Chapter 149: Poison
After Wei's was beaten into the cold palace, now Shunkang Palace is where Jin Jieyu lives alone, she still lives in the original side hall, and she was a little surprised to see Yin Lingyuan.
This is the first time the two have met alone since the last conversation in Zhong Xiugong.
"Why is Niangniang here", Jin Jieyu cocked her orchid fingers, picked chrysanthemum petals, picked three or four petals on each flower, and the maid behind her was carrying a small basket to pick up, and when she saw Yin Lingkite, she stopped her movements and stepped forward to salute.
"Come here at this time, disturb your Yaxing", Yin Lingyuan smiled and glanced at the maid carrying the flower basket, which was no longer the frost of the past.
"It's just to pick some chrysanthemums to suit the occasion and make some chrysanthemum cakes," Jin Jieyu smiled.
"The fall of autumn chrysanthemum at night", Yin Lingyuan said, "Jieyu imitates the taste of the ancients." β
"The initiator is gone, and life feels better." Jin Jieyu invited Yin Lingyuan to take a seat, and at the same time waved her hand to let the maid stand down, "Niangniang is here, but what's the matter?" β
"It's also because of the Wei family's business", Yin Lingyuan said, "The former Concubine Yi is gone, what is the attitude of the Wei family towards this, do you know?" β
"In the end, there is still the Second Highness, and she is still alive in the cold palace, so many people are still counting on it."
"It's really good to be in the cold palace", Yin Lingyuan's eyes darkened, "You can still make waves." β
"Niangniang means ......"
Yin Lingyuan then told her about Baosheng, and finally explained her intentions: "I don't know if Jin Jieyu can convince the Wei family, don't embarrass them again." β
The Wei family is Concubine Yi's maiden family, and it is also Jin Jieyu's maiden family, the reason why Yin Lingyuan came to her was just to choose the most labor-saving method that didn't need to make a big move.
Jin Jieyu pondered for a moment and nodded: "The concubine knows about this matter, don't worry." β
It seems that the other party is confident, and Yin Lingyuan will not talk much nonsense, and go home with peace of mind and wait for news.
Sure enough, two days later, Jin Jieyu sent someone to inform her that the matter had been resolved, and the Fu family could move back to the original house with peace of mind.
Bao Sheng was overjoyed, she was now able to get out of bed and walk, with a white cloth wrapped around her forehead, and knelt down in front of Yin Lingyuan to thank her.
"Meng Niangniang will not give up, the slave maid was confused in the past, and did a lot of sorry things for you, now the younger brother's family is safe, and the life of the slave and maid is at the disposal of the mother."
Yin Lingyuan looked at her: "If I want your life, why did I save you in the first place." β
"Niangniang......" Baosheng was a little overwhelmed, she really regretted it, if she had told Niangniang to know the inside story earlier, it would not have been a big mistake today, and now she just wants to do something, to make up for her mistakes a little.
Yin Lingyuan thought for a while and spoke: "Your brother's family is stable, if you want, the palace can let you out of the palace and reunite with your family." β
"...... Do you want to drive away the slaves and maids? Bao Sheng's eyes widened slightly, and then quickly dimmed, thinking of what he had done before, and he really had no face to stay by his mother's side anymore.
"It's not that I want to drive you away", Yin Lingyuan said, "but you finally found your relatives, isn't it good for a family to live together?" β
Baosheng smiled gloomily: "The slave maid has been in the palace since she was a child, and she has long been accustomed to the days in the palace, but she doesn't know how to live when she goes out." "Besides, my younger brother has already married, and he will have children in the future and have his own small family. Their sister and brother are now more of a kind of family relationship, getting along day and night, she can't imagine what it looks like.
"But the slave knows that she has made a big mistake, and she doesn't dare to stay by her mother's side," Baosheng said, "The slave and maid are at the disposal of the mother." β
Yin Lingyuan finally left her, recuperated herself, and continued to stay by her side to serve.
On the one hand, Yin Lingyuan is not hard-hearted, Bao Sheng has been with her for so long, she already has feelings, even if she knows that she once betrayed herself, but later Bao Sheng would rather die by herself than harm her, which shows that she is not bad-hearted. Yin Lingyuan felt that she was more worried, for the past, maybe the times had changed, or maybe because it had not caused very serious harm, she was not very angry when she learned about it.
On the other hand, to put it coldly, Bao Sheng's only involvement, Concubine Yi could control it in the past, and now she can too, so there is no need to worry about her betraying herself again.
After recuperating for more than ten days, Bao Sheng recovered as before, and returned to Yin Lingyuan to serve, with Fang Jiping's conditioning and Yin Lingyuan's elixir, Bao Sheng did not leave any sequelae, only the freshly healed scar on his forehead looked a little terrifying.
She lowered her forehead a little, barely able to cover it, and Chu Hui took out the scar medicine she had used before and gave it to her.
During this period, Qi Ye came once, and learned that Zhong Xiugong invited the imperial doctor in the evening, and made a special trip to ask, Yin Lingyuan had no choice but to blacken himself, saying that he had eaten too much for dinner that day, and asked the imperial doctor to come over and prescribe some medicine to eliminate food.
In fact, with the identity of Baosheng and them, they can't be diagnosed and treated by the imperial doctor in terms of etiquette.
And this matter, Yin Lingyuan does not plan to say to Qi Ye for the time being.
Originally, Wei's was not at ease in the cold palace, and she was going to make waves, she planned to report to the emperor, but in the end she hesitated, and the problem was the poison.
Over the years, Wei's use of poison has harmed a lot of people, from the previous Xiao Yu'er to the later self, every time he uses poison, even the experienced doctors can't diagnose it, and they can't resolve it.
