Gel makeup

Chapter 8
Shen Huanhua was trying to test Siqing, but Siqing didn't answer, and asked Shen Huanhua instead: "Why did you call that third brother? Why did that person call you fifth? I remember you said that the Shen family is just you, brother and sister?"

Shen Huanhua said: "The first emperor only had one son, the Empress Dowager Renkang and the noble concubine Ding'an took in several adopted daughters. Among them, King Jing's daughter was named Princess Xianju and married Dingfan, and she was the fourth; The daughter of Lord Jingguo, who was responsible for the incident, was named the princess of Shangyang, and she was the sixth. I did not receive the title, but because I was the fifth, so His Majesty called me the fifth. Your Majesty is the third, so I privately call him the third brother."

After hearing this, Si Qing suddenly said: "Sister-in-law, when I was in the South, I heard that the Second Duke of Jiajing was assisting the government because he was succeeding to the throne at an advanced age. This Duke Jing's mansion should be as famous as your Jiaguo mansion. I don't know what happened to their family Something bad happened, and I didn’t see you mentioning it.”

Shen Huanhua sighed: "It's a long story. In the past, the emperor feared that his clan would interfere with the government, so he asked my father and Uncle Yan's family—that is, Lord Yasukuni to assist the government. My father died early due to illness, and Lord Yasukuni was left behind. , and was feared by Prince Jing and Prince Duan in the clan. Later, Lord Jing said that Lord Jingguo conspired against him, and his sister, the Empress Dowager Renkang, died of illness, and his family was defeated. Her adopted daughter, she was the closest to the third brother, and after the Yasukuni case broke out, the sixth younger sister also died in the palace inexplicably."

After hearing this, Siqing asked again: "The majestic emperor was taken as a thief by the people of Prince Duan's mansion. Was it intentional? What does Prince Duan want to do? Rebellion?"

Shen Huanhua hissed: "The third brother has the difficulty of the third brother. Since the third brother ascended the throne, the empress dowager, the kings of Kang'an, which one is not more useful than the third brother? The old King Jing is dead, and the little King Jing is still reluctant. Looks like a person. King An is weak, but you haven’t seen that nephew of King Anping, King Anping, who is like a king of Hades. The remaining two kings, Duankang, are a pair of unreasonable old stubborn. Press down."

Siqing asked: "Could it be that General Cheng was ordered to assassinate King Duan today? This General Cheng is really good, but the monk raised by King Duan should also be very good. No, if General Cheng is ordered today Going to assassinate King Duan, what is he doing next? Also, what is this King Duan doing with the monks from the Western Regions?"

Siqing's thoughts were rushing, and Shen Huanhua couldn't help it, so he said: "King Duan said that he believed in Buddhism so he raised the foreign monks. Who knew that the martial arts of the foreign monks were so powerful. Ever since the first queen died suddenly, the third brother was always depressed. Maybe I went out for a walk today, so I don't know if there is any misunderstanding. The third brother has always been unwilling to argue with Prince Duan, so it is common sense to avoid it."

Shen Huanhua obviously has an unspeakable secret, and today is the real death day of Empress Dowager Renkang.On that day, King Jing and others criticized the Empress Dowager Renkang's elder brother, Lord Yasukuni Yan Jingxiu, for plotting rebellion, and the Empress Dowager Renkang fled to Xishan and died suddenly that day.In order to prevent further turmoil in the government and the opposition, the Empress Dowager ordered that the funeral be kept secret, and it was not announced that the Empress Dowager Renkang died of illness until after the Yasukuni rebellion case was closed.

Xiao Yi and Shen Huanhua came to Xishan today to worship Empress Dowager Renkang.However, the rebellion case of Lord Jingguo involves a lot. Although King Jing is dead, King Duan and other clan forces are still there.People who know about Empress Dowager Renkang, her husband Ye Lancheng and Shen Huanhua never told her about it, so they don't intend to mention it to Siqing.

Siqing asked again: "Your Majesty has a deep friendship with the former Empress?"

Shen Huan's face changed again: "That's not... no. The first queen was appointed by the empress dowager for the third brother. It's just that the first queen left suddenly, and the third brother must feel uncomfortable."

Siqing suddenly said: "Sister-in-law, listen to what you said, you are the only one who resigned from the title of princess, but married in Beijing. Although I don't know why you fell in love with Ye Lancheng, but this comparison, you can be regarded as a smooth marriage. , it can be seen that uncle is shrewd. By the way, why hasn’t uncle married yet?”

Siqing tried to test Shen Jiangdong's marriage, and Shen Huanhua's heart rang out, "You can also be called big brother. My brother was engaged when my father was there. It was just the first marriage proposal, in time for the national funeral, and because Some trivial matters are delayed. Another marriage proposal, there is no aunt over there, so it is delayed until now." After speaking, he laughed, "Siqing, I guess... my brother and third brother must be talking about you now."

