Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 151

"Maybe you don't know how fast they are doing it." Murong Wei laughed and said, "I thought you were going to say something."

Xiangtao said unconvinced: "There is one more thing. Last night, I woke up with a stomachache and saw two people talking outside. There was some moonlight last night. I looked at a person who seemed to be hiding. Dong, the other one was also a servant girl. Then the servant girl left, and Cang Dong went back to the room with a package. They were sneaky, and I'm not sure what happened."

Murong Wei's eyes froze, and her expression turned ugly: "Why didn't you tell me this morning?"

Xiangtao hurriedly said: "Master has gone to the palace early in the morning, and this servant has no way to tell you. Besides, for no reason, I don't know what it is. It's like I'm complaining."

Murong Wei looked at the two small clothes. She usually checked the clothes given by others unless she was very close to them. She never used the clothes given by those in the backyard.

Murong Wei said with a cold face: "Take apart this clothes for me to have a look."

Xiangtao was also a little surprised: "There will be no problem with the clothes, right?"

Murong Wei said coldly: "I hope there is no problem."

The old monk's words were still circling in her mind, and she would rather do something more now than have an accident later.

Xiangtao hurriedly brought the scissors over, and cut along the sleeves.

She cut the lotus-colored one first, and there was no problem in cutting it. The fabric and silk floss are all normal.

"It seems to be fine."

Murong Wei frowned, could it be that she was overthinking?

"Cut that one off, too."

Xiangtao took the scissors and cut it open. Suddenly, she screamed and stared at something in surprise: "What kind of carelessness is this, why is there such a thing in here?"

Murong Wei snatched it over, but saw that there was a piece of silk in the padded coat that was stained with blood, and there was a piece of cloth sewn on it, and there were some dry pus-like objects on it, which was shocking to see.

"What's the matter, what happened?"

Yuegu came in from the side, and suddenly saw Murong Wei's face was livid and trembling all over, and when she saw the thing in Murong Wei's hand, she screamed.

"Princess, put it down quickly, don't touch this thing!"

Yuegu rushed up in shock and knocked off the clothes, as if she had seen a ghost.

Xiangtao asked in shock: "What is that, why is it so dirty? What is she trying to sew this thing in for?"

Yue Gu also remembered something, "Is this made by Zang Dong?"

She couldn't believe it, why did Zang Dong do this?
Murong Wei was so angry that she was almost speechless, her whole body was trembling, she was afraid, angry, an impulse to kill was hovering in her eyes, she pointed at the thing tremblingly, and asked: "Is it smallpox?" , is it smallpox!"

Aunt Yue took a look and said in horror: "Yes, someone put the pustules of people who had smallpox on it. If this kind of thing gets on it, it is easy to infect smallpox. I have seen it before, but people are burned. Understand."

The scissors in Xiang Tao's hand fell to the ground with a snap.

The room suddenly became quiet.

It took Murong Wei a while to speak, she looked at Yuegu, her eyes were so cold that people could tremble, Yuegu couldn't help shivering.

"Call me that little hoof!"

She gritted her teeth and said the words word by word.

Aunt Yue's legs trembled, and she quickly turned around to call for someone.

"Don't startle others."

Xiangtao watched tremblingly, she didn't expect such a result, she didn't expect that there was a lot of space in the clothes, she didn't expect that Zang Dong would have such a vicious method.

But why, why did she do this?
Murong Wei felt cold all over her body, she sat down on the side, glanced at the dress, she only felt chills all over her body, this coldness was caused by that thing.

If Xiangtao hadn't happened to see that scene last night, if she hadn't hesitated in her heart today, what would have happened?
That thing, if it weren't for this, would anyone have found it?

This dress was obviously made for boys, but it will be worn by her son when the time comes, what will happen?

He is so young!

If he got smallpox because of this, how could he resist it!
Murong Wei trembled with anger when she thought of this, no mother can endure such persecution of her child!
"Put things away." Murong Wei held the armrest of the armchair and said coldly: "I want to ask, who gave her the courage!"

