Chapter 132: Liu's Death

"Dark three, you're getting wider and wider."

Dark San raised his head and looked intently at the cold back under the moon, this back was lonely and helpless, even a little tired, he was restless in his heart, and frowned, "It's the subordinates who have crossed the distance." ”

He can't remember the last time His Highness had a long talk with Sanniang, and now, because of this misunderstanding, His Highness hasn't spoken to Sanniang for a long time, and he hasn't even met his eyes.

As the secret guard assigned to Chu Nian, he saw Chu Nian sitting lonely in place three times and twice, just like the current prince, obviously both of them have each other in their hearts, but both of them are stubborn and refuse to show their sincerity.

"Your Highness, if you tell Sanniang......

"Does Lone look like that kind of flattering person who asks for credit?"

The words were blocked in his throat, and he looked at Ming Xiu without tears, "Your Highness......"

"If you say more, let's just stay in the torture cell tonight."

Dark San immediately shut up, only sighed quietly, and could only disappear in place, if His Royal Highness could be honest, if Sanniang knew what His Royal Highness had done for her, how could the two of them fall into such a situation?

But he knows the truth, and he can't say it......

In the early morning of the next day, Tao Jinyan came to say goodbye, saying that he was going back to Tao's house, and the property he left in the capital was handed over to Chu Nian to take care of for the time being.

Recently, the Queen Mother, the Wang family, and the King of Huainan have not moved, and now Chu Nian and Ming Xiu have already blatantly stood on the opposite side of them, but they are so calm, it really makes people suspicious.

In the afternoon, news came out from the palace, saying that the prince and the princess of Western Chu were in love, but the queen mother did not allow it, and the prince made a big fuss, and was grounded in the prince's mansion by the angry queen mother.

When he heard the news, Chu Nian's brows furrowed tightly, and Mingyue and Mingqiao seemed to be angry, Mingqiao swallowed a piece of pastry and swallowed it with tea before saying: "Brother Huang is simply too much, I didn't see that he is so affectionate!" ”

Chu Nian skimmed the scattered tea leaves in the tea cup and didn't speak.

Mingyue was also very dissatisfied: "What's so good about that West Chu Yueling, it's just a latecomer who stepped in, and he dares to show off his might in the palace......"

"Your imperial brother, do you look like that kind of fool?" Chu Nian opened his mouth abruptly, but the two princesses present were stunned.

Mingyue was the first to react, and said suspiciously: "What do you mean......"

"Even if the crown prince is happy with the princess of Xichu, he should know the identity gap between the two, since it is absolutely impossible to be together, why should he go to the queen mother to make a big fuss and provoke the criticism of the ministers?"

Ming Qiao analyzed decently: "There is only one prince in the palace, the royal brother, even if he makes a lot of trouble, the position of the prince cannot change hands." ”

Chu Nian smiled: "You are all waste when those princes?" Your imperial brother has provoked the dissatisfaction of the ministers, and the ministers will not find a way to change the prince? ”

Mingyue lowered her head thoughtfully, and after a while, she smiled lightly: "The imperial brother is really resourceful, such a trouble, at least when the princess of Xichu is here, the queen mother can't stuff people into the imperial brother's mansion." ”

said that it was "two loves", and now that Da Liang is rotten from the inside, the Queen Mother didn't dare to easily provoke Xichu Yueling's mold, so she had to appease the prince first, and Xichu Yueling couldn't really marry Ming Xiu, just wait for a while for the two of them to figure it out, and naturally they won't make trouble doing such unclear things anymore.

But now if he marries Ming Xiu in front of Xichu Yueling, it will be a slap in the face of Xichu Yueling.

Hearing Mingyue say this, Ming Qiao suddenly realized, only to see her look at Chu Nian and say: "No wonder the imperial brother and West Chu Yueling have been getting close these days, it turned out to be to act for the queen mother?" ”

The teacup Chu Nian picked up stopped in mid-air, her face was stunned for a while, and then she smiled and said: "Who knows if it's not a fake show, but it has nothing to do with us, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can solve his own affairs, there is no need for me to interfere anymore, by the way, Mingyue." ”

When Mingyue heard this, she looked at Chu Nian with a serious face, and saw her continue: "Has your mother moved recently?" ”

"Hmm......" Mingyue lowered her eyes and pondered for a while, now although she promised Chu Nian that she must tell Chu Nian all the secrets of her mother, but if she wants to betray her mother, there is still a trace of mustard in her heart, but she only hesitated for a moment, and then saw her gritted her teeth and said: "The mother concubine has always gone to Cining Palace to bring tea and water to the Queen Mother recently, and the Queen Mother did not refuse, let her be courteous......

Chu Nian raised her eyebrows, the queen is sick now, and she doesn't know when she will die, so the queen mother naturally wants to find a new candidate.

Concubine Liang was framed and demoted several times, but King Huainan was stopped by Chu Nian and never cared about it, and the Queen Mother naturally thought that Concubine Liang was already the abandoned son of King Huainan.

But after all, the queen is not dead...... Chu Nian lowered his eyes and looked at the yellow leaves floating on the tea cup that fell at some point, and frowned.

Before you know it, it's late autumn when the leaves are falling.

When Mei Xiang hurriedly ran to the herb house, she saw her lady sitting between the two young men in a daze, she didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Lady, Aunt Liu is dead!" ”

Chu Nian suddenly withdrew from her memories, her eyes condensed slightly: "Take me there." ”

Aunt Liu was sick in bed for many days, Chu Yuanlang has been restless, because he is young, the court has not sent him to the fiefdom, he has been living in the Chu family, these days, because of Liu's illness, he did not even go to the early dynasty.

