Chapter 047: Sleep While Drunk
Xiao Yi originally had a lot to ask Mu Qingchen, but after entering the backyard, Mu Qingchen was taken to the women's area, and he went to the places where the princes and grandsons gathered, but he lost the opportunity to talk to Qingchen.
waited until the funeral of the Prime Minister's Mansion was completed, Xiao Yi and Mu Qingchen left, and Shen Bining still had to give the funeral of the eldest prince Shen in the Prime Minister's Mansion, so he did not return to the Yi Mansion with them.
Qingchen returned to Luluo Curie for dinner, and then sent Jinyan to rest, and after Zhangyu waited for washing, he rested early.
Xu was too tired to toss in the Prime Minister's Mansion during the day, Qingchen fell asleep quickly, and he had no dreams all night, and slept very deeply.
When she woke up in the morning, Qingchen felt a slight pain flashing in her head, fleeting, but she was still captured, but she didn't care, she just thought that she had slept for a long time and her head was a little dizzy.
"Princess, it's rare to have the sun in winter, and the weather is good today, so let's go for a walk in the yard." Zhiyu waited for Qingchen to get dressed, and said.
"That is, the princess is always bored in this room, either writing or reading, unless necessary, she has never been exposed to a single step, a good person, don't be bored. Jin Yan brought water, and when he heard Zhu Yu's words, he also nodded in agreement.
"Bah, what are you talking about, are you persuading the princess, or are you cursing the princess?"
Ever since he knew that Jin Yan might be a fine work placed by the emperor of the Heavenly Star Kingdom beside Mu Qingchen, Ji Yu's face to Jin Yan has not been very good, and he doesn't care about it, and from time to time he grabs a few words like now.
Fortunately, Jin Yan and Zhan Yu's personalities seem to be people who can't hide their words, so they don't have any deep hatred for each other, just an occasional quarrel, and that's it.
"Okay, Grip Yu, Jin Yan is just worried about me, so in order to prevent the two of you from arguing over this matter, I'll go out for a walk. Qingchen glanced at the two of them and blocked the words they were about to speak.
Jin Yan pursed her mouth and didn't say anything more, and Zhiyu also respectfully followed Qingchen and went out, only walking in the courtyard where Lu Luoju lived.
Most of the plants and trees in winter have withered, but King Yi's Mansion was specially built by Xiao Ling to welcome Xiao Yi's return.
"I saw it with my own eyes, don't believe it, she just went out in the middle of the night and came back. Qingchen and the three of them were walking to the rockery in the garden when they heard a crisp voice say this.
Qingchen and Zhanyu glanced at each other, and their hearts tightened, could it be that this little girl found something? If this is the case, I am afraid that this little girl will not be able to stay.
Thinking like this, Qingchen looked at Jin Yan again, but saw that Jin Yan was also a little shocked, and the gaze in his eyes changed a few times, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"Then what do you say, what is she going out for? The princess has a gentle temperament and has always been low-key, but there is nothing that she has to do in the middle of the night, right?" said another little girl, Qingchen remembered that this voice was the little maid Red Silk who was in Lu Luoju.
"How do I know? Didn't she help Concubine Shen hold a palace banquet?
"Concubine Shen didn't come back to the Prime Minister's Mansion yesterday, where would she go out to buy something? What's more, even if she bought things for the palace banquet, she didn't need to go out in the middle of the night, right?" Hongsilk said, "I think she has always been mysterious, and she has often wandered around Luluoju since the princess got married, and I don't know what she secretly went out for last night!"
When Qingchen heard this, he understood that the person that the little girl was talking about was Aunt Qiu, that is to say, Aunt Qiu secretly left the house last night, but she didn't know what was going on.
Turning around quietly, Qingchen lost the mind to continue to visit the garden, and when he returned to the house, he asked Jinyan to call someone to pass breakfast, leaving only Jiyu to accompany Qingchen in the house.
"Did you hear anything last night?" Qingchen asked.
"Xu is very tired from accompanying the princess to the Prime Minister's Mansion yesterday, and his subordinates slept very heavily last night, and they didn't hear any movement, so it is better to ask Sister Huai Jin for a while, she lives close to Aunt Naqiu, maybe she can hear something. Ji Yu said.
"Okay, by the way, have you done what I ordered before?" Qingchen nodded, and suddenly asked again.
"It's been done a long time ago, and now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed. Ji Yu said with a smile.
"If my guess is correct, the east wind will come soon. Qingchen said and smiled.
After a while, Huai Jin brought the morning meal, but the moment he entered the door, he couldn't help frowning, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.
"Princess, please eat. Huai Jin said respectfully.
"Sister, the princess just wanted to ask you, did you hear any unusual movements last night. When Zhan Yu saw Huai Jin, he asked.
