Shen Shuguang went out first. The servant who was ordered to invite Wen Yulan in did not dare to rush in front of him. Since it was not an urgent matter at the moment, he fell a few steps behind.
He walked into the courtyard and happened to meet Wen Yulan standing on the porch.
Today, Wen Yulan wore a green fox fur coat made for her by the commander of the Wei Dynasty Ying during the Chinese New Year. The skirt and cuffs of the fur coat revealed traces of the purple ground plum blossoms on the wide sleeves and the aqua fairy skirt. When she came over, her face was flushed by the cold wind, and she looked pretty and cute.
Seeing Shen Shuguang coming out, Wen Yulan hurriedly gave way and said with a smile: "Hello, second brother Shen."
"Sister Wen, you are welcome." Shen Shuguang saluted her politely. He knew that his cousin Shen Shuyan was praised by his mother, Wei Changying, for his talent, so he asked Wen Yulan to pester her to this day. In order to avoid trouble, Shen Shuguang strictly ordered his subordinates to praise his studies. However, after Wen Yulan lived in Mingpeitang for a long time, it was inevitable that he would hear the news.
Fortunately, Shen Shuguang's identity was different from that of Shen Shuyan. After Wen Yulan pestered him several times, Shen Shuguang had not fallen out. Wei Changying and others came to Wen Yulan and asked her not to disturb Shen Shuguang's schooling.
After such a non-celebrity, Shen Shuguang stayed away from Wen Yulan from then on.
After saying hello, he hurried away.
Wen Yulan looked at his back and praised: "Second brother Shen is extremely talented and yet he is so attentive. He is always so good at his strange skills."
The maid Lianlan who came out to invite her in pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Isn't that right? Our second young master has always been attentive. Madam also said that the second young master is well-behaved and sensible!"
"Madam, can you see me now?" Wen Yulan asked with a smile.
"Please come in!" Lianlan said softly.
After entering, he saw Wei Changying put down the tea bowl and gave her a small hand to stop her from being polite. Wen Yan asked, "Is something wrong with Yu Lan?"
"In reply to Madam, someone just sent a letter to Yu Lan. Yu Lan would like to ask Madam alone..." Wen Yulan looked around awkwardly.
Guard Chief Ying understood and said: "You all stand down!"
After everyone went down, Wei Changying waved to Wen Yulan to come to him and talk.
Although she didn't want to hear that Yu Lan leaned close to her, she whispered: "Madam, in fact there is no such letter."
"Huh?" Wei Changying frowned, and then realized that Wen Yulan was trying to find an excuse to talk to him in private. He couldn't help but frown slightly and asked, "What's wrong?"
Wen Yulan subconsciously grasped the corner of her clothes and said, "Just now Yu Lan was playing hide and seek with the maid in the garden... Where she didn't want to hide, the same person as Mrs. Li, who was in front of the Sixth Madam, happened to walk nearby and start talking." She bit. She raised her lower lip before continuing, "Yu Lan didn't mean to eavesdrop. She was planning to walk out immediately, but she didn't dare after hearing a word..."
Wei Changying's eyes narrowed slightly and he said, "What are you talking about?"
"Mama Li said: 'Things are not easy to handle. Now that the second master is not in Xiliang, the medicine will be hot to hold. If it is discovered... it will be troublesome. I'd better put it back with you first.'" Wen Yulan said softly, "Then Yu Lan saw that Nanny Li took a medicine bottle and wanted to give it to the other person, but the other person refused to accept it, saying, 'You are now the confidant of the Sixth Madam, who dares to do whatever you want? It's not convenient for me to touch things in your house. You can wait until the second master comes back."
"...What else?" Wei Changying's face suddenly darkened!
Wen Yulan said cautiously: "Then the maid found her nearby. Aunt Li and the others found out and left."
She added, "Yu Lan definitely didn't eavesdrop on purpose."
"It's not your fault, but it's your fault." Wei Changying suppressed his anger and comforted her with a few gentle words. He told her not to talk too much after she went out. If anyone asked, just follow the reason she just found and say it was because of the news. Yaozi handed her some news, the kind that was not allowed to be disclosed.
After hearing that Yulan left, Wei Changying ordered his left and right people not to come in and disturb him, and he thought about it alone -
Judging from what Wen Yulan heard, Grandma Li and others were targeting Shen Lianshi. I don't know if it was just Shen Lianshi, but from these two sentences, there was no intention to attack others. So Wei Changying doesn't have to worry that they will be harmful to Huo Qingling's mother and daughter. At least the two of them hope to use the fact that Huo Qingling trusts Grandma Li to hide the bottle of medicine. Something happened. Otherwise, when the time comes for a search, wouldn’t Nanny Li’s flaws be exposed
In this case, Wei Changying decided to invite Huo Qingling to come the next day, so as not to scare the snake, and then Granny Li and others did something in a hurry, which actually harmed Liu Fang.
So the next day, Wei Changying randomly found a family matter and called Huo Qingling over to discuss it.
At this time, Huo Qingling trusted Nanny Li very much, and took her with him wherever he went, as his right and left hand.
So when their master and servant entered the door, the guard chief Ying said that there was something inside, and drove all the idlers out. As soon as the door was closed, the strong woman who had been prepared came out and pressed the button on Nanny Li three times five divided by two. Falling to the ground, gagged, and tied up!
Huo Qingling was stunned by this sudden turn of events. She was not stupid at all. She hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Wei Changying's sleeve and asked, "Third sister-in-law, is this Granny Li?"
