The daily life of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, thick black

Chapter 146
"Sit down, I said earlier that I don't like red tape, and you are all so polite, it really hurts me."

Concubine Yi said with a smile, she turned her head to look into the room, and suddenly found a small head popping out.

She laughed immediately: "This is Mr. Zhang, right? He looks similar to Lao Jiu when he was a child, fat and round..."

I heard that Brother Nine was also fat when he was a child, but when he grew up, he was in the wind, but after all, Gu Huaishu had never seen this Ninth Master, so he didn't dare to answer the question.She was only afraid that the fat man would come out and cause trouble, so she only said: "How can he compare to Jiuye? He is just a mortal body, and he has not yet enlightened."

At this time, opening Meng late has become the best shield.

Concubine Yi found that Gu Huaishu was cautious when speaking.

She fights a lot in the palace, and she speaks in a roundabout way, and also in a straightforward way, and it is more time-saving to go straight in the end.

Concubine Yi said: "Today your servant girl suddenly stopped me halfway to help you, but the matter is not a big deal, but you are quite capable of making a fuss out of a molehill, such a momentary conflict of emotions has to work for me."

"Please forgive me, Concubine Yi." Gu Huai squatted down with his sleeves buttoned up, buried his head, but his expression was calm, "In this palace, only Concubine Yi is the lord of the first palace, even the Crown Princess When I see you, I have to call you concubine mother. Naturally, when I see you, I can only respect you. Although they are only two small court ladies, the court ladies are not from the palace after all. I am afraid that something will go wrong. If you are annoyed It's the minister's wife's fault for leaving the side Fujin... and because the two maids acted strangely and were eager to love their son, they acted recklessly."

What a clever mouth.

Concubine Yi ate another piece of lotus paste cake, and took a cup of tea poured by Han'er beside her, looked at Gu Huaixiu who was still squatting, and said: "You should get up too, you look really tired."

At that time, Concubine Yi also felt that there was something wrong with the pastry, let alone Gu Huaishu, a mother.

"I didn't expect that this Lin Jia family is also very powerful, with a lot of eyes."

Can think of such a way, tell one court lady that this plate of cakes is poisonous, and then tell another court lady that the cakes are not poisonous, presumably the court lady who knows that the cakes are not poisonous is the real confidant of Lin Jiashi.Because you know the truth, you can adjust your approach at any time.

It was right for Gu Huaishu to invite Concubine Yi to come.

Because if Concubine Yi didn't come, maybe that plate of pastries would become truly poisonous.

At that time, there will always be a court lady who will become a scapegoat.

A plate of pastries, spent two thoughts.

It's a pity that this kind of thought is not enough in front of Concubine Yi.

Gu Huaishu only listened to Concubine Yi's words, and did not dare to intervene easily. After she got up, she stood aside by herself.

Concubine Yi said again: "Sit."

"Thank you, Concubine Yi."

After finishing speaking, he sat down again, not daring to sit all the way, only halfway, these are the rules of the palace.

Concubine Yi sized her up, "You are quite stable, you can hold it up, you can put it down, and you are brave enough to invite me directly."

It's a pity that Concubine Yi is not a bodhisattva, so asking her for help will naturally have to pay a price.

"Today, you owe me a favor. This plate of lotus paste cake, I took away. If I have something to do later, I will ask someone to come to you with this jade pendant."

Concubine Yi gave Gu Huaishu a look at Yu Peilu, and asked Han'er to take the cake away.

The fat guy was still watching, as if he was very curious about this luxurious woman.

The dress is different from the girls of the Han family, and it is also different from those people that Fat Brother has seen before. They are very imposing.He blinked his eyes, seeing that Concubine Yi had already walked to the door, he ran out: "Mother, you said to help Xiaopang get the almond cakes, where are the almond cakes?"

I said before that I asked Uncle Shi Fang to make lotus paste cake for me, why is there no lotus paste cake now?
Gu Huaishu sighed and patted his head.

