Chapter 377: Poisonous Arsenic, Stealing Beams and Changing Pillars
The Guan Sui Garden of the Chu Palace, this evening is a laughter, a few little ladies like flowers and jade, after visiting the scenery in the garden, Qi Niang was impatient to sit in the study, and pulled An Ran An Jin and Banniang to a vacant place in the back garden to kick the shuttlecock and play, around a circle of maids, slapping the slap and reciting: "A shuttlecock, kick in half, play the flower drum, wrap the flower thread, kick the inside and outside, eight immortals across the sea, ninety-nine, one hundred." ”
Liu Niang and Qin Ziruo tightened the beautiful scenery one by one, visited the studio and the study, and went to the studio after shopping, going in and out a few times, and they were never tired.
Miss Ziruo knew that the west seat of the Guogong Mansion was actually a Nan Confucian high-footed, and begged Mrs. Qin to come to the Huang family to say that she insisted on joining the women's school of the Guogong Mansion, which was also a trivial matter, and the Qin family and the Guogong Mansion were now in-laws, and Qin Ziruo quickly "flattered" Qi Niang, with her on the side, the elders were also happy to see a few little ladies together.
However, Liu Niang has always had a problem with Qin Ziruo.
At this time, when she saw that Miss Ziruo had successfully "blackmailed" a calligraphy and painting of her fifth brother-in-law, Liuniang's excited look finally sank, looking at Qin Ziruo's satisfied and admiring appearance, she said abruptly: "Ah Ruo, are you willing to play against me?" ”
Ziruo took his eyes off the scroll, carefully rolled up the scroll, put it in the brocade box, and smiled: "Ah Feng is finally willing to play against me?" I can't ask for it. ”
"The bet is the calligraphy and painting that you get." Liuniang is crisp and neat.
Ziruo was stunned, twisted Yi Jing's arm and coquettishly: "Sister Jing, you see how greedy Ah Feng is, Shizi is her brother-in-law, and it is not a matter of opening her mouth to want a painting, I finally asked for one, her eyes are red, Sister Jing commented, Ah Feng deceived me?" ”
Liu Niang snorted lightly: "Are you afraid of losing to me?" ”
Seeing the two little girls, they were about to choke, and Yijing hurriedly persuaded: "It's almost time to eat, but there is not enough time, you have to compete, and you have to choose another time." ”
Liu Niang was not reluctant, she only looked at Qin Ziruo and said, "It's getting late, Ah Ruo should also go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, otherwise Mrs. Qin will have to worry." ”
Rao is Qin Ziruo's personality is very different from two years ago, and he was so angry that his face turned red when he heard this "eviction order", but she was only an in-law of the Guogong Mansion, and it was even more separated from the Chu Palace.
Yijing sighed helplessly, as the master, of course, he had to give Ziruo a ride, and whispered to Chun Dusk, let her lead Liuniang to the studio, except for the couplet that had been promised earlier, the rest of the calligraphy and paintings were also left to Liuniang to choose.
Liuniang was satisfied, accompanied by the spring twilight, the scrolls were unfolded to see, and they were carefully appreciated, when the beautiful scenery sent Qin Ziruo back, Liuniang still saw three paintings, of course, she didn't choose what she liked, and couldn't stop sighing: "I can't wait to empty this studio, where can I choose it." ”
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Liuniang couldn't put it down, unexpectedly, in the end, only a piece of calligraphy was chosen, and no paintings were selected, Liuniang explained: "There are five sisters and five brothers-in-law to paint the landscape, I am already satisfied, dare not be greedy anymore." But suddenly dissatisfied: "Why did the fifth sister agree to Ah Ruo, I don't like her, don't associate with her in the future." ”
Yijing was stunned, and listened to Liuniang say: "She still has a bit of true temperament, she is two years old, and she has become pretending to be well-behaved and kind, I don't know what to calculate, I didn't invite her today, but she came with a cheeky face, and even the grandmother of the Qin family objected, saying that it was not polite to come to the door rashly, but she insisted on going her own way." ”
Looking at Liuniang's serious appearance, Yijing's heart suddenly became trance, remembering what Liuniang had said in that life, and still knocked on her ears - "You must know that the words are against the ear...... Some people say good words, but they may not really be good to you...... The hearts of people in the world are sinister...... "At that time, Liuniang should have known one or two hidden secrets, yes, she said that she would tell her mother about her "immorality", and the sixth sister has always done what she said, she should have told Huang, but later, she said that to her again.
