concubines are respected

Chapter 73
The swallow in this compartment heard the whistle of the secret guard, stepped out of Yiyuexuan for about half a cup of tea, and finally returned.

"Second miss, the secret guards are here to report. Since the house is guarded by the Imperial Forest Army, they can't get too close. But they can detect it from a distance. The old matriarch sent someone to invite the doctor to come to see the doctor. The doctor at this time I have already left the mansion. The old matriarch then passed down a message, saying that there was no assassin in the mansion, and Aunt Xueying fell into the water, but because she fell into the water after being drunk, there is no need to investigate further." Yanzi returned to the room and asked Su Fiber back.

"It's strange. At that time, I was in a hurry. Although I couldn't do it, I almost lost Xueying's life. But not only did she not confess to me? She also claimed that she fell into the water after being drunk?" Su Xian whispered, and then her expression changed. Leng said with great certainty, "No, the old lady must have known something and deliberately concealed the truth. When Xueying and I fought in the water for a long time, I didn't smell any alcohol on her body, and her at that time His expression was definitely not in a state of drunkenness. Looking back now, the time I spent in the water with Xueying was not short, but no one showed up. How could there be a search for someone shortly after I landed .Everything seems to be instigated by someone secretly. Swallow, think about it, is this suspicious?"

"Miss Er means that you went into the water to save people, and the scene of you fighting with Xueying in the water was secretly watched by someone. That person saw you escaped from the water, so he went to call for someone to take you in the name of an assassin. You?" Yanzi was startled and said in a low voice.

Suxian nodded, and gave Yanzi an approving look, "Afterwards, didn't you hear that there was a secret message from someone, did someone see a figure swaying by the pond? I can be sure that the person who said this first was the one in the dark. Snooper."

"This person is so vicious that he thought of this method to harm you, Second Miss. But this person is too bold, and even involved the people around the imperial concubine in order to harm you. This... this What role does Aunt Xueying play in this?" Although Yanzi was amazed, she still felt the fog shrouded her head.

Suxian was silent for a long time, and said in a low voice, "This is exactly what I don't understand. Yanzi, go and inform the guards quickly, and ask them to keep an eye on the doctor who is treating Xueying. Maybe they can find out."

"Yes, servant girl is going now." Yanzi responded and strode out.

That night, Suxian slept extremely unsteadily. The events that happened before flashed in her mind one by one like a revolving lantern, which made her unable to sleep peacefully.Who wants to use Xueying's hand to put herself to death, what method does this person use to make Xueying attack herself, whether Xueying is colluding with others, or is being used by others, everything is messed up in Suxian's mind There are many entanglements.Since her reincarnation, Suxian has never spent such a long night until the sky turned pale and the sky was bright.Because of exhaustion, Suxian took a nap in a drowsy state.

Not long after falling asleep, Yanzi whispered eagerly, "Second Miss, Second Miss, I have something important to report."

"Hmm..." Suxian resisted the severe headache, sat up reluctantly, leaned against the head of the bed weakly, and asked with her eyes slightly closed, "What's the matter, tell me, I'll listen."

"Second miss, the secret guard came to report just now, and they followed the doctor all the way back to the medical clinic. Soon the doctor sent the medicine boy to take a few packs of medicinal materials to the house. The secret guard hit the medicine boy's knee with stones, causing him to fall. A fall, several packs of medicinal materials in the drug boy's hand fell to the ground, the dark guard took advantage of the cover of the night, and took the opportunity to take a pack of medicinal materials. Afterwards, he deliberately asked someone who knows medicine to check, the medicinal materials were not for hangovers, but seemed to be What kind of drug is used to detoxify. It can be seen that Aunt Xueying has been drugged, and she did not claim to be drunk." Yanzi leaned close to Suxian, whispered for a while, and told Suxian the news of the dark guard I made it clear.

"Ah, that's how it is." Suxian suddenly realized, and suddenly lost all sleepiness, "I should have thought that Xueying's appearance at that time was due to being drugged. Alas, I was so confused at the time, so I didn't see it! "

While talking, Suxian lightly rubbed her temples on both sides, annoyed at her own hindsight, "Do you know what kind of drug Xueying is in?"

