"Where are people?" Zhao Jie put down the book at hand and asked.
Zhu Geng replied respectfully: "My lord, I have already settled in the courtyard outside Shengjing City."
It has only been seven or eight days since the news came out, and the people below are working very fast.
Zhao Jie sat in the rosewood armchair and was silent for a while, then said: "Bring it here immediately."
Zhu Geng went away in response.
Wei Luo put down the record of anecdotes, sat on the couch, and stared at Zhao Jie with wide-eyed eyes. She wanted to comfort Zhao Jie with a word or two, but she didn't know where to start. Seeing Zhao Jie walking towards him, he stretched out his hands and asked, "Hug me."
Zhao Jie wrapped Wei Luo's hands around her neck according to her words, supported her buttocks with her palms, lifted her up from the couch, but walked to the other side without sitting down. Wei Luo wrapped around Zhao Jie like a koala, climbed up, stared into his eyes and asked, "Big Brother?"
Zhao Jie looked at her and gave a low "hmm".
Wei Luo opened her mouth, wanting to ask something, but met Zhao Jie's eyes as deep as the sea, and fell silent again. She kissed Zhao Jie's mouth, and changed her words: "The Empress likes to go to the Baohe Hall to worship the Bodhisattva. I went with her once. There are not many maidservants there, and I have been waiting for a long time for a drink of water. How about you?" Arrange some people to go there, so that nothing will happen again, and the care will not be taken care of."
Zhao Jie smiled, "The Buddhist hall is a quiet place, and the empress mother didn't like being disturbed while chanting sutras, so she dismissed all the palace people."
Wei Luo's heart tightened, and she couldn't help frowning. Fortunately, her cheek was pressed against Zhao Jie's, and Zhao Jie couldn't see her expression. "Then you secretly arrange a few more guards to be prepared."
Zhao Jie didn't refute her this time, and compromised: "I'll arrange it tomorrow." He pinched the flesh of her buttocks, "Are you satisfied now?"
Wei Luo nodded, but did not tell Zhao Jie the reason for her persistence.
In his previous life, Empress Chen died in Baohe Hall. Wei Luo didn't know such details at first, but only heard people say that when Empress Chen was offering incense, she lit 330 candles in the Buddha Hall, ignited the curtains in the hall, and ended her own life. At that time, there was not a single maidservant in the palace, and even if there were, they were dismissed by Empress Chen. When Emperor Chongzhen led the people over, although the fire was extinguished, the people were never found, and not even a corpse was given. The emperor remained, reduced to ashes.
Wei Luo kept pretending this matter in her heart, but she didn't know whether the words she heard were true or not, so she never reminded her rashly. Until recently, Empress Chen went to Baohe Hall more and more frequently, and there was a Bodhisattva with a solemn appearance in Baohe Hall, Wei Luo couldn't help but think about the things in her previous life.
It seems that this is the time.
Wei Luo didn't want Empress Chen to die like this, not only because she was her mother-in-law, but also because of her temperament. Wei Luo liked Empress Chen since she was a child, and she always felt that a woman like her who would not give way to a man should not have died so early, let alone cheapen Concubine Ning's mother and son, she should have watched Zhao Jie ascend the treasure.
Zhao Jie just walked back and forth in the study with Wei Luo in his arms. His steps were very steady, and his arms were held firmly, but his posture was a bit strange, like holding a child.
Zhao Jie suddenly thought of something, bowed his head next to Wei Luo's ear and said, "Let's try this posture next time."
Wei Luo's face turned red all of a sudden, she naturally knew what he was referring to, and said in disbelief, "How, how is this possible?"
Zhao Jie raised his eyebrows, "Why is it impossible?"
No matter what time, he was still thinking about this matter. Wei Luo was glad that there was no one else in the study room at the moment, and muttered, "It's too weird, I don't want it."
Zhao Jie put her on the black lacquer carved moiré curling head case, touched the top of her head, and said with a smile: "Silly girl, that's why it's so interesting."
Wei Luo's head shook like a rattle, and he refused to agree.
Zhao Jie lowered his head and bit her ear, and said in a low voice, "Didn't you ask me to investigate Yang Zhen's whereabouts? What are you going to give me in return?"
Wei Luo was so angry that he pushed Zhao Jie away and glared, "Why did I beg you? Yang Zhen belongs to Liuli..." There was a sudden pause, and then she looked at Zhao Jie, with an expression of being convinced of her.
That's right, although Yang Zhen is Liuli's sweetheart, Liuli asked her to do this, so it's true. Wei Luo lowered his banners and drums, puffed up his cheeks angrily, twisted Zhao Jie's waist, and said, "Don't go too far."
It's a pity that the piece of meat is so hard that it can't be pinched, let alone hurt him.
Zhao Jie deliberately misinterpreted her meaning, and said with a smile: "Well, I will be gentle."
