After Xiang Yuan helped Concubine Yu sit down, she tentatively said, "Your Majesty, I have something you want to say and I don't know whether I should say it or not?"
Concubine Yu glanced at her lazily.
Xiangwan immediately said obediently: "Yinujiu guesses that the empress is planning to let go and fully pursue the assassin who assassinated the Queen Mother?"
"Of course! Now that the middle palace is empty, as the representative of the concubines, I will naturally catch the assassin and bring it to justice. And once I make a contribution in this matter, the emperor will definitely reward me, and the restoration of the imperial concubine will be just around the corner!" Yu Guifei! Confidently, she held up Feng Chai on her temples. Although she was not the queen yet, when her father made contributions on the front line and she accumulated prestige in the harem, the position of queen would be hers!
Xiangyuan said cautiously: "My dear, I feel that the lives of the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother are already hanging by a thread. Even if the assassin is captured, the Queen Mother will not be able to recover immediately. Instead of doing this, it is better to do something about 'Who is the assassin?' Make a fuss and use this to get rid of the person you have hated for a long time."
Xiang Wan's words took a different approach and were very bold.
After Concubine Yu was slightly startled, she calmed down and said, "In your opinion, what should we do?"
"Just now, Aunt Zhuyu said that the assassin only left a wound on his arm. Although we can't find the assassin, it's not a big deal for someone to be slightly injured without anyone noticing." Xiangyuan. He laughed sinisterly: "Anyway, the assassin has her face covered, who knows who she is? The Imperial Guard only recognizes wounds and not people."
"This is a wonderful plan!" Concubine Yu sighed in praise, feeling happy as she thought about what was about to happen.
I originally thought about taking the back seat and getting rid of Shen Qingyi, but I didn't expect that I would get the opportunity so soon.
Shen Qingyi, Shen Qingyi, it depends on how you quibble this time!
…
"My lord! Look how beautiful these flowers are!"
Pothos and lotus roots brought the azaleas just cultivated in the flower house to Chaoyang Palace.
Shen Qingyi, who was reading the letter, glanced sideways and nodded slightly.
Seeing that Shen Qingyi was not very interested, Lu Luo asked Lian Ou to put down the flowers and said happily: "My lord, have you received a letter from me?"
Shen Qingyi handed the letter to Luluo with a worried look on his face: "Father said that Mu Taichi led one hundred thousand elite troops and defeated the Elennamin party members in less than half a month. Seeing this war, it was about to come to an end. ”
Luluo was puzzled: "Little Master, Dayan has won, you should be happy."
Yes, Shen Qingyi should be happy that Dayan won.
But Shen Qingyi knew that behind this victory, it was not just about being promoted to a higher position. It would most likely determine the candidate for the next queen. Once Yu Guifei ascended to the throne, her future days in the palace would be the real life. The darkness is dark.
"Forget it, let the soldiers come and cover up the water with earth. Where did you just say those flowers were brought from?" Shen Qingyi casually glanced at Pothos and found that her cuffs were covered with dirt, and her arms were also bandaged with gauze. Immediately said: "What's wrong with your hand?"
Luluo glanced down at her arm and said nonchalantly: "It's okay. I just went to the flower room to move the flowers. I saw two young eunuchs fighting and trying to persuade each other, but I was scratched."
Shen Qingyi's eyelids twitched as she looked at the long, straight wound.
An unprecedented sense of panic filled my heart.
what happened?
Why do you suddenly feel this way?
It was just a wound, why was she scared?
At this moment, there was a sudden movement outside Chaoyang Palace.
Shen Qingyi keenly caught words such as "injury inspection" and "scratches" as if struck by lightning!
"Luluo, you have been plotted!"
Luluo looked at Shen Qingyi in confusion, but Shen Qingyi said with a stern voice: "Luluo, are you afraid of death?!"
Luluo seemed to realize what was about to happen, and she gritted her teeth: "My master gave me my life. Even if my master wants me to die, I am willing to do it!"
Shen Qingyi took a deep look at Lu Luo, grabbed Lu Luo's hand, and pointed the wound on her arm towards the hot stove.
"Stab it——!!"
Just like boiling water.
Just like adding cold oil to the pot.
Along with Lu Luo's scream, a smell of rotting flesh soon came from the room.
Lu Luo gasped for air, cold sweat dripping down her forehead.
Shen Qingyi quickly bandaged Luluo's wound, and the next second, the door was kicked open.
Concubine Yu, accompanied by a group of palace maids, walked in grandly.
Shen Qingyi's expression remained unchanged and she saluted calmly.
Luluo endured the severe pain and stood aside.
Concubine Yu glanced at Lu Luo with a smile but not a smile: "The palace is arresting assassins. They have searched everywhere. Only Shen Wanyi, Chaoyang Palace, has not searched. Shen Wanyi will not cooperate, right?"
Shen Qingyi said: "I don't dare."
