Gel makeup

Chapter 35 Open and honest

"Don't refuse in a hurry, listen to me," Siqing said, "this time things are different, one thing, if Chen Nanfei is really the one who killed your father, then Old Man Wu must be involved in the investigation of him, you can rest assured that others will investigate Wu Old man? There is also a matter involving the Ding Fan, and it also involves Concubine He Ning. It is very inconvenient for foreign ministers to investigate."

"What does it have to do with Concubine He Ning when it involves Dingfan?" Jiang Feng was puzzled.

Si Qing said softly: "She was Dingfan's eyeliner, and she delivered news for Dingfan, and was discovered by He Shizhi, so her death may not be an accident."

Jiang Feng was shocked, "She is He Xiang's niece, could it be that He Xiang killed her?"

Siqing said: "I don't know. Before she died, she said a lot of weird things to me. She also said that she thought Chen Nanfei was from the He family, but she had no proof."

Jiang Feng thought for a while and said, "My concubine dares to say that since Concubine He Ning is from Dingfan, it may not be credible for her to testify that Chen Nanfei is from the He family."

Siqing smiled lightly, "I think so too. Chen Nanfei doesn't look like he has nothing to do with He Shizhi. This may be the only chance to find out who Chen Nanfei is. Are you willing to investigate?"

Jiang Feng took a deep breath, "Your Highness, I asked Your Highness to forgive me for saying this. To put it bluntly, both my concubine and Your Highness suspected that all this was a setup by He Shizhi, but there was no evidence."

"If He Shizhi set up a trap, how could his son have such an accident?" Si Qing asked, "I'll tell you the truth. If He Shizhi really set up a trap, then neither I nor His Majesty will take it easy. Go and move He Shizhi. So I just want to find out what happened and take more precautions. I don't know how to deal with it and I don't have the ability to deal with He Shizhi, so you don't have to worry about creating more hatred for the Jiaguo Mansion."

Jiang Feng tentatively asked, "Why?"

Siqing said: "Firstly, Donggong is young, and He Shizhi's uncle can't move easily. Second, if the He family is really over, I will be eaten alive by the clan. How will the clan evaluate me? You must have heard of it. You are so smart, I think you should understand this truth."

Jiang Feng took a deep breath: "Okay, my concubine is here to investigate. I still have a question, why did Chen Nanfei appear at the funeral of Prince Duan and the second concubine? Is it possible that he is related to Prince Duan?"

Si Qing said: "To be honest, I don't know either. However, judging from the fact that the Second Concubine Duan provoked His Majesty and the Prince Duan earlier, it is very likely that the Prince Duan was used. This time Chen Nanfei appeared at the funeral of the Second Concubine Duan , probably just to throw the disaster on King Duan. Otherwise, why would he take such a big risk to let people from Jingwei see him?"

Jiang Feng asked: "Did King Duan know that Chen Nanfei appeared that day?"

Siqing shook her head and said, "I probably don't know. We kept the matter of Chen Nanfei very tight. Prince Duan should have thought that he was really dead, and didn't know that he escaped after assassinating me."

Jiang Feng nodded and said, "I know."

Siqing took out a letter from the bottom of her sleeve, "This is His Majesty's letter, you keep it in case you need it. Also, Fang Kui is here. From today onwards, Habayashi Zuowei will obey your orders."

Jiang Feng didn't answer, "I dare to ask Your Highness, Chen Nanfei, which guard's commander is he?"

Siqing said: "The military guards of the government."

"The concubine dares to ask for the military guards of the government."

Siqing suddenly realized: "You think the guards of the government army are the breakthrough point. It is indeed much easier to check the army guards than to check Duan Palace."

Jiang Feng nodded, "Have you ever thought about it, Your Highness, if Chen Nanfei didn't reveal it in advance, then all the evidence about the assassin who assassinated the concubine would point to you, Your Highness the Queen. Everyone would think that the Fuzhou case was done by Ye Xiang, and the Queen wanted to kill the concubine Silence."

