concubine auspicious
Chapter 31 Bet
Chapter 31 Bet
Zhanwangfu
In Yanyun Tower, Feng Zhanxiu did not leave for a long time.There was nothing to do in the afternoon, so he picked up the books and lay down on the recliner with Gu Ruoer in his arms to rest.After he finished reading one page, Gu Ruo'er turned the next page for him, and the two had a perfect understanding.Feng Zhanxiu was born with a heroic appearance, but Gu Ruoer's every frown and smile is full of amorous feelings.
From the eyes of others, there is really an indescribable fit, handsome men and beautiful women are always married couples.
Aunt Rong stood aside and waited on them, seeing them like this, she thought in her heart that she finally followed the wrong person.As long as the wife is in the right position, then she can also be regarded as following along.In the future, the prosperity and wealth will never be exhausted, and there will be no need to work hard in the second half of life. What a great blessing.
"Ruo'er." Feng Zhanxiu read the last word on the page, and reached out to caress her pink cheek.
Gu Ruo'er raised her head, her lips brushed against his side face, she glanced at him with her beautiful eyes, and said angrily, "Yes! People know, so I'll turn over the book for the prince." She smiled softly, her eyes occupied Full of obsession.
"Good boy. You are the only one who is so considerate to me, and won my heart." Feng Zhanxiu said solemnly, scraping her skin with his fingers from time to time.
Gu Ruo'er even leaned closer to him, her body as soft as a bone, "My lord, he is so considerate of you and wins your heart so much, my lord doesn't have any rewards!"
"What reward do you want?" He closed his eyes and locked the coldness tightly.
For some reason, a look of someone bowing his head in annoyance suddenly appeared in his mind.He unconsciously drew the corners of his mouth and smiled playfully.
However, Gu Ruo'er nimbly inserted her small hands into his lapel, teasing his strong chest, "My lord, my..."
Halfway through her words, she could only feel the qi and blood in her abdomen rushing up, and the fishy smell rushed straight to her forehead.
Gu Ruo'er immediately pressed her chest, half-lyed up and spit out a mouthful of blood.
The blood of a normal person should be ruddy and lustrous, but the blood she spit out was so red that it turned black, and it was already purple.
"Ma'am! Are you alright? Why are you vomiting blood? Why is the blood so black!" Nurse Rong immediately rushed to Gu Ruoer and asked anxiously.In fact, it was almost time, and it was time for the outbreak to happen. She had already prepared for it.However, the acting was performed to the end, and the expressions were also well-crafted and lifelike.
Feng Zhanxiu immediately picked her up, and his handsome face sank, "Hurry up and call the doctor!"
"Yes!" Nanny Rong replied immediately, and looked at Gu Ruo'er at the same time as she turned around.
Although Gu Ruo'er was uncomfortable, she endured the pain and nodded slightly, "My lord, my lord...my body hurts so much..."
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Immediately, the doctor was invited to Yanyun Tower.
In the boudoir, Gu Ruo'er fell ill and was lying on the bed.The flowery beauty turned into a sick child in the blink of an eye.That Furong's face was pitifully haggard, her face turned black and her face was blue-purple.Without thinking too much, I knew she was poisoned.And the poison is not light.
The doctor checked his pulse, got up immediately and replied, "My lord, my wife is poisoned. But..."
"Speak!" Feng Zhanxiu sat on the chair and asked in a deep voice.
The doctor was frightened, knelt down on the ground, and said tremblingly, "My lord, the poison my wife suffered is very strange. I have practiced medicine for so many years, but I can't find out the reason. I..."
"Zongli!" Feng Zhanxiu shouted decisively without blinking.
"Yes! Your lord!" Zhongli responded, and stepped forward to grab the doctor from the ground.
The doctor knew that he was doomed, but he also had a glimmer of hope, begging for mercy, "My lord, please forgive me, my lord, please forgive me... There are old and young, and there are villains..."
"Drag out." Feng Zhanxiu yelled out these three words sharply, his evil and charming appearance was like the Hades of the underworld, without the slightest nostalgia.
"My lord... my lord, spare my life... my lord..."
Zhongli immediately touched the man's acupuncture points, the doctor burst into tears and passed out immediately.Zhongli easily picked up the doctor, walked out of the room silently, threw it to the guards outside the room, and said indifferently, "Throw it into the backyard and feed the wolves. Go and invite the doctor immediately, and invite all the doctors in the city." !"
"Yes!" The guard took the doctor and turned away.
Nanny Rong cried hoarsely and threw herself on the edge of the bed, "Ma'am, my wife, why is your life so hard. Ma'am, you have to wake up. Ma'am...you can't do anything...leave The old slave is alone, what should the old slave do in the future! Who is so cruel that he wants to poison Madam, Madam..."
"Bang——" Feng Zhanxiu raised his hand and slapped the table heavily, causing the table to rattle.
Mother Rong was so frightened that she stopped crying, hurriedly knelt down on the ground, and cried softly, "My lord, you have to decide for Madam. Madam was poisoned..."
"Has Madam ever eaten anything unclean?" Zhongli asked beside him.
Nanny Rong nodded in panic, and said falteringly, "Mrs. is not feeling well today, and she didn't eat anything in the morning. She only drank half a bowl of clear porridge for lunch. Then... then she drank that bowl of soup. This soup is enough medicine. I have served it for five years, and I have never made a mistake, and I think there will be no deviation..."
"Who is in charge of decocting the medicine?" Zhongli asked again.
Nanny Rong blurted out and pointed to the outside of the room, "It's that maid, it's Mingzhu! The old man asked her to cook the medicine for Madam! It must be her! That maid loves to gossip with the other two maids and gossip behind Madam's back. She must be jealous of Madam being favored, so she did it..."
"My poor wife..." Rong Momo said, crying again.
The crowd responded silently, turned their heads to ask for instructions, "My lord?"
Feng Zhanxiu squinted his eyes, and a hint of coldness came out faintly, "Take her back to the house immediately, there must be no mistake!"
"Yes!" Zhongli replied holding his sword.
"Wait." Feng Zhanxiu said in a deep voice again, and everyone immediately stopped and waited for the next sentence.
Feng Zhanxiu said gloomily, "I only give you half an hour!"
"Subordinates obey!"
Zhongli left the room immediately, and took a few guards out of the mansion to arrest the pearl that Gongsun Qingming had taken away.
In the boudoir, Dongmei and Dongzhu were kneeling on one side.
Nanny Rong kept crying, but there was a smile on the corner of her mouth, her expression was ferocious and terrifying.
A teahouse with a steady stream of customers
In the corner of the teahouse by the window, Gongsun Qingming watched the pedestrians on the street.And Mingzhu sat on the side peacefully, quietly looking at the two bunches of candied haws on the table.She was very upset, but she couldn't bear to eat.There are no such good things in this world. She understands the truth that people are short-handed and soft-hearted.
Gongsun Qingming glanced at her, propped his chin with one hand, and teased, "I want to eat so much, why don't I eat it?"
"I don't like to eat." Mingzhu said casually.
Gongsun Qingming clicked "tsk tsk" a few times and sighed, "You and the prince are a little similar at last."
"What?" Hearing that he mentioned that lunatic, Mingzhu looked up at him suspiciously.
"Let's serve tea! A pot of Biluochun, crispy pancakes, sesame cakes, and red bean paste dumplings!" Xiao Eryou came over while drinking, brought tea and snacks, and greeted, "Excuse me, two guests. Use it slowly!"
Seeing so many sweets, Mingzhu swallowed, not daring to look any further.
"Although you seem weak, you are as stubborn as a cow. But he is indifferent to everything, but he is as stubborn as a rock." Gongsun Qingming picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for her, and poured another cup for himself. Holding the teacup, he said casually, "Aren't these two people a little similar?"
Mingzhu was so thirsty that she gulped down a cup of tea.
Putting down the teacup, she said seriously, "I will never be similar to the prince."
"Oh?" Gongsun Qingming narrowed his eyes curiously, and took a sip of the fragrant tea.
"The prince is high above, but I am too small. If the prince is the sky, then I am the earth. How can the sky and the earth be similar?" Mingzhu answered firmly with an analogy.
Gongsun Qingming gestured for her to silence, "Hush!"
"..." Mingzhu was confused, and she didn't say anything.What is he going to do again!
Gongsun Qingming approached her, and then said in a low voice, "Are you dying? Your heaven is the emperor, the king of a country in the Daxing Dynasty."
Mingzhu was taken aback for a moment, but immediately came to her senses.
"Here is the person! Take her down quickly!" A sudden shout broke the comfort.
The guests in the teahouse were startled, only to see a group of guards rushing in from outside.The guards rushed to the window by the window with their guns and surrounded the two of them.The guests ran away screaming, the shopkeeper and the waiter didn't dare to go forward, they hid behind the counter, thinking it was the government coming to chase the fugitive.
The guards made way for them, and Zhongli strode forward to the two of them, "I hope Mr. Gongsun will forgive me! The villain obeys orders!"
"Do something? What do you want to do?" Gongsun Qingming stretched out his hand, and the jade fan came slowly.
Zhongli looked at Mingzhu, and said again, "Take the servant girl Mingzhu back to the palace!"
"Me?" Mingzhu pointed at herself, her eyes widened in surprise.
