Chapter 163: The fog is fading, and danger is imminent

The back house of the Chu Palace, a courtyard full of yellow wood incense, in the whole palace mansion, located in the slightly remote west corner, the courtyard is not big, there is a low green wall to do a simple partition, in the two wooden doors of the oil green, a secluded path is interspersed in the green trees, but it is a pity that it is not the flowering season at this time, and there is no fragrance to sink and float.

In the green trees, there are several simple houses, which are very simple compared to the carved beams and eaves in other places.

There are only two maids in the yard, and when they are idle, they often discuss: "Isn't Miss Jiang's father the savior of the son?" How to be arranged to live in this courtyard is too simple and slow. ”

"I heard that it is the meaning of the prince."

"This is more and more confusing, but I am still satisfied when I look at Miss Jiang."

"I heard that their family used to be a rural villager, what kind of knowledge can they have, if they say that in the past, even this yard is not something they can imagine."

"Although Miss Jiang is not from an aristocratic background, her temperament is not easy to get along with."

"But relying on the credit of healing the son, I looked at it coldly, and she seemed to have other thoughts about the son."

"I'm afraid it's also in vain, don't talk about the character and talent of the prince, just say this identity, the future princess must be from a famous family."

"I heard that Madame is interested in the fourth mother of Zhenguo Mansion."

"It's not the turn of the lady to be the master of the marriage, the old princess doesn't seem to like the ladies of the Xie family."

Today, the two maids were kicked out of the house by Jiang Wei, who got up early in the morning and was busy cleaning up those herbal plants, and they were bored, moved a spring stool to sit in the shade, and gossiped again.

"The spring clothes sent by Mrs. made a special trip, Miss Jiang doesn't go up, every day is a set of cloth clothes and skirts, and she doesn't like the hairpin ring sent by the old princess, and she doesn't like it, and there is a wooden hairpin in her hair, which looks even colder than our slaves."

"Pretending to be high, since you don't love wealth and nobility, why do you run to Guan Suiyuan every now and then, what is the idea of fighting to hide it?"

"But to talk about it, the prince treats her really well, not to mention anything else, Guan Suiyuan is an idler who can enter casually?"

"In the end, her father cured the child's illness, and besides, the son of the world is gentle and elegant, how can he not save any face."

"I heard that Xie Siniang came to the door that day and wanted to go to Guan Sui Yuan, but was ridiculed by the clear sky again."

"Madame has some complaints about this, saying that the prince does not treat his relatives well."

"It's a little ridiculous, today's eldest lady's birthday, didn't you invite the ladies of the Xie family, if you want to talk about it, they are serious cousins."

"I just don't know what family our future princess comes from, and what kind of appearance she has to give birth to, so that she is worthy of the world."

"You girl, you are so concerned, do you have any ideas?"

"Little hooves dare to chew my teeth, see if I don't tear your mouth."

The two maids quarreled, but they didn't pay attention to the prince who pushed the door and entered for a while, and almost collided.

hurriedly said that they were sinful, and their faces turned red.

Yu Feng didn't embarrass the two of them, and asked Jiang Wei to be busy in the pharmacy again, and didn't let the maid lead the way, so she went to the west side, and only then did she push the bamboo door, and heard Jiang Wei reprimand very dissatisfied: "Didn't you let you stay away, carefully smell the fragrance of those fat powders, and smoke my herbs." ”

Jiang Wei was bending over, holding a long-handled flat spoon in her hand, concentrating on stirring in a clay urn, and the rich and bitter medicinal fragrance permeated the not spacious space, even choking a little.

This bamboo house only has a small skylight, revealing a ray of light, and Jiang Wei is wearing a gray cloth dress, which seems to be more and more dissolved with the darkness around her, if it wasn't for the sound first, Yu Feng was afraid that she wouldn't be able to see her at a glance.

Yu Feng didn't enter, and coughed lightly on his lips with his fist.

Jiang Wei immediately turned around and walked out quickly, her eyes shining: "Why is the prince here?" ”

"Did it bother you?"

