Jinyiwei factory flower base love story

After Duan Mingchen left, Gu Huaiqing didn't lie down for a long time. He was worried about the Queen Mother's case and couldn't sleep, so he simply got up to wash up, and was ready to go out after getting dressed.

At this time, the butler hurried in and told him, "My lord, there is an official outside the door begging to see you."

Gu Huaiqing looked up at the sky that had just been bright outside the window, and said in surprise: "Someone came so early in the morning? Who is it?"

The housekeeper said: "He calls himself Feng Bo, he is from Yangzhou, and he is currently a member of the Ministry of War."

Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of War, is only a small official of the sixth rank, and the Ministry of War and Dongchang are not in conflict with each other, so they have nothing to do with each other. Why did this person come to him?

However, since Gu Huaiqing is a celebrity in front of the emperor, there are countless people who flatter him and seek him out, which annoys him a lot.

Seeing Gu Huaiqing's displeasure, the housekeeper hurriedly explained: "The young one has politely declined according to the adults' orders, and told him that the adults don't accept visits from strangers, but he insists on refusing to leave, and has been waiting outside for almost an hour."

Gu Huaiqing frowned and said, "Did he explain why he wanted me?"

The butler shook his head, and suddenly remembered something and added: "Oh, he said that he is the father of Concubine Li and must see the Lord, and he also tried to give me a big banknote."

Lipin's father? !Gu Huaiqing suddenly remembered, isn't Li Concubine's surname Feng, also from Yangzhou?

Gu Huaiqing immediately said: "Hurry up and lead him to the living room, I'll go see him."

Concubine Li is a charming beauty, and her biological father is naturally no different.Feng Bai's appearance is elegant and gentle, with a few wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, but it adds a bit of mature demeanor.

Feng Bai saluted Gu Huaiqing, and Gu Huaiqing politely asked him to sit down, and ordered his servants to make tea for him.

After the two sat down, they exchanged a few pleasantries before getting to the point.

Feng Bo cupped his hands and said: "The lower officials have taken the liberty to visit. They really want to ask for something. My lord is walking in the palace. I should have heard that at the chrysanthemum appreciation meeting a few days ago, the little girl was reckless and accidentally bumped into the queen mother and the noble concubine, causing trouble. His Majesty was so angry that he ordered the grounding..."

Gu Huaiqing hummed noncommittally.

Feng Bai said earnestly: "To be honest, Xiaguan only has such a child. Her mother passed away early. I doted on her since she was a child, and I was so used to her that she didn't know the heights of heaven and earth. That's why I made such a mistake. However, the so-called parental heart in the world I really don't want my little girl to suffer, so I have the audacity to beg my lord. I know that my lord walks in front of the imperial court, and I have a sacred heart. I just hope that my lord can say a few words for my little girl at the right time..."

Feng Bai thought of his beloved daughter suffering in the deep palace, the seven-foot man couldn't help but have red eye circles and moist eye sockets, it can be seen that the doting and pampering of his daughter does not seem to be fake.

Thinking of Concubine Li's contentment in Hancui Palace, Gu Huaiqing couldn't help but smiled and comforted him: "Your Majesty Feng, you don't need to worry. Although Miss Concubine Li was grounded, she didn't suffer, and she lived quite comfortably."

"Really?" Feng Bo smiled wryly and shook his head, not seeming to believe it.

He took out a thin red envelope from his pocket and put it in front of Gu Huaiqing, "A mere gift is not a respect, no matter whether it is successful or not, please accept it with honor, Mr. Gu."

Gu Huaiqing couldn't refuse, so he took it and put it on the table.Judging by Feng Bai's posture, if he insists on declining, the other party will definitely not give up, so it's better to accept it first to make him feel at ease.

Gu Huaiqing had a good impression of Li-pin's father and daughter. To him, it was not a big deal to mention a word in front of the emperor, so he agreed: "I will mention it to Your Majesty when I have a suitable opportunity, but I don't guarantee that I can help you." busy."

Seeing Gu Huaiqing's agreement, Feng Bai was naturally overjoyed and bowed again and again: "Thank you, my lord, for your kindness, I will never forget my lord!"