Xiangtao tidied up carefully at the side, while her eyes were rolling. She was also very angry at the beginning, she really couldn't understand, how could someone be so cruel to harm such a cute baby?
"Princess, is this for the prince?" Xiangtao thought for a while and said, "I think of what happened last night, since that maid sent parcels to Zangdong, could it be that she gave these things to Zangdong?" Dong, let Zang Dong get some clothes for the little prince?"

Murong Wei did not lose her mind, a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, she was strong as a mother, she would make her pay an unbearable price for anyone who dared to lay hands on her child, and let others see clearly that not everyone It can be calculated by you!

Not long after, Yue Gu called Zang Dong.

The girl was still as taciturn as before, when she saw Murong Wei crossing her arms in salute, she stood beside her respectfully.

Murong Wei even wondered for a moment whether she had made a mistake, or whether Zang Dong was completely ignorant and just being used by others?
Is the girl who demanded to serve her without hesitation when she was suffering from the epidemic, the girl who blocked wild cats for her before, and the person who is now using insidious means to secretly cause her two sons and daughters to have smallpox?
Murong Wei asked calmly, "Zang Dong, I saw the clothes you made for Hutou and Lele. Did you make them yourself? The craftsmanship is pretty good."

Zang Dong blinked his eyes for a while, and said warmly: "Yes, it was done by the servants in their spare time."

"Oh, then you're pretty good at sewing." Murong Wei raised the corners of her mouth, and her smile was ironic no matter how you looked at it: "I don't know why, but you sewed really fast. Where did you get the time to do it? Tell me, did you last night?" Did you meet people in the middle of the night to discuss how to murder the master?"

Murong Wei's words directly turned Zang Dong into petrification.

She suddenly knelt down on the ground: "The servant does not understand what the princess is talking about? The servant saw someone last night, but what does this have to do with murdering the master?"

Xiangtao taunted at the side: "I saw it with my own eyes. Why, do you still want to argue? You'd be satisfied if I tell you who that person is. What about the package she gave you, huh?"

Zang Dong looked up at Xiangtao, still calm: "Yes, I asked her to lock the hem for me, because she thought he was on duty at night and asked for leave the next day to go home, so she came to see me when he was on duty .What, is there something wrong?"

Xiangtao's eyes widened, and she felt a little confused for a moment, could it be that she has been wronged, or is the villain someone else?

"You don't need to say such things anymore, Zang Dong, I already know what you want to do." Murong Wei wanted to trick her: "Do you think I don't know who is trying to deal with my son? Is this concubine a vegetarian?"

Zang Dong's eyes narrowed slightly, his pupils shrank slightly, and he said after a while: "Does the princess think that I want to harm the crown prince? But do I need it?"

"That's what I want to ask you too." Murong Wei said lightly, she is not as easy to trust people as Xiangtao, she comes here in the middle of the night to deliver things for such a ridiculous reason, huh, this kind of talk is also deceiving a child like Xiangtao That's all!

She wouldn't believe it, when she was looking at Zang Dong, she had already paid great attention to Zang Dong's eye movements, although she didn't pay attention, but Murong Wei noticed her tiny movements.

She is lying!

"The servant has nothing to say."

Murong Wei pursed her lips: "Very good, Aunt Yue, you take her to your place to have a look, and call me Madam Zheng."

Since she refuses to say it, it doesn't matter, she will let people say what she should say.

Zang Dong remained silent, no one knew what she was thinking.

When Mother Zheng came, Murong Wei told her calmly, asking her to find out who had seen Zang Dong last night and asked for leave to go home.

It's definitely not hard to find out.

Zang Dong might not have imagined that Xiang Tao happened to be watching this matter at that time, and she has no good way to hide it now.

Originally, a very secret conspiracy to harm people was definitely not something that a maid like Zang Dong could decide.

What's more, what reason does she have to do this?
At this point, Murong Wei didn't want to hide her anger anymore: "I don't care what methods you use to pry her mouth open, I will know the answer after an hour!"

Madam Zheng's face was also livid, she really didn't expect Zang Dong to be so bold, let alone that such a thing would happen right under their noses.

