Three days later, news came out in the palace that the concubine Niangniang, who had been grounded for several months, had filled her private pockets and implicated Mrs. Zhenguo and Princess Nie Xingcai of Jincheng. According to the palace maid beside Ming Danshu, many of the silver coins in Ming Danshu's hands flowed out of the palace through Princess Jincheng, or deposited in the money bank, or placed seals outside, or purchased a field house......

Everyone knows that Jincheng and Ming Danshu are cousins, so they are also convinced of this matter, plus the Marquis of Zhenguo has been in the limelight in recent years, and his wife has an accident, and there are also jokes in the palace and outside the palace.

Under such circumstances, before Wei Nong ordered Jincheng to be severely punished, she had already taken the initiative to enter the palace and invited herself to go to the Xuanji Palace in Yunyang Mountain to study the Tao. Wei Nong knew that this was the meaning of Ming Chenyuan, so he was also approved, and stopped sending Jincheng as the princess's monthly salary. She also wanted to temporarily cut off Tang Muyi in Jincheng, but she couldn't make the decision on this matter herself, so she repaired the book again and asked Nie Xingji for advice.

Through the audit of the accounts in the past few months, Wei Nong deeply feels that the reason why Jincheng is so arrogant is because there are rich people behind it. And once she cuts off her Tang Muyi, maybe she will know to be more restrained.

This side of Xiang Weinong was writing a letter, and that side of Xiang Mingchen Yuan also sent Jincheng to Yunyang Mountain. The latter wept all the way, until the chariot reached the mountain gate, and she still said in tears: "Dust, I don't want to leave a few children. ”

However, Mingchenyuan's expression was firm: "You have been here for a few days to reflect, when have you figured it out, when will I come to pick you up." ”

Jin Cheng tugged at his sleeve and cried bitterly: "How can you be so ruthless! That's me and your baby! How pitiful they must be if they can't see me! ”

"It's better than having you teach them badly." Ming Chen said mercilessly: "I already said before I came, if you don't want to explain Nie Xingyi's affairs, let's leave." You go back to the palace to find your brother, and you don't want to say goodbye, child. ”

"Nope! No! You can't do this! Dusty, you can't do this! Jin Cheng cried more and more: "You know that the child is my heart......"

"That's not as good as a queen." Ming Chenyuan's tone was cold, he lifted the curtain and looked at the sky outside, before he said, "I'll send you here, you can go up the mountain by yourself!" ”

After saying that, he was about to bow down and jump out of the chariot, but was pulled by Jin Cheng: "Chenlang, I said...... I said I can't do it, I told you everything I know...... Please, don't let me go......"

When Ming Chenyuan heard this, he sat back in the chariot again, and said expressionlessly: "Say it." ”

Jin Cheng lowered his head and wiped a handful of tears, but said blankly: "But I don't know what to say." ”

Ming Chenyuan thought for a moment and asked her directly: "Nie Xingyi has taken a huge amount of money from the Inner Service Province over the years, do you know?" ”

Jin Cheng hesitated for a moment before nodding: "I know." ”

Ming Chenyuan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "How much did he take in total?" ”

Jin Cheng shook his head: "Then I don't know, and this matter is not what Brother Wang told me...... Be...... It was Danshu who said it. ”

"Ming Danshu?" Ming Chenyuan's eyes narrowed.

Jin Cheng nodded and replied truthfully: "The year before last, when you were still in Jiang Guo...... I have been in the palace to see Brother Wang several times, and once...... happened to meet Danshu coming out of Longqian Palace, and it seemed that she was very angry. I was curious, so I went to her to ask the reason, only to realize that it was Brother Wang who asked her to withdraw the silver taels. Danshu refused, so Brother Wang ...... He threatened her......"

Speaking of the last sentence, Jin Cheng obviously looked evasive.

Mingchen then asked, "What is the threat to her?" ”

Jin Cheng bit his lower lip before he said, "Actually, Danshu was pregnant with Brother Wang's child, but Nie Xingji didn't know about it...... Brother Wang threatened Danshu with this, saying that if Danshu didn't let him withdraw the money, he would tell Nie Xingji about it. ”

"He's your 'second brother'!" Ming Chenyuan corrected her, and immediately asked: "When did Ming Danshu have a child?" He needed to know the specific date so that he could deduce whether Ming Danshu had betrayed Nie Xingji.

Jin Cheng only lowered his head and sobbed: "I don't know the specific date...... I only know that when Wei Lianpian became a naturalized Ming, she was sitting in Xiaoyuezi, so she didn't show up. ”

After all, Ming Chenyuan is the father of several children, and he has some experience in women's pregnancy. He silently counted the days of Ming Danshu's pregnancy in his heart, and calculated that she was pregnant before Nie Xingji took power, and then his face turned a little pale.

It is understandable that Ming Danshu wants to conceal this matter, but Nie Xingyi is really enough to threaten him. Thinking of this, Mingchen couldn't help but say sarcastically: "Your brother Wang is really similar to the definition of Hou, father and son are both shrunken turtles and will only rely on women." ”

Although Jin Cheng was angry when he heard this, he didn't dare to fight back, and still lowered his head and sobbed.

Ming Chenyuan asked again: "What is your brother Wang going to do when he withdraws the silver taels, do you know?" ”

Jin Cheng shook his head again: "Danshu said, it's because Brother Wang is not in good health, and what kind of immortality is he pursuing...... You have to buy pills with money. ”

"What elixir can be so valuable?" Ming Chen was skeptical: "What else do you know?" Who do you know outside the palace? Who are you close to? ”

"I really don't know," Jin Cheng sobbed back, "Brother Wang is afraid of you, so naturally he won't tell me...... I...... I've told you all the things I know! ”

Ming Chenyuan believed that Jincheng would not lie, pondered for a moment, and said: "You have Tang Muyi yourself, as well as Yueyi, I have never asked about your savings in the past few years of marriage." Now you answer me truthfully, has Nie Xingyi ever borrowed money from you? ”

"Borrow...... Excuse me. Kaneshiro replied.

