Chapter 182: Poisoned Food
It is already the season of cool autumn and withering leaves.
An autumn rain and a cold, every time the season changes, it is cold and warm, and people often can't stand it the most.
Every time the palace arrives, the people of the Tai Hospital will offer some tonic medicinal food to the concubines of each palace.
Of course, this medicinal diet is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, depending on the level of the concubine.
Siyu and Xiaolu can be said to be of low grade, they are from humble backgrounds, and what they get is just a bowl of aconite soup, which is not even as good as the maid next to Princess Gu.
However, Siyu didn't care, she didn't bother to drink this little bowl of aconite soup, maybe it was a rare thing a year ago, but now, she doesn't even look at it.
She gave Miaoyu and Miaoli a gift, and the two of them went with a thousand thanks.
In the past two days, she has been busy painting the statue of Guanyin to the Queen Mother, almost to the point of forgetting to sleep and eat.
Siyu guessed that this statue of Guanyin might be used during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there was not much time left for her.
The statue of Guanyin is different from other Buddha appearances, and it is very difficult to draw.
Her image in the folk is a woman, but in the Buddhist scriptures it is recorded as a man, so this Buddha image must have both.
has both the strength of a man and the charm of a woman, and there must be no lack of solemnity.
There is no strict distinction between the two, the line is very blurred, and it can neither be drawn too strongly, nor too charming.
Not only can she not be too serious, but she must also be kind and caring, and she must look down on all beings, no matter which way people look at her, and she must make sure that no matter what angle one is standing on, she can feel that Guanyin is always watching him.
This is very important, and it is precisely because of this that the Guanyin Buddha statue is extremely difficult to draw.
Three days have passed, Siyu only painted the feet of Guanyin, the usual Guanyin is mostly sitting precisely because the feet are also very difficult to draw, this sitting is very common.
Siyu painted the feet of Guanyin, completely according to their own feet and painted, Xiu Ya is not naughty and funny, the whole Guanyin statue, the most approachable is these feet.
Only these feet can bring the believer closer to the Buddha statue and let the believer understand that Guanyin is in the world.
The feet painted by Siyu are white and tender, stunning, and charming, which is enough to make people think about flaws and imagination.
The next skirt is relatively easy to paint, it only took half a day's effort, the clothes of the Guanyin statue are fluttering, full of fairy spirit, and the painting is finished.
Followed by Guanyin's arm, without losing the strength of a man, but also showing the richness of a woman, Siyu simply painted one arm according to the prince, and the other painted her own.
This Guanyin holds the bottle with his hands folded, his exposed arm is drawn according to the prince, and the inner arm is drawn according to his own arm.
In this way, the Guanyin monks not only appeared to be powerful, but also gave them a belief that they could protect them and make them feel very at ease.
But between this powerful force, there is no lack of charm and touching, so that all believers will be a little closer to each other when they see it, and they will not feel uneasy.
Such a bold painting method makes this Guanyin statue almost maverick, which makes people have to sigh at Siyu's painting skills.
I saw that she moved the pen smoothly and in one go, either meditating motionlessly, or once she started drawing, she didn't stop.
This made the prince so distressed, he couldn't hold her for many days, and let him sleep alone in the cold quilt, which made him very annoyed, thinking that his grandmother was really troublesome.
It is said that on this day, there were several palace maids, who had never seen them before, who claimed to be sent by the Queen Mother to reward Siyu with a bowl of medicine.
Siyu didn't doubt it, so she took this bowl of medicinal food, and just smelling it, she felt the sweet fragrance overflowing, which made her index finger move.
But this bowl of medicinal food was hot and difficult to eat, so she put it aside and waited for it to be a little cooler before eating, but these palace maids didn't let it, which made her very unhappy.
"It's because the medicinal food is too hot, can I send someone to the Queen Mother after I finish eating it for a while, I'm worried about you!"
Siyu said helplessly: "She doesn't understand how these palace maids sent by the Queen Mother are so domineering and tough. ”
But the leading palace maid didn't allow it at all, she said extremely arrogantly: "A few of us are waiting to go back to restore our lives, if the Queen Mother wants to ask, if you eat or not, how can we answer, why don't you take your time like this, we will watch you eat here, and it is not too late for us to go back to our lives after you finish eating!" ”
Siyu was puzzled, how could such a palace maid dare to speak like this, not only did she not have any honorific title at all, but she almost didn't even have the least respectful tone.
This made her a little annoyed, but she knew that she didn't have a deep background in this palace.
Not to mention that the queen mother can't be provoked, even ordinary palace maids and eunuchs, she has to endure a little.
As a last resort, she had no choice but to pick up the bowl of medicinal food, and was about to put it to her mouth while blowing and tasting it, but she saw a palace maid accidentally touching her Guanyin master.
She couldn't help but exclaim, "This can't be touched!" ”
As she spoke, she put down the bowl of medicinal food, and hurriedly went over to help her painting, and the palace maid in the lead glared at the palace maid fiercely, and the palace maid immediately panicked.