This kid is simply the guy she holds in her hands, not to mention that he is free-ranging. Only she can bully her son. If others scare her, or even her son, it will not work.

In the blink of an eye, Gu Huaishu already had many ideas in mind.

Now Lin Jiashi's biggest reliance is the crown prince's favor and the son in his hand, but now that Hong Jin is not here, even if he is, Gu Huaishu may not be able to persuade himself to attack a child, so I will not go into this aspect for the time being If you think about it, it is currently the crown prince's favor.

The crown prince is lustful, logically speaking, Lin Jia's appearance is not the best, how can she be able to gain a firm foothold in the crown prince's backyard, and even do well?

in the end……

Or is it because there is a fourth elder brother behind him?
It's not right either...

Mind full of thoughts wandering around, Gu Huaishu sent Concubine Yi out of Yuanmen.

Concubine Yi was about to take the maid's hand and wanted to leave, but she didn't expect that a little eunuch suddenly came up ahead and slapped Concubine Yi: "Ms. Concubine Yi, side concubine Lin Jiashi is gone. The two maids are said to be poisoned."

These are the gods of ears, Yifei is the favorite concubine in the harem, and there are eyeliners everywhere.

When she heard the news, she suddenly raised her hand and pressed it, signaling the little eunuch to stop talking, and then looked at Gu Huaishu who was about to escort her away.

Gu Huaixiu was also stunned, what a coincidence?

Concubine Yi smiled softly: "Do you know which two? What's going on, speak slowly, don't worry."

The little eunuch seemed to be proficient in this kind of reporting, so he said in a sharp voice: "It is said that he was sent to deliver cakes to the young master of the Zhang family, and he was fine when he came back, but he died in a blink of an eye when he entered the house."

They were all fine when they went back, but they died when they entered the house?
Gu Huaishu never thought that such a thing would happen.

Needless to say, this is Lin Jiashi's plan.

However, the two court ladies died, so why care about Huaishu?Besides, Concubine Yi is still here, could it be that Lin Jiashi could frame Gu Huaishu?
Not to mention the plate of lotus paste cake, the evidence is still in the hands of the maid next to Yifei, and Yifei herself has eaten a lot, so how could there be a problem?Although the two maids were forced to eat cakes, they were too timid to eat, Yifei and Gu Huaishu let them go without embarrassing them.

After all, the two maids are helping the master above. As long as the master is not dead, the maids below will come one by one.

Killing two court ladies is not a skill, the important thing is to get rid of the person you want to get rid of.

Concubine Yi pinched the enamel armor in her hand, raised her eyes, and said gracefully: "Isn't it just the death of two court ladies? Let the crown prince make trouble. But... Mrs. Zhang, this matter..."

"Everything my wife does has been witnessed by Concubine Yi, and my wife has never done anything out of line."

Gu Huaixiu had a clear conscience, so he looked extremely calm.

It's just that the two maids are indeed dead, and there are many people outside, so she glanced at them and said: "It's just these two who came back from the minister's wife... I'm afraid..."

"I'm afraid you're going to have some bad luck."

Concubine Yi said with a smile, and then unexpectedly said: "When I came over to admire the flowers, I only saw the second half. I don't know what you did in the first half. Who knows when the man got hit What did you hire?"

After finishing speaking, Concubine Yi led the people away gracefully, leaving Gu Huaishu standing there with a gloomy face.

Don't say that Lin Jiashi is trying to frame her, this way is too idiotic.

The two court ladies had never done anything here, so why did they die suddenly?
Gu Huaishu was puzzled, pinched his own fingers, looked back at Qing Dai and said, "Qing Dai, you take Fat Brother in, don't come out if anything happens."

No matter how you look at it, this thing is weird.

She just thought that this matter should have nothing to do with her, but she didn't expect that a row of eunuchs actually came in front of her, and the one in the lead glared at Gu Huaishu and shouted: "Bold, how dare you poison the side of Fujin?" Maid, take it for our family!"

Gu Huaishu stood still, she didn't move, she didn't resist, and the eunuchs just surrounded her, not daring to make any moves.

