Lin Gongzi medicine jar

At dawn, Lin Xi finally arrived at the gate of the palace, entered the palace without stopping, and was taken all the way to Yijing Palace, but Zhao Jingyi did not come because of the palace ban.

At this time Emperor Xia Jing was standing with his hands behind his back, Lin Xi knelt down to salute, waved his hands to avoid etiquette, Lin Xi followed Emperor Xia Jing into Concubine Shu's bedroom.

Several imperial physicians inside were taking their pulses in turn, saw Emperor Xia Jing hurriedly saluted, and then saw Lin Xi.

Four years ago in Prince Rui's mansion, he was "slapped" severely by this kid. Now that he has to do it again, maybe the group of imperial doctors feel sour, and they will also treat Concubine Shu for the past few months. The pathology has been explained in detail.

Lin Xi nodded, and approached Concubine Shu to feel her pulse.

"Your Majesty, the Ninth Prince is here."

Emperor Xia Jing frowned, "This place is in chaos, let him go back, knowing that he misses Concubine Shu, he will visit again later."

Lin Xi felt the pulse and had a solid idea in his mind. Hearing this, he said: "Your Majesty, the Ninth Prince has studied medicine with students for several years, and he knows the poison of Leng Mei very well. If there is no problem, can you ask him to help?"

For this son, Emperor Xia Jing didn't pay much attention to it. In recent years, he paid more attention to it because he was not very satisfied with King Liang of Shu. Zhao Jingyu often followed Zhao Yuanrong out of the palace to visit Lin Xi.Thinking of Zhao Jingyu's admiration for Concubine Shu who is not a mother but like a mother, he must be more anxious than anyone else when Concubine Shu is poisoned, and his heart softened, "Let him in."

In less than two days, Zhao Jingyu was haggard. With red eyes and hoarse voice, he kowtowed in front of Emperor Xia Jing and kowtowed vigorously, "Thank you, Father."

"Go."

Concubine Shu's poison was actually not deep, and it was far from Zhao Yuanrong's life and death at the beginning, but it took a long time, and the body was worn down over time, and then it broke out.

Zhao Jingyu studied medicine more seriously than Lin Xi, and the two of them made a decision after discussing it.

It's just that Concubine Shu is not only a woman, but also the concubine of Emperor Xia Jing. As an adult man, Lin Xi really can't do anything with Concubine Shu's body.

As for Zhao Jingyu, who was fourteen and about to get married, it was time to avoid suspicion.

In this era of following the etiquette and observing the etiquette, fame and festivals are greater than the sky, but it is not a small trouble.

Zhao Jingyu saw Lin Xi take out a pack of silver needles, shiny and shiny, apparently newly made, he suddenly thought of what was mentioned in Lin Xi's letter a few months ago, but he didn't expect that the silver needles he had been dreaming of for a long time would be Gift it to yourself in this way.

Lin Xi knew that he was very despicable, and this kind of behavior of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages was extremely shameless. Under Zhao Jingyu's surprised and clear eyes, he blushed, stopped immediately, and said, "You are on the sidelines!" Let’s take a look at it, and if there is anything unclear, it’s not too late to ask.”

He sighed heavily in his heart. After all, he couldn't just ignore it, and he was thinking hard about how to get the emperor to agree, even if he was wearing unlined clothes.

However, he suddenly felt a lightness in his hand, and when he came back to his senses, Zhao Jingyu had already taken the silver needle, and strode towards Emperor Xia Jing.

Lin Xi once conspired with Zhao Jingyi that if Concubine Shu formed a lineage of the nine princes and advanced and retreated together, it would be a big threat to them... How to divide was still his idea, let Zhao Jingyu walk into the eyes of the emperor, and because the concubine concubine The concubine reminded Emperor Xia Jing not to get too close and increased his vigilance.

Although Emperor Xia Jing was dissatisfied and unwilling, compared with Concubine Shu's body, he took a step back, but he was required to be present, and Concubine Shu must be dressed. Lin Xi and Zhao Jingyu exchanged glances and agreed.

After the treatment plan was decided, they began to adjust Concubine Shu's body so that the needles could be administered, and they focused on the illness, no matter how restless the harem was under Emperor Xia Jing's anger.

The older the emperor, the more afraid of death. Emperor Xia Jing was determined to find out the truth of the matter, so that the power of the harem returned to the queen mother, and all concubines were grounded. Those who could come back disappeared immediately, and all the people in the harem were panicked.

After the investigation of one palace and one palace, even Changqiu Palace and Lizheng Palace were not spared.

"Concubine Xian, the miscellaneous family is ordered by the Empress Dowager to ask Aunt Ninglu and a few maids to go and ask questions, and I also ask the empress to make it easier for me."

