Empress has purpose

Chapter 5 Poisoning
In the afternoon, after noon, Gu Yunxi got up from the bed in a daze and let the maid change her clothes.

"Girl, the Dongju next to Madam is here." Lu Wu said in a low voice.

"Well, let her come in." Gu Yunxi nodded.

Not long after, I saw a little maid leading a maid wearing a peach red coat and a green birch came in. The maid had a pink face, peach cheeks, and a slim figure. She walked gracefully in front of Gu Yunxi, squatting down. Shen Yifu said: "Dongju has met the third girl."

"Get up. Why did mother ask you to come?"

"Back to the third girl, Mother Wei, who is next to the eldest princess, is here and is waiting in the front hall. Madam asked a servant to inform you." Dong Ju replied respectfully with her head bowed.

"Understood, you go back first, I'll be there in a while." Seeing that Luwu took out the water-blue skirt from the morning again, she frowned and said, "I won't wear this one anymore, I'll change to the lotus lotus and misty flowers." The brocade half-arm narrow-sleeved gown, and the sky-blue pleated Ruyi skirt."

Lu Wu was a little surprised, but still said: "Yes." Then she turned and went to the closet. The girl has her own reasons for what she does, and the servant just obeys orders.

Dongju also felt a little strange when she heard it. Didn't the wife make the clothes for the third girl last spring?Why did the three girls want to wear half-worn clothes to meet the guests? She looked up, but she met Gu Yunxi's deep eyes. She was shocked for a moment, lowered her head and said, "The servant girl will leave first." gone."

"Go." Gu Yunxi waved her hand, signaling her to go down.

"Yes." Dong Ju then bowed and took a few steps back, and went out.

Gu Yunxi turned her head and asked Luwu again: "Where's Fentao? Where did she go?"

Luwu also replied with some doubts: "It is said that I didn't eat enough at noon, so I went to the kitchen to find something to eat, but it's not long since I just had lunch."

"Looking for something to eat?" Gu Yunxi asked back.

"Well, do you want this servant to find her?" Lu Wu asked hesitantly.

"No, let her go, you accompany me to see Mother Wei." After thinking for a while, he waved to Lvwu, motioning her to come closer, and Lvwu leaned forward, and Gu Yunxi whispered to her again Yifan: "Let's go there later, you go to Zizhu first, and then..."

Luwu hurriedly nodded in agreement, although she still felt very strange in her heart, she still took the order and went out.

Besides, in the front hall over there, Mrs. Meng was talking with a nanny with a serious face and a dignified manner.

"How is Your Highness the Eldest Princess?" Meng's face was full of smiles.

"Prime Minister's Madam is concerned. Her Royal Highness, the Eldest Princess, has been doing well recently, but she misses County Lord Ronghua a little, so she invited me here, and wants to take the County Lord to live in the Princess Mansion for a while. I don't know what Madam would like?" Wei Madam Mammy also smiled, speaking neither humble nor overbearing, neither making people feel overstepped nor showing any humility.

"Of course, I've already sent someone to invite the third girl." As she spoke, she turned her head and frowned and asked Qian Momo beside her, "Why haven't you come here yet, are you sure you sent someone to invite her?"

Qian Momo hurriedly replied: "Returning to Madam, the old slave has already called for someone to go, just now Dong Ju came to report that the third girl just got up from her afternoon nap and is changing clothes, let Dong Ju report first, saying that she will be there in a while. "

Mrs. Meng nodded, of course she knew that she had already sent someone to invite her, and she ordered Dong Ju to go in person, and she said this just to show Wei Mama.

When Mother Wei heard what Meng said, a light flashed in her eyes, and she said, "It's okay, the old slave should wait for the county master."

After hearing this, Mrs. Meng disapproved: "What are you talking about? You are the nanny of His Royal Highness the eldest princess, and you are also the elder of the third girl. There is no reason for the elders to wait for the younger generation."

"Ma'am, it's serious. Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess is the master of this old slave, and the county master Ronghua is half of the master of this old slave." Mammy Wei still sat dignifiedly.

When Mrs. Meng heard this, she felt a little embarrassed, gritted her teeth, and opened her mouth to say something else: "Nurse, you..."

