The study in the east courtyard of the Taiwei Mansion is full of glass fragments and ceramic residues.

Qin Zhi sat on the Taishi chair with cold eyes, his anger was unconcealed on his face, with the tiredness of returning from afar, the room suddenly was quiet for half a cup of tea, so quiet that even a hair fell to the ground and his head sounded like thunder.

"What you just said is true?" Qin Zhen took a deep breath.

"How dare the concubine lie," Dou Qing'e's eyes were half affectionate and half tearful, "It is rumored that the concubine abused the concubine, causing Yu Nuan's hands to have chilblains, after Yu Nuan's mother died, you handed over Yu Nuan and Baochuan to the care of the concubine, Baochuan is timid and arrogant, this time, but ...... It's just because Yu Nuan made a mistake that the concubine punished her to wash her clothes for a few days, who knows, Yu Nuan is so delicate, and she got frostbite after three days of washing. ”

Arrogant, timid, and self-possessed, these are Qin Zhen's most hated traits, especially those that appear in his children.

"I'm asking you, you just said that Yu Nuan has been taking Wushisan for half a month, but is it true?"

"Of course it's true," Dou Qing'e hurriedly said, "This matter, Xiugu Cui'e can testify, today Yu Nuan can come out to greet her, just because she is uncomfortable, master, I punished Yu Nuan at the beginning, it was also because Yu Nuan took this forbidden drug first, and it was definitely not like the outside world rumors, saying that I abused my concubine." ”

Qin Zhen stood up with his hands in his hand, he clearly remembered how the emperor told him in the court, the emperor praised him for his loyalty and patriotism, and he was desperate to protect the prince when he was in trouble, and he was originally going to be knighted, but in the end he said that his inner house was restless, and how could the family be peaceful in the world, so he postponed the decision, and this inner house is restless, that is, the recent rumors in the capital that Dou Qing'e abused the concubine, causing the concubine girl to have chilblains, and was found at the queen's banquet, and even, some people began to rumor that the tears of the Buddha statue in the prayer ceremony of Wan'an Temple yesterday were also related to the Qin family's wife.

The third duke, who is too often the Taifu, is a moral example for a hundred officials, on the cusp of such a storm, it is reasonable for Qin Zhi to postpone the knighthood, but it also makes Qin Qian's heart more and more depressed, I didn't expect that he would be famous in his life, and the high-ranking official Qingyun Road would be planted in the hands of a woman.

But if it was rumored that the Qin family's concubine had taken Wushi San, Qin Zhen made up his mind to find out everything secretly before the matter expanded.

After grinding the last bottle of medicinal mud, Qin Yunuan wiped the corner of the table that was still stained with some medicinal juice, but Tong'er, who was guarding the door, hurriedly ran in and shouted: "Third girl, the master and the lady have sent someone, and now they have arrived at the gate of the courtyard, and they want to invite the third girl to come over and talk." ”

"Third girl," Mother Liao instinctively protected Qin Yunuan's body, and the corners of her eyes that had already climbed up a few wrinkles were full of worry, "Third girl, the slave maid will go with you." ”

"No, Mother Liao, it's more useful for you to stay in the yard," Qin Yunuan stood up, patted off some of the herbal residue that fell from the emerald blue horse-faced skirt, stroked the elegant and simple butterfly-shaped jade silver hairpin on his head, and went out to bless the grandmother who came to pick up the person, "Yunuan is not feeling well, so Mama has been waiting for a long time." ”

In the study room on the south side of Shunchang Courtyard, in the middle of the room, there is a floor-to-ceiling copper stove, in which there are incense cakes, and the sound of water droplets dripping on the bronze water injection copper mouth in the corner of the house is particularly harsh in this quiet and cold study, knocking on Qin Yunuan's heart again and again.

At this moment, Qin Yunuan knelt quietly on the ground, and on the side was Doctor Chen, who was close to the Qin family, to diagnose his pulse, and Doctor Chen frowned and took the pulse, looking very cautious.

The time of the half-pillar incense passed, and Qin Zhi still did not speak, until Old Doctor Chen ordered the medicine boy to put away the medicine box, and then asked, "How is it?" ”

"My lord, the pulse of the three girls is up and down, the pulse is big and long and slightly stringy, this is the real pulse, it is the yang fire, the spleen and lungs are hot and the palace is full, if it is not the body suffering from deficiency and cold, it is ...... It's just taking Wushisan. ”

"Can't you make a judgment?" Dou Qing'e was a little anxious.

"Mother, Yu Nuan asked Liao's mother to reply this morning, saying that Yu Nuan was unwell today and was infected with the wind cold, what else does my mother want?" Qin Yunuan knelt on her knees, the chill that could come from the cold ground was not as good as the churning clouds in her heart, for this father, Qin Yunuan had no close friendship with him in his previous life, but flesh and blood, Qin Zhen listened to Dou Qing'e's words today and began to doubt herself, which still made her feel a little cold.

"Father," Qin Yunuan looked at Qin Zhen sitting on the meditation chair, "If it is because Yu Nuan is unwell today and cannot accompany his mother to the mansion to pick you up, Yu Nuan is here to make amends for you." With that, Qin Yunuan kowtowed respectfully again.