"There was nothing unusual last night, but Aunt Qiu seemed to have gone out, and her subordinates thought she went to the toilet, so they didn't pay much attention to it. Huai Jin said.
She seemed to be very cautious, but I don't know what she was doing when she went out in the middle of the night. Qingchen lowered his head in thought.
"Princess, please forgive your subordinates for asking more, you didn't like incense in the past, and even spices only used plain incense and half rhyme, but now, did you change your temperament and suddenly like incense, or is it to hide your identity?" asked Huai Jin.
"I didn't smoke incense, and since that day's reception, I haven't even used the plain fragrance half-rhyme, why did Huai Jin say this?" Qingchen was surprised.
"Xu is because his subordinates don't often come to the princess's house, when the subordinates first came in, they smelled a vague aroma, and thought it was the princess using incense, but they never thought that it was not the case. Huai Jin said, "Princess, please allow your subordinates to check." ”
When Qingchen heard this, he put down the chopsticks in his hand, coldness flashed in his eyes, and he said: "Check, check carefully for me, I didn't expect someone to move their hands and feet into my house." ”
Huai Jin nodded, walked around the room, and finally stopped next to the bed, as if confirmed, took the curtain beside the bed and sniffed, and then approached the wooden bed frame and sniffed, and suddenly his face changed suddenly.
"Princess, it's really boring. Huai Jin pointed to Qingchen's bed, and then spoke, "This fragrance is coming from the bed curtain, and it looks like it should have been a full month." ”
"A month, but I slept in this bed every night and never smelled anything. Qingchen was puzzled.
"That's it, Sister Huaijin, I've never smelled it either, are you mistaken?" said Ji Yu.
"The subordinates can be sure that the fragrance is emanating from this bed, and the reason why the princess and Zhiyu have never smelled this fragrance is because you are often in this room, and you have become accustomed to this smell, so you feel that this smell is normal, but the subordinates have only come over once except to deliver food, and they are unfamiliar with the smell of this house, so if there is anything abnormal, the subordinates can quickly detect it. Huai Jin said.
"I see, what is the origin of this fragrance?" Qingchen nodded and asked.
"Have you ever heard of sleeping when you are drunk?" asked Huai Jin rhetorically.
"Sleeping when drunk?" is the poison that the legendary person wants to sleep like he is drunk when he smells it, and when he wakes up he has an unbearable headache like a hangover, and after a long time, he will suffer from a headache, and even if it is serious, he will not wake up at all?" asked Zhan Yu in surprise.
"Yes, this poison can be consumed, or it can be lit as incense, and it will disperse in the air, making it difficult to prevent it. Huai Jin spoke again, "This poisoner is very careful, and the amount used each time is not too much, so that people can't detect it, but little by little, you can get used to this taste without doubting." The bed curtain has been smoked for a month, and it has already been infiltrated by the medicinal properties of sleeping when drunk, even if it is no longer necessary to sleep when drunk, the princess sleeps on this bed every night, and something will happen sooner or later. ”
"Oh my God! this poisoner is too vicious to think of such a method......!"
"Hmph, I'm usually cautious and don't show my edge, but there are still people who are trying to deal with me, but I don't know how many people can do these things in my room without realizing it!" Qingchen snorted coldly, staring at the bed tightly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
In this way, last night's deep sleep and the headache when I woke up this morning were not accidental, but the effect of this drunken sleep.
"Princess, what now?" asked Grip Yu.
"Don't make a noise yet, and when I find an opportunity to take all the ghosts out of the house, you two will quietly change the curtain for me, and then search the house carefully to see what you find. Qingchen pondered for a moment and spoke.
"Although the princess is still poisoned, but after all, this poison is extremely dangerous, it is not trivial, and from today onwards, her subordinates will put some detoxification herbs in the diet, so that the princess can take it, which can not only detoxify the poison, but also not be noticed. Huai Jin said.
Qingchen nodded, agreed to Huai Jin's proposal, and then sat down at the dining table again, and continued to eat the breakfast sent by Huai Jin, but at this time, Qingchen's heart was fluctuating, turning back and forth.
Now she is taking every step of the way, just because of the strong enemies around her, not only Xiao Ling and Shen Yuan, but also Mu Qingjue who is far away in the Tianxing Kingdom, and maybe Xiao Yi......
Thinking of this, Qingchen's movements in his hands paused, and he couldn't help but think of the night in the Night Crying Mountain, and then vetoed the possibility that Xiao Yihui would calculate her, after all, a person who is willing to take risks and collect the bones of sinners in the mouth of others would never use such a vicious method as sleeping when drunk.
So, who is calculating her? Now, except for the people in the Star Picking Tower, only she knows that she is no longer the original Mu Qingchen, but Ye Qingcheng hidden in Mu Qingchen's bones.
A foreign princess who has always been low-key, a weak and helpless woman, and a princess Yi who doesn't seem to be any threat, but I don't know who wants to kill her.