Gel makeup

Chapter 175
Concubine Ding'an continued to dissuade Siqing from being careless, and even warned Siqing about Zheng Yiqin's attempt to trap Siqing. Siqing reluctantly agreed to wait for Cheng Yingzhou to return to Beijing before going to Yuquan.

However, things changed again, because the noble concubine Zhou went to Yining to attend to her illness and acted slowly. Someone actually wrote a letter saying that the imperial concubine was killed by the middle palace and was ill on the way, and even said that the queen hoped that the imperial concubine would "die" on the way.Siqing was so angry that she became dizzy, and wanted to rush out to ask the person who wrote the letter whether her family was not right and her wife and concubines were disturbed, so she also speculated about others like this.This kind of palace affairs is the easiest to spread, and many versions of the queen killing the noble concubine Zhou quickly emerged in the capital.

Cheng Yingzhou reported the time to return to the city, and Jinzhong also began to prepare for Siqing's trip to Yuquan Palace.Although Xiao Yi said in a letter that he would return to Beijing early, Siqing did not want to stay in the capital for another day.Rumors abounded that day, and Siqing got angry and decided that if she could meet Cheng Yingzhou outside the city at the time when she was leaving the city, so before Cheng Yingzhou returned to the city, she bid farewell to Concubine Ding'an, and took only a few attendants with her. I went to Yuquan to "recover my illness".

Siqing set off from Xiyuan, and after galloping out of the city, Lingzhen in Ninghua Hall got the news, and quickly spread the news to the government military guard post and Cheng Yingzhou who was on the way back.Unhappy with this schedule, Yingzhou set off from Shenji Camp a moment later, and was very anxious when he got the news.

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Wu Zhenying dug a big pit at Zheng Yiqin's house to bury the assassin's body that day. He looked at Zheng Yiqin who was knocked out by himself, and wanted to rush up and beat him up. In the end, it was shameful to abandon Zheng Yiqin because Si Qing said he would save his life. Said he was crazy, and he also knew to find Wu Zhenying to be the assassin, and he knew that it was the queen's business to conceal the assassination target.If Wu Zhenying didn't know Siqing, then if he killed the mother of the country in the imperial capital, he would be afraid that everyone around him would be wiped out.

Wu Zhenying returned to her home from Zheng's house, but still decided to return to Tonghe after Jiang Feng returned to Beijing and had an interview with Jiang Feng.Before Jiang Feng left Beijing, he proposed to Wu Zhenying that he wanted to reconcile with Shen Jiangdong, but Wu Zhenying, who opposed their marriage at the beginning, changed his mind about Shen Jiangdong, thinking that Jiang Feng's proposal of reconciliation was too hasty.

After the chaos in the imperial capital, Wu Zhenying helped Siqing convey a letter from Siqing to Fu Linchuan and Gu Heng who were in Tonghe to report safety, and soon received a reply, but Jiang Feng was not in Beijing, and Wu Zhenying had no way to deliver the letter to Siqing.He waited patiently for Jiang Feng to return to the capital. He heard a hasty knock on the door today. He thought it was Jiang Feng who had returned to the capital. Unexpectedly, the person led by Uncle Lu was Liang Lingzhen, the maid beside Siqing.

Siqing brought Lingzhen to Wuzhai, Wu Zhenying met Lingzhen, so he recognized her.Ling Zhen's face was full of pain, and when she saw Wu Zhenying, she said, "Can you contact Mr. Gu as soon as possible?"

Earlier, at the same time that Lingzhen quickly notified Queen Yuan Lingbo in Jigu Pavilion that she had left the city ahead of schedule, Yuan Lingbo also received a message from Tantai sentry point.It turned out that the Tantai sentry had discovered the signal from the smoke pellets released by the army guards, but there were too many trees near Tantai, and the specific location of the signal had not been found yet.

