Gel makeup

Chapter 9
Xiao Yi asked someone to settle Cheng Yingzhou, and Siqing gave Cheng Yingzhou another injection.A waiter whispered to Xiao Yi, "Mr. Huang will be here soon."

Siqing tilted her head and asked, "A medical officer?"

Xiao Yi said: "Yes, it's a medical officer." Then he took out a brocade box and opened it to Si Qing: "This is a wound medicine that was brought in from the west in the past, do you recognize it? I wonder if it is for internal and external use?"

Siqing thought to herself, since there is a medical officer, why did you ask me to come here?I became more vigilant.She took the medicine and smelled it, and said happily, "It's Jiu Zhuan San! If there is this thing, I'm more sure. Take this thing orally."

After hearing Siqing's words, Xiao Yi quickly asked someone to bring water to serve Cheng Yingzhou. Siqing asked that there was ice stored here, and asked to fetch ice to cool Cheng Yingzhou, "There is no problem if there is a medical officer. I will leave first."

Xiao Yi thanked him, and Siqing returned the gift.The two walked out of the hall, and Xiao Yi asked: "There was a lot of trouble yesterday, do you want to clean your face and change your clothes?" Si Qing picked up the veil and looked around vigilantly, "No need, since Mr. Cheng is fine, I will take my leave first."

Xiao Yi said: "I'll send the girl off." The two walked out, Xiao Yi smiled and said: "I still want to thank the girl. If the girl has any difficulties in the future, you might as well tell me, maybe I can help the girl."

Xiao Yi is tall and tall, with a cold face, which makes people dare not look at him closely.Siqing raised her head, then lowered her head again, feeling that she couldn't see his cloudy face clearly.But Si Qing felt the overwhelming aura in him—as an outsider, he had seen through his privacy, and he was not at ease with himself.

Although Xiao Yi didn't get close to Si Qing, Si Qing always felt that his avatar with a cold face was approaching him.Siqing thought to herself that he wouldn't bully the small with the big and kill himself, right?Thinking of this, Siqing turned her back and took two steps forward, getting close to Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi's complexion changed, and he couldn't help taking a step back, like a maiden whose arm was touched by Deng Tuzi, Si Qing didn't know what Xiao Yi was thinking, seeing his change of color, she became more and more puzzled.

What Xiao Yi thought about was whether a man and a woman would give or take each other, why the girl's family was so unreserved.

What Siqing was thinking was that I was just a few steps closer to you, how could you be so narcissistic and able to make such a gesture.

The two backed away at the same time, Si Qing covered it up a bit, and took the lead to test Xiao Yi: "I really have difficulties, if you tell me, you won't bully my tribe, will you?"

Xiao Yi froze for a moment, and said, "Young lady was joking."

Siqing took a deep breath, "My problem is that my adoptive father is clearly a doctor and a Linquan hermit, but secretly he slipped through the net in the Yasukuni and Yu Yunhe case."

Against the case?A fish that slipped through the net?Xiao Yi frowned slightly.

An attendant followed, but was waved back by Xiao Yi, Siqing continued: "I grew up in the south, and now I want to go back to the south, but Ye Xiufeng refused, and threatened me with 'exposing my adoptive father as a fugitive', asking me to stay In the Ye family."

Si Qing slowly said what she said, and looked at Xiao Yi, "Can you help me?"

Xiao Yi still had a calm appearance, his face was like jade, but also like solid ice, making it impossible to detect any of his thoughts.Xiao Yi asked softly: "Who is Miss Ye's adoptive father?"

Siqing said: "My adoptive father - I call him my uncle, his surname is Fu, and he is taboo Linchuan. Everyone knows that he is a famous scholar in Zhongnan, who is better than Qianjinke. But he used to have another name, Lu Yuan. And He also used his old name, and had a lot of harmony with Yu Yunhe, the number one criminal in the Yasukuni case. After Yu Yunhe's case, there was an anthology written by Fu Uncle. After the case happened, Fu Uncle was lucky and abandoned With the name Lu Yuan, the golden cicada escaped."

Siqing looked at Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi was expressionless: "Yu Yun and the case? When Mr. Fu adopted Ms. Ye, did he know about Ms. Ye's background?"