The Wei family does not know medical skills, the Wei family has lived in the imperial capital for generations, and has never heard of any strange people or poison masters, so where did Wei's poisons come from?
The poison that Bao Sheng handed over to her was the only time Yin Lingyuan got his hands on Wei's poison, and he first showed it to Fang Jiping, and he couldn't see what ingredients were in it.
She gave it to Yu Ze again, she originally respected this state, she didn't expect to see anything, but Yu Ze found a trace of extraordinary flavor in itβthe breath of an ancient cultivator.
In other words, this poison is not an extraordinary thing, it is very likely to be something from the former cultivation realm.
How could there be anything in the cultivation realm in the hands of the Wei clan?
Did she refine it herself, or did she have someone around her who could refine the poison?
Or, does Wei have a related spiritual treasure in his hand?
Also, since Wei's hands have these things, does she know her secrets? Did you discover the existence of Yu Ze?
A series of questions made Yin Lingyuan really worried for a while.
Later, through Yu Ze's further perception, the breath on this poison was already very weak, obviously not refined at the moment, it was very likely that Wei's got it by chance, and Yin Lingyuan put a little bit of a snack.
However, there was still no way to know how many such poisons Wei had in her hands and how she got them, so Yin Lingyuan decided to secretly investigate the matter first, so she didn't tell Qi Ye.
Qi Ye actually believed her excuse, mainly because he also ate the rice, which was really fragrant.
Yin Lingyuan took the opportunity to propose to expand the planting area, and she fell in love with a lotus pond near Zhongxiu Palace, and wanted to pull out the lotus flowers and plant rice.
Although the rice was indeed delicious, Qi Ye still didn't nod his head in the whole lotus pond, and finally only promised to give her a few more big water tanks and send them to Zhongxiu Palace, which was better than nothing.
The day after the Fu family's affairs were resolved, Yin Anlu left Dijing and went south, and the source of Wei's poison was still missing.
The weather is getting colder day by day, the warm pavilion needs to be rebuilt, everything in Yinghua Palace is ready-made, and Zhongxiu Palace needs to start from scratch.
Fortunately, the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs have experience, so it will not be difficult to do.
The two palaces were crowded, and the palace people came and went, but Yin Lingyuan unexpectedly saw Xiaokangzi again.
He is still the little steward of the dining room now, he has no money to dredge, and he has not been on the errand of managing the treasury when he arrives, so he made a special trip to Yin Lingyuan to sell it, saying that he was grateful for her noble hand that day, but in fact, he heard some rumors and wanted to take the path of Concubine Yu.
"Although the slave is just a small steward, he has known a lot of people in the dining room for many years", Xiaokangzi smiled, "Niangniang knows that the dining room is responsible for eating and drinking everywhere, and there are people in the cold palace who go there every day." β
Yin Lingyuan raised his eyebrows, Wei was in the cold palace, and the only people who could be bought were the people in the dining room, and it was the right time for this person to come.
"Who are the people who deliver food to the cold palace every day, do you recognize?" Yin Lingyuan asked.
"Coincidentally, this is the minion's errand." Xiaokangzi said that he himself used to deliver meals to concubines who were grounded or made mistakes, and later he was promoted to steward, and he was also in charge of this.
Yin Lingyuan knew it, no wonder he came, he must have known some inside information.
"Since it's your subordinate, there must be something to do and not to do, Gonggong Kang is like a mirror in his heart." Yin Lingyuan said that she didn't mind cutting off Wei's road to external contact.
"The slave has already disposed of the original little eunuch, he is shallow-eyed, he can't see anything good, and he dares to do anything if he gives a little benefit", Xiaokangzi came when he was ready, "Now there is a new person, don't worry." β
"Gonggong Kang said so, what else is there to worry about in this palace." Yin Lingyuan nodded with satisfaction, and reciprocated the peach, she would naturally meet Xiaokangzi's wishes, "Father-in-law still wants to be a warehouse manager?" β
"The slave is not blessed, that errand has been put on the top", Xiaokangzi secretly raised his eyes, looked at Yin Lingyuan's expression, and then spoke cautiously, "If you can follow Niangniang, it is the great creation of the slave." β
Yin Lingyuan frowned, and thought for a while before speaking: "There are no eunuchs in charge around this palace, and they are used to using Baosheng every day, you know, most of the eunuchs in this palace are doing rough errands, serving the fields, patrolling and guarding, and letting Gonggong Kang do this, isn't it wronged?" β
"This ......" Xiaokangzi hesitated.
"That's it", Yin Lingyuan smiled, "I'll ask the Internal Affairs Office when I go back, see if there is anything lacking recently, turn around and let you go up, or if you still want to be the warehouse manager, even if there are others now, the palace can rearrange you to go up." β
She said this, it was Ren Xiaokangzi, an errand of the Internal Affairs Office, who was selected, but she also said that it was at the level of a treasury manager.
Xiaokangzi was happy again, the Internal Affairs Office was in charge of the entire harem, and he had the errand of being rich in oil and water, so it was worth it even if he couldn't stay with Concubine Yu.
"Thank you Niangniang", Xiaokangzi was overjoyed, "Wait for the slave to go back and think about it, and then come back and forth to Niangniang." β
"It's fine." Yin Lingyuan nodded in agreement and said with a smile: "Why don't you want to go to the treasury anymore?" β
She asked casually, but unexpectedly, Xiaokangzi suddenly showed a different color, lowered her voice and said mysteriously: "Don't dare to think about it anymore, the slave has a thin life, and he can't afford this errand." β
"How?"
Xiaokangzi looked left and right, and felt that it was good to tell Concubine Yu about this, so he leaned closer and whispered: "The slave also learned recently that the original warehouse steward was called killed." β