Gongsun Qingming was also obviously startled, and asked calmly, "I don't know what she did, Lord Lao is so inspiring?"
"She poisoned Madam!" Zhongli's voice fell like a heavy stone.
boom--
Mingzhu's mind was in chaos, poison, poison?Who poisoned?She poisoned?Mingzhu jumped up against the crime, furious, "I didn't poison you!"
"Whether poison was poisoned or not, the prince can decide for himself! Take it!" Zhongli shouted to the guards behind him.
"Yes!" The guards roared, and immediately stepped forward to set up Mingzhu.
Mingzhu struggled and resisted uneasily, "Let go of me, I didn't poison you! I will walk by myself! Let go!"
"Excuse me!" Zhong Li clasped his fists and said, and hurried away with a group of guards.
Gongsun Qingming watched their disappearing figures, glanced down at the candied haws that fell on the ground, and murmured, "This little girl didn't even eat a single bite."
He also stood up, took out a bank note from his sleeve, put it on the table, and left gracefully.
"One, 100 taels..." The shopkeeper took a closer look and exclaimed.
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A group of people hurried back to Zhanwang's Mansion, and Zhongli immediately rushed to Fusheng Hall to report to his orders.He rushed into the study room, bowed his head and replied respectfully, "My lord, he has already been arrested and brought back to the mansion. Please wait for my lord's punishment."
"Back off." Feng Zhanxiu shook his hand, Jun Rong looked indifferent.
The crowd hesitated and couldn't bear to say, "My lord, she is..."
"Princess?" Feng Zhanxiu said arrogantly with a cruel smile on the corner of his mouth, "This is the world of this king. If this king wants her to live, she will live. If this king wants her to die, she will never live until dawn!"
"Yes! My lord!" Zhongli replied in a deep voice, but finally withdrew.
And Mingzhu was pushed all the way to the backyard and locked in the dungeon of the palace.
"Go in!" The guard pushed hard, pushing her to the ground viciously.
Mingzhu lay on the ground and yelled, "I didn't poison you! I didn't!" Why did this happen!In just a few hours, what happened!Gu Ruoer poisoned?Who can tell her!
"Shout again! Shout again and kill you!" The guard took the whip beside him and whipped it hard several times.
Mingzhu cried out in pain, her body curled up into a ball.
Several guarding guards exited the dungeon, and then heard the sound of chains closing the door.
Mingzhu only felt that the sky was dim and the earth was dark, and she stood up from the ground unsteadily.He rushed to the iron gate of the dungeon, held the fence with both hands, kept shaking, and shouted, "I was wronged! I didn't poison you! I want to see the prince, I want to see Feng Zhanxiu! Let me out! I No poison!"
"Papa——" the whip whipped out in a blink of an eye, and Mingzhu let go of it in pain.
The guard's scolding sounded again, violent and ruthless, "The name of the prince is something that a maid like you can shout? Give me peace of mind! Otherwise, I will beat you to death!"
Mingzhu breathed out the wound on her hand, and suddenly fell into hell again.
The dungeon was cloudy, cold and damp, with no sunlight.But this made her a thousand times more uncomfortable than being locked in the darkroom, because she was framed!She hates being deceived the most, and she hates being deceived, so she will never allow such a thing!Mingzhu gritted her teeth and told herself that she must hold on.
At least, at least to see Feng Zhanxiu.
Even if he doesn't believe in herself, even if he wants her to die, she doesn't care.
In the winter afternoon, the sun was covered with a layer of chill, even though there was sunshine, it still felt cold.Thousands of strands of silver hang down from the willow branches covered in frost, and it is also beautiful covered in silver, shining with dazzling light.Only plum blossoms bloomed once, thanked once, and bloomed again.
In the distance, Yun Ni ran towards Fusheng Palace with a maid.
After entering Fusheng Hall, Yun Ni went to the study, while the maid obediently stopped in the front yard.
In the study, Feng Zhan Xiuxiu held a crescent-shaped exquisite jade and looked at it.The exquisite and beautiful jade is like the crescent moon.He squinted his eagle eyes, and his usually indifferent handsome face suddenly showed a bit of tenderness, but it was fleeting and could not be captured.Hearing the faint sound with his keen ears, he calmly put the Linglong Jade into the skirt of his clothes and put it away.
Then he regained his decisive look, closed his eyes and rested his mind.
Sure enough, footsteps gradually approached.
In the next second, Yun Ni lowered her head and walked into the study, calling softly, "My lord."
Feng Zhanxiu was silent and answered, slightly raised his thin lips with a charming arc.
"The prince sent someone to send a letter." Yun Ni took out the letter hidden in her sleeve, took a step forward, and respectfully placed it on the table.
Feng Zhanxiu slowly opened his eyes, and the light pierced into the bottom of his eyes. He looked at the letter with a slight sarcasm in his smile.Finally, he reached out his hand, just picked up the letter, and the palm of his hand gathered strength in his fingers instantly.His eyebrows frowned, and the letters in his hand instantly turned into fragments, flying down one after another.
He spread out the rice paper in front of him, and took a pen to write down a line.
Few numbers, black and white stand out exceptionally clearly.
Feng Zhanxiu put the pen back and slowly put the letter into the envelope.He handed the letter paper to Yun Ni, and said in a deep voice, "You deliver the letter yourself, day and night, without any delay."
"Yes! My lord!" Yun Ni took the letter with both hands and exited the study.Just as she was about to step out of the study, she raised her head to meet a tall figure.
Yun Ni stopped immediately, saw the person coming, and called softly, "Mr. Gongsun!"
Gongsun Qingming smiled slightly, but of course he couldn't leave his fan, "Yun Ni."
While speaking, a pair of eyes had already looked her over completely, sharply glimpsed her action of putting the letter into her sleeve just now.
"It's really hard work. I went to work for your lord again? How many days will I be away this time?" He said leisurely, looked at the study room, and said abruptly, "I said lord, no matter how smart and capable Yun Ni is, at least she is It’s a girl’s house. You can’t make her run around, but also let her have some free time to talk about love.”
"Thank you, Mr. Gongsun, for thinking of Yun Ni. It is Yun Ni's blessing to be able to serve the prince. I hope Mr. Gongsun will make way." Yun Ni replied respectfully.
Gongsun Qingming shook his head and could only take a step back.
"Yun Ni thanked Mr. Gongsun!" After she finished speaking, she walked out with small steps.
Gongsun Qingming walked into the study with ease, found a chair and sat down.He shook the jade fan slowly, and said, "My lord, Madam was unconscious after being poisoned, but you are still so calm here, I really admire you."
"Don't go around in circles in front of this king, just say what you have to say, and get out when you finish speaking." Feng Zhanxiu said coldly, showing a bit of intimidating momentum.
But Gongsun Qingming was not afraid, and said quietly, "Madam was poisoned, did that little girl do it? You know me, God knows."
"Heh!" Feng Zhanxiu chuckled and retorted, "Heaven knows, the earth knows, you know, but this king doesn't know."
"Since the prince said so, I want to discuss the deal with the prince again. I don't know how?" Gongsun Qingming nodded obediently, then changed his words.
Feng Zhanxiu asked suspiciously, seemingly interested, "Again?"
"Exactly!" Gongsun Qingming grabbed the jade fan, half serious, half joking, and said words that only the two of them could understand, "In exchange, the prince gave me the little maid. How about it?"
Feng Zhanxiu said meaninglessly, "Yes."
"Okay, let someone let her go quickly." Gongsun Qingming was overjoyed when he heard him say that.
He raised his sword eyebrows, his black and thick hair slightly covered his eyes, and said forcefully, "But not at this moment."
"My lord, this is not the way to do business." Gongsun Qingming was not angry, as if he had expected him to be like this.I have known him for several years, and I know that he has always been treacherous and cunning, his temper is sometimes cloudy and sometimes sunny, and he hides his secrets.It was not normal for him to agree so readily just now.
Feng Zhanxiu closed his eyes, with an attitude of "seeing off guests", "There is always a bargain in business. What's more, it's you who regretted the previous transaction. If you can wait, you just wait. If you can't wait, then it's over. The king doesn't care either."
"Okay, okay, I understand the meaning of the prince. I will go far away and not disturb the prince."
Gongsun Qingming really stood up and didn't stay any longer.
He stopped suddenly, but didn't turn around, "I'm going to see that little maid, the prince doesn't mind."
"Get out." Feng Zhanxiu said a word gloomily, waved his hand very quickly, and threw a token at him in the blink of an eye.
Gongsun Qingming took the token with one hand and said with a smile, "Thank you very much, thank you very much."
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In the dungeon, Mingzhu never drank a sip of water, nor ate anything.Hunger and thirst are not the most critical problems. The problem is that she is really out of breath.She curled up in the corner, thinking about it, and couldn't help standing up again, walking towards the closed iron door.
Mingzhu learned to be smart this time, she didn't dare to stretch out her hand to grab the fence anymore, she kept some distance away.
Taking a deep breath, she shouted to the outside of the fence, "Let me out! Do you hear me! I want to see Feng Zhanxiu! I want to see him! Tell you princes, I want to see him! Did you poison me? Request a complaint!"
"Papa——" The whip came over and hit the fence.
"I really can't let me be clean! It's so noisy! Let's see if I don't beat you to death this time!" The guard came yelling, grabbing the whip.