"Of course I don't know. After I was born, I was thrown on the tidal flat by my cheap old son Ye Xiufeng. Uncle Fu picked me up and didn't know who my parents were. At the end of this summer, Uncle Fu went to other provinces to see a doctor for an old friend and was not at home. My cheap old man found me for some reason, and lied to me that he was seriously ill, and asked me to go back to Beijing to have a look. My heart was soft, and when I returned to Beijing, I realized that I had been lied to."

Xiao Yi finally showed an unnatural expression when he heard this, knowing that Ye Xiufeng hijacked his daughter back most likely because he wanted to keep his daughter as his wife.I'm afraid that Ye Xiufeng not only wants his daughter to enter the palace as a concubine, but also dreams of a queen from the Ye family.

Looking at the cunning and evasive Miss Ye family in front of him, Xiao Yi felt mixed feelings, and his originally cold face became more dignified.

Siqing didn't know what Xiao Yi was thinking of. She remembered that she had left a letter to her adoptive father Fu Linchuan. I am afraid that the letter had already been destroyed by the Ye family, and her adoptive father might not see it.I couldn't find myself for more than half a year, and my adoptive father didn't know how to be anxious now.

Seeing that Xiao Yi remained silent, Siqing thought about it and said again: "I have heard that in the 11th year of Xining, the Hunan Qianfu Academy submitted the Jingling School's poem manuscript as an inverse book, intending to raise another big case. Your Majesty once Refuting this manuscript is nothing more than 'introducing the spirit of the ancients'. It is expected that there will be a lot of uproar in the matter of calling for the article, which is not what His Majesty wanted."

Today, she heard Shen Huanhua talk about King Jing's accusation of Duke Jing, the brother of Empress Dowager Renkang, for treason. King Zong didn't like it very much.

Xiao Yi suddenly asked: "Miss Ye is from Jiangnan, what do you think of Duke Jing, Yu Yun and the conspiracy?"

Siqing replied: "What do I think, what's the big deal?" Lord Jingguo is Xiao Yi's uncle, and his own uncle "conspired against him", but he came to ask Siqing, who has nothing to do with the Duke of Yasukuni, what happened? I don't know what he wants to test Siqing.

Xiao Yi's face was gloomy, and he suddenly sighed and said: "Everyone has their own difficulties."

Seeing his unkind expression, Siqing wanted to run away, so she said: "I should go back to the city, just give me a ride."

Xiao Yi looked at Siqing in front of him, she was standing at the end of the Quqiao, after running around last night, her hair was a little messy, but she was covered with a beaded net scarf, she was casual and pretty.Her jade-colored cloak fluttered gently with the wind, and with the pile of stones and emerald bamboos behind her, it was like a scroll of beauty painted on silk.

Xiao Yi was silent for a while, then said softly: "I know what Miss Ye said. It seems that the girl knows a thing or two about my difficulties."

He was oppressed by the Empress Dowager and the princes for many years. The Empress Dowager forced the Empress Dowager Renkang to death, and said that the elder brother of the Empress Dowager Renkang conspired against him. There are many difficulties in this matter.

Siqing listened and nodded.

"Whether the girl will leave the capital, whether or not you will take care of your adoptive father, that is the Ye family's family business, and it is inconvenient for me to intervene. But since the girl speaks about Mr. Fu's matter, I will do my best. If there is any news, let the girl know. It's just—the girl just revealed this matter like this, where did you put your biological father?"

"If I don't tell you, you won't go to investigate?" Siqing turned her head and smiled, "Why did you bring a few followers out of the city? Why did you hide it so that no one would know? Why did the people from Duanwangfu dare to chase you? There are things that you don't want outsiders to know. This Mr. Cheng is so skilled, he must have seen through my tricks. Don't you have suspicions about me, an outsider? If you are suspicious, you won't send someone to investigate my adoptive father What about it? Instead of asking you to find out, I'd better tell you, isn't it?"

Unlike the Shen brothers and sisters whom he has known since childhood, Siqing is just an outsider to Xiao Yi.If an irrelevant outsider sees her privacy, if she doesn't kill her, Xiao Yi will definitely get to the bottom of her.

After hearing this, Xiao Yi smiled and said: "The girl is transparent."

Siqing said: "It's ridiculous, it's not transparent, it's just trying to protect itself."

