Chapter 48: The Autopsy (Part II)
Zhan Hongling personally sent Sheng Mingyu back to the Sheng family's mansion.
After Sheng Mingyu handed over today's autopsy sheet to Zhan Hongling, her work today was completed.
As soon as I returned to the house, I saw An An running out with a crying face to greet Sheng Mingyu.
"Girl, where did Zhan Yu take you to? The slave and maid were worried about death. The slave and maid sat restless in the house, waiting for the girl to return. ”
Sheng Mingyu turned around, letting An An see that he was safe and sound.
"Haven't I come back? It's okay, it's okay! I went to Yizhuang outside the city with Zhan Yu and followed her to see a few corpses. ”
"Ahh Anxin yelled.
Sheng Mingyu was also shocked by Anxin's shout.
"Girl, how can you go to such a place? I heard that the Yizhuang outside the city has always been very mad! ”
"I'd better have someone pick a few grapefruit leaves! Later, the girl will take a bath with grapefruit leaves to remove the bad luck in her body. ”
After reassuringly, he called two little maids and told them to go to the back garden to pick a few grapefruit leaves from the grapefruit tree.
Anxin went to the firewood room in person and boiled water for Sheng Mingyu.
After taking a bath with grapefruit leaves, Sheng Ming Yuping retired from the maid who was waiting in the house, lay on the couch, and recalled today's case in his mind.
In this case, she always felt a trace of indescribable weirdness.
The four deceased were all palace maids who served beside Concubine Sheng.
It was sent by Sheng Ruhua to Jiangzhou and Liuzhou to purchase medicinal materials.
Sheng Ruhua sent them to Jiangzhou and Liuzhou, what kind of medicinal materials did he procure?
Could it be that Sheng Ruhua didn't know that there was a plague outbreak in Liuzhou, Jiangzhou, could turn living people into bloodthirsty monsters?
Since Sheng Ruhua entered the inner hall, was favored by the official family, and became the concubine of Sheng Guifei, who crowned the sixth palace, Sheng Mingyu felt a little strange to Sheng Ruhua.
Sheng Ruhua is the second girl of Sheng Guogong's mansion, Sheng Guogong and his wife originally wanted Sheng Ruyu to enter the palace, but at that time, Sheng Ruyu had already fallen in love with Shiquan, and she didn't want to enter the palace at all.
Sheng Ruhua is just a candidate for Sheng Guogong and his wife to replace Sheng Ruyu in the palace.
Although Sheng Ruhua is now favored, she has never given birth to a prince for the official family, and even the only princess was born in the first year of entering the palace.
Over the years, Sheng Ruhua has not come out, but he has firmly grasped the harem.
In the palace, the mother is more expensive than the child, even if Queen Zhao and Concubine Miao Xian are not favored, but the official family will always give them some respect for the sake of the two of them giving birth to the imperial heir.
If the official family returns in the New Year, the successor will only be the prince, not the princess.
Without a prince, Concubine Sheng will fall out of favor one day after all.
Sheng Mingyu thought a lot in her heart, and she guessed that these things must be inseparable from Sheng Guifei.
However, she has no leisure now, to take care of the Sheng Guo Mansion's own household affairs.
Since it is the Shengguo Mansion's own housework, let them handle it themselves!
These things have little to do with her.
Early in the morning, Sheng Mingyu just got up from the couch.
I heard the mother-in-law who was waiting in the front yard say that the three girls from the Shengguo Mansion came to see her.
Rulan?
How could she think of coming over to see herself?
After being served and freshened up, and having breakfast in the house, Sheng Mingyu went to the front hall.
Sheng Rulan was already in the front hall and had been waiting for her for a long time.
Today, Rulan wore a blue-blue embroidered orchid daylily gown, and a water gauze coat on the outside, with light makeup, followed by two little maids who were waiting.
Before Rulan could speak, Sheng Mingyu asked her first.
"Rulan, what are you doing here today? Before I could get up, I heard the little maid in the front yard come and say that you were coming. ”
Sheng Rulan looked around carefully, and then glanced at Sheng Mingyu with a slight gesture.
Sheng Mingyu immediately understood what Rulan meant, Rulan was worried that there was an inside line inserted in the house to inquire about the news.
It's better to be careful, Sheng Mingyu asked An Anping to retreat from the maid who was waiting in the house.
