Not long after Xue Hengzhao came back, Chi Su also came back.
Xue Hengzhao asked, "You're back so soon? I remember you said you liked horse riding. Didn't you take this opportunity to enjoy yourself?"
Chi Su smiled, but felt a little lonely, and said: "Originally, the fourth prince asked me to ride. There is a small white horse, which is a horse breed from Mobei. It has a docile temperament. Although it is not good at running fast, it has excellent endurance.
When I was away, my grandfather specially found one for me.
I was really moved when I saw that horse today.
The fourth prince asked me to ride on it and run around for a few laps, and then the sixth prince went.
Seeing that my riding skills were passable, he said he wanted to compete with me. I excused myself and came back. "
"Why isn't there a competition?" Xue Hengzhao asked.
"You are so smart, how could you not have thought of this?" Chi Su glanced at her, "The fourth prince is just fine, he is used to being careless, and the fourth prince's concubine is also a broad-minded person.
I don't dare to provoke the Sixth Prince, there is a tigress hiding in his room.
I heard some time ago that just because a little girl in their house said a few extra words when serving tea to the sixth prince, she answered the question after the sixth prince asked her.
That one's jealousy was overturned. When the sixth prince left the house, she ordered someone to beat the little girl and then sold her to a brothel.
There are many eyes and ears in this palace, but there are some people who love to accuse others.
Stepping on other people's bones, asking for some scraps of cold treatment, and enjoying the success.
It turns out that the people on the Queen's side see us in the palace with blue eyelids, and they still want to find some excuse.
I don't want to give others a tongue, it's more important to save my own life. "
"You are becoming more obedient now." Xue Hengzhao nodded appreciatively, "This can avoid disaster!"
Chi Su's face turned red and said, "Stop teasing me. In the eyes of a smart person like you, I'm just a stupid idiot."
"Look, don't belittle yourself at all times. I never meant to look down on you." Xue Hengzhao gave a rare toothy smile.
"You just look down on everyone." Chi Su rolled his eyes at her, "I really don't know what kind of person can walk into your heart."
"I told you before, I am an unintentional person." Xue Hengzhao said, "When I was very young, someone told me that with my body and bones, I would never be able to be a romantic partner, otherwise I would definitely die young."
"Bah, bah, bah, don't talk about those things that are dead or alive all day long." Chi Su went up and gave Xue Heng a light slap, "You're so young, you should say more auspicious things."
Before he finished speaking, Youzhu rushed in without warning and said, "I'm afraid I'm dead this time!"
"Look, just after I finished talking about one, another one came." Chi Su sighed helplessly.
When Youzhu came in, he grabbed Xue Hengzhao's hand and said in a tearful voice: "Hengzhao, you must help me. I'm going to panic to death."
"What's wrong? Sister, don't worry, sit down and talk slowly." Xue Hengzhao asked her to sit beside his bed.
Youzhu's palms were cold, covered in cold sweat, and were still shaking.
After taking a few deep breaths, he said: "The day before yesterday, the people in the Imperial Prison said that the weather was getting warmer, and their warehouses contained a lot of wooden furniture. The first priority was to prevent termites.
The empress then asked how she did it every year. They said they just spread termite poison all over the house.
The empress said that in this case, it should be the same as in previous years.
So he sent Fangdian and I to get the powder back, ready to sprinkle it this afternoon.
But when the two of us took a look just now, we found that one packet of medicinal powder was missing. I searched everywhere and counted again and again, but there was indeed one package missing. "
"Is this termite poison poisonous? Why is there a pack missing? Isn't it always kept in your house?" Chi Su asked.
"Hasn't it been kept in our house all this time?" Youzhu said, "That thing contains arsenic, it's no joke."
"Does the empress know about this?" Xue Hengzhao
ask.
"Before I have time to tell you, I am not thinking that I can get back the packet of medicinal powder and avoid disturbing my queen, so I want you to think of a way." Youzhu said.
"This matter is both big and small." Xue Hengzhao analyzed, "If it was accidentally lost somewhere, it would be just a matter of finding it.
If someone takes it, they will probably do something bad. "
Poison is a taboo in the palace, so be extremely cautious no matter how you take it or use it.
It stands to reason that Youzhu and Fangdian are not careless people, so they naturally know the power here.
It couldn't have been accidentally lost.
"Ah, what should we do?! When we went to get the medicine, we checked it out in person. We packed it tightly in a bag. After we got it back, we put it in the cabinet and never touched it again. Hearing what Xue Hengzhao said, Youzhu became even more anxious, "Besides, half a day has passed, how can we find it back?"
"Don't scare yourself first. Let's find more people and search separately." Chi Su quickly comforted her, "We'll go over and start searching in your house first."
Youzhu's house was next to Xue Hengzhao's and theirs. When a few people went over, Fangdian was squatting on the ground and digging under the cabinet.
"Still not found?" Youzhu couldn't help but ask even though he knew this.
Fangdian was anxious and panicked at this time, with sweat all over his face: "No!"
"Where is that baggage? Let me take a look." Xue Hengzhao said.
"Here it is," Youzhu took an eggplant-purple bundle, "There were originally twelve packages, but now there are only eleven packages left."
"Let me count," Chi Su counted quickly, "There are really only eleven packs..."
But Xue Hengzhao picked up the medicine packets one by one and examined them carefully.
"Why are you looking at them?" Youzhu wondered, "There's nothing written on them."
That was the straw paper specially used by Tai Hospital to wrap medicine. Because it was wrapping poison, it was double-layered.
"Is this furoshiki new? Where did you get it from?" Xue Hengzhao asked.
"It's new. We collected some outdated materials a year ago. We cut them into small pieces and took them out of the cabinet when we went to get the medicine yesterday." Fangdian said.
Xue Hengzhao walked over, opened the cabinet and looked inside carefully.
The other three people didn't know what she was looking at, but seeing that she was engrossed in it, they quietly didn't disturb her.
Just as Xue Hengzhao straightened up, he heard a commotion outside.
"What's going on?" Youzhu was already feeling guilty, but when he heard the movement outside, he couldn't help but become even more panicked.
"I'll go take a look." Chi Su had quick legs and opened the door and went out.
After half a stick of incense, I stumbled back.
"Hengzhao, what should we do?" Chi Su stared at Xue Hengzhao as soon as he entered the door, "Something happened, people died, several people died."
