In Fuyuan Palace, Concubine Jiao Xian was reclining on the couch, sipping tea comfortably.
The confidant next to me said worriedly,
"Mother, if the second young lady goes to "Good Neighbor" to find those two girls from the Ji family, will it be detrimental to you and affect your important affairs?"
Concubine Xian sneered disapprovingly, with sarcasm flashing in her eyes, and said,
"This is not a strange thing! It would be strange if she didn't go looking for it. Then let her go through the trouble. She will eventually know that only I can save her in the end!"
Grandma still had a sad look on her face, hesitated for a moment and said,
"Madam, the girl from the Ji family looks so similar to the portrait in the lady's hand. Is there something weird about the girl from the Ji family? The portrait left by the second uncle could not have been painted like this for no reason. As a person, do you think this girl from the Ji family has some skills?"
Concubine Jiao Xian's lips curved slightly, snorted coldly, and said,
"Has the ability? If she has the ability, why can't she detoxify Ji Min's poison? If she has the ability, wouldn't Li Guogong and his son still linger on the sickbed? Her so-called ability is just to deal with pig brains like Shangguan Xuebi and Shangguan Xuesheng. , It’s just a bluff!”
Concubine Jiao Xian put down the tea cup and stood up slowly. Grandma hurriedly stepped forward to help her. Concubine Jiao Xian put her hand on her wrist and walked gently.
Dressed in pink clothes and trailing on the ground, Concubine Jiao Xian's eyes were cold and she said,
"When my second brother painted this person, Ji Jun was not born yet. Even if he is related to Ji Jun, it is just Ji Jun's mother, or her mother's sister. So where can I find it? We have sent people to investigate Jijun for so long, but we have no other information except that her parents are traveling around the world and doing business. Could it be that there is more information that can be found about that girl from Zhiliang? From my point of view, they are similar. It’s just two people. It’s not that the Ji family girl is so powerful, it’s just that she happens to look similar to the person in my second brother’s painting.”
Seeing that Concubine Jiao Xian was a little impatient, Grandma did not dare to say anything, so she suppressed her confusion and brought up another topic,
"Your Majesty, I don't understand. The second young lady has a good appearance, and she has a bit of the grace of the Concubine. She is much better than the eldest lady. Why doesn't the Concubine help her and marry her into the fourth prince's house? She will also be the help of the thirteenth prince in the future!"
During the selection process of the prince's concubine, Mei Lin was selected in the first round, while Jiao Zhiliang was eliminated in the second round.
Concubine Jiao Xian suppressed her smile and said coldly,
"This child is very ambitious. Once she enters the prince's palace, she will no longer take orders from me. As for her, I have my own arrangements."
Concubine Jiao Xian had two brothers, one was Jiao Liming, her eldest brother from the same mother, and the other was Jiao Limiao, the father of Jiao Zhiliang. Jiao Limiao was born to the concubine Yu of Concubine Jiao Xian's father, Jiao Shilang, and was the concubine of the Shilang Mansion.
However, Concubine Jiao Xian had been very close to Jiao Limiao since she was a child, but she was relatively alienated from her half-brother.
Concubine Jiao Xian had always trusted and cared about her concubine brother.
Sometimes, Concubine Jiao Xian's mother was in a bad mood, and when she took it out on her aunt and brother-in-law, she would often offer words of advice.
Or, when Concubine Jiao Xian's mother punished her concubine brother and aunt indiscriminately, she was unable to stop her, so she would secretly punish her concubine brother and aunt.
Once, Aunt Yu helped her natal brother in private. After being exaggerated and described by a servant, the meaning revealed in her words was:
"Aunt Yu gave a lot of money from the Minister's Mansion to a man"!
Concubine Jiao Xian's mother was furious and told Shilang Jiao in an exaggerated manner. It happened that at that time, Shilang Jiao was impeached by the imperial censor because he got into a fight with someone after a quarrel in a restaurant, saying that he had "deficient moral conduct" and "behaved ill-disciplined", etc. .
Aunt Yu's matter is actually easy to figure out, and Jiao Shilang also knows that Aunt Yu will not "have an affair with others."
However, what made him angry was that at this time, Aunt Yu was so careless and was taken advantage of to make a big fuss!
Regardless of his aunt's explanations and cries, Shilang Jiao imprisoned his aunt in the ancestral hall!
Jiao Limiao went to plead for his aunt. Jiao Shilang was so angry that he could not allow a concubine to tell him, "You have wronged my aunt!"
How can we accept that a concubine would not be careful to cater to him at this time, but instead argue with him and even contradict him?
The brother-in-law Jiao Limiao was beaten all over the face by his father. Jiao Shilang was not satisfied with his anger, so he asked the servant to push Jiao Limiao onto the long board and whip him several times before he calmed down!
Jiao Limiao's legs were beaten to a bloody pulp, and there were several bruises on his head and body! Although he was young and in good health, he would not die, but there was no doubt that his injuries were serious.
Concubine Jiao Xian sent medicine and supplements to Jiao Limiao in the dark.
The next day, I invited a doctor to treat my brother.
Because, soon, Jiao Limiao developed a high fever, and the situation looked very bad. Concubine Jiao Xian went to kneel down and beg her mother to release Aunt Yu from the ancestral hall and take care of Jiao Limiao.
All of this made Aunt Yu and her son very grateful.
And Jiao Limiao also secretly vowed in his heart that he must take good care of his sister when he succeeds in the future!
After Concubine Jiao Xian's engagement was annulled by Duke Li's palace, she became disheartened and insisted on entering the palace. At that time, Jiao Shilang was also willing to send his daughter to the palace.
