Chapter Ninety-Six: Alchemy
Afterwards, Duanmu Rui called Xiang and asked her about the sachet.
When Xiang heard that the sachet was poisonous, he looked very surprised, as if he didn't know it at all.
"The sachet contains a lot of poison, and after invading the body, it will make people die in a short time, how did you make the sachet, and there was nothing at all, do you say you don't know the past?" Duanmu Rui questioned her sternly.
She said hesitantly: "This is the emperor's people to the slave, the slave really doesn't know, the slave is not there at all, and he is not wearing it." ”
Duanmu Rui's eyes stared at her like two knives for a moment, and when he saw that she was just scared, he temporarily believed her and said to her: "Since you don't know, just keep it and say that the sachet is given to this king." ”
He did this because he didn't want the emperor to know that Su Wanyan had seen through the poison after taking it, and he didn't want Su Wanyan to be exposed.
Xiang raised his eyes to look at him and nodded, "The slave knows." ”
"You'd better not play tricks, your life is in the hands of this king now, and if this king wants you to die today, he will definitely not let you see the sun tomorrow."
Hearing Duanmu Rui's threat, Xiang promised with tears in his eyes that she would not talk nonsense.
Xiang was demoted to the embroidery lady in the house, became a subordinate, after she went back, she used the method taught by the emperor to spread the superstition, saying that Duanmu Rui was not close to her, although the sachet was given to Duanmu Rui, but it was found that it was poisonous.
When the emperor knew the news, the hatred in his heart increased a little, and he announced Duanmu Rui into the palace.
The two met a little awkwardly, because the battle between the two sides had been put on the surface some time ago, and the winner had not yet been decided.
The emperor didn't mention the incident, pretending to care about whether Duanmu Rui was satisfied with the concubine, but Duanmu Rui pretended to be confused, pretending not to understand that the emperor wanted to harm him, so he sued Xiang, saying that Xiang actually poisoned the sachet he gave him.
"There are a lot of mosquitoes in the house this season, if it weren't for the fact that the younger brother found that the place where the sachet was put died, and the younger brother was still in the dark, maybe he would have been poisoned now. Afterwards, the younger brother demoted the Xiang family to a subordinate, and he happened to talk to the imperial brother today. ”
The emperor was helpless, scolded Xiang's family, and made reparations with Duanmu Rui, "It's all the emperor's brother's, I only saw that the woman was in good shape, and I didn't carefully check whether she had bad intentions, otherwise, the emperor's brother will look for you again, and this time there will definitely be no last time." ”
Hearing him say that he was going to send a concubine again, Duanmu Rui immediately showed an unspeakable look, his eyes dodged and said: "Brother Huang, you don't know, it's not like that, brother, brother, hey......"
He let out a long sigh and lowered his head to speak.
The emperor said strangely: "What the hell is going on, is there anything else that the imperial brother is not good to talk about?" ”
Duanmu Rui pursed his lips, glanced at the emperor with a look of shame, sighed and said: "Actually, it's the younger brother, the younger brother can't do it, it's all the unhappiness of the younger brother, and it's also the incompetence of the younger brother, you can't accept the kindness of the imperial brother, and you can't pass on the incense to the family." ”
As he spoke, he wiped his face vigorously, looking very frustrated and annoyed.
It takes a lot of courage for a man to admit that he can't do that, because this is a very big shame for a man, the emperor wants to burst into laughter, and he can feel the sadness in Duanmu Rui's heart as a man.
He also pretended to sigh and sighed: "No wonder the imperial brother has no one by his side for so long, and he has no heirs, so that's the case." ”
He groaned and said, "That's okay, it seems that it's really inappropriate to send a concubine to the emperor's brother, forget it." ”
Duanmu Rui breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that fortunately he was clever and acted similarly, otherwise it would be really difficult to deal with.
After Su Wanyan tried two kinds of poisons on herself, she found that she really couldn't be poisoned, and told Nangong Qiuni about it, Nangong Qiuni said: "If you use your blood to refine the elixir, others should be able to eat it without poison." ”
Su Wanyan thought about it and agreed.
On this day, Duanmu Rui came to see her, and found that as soon as she stretched out her hand, there was a circle of gauze tied to her fair and delicate arm, so he took her hand and asked, "Are you injured?" What's going on? ”
Su Wanyan hurriedly withdrew her hand and covered it with her sleeve.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Duanmu Rui pulled her and asked, "What the hell is going on, I saw that you were not injured two days ago." ”
"No, it's just a little skin trauma, and I accidentally stabbed it when I practiced the sword."
She pinched her sleeve, Duanmu Rui wanted to see the wound, but she wouldn't let it.
At this time, Nangong Qiuni walked in, saw the two of them pulling, and was about to avoid it, but Duanmu Rui stopped her.
"Master Nangong, you should know about Wanyan's injury, right? She said that she was assassinated while practicing the sword, I don't believe it, can you tell me what happened? ”
Duanmu Rui looked at Nangong Qiu Ni with deep eyes, Nangong Qiu Ni thought for a moment, and said to Su Wanyan: "Princess, it's not a way to hide from the prince, let's tell him." ”
Su Wanyan looked up at Nangong Qiu Ni, glanced at the serious Duanmu Rui again, and nodded.