Although she was surprised in her heart, she looked at the eunuch calmly and said, "My father-in-law is coming in a menacing way, but I still don't know what happened to my wife. My wife and my husband, Mr. Zhang, were given by the emperor to follow the south. The cruise team entered Yangzhou together, and it was the emperor's intention to live in the palace. If you have something to ask for your wife, please explain clearly, otherwise there is no meaning of the Lord Long Live, and my wife can't go with you. What poisoned the court lady, and which side Fujin, you explained clearly."

The father-in-law choked for a moment, never expecting that after his crimes had been discovered, this lady could still be so calm.

"Didn't two court ladies bring a plate of almond cake to the young master just now in the meaning of the Gospel? Those two court ladies came back crying and said, Madam, you forced them to eat lotus paste cakes, but they just beat Fujin After weeping there, he died as soon as he came back.”

died.

Seeing Gu Huaixiu's expression, the eunuch seemed to have changed slightly, and snorted coldly in his heart.

It turned out that it was just pretending to be calm.

"If you say that this is not your fault, you still have to go to Jian Fujin to say it. These maids are all from the palace, not served by Jie Fujin, they are also served by the prince, not by the prince, or Those who served the emperor in the palace are now gone, if they don’t find out the culprit, how can they convince the public? Madame, do you want to go or not?”

Gu Huaixiu's heart sank slightly.

The development of this matter was completely beyond Gu Huaishu's expectations.

Even if she thought Lin Jiashi was stupid, she didn't think she would use this method to frame herself, let alone how many people believed it?

Yifei also ate several pieces of lotus paste cake, but nothing happened.

Unless Concubine Yi immediately turned against her and went to help the prince's people deal with her, otherwise she would not be blamed for this incident anyway.

Carefully calculating herself from Lin Jiashi's perspective, Gu Huaishu didn't find any plan that was foolproof, and every method had loopholes that could be completely defeated by her...

Really strange.

She silently glanced at the eunuchs around her, knowing that she couldn't be kind today.

The only thing to watch is to adapt to the situation.

Gu Huaishu looked at the eunuch who was leading the way when he came, and said, "Eunuch, lead the way."

This eunuch has also been a eunuch in Yuqing Palace for many years, but he has never seen such a calm person who has killed someone and has no reaction at all. He is a cruel person in his heart, so he is not ready to talk to Gu Huaixiu.

He walked forward until he reached the courtyard where the crown prince was resting. Now the outside was surrounded by palace people, and Lin Jiashi was already sitting in a room on the left with a Persian scarlet carpet.

Lin Jiashi was holding tea, just waiting for someone to bring Gu Huaishu in.

When she looked up, she saw someone, and she was so angry that she smashed the teacup in her hand to the threshold, the water foam flew horizontally, and the debris splashed everywhere!
"What a bold criminal woman, she dared to poison and kill the palace people in the palace under the noses of everyone, but did she ever put the Long Live Lord and the Crown Prince in sight!"

Gu Huaixiu only felt that some of the splashed hot tea just hit the back of her hand and scalded her, but Gu Huaixiu didn't respond.

Her footsteps only paused for a moment, and she walked in calmly: "The side concubine has no evidence, so don't spout blood, slander and slander are also serious crimes."

When she said this, she observed Lin Jiashi's expression, only to find that the hatred in her eyes didn't look like a fake.

What is the purpose of making such a thing?

Lin Jiashi was not the only one sitting in the room. The two maids died not long ago, and they couldn't be rescued at all. It was all black when tested.

It's very simple, the two maids who went to Gu Huaishu's place before, died the moment they turned around. If they had the most relationship with them, it must be the last time they had contact with Gu Huaishu.

Lin Jiashi thought about it, she was just trying to give Gu Huaishu some power and let another court lady play by ear, how could she have thought that she was fine when she just came back, and she died in a blink of an eye?
Before she said that she ate at Gu Huaishu's side, she was still angry for a while, thinking that Gu Huaishu was no longer the person who was submissive and let her handle it.

