Chapter 48: Public Debunking
Gu Qinglai and the Jiang family watched Concubine Zhen take the box of gouache, and they were suddenly confused. The gouache has been manipulated, if Concubine Zhen uses it, her face will definitely ulcerate, and when Mu Yao investigates it, their mother and daughter will be able to escape the blame.
", don't!" Gu Qinglai was flustered in his heart, and before he could think of a countermeasure, his body had already taken the lead in reacting, standing up and looking at Concubine Zhen and shouting. Everyone couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, and their eyes were focused on her, some of them didn't understand what her intentions were in doing this.
"Lai'er, what's wrong?" Concubine Zhen came to her senses and looked at Gu Qinglai and asked softly.
Gu Qinglai was asked by her before she realized that Fang Cai was impulsive, and he was standing here at this time, but he didn't know how to react.
"This ......" Gu Qinglai couldn't say a word for most of the day, and this appearance couldn't help but make people suspicious. In front of everyone's eyes, she became more and more panicked.
"Second sister, what's wrong? Is it reluctant? Gu Jiu Ge stood on top of the main hall, turned to look at Gu Qinglai and asked with a chuckle. The corners of the woman's mouth were smiling, and her eyebrows and eyes were clear, but the words she said were unbearable.
"Gu Jiuge, what nonsense are you talking about!" Gu Qinglai was already flustered in his heart, but when he heard Gu Jiuge say this again, he couldn't hide the anger in his heart more and more, and he forgot what the occasion was for a while, pointing at Gu Jiuge and asking angrily.
Jiang Shi sat down and listened in horror, and hurriedly reached out to pull her. Gu Qinglai was originally born as a concubine, but now she is yelling at Gu Jiuge, a concubine, and in front of so many people, what will those people think of her?
Gu Jiu Ge was not annoyed, and still stood there with a chuckle. In his previous life, Gu Qinglai didn't know how many people's hearts were lost with his delicate and pitiful appearance, but in this life, Gu Qinglai, who had not yet grown up, had no qualitative and endurance.
"Arrogant and domineering, there are no rules at all! Ge'er is the daughter of the Prime Minister's house, and you can call her by her name and scold her loudly! You dare to look like this in front of the palace today, and you don't know how arrogant you are in the Prime Minister's Mansion! Zhao Gao was angry, slapped the table suddenly, and then looked up at Gu Qinglai and scolded angrily.
The people present were all silent when they heard this, Zhao Gao's status is respected, that is, the saint still respects him for three points, and now he opens his mouth to reprimand people, who dares to refute it.
"Old General Zhao don't be angry, the second lady means that the eldest lady only has a box of gouache, if it is given to Concubine Zhen, but there is no queen mother, wouldn't it be ugly?" Jiang's mind spun rapidly, and it took a long time before he came up with such an excuse.
Zhao Gao snorted coldly when he heard this, he really didn't care about anything with a woman like Jiang who couldn't be on the stage.
"Yes, today is to catch the wind and wash the dust for the queen's mother, big sister, how can you only care about Concubine Zhen. Sister Fang Cai was also in a hurry, so she was disrespectful to the eldest sister, and asked the eldest sister for forgiveness. Gu Qinglai grabbed Jiang's words and hurriedly echoed and said. What she said was sincere, but it didn't seem to be fake.
The corners of Gu Jiuge's mouth hooked slightly when she heard this, it seemed that the Jiang family did have some means, and she broke her plan in just a few words.
"Big sister, I still have a box here. Because it was given by the second sister, I was reluctant to use it. Today, I just borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, and I hope that the queen will not dislike it. Gu Jiuge was just about to speak, when he heard a timid voice from below, and everyone followed the voice, but saw that it was Gu Qingwei who spoke.
"Thank you third sister, the queen is kind-hearted, and she won't dislike it if you think about it." Gu Jiuge said softly, and as soon as the words fell, the personal palace maid beside the queen had already descended the stairs and took the box of gouache from Gu Qingwei's hand.
Seeing this situation, Gu Qinglai and Jiang were so frightened that their legs weakened and they almost passed out. If it's just Concubine Zhen's mother, they can still explain it by virtue of their relatives. But if the queen uses this box of gouache and something goes wrong, then they will definitely die!
Thinking of this, the two became more and more panicked.
"No, you can't!" Gu Qinglai shouted anxiously, and everyone saw her blocking in every way, and their hearts became more and more curious. Even the queen, who didn't care much about this matter, was interested, wanting to know what was wrong with this.
"Why did the second sister stop it in every way? This rouge gouache can be used by Concubine Zhen, but can't the queen use it? The second sister should explain it. Gu Jiuge sighed a little helplessly, then looked at Gu Qinglai and asked suspiciously. There was nothing wrong with her words at first glance, but when she thought about it carefully, she gave Gu Qinglai a disrespectful hat without moving.
"Yes, why is the second miss like this? Could it be that there is some mystery hidden in this box of gouache? Gu Qinglai's behavior was really abnormal, and the queen had to ask more.
"Ahh Just as Gu Qinglai was thinking about how to respond, he heard a terrible scream from the guest seat below. Everyone present was frightened, only to see Gu Qingxue scratching her face with both hands, and there were suddenly more scratches on her originally delicate and fair face, which was shocking and terrifying.