Xiao Yi asked someone to escort Siqing back to the city, but Siqing politely declined, Xiao Yi did not insist, and watched her ride away wearing a veiled hat.

Siqing went down Nanshan, walked forward for a while, and saw a half-acre square pond by the roadside, so she got off her horse and made a gesture to throw herself into the water, when suddenly two of Xiao Yi's personal guards rushed out from the side to stop her.It turned out that Xiao Yi secretly sent personal guards to follow her.

Seeing this, Siqing couldn't say anything more, she could only pretend that she didn't see it, and as soon as she entered the city, the two disappeared immediately.

Siqing went into the city alone, and suddenly remembered that yesterday was the first time she went out of the mansion since returning to Beijing. She didn't know where the Jiaguo mansion was, so she had to ask while walking, and it took a long time to find the street in front of Jiaguo mansion.Shen Huanhua had already sent someone to wait at the corner gate, and someone came out from the corner gate to lead her in.

Siqing came to Jiaguo Mansion for the first time and looked around curiously. Shen Huanhua was eager to know if Xiao Yi had revealed anything to Siqing, but he couldn't speak, so he asked, "How is Lao Cheng?"

Siqing replied: "I went to Zhiyuan with them. Mr. Cheng didn't start the fire again. It shouldn't be a problem, so I resigned. That one has already gone to invite a doctor."

Siqing didn't sleep all night, she was in a daze at the moment, she staggered for a while, but Shen Jiangdong looked at Siqing eagerly, "Is your injury okay?" He still remembered that Siqing's arm was scratched yesterday.

Siqing frowned, "It's just a small injury."

Shen Jiangdong asked for a doctor repeatedly, Siqing said: "It's not good to spread the word, I don't want to see the doctor. Sister-in-law, give me a change of clothes."

Xiaying came to lead Siqing to Shen Huanhua's old residence to change clothes, and Shen Jiangdong followed Siqing all the time.As soon as Siqing left, the gentle Shen Huanhua suddenly stared at Shen Jiangdong.

Shen Jiangdong said: "What's wrong?"

"Brother," Shen Huanhua said without hesitation, "you have a marriage contract. My father said, sister of the Jiang family, you will never be let down."

Shen Jiangdong concealed: "What are you talking about?"

"You understand in your heart."

"I don't understand."

At this time, Siqing pushed the door open and came in, "Do you understand what?"

Shen Huanhua was taken aback, "It's changed so soon?"

"Just changed into a coat."

Shen Huanhua and his brother discussed how to arrange the whereabouts of the servants who were killed in Ye Mansion, and then drove back to Ye Mansion with Si Qing from Jiaguo Mansion.Lingzhen knocked on the door to receive their sisters-in-law, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

The next day, the news that King Duan ordered a search of many relatives and nobles in Xishan in the name of an assassin was widely spread, and the court impeached King Duan for his arbitrariness.Ye Xiufeng once asked Shen Huanhua: "The people from Prince Duan's Mansion also went to Ye Mansion that day? What did you say?"

Shen Huanhua said: "I have gone. It is said that people from Duanwang's Mansion have been to the nearby houses. How could they leave our house? They want to search, so we let them search. My brother is here, and the people from Duanwang's Mansion are very polite. In the end, nothing was found, and I kept apologizing."

Only then did Ye Xiufeng feel relieved, and asked the old housekeeper again.

Shen Huanhua reluctantly said: "When the old housekeeper saw someone coming, he thought it was going to raid the house, and he almost fainted from fright. He is also old, and he can't watch the house by himself. Let the father-in-law let him live in the village for the elderly, his nephew I can still take care of him in Zhuangzi.”

Ye Xiufeng said casually, "That's fine, you go and do it."

Only then did Shen Huanhua breathe a sigh of relief.

In the middle, Princess Duan posted a request, Shen Huanhua went to Prince Duan's mansion, came back and said with a smile: "The two wretches in Prince Duan's mansion and the prince and concubine said that you hurt someone, and the princess was annoyed, saying that they would bully the little girl."

Siqing wondered: "She is kind enough to protect me."

"Princess Duan is in the same clan as you, but we don't have much contact with each other. But if the girls in the clan gossip, it will be bad for Princess Duan herself, so she protects you." Shen Huanhua said lightly.

