The false wall slid aside silently, and Thirteenth Niang stepped into He Qiniang's boudoir.
Qingsha green pine, four seasons scene, graceful dancing, light and graceful.
An exquisite screen of ladies from all seasons appears in front of people.
Looking past the beauty screen, there was no one in the empty room. There was a trace of someone lying down on the bed embroidered with water-playing mandarin duck quilts.
Thirteenth Niang's face couldn't help but change slightly, she was too careless.
"Open the secret passage." Li Xuan walked quietly behind Thirteenth Niang and whispered in her ear: "Let me also see the gentleman hiding behind."
Thirteenth Niang shivered suddenly.
The gentleman hiding behind, the gentleman who has been hiding in the dark and controlling Zhou Zhi, is now being stared at by Li Xuan.
The entire Qinxiang Garden was ultimately created by the palace in order to collect money.
Although the Tang Dynasty was in its prime, the imperial court had been conquering the country for many years, and the Ministry of Household Affairs had not had much money left. In addition, the emperor had been actively preparing to conquer Tubo, and the queen had been frugal more than once.
In addition, Emperor Xiaozhong died of illness last year, so no matter how much money was saved, it was still a huge expense.
The emperor and the queen simply did not dare to bury the filial emperor back near Chang'an. Otherwise, the cost would be staggering. In the end, they could only find a place to bury their beloved son near Luoyang.
Although it is called the Emperor's Mausoleum, the differences in regulations are rare in the world.
In the palace, I don’t know how many people are making suggestions for the queen, some openly and some secretly, and I don’t know how many people there are.
But fortunately, the queen never touched the court's bottom line, otherwise the imperial censors would have impeached her long ago.
Qinxiangyuan is one of these bad ideas, but even though it is a bad idea, at least hundreds of thousands of dollars are paid to the palace every year.
The main reason why Li Xuan was able to get Empress Wu to take action against Qinxiangyuan this time was because he handed over 30,000 yuan to Empress Wu and left a legitimate way to obtain more money.
Although Qinxiang Garden has been sealed, in half a month, the palace can quietly open another one without any impact.
Of course, what really made Empress Wu angry was Shuo Shu hiding in Qinxiang Garden.
They used Qinxiangyuan to secretly slander the emperor and the empress, make irresponsible remarks about the government, and even dared to use this place to conspire, liaise with Tibet, and sell court secrets.
If something like this really affects the situation in the Tubo war, then even if the palace opens 10,000 Qinxiang Gardens, it won't be able to make up for it.
It is the queen who wants to find all those rats, and the gentleman in Tsing Yi is the biggest rat hiding in Qinxiang Garden.
Li Xuan once speculated that he was from the palace or related to the palace, but in fact it was not the case at all. He had no relationship with the palace.
In fact, he has little relationship with the Cui family, the Lu family, the Wang family, and the Zheng family. Few people know his true origin.
But here, there is one person who may know, and that is Thirteen Niangs.
Thirteenth Niang is the real reason why the Tsing Yi people enter Qinxiang Garden, because she is the real person in charge of the entire Qinxiang Garden.
As for Old Eunuch Xu, he never meddles much. Apart from communicating with the palace and collecting money regularly, he rarely takes care of other things.
Now Mr. Qingyi is given the opportunity to do something in Qinxiangyuan.
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Thirteenth Niang stepped forward step by step with difficulty. She could feel that King Nanchang's eyes were already lingering on her neck. If she made even the slightest move, King Nanchang would immediately kill her.
Finally, Thirteenth Niang walked to the side of the bed, stretched out her hand and pressed lightly on the wooden railing above. The next moment, the bed immediately collapsed.
At this moment, Thirteenth Niang suddenly jumped into the bottom of the bed. Without any hesitation, she rushed directly through the mechanism and rushed into another room.
The moment she threw herself on the bed, Thirteenth Niang sharply caught Li Xuan standing on one side with her corner of her eye. His face was still stern and there was no extra movement, as if there was no surprise that she would do this.
The person rolled out of the bed, and Thirteenth Niang had no time to think about why Li Xuan looked like that. She was stunned.
Because in this secret room, the figure of the man in Tsing Yi who was supposed to be waiting here has long since disappeared. There is only He Qiniang who fell to the ground silently.
Thirteenth Niang then remembered that He Qiniang had just returned to Qinxiang Garden and was called into the secret room by the man in Tsing Yi.
At that time, Thirteen Niang was still thinking about Li Xuan, so she couldn't pay attention to things here at all.
Did the man in Tsing Yi escape after killing He Qiniang?
Thirteenth Niang walked quickly to He Qiniang's side, and was about to reach out to feel her pulse, but suddenly, Thirteenth Niang felt that all the strength in her body had disappeared without a trace, and her whole body was like a noodle. fell to the ground.
The moment she fell to the ground, Thirteenth Niang faintly saw a figure walking out of the bed.
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Li Xuan stood on the side of the bed, looked around and sighed softly.
This is a small secret room, but the magical thing is that there are two beds, each attached to the walls on both sides.
There was only a round sandalwood table, a few chairs, a teapot, and a few teacups in the middle.
Li Xuan walked to the other side and looked at the mess on the bed. He immediately knew that even if the man escaped, he must have been poisoned.
