prince's concubine

Li Rui knocked heavily on the table, "It seems that you are too idle during the time when the king is not at home. You are so idle that you have forgotten how to manage the palace! Think about it for yourself. Since the king came back this time, what happened in this mansion?" How many accidents have happened? You are the person who has been with me the longest, and you are also the person I trust the most, I don’t want you to be misjudged!"

"Yes," Tang Jian lowered his head even lower.This was the first time the prince scolded him in such a harsh tone, and he knew that the prince was really angry this time.

Li Rui pushed open the door and window, put the brocade handkerchief in his arms, took two deep breaths, and asked, "Has their poison been found out? Are there any other clues?"

"It has been found out that it is an ordinary poisoning, and the poisoning of several aunts has been cured." Tang Jian replied.

Ordinary poison?

Li Rui frowned immediately, was it for the purpose of creating instant chaos in the palace?

"Immediately send someone to monitor the entry and exit of the people in the mansion, and don't let go of any clues!"

"Yes!" Tang Jian also realized the seriousness of the problem, and immediately withdrew to give orders.As for Dongmei, of course he locked him in the secret room himself.

Tang Jian originally thought that the rivalry between the women was jealous, but now it seems that the prince is the target of the attack!Taking advantage of women's jealousy to create chaos, and taking advantage of the chaos to sneak into the palace is to harm the prince... Thinking of this, Tang Jian's spine shivered.

As soon as Tang Jian went out, Li Ruicai collapsed and sat on the chair, his eyes blurred, not as strong and clear as before.Tightly holding the brocade handkerchief in his hand, he took a few deep breaths, and his mind became slightly clearer.If he hadn't been paying attention to Zhong Min, he would definitely not have noticed Zhong Min's subtle little movements after Dongmei entered the room, and his heart suddenly became suspicious. I am afraid that he has fallen into Dongmei's trap at this moment, and he has become a puppet in a daze. .Even so, he was still hit by the trick, and he had been holding on just now so that he didn't leak anything. Now that he is gone, his true colors are revealed. Counting, this Jiu Yiniang saved him again.

Come to think of it, an ordinary maid in his mansion would use such magic to confuse people!Li Rui was startled and scared.In my memory, this person named Dongmei has always kept to herself, and has never done anything strange. Why did she suddenly become like this?Whether it is hidden too deep or being used by others is still uncertain, but there is definitely an enemy they don't know hiding in a corner of the palace...

The sky gradually darkened, and the sunset glow reflected in the sky was extraordinarily dazzling.

This night was definitely an extraordinary night for the palace.

The woman was sitting on the bed, clutching the brocade handkerchief tightly with both hands, her delicate and pretty face was flushed with nervousness, and her beautiful eyes were twinkling uneasily.

The door curtain was lifted, and the maid who was close to her came in quickly.

"How is it?" The woman sat up straight and asked eagerly.

"The lord locked Jiu Yiniang in the dungeon!" the maid replied with a happy face.

"So, does the prince believe it?" The woman worriedly twisted the brocade handkerchief in her hand, with suspicion in her eyes, "But the prince locked her up just because Jiu Yiniang was in favor of her?"

"I must have believed it, otherwise I wouldn't have locked up Jiu Yiniang." The maid twitched her lips, "So what if you get favored? It's just a family in the middle of nowhere, with no power or influence, and a sickness all over, the prince is not Blind man, how could he really care about her! It's just a novelty for a while. Besides, even if such a big incident happened, the prince would not be able to protect her. Any aunt in this house is not as powerful behind the Zhong family, and the prince is not stupid. You can’t understand the simple truth.”

The woman's heart seemed to be relieved, and then she remembered something, and grabbed the maid's hand, "Do you think the prince will suspect me?"