"It's okay if you don't dare! Search for Xiangyuan!"
As soon as Concubine Yu finished her words, Xiang Wan and the other two palace maids rushed all the palace maids from Chaoyang Palace to the center of the courtyard, and ordered them to roll up their sleeves and look at them one by one. When they saw the green radish in the corner, Xiang Wan shouted loudly. Called: "Empress! This palace maid is injured!"
Concubine Yu was overjoyed, and she suppressed her pride and said, "Shen Wanyi, what's going on?! Why are the maids in your palace getting hurt?"
Shen Qingyi shook her head and said blankly: "I don't know."
"Whether you really don't know or you are covering up the murderer, you will know once you check it! Someone, take off the gauze on her arm!"
Xiang Yuan received the order, laughed ferociously, grabbed Lu Luo's wrist, and was about to take off the gauze on her wrist.
"stop!"
Everyone's breath froze and they all looked at Shen Qingyi.
Concubine Yu was also very dissatisfied.
The truth was about to be revealed, Lu Luo was determined to be the murderer of the Queen Mother, and Shen Qingyi was sentenced to death using this as an excuse. What was she suddenly yelling at?
Shen Qingyi looked at Concubine Yu who was obviously up to something, and said calmly: "Concubine, this palace lady's wound is already bleeding. If we forcefully remove the gauze, I'm afraid the injury will be more serious. Why don't we ask an imperial doctor to treat her?" Want some medical treatment?"
Concubine Yu's red lips parted slightly, and her words were cold and ruthless: "It's just a palace maid's life and death, what does it have to do with me? I just want to catch the murderer, as for the other things... Xiangxiang!"
Xiang Yuan received the order, smiled sinisterly, and suddenly pulled off the gauze from Lu Luo's wrist!
However, the smile on her face quickly disappeared.
I saw that the injury on Pothos' wrist was not a stab wound at all, but a burn that opened the skin and flesh. It had just been pulled and it became more serious and seemed to be about to suppurate.
"This... this is impossible!" Xiang Wan took two steps back, looked at the injury on Luluo's wrist, and asked sharply: "Mother, this palace maid, she clearly knows!"
"Shut up!" Concubine Yu shouted sharply.
Xiangwan thought of something and fell silent for a moment.
Concubine Yu moved lightly and walked to Lu Luo. She looked at the bloody wound that had been burnt and tugged at the corner of her mouth: "Your master is so cruel."
Luluo suppressed her fear and said tremblingly: "I don't know what you are talking about, my dear wife."
Concubine Yu smiled, raised Luluo's chin with her fingers, and said with a tsk: "Look at the pain in this little face. It's wrinkled up. Next time you encounter this kind of thing, you must think about it carefully, right?" You have to pay so much for this cruel master."
Concubine Yu sneered and pushed Lu Luo away.
"Get off and go back to the palace!"
[Ding dong! Congratulations to the host for finding an opportunity in "Searching for Assassins", successfully escaping, and gaining *1 Palace Fighting Point! 】
It wasn't until she saw Concubine Yu's walking away that Lu Luo collapsed to the ground in relief.
Shen Qingyi hurriedly walked to Luluo and helped Luluo up: "Luluo, how are you? Luluo?!"
Lu Luo's vision was blurry at this moment, but she was relieved to see that Shen Qingyi was safe and sound: "Little master... slave... slave... I finally... didn't hold you back..."
"Pothos! Pothos! Lotus root, quickly, carry her in!"
Compared with the chaos in Chaoyang Palace, Concubine Yu's search for the assassin was smooth sailing.
After coming out of Shen Qingyi's Chaoyang Palace, Concubine Yu quickly identified a murderer, whom she called "Xiao Xinzi". He was quite good at boxing and kicking. In the past, he accidentally knocked over the sea lantern that the Queen Mother enshrined in front of the Buddha, and was scolded by the Queen Mother. , was demoted to the flower room, so he always held a grudge. This time, he took advantage of the lax guards at Shoukang Palace and took the opportunity to assassinate the Queen Mother.
The appearance of Xiao Xinzi undoubtedly brought an end to the assassination.
Everyone knew that this assassin could not be Xiao Xinzi, but Concubine Yu said he was an assassin, so he was an assassin.
The truth is always only in the hands of those in high positions.
…
Familiar furnishings came into view. The moment Lu Luo opened her eyes, she saw Shen Qingyi and Lian Ou surrounding the bed, looking at her with worried faces.
"Little Master..." Luluo struggled to get up.
Shen Qingyi immediately held her shoulders and pushed her back: "Don't move, you have been in a coma for two days, you have a fever and you are talking nonsense."
Lotus Root stepped forward and felt Lu Luo's pulse: "Don't worry, little master, Miss Lu Luo's fever has gone away."
Shen Qingyi breathed a sigh of relief and immediately warned: "You should have a good rest during this period, understand?"