At this moment, a figure rolled in from under the bed on the east side. Before he could stand still, a cyan porcelain bottle was thrown over from the opposite side.
Zhao Gong took the porcelain bottle, and then heard Li Xuan say calmly: "Take three pills in a row, and you will have good luck."
While Li Xuan was speaking, Zhao Gong felt as if he had inhaled something he shouldn't have.
Without any hesitation, he immediately opened the porcelain bottle and poured out three brown pills.
The pungent smell quickly hit his nose, and his whole body suddenly woke up.
In an instant, Zhao Gong had already put three pills into his throat. When he got lucky, he opened his eyes and saw Li Xuan stuffing the three pills into He Qiniang's mouth on the ground. At the same time, a hand was pressed on her back to help her be careful about her luck.
Even though the medicine was already taking effect, Zhao Gong still didn't dare to take a deep breath.
"Is this what you call marking?" Zhao Gong raised his head, looked at Li Xuan helplessly, and said, "In this case, you might as well catch the person directly."
"If you can't catch him, if you use stronger poison, only a corpse will be left in the end. In that case, the person behind him will never be dug out again." Li Xuan's words, if the outside world hears them, it will be very Be frightened.
There was actually someone behind the man in green.
Of course there are still people. In this world, those who are so bold as to play tricks under the eyes of Empress Wu are not ordinary people.
The King of Donghai is considered one, but after all, he is the son of Prince Yin Li Jiancheng and the emperor's direct cousin.
By his side, he was born with the support of countless people.
But who is the man in Tsing Yi? How dare he dance on the tip of a knife alone in the war between Tang Dynasty and Tubo.
If he was really the only one, how could he reap benefits from the war?
How is this possible for people in Chang'an to harvest the benefits of many battlefields thousands of miles away?
All this can only show that behind him, there is a huge interest group supporting him.
He may be a genius, but more importantly, he can see the hidden dangers that exist in the court that ordinary people cannot see.
And then use his identity to make clever use of it, and that's who he is.
"His skills are not weak. If it were an ordinary person, he would faint to the ground within ten breaths." Li Xuan stretched out her hand to lift He Qiniang's neck, and a deep finger mark was imprinted on He Qiniang's neck. , as long as you apply a little force, it will be cut off immediately.
"But the man didn't faint. How do you plan to mark him next?" Zhao Gong looked at Li Xuan and said uncertainly: "Don't tell me that the hounds at home can chase his clothes and directly Chase him."
"You can't catch him." Li Xuan shook his head and sighed softly: "A person like him must be extremely careful and vigilant. I'm afraid that as soon as he goes out from there, he will immediately change his clothes. He can't even tell. I also take a cold shower to wash away all the toxins from my body.”
"Can your poison kill him?" Zhao Gong stared at Li Xuan.
Li Xuan shook her head gently and said: "Although my nephew has no kindness for women, he is not a murderer. If he really uses that kind of poison, I'm afraid she will be the first to die."
Li Xuan gently patted He Qiniang's cheek, and she began to wake up gradually.
"Then, if you want to cure your poison, do you need special medicinal materials?" Zhao Gong suddenly came to his senses.
"This is one of them." Li Xuan nodded and said: "Jinwuwei has issued a notice to all pharmacies in Chang'an. Within three days, anyone trying to buy privet fruit must register where they came from, who used it, and the prescription. If it is prescribed by anyone, without a prescription, signed by a doctor, or if it is purchased by a child, it will not be purchased.”
"Ligustrum lucid fruit?" Zhao Gong frowned and said, "I remember that your caravan specialized in wholesale sales of this. Jiangnan Road and Jiannan Road, this medicine is provided by your family, Chang'an. Which store has it, you know it best."
"Ligustrum lucidum fruit can treat dizziness, tinnitus, soreness of waist and knees, and blurred vision. Other medicines have similar effects, but when used on this poison, it will have the opposite effect." Li Xuan said calmly: "My nephew's poison , if you let nature take its course and fall asleep in a short period of time, you can easily detoxify by sleeping naturally for a night. If you forcefully hold on to the poison and do not fall asleep within a quarter of an hour, the poison will immediately become more potent and then directly attack Zujueyin. Liver meridian, but I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep all night.”
"It doesn't seem like a big deal if you stay up all night, but what will happen the next day if you stay up all night?" Zhao Gong couldn't help but ask.
He knew Li Xuan very well. The medicine in Li Xuan's hand was definitely not as simple as it seemed. Even the more bland it seemed in the early stage, the easier it seemed to be suppressed. The more intense it would be in the later stage, and the consequences would be extremely terrifying.
Li Xuan shook his head slightly and said: "It's nothing. Lethargy, vomiting, diarrhea, hernia, paralysis of the limbs, dizziness, and even blindness and deafness. Tomorrow, I just need to look around the various departments in the court to see if anyone is sick and asks for leave. Then Which one is our focus.”
That person is a member of the court, and even has a certain status. There are not many such people in the entire court. Once he asks for leave, he will immediately become very conspicuous.
After delineating the scope and investigating one by one, many people already knew about Li Xuan's methods.
It's also quite grand.
But once someone is locked in, it is difficult to get rid of them.
(End of chapter)