The maid chuckled lightly, patted the woman's hand and comforted her, "Don't worry, Miss, everyone who went to Jiu Yiniang's place was poisoned by the same poison. No matter how smart the prince is, he would never have thought of us coming here. Now this Jiu Yiniang has passed away." It's hard to argue! Waiting for Jiu Yiniang to be excluded, Miss should be more active, now I know that Wang Ye likes Jiu Yiniang's sickly, plain and elegant appearance. I know how many times stronger. Miss, we have to act quickly, don't let people take the lead, and if you lose the opportunity, let others benefit in vain, but it will be a waste of effort."

The woman's whole nerves were relaxed, and her eyes gradually turned hard when she heard the last word, "Of course, taking such a big risk is to make a wedding dress for others! From tomorrow onwards, we will not draw eyebrows and make up, and you will let the kitchen Make some nourishing soup, I will send it to the prince in a while, and comfort the prince by the way."

"Hey, Qing'er is going to tell the kitchen." The maid replied happily and ran out.

The woman had a shy face, her head was slightly lowered, her hands were wrapped in a brocade handkerchief, her eyes were full of longing for the future.

At the same time, the other side of the palace.

"... Has the letter been delivered?" The cold and beautiful woman gently pulled out the candle in front of her with a silver hairpin, and asked calmly.

"Send it." The nanny standing beside her looked worried, "Miss, do you really have to think about it?"

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch the tiger cubs! If you don't gamble once, I won't be at ease in this life." The cold and beautiful woman's eyes were firm and cold, she looked back at the nurse, she blinked slightly, and her tone was soft A little bit "Mom also knows that my childhood sweetheart and childhood sweetheart with him have already made a private decision for the rest of my life. If it weren't for... I am afraid that he and I have already become relatives. Now that he gives me a chance, how can I not blog! Okay! I can go far away with him; it’s not good, it’s better to die than to waste my life here, living like a walking dead.”

"But……"

"There is nothing but. I dare to take this step, and I believe in his character. I am just a pawn in someone else's hand. It doesn't matter where I put it." The cold and beautiful woman laughed at herself, put down the silver hairpin and candle in her hand. With a sound of "嗤", it jumped up all of a sudden, and the fire blazed all over the place, making the room much brighter.

"Look, it's much brighter in the room?" The glamorous woman smiled confidently and joyfully, her gaze fell on the candle with a trace of tenderness, "I can go with him when the matter is over. , I will definitely ask for grace for my mother, so that my mother can go home and enjoy the family happiness."

"Thank you, Miss!" The wet nurse was so excited that she shed tears first, "Miss, you must be careful! There are not many fuel-efficient people in this mansion, and they are all flattering on the surface, but who knows what's going on behind the scenes?" According to this old slave, this Jiu Yiniang can't even control a girl, so she may not have any special qualities..."

The glamorous woman waved her hand with a dignified expression, "Jiu Yiniang's water is deep! Let's just watch from a distance. The prince has never been close to women, and the woman who can attract the attention of the prince for so long, in this house, no, I'm just afraid of this woman." There is nothing in the Southern Dynasty, this Jiu Yiniang must have abilities that we don't know about. Take today's matter, I heard that when the daughter of the Zhong family came out from the prince, she looked calm, completely different from the reaction that ordinary people should have. "

As if remembering something, the cold and beautiful woman sighed slightly and sat on the chair, and said with emotion, "No matter how calm you are, you can only escape the fate of being a scapegoat. It's not a bad thing to get rid of her bones early."

"Miss!" The nanny was a little anxious, "You can't have such an idea! How can the Zhong family be compared with our family..."

The glamorous woman sneered coldly, with a hint of ridicule in her voice, "Is it possible to distinguish the same? But it's all for their own interests. Nanny, you'd better let people keep an eye on you, in case there are any sudden changes. Wait until the house The hidden things are slowly uncovered, and we can retire with success."

"That's it, that's it." The nanny laughed a few times and then backed out.

in the dungeon

Zhong Min squinted his eyes slightly, and leaned against the "bed" made of hay with his hands on his head, while Ah Chen stood quietly outside the prison door and guarded.The surroundings were so quiet that only the sound of each other's breathing could be heard.

Half an hour later, Zhong Min suddenly felt a burst of abdominal pain, frowned and sat up, the pain intensified.