Mingzhu was a little scared, and reflexively took a few steps back.
There was only a bang of a key opening the door, and the heavy iron door slowly opened.
The guard was very tall and mighty, with a full beard and a vicious look.
"I want you to keep making noise! Let's see if you still have the strength!" The guard stretched the whip in his hand and shouted sharply.
Then another guard came in with a bucket of chili oil in his hand.
The barrel full of chili oil was piled on the ground, and a spicy smell filled the air.
The bearded guard put the whip into the barrel and stirred it back and forth, and the spicy smell became more intense and pungent.
Mingzhu smelled the spicy oil, she clenched her chest with both hands, and backed away repeatedly.Until there is no way to retreat, the thin body clings to the wall, clearly feeling the icy temperature.She had tried it herself a long time ago, the strength of the guards was tens of thousands of times stronger than that of Nanny Rong, and the pain from whipping her body was tens of thousands of times.
Now, this whip is covered with chili oil again.
If it was hit on the body, the skin would be ripped apart, and the pain would be so painful that every day should not be done, and the ground would not work.
Mingzhu clenched her lips, and a gleam of light flashed in her eyes.
She lowered her hands, raised her head, and looked at the two guards.She is still stubborn, and this stubbornness faintly reveals some deterrence that only the royal family has.Looking at the guard, he said quietly, "Let me out! I want to see your prince! I'm a princess! You can't do this to me!"
"Princess?" The two guards sneered.
The bearded guard took the whip out of the oil barrel and said ferociously, "Not only did you poison Madam, but you dared to lie about being a princess! You really have the guts of a bear! Let me see you as a princess, will you?" Beg for forgiveness!"
After the words fell, the guard raised his whip and lashed at her fiercely.
Mingzhu closed her eyes subconsciously and had no choice but to wrap her arms around her body.I only felt a burst of pain, like a knife cutting the skin, and blasting from the back, the pain was like ten thousand ants biting, and I couldn't even say the word "pain".The taste of blood quickly filled his mouth, and his head began to feel dizzy.
"I, Want, See, Feng, Zhan, Xiu..." She said intermittently, as if her anger had drifted away.
The guard sneered again, waved his hand and dropped the second whip.
Mingzhu was so pumped that she passed out on the ground, her back was dripping with blood, "I, want, see, Feng..."
"I'll let you shout again!" The guard reprimanded and swung his whip again.
At this moment, a white figure suddenly jumped into the dungeon.
The guard raised his hand in the air but was caught by the wrist. He looked back in astonishment and saw a token.
There is only one word "war" on the token, swearing absolute authority, no one dares to do anything wrong.
"My lord!" The two guards immediately knelt down to the ground as if seeing a person when they saw the token.The whip also fell from his hand.
Gongsun Qingming's always laughing handsome face is gloomy, deep and soul-stirring.He sneered, glanced at Mingzhu who was lying on the ground covered in blood, and said quietly, "You guys are so brave to torture yourself! I will definitely report this matter to the prince, and the prince will decide everything!"
"I know I'm wrong! My lord, please forgive me! It's all because of this servant girl who speaks rudely, calls the prince by his name, and pretends to be a princess! We can't take it anymore, so..." The two guards repeatedly bowed their heads and pleaded.
Gongsun Qingming took back the token and said disdainfully, "Get out!"
"Yes yes yes!" The two guards got up immediately and left the dungeon in shock.
Gongsun Qingming immediately ran to Mingzhu's side, bent down and squatted down.Seeing that her clothes were ragged and stained with blood, he reached out and wanted to hug her, but he was afraid that it would hurt her wound.He only held her head up gently.Looking down at her pale and weak face, she frowned and called out, "Pearl, Pearl?"
"I, I..." Mingzhu was already powerless, but still murmured, "I want to see him..."
Gongsun Qingming was taken aback for a moment, his nervous expression finally relaxed.
He said lightly, "If he wants to see you, he will naturally meet. If he is determined not to see you, even if you shout your throat, it will be useless."
Mingzhu shook her head and said with difficulty, "Help me...I want to see him...I didn't poison..."
Even if you admit it, he won't let you die.Gongsun Qingming thought to himself.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Mingzhu murmured again, "Could it be... even you believe that... the poison... was poisoned by me..."
"It doesn't matter if I believe it or not." Gongsun Qingming said.
"You go...you go away..." Mingzhu struggled with the last bit of strength, turned over and fell to the side, not looking at him, "Since...you don't believe me...you go away..."
Gongsun Qingming was silent, her bloody figure was in his eyes.He seemed to be thinking about something, for an instant, an unknown undercurrent surged through his brown pupils.
After a while, he stood up and walked away.
When Mingzhu heard his footsteps gradually going away, she felt disheartened.
With her last breath left, she will hold on till the end of the battle!
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Yanyun Building
In the boudoir, Gu Ruo'er has been lying down for a whole day and night since she fell into a coma.Her face became more and more purple, obviously poisoned.What's even more strange is that even though the doctors in the whole city took turns to diagnose, they couldn't find out why.Can only be eroded by the poison, the beauty gradually fades away.
At this moment, the doctors gathered in the main hall again, with a frowning look, chatting about the disease.
"Although Madam's body is cold, her tongue coating is white."
"Not only that, the fingernails are very rosy, and there are no poisonous spots."
"The old man's diagnosis is also in the same situation. I just took the pulse, but I can't tell which part of the body the poison has infiltrated into. I have also carefully checked the soup and medicine I drank. It is just an ancient prescription from my daughter's family to recuperate the body. There is nothing wrong with it." Place. This old man has practiced medicine for decades, and he has never encountered such a situation. This is really strange."
"..."
For a while, the doctors looked at each other, shaking their heads and sighing.
But because the prince only gave him three days to detoxify, they all raised their heads, very frightened, afraid of offending the prince, so they naturally moved their heads.This is not only about your own safety, but also your family members.Thinking about it this way, the doctors were so anxious that they couldn't think of food or tea.
"what should I do now?"
"If you don't drink a decoction of cooling and antipyretic medicine first, you can't just be so stiff?" The short and fat doctor said in a low voice with a mournful face, "A dead horse should be treated as a living horse doctor!"
When the other doctors heard this, they had no choice but to nod, "Okay! We have to do this first."
So, I immediately wrote down the prescription, and then ordered my servants to fry the medicine.
About an hour later, Dongmei walked into the boudoir carrying the decoction.Walking cautiously to the edge of the bed, she said softly, "Nurse, this is the soup that the doctors ordered the servants to cook."
Nanny Rong has been serving by the side, and never leaves her.
She turned her head to look at Dongmei, reached out to take the soup bowl, and said slowly, "I'll just come, you go down."
"Yes!"
"Wait." Mother Rong shouted holding the soup bowl, Dongmei stopped immediately, she continued, "Madam's lips are a little chapped, I have to feed Madam some water. Go and boil some water, Remember, there must be clean water. Don't put anything in it. Do you hear me clearly?"
Dongmei didn't dare to neglect, "Your servant heard clearly."
"Okay, let's go right away!"
Mother Rong watched Dongmei leave, and then she stood up cautiously.She looked outside the house again, saw no one, and immediately poured the soup in her hand into the pool outside the window.She was deeply afraid that others would become suspicious, so she dropped half of it and left half of it.After closing the window, he put the remaining half on the table.
"Ma'am, don't worry, everything is going well."
"As soon as you open your eyes, you will have no worries and enjoy wealth and honor forever." Nanny Rong turned back to her side and murmured to the unconscious Gu Ruo'er, the smile in her eyes was full of deceit .
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Not long after, Dongmei followed Nanny Rong's instructions and boiled a pot of water again.Before boiling the water, I washed the kettle several times, inside and out, for fear of messing with dirty things.Dongmei walked into Madam's boudoir again with a teapot in her hand, and replied softly, "Mommy, the water is ready. Nothing is added."
"Put it down, I'll serve Madam to drink water." Nanny Rong nodded in satisfaction, and pointed to the table beside her, "Take out the soup bowl."
Dongmei put down the teapot obediently, walked a few steps, and asked worriedly, "Nurse, is Madam okay?"
"You damn girl, is it possible that you are thinking about your wife's accident?" Aunt Rong said harshly with a sharp mouth.
Dongmei shook her head, "I don't dare. I absolutely don't mean that."
"Then what do you mean? Get out of here quickly! Don't disturb Madam!" Nurse Rong shouted.
Dongmei turned around immediately, turned her head and ran out of the room in fright, even forgot to take the bowl she had just ordered to be brought out.Nanny Rong snorted coldly and smiled arrogantly.She walked to the table, picked up the teapot and poured a glass of water.Suddenly narrowing his old eyes again, he glanced furtively outside the room again, and walked back to Ruo'er with a teacup in his hand.
As she walked, she took out the small box from her sleeve.
Inside the small box was a silver needle. She touched the silver needle with her finger, and when she pressed her finger hard, her heart ached instantly.
Nanny Rong squeezed the blood from her fingers and dripped it into the teacup.The blood dripped into the clear water, dyeing layers of beauty.Only then did she gently lift Gu Ruo'er up, and brought the mouth of the cup close to her lips.Gu Ruo'er breathed weakly, opened her lips lightly, and fed water mixed with blood into her mouth bit by bit.
