After sending the news out, Cheng Lingxiu kept feeling frightened, restless, and always felt restless. In the evening, even the judge of the Chen Yuan on duty was recruited alone, saying that he was asking for a pulse from Concubine Li, but he didn't come back until the time of the child.

In the afternoon of the next day, I didn't see the medicine envoy who went out of the palace yesterday to deliver the medicine back, Cheng Lingxiu was very worried, Huang Jingci was not in the palace for the past two days, Cheng Lingxiu had to ask the Lin Yuan judge on duty, and the answer was that the medicine envoy had something urgent to do and couldn't go back to the palace.

Cheng Lingxiu was shocked, could something have gone wrong? In the past, even if the medicine envoy who delivered the medicine or other people in the hospital could not return to the palace, Zhao Jia and Li Ding would ask others to send medicine into the palace, and the reply message would also be mixed in, but today until the afternoon, there was no news sent in, and Cheng Lingxiu was even more worried.

Cheng Lingxiu couldn't help but ask the ambassador of the medicine depot when he was changing the medicine in the medicine store, but the answer he got was that the Chen court sentenced the family to take leave for an urgent matter.

Cheng Lingxiu became more and more panicked, he didn't even have much appetite for dinner, he hurriedly ate a few mouthfuls of food and was about to think of someone to bring a message to Huang Jingci, and asked him to go to the pharmacy to see the situation, when the little eunuch of Chuxiu Palace suddenly came to summon him, saying that the Queen Mother had a headache and wanted Cheng Lingxiu to go for treatment.

Cheng Lingxiu took the medicine box and hurriedly followed the little eunuch to Chuxiu Palace, and he was able to enter Chuxiu Palace, but he saw that there seemed to be many more guards in the inner hall here than usual, and everyone was like a great enemy. Cheng Lingxiu's heart tightened, and her heart slowly sank, something must have happened. Otherwise, it wouldn't be so abnormal, but at this moment, she was not worried about herself, but worried about whether Li Ding and they could escape this catastrophe.

Arrived at the East Warm Pavilion of Lijing Xuan. Xingzhen was still lying on the soft couch safely, and before she entered the warm pavilion, Cheng Lingxiu was pressed to kneel on the ground by several strong grandmothers, and the medicine box and needle bags on her body were taken away. ”

Xingzhen hummed lightly. got up and walked in front of Cheng Lingxiu, and asked with a cold gaze: "Are you a fine work of a long-haired thief?" ”

Cheng Lingxiu shook his head and said, "The slave doesn't know what to do. ”

With a snap, a grandmother next to her slapped Cheng Lingxiu hard. The corners of Cheng Lingxiu's mouth immediately flowed a trace of red, "The Queen Mother asked you, it is best to invite you honestly, otherwise you will feel good!" ”

Xingzhen waved her hand and said, "You don't have to hit her." Let her get up and speak. ”

A few grandmothers let go. Cheng Lingxiu struggled to stand up, still looking calm and calm, Xingzhen praised: "I am not surprised by the changes, I really have some skills." Then An Dehai glanced at the side, An Dehai took out the yellow paper wrapped in medicine yesterday and put it in front of Cheng Lingxiu, Xingzhen frowned and said: "This is written with hidden potion, and it needs to be baked with fire to appear, you use this paper to wrap the medicinal materials and hand it to Chen Yuan." Chen Yuan's judgment was handed over to the medicine collector, and the medicine envoy sent the package of medicine out of the palace to your comrades outside the palace. What else do you have to say? ”

Cheng Lingxiu's silver teeth were bitten, and she still said in a low voice: "The slave just took an ordinary piece of yellow paper wrapped in medicine, and I don't know who wrote what on it." ”

Xingzhen sneered: "Oh? Is it? Why is it written on this the edict that Xiao Anzi read yesterday when you were here to apply needles to the palace? ”

Cheng Lingxiu's face changed slightly, but she still gritted her teeth and said, "The slave doesn't know." ”

