Chapter Seventy-Six: Sorrow and Secret Hatred

"So, Niangniang had already guessed that someone was trying to harm her, so she hid a piece as evidence for the future?" An Su took the handkerchief, but she didn't realize that Xu Meiren still had such a careful mind.

Who knew that Mo Sheng shook her head: "How could Niang Niang think of it!" However, the process of making this chestnut cake is very troublesome, and it exhausts the strength of the entire small kitchen, and only one small plate can be made a day. Niangniang used two pieces, thinking that when you first arrived in Huanning Palace, you had not tasted such a delicious taste, so she planned to wrap a few pieces in a handkerchief and give them to you, but unfortunately the poisonous hair fell down as soon as you wrapped one piece. ”

An Su's heart was a little moved, she only thought about being a servant to the Lord, and everyone had their own things to do. Since she came to this Huanning Palace, she naturally wanted to protect Xu Meiren and be a loyal servant, but she never thought that Xu Meiren really took a sincere heart to her.

"Although it was a mistake, I finally left this pastry." An Su stroked the handkerchief, divided the pastry into three, and handed a small piece of it to Mo Shang, "Sister Mo Shang, please take these to the imperial doctors for re-examination, you must keep an eye on the whole process, but don't let them fish in troubled waters." ”

"Are you suspicious of the Imperial Doctor?" Mo Shang tapped his forehead with his index finger, "But we have found several different imperial doctors who have tested them, and their statements are all the same!" ”

An Su smiled indifferently, when she was on an errand in Changle Palace, Mama Hu Ruan instigated the power of the entire Tai Hospital in order to make things difficult for her. Now that I think about it, what's the difficulty in bribing several imperial doctors.

"It's not a doubt, there are many possibilities. Only by thinking of all possibilities can we find out the truth of the matter and find the person who poisoned the mother. ”

"You're right, I'll go." Mo Sheng greeted the palace maids who were waiting outside, and hurried to the hospital again.

An Su took the pastry with him, and also walked out of the gate of Huanning Palace, and walked quickly towards the Changting Palace. Every time An Su goes to the Changting Palace, he has to walk a long way, whether it is from the Changle Palace or from the Huanning Palace. Sometimes you can walk in a hurry, sometimes you can walk a little slower, but no matter how fast or slow, the scenery along the way is the same, but the mood of the people who look at the scenery is constantly changing.

An Su looked at the fallen leaves while walking, as well as the palace maids sweeping the fallen leaves on the side of the palace wall. They are doing the same errands every day, day after day, and they seem to become one with the red walls and green tiles, and become an inseparable part of them. At this time of every year, it is the same red wall and green tile, the same sedan chair, and the same palace maid's clothes, but those masters who sit on the sedan chair and those palace maids who are wrapped in palace maid clothes change their appearance every year. But no one cares about them, everyone only cares about whether the fallen leaves are swept away today.

An Su pinched the pastry in her arms and sped up, she wanted to leave this palace road quickly, and she always felt that there would be a lot of feelings here. But now is not the time to be innocent, she has two important things to do, one is to find out the person who wants to harm her for Xu Meiren, and the other is to find the source of the bracelet.

The two palace maids who were cleaning in the courtyard of the Changting Hall were still the last time, and they still remembered An Su. As soon as he saw her appear, he preemptively said, "Miss Shangguan is here, Gu Xiangshi is inside!" ”

"Thanks to the two sisters, then I'll go in first." Ansu nodded to the two of them, turned around and went into the main hall.

Gu Wenzhou was drinking tea alone, and the tea was fragrant, which should have been given by the emperor. There is no Lingbiao tea in Huiyue Teahouse in this palace, but there is a tribute imperial tea, and it tastes unique.

"Isn't it boring to drink tea alone, why don't you have me with you?" Ansu only poked her head out of the doorway to look at him.

Gu Wenzhou looked up in surprise: "Ansu, why did you come here at this time?" ”

"Because I pinched my fingers and knew that you were drinking tea alone, so I came over to accompany you." Ansu raised an eyebrow at him and smiled.

"Is that so? But I figured out that you came to me because of something. Gu Wenzhou poured a cup of tea for An Suye.

"Sure enough, Gu Xiangshi is more accurate, I came this time, and I really have something to ask you for." Ansu sat down beside him, picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Well, it tastes good." ”

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be for Xu Meiren's poisoning, right?"

Seeing that he had guessed, Ansu stopped going around in circles, and she took out the pastry in her arms: "Not bad." Look at these, this is the pastry that Xu Meiren ate when she was poisoned. Those who were sent to the hospital for examination were replaced by several doctors, but they were unable to find any problems. I'm worried that the pastry has been secretly replaced, but fortunately, Xu Meiren wrapped this piece with a handkerchief, and you can see if it has been poisoned. ”

Gu Wenzhou pinched some with his fingertips and crushed them in the palm of his hand, then put them to his nose and sniffed: "The poison in this pastry is called blood clotting, which is originally tasteless, and it is slightly bitter when mixed with food. ”

"So it's really poisonous in this pastry, and you can detect it just by sniffing it?"

