Lin Mi frowned and looked at her, "After the incident, I didn't associate the silver spider with the cloak. It was you who came back and told me that Mrs. He insisted that the silver spider crawled out of the cloak. I I was so panicked. And you took the opportunity to use the matter of the young aunt and grandma and Li as a reason to ask me to get rid of this cloak quickly, saying that in this way, the eldest lady would not rely on the palace to make a fuss about the matter of the young aunt and grandma and Li. . I didn’t know what the insect was at the time, and I never thought that the situation was so serious, so I listened to your words and took the cloak back to burn it. Who would have thought that the silver spider was something someone deliberately wanted to harm the old lady? They're not just little bugs flying around from anywhere. And you, who deny giving me any advice, don't you have something up your sleeve?"
Lin Mi told what happened in one breath.
Although she had to rely on her aunt, the princess, in Zhenbei Palace, questioning the girl around her might make her aunt unhappy. But if she ruins the dislike of everyone in the palace, even her aunt's support will be in vain. Therefore, her first priority now is to clear her suspicions. Even if her aunt wants to blame her, she has to point out Zi Lian's Something is wrong.
Mrs. Lin took a deep look at Lin Mi and said, "Zi Yan, you still haven't told the truth!"
Zi Yan knelt on the ground in panic, "Old Madam, Princess...it was indeed the slave who gave Miss Lin the idea, but the slave was out of good intentions at the beginning, and it was indeed for the sake of the young aunt that she let Miss Lin burn the cloak. Later, she lied, It’s just that I’m afraid that the old lady will blame me for making random ideas. I really didn’t harm the old lady, and the bugs in the mulberry silk have nothing to do with me!”
Lin Mi had a gut feeling that Zi Yan was lying, but there was no flaw in Zi Yan's words. It was very possible that she was "reminding her out of kindness" but was "afraid of being blamed" later on.
Li Qingyi on the side asked: "So, Ziqian, you mean that it was not the princess' intention that you went to report to Miss Lin, but that you made your own decision?"
Sweat dripped from Yubi's forehead and slowly spread on the ground in front of her. "Yes...it's all the slave's own decision."
Li Qingyi raised his eyebrows and said, "Miss Lin has only been in the palace for a few days. You are so kind-hearted. You went to remind her without even thinking about it without the master's instructions?"
Zi Yan raised her head tremblingly, feeling that Li Qingyi's questions were so tricky that she couldn't breathe, and the sweat on her back quickly broke out.
She reluctantly said: "Miss Lin is a kind-hearted person and treats the slaves very well, so the slaves reciprocate the favor..."
Lin Mi smiled and said: "Zi Qian, I live in the palace. I am afraid of making mistakes and causing displeasure, so I rarely go out of the yard. If my aunt has anything to do, she always calls Nan Zhu to come over and tell me that there seems to be nothing wrong with you and me. I spoke."
Sweat beaded on Zi Frow's forehead. Seeing that Lin Mi was not given any room, his thoughts changed quickly and he had a better excuse.
She said: "Miss Lin is the niece of the princess. If anything happens to you, the princess will inevitably be implicated. We slaves will also suffer, so the slaves went to report to you."
Li Qingyi couldn't help but curl his lips when he heard this.
If she had said this from the beginning, people might have believed her, but it was hard to believe that she had to change her words several times before saying this reason.
Gongsun Nan said: "You girl, you are really smart with your tongue. All the reasons you come up with are valid. It's just that you change your words back and forth, which is too far-fetched! Even if you are telling the truth, Miss Lin is the princess. My niece, the incident happened because of Miss Lin’s cloak, so it was only natural for you to inform the princess, why didn’t you tell the princess first that you must make your own decisions, and then instigated Miss Lin to burn the cloak?!”
"Slave...slave..."
The sweat on Zi Frow's forehead trickled down his face, and it seemed that there was no defense at all.
Princess Zhenbei banged the table and stood up, "Zi Li, is that mulberry silk yours? Did you make it?"
Zi Qian bit her lip and looked up at her, her eyes were red and tears were seeping from her eyes. She pursed her lips a few times and suddenly said: "I have been lurking next to the princess for ten years, but I didn't expect that I would fall into such a trivial matter!"
After saying that, she moved her tongue, and then a stream of black blood flowed from the corner of her mouth...
Li Qingyi was startled, and Chang Lan behind her immediately stepped forward to check, then shook his head: "She has poison pills in her mouth, and she is already dead."
Everyone couldn't help but gasp when they heard this.
Gongsun Nan was so frightened that he grabbed Yuan's sleeve, "She... what did she mean by what she just said?"
Everyone looked at Princess Zhenbei after hearing this.
Mrs. Lin looked away from Ziqian, as if she couldn't return to her senses.
After a long while, she knelt down at the feet of the old lady and said, "Old madam, it was my daughter-in-law's negligence that she didn't know that this girl Zili... had another master, and she didn't know what her purpose was in lurking in Zhenbei Prince's Mansion..."
The old lady frowned and looked at Zi Lian's body lying on the ground without saying anything.
Li Qingyi looked at Lin's back and thought to himself, what a quick reaction.
