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Chapter 19: Beware of the Candle

The rain stopped by almost noon, but the wind was still the same, and had no intention of stopping.

Zhao came over early in the morning and told Red Sleeves about the situation in the Buddha Hall: neither the second lady nor the third lady had seen anyone, nor had they ever left the Buddha Hall.

Red Sleeves asked Zhao if it had rained yesterday, and Zhao smiled: "It's just a little drenched." Red Sleeves sighed lightly, knowing that the Zhao family was by no means drenched in a little rain.

After asking the children, Red Sleeves called Zhao and sent him back to take care of the children. She took people to look around the house, especially Frost.

Although Second Master Shen was injured and tired all night, he still couldn't sleep: he was waiting for news from the imperial court.

Red Sleeves, Mrs. Tai, and Mrs. Shen are also waiting, waiting for the Heavenly Family to announce the death of the Queen Mother in the world. One morning, Jingzhong was as calm as usual; It's just that the people who bought it came back and said that many prefectures in Beijing were "protected" by the soldiers of the imperial court.

Thinking of the power of the Queen Mother, Red Sleeves knew in his heart that there would be a storm and a bloody storm in Beijing.

The news of the death of the Queen Mother finally came out before noon; All the prefectures in the capital were hung with white lanterns and white curtains; Every family has changed into plain clothes, and things such as drinking and feasting are all forbidden.

Red Sleeves, Mrs. Shen, and Mrs. Shen soon received the will of the palace, and all the women entered the palace in the afternoon to mourn. Red Sleeves hurriedly asked people to change into mourning clothes, and when the time came, Red Sleeves and Mrs. Tai and others entered the palace with the wife.

In the palace, apart from the fact that it is white everywhere, it is no different from the original; The guards set up their posts as before, and there was no nervousness, and they were in the same sky and underground as the prefectures in Beijing were "protected".

Red Sleeves did not relax in her heart, she kept quietly looking at the wives in front of her: of course, the princesses of the various provinces were at the front, and she wanted to find the figure of Prince Lian.

It's just that the line of women is extremely long, and in the palace, you can't look up and look around at will, not to mention that everyone has to walk with their heads down during the great mourning, so Red Sleeves has never found a chance to see the princess in front of him clearly.

When they arrived at the palace where the spirit was stopped, the women stopped, and after bowing to the queen mother's coffin amid the shouts of the eunuchs, they were taken to the three side halls according to three different grades.

Red Sleeves was slightly shocked in his heart, he didn't let them enter the Queen Mother's coffin in order according to the etiquette, but everyone saluted together, there will be no change in this?

Now, she is separated from Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Tai, and sits in the side hall with a group of lower-ranking wives; Because there were a lot of eunuchs and palace maids around, the women kept their mouths shut, and no one had any intention of talking to others.

Red Sleeves sighed softly in her heart, originally thought that Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Tai could ask me if she was doing when they saw their mother, but now it seems that they can't.

She also sat still with her eyes and nose and nose and heart like other women; When the hour came, a eunuch called them over. When it was dark, they left the palace.

Red Sleeves finally saw his mother, as well as Prince Lian.

But the princesses did not leave the palace, they had to guard the soul of the queen mother and do their filial piety; Red Sleeves was even more shocked when she heard this, not to mention that until now, she had not seen a single man in the Shen Mansion.

Zheng Jiang also saw her daughter, but she didn't come over, just nodded slightly and got in the car and left; And Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Shen pulled the sleeves of the red sleeves, and the three of them also got into the car.

Along the way, not a single person spoke; Red Sleeves, Mrs. Tai, and Mrs. Shen's mouths were all tightly pursed.

After arriving in the mansion, Mrs. Shen immediately sent all the girls in the room out, and she called Mrs. Shen and Red Sleeves to her: "The death of the Queen Mother really made the court a little unstable, and we can only wait and see what happens." ”

Red Sleeves said softly: "Anyway, the emperor can't keep the important ministers of the court in the palace all the time." ”

"Yes, that's what it means; Therefore, when you go to the palace these days, don't talk to anyone, and don't ask other people about the situation in their houses; Even if someone asks, we don't say anything. Mrs. Tai's brows tightened, "Anyway, let's do our part." ”

Red Sleeves and Mrs. Shen answered. On the second and third days, he still went to the palace to mourn. In the house, only Second Master Shen and a few brothers are supporting; The inner house was handed over to the sixth and seventh ladies.

Fortunately, there was no accident in the house for a few days, until the queen mother's funeral was over, and it was peaceful.

Red Sleeves, Mrs. Tai, and Mrs. Shen came back after sending the Queen Mother's coffin out of the city, and it was already dark. When I returned to the house, I took a shower before I let people set the meal.

Halfway through the meal, the sixth lady hurriedly came in to look for the red sleeves, and after saying a few words to Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Shen, she pulled the red sleeves out: "Jiang, I just went to the second room!" ”

As soon as Red Sleeves heard this, he and the Sixth Lady immediately rushed to Shen Erye's room: because the Sixth Lady heard that the Jiang family had sent some supplements to Shen Second Master, she had already asked people to drag Mo to let Shen Second Master eat it.

When Shen Erye saw Red Sleeves and the Sixth Lady coming, a layer of blush appeared on his face, and he lowered his head slightly: As soon as the Jiang family left, Red Sleeves and the Sixth Lady came, as if they had come to "catch the traitor".