Gu Huaiqing saw that although Feng Bo was dressed in a simple and elegant manner, the fabric was made of Su silk with 50 taels of silver per foot, and the jade belt pendant around his waist was the best Hetian jade, which showed that his family was not weak.Although the emperor's draft requires all women of the right age to participate in the election, in fact, there are many tricks in the implementation of the localities. It is not difficult to escape as long as you spend a little money to manage it.

Gu Huaiqing couldn't help asking: "Since Master Feng is so reluctant to part with your daughter, why did you let her enter the palace?"

Gu Huaiqing is used to being flamboyant, so she asked when she thought of it, but this is actually the truth. Entering the palace as a concubine looks beautiful, but in reality it is in danger every step of the way. Most of the women in the palace are not happy. There is no place to die, and parents who really love their daughters are not willing to send them to the palace to suffer.

Feng Bai sighed helplessly, and said: "Why are you so willing to let the little girl into the palace? Master Gu doesn't know something. Although I am not talented, I have a lot of experience in doing business. The Feng family is also well-off. I only have this one Daughter, she was reluctant to marry her away, and originally planned to find an honest and responsible son-in-law to marry her and inherit the family business after she was old enough.

The little girl was still well-behaved and sensible when she was young, but Jiji suddenly changed her mind for some reason that year, and refused to follow my arrangement, insisted on participating in the draft, and forced me to take a concubine, persuading me to have a son to inherit the family business... Alas, this Child, it's really a girl who can't help her father..."

Gu Huaiqing suddenly interjected: "May I ask, Ling Ai has been in Yangzhou since she was a child, has she never left?"

Feng Bai was startled when he heard the words, he seemed to hesitate for a moment, and immediately said: "Yes, my daughter has always been in Yangzhou, and only came to the capital when she entered the palace for draft."

Gu Huaiqing saw Feng Bai's unnaturalness for a moment, but Gu Huaiqing didn't pay attention to it. It was almost the time he agreed with Duan Mingchen, so Gu Huaiqing ended the conversation with Feng Bai and politely asked the housekeeper to see off the guests.

Feng Bai said goodbye with gratitude and left Gu's mansion, Gu Huaiqing rode to Xuande Gate to meet Duan Mingchen, and then entered the palace together.

The two just walked into the palace gate, and within a few steps, they ran into Imperial Physician Shi head-on.

Gu Huaiqing's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "Morning, Shi Shi! Are you here to wait for me?"

Physician Shi rolled his eyes at Gu Huaiqing, bowed his hands to Duan Mingchen in salute, and then pulled Gu Huaiqing aside.

"How is it? Have you read the Queen Mother's prescription that I sent someone? Did you find anything?"

"I came here to tell you this." Imperial Physician Shi said with a rare seriousness on his face, "Lu Zhengxi has two kinds of prescriptions, the one that is usually given to the Empress Dowager is calming and calming, and the one that the Empress Dowager prescribed after waking up is nourishing Qi and nourishing the body. The tonics are all common medicines, and there is no problem."

"Really?" Gu Huaiqing couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

"but……"

"But what?"

"There is a medicine called Senecio in Ningshen's prescription. This kind of medicine is originally produced in the deep sea. It is very rare and expensive. In my opinion, adding or not adding this medicine will not affect the curative effect. I don't know why Lu Zhengxi wants to Add it in."

"Oh? How toxic is this medicine?"

"There is no toxicity. The prescriptions and medicines prescribed to the Queen Mother must be archived for future reference. Who dares to prescribe poison to the Queen Mother? It will be a long life?" Imperial Physician Shi said angrily.

Gu Huaiqing pursed his lips, and made a bitter face as if he was wronged: "Shi Shi, you are so fierce to me..."

Doctor Shi stretched out his foot to kick Gu Huaiqing: "Hey, you have no conscience! In such a cold day, I came here to find you early in the morning. If it wasn't because you were my friend, I wouldn't get up so early and hug you at home. Is it okay for my wife to sleep?"

Gu Huaiqing was quick and agile, so naturally he would not be kicked by Imperial Physician Shi.

