imperial doctors looked at each other and discussed for a while. Zhang Yan stepped forward slowly, "Lord, please mourn, the old princess has already lost her breath......"
Actually, he really wanted to say that if Nalan Bing was willing to come to the rescue, and if she was here a quarter of an hour ago, there might be a glimmer of hope, but he understood the grievances between Nalan Bing and the Nangong family, and it was a great luck that she didn't poison them all while they were asleep, and it was not because she couldn't bear it, but because it was easy to arouse the anger and attention of the court, and it was that she couldn't enjoy the fun of fighting wits with them at all, and the important thing was too cheap for them to die. It is impossible for her to save Mrs. Jiang.
Nangong You suddenly heard the bad news, and only felt that a mouthful of blood was blocked in his chest, unable to speak, and unable to breathe.
Nangong Hong couldn't believe that on the big day of his mother's 60th birthday, his mother, who had always been physically tough, would have such a thing.
The other people present were also dumbfounded, looking at each other, why, why did they suddenly lose their breath?
Nangong Ji helped the grief-stricken Nangong Hong, and asked with a sad face: "Lord Zhang, my grandmother's body has always been tough, why, why did she leave so suddenly?" Why? ”
Zhang Yan sighed, and said in a heavy tone: "The old lady died of poisoning!" ”
Nangong Hong muttered, "Poisoned? How, how is it possible? ”
Nangong Ji took a deep breath, "Are you sure Lord Zhang?" ”
Zhang Yan nodded, then took out a silver needle, gently stabbed it in Mrs. Jiang's throat for a long time, and then gently pulled it out, and sure enough, the silver needle was black.
"Hurry up and go to the front hall to invite Lord Zhang Qingwu Zhang and Lord Lin Guanglin of Dali Temple and Lord Jingzhao Yin Lin Guanglin, in addition, close the door of the mansion, from this moment on, no one is allowed to leave the mansion without the permission of Lord Zhang and Lord Lin." Nangong Ji woke up from his grief and quickly made arrangements.
"Yes!"
"Old princess, old slave is sorry for you! It's Miss Table, it's Miss Table, it must be Miss Cousin who poisoned the old princess......" Mama Zhou, who had been standing aside, knelt down violently in front of Nangong Hong and cried bitterly.
Nangong You, who had been holding back a mouthful of blood, finally relieved himself, he gritted his teeth and asked, "Which cousin is it, what happened?" ”
Mama Zhou burst into tears and said fiercely: "It's Miss Biao of the Marquis of Zhongyong's Mansion, Nalan Bing!" ”
Old man Nalan said angrily: "Don't spew blood, my little five has always been the most kind and innocent woman, even an ant dares to step on it to death on weekdays, how could she poison and kill Mrs. Jiang, and then she has no reason to poison Mrs. Jiang." ”
It's just that after she finished speaking, several people present who were familiar with Nalan Bing were in a cold sweat, especially Zhang Yan, who knew her best, she was the one who even dared to step on ants to death? The kindest and most innocent woman?
Nangong You's reaction was more direct, and the blood in his heart that was holding back instantly erupted because of Old Madam Nalan's words.
"You'er, how are you?" For a while, Nangong Hong, who seemed to be ten years old, looked at his son nervously, his Nangong family could no longer withstand any loss.
Zhang Yan hurriedly stepped forward to check Nangong You's pulse, and then breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Brother Jiayou is just overly sad, and it's fine. ”
Nangong Hong was much more relieved.
At this time, Zhang Qingwu and Lin Guang, who received the news, also hurried over, and after a brief understanding of the situation, Zhang Qingwu asked solemnly: "Mama Zhou, don't cry, what happened after you and the old princess left the table?" You elaborate. ”
Mama Zhou looked at Mrs. Jiang's corpse, kowtowed three times, and said: "At the birthday banquet, the old princess was a little dizzy and uncomfortable because she was happy, and after drinking a few glasses of wine, she sent the old slave to help her go back to the dormitory to rest for a while.
When the old slave helped the old princess back to the dormitory, he passed by the Qinglan Garden, but suddenly a woman flashed in the garden. Then I saw a man following by.
At that time, almost all the maids in the house were in the front hall, and this man and woman did not attend the birthday banquet in the front hall, but carried everyone behind their backs in the Qinglan Garden, just afraid that they were doing something unseemly.
The old slave had planned to go to the servants and capture them.
But the old princess felt that woman was very much like the cousin of the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion, Nalan Bing. And the old slave recalled that he had indeed not seen Miss Biao at the birthday banquet, and he felt even more suspicious.
The old princess was kind-hearted and knew that it was taboo for men and women to have private meetings, and if she was caught, she would sink into the river, so she prevented the old slave from looking for someone.
But she herself is not at ease, she is afraid that Miss Biao will be deceived and will suffer a loss.
And after all, this is the Nangong family, if Miss Biao and that man really did something, I am afraid that the reputation of the Nangong family will be damaged for a hundred years. After thinking about it, the old princess felt that she was Miss Cousin's grandmother after all, since this kind of thing had happened, she couldn't see her wrong, the old princess was still afraid that the appearance of the old slave would make Miss Cousin feel shameless, so she ordered the old slave to wait outside the garden, and she had just entered the Qinglan Garden.
The old slave did not dare to disobey the order of the old princess, so he waited outside the garden. But after waiting for a long time and not seeing the old princess appear, the old slave felt that something was wrong, so he cautiously ran to the garden to check the situation.