Gel makeup

Chapter 78
Siqing returned to the confinement to send Noble Concubine Ding'an to rest, and went straight to Xianning Palace to meet He Meiren.He Meiren heard the news and rushed out to greet her. Siqing walked into the side hall surrounded by everyone with a cold face.

The servant brought tea, Siqing saw He Meiren's eyes were red, so she asked, "Who made you cry?"

He Meiren hurriedly said: "Sister Wei's fever suddenly disappeared, and I feel uncomfortable." The Wei family who entered the palace with her also lived in Xianning Palace, because her daughter died of tuberculosis, now only He Meiren lives here alone.

Si Qing waved away the crowd and said, "I won't go around in circles with you, I just ask you, what did Mrs. Ning Shouhou tell you when she came here?"

He Meiren forced a smile, "I didn't say anything, I just told my concubine to pay more attention to my body."

Siqing nodded, "I see." She left without asking any further questions, leaving Xianning Palace confused.

In the evening, Siqing said to Xiao Yi: "Luchu went to investigate, and wait for the results. Although He Shizhi has gone south, Ningshouhou is still in Beijing." Because Queen Rencheng has no brothers, the title of the Queen's mother's family is held by Concubine He Ning His younger brother inherited it.He Shizhi went south, but the branch of He Jianing Shouhou still stayed in the imperial capital.

After the two said this, Ling Zhen hurried in, "Miss, please see me."

Xiao Yi said: "What is she doing here so late? Tell her to come back tomorrow."

Siqing shook her hand, pulled Xiao Yi and said, "Come here and listen too, I'm going to see her today, she's a bit weird." After hearing this, Xiao Yi followed Siqing to the front and stood behind the screen, Siqing came out alone, He Meiren saluted quickly.

Si Qing asked: "It's so late, what's the matter with the beauty?"

Seeing that there was no one around, He Meiren burst into tears and said, "The concubine lied to the queen today, but Mrs. Ningshouhou did question the concubine some things that day."

Siqing sneered, "What are you talking about?"

He Meiren cried and replied: "Mrs. Ning Shouhou asked the concubine if she had leaked the affairs of the mansion. Empress Empress, how could the concubine know about the affairs of the mansion! Let alone what was leaked. They don't know where Something went wrong, and he even came to question the concubine, and wanted to push it on the concubine. If the empress suspects the concubine again, the concubine will have no place to stand."

Si Qing was half-believing and half-doubtful, and deliberately said: "There is something wrong with your family, how do I know? What's the use of you telling me? It's so late, go back and rest." Ignore her, turn around and walk behind the screen.He Meiren still refuses to leave, so Ling Zhen dragged her out with some procrastination.

Xiao Yi asked Si Qing, "How much do you believe her words?"

Siqing said: "Five points, let's see."

Unexpectedly, there was a sudden noise in the middle of the night, and Xiao Yi was still asleep under the lamp, so he asked, "What's the noise in the middle of the night?" The people below all complained, Siqing also heard it, and got up in clothes and asked, "What's the matter?" ?”

Ling Zhen came in and replied: "Girl, there was a message from Concubine Zhou that He Meiren was about to commit suicide just now, and she was rescued just now."

Seeing that Xiao Yi was still awake, Siqing asked, "Why haven't you slept yet?"

Xiao Yi said: "I haven't finished reading these papers yet, it will be soon."

Si Qing thought for a while and said, "Then you watch, I'll go over and see what's wrong with He Meiren."

Xiao Yi listened and nodded.

Siqing hurried to Xianning Palace, and the imperial concubine Zhou happened to be there too.Siqing heard that she had a stuffy nose and shortness of breath, so she knew she was suffering from a cold, so she said: "You are so tired on weekdays, you are sick today, go back and have a rest. I'll just go and have a look." Concubine Zhou Guiyuan had a headache from the illness. After saying this, he first confessed his crime and took people back to rest.

Siqing entered the Xianning Palace alone, and it was chaotic inside.The side hall where He Meiren lived was brightly lit, and she saluted when she met Siqing.Seeing that He Meiren had been rescued, Siqing saw a red mark on her neck that shocked her, and the palace servants were pouring hot soup on her.

