Chapter 56: Poisoning and Murder
"It's not early, let's go back and rest." Su Chengbi sighed lightly, and then walked out.
When Xu Songchen left, he said: "Uncle don't worry too much, Xu Qingshan won't be able to jump sooner or later." ”
The father and son of the Su family calmed down for a while, and they all went back to their respective rooms.
Su Chengtuo, who returned to the room, did not rest, but quietly thought about some questions. He didn't think that Xu Qingshan did this at the instigation of those two women, this person has always had wolf ambitions, but unfortunately he has this heart but has no ability.
There is also the person who wants to kill Su Su tonight, she is the daughter of Xu Mansion and the cousin of my Su Mansion, no one in the court dares to be the enemy of my Su Mansion, then there is only the Queen Mother and King Li, after all, Su Su is bad for them everywhere, and the emperor, he is not the same for Su Su, others may not be aware of it, but he knows that the emperor's eyes have been paying attention to Su Su at the banquet, and combined with various details, Su Su and the emperor must have known each other for a long time, and the biggest beneficiary of what Su Su did was actually the emperor, Then the person who didn't leave his name tonight but was inconvenient to appear in Su Mansion may be the emperor. Su Chengtuo was taken aback by his bold conjecture.
The emperor who was supposed to be in the palace went to save the crispy, and the emperor is obviously biased towards crispy tonight, so what does this mean? The emperor has taken a fancy to the crispy?
Su Chengtuo thought about it getting closer and closer to the truth, but he didn't dare to think about it anymore and went to rest.
Xu Zhaohua's side, after tonight's toss, she was sleeping soundly at this time, and a man in black sneaked into her room.
He was still not at ease, and after returning to the palace, he couldn't sleep because of the excitement of tonight's incident, and then he thought of Xu Zhaohua's foot injury, worried that she wouldn't wipe it or just didn't wipe it and came over again. In fact, he was just making excuses for himself to come back to see her.
Zhou Sheng Cuobai saw the porcelain white vial placed on the table, and there was a small vial of ointment next to it, it should be Mrs. Xu who knew that she had a foot injury, he picked up the porcelain white vial, walked to Xu Zhaohua's bedside, and looked at her feet.
Zhou Shengcuobai was entangled, whether to wipe it or not, the average woman's feet can't be shown to the men next to her, once you see it, the woman can't marry someone else, but he originally wanted to marry her, so it's not too much to look at her feet, but then wouldn't he become a disciple? If she doesn't wipe it, if she doesn't wipe it herself, it will definitely be even more swollen tomorrow, and she shouldn't have let her go by herself before.
Zhou Sheng Cuobai thought about it for a long time, and finally decided that she would be her own person sooner or later anyway, so she would wipe it off!
So, Zhou Shengcuobai poured the ointment on the palm of his hand, gently lifted Xu Zhaohua's quilt, carefully covered the palm of the ointment on her swollen feet, and rubbed it gently, without waking Xu Zhaohua in the whole process.
He massaged for a long time before he stopped, covered the quilt anew, and left.
Day 2
When Xu Zhaohua got up, she felt that her feet seemed to be much more comfortable, as if someone came to massage her last night, was she dreaming?
"Is it crispy?" It was his mother's voice, Xu Zhaohua hurriedly replied: "It's up."
At the door, Su Chengbi left.
Xu Zhaohua hurriedly washed up and dressed up, and went to the main hall for dinner.
After finishing the meal, Su Chengbi said that he wanted to leave, Su Chengtuo did not agree with them to go back, but Su Chengbi only said a few words, Su Chengtuo was silent, Xu Zhaohua and Xu Songchen followed Su Chengbi back to Xu's mansion,
As soon as I entered the house, I saw a big show.
Xu Shaoyun knelt in front of Xu Qingshan, Xu Qingshan was scolding Xu Shaoyun, completely ignoring Wanxin's obstruction next to her, Xu Shaoyun's scattered hair covered her eyes full of gloom, Xu Qingshan was annoyed by Wanxin's obstruction, so he pushed Wanxin away, Wanxin was pushed by him, and fell to the ground in disbelief, Xu Shaoyun hurriedly went to help her.
Xu Qingshan looked at them coldly, and then threw up his sleeves and left.