"Almost anyone who knows a little about toxicology and medicine can detect it, but if you don't understand these ordinary people, you can't easily find it." Gu Wenzhou was puzzled, "But the doctors in the Tai Hospital were all screened through layers of screening before they were able to enter the palace, and they wouldn't be able to find out." ”

"Mo Shang has already taken the other half of the pastry to them for identification, if they still say that the pastry is non-toxic this time, it means that someone has bought the entire Tai Hospital, if they detect that something is wrong, then someone has secretly replaced the poisonous pastry." After An Su finished speaking, he thought of another question, and asked casually, "Wen Zhou, have you heard any rumors about the queen mother in the palace during this time?" ”

Gu Wenzhou has never liked to listen to these palace trivialities, but at this moment, he nodded: "The queen's temperament has changed greatly, and it is already a matter known to everyone in the six palaces. However, compared to the queen's previous affairs, the harem is much more orderly, which is also a good thing. ”

"Wen Zhou, you should have met the queen mother a few times, in your opinion, will she suddenly become so vigorous?" Ansu always felt that something was wrong with this matter.

Gu Wenzhou shook his head neatly: "No." ”

"You think so too?" An Su thought that he had a different opinion from himself, "I don't know what's wrong with this?" ”

"Whatever the odds, the situation is better now than before, so why bother to dig into it?" Gu Wenzhou unhurriedly added some tea to An Su.

An Su shook his head: "On the surface, this is indeed the case, if the queen mother just has a big change in temperament, it has nothing to do with me, I really don't need to dig into it." But Xu Meiren's poisoning involved the new palace maid Fu Ping next to the queen, so I didn't want to investigate it and had no choice. ”

"You suspect the queen did it?" Gu Wenzhou put down the teacup and looked at An Su with a serious expression.

"If it was the queen in the past, it must not be, but I am not sure about the current queen." An Su took another sip of tea, "Mrs. Emei is also suspicious in this matter, but I don't have a clue who it is, and I don't even know where to start." ”

"What did you find? Maybe you can tell me a little bit about it. ”

An Su told Gu Wenzhou all the statements he had asked about the small kitchen and the palace maids of Huanning Palace. What she gave was complete trust, and Gu Wenzhou also listened very carefully.

"It just so happened that at that time, all the imperial doctors were summoned to the Jiaofang Palace, which is indeed very suspicious." Gu Wenzhou thought for a while, and suddenly raised his eyes, "The palace maid who used to be very good with you in the palace maid's house is called Su Zili, isn't she on an errand in the Tai Hospital?" Why don't you ask her what happened then? ”

"That's right! Zili is in Tai Hospital, so he must know something! Wen Zhou, you really helped me a lot. Ansu suddenly showed joy, "I'll go find her." ”

An Su thanked Gu Wenzhou and hurriedly ran to the door, but remembered another thing he had come here. She stopped, turned and ran back.

"Wen Zhou, there is one more thing I want to ask you for help." An Su took out the bracelet from his arms, "This is my younger brother Shaojun's belongings, and Mo Xiang, who was on an errand with me in Huanning Palace, brought it back from outside the palace, saying that it was bought at a jewelry store on the street where Hongyu Inn and Yanliu Lane are connected." It's inconvenient for me to go out of the palace, can you please help me go to that store and ask, where did this bracelet come from? ”

Gu Wenzhou took the bracelet with a complicated expression, and was stunned for a moment before agreeing: "Okay, when I leave the palace next time, I will definitely help you inquire about it." ”

"Thank you, Wenzhou." An Su thanked him reassuringly, and then ran out quickly.

Gu Wenzhou looked at her hopeful back, and the tangled emotions in her heart continued to spread. Originally, she deliberately approached her because of the hexagram of the phoenix's fate, but after a long time, she gave birth to some indescribable feelings. In this way, I put myself in a dilemma. Is it to conform to the will of heaven and push her to the side of the true dragon emperor step by step, or to face her own heart?

Gu Wenzhou stared at the bracelet for a long time, and finally made another divination. This time, the hexagram really shows where Ansu's younger brother is. Gu Wenzhou thought, if An Su knew that he had deceived her, would he still be able to get along with him like this? He was worried. But let a little child conform to the will of heaven and fulfill the phoenix destiny of Ansu, and wander alone in Chang'an City, where there is no relatives and no reason, he really can't bear it. In such a dilemma, Gu Wenzhou always felt uncomfortable.

"Gu Xiangshi, Gu Xiangshi."

Gu Wenzhou pondered, and he didn't come back to his senses until the palace maid who was sweeping outside shook in front of her.

"Gu Xiangshi, the courtyard outside has been cleaned." The palace maid smiled, "What's wrong with you?" Miss Shangguan has just left, and you are so soulless. ”

"I'm fine, go down and rest when you're done!" Gu Wenzhou had already made a decision after pondering for a moment, he had studied the art of Qimen Dunjia all his life, and he definitely could not give up the hexagram of national fortune because of his children's private feelings.