Yuan Lingbo went upstairs to look at Bai Luchu who was still sleeping. After the turmoil, Bai Luchu's old illness relapsed and he was bedridden all the time.Yuan Lingbo had a strange feeling. She walked down the narrow stairs and was about to go out when another pigeon came back to send a message.This time the letter said that Tantai had received a new signal, the signal was sent urgently, and Tantai Sentinel was looking for the sender of the signal.

Yuan Lingbo's heartbeat was extremely fast, she quickly got into the secret passage of Jigu Pavilion and left, and got out from an exit.Unfortunately, there was no horse prepared at this exit. When she went out, she saw a horse tied to a nearby willow tree, so she cut off the rope and threw down the money to get on the horse and headed for the government office near Dengshikou.The horses were galloping, and suddenly there was a lady in a short coat holding a baby standing in the middle of the road.Yuan Lingbo shouted loudly, but the other party remained silent, eyes closed.Yuan Lingbo poked the horse's head quickly, and the horse neighed, almost throwing Yuan Lingbo off the horse's back.Just as Yuan Lingbo came back to his senses, a stone hit the horse's hip, and the horse flew in fright, refusing to listen to Yuan Lingbo's control.Yuan Lingbo understood something at this moment. Seeing that the horse was about to trample the mother and child away, Yuan Lingbo immediately drew his sword to kill the horse, and then took advantage of the momentum to jump off the horse's back.

She was wearing a round neck gown, crowned man, and a red headband, like a handsome running-in girl, and the onlookers immediately burst into applause.Yuan Lingbo knew that Siqing might be in danger, so he was so anxious that he didn't even pay attention to the feelings of the mother and child, so he quickly pushed through the crowd and rushed to the military guard.

Yuan Lingbo knew that his and Bai Luchu's identities had been exposed to a small extent during the turmoil, but this time she was followed, and the exit of Jigu Pavilion was abolished.She almost scrambled and rushed into the guard of the government army, and about fifty knights galloped away under her leadership a moment later.

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Nanshan Tantai was surrounded by layers of imperial guards in the afternoon, starting from the foot of the mountain with five steps and one post, the atmosphere was tense.

After a group of people hurried through the checkpoint on the first floor, they were confronted with layers of interrogation. The woman in the lead waved her large sleeves and was obviously very impatient.

At this moment, Tantai's house was filled with a thick smell of blood, and even the tent of the soft smoke was covered with blood.The good Su Hexiang couldn't hide the strong smell, Yuan Lingbo anxiously stood up from the side of the tent, trembling all over.She took two steps on the spot, walked out of the room, and shook her head at the pale Cheng Yingzhou, whose legs were weak and almost fell to the ground.

The autumn scenery of Tantai is picturesque, the autumn sun sifted down from the countless maple leaves, forming spots of light on the cobblestone path.Looking at these jumping spots of light, Yuan Lingbo felt dizzy for a moment.As soon as she raised her head, she and Cheng Yingzhou looked at each other, but they couldn't say anything, and each lowered their heads in silence.

Except for the singing of birds, there was finally a sound around them, and the two looked out at the same time, only to see Yun Chu and a medical officer in casual clothes walking in quickly.Yuan Lingbo was a little surprised when he saw that it wasn't Ling Zhen who came, but when he saw that the medical officer was Ju Ande, who was slightly less famous than Huang Yuan but good at surgery, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

Huang Yuan followed Concubine Zhou to the Yining Palace to the north, and it was hopeful that he could invite Hu Ande.

Cheng Yingzhou also thought this way, Yuan Lingbo said: "Come in."

Yun Chu whispered in the ears of Cheng and Yuan: "Sister Lingzhen has gone to invite Mr. Gu." Cheng and Yuan were startled, thinking they had forgotten about Gu Heng.When Gu Heng saw a doctor for Shen Jiangdong back then, it can be said that he was not clever. If he could come, maybe there would be more hope.

Juande's expression was extremely terrified. He knew that being secretly called here by a trusted female officer around the queen meant that something had happened that could not be known to outsiders.Not to mention that the queen is being criticized now, the more he knows about this secret, the faster he will die.

