Chapter 89: Pursuit
When Pei Bao'er was in a coma, she was actually still a little conscious, but her eyelids were very heavy, and her limbs were heavy, so she couldn't move, but some of the movements around her were still a little heard.
When she was helped out by Princess Kang and Princess Ning, she could hear the whispers of those women with different hearts passing by. Not to mention that after her titular uncle and Imperial Doctor Zhang gave her a few stitches, her consciousness became more sober, and she could even hear the content of the verbal battles between the few old ladies who pulled their beards and spoke clearly, but they couldn't move, and they were so aggrieved.
When she heard the word poisoning, she calmed down.
Yuta? I haven't heard of this thing, how could she be poisoned for no reason? Obviously, Bai Lu and the others pay more attention to these than her, and they all checked and checked before letting them enter, impossible.
However, if he wasn't poisoned, Imperial Doctor Zhang didn't need to be stubborn, it wouldn't do him any good.
Pei Bao'er was thinking in a daze, who was going to harm herself, Concubine Lin? Two aunts who don't have much sense of existence? Even Empress Dowager Qin, Concubine Wei and others were all thought about by her in her heart.
At this time, she felt that her jaw was clamped by a slightly cool hand, as if she wanted to pry her teeth open with brute force. It may be that she is not very skilled in business, which makes her a little painful. At the same time, she also smelled the smell of medicinal soup and knew that the other party was going to feed herself medicine.
She wanted to cooperate, but somehow, in stark contrast to her sober consciousness, her body limbs were getting stiffer and stiffer.
Pei Bao'er couldn't help but complain in her heart about Imperial Doctor Zhang, what he just said about diseases such as internal organ failure, he didn't mention the stiffness of his limbs at all, which shows that his medical skills are not enough to reach home.
No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't use a little strength, and the other party seemed to be aware of this problem, or she couldn't bear to hurt her delicate princess, so in the end she let go of her hand and didn't force it anymore.
Pei Bao'er first breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to worry about her own life, if she goes on like this, how can she solve her poison if she can't drink the medicine?
Just thinking like this, she suddenly felt that her lips were covered by something soft and cool, and then, accompanied by a not-so-dexterous "soft key" to slam the door, it was a little bit of bitter soup that flowed in, and in an instant, her lips and teeth were full of medicinal fragrance.
After Pei Baoer was confused, she quickly reacted to what she was doing, and the person who "fed the medicine" could not be someone else except Qi Heng.
She was ashamed and anxious in her heart, and she wanted to push him away, or take advantage of the situation to bite him hard, but she was powerless, so she could only close her eyes and silently swallow a mouthful of bitter medicine juice. What's even more annoying is that when she swallowed the last mouthful of medicinal soup, she could clearly feel it, and the man also took a small bite on her lip.
If she could speak at this moment, she would definitely scold Qi Heng for dying perverts, perverts and things like that, or "The bastard lady is still uncertain, you are thinking about this thing" and so on.
Of course, Qi Heng had no intention of this, even if Imperial Doctor Zhang dug out the so-called "poison induction" in that large pile of purses and was finally diagnosed, she also drank the antidote poison soup and had no worries about her life for the time being.
Thinking of the situation when the female dependents of the side branch clan lost their face and shouted injustice, Qi Heng's expression became cold again.
Whether this incident was accidental or man-made, or whether it was two theories. However, this time it was avoided, so what about next time? What about next time?
Inside the Fengluan Palace.
The Empress Dowager Qin waved away the maid, leaving only one or two of her confidants, and then asked Princess An with a calm face: "You honestly tell the mourning family, you didn't get involved in today's affairs, right?" ”
Princess An looked annoyed that she had been wronged, and pouted in defense: "What did the queen mother say, then the Pei family can no longer have the heart of the third child, and she is also a legitimate princess regent, where does the daughter-in-law dare to touch her?" ”
Empress Dowager Qin was suspicious, "It's good that it has nothing to do with you." Your sister-in-law, and the brother-in-law of the Anhou family's wife, are handkerchiefs, although not many people know, but there are not only you and me, it is better to be careful. ”
Princess An had to be called Yingxia, and then said: "Queen Mother, Shiro's side...... What is the plan of the imperial court? You can't just leave people over there, can you? ”
Empress Dowager Qin's heart ached, and Princess An was also in tears: "Seeing Pei's appearance today, my daughter-in-law remembered the news from the mouth of the Beidi mission a few days ago, saying that Shiro was weak, Beidi was cold, and he was going to have a serious illness every winter, and now I don't know what it looks like. ”
Empress Dowager Qin also eased her expression, patted Princess An's hand, and comforted: "Don't worry, the mourning family has been arranged, this time a caravan has been arranged, let people mix in it, and follow Beidi and those people to the north in May, there should have been news back at this time, and wait patiently." As for the rest, we are all women, and it is good that there must be a respected person like your father in the court. ”
When Princess An heard this, her heart was sour again.