"Nurse." Dongmei's soft voice suddenly sounded, and a thin figure flashed out of the screen like a ghost.
When Aunt Rong heard this voice, she was startled immediately, a little guilty, even her hands trembled.The teacup fell from his hand to the bed in an instant, soaking the quilt.
She stared at Dongmei and questioned, "What are you doing back again?"
"The servant forgot to take the soup bowl." Dongmei said softly.
"Hurry up, hurry up and take it away!" Seeing her natural expression and calm demeanor, Rong Rong breathed a sigh of relief.After thinking about it again, even a sleazy little girl like her doesn't have the guts to talk nonsense.
"Yes!" Dongmei hurriedly picked up the soup bowl, turned and walked out of the boudoir.
Nurse Rong's gaze was fixed on her figure until she disappeared from sight.
After Dongmei ran out of the boudoir, her complexion changed suddenly, she was really palpitating and frightened.What had she just seen?Why did Nanny Rong drop blood into the water?Do you want to feed your wife?I don't know what's wrong, but I always feel uneasy and scared.All of a sudden, he lost his mind, like losing his soul.
"Sister?" Dongzhu walked up to her and waved his hand, "Are you okay? Sister Dongmei?"
Dongmei regained her senses suddenly, and said falteringly, "No, nothing..."
"What did you see? You're so scared?" Dongzhu asked.
Looking at her young sister, she thought to herself: Now that Mingzhu is suspected of poisoning his wife, she has already been thrown into the dungeon, and her life and death are uncertain.I'm afraid it's more bad luck than good luck.In order to protect herself, she had no choice but to keep her mouth shut, pretending she hadn't seen it.
She lowered her head and lied casually, "A... cat... jumped over..."
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Day and night alternate, the sun sets and the moon hangs high in the night sky.Dark blue sky, no stars.In the palace, the guards began to patrol the night again, and the lanterns were particularly conspicuous at night.There was silence all around, and occasionally a night owl whizzed by, making a rough and frightening cry.
As the night gradually deepened, the servant of the night watchman knocked twice.
In the boudoir of Yanyun Tower, Nanny Rong was lying on the edge of the bed, her eyes half-closed, and she took a nap tiredly.
Outside the boudoir, Dongmei and Dongzhu waited quietly, waiting for a response at any time.
After discussing for a day, the doctors also went back to the temporary residence to rest.Only the two of them were left in the side room, fearing that there would be an unexpected accident and it would be too late to deal with it.
The bed collapsed, Gu Ruo'er's face was still blue, but Yintang's black and purple color seemed to retreat a bit.
Suddenly, she moved her eyelids, opened them slowly, and moaned weakly, "Ugh—"
Nanny Rong woke up immediately and hurriedly looked up.Seeing that Gu Ruoer was awake, she beamed with joy, and hurriedly leaned close to her ear, whispering, "Madam, you are finally awake. That maidservant has been thrown into the dungeon by the prince, and I am afraid that she will never be able to stand up again."
"..." Gu Ruo'er was relieved when she heard this.
Nanny Rong nodded to her, pretending to be pleasantly surprised, and shouted loudly, "Ma'am? Ma'am, are you awake?"
Fusheng Hall was originally Feng Zhanxiu's resting place, and usually no one was allowed to enter casually.But at this moment, in the study room, apart from the personal guards, there is also an uninvited guest.And this person is none other than Gongsun Qingming.After dinner, he came leisurely.
The euphemistic name is: playing chess.
Anyone who has dealt with Gongsun Qingming knows that Gongsun Gongzi only has two hobbies in his life.
One is to collect all kinds of rare treasures, and the other is to play games with others.
Gongsun Qingming's chess skills are also considered to be among the best, and those who can beat him will not have more than one hand.But Gongsun Qingming, who has always been invincible, started to have a headache after meeting Feng Zhanxiu.
Because he never won.
This is already the tenth game tonight, the result of the first nine games - all lost.
But Gongsun Qingming did not give up and insisted on playing the No.11 set.Seeing the dense black and white pieces on the chessboard, it seems that the game is about to be decided.
He held his piece down on the chessboard and said excitedly, "See how you crack it this time!"
Feng Zhanxiu squinted boredly, and reached out to pick up a sunspot.He stroked his sleeves, and was about to settle down.
At this moment, Gongsun Qingming reached out to stop him, and said in a deep voice, "My lord, how about making a bet with you."
Feng Zhanxiu looked at him with deep eyes, and spit out a few words, "That must make this king interested."
"If we win this round, then the prince will release the pearl." Gongsun Qingming sat like this all night, but he could not hold back his breath.It wasn't until the last moment that he said what was on his mind.
Feng Zhanxiu raised the corners of his lips and said calmly, "In just a few days, she has the ability to hook you."
"Hey~" Gongsun Qingming sighed a few times, looked at him and said, "My lord doesn't like me calling her name, so I just don't want to call her name. Closer to home, if I win, my lord will let her go."
Feng Zhanxiu said with a light smile, "What if you lose."
"Then I promise to find that medicine within a month." Gongsun Qingming said resolutely with a restrained smile.
"It's a deal." Feng Zhanxiu immediately replied, making his decision.
Gongsun Qingming looked down, his eyes widened, and he couldn't believe it.
Looking at the overall situation, just now his white stone was clearly in an absolute advantage, and the last stone was carefully arranged by him after repeated layout.But who knows, Feng Zhanxiu was caught off guard.He squinted his eyes, scanned the whole chess game, and his eyes fell on an inconspicuous sunspot.
How could he have expected that the most negligent sunspot was actually the key point.
Gongsun Qingming stared at the sunspot, and suddenly smiled with relief, "Be willing to bow down, willing to bow down."
"Don't forget your bet just now." Feng Zhanxiu reminded.
"Although I am a businessman, I am also a businessman who values love and righteousness. Of course, the prince values love and righteousness even more, so he will put that little maid..."
Gongsun Qingming was talking eloquently, but there were footsteps coming from far and near outside the study.
"My lord!" The guard rushed into the study and knelt down on the ground, "My lady is awake!"
Gongsun Qingming remained calm and smiled calmly, but his eyes were serious.
"Wake up." Feng Zhanxiu muttered, his sword eyebrows frowned, "Zongli, push her to the Yanyun Building!"
"Yes! My lord!" Zhongli shouted, and immediately ran out of the study.
Feng Zhanxiu stood up slowly, dressed in a lavender dress, with black hair scattered over his shoulders, his tall and strong figure was even more slender and stylish.Gongsun Qingming also stood up, making it clear that he wanted to follow up to see what happened.Feng Zhanxiu didn't stop, nor did he look back, he just spoke in a deep voice.
"Even if this king doesn't value love or righteousness, this won't let her go."
"It's late, it's better to go back and rest."
He stopped Gongsun Qingming from following with one sentence, and walked out of the study.
Gongsun Qingming shook the jade fan lightly, and murmured sadly to himself, "Hey, I shot myself in the foot when I moved the stone..."
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The guard informed that after Gu Ruo'er woke up, Feng Zhanxiu immediately went to Yanyun Tower.
It was late at night, but the Yanyun Building was brightly lit.
Light should make people feel at ease, but tonight it is the opposite.The door opened and closed from time to time, and the wind blew in, and the faintly burning candles moved faintly, dimly illuminating the main hall.Accompanied by the night owl whirling past outside the house from time to time, the dense atmosphere gathered all of a sudden, making it feel cold and gloomy.
There were a few knocks on the door, and someone shouted, "Your Majesty, people have arrived."
Immediately, the door was pushed open from the inside to the outside.
Outside the gate, Zhongli walked in with a bloody, tattered Mingzhu.
Excessive blood loss and exhaustion made Mingzhu already dizzy.
She has walked very hard along this journey, and it can be said that she is struggling to move forward.Refusing anyone to help and support her, she had to walk in front of him by herself.Maybe what she insists on is ridiculous, but this is her belief.If you haven't done it, you haven't done it. If you have done it, she absolutely admits it.
Mingzhu's eyes were blurred, and she couldn't even see his indifferent and resolute handsome face clearly.
He just staggered forward and stepped into the main hall with his last bit of strength.
As soon as his feet touched the ground, he was so soft that he fell down.
Zhongli wanted to reach out to help her, but Feng Zhanxiu watched him coldly.He immediately withdrew his hand and walked aside silently.
"..." Mingzhu fell to the ground in embarrassment, unable to move anymore.
Feng Zhanxiu swept away his eagle eyes, perhaps because of the lights, the fundus of his eyes suddenly shone with a golden light.Under his eyes was Mingzhu's pale and pitiful little face, she was breathing weakly.Such a tiny life force, where did so much vitality come from, and he held his breath until he wanted to see him.
She was just an idiot before, but after regaining her sanity, she turned out to be so tough and arrogant!
Feng Zhanxiu thought through countless thoughts in an instant, and stared at her.
"Feng, Zhan, Xiu..." Mingzhu spoke with difficulty, calling out his name.
Her eyes gathered a strange power, shining in a trance.Her lips moved slightly, and she said word by word, "I, no, yes, poison..."
Feng Zhanxiu looked at her coldly, without any warmth in his eyes.This pair of eyes is like icy sea water, enough to engulf and suffocate people.Mingzhu saw his reaction, but just looked at him with difficulty.She didn't know what she was still waiting for, but she should have known the result long ago.
