Chapter 216: Old Things

The imperial doctor finally determined that Princess Ren was poisoned, and a criminal officer of the Criminal Department was secretly invited to Prince Ren's mansion, and inspected everything that Princess Ren ate and drank, and found no problem, and finally heard that she liked to drink fruit wine, so he guessed: "Maybe this is the problem, didn't Shanyang County drink dead people at the beginning of the year?" The fruit wine is only reassuring from Miss Xiao's winery, and the rest is difficult to say. ”

Prince Ren asked the shopkeeper of the winery to be arrested, and the shopkeeper shouted injustice: "My wine is transported from Miss Xiao's Winery in Shanyang County, there is no problem, the old wife of the Dongcheng grain warehouse scale is greedy for a cup, and after drinking this wine for a few months, Lao Beng Huaizhu is pregnant, the news spread, and the wine in the store was coaxed and robbed, so many people drank it, and nothing happened." As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something, "You won't buy a fake, right?" I've been out of stock here for months. ”

When Prince Ren heard this, he also muttered, the princess's wine has never stopped, could it be that he knew that it was going to be out of stock and in reserve? The old housekeeper was called and asked, and the old man shouted when he heard it: "There has been no goods for several months, and the old slave is anxious, but I didn't expect the princess to buy it from nowhere." ”

Prince Ren traced down again, the wine of these two months was brought from the treasury by the old mother who was waiting, and then it was a little more detailed, the old mother thought that the wine jar was heavy every time, and gave the pair of cards to the nephew of the second mother-in-law, and the little girl would send the wine to the door.

The second mother-in-law shouted that she was wronged, saying that she was not familiar with that little guy, but she had a sweet mouth, and calling her aunt was irrelevant at all. There was no such person in the house. Prince Ren's cold sweat was scared out, Prince Ren's mansion was often stuffed by the Liu family, he identified them one by one, and drove them out, but the princess didn't listen to his advice, still the same thing, Prince Ren was tired during this time, and he relaxed, but he didn't expect such a big thing to happen.

Prince Ren's Mansion buys a large number of vegetables and fruits, as well as oil, rice, noodles, and all kinds of jars and jars every day, and now he has no clue how and when these wines are brought in.

He took care of the housework with all his strengths, but he didn't find any clues, no faces, and no idea who did it, and the matter fell into a desperate situation, and Princess Ren's eyesight deteriorated day by day, until she became completely blind.

During this period, Mrs. Liu came to visit once, and when she saw that Princess Ren had become like this, she was shocked, and went back to discuss with her son, Liu Yongqi was annoyed, and refused to interfere in this matter at all.

Only then did Mrs. Liu realize that her son was very wrong now: "Why did my son come here when he was so irritable? ”

"You don't care!" Liu Yongqi was impatient to drive people out.

"What the hell is Qi'er?" Mrs. Liu refused to give up and continued to ask.

Liu Yongqi has changed greatly in the past year, he used to spend most of his time in the flower street and willow alleys in the capital, and he didn't listen to anyone's advice, but now he stays at home in a proper manner, Mrs. Liu doesn't know how proud she is, but she didn't expect Liu Yongqi to become more and more gloomy, and things out of the ordinary are endless, a few days ago, she also broke the finger of a maid who wanted to climb on the bed, and now the women in the house are walking around when they see him.

"Qi'er, my mother knows that you are aggrieved in your heart, and your skills are useless, if you want to go out for a walk, just go, my mother won't stop you, you know how to be proportionate-" Seeing that her son's face suddenly turned blue and purple, and the anger that could not be concealed seemed to emanate from every pore, Mrs. Liu was so frightened that she got up and left.

Mrs. Liu didn't care about the affairs of Prince Ren, but quietly called her son's concubine and maid to ask about it, and then she was so shocked that she was drenched in a cold sweat - her son didn't go to anyone's room for more than a year, even if he was drunk, he also lived in the study, or Xiao Qiyun's. Since Xiao Xuanyun's death, Xiao Qiyun moved to the Guanyin Pavilion in the backyard to practice, and there was no one in the house at all.

Why did Liu Yongqi abstain from being a monk/monk?

When Mrs. Liu saw her son again, she keenly noticed that her son's face was not so angular and rounder than before, but he was not fat, but also emaciated, and the green stubble on his chin was gone. Many men of this age have begun to grow beards, and his son's beard used to grow very quickly, and he always proudly said that he would be a beautiful bearded man in the future, and now, what about the beard?