Qin Zhen squinted his eyes slightly, looked at the extremely sincere Qin Yunuan through the pen holder on the long wooden desk, and said, "If that's all you are wrong, why should I send someone to let you come over in private." He Qin asked himself how self-disciplined and law-abiding he was, and now that the officials of the DPRK and China knew that he was restless, if Qin Yunuan really took the Wushi San, he could only keep his Qingwei by expelling it from the family tree.

Qin Yunuan just lowered her head more and more respectfully and said, "Yunuan doesn't know what mistakes she made, so she made her father furious on the first day he returned home. ”

"Third girl, if you refuse to explain honestly, don't blame me and your father for being ruthless." Dou Qing'e sat on the side seat, holding a hand warmer, completely lost the appearance of losing her soul, and some were just arrogant, confident and determined to hit with one blow.

Qin Zhen still sat on the meditation chair without saying a word, he crossed his fingers, thought about his ideas, weighed the pros and cons, and slowly spoke: "If you refuse to confess, Yu Nuan, I'm afraid that you will lose face in the end." ”

Qin Yunuan straightened her spine more and more and said: "Yunuan acts above board, she has never done anything to lose her morals, and she doesn't need to confess anything." ”

"Good!" She Dou Qing'e was waiting for this moment, "Since you refuse to say, master, look at it, you gave her three points of thin noodles but she still didn't appreciate it, and asked the master to allow Xiu Gu to take someone to the third girl's yard to search, and when the unclean thing was found, she naturally couldn't argue." ”

Qin Zhen stared at Qin Yunuan for a while with a look at the prisoner before nodding, which was to agree to Dou Qing'e's proposal.

Xiu Gu took the order to go out, Qin Yunuan suddenly realized, she opened her eyes, and asked in a panic: "Father and mother, do you suspect that Yu Nuan has taken the forbidden medicine of Wushisan?" ”

"We'll know if I'll see if I've taken it." Dou Qing'e's words were mixed with a hint of imperceptible joy, she was uneasy not to drive this obstructive concubine and her younger brother out of the Qin family.

The waiting time is difficult, the dead branches of the sycamore in the backyard of the study are blown by the wind, falling vertically, and the sound of popping knocks on everyone's hearts.

"Old lady, all the places in the courtyard to eat and hide things have been searched, and no five stones have been found."

The old doctor who followed behind Xiu Gu also nodded and said, "That's right, the old man has been following the inspection, and all the food is normal." Qin Yunuan had already asked Liao's mother to dispose of the rice porridge in the morning, naturally leaving no traces at all, and leaving Liao's mother and Tong'er Man'er in the yard was also to prevent Dou Qing'e's people from doing anything during the search.

"However," Aunt Xiu's words changed, causing Qin Zhen to subconsciously lean out, "I found a few bottles of medicine bottles in the third girl's makeup box, stuffed them very tightly, and specially took them back to check in front of the master and the lady." ”

The reason why Xiu Gu deliberately brought this medicine bottle back was because she recognized at a glance that this medicine bottle was the medicine bottle that she gave to Lu Liu on the order of her wife that day, containing five stone powder, Xiu Gu and Dou Qing'e glanced at each other, and the two of them had their own scores in their hearts.

"Someone, open these two porcelain vases." Dou Qing'e waved her sleeves, and the atmosphere was overwhelming.

"Slow," Qin Yunuan suddenly stopped, "Mother, my father is still sitting in the room, and my mother rashly gave an order without asking my father's will, which is too self-conscious." ”

Dou Qing'e looked at Qin Zhen with a snort, and wanted to open her mouth to defend herself, but she saw Qin Zhen nodding uneasily, and she agreed.

"See," Dou Qing'e was very proud on her face, "Today I want to let you, master, see what kind of unfilial daughter you are behind your back, taking five stones, according to the family rules, you should be expelled from the house." ”

"Mother is so sure that Yu Nuan has taken Wushi San, what if she doesn't?" Qin Yunuan's eyes became more and more determined, she was provoking, provoking Dou Qing'e to make a promise.

Dou Qing'e was already a desperate bet at this time, she believed that as long as she opened this porcelain bottle, she could turn things around, she said with red eyes: "If not, I will voluntarily worship the Buddha and fast for a month, without leaving home, Xiugu, open it!"

Xiu Gu quickly opened the cork, a smell of herbs came to her nose, Xiu Gu fell down, and what fell on the tray was not the five stone powder of white flowers, but the sticky green medicinal mud stuck to the mouth of the bottle, Xiu Gu's face became extremely embarrassed, Dou Qing'e also subconsciously clenched the corner of her clothes, everything was contrary to her expectations.

Dou Qing'e stared at Qin Yunuan in disbelief, looking at the just right amount of grievance and perseverance on the face of this weak and incompetent concubine, she was calculated, Dou Qing'e quickly made a judgment in her heart, she had always been the only one who calculated others, but now she ......

A trace of contempt flashed in Qin Zhen's eyes, he slowly opened his mouth, and said to Dou Qing'e: "This, is this what you said about Wushi San?" ”

Doctor Chen immediately stepped forward and picked out a star of medicinal mud, sniffed it for a moment, and said, "My lord, this is a medicinal mud made of Chuanxiong, Sichuan hyssop, Angelica dahurica, Yanhusuo, safflower, cinnamon, cloves, menthol, and borneol. ”

"What for?"

"Lord Hui, this is the folk method of that part of Qingzhou," Dr. Chen arched his hand, "External application can invigorate blood and dispel blood stasis, dredge muscles and bones, and is a good prescription for treating sprains, redness and swelling." ”