Su Hexiang in the room had suppressed the bloody pressure at this time, and acted in a hurry, and Ju Ande also went straight into the inner room.In the past, in the palace, most of the pulses were checked by female doctors inside, and they waited outside the screen.Even though Juande was prepared, when he saw the queen lying in a pool of blood, his throat tightened, his temples throbbed wildly, and Yun Chu almost screamed.

Siqing was wearing the bud-colored gold-woven tunic shirt she wore when she went out in the morning, an arrow pierced through the side of her left armpit, half of the shirt was stained red with blood, even the pillow was covered with dark red blood.Her complexion was pale, her breathing was weak, and even the veins on her forearms and forehead were bulging.

Yuan Lingbo forced himself to calm down and said: "The blood from the wound has temporarily stopped, but if His Highness moves a little, the blood will continue to flow. We dare not draw the arrow... Your Highness's breathing is not steady, please sir..."

Juande was so frightened that he fell to the ground, and even the medicine box fell to the ground. He slurred his speech, "This... this is too close to the heart vein. If the arrowhead is taken out, it may hurt the heart vein, and His Highness will die immediately. Yes. This... this..." He finally made up his mind, "This... I'm afraid it can't be saved..."

The last straw for Yuan Lingbo and Yunchu was broken.

Yuan Lingbo reluctantly said: "You can't even prescribe a prescription to stop the bleeding?"

"Temporary hemostasis is fine..." Juande still had doubts, "It's just..."

Yuan Lingbo said: "Excuse me."

Ju Ande had no choice but to stumble and go outside to write the prescription.Fortunately, since Xining's 17th year, Siqing has come to live in Tantai every year.And since being ridiculed by Brother Nai as "snatching the soul bell", Siqing has bought a lot of herbs, and every time she comes to Nanshan, she will hide in Tantai to study.At this time, no one except Juande knew the whole herbal medicine, so he had to grab the medicine.Cheng Yingzhou in the outside room saw Ju Ande coming out with the prescription and thought that Siqing was saved, and was about to step forward to ask a few questions, but who knew that Ju Ande walked away in a daze.

Cheng Yingzhou wanted to speak, but Yuan Lingbo came out, his expression pale, and he didn't speak, just shaking his head.

"I think he went to grab the medicine with the prescription..." Cheng Yingzhou said.

Yuan Lingbo said: "I told him to prescribe the medicine to stop the bleeding first."

Cheng Yingzhou was puzzled, "He doesn't look right. He went to get the medicine himself, why did he still have to write the prescription? Can't you go find it directly? Your Highness can't delay now..."

Just as he was talking, he heard someone screaming not far away. Cheng Yingzhou was about to ask a question when a forbidden soldier came up and said, "That man just jumped down while walking."

Cheng Yingzhou and Yuan Lingbo's expressions changed drastically, and Yuan Lingbo said, "Where did you jump from?"

The imperial guard pointed at the cliff on the side of the mountain, "It looks like he committed suicide by jumping off the cliff."

Cheng and Yuan were shocked. They didn't expect Ju Ande to be so cowardly that he committed suicide by jumping off a cliff!Cheng Yingzhou said: "Go find it!"

Yuan Lingbo knew that Nanshan was steep, and he was afraid that Hu Ande would never return.Juande saw that the queen was injured unusually, and saw that the queen was seriously injured. He felt that he could not heal the queen and was afraid of being punished, so he jumped off the cliff and committed suicide in fear.

At this moment, people's hearts were completely floating. Both of them knew that Gu Liangfen was not in Beijing, and it would take time to find Gu Liangfen to return to Beijing through Wu Zhenying, but delaying seeing Siqing's situation was not an option.Cheng Yingzhou said: "Blame me, if I didn't delay for a moment..."

"The arrowhead still has to be taken out," Yuan Lingbo said, "Although there is no attack at the moment, who knows if it is poisonous or not."

Cheng Yingzhou nodded, "I'll go to the doctor again."

Yuan Lingbo said: "Your Highness is short of breath, it's too late." After she finished speaking, she bit her lip, as if she had made great determination, "I'll get it."