Although this was just a small move, it did not escape the eyes of Xiaolu, and she was keenly aware that the origin of these palace maids was suspicious!
And Miaoyu also realized that these palace maids had never seen them at all, they were very strange, all of them were fresh faces, and she couldn't think that these people were very suspicious.
At this moment, Miaoyu had an idea, it was better to try them and see if they were from the palace.
So she asked pretendedly, "Do you know the palace maid of Cuixia Palace, Xiaolian?" She and my fellow townsman have recently disappeared from her, where has she gone? ”
The leading palace maid saw Miaoyu and asked her about Xiaolian's whereabouts, and her own face suddenly became dazed, obviously that expression showed that she didn't know that there was a girl named Xiaolian in this palace city.
But it's no wonder that there are thousands of people in this palace, and when Xiaolian is mentioned, he doesn't know even if he asks others.
But the problem of Miaoyu is absolutely that Xiaolian is the personal maid of Cuixia Palace, and she is also the maid of Concubine Chang.
Not only did she not get lost, but she was also by Concubine Chang's side, and everyone in the palace was afraid of her.
Obviously, the leading palace maid was cunning, she never dared to say that she didn't know her, so she had to admit it: "I don't know where he went, I heard people talk about it, it seems that he is old and has been sent back to his hometown." ”
With just this sentence, she had already leaked her mouth, but Miaoyu did not rush to expose her, but continued: "I heard that the palace maid of Cuiwei Palace. Killed, have you ever heard of it? ”
The leading palace maid couldn't help but cry out in her heart, and said, where do I know anything, the palace maid of Cuiwei Palace, she thought so in her heart, but she couldn't help but continue to make it up.
At this time, Siyu was carefully checking his Guanyin master's appearance, whether he was damaged by the palace maid just now.
Only the face is not finished, and it is also the most difficult, the most tedious, and the most expressive part, and the ink on Guanyin's body has not completely dried, so it is rash to be hit by this palace maid, doesn't it make Siyu feel distressed?
At the moment when Siyu was carefully inspecting his paintings, the leading palace maid couldn't help but sweat drops on her head.
had no choice but to follow Miaoyu's caliber and continue to make up lies: "I also heard about this matter, oops, the beating is a miserable, I heard that her body is in the Yizhuang bungalow, the sisters are free or go over to pay tribute to her, after all, we are also acquainted!" ”
When Miaoyu heard this, she laughed and said, "You should indeed worship her, because you will be going soon!" ”
The maid didn't understand what he meant.
After seeing the painting, Siyu came back, picked up the bowl of medicinal food and bowed to them very apologetically and said: "Let you wait for a long time, please go back and tell the ancestor that her medicinal food is really delicious." ”
Siyu was about to pick up the bowl of medicinal food, scooping up a spoonful and putting it to his mouth, but was knocked over by Miaoyu and Xiaolu.
The palace maid in the lead was shocked all of a sudden, "What are you doing here?" This is the medicinal diet given by the Queen Mother, why are you so bold? ”
I only heard that Miaoyu smiled lazily: "There is no Cuiwei Palace at all, and Concubine Chang's personal maid Xiaolian has always been by her side, you are not from the palace at all!" ”
After Miaoyu said this, the leading palace maid's eyes suddenly became cold, and she snorted and sneered: "Yes, you little prodigal hoof finally let you debunk it." ”
Siyu was completely stunned, not knowing what was going on, and suddenly saw the leading palace maid tear open her clothes and take out a dagger, and the cold light flashed and was about to stab at her.
The frightened Siyu hurriedly shouted, saying that it was late, it was fast, although Xiaolu was injured in the leg, but she also had martial arts, and lifted a stool to knock down the dagger stabbed by the palace maid.
It slammed on her head again, and the palace maid fell to the ground with a muffled snort, and blood flowed out at once.
Such a terrifying scene, frightened these palace maids who had never seen blood, it is said that they should panic and dodge, who would have thought that these palace maids not only did not hide, but rushed up.
This change was too hasty, Miaoyu kicked the table, let those people's daggers and swords all cut on the table, escaped this catastrophe, and hurriedly escorted Siyu to run out of the courtyard.
The remaining palace maids were slightly inferior to the leader in martial arts, and their movements were a little slower, and suddenly, they rushed out of the door to remember the rain.
Siyu had already run outside the courtyard, and along the passage of the dormitory, he didn't run a few steps before he encountered a group of patrolling soldiers.
When they saw Siyu and Miaoyu and Xiaolu, they all hurriedly ran to this side, and immediately knew that something was wrong.
They drew their swords one by one to protect the three of them behind, and one of the palace maids behind them chased after them too fast to restrain their steps, and was immediately separated by the leading soldier with a knife in his hand.
This frightened the remaining Assassins and quickly turned around and ran, but they were no match for these soldiers, and it was difficult for them to run fast because of their skirts.