Gu Ruoxi stood at the door for a moment. He walked into the courtyard with a heavy face.

There were two rows of maids and women standing in the courtyard at the entrance of the main house, regardless of whether they had a deep relationship with the Ding family before, they all put on a broken look at this moment, even the main owner who made Gu Ruoxi sad and cry was also a little embarrassed.

Gu Ruoxi didn't have a trace of sadness about Ding's death, at most she felt a trace of loss in her heart, complaining about why Ding's family didn't last a few months, and now that she died, her marriage might have some twists and turns.

However, no matter what she thought in her heart, it was a fact that Ding was dead.

Gu Ruoxi sighed in her heart, walked into the house without stopping, and there were several maids kneeling at the door, crying like liver and intestines. Gu Ruoxi ignored them, she took a step, bypassed the huge floor-to-ceiling screen at the door, and entered the house.

When I met her, I saw her father Jinye Hou standing motionless in front of the bed, the back, lonely, bleak, as if he had aged for decades in a day.

The person he has always hidden in his heart is the late Ding Minshu, but how can he be indifferent to Ding's companionship for so many years?

"Daddy!" Gu Ruoxi couldn't help but step forward and shouted.

Jin Ye Hou didn't look back, he was still standing in front of the bed.

Gu Ruoxi's gaze fell from his body to the bed, and the woman who was lying on the bed was as thin as wood, only to see that Ding had really closed her eyes heavily, her eyes were dark blue under her eye sockets, and her lips were also purple.

Gu Ruoxi's face changed suddenly!

"Daddy! Mother, she's not a normal death! Gu Ruoxi shouted, hurriedly crossed the brocade leaves, walked to the bed, and grabbed Ding's wrist to take the pulse.

"You say, your mother is poisoned?" A glimmer of light finally appeared in the eyes of Jinye Hou's lost soul.

Gu Ruoxi nodded and replied, "Not bad! Dad, look at the color of her lips in my mother, is that the color of normal death? As she spoke, she let go of her hand and said in a deep voice: "I have to ask Imperial Doctor Xu to come over and take a look, so that I can know what kind of poison my mother has in, and my daughter is shallow in her studies and can't see it." ”

"But she's staying at home so well, who would have thought of poisoning her?" Jin Yehou suddenly turned his head and glanced at Gu Ruoxi, and said in a deep voice: "Imperial Doctor Xu also said before that your mother can live until you get married, alas! ”

Gu Ruoxi's face was calm and said, "Dad, you won't doubt me, right?" ”

"What are you talking nonsense, kid?" When Jin Yehou heard this, he frowned: "What kind of child are you, don't you know it?" Everyone in this world can poison your mother, but you can't! Daddy believes in you! ”

"It's not going to do me any good." Gu Ruoxi said in a deep voice: "Moreover, the death of my loved ones, my marriage with His Royal Highness King Jing had to be postponed. As she spoke, she changed the subject and said, "Dad, now is not the time to talk about this.

Let's ask Imperial Doctor Xu to take my mother's pulse! If it is determined that it is poisoning, then the person who killed her behind the scenes must be found out! ”

"You're talking about it!" Hearing Gu Ruoxi mention the matter of the marriage contract, Jin Yehou's face turned pale for a while, and what he was most worried about finally happened! But now is really not the time to think about that, the most important thing is to find out the truth of the matter and give the Ding family justice!

"Someone! Go and invite Dr. Xu and Dr. Liang to come! Kazuba turned his head and commanded the guards outside.

Soon, two guards were ordered to run out of the Hou Mansion.

Kagehahou's gaze fell on the kneeling maid in the room, and when his gaze swept over, all the people in the room began to tremble.

Madame turned out to be poisoned and died! Now, are they all going to be buried with their wives?