Did Huang tell Liuniang not to theorize after hearing about it? Liu Niang therefore suspected that she was the biological daughter of the Huang family, but she still reminded herself at the last moment to stop the precipice, but her sister, took her warning as a deaf ear and made a big mistake.
Yijing's heart suddenly became warm, and she said with a smile: "Yes, I take the words of the sixth sister to heart, and I will beware of outsiders, and I will allow her a painting just because of etiquette." ”
Liu Niang smiled at this time, Yijing talked to her for a while, and Mama Yang came to report that the Qingfeng Pavilion in the Houyuan had set up a dining table: "The prince has returned to the house, and the grandfather and Su Shizi have also come, the three of them are in the vestibule, and the prince has an explanation, so that the princess does not need to be distracted, just entertain the little ladies, and the grandfather and Su Shizi have him to accompany the meal." ”
This dinner was not until the beginning of the year, a few little ladies returned to the opposite door with Wei Guogong and Su Xun, and when they left, everyone had a painting in their hands, and specially went to their five brothers-in-law to thank them, Yijing and Yu Feng sent their father, brothers and sisters out together, and after the two returned to the main room to wash, Yu Feng said a few things that happened in just two days since the "family meeting".
"My father-in-law has mastered the way for my mother-in-law to inquire about the news of the outer court, this time because of Mr. Qiu's father and daughter, I finally let my mother-in-law mess up, my father-in-law knew that there was a long-term staff member and my mother-in-law who was secretly in contact with my mother-in-law, Mr. Qiu was recommended by my uncle, and it was the staff member who leaked out, but it was just that these two people didn't know that Jin Cheng would try to cause chaos, I reminded my father-in-law that although Jin Cheng was strictly guarded at the beginning, but the action of arranging personal soldiers to guard Qingping Nunnery cautiously may have made my mother-in-law feel that something was wrong. Even if she didn't know that Jin Rongzhong was trying to take hostages, and seeing that the Guogong Mansion was like a great enemy, she would suspect that there was a disaster, and the opportunity was rare, even if her mother-in-law was not sure, it was very likely that she notified her second uncle to take advantage of the opportunity, so the source of her mother-in-law's information should be in the personal guards, and it is very likely that she is in the position of commander, so she will know the detailed deployment. ”
It is not uncommon for the mother of the inner house to make friends with the servants and staff of the outer courtyard, especially in the noble house, the Huang family thought that Wei Guogong was going to take a concubine, and through the two mouths to find out the details of the Qiu family and whether he had dealings with Wei Guogong for a long time, it was nothing more than for their own situation, not to mention any malice, and the general servants and staff would not think that it was a crime to tell the matter, Huang was the duchess of the country after all, and he was also their master, and he wanted to ask them, and he didn't even have to be sneaky.
Wei Guogong designed to let the Huang family expose his "eyes and ears", but he just wanted to know if the Huang family had inquired about the arrangements for escorting Yijing to Qingping Nunnery that day.
"Father-in-law has let the concierge enter and exit records yesterday, on the day you left for Qingping Nunnery, Mama Lan went back to the waiting house and invited the second aunt to come to the door, things are so coincidental, the father-in-law is already eighty percent sure that this matter is inseparable from the mother-in-law." Yu Feng said again, holding Yijing's palm: "In any case, grandmother and father-in-law are already on guard, and those with malicious intentions will no longer hide in the shadows, and they will no longer let them easily find loopholes. ”
"How's Dr. Hu's side?" Thinking of the Huang family, Yijing still had the appearance of a loving mother in her mind, but she didn't know that under the surface was a femme fatale, and she couldn't help but have a clammy and cold shiver on her arm, and she didn't even want to mention it at this time.