The three people not far away saw the whole picture clearly, and they all left indifferently, which had nothing to do with them.
Xu Shaoyun raised her head and saw the three people who left, clenched her fists, she was unwilling.
"Mother, let's move out of here." Xu Songchen proposed.
Su Chengbi didn't speak, just shook her head.
"Why not?" Xu Songchen asked anxiously, he really couldn't stay here for a moment, now he saw Xu Qingshan and couldn't wait to raise his sword immediately, he thought of it last night, the person who intended to kill Crispy might be him, after all, he had also poisoned himself before, and now he must have listened to the instigation of Wanxin's mother and daughter, and what he saw when he came back must be a scene again.
"What kind of system does a wife from the General's Mansion move out to live in?" Xu Zhaohua said lightly that she could understand her brother's thoughts, but moving out was simply whimsical when her mother had not yet reconciled, and outsiders didn't know about these things, so wouldn't it be a joke if she moved out?
Xu Songchen was reminded by Xu Zhaohua, obviously thinking of this.
"Madam, the general is here." The maid who was guarding the gate came to report.
As soon as he heard that Xu Qingshan was coming, Xu Songchen's face changed, and he clenched the sword hanging on his waist, Su Chengbi signaled Xu Songchen to be calm and said, "Please come in."
Xu Songchen didn't want to see him, so he turned around and went into the back room.
Xu Qingshan walked in and saw Su Chengbi sitting on the main seat and Xu Zhaohua next to him, and he said, "Madame is back."
"What's the matter with the General?" Su Chengbi asked indifferently, but Xu Zhaohua didn't look at him at all.
This tone was like treating a stranger, Xu Qingshan was a little angry and said, "I need to see if my wife needs some side things!"
"Huh." Xu Zhaohua couldn't help laughing and said, "General Xu still remembers that he has a wife?"
"What do you mean?" Xu Qingshan was stimulated by her title and said, "No matter what, General Ben's wife is still your mother, how can you be called a general?"
"Am I screaming wrong? General Xu. Xu Zhaohua said this deliberately.
"Unfilial daughter, how can you not even call your father." Xu Qingshan was furious.
"That's enough." Su Chengbi said in a deep voice: "If the general is here just to argue about this, then let's leave quickly."
"Cheng Bi, I just want to educate my daughter, how can she not even call her father?" Xu Qingshan said bitterly, trying to explain that he was right.
But Su Chengbi's words directly took him out, she said: "My daughter doesn't need to be educated by others."
Xu Qingshan understood the meaning of this sentence, and his face was like a palette, red, blue, white, green, blue, and purple.
After a while, he said with a cheeky face, "Isn't this also my daughter?"
Now, neither of them paid attention to him. He's bored with himself.
Xu Qingshan couldn't please Su Chengbi and Xu Zhaohua, so he left in disgrace.
Xu Songchen didn't hear his voice before coming out of the back room, he heard the conversation just now clearly, and snorted coldly: "Where did he come from, he was cheeky and did so many things to be sorry for us and tried to make us call him daddy again."
Xu Zhaohua was thinking about the scene he saw when he first came back, and Xu Qingshan knew that his mother and her mother knew about it, and he dared to come here.
"Mother, I think something is wrong." Xu Zhaohua said to Su Chengbi without thinking of it.
Su Chengbi also nodded, she knew that Xu Qingshan was a very good-looking person, but she was so sneering at him, he could still say it cheekily, which was very doubtful.
But as much as they think now, nothing happens.
The wind passed quietly until the end of the Spring Festival, during this period, Xu Qingshan also came to Su Chengbi every day, and every time he hit a wall and returned, but he still came, Xu Songchen didn't want to see him, so he went out when he came, sometimes the two met head-on, Xu Songchen also walked past him with an indifferent face, and didn't even look at him.
After the Spring Festival, it is time for Su Chengtuo to return to the frontier.
This night, Xu Zhaohua found Xu Songchen and said, "Brother, I hope you and your uncle will go together."
Listening to Xu Zhaohua's words, Xu Songchen frowned and said, "Why?"
"You don't have to see Xu Qingshan anymore when you leave."
"But my brother can't leave you and my mother here, my brother wants to protect you, Xu Shaoyun and Wanxin are still there, as soon as my brother leaves, they will definitely attack you and my mother." Xu Songchen said worriedly, he also wanted to leave, but he couldn't rest assured that Xu Zhaohua and Su Chengbi could not be relieved.