"Who served the lady last night for dinner and the medicine she drank? Did you find anything out of the ordinary? At this moment, Gu Ruoxi asked lightly: "Moreover, Madame is seriously ill, and there is no maid in the house to accompany the bed at night?" Are you lazy? Or does Aunt Xu not have a leaf row person? ”

As soon as the words fell, Aunt Xu's voice came from the courtyard: "Second Miss, in the lady's room, there are four maids in the Ye row who are waiting at night!" Not without it! ”

As soon as Gu Ruoxi turned around, she saw Aunt Xu hurriedly walking in from outside the courtyard, and soon went up the stairs, and said to Gu Ruoxi and Jinye Hou: "See Master Hou for the concubine, see Second Miss." ”

"Okay, no need to be polite, you go on." When Jin Yehou saw Aunt Xu coming, the expression on her face finally eased a little, and she was not so sad.

"Yes, Master Hou." Aunt Xu responded, and then took out a roster and talked eloquently: "In the past few months, Madame has been seriously ill, how many maids have been waiting here in the Jinghong Courtyard, and what duties are assigned by each person, I remember it clearly on this booklet, and the Hou Ye can interrogate the booklet." ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of several kneeling maids in the room suddenly changed.

Who would have thought that Aunt Xu would think so carefully about this matter?

"That's great!" Jinye Hou praised it, took the roster, and looked down.

Gu Ruoxi's sharp eyes saw that in the house, including the courtyard, there were several maids and women who were almost about to faint.

Soon, Jin Yehou finished reading the roster, and said angrily: "Qiu Xiang, Xia Yue, it was the turn of the two of you to be on duty in the lady's room last night, why didn't you serve in the house, where did you go?" ”

was called by name, and the two beautiful maids kneeling on the ground immediately trembled even more, unable to speak, only kowtowing and admitting their mistakes: "The slave knows her mistake!" Ask Lord Hou to punish him! ”

"Why don't you two serve in the house, but say!" What happened today was enough to make Kageba Hou angry and sad, but I didn't expect the two stinky girls to be there

There was a sloppy fight here, and his temper was aroused at once, and when he stepped forward, he kicked the two maids to the ground.

When he arrived, there was a cry in the room.

"Dad, don't be in a hurry to get angry." Gu Ruoxi stepped forward and persuaded: "Ask slowly, forgive them and don't dare to lie." As he spoke, he reached out and took the roster from Jinye Hou's hand and glanced at it, and read aloud: "Winter snow, welcome spring, the daily decoction of Madame is served by the two of you, isn't it?" Go and get the dregs from last night's boiling! Don't tell me it's gone, if you can't find it, you can sell it directly! As he spoke, he looked around sternly and added, "And it's sold to the kiln." ”

When Jin Yehou heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Gu Ruoxi in surprise, he didn't expect that his daughter looked at Wen Wen quietly on weekdays, but he didn't expect that when she said cruel words, she would be so sharp.

But she also knew that Gu Ruoxi was just a threat, and she definitely didn't have the heart to really sell the two maids so ruthlessly.

"Yes! Second Miss, the slave is going to find the medicine residue! Didn't pour it out! The two maids of Dongxue and Yingchun immediately responded.

Gu Ruoxi glanced at them and asked in a deep voice, "If the dregs of the medicine in the past haven't been poured out, it would be great, you guys should go!" Within two hours, find all the dregs! ”

"Yes, yes, yes! The slave and maid immediately go and find it! The two little maids nodded like pounding garlic and hurriedly retreated.

Only then did Gu Ruoxi turn her gaze to Qiu Xiang and Xia Yue's two girls.

Without waiting for her to answer, Xia Yue hurriedly explained: "Back to the second miss, Mrs. takes medicine all year round, and the house is full of the smell of medicine, and the slaves and maids can't stand the smell, plus, Mrs. always has nightmares at night, and sometimes scolds hysterically, the slaves and maids really can't stand it, so they are lazy and don't go to the back room to serve......"

Before he finished speaking, Kazuba Hou turned his gaze resentfully. It turns out that these two people are lazy! If they hadn't been lazy, then maybe when the Ding family had a situation yesterday, they would have found out, and if they had called for a doctor in time, they wouldn't have ......

Thinking of this, he couldn't wait to kill these two little maids directly!

Touching the gaze of Jinye Hou, the two of them lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at Jinye Hou again. The body trembled like a fallen leaf in the autumn wind.