"Go outside and tell everyone to stay away, then remove the cloth from her mouth and let her speak for herself!" Wei Changying said calmly.
Huo Qingling sat down in fear and watched as Wei Chief Ying ordered someone to interrogate Grandma Li face to face—
At first, Grandma Li denied it in every possible way and refused to admit that she had any ulterior motives. Even if Chief Wei ordered someone to search out a bottle of suspicious medicinal powder from her house, Grandma Li said that someone else had slandered her and put it in.
However, Wei Changying did not ask further questions, and directly ordered her to be dragged out and beaten to death, and then all three relatives were detained in prison and interrogated one by one - in short, he would rather kill her by mistake than let her go.
Only then did Grandma Li take the medicine, and said with tears and runny noses: "I have no intention of harming the second master. This bottle of medicine is just... it's just a bottle of aphrodisiac. It's just colorless and odorless, so it's not easy to detect. , it's not harmful to the body. If the two ladies don't believe it, you can ask Aunt Huang or Doctor Ji to take a look and find out - the old slave just wants to repay Miss Duanmuba for saving the grandson of the third generation of the old slave... thinking about Ji. Although the wife is a widow, she is not an ordinary person. Being a concubine for the second master is enough... then... "
These words made the two sisters stunned.
An idea flashed in Huo Qingling's mind. Regardless of Wei Changying's presence, he stood up and said sternly: "Last time you encouraged me and my third sister-in-law to propose that Lady Ji be my second brother's concubine?!"
"At that time, I just got the secret letter from Miss Duanmuba..." Grandma Li didn't dare to look at her and murmured, "I wanted to give advice to the Third Madam through you, the Sixth Madam. If it can be done, it would be the best. It can't be... The old slave wants to use that bottle of medicine..."
Wei Changying took a deep breath and said, "Please come over, Aunt Huang."
Today she wanted to settle a score with Aunt Li, and Wen Yulan didn't know who the person she had discussed with in private before was, anyway, she didn't know him. So Wei Changying sent the meticulous Huang to look at the servants who could enter the backyard and had little chance of meeting Wen Yulan.
She originally thought that this medicine must be poison, and even if it is not fatal immediately, it must be a chronic poison... So there is no need for Huang to come to check, and directly ask Grandma Li why she attacked Shen Lianshi and who ordered her to do so. Disposed of directly.
Now that the reason stated by Grandma Li was different from what was expected, Wei Changying thought about it and called Huang back to verify it.
After a while, Mr. Huang came over, opened the medicine bottle, poured a little into the silver cup, but seeing that the color of the silver cup did not change, Huang observed it for a while, dipped a little on his fingertips, brought it close to his nose and smelled it, and finally cautiously Licking a little of the entrance... After a long while, Huang nodded slightly: "It is indeed an aphrodisiac. It was modified with an ordinary prescription. It is colorless and odorless and cannot be detected by ordinary methods."
After a pause, she said with a complicated expression, "It should be made by Miss Duanmuba herself."
She and Master Duanmu Xinmiao came from the same sect, and although they couldn't explain each other's prescriptions and medical skills in detail, they still had a rough idea.
After receiving the confirmation from Mrs. Huang herself, Grandma Li quickly said: "Third Madam, Sixth Madam, everything the old slave said is true, there is absolutely no lies!"
"Aunt Huang, please go out and do your work first. I want to ask her a few more questions." Wei Changying ignored her and asked Huang to continue to go out and pay attention to whether any of Grandma Li's accomplices noticed that Grandma Li had been arrested. He got up and wanted to escape before he was exposed - this was the most secure thing for Huang to do in the backyard.
After Mr. Huang left, Grandma Li looked at Wei Changying in panic.
Wei Changying stared at her and said calmly: "Xinmiao saved your third-generation grandson? Is this what happened when she first came to Xiliang?"
Grandma Li nodded cautiously: "Lao Nu's wife and son both died early. He only has one grandson, but he was born weak and sick. At that time, he was dying of illness. Thanks to Miss Duanmuba's diagnosis and treatment, he was saved. Now, The body is getting stronger and stronger. The old slave is very grateful to Miss Duanmu Ba... In addition, I feel that Miss Ba's invitation, although... without the consent of the wife and the second master, can do nothing wrong to the second master... After all, as the second master..."
Huo Qingling said angrily: "Damn! My third sister-in-law and I didn't care about the second brother's concubinage, but you got involved! It's a good thing I didn't listen to your advice, otherwise... otherwise, I wouldn't have any face anymore. Stay at Shen’s house!”
"Sixth brother, please calm down first." Wei Changying calmly stopped Huo Qingling and said to Aunt Li, "So, when Xinmiao gave you the medicine, he specified that it would be used on Lady Ji and let her go Become a concubine to my second brother?”
"This..." Nanny Li's face turned pale, she hesitated for a moment, and finally said dejectedly, "Miss Duanmuba's intention is to find someone in the second master's backyard who can protect the fourth miss. Old slave... Lady Ji... Old slave Silai I think the only person who can think of such a candidate is Mrs. Ji.”
Wei Changying sneered: "Let me tell you, although Xinmiao sometimes behaves in a way that cannot be judged by common sense, she sincerely respects Divine Doctor Ji. How could she possibly scheme against Divine Doctor Ji's only cousin to become a concubine for her second brother? ?”
She looked at Nanny Li again, "Did Xinmiao just confess these few words? Do you think you can get away with it by avoiding the important things? You should tell the truth about what she really confessed!"
He said with a cold smile, "Or do you think that after showing Aunt Huang this bottle of medicine, you can hide it?!" (To be continued)