At the end of the new emperor's enthronement ceremony, there was a palace banquet, and the people of the Cui family were able to enter the palace at this time.

Cui Jiuheng, as the new emperor's companion and confidant, has no other scenery, and the wine during the banquet almost never stops; The little eunuch walked around the crowd lightly and whispered a few words in his ear, Cui Jiuheng was stunned for a moment, then put down the wine glass and got up and walked out of the hall.

If nothing is important, his personal guards will not enter the palace.

Sure enough, as soon as he left the palace gate, Cui Jiuheng saw that the personal guard Xi Candle's face was extremely ugly, so he frowned and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Childe, the young lady has gone."

Cui Jiuheng didn't seem to understand the meaning of this at first, and was stunned for a few breaths before slowly raising his eyes: "You say, what?" ”

Xi Zhu hung his head, and his voice was heavy: "It was the news from outside the mansion first, and after the housekeeper heard it, he immediately went to the Fuyao Courtyard and ordered the maid to go in to investigate, and then he learned..."

"The young lady has been gone for a long time."

Cui Jiuheng's body froze visibly with the naked eye, and when he barely recovered from the sudden bad news, anger rose in his warm eyes, and he asked in a trembling voice: "How can this be!" ”

"What are the people in Fuyao Courtyard doing, the young lady doesn't even know what happened! Yuwei! ”

"Childe..."Xi Zhu pondered for a moment and said, "It's the news that Miss Yuwei went out to spread, come to think of it, this is what the young lady meant." ”

Cui Jiuheng's angry face froze, a strange light flashed in his eyes, and he understood the meaning of the West Candle.

Yuwei is a maid who grew up with her, Yuwei's words and deeds represent her, her death and not reporting the funeral after death are all arranged by her in advance, but why is this?

"I've asked someone to take a look, and it's said that it's Mrs. Zi... Since his illness, he has never taken medicine. Xi Zhu explained in a deep voice.

"Why doesn't she drink the medicine!"

A trace of panic flashed in Cui Jiuheng's eyes, and then he said angrily.

Obviously, as long as she drinks the medicine, she will be fine.

The West Candle hung his head and did not answer.

They all knew what Madame's illness was.

The silence of the West Candle made Cui Jiuheng's heart cold, his pupils shook slightly, and he walked towards the palace gate quickly.

Why, she knows it all.

If so, how much does she know?

She was indeed sick at first, but it was only a normal cold, only later he added to her decoction...

But this poison does not hurt the body, as long as you take the medicine well, you can be cured, why did she do this.

"Childe, before dusk, Pei Fuma committed suicide in the edict."

Today's new emperor's enthronement ceremony, no news from outside can be heard, and Xi Zhu guessed that Gongzi should not know about it.

Sure enough, Cui Jiuheng's footsteps froze when he heard this, he turned his head sharply and stared at Xi Candle tightly, the cold light in his eyes made Xi Candle stunned, but he still stubbornly reported it truthfully: "This morning, as soon as the prince entered the palace, news came from the princess's mansion that Pei Juma assassinated the princess and was imprisoned on the spot. ”

After Xi Zhu finished speaking, he lowered his head, not daring to look at Cui Jiuheng's face, but he could clearly hear the creaking sound of his fists.

It took a long time before I heard a cold voice sounding low, with mockery and disappointment: "He still hasn't let go of the Pei family." ”

For such a big matter, he has not heard the slightest wind since he entered the palace this morning, which is enough to show that he is deliberately hiding from him.

But he obviously promised that he would give the Pei family a way out.

Cui Jiuheng closed his eyes in pain, Zhao Chengbei is not the former Zhao Chengbei after all.

At this point, he also understood why she did it.

Because of Pei Xingzhao.

She's protecting him with her life!

However, what they want is not Pei Xingzhao at all.

Just like now, if you want Pei Xingzhao's life, one charge of killing the lord is enough.

"Childe, according to our people, the princess has been making a lot of trouble since the morning."

Cui Jiuheng opened his eyes, his eyes were complicated and indescribable.

After all, he and the princess are not ruthless and desireless pawns on the chessboard, but it is useless to bear it or be emotional, he and the princess are not innocent of these lives.

"Let's go."

Cui Jiuheng's voice was low, and his steps were much heavier.

Cui Jiuheng didn't go back to the house, and the subordinates didn't dare to move Shen Yunshang, after Mrs. Cui came to see it, she sighed softly, and turned around and went out: "It's cold, just kneel under the corridor to send the young lady on the last ride, the young lady is kind-hearted, and she will also feel sorry for you." ”

The subordinates of the Fuyao Courtyard got up from the courtyard one after another, knelt under the porch outside the bedroom, and many people were silently wiping their tears.

Mrs. Cui is right, the eldest young lady is the most kind-hearted, and these people have more or less received the favor of the eldest young lady.