Xingzhen snorted, turned around and picked up an official document from the table and said: "Last night, Shang Yu's spare place raided the Wan'an Pharmacy in Jiangmi Lane, and five people were seized in the pharmacy, and three people were killed on the spot. Of the five people seized, three had bitten through the poison and killed themselves, and the other two had already confessed, and their confessions were here. Lingxiu, this palace takes pity on your medical skills and gives you a chance to confess. ”

Cheng Lingxiu's face couldn't help but change greatly when she saw Xingzhen throwing over the confession, and the word Li Ding was signed at the end of one of the confessions, and Brother Li, whom she had always admired, actually confessed himself, and for a while Cheng Lingxiu was deeply stung by this betrayal, and only felt that her legs were weak and she fell to the ground.

Xingzhen saw that her face turned pale, and then said lightly: "This pharmacy only started to supply medicinal materials in the palace after Huang Jingci's introduction, he is your benefactor, and you actually use him." If you don't want to implicate Huang Jingci, it's best to tell everything you know. Then he sighed softly: "You are so young, so beautiful, and so skilled in medicine, why do you have to do long-haired fine work?" ”

Cheng Lingxiu's tears finally flowed, she raised her head and her eyes were full of grief and indignation, and she whispered: "My grandfather was killed by the guards in Shangyu's spare place, I want to take revenge!" ”

Xingzhen frowned slightly, she knew that Cheng Tieqiao's death involved some secrets, and immediately waved her hand, An Dehai knew the joints, and hurriedly ordered those grandmothers to go down, and only Xingzhen, An Dehai and Cheng Lingxiu were left in the house.

Xingzhen sighed slightly, sat back on the soft couch and said lightly: "Your grandfather's death was not instigated by this palace, they were ordered by the traitor Su Shun to harm your grandfather, because the patient your grandfather treated last time was not an ordinary person. ”

Since Cheng Lingxiu arrived in the palace, after some inquiry, he also began to vaguely know that the guard who killed his grandfather was instructed by Su Shun, and later Cixi killed Su Shun to avenge his grandfather.

Xingzhen continued: "You are kind by nature, and you are not suitable for fine work. This palace is very strange, you had many chances to kill this palace, why didn't you do it? And when Xiao Anzi interrogated the two fine workers, they didn't know anything about you being able to perform acupuncture near the main palace, so you must have not told those people outside the palace about acupuncture for the main palace. ”

Cheng Lingxiu was silent, but her tears flowed down uncontrollably, and then she just said lightly: "I am a doctor who treats diseases and saves people, and I will not harm people." She really didn't tell Zhao Jia that she could do acupuncture for Cixi. Because she knew that once she sued them, Zhao Jia and the others would definitely let herself get rid of Cixi. It's not that Cheng Lingxiu is afraid that she won't be able to get out after killing Cixi, just because she is a doctor. Since elementary school, she has learned the heart of the doctor's parents, and she has no intention of harming others, and no doctor will watch the patients she has treated be killed by her own hands, so she concealed this matter.

Xingzhen smiled and said, "You are a doctor?" Hehe, that's right, what doctors should do is to save people and not harm them. She paused and then said, "How did you become a long-haired spy, and you recruited from the truth." You don't want to implicate Huang Jingci, right? ”

Cheng Lingxiu naturally couldn't bear to implicate Huang Jingci, and saw that Li Ding had already confessed, so he immediately explained how Li Ding saved himself again. I have told you how I joined Bai Zetang.

An Dehai listened and recorded it on the side, and after finishing speaking, An Dehai handed the confession to Xingzhen to read, and asked Cheng Lingxiu to sign it.

Xingzhen waved her hand and asked An Dehai to take Cheng Lingxiu down first and watch him alone. and commanded not to be abused. Food and clothing are provided in the same way.

