Concubine Chongxi: Binding the Medicine Jar to the Master

Chapter 93 The empress has arsenic on her hands

Quickly rushing to Zhongshan, Baili Jiuge used his lightness kung fu to the extreme. It was the first time in his life that he was so uneasy, and he never felt that the road to Zhongshan would be so long.She just wanted to stand in front of Gu Yan immediately and ask the question in her heart.

However, when she really saw Gu Yan in Zhongshan, she suddenly choked up, afraid of hearing an answer that made her despair, so she hesitated to ask questions.

"Heifeng, what's wrong with you? What's your expression?" Gu Yan looked at her suspiciously several times, rolled his eyes, and said, "Is it related to Zhou Shizi again? I think you are really tricked by him." Ruined!"

"No!" Baili Jiuge stared at Gu Yan, snorted, and suddenly smiled clarifyingly, and asked seriously: "Gu Yan, tell me one thing, I want to listen to the truth, and no fake words are allowed. !"

Gu Yan stared at Baili Jiuge, feeling 1 strange in his heart, "Forget it, tell me, haven't I lied to you before?"

Baili Jiuge asked, "Who is my mother?"

"Huh?" Gu Yan's expression suddenly became very strange, with a hiss, he raised his hand to cover Baili Jiuge's forehead, and muttered: "I don't have a fever..."

"Gu Yan! I'm telling you something serious!" Baili Jiuge waved Gu Yan's hand away, and shouted, "Is my mother Baili Yue's concubine? Is my father Bai Liyue? Whose daughter is it, tell me everything, don't hide it!"

This time Gu Yan was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped, he stared at Baili Jiuge for a long time, and finally asked awkwardly: "What's wrong with you, did you listen to someone say something? How to ask nicely Come up with something that is beyond doubt?"

Baili Jiuge was taken aback: "Something you don't need to doubt?"

"That's right." Guyan said it all in a crackling voice: "I'll tell you the truth, in fact, my father and I lived in Chaodu before we arrived at Phoenix Valley, and Dad still has a share in Chaodu. On an errand, I know your father Baili Yue. When you were born, my father and I saw the midwife carry you out of the delivery room. Later, when you were five years old, your mother passed away, and my father happened to take me with you. Leaving the imperial capital, I felt sorry for you before leaving, so I took you away with me. That's it."

These words made Baili Jiuge finally feel at ease, but he still cared about the things he saw in Zangshu Pavilion, and asked again: "Are you serious? I... really belong to Baili Yue and my mother." daughter?"

"Of course, I really don't know what you're thinking!" Gu Yan rolled his eyes and said, "Didn't my father mention your father when we were in the Phoenix Valley? They already knew each other, and I still fooled you." Is it not working?"

Baili Jiuge breathed a sigh of relief, Gu Yan would not lie to her, and the master did indeed mention her father.In this case, she can dispel her doubts.Thinking about it, there may be some misunderstandings about the Penglai Saintess Jing Liufeng, or it was really a coincidence.After all, she and Mo Li... don't look alike, so they can't be siblings.

After confirming this point, Fang felt that his whole body was much more relaxed.Baili Jiuge cheered up again, bid farewell to Gu Yan, and returned to the imperial capital.

Because it was too difficult to explain clearly what was found in Zangshuge this time, Baili Jiuge did not tell Mo Li, but invited Rong Weijun, and roughly exchanged with him the reason why Penglai Kingdom was destroyed, and told him It was mentioned that Mo Li's lost sister might be in the Kingdom of Shang.

Rong Weijun listened, the corners of his lips were still smiling lazily, but there was a meaningful vortex in the depths of his eyes...

A few days later, there was a sudden news from the palace that Concubine Ping was about to give birth, and Emperor Zhaoyi stopped court for three days because of this.