Cheng Yingzhou sent people back to the city to find a doctor, while Yuan Lingbo searched for the things left by Ju Ande.She was born in Jianghu, and it is no problem to deal with ordinary trauma by herself, but at this moment, she is not at all sure that she will take the risk to take out the arrowhead for Siqing.

Yuan Lingbo was still preparing medicines, and soon the people sent by Cheng Yingzhou came back and said that because of the soldiers outside the city, the gates of Jiucheng are now closed.Cheng Yingzhou and others couldn't help cursing the person who gave the order at this moment, but at the same time felt that Siqing's serious injury before Xiao Yi's return to Beijing seemed inappropriate to publicize, so they had to ask the forbidden army to go to the Beijing suburb of Beijing to find a military doctor in the Beijing camp.

At this time Lingzhen hurried up the mountain and told the two that Wu Zhenying had gone out of the city to Tonghe to find Gu Liang.After she finished speaking, she walked quickly into the inner room, seeing Siqing in a pool of blood, Lingzhen couldn't help closing her eyes.Since Siqing returned to Beijing, she has seen Siqing face several dangers, but none of them is like today. She never thought that Siqing would be like this.

In Lingzhen's memory, Siqing was safe and sound every time something happened.

"How could this happen?" Ling Zhen murmured.

"It should be someone from Dingnan Fan," Yuan Lingbo said. "When we arrived, the ground was full of corpses. His Highness's servants were gone, and His Highness was covered in blood..."

Lingzhen's body trembled violently, Yuan Lingbo held Lingzhen's hand tightly, the corners of Lingzhen's lips twitched, and tears flowed silently down her cheeks.

She remembered that Ye Lancheng once said that when Siqing returned to Beijing in Xining 13 years ago, she was suspected of being ambushed by Dingnan Fan.Unexpectedly, after so many years, Siqing still could not escape being intercepted in a similar place.There was a chaos in the palace before, and Zheng Yiqin was assassinated later. After receiving the news from Xiao Yi, Siqing was already relaxed, but she didn't expect that there was still a bandit Weijing in this capital.

Who is protecting them?
Yuan Lingbo said: "We will do our best to investigate, but His Highness's life is the most important thing right now."

"It takes half a day to go to Tonghe on a fast horse. Even if everything goes well for Mr. Wu, Mr. Gu will arrive at Tantai tomorrow." Ling Zhen forced herself to calm down.

But Gu Liang is not in the imperial capital at this juncture, Yuan Lingbo whispered: "I'm afraid I can't wait."

Seeing Yuan Lingbo holding a bamboo plate in his left hand, Lingzhen unconsciously asked, "What are you doing?"

Yuan Lingbo gritted his teeth and said: "Sister Lingzhen, Your Highness is short of breath and has a high fever. We don't know whether the arrowhead is poisonous or not, so the arrowhead must be taken out immediately. But there is no reliable doctor here, so I will come to see you." try."

Ling Zhen was startled, "You come?!"

Yuan Lingbo said: "I have learned how to deal with trauma before, I have to take a risk, otherwise His Highness may not be able to last the arrival of the medical officer."

Ling Zhen asked: "Hu..."

"He committed suicide in fright, Cheng Yingzhou came over," Miss Liang, maybe Miss Yuan should give it a try.Cheng Yingzhou hesitated.

Yuan Lingbo said calmly, "I will bear any consequences."

Lingzhen knew that Siqing liked Yuan Lingbo back then because she valued her bravery.Although she is not careful enough in situations and her thoughts are not careful enough, she is brave and decisive.

Lingzhen really wanted to ask Yuan Lingbo how sure she was, but then she remembered that Ju Ande had killed himself in fright, and Yuan Lingbo had learned some trivial tricks from the rivers and lakes, so there is no "sureness" at all.But Hu Ande didn't dare to take out the arrowhead for Siqing, and the doctors in the Beijing camp might not dare to do it either.

(End of this chapter)