Poor children

Chapter 136 Hidden Murder

一
"It's just winter, why are you so cold?" The poor boy held a book in his hand, and while instructing Zi Tong to read and write, he asked Chanyu who was shivering beside him.
"Master, I have been cold since I was a child. I can't help but feel cold. Now that winter has come, I feel even more uncomfortable." Chanyu arrived.
While the two were talking, someone at the outer door sent word that Mrs. Xiao was here.
"Greetings to Her Royal Highness the Queen!" Madam Xiao entered the Ruihua Hall and hurriedly greeted the poor child first.
"Don't be polite this month, sit down quickly..." Pao'er pointed to the seat next to him, "It's such a cold day, why did you come all the way to me if you don't live in the palace?" Already?"

"Don't I miss my sister!" Mrs. Xiao laughed
"If you say that, ask someone to tell you something and I will go over and see you. You have a baby now." Paoer also laughed.
"My uncle came from the Turks and brought some mandarin oranges. I remembered that Her Royal Highness the Queen liked them, so I sent them here in person." Mrs. Xiao said as she called for people to bring in the mandarin oranges.

"Turkey?"

"Oh! Her Royal Highness the Queen may not know that my grandfather is the chief minister of the Turks, and I originally accompanied the late queen into the palace as a dowry..."

"Mother!?" Zi Tong saw the mandarin oranges brought in by the palace attendants, which were golden and bright, "Can these mandarins be eaten?"

"Of course it's okay. You've been writing for a long time. Go take a rest. You and Sister Chanyu can go to the inner room to eat." The poor man stroked Zi Tong's hair.

Zi Tong agreed to go to the Inner Nuan Pavilion with Chan Yu.

"This child has made great progress." Mrs. Xiao picked up the calligraphy written by Zi Tong. "I used to be someone who couldn't read a few Chinese characters and would run away when I saw a book. Now I'm starting to work hard. Her Royal Highness the Queen is really extraordinary." "

"Whatever I have, the child's talent is better..."

two

"Master!" Xiao Dunzi came in with a brocade box in his arms and reported, "The general who is going to marry has entrusted someone to send this brocade box."

"Oh? Uncle?" asked the poor boy, "What is it?"

"Go back to my master, I don't know..."

"Where is the person who brought the things?"

"Already gone back..."

The pauper took the brocade box and opened it. There was a piece of fine peach wood inside. The pauper immediately understood its meaning: "My uncle wants me to carve a peach wood sword for my two brothers and sisters to ward off evil spirits."

"Okay! Xiao Dunzi, you can go down, I understand," said Pao'er

"Yes..." Xiao Dunzi bowed and went out
"Wait a minute!" Pao'er suddenly thought of something else, "Go to Tai Hospital to get more aconite powder for your sister Chanyu..."

"Yes……"

"What's wrong with Chanyu?" Mrs. Xiao used the lid of the teacup to fiddle with the tea leaves floating on the tea water intentionally or unintentionally. Her eyes glanced at the peach wood in the brocade box from time to time.
"Oh! It's not that important. She is cold. Use some aconite powder to treat it." Pao'er replied.

"Come! Your Royal Highness, I will peel an orange with my own hands for you to eat." Mrs. Xiao said this and handed a peeled orange to the poor man's mouth.

"Yeah! These oranges are sweet and delicious. They are really delicious." After eating one, the poor man immediately felt his appetite increased, and he ate several more in succession.
"Your Highness seems to have a good appetite."

"I haven't had a good appetite recently, and I don't dare to eat greasy things, but this tangerine is really delicious..."

"Oh! It's getting late today, and it's time for me to say goodbye..." Mrs. Xiao stood up and said goodbye.
The poor boy always feels very sleepy recently, so he goes to the inner pavilion to take a nap

three

"What!? Say it again?" Mrs. Xiao tightly clutched the pillow beside her

"Back to Madam, Your Highness is unresponsive." The imperial doctor knelt on the ground in fear and said.
"What do you mean by no response? Are you saying that my child has been stillborn?" Madam Xiao's eyes instantly turned red. "Please Madam, please express your condolences!" The imperial doctor knelt on the ground and did not dare to raise his head.

