Royal daughter-in-law

Chapter 683 Death from Exhaustion (2)
Shi Yaoan raised the curtain of the car, but saw him stop and raised his head: "The sky is going to change."

No, the torrential rain is endless. After a short rest, it started to fall again. Shi Yao'an was about to respond, but seeing his master's expression, he realized it.

This changes the sky, not that changes the sky.

"He Lianyun is going to leave Beijing tomorrow morning and return to the north."

"Yes, third master."

His eyes narrowed slightly, and he sighed softly: "It rains a lot and the road is slippery, and the road is difficult to walk. The river is flooded everywhere, and boats are needed. The northerners are not used to the waterway, so the Minister of Rites, the Minister of Honglu Temple and other ministers Let's escort He Lianyun's team northward with my three thousand soldiers."

There is still the regency in hand, so at this moment, he can only preemptively strike and use it to fight.

Sending envoys back home along the way, showing the demeanor of a big country, is a very normal diplomatic etiquette.But Shi Yao'an understood another meaning of the third master.

It's also good to raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while.

These days, besides dealing with the affairs of the court, the third master frequently went to the camp. In addition to the previous Yanyang Rebellion, as well as taking advantage of the convenience of the title of the deputy capital of the special city, he had several private interactions when leading troops back and forth to Changchuan County. He has established prestige among the prince's personal soldiers, and many generals who were originally holding a wait-and-see attitude towards this master are convinced and desperate, and they are already a usable personal guard army.

Shi Yaoan was thinking about it, but his voice came again: "Also, go to Gaojia Village and inform General Tuoba to tell him and his wife to rush to Xingyuan as soon as possible and gather with the eighteen households in case of emergencies. .”

If you don't need it, it's naturally the best. He doesn't like to be eager for success in things that can be won steadily.

Shi Yao'an's Adam's apple twitched, if he wanted to move the pawns arranged behind him, it might really be the autumn of life and death.

After returning to Ziguang Pavilion, Yun Wanqin couldn't sleep at all. After staying up late in the night, she finally felt a little tired. Just as she closed her eyes, she heard the sound of hurried steps outside the wing, and opened her eyes. Open your eyes, the sky is already dim.

Originally, she was sleeping with her heart and clothes, and her sleep was very light. Yun Wanqin was awakened suddenly, sat up, and saw the door creaking open, and Qinchai said with a pale face, "Prince, concubine, it's not good!" It's..."

Ting Xian also stood behind, looking flustered.

"What's the matter?" She booted up, put on her coat, and hurried over.

"Concubine Helian of Cuiming Hall committed suicide by taking mercury in the Hall of Mental Cultivation last night." Qin Chai rushed over to inform her when she heard about it, and was stuttering at the moment, obviously shocked.

Last night at the Yanshou Palace, Helian's words were still lingering in her ears, Yun Wanqin already felt that something was wrong, unexpectedly, in order to show her innocence, she really died to show her will.

Quicksilver... Quicksilver?
That's right... There were a few vials of Mercury in the tray yesterday, all in glass bottles, and she must have stolen them all.

Mercury is poisonous due to its pungent coldness, so the amount of mercury in the patent medicine is very light. You only add a little at a time, and most of it is used for external application to treat scabies, syphilis, malignant sores, and hemorrhoids. Now a few small bottles are swallowed alive. And know what the situation is.

Yun Wanqin couldn't come back all of a sudden, so she managed to force herself up and supported the doorpost: "Where's the person?"

"The princess knows that you can't die immediately after taking mercury. When the mercury flows all over the body, corroding the viscera little by little, the talent will slowly fail and die." Qinchai knew the relationship between the Helian family and the Qin Palace, so she didn't dare to say it. It's too scary, "... Your concubine was sent back to Cuiming Hall, the emperor sent an imperial doctor to see her, and said that she was dying..."

It flowed all over Qiqiao's body... Helian's fate was still the same as in her previous life. Whether it was the emperor who tortured herself in a rage, or she committed suicide, she always died because of the poisonous mercury.

Yun Wanqin asked Qinchai and Tingxian to take care of the Ziguang Pavilion's affairs, and walked quickly towards the Cuiming Palace. Seeing her alone, Qinchai was not at ease, so she told Tingxian to follow her.

Inside Cuiming Hall, there was a sound of mourning and crying, and the imperial doctor had left long ago.

Zhang Dehai and four personal servants were sobbing for their master by the couch, and when they saw Yun Wanqin approaching, they cried even louder, and under Qin Chai's eyes, they all covered their faces and retreated to the side.

The woman on the couch was like gossamer, her eyes were half closed, and blood was flowing out of the corners of her eyes and ears like small snakes.

Yun Wanqin knew that the person on the bed was exhausted.

The mercury evaporated quickly, destroying Helian's vision, hearing and even senses, but she still vaguely felt who was coming, and moved her slender fingers.

"What's the use of my concubine wasting her life for nothing?" She sat slowly in front of the couch, tremblingly took the clean veil handed over by Lan Ting, put it on Helian's ear, and gently wiped away the blood stains.

Even if you walk, you have to walk cleanly, after all, she is a beauty.

Even now, she is still a little angry that she poisoned her parents and children back then, and made the third master suffer from poisoning for half his life, but this person finally gave birth to him, and now he uses one of the most painful ways of death in the world to consume the rest of his life Life, all grievances are gone.

"No, my life is not in vain," Helianshi, who was gradually losing her hearing, could hear clearly because of her whispering, the corners of her lips twitched, and an inexplicable smile appeared, "The emperor has been in love with me for so many years?" Seeing me prove my innocence by death, my heart... my heart will soften a little after all... You see... didn't he send me back to Cuiming Palace? Persuasion, it will be much smoother...cough cough..." He coughed violently and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Your concubine—" Zhang Dehai, Lanting Qingchan and others burst into tears.

"It's so easy for him to do what a mother should do. If he forgives me, I will feel at ease." Helianshi said persistently, her body trembling violently at the same time, and she smiled wryly, "I finally understand the toxicity. What a painful attack, poor my son, I have suffered for so many years, but I just watched..."

Yun Wanqin saw that she was trying to restrain her body from moving around, knowing that she was enduring the pain of mercury corroding her internal organs, so she sealed up her big holes, trying to make her feel less pain.

He Lianshi knew that she was helping him reduce the pain, but he couldn't resist the poison spreading in his body, before losing all senses, he smiled weakly: "It's also retribution... I made Concubine Wei blind, and now I'm blind too Er... I handed the knife and instigated the Queen to commit suicide, telling her that instead of living like a dead tree, it would be better to break the embankment and be reborn, to impress the Emperor, and now I am forced to commit suicide myself... You see, God is actually very good at settling accounts... ..." After finishing speaking, he suddenly clasped his fingers tightly on the mattress, curled up, and vomited a few mouthfuls of blood.

"Your concubine, don't talk any more—let's rest—" Zhang Dehai couldn't bear it any longer, and pounced on him, crying and pleading.

Yun Wanqin pressed the acupuncture point tightly.

Rest?I have been tired all my life, and I finally feel relieved, and I will have a lot of time to rest from now on.He Lianshi raised his head, his eyes flashed back to the light, burning like the sun, every word, every sentence, he tried his best: "I'm sorry..."

(End of this chapter)