Annoyed, he stretched out his hands and rubbed his stomach, as expected, there was a price to be paid for being greedy.

"Jiu Yiniang, are you... not feeling well?" Chen, who had been staring at Zhong Min, immediately sensed something was wrong.

"Yes!" Zhong Min said with a bitter face, "It seems that he ate something he shouldn't have."

Ah Chen hurriedly knocked on the iron door, the door of the dungeon was cracked, Ah Chen said, "Jiu Yiniang has a stomachache."

The door closed again.

Zhong Min laughed and said, "Shouldn't you prepare a toilet for me first?"

Ah Chen blushed immediately, she never expected that the elegant looking Jiu Yiniang would say such indecent words without avoiding suspicion, and she didn't know how to deal with it.

Seeing Ah Chen's embarrassment, Zhong Min suddenly remembered that he had forgotten the troublesome gender and identity. Well, some things are habits and cannot be changed. For example: he is a man, and this matter cannot be changed.That's why facing Ah Chen who is also a man, he has no scruples to say words like "toilet".

The next day, when the prince came back from the morning court, apart from the two imperial physicians, there were several court officials with him.The daughters of these adults are one of the prince's concubines.

The purpose is obvious, it is to question the crime.The culprit is naturally the prince's ninth aunt Zhong Yumei.

The prince was expressionless, showing no signs of happiness or anger.The etiquette that should be done has not been dropped, and the faces of several ministers are not very good-looking.

"My lord, you can't help but give us a reasonable explanation for such a big event?" A minister questioned.

"Tang Jian, tell everyone the result of this matter." Li Rui sat on the head, touched the lid of the teacup with his fingers, and said.

"Yes, my lord." Tang Jian went out to reply, and said to the ministers sitting in the hall, "This time, the mass poisoning incident of the aunts has been found out. It was Dongmei, the maid in Jiuyiniang's garden. Please All adults go with the children."

"...What?" Several adults stared at Li Rui with wide eyes in bewilderment.

"My lords will understand when they go." Li Rui stood up and glanced at the ministers solemnly, "Tang Jian, lead the way."

Even though my lords were full of doubts, no one said anything.

This was an ordinary servant's room. There were two guards standing at the door. Seeing Li Rui and the others approaching, they knocked on the door after saluting.

There is a person bound by the iron chain, Dongmei.

Without the ghostly and strange feeling of yesterday, Dongmei seems to have returned to her old honest appearance.She lowered her head slightly, her hair was a little messy, her face was pale and haggard, her teeth were tightly biting her lower lip, and her expression was painful.

"This..." The ministers looked at Li Rui in unison,

"This is Dongmei, the murderer who poisoned her." Li Rui explained, "Physician Liu, Physician Wu, please feel her pulse first."

The two imperial physicians looked at each other, and carefully stepped forward to feel Dongmei's pulse.

A few minutes later, after repeatedly asking for evidence, the faces of the two imperial doctors became terrified. They nervously wiped the cold sweat that was constantly emerging from their foreheads, and said a shocking diagnosis result. Very evil "deterrence spell".

It is said that this curse can evoke the desire hidden deep in the heart of the cursed person, so that the person who is cursed can't help but follow the inner desire to do things that he would not dare to do in normal times, because this curse can make the cursed person emit a confusing The delicate fragrance makes people who smell it tempted by it to have hallucinations and desires, so that they can do things that they can't control.Once the two parties have sex, both parties will be controlled by the person who cast the curse, and will be used as their puppets at their mercy until the end of their lives.

Just when everyone was terrified when they heard the words of the imperial physician, Dongmei suddenly uttered a shrill scream, which shocked the people who were already in panic. Dongmei's eyes seemed to burst and bulge, and the more The drum got bigger and bigger, and finally with a "bang", the eyeballs exploded like dynamite, and blood and other mucus splashed everywhere, even splashing on the clothes of several adults.

Several adults screamed in fright, and retreated in embarrassment.Looking at Dongmei, she was already dead.