"Young Madam! Young Madam, this is terrible! Something has happened!"
It was clear at the beginning of the afternoon, and the snow in the courtyard was illuminated by the winter sun. Wei Changying was taking Huang and others to sort out the account books. Suddenly, someone outside was heard shouting in a panic. Before Huang could scold the etiquette, a Zhu Shi, who barged in, didn't even have time to finish his salute, so he saluted and said, "Miss Duanmuba wanted to poison Master Deng. Miss Deng's family was frightened and fainted. Now Miss Duanmuba's yard is in a mess, please." Madam, go and make the decision!"
Wei Changying was startled and said, "What's going on?"
Zhu Shi said: "My maid doesn't know! Miss Duanmuba seemed to have told Miss Deng the day before yesterday that Mr. Deng seemed to have old injuries. This morning Miss Deng dragged Mr. Deng to Miss Duanmuba and asked Miss Ba for help. After a quick diagnosis, Miss Duanmuba took a brief look and brought out a bowl of medicine for Young Master Deng to take. At first, Young Master Deng refused to drink because he was not injured. Miss Deng was worried that Young Master Deng would hide his illness and avoid medical treatment, so she helped Duanmuba. The lady persuaded him to drink it, but Mr. Deng vomited blood after drinking it... Miss Duanmuba didn't care and said coldly that there was poison in the medicine! "
"Then how is Mr. Deng doing now?!" Guard Chief Ying asked in surprise.
The reason why Duanmu Xinmiao plotted against Deng Zongqi was known to Wei Changying slightly: Was it Concubine Deng who suggested that Duanmu Xinmiao follow her? Although the eighth lady had excellent medical skills, she suffered from severe motion sickness. She vomited all the way along the way, and when she arrived in Xiliang, she almost lost half of her life. If she hadn't been a doctor herself and had a lot of emergency medicines on hand, she would have been carried directly from the car into the house that day!
This place alone was enough for the eccentric genius doctors to hate Concubine Deng and anger the rest of the Deng family. Who asked Concubine Deng to seek death? I don’t know if it was because of the Holy Spirit’s wishes. Concubine Deng not only wanted Duanmu Xinmiao to come over to treat Shen Zangfeng’s injuries, but also asked her to take on the responsibility of finding out about Shen’s true movements in the imperial capital. ... Duanmu Xinmiao's mother died young, and she was not close to her father, and her relationship with other clan members became even more estranged.
What she worried about most was the Queen Mother Cai and King Cai. The imperial concubine used these two people to threaten her to obey.
When Wei Changying learned about this matter, he knew that Duanmu Xinmiao didn't say anything, but he must have hated the imperial concubine so much in his heart!
You must know that the temperament of this master is very different from that of his master Ji Qubing. Ji Qubing has been coerced by the Wei family for many years and has a very bad attitude towards Wei Changying and others... This is because the Wei family had previously broken up in his family. Shi saved his life, and his later fame throughout the country was also due to the Wei family. After all, without the Wei family, he might not be where he is today. There are many grievances and grievances. Ji Qubing did not delay in major matters, but he also tried his best to cause trouble for the Wei family in small matters.
What kind of favor did Concubine Deng have to Master and Disciple Ji Qubing? ! Judging from Ji Qubing, he is still the enemy of the Ji family!
People like Duanmu Xinmiao who are obsessed with medical skills and regard human life as nothing can really do it. If she was given a chance, Duanmu Xinmiao would be able to decisively poison her to death after Concubine Deng hinted at her!
Everyone knows that the most important thing in Concubine Deng's life is her only biological son, the Sixth Prince. After the Sixth Prince's death, she regarded her nephew Deng Zongqi, who looked exactly like the Sixth Prince, as his substitute. She loved and supported him in every possible way and cultivated him like an heir. He was afraid that before Duanmu Xinmiao left, he planned to attack Deng Zongqi after arriving in Xiliang and take revenge on Concubine Deng.
Previously, when they were awake on the road, they had a warm and affectionate relationship with Deng Wanwan... Wei Changying thought that Duanmu Xinmiao only hated Concubine Deng, and treated his nephews and nieces separately. Now that I heard the news of the accident, I realized that Duanmu Xinmiao didn't like Deng Wanwan's status in front of the imperial concubine, and directly targeted Deng Zongqi!
At this moment, Wei Chief Ying's clothes were wet with sweat, and he secretly cursed that since arriving in Xiliang, he had only focused on cleaning up the ancestral hall, suppressing the elders, and cultivating cronies for Shen Zangfeng... Occasionally, he also paid attention to Shen Zangfeng's recovery from injuries, and even brought the imperial capital here. The grievances and grievances have been forgotten! If Deng Zongqi died in Mingpeitang, even if the person who did it was Duanmu Xinmiao, the Shen family wouldn't be able to tell!
Not to mention that this man had saved Wei Changying's life. Wei Changying didn't want him to die like this. Fortunately, Zhu Shi said: "Master Deng vomited several mouthfuls of blood. Now he has no strength at all and fell on the table." . Miss Duanmuba said that he would not die for the time being, but without Miss Duanmuba’s antidote, Mr. Deng would definitely die within three days! Miss Deng fainted after hearing this!”
Deng Wanwan was a child without a father and mother, and was basically brought up by this brother. But now it was she who personally brought her brother to Duanmu Xinmiao, and it was she who helped Duanmu Xinmiao persuade Deng Zongqi to drink the bowl of medicine... The result He actually gave away his brother's life. It's surprising that this poor Miss Deng could withstand such a blow.