"You don't have to worry about this, brother, the mother and son can't afford to make any big waves." Xu Zhaohua said confidently.
Xu Songchen naturally believed in his sister's current ability, but he was still not at ease and insisted on refusing.
Xu Zhaohua saw that he was so resolute, and he had no choice but to tell Xu Songchen part of what he had thought of recently.
Xu Songchen pondered for a while before agreeing under Xu Zhaohua's repeated assurances.
Following
Su Chengbi took Xu Zhaohua to send Su Chengtuo, Su Qinfeng and Xu Songchen at the gate of Su Mansion.
"Chen'er, it's a long way to the frontier, and the frontier is not as good as the capital, you have to take care." Su Chengbi said with some reluctance.
"Sister, don't let him go." Su Chengtuo said.
Su Chengbi shook his head: "No, it's okay to let him go through the training, my brother doesn't have to show favoritism, treat the soldiers how you treat him."
Xu Songchen nodded heavily.
After a few people were reluctant for a long time, Su Chengtuo set off.
Su Chengbi and Xu Zhaohua were at the door and watched their figures gradually disappear.
Cining Palace in the Imperial Palace
"I don't know what happened when the Queen Mother summoned Weichen?" Xu Qingshan knelt in front of the Queen Mother and said.
The graceful and luxurious Queen Mother sat upright, and Zhou Shengchenmo sat under her.
"General Xu can you think about it?" The Queen Mother asked in a deep voice.
Xu Qingshan was silent and lowered his head. The Queen Mother was not in a hurry, her right hand knocked on the table and gently tapped and asked, "How is Su Chengbi treating you these days?"
Xu Qingshan listened to this percussion, and felt a little irritable for some reason, but he didn't dare to show it, thinking of the wall he had encountered in Su Chengbi these days, and his heart was even more unhappy, thinking that he was a general, but he lost face three times and twice in her.
Xu Qingshan's face changed slightly, and the Queen Mother hooked the corners of her lips, she was very happy to see such a change, which meant that the fish was about to take the bait.
"I'm afraid it's not good, after all, General Xu, the things you have done will be like this for anyone to see." The Queen Mother stimulated him unhurriedly.
Xu Qingshan looked up at the Queen Mother in surprise, and the Queen Mother chuckled and said, "General Xu doesn't need to be surprised how the Mourning Family knows, after all, many things can't escape the eyes of the Mourning Family."
Xu Qingshan lowered his head again, and the Queen Mother ordered: "Lu'er, give a seat."
A maid named Lu'er on the side put a chair next to Xu Qingshan, Xu Qingshan got up and said, "Thank you Empress Dowager for giving me a seat." I sat down in a chair.
The Queen Mother sat in a different position, which was relatively relaxed. She continued: "General Xu's thoughts and mourners also know it, otherwise you wouldn't have found His Royal Highness King Li."
Xu Qingshan listened to the Queen Mother's words, and gradually some small beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
"Doesn't General Xu feel a little ridiculous pretending to be here at the mourning house at the moment?"
"Isn't it because of the rights of her Su family that you married Su Chengbi? Otherwise, how did you get to the position of this general? ”
"No, General Ben doesn't rely on her." Xu Qingshan retorted.
The Queen Mother sneered and said, "Really? But everyone in the world thinks so. ”
"Hehehe." Zhou Shengchenmo also laughed on the side, and the smile was also sarcastic.
Xu Qingshan's breath was a little confused, the last thing he wanted to hear was this, Su Chengbi's background was high, and his original idea was indeed to rely on the power of her family, but now, he can get to this position all by his own efforts, and it has nothing to do with the Su family, why do you want to say that he relies on the power of the Su family!
"General Xu." The Queen Mother let him think about it for a while before calling him.
"The minister is here."
"Doesn't General Xu want to change the world's opinion?" The Queen Mother followed the path of kindness.
"How?" Xu Qingshan couldn't wait to ask.
"Get rid of Su Chengbi and Xu Zhaohua." The Queen Mother said lightly, as if she was just saying that the weather was really good.