Seeing Siqing coming, He Meiren suddenly broke free from the palace servants, rushed to the couch and pulled Siqing's skirt.Seeing this, Siqing said: "My former son, Mrs. Jia Guo, bumped into a guest. Are you beauties also suffering from some evil disease? Why don't you go find scriptures to recite for your beauties?" Saying this, he sent all the attendants out.

He Meiren grabbed Siqing's skirt and refused to let go, Siqing said helplessly: "I came here in the middle of the night, why don't you let me sit?"

He Meiren let go of her hand quickly. She saw Siqing excused herself from the incident just now by saying "I have suffered from an evil disease". She didn't know what Siqing meant, and when she was about to cry, Siqing sat down and replied: "You And don't cry, crying makes me have a headache. If you have something to say, speak up."

He Meiren saw that her tone was loose, and she didn't care about herself as before, so she fitted her body and jumped forward, still pulling Siqing's skirt and said: "Empress Empress, since I came here, I have never done anything to apologize to you. Now I just I beg your empress to take pity on me, send me to live in Xiyuan, it will save my life!"

"Why, your mother's family dared to kill you in Xianning Palace?" Si Qing asked.

He Meiren wept and said: "My mother is gone. I can't control how much they want to target my father. If I stay here any longer, they will try to torment me and force me tomorrow, and I will die without mercy." The place of burial! The eldest brother is still young now, and tomorrow the eldest brother will grow up, what can I do! Empress Empress, I beg you, please help me!"

Si Qing's heart moved, "Mrs. Ning Shouhou came to send a message, besides testing whether you have leaked the news, what else did she force you to do?"

He Meiren gritted her teeth and said, "Forcing the concubine to secretly record His Majesty's papers, and let the concubine inquire about the relationship between the queen and the twelve guards."

Siqing sighed and said: "It's not impossible if you want to avoid it for a while. But you need to have a reason, or commit a minor crime, before you can be sent away. Besides, if you go to Xiyuan, the people below will be with Hong Can you bear to worship the high and trample the low? If I take care of you, won’t it make your mother’s family suspicious?”

He Meiren was stunned for a moment, and made up her mind, "I know what to do, empress, don't worry. I just ask you not to break your promise."

Seeing that her neck was strangled deeply, Siqing touched her neck subconsciously, and said softly: "I once told Concubine Ning that it's not worth it to seek death for my mother's family, but it's a pity that she refused to listen, don't you learn Her. The days to come will be long, can they outlive you?"

He Meiren suppressed her tears and said softly, "Thank you."

"I know you hate me and hate me for pushing you into this pit of fire," Siqing gently pulled out her skirt from He Meiren's hand, "I have also committed sins, so I will do my own good and will not break my promise."

He Meiren suddenly smiled coldly, "Empress, I dare not hate you."

Siqing quickly stopped her talking, only to hear someone knock on the door outside, just as Siqing got up, He Meiren suddenly lay down on the spot.Siqing was very angry and funny, and said to He Meiren's attendants: "You beauty has bumped into someone, and you are talking nonsense, hurry up and pour some soothing soup, and ask monks and Taoists to do it tomorrow." After finishing speaking, he learned from Ding'an noble concubine This set, learning and selling now, is really easy to use.As he spoke, he glanced at He Meiren, then turned and left.

He Meiren's palace servant asked: "I'm already dizzy, how can I still drink soothing soup?"

Siqing went back to Ninghua Hall, saw Xiao Yi was in his clothes reading a book, he was still up, so he asked, "Why haven't you slept yet?"

Xiao Yi said: "Don't look at the morning tomorrow, it's okay to sleep later."

Siqing nodded, and said He Meiren's words, Xiao Yi said: "It's okay for her to live in Xiyuan, I didn't see it, but she is a smart person. There is a little wind in Beijing, and the He family's reaction is so big. It seems that what kind of girl is here? It is indeed related to the He family."

Siqing yawned, "I'll tell Ling Bo to be careful and wait for the news." The two of them turned on the lamp and went to sleep.

The next morning Siqing slept a little longer, and when she got up to comb her hair, Yun Chu rushed in and said, "No, He Meiren is really crazy, she beat her dowry girl to death."

