Gel makeup

Chapter 17
"Shen Yuanxi's wife is very skilled. The assassin was hit on the acupoints and left under the couch. If Zhang Yang goes out, Jia Guo Mansion will not be in chaos tonight?" Si Qing sent Ling Zhen away, and said as she took off her jewelry.

Xiao Yi didn't know what to say for a while, so he asked, "How is she compared to you?"

"Me? I only have the part to be hunted down," Siqing said, "Don't interrupt me, if I am injured or killed by an assassin at night, Jiaguo Mansion will inevitably be responsible. If Shen Yuanxi's wife is injured and killed by an assassin , it will definitely be said that I want to kill Shen Yuanxi's wife to silence her. The main messenger will send an assassin, who is still a dead man, so it is not easy to leak the news. Even if he fails, he will not hurt himself. The calculation is meticulous and thorough. "

"What enmity do you have with Shen Yuanxi's wife that you want to kill her face to face? Who will believe it?"

"You say that now, if something happens to Duke Jia's new wife, no one will care if I'm stupid or not. I don't have any grudges with Shen Yuanxi's wife, my cheap old man has one with her. Shen Yuanxi has always treated me That cheap old man is dissatisfied, didn’t his wife participate in the investigation of the Fuzhou case? Bao Buqi holds the evidence of the Fuzhou case.”

Xiao Yi choked, "How do you know?"

Siqing snorted, "Under my successful guidance, his wife said it herself. Why, can't I know?"

Xiao Yi hurriedly changed the subject: "Is the assassin a dead man? Already dead?"

Siqing said: "No. The poison was hidden in the teeth, and his jaw was removed. He could neither bite his tongue nor take the poison. He didn't die." After thinking about it, he said, "Who was the one who hid the poison in his teeth last time? , I remembered, it was the old butler of the Ye Mansion who hadn’t been found out since he committed suicide in Xishan Bieye that year. A Chen Nanfei appeared in the middle... It’s clear about him—whoever wants to kill someone with a knife, Chen Nanfei assassinated him that day Whoever ordered me to do it."

Xiao Yi couldn't help but choked again after hearing this.

Siqing asked: "Then who did what happened in Fuzhou? Is there any evidence?"

Xiao Yi was silent for a while before saying: "Nothing was found, so we can only push it to Fuzhou. There is no evidence."

"As long as my cheap old man cleans himself up and doesn't implicate me, I don't care about anything else. Third brother, are you going to pursue Jia Guo Mansion because of what happened to the assassin tonight?" Si Qing asked.

Xiao Yi shook his head: "Although the Jiaguo Mansion made mistakes that were not well-prevented, they were also implicated. Besides, if this kind of thing is publicized, it will become more and more confusing. Of course, I will not pursue it."

Three days later, Shen Jiangdong and his wife entered the palace to pay their respects.Today, Siqing wore a long navy blue skirt and apricot-colored pair of plackets.There are golden lilacs in her ears, and a pair of charming wreaths all over the pond. Her face is thinly covered with powder, and she looks like a smile but not a smile.

Shen Jiangdong couldn't help thinking that when she was in the Ye Mansion before she entered the palace, she was always dressed in plain clothes, with sporadic grass flowers on her sideburns, and a Korean paper sprinkled gold folding fan covered most of her face, only a pair of eyes were full of pulse, cold alienated.Siqing has been in the palace for several years, her old demeanor has not changed, but it seems that she has lost many of her worries when she was waiting in the Ye Mansion.She is always indifferent to Xiao Yi, but she seems to hold Xiao Yi firmly.They turned to the side hall, and Xiao Yi meticulously helped Siqing to push away the long skirt that was hanging down to the ground and hindered her pace, and then opened the seat for her personally, Siqing just looked at it with a half-smile.

Everyone recited the ceremony and sat down, Siqing smiled: "Yuan Xigong is newly married, why is your face so worried?"

She asked the question knowingly, but Shen Jiangdong couldn't point it out.On the contrary, Xiao Yi signaled the servants in the hall, Huangmen and the palace maids, to retreat, but Siqing took Jiang Feng's hand and said, "If you talk about serious business, we won't bother you."

Jiang Feng seemed a little at a loss when Siqing held his hand. He couldn't help looking at Shen Jiangdong, who nodded slightly, and Jiang Feng lowered his head.

Shen Jiangdong got up to see him off, Xiao Yi smiled: "Is there anything you don't know, what is there to avoid?"

Siqing said: "There are many things I don't know...the less I know, the more fun I have."

Shen Jiangdong looked at Xiao Yi, bowed to Siqing again, and said in his mouth: "Thank you for protecting the imperial concubine that day. The security in the house is not strict, and I ask the imperial concubine to forgive me."

Siqing had already turned around to leave, but after hearing this sentence, she looked back, "Where did Mr. Yuan Xi say? I have already forgotten what happened that day." After saying that, she took Jiang Feng's hand and walked out of the hall.