Then, the news of Concubine Ping's smooth delivery was spread again, and she gave birth to a pair of dragon son and dragon daughter.Emperor Zhaoyi immediately named Concubine Ping as the deputy queen of the harem, and announced that Baili Yue would bring his wife and daughter to the palace to participate in the celebration, as if he regarded Baili Yue as the real head of the great merchant.

Originally, this matter didn't seem to have anything to do with Baili Jiuge, and she didn't bother to pay attention to it, but a eunuch came to Shizifu to invite her to the palace, claiming that she was also Baili Yue's daughter and Ping Guifei's younger sister.

Baili Jiuge was speechless, I really don't know what kind of boring people these are.With a cold snort, he went into the palace.

In the palace, Baili Jiuge saw the pair of dolls that Baili Qingping gave birth to. They looked very good, carved in pink and jade, exquisite and cute. The boy's facial features looked very similar to Yin Haoyi's. Pick, it was clearly carved out of the same mold as Baili Qingping.

Rao Baili Jiuge didn't want to join in the fun at first, but seeing those two beautiful dolls now, he also became a bit interested.

In Yihua Palace, Baili Qingping was still sitting on the couch to recuperate.Bai Liyue and Zhao Qian were happy from ear to ear, especially Bai Liyue, whose eyebrows were almost flying to the sky, showing off that "this general is the head of the country".Zhao Qian kept praising Baili Qingping for her hard work and praising Baili Yue for having such a good daughter. At the same time, she also encouraged Baili Ziru to take her sister as the object of study, and she would be so promising in the future.

This family got together happily, and Baili Jiuge stood beside him, looking out of place, and didn't want to mingle with them at all. Right now, he was just staring at the two in the arms of the maidservant. Doll look.

The little baby is so cute, she suddenly felt that life is incredible, that it can grow from a small baby to an adult.That's why I heard people say that being a parent is a magical feeling, watching your children being raised by your own hands, the sons getting married and starting a career, and the daughters getting married happily.

So, will I have this experience in the future?Raising their children with Mo Li, watching them run, talk, go to private schools, go to the grain store to make soy sauce, go to...

Wait, what is she thinking about?
The small face suddenly became as delicate as a cloud, and Baili Jiuge really wanted to slap himself to death. Although he didn't understand the relationship between men and women, he knew that there should be nothing between her and Mo Li, so he could think of the child like this When it comes to the question, isn't it just as unreliable as Senior Brother Gu Yan?
So stop this question quickly!
Just at this moment, she heard Yin Haoyi's low smile: "There are very few heirs in the palace, this time my concubine has given me a pair of children, it is a great achievement that has never been done before."

Hearing this, Baili Qingping smiled coquettishly, and deliberately glanced provocatively at Empress Yuan, and said with a smile: "Sister Empress hasn't given birth to a child yet, why don't you hug my concubine's daughter and feel like a child?" ?”

These words were smug, but Empress Yuan just smiled dignifiedly: "Then I would like to thank my sister. My sister has contributed to my great business and society, and I am happy for you and Your Majesty." The little princess took it and held it in her arms.

After all, it has been seven or eight years since Empress Yuan married Yin Haoyi, and she has never had any heirs. She felt regretful. Seeing the innocent child in her arms, she stared at her with a smile, and suddenly felt warmth and softness in her heart. She couldn't help but raise her hand Come, fondle the baby girl's smooth little face and lovely red lips.

But after touching it, Empress Yuan's expression suddenly changed, and then the maidservant next to her also changed greatly, almost falling to the ground in fright.

"Empress, what did you do to the little princess?! How could the little princess...!"

This horrified shout broke the joy and peace of the room, and I saw that Empress Yuan was so shocked that she could only hold the baby girl in her arms, unable to prevent her lips from turning black and bleeding from the corners of her mouth under the eyes of everyone... She shouted hurriedly Said: "The imperial doctor! Where is the imperial doctor! Send it quickly!"

This sudden change caused chaos, Baili Qingping almost fainted, Yin Haoyi snatched the baby girl from the arms of Empress Yuan, seeing the half-dead state, she was terrified too.

