Chapter 266: Fishing in Troubled Waters
What I didn't expect was that in the matter of separating the queen and the crown prince, Ruan Geng's old puppet actually instigated the emperor to make trouble on the spot.
The truth was ruthlessly exposed in public, Li Heng couldn't help but clench his fists when he thought about it.
It was a masterpiece that Li Heng had been proud of for ten years, even if it was not completely successful, but thinking of the emperor's husband and wife, mother and son being separated, he was always in a bad mood and remembered that it was always a little better.
Ten years ago, it was Ruan Geng who did the bad thing, and ten years later, the bad thing was Ruan Geng and their grandchildren, originally the person Li Heng hated the most in his heart was the emperor, but now it is Ruan Geng.
Thankfully, there is a way. Li Heng looked at the deep and dark street, and the corners of his mouth hooked into a sneer, and then he slowly turned around and entered.
As Li Heng's figure entered the door, the two doors behind him immediately closed, making a loud closing sound, which was particularly harsh in the silence.
In the bedroom of Ruan Geng and his wife in Fu'an Hall, Ruan Geng was lying on the bed sickly, and he fell ill on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.
At first, I was just a little sleepy, but after two or three days, I couldn't get up.
After seeing it, the imperial doctor in the palace said that Ruan Geng was infected with wind and cold in his old age and prescribed medicine, but after taking it, it did not work.
Although it is said that illness comes and goes, but who Ruan Geng is, he quickly noticed that something seemed to be wrong.
At this moment, Mrs. Ruan was sitting at the head of the bed and looking at her old man worriedly, while Ruan Mianmian was pacing in the room.
"They're back." Jiu'er's voice came from outside.
Ruan Mianmian's eyes immediately fell on the door, the bedroom door was opened, Hongyu hurriedly walked in from outside, Ah Dong, who was following her, entered the house and saw her stepping into the threshold, and immediately stopped, and Jiu'er outside closed the door again.
"How?" Ruan Mianmian couldn't wait to step forward.
"County Lord, Hongyu is fortunate not to be dishonored." As she spoke, Ruby walked over to the table and took a bag from behind her back and put it down.
At the same time, Ruan Geng motioned to Mrs. Ruan to help her up, and their eyes fell on the burden on the table.
Hongyu untied his burden and said, "This person is really thoughtful, you see. ”
As Hongyu untied her baggage, the eyes of the ancestors and grandchildren in the room fell on the black wood on the table, and their faces were full of doubts.
"What's that?"
As soon as Ruan Mianmian's hand stretched out, he was stopped by Hongyu: "Don't touch it, it's poisonous." ”
"Little girl, you mean that's what I poisoned." Ruan Geng looked at Hongyu incredulously, "I've never seen this wood." ”
"Doesn't the old marquis look familiar?" Hongyu rarely showed a smug look, "I found it after a long time just now." By the way, I'm just taking the poisonous part. ”
"Part of it?" Ruan Geng looked at it a few more times, and it was indeed familiar.
"When is it, don't sell it." Ruan Mianmian urged.
After Ruby quickly rewrapped the package, her expression was extremely serious in the blink of an eye.
"Old Marquis Qi, after I searched carefully in the study, I finally found that there was a problem with this half of the chair leg.
"Oh!" Ruan Mianmian and Ruan Geng spoke in unison.
It's no wonder that the half-black wood looks a little familiar, and it is clearly the leg of the extraordinarily large Taishi chair behind the bookcase in Ruan Geng's study.
"The poison is smeared on the chair leg, and it is smeared on the left rear chair leg, and it is also smeared in half, this person knows the habits of the old marquis very well, and it is expected that you must sit on that chair for a long time." Ruby smiled, "Now that I've found the root, I'll be able to concoct an antidote soon." ”
"I see." Ruan Mianmian bowed slightly, "Go down and make an antidote for your grandfather." ”
Hongyu slung the wrap over her shoulder, saluted Ruan Geng and the others, and quickly retreated.
"What is it? What kind of dumb riddle are you two playing? Old Madam Ruan really didn't understand just now, but she still held her breath and waited for Hongyu to leave before asking.
Ruan Mianmian stepped forward to reassure you, "Grandmother, I promise you that Hongyu will definitely be able to think of a way, and grandfather will be fine." ”
Ruan Geng said: "You go to other rooms to rest first, how old are you, you don't care for yourself, take care of me day and night, if I get better, you fall, won't I have to take care of you all the time." ”
The words were ugly, but Old Madam Ruan knew that the old man felt sorry for herself, and she was not annoyed by it.
Looking at Ruan Geng, seeing him nodding slightly, Mrs. Ruan's heart that had been hanging finally let go, decades of old husband and wife, the tacit understanding between them no longer needs to be explained, she knows that there is something strange in it, anyway, as long as the old man can guarantee that he is fine.
Sending Mrs. Ruan to the door, watching Mama Yun help her to rest, Ruan Mianmian turned around and returned to Ruan Geng's bed.
"Does grandfather have any doubts in his heart?"
"Is there anyone who doubts in Mianmian's heart?"
The two said the same thing in unison, and after they finished speaking, the grandfather and grandson looked at each other.
Ruan Mianmian took the lead in shaking his head and sighing, and then Ruan Geng also shook his head and sighed, the little milk dumpling looked at his grandfather's hair mixed with silver threads, and suddenly found that there was much more white than before, and it was already more black than black.
"Perhaps, let's think too much." The little milk dumpling comforted.
Ruan Geng said very calmly: "Actually, I have been suspicious for a long time, and I have always been reluctant to believe it in the past, so I didn't investigate thoroughly." ”
"Can grandfather tell me?"
"Wait, I'll talk to you when I get the news."
"Okay, then grandfather rest a lot, I'll wait for good news."
Ruan Mianmian passed Ah Dong to come in and serve Ruan Geng, and then left Fu'an Hall with Jiu'er.
As soon as the little milk dumpling left, Ruan Geng slowly looked up at the window, and Ruan Yi flew in from outside, saluted him respectfully and stepped aside.
"Did you say Mianmian was aware of something?"
"The county lord is smart."
"yes, she's so smart, it's not surprising that she's aware of it." Ruan Geng coughed lightly.
Ruan Yi hurriedly poured a glass of water and handed it forward: "Old Marquis, are you okay?" ”
After drinking a few sips of water, Ruan Geng said, "It's okay, it's just that I can't help but feel cold when I think about it." ”
Hearing Ruan Geng's words, Ruan Yi was silent, he didn't like to talk too much.
"That night, were you sure it was him?" It's not that Ruan Geng doesn't believe Ruan Yi, he just wants to confirm it again.
"Yes."
Ruan Geng's expression was gloomy, and it took him a while before he spoke: "Tell me what they said that night." ”
Ruan Yi breathed a sigh of relief, when he came back to report, he only said who the person was, and the old marquis was obviously greatly hit, so he immediately waved his hand to signal him to retreat, and then did not ask in detail.
Soon, Ruan Geng began to feel unwell, initially thinking that it was a cold and cold, but after the medicine, it became more and more serious.
As a result, Ruan Mianmian was still careful, and asked Hongyu to thoroughly investigate everything that the old marquis used and ate in his daily life.
After Hongyu determined that the old marquis was poisoned, Ruan suddenly made up his mind that even if he covered his ears and didn't want to know, he would tell everything he heard that night.