Chunman Palace

Chapter 16

Early the next morning, the news reached Lin Qingyu, saying that Concubine Chang had been poisoned and her appearance was damaged. The emperor had already seen it, but due to the busy state affairs, the matter was handed over to the empress.

"Okay, I get it, left and right have nothing to do with us." Lin Qingyu propped his arms on the head of the bed, and because of his appetite, his complexion was much better than before when he was sickly.

Concubine Chang has made many enemies in the palace, but she is not as powerful as Concubine Min. A Chang mansion cannot be compared with a small country at all, and Concubine Chang is doomed to be a flash in the pan.

Lin Qingyu saw it clearly, and had long thought that such a day would come, so she only needed to learn to endure the word, and she would be able to survive the first turmoil safely.

At this time, the maid said again: "My lord, Jingui often sent people to deliver things when you were ill these days. Now that you are better, do you want to go and have a look?"

Lin Qingyu glanced at her with a frown, and said in a deep voice: "I haven't recovered yet, should I rush to pass on my sickness to my sister? Go back to your errand and call Mo'er in."

Seeing her master like this, the maid couldn't continue to say anything, and quietly retreated.

Mo'er was watering the flowers and plants with a kettle when she saw Qiaoque, the palace maid beside Xin Chang, coming and said hello.

Qiaoque urged the two young maids to prepare lunch, and then stepped forward to care: "Mo'er, is your young master feeling better?"

"Blessed by Tuo Xin Chang's presence, my health is much better now, I have no other hobbies, I just like to enjoy flowers." After finishing speaking, Mo'er glanced at another flower bush, and said eagerly: "I also help Xin Chang in Water the flowers."

A voice suddenly sounded from behind Mo'er: "Sister Mo'er, the young master is calling you to come over."

"Go quickly." Qiao Que gently pushed Mo'er, reached out to take the water bottle in Mo'er's hand, weighed it, there was only a water root left, and raised her hand to call a little eunuch to fill it with water.

Mo'er went back to the house, wiped her sweaty hands on the handkerchief, squeezed out a dyed red oil paper bag from her sleeve, lit it with a candle, threw it into the washbasin, and saw with her own eyes that it was completely burnt. Take a long breath.

"Is everything done?" Lin Qingyu sat in front of the bronze mirror and looked at herself, asking Mo'er who was combing her hair.

"Back to my little master, even the paper that wrapped the thing was burned, and there will be no traces."

"You wash the ashes with water later, and pour the ashes into the bucket." Lin Qingyu's brows and eyes were still worried.

Mo'er comforted: "Don't worry, little master, they won't make any mistakes."

Lin Qingyu said anxiously: "No, this matter has to be done carefully and carefully, you go now, and come back after finishing."

She was so sensitive and cautious, which made Mo'er feel like she was making a fuss out of a molehill.

It stands to reason that the thing would have lost its shape after being burned by the fire, and even the imperial doctor could not see it, but the master ordered it, and he hurriedly followed the order to do it.

After a few days, Lin Qingyu recovered from her illness, but she still didn't go out of the palace often.

She heard that the Empress had found out that Concubine Chang was infected with the poison "Chi Linglong". This kind of poison can take effect as long as it touches the skin or adds it to food, but it is not known how Concubine Chang contracted this poison. .

She had searched medical books and found no record of the poison "Chi Linglong", so it was not easy to compare it with the medicinal powder that Xin Changzai gave her.

She casually fanned the wind with the round fan, and suddenly said: "Mo'er, come with me to the Imperial Garden for a walk."

On May [-]rd, all the flowers in the imperial garden are in full bloom, and they are even more beautiful and intoxicating. Every piece of colorful purple and red will cover up the green leaves, and colors will fall from the branches.

Seeing Manli's figure with a familiar face, Lin Qingyu stepped on the cobblestone path and leaned towards the person.

Xin Chang was fiddling with the flowers in his hands, and when he saw Lin Qingyu coming, he said with joy, "My good sister, if I knew you were interested, I would have invited you to come with me."

Seeing that Xin Chang was beside him, and there was still a purple figure, Lin Qingyu stood still and saluted, "Promise Lin, to Mr. Jin, Xin Chang is paying his respects."

Xin Changzai looked very happy, took the hand and slowly helped him up: "Sister, please forgive me, you are not in good health, you should take care of yourself."

On the other hand, Mu Pingting, who was at the side, said calmly, "Sister, don't be too polite."

Lin Qingyu only said: "Thank you, Sister Qiang, for your concern. Qingyu is blessed. These days, I have been attacked by illness and it is difficult to come out. This is the best way to go out to relax."