At this moment, he was standing on the edge of the couch and crying: "Mother! ”

Chu Nian hurriedly came, and Ah Ao followed, Chu Nian gave up her place to Ah Ao, and saw Ah Ao go forward to check the situation.

Only then did she make time to ask: "Didn't you say that it had gotten better the day before yesterday?" ”

Now lying on the couch, Liu's eyes were closed, his face was pale, his chest was motionless, and he was obviously not breathing.

Chu Yuanlang was crying, and he didn't have a chance to answer Chu Nian's words, and a maid on the side said with red eyes: "Madame is fine in the morning, and she also ate a big bowl of lotus seed soup, and the slave maid went to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and when she came back, Madame didn't breathe." ”

Hearing this, Chu Nian frowned, and Ah Wu groped around around Liu's body for a while before she stood up a little weakly, and shook her head at Chu Nian with a dim gaze.

This is the first time anyone has died at her hands.

Chu Nian looked at Chu Yuanlang, whose crying was becoming more and more painful, and was silent, and after a moment, her attention was shifted to a portrait of a woman hanging on the head of Liu's bed.

The woman was gentle and lovely, with delicate flowers on her side, and the only thing that caught the eye was her gorgeous hair.

The colorful hair is so awkward.

Auntie also noticed the painting, as a healer, her nose is also very sensitive, and when she got close to the painting, she sneezed fiercely.

Chu Nian looked sideways at the maid who had just spoken: "What's going on with this painting?" ”

The maid glanced at Chu Yuanlang hesitantly, and then said, "This is the birthday gift given by the young marquis to his wife." ”

Chu Nian glanced sideways at Chu Yuanlang, who was still crying, and frowned: "Auntie, take that painting back to see what's going on." ”

Seeing that Ah Wu carefully took down the painting with a cloth wrapped in her hand, she turned her eyes to look at the maid in front of her: "What's your name?" ”

"Back to Sanniang's words, the slave's name is Xiaolian, and she was recruited into the house by Mrs. a few days ago, and she has always been Mrs.'s personal maid."

The Liu family is not stupid, on the contrary, they are very strict with the subordinates around them, and now the poison on the Liu family is probably not related to these subordinates.

"Xiaolian, you are optimistic about the young marquis, when he stops crying, ask him to come to me."

After that, Chu Nian frowned and glanced at Chu Yuanlang, who was crying, again, and then at Liu, who was on the couch with his eyes closed, sighed silently, and left with his wife and the others.

Knowing that there was something wrong with the Chu family, the two princesses had already left in order to avoid suspicion, Chu Nian led Ah Yu back to the house, and Ah Yu carefully took off a trace of powder and put it in a small jar to observe carefully.

This investigation was for most of the day, and when Chu Yuanlang came to find Chu Nian, it was already night.

Looking at Chu Yuanlang's walnut-sized eyes, Chu Nian couldn't help but feel a little distressed, she frowned and said, "Aunt Liu's future ......"

Chu Yuanlang sat down on the chair beside Chu Nian, and at this moment he seemed to have regained his composure, no longer sobbing, but his eyes were a little sad.

He was still wearing a filial piety dress that he didn't know when.

"The housekeeper found someone to bury my mother, I really can't bear to see it, obviously yesterday, my mother was still talking and laughing with me......"

Chu Nian looked at Chu Yuanlang who was about to cry as he spoke, and reached out to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes: "Now that Aunt Liu has gone, you don't have to cry anymore, you can't find the murderer who killed Aunt Liu if you cry to death." ”

Chu Yuanlang nodded, but he still couldn't stop his tears.

Chu Nian sighed and glanced at Ah Wu, who was still holding the painting and looking through the medical book.

"Where did you get the painting?"

"Ming Fuxuan next to the ancient grass garden, the shopkeeper highly recommends that it is a magical painting, and my mother will definitely be in a good mood when I see it...... Yes! How did the painting change color! ”

Auntie looked up at Chu Yuanlang, who was making a fuss: "Yuanlang is really, he dares to buy anything back, although I don't know what the things on this painting are, but they are definitely compatible with the lotus, and in the morning Mrs. used lotus seed porridge......"

Chu Yuanlang's face was stunned: "But when I bought it back, the woman's hair on the painting was still pure black!" ”

Chu Nian frowned, discolored material? The painting has been poisoned for a long time?

"Lady, this thing will volatilize in the air."

Chu Nian's face sank: "Ming Fuxuan, if I'm not mistaken, it was newly opened a few days ago, right?" ”

The Ancient Grass Garden has been famous for a hundred years, why did this Ming Fuxuan, who dared to blatantly sell poisons, open next to the Ancient Grass Garden?

Wait a minute...... Ming Fu Xuan, Ming Fu Xuan...... The fall of the Ming Clan? Oh, it seems that this bold shopkeeper is not small.

"Auntie, take the painting, let's go to Mingfuxuan to have a look, young marquis, you follow."

Chu Yuanlang glanced at the painting with a sad look, and now his sister said that there was something wrong with the painting, it must be because of his negligence that caused his mother to die, and he had to seek justice for his mother!

Chu Nian looked sideways at Chu Yuanlang, who was gradually dyed with hatred in his eyes, and frowned without a trace.