Shen Jiangdong watched Siqing and Jiang Feng go away, and bowed down to Xiao Yi again to plead guilty, but Xiao Yi helped him up.Xiao Yi said: "You are born with this. What happened that day, it is clear that someone is behind the scenes."

Shen Jiangdong said: "Your Majesty knows the lesson. But the minister's residence is ultimately responsible. It is because of the residence's negligence in defense that the assassin took advantage of the loophole."

Xiao Yi asked: "Have you found out the identity of the assassin?"

Shen Jiangdong shook his head, "The assassin is a dead man, he took the poison beforehand, and his death was delayed. After His Majesty and the imperial concubine left, the assassin died of anger. I haven't found any clues on the assassin for the time being."

Xiao Yi tapped his slender fingers on the table, "Find out what connection this person has with Chen Nanfei," and said, "This is the end of the Fuzhou matter. After a period of time, things get cold, you go to deal with the aftermath."

Shen Jiangdong replied: "Yes." He hesitated and said, "I think that Wu Dasinong may not be clean."

Xiao Yi annoyed: "The clear water pond does not raise fish."

Siqing and Jiang Feng walked slowly along the path to Ninghua Hall.Si Qing never liked many people to serve her closely, only Ling Zhen followed them closely, and the rest of the palace servants only followed from afar.In the forbidden area of ​​autumn, it is golden, and occasionally there are a few red maple trees swaying in the wind.When the autumn is clear, the sun shines on the branches, creating shadowy shadows.Siqing couldn't help saying: "It used to be in the south, but now it's a bit greener."

Jiang Feng said: "I don't spend much time in the south, and I have never been lucky enough to witness the autumn scenery in the south of the Yangtze River."

When they arrived at Ninghua Palace, Siqing ordered Lingzhen to bring out the gift prepared earlier in the morning.In addition to the rituals, there are also some head jewelry and flowers.Siqing said: "When you first get married, you must have some wives who have come to visit the house. These things should be rewarded personally."

Jiang Feng thanked him, and presented the gift from Duke Jia's mansion to Ning Hua Palace. Si Qing smiled and said, "You don't have to be so polite." With a wave of Si Qing's wide sleeves, all the palace people in the palace retreated in an instant. Siqing cut to the chase and asked, "The assassin that day was related to the Fuzhou case, right?"

Jiang Feng was silent, and said calmly: "The concubine was involved in the Fuzhou case, and was repeatedly attacked on the way back to the imperial capital. But I never thought that the assassin would dare to break into Jiaguo's mansion at night to assassinate. The imperial concubine was shocked, and the imperial concubine was asked to descend." Sin." After saying that, he left his seat and bowed down.

Siqing helped Jiang Feng up and said, "I don't mean to blame you, please sit down. Can you tell me first how much the Fuzhou matter has to do with Ye Xiufeng?"

Jiang Feng gritted his teeth and said, "It probably doesn't matter."

Si Qing didn't even ask any more questions, knowing: "You still need to be cautious in the near future. After a while, it might be okay."

Jiang Feng said: "Thank you, Imperial Concubine."

Si Qing said again: "Did Shen Yuanxi tell you about Chen Nanfei? If he didn't catch him, it's a disaster. He seems to be related to Yuntai, maybe he has revenge for killing your father?"

Jiang Feng raised his head suspiciously, thought for a while and replied: "Yes, I also suspect that he and I may have revenge for killing my father. If it is really this thief, it is really abominable that he hides his name and wanders around the imperial capital. I will kill this thief with my own hands. To tell the spirit of the father."

"You don't need to ask me how I know that Chen Nanfei may have revenge for killing your father," Siqing said lightly, "You will understand one day."

Siqing had something to hide from Jiang Feng, and her words were about to be revealed, so the two of them talked about it less speculatively than before.Jiang Feng has always been not good at speaking, and he will rarely enter the palace in the future, and Si Qing will not invite her to go when he is free.

One day when Shen Jiangdong and his wife left the palace, Siqing came to Maode Hall and said to Xiao Yi: "I was assassinated when I entered Beijing, and Shen Yuanxi's wife was also assassinated when she entered Beijing. It's not me talking, there are so many assassins in this capital."

"You were assassinated when you entered Beijing?" Xiao Yi asked.

"That's right, I didn't tell you that. When I entered Beijing, someone wanted to kill me, but he failed. His sword was poisoned, and I was scratched. I almost died before entering Beijing." Siqing said.

Xiao Yi thought for a while and asked, "Didn't your brother Ye Lancheng say that it was a misunderstanding?"

"Misunderstanding?" Seeing him pretending to be naive, Si Qing suddenly changed her tone, "Yes, it may be a misunderstanding." After finishing speaking, she closed the door and left the inner room, leaving only Xiao Yi sighing.