Cui Jiuheng returned to the mansion and it was already dark, and a white lantern had been hung under the corridor, Cui Jiuheng walked quickly through the corridor, but when he came to the door, he stood for a while before raising his hand to push the door and step in.

About half an hour later, there was movement inside, and the maid hurriedly brought in the prepared clothes.

At that time, the mourning hall was arranged, and Cui Jiuheng stood in front of the mourning hall dressed in white and did not move for a long time.

The subordinates knew that the eldest prince had a deep affection for the eldest young lady, and they didn't dare to come forward to disturb them, only Yuwei knelt in front of the spirit and burned paper money silently.

Mrs. Cui came over to see this scene, sighed again and turned away.

Yun Shang was in too much of a hurry, not to mention Heng'er, but she still felt a little in a trance.

It's not that it's just a cold wind, how can it kill you.

"Heng'er didn't care about anything else at this time, so you went to Jiangnan in person... Funeral. Out of the Fuyao Courtyard, Mrs. Cui said to the personal grandmother beside her.

"Yes, the old slave set off overnight."

As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden noise, and the master and servant turned around, but saw a fire in the courtyard of Fu Yao.

Mama Lin exclaimed: "This is the direction of the mourning hall. ”

"Heng'er!" Mrs. Cui exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly turned around and ran.

"Madame, be careful."

The fire came too suddenly, and before the subordinates could ease their minds, Xi Zhu had already rushed in, and at a glance saw Yuwei standing in front of the spirit, standing in the fire, looking coldly at Cui Jiuheng on the ground.

That kind of look sends chills down the back.

"Childe!"

Xi Zhu forcibly looked away, quickly stepped forward to help Cui Jiuheng, and then looked horrified: "Childe..."

Cui Jiuheng didn't answer him, but looked at Yuwei who was calmly dying in front of the spirit with a complicated expression, and his heart was turbulent.

She actually knows martial arts!

The fire was too fierce, and when Xi Zhu took Cui Jiuheng out, and when he wanted to go in again to save people, the firelight had already engulfed the entire mourning hall, he clenched his fists, and there were faint tears flashing in his eyes.

Cui Jiuheng's injuries were not light, which naturally alarmed the palace.

The head of the Tai Hospital came in person, and his life was saved, but most of his face was ruined and irreversible.

Zhilan Yushu, the eldest son of the Cui family, Maung Sai Pan'an, such a person disfigured his face, not to mention how painful others were, he himself was even more unbearable, and it was the stumbling and stumbling of the head of the Ether Hospital, which was extremely euphemistic.

However, he didn't expect that Cui Jiuheng was not angry because of this, even if he suffered this catastrophe, after waking up from a coma for many days, he still seemed to be the gentleman who was as gentle as jade in the past: "It's okay, I owe her." ”

The head of the hospital was shocked, and he didn't dare to listen to it anymore, so he respectfully retired.

"Childe, Imperial Doctor Xiao, who once diagnosed the young lady's pulse, asked to see him." The West Candle reported outside the door.

"Come in."

The imperial doctor stood behind the screen, saluted from afar, and said with a complicated face: "Young man, it is very likely that I have diagnosed the young lady's pulse wrongly, and the young lady is probably not cold, but poisoned." ”

Hearing this, Cui Jiuheng and Xi Zhu were silent.

Of course, they knew that Shen Yunshang was poisoned, because the poison was under Cui Jiuheng's own hands.

At that time, Cui Jiuheng deliberately looked for Imperial Doctor Xiao because he was not at ease.

Imperial Physician Xiao was not bought by Zhao Chengbei.

"This poison is very similar to the shock of wind and cold, and there is no cure in the world." Because of guilt, Imperial Physician Xiao kept his head down, and he didn't notice the embarrassment of the West Candle on the side, and continued.

At this time, a few words that could not be solved by medicine seemed to explode on Cui Jiuheng and Xi Candle's hearts like a thunderbolt, and after both of them stiffened for a long time, Cui Jiuheng's voice trembled slightly: "No medicine, can it be solved?" ”

No way!

Zhao Chengbei said that as long as you take the antidote on time, the poison will be cleared after a month...

As if thinking of something, Cui Jiuheng's heart was cold, and he gritted his teeth and said word by word: "What kind of poison is this?" ”

The imperial doctor replied respectfully: "This poison is called Biquan, and once it is poisoned, there is no solution. ”

This time, without waiting for Cui Jiuheng to speak, Xi Zhu hurriedly said, "Can the imperial doctor be sure?" ”

After pondering for a while, the imperial physician said: "There is no difference between this poison and the veins of wind and cold, if it weren't for the death of the young lady, I would definitely not have thought of this, if I want to distinguish between the two, there are only two ways, one is that the complexion is too white before death, and the other is that after death, the abdomen will appear a bowl-sized bright red color, even if there are only white bones left, it will leave color." ”

After all, he would never have thought that the eldest young lady of the Cui family would fall for such an expressly forbidden poison.