Xu Qingshan was stunned, and she didn't understand why, the one she wanted to get rid of most should be Wanxin, after all, she had always wanted the position of the general's wife, but why did the queen mother ......
The Queen Mother naturally knew the doubts in his heart, and said: "Getting rid of them is only the first step, as long as General Xu you do it, then you don't have to worry about the next things, and after my son sits on the throne, the rights of Su Mansion will be yours."
This is a big bait, and it is also the right that Xu Qingshan has always wanted.
Xu Qingshan was tempted from the beginning, even if he had loved Su Chengbi before, the things that happened when he was young made him miss it when he dreamed back at midnight, but he knew that he was going to the power of the Su family at that time, but a poor martial artist at that time was taken by the eldest lady of the Su family, and his heart swelled, so he seduced this Su Chengbi step by step, making Su Chengbi think that he had found true love in the world. Su Chengbi fell in, but he didn't. Therefore, he has been sober, accepted Wanxin, saw that Su Chengbi was sad, and was not as good to Su Chengbi's two children as Wanxin's children, because Su Chengbi was that contemptuous look no matter what, which made him disgusting, and only the adoring and terrified appearance when he treated him Wanxin made him feel relaxed.
"Okay." Xu Qingshan agreed, why not, since the Su family supports the emperor, then he will stand on the opposite side of them, and let them kneel humbly in front of him and beg for mercy after they lose.
"In this way, the mourning family is waiting for the good news of General Xu."
Xu Qingshan saluted and retreated.
"Queen Mother, will he really do this?" Zhou Shengchen asked.
"He will." Some people, the Queen Mother can see it at a glance, otherwise she wouldn't have had the last laugh in the harem.
After Xu Qingshan returned home, he went to Su Chengbi's place again, and unsurprisingly ran into a wall, but this time he thought it would be the last time.
He went to Wanxin again, after all, he couldn't do this by himself.
In a few words, he coaxed Wanxin, compared to Su Chengbi, Wanxin was too obedient.
So Wanxin led all the grievances he suffered to Su Chengbi, and then asked her to deal with Su Chengbi, isn't this what he has been doing.
Sure enough, with Xu Qingshan's offensive accompanied by another night, Wanxin was dead set on him again.
Day 2
Xu Zhaohua happened to have breakfast at Su Chengbi's place this day, but Xu Zhaohua kept staring at today's porridge and didn't move.
"Why don't you eat the crisp?" After Su Chengbi took the porridge from the maid who served the porridge, she saw that Xu Zhaohua hadn't eaten it yet, so she asked.
"What kind of porridge is this?" Xu Zhaohua asked the maid.
"Miss Hui, this is Madame's favorite japonica porridge."
Bijing porridge, this name made Xu Zhaohua suddenly wake up, isn't this porridge that his mother had been drinking before she was seriously ill in her previous life? Now she would rather be wrong than let go.
"Why did you suddenly do this today? I remember my mother didn't tell me. Xu Zhaohua continued to ask.
The maid said, "The slave and maid don't know, but the slave and maid are made in the small kitchen and brought it."
Xu Zhaohua didn't look like she was lying, so he didn't ask her.
Su Chengbi didn't drink porridge because of Xu Zhaohua's question just now, and Xu Zhaohua instructed other maids to take a silver needle.
"What do you want silver needles for?" Su Chengbi asked suspiciously.
"My mother will soon find out." Xu Zhaohua took the silver needle and put it in the porridge, and after a while, the silver needle was taken out, and it was obvious that the needle had turned black.
Su Chengbi was startled when she saw the blackened needle, and the maid who served the porridge immediately knelt down and begged for mercy: "Miss, the slave and maid are wronged, and the slave and maid are definitely not poisoned."
"Do you know who you poisoned?" Xu Zhaohua wrapped the silver needle in a handkerchief and put it aside to ask the maid.
"The slave doesn't know." The maid replied tremblingly.
"Who did this?" Xu Zhaohua didn't embarrass this maid anymore.
"It's Aunt May." The maid knew.
"Call Aunt May."
"Yes." The maid immediately took the order, and she couldn't wait to clear her suspicions.
"How do you know that this porridge is wrong?" Su Chengbi asked her curiously.
"It's just a gut feeling, I didn't expect to guess correctly."
"Oh no, no." A maid hurried in.