"This...this servant doesn't know." Yanzi said with some frustration, "The dark guard said that the person who checked the medicinal materials for him only said that this kind of drug is very rare, but what kind of drug is it? And I know."

"So, Xueying was used by someone. Who is so bold that he even stretched out his hand on the concubine's body?" Su Xian felt that the matter was becoming more and more confusing.

"The servants are also very confused about this matter." Yanzi was also puzzled.

At this time, Xiang Cao's voice came from outside the room, "Second Miss, you're awake, and this servant is going to fetch water for you to wash up."

It seems that Yanzi entered the room and deliberately avoided other people. Vanilla didn't know that Yanzi was in the room.

"En." Suxian responded, and at the same time whispered to Yanzi, "Right now, I can only follow the vine. Later, Vanilla will come, and you will tell Vanilla exactly what happened last night. After a while, I will lead you Let you and Xiangcao go to our house, and take advantage of my time to go to the old lady’s house to say hello, you two will split up and go to inquire, and try to find out who is the first to announce that there is an assassin.”

"Yes, servant girl understands." Yanzi responded quickly, then took out a change of clothes from the cabinet, helped Suxian down on the bed, and combed her hair carefully.

Soon Xiangcao brought the washing water, and Yanzi also took advantage of Suxian's cleansing time to briefly describe the incident that happened in the house last night to Xiangcao.

The three masters and servants were ready, so they ran to the house of the family.

Entering the family's courtyard, Xiangcao and Cuiya exchanged knowing glances, and then went to the east and west courtyards to chat with the maid and mother-in-law.

Suxian raised her hand to straighten her hair, pulled herself together, and entered the main courtyard where the old lady lived.

It seems that the old matriarch also did not rest well last night, the door of the main courtyard was open, and the maids and women were busy to and fro, with panicked expressions on their faces.In the whole courtyard, the atmosphere was very oppressive.

Suxian stepped up the steps, and in the main room with brocade curtains, the maid Yun Rong's comforting voice was faintly heard, "Old Madam, why don't you take a rest, I am really worried about you like this."

"Don't rest, I can't fall asleep anyway, it's better to just sit and rest." The old lady's voice was very tired, making people feel much older.

Suxian hesitated a little, stood in front of the door and said softly, "Old Majesty, Suxian greets you and the imperial concubine."

In order to facilitate the conversation between mother and daughter, Concubine Yuan's temporary dormitory is located in the main courtyard of the old matriarch.There is nothing wrong with Suxian's words.

After a brief silence in the room, Yun Rong's voice came out, "It's the second young lady, the old lady just woke up, and she still needs to refresh her spirits. Today, the morning appointment will be skipped."

Morning and evening, it was originally the morning and evening greetings of the juniors to their elders.Although the main family and the side branch belong to the same lineage of the Lin family, they are separated from each other and do not live in the same courtyard.Therefore, Suxian came to pay respects to the old lady, which was originally optional.It's just that since entering Beijing, Suxian has to go to her family's house every day to learn the rules from the teachers and nuns in the palace, so there is a saying to greet the old lady.

Su Xian received Yun Rong's reply, she gave a light reply in disappointment, turned around and stepped down the steps just as she was about to retreat.At this time, the old matriarch's voice came from the room, "Xian'er come in and talk."

"Yes." Hearing this, Suxian immediately turned around and opened the curtain and walked steadily into the main room.

I saw the old lady wearing a moon-white Su embroidered gown with double breasts, leaning on the side of the couch, raising her hand to lightly support her forehead, and slightly squinting her eyes to rest her mind.

Suxian scanned the room and found that there was no Guifei Yuan in the room. Concubine Yuan was resting in the main courtyard last night, so it is time to get up at this time.

As soon as doubts arose in his heart, the old matriarch seemed to see Suxian's thoughts, and said lazily, "Don't look at it, the imperial concubine has already returned to the palace under the escort of the imperial army. Xueying fell into the water last night, everyone My son was a little frightened, and the imperial concubine was sympathetic, so she specifically ordered everyone not to be disturbed to see him off."