Ever since Murong Wei gave birth and finished her confinement, those nurses were no longer there, because it was impossible for Murong Wei to have someone taste everything she ate every day, and it was enough to have a nanny and others to take care of the child in life.

But thousands of calculations, if you don't count, it's hard to guard against house thieves.

Murong Wei's cold eyes gave Madam Zheng a bad feeling: "If you don't do this well, you don't have to stay by my side in the future!"

"Damn the maidservant, I must find out about this matter!"

Xiangtao said from the side: "Then, the servants should go too, this may make her confess faster."

Murong Wei waved her hand, and when she was the only one left in the room, she angrily threw down everything she could touch.

The teacups, saucers, and vases were all shattered all over the floor.

She had never been so outrageous in her life.

Faced with Zang Dong who was expressionless and reacted as usual, she didn't feel angry anymore, she just wanted to kill someone!
This damned lowly servant girl wanted to harm her child but still acted so calmly, as if nothing had happened.

She, Murong Wei, really underestimated her.

Who made her do this, and who is her backer?
Murong Wei first thought about the benefits of this matter.

In a word, whoever benefits is the murderer.

If something happened to her child, who would benefit? If both of her children contracted smallpox and died, and she was inexplicably sad and got sick again, who knew what would happen.

Isn't it obvious who will benefit by then?
Did the woman in the backyard do it?

Is it Zhang Yuqian, Su Mei, Liu Yue, or someone else?

"I won't let you go, absolutely not. Don't blame me for being ruthless this time. I won't offend people if they don't offend me. If they offend me, I will kill them!"

Murong Wei said softly, the voice echoed in the room with a bleak tone.

She waited patiently, carefully planned the next steps, watched calmly as the person picked up the debris on the ground, and then asked someone to ask if Xiao Mingrui had returned.

If not, ask him to return home immediately.

An hour is actually not long, at least, looking at the red gold clock with grape-wrapped branches, the minutes and seconds passed quickly.

Madam Zheng had already come in from the outside, sweating profusely.

"Zang Dong is really stubborn. No matter how much the servant beats and scolds her, she refuses to say anything. But the servant found out from the people in the mansion who the person who met her last night was a maid named Qingqing from the sewing room. Now This girl has asked for leave, and her family lives in the Huangzhuang of the Wangfu. It is easy to find."

"Whose man?"

"It's not clear yet."

Murong Wei sneered: "That's all you can do? Can't you tell Zang Dong? Tell her, since she won't tell, then I'll kill all the women in the backyard. Isn't she refusing to talk? It's okay." , is this concubine afraid that there is no way to make life worse than death!"

Madam Zheng was taken aback, she had never seen Murong Wei so ruthless before, and she was also very shocked, it seems that the princess was greatly stimulated.

"Tell her, I don't mind accusing anyone who has anything to do with her of being an accomplice to murdering the crown prince. I think the prince doesn't mind asking them to die together and murder the emperor's heir. Oh, even if the women in the backyard are dead, they I can't afford it either!"

Although what she said was cruel, it was definitely not a joke.

Of course Mother Zheng knew that if it was really exposed, the prince would never spare them.

And she didn't want to stay with Murong Wei to do things anymore.

Nanny Zheng became cruel and went back to interrogate Zang Dong again, this time she was determined to interrogate him clearly.

In addition, Murong Wei asked someone to arrest Qing Qing and bring him to justice, and Xiang Tao went to find out who this person had frequent contacts with, and whether there were any signs to follow.

But on the surface, Qingqing is just an ordinary maid, and she doesn't talk much in the sewing room on weekdays, which is really similar to Zang Dong.

Apart from having a good relationship with Mrs. Liu's family, she has no special contacts.

When mentioning this family, Murong Wei's pupils changed slightly.

She remembered that on the day of her delivery, a crazy wild cat appeared suddenly and almost ran into her. If Zang Dong hadn't blocked her first, Murong Wei didn't know if she would be caught by the wild cat.

It was also because of this that Murong Wei trusted Zang Dong even more. After Lu'er was about to get married, she intentionally trained her to be a caring confidant.

