After Gu Chen left, Steward Liu mainly took care of his business and helped Qin Niang manage the affairs of the mansion.

Qin Niang's daily focus is on those weapons and firearms, and all the trivial matters are handed over to the housekeeper in the house, and the housekeeper only needs to report to her every day.

Since Lu Zhiyang left, the woman who was crying and clamoring to marry Lu Zhiyang has not reacted at all these days, which is not normal no matter how you look at it.

"The young lady has been sending people to keep an eye on her, but she seems to be quite normal every day, and occasionally some boudoir women in Beijing invite her to the mansion for a banquet, or go out to enjoy the flowers, in short, it looks really normal, and it seems that she doesn't take the matter of Lu Gongzi leaving Beijing to heart at all."

Not only did Steward Liu send someone to keep an eye on her, but the Qi family also sent someone to keep an eye on her, if she made any moves, they would know immediately.

But it's because it's so normal, so I think it's strange.

"It's a miracle that she, an unknown woman from outside, can still make close friends in her boudoir." Qin Niang tugged at the corners of her lips and chuckled, "You'd better pay attention to the places she frequents, such as where to drink tea, where to listen to music, sometimes, if you can't follow far outside, you have to disguise yourself and get closer." ”

Steward Liu was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "It's the old slave who was negligent." ”

Qin Niang didn't care too much about this matter, but she was more concerned about the inexplicable more snakes in Yang Mansion, that Chunqiu died, and it seemed that the source could not be found.

It's just that she always feels that this matter is not so simple, and she has a hunch that there will be a follow-up to this matter.

Her hunch was not wrong, on the morning when Shi Rong and Rong Xi were about to separate the results of the competition, a secret guard came back to report that there were many snakes in Rongguo Houfu, and it was before dawn, so almost everyone in the entire mansion was bitten.

The corners of Qin Niang's eyes jumped, and she even paused to wipe the child's mouth.

After a long time, she asked, "Then, what about Miss Rongliu?" ”

The secret guard said: "It is said that most of those snakes appeared in the courtyard of Miss Rong Liu, but Miss Rong Liu stayed up a little late last night and stayed in the study at night, and the maid guarded it all night, which is really lucky." ”

Qin Niang twisted her brows, only Rong Liu's yard had the most snakes in the whole house, and besides, those snakes must be jumping around, and when people are sleeping, they can easily bite a large area.

She originally thought that someone wanted to target the Yang family, so she harmed the Yang Mansion like this, even if the other party had the next target, then maybe it was the Gu Mansion, or the Gu family's old mansion.

However, she didn't expect it to be Rongguo Houfu.

"Now, the matter of snakes appearing in the middle of the night in Rongguo Houfu has spread all over Beijing, and the sixth girl Rong is still making anti-snake and insect medicine bags for the soldiers in front, but there are so many snakes in the courtyard where she lives, and some people immediately question whether the medicine bag prepared by Rong Liu's girl has any effect."

After the dark guard finished speaking, he lost his voice and stood quietly aside, waiting for Qin Niang's next instructions.

Qin Niang opened her mouth, things seemed to be developing in an unexpected direction, and the other party seemed to be targeting not only the Yang family, but now even Rong Xi's competition was going to be destroyed?

If Rong Xi is questioned, then only Shi Rong will benefit.

But she didn't think that Shi Rong's brain could plan such a big scene.

The matter of the Yang Mansion was almost not spread to the outside world that day, but now the matter of the Rongguo Hou Mansion has been spread all over the capital, so the other party obviously wants to mess up the entire capital.

The dignified Rongguo Hou Mansion, there are girls who are proficient in pharmacology at home, but they are attacked by snakes, so what about the other mansions?

Snakes can enter the capital casually, so the snakes will go, they went to Rongguo Houfu today, will they go to other mansions tomorrow?

For a while, the whole capital was panicked, afraid that they would wake up in the middle of the night and find that their house was full of snakes.

Under this kind of noise, the evaluation naturally could not be carried out, and when the news reached the palace, the queen couldn't help frowning, and it was not the first time she heard that this kind of thing had happened, so she immediately ordered someone to pass Qin Niang into the palace.

After Qin Niang sent the child to the Gu family's old house, she followed the grandmother in the palace into the palace.

As soon as she entered the queen's palace, before she could salute, she was stopped by the queen: "No need to be polite, Mrs. Gu Shao, I invited you here today, just to ask you, what is going on outside the palace now?" ”

The location of the capital is extremely good, and there are no snakes, insects, rats and mosquitoes around, so I have never heard of snakes in the capital for a hundred years, especially a large number of snakes.

If there are snakes in this capital, will the streets be full of snakes?

It's a terrifying scene just to think about.

"The queen doesn't have to worry, the courtiers have already made people think." Qin Niang said, and briefly said that the Yang Mansion was put with snake medicine that day, and then concluded, "The courtiers feel that this is someone who deliberately wants to cause trouble to our imperial capital in the east. ”

When the queen heard this, she immediately remembered what she had said when she asked the fourth princess to return to the palace, and now that she was embattled in the east, if she was attacked into the capital by enemy spies, then the war ahead was also very worrying.