Talking dirty in broad daylight resulted in the fact that when Zhu Geng came in, he saw Wei Luo sitting on a corner of the couch with a red face, while his master was sitting calmly behind the desk with a book in his hand, There was a faint smile on his lips, as if he had just bullied a girl from a good family.
Zhu Geng coughed, pretending he didn't know anything, lowered his head and said, "My lord, Nanny Chang has already brought it."
Zhao Jie put down the book, and when he got up, he had recovered his cool and dignified appearance, and said: "Tell me about her situation one by one."
Zhu Geng said yes, and while leading Zhao Jie to the front hall, he spoke eloquently.
Nanny Chang used to be Concubine Ning's personal maid, she served by Concubine Ning's side before she entered the palace, she was highly valued by Concubine Ning. It was just that she was suddenly released from the palace fifteen years ago, and the mother was only twenty-two years old, not the age to leave the palace, but the arrangement of this matter was very strange, as if this person disappeared overnight. In addition to Nanny Chang, two other court ladies were also released from the palace, but their hometown is too remote, so they have not been found yet. Now Nanny Chang is married and has two children. Her husband is a pavilion chief, and she is living a good life.
When we arrived at the front hall, there was a woman in a blue-gray embroidered bijar kneeling in the middle. She was nearly forty years old, but her head was full of gorgeous hair, and her eyes were full of wrinkles. She looked like an old woman in her fifties or sixties.
Zhao Jie and Wei Luo sat on rose chairs with red and gold pan chi patterns, looking down at the woman. Zhao Jie said: "Look up."
Nanny Chang flinched, and slowly raised her head to look at the two above.
When she came, she already knew what was going on. She had lived in fear all these years, and she had already expected that this day would come. She lacked confidence and said, "Women pay their respects to His Royal Highness Prince Jing, and concubine Jing Wang."
Zhao Jie said: "Do you know why this king invited you here?"
Chang didn't pretend to be stupid. After all, the lives of her family were in Zhao Jie's hands, including her grandson who was just born less than a month old. Say nothing."
By the Taiye Pool, spring returns to the earth, everything revives, and the willows on the bank sprout new branches, lush and luxuriant, fluttering with the wind, which makes people feel refreshed and happy. The roses and roses in the flower garden beside it are all blooming, competing to bloom, colorful, and a gust of breeze brings innumerable scents.
Concubine Ning and several concubines sat in the octagonal pavilion, talking and laughing at Yan Yan, looking from a distance, it was a scene of harmony and harmony. It's not surprising that Concubine Ning was favored in the past, and the people below were able to fawn on her. Although it is not as good as before, after all, her status as a "noble concubine" is there, and she knows how to behave, so she gets along with concubines in the harem Not bad.
While chatting happily, someone said: "The empress is here."
Following the prestige, I saw two figures walking under the apricot tree not far away. Empress Chen wore a short jacket patched with chrysanthemum flowers and a red woven skirt with golden clouds, dragons and sea patterns. She looked calm and beautiful. Beside Empress Chen is Concubine Jing. Concubine Jing is young and has a delicate and delicate aura. She is wearing an apricot-yellow blouse with a hundred butterflies and flowers. Underneath is a pair of exquisite red satin embroidered shoes, with a shining pearl adorning the toe of the shoe, which makes her more beautiful and charming, like a delicate beauty piled up from mountains of gold and silver.
Standing together, these two people have two completely different charms, which do not appear abrupt, but rather seductive.
When Empress Chen came to the front, the concubines in the pavilion bowed their knees and saluted. Empress Chen waved her hand to signal them to get up.
"Why are you all here?" Queen Chen asked.
One of them replied: "It was Sister Ning who invited us because of the good weather today."
Empress Chen said "Oh", and glanced at Concubine Ning, but there was no emotion in her eyes.
Concubine Ning pursed her lips, and asked with a smile: "Why don't you see Liuli? She seems to come out less recently. My sister should let her go out more. Didn't the imperial doctor say that more exposure to the sun is also good for the body?" ?"
Empress Chen looked at Concubine Ning, and said calmly: "Liu Li is not feeling well recently, I ask her to rest in the room."
Concubine Ning Gui smiled and said no more.
It was the nobleman wearing the dark green gold woven shirt just now who said: "Is the Sixth Princess still not getting better? I saw it a while ago, and it looks like she is still healthy."
Empress Chen's face remained unchanged and she said: "It's only Liuli's life that is to blame, she was poisoned at a young age, it's good to be able to save her life now."
As soon as the words came out, many people followed suit, and the nobleman sighed: "Concubine Shu is really vicious, fortunately Your Majesty has already executed her, otherwise I don't know how many people will be harmed."
Ning Guifei stood aside and did not speak.
"It's a coincidence." Empress Chen interrupted several people, her eyes fell directly on Concubine Ning, and said slowly: "The poison in Liuli was called quinine, which was extracted from the cinchona tree. The tree only grows in Dali, Yunnan. I heard that Concubine Ning’s hometown is Yunnan, have you heard of this poison?”