Queen's scheming

Chapter 316 Doubt
"Old sister-in-law, get up quickly, get up quickly!" Before Fu Guogong and the old lady knelt down, the queen mother hurriedly called out. Princess Yuexuan saw her at the side, and hurried forward and said: "Old lady, get up quickly!" Well, the queen mother has been nagging you for half the night."

After Princess Yuexuan finished speaking, she helped the old lady Fu Guogong to sit opposite the queen mother, and placed a square Suzhou embroidery soft pillow on the right side of the old lady, so that the old lady could lean on it and talk to the queen mother.

"My brother is gone, my sister-in-law wants to express my condolences." The Queen Mother opened her mouth for a long while, but finally could only utter these few words.

The old lady calmly said: "Don't worry, the queen mother, the old lady didn't go to find the old man so quickly. The old man has been smart all his life, but he didn't expect to end up like this. The old lady can't let him go so worried. The old lady has to take care of the mansion Only when the affairs inside are tidied up can I have the face to go underground to meet him!"

The queen mother frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "The old sister-in-law said so, because she confirmed that my brother is..."

The Queen Mother didn't go on, but the old lady understood and just sighed: "I don't know anything, but I know that the old man is in good health, and I had two big bowls of rice for breakfast today. I'll lose my breath in the middle of the night!"

The Empress Dowager threw the Canaan Fragrant Chestnut Bracelet with Eighteen Sons of Longevity Patterns on the small table, and said angrily, "Who is so bold, Aijia will never let it go!"

The old lady didn't say who it was, she just said silently: "The old lady knows the original intention of the queen mother's call, and the queen mother is afraid that the old lady will suffer! Hehe, the old lady has not worked in vain in this life, and the old man has protected her for the rest of her life. If he is gone, you sister-in-law will still have to pay for it!" Protect the old woman, the old woman will die without regret!"

The queen mother gave a "bah bah" twice and said: "What are you talking about? The old sister-in-law is very lucky. With Ai's family, the old sister-in-law can live in peace of mind. If you feel unhappy in the mansion, you can come to the palace."

The old lady shook her head and said: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, the old woman will not die so easily, I only ask the Queen Mother for one thing!"

"Old sister-in-law, don't say one thing, even a hundred things, and Aijia will never frown!" The old wife was bullied on the back foot.

The old lady nodded and said: "The Queen Mother, don't take care of the affairs of the Duke Fu's mansion. The old lady has to clean up the house. If there is something that goes too far, it will not be too late for the Queen Mother to help the old lady clean up the mess."

The Empress Dowager did not expect the old lady to say this, and now she understood a little bit, what a smart person her elder brother is, if an outsider could easily coax her brother into dying, it must be someone from her house!
"Succeed, old sister-in-law, just let go of your hands and do it. It will break the sky, and Aijia will help old sister-in-law!" They will not be spared lightly!

The old lady got up and bowed and said: "It's enough for the old lady to have a queen mother. The old man's bones are not cold, and the corpse will be taken away tomorrow. The old lady will send the old man for the last journey. When everything is clear, the old lady will come to thank the queen mother." Big favor!"

The queen mother shed tears at what the old lady said, but she couldn't say anything to stop her, she just said: "Now that the time has passed, I originally wanted to keep my sister-in-law for a night. Don't stop, immediately prepare the warm sedan chair to send the old sister-in-law back, but the old sister-in-law is here at this age, so you must take care of yourself!"

The old lady laughed a lot and said: "The old lady is very strong, and it will not be a problem to live for three to five years, so don't worry, the queen mother!"

Princess Yuexuan supported the queen mother, and watched the old lady walk steadily. Her gray hair made people feel very sad.

"The queen mother should take a rest earlier. It's cold now, and she should cough again tomorrow." An Qingyao said with some distress for the queen mother, the old lady is alone without the care of the old man, and the queen mother is not much better , the old man is the only remaining brother of the queen mother, but fortunately the emperor and empress are still there, and now he has a grandson who is a direct relative, the life of the queen mother will gradually get better and better!

"The Empress asked Nanny Jiang to bring Qiuli ointment some time ago. In the early morning tomorrow, Qingyao asked the palace servants to mix it with warm water. The Queen Mother will use some, and it will be fine!" An Qingyao saw that the Queen Mother didn't speak, whispered.

The queen mother turned her eyes away from the sound of the old lady's crutches falling to the ground, and said with a sigh: "You are right, the Ai family wants to take care of their health, and the Ai family has to participate in Brother Xuan's inauguration ceremony. To support Fu Guogong and the old lady, Aijia has to strengthen his body first, and can't let Brother Xuan work as hard as the emperor at a young age, Aijia has to support them!"

An Qingyao originally thought that after seeing the old lady Fu Guogong, the queen mother would miss the old man Fu Guogong. There was not much sadness on the face of the queen mother. After seeing her, the empress dowager also raised her momentum, and she did not show the previous look of depression. Does it mean that the old lady Fu Guogong and the queen mother have no feelings for the old man?No, they have to be strong, reality has no time to make them sad!
An Qingyao looked at the snow outside the veranda, and unconsciously thought, what is holding her up?Is it Li Muhao's tomb?Is it a corpse I haven't seen in so many years?It's the glimmer of hope in my heart!When Hao Lang left, he made it clear to her, let her wait for him, and he will definitely come back!
The queen mother murmured: "Mi Mansion, now only the Ai family and the imperial concubine Duanjing are left! By the way, what happened to Qinzhu Palace? Yurou is still pregnant, she must not make any mistakes !"