"Get out! Get out!" Mrs. Xiao slapped the table and shouted

"Yes! Yes!" The doctor hurriedly stood up to leave.

"Wait!" Mrs. Xiao thought of something else

The imperial doctor was busy and came back to kneel down
"Don't mention a word about today's events to outsiders. If you dare to reveal a word, watch your head!"

"Yes! Yes..." The imperial doctor hurriedly kowtowed and went out.
Seeing the imperial doctor go out, Mrs. Xiao burst into tears. After crying for a long time, she seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly sat up and wiped her tears.

"Shunxi! Shunxi!" Mrs. Xiao called
"This slave is here. Master, what are your orders?" Shunxi hurriedly ran in from outside the palace and knelt on the ground and asked.
"Today, Her Royal Highness the Queen received a gift. It was placed in a brocade box. It is a piece of peach wood. I don't think it is a valuable thing. You go and get it back for me. Just the wood. Don't touch the box. Don't be discovered... …”

"I understand!" Shunxi agreed and resigned.
four

A few days later, at night, the palace walls became quiet and everyone fell asleep. At this moment, Ronghua Palace became noisy.

"Quick! Go and ask for the imperial doctor!" Shunxi shouted hurriedly, "Go and ask for the king..."

Tian Xing happened to be sleeping in Ruihua Hall that day. Hearing that Mrs. Xiao had something to do, he and Pao'er hurried over.
"Shunxi!? What's wrong with Mrs. Xiao?" Tian Xing asked

"Back to your Majesty, this servant didn't know that Madam only drank a bowl of anti-fetal medicine before going to bed. Who would have thought that she would be like this in the middle of the night?" Shunxi arrived
"Call the imperial doctor..."

The imperial doctor hurriedly came out of the palace and knelt down on the ground.

"What's going on?" Tian Xing was so angry when he heard the heart-rending shouts coming from Mrs. Xiao's bedroom.
"Back to your Majesty, Madam has had a miscarriage, and Your Highness is in a bad condition right now."

"Why is that so?"

"Your Majesty! I found aconite powder in the anti-fetal medicine my wife drinks daily..."

While the imperial doctor was talking here, the midwife in the dormitory over there suddenly ran out and knelt down on the ground to report to Tianxing. It turned out that Mrs. Xiao had actually given birth to a stillborn fetus. After reporting the report, the midwife seemed to have something to say but did not dare to say anything.

"What do you have to say? Just say it." Tian Xing was very annoyed.

"When the old slave was delivering Mrs. Xiao's baby, she accidentally kicked over the footrest beside the bed and found this object..." The midwife took out something from her arms and held it in front of Tianxing with both hands.

I saw the old woman holding a small peach wood carving in her hand, with nails nailed in key places such as the eyebrows and heart.
"Ah!" At some point, Mrs. Xiao ran out with disheveled clothes and messy hair. "Who is so vicious and wants to curse my child?"

Seeing her like this, Tian Xing hurriedly went over to help her. "You are so weak, why did you come out to enjoy the breeze? Go back quickly."

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty... our child is gone!" Mrs. Xiao hugged Tian Xing and cried heartbreakingly.
"Stop crying, don't hurt yourself!"

Mrs. Xiao suddenly raised her head, "I've seen that wood before..."

"What did you say?" Tian Xing asked

"That piece of wood was given to Her Royal Highness the Queen as a gift from the General," Mrs. Xiao said with tears.
When Tian Xing heard this, he turned around and looked at Pao'er. Seeing this scene, Pao'er knew something in his heart. It was only because he had been feeling tired recently and had no intention of carving a wooden sword for his uncle, so he didn't even know that the wood was missing. , needless to say, the monkshood powder must have come from Chanyu’s place...

(End of this chapter)