Chapter 108: The Chamber of Secrets
Chang Yan's heart beat like a drum and turned back violently, it turned out to be Luo Pei beside Mu Ying, "It's you?" ”
Seeing her turn around, Luo Pei's face became faster, and he said in a soothing voice: "It turned out to be from the Wei Mansion, I don't know how you came here?" ”
Chang Yan faintly felt a few breaths lurking nearby, and knew that the other party wanted to stop her in case she went out to ventilate and report the news.
She gritted her teeth secretly, no matter whether the other party came soft or hard, she was invincible with two fists and four hands.
But since the other party acted like this, the girl must have had an accident!
What to do?
Chang Yan thought about it, in other people's territory, it is better not to be tough, and then changed his tone and said: "My girl hasn't come back for a long time, so I came out to look for it, but I didn't expect that I was also lost, Sister Luo Pei can find my girl?" ”
Luo Pei slowly stepped forward and said with a smile: "A little girl has already come to report that she has found someone, so you better go back and wait for a while." ”
Chang Yan didn't believe her nonsense at all, and said, "Why don't you take Sister Luo Pei to meet my girl." ”
Luo Pei glanced at her and said, "I'm just a slave, how can I be the master, the girl still doesn't have to embarrass me." ”
This clearly means that a slave and maid can't be the master at all!
Chang Yan secretly gritted his teeth, so he could only return to the table and stand behind the county lord of Yuanheng.
Waiting for Luo Pei to leave, she secretly whispered to the county lord of Yuanheng: "County lord, something must have happened to the girl." Hurry up and find a way to find the girl! ”
The county lord of Yuanheng was taken aback, and turned his head to look at Chang Yan: "Where did you start with this?" ”
Chang Yan said that he was stopped, but the county lord of Yuanheng was still hesitant and said: "It's normal for you to wander around in people's houses and be targeted by guards. ”
"County Lord, what I said is true!"
Chang Yan's eyes were red, but he couldn't explain the reason here, so he could only say: "If something happens to the girl, there is no way to regret it!" ”
Ruan's family saw that Chang Yan was really anxious, and he also had doubts in his heart, after all, Li Qingyi was a little girl, and she was born like that, if she met a villain or a bad servant, the consequences would be unimaginable.
This kind of thing has not happened before.
"I think this girl's worries are justified."
The county lord of Yuanheng was still afraid that something would happen to Li Qingyi, so he nodded: "However, in the huge mansion, if the Mu family intends to hide it, where are we going to find someone." ”
Chang Yan said: "County Lord, as long as you take me out of the house, the slave maid has her own way!" ”
At this time, Mrs. Mu Futai had not shown her face, if she left first, it would definitely be unpleasant, and it would lead to speculation, but this is not as important as Li Qingyi, the county lord of Yuanheng took a deep breath, and said goodbye with a hard head.
As soon as Chang Yan came out of Mu's house, he sent a message to the people in Dongchang.
Luo Pei informed Mu Ying of this and asked, "Girl, do you want to send someone to stop her?" ”
Mu Ying squinted at the sunlight hidden behind the gray clouds in the sky, and sneered: "It's okay, Your Highness is afraid that he has already succeeded there." ”
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Behind the secret door, it was not a dim and lengthy passage as Li Qingyi imagined, but it was very spacious and bright, and four or five people could pass side by side.
The fire dragon embedded in the wall crackled and sparked, illuminating the surroundings.
The four princes walked in front, and Li Qingyi secretly took out a pill and stuffed it into his mouth.
In a moment, Li Qingyi's chest ached, and he vomited a mouthful of blood.
Wo Lan on the side turned pale with fright, and pulled her sleeves tremblingly.
The four princes in front of him looked back in surprise, obviously very surprised by Li Qingyi's sudden vomiting of blood, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with Miss Li?" ”
Li Qingyi wiped the blood from the corners of his lips with a handkerchief, "It's nothing, it's old/wrong." ”
When the fourth prince heard her answer, his surprised eyes were mixed with a bit of disgust and pity: "Old/Problematic? ”
Li Qingyi looked at his expression, and his heart relaxed.
She remembered correctly, the fourth prince was good at incense.
The incense ceremony, like the tea ceremony, is an elegant thing respected by the children of the powerful in Beijing, not only the noble girls, but also many noble sons are quite good at this.