Before Mrs. Meng could finish speaking, Gu Yunxi walked in with Luwu. When she saw Mrs. Meng and Mrs. Wei, she first saluted Mrs. Meng and said, "Mother." Then she turned around and smiled at Mrs. Wei Mammy also saluted, Mammy Wei hurriedly avoided, and said "Ouch", she supported Gu Yunxi with her hand and said, "The county lord has broken this old slave."

Being so close, Mammy Wei couldn't help but look down at Gu Yunxi's attire. The clothes were the new style in Beijing in the past few years, but Mammy Wei could still tell at a glance that it was an old dress. A little whitish, it is the trace that will only appear after several washings.Just when she was about to get angry, she felt that Gu Yunxi secretly squeezed her hand tightly. Mammy Wei raised her head and saw Gu Yunxi shaking her head quietly at herself, so she held back what she wanted to say.

Gu Yunxi's face remained the same, she stood up with a smile, sat down on her seat, and said to Mammy Wei with a surprised face: "Why is Mammy here today? I didn't notify Yunxi in advance, so I kept Mammy waiting for a long time." , Auntie, is she okay?"

Wei Mammy hurriedly replied with a smile: "Go back to the county lord, Your Highness the eldest princess is very good, this old slave is ordered by the eldest princess to visit the county lord."

Gu Yunxi nodded with a smile and said: "Aunt Lao is worried, Yunxi is fine." Then she lowered her head, looking a little hesitant.

Seeing Gu Yunxi like this, Mrs. Meng was taken aback for a moment. What does she mean?Does it make people think that I, a mother, bullied her?Thinking about it in his heart, he changed the subject with a smile and said, "Yun Xi, His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess said that she misses you very much and wants to pick you up for a temporary stay. What do you mean?"

Seeing this appearance, Wei Mama became more certain of her thoughts. It turned out that the county lord was really not doing well in the Prime Minister's Mansion!Thinking of this, I can't help being furious, hum!A little young lady of the Houfu of Yong'an, Prime Minister Gu's successor, dared to abuse Mrs. Yuan's daughter-in-law of the Xiangfu, the head of Ronghua County personally appointed by the emperor.

Gu Yunxi raised her head, her eyes still full of smiles: "Okay, that's exactly what I mean..." But before she finished speaking, Mammy Wei saw Gu Yunxi's body shaking, as if she was about to faint, Standing up in shock, she walked to Gu Yunxi's side in a few steps, supported Gu Yunxi, and stretched out her hand to feel her pulse. This investigation was a shock!She turned around and stared angrily at Meng Shi and said, "Unexpectedly, the majestic Miss Yong'an Hou Di, the wife of the prime minister, can't even tolerate the daughter of the original wife's wife!"

Meng was stunned by this turn of events, only then did she notice that Gu Yunxi's originally rosy cheeks were turning pale, and panting with difficulty, she hurriedly asked with concern: "Why did you say that, Yunxi, what are you doing?" What's wrong?"

"What's the matter? Hurry up and put out all the incense burners in this house! The county magistrate has been poisoned!" Wei Mammy walked to the burning incense burner in the house, looked carefully, hurriedly extinguished the incense burner in front of her, and said angrily .

As soon as these words came out, not only Mrs. Meng, but all the maids serving in the house also panicked, and hurriedly extinguished all the incense in the incense burner.

"Poisoned? How could it be? Is it about the incense? But why are we all right?" Meng was even more shocked and puzzled.

Everyone was also taken aback, yes, why are we all right?
"I'm going to ask you, the mistress." Wei Mama snorted.

"Me? I didn't do anything!" Meng said in a panic, pointing at the tip of her nose.

"It's not you. Could it be that the county lord took the poison herself? I just checked and found that the poison the county lord was poisoned was made from cassava flour and the incense burnt in this hall. You just smelled it. The incense, of course, is fine. Poor group leader, I don’t know who was plotted by some black-hearted people, let the county leader eat cassava powder all day long, which made her weak, and now she was poisoned after smelling Su Hexiang! Madam Wei glared fiercely at Mrs. Meng.

(End of this chapter)