"Ye Xiufeng's daughter is not like him. I see that this girl Ye looks similar to Lan Cheng, but her temperament is quite different." Xiao Yi, who was in another carriage beside him, said to Shen Jiang.

Shen Jiangdong said: "Lan Cheng has always been filial, this Miss Ye—this Miss Ye doesn't want to recognize Ye Xiufeng as her father."

"Why is this again?"

Shen Jiangdong didn't expect Xiao Yi to be so curious about the Ye family's affairs, he was stunned and said: "I didn't hear the truth, it seems that this Miss Ye and her father had a festival. This Miss Ye has been missing for more than ten years, I I heard from Lan Cheng that it was Ye Xiang who was in the southern province and thought that his wife's daughter was a burden, so he threw it away with his own hands, and Madam Ye was so angry because of this, so Miss Ye has a heart for the Ye family."

Xiao Yi was silent after hearing this, Shen Jiangdong didn't want to talk about Siqing anymore, so he asked again, "Your Majesty lost contact all night, how can you hide it from the Empress Dowager?"

Xiao Yi calmly said: "I went back to the city and returned to Qingxi Garden. I sent someone to tell the emperor's grandmother that he had gone to the school field in the south for a horse race. I went to Xishan yesterday, and the emperor's grandmother knew it well. King Duan made such a fuss tonight. I can't hide in time, and I don't dare to make a fuss." Then he put his hand on Cheng Yingzhou's forehead, felt his forehead was hot, and couldn't help frowning.

At this time, we just arrived at the fork in the official road, and it was already dawn, Xiao Yi said to Shen Jiangdong: "Yuanxi, this place is not far from Zhiyuan, you go back to the city."

Both Siqing and Shen Huanhua got out of the car here, and Xiao Yi told Siqing, "He's got a fever again."

Si Qing's complexion changed slightly after hearing this, and she hurriedly stepped forward to visit her again, and then said: "It doesn't look very good, hurry up and find a serious doctor to settle down."

A look of worry appeared on Xiao Yi's cold and serious face, like the mist floating on the ice, or like the jade god on the shrine whose expression was uncertain, and he only nodded slightly when he heard this.

Shen Jiangdong was worried that Xiao Yi would go to Zhiyuan with Cheng Yingzhou alone and seriously injured, so he said, "I'll follow you to Zhiyuan."

Xiao Yi shook his head: "Many people must have seen you accompanying Lao Wu out of the city on horseback. There was a night of trouble yesterday, if you don't go back to the city with Lao Wu, wouldn't it be suspicious?"

Cheng Yingzhou said: "I just said to go to the capital camp."

Xiao Yi shook his head: "No, it's not yet dawn. I don't feel relieved when Lao Wu and his master and servant walk back. You should follow Lao Wu."

Siqing said: "I'll go to Zhiyuan. On the one hand, I heard that there is no doctor in Zhiyuan on the mountain. This Mr. Cheng's condition is not very good, so I don't feel relieved. On the other hand, I sat in the carriage when I left the city. People see me, but few people recognize me. Sister-in-law, let’s go back to Jiaguo Mansion first, and when Mr. Cheng’s condition stabilizes or the doctor arrives, I will go back to the city and go to Jiaguo Mansion, and we will go back to Ye’s house together.”

What Siqing meant was that Shen Jiangdong was too eye-catching to follow, and it was more appropriate to follow by himself.Shen Jiangdong had nothing to refute, and Shen Huanhua was worried for some reason: "Then you want to go back to the city alone?"

Xiao Yi interfaced: "I'll ask someone to send Miss Ye back to Jiaguo Mansion." This was a statement that Yiqing would follow him to Zhiyuan.

Si Qing said: "That's not necessary, I used to walk a lot by myself, so don't worry about me."

At this moment, the sky was getting brighter and pedestrians began to pass by on the official road. Shen Jiangdong wanted to say more, but Xiao Yi waved his hand and said, "Yuanxi, don't say any more."

The Shen brothers and sisters had no choice but to agree.Siqing asked Shen Jiangdong's veiled hat to put on tulle, and said goodbye to the Shen brothers and sisters hastily.

Xiao Yi first told Shen Jiangdong to "find a way to cover up the servants who were killed by the servants of Prince Duan's mansion in Ye's mansion, and don't let Ye Xiufeng know about it." Get the emperor's grandmother to come up with something."

Shen Huanhua repeatedly agreed.

The Shen brothers and sisters watched them leave, Shen Huanhua, but Shen Jiangdong looked at the distance without moving, Shen Huanhua said: "Brother, don't look!"

Shen Jiangdong still didn't move, Shen Huanhua asked: "Who are you worried about? Old Cheng? Third brother? Sister Siqing?"

Shen Jiangdong just woke up like a dream, and got into the car without answering. Shen Huanhua immediately asked, "What are you worried about?"

"It's nothing."

Seeing that he didn't answer, Shen Huanhua replied, "What's going on between the third brother and King Duan?"

"I went to meet someone quietly near the Xishan Villa in Duanwang Mansion, but I was mistaken for an assassin..." Shen Jiangdong said with his head bowed.