Although the old lady said that the clouds are calm and the wind is clear, it is not difficult for Suxian to see that she is very depressed.But it's no wonder, according to Suxian's knowledge, the family's courtyard originally arranged to hold a feast last night, and this morning, everyone in the house lived together in the ancestral hall to offer incense to the ancestors, and the imperial concubine and empress just returned to the palace at noon.

But something happened last night, presumably the imperial concubine changed her mind and hurried back to the palace to avoid long nights of dreams.

The old matriarch yearned for the stars and the moon, and longed for her daughter, who had been in the palace for many years, to return home to visit her relatives. Depressed and tense, where is the spirit of yesterday.

I see.Suxian understood the old lady's mood at this time, and originally planned to say something to comfort her, but on second thought, no matter how many words of comfort she said at this time, it would be nonsense, and if not done well, it would make the old lady even more sad.

Therefore, Suxian swallowed the words that came to her lips abruptly, first greeted the old lady well, then she obediently stepped forward and knelt down in front of the old lady's bed, raised her hand and gently rubbed the old lady on her side The calf on the couch said softly, "Old Madam, when you get up early in the morning, you should go to the yard to walk less and refresh your legs. But you have worked hard these days, maybe your body is too tired, how about Let Xian'er rub it for you, it will relieve your fatigue."

While speaking, Suxian used all ten fingers to press gently on the old matriarch's calf, with just the right amount of force, the old matriarch closed her eyes comfortably, and said softly, "Xian'er is really understanding, my brother Daughter-in-law is really blessed to have such a good granddaughter like you who knows the cold and the hot. Unlike my girls, they are all used to by her parents. Apart from being coquettish and good-looking with my old woman, how can I know these heart-warming things? the ability."

Under the name of the old lady, there are also two granddaughters, namely the youngest daughter of my uncle and the third daughter of my second uncle.The two have just turned 12 years old this year, not much older than Shujian.The old lady loves her like a treasure on weekdays, so she naturally develops a pampered temperament.These heartwarming gestures have never happened before.

Suxian kept her subordinates, looked at the old lady with a smile, and said, "The two younger sisters are still young, so how can they understand this. Besides, Aunt Yun Rong served the old lady so well, it would be impossible for the two younger sisters to do it. Today Suxian made a fool of herself."

Suxian spoke with a certain degree of advance and retreat, showing great knowledge and generality, the funny old lady finally showed a smile on her face, "Hehe, you girl, you can really talk. Yun Rong is not as comfortable as you, if you don't dislike me This old woman is annoying, she will come to rub me often in the future, I really need to rub my old arms and legs more."

"Yes, if the old lady likes it, Suxian will come to rub the old lady's legs every day." Suxian responded meekly, with a bright smile on her face.

"Oh, what a wonderful child, it's a pity that you will enter the palace soon..." The old matriarch looked thoughtfully at her slender and pure eyes, feeling a little unbearable in her heart, "I think back then, Yuan'er also stayed by my side like this. When she grew up, I sent her into the palace with my own hands. Unexpectedly, once she entered the palace gate, it was as deep as the sea. Yuan'er was alone in the imperial city, the hardships and grievances she suffered..., last night was even more dangerous..."

Speaking of this, the old lady suddenly realized that she had made a slip of the tongue, and quickly kept silent. She just raised her hand to wipe the wet corners of her eyes, and sighed deeply.

Suxian didn't ask, but changed the subject, and said to the old lady, "Old lady, Xian'er sees that you are not in a good mood, so why don't you find a way to go out to relax. I heard that the scenery of Qinglong Mountain is beautiful, and the mountain is still beautiful. There is Qinglongbao Temple where you can worship Buddha and pray for blessings, so why not go for a walk, maybe it will be much more comfortable.”

The old lady smiled again when she heard the words, raised her hand to scrape the tip of Su's slender nose, and said jokingly, "You girl, I don't know what's going on in your mind, your father is recuperating in Qinglong Temple , you must be missing your father, right?"

Suxian smiled playfully at the old lady, but did not deny it.

"Okay, because of your filial piety, three days later, I will lead everyone to Qinglong Temple with your grandmother to pray for blessings and visit your father along the way, so you are satisfied?" The old lady finally decided to go to Qinglong Temple On the date, the smile on Suxian's face grew stronger.

(End of this chapter)