When Gu Ruoxi heard this, he couldn't help sighing, and then asked, "Did you just not watch the night in the house last night?" Or was there no one in Madame's room all this time? ”

When these words were asked, the two little maids lowered their eyes and pursed their lips tightly, unable to say a word.

When Jin Yehou saw this scene, his face turned blue with anger, and he couldn't wait to rush up directly and beat these two maids to death! Kill!

But Gu Ruoxi stopped him and asked again, "Do you say or not?" Does it mean that everyone has a record of evading duty at night? You're trying to get everybody

Will you both be punished together? ”

When Xia Yue heard this, she trembled for a while, and finally gritted her teeth and said: "Back to the second miss, during this time, no one has been on duty in the lady's house......

"Oh, that said, everybody's lazy." Gu Ruoxi suddenly realized.

When Kazuba Hou heard this, he couldn't hold back any longer, and commanded outside: "Come on!" Take all these slaves who only know how to steal and play lazy down, punish them for thirty boards, and then sell them! ”

"Master Hou spares his life! The slaves know that they are wrong! As soon as these words came out, all the young maids inside and outside the house all cried out bitterly, crying one after another, and the scene was as lively as it was.

"Shut up!" Kazuha Hou suddenly roared.

The maids were so frightened that no one dared to say a word.

Gu Ruoxi raised his eyes and glanced at Jin Yehou, and said in a deep voice: "Dad, they shouldn't evade their duties, they don't need to sell, let's take thirty rods!" ”

"Xi'er! Why is that? When Jin Yehou heard this, he immediately puzzled: "Do you know that if they weren't cheating and lazy, your mother might not be ......."

"Dad, mother, she is poisoned, and now the first task is to find out who caused the poison, and after it is found out, it can be sold or handed over to the government. Those who have nothing to do with this time can be punished. Gu Ruoxi said lightly.

When Jinye Hou heard this, he looked at her fixedly, sighed, and said, "Okay, just do as you say." ”

"Thank you Lord Hou for your kindness! Thank you, Miss Two, for your kindness! When many maids heard this, their faces were overjoyed and they hurriedly thanked them.

Jin Ye Hou waved his hand and said expressionlessly: "Don't be too happy too early, after finding out the reason, who should be punished, you can't run!" ”

When they heard this, they were all silent.

"Master Hou! The emperor sent Gonggong Gao to come to condole, and he has arrived at the door! At that moment, a guard suddenly rushed in from outside the door and shouted.

Kashiba was taken aback.

"This has just happened, how did the palace get the news?" Kazuba Hou said in surprise.

Gu Ruoxi glanced at him with a heavy face, and said in a low voice: "Dad, as soon as the news of my mother's accident came out, you immediately sent someone to invite Imperial Physician Xu and Imperial Physician Liang, and now they haven't arrived yet!" But Gao Gonggong came first. What a surprise! ”

"It's a surprise." Jin Yehou's face sank, he glanced at the guard expressionlessly, and asked in a deep voice, "Have the two imperial doctors arrived?" ”

"Back to Master Hou, the two imperial doctors came here with Gonggong Gao." The guard seemed to remember: "The subordinate just cared about telling Grandpa Gao, but he forgot about this." ”

"Idiot!" When Jin Yehou heard this, he immediately said angrily: "Do you know how much misunderstanding you will cause if you don't say this?" Don't get out of the way yet! Please Gao Gonggong and two

A doctor comes in? ”

"Yes! Master Hou! The guard answered, turned and retreated.

"Wait!" At this moment, Gu Ruoxi suddenly shouted to stop him.

"Second Miss, what do you command?" The guard turned around in surprise and looked at Gu Ruoxi with some puzzlement.

Gu Ruoxi asked in a deep voice: "When you went out, did you report to the high prince about the death of his wife?" ”

"Back to the second miss, no!" The guard said in a deep voice.

When Gu Ruoxi heard this, he immediately waved his hand and said, "Okay." Stand down! ”

After the guards left, she turned her head and said to Jinye Hou: "Dad, the guards who went to ask for the imperial doctor, shouldn't they tell Gonggong Gao the news of her mother's death?" ”

Jin Yehou immediately shook his head and said, "This is not necessarily, Xi'er, you don't have to dwell on this matter, or wait for Grandpa Gao to come in." How to say it! ”

"Okay." Gu Ruoxi nodded immediately.