Xi Candle frowned, he meant to disturb the young lady!

Before the young lady left, only Yuwei had seen her, Yuwei was already dead, and the former had no way to verify, so there was only an autopsy.

"Imperial Doctor Xiao can know that floating water is poisonous." After a long silence, Cui Jiuheng suddenly asked in a low voice.

The imperial doctor hurriedly replied: "I know, this poison is also very similar to the wind and cold, but it is far less than Biquan Lie, and the pulse is vaguely different, as long as you take the antidote on time, it can be completely detoxified in one month, and there is no harm to the body." ”

Hearing this, Xi Zhu raised his eyes and looked inside worriedly, with some unbearability in his forbearant eyes: "Childe..."

Your Majesty actually deceived your son like this!

They only knew that the floating water was very similar to the disease of wind and cold, so when Imperial Doctor Xiao diagnosed that the young lady was suffering from wind cold, the son was relieved, but who knew that Biquan was more similar to the disease of wind and cold!

"Take the Imperial Doctor to investigate." Cui Jiuheng said in a hoarse voice.

Xi Zhu gritted his teeth and responded: "Yes." ”

Fortunately, the imperial doctor is here today, if he comes tomorrow, the young lady will be buried in the ground, and if she wants to check it again, she will have to open the coffin.

After the West Candle and the Imperial Physician left, Cui Jiuheng leaned heavily on the soft pillow as if he had lost his strength, and a line of tears slowly fell from the corners of his eyes.

Biquan, floating water...

He told himself that Zhao Chengbei, whom he knew, would not do this, but the Pei family, who had been imprisoned, made him a little flustered, if it was really Biquan, then if she didn't drink medicine, did she already know that the poison was incurable.

The quarter of an hour of waiting is the most difficult time in Cui Jiuheng's life.

Finally, the deep voice of the West Candle sounded outside the screen: "Childe, it has been confirmed that the poison in the young lady is Biquan." ”

Sure enough, it's Biquan...

He had already guessed it, but he didn't want to believe it, but at this time, the knife fell on his heart, and Cui Jiuheng actually felt down-to-earth.

"You go out, I'll be alone for a while."

"Yes."

Cui Jiuheng was locked up in the room for a day, and the next morning, he went to Fuyao Courtyard, Shen Yunshang's bedroom.

Cui Jiuheng was injured and unconscious, and his subordinates didn't dare to touch the things inside, and all the furnishings were intact.

Xi Zhu followed silently, and when he saw Cui Jiuheng staying in front of the dresser, he suddenly remembered something and reported: "Childe, there is another incident, on the second day of Childe's coma, the person in charge of monitoring the young lady came to report, Yuwei went to the White Crane Pawnshop and became a hairpin, and his subordinates pressed the matter even if they felt that something was wrong. ”

The young lady is not short of silver taels, and Yuwei is naturally not short of it, and since she is determined to be martyred, how can she be a thing.

What Xi Candle could think of, Cui Jiuheng could naturally think of, after he was silent for a long time, his eyes fell on the brocade box on the dresser, he picked it up and opened it, and the vacuum inside was empty.

"What does Childe know?" Seeing this, Xi Candle hurriedly asked.

Cui Jiuheng gently put down the brocade box and said, "Burn all the jewelry commonly used by the young lady and bury the young lady." ”

Go up in flames?

Xi Zhu frowned slightly, and was buried in the coffin, why did he burn it.

"Remember, in the burned burial, there is a half-moon jade pendant that the young lady often wears." Cui Jiuheng said.

The pupils of the West Candle are constricted.

There's something wrong with that jade pendant! So... Yuwei is not a hairpin, but a jade pendant, which means that the White Crane Pawnshop also has a problem!

"Immediately secretly send a message to the White Crane Pawnshop and ask them to leave Yejing quickly." With Zhao Chengbei's temperament, it is difficult to guarantee that no other person will be sent to monitor him.

When Xi Zhu heard this, his expression was a little strange: "Childe, after Yuwei went, the White Crane Pawnshop didn't open the next day. ”

Cui Jiuheng's expression was slightly relaxed.

They're wary.

"Could it be that the young lady really..."

"West Candle!" Cui Jiuheng interrupted him sharply: "She can only be the young lady of my Cui family!" ”

Xi Candle's face was pale, and he understood something in his heart, and almost did not hesitate to respond respectfully: "Yes!" ”

"Transfer some shadow guards and secretly protect the Pei family."

The Pei family sentenced them to exile, but Zhao Chengbei would not let them go.

West Candle arched his hand: "The subordinates receive the order." ”