An Qingyao supported the Queen Mother, and said softly: "The Empress Dowager has already been comforted by someone. Mother Jiang went there in person, and she wanted to block the news. I don't know which little palace lady talked too much and let the imperial concubine I got it, I got up from the couch in the middle of the night, when Jiang Nanny passed by, the imperial concubine Duanjing was worried about going to Qiankun Palace, fortunately Jiang Nanny went, I don't know what to say The imperial concubine finally settled down. Her son has already fallen asleep. Mother Jiang is not at ease. She is afraid that the queen mother is worried on your side, so she sent someone over to talk about it. Just now you said this to the old lady Fu Guogong, Qingyao So I sent people back without permission."

The queen mother slightly narrowed her narrow eyebrows, and said meaningfully: "You are right, now that there are many troubles, the queen can't do without people!"

The Empress Dowager snorted coldly as she walked in: "All the little maids in Qinzhu Palace know about such a confidential event, I'm afraid the other palaces don't know about it! This little palace lady is quite capable! Fuguo As soon as the public left, these people rushed to trample, and the Ai family is not dead yet!"

"Don't be angry, the Queen Mother. The people from the Ningsu Palace said that the Empress Dowager will go to Qinzhu Palace in person tomorrow morning. Don't worry, the Empress Dowager has been in the same boat with the imperial concubine all these years, and she will not watch the empress go to the palace. I got into a dead end, and besides, it is your niece anyway, the imperial concubine is not the one who gets bullied, no matter how bad it is, there is also Princess Hejing, a mother is strong, the imperial concubine will definitely understand the reason Makes sense!" An Qingyao said comfortingly.

"Hurry up and squint for a while. There will be a lot of things in the future. If it's not at this moment, if you get sick, who will support the old lady and the prince?" Those political matters, An Qing Yao, a woman of the generation, can't understand, the only thing she can do is to take good care of the queen mother's body, so that the emperor and Shen Qingyi don't have any worries, and even have an extra powerful helper!
The candles in the Cihui Palace that had been burning until the early morning were finally extinguished, but a few more candles were lit in the Qiankun Palace.

"How is it? Did you find anything?" Li Tianyou asked anxiously.

Tang Zihan shook his head and said: "When Weichen and Eunuch An went, the matter in the inner room had been suppressed by Fu Guogong and Mrs. The things in the inner hall should not have been touched much, but Weichen checked carefully. I checked it again and didn't find anything unusual."

Li Tianyou frowned, and there seemed to be a mess of lines in the middle of his brows, and he couldn't make sense of it, "How did Duke Fu die, and the death was... peaceful?"

"It is said that he went there in his sleep, and the person was smiling. It stands to reason that if poisoning, there is no reason for the old lady to live with the old man. There is nothing wrong with it. All the poisons are given to Fuguo. Let's get involved! The minister was puzzled for a long time, but he couldn't figure out why. Even if it was poison, it was by no means a poison commonly used by the dark guards. The minister was not at ease, and planned to hand over the old Lord's body to the police tomorrow. The doctor from the dark guard checked, and the old lady has already agreed!" Tang Zihan replied one by one.

Li Tianyou was also a little puzzled, but he finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. After all, he didn't die in peace, and he still had a smile on his face, which is another kind of comfort, "From what you mean, you don't think the old man was murdered. , but a normal death?"

Tang Zihan shook his head and said: "At first, I thought so, but later I felt that it was not like this. I went there in the middle of the night, quietly, and there was only the old lady by my side. During the day, everything was fine. Strange, it's so peaceful, it's so peaceful that it doesn't seem like a person has gone, the old man is still asleep, but at such a pass, everything is too coincidental! The most important thing is , the old lady seems to be single-mindedly determined that it was done by the people in Fuguo's mansion, when Weichen and Mr. An went, the old lady was stopping the people of Fuguo's mansion from entering the back hall."

Li Tianyou lightly tapped his fingers on the imperial case and said: "But according to what you said, you can't see the assassination and poisoning by the secret guards. Xiao Anzi is the most meticulous, and he didn't find anything unusual. Since the back hall didn't go in Extraordinary, how did this happen? Am I being overwhelmed?"

"When I came in, the old man was already fully dressed. The old man's weight is there. If the old lady can move it alone, someone must have entered the main courtyard. That person may be The old lady trusts people, but whoever says it is good, the old lady trusts people will not attack! Moreover, the people from Fuguo Gong's mansion arrived too fast, too complete, it was already midnight Well, Wei Chen and Mr. An went there when they got the news, but those people seemed to know it early in the morning, and each of them stayed up, waiting for Fu Guogong to pass away, isn't that too strange?" Tang Zihan said in a low voice. .

"Check it out! Let me check it out!" Li Tianyou clenched his hands tightly. What kind of plan are these people planning? Why do you want Duke Fu to die at this moment?What good is it to them?
But Tang Zihan thought for no reason, whether the words of the woman dressed as a servant in Qingfeng Tea House, "postpone the grand ceremony", have anything to do with this matter?

(End of this chapter)