Siqing was stunned for a moment, then slowly said: "Since she is insane, she should be sent to Xiyuan to recuperate." After hearing this, Yunchu hurriedly passed on the message.

Siqing was worried about Jiang Feng's illness, and wanted to go see him today. Just about to change her clothes, Lingzhen walked in and said, "Girl, everything has been taken care of."

Since Lingzhen was under Gong Zhengsi, Siqing asked, "What's going on?"

"It's probably because she wanted to break free from the control of her mother's family," Ling Zhen mused, "The maid she killed was brought from the He family."

Siqing was silent for a while, "I didn't expect her to make such a decision. She went to Xiyuan, so you should be more careful. Also, give her a few taels of silver."

Ling Zhen agreed to go, Xiao Yi walked in again, Si Qing briefly talked about He Meiren's affairs, Xiao Yi listened and said: "You are the master."

Siqing said: "Yesterday was a night of chaos, and my head was about to explode. I don't know if Sister Xuanbin is better. I want to see her."

Xiao Yi said: "Then you go, I'll go see the little lady."

Siqing changed into a double-breasted long gown with five-color makeup and bright satin, and was about to go out. Ling Zhen came in to answer, and asked: "Where is the girl going?"

Siqing said, "Go and see Jiang's sister."

Seeing that there were no outsiders around, Lingzhen smiled and said: "Xiaying said that my uncle and wife are fine today, and she is awake. The girl went out of her way, causing trouble in the family, how can my uncle and wife recuperate? When Uncle and Madam Ming'er recover completely, come in and see you."

"After hearing what you said, I've become a troublemaker?" Siqing took off her veil, "If that's the case, go and see for me. Where's Yunchu? Go and see if Third Brother has left. No, I will go to see the little lady with him."

It turned out that if it wasn't for going back and forth to Xie Bu, it would be difficult for Jiang Feng to take people with him when he went out.This day, I felt thirsty when I walked halfway, so I went to the teahouse to drink a cup of tea.While drinking tea, I saw a waiter who seemed to be drunk, even knocked over a tray of teacups, and even fell down, so when I finished drinking tea and went to see Lu Chu, I accidentally said this incident as a joke Hearing with Lu for the first time.

Lu Chu had always been careful, but he remembered Jiang Feng's jokes after hearing Jiang Feng's jokes.After Jiang Feng was poisoned, Lu Chu suddenly became suspicious, so he secretly visited this abnormal guy in the teahouse.

Unexpectedly, the guy hadn't been seen for several days, and the restaurant owner didn't know where he was.Lu Chu used the eyeliner carefully designed by the guards of Jiang Feng's army, and it took two days to find the trace of the guy.That night Cheng Yingzhou went out of the city to Shenji Camp but did not come back, so Lu Chu went to look for Sun Chengfu, and the two followed the buddy quietly with their people.

The guy quietly entered a remote courtyard, Lu Chu knew no martial arts, Sun Chengfu jumped on the wall to look, and saw the guy dragging an unknown person.At this time, the police patrolling the street passed by, saw Lu Chu acting strangely, and questioned him.The guy heard the noise and wanted to run away quietly alone. Sun Chengfu knew that if he escaped, maybe he and Lu Chu would be charged with murder, so he immediately made a decision and took the guy down.

The people who patrolled the Fifth Battalion didn't recognize Sun Chengfu, and felt baffled. They saw a lifeless person lying on the ground, so they asked Sun Chengfu what was going on.Unexpectedly, the guy insisted that Lu Chu bought the murderer and hired himself to kill the person lying on the ground.

Lu Chu was even more baffled, so he said, "You said I hired you to kill? Is there any evidence? Do you know who I am?"

"Girl hires a murderer, of course I won't let me know the girl's identity," the guy sneered.

Lu Chu leaned over and touched the person lying on the ground, and saw that he was as blue as Jiang Feng, and suddenly said: "He still has energy, bring the antidote. If not, the doctor Huang will be able to cure the poison. When he wakes up, Seeing that you don’t know me, I can naturally excuse myself.”