"Yes, Luluo, you don't know that my master has been taking care of you these two days." Lotus Root sighed with envy.
In this palace, the lives of servants are worthless than grass. There has never been a master like Shen Qingyi who can actually take care of his own maid without taking any clothes off! If Lian Ou's surrender to Shen Qingyi was only forced by circumstances in the past, then after this incident, Lian Ou has completely convinced her!
With a master like this, why worry about not having a good way out?
Lu Luo was obviously very moved when she heard this.
Concubine Xian, who was sitting aside, saw that the master and servant were in harmony, and smiled: "My sister and the palace servants have a very good relationship. I have been here for most of the day, and I almost can't get a word in."
Shen Qingyi smiled and said, "Sister, what are you talking about?"
Everyone was chatting and laughing, and Luluo was in a much more relaxed mood.
At this time, Ding Xiang suddenly rushed in and said with an anxious look: "Mother, something bad has happened. The Queen Mother is awake!"
Concubine Xian frowned: "You little girl, you are frizzy all day long. You should wake up when the Queen Mother wakes up. Why are you panicking?"
"No, Madam, the Queen Mother said when she woke up that she tore off the assassin's veil during her struggle. She will identify the assassin only after she regains some energy tomorrow!"
boom! !
A bolt from the blue, like thunder, rolled down on everyone's hearts.
Concubine Xian opened her mouth silently. After a long time, she said with a despairing heart: "Sister, I'm done..."
Seeing Concubine Xian like this, Ding Xiang was so anxious that she kowtowed to Shen Qingyi: "My lord, please save our mother-in-law! No matter what happens, the slaves can take the blame. We must not leave the third prince without a mother!"
Shen Qingyi helped Ding Xiang up and said solemnly: "Don't worry, Miss Ding Xiang, since I agreed at the beginning to hide this matter for my sister, of course I will help her to the end!"
Concubine Xian sighed and shook her head: "It's too late, it's too late for everything... Now that the Queen Mother has woken up, my journey in the palace has come to an end."
Shen Qingyi said firmly: "I haven't reached that point yet, sister, please don't give up easily!"
Concubine Xian said in surprise: "What do you mean?"
"Ding Xiang also said just now that the Queen Mother will find out the assassin tomorrow. If that's the case, then let her not live until tomorrow!"
…
In the silent Shoukang Palace, you can hear a needle drop.
After the imperial doctor pulled out the silver needle, he twisted his beard and sighed: "The Queen Mother has great blessings and has passed the most dangerous period."
Seeing what the imperial doctor said, all the concubines smiled sincerely or against their will.
Jamel Xiao said calmly: "In that case, why is the queen still not awake?"
Aunt Juyu immediately replied: "For your information, Your Majesty, the Queen Mother woke up once in the afternoon, but soon after she woke up, she lost her strength. She only said, 'I will testify against the assassin tomorrow,' and then she fainted again."
When there was a gap, Concubine Xian immediately said in a strange tone: "I heard that Concubine Yu just identified Xiao Xinzi in the flower house as the assassin yesterday. Why did the Empress Dowager say that the assassin was someone else? Could it be that Concubine Yu had great supernatural powers and caught another assassin? What?"
Concubine Yu was embarrassed and said angrily: "Concubine Xian, you!"
"Okay!" Jamel Xiao scolded: "The mother's health is very important. We can talk about these things until the mother wakes up."
"Yes." Concubine Yu Gui responded meekly, secretly resenting Concubine Xian in her heart.
Aunt Zhuyu took the prescription to boil the medicine. Shen Qingyi looked at Ding Xiang who left with Zhuyu, her eyes twinkling.
Russian qing.
The medicine has been fried. The imperial doctor looked at the two dark bowls of medicine and felt a little embarrassed: "Your Majesty, I will forgive you. The medicine Wei Chen has prescribed contains a medicinal material called 'Soapberry'. This medicine has ferocious properties and is difficult to treat." Therefore, we need a concubine who is as pampered and pampered as the Queen Mother to serve as the person to test the medicine..."
As soon as the imperial doctor said these words, the possibility of using palace maids to test medicine was completely eliminated.
Which of the concubines present is not a person who cherishes his life?
When they heard that they were asked to test the medicine, they were so frightened that they backed away.
Even Concubine Yu couldn't help but feel her breath stagnant - she wanted to save the Queen Mother, but once her own life was involved, who could stay out of it?
Jamel Xiao glanced around everyone and sneered: "Okay, okay, everyone usually pretends to the queen, but now they hide faster than anyone else. They don't want to test the medicine, right? Then I'll do it!"
Everyone was shocked.
The imperial doctor also knelt down and begged for mercy.
"Your Majesty, you have a body of ten thousand gold. If you are harmed by this, I will die without mercy!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, if the Queen Mother wakes up and finds that you have been harmed because of this, she will definitely be very upset."
"Your Majesty, think twice!!"
"..."