After a while, the old imperial doctor from the Imperial Hospital arrived, rushed over panting, and took the little princess. After a while, he shook his body, knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please forgive me! This arsenic is too heavy. , the little princess, she, she has already died!"

The sky is thunderbolt.

The people in the palace couldn't speak a word for a while.

Baili Jiuge looked at the dead little princess in surprise, and then at the gradually calming expression of Empress Yuan. He never expected that things would turn out like this.Arsenic...how could there be arsenic?Was it premeditated murder?However, the only person who has come into contact with the little princess just now is the Queen Yuan, besides the maidservant. Baili Jiuge clearly remembers that the Queen Yuan caressed the little princess's lips, and then the little princess...

But it's impossible!Baili Jiuge didn't believe that Empress Yuan would do such a thing. Empress Yuan is clearly a person who understands righteousness!
A dead silence spread endlessly.Baili Qingping wailed and passed out, Zhao Qian hurriedly scrawled and picked her up, holding her in her arms and shaking her non-stop.

Baili Ziru looked at Empress Yuan, the tears in her eyes were like autumn water, she complained aggrievedly: "Empress Empress, you are the empress of the palace and the mother of the world, how can you use a vicious thing like arsenic to harm the emperor child?"

Empress Yuan stood steadily, and at this moment Duan Hua's calm posture had completely recovered, and said coldly: "I never do sinister and cunning things, and I don't know where the arsenic comes from."

Yin Haoyi had a gloomy face, which was as ugly as the cold wind of a winter night. He handed the dead little princess to the nanny to hold her down. With bloody pain in his heart, he turned his head and said to the old doctor, "Go check the queen's hands!"

Hearing this, Empress Yuan's heart suddenly turned cold, and she said nothing, she stretched out her hands, and after the old doctor wiped them with a handkerchief, she began to examine...

Hearing the sound of "boom", the old doctor suddenly sat on the ground, with cold sweat dripping down after his strength, he tremblingly said: "Qi, Qi, Your Majesty...the empress has a heavy dose of arsenic on her hands !"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Empress Yuan's face was serious, as if she was rushing towards her face with a stern wind and snow.

I saw Yin Haoyi's brows were tightly knit, and the veins on his forehead were bulging. He was already filled with grief and anger, and his anger was unstoppable.He glared at Empress Yuan and growled, "Come here, put the Empress in limbo!"

"Wait!" At this moment, the voice of Baili Jiuge overwhelmed the stagnation of the room, she rushed out and shouted: "The empress is a noble character, and she cares about the country and the people. I don't believe that she will do murder. Something like a princess! Besides, everyone is watching, it would be impossible for anyone to just do it like this!"

Zhao Qian gave Baili Jiuge a hard look, hiding the sullenness in her brows and eyes.

Yin Haoyi snorted coldly, waved his sleeves, and ordered people to take Empress Yuan down.

"Wait!" Baili Jiuge really couldn't tolerate such an arbitrary decision, but seeing that Empress Yuan didn't change her face, she waved away the guards, maintained a dignified and luxurious posture, straightened her waist, and walked away.

Baili Jiuge felt that the matter was even more strange. How could a woman like Empress Yuan who did not lose her posture at such a time be able to act so viciously?Thinking about the extreme care that Empress Yuan took for her in the past, Baili Jiuge decided to visit the Leng Palace at night to ask what happened to Empress Yuan.

When the night was dark and it was time to act, Baili Jiuge nimbly escaped the patrolling palace people and came to the cold palace.

In the moss-grown place where women's ghosts and wolves could be heard everywhere, she met Queen Yuan.

A half-destroyed white candle was crookedly leaning against the wall, casting a dim shadow, and under this blurred halo, Empress Yuan was kneeling and sitting upright.Because of the ear-piercing sound when the door in disrepair was pushed open, Empress Yuan turned her eyes to meet Baili Jiuge's gaze.