But thinking about it now, the stray cat that day was raised by Aunt Liu's family in the sewing room. I don't know why it went crazy. At that time, Xiao Mingrui also asked people to investigate, but they couldn't find out why. People sent to Zhuangzi, but nothing else was found for the time being.

"There is no such coincidence in the world." Murong Wei snorted softly, "Is it really such a coincidence?"

Her intuition told her that these people were definitely related to the things that harmed her, and they were definitely directly related.

And the person hiding behind them is the one who has been trying to assassinate Murong Wei.

This man hides very deeply.

Who will she be?
On the surface, this matter seems to be confusing, but if you really want to study it carefully, you don't need to study too much.

She has rights, why not.

She can give some people some good looks on weekdays, but don't use her kindness as an excuse for Murong Wei to be weak and easy to bully.

Xiangtao came back after a while, and told Murong Wei: "My servant found out that Qingqing has been in the sewing room recently, and there were two times when she sent things out. One was to give Aunt Zhang the spring shirt she wanted, and the other was to give it to Auntie Zhang who was sick. Aunt Su sent the sable fur, which is what you told me to do."

"Really?" Murong Wei murmured, "Who did you give it to last time?"

"It's for Aunt Su."

"Whether she is familiar with Su Mei's people, does it have anything to do with it?"

"I haven't heard that there is a familiar look. She will come back after going."

"How did Zang Dong enter the mansion back then? I asked you to go to the supervisor to check the records. Has he checked?"

"Check it out, look at this." Xiangtao brought a brochure and said, "Zangdong was selected by the stewards of the palace, but Zangdong is an orphan and doesn't seem to have any relatives. When she entered the mansion, she was a The nanny Liu was selected to come in, and after some study and training, but the nanny in charge seems to have passed away. But the slaves found out that this nanny and a nanny of Aunt Su are cousins."

"It's really tortuous enough." Murong Wei said mockingly: "Our palace is really like a world, don't you think, Xiangtao?"

Nuonuo, who was beside Xiangtao, dared not speak.

Murong Wei sighed: "I originally set my heart on the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch... There are always some people who don't want me to live a good life. It's okay, then I will let them have a bad life."

No one likes to fight and spend their energy on guarding against boring women all day long.

So does she.

Now that her patience is exhausted, if someone dares to rush up against her at this time, she doesn't know if she will choose to break up with them.

Nanny Zheng also came back, and Zang Dong was tortured to death by her.

It has to be said that this nanny is indeed a person with some means.

"Zang Dong said that Aunt Liu taught her to do this."

"You were deceived by her." Murong Wei said calmly, "Is the prince back?"

The two looked at each other, wondering what she wanted to do when she asked Xiao Mingrui at this time?
Do you want to hand it over to the prince?

"The servant girl just asked, and said that she just returned to the mansion, and she will be here in a while."

Murong Wei pursed her lips and smiled sweetly, "Very well, the prince will be back in a while, you go and invite Su Mei over. This concubine will let you watch a play!"

This time, she didn't want to believe anything, she just wanted to trust her intuition.

Her intuition told her that this matter had nothing to do with Liu Yue.

And that Su Mei, who is always low-key, doesn't talk much, and behaves decently, that woman who always hides behind, has too many special features that she is familiar with.

Zang Dong is such a person, Qingqing is such a person, and so is Su Mei.

It's really like birds of a feather flock together.

But she has to say, she's doing really well.

If there were no accidents, she might not have discovered the secret today, and even if the child was infected with smallpox, she might never know anything.

From here, she is almost infinitely close to success.

Madam Zheng hurriedly said: "The slave?"

"Go and get Zangdong to my concubine to hide over there, and she will come out when it's time for her to come out."

After the division of labor, at some point, Xiao Mingrui came back.

It was getting late.

Murong Wei said with a smile: "My lord came back a bit late today, have you been so busy lately? By the way, is that master still there?"

"Master Liao Yin? He's still at the mansion, why do you have something to ask him?"

Murong Wei pursed her lips and smiled, "I just think that this monk is really capable."

After speaking, she came up and held her husband's arm, and affectionately pulled him to sit in the house: "Husband, I want to play a game with you, I wonder if you are interested?"