Siqing thought about it for a while, then said softly: "So it was an accident that Chen Nanfei was exposed? How can you be sure that the person who assassinated you was not sent by me before he was exposed?"

"Because the Fuzhou case has nothing to do with Ye Xiang."

"But I don't know that the Fuzhou case has nothing to do with the old man, and even if the Fuzhou case has nothing to do with the old man, the old man may not always have nothing to do with Fuzhou."

Jiang Feng was silent for a moment, but still said: "The concubine caught an assassin later, and she recruited him."

Siqing asked, "And then?"

Jiang Feng said vaguely: "Since she recruited, I will know who is suitable to kill my concubine."

Siqing nodded slightly, "I didn't think of this episode. Chen Nanfei's exposure was probably beyond the control of the people behind him, so someone threw a fake saber by the Guangji Canal that day as a warning. But if Chen Nanfei is right? Man, why don't they want me dead?"

Jiang Feng said: "If you are dead, the court will definitely investigate with all its strength, and they will be exposed! Maybe they have a bigger conspiracy."

Siqing said slowly: "The things that happened in recent years are scattered in four places, in the guard of the government army, in the palace with concubine He Ning, in the fourth bedroom of Ye's mansion, and by your side. In fact, I didn't want to investigate any of them at first, and I planned to take a look at them. It’s fine to be covered, but since the accident happened to the second concubine Duan, I began to worry that if I don’t investigate clearly, strange things will continue to emerge. If Dingfan gets involved again, it will not be internal friction at that time, and it will directly shake the foundation of the country.”

"His Royal Highness has thought too much about the matter with the fourth wife in the house, but he still doesn't know."

"How to say?"

"Your Highness," Jiang Feng approached Siqing, "Miss Lanrui married the Yongning Hou Mansion. I heard that this trick was played again. The girl in the fourth wife's room is not ordinary. Maybe she just set up a trick to frame her aunt that time. The omission of the in-law's family lies in how this matter leaked to Duan Wang and the others."

Si Qing breathed a sigh of relief, "It doesn't matter, the Ye Mansion has always been open to the public. As long as there are no people who deliberately provoke or have other intentions, that's all."

Jiang Feng sighed: "Huanhua is gone, even if someone makes a game, it's just trying to provoke Jia Guo Mansion and Ye Mansion, and this game is over."

"For the rest, King Duan will investigate the affairs of the second concubine Duan himself. When he left the imperial capital, it is a good time to search the mansion, so I will not intervene, so as not to make it difficult for Princess Duan. I will investigate the matter of Concubine He Ning Check, I will tell you if it has something to do with He Shizhi after I have a clue. In the end, there is only one military guard left, and I will leave it to you." Siqing got up and walked around the hall twice, then sat down slowly, "You There are two things to investigate. First, is Chen Nanfei instigated by the guard of the army who assassinated you, and what is the situation of the guard of the army now; How suitable."

"I think there is another third," Jiang Feng smiled slightly, "Is there any connection between Chen Nanfei and Dingfan?"

"No!" Siqing said decisively, "It's too dangerous! Dingfan's identity is sensitive now, and he must have a spy in the imperial capital. His Majesty and I are afraid of accidents, so we dare not let the imperial army pull out their stronghold, we can only watch. You don't want Check, it is easy to implicate the family."

"I understand," Jiang Feng bent down and bowed.

Siqing suddenly remembered something, "Is Uncle Wu in Beijing?"

Jiang Feng shook his head, and said softly: "Uncle is not in the capital, and I will not ask him for help. Don't worry, Your Highness."

Siqing helped her up and said, "Thank you."

Jiang Feng said, "This concubine is the person who most wants to find out who Chen Nanfei is, because I want to know whether the concubine's father-killing enemy is really him. Your highness should give this concubine the opportunity to check the guards of the government army. It should be my concubine's thanks to your highness." right."