A half-haired eunuch bent over holding a fly whisk and smiled at Concubine Xian respectfully but not obsequiously. Behind him were several stout inner eunuchs and nuns, and behind him were several imperial guards standing across their swords. With a solemn face, there was a chill in his face.

This eunuch surnamed Cui seldom appears in front of people. He often appears in the cold corner to torture and extract confessions from people related to secret harem cases that cannot be publicly disclosed. Behind his smiling and kind expression is cold blood full of injustice, and he was taken away by him. Few of them came back alive.

Concubine Xian's heart was pounding, and the hand holding the handkerchief turned white. She suppressed a smile and said, "Thank you, Eunuch Cui, for going there personally. It's just that Ning Lu suffered from the cold and was bedridden. You know it's true." It has nothing to do with that matter, can eunuch be accommodating, and I will personally send her there when she recovers from illness? Not only this palace, but also the king of Shu will definitely remember eunuch's goodness."

Concubine Xian stepped forward to hold the eunuch Cui by the arm after she finished talking about a court lady, and said affectionately: "Eunuch, it's not that the empress is uncooperative, it's really a coincidence that Aunt Ninglu knows all the maids, you might as well take them away. "

As she spoke, she gently handed a bulging purse to the eunuch.

The eunuch urged the eunuch to smile more cordially, and turned around on Concubine Xian's face meaningfully, picked up the purse and weighed it, showing a look of satisfaction, Concubine Xian's heart suddenly fell a big stone, and she also smiled even more gratitude.

However, I didn't expect that the hand that weighed twice suddenly paused, and threw it back to the maid's hand. With a wave of the whisk, Eunuch Cui cupped his hands, "Mrs. Eunuch Fang and Miss Mei Xiang in front of me also walked around, and it is not a bad rule to break the rules with you. Don't worry, since Aunt Ninglu has nothing to do with this matter, it's just a routine questioning, and there is still time to ask for medicine after returning Somebody, go and ask Aunt Ninglu to come out and take away the relevant maids and servants, it's late, and we can't afford to delay."

As soon as Eunuch Cui finished speaking, the servants and nuns behind him immediately responded in deep voices, pushed the maids away and went straight into the side hall.This act of intruding without permission made Concubine Xian's face turn pale with anger, if not for the maid next to her who was holding her hand tightly, she might have had an attack on the spot.

After a while, two nuns came out with Ning Lu. Ning Lu was wearing a half-new skirt, her face was not stained with makeup, her eyes were dull, and she looked extremely haggard, but she answered the words of being seriously ill.

Seeing that everyone has been caught, Eunuch Cui said: "Thank you, Madam, for your forgiveness, let's go."

Ning Lu followed without saying a word, Concubine Xian was anxious and quickly stopped her, "Ning Lu!"

Ning Lu stopped, turned around, Concubine Xian looked at Eunuch Cui and said, "Please be considerate, Eunuch, I have a deep relationship with Sister Ning Lu, and I still have something to say."

Eunuch Cui clicked his lips, glanced back and forth, and suddenly smiled inexplicably, "For the miscellaneous, just tell me." When Concubine Xian looked over again, he snorted and led the people out.

Concubine Xian held her hand with great sincerity, "Ning Lu, I will not break my promise to you that day."

"Ma'am, I'm afraid I won't be able to get out after I go in."

Ning Lu gave a wry smile, which made Concubine Xian choke immediately, but Ning Lu suddenly smiled lightly, "But don't worry, if you can't hold on anymore, this servant will confess, and please remember your words, this is the only time in this life .”

Saying that, she let go of Concubine Xian's hand, turned around and left.

The long palace road was getting more and more sideways, and there was a soft sobbing sound behind Ninglu, but the maid who came with her was crying in fear.

Ning Lu sighed softly, not knowing why she came to where she is today.

"Put it in custody first, and then try it later."

Ning Lu was detained alone, locked in the innermost part, in a dark room, only a small window on the top of the wall let in air, the dim light was gloomy and terrifying. Thinking of those rumors, she couldn't help hugging her legs .

In fact, there is no need for interrogation, and two days of being locked up in this kind of place is enough torture.

In the evening, a eunuch came to deliver food.

She wasn't hungry, but she couldn't stop eating. However, she barely took two bites, but suddenly stopped.

She spat out the food, found a hard object from it, picked it up, and under the faint light, her eyes widened immediately.

Suddenly, a blank mind surged up, she didn't know where the courage came from, she threw herself on the door and slammed it hard, and there were crackling sounds in the silent surroundings.