After a while, the two imperial doctors, father-in-law and Xu Liang, strode in from outside the hospital. As soon as he entered the door, Father-in-law Gao arched his hand and said, "Master Hou, I didn't expect such a sad thing to happen, Master Hou." Please mourn! ”

"Why did my father-in-law come here all of a sudden?" Jinye Hou hurriedly greeted him, and Gu Ruoxi also hurriedly followed, and asked the two of them for a leaf.

Father-in-law Gao's gaze suddenly shifted to Gu Ruoxi's body, and seeing that there were undried tears in the corners of her eyes, he hurriedly persuaded: "Second Miss Gu, although Lingtang has passed away, you also have to take care of your health, Miss!" Don't be too sad. ”

"Thank you father-in-law for your concern, Ruoxi is fine." Guruo Creek low road.

Jin Yehou hurriedly stepped forward: "Father-in-law Gao, this courtyard is unlucky, please move to the study to speak." ”

However, Gonggong Gao stood still and did not move, glanced at Jinye Hou condescendingly, and said in a deep voice: "Master Hou, don't." The emperor ordered the servants to go out of the palace to investigate the cause of Mrs. Kazuba's death, but the truth was not found out. We can't leave. ”

"Really?" When Jin Yehou heard this, he suddenly laughed lowly, he raised his eyes and glanced at the two imperial doctors of Xu Liang, and asked in a deep voice: "Two imperial doctors, how did I report to the two guards who came forward to invite them?" ”

Hearing this, Imperial Physician Xu hurriedly replied: "Back to Master Hou, the guards who came to ask for him just said that the lady had a problem and asked the old man to hurry over, but he didn't say anything else. ”

Imperial Physician Liang also hurriedly replied: "What the guards who went to ask for is the same as what Imperial Physician Xu said!" ”

Only then did Jin Yehou turn his gaze to Grandpa Gao, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes: "Grandpa Gao, how did you learn the news of my wife's death?" Who's it? Who reported it? ”

Father-in-law Gao replied unhurriedly: "Master Hou, dare to ask if Mrs. Zun has passed away?" ”

"Yes, the inner man woke up this morning and found out that he had passed away." Jinye Hou said in a deep voice: "But." The news of her death was only expected

It's just a matter of knowing! And the cause of her death is a little strange, it is really surprising that Grandpa Gao learned the news so quickly! The servants of this courtyard are all here, but the only guard sent out has never said anything about it, how did you know? ”

"Why does Master Hou need to be so aggressive?" Father-in-law Gao said slowly: "It doesn't matter how our family knows, the important thing is to quickly investigate the cause of Mrs. Ling's death, so that our family can go back to the palace and report to the emperor!" ”

"Am I aggressive?" When Jinye Hou heard this, it was unbelievable, she raised her eyes and glanced at Jinye Hou, and said with a heavy face: "Father-in-law Gao, you don't explain the situation today, please forgive Ben Hou can only ask you to go back to the house, even if the emperor blames, Ben Hou must ask to understand clearly!" ”

When Father-in-law Gao heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Jinye Hou in surprise, but the next moment, he laughed softly: "Master Hou, what you said is not good, Mrs. Ling's illness has been lying in bed since last year, and she has been lying in bed, Master Hou, you go out on the street to inquire, no matter who you are, you know that Mrs. Ling can't stay up for long!" And Imperial Physician Xu and Imperial Physician Liang also said this, right? ”

When Xu Liang heard this, the two imperial doctors nodded busily.

Gao Gonggong smiled more and more happily: "In such a situation, everyone knows that the Hou Mansion invited the imperial doctor to come to the door, either Mrs. Ling was seriously ill or had passed away, and since our family entered the door, we saw a pair of crying red eyes of Miss Gu Er, and there were tears on the faces of those slaves that they didn't have time to wipe away, doesn't this explain the situation?" Our family originally just wanted to come to visit with the two imperial doctors, who knew that we would encounter such a situation as soon as we came, what was in our family's heart, so we said it, did this also arouse the suspicion of the Hou Ye? ”

(End of chapter)