Su Chengbi frowned and said, "Panicked, what kind of system!"
"Mrs., Aunt Mei in the small kitchen fell into the well." The maid said with a pause.
"What?" Xu Zhaohua immediately got up and said, "Take me to see it."
"Yes." The maid led the way for Xu Zhaohua and Su Chengbi.
It was a dry well in the house, and the maid who was ordered by Xu Zhaohua to come to find Aunt Mei was sitting on the ground at this time, and as soon as Aunt Mei died, the suspicion on her body could not be washed away.
When she saw Xu Zhaohua and the others coming, she immediately reacted and knelt down and said, "Miss, the young lady slave and maid are wronged, the slave and maid are wronged, the slave and maid are wronged." kept kowtowing to Xu Zhaohua.
Xu Zhaohua helped her up and said, "I believe in you."
When the maid heard this, her heart was relieved and warm, and the young lady did not doubt her.
"Go find the guards and get her out." Su Chengbi also knew that someone was trying to harm her.
"Yes." Runqing went immediately.
A moment later, the body was recovered, and according to the guards, it was thrown into a well, first killed, then dumped, not for a long time.
Xu Zhaohua understands that this is premeditated, I'm afraid this porridge was not made by Aunt Mei, but why did she kill Aunt Mei? Is it trying to create the illusion that Aunt Mei committed suicide in fear of sin?
Indeed, Xu Zhaohua's conjecture was right, Wan Xin was afraid that if the matter was exposed, she ordered someone to kill the person who first appeared in the small kitchen.
"Madame, how are you, ma'am?" Xu Qingshan walked in from outside with a worried and anxious face.
Seeing Su Chengbi standing well, Xu Qingshan pretended to be relieved and said, "Madame, it's okay."
Xu Zhaohua looked at Xu Qingshan suspiciously, how did he know what was going on? Someone reported to him?
No, no, only the maids present should know, but they haven't gone out, and the maids outside know that Aunt Mei is dead, so why did he ask his mother if she was okay as soon as she came?
Unless, the black hand is him. Xu Zhaohua sank his face and said, "I hope General Xu can find out the murderer."
"It's nature." Xu Qingshan agreed to come down.
Su Chengbi didn't let Xu Qingshan stay for a long time, and Xu Qingshan left.
Xu Zhaohua looked at Xu Qingshan's back and squinted, sure enough, it was him, and it had always been him.
"Mother, I made an appointment with the young lady of Shang Shuling's family today and went out first." Xu Zhaohua said after sitting for a while.
Su Chengbi nodded and let her go.
Qingxin Tea House
Xu Zhaohua sat in a room on the second floor waiting for someone. Not long after, Zhou Sheng Cuobai appeared here, and Xu Zhaohua would want to see Zhou Shengcuobai from time to time, all relying on Song.
Since Xu Zhaohua was almost killed, Zhou Shengcuobai left a shadow here, so he sent Song to protect Xu Zhaohua closely, and sometimes, Song was also responsible for delivering messages to the two.
Now it was Xu Zhaohua who asked Song to inform Zhou Shengcuobai, and Zhou Shengcuobai appeared here.
"Why did you call me in a hurry?" Zhou Shengcuo asked before he sat down.
"Xu Qingshan did something to my mother."
"What?" Zhou Shengcuo was stunned.
"We need to get rid of Xu Qingshan first." Xu Zhaohua ignored his question, but said it himself.
"Okay." Zhou Sheng Cuobai agreed, anyway, this Xu Qingshan will be eradicated sooner or later.
Xu Zhaohua put his mind at ease and carefully pondered how to do it.
In the house, if the mother is poisoned, then the first one to be suspected must be Wanxin, and Wanxin does have this intention, but now Xu Zhaohua knows that Xu Qingshan is doing ghosts, all of this is done by him, and Wanxin is just a chess piece in his hand.
"Miss Slender Moon has arrived." The people below said excitedly.
"Who is the Lady of the Moon? Why is the cry below so high. Xu Zhaohua asked casually.
"She is known as the first geisha in the capital, and her name is Slender Moon." Zhou Shengcuobai solved her doubts.
"How do you know?" Xu Zhaohua looked at her suspiciously.
"Listen to Song." Zhou Sheng Cuobai threw the pot to Song without hesitation.
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