Thinking of Xiao Juanyun's death, Xiao Qiyun was as frightened as a mouse seeing a cat, Mrs. Liu was terrified in her heart, and quietly called Liu Yongqi's little servant to ask questions, but she didn't expect her conjecture to be true.

Liu Yongqi is a sadist, Xiao Juanyun was tossed too much that night, couldn't help it, and hit the bed rail, Liu Yongqi likes to watch women do senseless struggles in front of him, the more fierce the resistance, the more he feels happy, Xiao Juanyun's appearance of seeking death makes him very excited, since then, he tortures Xiao Juanyun more than other women, and refuses to tie Xiao Juanyun up again, watching her toss from heaven to earth like a cat and mouse.

On this day, Xiao Juanyun suddenly took out a short knife from under the pillow and stabbed it at Liu Yongqi's underneath, Liu Yongqi quickly dodged back, but the distance was too close, and he was still scratched.

Mrs. Liu didn't believe that Liu Yongqi would become crippled because of this matter, but the little girl couldn't tell more inside stories, so Mrs. Liu had to explain to him to keep it secret, and she inquired from other aspects.

Liu Yongqi recently bought a new small house, he looks very rough, half a head taller than him, and his brute strength can compete with a cow. This little guy is not clever, his eyes are still stunned when he looks at people, there is a savage and violent atmosphere, the maid at home is scared when he sees it, and the little guy also walks around, but Liu Yongqi likes it very much, and takes it with him every day.

Mrs. Liu has something in her heart, and she is much more careful when she looks at her son, Liu Yongqi's eyes at the little guy make her always feel a little ambiguous, this day, she arranged to keep an eye on her son's old mother reported that Liu Yongqi stayed in his yard today, and the little guy also followed up.

Mrs. Liu took advantage of the cover of night and quietly came to her son's yard, and the mother-in-law who guarded the door had already instructed her, and when she heard the footsteps, she gently opened the door.

Accompanied by her confidant old mother Xiang Mama, Mrs. Liu tiptoed to the window of her son's room, where the light was lit, and she heard a heart-pounding and blushing sound.

Mrs. Liu waved her hand, gently took out the small scissors for embroidery to Mama, and cut the plain silk pasted on the window, Mrs. Liu looked inside, and her heart seemed to be held by a big hand, which made her breathless - Liu Yongqi actually smeared grease and powder, pinched the orchid fingers, pretended to be a woman, and the iron tower-like little guy was in **, the little guy was touching around on him, he squinted and hummed and enjoyed it very much, at this moment, the little guy pulled him over, between Liu Yongqi's legs, there was a very ugly big scar, There wasn't that thing.

Xiang Mama heard a strange snoring in Mrs. Liu's throat, as if the phlegm was congested, and the person slipped to the ground softly, she quickly reached out to help, but unfortunately she didn't dare to make a sound, and waited for a full cup of tea, Mrs. Liu was slightly sober, Xiang Mama supported the master, and quietly left.

The next day, Mrs. Liu took advantage of her son and the little maid to go out, and asked Mama Xiang to take someone to change all the window screens of the house, she was not sure if her son found out, Liu Yongqi did not say, and she did not dare to say anything, but quietly inquired who caused her son to be disabled.

Thinking of her son's cruelty to Xiao Juanyun, Mrs. Liu's intuition still started from this aspect, but she had no clue.

In fact, this matter is indeed related to Xiao Xuanyun, she once had a cat in Liu's house, snow-white, very beautiful, often held in her arms, after she died, the cat did not know where to go, this day, Liu Yongqi was taking a bath, he just came out of the bath bucket, one leg was still on it, the cat suddenly jumped in from the window, and bit Liu Yongqi in one bite. Liu Yongqi immediately fainted, the little guy who was waiting for him was frightened, and wanted to run out to call someone to save him, but he accidentally got weak under his feet, fell to the ground, and happened to lie on Liu Yongqi's arm, Liu Yongqi was awakened, he saw his injuries clearly, stopped the little guy, let him take the wound medicine, and smeared it himself, and afterwards, he killed the little guy, and the matter was concealed.