Siqing smiled slightly, and said softly: "Sister Jiang, you can also call me Siqing."

After sending Jiang Feng away, Ling Zhen who was beside Siqing came in to clean up the leftover tea: "My servant was so anxious to hear that, my uncle and wife have already caught an assassin, and the assassin also recruited someone from He Shizhi, why do you have to spend so much money?" Zhou Zhang?"

"Handing over the assassin Jiaguo Mansion will tear you apart with He Shizhi." Siqing approached Ling Zhen, "Do you think Jiaguo Mansion will hand over him?"

Siqing and Jiang Feng had both shown their cards and formed an alliance. Lingzhen asked Siqing privately: "Girl, why do you have to ask your uncle and wife to investigate? Isn't it good for General Cheng to investigate?"

Siqing shook her head and said, "Not good, self-examination and self-correction, Cheng Yingzhou is difficult to do, and may not be able to find out anything. By the way, what do you think of He Ning's matter?"

Ling Zhen said softly: "I really can't find out anything about He Ning's concubine. The little palace man who gave her the clothes is dead, and there is nothing suspicious about this little palace man. The maid who tried to poison He Ning concubine It was her dowry that she brought into the palace, she has always been loyal, and she has not left any doubts in the palace. She is a servant of He Fu's family, and no one can order her except He Fu."

"If He Shizhi killed her, it would be because of the water from her palace that made her aborted. If she doesn't abort, and there will be another brother as a bargaining chip in the future, He Shizhi may not easily move her." Siqing said.

Ling Zhen thought for a while and said: "He Ningpin was domineering and offended too many people, maybe someone was jealous and secretly harmed her."

"Who do you think it is?"

Ling Zhen pursed her lips, "Miss, have you ever doubted Concubine Zhou Rong? The more unsuspecting a person is, the scarier it is."

Siqing suddenly smiled: "She belongs to the Empress Dowager, we can't touch her."

"I don't understand." Ling Zhen looked sideways at Si Qing, "The Empress Dowager is gone, and she has no backing."

Si Qing said: "When the Empress Dowager is here, if she loses the Empress Dowager's favor, it's okay to touch her. But the Empress Dowager is gone, whoever touches her is disrespectful to the Empress Dowager."

Ling Zhen suddenly asked: "Why do you want to check on Concubine Ning again?"

Si Qing said: "I want to see who is working in the ban, and also want to find out if He Shizhi and Dingfan are in collusion."

"But He Shizhi wants to kill Concubine He Ning, doesn't it mean that he has no collusion with Dingfan?"

"That's not necessarily true," Si Qing smiled slightly, "Even if He Shizhi and Dingfan collude, they may completely trust each other. Maybe it's He Ningpin's position that makes him suspicious?"

"Why are you checking now?" Lingzhen asked again.

Si Qing looked cold and solemn: "He Shizhi is in the Imperial Capital, I am not very afraid. He left the Imperial Capital, and he is retreating to advance, but it makes people afraid."

When Xiao Yi came in the evening, he thought he was very sleepy after a busy day, so he fell asleep.Si Qing suddenly leaned behind his ear and asked, "Third Brother, how did Concubine He Ning die?"

"Didn't he commit suicide? I told you, I didn't kill her."

"I know, I want to ask, why did she commit suicide?"

Xiao Yi yawned and asked, "What does it have to do with me?"

"That's your side room!"

Xiao Yi suddenly paused, and said softly: "I haven't touched her all this time, so I should be doing my utmost, right? Why do you still think of asking this? Go to sleep."

Si Qing asked: "The newcomer He Meiren is so honest, did you tell her the cause of He Ningpin's death on purpose, saying that He Ningpin was killed by her mother's family because of disobedience, so that she dared not take any action?" Is that enough?"

