Chapter 349: The Strange Imperial Garden
The person in front of him is the queen mother's personal palace maid, and the palace maid who just helped the queen mother put away her dress, named Xiaocui.
Xiaocui was originally a palace maid in the Queen Mother's palace, because she acted cautiously and carefully, so she was quite appreciated by the Queen Mother.
The things that the Queen Mother rewards every day, she has no way to send them out of the palace.
Xiaocui only has her mother and younger brother outside the palace, before her brother was seriously ill, her mother had no choice but to ask someone to ask Xiaocui for help, Xiaocui gave her mother all the things she had accumulated in the palace for several years.
But originally the palace maid gave it privately, and it was a crime to take her things out of the palace, and Xiao Cui secretly passed her things outside the palace, and she happened to be caught by Shen Jasmine.
Shen Jasmine knew that she was the personal palace maid next to the Queen Mother, so she took her to a secret place and asked her about her situation.
After that, instead of punishing her, she also helped her find a doctor to cure her brother's illness, just because of this incident, Xiaocui has always been grateful to Shen Jasmine.
Shen Jasmine did this kind of thing not without asking for anything in return, she knew that Xiaocui was very important in the Empress Dowager's palace, so she had been secretly taking care of Xiaocui's family, with the purpose of using Xiaocui as her killer weapon.
Xiaocui doesn't know the truth of short-handedness, and it is worth doing her best for Shen Jasmine.
When Shen Jasmine came out of the Queen Mother's palace just now, she met Xiao Cui head-on, and she glanced at Xiao Cui, and Xiao Cui understood, so she secretly came to Qiwu Palace to see her when no one was paying attention.
Shen Jasmine looked indifferent, looked up and said to Xiao Cui: "Your family came with a message again, saying that everything is fine outside, and the sky is gradually getting cold, so let you take care of your body in the palace." ”
Xiaocui listened to what Shen Jasmine said, and burst into tears with excitement: "Thank you to the queen for taking care of the family for the slave and maid." ”
However, Shen Jasmine shook her head: "This palace takes care of your family for you because it treats you as its own person, and now this palace has a difficult thing that wants you to help this palace, I don't know if you can ...... it."
After listening to Shen Jasmine's words, Xiao Cui nodded hurriedly, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "Queen Mother, if you have any orders, as long as the slave can do it, you must be full of liver and brains, and you will never give up!" ”
When Shen Jasmine heard that she was so excited, she had a certain degree of confidence in her heart.
"It's not that serious, it's difficult for others, but for you, it's just a gesture."
Xiao Cui looked up at her, and she couldn't read it, but for the sake of her family, she still nodded, "The slave is willing to hear about it." ”
I saw Shen Jasmine take out the bottle of poison and put it in Xiao Cui's hand.
"What is this?" After Xiao Cui got the poison, she wanted to open the lid and see what was inside.
But Shen Jasmine hurriedly grabbed her hand with sharp eyes, "No, you can take this bottle of poison well, don't open it, this poison is highly poisonous, if you get a little touch, you will die, it's better for you to be careful." ”
"Did the mother give me this bottle of poison?"
Xiao Cui was shocked, and immediately understood what Shen Jasmine asked her to do, but she still accepted it.
"I saw the Queen Mother's sacrificial dress just now that you put it away, and you can sprinkle this poison on the Queen Mother's dress."
"Queen Mother, do you want to kill the Queen Mother?"
Listening to Xiao Cui's words, Shen Jasmine's complexion changed: "This palace is just doing what this palace should do, and her life and death are also in her own hands, you just need to help this palace sprinkle this medicine on the dress, as for whether the queen mother is dead or not, it is not something we can control." ”
But Xiaocui was a little scared, and pursed her mouth, "Niangniang, this is a head-killing." ”
"What? Don't you want to do it? Shen Jasmine's tone of voice was obviously heavier, and her eyes swept directly over.
"Niangniang, the slave and maid don't dare, but if this matter is discovered, the slave and maid must die for life, the slave and the maid are not afraid of death, just ask the slave and the maid to die, the queen can take care of the family for the slave and maid."
In fact, Shen Jasmine had already grasped this point, so she was so sure that she wanted Xiaocui to help her.
Looking at Xiao Cui in front of her, Shen Jasmine nodded: "Don't worry, you do things for this palace, but your benefits are indispensable, no matter whether this time is successful or not, this palace promises to send your mother to the end of her life, and then find a good job for your younger brother, how about it?" ”
Xiao Cui clenched the small bottle in her hand, then took a step back and made a big salute to Shen Jasmine: "Xie Niangniang is complete." ”
After speaking, Xiaocui stood up and said to Shen Jasmine with a little teary eyes: "The slave maid has been out for too long, and if she stays any longer, I am afraid that it will arouse the suspicion of others. ”
"This palace believes you, go quickly."