People in this era are superstitious, especially the rumors about cats, saying that it belongs to the yin and is easy to be contaminated with unclean things, Liu Yongqi has a ghost in his heart, and what he thinks of is that Xiao Juanyun's soul has come back to take revenge, he spent money in a nearby temple to make a seven-day dojo for Xiao Juanyun, and personally wore linen and filial piety to kowtow in front of Xiao Juanyun's spirit, asking for forgiveness, after returning home, although he ignored Xiao Qiyun, he never dared to be bullied and persecuted again.

In fact, after Xiao Juan Yun was abused for the first time, she had the idea of revenge, every time she put food on her legs? Feed the cats. This matter was done very secretly, and Liu Yongqi was retaliated against, and she didn't expect her resentment to be so strong and her methods so vicious.

The unfortunate news that Qian Jun encountered hit Shen Mingxi very hard, and he completely broke away from Emperor Yongchang and was indifferent to the affairs of the imperial court. At that time, half of the three visits to Miao Jiang were for the nephew's marriage, and even used the rain lotus, which was very similar to Wen Jin, to divert Emperor Yongchang's thoughts, but he still did not achieve his goal, and the nephew disappeared out of thin air like that, and his resentment against the emperor was not ordinarily big.

The thunder, rain and dew are all Jun En, Emperor Yongchang is very annoyed that Shen Mingxi dared to throw his face at him, but he was like a mirror in his heart, knowing that he was doing something wrong, and he was ashamed of Qian Jun, especially when he saw Shen Mingxi's white hair like silver threads, he couldn't get angry in his stomach.

Shen Mingxi stayed at home, reading and painting at home every day, on this day, his attendant came over and whispered a few words to him, Shen Mingxi hurriedly put on his coat and went out.

When Shen Mingxi was young, there was a favorite woman Chen Lan, because she suffered from heart disease, she was not tall, her skin was very white, very pale, and she looked very weak.

Old Shen Ge was always against his son and Chen Lan, but when he saw that his son was firm in Chen Lan's heart, he was a little hesitant, who wanted to quit the court in his old age, but he encountered a difficult case and had to accept the granddaughter of a colleague as his daughter-in-law.

Chen Lan was disheartened, and soon after Shen Mingxi got engaged, she became a monk to the Buddha.

The long-term entourage just now received news from the nunnery where Chen Lan was, saying that Chen Lan was afraid that he would not be able to do it, and asked him to meet him.

Chen Lan has lost so much weight that only a handful of bones remain, her black eyes look very big, and she is not as good as usual, after she woke up, she did not arrange her own afterlife, but persuaded Shen Mingxi to treat his wife Jing Jie well: "She also loves you, you always say that my life is hard, in fact, if you want me to say, I am much happier than Jing Jie, although she married you, but she didn't get your heart, looking at your cold face every day, listening to you say sad words, where is I good?" Although I see you once in a while, every time I hear the words, they are heartwarming, looking at your face, I am smiling to the bottom of my eyes, I am dead, and I have no regrets. ”

Shen Mingxi burst into tears.

"Mingxi, it's not easy to be a woman, you don't like Jing Jie, let's have sex with her a few times, give her a child, preferably a boy like you, so that she can have a nestle for the rest of her life, because she loves you, she has to suffer so much, even I can't bear it, I believe what she said, back then, if she knew that your heart belonged, she would never marry and break up the two of us."

"No, she will, for her brother!" Shen Mingxi was stubborn.

Chen Lan smiled, full of bitterness: "This is why I want to persuade you, Jing Jie is much more miserable than me, I at least want to become a monk and become a monk, but she can't help herself everywhere, Jing family, it's not because she likes you that she has achieved this family business, I'm leaving, in order to accumulate more blessings for the next life, I will persuade you again." ”

Shen Mingxi's tears flowed uncontrollably, he was a lover of personality, how could he do it if a man had tears and didn't flick? What's more, there is another sentence in the next sentence, but it is not to the sad place.

Chen Lan used her last strength and said: "In the future, you are you, I am me, and we will never see each other." ”

Shen Mingxi said before that he hoped that the two of them could be husband and wife in the next life, Chen Lan's words were to give up on him completely, Shen Mingxi was sad from the heart, stiffened his neck and ignored Chen Lan, Chen Lan suddenly had heart palpitations, she couldn't get angry, she picked her neck with both hands, her eyes were staring, she was very painful, Shen Mingxi was sad and unbearable, and said softly: "You go well, find a good man in the next life, don't be like me who is not responsible." Chen Lan heard this, let go of her hands, and passed away.

