Reborn Concubine Queen

Chapter 133
The eldest lady's eyelids twitched when she said this, and she jumped up as if being stepped on a sore spot, and said in a soft voice: "It's just some bezoar on the market, since the siblings want it, just take it."

Just as the two of them hid their swords in their smiles, exposing each other's faults, the old lady sitting upright on the top laughed grimly: "Forget it, forget it, you two don't have to pretend to be filial in front of everyone. Mrs. Yang, since your wild ginseng is so precious , the old woman can't afford it, so take it back!"

She was supported by Zhu Xi to stand up, and continued with a calm expression: "I think the three of you are capable of fighting in bed. Okay, I'll leave it to you to act, and I'll take a step first."

The old lady was taken aback by their actions, and after she finished speaking, she couldn't bear to talk to them, so she left the warm pavilion and went to rest in the side room.

Everyone in the room had different expressions, the eldest lady saw that although the old lady didn't point to her, she was also embarrassing, she glared at the third lady Yang Lianxiang, and left the Chunhui hall with her handkerchief shaken.

The third wife Yang Lianxiang's chest was about to explode, but she couldn't vent it. Seeing that the first lady and the second lady had a mocking look on her face, she intended to quarrel with someone, and hurried back to the Tangli Courtyard. Seeing that Sui'er was not there, she frowned and shouted : "Where's Sui Er? Where did you go?"

There was a little girl who stepped forward fearfully and replied: "Sister Sui'er saw that Madam would not come back for a while, so she said she was going to the Qinghe Courtyard to look for pine nuts."

When the third lady heard the words "Qingheyuan", her anger calmed down instantly, she sneered a few times with a strange expression, and waved the girl to retreat, and no longer let people go looking for ears.

On this day, Shi Yiqing served the old lady for breakfast according to the usual practice, and then went to the Qinghe courtyard to chat with Aunt Xiao to relieve boredom. Seeing this, the old lady smiled and asked: "You still have filial piety."

Shi Yiqing held a white porcelain bowl and said coquettishly: "In the past, the girl often served grandma, but I never heard grandma say this."

The old lady patted her as if, then smiled and said: "Yesterday, I saw that the weather was getting hotter, so I asked Zhu Xi to bring some sour plum soup. Now that Aunt Xiao is getting heavy, I'm afraid she can't eat anything. This is sour and sweet. Sweet ones are just right for her. You just came, so I asked Zhu Xi to bring you some and serve Aunt Xiao to drink some."

Seeing Zhu Xi smiled and leaned back, Shi Yiqing pretended to be jealous and said: "It is said that grandma loves auntie, but girl thinks that grandma loves aunt more, and she didn't even give her a sip of sour plum soup! Grandma, Qing'er does not follow, Qing'er I want to be pampered by my grandmother too!"

Because the imperial physician Liu had checked Aunt Xiao's pulse a while ago, saying that she was pregnant with a boy, but the old lady was so happy that she rewarded the mother and girl of the Qinghe Hospital on the spot, and cared for Aunt Xiao in every possible way, hoping that she would be able to She gave birth to Shi Jingran's second son.

After bidding farewell to the old lady Meng, Shi Yiqing led He Mu to the Qinghe Courtyard, never expecting to see Aunt Cheng here.

Looking at Aunt Cheng's face, she could tell that she was not in good health yet, so she dragged herself to talk to Aunt Xiao, which really surprised Shi Yiqing a little.

Shi Yiqing said with a smile: "My aunt is a rare visitor, she rarely comes to the Qinghe Courtyard."

Aunt Cheng got up and smiled awkwardly, and said: "I should have come to talk to Aunt Xiao earlier, but I was not in a good condition, and my wife didn't let me out of the house, so it was delayed until now."

Aunt Xiao smiled kindly, pulled Aunt Cheng to sit on her soft couch, and said, "You and my sister, why do you need to be so polite, it's good if you have the heart."

Seeing that Aunt Xiao treats Aunt Cheng like this, Shi Yiqing was very curious in her heart, and smiled with complicated eyes: "Since Aunt is here, why don't you let me cook by myself, cook some delicious food for the two aunts, and nourish your body?" It is."

When Aunt Cheng saw that Shi Yiqing was about to go to the small kitchen, she hurriedly stood up, and politely refused: "Miss is a body of gold, how can she do those dirty things? Why don't you just let me go."