Xiao Mingrui was a little surprised, and asked full of interest: "Wei'er, what are you?"

"Husband, just say okay." Murong Wei smiled coquettishly: "You will sit behind the screen in a while, and you can't come out if I don't speak."

Xiao Mingrui didn't know what tricks she was playing, but since his wife was so interested, he was happy to cooperate with her.

"Okay, I'll listen to you, can't you?" Xiao Mingrui said with a smile: "It's rare for a lady to play around, so of course I will accompany you to the end."

Murong Wei thought to herself, if you can still laugh later, then I will really admire you.

At this moment, Xiangtao came in, and Murong Wei asked, "Is anyone invited?"

"I've already been invited, and I'm about to come over to greet you."

Murong Wei nodded, and said to Xiao Mingrui: "Husband, don't be impatient, just calm down and listen for a while."

Xiao Mingrui only felt that some interesting things happened today, and it was rare for her to be childlike, so he rumpled her hair with a smile: "Okay, then I'll just listen to it for now."

At this time, Murong Wei still didn't tell him why he did this.

The reason why she chose to do these things when Xiao Mingrui was around was not without reason.

She no longer intends to leave this matter as simple as possible. In this case, it's better to solve it at once, so as not to procrastinate, but nothing will be left in the end.

Xiao Mingrui just sat down behind the screen, Xiangtao closed the fan, Xiao Mingrui was surprised, but he could see the situation outside through the gap.

At this moment, I saw a person entering the room. The woman was a little weak, her complexion was not very good, and her figure was much thinner. Looking at it now, the clothes on her body looked empty, as if she was hanging on her body, and she lost a lot of weight.

Murong Wei hadn't seen her for some days, but she was so skinny.

Xiao Mingrui was also very surprised why she called Su Mei here, and it's night, Su Mei is still sick, what is Murong Wei doing?

"My concubine pays her respects to the concubine, these days have been...cough." Su Mei coughed, and the maid who was serving her by her side had been supporting her, and at this moment, she quickly patted her back and comforted her.

Murong Wei watched coldly, "Everyone else go down."

The maid was surprised, but Murong Wei gave her a cold look, she didn't dare to insist any longer, so she backed away worriedly.

Xiangtao and Yuegu did not leave.

"Wangfei is this?" Su Mei looked at her in surprise, "I don't know what the wangfei wants to ask the concubine?"

Murong Wei put down the teacup in her palm with a snap, and placed it heavily on the table, which made Xiao Mingrui very surprised for a moment.

"I want you to see something, to see if you recognize it." Murong Wei asked Xiang Tao to bring it.

It was nothing else, but the cut-up little dress, the blood stains on it and the dirty cloth strips stained with smallpox pustules were still there.

Su Mei glanced at it, and lowered her head to avoid it: "Princess, what do you mean? Is it true that the concubine is going to be insulted like this?"

"You can tell the truth, I will choose to give you a chance. If you are stubborn and want to quibble, I'm sorry, you don't want to see the sun tomorrow. It doesn't matter whether you were given to the prince by the concubine or not."

Murong Wei's expression was cold and serious, completely lacking in her usual amiable appearance, and she didn't mean to be joking at all.

"The concubine doesn't know what the concubine wants the concubine to say? Is there no reason to blame the concubine? What's wrong with the concubine?"

Hearing these words, Xiao Mingrui was also puzzled behind the screen, what was it, Murong Wei's temperament is impossible to frame others, if so, what is she doing for it?

However, he couldn't imagine that this matter could have anything to do with Su Mei?
Su Mei has always been a very low-key woman in his impression, does she also want to do something wrong?
"You asked me what this is?" Murong Wei laughed angrily at her, she got up and stood in front of Su Mei, "Are you really not sure? Do you know that this thing was obtained from a person who had smallpox? Who do you say sewed it into the clothes for my son, and sent them in through Zangdong's hands, wanting my son to wear such clothes, wanting him to be infected with smallpox, and wanting his life! Do you still dare to tell me that you don’t know?”

(End of this chapter)