Chen Lan's monastic nunnery is not big, and it is worshiped by the Shen family, the host is too to Shen Ming*** to come and go, has been turning a blind eye, Chen Lan is critically ill, she also sent someone to inform, now that the person is gone, she said to Shen Mingxi: "Donor, the sea of bitterness is boundless, turn back is the shore, listen to a word of persuasion, you let go." Over the years, if it weren't for your hard work, *** so high understanding, why haven't you been able to break through the last hurdle and become everyone? She told me several times that she wanted to be quiet and devote herself to the Buddha. ”

Shen Mingxi was stunned: "She wants to be quiet? ”

"Well, you haven't listened to how thorough she has been in the past few years, if you don't devote yourself to the Buddha, how can you break through the red dust? It's all because of you, every time she is about to break through, she comes to harass her, Chen Lan doesn't want to see you, and you don't listen. ”

"She doesn't want to see me? Didn't you deliberately block it? ”

Mrs. Shi glared at Shen Mingxi angrily: "Why should I stop it?" If I hinder you, will you be able to come in? ”

Shen Mingxi was speechless and went back in a daze. With a double blow, Shen Mingxi finally couldn't hold it anymore and fell ill in bed. Jing Jieyi didn't untie her belt, and she served her personally, although Shen Mingxi was very cold to her before, she still didn't slack off.

Jing Jie is actually a poor woman, when the old Shen Ge always took the child to visit her grandfather at home, let her see it, and she couldn't let go of the boy anymore, her mother saw that her daughter was getting haggard, and after figuring out her thoughts, she secretly paid attention to it, until the old Shen Ge Lao encountered a big case and needed the help of the Jing family, Mrs. Jing took the opportunity to let the man get married to the Shen family.

Old Mrs. Jing has always envied the sons of her old friend, and she has long been determined to be Shen Mingxi's grandson-in-law, but Old Shen Ge knew that his son liked his cousin's granddaughter Chen Lan, but due to the pressure of the Jing family, he had to agree to this matter.

After Chen Lan got engaged to Shen Mingxi, she cut her hair and sent home, Shen Mingxi heard the news and carried it with her father, but she refused to participate in the Spring Festival of that year, the old Shen Ge was so angry that she fell ill, Shen Mingzhao had to go to Chen Lan for the sake of her father, and asked her to persuade her younger brother.

Chen Lan had already seen it at that time, so she sent a letter to Shen Mingxi, saying that her body was not suitable for pregnancy, and becoming a monk was the best choice, otherwise, marrying Shen Mingxi might have died, and persuaded Shen Mingxi to forget her, a good man is ambitious, don't be too daughter-in-law.

Shen Mingxi didn't listen to persuasion, Chen Lan had no choice but to write a letter to agitate the general: "I once boasted in front of my second brother, saying that you are the best talent, the second brother is very unconvinced, he is going to take the exam this year, are you afraid that he will not succeed?" ”

Shen Mingxi was young, and he really ate Chen Lan's set, so he went to the exam in such a daze, but the old Shen Ge suggested that the emperor put his son's ranking back, saying that if his son has him, he has already gained the upper hand, and it is better to leave the position of champion to other young people.

The first emperor was very moved, but he refused to put Shen Mingxi out of the list, Shen Mingxi was the last to be a tanhualang, in front of him, the second is Chen Lan's brother Chen Gengxin, who is now working as a waiter in the Hanlin Academy.

Besides, Shen Mingxi, his illness was good and bad, his health was getting worse and worse, Jing Jie's full maintenance also moved him, and at this time, he really understood Chen Lan's words, Jing Jie was also very hard, more bitter than him and Chen Lan.

He and Chen Lan are still in love, Jing Jie, in this life, it can be said that few people love her, even the mother who wants her to marry into the Shen family is also to compete with the concubine, how much of it is the heart of a daughter, only God knows.

Without Chen Lan, Shen Mingxi suddenly began to put himself in Jing Jie's shoes, and felt for the sorrow and suffering of this woman, he remembered Chen Lan's words, and when he was in good health for a period of time, he had a round room with Jing Jie. Jing Jie has been married for thirteen years, and finally keeps the clouds open and sees the moon.

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