Xiao Yi stretched out one hand to embrace Siqing: "You have to... thank me. You brought this trouble, so I said, there are too many people and too many things, and few people have too many things to do, so you just don't listen. Let me solve it for you."

Siqing immediately went up to her and asked, "I can't see, third brother, you really think too much about being defensive. I'm the same as them, no one is more noble than anyone else, do you always guard me like this?"

Xiao Yi smiled: "Yeah, I have to guard against your... overthinking. You have... 120 thoughts, you see, if you are overthinking, I won't be able to fall asleep."

Si Qing asked angrily: "Okay, don't mess around. You said that apart from He Shizhi, who else had the motive to kill Concubine He Ning?"

Xiao Yi half-covered his head with the quilt, and asked casually, "Who is it?"

Siqing was helpless, pointing at herself with a finger covered in Kodan, "Of course it's me."

Xiao Yi lifted the quilt when he heard this, turned over and started: "You don't have a fever, don't you? Why are you talking about her so well?"

Siqing was stopped by the question and said after a while: "She gave me a dream."

After hearing this, Xiao Yi fell back and covered the quilt again, "She gave you a dream, not me. I'm going to sleep, don't ask me, don't ask me again."

Siqing sighed.

Although Siqing asked Jiang Feng to investigate the guards of the government army and Chen Nanfei, Jiang Feng still had doubts about Xu Xiangse and He Shizhi's youngest son, but whether it was the Jingzhao Mansion, the Imperial Army or Jiang Feng to investigate, no matter how they investigated, the results were all the same. Accident.

Jiang Feng also listened to a few words that day, knowing that Xu Xiangse fell in love with Du Sizhong, who had a wife. According to Du Sizhong's gentleman temperament, he would definitely not abandon his married wife.Xu Xiangse might have run out of the house in a fit of anger because of a discordant marriage.As for He Shizhi's youngest son wandering around the brothel, I saw it with my own eyes.No matter how hard He Shizhi calculated, it was impossible for Xu Xiangse to fall in love with Du Sizhong, and he would not take the life of his only son, so this could only be an accident.

So Jiang Feng turned his attention to the military guard, but Siqing's investigation of He Ning's concubine was blocked, and Jiang Feng's progress after getting Fang Wei from the military guard was not smooth.Tang Peng, the new commander of the government army guards, politely rejected Jiang Feng's request to check the roster of the government army guards.Tang Peng's reasons are also very good: when he was transferred to the commander of the military guards of the government, the queen also asked him to investigate the personnel of the military guards of the government.Since Tang Peng is the current commander of the guard of the government army, it is most appropriate for him to check the personnel of the guard of the government army.

When Jiang Feng was waiting for the letter, he served as the head of the Department of Criminal Affairs to supervise the arrest of the former Qing officials.She knew that Siqing asked her to investigate, so she definitely didn't want her to make it public.Otherwise, alarming Yushitai will inevitably bring unnecessary troubles to the Queen and the Jiaguo Mansion.So she negotiated with Tang Peng, Tang Peng came to investigate the personnel of the guards of the government army, and she came to check on Chen Nanfei, on the premise that the guards of the government army needed to cooperate with her actions.

Jiang Feng wrote to Shen Jiangdong telling him that he would re-investigate Chen Nanfei's matter, and at the same time began to search around the Ci'en Temple where the side concubine Duan died.However, there was no trace of Chen Nanfei around the Ci'en Temple.The only trace of Chen Nanfei's appearance in Gyeonggi that she could find was that Chen Nanfei appeared in front of Wufulou on the day she entered Beijing to be married.In addition to her and Shen Jiangdong, Xiaojing Wang Xiaoyu was present at that time.

"Brother Shen always called me Lao Jiu, and Fifth Sister also called me Lao Jiu when she was alive. The sister-in-law of the Shen family doesn't have to be so polite, just call me Lao Jiu." Xiao Jing Wang didn't know where he was fooling around just now, and he exuded a strong smell. Creamy fragrance.