Although Jiao Limiao disapproved, there was nothing he could do about it. A concubine did not have much say in matters of his own in the palace of the minister, let alone the eldest daughter of the palace! He could only try his best to help Concubine Jiao Xian fulfill her wish.
After Concubine Jiao Xian entered the palace, her status was not high, she was just a "beauty".
There were many beauties in the palace at that time, and the third prince’s mother, Concubine Zhang, was also still there.
Therefore, Concubine Jiao Xian was extremely anxious as she watched the days go by without any improvement.
Later, someone gave Concubine Jiao Xian a "gu" that could charm people's hearts.
This bone is called "marrow-eating Gu", and as the name suggests, it means "eating the marrow to know the taste."
In fact, it is a kind of "auto-fascination drug" that promotes the human body to produce.
The emperor hated the use of aphrodisiacs, "love potions" and other aphrodisiacs by women in the harem.
However, Concubine Jiao Xian really had no choice at that time, so she used everything she could think of and knew.
For example, when the emperor was singing on his way to and from court, he was scolded by the accompanying eunuch after he had only sung a few words.
For another example, wearing light gauze, with her delicate body half hidden and half visible, she deliberately walked across from the emperor!
Concubine Jiao Xian, no, she was Beauty Jiao at that time. She quickly prostrated herself on the ground and offered her greetings tenderly.
The emperor took a look and said calmly,
"It's cold, please wear more clothes when going out in the future, so as not to be too cold to see the road!"
Later, they made snacks, made soup, expressed their feelings, sent purses, sachets, and so on, but everything went into the sea!
Only then did she realize that her scheming in the palace of the Minister was seemingly invincible. Her aunt, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law were all fooled by her. She really sold them and counted the money for her!
But when he arrived in the palace, his tricks were simply too vulnerable!
We have no choice but to use unconventional means!
The wonderful thing about the "marrow-eating Gu" is that once it enters the human body, the whole person becomes obviously beautiful.
And the most amazing thing is that within a few meters of meeting the emperor, you will get the emperor's attention!
In addition, Chen Guogong secretly assisted Concubine Jiao Xian through the power in the palace, and Concubine Jiao Xian quickly moved from being a "beauty" to taking the throne.
But after being promoted to the level of Chongrong, he stopped moving forward.
Because later, Concubine Jiao Xian discovered that using this "marrow-eating poison" would make women infertile.
And having a prince and princess is one of the indispensable conditions for promotion to a high-ranking concubine.
As a last resort, in order to understand this poison, Concubine Jiao Xian had no choice but to turn to the person who had poisoned her again.
But the person who caused the poison was unwilling to give Concubine Jiao Xian the antidote.
Because once the antidote is taken, such a "gu man" will be destroyed!
This poison must remain in the human body for a long time in order to maintain its activity.
If the antidote is taken, the poison will lose its effect.
If the "gu" in the hands of the poisoner is reduced one by one, how can he easily lose such a "gu" that has clearly shown results?
If there is no antidote, we have to use the method of "removing the poison".
You must find someone to transfer the "marrow-eating Gu" in your body to this person.
Of course, Concubine Jiao Xian did not dare to let the maids or eunuchs around her raise this poison.
Because it is taboo to use poison in the palace.
Decades ago, a concubine secretly used poison to frame another concubine, causing that concubine's appearance to be completely ruined.
When the emperor found out, he was very angry and had the concubine imprisoned in the cold palace.
Later it was learned that the concubine's mother had secretly brought it to the palace and handed it over to the concubine, and the emperor exiled the concubine's family.
But soon, the concubine died in the cold palace.
The concubine’s family also died on the way to exile.
Although the imperial doctor said that the concubine was "contracted with a serious disease," her family could not bear the hardships of the journey, and they died one after another due to poverty and illness.
But Concubine Jiao Xian didn't believe it at all.
For example, there was a concubine in her family who was smart and pretty since she was a child, and was deeply loved by her father.
Unfortunately, the beauty's life was unlucky. The concubine accidentally fell into the lake and drowned.
But no one knew, and naturally no one suspected, that it was she who pushed the concubine into the water! He watched helplessly as the concubine struggled in the water, struggled, and finally, exhausted, she slowly sank into the lake.
In this way, Concubine Jiao Xian did not dare to let people around her know too much about her secrets.
As a last resort, she had to turn to Jiao Ziliang's father, Jiao Limiao.
Jiao Limiao felt sorry for her sister, so she agreed to move the "marrow-eating poison" to her body.
After the "marrow-eating Gu" was removed, Concubine Jiao Xian soon became pregnant.
But perhaps due to the hidden danger of "marrow-eating poison", Concubine Jiao Xian's first child was aborted in less than three months.
Finally, a few years later, the thirteenth prince was born.
Later, by chance, she became the "virtuous concubine".
But what Concubine Jiao Xian didn't know was that after the "marrow-eating Gu" was transferred to Jiao Limiao, because her brother was a man, the man's masculinity merged with the feminine and cold aura of the "marrow-eating Gu". There was a transformation and it became a "poisonous poison".
After the Gu was removed, the original Gu body still remained in Concubine Jiao Xian's body, just because after the removal, the original Gu entered a deep sleep state.
However, as the "marrow-eating Gu" became increasingly toxic in Jiao Limiao, the original Gu in Concubine Jiao Xian began to awaken, and it also underwent transformation. A very obvious manifestation is that Concubine Jiao Xian's appearance on the first and fifteenth day of each month Before and after, there will be coldness all over the body, and sometimes there will be severe pain all over the body.
At this moment, the person who caused the poison told her,
"I still have the antidote in my hand, and while the "marrow-eating Gu" has not soaked into the bone marrow, it is still alive, but you have to do something for me!"
(End of chapter)