(End of this chapter)
Zhanwangfu
In Yanyun Tower, Feng Zhanxiu did not leave for a long time.There was nothing to do in the afternoon, so he picked up the books and lay down on the recliner with Gu Ruoer in his arms to rest.After he finished reading one page, Gu Ruo'er turned the next page for him, and the two had a perfect understanding.Feng Zhanxiu was born with a heroic appearance, but Gu Ruoer's every frown and smile is full of amorous feelings.
From the eyes of others, there is really an indescribable fit, handsome men and beautiful women are always married couples.
Aunt Rong stood aside and waited on them, seeing them like this, she thought in her heart that she finally followed the wrong person.As long as the wife is in the right position, then she can also be regarded as following along.In the future, the prosperity and wealth will never be exhausted, and there will be no need to work hard in the second half of life. What a great blessing.
"Ruo'er." Feng Zhanxiu read the last word on the page, and reached out to caress her pink cheek.
Gu Ruo'er raised her head, her lips brushed against his side face, she glanced at him with her beautiful eyes, and said angrily, "Yes! People know, so I'll turn over the book for the prince." She smiled softly, her eyes occupied Full of obsession.
"Good boy. You are the only one who is so considerate to me, and won my heart." Feng Zhanxiu said solemnly, scraping her skin with his fingers from time to time.
Gu Ruo'er even leaned closer to him, her body as soft as a bone, "My lord, he is so considerate of you and wins your heart so much, my lord doesn't have any rewards!"
"What reward do you want?" He closed his eyes and locked the coldness tightly.
For some reason, a look of someone bowing his head in annoyance suddenly appeared in his mind.He unconsciously drew the corners of his mouth and smiled playfully.
However, Gu Ruo'er nimbly inserted her small hands into his lapel, teasing his strong chest, "My lord, my..."
Halfway through her words, she could only feel the qi and blood in her abdomen rushing up, and the fishy smell rushed straight to her forehead.
Gu Ruo'er immediately pressed her chest, half-lyed up and spit out a mouthful of blood.
The blood of a normal person should be ruddy and lustrous, but the blood she spit out was so red that it turned black, and it was already purple.
"Ma'am! Are you alright? Why are you vomiting blood? Why is the blood so black!" Nurse Rong immediately rushed to Gu Ruoer and asked anxiously.In fact, it was almost time, and it was time for the outbreak to happen. She had already prepared for it.However, the acting was performed to the end, and the expressions were also well-crafted and lifelike.
Feng Zhanxiu immediately picked her up, and his handsome face sank, "Hurry up and call the doctor!"
"Yes!" Nanny Rong replied immediately, and looked at Gu Ruo'er at the same time as she turned around.
Although Gu Ruo'er was uncomfortable, she endured the pain and nodded slightly, "My lord, my lord...my body hurts so much..."
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Immediately, the doctor was invited to Yanyun Tower.
In the boudoir, Gu Ruo'er fell ill and was lying on the bed.The flowery beauty turned into a sick child in the blink of an eye.That Furong's face was pitifully haggard, her face turned black and her face was blue-purple.Without thinking too much, I knew she was poisoned.And the poison is not light.
The doctor checked his pulse, got up immediately and replied, "My lord, my wife is poisoned. But..."
"Speak!" Feng Zhanxiu sat on the chair and asked in a deep voice.
The doctor was frightened, knelt down on the ground, and said tremblingly, "My lord, the poison my wife suffered is very strange. I have practiced medicine for so many years, but I can't find out the reason. I..."
"Zongli!" Feng Zhanxiu shouted decisively without blinking.
"Yes! Your lord!" Zhongli responded, and stepped forward to grab the doctor from the ground.
The doctor knew that he was doomed, but he also had a glimmer of hope, begging for mercy, "My lord, please forgive me, my lord, please forgive me... There are old and young, and there are villains..."
"Drag out." Feng Zhanxiu yelled out these three words sharply, his evil and charming appearance was like the Hades of the underworld, without the slightest nostalgia.
"My lord... my lord, spare my life... my lord..."
Zhongli immediately touched the man's acupuncture points, the doctor burst into tears and passed out immediately.Zhongli easily picked up the doctor, walked out of the room silently, threw it to the guards outside the room, and said indifferently, "Throw it into the backyard and feed the wolves. Go and invite the doctor immediately, and invite all the doctors in the city." !"
"Yes!" The guard took the doctor and turned away.
Nanny Rong cried hoarsely and threw herself on the edge of the bed, "Ma'am, my wife, why is your life so hard. Ma'am, you have to wake up. Ma'am...you can't do anything...leave The old slave is alone, what should the old slave do in the future! Who is so cruel that he wants to poison Madam, Madam..."
"Bang——" Feng Zhanxiu raised his hand and slapped the table heavily, causing the table to rattle.
Mother Rong was so frightened that she stopped crying, hurriedly knelt down on the ground, and cried softly, "My lord, you have to decide for Madam. Madam was poisoned..."
"Has Madam ever eaten anything unclean?" Zhongli asked beside him.
Nanny Rong nodded in panic, and said falteringly, "Mrs. is not feeling well today, and she didn't eat anything in the morning. She only drank half a bowl of clear porridge for lunch. Then... then she drank that bowl of soup. This soup is enough medicine. I have served it for five years, and I have never made a mistake, and I think there will be no deviation..."
"Who is in charge of decocting the medicine?" Zhongli asked again.
Nanny Rong blurted out and pointed to the outside of the room, "It's that maid, it's Mingzhu! The old man asked her to cook the medicine for Madam! It must be her! That maid loves to gossip with the other two maids and gossip behind Madam's back. She must be jealous of Madam being favored, so she did it..."
"My poor wife..." Rong Momo said, crying again.
The crowd responded silently, turned their heads to ask for instructions, "My lord?"
Feng Zhanxiu squinted his eyes, and a hint of coldness came out faintly, "Take her back to the house immediately, there must be no mistake!"
"Yes!" Zhongli replied holding his sword.
"Wait." Feng Zhanxiu said in a deep voice again, and everyone immediately stopped and waited for the next sentence.
Feng Zhanxiu said gloomily, "I only give you half an hour!"
"Subordinates obey!"
Zhongli left the room immediately, and took a few guards out of the mansion to arrest the pearl that Gongsun Qingming had taken away.
In the boudoir, Dongmei and Dongzhu were kneeling on one side.
Nanny Rong kept crying, but there was a smile on the corner of her mouth, her expression was ferocious and terrifying.
A teahouse with a steady stream of customers
In the corner of the teahouse by the window, Gongsun Qingming watched the pedestrians on the street.And Mingzhu sat on the side peacefully, quietly looking at the two bunches of candied haws on the table.She was very upset, but she couldn't bear to eat.There are no such good things in this world. She understands the truth that people are short-handed and soft-hearted.
Gongsun Qingming glanced at her, propped his chin with one hand, and teased, "I want to eat so much, why don't I eat it?"
"I don't like to eat." Mingzhu said casually.
Gongsun Qingming clicked "tsk tsk" a few times and sighed, "You and the prince are a little similar at last."
"What?" Hearing that he mentioned that lunatic, Mingzhu looked up at him suspiciously.
"Let's serve tea! A pot of Biluochun, crispy pancakes, sesame cakes, and red bean paste dumplings!" Xiao Eryou came over while drinking, brought tea and snacks, and greeted, "Excuse me, two guests. Use it slowly!"
Seeing so many sweets, Mingzhu swallowed, not daring to look any further.
"Although you seem weak, you are as stubborn as a cow. But he is indifferent to everything, but he is as stubborn as a rock." Gongsun Qingming picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for her, and poured another cup for himself. Holding the teacup, he said casually, "Aren't these two people a little similar?"
Mingzhu was so thirsty that she gulped down a cup of tea.
Putting down the teacup, she said seriously, "I will never be similar to the prince."
"Oh?" Gongsun Qingming narrowed his eyes curiously, and took a sip of the fragrant tea.
"The prince is high above, but I am too small. If the prince is the sky, then I am the earth. How can the sky and the earth be similar?" Mingzhu answered firmly with an analogy.
Gongsun Qingming gestured for her to silence, "Hush!"
"..." Mingzhu was confused, and she didn't say anything.What is he going to do again!
Gongsun Qingming approached her, and then said in a low voice, "Are you dying? Your heaven is the emperor, the king of a country in the Daxing Dynasty."
Mingzhu was taken aback for a moment, but immediately came to her senses.
"Here is the person! Take her down quickly!" A sudden shout broke the comfort.
The guests in the teahouse were startled, only to see a group of guards rushing in from outside.The guards rushed to the window by the window with their guns and surrounded the two of them.The guests ran away screaming, the shopkeeper and the waiter didn't dare to go forward, they hid behind the counter, thinking it was the government coming to chase the fugitive.
The guards made way for them, and Zhongli strode forward to the two of them, "I hope Mr. Gongsun will forgive me! The villain obeys orders!"
"Do something? What do you want to do?" Gongsun Qingming stretched out his hand, and the jade fan came slowly.
Zhongli looked at Mingzhu, and said again, "Take the servant girl Mingzhu back to the palace!"
"Me?" Mingzhu pointed at herself, her eyes widened in surprise.
Gongsun Qingming was also obviously startled, and asked calmly, "I don't know what she did, Lord Lao is so inspiring?"