Xiao Cui put the small bottle close to her body, saluted Shen Jasmine again, and then left in a hurry.
Shen Jasmine looked at Xiao Cui's departing figure, and sneered in her heart, thinking that the success or failure of this matter would be on Xiao Cui in one fell swoop, and I hope Xiao Cui will not let her down.
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Xiaocui returned to the Queen Mother's bedroom, the Queen Mother was still resting, and no one around her noticed that she had left.
For Xiao Cui, poisoning her master is indeed a big rebellion.
In fact, he has served by the Queen Mother's side for so long, and the Queen Mother is still not thin on herself, if she hadn't encountered difficulties, she would not have obeyed Shen Jasmine's orders.
It's just that Shen Jasmine has indeed helped herself a lot, if she can settle down because of her mother and younger brother in the second half of her childhood, then her sacrifice is worth it, thinking about Xiaocui like this, she strengthened her confidence.
Soon it was dark, Xiaocui was not on duty at night, so she returned to her room early, she secretly took out the bottle of poison from her body, and then took advantage of the night to sneak to the queen mother's warehouse.
Familiar with the way to find the queen mother's sacrificial dress, because this dress was put here by herself, so she knew better than anyone where the dress was placed, and after a while, she fumbled for the dress and poured poison directly into the inner lining of the dress.
There was silence all around, and Xiao Cui, who had done all this, breathed a long sigh of relief, she carefully put away the bottle, and then secretly carried it.
He took the bottle to the Imperial Garden, threw it into the pond, and returned to his room as if nothing had happened.
For a few days, the entire harem was safe and sound, and Su Mian, who was the center of the harem storm, had been nesting in his own small courtyard to make clothes.
The Queen Mother is ill and has not appeared in front of the harem for a long time.
Fu Ruxue was grounded, Shen Jasmine's heart was a little weak, and she was naturally reluctant to go out, and the entire harem was in an indescribable silence for several days, and even the most innocent concubines on weekdays could feel the breath before the storm.
After Xiao Cui did that thing, she had secretly revived Shen Jasmine's life.
When she heard that she had thrown the bottle of poison into the pool of the Imperial Garden, Shen Jasmine was shocked at first, and then she was relieved, feeling something beautiful.
Su Mian has been staying in his small courtyard, rushing to make sacrificial dresses, because they are used for sacrifices, so these dresses are more time-consuming and costly than the dresses needed on weekdays.
After hurrying and hurrying, all the dresses were finally handed over to the palace masters before the ceremony began, and Su Mian also breathed a long sigh of relief.
Immediately after that, she began to draw her own design drafts in a hurry, and she hoped to finish all the drafts of her designs before the cold weather.
This will not delay the normal operation of his shop, after all, Su Mian has no other income in the palace, if he doesn't do a good job in the shop, then what he does every day will be useless.
Thinking of this, Su Mian couldn't help but feel a little angry, the Queen Mother couldn't get used to herself, but she didn't expect that she couldn't even give her salary in time.
Not to mention that she brought herself to the palace to affect the business of her shop, it also had a great impact on her body and mind, and it would not be an exaggeration to ask her for mental damages because of this matter in modern times.
Although there were many dissatisfaction with this palace in his heart, Su Mian knew that he had no way to compete with all the unfairness now.
Therefore, he must squeeze out time for the work in the palace, and only in this way can he ensure that he has no worries, so Su Mian's time is very tight every day.
Fortunately, Xiao Yue and Xiao Xiangzi helped her take care of everything in her daily life, so Su Mian was able to start her work without distractions, which also caused her to have little time to go out in a day, and she didn't know much about what was happening in the palace in the past few days.
Fortunately, soon, Su Mian's work in her hands was basically completed, and she rushed to pass on the design manuscripts created in her hand through the Yunxi County Lord before the weather became cooler and the last wave of cold air arrived, and notified the guys in the shop to work overtime to catch up with the production, It is said that these clothes were greatly praised as soon as they came on the market.
In the end, the ancient clothes were still bloated, and Su Mian gave full play to the advantages of winter clothes, not only adding many modern elements, but also retaining the basic characteristics of winter clothes to keep warm, so that they became popular in the streets and alleys.
Almost all the ladies and wives of rich and noble families rushed to buy the clothes in Su Mian's shop, which made Su Mian feel very happy.
Under such a trend, his income must be very optimistic, so Su Mian's restless heart also relaxed slightly, sure enough, whether in ancient times or in modern times, with an economic foundation, he has the capital to straighten his waist.