"Meet Meng Guangshi? He really belongs to the third brother..." Before he could finish speaking, his elder brother covered his mouth.

"Don't tell me, and don't let Siqing reveal anything!"

Shen Huanhua nodded, and after thinking about it for a while, he said: "No wonder the third brother didn't ask you to go to Que'er Temple with him today. It was because he was afraid that you would stop him from seeing Meng Guangshi. Since the first queen ——The sister of the He family disappeared for no apparent reason, and the third brother became more and more unpredictable."

Shen Jiangdong hurriedly "hush" and said: "What's wrong with you today, you mention this again! Don't mention that one!"

Shen Huanhua said softly, "I didn't mention it to my third brother."

"Be careful, and don't mention it to the Empress Dowager or the Royal Concubine!"

"I know, I know, I know." Shen Huanhua said repeatedly, "The eldest brother kept crying for a hundred days, and the third brother looked like a ghost. I didn't mention it. In fact, I think the matter of sister He's has nothing to do with the third brother. It doesn't matter brother, it should be the Empress Dowager..."

"You said it!"

Empress Xian He passed away inexplicably. The cause of her death is the most taboo topic in the ruling and opposition circles.

Shen Huanhua flinched, and tapped his fingers on the gold-plated chrysanthemum clasp on his chest, "Okay, okay, I don't want to say anything. Brother, you are too cautious."

Siqing and Xiao Yi walked towards Zhiyuan for a while, because Cheng Yingzhou suddenly convulsed, Siqing had to give him another injection.

Xiao Yi saw her after a round of injections, so he asked, "How is he?"

Siqing said, "I'm not good at medicine, and I don't know."

Xiao Yi was helpless, but fortunately Cheng Yingzhou only twitched for a moment and then calmed down.Xiao Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly asked, "Did Huan Hua tell you who I am?"

Siqing replied, "Yes."

Just answer these two words, and don't even ask?
"Miss Ye is not curious?"

"What am I curious about?" Siqing straightened the net scarf on her head, "I wonder why you didn't blame me for being rude?"

Although the words were not pleasant, Xiao Yi just broke the ice and smiled, and said softly, "Ms. Ye is joking. I mean, the girl is not curious about what happened last night?"

"Not curious."

And only three words to answer.Xiao Yi was so choked that he didn't know what to say, so he could only find something to say, "Is there nothing curious about the girl?"

"Yes," Siqing raised her head and thought for a while, "I want to know if my cheap old man..." Siqing suddenly stopped talking, Xiao Yi also reacted, "Someone is following, don't look back."

There is a kind of calming power in him, Si Qing said softly: "I know." She thought for a while, then said softly, "Give me your coat."

"what?"

Siqing suddenly slashed at Xiao Yi's left shoulder, Xiao Yi dodged to the right subconsciously, Siqing turned from slashing to grabbing, and finally caught Xiao Yi's cold hand.The two were extremely embarrassed, Si Qing quickly let go, pulled off Xiao Yi's coat and put it on her body.

"What is Miss Ye going to do?" Xiao Yi became suspicious.

Siqing said: "I'm not very skilled, you do it." After speaking, she jumped out of the car.

Sure enough, there was someone hiding in the woods, seeing Siqing who was wearing Xiao Yi's outer shirt get out of the car, and looked sideways.Xiao Yi reined in the reins, pulled out his long sword and threw it backwards, the long sword nailed the people following them to the tree.

"It's better to keep alive," Siqing said helplessly, "how do you ask?"

Xiao Yi tied up the horse, and the two walked to the edge of the tree. Xiao Yi drew out his long sword, wiped off the blood, and put the sword back into its sheath, "I missed my aim."

Siqing said: "Look at the plain clothes, and I didn't see him make a move, so weird. But when we parted at the fork, there was no one around, this person should be in the vicinity to catch up with us. We will go later What exactly is Zhiyuan?"

Xiao Yi said: "The secret whistle of Jingwei."

Siqing asked: "Is there any forbidden army outside the city?"

Xiao Yi said: "They are all my personal guards."

Siqing wondered: "Could it be your personal guards following you? There is something wrong with the people around you?"

Xiao Yi shook his head, "I don't know, let's go up the mountain first."

The carriage drove along the winding mountain road for a quarter of an hour, and when he saw a bamboo forest, Xiao Yi said, "Miss Ye, we're here." As he spoke, he threw out a smoke pill as a signal, and dozens of people came out of the forest in no time, saluting together .

Siqing followed Xiao Yi into the Garden of Zhi, and saw the mountains and mist drifting between the stone-stacked ponds in the garden, like a fairyland.She stayed up all night, smelling the sweet water vapor in the mountains, feeling a little dazed.

Xiao Yi said: "Miss Ye, this way." The guards all around saluted Xiao Yi, no one paid attention to Siqing, and no one asked questions, as if Siqing was air.

Siqing felt the atmosphere was weird and became alert.

(End of this chapter)