And so it was! Ming Chenyuan's mind sank: "How many times has he borrowed from you, how much is it?" Do you know what he's used for? ”

"I borrowed it three times, but he didn't say what it was for, he only said that he would return it to me with interest in ten years......" In the end, Jincheng stumbled and quoted an amount.

Mingchen didn't reveal anything from afar, but he was quite uneasy about this amount in his heart, and after thinking about it, he still comforted his wife a few words: "There has been chaos in the palace these days, and it's a good thing for you to stay here for a few days." As long as you don't associate with Nie Xingyi and Ming Danshu anymore, I can ask the nurse to bring the child to see you every three days. ”

*****

Leaving Yunyang Mountain, Ming Chenyuan went straight to the palace, wanting to tell Weinong everything that Jincheng said. As soon as I arrived at Weiyang Palace, I saw that Lian Kuo was there, and Wei Nong's face was calm and worried.

"You've come just in time, I'm about to send someone to find you." Wei Nong said succinctly: "Lian Kuo checked Nie Xingyi's food and medicine...... It was found that he was not only taking pills, but also being tricked. ”

"Xia Gu is just a suspicion," Lian Kuo corrected, "but it should be true that he took the pill." ”

This coincides with Jincheng is rhetoric, and Ming Chenyuan told the truth what he had just heard.

Wei Nong's face became even more heavy after hearing this: "What is he going to do?" Could it be that you really want to become an immortal? ”

"Whatever he wants to do, at least he's using the money, and it's not just about buying medicine." Ming Chenyuan also felt very troubled: "What are you going to do now?" ”

Wei Nong thought for a long time, and asked rhetorically: "Nie Xingyi's small actions, will Wei Lianpian not know about them?" ”

Ming Chenyuan hurriedly spoke for Wei Lianpian: "Now that her mind is on the child, it is natural that she is negligent, I guess the problem is with the imperial doctor...... However, what happened to him being Gu? ”

"Among the medicines that Nie Xingyi takes every day, one is used to suppress the Gu worm and prevent it from growing too fast in the body." Lian Kuo explained: "No matter what Gu worm is, it has a lifespan, and it is impossible to live in the human body forever. It's just that some Gu worms are still effective after their corpses die, and some are useless after they die, and the Gu worms in Nie Xingyi's body should be the latter. ”

Although Wei Nong doesn't understand Gu things, he understands medicine, and the two sometimes have the same reasoning, so she immediately asked the point: "Suppress the growth of Gu worms, will Gu worms die a little slower?" Could it be that someone was afraid that the Gu worm would die too quickly in his body, so he prepared this medicine for him to take? ”

"That's right." Lian Kuo nodded: "The last time I saw him so thin, I thought that he would have Gu in his body...... However, nowadays, I can't be sure just by looking at the drug residue, so it's best to let me diagnose it in person. ”

"That's right, he was afraid that the Gu worms in his body would die too quickly and he could no longer pretend to be seriously ill before taking the medicine." Slightly thick and authentic.

"You're saying that this Gu worm was created by himself himself? Is he in the know? Ming Chenyuan was shocked.

Wei Nong nodded, paced back and forth irritably, and only replied after a while: "You once said that he intended to restore, and you also instigated you to rebel with Jincheng...... Is such a person like a dying man? If he is really as weak as he seems, what will he rebel against? ”

"Could it be that he is using Gu worms to disguise weakness? In order to relax His Highness's vigilance? and then used medicine as an excuse to withdraw a large amount of money, take advantage of the situation to win the mercy of Jincheng, and secretly borrow money from her in an attempt to restore? "Ming Chenyuan has fully understood.

Wei Nong sneered: "I'm afraid that he will instigate you to rebel is just a pretext, his real purpose should be to covet Tang Muyi in Jincheng, and I am afraid that Jincheng will not lend him money, so he will pretend to be with Jincheng because you have a backbone in the back of your head, and want to get closer to your brother and sister, and also want to see if you can be an ally." ”

"But since he has taken Gu, why does he still have to take the pill?" Lian Kuo reminded them in a timely manner: "Isn't this an extra move? ”

Ming Chenyuan thought about it and guessed: "It should be for him to show Ming Danshu, otherwise he uses money frequently, and Ming Danshu will definitely be suspicious." But if you take pills, how much money you throw into it can be convincing. ”

"I'm different from what you think," Wei Nong had completely calmed down by now, holding his arm with one hand and dragging his chin with the other, "I guess he has a henchman who is doing things for him outside the palace, and that person should be a pill pharmacist on the surface." Because many ministers nowadays pursue longevity, they often invite the pharmacist to the mansion to give lectures and refine medicine. Nie Xingyi used the excuse of asking for medicine from immortals to assign tasks to that person, and that person then covered up his eyes and ears as a pharmacist and went to the homes of some courtiers to deliver news for him. ”

"Makes sense!" Ming Chenyuan suddenly realized, and couldn't help but praise Wei Nong's quick thinking. However, he also raised a question: "But Nie Xingyi can't leave the palace at all, and His Royal Highness forbids the alchemist to enter the palace, how did he contact that henchman?" ”

Wei Nong didn't answer again, just looked at him, smiled and didn't say anything.