"She poisoned Madam!" Zhongli's voice fell like a heavy stone.
boom--
Mingzhu's mind was in chaos, poison, poison?Who poisoned?She poisoned?Mingzhu jumped up against the crime, furious, "I didn't poison you!"
"Whether poison was poisoned or not, the prince can decide for himself! Take it!" Zhongli shouted to the guards behind him.
"Yes!" The guards roared, and immediately stepped forward to set up Mingzhu.
Mingzhu struggled and resisted uneasily, "Let go of me, I didn't poison you! I will walk by myself! Let go!"
"Excuse me!" Zhong Li clasped his fists and said, and hurried away with a group of guards.
Gongsun Qingming watched their disappearing figures, glanced down at the candied haws that fell on the ground, and murmured, "This little girl didn't even eat a single bite."
He also stood up, took out a bank note from his sleeve, put it on the table, and left gracefully.
"One, 100 taels..." The shopkeeper took a closer look and exclaimed.
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A group of people hurried back to Zhanwang's Mansion, and Zhongli immediately rushed to Fusheng Hall to report to his orders.He rushed into the study room, bowed his head and replied respectfully, "My lord, he has already been arrested and brought back to the mansion. Please wait for my lord's punishment."
"Back off." Feng Zhanxiu shook his hand, Jun Rong looked indifferent.
The crowd hesitated and couldn't bear to say, "My lord, she is..."
"Princess?" Feng Zhanxiu said arrogantly with a cruel smile on the corner of his mouth, "This is the world of this king. If this king wants her to live, she will live. If this king wants her to die, she will never live until dawn!"
"Yes! My lord!" Zhongli replied in a deep voice, but finally withdrew.
And Mingzhu was pushed all the way to the backyard and locked in the dungeon of the palace.
"Go in!" The guard pushed hard, pushing her to the ground viciously.
Mingzhu lay on the ground and yelled, "I didn't poison you! I didn't!" Why did this happen!In just a few hours, what happened!Gu Ruoer poisoned?Who can tell her!
"Shout again! Shout again and kill you!" The guard took the whip beside him and whipped it hard several times.
Mingzhu cried out in pain, her body curled up into a ball.
Several guarding guards exited the dungeon, and then heard the sound of chains closing the door.
Mingzhu only felt that the sky was dim and the earth was dark, and she stood up from the ground unsteadily.He rushed to the iron gate of the dungeon, held the fence with both hands, kept shaking, and shouted, "I was wronged! I didn't poison you! I want to see the prince, I want to see Feng Zhanxiu! Let me out! I No poison!"
"Papa——" the whip whipped out in a blink of an eye, and Mingzhu let go of it in pain.
The guard's scolding sounded again, violent and ruthless, "The name of the prince is something that a maid like you can shout? Give me peace of mind! Otherwise, I will beat you to death!"
Mingzhu breathed out the wound on her hand, and suddenly fell into hell again.
The dungeon was cloudy, cold and damp, with no sunlight.But this made her a thousand times more uncomfortable than being locked in the darkroom, because she was framed!She hates being deceived the most, and she hates being deceived, so she will never allow such a thing!Mingzhu gritted her teeth and told herself that she must hold on.
At least, at least to see Feng Zhanxiu.
Even if he doesn't believe in herself, even if he wants her to die, she doesn't care.
In the winter afternoon, the sun was covered with a layer of chill, even though there was sunshine, it still felt cold.Thousands of strands of silver hang down from the willow branches covered in frost, and it is also beautiful covered in silver, shining with dazzling light.Only plum blossoms bloomed once, thanked once, and bloomed again.
In the distance, Yun Ni ran towards Fusheng Palace with a maid.
After entering Fusheng Hall, Yun Ni went to the study, while the maid obediently stopped in the front yard.
In the study, Feng Zhan Xiuxiu held a crescent-shaped exquisite jade and looked at it.The exquisite and beautiful jade is like the crescent moon.He squinted his eagle eyes, and his usually indifferent handsome face suddenly showed a bit of tenderness, but it was fleeting and could not be captured.Hearing the faint sound with his keen ears, he calmly put the Linglong Jade into the skirt of his clothes and put it away.
Then he regained his decisive look, closed his eyes and rested his mind.
Sure enough, footsteps gradually approached.
In the next second, Yun Ni lowered her head and walked into the study, calling softly, "My lord."
Feng Zhanxiu was silent and answered, slightly raised his thin lips with a charming arc.
"The prince sent someone to send a letter." Yun Ni took out the letter hidden in her sleeve, took a step forward, and respectfully placed it on the table.
Feng Zhanxiu slowly opened his eyes, and the light pierced into the bottom of his eyes. He looked at the letter with a slight sarcasm in his smile.Finally, he reached out his hand, just picked up the letter, and the palm of his hand gathered strength in his fingers instantly.His eyebrows frowned, and the letters in his hand instantly turned into fragments, flying down one after another.
He spread out the rice paper in front of him, and took a pen to write down a line.
Few numbers, black and white stand out exceptionally clearly.
Feng Zhanxiu put the pen back and slowly put the letter into the envelope.He handed the letter paper to Yun Ni, and said in a deep voice, "You deliver the letter yourself, day and night, without any delay."
"Yes! My lord!" Yun Ni took the letter with both hands and exited the study.Just as she was about to step out of the study, she raised her head to meet a tall figure.
Yun Ni stopped immediately, saw the person coming, and called softly, "Mr. Gongsun!"
Gongsun Qingming smiled slightly, but of course he couldn't leave his fan, "Yun Ni."
While speaking, a pair of eyes had already looked her over completely, sharply glimpsed her action of putting the letter into her sleeve just now.
"It's really hard work. I went to work for your lord again? How many days will I be away this time?" He said leisurely, looked at the study room, and said abruptly, "I said lord, no matter how smart and capable Yun Ni is, at least she is It’s a girl’s house. You can’t make her run around, but also let her have some free time to talk about love.”
"Thank you, Mr. Gongsun, for thinking of Yun Ni. It is Yun Ni's blessing to be able to serve the prince. I hope Mr. Gongsun will make way." Yun Ni replied respectfully.
Gongsun Qingming shook his head and could only take a step back.
"Yun Ni thanked Mr. Gongsun!" After she finished speaking, she walked out with small steps.
Gongsun Qingming walked into the study with ease, found a chair and sat down.He shook the jade fan slowly, and said, "My lord, Madam was unconscious after being poisoned, but you are still so calm here, I really admire you."
"Don't go around in circles in front of this king, just say what you have to say, and get out when you finish speaking." Feng Zhanxiu said coldly, showing a bit of intimidating momentum.
But Gongsun Qingming was not afraid, and said quietly, "Madam was poisoned, did that little girl do it? You know me, God knows."
"Heh!" Feng Zhanxiu chuckled and retorted, "Heaven knows, the earth knows, you know, but this king doesn't know."
"Since the prince said so, I want to discuss the deal with the prince again. I don't know how?" Gongsun Qingming nodded obediently, then changed his words.
Feng Zhanxiu asked suspiciously, seemingly interested, "Again?"
"Exactly!" Gongsun Qingming grabbed the jade fan, half serious, half joking, and said words that only the two of them could understand, "In exchange, the prince gave me the little maid. How about it?"
Feng Zhanxiu said meaninglessly, "Yes."
"Okay, let someone let her go quickly." Gongsun Qingming was overjoyed when he heard him say that.
He raised his sword eyebrows, his black and thick hair slightly covered his eyes, and said forcefully, "But not at this moment."
"My lord, this is not the way to do business." Gongsun Qingming was not angry, as if he had expected him to be like this.I have known him for several years, and I know that he has always been treacherous and cunning, his temper is sometimes cloudy and sometimes sunny, and he hides his secrets.It was not normal for him to agree so readily just now.
Feng Zhanxiu closed his eyes, with an attitude of "seeing off guests", "There is always a bargain in business. What's more, it's you who regretted the previous transaction. If you can wait, you just wait. If you can't wait, then it's over. The king doesn't care either."
"Okay, okay, I understand the meaning of the prince. I will go far away and not disturb the prince."
Gongsun Qingming really stood up and didn't stay any longer.
He stopped suddenly, but didn't turn around, "I'm going to see that little maid, the prince doesn't mind."
"Get out." Feng Zhanxiu said a word gloomily, waved his hand very quickly, and threw a token at him in the blink of an eye.
Gongsun Qingming took the token with one hand and said with a smile, "Thank you very much, thank you very much."
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In the dungeon, Mingzhu never drank a sip of water, nor ate anything.Hunger and thirst are not the most critical problems. The problem is that she is really out of breath.She curled up in the corner, thinking about it, and couldn't help standing up again, walking towards the closed iron door.
Mingzhu learned to be smart this time, she didn't dare to stretch out her hand to grab the fence anymore, she kept some distance away.
Taking a deep breath, she shouted to the outside of the fence, "Let me out! Do you hear me! I want to see Feng Zhanxiu! I want to see him! Tell you princes, I want to see him! Did you poison me? Request a complaint!"
"Papa——" The whip came over and hit the fence.
"I really can't let me be clean! It's so noisy! Let's see if I don't beat you to death this time!" The guard came yelling, grabbing the whip.
Mingzhu was a little scared, and reflexively took a few steps back.