Xin Changzai nodded, "That's right." Then he looked at Mu Pingting at the side and said, "You are the same as Mr. Jin, this illness is all suppressed, if you take a walk more often, all illnesses will disappear .”

Mu Pingting smiled faintly at people, besides being peaceful and beautiful, there was also a thin layer of indifference.

Lin Qingyu asked: "I don't know why the two sisters are together?"

"Your Jin and I met in the Yuhuayuan. You are just recovering from illness, so you are the same as your sister." Xin Changzai patted her hand and suggested to Mu Pingting: "Your honor should be with Qingyu. My sister knows each other, why don't the three of us enjoy the flowers together?"

Lin Qingyu suddenly felt embarrassed.

If it was normal, Mu Pingting would be the one who called her "Qingyu" one by one, and she was more affectionate than anyone else, but now she is not embarrassed or awkward, but it is intriguing.

Xin Changzai acted as if he hadn't noticed, he took Lin Qingyu's arm and walked forward.

A dark green figure suddenly walked up to the three of them, bowed and said: "I have seen Mr. Jin, Xin Changzai, and Lin promised."

The three of them paused to see that it was Shu Xiang who was beside the queen.

As the queen's aunt in charge, Shuxiang must be able to work for her, which must be a big deal.

Mu Pingting was the first to speak: "Aunt Shuxiang, is the Empress summoned for something?"

Shu Xiang nodded and said, "That's right, Concubine Chang's poisoning and disfigurement have already begun to emerge. I invite all the masters to come to Fengyi Palace for questioning."

Mu Pingting glanced at Lin Qingyu thoughtfully, and said, "Then ask Aunt Shuxiang to lead the way."

In Fengyi Palace, it is rare for all the concubines to gather together, even Concubine Min is sitting there drinking tea.

Because this is the first time a rookie has ever been born in the palace, the empress attaches great importance to it, and anyone who has no special reason must participate.

On the peony red carpet embroidered with gold, there is a court lady kneeling, the color of the carpet is covered by her figure, she looks at the ground with a livid face, in her eyes, the red carpet on the ground is like clotted black blood .

"I'm asking you, is your statement true?" The queen asked the person with a little doubt, obviously after some investigation.

The palace maid was trembling, but her voice was extremely firm: "Everything I said is true, everything I saw that day was witnessed by my servant, it really has nothing to do with our little master!"

The queen wanted to ask again, but at this time, Shu Xiang had brought Mu, Xin and Lin in.

The three greeted each other in turn.

Seeing this, the queen changed her mind and said: "Take a seat, Lin promised you to come just in time, this palace lady said that you poisoned the concubine Chang, do you have something to say?"

Mu and Xin sat on their seats, only Lin Qingyu hurriedly knelt forward and said, "The Empress is aware that the poisoning of Concubine Chang has nothing to do with me." She quickly raised her eyes to look at the court lady, and was surprised: "You are Xin Chang. People in the palace?"

The maid admitted it simply: "The slave is Xiaotao, the maid who is often by Xin's side."

Lin Qingyu's eyes were slightly red, and she said innocently, "My empress, my concubine didn't poison Chang's concubine, so I really don't know how to explain it." She glanced at Xin Changzai as if asking for help, but Xin Changzai had no expression on her face, and regarded her as a The air is mediocre.

Concubine Min snorted coldly, her eyes were full of sarcasm, her red lips slightly raised: "It's wrong for Lin to agree to this. Whoever hurts someone will admit that he did it?"

"Empress, concubines have never done this before, and I don't know why Xiaotao slandered concubines!" Lin Qingyu was already crying.

This pitiful appearance is really unbearable.

The queen frowned, sighed, and said, "Even if Lin promises to defend himself, he should know what's going on. Xiaotao, tell everyone what you said just now."

Xiaotao responded, bowed her head and said, "Go back to the empress, that day our little master saw that Lin promised to pass out, and Fu Lin promised to go back to the palace to invite the imperial physician. Our master is kind, so we asked the imperial physician specifically to find out that Lin Xu was weak in Qi and blood. , due to not thinking about food. Thinking about living in the same palace and caring for a few words, Lin promised to complain to our little master, claiming to hate someone very much. Our little master gave her a pack of purple vetch in order to enlighten Lin promised It is said that people will feel itchy when they touch a little bit. But our little master didn't expect that Lin promised to believe it, and actually used the purple vetch pollen to poison the concubine Chang, let alone concubine Chang. Your face is damaged by allergies!"

Allergies?Isn't it the "Chi Linglong" poison in it?

Lin Qingyu was puzzled, and she had no time to distract herself from refuting. After a while, she squeezed out a few words: "The concubine has never done that kind of thing."

(End of this chapter)