"It's so itchy! How so! Come on, help me! I don't know what's wrong, Gu Qingxue only felt that her face was itchy and unbearable, she had obviously smelled a faint smell of blood, but she just couldn't help it.
"What the hell is going on? Come! Pass on the Imperial Doctor! This sudden change made everyone stunned, Mu Yao hurriedly ordered someone to go to Xuan Taiyi, everyone only cared about Gu Qingxue, and they had already left Gu Qinglai's affairs behind.
"Lotus, send Miss Gu Si to Weiyang Palace, Doctor Xuan will treat her well, and return quickly." Seeing that the scene was becoming more and more uncontrollable, the queen could only arrange for Gu Qingxue to leave here first. Her personal palace maid Lotus nodded hurriedly when she heard this, and then hurriedly helped Gu Qingxue, who was almost crazy, down.
Although she had already left, there was still a faint smell of blood in the hall. Thinking of Fang Cai's scene, everyone only felt a chill in their hearts.
A good banquet was completely ruined because of this.
Seeing Gu Qingxue being taken down, Gu Qinglai became more and more panicked. Jiang Shi took her hand and patted her twice, signaling her not to show her feet and not to admit herself.
"Second sister, what's wrong? Intimidated? Just when everyone was talking about Gu Qingxue, Gu Jiuge's words drew everyone's attention to Gu Qinglai again. Everyone followed her gaze, and sure enough, they saw that her face was pale and her body trembled slightly.
"It's just that I just saw the fourth sister like this, and I feel distressed." Gu Qinglai hurriedly explained when she heard this, but her slightly weak tone was not convincing.
I don't know how long it took before I saw the Imperial Doctor hurrying over, he was sweating profusely, enough to see what Fang had just experienced.
"How? What the hell is going on with Miss Gu Si? Seeing him come in, the queen hurriedly asked in a deep voice, after all, Gu Qingxue was at her reception banquet today, as the mother of a country, she naturally couldn't stand by and watch.
"Back to the queen's mother, the reason why Miss Gu Si felt unbearable itching on her face was because of the use of toxic rouge gouache. The minister has already prescribed medicine to find a way to remove the toxin for the fourth lady, but the fourth lady's face has been scratched, and the minister really can't guarantee whether it can be recovered. Hearing this, the imperial doctor hurriedly said with his hand, telling Gu Qingxue's condition the truth.
Everyone couldn't help but be shocked when they heard this, the most important thing as a woman is her name and appearance. If Gu Qingxue's appearance is ruined, what can she do even if she is the young lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion?
"Rouge gouache? Could it be ......" Gu Qingwei muttered in a low voice when she heard this, couldn't help but glance at the gouache in Concubine Zhen's hand, and quickly covered her mouth and didn't dare to continue. But even if she didn't finish speaking, everyone could understand.
"Doctor, take a good look at these two boxes of gouache." The queen already had a plan in her heart, and ordered the gouache in Concubine Zhen's hand to be sent down, and the imperial doctor nodded again and again when she heard this, and then began to check.
At that time, Gu Qinglai and the others had already begun to sit still, as long as the imperial doctor found out something, then they would be speechless! But Jiang never expected that Gu Jiuge would still have such a hand, and the situation was sudden at this moment, and she couldn't think of a way to deal with it for a while!
After a long time, the Imperial Doctor raised his head with a calm face.
"Queen Mother, the poison in these two boxes of gouache is exactly the same as the one on the face of the fourth lady!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole house was shocked.
"No wonder Miss Gu Er blocked it in every possible way, as if she knew that this gouache was poisonous. But this king didn't understand, since the second lady knew that rouge was poisonous, why did she give it to the three sisters? Fortunately, the eldest lady and the third miss are useless, otherwise wouldn't they end up in the same fate as the fourth miss? ”
A cold and sarcastic voice sounded, but Gu Qinglai trembled when he heard it.
Gu Jiuge raised his eyes and glanced at Mu Liang, who was sitting below and bowing his head to taste tea, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook slightly. Since Mu Liangken helped her speak, then the matter of the alliance is still discussed!
"How can it be!" Mu Yao took the case and scolded angrily. In fact, today's incident was Gu Shuyuan's family matter, but he came to the palace, not only in front of so many people, but also involved Concubine Zhen and the queen, so he couldn't sit idly by.
"The emperor is angry, the courtiers really don't know what's going on! This gouache courtiers bought a total of four copies, and even the courtiers themselves used it, so it was impossible to go wrong. This must be deliberately framed by someone, please ask the emperor to check it! Hearing this, Gu Qinglai hurriedly knelt down and said while kowtowing.
"Yes, Your Majesty, the second and third young ladies have a deeper blood than sailors, how could they do such a thing. There must be some misunderstanding in this! Hearing this, Jiang Shi also hurriedly knelt down and pleaded.
Hengzhi They only know that this gouache was given by Gu Qinglai, and they can't come up with full evidence to prove that it is Gu Qinglai's poison. So as long as they insist that they don't know about it, presumably Mu Yao can't help them.