There was only a bang of a key opening the door, and the heavy iron door slowly opened.
The guard was very tall and mighty, with a full beard and a vicious look.
"I want you to keep making noise! Let's see if you still have the strength!" The guard stretched the whip in his hand and shouted sharply.
Then another guard came in with a bucket of chili oil in his hand.
The barrel full of chili oil was piled on the ground, and a spicy smell filled the air.
The bearded guard put the whip into the barrel and stirred it back and forth, and the spicy smell became more intense and pungent.
Mingzhu smelled the spicy oil, she clenched her chest with both hands, and backed away repeatedly.Until there is no way to retreat, the thin body clings to the wall, clearly feeling the icy temperature.She had tried it herself a long time ago, the strength of the guards was tens of thousands of times stronger than that of Nanny Rong, and the pain from whipping her body was tens of thousands of times.
Now, this whip is covered with chili oil again.
If it was hit on the body, the skin would be ripped apart, and the pain would be so painful that every day should not be done, and the ground would not work.
Mingzhu clenched her lips, and a gleam of light flashed in her eyes.
She lowered her hands, raised her head, and looked at the two guards.She is still stubborn, and this stubbornness faintly reveals some deterrence that only the royal family has.Looking at the guard, he said quietly, "Let me out! I want to see your prince! I'm a princess! You can't do this to me!"
"Princess?" The two guards sneered.
The bearded guard took the whip out of the oil barrel and said ferociously, "Not only did you poison Madam, but you dared to lie about being a princess! You really have the guts of a bear! Let me see you as a princess, will you?" Beg for forgiveness!"
After the words fell, the guard raised his whip and lashed at her fiercely.
Mingzhu closed her eyes subconsciously and had no choice but to wrap her arms around her body.I only felt a burst of pain, like a knife cutting the skin, and blasting from the back, the pain was like ten thousand ants biting, and I couldn't even say the word "pain".The taste of blood quickly filled his mouth, and his head began to feel dizzy.
"I, Want, See, Feng, Zhan, Xiu..." She said intermittently, as if her anger had drifted away.
The guard sneered again, waved his hand and dropped the second whip.
Mingzhu was so pumped that she passed out on the ground, her back was dripping with blood, "I, want, see, Feng..."
"I'll let you shout again!" The guard reprimanded and swung his whip again.
At this moment, a white figure suddenly jumped into the dungeon.
The guard raised his hand in the air but was caught by the wrist. He looked back in astonishment and saw a token.
There is only one word "war" on the token, swearing absolute authority, no one dares to do anything wrong.
"My lord!" The two guards immediately knelt down to the ground as if seeing a person when they saw the token.The whip also fell from his hand.
Gongsun Qingming's always laughing handsome face is gloomy, deep and soul-stirring.He sneered, glanced at Mingzhu who was lying on the ground covered in blood, and said quietly, "You guys are so brave to torture yourself! I will definitely report this matter to the prince, and the prince will decide everything!"
"I know I'm wrong! My lord, please forgive me! It's all because of this servant girl who speaks rudely, calls the prince by his name, and pretends to be a princess! We can't take it anymore, so..." The two guards repeatedly bowed their heads and pleaded.
Gongsun Qingming took back the token and said disdainfully, "Get out!"
"Yes yes yes!" The two guards got up immediately and left the dungeon in shock.
Gongsun Qingming immediately ran to Mingzhu's side, bent down and squatted down.Seeing that her clothes were ragged and stained with blood, he reached out and wanted to hug her, but he was afraid that it would hurt her wound.He only held her head up gently.Looking down at her pale and weak face, she frowned and called out, "Pearl, Pearl?"
"I, I..." Mingzhu was already powerless, but still murmured, "I want to see him..."
Gongsun Qingming was taken aback for a moment, his nervous expression finally relaxed.
He said lightly, "If he wants to see you, he will naturally meet. If he is determined not to see you, even if you shout your throat, it will be useless."
Mingzhu shook her head and said with difficulty, "Help me...I want to see him...I didn't poison..."
Even if you admit it, he won't let you die.Gongsun Qingming thought to himself.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Mingzhu murmured again, "Could it be... even you believe that... the poison... was poisoned by me..."
"It doesn't matter if I believe it or not." Gongsun Qingming said.
"You go...you go away..." Mingzhu struggled with the last bit of strength, turned over and fell to the side, not looking at him, "Since...you don't believe me...you go away..."
Gongsun Qingming was silent, her bloody figure was in his eyes.He seemed to be thinking about something, for an instant, an unknown undercurrent surged through his brown pupils.
After a while, he stood up and walked away.
When Mingzhu heard his footsteps gradually going away, she felt disheartened.
With her last breath left, she will hold on till the end of the battle!
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Yanyun Building
In the boudoir, Gu Ruo'er has been lying down for a whole day and night since she fell into a coma.Her face became more and more purple, obviously poisoned.What's even more strange is that even though the doctors in the whole city took turns to diagnose, they couldn't find out why.Can only be eroded by the poison, the beauty gradually fades away.
At this moment, the doctors gathered in the main hall again, with a frowning look, chatting about the disease.
"Although Madam's body is cold, her tongue coating is white."
"Not only that, the fingernails are very rosy, and there are no poisonous spots."
"The old man's diagnosis is also in the same situation. I just took the pulse, but I can't tell which part of the body the poison has infiltrated into. I have also carefully checked the soup and medicine I drank. It is just an ancient prescription from my daughter's family to recuperate the body. There is nothing wrong with it." Place. This old man has practiced medicine for decades, and he has never encountered such a situation. This is really strange."
"..."
For a while, the doctors looked at each other, shaking their heads and sighing.
But because the prince only gave him three days to detoxify, they all raised their heads, very frightened, afraid of offending the prince, so they naturally moved their heads.This is not only about your own safety, but also your family members.Thinking about it this way, the doctors were so anxious that they couldn't think of food or tea.
"what should I do now?"
"If you don't drink a decoction of cooling and antipyretic medicine first, you can't just be so stiff?" The short and fat doctor said in a low voice with a mournful face, "A dead horse should be treated as a living horse doctor!"
When the other doctors heard this, they had no choice but to nod, "Okay! We have to do this first."
So, I immediately wrote down the prescription, and then ordered my servants to fry the medicine.
About an hour later, Dongmei walked into the boudoir carrying the decoction.Walking cautiously to the edge of the bed, she said softly, "Nurse, this is the soup that the doctors ordered the servants to cook."
Nanny Rong has been serving by the side, and never leaves her.
She turned her head to look at Dongmei, reached out to take the soup bowl, and said slowly, "I'll just come, you go down."
"Yes!"
"Wait." Mother Rong shouted holding the soup bowl, Dongmei stopped immediately, she continued, "Madam's lips are a little chapped, I have to feed Madam some water. Go and boil some water, Remember, there must be clean water. Don't put anything in it. Do you hear me clearly?"
Dongmei didn't dare to neglect, "Your servant heard clearly."
"Okay, let's go right away!"
Mother Rong watched Dongmei leave, and then she stood up cautiously.She looked outside the house again, saw no one, and immediately poured the soup in her hand into the pool outside the window.She was deeply afraid that others would become suspicious, so she dropped half of it and left half of it.After closing the window, he put the remaining half on the table.
"Ma'am, don't worry, everything is going well."
"As soon as you open your eyes, you will have no worries and enjoy wealth and honor forever." Nanny Rong turned back to her side and murmured to the unconscious Gu Ruo'er, the smile in her eyes was full of deceit .
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Not long after, Dongmei followed Nanny Rong's instructions and boiled a pot of water again.Before boiling the water, I washed the kettle several times, inside and out, for fear of messing with dirty things.Dongmei walked into Madam's boudoir again with a teapot in her hand, and replied softly, "Mommy, the water is ready. Nothing is added."
"Put it down, I'll serve Madam to drink water." Nanny Rong nodded in satisfaction, and pointed to the table beside her, "Take out the soup bowl."
Dongmei put down the teapot obediently, walked a few steps, and asked worriedly, "Nurse, is Madam okay?"
"You damn girl, is it possible that you are thinking about your wife's accident?" Aunt Rong said harshly with a sharp mouth.
Dongmei shook her head, "I don't dare. I absolutely don't mean that."
"Then what do you mean? Get out of here quickly! Don't disturb Madam!" Nurse Rong shouted.
Dongmei turned around immediately, turned her head and ran out of the room in fright, even forgot to take the bowl she had just ordered to be brought out.Nanny Rong snorted coldly and smiled arrogantly.She walked to the table, picked up the teapot and poured a glass of water.Suddenly narrowing his old eyes again, he glanced furtively outside the room again, and walked back to Ruo'er with a teacup in his hand.
As she walked, she took out the small box from her sleeve.
Inside the small box was a silver needle. She touched the silver needle with her finger, and when she pressed her finger hard, her heart ached instantly.
Nanny Rong squeezed the blood from her fingers and dripped it into the teacup.The blood dripped into the clear water, dyeing layers of beauty.Only then did she gently lift Gu Ruo'er up, and brought the mouth of the cup close to her lips.Gu Ruo'er breathed weakly, opened her lips lightly, and fed water mixed with blood into her mouth bit by bit.
"Nurse." Dongmei's soft voice suddenly sounded, and a thin figure flashed out of the screen like a ghost.