Shi Yiqing raised her eyebrows, seeing that Aunt Cheng was about to walk to the kitchen quickly after passing her, she made He Mu stop her with her eyes.He Mu's mind was very clear, he hurried forward, stopped Aunt Cheng with a smile.

He Mu said: "Aunt Cheng is not in good health, and she is a guest here, how can I bother you to do this kind of rough work? Why don't you let the slaves go, if Aunt Cheng is worried, why don't you just give me some advice? It’s an effort of my own.”

Aunt Cheng smiled stiffly, nodded and said, "It's the best. It's very good."

Shi Yiqing saw that He Mu had invited Aunt Cheng to the kitchen, a stern look flashed in his eyes, he turned around and sat down in front of Aunt Xiao, and said in a low voice: "Mother is confused, Qing'er can't even get pine nuts now I can't believe it, you went to lure wolves into the house, if you knocked out the fetus in your womb, wouldn't mother be in pain for the rest of her life?"

Aunt Xiao smiled and reached out to touch Shi Yiqing's temples, and said slowly: "My child, people in this world are not as vicious as you imagined. I have known Aunt Cheng for more than twenty years. If you say she I can't believe that you want to hurt me. Son, don't worry. "

Seeing what Aunt Xiao said was absolute, Shi Yiqing didn't dare to contradict her face-to-face, so she kept a secret in her heart, but pretended to be convinced on the surface, to comfort Aunt Xiao's heart.

The mother and daughter were talking, and Song Zi took the meals from the public house and set up a table full of side dishes prepared by He Mu. Aunt Xiao invited Aunt Cheng to sit beside her, and Aunt Cheng looked embarrassed. She declined, and finally obediently sat down next to Aunt Xiao, and reluctantly ate a few mouthfuls of food.

Shi Yiqing saw that Aunt Xiao became more and more snarky since she was pregnant, and the table was full of food, but she couldn't eat it, so she said worriedly: "How can Auntie do without eating? In my opinion, it's better to eat less."

Aunt Xiao waved her hand and said, "I don't have much appetite."

Only then did Shi Yiqing suddenly remember the sour plum soup that the old lady gave him, because it was already late when he came out, and he was in a hurry to come to the Qinghe Courtyard, but he forgot to let He Mu take it, and now he is afraid he has forgotten it.

Just when he was about to ask the old lady to get the pine nuts, Zhu Xi came in with a lacquered wooden box, and said with a smile: "It's better to come early than coincidentally. Didn't I bump into it?"

Shi Yiqing hurriedly smiled and stood up to welcome her in: "How dare you bother Sister Zhuxi to deliver such a trivial matter?"

Zhu Xi greeted Shi Yiqing and the two aunts with a smile, and then replied with a smile: "It's not a big deal, I just want to serve the old lady for a long time, and rarely come to sit with my aunts." Sit down, let's use this to get over."

Shi Yiqing smiled and pulled Zhu Xi to sit in front of the kang table, and said: "Then sister came to the right place, it's rare to meet He Mu cooking today, with the meals from Gongzhong, you and I should drink less fruit wine ?”

Zhu Xi declined with a smile: "Farewell, I'm going to be on duty by the old lady's side tonight, so I can't drink your wine."

Aunt Xiao supported her stomach and smiled, "Miss Zhuxi rarely comes to my place, so she has to sit down and have a meal. Pine nuts, go and get a pair of bowls and chopsticks for the girl."

Zhu Xi didn't refuse, thanked him with a smile, and said: "Well, I am also happy with the birthday star."

Shi Yiqing was taken aback by these words, he went to look at Aunt Xiao in a daze, and it took him a while to realize: "Is it Auntie's birthday today?"

Aunt Xiao smiled but said nothing, but Aunt Cheng said with a smile on her face: "Miss Zhuxi is right, it's today."

Zhu Xi covered the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief, looked at Shi Yiqing jokingly, and said with a smile: "You are still a filial daughter, have you even forgotten your mother's birthday?"

The people in the room were laughing and chatting, and the time passed quickly. Zhu Xi looked at the setting sun outside, couldn't help being surprised, and said: "Oh, it's already this time? I should go gone."

Shi Yiqing ordered the pine nuts to see her off, and seeing Aunt Xiao looked a little tired, she said: "Auntie is happy today, I'm afraid I'm a little tired now, why don't Qing'er help you to sleep."