After Cheng Lingxiu left, Xingzhen ordered someone to bring Li Ding for questioning. Li Ding was tortured and was already dying, but anyone who confessed to being a traitor must have anything to say, and he had no backbone at all.

Xingzhen took out several secret letters found in the pharmacy and asked, "Who created the pinyin code on this secret letter?" And then teach you? ”

Bai Zetang has always used Chinese pinyin as a code language, and Li Ding didn't know who created it, but he said weakly: "Since the villain joined Bai Zetang, he has been using this code language." I don't know who created it. ”

Xingzhen sighed and asked, "Who founded Bai Zetang?" ”

"Bai Zetang heard that it was founded by the King of the West himself......"

Li Ding was finally taken down, and Xingzhen instructed the Tai Hospital to treat him well. People like this who have surrendered are still very useful. Then she repeatedly took out the code words of Chinese pinyin and looked at them, thinking that Cheng Lingxiu had only been in time to join, and it was too late to learn the code words of Chinese pinyin, otherwise the seized yellow paper would not be written directly in Chinese characters. Bai Zetang was created by the King of the West, Bai Zetang used Chinese pinyin as a code language, and it is obvious that this King of the West himself is a traverser.

After the next day's court meeting, Xingzhen ordered An Dehai to bring Cheng Lingxiu again, and met Cheng Lingxiu alone in Chuxiu Palace.

Cheng Lingxiu couldn't sleep all night, she couldn't figure out why her beloved brother Li Ding betrayed Bai Zetang and betrayed herself, thinking that this time she must be in a catastrophe, and she couldn't sleep over and over again.

Cheng Lingxiu looked a lot haggard after sleepless night, her cheeks that had been beaten by the grandmother yesterday were swollen and high, Xingzhen ordered someone to take some plasters to apply to her after reading it, and then said: "This palace can let you and Li Ding go this time, but you have to do one thing for this palace." ”

Cheng Lingxiu was very strange that Xingzhen would ask them to do something, but Xingzhen didn't care whether Cheng Lingxiu agreed or not, and then said: "This palace wants you to send a secret letter to your king of the west through the way of Bai Zetang. ”

Cheng Lingxiu shook his head and said: "Queen Mother, Lingxiu only knows how to pass the news out of the palace, and doesn't know how to pass the news back to the south. ”

Xingzhen sighed and ordered someone to bring Li Ding over, Cheng Lingxiu still had some resentment towards Li Ding, but seeing that he was carried on a stretcher, there was almost no intact place on his body, and he suddenly became soft, and he didn't know where to run away from those angers.

Seeing Li Ding, Xingzhen took out a letter she had written and said, "You take care of your injuries, and this palace can forgive your sins, but you have to help this palace send this letter to the king of the west." ”

Li Ding was very excited when he saw Cheng Lingxiu, originally he insisted on refusing to say anything, but in the end, An Dehai threatened Cheng Lingxiu's safety, and Li Ding still gave in. An Dehai is a personal essence, he found some objects on Li Ding's body, all of which were shoes and socks, sachets and other things sewn with embroidery thread in the palace, and he knew that this fine work in the palace was a woman and had affection for Li Ding, so he was blindfolded, and he didn't expect Li Ding to really move.

After listening to Xingzhen's words, Li Ding said in embarrassment: "Bai Zetang's rudder and external contact have always been handled by the hall master himself, and the villain doesn't know how to pass on the news. ”

Xingzhen pondered for a moment and said: "Then after you recover from your injuries, you will go back to the south in person, Lingxiu will stay in the palace, if you can complete the task, the palace can consider pardoning the sins of the two of you, and you can also give you gold and silver to let you leave to be a pair of fairy couples, if you can't complete the task, Cheng Lingxiu will be the first to die!" ”

Li Ding naturally agreed without hesitation, while Cheng Lingxiu was placed under house arrest in the palace. After Li Ding raised him for half a month, he couldn't wait to leave the palace when he could get out of bed, and An Dehai arranged a carriage to send Li Ding south. (To be continued......)