Why doesn't she want Liu Guogong to support her husband, but this old father seems to have changed in recent years, and he actually ignores her. I don't know if it's because his mother quarreled with him because of the illegitimate son's entry into the mansion, or because Liu Fei had to marry the barbarian princess because of something ugly, Liu Guogong has very few family letters recently, and his words are extremely cold, but he still has to tell his mother to take more care of Liu Yun, which is really annoying.
I heard that the younger brother and daughter-in-law of the water-based poplar flower, as well as the lowly seeds born by the village woman, are all related to the Pei family, and they can even be called close, which makes Princess An even more unhappy. Pei's fall like this today made her breathe a big sigh.
Princess An knew that this mother-in-law had a strong temperament and didn't like to see people crying, so she reluctantly accepted her tears and said with a forced smile: "What the queen mother said is that the daughter-in-law will go back to her parents' house another day to discuss this matter." ”
Empress Dowager Qin earnestly instructed, "The upbringing of children should not be relaxed, especially in the suburbs. ”
Princess An nodded yes, cleaned up her mood, and jumped back to the original topic: "Speaking of which, most of today's incident is due to the old third mansion, and the Pei family is also useless, and the dignified housewife can actually fall for those little sluts, which is really a shame." Concubine Wei's extremely face-sensitive person is not here today, if she is here today, I don't know how ugly her old man's face is. ”
This is touching the pulse of the Empress Dowager Qin, Princess An knows that among these famous concubines now, the most disgusting thing for the Empress Dowager Qin is not Concubine Qu, but this Concubine Wei.
Sure enough, when the Empress Dowager Qin heard this, she laughed twice, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law privately squeezed the Wei family, the Pei family and others without mentioning it.
At this time, in the regent palace, Concubine Wei in the North Courtyard was as they wished, and her face was very ugly.
"Lost the Imperial Gift? Also to search the inner courtyard? Don't miss a single place? What does this mean? Who passed the word? ”
Concubine Wei glared at Mama He angrily, and the latter smiled bitterly: "It's the words of the prince who came to pass on to Gonggong Song, and the others are ahead, why don't you call him in and ask him about it?" ”
"What?"
Concubine Wei exclaimed in disbelief.
In today's Zhongyuan Festival in the palace, Qi Heng and his wife took Qi Tan and Qi Xing into the palace, and only Concubine Lin and others were left in the house. As a result, so many people suddenly broke into the inner courtyard and began to search with great momentum, and Concubine Wei couldn't help but think of the worst-case scenario.
For example, it is not impossible for the people in the palace to make trouble in the name of the Qing monarch, detain Qi Heng and others, and prepare to change the dynasty.
But she never expected that this menacing group of people was Qi Heng's meaning.
"What did the prince say? What was the gift of the Emperor that was lost? How did you search your house for no reason? As soon as Concubine Wei saw Song Yan, she asked with a scowl on her face, "What happened in the palace?" ”
In the end, she was born in an official eunuch family and had been immersed in the harem for many years, and Concubine Wei suddenly found a breakthrough.
Song Yan followed Qi Heng into the palace today, and he could see it clearly from beginning to end, but before he could wait for the results of the search of the female relatives of the side hall, he was sent back to the house by Qi Heng to do business, so at this time, there was only a rough guess about what happened.
He said yes bitterly, and then lowered his voice and said, "Don't hide it from the old lady, the loss of the imperial gift is just a pretense." Today, the princess suddenly fell into a coma in the palace, and after the consultation of everyone in the hospital, they found that the princess was poisoned. The general situation is like this, specifically, I can only wait for the two masters to return to the house and then return to the old lady. Although it happened in the palace, the prince was worried that there would be traitors in the palace, so he ordered the old slave to go back to the house to search first. I hope that the old lady will not make a noise here, and wait for the old slave to search for incriminating evidence. ”
Even if Concubine Wei did a good job of cultivating qi, her eyes widened in surprise at this moment.
"Poisoned? How can it be? In the palace, could it be ......" She muttered to herself for a while, and then said with some complaint, "This Pei family is too careless, a place like this in the palace, alas, ......"
Song Yan didn't say anything, and he didn't say anything about Concubine Wei's poison being a chronic poison, but just explained: "The prince naturally knows that the old lady and the princess have a deep relationship with the princess's mother-in-law, but he is worried that the people below will not know the details and will be used." This search is not in a hurry, and I found clues in the main courtyard later, and here in the north courtyard, I only need to search for the people and things below. The old slave is stupid, I don't know if it is appropriate to deal with it like this? Then he stood there with his hands bowed, waiting for instructions.
Concubine Wei is not stupid, if Pei Bao'er's poisoning was the hand of the palace, Qi Heng would not have sent someone back to the house to search so soon. Presumably, the root of this poison is still in the house, and no matter how bad it is, there are some related people or things. This kind of thing should be done sooner rather than later.
Although Concubine Wei's thoughts were tumbling in her heart, she only said lightly, "In this case, whatever the prince tells you, you can do it." and thou shalt find thou in my house. ”
Song Yan naturally respectfully said that he didn't dare.