Aunt Xiao forced herself to smile at Aunt Cheng and said, "I'm very happy that you can come to see me today."

Aunt Cheng lowered her eyes and smiled, and said: "I had a very happy day too." Saying that, she got up and said goodbye to Aunt Xiao and Shi Yiqing, and left the Qinghe Courtyard.

Because Aunt Xiao has been feeling weak at night lately, Shi Yiqing felt worried, so she packed her bags and came to live in Qinghe Courtyard so that she could take care of her nearby.Shi Yiqing saw that Aunt Xiao was sleeping soundly today, and she was being served by the streamer at night, so she relaxed and let He Mufangfei take care of her and fall asleep.

Just as the night was dark and drowsy, Shi Yiqing vaguely heard the sound of knocking on the door outside, fearing that the sound would disturb Aunt Xiao, she hurriedly got up and asked He Mu, who was sleeping outside, to call Mrs. Cheng at the door, I went to put on my clothes and walked around the corridor to the main hall.

Ruo Nan, who was beside the old lady, saw that it was Shi Yiqing, saluted anxiously, and said eagerly: "Miss Nine, it's not good, Zhu Xi and Aunt Cheng fell ill one after another, and now they are unconscious , the old lady was furious, and when she found out that the food was eaten in Aunt Xiao’s courtyard, she asked her servants to ask if everything is safe in the Qinghe courtyard?”

Shi Yiqing's heart twitched, and he followed He Mu hurriedly to Aunt Xiao's room, carefully checked Aunt Xiao's breathing and pulse, and seeing that there was nothing serious, she let go of her throat.

With a pale face, He Mu said softly to Shi Yiqing: "Sister Zhuxi and Aunt Cheng have never been in contact with each other, but today they met in our yard and ate at the same table. I'm afraid the food was stolen. It will kill two people."

Shi Yiqing's face was livid, and he looked down and saw that Aunt Xiao had not been awakened by the commotion, so he dragged He Mu, Song Zi and others out of the house, stood under the veranda, and said sharply: "I'm afraid that what that person wants to harm is not others, but the Me and Aunt Xiao. What she didn't expect was that I hadn't moved with Aunt Xiao, but I killed Zhu Xi and Aunt Cheng."

After a pause, he turned his eyes and said to He Mu: "Didn't you throw away the lunch meal? You should take someone to the kitchen to detain all the meals. Without my order, no one else is allowed to approach."

He Mu led the order, and Song Zi beside him asked Shi Yiqing with a pale face: "Miss, what should we do now?"

Shi Yiqing sneered: "What should we do? We've been bullied by others, what else can we do? If anyone dares to hit the mother and the child in her womb, I will make her die!"

Turning around, I saw that the maids and mothers in Qinghe's courtyard were all panicked. Hearing the news, she didn't know what to do. There would be some noises unintentionally when walking around, so she couldn't help but frowned, and said to Songzi in a low voice: "Go and tell them to be quiet, go back to each house, and don't make any noise to wake up my aunt. If anyone resists, tie them up and throw them into the firewood shed!"

Song Zi couldn't help trembling when she saw Shi Yiqing's face was full of evil spirits, she complied, and trotted to give her order.

Shi Yiqing was worried that Aunt Xiao would not have someone she could trust to take care of her, so she didn't go to rest, turned around and went into the house, and she and Jianliu took turns to watch the night until dawn the next day.

Fortunately, Mu He, who went to the kitchen, went to look for it. Seeing a face-faced mother who was about to throw away all the food, she trotted forward and wrestled with her, making noises to the mother who was watching the night outside.Seeing that it was He Mu, those mothers stepped forward to help her tie up the mother who was born on the other side. After returning to Shi Yiqing, they threw them into the woodshed, and sent them to Chunhui Hall early the next morning.

The old lady leaned on her crutch in despair, and cursed: "You really think that my old lady is dead long ago, don't you? Now you dare to touch my golden grandson under my nose! You are looking for death!"

Because she couldn't speak to Aunt Cheng's murder in an open and honest manner, the old lady Meng suffocated, and used the excuse of protecting Aunt Xiao and the child in her stomach to yell, without the indifference that a lady of an aristocratic family should have. Take it easy.

Shi Jingran was invited to Chunhui Hall early in the morning. He still didn't know what happened. After hearing the old lady's words, he couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. Although he saw that Aunt Xiao was fine with the child, he also harbored resentment and vowed to Find the culprit.