Now that this person died, Lin Jiashi almost went mad with anger.

She is only a woman of the fourth rank, and she even dares to harm the people around the prince. How can she put the prince in the bottom of her eyes?

Gu Huaishu must have thought that he would not dare to trouble her, but now she wants to tear herself apart with Gu Huaishu!
Today, she wants to see who is more powerful!

Thinking about it, Lin Jiashi's eyes couldn't help but become more sinister.

It's just that she used to be gentle and weak like a white flower in front of everyone, but now she doesn't dare to pretend to be angry, she just sneered and said: "I'm talking nonsense? Come, someone, and tell Mrs. Zhang what happened this time." Said!"

The maid named Bixiu next to her came out and bowed to everyone present: "Fan Fujin, two young masters, today the young master of the Zhang family accidentally bumped into side Fujin, and side Fujin is not at all I didn't pursue it, I just saw that the child was cute, and I was worried about scaring the child when I turned around, so I sent two people, A Huan and A Zhen, to give a plate of almond cakes newly rewarded by the emperor. Who would have thought that this gift would be life-threatening After going out, the two of them went to Mrs. Zhang's place. It is said that the almond cakes fell on the ground. There is no proof of what happened. It's just that the people around Fujin, including the servants, have heard the two maids say that they You forced me to eat lotus paste cake at your place, saying it was to comfort them."

Sitting here are the two concubines of the crown prince. Hearing this, they naturally felt that there must be something wrong with the second wife.

This trip back and forth is just such a short distance, there is no other possibility except to contact Gu Huaishu.

That is to say, Gu Huaixiu's scapegoat is usually decided.

Unexpectedly, Gu Huaixiu said unhurriedly: "According to the meaning of the Fujin, it is suspected that the two maids were poisoned to death after eating the lotus cake made by the minister's wife?"

Isn't this an obvious question?
Why is she still asking?

Everyone became puzzled, Lin Jiashi also frowned, hating Gu Huaishu extremely.

She had this expression when she faced everyone's slander. When she was a child, she went to her mother and said bad things about the third sister. The third sister stood there and was reprimanded. I'm too lazy to talk to you"...

It wasn't fear, or indifference, but outright contempt.

Lin Jiashi gritted her teeth, fingered the handrail and said, "It was because I ate your lotus paste cake that I was poisoned to death. What else can you argue?"

"Returning to Fujin, the minister's wife has never had anything to argue about."

Everyone was startled, didn't they all still refuse to admit that she didn't say it?why now...

Of course Gu Huaishu didn't want to admit it, because her next sentence was——

"The ministers are rebutting openly and aboveboard, because they never ate the lotus paste cakes from the ministers. Why did the concubines poison them? Besides, the concubines have no grievances or enmity with them, and they have no motive to commit crimes." , how could he do harm? The side Fujin is high-spirited and upright, and he is a first-class transparent person, and he has no enmity with his wife."

With a smile on her lips, she looked at Lin Jiashi, as if there was really no enmity between them.

Lin Jia knew immediately that Gu Huaishu was threatening herself!

Leaving aside the matter of the lotus paste cake, the words "no grievances, no enmities" alone are suspicious enough.

Lin Jiashi naturally believed that Gu Huaishu had the motive to kill the maid beside her by poison, but this is really not something that a tolerant person like Gu Huaishu could do, let alone...

She knew that there was a deep hatred between Gu Huaishu and herself, but that was because she knew that she was originally Gu Yaofang, not the real Lin Jiashi.People around Pan didn't know that in the eyes of others, Mrs. Zhang Er was a completely irrelevant passer-by, so why would she harm these two irrelevant maids?

Perhaps, this was the reason why Gu Huaishu was so arrogant.

However, we still need to look at the evidence.

Lin Jiashi exhaled lightly, and looked at her with a sneer: "It is empty words to say that the two maids did not eat the lotus paste cake, and you are surrounded by your maidservants, how can you believe their words? It is you That's all. There is no proof, what do you use to prove your innocence?"

