Song Dynasty female artist

Chapter 1016: Using Beauty Pills to Control Female Family Members

Leng Zhongyan bowed to Han Dun and said, "Thank you. Lord Han, don't worry, this matter is of great importance. I will do my best to investigate it and will not let the princess suffer this unprovoked disaster."

When Concubine Miao passed away, Zhao Rui held a grand wedding for the sake of the eldest princess.

Yunxiao Pavilion
Pingcuo: "After Concubine Miao passed away, her body should not be kept for a long time. I got the news that she will be buried in the imperial mausoleum before New Year's Day. This way we will have a chance to leave the city."

Li Shijie: "Then should we still offer sacrifices to the Imperial Ancestral Temple on New Year's Day?"

As they spoke, they looked at Mr. Xiao who was sitting in front of them.

Naturally, what they saw was not the real Zhao Jin, but a substitute trained by Zhao Jin. This substitute did not look exactly like Zhao Jin, but had a similar temperament.

Zhao Jin would not let them know the truth about who Mr. Xiao was.

Otherwise, if these two people used his real identity to seek credit from Zhao Rui, how could he hide? Zhao Rui could just go directly to Prince Xuan's mansion to arrest him.

"Mr. Xiao has been silent. Does that mean he disagrees with our opinions?"

"How could that be? What the two princes said is very good, but I think we can make preparations for both situations. The probability of success will be higher, right?"

"We need to send people to follow Concubine Miao's funeral procession, and also make a commotion during the New Year's Day ancestor worship. This requires more careful arrangements to avoid being exposed."

Mr. Xiao: "In our line of work, we need to be careful."

This is the most basic, otherwise what kind of detailed work is there?

Leng Zhongyan took the beauty pills he got from Han Dun and came to the teahouse to find Gu Qingjue and the others.

"Why are you here just now?"

Leng Zhongyan: "I just went to the clinic and was late."

Bai Chengnan looked him up and down: "Are you sick?"

Leng Zhongyan shook his head and put down the box of beauty pills: "It's not me, let's not talk about this first, where were you talking about?"

Several people first speculated on Xiao Yingsu and his men's next move, whether they would take advantage of Concubine Miao's funeral to leave the city, and then how to deal with the ancestor worship, discussing every detail one by one.

After the discussion, Leng Zhongyan opened the box.

"This is called the Beauty Pill. I got it from Han Dun. He said that the princess suffered heart and lung damage from taking this beauty pill."

Li Duanyuan said, "Which pharmacy did the princess buy her beauty pills from? We can just arrest the owner of the pharmacy involved and interrogate him."

"It's not a pharmacy, it's a gouache shop."

"A powder shop sells beauty pills? How audacious! Who gave them the right to do so?"

Gu Qingjue's eyes fell on the red pills.

"What does Brother Leng suspect?"

Leng Zhongyan said, "Before coming here, I went to Hongzhuang Pavilion on purpose. According to the clerk inside, this kind of beauty pill is very scarce and is sold at 80 taels of silver per box. Every time, the shopkeeper personally brings it to the shop. No one except the shopkeeper knows where the beauty pill comes from."

Li Duanyuan: "And then?"

Li Duanyuan had no idea about the selling prices of rouge, powder and beauty pills, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with eighty taels of silver for a box.

Leng Zhongyan: "I went to Dr. Min again and asked him to identify the ingredients of the beauty pills. It turned out that the beauty pills were made of flour and honey, with a little rouge powder added."

Li Duanyuan jumped up when he heard this: "It's made of flour and honey, such a small box, and it's sold for eighty taels of silver, why doesn't he go and rob it?"

It was clearly something you could grab, but they were kind enough to give you a box of flour balls.

"That's not right. If there were only flour and honey, why did those people say they became younger after eating it?"

Leng Zhongyan rubbed open a pill and said, "Because this is put in it." Who would have thought that the pill was hollow in the middle, and a live worm was wrapped inside. Every time you eat a beauty pill, it is equivalent to eating the worm as well.

"Ugh~"

After seeing what the bugs inside looked like, Li Duanyuan and the others couldn't help but start retching.

So fucking disgusting.

It has a dark green body with a black spot in the middle. It is sticky all over, like snot, and is twisting its body.

If those ladies knew that this thing was contained in the beauty pills, I wonder if they would vomit bile.

No, he has to see if his wife has bought the beauty pills when he gets back.

Bai Shiqian endured the discomfort in his throat and took out another beauty pill from the box. When he opened it, there was also a bug inside: "Did Doctor Min say what this bug is?"

Leng Zhongyan: "Min, the divine doctor, has seen a lot, but he couldn't recognize the origin of this insect."

It is so rare and has the effect of beautifying the skin, it is not easy to get.

"Brother Ziyuan, what do you think?"

Gu Qingjue said: "I'm afraid this bug is not just for beauty purposes, it is most likely for controlling these people."

Gu Qingjue and Leng Zhongyan looked at each other in the air and smiled knowingly.

"My thoughts are the same as Brother Ziyuan's. Even Doctor Min doesn't recognize this bug, which means it's very unusual. It's not easy to put them all into the beauty pills and keep them alive. It must cost a lot. Even if we sell it for 80 taels a box, we won't make much money."

Businessmen are profit-driven. If a real businessman were to make a beauty pill that is so carefully prepared and has miraculous effects, the price would only be higher.

Of course, there is also the idea that the other party wants to make small profits but quick turnover.

But Leng Zhongyan put himself in the shoes of the couple and thought that the price of a box had already been set at eighty taels of silver, which had blocked the path for ordinary people. The target customers were powerful ladies. For the ladies, there was actually not much difference between a box of eighty taels of silver, ninety taels, or one hundred taels.

But for merchants, any extra twenty taels of silver earned from one box is money. So the original intention of making beauty pills was not to make money.

Considering the time when Lenovo Beauty Pills appeared and the recent major events that happened in Beijing, the answer to who was selling the Beauty Pills was almost obvious.

Bai Shiqian reacted immediately.

"In this case, this beauty pill is probably more than just a beauty pill. I'm afraid it's poisonous."

Everyone's expression became solemn.

Li Duanyuan said: "These are just our guesses, maybe it is..."

I can’t go on.

Gu Qingjue and Leng Zhongyan both made such a thorough analysis. He is no longer a young man in his teens or twenties with little experience. Even though his brain is not as good as theirs, he is not as naive as before.

It is obvious that the people in the dark want to use the beauty pills to control their female relatives.

"Fortunately, we discovered it in time, and there is definitely room for recovery."

Gu Qingjue stood up: "I'll take a few back first."

Li Duanyuan and the others each took a few pills, all wanting to use their connections to find out as quickly as possible what the bugs were in the beauty pills.

"What is this?"

Su Yixin took out the beauty pill on the table and smelled it: "It smells like honey, sweet pill?"

(End of this chapter)