Doctor Liu carefully inspected He Mu's preserved food residues, went to the book to check the situation, and then replied to the old lady: "Returning to the old lady, saffron was added to the food. It's just that the aunt and the girl in the house The symptoms of this disease are not caused by this saffron."

Everyone in the room had mixed expressions, but they heard Imperial Physician Liu continue: "My aunt was originally weak and cold, and she was injured before, but now she is not feeling well, so she came out to see the wind, that's when the wind and cold invaded her body, and she couldn't afford to get sick. As for the girl in the family, she has indeed been poisoned, but the amount of the poison is very small, and it won't show up within one to two years."

The old lady was furious when she heard this, she threw the teacup beside her on the ground fiercely, shook her body and said angrily: "Okay, okay! All of you are really looking forward to the death of the old lady, aren't you? Not only did it kill Aunt Xiao and the child, but she even refused to let go of the bamboo around me?! Find out for me, find out for me, who did this! Liuli, you lead the Gaosan family, first Imprison the cooks in the palace, and interrogate them one by one!"

Shi Yiqing huddled in the corner and stared coldly at Yang Lianxiang with a complicated expression, and sneered silently with his lips curled up.

After three days of interrogation, Liuli took the poisoned cook back to the old lady and said: "Old lady, Qin Hai's family has already confessed, saying that she poisoned and wanted to kill the child in Aunt Xiao's stomach. "

The old lady smiled grimly: "She is just a cook, what kind of hatred does she have with Aunt Xiao, and she will kill an innocent child? There must be someone behind the scenes! Have you found anything?"

Liuli glanced at Yang Lianxiang secretly, and said hesitantly, "Go back to the old lady, this... I dare not continue."

The old lady noticed Liuli's eyes, she couldn't help being furious, she slapped the table and shouted: "What do you see her doing?! Could it be that you were also deceived by lard, are you trying to hide the truth?"

Yang Lianxiang's eyebrows twitched, and she hurriedly got up and knelt down in front of the old lady and wailed: "Mother, this matter really has nothing to do with me! Liuli, don't frame me!"

Liuli bent down and kowtowed to the ground, and when she raised her head to look at the old lady, she said firmly, "Old lady, Qin Hai's family has already confessed, why don't you bring her up and ask her to find out!"

The old lady knew that Liuli's qualifications were not enough, she didn't have the aura of a bamboo breath, she couldn't restrain Yang Lianxiang, she was even more afraid that Yang Lianxiang would bite back, and she wouldn't be able to explain clearly when the time came, so she nodded and let Liuli go down and bring Qin Hai's family in. .

The cook knelt down in front of the old lady in fear, and when she heard the old lady's question, her shoulders trembled, her voice trembled, and she replied: "Qi, please tell the old lady, yes, the third lady gave the old slave ten taels of silver, Call, ask the old slave to add medicine to Aunt Xiao's food. The old slave didn't want to! The old slave didn't want to! Later, the family owed some money, the old slave, the old slave was blinded by the lard, and accepted it. "

Yang Lianxiang never thought that Qin Hai's family would confess, so she subconsciously jumped up from the ground, pointed at the Qin Hai's nose, and scolded, "Well, you slave, you bit me and framed me casually, and dragged me into the water, trying to Take care of yourself! Mother, my daughter-in-law really doesn't have one. Although my daughter-in-law had conflicts with Aunt Xiao a few years ago, as time went by, my daughter-in-law has long forgotten what happened back then. How could she still harm her? How could you harm the children of the Shi family?!"

The old lady pointed at Yang Lianxiang's nose and cursed: "Have you done enough harm? Ask yourself, how many times Qing'er has been bullied by you since she came back from the fight, just how much your precious daughter has tripped her up! Now you see that you are going to have a child, and you are afraid that your status will be squeezed out, so you can't wait to do it, don't you!"

After taking a breath, the old lady continued: "Okay, since you said you were wronged, let's do a thorough investigation to see if this slave of Qin Hai's family said anything wrong, did you, Yang Lianxiang, do this?" Let's see if my old lady wronged you, or if you really did this shameless thing!"

"Master," the eldest lady stood up and lowered her head, "I leave this matter to you. Remember, I want to know the truth, the absolute truth!"

(End of this chapter)