She fully thought that Gu Huaishu would be panicked after she said such a well-founded statement.

However, what Gu Huaishu gave her back was the smile that still disgusted her the most, calm but confident.

"Death without evidence? The side concubine needs to speak carefully..." Gu Huaishu narrowed his eyes, and said slowly, "My wife hasn't said whether she has other witnesses yet, so you can say anything about death without evidence, isn't it too offensive?"

Everyone was stunned, what does this have to do with offense?
Lin Jiashi wished she could rush forward and strangle Gu Huaishu to death!
"If you have something to say, say it. If there are no witnesses, you are responsible for this matter. Even if there are witnesses, it may not be able to prove your innocence. After all, who are the witnesses?"

Gu Huaishu's eyes drooped, but what he was thinking about was Yi Fei's last words.

She calmly said: "The witness of my wife is Concubine Yi. When the palace maid brought the things just now, Concubine Yi was admiring the flowers, and she saw this scene. The side concubine just needs someone to ask Concubine Yi The empress will know."

It was dark, only the room was brightly lit, but at this time so many people were there that they dared not speak.

Lin Jiashi snorted coldly, "Do you think I'll be afraid of you if you just move someone out? Come on, go to Empress Yifei and ask, explain this matter clearly, and see what Empress Yifei has to say."

Bixiu, who was beside her, had been with her for the longest time, now she hurriedly retreated, and ran towards Concubine Yi's residence.

At this time, the lights were already on outside.

The maid's voice was lengthened by the palace lanterns on both sides, and then quickly shortened.

There was a plate of lotus paste cakes in Yifei's room, which attracted people's attention, but they were walking on the long corridor, and happened to meet Kangxi who had just returned in trance.

When Kangxi saw her, he smiled: "Seeing Concubine Yi's flushed face today, she must be in a happy mood."

Zhang Tingyu and others were behind, and there were several young courtiers, and Zhou Daoxin happened to be there too.

The prince was also nearby, this time the thirteenth brother Yinxiang said he had a headache, so he didn't go out to see the scenery of Yangzhou.

Several people stopped outside and did not go forward.

Concubine Yi only smiled at Kangxi: "The concubine got a plate of good food today, didn't she couldn't wait to share it with you? The lotus paste cake is much more delicious than the one made by the imperial chef."

As she said that, she wanted to pull Kangxi to her side.

After all, she is the concubine of the first palace, and now she is outside, and has always been favored by the emperor. Others dare not compete with her, and the emperor also likes her temperament.So Concubine Yi dared to say such a thing, but someone else would not have the guts.

But just two steps away, Han'er who was beside Concubine Yi came over: "My servant greets Lord Long Live, and Lord Long Live is auspicious; I greet Your Majesty, my Majesty is auspicious."

"Why did you come here suddenly?"

Concubine Yi raised her eyebrows and asked a question.

Han'er said: "The crown prince's side concubine Lin Jiashi sent people to say that two court ladies were poisoned and killed. They suspected that it was Mrs. Zhang who did it. I heard that you were there at the time, so I came to ask. The slaves dare not do it without authorization. It is up to you to ask.”

Kangxi's brows tightened immediately, and Zhang Tingyu's eyes turned cold.

The prince stepped forward: "How is it possible? Mrs. Zhang has such a good character, she definitely can't kill people!"

As soon as these words came out, Concubine Yi suddenly narrowed her eyes, turned her head to look at the prince, and teased: "His Royal Highness understands these things clearly..."

Yinfeng was suddenly embarrassed, and said: "I just feel that things are strange..."

"Strange? I think it's also strange!"

Kangxi didn't expect that just after going out and coming back, even the court ladies next to the prince were poisoned. Can he still have someone by his side?
Anger suddenly surged into his heart, Kangxi raised his foot and walked towards the courtyard where the crown prince was resting, saying only one sentence: "San Dezi open the way!"

(End of this chapter)