"In fact, I have kept this matter in my heart for a long time. The person who can let you investigate must be the Empress? Let's go, I just take this opportunity to tell the empress, so as not to sleep badly all day and night." Xiao Jing Wang frowned and sniffed, "My empress is in Nanyuan today, she is not in the confinement, and I will not change my clothes. Sister-in-law of the Shen family, let's go see the empress."

King Xiao Jing and Jiang Feng entered Nanyuan, and a stranger led the way.King Xiao Jing praised her for her beautiful makeup for a while, praised her for her fashionable clothes for a while, and praised her for being a good girl.

"Sister, don't be embarrassed." Siqing wore a velvet-lined bun, with a slanted hairpin and silk golden phoenix, turned her head and said with a smile, "The girls here used to be Lao Jiu's good girls."

"No! No!"

Just as King Xiao Jing was about to refute, Si Qing laughed again: "When we get to know each other well, they will all be his good sisters."

Everyone in the hall laughed, Xiao Jingwang frowned and said: "Sister-in-law San made fun of me again." After speaking, he brought the fans of Chunxianglou and two vicious dogs to the seat of Wufulou and the boss of Wufulou. When there was a conflict, I happened to see Chen Nanfei passing by, and wanted Chen Nanfei to talk about cleaning up the boss of Wufulou.

"The other day I saw a little girl bitten by a dog owned by Jiu Wang. Jiu Wang's dog seemed to be insane. I was afraid that the little girl would suffer from hydrophobia, so I killed Jiu Wang's dog and took out the dog's brain. I gave it to the little girl, so there was a little conflict with Jiu Wang and Chen Nanfei." Jiang Feng said.

Siqing asked, "What happened next?"

Xiao Jingwang said: "Brother Shen happened to pass by later, so Lao Chen and I didn't know what to do, so I took Lao Chen to the restaurant opposite and drank two pots. Lou, Lao Chen refused to go to that kind of place, so he left. I heard that he fell into the water and died at night. Maybe he really drank too much and slipped?"

Siqing shook her head: "He's very skilled, he won't drown so easily."

"Why did Sister-in-law San think of looking into this?" King Xiao Jing suddenly asked, "My brother sees that you look bad, so you should worry less."

"You can also see that my complexion is not good?" Siqing asked suddenly, "To tell you the truth, old nine, Chen Nanfei has been giving me dreams every day recently, saying that his death is not clear, let me find out. I was scared , I tossed and turned every day and couldn’t sleep, so I remembered to investigate.” Tuomeng’s excuse was so useful that Si Qing was too lazy to find other reasons for a while.

King Xiao Jing was shocked: "He didn't come to me? No, no, I didn't kill him. Why did he look for me? But it wasn't Sansao who killed him. Why did he look for you? Speaking of which, Old Chen Although this person is boring, he still cares about things. I even gave him a sword before. Sister-in-law three..."

"Ok?"

"I'm going to build a water and land dojo for him right now, and recite scriptures for him to save him, so that he won't bother you anymore. Also, what else does the sister-in-law of the Shen family need to investigate, I will help!" King Xiao Jing patted his chest and said.

Siqing said: "Okay, you go. It's okay to invite more monks and priests. I'll send you the money later."

"My brother will leave." Xiao Jing Wang disappeared in a flash.

"Maybe it's about King Duan, Lao Jiu can help you, but don't let him know that Chen Nanfei is still alive if he doesn't assassinate me." Siqing held back a smile and asked, "Why did you give in to Tang Peng?"

Jiang Feng suppressed his smile: "My purpose is the same as Tang Peng's, and we can't fight internally."

"Okay," Si Qing said, "I only have one thing to tell you, be more careful."

After Jiang Feng left, Xiao Yi came out wearing a homely Taoist robe, and asked softly, "The Imperial Army has investigated the matter of Chen Nanfei many times, but they have not found it out. What can Yuanxi's wife find out?"