"I'm just idle and bored, so I'm doing this." Jiang Wei was stunned for a moment, and seemed to have just woken up to the fact that this was not a place to entertain guests, so she pulled up the bamboo door, invited Yu Feng to the flower hall, and was busy boiling water and sencha, Yu Feng hurriedly stopped her.

I came to find Jiang Wei today, not to catch up with the past.

Ever since I heard about Zhen Mo's strange behavior-the flower bags and sachets that are regularly sent to the East Palace, and they are extremely mysterious and weird, Nan Gu has not found out the subtlety of those sachets after so many years of hard work; There is also the intimate relationship between Mama Bai and Zhen Mo, who is very trusted by the crown princess at the moment, Yu Feng only feels that all the doubts seem to have a clear point.

So I entrusted Aunt Ru with two things, one was to try her best to "steal" a sachet prepared by Zhen Mo herself, and the other was to pay attention to what was wrong with Mama Bai.

Both of these things were tougher than expected.

The sachet used by the princess is not easy to get, and it is not easy to wait until she "replaces the old with the new", such as her aunt's eyes and ears before stealing it, and since mid-March, the princess began to take the new "Recipe for Getting a Child", it is said that it is Mama Bai who is asking for it outside - the palace is not as good as a private residence, and the pulse diagnosis prescription can only be handled by the Tai Hospital, as for the decoction, most of them are also responsible for the inner servants and medical women, but many medical officials are helpless against the "infertility" of the crown princess, so both the saint and the queen mother are "open" to her seeking medical treatment outside.

Of course, the recipe still has to be examined by the imperial doctor, and the harmless prescription can be used.

Yu Feng pondered the recipe that Mama Bai was looking for outside, which happened to be after Zhen Mo was humiliated again, and the time was a coincidence, and there was also feedback from her aunt - the medicine of the crown princess, although it was decocted by a medical girl, it was all presented to the princess by Mama Bai herself, and the "ears and eyes" noticed that before Mama Bai presented the medicine, she often avoided everyone and pondered alone for a while.

Although the doctors felt that the prescription was not harmless, Mama Bai had a great chance to add ingredients to the medicine.

It's a pity that the crown princess has very high expectations for that prescription, and every time she drinks half a drop, she can't confirm Yu Feng's conjecture.

And after today's court meeting, Yu Feng took the sachet to find Qinggu, according to Mr. Qinggu's inspection, said that there is no problem with the categories of dried flowers, and it will never cause miscarriage or infertility.

Is it just that you are suspicious? Yu Feng was very unwilling, so he decided to let Jiang Wei check again.

Although Jiang Wei's medical skills are not as good as Qinggu, she is born with an outstanding sense of smell, especially for poison plants, and her understanding is very good.

The taste of this sachet has faded, and it was replaced by the crown princess, and Mr. Kiyoya is not completely sure.

Jiang Wei listened to Yu Feng's request, took the sachet without hesitation, loosened the silk rope, poured all the dried flowers in it into the palm of her hand, observed it carefully, and put it on the tip of her nose to smell it in turn.

"There's no problem with the category." The judgment reached was no different from that of Mr. Kiyoya.

Yu Feng was slightly frustrated.

saw Jiang Wei pinching a dark purple petal to identify it repeatedly, and her eyebrows were furrowed.

"This is Mo Zi." After half a sound, Jiang Wei bowed her head affirmatively: "The fragrance is a little weird, with the smell of musk, as well as the remnants of safflower, and the taste of a variety of spices, after a long time, no wonder my father didn't notice it." ”

"So......" Yu Feng was looking forward to it.

"Carrying this thing for a long time will indeed cause infertility and even miscarriage, but it will not fundamentally hurt the body." Jiang Wei was very sure.