After all, if there is a fire in the backyard, no matter how hard you fight ahead, it will be in vain.

"I heard that there are a lot of people who have been bitten by Rongguo Houfu today, how can this be good?" Miss Rong Liu is good at medicine, and she can run into so many snakes in the mansion, but what about the rest of the people's mansions?

Today, these snakes are just roaming in those mansions outside the palace, but will they appear in the palace one day?

As long as she thinks of waking up one day and facing a pair of snake eyes, she feels a straight hair in her heart.

"Presumably someone with a heart took advantage of the loophole, this is defenseless, after a while the courtiers leave the palace, they will let people collect all the realgar and distribute it free of charge in the city, so that every household can sprinkle more at home." Qin Niang said, "It's just that the Miao people have always been good at these vicious methods, today they are snakes, and tomorrow I don't know what else there is." ”

The queen's face turned pale, this is indeed a problem.

Originally, Shi Rong and Rong Xi were trying to see whose medicine could prevent these things better, but now that Rong Mansion was also attacked by snakes, can Rong Xi's formula still work?

That's a cause for concern.

After all, if it is not used properly, it can affect the fate of the entire country.

"Then what does Young Lady Gu mean?" The queen is now accustomed to listening to Qin Niang's opinions, and she has also heard a lot about this young lady Gu, and now that Song Yu can enter Donglin, it is also thanks to the two of them that they have joined forces to pull Song Huai off the horse.

Otherwise, even if she is the current queen, her son will not have a chance to be that prince.

Moreover, the fourth princess Song Ru often told her that this young lady Gu has an extraordinary mind, and she can always think of some methods that others can't think of.

"Niangniang doesn't have to worry, Miss Rongliu's pharmacy was burned down two days ago, and the courtiers suspected that the Shi family did it, and now everyone has doubts about Miss Rongliu, it doesn't matter, two days ago, Miss Shi Liu also bought all the anti-snake and insect medicine in Beijing, so let her think of ways to get rid of these snakes."

Qin Niang thought, no matter whether these things have anything to do with the Shi family or not, but the ultimate beneficiary is the Shi family, and the Rong family can't use it, so naturally the Shi family has to be used.

Since the Shi family wants to come out like this, then let them come out enough, didn't they buy all the medicines short? Then let them spit it out again.

The queen is also a smart person, and she immediately understood when she heard what she said.

Qin Niang is going to use her strength to fight, whether it was the Shi family or not, anyway, the royal people have wanted to use them for a long time, so it is better to take this opportunity to knock them down.

After the crown prince ascended to the throne, these officials in the court and China wanted to say that they excluded dissidents.

"The courtiers are also afraid that in case a snake will enter the palace, they have already ordered someone to send a batch of male yellow into the palace, and let the chief of the imperial pharmacy help the princess to sprinkle all the corners of the palace in a while, as for the rest, the courtiers believe that the doctors will deal with it."

Qin Niang stayed in the queen's palace for a full hour, and after she left, the queen immediately went to the emperor's imperial study, for these things in the capital, the emperor is also very concerned, otherwise, he will not let her go to call Qin Niang into the palace.

After all, she is a woman, and it is not a matter for her to always run to the emperor's imperial study, in order to avoid those who listen to the imperial envoy more, these things have to be understood by the queen.

After Qin Niang left the palace, she went directly to Rongguo Houfu.

As soon as Rong Xi heard that Mrs. Gu Er was coming, he immediately asked people to invite people into the courtyard.

As soon as Qin Niang entered the Rongguo Hou Mansion, the bloody atmosphere of the Manchu Mansion came to her face, even stronger than what she had smelled when she returned to the Yang Mansion before.

Qin Niang couldn't help frowning, it seems that the situation in this Rongguo Houfu is much more serious than the previous Yang Mansion.

When I entered Rong Xi's courtyard, the blood stains in the courtyard were too late to clean up, and the people in the house were even more east and west, and I didn't see a few people all the way in.

I think it is true that many people have been bitten by snakes, and there are not enough people to work at this time, so it takes a little time to clean these things.

"Young Mrs. Gu, the mansion is so unbearable now, it makes you laugh." Rong Xi greeted him and greeted Qin Niang.

Qin Niang glanced at the few people who were busy washing the floor, and asked, "Have the other people in the house been treated?" ”

Rong Xi knew that the matter of Rongguo Houfu had spread, so he didn't hide it: "They are all treated in the side hospital over there, my father has invited all the doctors in the capital to come, and even a few of the doctors from the Tai Hospital have come, all over there, these people are on duty at night, so they escaped." ”

Qin Niang knows.

"Mrs. Gu, go to my house, it's weird outside." Rong Xi glanced at the messy courtyard with some embarrassment and said.

Qin Niang was not hypocritical, and followed her to her house.

"Mrs. Gu, I don't think someone wants me to win."