"Empress." Baili Jiuge hurriedly came to her, knelt down on the cold stone brick without thinking, and asked in a low voice: "What happened today? Where did it come from?"

Empress Yuan smiled quietly, and asked, "Do you believe in me?"

"Of course!" Baili Jiuge nodded resolutely, "I believe that whoever likes someone is based on my own heart, so I don't care what others say. I just think the empress is upright, and I believe in you! Today I came here late to ask, do you know what's going on?"

Empress Yuan frowned and meditated, and said in a low voice: "To tell you the truth, I have been thinking about it for a long time, but I still can't figure out when I was framed and got arsenic on my hands. It was Baili Qingping , Bengong remembers clearly that it was she who personally asked Bengong to hug her daughter. If not, there would be no follow-up. "

Baili Jiuge was startled, and blurted out: "The empress suspects that she will sacrifice her own child in order to overthrow you?"

"Tiger poison does not eat its offspring, and I don't want to think so."

Baili Jiuge's heart trembled.Tiger poison does not eat its offspring, why does this sound so harsh.If it is true that a tiger does not eat its children, then what happened to the tragedy that happened to him, whether it is his mother or Bailiyue, it is ironic to think about it this way.

Empress Yuan smiled faintly, brushed Baili Jiuge's shoulder, and her tone became softer, "Thank you for coming to this palace, it's not suitable to stay here for a long time, go back to the mansion earlier, there are still people waiting for you to go back here .”

"Ah?" Baili Jiuge forgot to close his lips in bewilderment. Empress Yuan couldn't help laughing at this cute and cute look.

"Go back, don't let Prince Zhou wait for you for too long, go back quickly."

"Emperor, Empress Empress..." Baili Jiuge found that his tongue seemed to be a little knotted, and he always felt that it was strange for the serious and awe-inspiring Empress Yuan to say this, and she couldn't answer, so she could only laugh: "Okay then, Empress, you must take good care of yourself, I believe that all the ministers will speak for you, and you must clarify yourself whenever you have the opportunity!"

"Okay, I will find an opportunity." Empress Yuan smiled.

Baili Jiuge felt relieved, so he bid farewell to Empress Yuan, carefully escaped from the palace, and quickly went to Shizi's mansion.

After being busy for several days, when he returned to the mansion, the faint fragrance of epiphyllum in the courtyard seemed to have a relaxing magic power, which relieved Baili Jiuge's exhaustion.

There is the sound of the qin like the wind of thousands of valleys, sometimes far away, sometimes it seems to be very close, but it is light but like a dexterous finger, capturing the heart and soul of Baili Jiuge.She knew that Mo Li must be playing the piano again among the epiphyllum bushes in the backyard, so she smiled and looked for him.

Just like that grand scene, the epiphyllum is like snow, and the flowers and the moon are the same color.On the platform among the flowers, Mo Li sits cross-legged in front of the qin, his whole body is like a flower that has melted from the epiphyllum, beautiful, captivating, unique, and as weak and pale as the thin moonlight.

The red shadow was as fast as lightning, and landed beside Mo Li in an instant.He raised his eyes, and with his slender fingers gathered the piano music to the end, his soft eyes passed through the night and fell on Baili Jiuge's face.

"came back?"

The light tone sounds extremely considerate, and there is a warm feeling flowing into the heart of Baili Jiuge.

She never mentioned the troubles in the palace today, she just wanted to let Mo Li relax, "Well, I'm back, it's not too late, how about I listen to you play the piano? If it's later, I will definitely Scolding you for not paying attention to your body, you always ignore my words."

Mo Li smiled slightly, slowly raised his hand, and handed it to Baili Jiuge.Without even thinking about it, she gave him her hand and held it gently.At this moment, my heart suddenly jumped, it was so cold!Mo Li's hands seemed to be colder than before. Is it because it is July now, or is his physical condition deteriorating?
His face turned pale involuntarily, and Baili Jiuge said infatuatedly: "Mo Li, your body has always been so cold, even in midsummer. Now the weather is hot, everyone is wearing thin clothes, only you are still wearing a cloak .It's really hard for me to imagine how you survived the severe winter."