Zi Yan was undoubtedly a dead man and loyal to Princess Zhenbei. What she said before her death was nothing more than saying that she was ordered to lurk around Lin, waiting for an opportunity, and used her own death to take Lin out.
You could hear a pin drop in the room.
After a long time, the old lady said: "Carry the person out first."
Such a sophisticated layout also involved dead soldiers. Everyone was a little unable to digest it for a moment, with different expressions. No one spoke again in the Jingyuntang Hall for a long time.
After a while, Xie Rao and Master Zhizhen finished acupuncture on Mrs. He and came over to report to the old lady.
Xie Rao said: "Master Zhizhen and I have completed acupuncture for Mrs. He. If the toxicity can be eliminated, the chance of Mrs. He being infected will be greatly reduced."
"In other words, there is still a certain danger?"
Xie Rao nodded, "I will prescribe a prescription for Mrs. He to take orally. As long as Mrs. He has no fever, dizziness or other symptoms within three days, the crisis will be over."
The old lady breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, "Excuse me, Miss Xie. Let's all leave. Don't go out and walk around if you have nothing to do these days."
Everyone agreed one after another and left Jingyuntang.
When Lin returned to Huiyueju, Gongsun Yi came.
Lin asked him solemnly, "Didn't you say that Wei Shicheng found a medical expert and planned to recommend him to the palace through the Silver Spider incident? How come the treatment method came from the mouth of Master Zhizhen? Moreover, that Xie Rao actually knows how to deal with Silver Spider!"
Gongsun Yi whispered: "I originally made this plan, but a few days ago Mr. Baili went out to a teahouse to take a rest and didn't come back. He said that he had an urgent private matter to take care of at the moment. He sent a message to someone and disappeared without knowing where he was. , and he hasn’t come back yet.”
Princess Zhenbei frowned: "I wonder where you went? Could it be that something went wrong?"
Gongsun Yi was not too worried, "Probably not. Not long after Mr. Baili arrived in the capital, no one knew him."
Lin was very cautious, "Last time Wei Shicheng took him to Xuandehou's Mansion to diagnose and treat Ruan. Could there be any clues revealed and be known to the Li family? If so, it would be a serious matter. Xuandehou's Mansion and Qin Zengmi Inseparable. You also know the emperor’s trust in Qin Zeng.”
If the Xuandehou Mansion sees through their scheme, it won't be a question of whether to help or not. The Xuandehou Mansion will definitely hate them and become their resistance.
Gongsun Yi shook his head: "This matter was done very carefully. Afterwards, Li Yong specially prepared a generous gift to express his gratitude to the government. Not only was he grateful, he almost burst into tears. He said that he would be worthy of being a brother of Wei Shicheng in the future, and he would not hesitate to go through fire and water. They will definitely It’s impossible to know.”
"That's very good." Princess Zhenbei felt relieved. She turned around and thought that Baili's face was a little ugly: "It's just that Mr. Baili doesn't take us seriously enough to miss such a good opportunity. In the future, It will not be easy to enter the palace and gain the old lady's trust."
Gongsun Yi said: "Don't worry, mother. Mr. Baili must be in an emergency and couldn't come back for a while. Let's find another way to recommend him."
Princess Zhenbei nodded and asked, "I heard that he brought this silver spider?"
"yes."
Princess Zhenbei said: "This kind of thing is a disaster after all. If you are not careful, everyone will be unlucky! This Baili Jing is too courageous. I didn't know this thing was so powerful before, otherwise I would never take this risk." .By the way, Master Zhizhen..."
"Don't worry, mother, everything has been taken care of."
Princess Zhenbei showed a satisfied look: "That's good. I'm always at ease when you do things."
*****
Xie Rao went to find Li Qingyi and went out of the house together. On the way, he held the small porcelain vase containing the silver spider seeds tightly in his hands.
Li Qingyi raised his eyebrows and said, "I think you asked for this because you want to think about the diagnosis and treatment of Mrs. He, right?"
"Of course not. After the silver spider has just hatched into an adult, no matter whether it has infectious diseases or not, the toxins are still stored in the cysts in its stomach. The rash on Mrs. He's body is actually a silver spider. It's caused by the mucus secreted from the tentacles, so Mrs. He's condition is not a big problem. If it were an ordinary patient, I would just tell her what to do."
"Then the purpose of your coming to Silver Spider is to use it against Baili Jing?"
Baili Jing's disappearance was certainly not an emergency, but he was caught and imprisoned by Li Qingyi and Xie Rao.
If he were an ordinary person, he might not be able to control Baili Jing, who was full of tricks. Unfortunately, the person who caught him was Xie Rao. This woman, who could change her face faster than turning the pages of a book, was no less capable than Baili Jing, so she was naturally indifferent to his tricks.
"Hmph, this Baili always uses such tricks to fool and murder others. It's really annoying! I will let him suffer the consequences and let him taste the taste of fear."
Li Qingyi smiled and said: "Baili has been tortured so much by you in the past few days. I thought you were going to let him die on his own, but it turns out there is a trick waiting for him."
"My wife has been lying on the bed for several years. People who have never experienced that feeling will never understand. Baili did such a sin, how could I let him die comfortably? I had other plans , but now with this silver spider, there is really nothing that can scare people more and lead to a more miserable death."