She was anxious, afraid, frightened, unbelievable... After many emotions were intertwined, not only her palms were red, but also her eyes were red from beating for a long time, and finally turned into sobs and helplessness, and she knelt down slowly holding the door Down.

But the door was still open.

"Aunt Ninglu."

A strange eunuch appeared at the door with a smile on his face.

Ning Lu seemed to have grasped at straws, and hurriedly asked: "This is my mother's earring, why is it here!"

She is holding the single jadeite earring in her hand, it is a rare top-grade item that was rewarded by her wife, her mother likes it very much, and she is naturally flaunting that she wears it every day.

"My little one thought that Aunt Ninglu wouldn't recognize her. Fortunately, she was spared a lot of talking." The eunuch walked in, closed the door, and said unhurriedly, "Aunt Ninglu is so loyal to the Lord that she will not hesitate to take the blame for accusing her. It’s very touching to be out of death. I just don’t know if my aunt knows that the carriage sent to the countryside by the Marquis of Anping fell out of control and fell off the cliff, and the two elders and one man inside died?”

"What did you say?" Ning Lu was stunned, then grabbed the eunuch's hem and screamed, "Speak clearly!"

"My aunt has already guessed it. After you have been in the deep palace for a few days, how can you still have a chance to know about it? You have been with the concubine Xian for so long, don't you understand her nature?"

"No, the empress promised me, I have served her for so many years..." She grabbed the eunuch's clothes tightly, and suddenly thought of something, and asked quickly, "My brother and sister, she is still pregnant, she has nothing I know, ma'am, she..."

The eunuch smiled and let Ninglu grab his clothes, and said softly: "When you cut the grass, you have to get rid of the root, otherwise it will grow again when the spring breeze blows, what do you think?"

Ning Lu's eyes widened, and she slowly let go of her hand. Her pale fingers tore at her hair, as if she wanted to tear away the despair and grief. There was a scream, "Zuo Shaohan, you are sorry for me! You are sorry for me—"

The eunuch stood aside and watched coldly, with a touch of pleasure in his cold eyes, suddenly he stretched out his foot and kicked Ning Lu fiercely, kicking the woman into a curled up, "Don't cry out, are you wronged? You should have thought of this day!"

Breathing out a bad breath, he calmly stood up straight again, and said coolly: "God has the virtue of loving life. When they did it, the master sent someone to save your sister-in-law and two boys. Now they are doing well." He was imprisoned somewhere. Heh, as for your old lady and younger brother, those two old ones can only be paralyzed on the bed for the rest of their lives, and your younger brother...whether he can live, and whether they can be reunited depends on you."

The sudden joy made Ning Lu unable to recover for a while, she slowly spread out her curled body, raised her head to look at the eunuch, "Who are you...why did you do this..."

"Zajia used to be the sweeping eunuch of Minliu Palace."

Ning Lu blurted out, "You belong to Concubine Min!"

"It's been eight years, and the miscellaneous family will never forget that those two sluts conspired to kill the empress!" His eyes were full of anger and resentment, and he missed the past infinitely, "The empress is such a kind and gentle person, noble and beautiful, in this harem Among them, the servants who never beat or scolded the waiters, and condescended to treat us lowly people with medical treatment and medicine. Only she treats us as human beings, and the whole Minliu Palace is happy and harmonious, like a paradise, everyone is happy to serve her .If it wasn't for the empress, the miscellaneous family would have died under the club of the noble concubine! But the concubine Xian! The concubine! Two sluts, how dare they dare! They will all die! Sooner or later, there will be retribution!"

This kind is the scariest, Ning Lu froze in place in a daze.

She also remembered that the woman who always spoke in a soft voice always had a faint scent of medicine on her body, and all the maids who followed her were smiling, and even at the last questioning, no one was willing to identify , in the end she had to bribe a maid of honor from the outer hall Sasa.

Things that were thought to be vague eight years ago gradually became clear, Ning Lu had nothing to say, but people are selfish, if she chooses again, as long as she is Xianfei's personal maid, she will definitely repeat it again.

But now she no longer expects her own life, but her family, she must try her best to save it.

"I know what to do." Ning Lu said, she raised her head and stared at the eunuch, "How can you convince me that my family is in your hands, and after I confess, you can let them go."

The eunuch sneered, and pulled out a piece of paper from his sleeve, "This is the handwriting of your big nephew who is a good reader. I think you know it well. The others are not in the Zajia. Believe it or not. The master behind the Zajia, No one knows, your family members naturally don't know, and no one will know in the future. Whether they live or not is irrelevant to the master. It doesn't matter if Auntie doesn't cooperate, but master can do nothing but try to find someone who is willing."

"Think about it again." The eunuch left after speaking, only to hear footsteps gradually leaving.

Condensation burst into tears.