The guy's face changed, and Sun Chengfu took a step forward to tear his skirt, only to see two porcelain bottles rolling to the ground.

"You just saw the officer and got scared, so you saved him. He thought you were always kind, but he never imagined that you were going to kill him." The guy suddenly said.

Sun Chengfu said indifferently: "Which is right and which is wrong, it's all up to you to open your mouth?" After speaking, he took out his token and quickly waved it in front of the patrolling camp.

The patrolling camp didn't see clearly, only heard Lu Chu say: "The pills in this bottle are as big as broad beans and smell like cinnabar. They should be poison. There is also a celadon bottle with small pills inside. I don't know if the noodles are the antidote." .”

Sun Chengfu suddenly grabbed the guy by his collar and stuffed a pill as big as a broad bean into his mouth.The man was caught off guard and swallowed it, his complexion suddenly changed, and he was in extreme pain, struggling to get the small pill in the celadon bottle.

"This is the antidote," Lu Chu heaved a sigh of relief, and handed over the celadon bottle, "give it to him."

The two poisoned people both took the antidote, but they didn't get better, and their complexions became more and more ugly.The Fifth Battalion of Patrols clamored to let Sun Chengfu and others go back to the Yamen with them, but Lu Chu repeatedly sent the army guards who came with him to invite Huang Yuan.

Sun Chengfu didn't want to reveal his identity, so he said: "The Jingwei is doing business. These may be Dingfan spies. Do you still want to stop them?" The two sides stalemate for a while, Huang Yuan hurried away in official uniform to.Seeing that this fifth-ranker was extremely polite to Lu Chu and Sun Chengfu, the patrol camp believed a little, and quietly retreated to the side.

Huang Yuan stepped forward to help his pulse, and said softly to Lu Chu: "This is different from Mrs. Jiaguo's symptoms. Mrs. Jiaguo simply ate too much cinnabar. This...although it also has cinnabar, but there is another poison , can't be saved."

Lu Chu suddenly remembered that Xiaying said that before Huang Yuan showed Jiang Feng's pulse, Jiang Feng had already taken Fu Linchuan's medicine.Fu Linchuan must have cured Jiang Feng of the remaining poison, and when Huang Yuan looked at it again, only the poison of cinnabar was still unclear.When they were in a trance, the two lying on the ground suddenly twitched.Huang Yuan's acupuncture failed, and the two went to Huangquan gradually.

Seeing that the clue was broken, Lu Chu sighed, and Sun Chengfu softly instructed Huang Yuan, Huang Yuan nodded repeatedly, and left first.Sun Chengzhao still refused to reveal his identity, but said coldly to the people patrolling the Fifth Battalion: "This matter is confidential and must not be disclosed. You can dispose of the corpse." After speaking, he took Luchu and others away.

This day when Jiang Feng was recovering, Luchu and Luchu came to see Siqing. When talking about this matter, Luchu said: "It's a pity that there is only one pill of the poison, and I gave it to the buddy. If not, please bring it to Mr. Fu to have a look."

It was April, and it was the old custom in the imperial capital to make yuqian cakes to eat. Siqing ordered Yunchu to bring up yuqian cakes and other snacks, and sighed, "When I came to Beijing in Xining 13 years ago, I encountered something. He poisoned himself, but his antidote was fake, so he died after falling behind. Those people should be Dingfan people."

Jiang Feng said: "Maybe the He family and Dingfan have a secret relationship? We are making a big fuss in Beijing Miss Zha Ji, the He family is afraid of a guilty conscience? There are not many people in the He family in the capital, maybe they want to put all their eggs in one basket and put me to death , but it didn't work."

Siqing asked, "Who did that fellow kill earlier?"

"The one who was the vagabond," Jiang Feng said, "it's probably the He family. I think the one who was the vulture might have committed something. That guy might be trying to silence the He family."

After hearing this, Siqing said, "You told Ling Bo to be more careful in Taizhou."

Jiang Feng suddenly said: "I'm fine, I'd better go south for a while."

Siqing shook her head again and again, "It's too eye-catching for you to go south, let's wait for news from Ling Bo. She has been in Taizhou for several years, and she is more familiar with everything than you."

(End of this chapter)