When Siqing returned to Ninghua Hall, Ling Zhen walked up to Siqing's side and said: "My servant heard that His Majesty ordered Duke Jia to go to Fuzhou."

Siqing let out a "huh".

Ling Zhen thought for a while, then slowly said: "A letter from the master." As she spoke, she conjured up a letter, put it in front of Si Qing, and walked away as if fleeing for her life.

The small study room in Ninghua Hall was arranged by Siqing herself, and it is also a place where she often closes the door and meditates quietly.Next to the golden nanmu wall cabinet is a newly replaced aqua-colored ten thousand-fold soft smoke screen window. On the desk, there are money grass and a goldfish in the sweet white glaze water pot.Siqing pulled out the silver hairpin to tease the goldfish, but the goldfish fled everywhere but had nowhere to hide, so it had to hide under the roots of the money grass, revealing its gills that could not stop closing.

Siqing sighed, dropped the hairpin, and turned to look at the letter written by Ye Xiufeng on the desk.

Siqing opened the letter, read it ten lines at a glance, lifted the lid of the censer, threw the letter into the furnace and burned it.She found a piece of paper with a red column, took up a pen and wrote more than half a page eloquently, and at the end wrote: Or pay the right to be a minister, spread the remaining wealth, resign from the official title, and you can be guaranteed to be a rich man.

When Shen Jiangdong and Jiang Feng left the palace, Shen Jiangdong said: "Your Majesty never pursued it, so don't worry. Did the imperial concubine say anything?"

Jiang Feng shook his head.

Shen Jiangdong said: "I don't think the remnants of Fuzhou guards are in the hands of neither He Shizhi nor Ye Xiufeng."

Jiang Feng woke up suddenly: "Could it be in His Majesty's hands?"

Shen Jiangdong said: "Looking back, you will know. Your Majesty personally said that the Fuzhou case is 'stop here' - there are only two possibilities for His Majesty to say so. The first is that His Majesty really does not want to pursue it anymore, and the second is that His Majesty has already done so." Know the truth and don’t bother to investigate.”

Jiang Feng sighed: "I don't think your majesty is just pretending to be peaceful. It's just that... the legacy of Fuzhou guards is in your majesty's hands, not in Ye Xiang's. You said that your majesty won't show any signs of anger, but Ye Xiang has no evidence and no evidence." What happened to Fa'er, He Xiang may suspect that I have seized the legacy of the guard in Fuzhou."

Shen Jiangdong said: "I'm afraid of what to do."

The two said that the car had already left the imperial city, passing by the door of Wu Tiande's mansion, the Minister of the Household Department, and saw that the door of the mansion was closed tightly, and the outside was full of people.Shen Jiangdong was curious and asked the boy to squeeze into the crowd to see that people from Jingzhao Mansion had already arrived.

The boy got into the crowd and pulled an idler, asking: "Brother, what's the matter?"

The idle man said with a smile: "Master Wu has provoked a romantic debt. Sister Yao ran over to his door and died."

When the boy came back to report, Jiang Feng said in horror: "The Fuzhou case, so there is a substitute?"

However, Shen Jiangdong let out a sigh of relief: "Okay, follow the trend and push Wu Tiande out, the matter of Fuzhou has dug out the 'big man' behind it, and it can be settled."

Jiang Feng sneered: "It's a coincidence. Da Si Kou Yang has always been at odds with Da Si Nong Wu, so he must be happy to do it."

Within two days, people were discussing the matter of Fengyue woman who crashed and died at the door of Wu Tiande's house, Minister of the Household Department, and the matter quickly fermented into everyone discussing Wu Tiande and the Fuzhou case as the most important.Wu Tiande is He Shizhi's disciple, and he lost his official position this time, and He Shizhi himself was implicated, which caused He Shizhi a big headache.From the cabinet to the court, the He family pointed to Ye Xiufeng's nose and said that he was the culprit in the Fuzhou case. Ye Xiufeng said "there is evidence", but pushed the He family back.

Rumors were passed around, but He Shizhi has never been able to grasp Ye Xiufeng's "evidence"; and the disappearance of the legacy guarded by Fuzhou has always been He Shizhi's heart disease.

In Siqing's letter to Ye Xiufeng, there was a saying "this is the end, there is no need to mention it again", Ye Xiufeng took it very seriously, so Wu Tiande's front foot had an accident, He Shi's rear foot jumped like a thunder, but Ye Xiufeng was rarely as stable as Mount Tai.

Er Wu Tiande was dismissed from office, Jiang Feng felt that this unscrupulous household book was too cheap, Shen Jiangdong shook his head and said: "He knows too much, and he will be indispensable if we want to shake up the big picture in the future. Why do you think Shizhi doesn't want him Die? He Shizhi is the best at crossing rivers and demolishing bridges. Wu Tiande and He Shizhi have been with him for so many years, so he should understand. How to choose the road ahead is up to him."

Jiang Feng said, "What's Ye Xiang's reaction?"

(End of this chapter)