Just as we were talking, someone from Jiaguo's mansion passed on a message: "My lord said that my cousin and wife in our mansion are coming, please go back and have a seat with my aunt." He also said, "My aunt brought a girl here, who is as old as the girl in my aunt's house. , Miss Ye, please go too, so you can be stubborn."

Shen Huanhua said: "I know, let's go now."

Siqing said, "Then I won't go?"

Shen Huanhua shook his head: "Brother, if you have something to say, go too."

When the two arrived at Jiaguo Mansion by car, Shen Huanhua got off the car and said to her brother: "My cousin has not been here for 800 years, and her daughter has been the second son of Zhongyong Hou for more than ten years. When will she add another sister who is about the same age as Siqing?" Girl?"

Shen Jiangdong looked at Siqing and said to Shen Huanhua: "When did you become so annoying? I'll find an excuse for you to come back, but you still don't understand?"

Siqing interjected, "What does Uncle mean by that? It's none of my business."

Speaking of the Shen brothers and sisters and Siqing entering the inner room, Xiaying Lingzhen stood guard outside the door, Shen Jiangdong immediately said: "Prince Duan has caught the assassin, do you know?"

Shen Huanhua was shocked: "No wonder my father-in-law asked me whether Duan Wang searched the Ye family's other business, what happened? The Ye family..."

Shen Jiangdong shook his head again and again: "Don't panic, I didn't finish talking, King Duan just found a scapegoat."

"who is it?"

Shen Jiangdong said slowly: "It's a capital officer of Xishan Daying. This man is wonderful. He is the son of a servant born to He Xiang's family. The official is donated."

"Ah? Does he have a motive to kill Duan Wang?"

"His wife was robbed by Princess Duan's brother-in-law, and he holds a grudge."

"Why do you bring Princess Duan into it again?"

Shen Jiangdong said meaningfully: "Who told Princess Duan to be of the same clan as your father-in-law?"

Shen Huanhua had a chill: "Did Prince Duan lose his mind and go crazy? What are you going to do?"

Shen Jiangdong said coldly: "Look at your father-in-law and He Xiang fighting to the death. The Empress Dowager has always been ignorant of this, and she can't help but make a scene with King Duan."

"What should I do?"

"There is another wonderful thing about this man. His official son was recommended by King Xiao Jing. It turned out that in the past, Master He called his family to give to King Xiao Jing—the old nine beauties, and the old nine was happy to give this man His son recommended an official. I have Lao Jiu to talk to King Duan about this matter, I tell you, you have to know, be careful recently, and don’t miss anything.” He looked deeply at the silent thought. Qing glanced.

Because Siqing never spoke, on the way Shen Huanhua and Siqing returned to Ye's house from Jiaguo Mansion, Shen Huanhua felt very strange, so she asked: "My dear sister, why have you been silent?"

Siqing said: "I didn't understand, where are the princes Duan, the old man, and He Shizhi?"

Shen Huanhua sighed and said: "Before the death of the first emperor, he was young in the last year. In order to prevent the family members of the same surname from misbehaving, the first emperor ordered his father and his uncle Jingguo Gong Yan Jingxiu to assist the government. Supporting the liquidation of the vassal land, my father and Uncle Yan's family assisted in the government and did not admire the clan members headed by King Jing and King Duan who used the "ancestral family law". The two factions check and balance each other, and there is nothing wrong with it. "

"and after?"

"Later, I didn't think that my father died of illness not long ago, and my elder brother inherited the title. He was too young when he took the title, so he was unable to compete with the clan. The honorable minister lost an arm, and the clan took the top spot for a while. It didn't take long King Jing was seriously ill. I thought that when old King Jing died, his clan lost his arm, and the two sides were evenly balanced. However, before his death, Old King Jing plotted against Duke Yan Jingxiu and framed the Duke of Yasukuni for treason, and the mansion of the Duke of Yasukuni suddenly collapsed , the Empress Dowager Renkang, the younger sister of Duke Yasukuni, also died of grief and indignation. So far, the upstart camp supported by the late emperor has been completely annihilated. The Empress Dowager and the current emperor saw the situation is not good, and supported two civil servants with decent backgrounds to join the cabinet and pay homage to the prime minister , to check and balance relatives and nobles. The two ministers of the New Deal are He Shizhi, the uncle of the former empress, and my father-in-law."