Duan Mingchen was far away, the two of them spoke in a very soft voice, they couldn't hear clearly, all they could see was Gu Huaiqing's aggrieved face, and Imperial Physician Shi stretched out his foot to kick him.

Duan Mingchen frowned in displeasure, the chill on his body suddenly increased, he stared coldly at Imperial Physician Shi, and would come up and teach him his posture if there was any disagreement.

Seeing Duan Mingchen, Grand Physician Shi felt chills down his spine, and felt that he couldn't offend this cold-faced Lord Jin Yiwei, so he stomped his icy feet and ran away.

"Hey, don't run away!" Gu Huaiqing wanted to hold Imperial Physician Shi, but Duan Mingchen grabbed his neck.

"Don't chase after me, Gao Renxin wrote me back, there is really something wrong with the prescription."

When Gu Huaiqing heard this, he immediately forgot about Imperial Physician Shi and chased after Duan Mingchen to inquire.

When he came to Gu Huaiqing's office in Dongchang, Duan Mingchen took out Gao Renxin's reply letter and showed it to Gu Huaiqing.

Gao Renxin deserves to be called the sage of poison. Although Imperial Physician Shi is skilled in medicine, he is not as good at poison as Gao Renxin.

Gao Renxin pointed out that Senecio in the Empress Dowager's Ningshen prescription is non-toxic if taken alone, but if it is used in combination with Centella Asiatica, it will have a paralyzing effect on the human mind and cause hallucinations. If taken for a long time, it can cause madness.

Centella asiatica is a common herb with a faint bitter taste. It is non-toxic and has certain beauty and skin care effects.However, Centella asiatica was not found among the Queen Mother's other medicinal materials.

Gu Huaiqing brought people to the Palace of Compassion and Ning again, and the masters of Dongchang who were secretly monitoring outside the Palace of Compassion and Ning reported that the palace people of the Palace of Compassion and Ning kept their own place after regaining their freedom, and no one behaved abnormally or took the initiative. Contact the outside world.

Gu Huaiqing nodded and asked them to continue to secretly monitor, and then ordered people to search carefully in the Empress Dowager's Palace of Compassion and Peace, but they searched all over the palace, but did not find this herbal medicine, and none of the palace people in the Palace of Compassion and Peace knew this herb.

Only Bai Zhi, the maid serving the queen mother, frowned after smelling the scent of Centella asiatica, "This smell... a bit like the queen mother's rouge."

When Gu Huaiqing heard this, he hurriedly asked someone to fetch the Empress Dowager's rouge box, and opened it for Bai Zhi to smell.

Bai Zhi lowered her head and sniffed it, then shook her head and said: "It's not this, this one smells like sweet-scented osmanthus. This rouge box is often used by the Empress Dowager, but the rouge used by the Empress Dowager before is not of this flavor. .”

Gu Huaiqing and Duan Mingchen looked at each other, and their hearts became much brighter.

After Bai Zhi left, Gu Huaiqing asked, "Should I call Zi Kui and Lu Zhengxi over again for questioning?"

Duan Mingchen shook his head and said, "I don't think so. Even if they ask, they won't admit it, and they will startle the snake instead."

"what do you mean……"

"I don't think the court lady and the imperial physician can plan such a meticulous murder case. There must be a real mastermind behind them. We still need to find out the motive of the murder from the source. Now it seems that the possibility of revenge is relatively high. Zhuang Concubine is a clue, we have to find out why Concubine Zhuang was convicted and how did she die in the cold palace?"

"It's a pity that when Your Majesty ascended the throne, most of the palace servants who served in those years were released from the palace. I'm afraid there are not many people who know about it. It will take a lot of trouble. However, I suspect that Liang Wan knew some inside information. After all, when Concubine Zhuang died, she Already by the Queen Mother's side."

"The problem is how to get her to speak out. The empress dowager may be involved. She is from the Liang family, and she will definitely choose to protect the interests of the empress dowager and the Liang family."

Gu Huaiqing smiled slightly: "There is always a way, the worst is to let His Majesty come forward."