Red Sleeves glanced at the soup and asked Shen Er Ye how his body was, while giving Ling He a look and asking her to try the soup to see if it was poisonous.

The person who served Second Master Shen was Mengchun, so even if Red Sleeves and Sixth Lady came later, that bowl of soup would not be able to enter Second Master Shen's stomach.

Linghe suddenly exclaimed, only to see that the silver needle in her hand was pitch black: that soup was really poisonous!

Second Master Shen's face changed greatly, but he gritted his teeth and said nothing; But Mengchun hurriedly said: "The soup is, it was sent by the third brother and sister!" She glanced at Second Master Shen, "Do you want Mrs. Yu to know about this matter?" ”

Second Master Shen didn't speak, his heart was in turmoil: although he asked the Jiang family to kill him, the Jiang family didn't want to kill him; But now a bowl of poisoned soup has been delivered, what does this mean?

He ignored Mengchun's words; In Mengchun's opinion, he didn't want to be told about Mrs. Shen and other elders; That woman was going to kill him, but he was still defending her! Mengchun not only didn't understand, but was more annoyed, lowered his head and gritted his teeth and stopped talking.

But at this moment, Linghe shouted again: "Aunt, girl, look." Red Sleeves was also taken aback when he looked over: the inky black on the silver needle was slowly fading, and the silver needle was gradually returning to its original color.

"How is this possible?" Red Sleeves looked at Linghe, "What kind of poison is this?" “

"I—I don't know." Linghe stammered a little when she spoke, she hadn't heard of this poison when she came out, "The maid doesn't know, please ask Doctor Mo to take a look." “

Red Sleeves nodded immediately, frowned at the bowl of soup and groaned without speaking; The sixth lady said to Mengchun: "What did your third brother and sister say when they brought the soup?" “

Meng Chun immediately replied: "She asked our master to eat the soup quickly, and the soup will smell fishy when it is cold." She glanced at Second Master Shen, "Isn't it, master?" “

Second Master Shen nodded blankly, he had already thought of his child: would the poison also be inflicted by her? Thinking of her resoluteness and her words last time, Second Master Shen couldn't help but purse his mouth, and for a while he didn't know whether to trust intuition or believe in the Jiang family.

The ink doctor came quickly, and when he tested the poison with the silver needle, the toxicity was already extremely shallow, and only gray-black appeared on the silver needle; He picked up the soup and sniffed it, poured the soup into his hand and looked at it carefully before saying: "This is a very rare poison, the toxicity is very strong for a certain period of time, and it may kill people immediately, but after a long time, the toxicity will disappear, and the emission will disappear in the air." “

After listening to Doctor Mo's words, Mengchun looked at Second Master Shen: "No wonder, no wonder she said that she wanted to ...... master."

Second Master Shen interrupted Mengchun's words: "I don't need you to serve here, you go and see Madame." After he finished speaking, he looked at Mengchun without blinking, meaning that she would not be allowed to resist.

Although Mengchun was annoyed, he didn't dare to go against his will, so he could only go to look for frost.

Red Sleeves looked at the bowl of soup: "Cha Xiang, you go to the big kitchen and see if this soup is made in the big kitchen?" "If it's a soup made in a big kitchen, it's hard to identify it as Jiang's.

Then she looked at the Ink Divine Doctor again: "How long will it take for the toxicity to disappear?" "She can't tolerate it anymore at this moment, she wants to find out the person who poisoned her, and she can't let that person harm anyone again—whether that person is Jiang or not.

She can tolerate the private relationship between the Jiang family and Shen Erye, as long as she can think that she will not hurt Shuangshuang and Mengchun if she wants to open up, this matter is nothing even if it is concealed for a lifetime. But she couldn't tolerate Jiang poisoning people, no matter what the reason.

Doctor Mo wiped his hands with a handkerchief: "Now it is non-toxic, it is completely a bowl of soup, a bowl of very good tonic soup." He raised his hand and sniffed, "It smells, it tastes good; It is absolutely impossible to use this as evidence of guilt. He knew what Red Sleeves was thinking, but he couldn't do anything about it.

Red Sleeves gritted his teeth: This poison is good, even if you know that it is poison, but when you want to arrest someone, there is no evidence! She glanced at Second Master Shen: "Second brother......?" “

"Investigate, this matter must be investigated; I also think that this poison is so strange, and it is different from that of our ancestors and children, but it has the same effect. Second Master Shen's head was lowered, and he couldn't see his expression, but his voice was quite calm.

Red Sleeves nodded lightly, didn't say anything, just gave a look to the sixth lady, and the two of them withdrew from Second Master Shen's room.

"If there's anything to check, it must be the Jiang family!" The sixth lady paused, "It's just an undocumented ......" Before the sixth lady finished speaking, Cha Xiang ran back: The soup is not made in the big kitchen. “

Red Sleeves high-fived: "Good!" Since she doesn't regard herself as the Shen family, then don't blame the Shen family for being ruthless to her. “

The sixth lady turned her head: "Do you have a way?" But she didn't admit that she had no evidence to arrest someone, and she was a widow, so I was afraid that it would not end well for us. “

Red Sleeves smiled slightly: "Auntie, it's dry at this time, but you have to be careful of the candle." Although she was smiling, there was no trace of a smile in her eyes: there must be poison in her house or yard!