Chu Yuqin looked at her silently.

Su Huiniang seemed to notice something.

"Sister, is something happening?"

"My aunt passed out while we were making dumplings. I took her pulse and found that she had signs of poisoning in her body. This poison is chronic, meaning it has been for quite some time. ”

Su Huiniang's face was ugly.

She held on to the table next to her, so she didn't fall.

"Why is this happening?"

Chu Yuqin looked at her without softness: "Why did it become like this?" Don't you have the answer in mind? ”

"I was wrong. I hurt my mother. If it weren't for me, my mother would have lived a comfortable life with you. Because I ......"

"Does crying work? Does regret work? If it is useful, there should be many people who take regret medicine, right? What we have to do now is to cheer up. Su Huiniang, listen. If it was before, I would definitely let you stay away from Tongfu, be an ordinary little woman, and live an ordinary life. Because you're not born to be intrigued with others. But now I've changed my mind. ”

She looked into her eyes and said very seriously: "Tong Fu treats you and your aunt like this, treating you like ants. You're willing, I'm not happy! Even if one day you get tired of being bored, it is because you are willing to leave the Tong Mansion instead of being driven away by them. Do you understand what I mean? ”

"I understand." Su Huiniang wiped away her tears. "I'll study hard. Cousin, let's just take care of what arrangements are made next! I'm sure you'll get what you want. ”

"Think about it, you and your aunt ate the same meal, why was she poisoned, but you weren't?" Chu Yuqin said: "And your two maid rings." They are the eyeliner that the eldest lady has placed next to you. If you don't worry, leave them to me, if you don't......"

"Thank you. You'll take care of it. Su Huiniang said: "As for the meal, my mother and I do eat at the same table. It's just that my mother, that is, the eldest lady, said that I was weak and needed to be well conditioned, so she stewed bird's nest for me every day. I couldn't eat it, I wanted to throw it away, but my mother always saved it, so I ate it myself. ”

"Your two maids don't know about this?" If I knew, I would have stopped it a long time ago, right? After all, this poison was given to Su Huiniang.

"They don't know. You know me, I don't want to cause unnecessary misunderstandings. After all, she had good intentions. Now I realized that her good intentions meant that she wanted me to die. Su Huiniang sneered.

"Okay, I'll go back first. Keep training! Chu Yuqin said, "You don't have to worry too much. Auntie's poison has been controlled. Now is not the most dangerous time. She can be regarded as picking up a small life. It's just that in the future, not every time there will be such good luck. ”

"I understand." She also knows how to do it.

Chu Yuqin and Su Huiniang separated.

That night, when Chu Yuqin was massaging the Queen Mother, he heard the upbringing grandmother talk to the Queen Mother about Su Huiniang's performance that day, saying that she was reborn, and she suddenly had Huigen.

After the Queen Mother instructed her to teach Su Huiniang more strictly, only Chu Yuqin and the Queen Mother were left in the bedroom.

"Looks like your cousin finally understands your hard work." The Queen Mother said: "Next, we are waiting for her good news." ”

"Yes." Chu Yuqin said: "Queen Mother, I may have to do something offensive next, and ask Niangniang to forgive the people." ”

"As long as you don't feel sorry for the mourning family, sorry for the emperor, the other mourning families will turn a blind eye." The Queen Mother looked at her. "If you can take this opportunity to suppress the arrogance of some people, then the mourners may have to thank you. Got it? ”

"The folk girl understands." Needless to say, she had already guessed who someone was. "Queen Mother, the folk girl has one more thing to ask you for."

"You say." The Queen Mother said lightly.

"The brothers of the Zhu family who are now in prison ......" Chu Yuqin had been observing the Queen Mother's reaction as she spoke.

The Queen Mother raised her eyes to look at her at this time.

Chu Yuqin still mustered up the courage to say it: "They were once sold into slavery, and it was the people's girls who bought them. When the folk girl heard that they had committed an accident, she was terrified and asked the Queen Mother to forgive her sins. ”

"Since you sold yourself into slavery, why did you become free again?" The Queen Mother asked.

"It's no secret that the folk girl suffered many times, and they were all saved by these brothers. Seeing that they were pure and kind-hearted, the women never regarded them as slaves, but only as confidants, friends, and even brothers. They are still slaves, but the women of the people have never controlled them. And that's what it turned out to be. Niangniang, if the emperor is to blame, let the emperor cure the sins of the people's daughters! ”

"Your temperament, the mourning family also knows a little. Putting aside what they had done before, the Zhu brothers were indeed a good pair of children. You can rest assured of them, that's normal. It's just that now that such a thing has happened, you don't want to hide it, but tell the mourning family truthfully, so you are not afraid that the mourning family will punish you? The Queen Mother looked at her with a smile.

"The Zhu brothers were sold to the people's daughters. With a little investigation, these things are not difficult to find out. Besides, the folk girl knows that Niangniang is distressed and will not embarrass me. ”

"If the emperor finds out, he may not be so easy to speak. You know the emperor's thoughts. That's it, since the mourning family promised someone, they can't throw you halfway. This matter is the master of the family, and you can't blame it. If the emperor asks, the mourning family will also help you carry it. It's just a girl, if you want to save people, that's impossible. The mourning family can't help you. ”

The reason why Chu Yuqin honestly explained to the Queen Mother was to try the Queen Mother's reaction and see if she could save the pair of brothers.

Although Ling Shengyi had already analyzed it for her, she still held on to that glimmer of hope. Facts have proved that Ling Shengyi sees people's hearts very thoroughly. The Queen Mother's reaction was exactly the same as he thought.

When Chu Yuqin came out of the queen mother's palace, he saw Caiyue and Mingyue cleaning the yard.

In the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace, the status of these two maids is different from that in the Tong Mansion. In Tongfu, they are the eldest girl in charge of Su Huiniang. Just do the light work. Those dirty and tiring jobs are naturally rushed to be done. The gang of girls down there will also curry favor with them.

But here, they are not even as good as the lowliest palace maids. Now they do all the dirty work.

"Miss Chu, where is our lady? When will we meet Madame? When Cai Yue saw Chu Yuqin, she hurriedly came over and asked.

As soon as Chu Yuqin wanted to speak, he saw the old lady next to him reprimanding him very harshly: "Is there no rule in the maid ring of the Tong Mansion like this?" Before the work was finished, he stopped the master from asking questions. If there is any new arrangement, you don't need to ask, and it will be arranged for you. If there is no arrangement, there is no such plan. It's really a girl with no rules. ”