Si Qing asked: "Xiao Jing Wang is ranked ninth? Isn't he on the same level as Duan Wang? Why are you talking to He Xiang's people?"

Shen Huanhua smiled: "Lao Jiu is only 16 years old. The third brother often said that there are grievances and grievances between generations. The old respecting the king in the past has nothing to do with Xiao Jiu. Xiao Jiu and his father have never dealt with each other."

The "Little Nine" that Shen Huanhua called Xiao Jingwang Xiaoyu just came out of Duan Wang's mansion at this moment. Duan Wang didn't leave the mansion to see off this nephew, and sat in the study for a long time without saying a word.

When the door curtain moved, a beautiful woman in a gold and embroidered skirt walked in gracefully and gracefully, with winking eyes like silk, she greeted her and said, "My lord."

The waiter in the study called "Seventh Lady" and left.

King Duan has not yet reached the age of knowing his destiny, but he is very old, as if he has been ill for a long time, and his complexion is blue.He turned to look at his capable staff member and said, "Are you here?"

"I don't understand, why did the prince do this?"

Duan Wang sneered: "I have to find a step, don't I?"

"This step is not stable. King Xiao Jing has stepped forward, you..."

Duan Wang chuckled: "I'll just go downhill, there's not enough evidence anyway."

Seventh Lady straightened her temples lightly: "What does the Empress Dowager think of you doing this?"

Duan Wang was silent for a while and said: "No matter what the empress dowager thinks, let He Ye make a fuss, and I'll watch the fun, isn't it good?"

After returning to the mansion for nearly a month, Shen Huanhua only dared to enter the palace around the August Festival. When he came back this day, he suddenly asked Siqing to go to the palace with him the next day.

Siqing had no imperial edict, so she was not allowed to enter the palace.But Shen Huanhua has been in and out of the forbidden village since she was a child, and the Empress Dowager and Concubine Ding'an loved her very much.When Shen Huanhua entered the palace, he talked about his sister-in-law who had just returned to Beijing, and Concubine Ding'an said she wanted to see Siqing.Siqing was 1 unwilling to go, so she begged Shen Huanhua: "Good man, good sister, just say I'm sick, so I won't go."

Shen Huanhua naturally refused, and the cousins ​​of the three-bedroom and four-bedroom Lan family took turns to complain to Si Qing, complaining that Shen Huanhua favored Siqing, and Siqing was provoked by these aunts and cousins, so she agreed to Shen Huanhua Go into the palace with her.

When Siqing made up her mind to enter the palace, she pretended to be naive, and she didn't even look around when she entered the palace for the first time, just staring at the heels of the yellow gate leading the way.

After entering the Yining Palace, the Great Empress Dowager and Concubine Ding'an were very kind, and no one asked her about her stay in the south, they just talked about it.

Siqing raised her head and took a sneak peek, and saw that the empress dowager, known for her iron and blood skills, was wearing a gold silk crown, a white and white silk silk blouse, and a black makeup skirt. She looked like an ordinary old woman in fine clothes .The noble concubine at the side was dressed in plain clothes, with a moon white crepe bun, and only added a shiny satin bijia on the outside of the hangluo beanie, with a very kind face.

Shen Huanhua answered the conversation from time to time to make fun of it, while Siqing bowed her head and smiled without saying a word.The smell of sandalwood burned in Yining Palace was too strong, she just felt that her brain was sore and she was not interested in everything in the palace.

On the contrary, Concubine Ding'an, who was dressed in plain clothes, held Siqing's hand tightly, and gave her a mutton fat jade bracelet.

"If you like the girls of the Ye family so much, let's take them as daughters. The fourth girl is married, quietly. There are more girls, and it will be more lively." The Empress Dowager suddenly said to Concubine Ding'an.

Shen Huanhua suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and then blinked at Concubine Ding'an.The noble concubine Ding'an picked up the teacup to drink, and nodded invisibly.Before Siqing could react, she was awkward and didn't know how to address her, so Xiao Huangmen came in and reported, "Your Majesty is here."

(End of this chapter)