Mama He on the side was also full of panic, and asked Song Yan in a low voice: "Dare to ask Gonggong Song, how is the princess doing now?" Are you okay? ”
Concubine Wei seemed to be suddenly awakened, and then she followed the words of the loyal servant Mama He and said with concern: "Yes, what did the Tai Hospital say?" Is there a cure for toxin? ”
The smile on Song Yan's face was a little warmer, and he only explained to them a little in the words of Imperial Doctor Zhang, and then talked about the scene at that time, and led the others below to the direction of the main courtyard.
According to Imperial Doctor Zhang, this poison was contaminated with the things that the princess eats daily, and the main courtyard has naturally become the top priority of this search. From top to bottom, not only the princess's food, clothing, and furnishings in the house, but also every room in the main courtyard and the personal belongings of each slave must be carefully examined one by one.
With such a big battle, it was naturally impossible for Song Yan not to go to the old lady first to "ask" for instructions, so as to calm her heart. Moreover, ninety percent of the old concubine has nothing to do with the poisoning of the princess, unless she has a brain pump. Qi Heng naturally would not doubt his mother for no reason, even Song Yan felt that it was impossible. What's more, now that the two masters of the palace are still in the palace and have not returned, if you want to find someone to come out and sit in the rear, this person is none other than Concubine Wei.
During Song Yan's visit to the North Courtyard to "ask for instructions", the main courtyard was not finished. So, after ordering someone to go and see the doors of the west courtyard first, Song Yan hurried back to the main courtyard quietly.
However, an hour later, Imperial Doctor Xu still found nothing.
"I checked almost everything, but there was no trace of poison. Gonggong Song, look at this ......"
This Imperial Doctor Xu is the new imperial doctor of Tai Hospital, he is a native of Zhangjiamen, he worshipped Imperial Doctor Zhang as his teacher, and he also has some knowledge of the Poison Sutra, so after Qi Heng asked Imperial Doctor Zhang, he seconded this person and asked Song Yan to bring someone back to search. I didn't expect it, but I didn't find anything.
Song Yan was puzzled: "How is it possible?" Imperial Doctor Xu, is there something missing? ”
Imperial Doctor Xu shook his head, "This poison is extremely slow to poison, and it takes years of contact to do it, and the princess's daily living place must be there." Today's poison should be a coincidence, if this is the case, the clues in the house should not be cut off so quickly. ”
Song Yan frowned and thought about it, just now he took Imperial Doctor Xu to check almost all the objects in the princess's bedroom and study, especially tea, snacks, cups, dishes and chopsticks, jewelry, rouge gouache, dresses, bedding and other personal things, and even the ink that had been ground on the bookcase and was not used up was tasted by Imperial Doctor Xu, what else would be missing?
If you can't find a clue on the main courtyard, you can only go to the west courtyard. However, if you can't even find the poison-causing thing, you don't even know if it's a powder, a liquid or any other form, so how can you find the evidence of the crime?
Although the west courtyard covers an area similar to that of other courtyards, the number of large and small masters living in it is the largest, plus the slaves below, the population is extremely complex, and there are naturally more things. Without knowing the form of the poison, this is simply looking for a needle in a haystack!
Suddenly, Song Yan's eyes flashed.
"Wait! Imperial Doctor Xu, have you checked all the princess's books? Our princess doesn't like to be around, she likes to read books for recreation, and in addition to those common things on weekdays, the most contact is books. ”
Imperial Doctor Xu nodded, "I searched through them all, but I didn't find any trace of Youtan." It stands to reason that in order to mix the poison, you must get the seven-star flower, serpentine, strychnine and other things, which are important to the taste of the seven-star flower, and the final blend is not a colorless and tasteless thing, even the ink fragrance can not cover it, and it is impossible to hide it in the pages of the book without being discovered. Could it be that the princess has any other books hidden elsewhere that she has not found? Oh yes, I also found two old books in the princess's bedroom, and they were very clean. ”
Imperial Doctor Xu slandered in his heart, the page was clean, but the content in it, forget it, the princess is the biggest, so don't comment.
Song Yan didn't expect Imperial Doctor Xu to be so careful, and he couldn't help but fall into hard thought again.
"Anyway, let's start again. If you don't find anything this time, you have to go to the West Courtyard to find clues. I don't know what the situation in the palace is, and before the prince returns home, he has to find out the result. Otherwise, we won't be able to make a difference~"
Although there is no specific suspect yet, Song Yan, who is well versed in the way of the back house's selfishness, has already identified the general goal in his heart. The people who can have this contact with the princess are none other than the people in the palace. And who hates this bizarre Princess Pei who came back to life the most in this mansion, the answer is nothing more than those three people.
Imperial Doctor Xu also knew that this matter was troublesome, but when he was named, he had to actively cooperate. If it really talks about seniority, he calls Imperial Doctor Zhang a master, and Princess Pei is the niece of Imperial Doctor Zhang, and he and this princess can still be called half a brother and sister. In public and private, he must carefully find out some clues this time!
But I don't want to, this review, but I really turned over something interesting.