"Actually, it's nothing." Mo Li smiled lightly, this smile was a little helpless, as if it had been a lifetime ago, "I've been used to it for a long time."

Once again, my heart was squeezed fiercely, as painful as squeezed out juice.Baili Jiuge held Mo Li's hand tightly, and said: "Forget it, don't play the piano tonight, go back to the house and rest. I know there is something called 'blazing grass' that can keep warm. I will go to the pharmacy to buy it tomorrow." Some, and sew them into your brocade, it will be much better for warming your hands."

The expression in the moon-like pupils was as usual, this time Mo Li did not dissuade Baili Jiuge, but stood up with a light smile, followed what she said, held each other's hands, and went back to the room to rest together.

The next day Baili Jiuge did what he said, got up early, went straight to the pharmacy to buy flaming grass, and listened to the people talking about the death of the little princess yesterday, saying that this morning the officials played to defend the Queen Yuan, In the end, Yin Haoyi ordered Empress Yuan to be released from the cold palace, but the truth about the sudden death of the little princess was still shrouded in fog.

As for Baili Jiuge, in order to buy flaming grass, I found several stores, and I bought a large handful. The grass is hot, like natural firewood.

After she returned to the mansion, she asked Yu Lei for a needle, thread and scissors. She took the ink-lily brocade, cut a few openings, stuffed it with flaming grass, and after filling it evenly, began to sew it up stitch by stitch...

However, soon, Baili Jiuge discovered that the work of being a female celebrity was several levels more difficult than he had imagined.She has always been said to be uncultivated, this female red embroidery is ignorant, she thought it was just threading a needle and drawing a few threads, but she didn't want to actually operate it, it was so meticulous, it made her unable to do what she wanted.

So, after Baili Jiuge tore apart the originally good brocade, it was almost disfigured.

After thinking about it, she still decided to confidently return the brocade to Mo Li, so she strode into the study, held the brocade and said with a smile: "I sewed blazing grass in here, it's very warm, Mo Li, try it!"

It happened that Rong Weijun was also reading in the study at this moment. When he saw Baili Jiuge, he walked over first, his eyes wandered over the brocade, and he burst out laughing: "Jiuge, Jiuge, you female red skill It's really... not flattering!"

Half blushing, Baili Jiuge said angrily: "So what, just use it!"

"It's usable, it's usable, but look here..." Rong Weijun took the brocade, turned it upside down, and pointed to Baili Jiuge one by one, "Sometimes it's thick and sometimes it's thin. The intestines are tangled? And here, what are these, three threads that have not been cut? Hey, there is also this piece of cloth, which was originally facing inward and you have sewn it outward..." The final conclusion: "It was originally so delicate and perfect Royal family brocade, what about now? It can’t be sold at the street stalls in the West Market.”

"Mr. Rong Wei, you—" At this moment, Baili Jiuge almost lost his temper.Glancing at Mo Li, the more she saw him being elegant, gentle and picturesque, the more she felt that she was inferior compared to him, and what's more, Rong Weijun hurt her so rudely in front of Mo Li... He blushed and rushed out the door.

The brocade was still in Rong Weijun's hands, he smiled lazily, and threw the brocade to Mo Li, and said with a deep smile: "Jiu Ge's kindness, you have to use it well, use it every day, But don’t be too ugly.”

Mo Li caught the brocade, and naturally withdrew his hand and went in.Feeling the warmth sent by the blazing grass, my heart was soft, and I replied lightly: "You are the one who thinks ugly, and I am such a person?"

Rong Weijun took a hissing breath, why did he feel that Mo Li's words were hurting him?Forget it, let it hurt, he is more free and easy than Jiu Ge, and he is least afraid of being hurt by others.

(End of this chapter)