I heard that the four princes actually used living people to make incense in order to seek immortal beauty forever!
After Dongchang broke the matter, the Mu family asked Mu Yang to take care of the matter in order to protect the four princes.
At that time, the Mu family was quite powerful, and General Mu was being used, and the emperor had to save some face for the Mu family, and handled this matter in a very low-key manner.
Li Qingyi once asked Qin Zeng curiously, Qin Zeng's face was like eating a fly, and for the first time he lost his temper in front of her, and said: "What ancient method is beautiful, I don't have to say those disgusting things, don't mention it again." ”
At that time, she just thought that this rumor was fresh, and she didn't take it seriously, thinking that there was something else, but at this time, she believed it a little.
The fourth prince has an extremely perverse temperament, I'm afraid he can't tolerate any flaws in the woman who makes incense, right?
That's why when he heard that he had a serious illness, he showed a look of disgust.
She looked at the four princes standing sideways in front of her, and when she answered, she coughed lightly twice, and said: "Yes, after my mother left the Li family, my father was angry and couldn't afford to be sick, my grandmother and grandmother were heartbroken, and the family was busy with my father's affairs. ”
When the fourth prince heard what Li Qingyi said was reasonable, anger flashed in his eyes, and he returned to normal for a moment, and said suspiciously: "What medicine have you used on weekdays, if there are any rare medicinal materials, this prince may help you with one or two." ”
Li Qingyi's expression was calm, and she slowly walked forward, and she reached the end of the road in a few steps, she looked at the stone gate in front of her, and said seemingly casually: "I can't use precious medicinal materials for this disease, otherwise the yang and deficiency will clash with each other, but it will drag down the condition." As long as you pay more attention on weekdays and avoid cold and cold air entering your body, you will be fine. Like this place at this time. Although there is a fire dragon, but in the end, it is dark, and I can't stand it for a while. Somewhere Your Highness wants to take me, please hurry up. ”
The fourth prince's eyes flickered, obviously regretting it, as if he didn't want to take her into his sacred territory.
Just as he was hesitating, the stone door suddenly opened from the inside, making a dull grinding sound.
Mu Ying's face appeared in the sight of the two.
She stood on the stone steps inside the door, staring at Li Qingyi condescendingly, as if she was looking at something at her fingertips, and then she provoked a sneer at the corner of her mouth.
"I've been waiting for my cousin for a long time."
Her gaze did not take her eyes off Li Qingyi, but the words she said were to the four princes.
The mood of the four princes plummeted, as if the long-awaited dim sum was actually moldy after being opened.
His face became cold, lost his initial pleasant face, and said to Li Qingyi: "Miss Li, please!" ”
Li Qingyi didn't seem to notice the change in his attitude, and slowly walked up the steps with Wo Lan and looked into the stone room.
A long white gauze curtain hung down from above, and behind each curtain, a steaming wooden barrel was faintly visible, and a woman was immersed in it, her eyes were blurred and her cheeks were red, and her black hair was wet and heavy on the snow-white fragrant shoulders, which was beautiful and fragrant but very strange.
Woad Lan gasped, her legs so weak that she could barely stand.
Li Qingyi squeezed her hand vigorously, which made her barely calm down.
Li Qingyi himself was also shocked by the scene in front of him, it was one thing to guess, and it was another thing to see it with his own eyes.
She forced herself to compose and looked around, looking for an opportunity to escape.
It's just that she was smoky by the heat in it, and she began to feel the same feeling as when she was in the yard before.
Presumably, the light fragrance in this water vapor has the same effect as the light fragrance emitted by the spring in the courtyard.
At this time, Luo Pei, the maidservant beside Mu Ying, brought a cup of tea to Wolan, and said coldly: "Drink it." ”
Woad Lan looked at the tea in horror, not knowing what to do.
Li Qingyi suddenly realized that this aroma was going to interact with this tea.
But she drank the tea and smelled the fragrance, but she didn't feel any deep sense of loss.
Seeing that Xianglan stood still, Luo Pei said, "Don't toast, don't eat, eat and drink." ”
Li Qingyi squinted at Luo Pei and said to Xianglan: "It's just a cup of tea, just drink it." ”