Yu Feng was excited, thanked him, returned to Guan Sui Yuan, and only pondered in the study - it seems that his suspicions are close to the truth, Zhen Mo may be unwilling to marry the eldest sister into the royal family, and there is already a gap between the sisters, although the princess is not careful, Zhen Mo is extremely resentful, but because the honor and disgrace of the princess is related to the interests of the Zhen family, she still did not kill them all, while seducing the prince with lust, in order to vent her personal anger, and seek balance, while presenting this infertile sachet to the princess, it should be considered to turn around, In case of a change, if the status of the crown princess is not guaranteed, it will affect her own interests, she only has to change this sachet, and the princess still has a chance to conceive.

But after the Lingshan and Fanglin banquets successively, Zhen Mo's resentment towards the crown princess has added another layer.

Or she has already had the idea of entering the East Palace at this time - if the crown princess is always infertile and can't accept the Zhuo family giving birth to a concubine, then in desperation, she may not consider letting Zhen Mo enter the palace.

Therefore, Zhen Mo is no longer satisfied with the role of the sachet, in order to be more secure, it is very likely that Mama Bai will poison the princess and completely cause the princess to be infertile.

So how should it be arranged to prove this conspiracy and cause Zhen Mo to die?

There is also the pair of orphans and widows - Gray Du has found out that the original family of four, the mother has always been in poor health, and has been sick for many years, and the father also suffered from a sudden illness five years ago, and now that he will die soon, the poor family situation is even worse.

The couple originally had a son and a daughter, the daughter was thirteen and the son was only ten years old.

Seeing that his parents were weak, his younger brother was young, and his eldest sister had no other way, in desperation, he voluntarily found someone to sign a deed of sale.

At that time, the neighbors praised the woman for her filial piety.

After all, the woman should be eighteen this year.

Three years ago, the father died, leaving the family with only orphans and widows.

Neighbors claimed that they occasionally visited their relatives during the Women's New Year, and that an old woman brought money to orphans and widows every quarter.

But the neighbors only knew that the daughter was now working as a maid in a large family, but they didn't know which household she was in.

The orphans and widows were so insecure about their daughter's whereabouts that Gray Du used all kinds of means to find out.

At that time, Renyazi was beaten to death two years ago because of a fight with others.

And since Yu Feng knew about this, neither the daughter nor the mother-in-law had any contact with the orphans and widows.

The trail was interrupted.

Yu Feng was sure that Zhen Mo was going to use that maid to make trouble-but Zhen Mo was able to grasp the person who couldn't even find out the details of Gray Crossing, and it seemed that it was not a temporary idea, but a plan for a long time.

Wasn't her move aimed at Yijing?

Yu Feng didn't dare to be careless after all, so he carefully investigated many subordinates in the Weiguo Mansion - there were no maids over the age of eighteen in the Luqing Garden in Yijing, and all the subordinates in the Guogong Mansion who came into contact with food and drink were all children of families with clear roots.

Even the personal maids of the other ladies of the Guogong Mansion have been checked, and none of them are of the same age, and they are the next people who bought them outside five years ago.

It is very likely that this maid is not in the Guogong Mansion, but if it is in another mansion......

For example, Jianning Houfu, Yu Feng has no way to find out.

It's just that Yijing has been closed for these days, and Zhen Mo shouldn't be able to find a chance to start.

It's better to attack than to be prepared, and it is still a good strategy to eradicate Zhen Mo as soon as possible.

Yu Feng was thinking about the plan, but Gray Du rushed in in a panic, and he didn't have time to salute, and stood firm: "Shizi, my subordinates have finally found out who the old lady who occasionally visits the widow is." Wiping a handful of hot sweat from his head, Ash was about to tell the story in detail.

"Just the results." Yu Feng interrupted in a deep voice.

"It's actually the concierge of our house, she recognized a goddaughter, she was on an errand beside Hui Niangzi, it was five years before the house, and now eighteen."

Before Ash Du's words fell, he saw Yu Feng's expression change greatly, and he stood up straight with a pale face: "Today is An Hui's birthday, the fifth sister should be invited to ......."

Before Ash Du had time to bow his head, he saw that Yu Feng had already walked out.

Ash Ferry hurriedly followed.