Siqing smiled: "Before they got married, they were Zhuo Yi in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. You can't underestimate them just because they got married."

Xiao Yifu asked: "Then why do you suddenly want to investigate again?"

"Two reasons," Siqing pulled out the pearl hairpin and fiddled with the tassels, "First, in the previous investigations, the guards of the government army and Chen Nanfei were always investigated separately. In fact, the two are one and two, and the two are one. Let's investigate together, maybe there will be new clues; second, the third brother wants to cut down the domain, before cutting down the domain, don't you want a stable rear?"

Xiao Yi nodded and said: "Mrs. Jia Guo is indeed a useful person, but if you let Lao Jiu get involved, aren't you afraid that he will not help you?"

Siqing smiled again: "Lao Jiu is very shrewd, how could he not help?"

"It is precisely because he is so shrewd that if you ask him to do errands, he will deliberately be a disservice." Xiao Yi pondered.

"Third brother, can you save your paranoia?"

"I'm just trying to be safe."

"Old Nine can't be a disservice."

"why?"

Siqing had no choice but to say, "He has suspicions about Chen Nanfei, and he also has suspicions."

"How?" Xiao Yi asked.

Si Qing said: "He was the last person in the imperial capital who saw Chen Nanfei, after that Chen Nanfei 'died'."

Xiao Yi frowned: "Chen Nanfei is not dead."

Si Qing said: "Why didn't your paranoia not work at the critical moment? Yes, Chen Nanfei didn't die, I almost died. In the eyes of outsiders, Duan respects two kings as one. He is a good nephew of Duan Wang. Duan Wang doesn't like me. There is a motive to kill me."

"Speaking of which," Xiao Yi suddenly remembered something, "You never seem to worry that Chen Nanfei will seek revenge and kill your brother."

"My elder brother is countless times better than me, and he is smarter than me. Besides, he doesn't know why he went to kill my elder brother..." Siqing suddenly realized that what she said was wrong, "Oh, third brother, what did you say? It's not my brother, but Ye Lancheng?"

Xiao Yi said helplessly, "Isn't Ye Lancheng your brother?"

Siqing gave a half-smile, said "no", and walked away quickly.

Xiao Yi hurriedly said, "Don't rush away."

Siqing turned around and slapped Bu Yao on the cheek, which hurt so badly.She grabbed the step down and asked, "What's wrong?"

"see this."

Siqing took a copy and looked at it, "Prince Duan's secret copy?"

Xiao Yi nodded.

Siqing finished reading ten lines at a glance, threw it to Xiao Yi, and his face turned serious: "So, the second concubine Duan was poisoned to death by someone from Dingfan?"

Xiao Yi took the booklet and said: "Her dowry maid is from Dingfan, so she should be under Dingfan's hands. I can't figure out why Dingfan would do this?"

Siqing sneered: "This second concubine didn't expect that you would take that note to find Prince Duan directly. It was exposed too quickly, and only by sudden death can the greatest value be brought into play. Or maybe she did this just to test you. How deep is the grudge between King Duan, let's see if we can drive a wedge between them."

Xiao Yi said: "You are right."

"I have a question." Siqing slowly put Bu Yao back into her bun, "You said that since the Second Concubine Duan was killed by Ding Fan, did Concubine He Ning be killed by someone from Ding Fan?"

Xiao Yi sighed and said, "If Dingfan wants to provoke your relationship with He Shizhi, it's possible what you said."

Siqing keenly caught Xiao Yi's flickering gaze, and asked softly, "Third brother, what else do you know?"

Xiao Yi suddenly turned his head: "I also know that there are many people in the palace and people are unpredictable, so don't trust anyone."

Siqing smiled: "Including you?"

Xiao Yi's eyes gradually turned cold, Si Qing turned around and said, "Then I'll wait for the day when you tell the truth."

(End of this chapter)