Nangong Qiu Ni said: "The princess's body is invulnerable, and the elixir refined with her blood can also make others have this ability, the princess is actually doing this for the prince, she wants the prince to be invulnerable." ”
Duanmu Rui was angry and moved when he heard this, he walked to Su Wanyan's side and took her hand, untied the gauze on her wrist, saw the deep wound on it, and said softly: "How can you hurt your body for me?" ”
Su Wanyan saw that he thought about his body first, instead of being happy because he could not invade all poisons, she felt that her decision was worth it.
"It's okay, and you don't need much blood, so you don't have to be poisoned and you can act with less worries in the future."
Duanmu Rui asked Nangong Qiuni, "Doesn't it really take a lot of blood?" ”
Nangong Qiuni's eyes flickered, and she shook her head, "Actually, it's not, you need to take blood five times, and it won't be less every time." ”
Duanmu Rui looked at Su Wanyan and said, "Master Nangong should have told you, if you need so much blood, don't refine this elixir, it will damage your body." ”
"But now that it's all started, wouldn't it be a pity to stop?" Su Wanyan covered her injured wrist, "It's just a matter of taking some blood, and you'll be back after raising it, it's more important to be useful to you." ”
Duanmu Rui pulled her into his arms and hugged her, but he still didn't agree, "No, it's so easy to take so much blood, let's stop." ”
Su Wanyan was a little anxious, pushed him away and said, "I can't stop when it starts, I will take good care of my body, you just agree, otherwise I will be very unwilling." ”
Her voice naturally had a coquettish taste, and Nangong Qiu Ni couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle lightly.
This is different from her self-improvement appearance outside, I didn't expect such a good thing Duan Murui would refuse for Su Wanyan's body, the two of you come and go, you beg me, I refuse, you beg me again, it's really boring, so that she, an outsider, sees that they are full of affection, and they only feel embarrassed.
was so abrasive by Su Wanyan that Duanmu Rui had no choice but to agree, "However, if you feel unwell, you must stop immediately, take care of your body on weekdays, and I will also find you a blood tonic medicine." ”
Seeing that he finally agreed, Su Wanyan breathed a sigh of relief, she thought that she must refine this elixir, and Duanmu Rui would not be the only one who would benefit in the future.
In the East Palace, Huo Qingqing came to see Su Yuxian, and saw that she was not in a normal mood, even if she came, she didn't smile at all with a stiff face, she was still lifeless, not angry at all.
Let the palace maid bring Xihe here, she wanted to hurt it, but when she saw Xihe seeing Su Yuxian, she was so scared that she cried, twisting her body to leave, Huo Qingqing knew that the child was not close to Su Yuxian, but it hadn't reached this level before, she asked the palace maid to take Xihe away, and asked Su Yuxian: "What's going on?" Why is the child so afraid of you? ”
Su Yuxian squinted at Huo Qingqing and didn't speak.
Huo Qingqing knew that the child was so afraid of a person, it must be that this person had done something excessive to the child, so he asked Su Yuxian: "Did you beat the child or yell at him?" ”
Su Yuxian still didn't speak, and Huo Qingqing said, "Are you acquiescing?" ”
She was very sad, "What's wrong with the child, how difficult it was for my mother at that time, and I didn't think about touching a finger of you, how can you do this to Xihe, let anyone outside know and tell the prince, and you will be completely finished." ”
"I'm finished, I don't have any hope, and I'll live a hard life like this in the future, either to die a bitter death or to be killed." Su Yuxian shouted excitedly at Huo Qingqing.
Huo Qingqing glanced outside the curtain and said in a panic: "You be quiet, let people listen to something." ”
Su Yuxian snorted coldly and stopped talking.
Huo Qingqing knew that she was not favored because she was not favored, the prince would not die of bitterness if he ignored it, and without the prince's favor, anyone could be bullied after a long time.
As a mother, she never wanted to see her daughter live this kind of life, comforted Su Yuxian, and talked about Xihe, "You should be kind to the child, lest the mother-son relationship be weak in the future, and become an enemy, at that time, you will cry, and your mother will never be able to take care of you all the time, and she will always die before you." ”
When Su Yuxian heard her say this, tears welled up all of a sudden, and she looked at Huo Qingqing and couldn't say a word.
Back in the house, Huo Qingqing inquired in many ways and learned that there was a kind of incense that could make people hallucinate and become addictive, so she bought some at a high price and sent them to Su Yuxian.
Su Yuxian tried every means to get the prince to come to her, and after lighting the incense, the prince really felt very good, and he became addicted, and he had to come to her every day to spend the night, which lasted for more than half a month, and she was greedy and reluctant to push the prince out, which attracted Jiang Duyan's attention.
Jiang Duyan saw that something was wrong, and had a huge sense of crisis in her heart, so she sent a message to Su Wanyan and asked her to enter the palace to see her.
Su Wanyan secretly entered the palace after disguise, and Jiang Duyan told her about the prince and Su Yuxian.
"I always feel that this is not right, the prince ignored Su Yuxian before, and revealed his boredom with her more than once in front of me, but why did he suddenly become addicted, and I haven't heard of anything she did to please the prince, but the prince went to her yard for many days?"
This thing is indeed strange, Su Wanyan thought about it and said, "I will meet the prince in person and see if I can find anything from him." ”
"Then you'll have to work for you." Jiang Duyan knew that if she wanted Su Wanyan to see the prince, she would definitely need a lot of courage, after all, it was still rumored in the East Palace that Su Wanyan was designed by the crown princess, so that she was robbed by the prince and almost lost herself to the prince.