Hearing that Deng Zongqi was still alive, Wei Changying breathed a sigh of relief and told Huang to take charge of the affairs here on his behalf. He ordered two maids and hurried to Duanmu Xinmiao's yard with Zhu Shi.
In order to show the importance to Duanmu Xinmiao, the courtyard allocated to her was considered luxurious in Mingpeitang. But now that the snow is falling, you can only see this luxury when you enter the house.
The room is not as chaotic as Zhu Shi said:
Deng Wanwan had been carried to the soft couch under the west window and was lying on it, with a brocade quilt covering her body. Her maids were all standing by the couch with their hands down, looking at a loss.
Duanmu Xinmiao did not bring a maid. After the nephrite was brought over to serve her for two days, the elders unanimously agreed to drag her out and beat her to death. Wei Changying called over Zhu Lan and Zhu Shi, who were waiting for her on the road. Zhu Shi ran to report the news just now, but Zhu Lan was still here. He was standing behind Duanmu Xinmiao, fidgeting with a handkerchief in his hand. Looking at her face, she was not nervous, but she seemed to be calm and curious.
According to Zhu Shi, Deng Zongqi, who had just vomited several mouthfuls of blood, was sitting at the table. Perhaps because Duanmu Xinmiao did not want to poison him directly, he was now holding on to the table and sitting firmly, but his face was very pale and his brows were tightly furrowed. He looked like he was trying his best to endure some pain.
There were obvious wet marks at his feet that had just been cleaned up... Wei Changying entered the door, and faced Duanmu Xinmiao, who was sitting on the seat with a cold expression, slowly sipping a cup of hot tea and said without raising his eyelids: "This This is between me and the Deng family, Sister Wei, you'd better not meddle in other people's business."
Wei Changying thought that you were settling the grudges in the ancestral hall of the Shen family and almost poisoned the legitimate son of the Deng family, and you still said you wouldn't do anything about me? Unexpectedly, Deng Zongqi also said in a weak voice: "This is the grudge between our family and Miss Duanmuba. Mrs. Wei should not worry about it."
... Wei Changying frowned and said: "The general opinion of both of you is that you don't want me to interfere. Originally, I should have turned around and left. However, both of you are guests of our family, and now something happened between the guests." When there is a conflict, there is absolutely no reason for the master to just sit back and watch. Even though you two feel that I am not qualified to make peace for you, I want to ask how it works? "
Don't forget whose territory this is! Why should I send my master away
Duanmu Xinmiao said cheerfully: "The experience was very simple! I coaxed Deng Wanwan to trust her on the road. I had no time for the first two days, so I told her that Deng Zongqi's voice at the city gate seemed to be hurt. Wanwan that The little fool took it seriously, no matter what, he dragged the person over to me. I had already prepared a medicine and drank it for Deng Zongqi... Didn't Zhu Shi go to repay you? "
Deng Zongqi put his hand on his chest, and his pale face turned abnormally flushed several times. After a while, he said: "Miss Duanmu poisoned me. I can probably guess the reason. As a junior, I can't say anything about the rights and wrongs of this matter. I can't say anything about it." I dare to blame Miss Duanmu. It's just that Miss Duanmu didn't have any intention of harming her, but she took advantage of her. It's really embarrassing."
"What does it have to do with me whether your teeth are cold or not?" Duanmu Xinmiao said lightly, "Earlier, your aunt's biological son died, and she couldn't find the right person, but she harmed my master's family! The sad thing is in her own heart She knew it, but she still pursued my master and his family... In the end, the real murderer was dead, but the crime had nothing to do with murdering her son! Now you dare to take advantage of my eldest sister and me! My nephew came to threaten me! Your aunt did such a shameless thing, and you had the nerve to despise me when I took advantage of you? Poisonous woman, clean up the Deng family!"
Wei Changying hurriedly smoothed things over and said, "It is indeed inappropriate for the imperial concubine to threaten Sister Xinmiao with the Queen Mother Cai and King Cai, but in my opinion, the noble concubine just said it. The Queen Mother Cai and His Royal Highness King Cai are certainly juniors of the imperial concubine. But it’s not like the imperial concubine alone can decide.”
These words were not entirely meant to appease Duanmu Xinmiao, although it was unclear what the fight between Qian, Concubine Deng, and Empress Gu was about after the deposed emperor. However, Queen Qian's dethronement directly led to her biological fourth prince being deposed from the Eastern Palace and demoted to a commoner.
But after the fourth prince died in depression, the Holy Emperor posthumously named him King Cai, and allowed his son to seize the title and stay in the imperial capital.
It can be seen that no matter how much the fourth prince was affected by his biological mother, the Holy Emperor still had a father-son affection for this son, otherwise he would not pursue the title and allow his son to inherit his title. As for leaving King Cai and his son in the imperial capital, it may not be because he is worried about King Cai - King Cai is not very old now, so what can such a young vassal king do when he arrives in the fiefdom
Mostly because Jinxiu Duanmu's sect is in the Imperial Capital, and the Queen Mother Cai is the daughter of Duanmu's sect. She hopes that the mother and son live in the Imperial Capital, and the Duanmu family can take care of them to some extent.
Since the Holy One has such consideration for the fourth prince's widow and only son, how can a concubine Deng decide whether they live or die? Not to mention that the imperial concubine and her enemy, Queen Gu, were staring at her all the time!
Therefore, what Concubine Deng said about using Queen Cai's mother and son to threaten Duanmu Xinmiao was nothing more than empty talk unless it was said by the acting saint.
While Wei Changying was persuading, he was thinking: Could it be that these words really meant what the Holy One meant, and the concubine only said it on behalf of the Holy One? (To be continued)