The wind swept the green lotus, the fingers combed the fine willows, and the roses scratched their heads. The lonely shadow is full of mountains and blue mountains, and the quiet lake reflects the gulls in the air. Yesterday's heart, today's heart, several eventful autumns. The cloister carving should not be remembered, waving the long air to pay the east.

"Brother, oleander is poisonous all over the body, it's okay just to smell it, but if you take the flowers and leaves of oleander, it's highly poisonous."

"Yan'er, if that's the case, then I'll go to the kitchen to find out who made today's steamed cakes."

"Brother, no need, I heard the nurse say that I got up and went to the thatched house when I heard it, and I didn't expect to see the princess and the eldest lady in the kitchen, and they were not there when I came back, do you still need to ask? It is estimated that asking will only startle the snake, and will not admit it, and will only add a few innocent lives. ”

"Brother, we can pick some flowers and leaves and go back for an experiment, can you help me catch a few mice?" To live. ”

"No problem! I'm the best at this. ”

So, Murong Zifeng picked a sprig of oleander with young leaves and flowers, and Murong Ningyan wrapped it in a silk handkerchief and took it back. The brother and sister divided the work, and Murong Zifeng went to catch mice.

When I returned to Ningxiang Pavilion, I saw that the catkins were in good spirits, and their faces had changed from pale in the morning to ruddy, which showed that there was no big problem.

"Sister, what else are you uncomfortable with at this time?"

"Except for the lack of strength, the other symptoms have disappeared, don't worry, miss!"

"Sister, I found out the cause of your poisoning." Murong Ningyan looked at the room, there was no one else except the mother and the nurse, so she continued: "It's the steamed cake you ate in the morning, I thought it had a stuffy taste, but you didn't eat it." That's the problem. ”

"Ahh How can steamed cakes be problematic? ”

"Somebody mixes oleander flowers and leaves into it, and it becomes highly poisonous. At that time, if I didn't know how to cure it, you wouldn't be saved. ”

"Yes, fortunately, Miss helped you induce vomiting in a timely and effective manner, and there are several methods at the same time, fortunately, the rescue is timely, Su'er, your life was picked up by Miss for you." As soon as the nurse mentioned this, tears glistened in her eyes.

"Thank you, Miss, for saving your life, Liu Xu'er...

"Okay, okay, don't say anything, in fact, in the final analysis, you are following me to suffer, the person they want to target is actually me, and the two of us sisters will work together in the future to share weal and woe!"

Li Shi looked out the window and whispered, "Also, be extra careful in the future, because there are ears and eyes in the smoke room." ”

"What my mother said is that Yan'er knows."

"Nurse, I need your help now."

"Miss, you just command."

At this time, someone knocked on the door, opened it and saw that it was Murong Zifeng, only to see that as soon as he entered the door, he took out a black cloth from his sleeve. When I opened it, it was a thing wrapped in vegetable leaves, and when I opened the vegetable leaves, it was the steamed cake left over from the morning. There was also a small cage with two rats in it.

"Brother, where did you find this? Has anyone found out? ”

"Don't worry, no one knows about my light skills, I sneaked into the back door of the kitchen, and found it in the bucket, which was covered with a lot of vegetable leaves, I picked up the vegetable leaves, and really found this at the bottom of the bucket, so I secretly wrapped it."

"I've caught the rat too, so let's start experimenting now." Murong Zifeng opened the rat cage as he spoke, put a mouse into a vase, and then took out the steamed cake and put it in the mouse cage.

"Nurse, you can help me make another steamed cake, and add this to it. Remember not to let people eat it. Murong Ningyan said, took out the oleander leaves and flowers wrapped in silk handkerchiefs from his sleeves and handed them to the nurse.

Not long after the nurse left, the rat had only eaten half of the steamed cake, so he "squeaked" a few times, fell headlong into the cage, foaming at the mouth, convulsed, and then froze there without moving.

"It's horrible! I'm going to report to the police! Murong Zifeng said angrily.

"Brother, calm down! Now is not the time to say that. ”

"I want to know the reason for the cliff as soon as possible, Sister Liu, you have to get better quickly."

"Sister?" Murong Zifeng looked at Murong Ningyan and willow catkins, with a look of surprise on his face.

"Yes, she doesn't eat or drink in order to take care of me, she doesn't sleep, she treats me as sincerely as my brother, and she is already a sister in my heart."

"It's my duty to be good to Miss, it's Miss's high pattern, and I don't dislike those of us who are subordinates."

At this moment, someone knocked on the door outside, and when he opened the door, it turned out that the nurse was coming, and there were a few maids standing not far from the door in the morning, Murong Zifeng said to them: "Stand back, from now on, Miss Ning Yan will not pass on, you don't come in." ”

After the nurse came in and closed the door, she took out a piece of steamed cake from her sleeve and whispered, "Miss, it is done according to your requirements." ”

Murong Zifeng poured out the dead mouse and the previous piece of steamed cake from the cage, put the mouse in the vase into it, and then put the still hot steamed cake made by the nurse into the mouse cage, the mouse seemed to have just been released from the hunger prison, maybe because it was too fragrant, and quickly ate a small half of the steamed cake.

The people in the house were holding their breath and watching it eat intently, when suddenly, the rat's head was tilted, and it fell to the ground like the previous one, foaming at the mouth, and its four feet bounced a few times, and it also died.