When Aunt Rong heard this voice, she was startled immediately, a little guilty, even her hands trembled.The teacup fell from his hand to the bed in an instant, soaking the quilt.
She stared at Dongmei and questioned, "What are you doing back again?"
"The servant forgot to take the soup bowl." Dongmei said softly.
"Hurry up, hurry up and take it away!" Seeing her natural expression and calm demeanor, Rong Rong breathed a sigh of relief.After thinking about it again, even a sleazy little girl like her doesn't have the guts to talk nonsense.
"Yes!" Dongmei hurriedly picked up the soup bowl, turned and walked out of the boudoir.
Nurse Rong's gaze was fixed on her figure until she disappeared from sight.
After Dongmei ran out of the boudoir, her complexion changed suddenly, she was really palpitating and frightened.What had she just seen?Why did Nanny Rong drop blood into the water?Do you want to feed your wife?I don't know what's wrong, but I always feel uneasy and scared.All of a sudden, he lost his mind, like losing his soul.
"Sister?" Dongzhu walked up to her and waved his hand, "Are you okay? Sister Dongmei?"
Dongmei regained her senses suddenly, and said falteringly, "No, nothing..."
"What did you see? You're so scared?" Dongzhu asked.
Looking at her young sister, she thought to herself: Now that Mingzhu is suspected of poisoning his wife, she has already been thrown into the dungeon, and her life and death are uncertain.I'm afraid it's more bad luck than good luck.In order to protect herself, she had no choice but to keep her mouth shut, pretending she hadn't seen it.
She lowered her head and lied casually, "A... cat... jumped over..."
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Day and night alternate, the sun sets and the moon hangs high in the night sky.Dark blue sky, no stars.In the palace, the guards began to patrol the night again, and the lanterns were particularly conspicuous at night.There was silence all around, and occasionally a night owl whizzed by, making a rough and frightening cry.
As the night gradually deepened, the servant of the night watchman knocked twice.
In the boudoir of Yanyun Tower, Nanny Rong was lying on the edge of the bed, her eyes half-closed, and she took a nap tiredly.
Outside the boudoir, Dongmei and Dongzhu waited quietly, waiting for a response at any time.
After discussing for a day, the doctors also went back to the temporary residence to rest.Only the two of them were left in the side room, fearing that there would be an unexpected accident and it would be too late to deal with it.
The bed collapsed, Gu Ruo'er's face was still blue, but Yintang's black and purple color seemed to retreat a bit.
Suddenly, she moved her eyelids, opened them slowly, and moaned weakly, "Ugh—"
Nanny Rong woke up immediately and hurriedly looked up.Seeing that Gu Ruoer was awake, she beamed with joy, and hurriedly leaned close to her ear, whispering, "Madam, you are finally awake. That maidservant has been thrown into the dungeon by the prince, and I am afraid that she will never be able to stand up again."
"..." Gu Ruo'er was relieved when she heard this.
Nanny Rong nodded to her, pretending to be pleasantly surprised, and shouted loudly, "Ma'am? Ma'am, are you awake?"
Fusheng Hall was originally Feng Zhanxiu's resting place, and usually no one was allowed to enter casually.But at this moment, in the study room, apart from the personal guards, there is also an uninvited guest.And this person is none other than Gongsun Qingming.After dinner, he came leisurely.
The euphemistic name is: playing chess.
Anyone who has dealt with Gongsun Qingming knows that Gongsun Gongzi only has two hobbies in his life.
One is to collect all kinds of rare treasures, and the other is to play games with others.
Gongsun Qingming's chess skills are also considered to be among the best, and those who can beat him will not have more than one hand.But Gongsun Qingming, who has always been invincible, started to have a headache after meeting Feng Zhanxiu.
Because he never won.
This is already the tenth game tonight, the result of the first nine games - all lost.
But Gongsun Qingming did not give up and insisted on playing the No.11 set.Seeing the dense black and white pieces on the chessboard, it seems that the game is about to be decided.
He held his piece down on the chessboard and said excitedly, "See how you crack it this time!"
Feng Zhanxiu squinted boredly, and reached out to pick up a sunspot.He stroked his sleeves, and was about to settle down.
At this moment, Gongsun Qingming reached out to stop him, and said in a deep voice, "My lord, how about making a bet with you."
Feng Zhanxiu looked at him with deep eyes, and spit out a few words, "That must make this king interested."
"If we win this round, then the prince will release the pearl." Gongsun Qingming sat like this all night, but he could not hold back his breath.It wasn't until the last moment that he said what was on his mind.
Feng Zhanxiu raised the corners of his lips and said calmly, "In just a few days, she has the ability to hook you."
"Hey~" Gongsun Qingming sighed a few times, looked at him and said, "My lord doesn't like me calling her name, so I just don't want to call her name. Closer to home, if I win, my lord will let her go."
Feng Zhanxiu said with a light smile, "What if you lose."
"Then I promise to find that medicine within a month." Gongsun Qingming said resolutely with a restrained smile.
"It's a deal." Feng Zhanxiu immediately replied, making his decision.
Gongsun Qingming looked down, his eyes widened, and he couldn't believe it.
Looking at the overall situation, just now his white stone was clearly in an absolute advantage, and the last stone was carefully arranged by him after repeated layout.But who knows, Feng Zhanxiu was caught off guard.He squinted his eyes, scanned the whole chess game, and his eyes fell on an inconspicuous sunspot.
How could he have expected that the most negligent sunspot was actually the key point.
Gongsun Qingming stared at the sunspot, and suddenly smiled with relief, "Be willing to bow down, willing to bow down."
"Don't forget your bet just now." Feng Zhanxiu reminded.
"Although I am a businessman, I am also a businessman who values love and righteousness. Of course, the prince values love and righteousness even more, so he will put that little maid..."
Gongsun Qingming was talking eloquently, but there were footsteps coming from far and near outside the study.
"My lord!" The guard rushed into the study and knelt down on the ground, "My lady is awake!"
Gongsun Qingming remained calm and smiled calmly, but his eyes were serious.
"Wake up." Feng Zhanxiu muttered, his sword eyebrows frowned, "Zongli, push her to the Yanyun Building!"
"Yes! My lord!" Zhongli shouted, and immediately ran out of the study.
Feng Zhanxiu stood up slowly, dressed in a lavender dress, with black hair scattered over his shoulders, his tall and strong figure was even more slender and stylish.Gongsun Qingming also stood up, making it clear that he wanted to follow up to see what happened.Feng Zhanxiu didn't stop, nor did he look back, he just spoke in a deep voice.
"Even if this king doesn't value love or righteousness, this won't let her go."
"It's late, it's better to go back and rest."
He stopped Gongsun Qingming from following with one sentence, and walked out of the study.
Gongsun Qingming shook the jade fan lightly, and murmured sadly to himself, "Hey, I shot myself in the foot when I moved the stone..."
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The guard informed that after Gu Ruo'er woke up, Feng Zhanxiu immediately went to Yanyun Tower.
It was late at night, but the Yanyun Building was brightly lit.
Light should make people feel at ease, but tonight it is the opposite.The door opened and closed from time to time, and the wind blew in, and the faintly burning candles moved faintly, dimly illuminating the main hall.Accompanied by the night owl whirling past outside the house from time to time, the dense atmosphere gathered all of a sudden, making it feel cold and gloomy.
There were a few knocks on the door, and someone shouted, "Your Majesty, people have arrived."
Immediately, the door was pushed open from the inside to the outside.
Outside the gate, Zhongli walked in with a bloody, tattered Mingzhu.
Excessive blood loss and exhaustion made Mingzhu already dizzy.
She has walked very hard along this journey, and it can be said that she is struggling to move forward.Refusing anyone to help and support her, she had to walk in front of him by herself.Maybe what she insists on is ridiculous, but this is her belief.If you haven't done it, you haven't done it. If you have done it, she absolutely admits it.
Mingzhu's eyes were blurred, and she couldn't even see his indifferent and resolute handsome face clearly.
He just staggered forward and stepped into the main hall with his last bit of strength.
As soon as his feet touched the ground, he was so soft that he fell down.
Zhongli wanted to reach out to help her, but Feng Zhanxiu watched him coldly.He immediately withdrew his hand and walked aside silently.
"..." Mingzhu fell to the ground in embarrassment, unable to move anymore.
Feng Zhanxiu swept away his eagle eyes, perhaps because of the lights, the fundus of his eyes suddenly shone with a golden light.Under his eyes was Mingzhu's pale and pitiful little face, she was breathing weakly.Such a tiny life force, where did so much vitality come from, and he held his breath until he wanted to see him.
She was just an idiot before, but after regaining her sanity, she turned out to be so tough and arrogant!
Feng Zhanxiu thought through countless thoughts in an instant, and stared at her.
"Feng, Zhan, Xiu..." Mingzhu spoke with difficulty, calling out his name.
Her eyes gathered a strange power, shining in a trance.Her lips moved slightly, and she said word by word, "I, no, yes, poison..."
Feng Zhanxiu looked at her coldly, without any warmth in his eyes.This pair of eyes is like icy sea water, enough to engulf and suffocate people.Mingzhu saw his reaction, but just looked at him with difficulty.She didn't know what she was still waiting for, but she should have known the result long ago.
(End of this chapter)
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