"This time is different from the day when he let him misdiagnose Mei's family, Song became more and more cautious, Doctor Hu was stared at by Song Hui today on the passenger boat to the south, the boat arrived in Wushadu, Doctor Hu was invited down by our people, as soon as he heard that the arsenic that Song Hui bought from him was actually to poison the clan, and he didn't even need to be tortured, so he trembled and confessed the truth, Song Hui gave him three hundred taels of silver, persuading him to stay away from Kyoto." Yu Feng said as he took out two black porcelain bottles with the length of his middle finger from the sandalwood box on the side and handed them to Yi Jing: "These are these two pieces for Song Hui, the bottles are the same, but the things inside are different." ”
Two pieces? Yi Jing frowned slightly: "One bottle is used for poisoning, and the other bottle should be blame, I'm just curious if Mama Song found the loophole of poisoning?" ”
"The Song family is really thoughtful, no wonder my mother-in-law, a cautious person who has endured for many years, will boldly use it, from poison to stratagem, without the need for the master." Yu Feng smiled lightly: "Doctor Hu said that the arsenic he prepared was extremely poisonous, and such a large number of two bottles was enough to poison a hundred people." ”
"Water source." Yijing came to his senses: "But the well we use is even locked, it is the spring water you use for cooking tea, which is also collected by a special person in the mountain stream, and is usually stored in the kitchen vault, and can only ......be taken out by a trustworthy person when you want to use it" Yijing patted his forehead: "I know, it's snow water!" Mama Song knew I had this habit. ”
"I have it too, and Rib has already told Dongyu." Yu Feng bowed slightly: "The specific plan will be handed over to the princess to abolish the gods, since the truth of Wansi's death has been revealed, the identities of Mr. Li and Song Hui have also been clarified, and the malice and motives of the Song family are even more obvious, it is time to eradicate their family, and they can't wait to come to the Song family and Dongyu, one is because of the second brother, and the other is still worried about Yingsheng's death, and wants to fight for the backer to help her get rid of the crime, the ancestors and grandchildren are both anxious to make meritorious contributions to get out of trouble, let's 'help' them." ”
Sure enough, the next day, the redness and swelling on Dongyu's face disappeared, so she couldn't wait to go back to Guan Sui Yuan, the front foot was only in the house, and the back foot of Qiuyue arrived, and told her to go to the main room quickly, and the princess summoned her.
Dong Yu pressed the two bottles of things in his sleeves, thinking of the terrifying past when he was stripped off and searched on the ground after being arrested in the kitchen that day, he hurriedly asked: "I have been sweating all over, it is disrespectful to go to see the princess like this, let me change my clothes first." Qiu Yue rolled her eyelids extremely impatiently, dropped the word "faster", and threw the door away.
Dongyu cautiously closed the doors and windows, and even bolted it from the inside, then took out the porcelain bottle in the sleeve, glanced at the room, and finally put the things in a pair of autumn and winter boots, stuffed into the corner of the bed, and carried people in the whole process, only a white cat lying on the kang opened its blue eyes and lazily watched Dongyu's mysterious actions.
"Change your clothes", Dongyu hurriedly went to the main room, just stepped out of the courtyard door, and the little maid Hu Xuan in the same room with her flashed into the house, took out a bag of things for the white cat to sniff, and scratched the cat's neck twice, just now the listless cat suddenly came to the spirit, jumped down from the kang, landed silently, three or two to the corner of the bed, and dug out a pair of boots.
Hu Xuan reached out and touched it, and sure enough, he found two black porcelain bottles, took out a pair from the placket, stuffed it in his shoes, and put it back in the same place, then opened the closet, took a piece of dried fish and worked on the pet, and went to the back garden without touching the ground, and handed over the things that Dongyu had carefully hidden to Mama Xie.
"The fox is getting more and more spiritual, take care of it, I will find a way to get you another female cat with good spirituality, so that the fox will not be lonely." Mama Xie took two steps, patted her head again, and called Hu Xuan, who was overjoyed: "What about that thing, give it back to me." ”
Hu Xuan hurriedly took it out of his sleeve, but it was the paper bag that he had just used as a guide for the fox.
"This is highly poisonous, not a joke, go back and wash your hands carefully with soap beans." Mama Xie admonished again, and then waved her hand and let go of Hu Xuan and walked away.
Said Yijing, concerned about the aftermath of Yingsheng, very emotional, comforted Dongyu a few words, and then said: "I handed over your original errand to Hu Xuan, don't think about it, she is the house slave of the palace, she is familiar with everywhere, you originally knew how to read and write, it would be a pity not to apply what you have learned, follow the rib for the time being, and take care of the account book with her, and help me manage the family in the future." ”
These words made Dongyu a little apprehensive, secretly thinking that the last time she broke into the kitchen, she still aroused the suspicion of the princess, and she became more and more vigilant, and she couldn't reason so much at the moment, just let her follow the rib, wouldn't it be more and more of an opportunity to get closer, so she was secretly happy, and happily responded, said goodbye, and walked to the ribbed courtyard in a hurry, and suddenly stood still, full of chagrin-
In this way, wouldn't there be no opportunity to freely enter and exit Guan Sui Yuan? also planned to go to the second lady to set up a military order first, and she had to say a word accurately, which came to naught.
Dongyu couldn't help but make a mistake and made a mistake, and secretly clenched his fists, it seems that this time he can only make a big deal in order to regain his freedom and fly with Erlang!