The people in the room were so frightened that they looked at each other for a while, and no one spoke, and after a long while, Li Shi said complainingly: "It turns out that this oleander is so toxic? My smoke is a blessing! Thank you for the blessing of the Bodhisattva! Amitabha! ”

"Yes, thanks to Miss's decisive and timely rescue, if you wait until the doctor comes, Su'er's little fate will definitely be lost, thank you Miss!" The nurse actually kowtowed to Murong Ningyan, and Murong Ningyan quickly helped her up.

"Auntie, don't worry, I have been secretly protecting Yan'er and catkins recently, and when Yan'er's fall off the cliff comes to light, I believe my father will give Yan'er an explanation."

In the Yuqiong Pavilion, the princess and Murong Ningshuang were sitting on pins and needles, and at this moment, Chunlan came to report:

"Princess, eldest lady, forgive the slave and maid for being incompetent, except for the Li family mother and daughter, the catkins mother and daughter in the Ningxiang Pavilion, there is only the eldest young master, and the rest of us have all been driven out of the pavilion to wait, and we are not allowed to go in if we don't pass it on, what is going on inside, the slave and maid really don't know."

"Fool, won't you find a reason to go in?" When Murong Ningshuang heard this, he exploded again.

Chunlan trembled and explained: "The door is plugged in from the inside, and it is broad daylight, if I stand outside the door and eavesdrop, it is very easy for them to find out, not to mention that even if I stand at the door, I can't hear it, and I can hardly hear the sound inside." ”

"It seems that they have sensed something and are guarding against these subordinates." The princess was thoughtful.

"Mother, how is this good?"

"The only hope now is that catkins are dead, and at that weight, she should not be able to survive."

By the time of dinner, the catkins were already able to move on the ground, and they didn't feel any discomfort, after all, people are young and naturally recover quickly.

This night, Murong Zifeng accompanied Murong Ningyan and Liu Wu'er to dinner, sat down for a while and said, "It's not early, Yan'er, you and Liu Wu'er should rest early, let her sleep in the same room with you tonight." ”

"Okay, brother, go back and rest. Let's just plug the door. ”

"Feng'er, don't worry, I'll be here in Yan'er tonight, people don't sleep much when they're old, it's okay if you don't sleep all night, you go and rest." Li smiled and said softly:

"Okay, it's better for my aunt to stay here for a while, and I'll come to change you in the middle of the night! You come and plug the door. Murong Zifeng quietly opened the door and walked out.

Sure enough, as soon as the time came, there was a knock at the door, and Li asked, "Who is outside?" ”

"Auntie, it's me, Zifeng!"

Li quietly opened the door, and saw that the maid ring outside the door had already rested, so he said to Murong Zifeng: "Feng'er, you go back to sleep, it will be fine with me guarding here." ”

"You go and rest, I've already slept."

"Alright then, I'll be with you!"

In the end, the four of them had to take turns to rest, and the night was safe.

With the experience of the past, at breakfast the next day, Li took out a silver needle, and everyone dared to eat it with confidence after testing the poison, which made Murong Ningyan "poof" and smile: "Mother, you seem to have stayed in the palace, and the emperor only used chopsticks before eating with poison." ”

"Eat a trench and grow a wisdom." Li thought to himself: For so many years, if he hadn't been cautious, he would have died a long time ago.

"How are the smoke and catkins feeling today?" Murong Zifeng asked while drinking porridge:

"Brother, I'm fine."

"Young Master Lao bothered, the catkins are also fine!"

"Okay, after breakfast, my brother will accompany you to the garden. There are many eyes and ears in this room, and it is not suitable for speech. Murong Zifeng lowered his voice and whispered, which was approved by everyone.

The door of the Ning Xiang Pavilion finally opened, and several maids outside the door were glared at by the eldest young master, and then watched him protect Murong Ningyan and willow catkins, all the way along the rose wall, stepping on the stone path, stepping on the shadow of the triangular plum, and disappearing at the end of the arched door.

The three of them passed through the arched flower stand and had a cave, and what came into view was a clear lake, and there was a rockery in the middle of the lake, which was inscribed with the word "quiet lake". A white marble arched bridge, connected by a hollow-shaped corridor, lies horizontally on the turquoise quiet lake.

Tall weeping willows and freshly blooming peach and plum cherry trees are alternately planted all around, and a thick layer of fallen flowers is piled up under the trees. The lake is surrounded by a circle of light pink or white petals, which should be blown to the lake by the wind, or squeezed to the shore by the naughty fish in the water.

In the lake, there are groups of water lilies, and koi fish frolic under the water lilies. In the middle is a rockery, and there is an arch bridge connected to the rockery on each side of the cloister. There is also a white marble bench placed at the junction in each of the four directions, and at the top of the rockery is a pavilion.

"Sister, let's sit here for a while! Tell me why I fell off a cliff! ”

"Miss, you still call me by my name, in case it is heard by someone who loves to chew the root of the tongue, and it reaches the ears of the prince and causes another incident, Miss, your body can no longer withstand the punishment!" Liu Xu'er begged:

"Okay, anyway, whether you call it or not, you will be my sister in the future!" Murong Ningyan grabbed Liu Wu's arm and leaned her head on his shoulder to be coquettish. It made the catkins a little embarrassed.

Liu Fu looked around at no one and began to reveal the mystery of Miss falling off the cliff.