Seeing that most of the maids in the house had gone, Sheng Rulan lowered her voice and said.
"I heard the maid who was waiting in my house say that you went to the Yongding Marquis Mansion a few days ago and withdrew from the marriage with Shiquan, Shiquan is not a good person, and Mingyu withdrew from the marriage, it's okay."
"Since the Marquis of Yongding fell ill, the Hou Mansion is like losing the backbone, and Mrs. Xu of the Marquis of Yongding has frequently entered the palace these days, first to see the queen mother, and then to see Miao Niangzi, Sheng Niangzi. Xu wanted to ask for the grace of the queen mother and asked her to go to the Zhuangzi who detained the Marquis of Yongding and take a look at the Marquis of Yongding. ”
"It's just that the person who guards Zhuangzi, after all, is the loyalty of the Imperial City Division next to the housekeeper, and there is no official intention, who dares to put it in privately? That's it. ”
Listening to Sheng Rulan's words, the reason why she came here today was to make a special trip to talk to her about these things?
However, from what Rulan said, Sheng Mingyu got a message, that is, Yongdinghou's illness must be getting more and more serious.
The things that are said outside are all confusing news released by the Imperial City Division.
The Xu family wants to see the side of Yongding Hou, and it is difficult to climb to the sky.
Then the others, don't want to get close to Yongdinghou.
But what kind of disease did Yongding Hou have, could it really be the plague that can turn living people into bloodthirsty monsters?
"Rulan, do you know what kind of disease that Yongdinghou was born of?"
Sheng Mingyu raised his head and looked at Sheng Rulan in front of him, and asked lightly.
Sheng Rulan shook her head, she didn't know much about these things.
Naturally, I don't dare to determine whether what I said is true.
However, what she can tell Sheng Mingyu is that the good days of the Yongding Marquis Mansion are about to come to an end.
If the Marquis of Yongding dies of illness, then the successor of the Marquis must be Shiquan.
It's just that Shi Quan is young in the end, and he doesn't know much about the operation of the Hou Mansion. In addition, with such a mother by his side, this Hou Mansion is undefeated, which is really strange.
Sheng Rulan came over today, just to say this to Sheng Mingyu, and she also had to remind Sheng Mingyu a few words.
"Mingyu, my father already knows about your acquaintance with the prince of Yuanwang, my father and my mother were talking in the study that day, I happened to pass by and listened to a few words. I saw that the two of them talked about your marriage again, saying that they wanted to marry you to the palace! ”
"Don't go out these days, stay in the house honestly! Lest there be any extraneous branches! ”
Sheng Rulan said a few words, and immediately got up.
Sheng Mingyu asked Anxin to send Sheng Rulan out, but she continued to stay in the house, thinking about Sheng Rulan's words.
How did Sheng Guogong know that she knew the prince of Yuanwang?
Could it be that when I went to the Shangqing Palace that day, the Wu woman who was waiting beside Mrs. Sheng looked at her and Chen Cang and said a few words, and mistakenly thought that they knew each other?
This damn mother-in-law!
If she meets that woman next time, she must teach her a good lesson.
After Sheng Mingyu had dinner, he received the news from Mingjue's private school.
The teacher had an emergency at home and had to suspend classes for a few days, so he gave the students in the private school a few days off.
It happened that Mingjue was tired of staying in the private school, and Sheng Mingyu also wanted to go to the private school, so he took Mingjue out and let Mingjue rest for a few days and prepare for the end in two months.
The private school is still some distance from Qingshui Lane, where the Sheng family's mansion is located.
So Sheng Mingyu asked the porter to prepare a carriage, and she was ready to go out with peace of mind.
These days, before selling exorcism charms, she bought a carriage of her own at the carriage dealership.
From now on, every time I go out, I don't have to tell Anxin to go to the carriage shop to rent a car.
The curtain of the car turned around dozens of times, and when it reached the market, it suddenly stopped.
"Girl, there's a traffic jam ahead, we'll have to wait a while."
The driver's voice came from the front, and Sheng Mingyu knew that there was a traffic jam in front of him.
After staying in the carriage for half an hour, Sheng Mingyu only felt extremely stuffy, and lifted the curtain, intending to breathe.
I saw a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in a green shirt, like a tall green pine, riding on a horse, looking around, as if looking for someone.
The figure of the young man was very similar to that of the man who had climbed over from the next door that day and night, and then found a ladder and climbed along it.