Jiang Li slept very restlessly this night.
Ji Heng’s words resounded like a curse in her ears. Since becoming Miss Jiang Er and re-entering the Jiang family, she thought that Jiang’s family had nothing to do except for the indifferent favors and the characteristic of the official residence. others. Looking at it now, the salty things in the high-ranking households are more horrifying than ordinary people. Miss Jiang Er's life experience is far more complicated than she imagined.
And the environment she is in is even more dangerous. If Miss Jiang Er really knew about Ji Shuran's scandal, or if Ji Shuran thought that Miss Jiang Er might have known, then Ji Shuran's pursuit of her for so many years would have a reasonable reason. Ji Shuran wanted to reassure herself, and wanted to eliminate the roots.
This is a war, either you die or I live. It was not only for Jiang Li herself, but also the dead Ye Zhenzhen and Miss Jiang Er who no longer knew where his soul returned, and the unexplained Jiang Yueer who died.
The news that Ji Heng brought made her suddenly have another idea. Regarding Ji Shuran's next plan, Ji Shuran wanted to borrow a knife to kill someone, and she might not be able to follow the boat along the way. As for who gets the last laugh, it depends on whose methods are better.
Because of thinking about things at night, it was already very late when she really fell asleep. On the second day, Jiang Li got up a little late. Seeing that she was too late, Tong'er and Bai Xue didn't call her.
Jiang Li had eaten breakfast, and Tonger came over and said, "Girl, did Ji go into the palace again today?"
"Oh?" Jiang Li collected the paper on the table that was blown around by the wind, and said: "She is hardworking in entering the palace."
"I heard that Lady Libi was uncomfortable, she seemed to be sick. Ji's family hurried into the palace early in the morning and said that she was going to see her sister." Tonger said and said, rather indifferent: " Who didn't know that she had a sister Libi, but she didn't see such a good relationship on weekdays. It's really exciting."
"You," Jiang Li turned sideways and nodded Tong'er's forehead, "It's really getting more and more open-mouthed. This is just to be said in front of me, but it can't be heard by others."
"The maidservant knows that the maidservant is well-measured." Tong'er asked: "Ji's family brought Jiang Youyao into the palace, but didn't even tell the girl. Isn't this damaging the girl's face?"
"What a shame, it's not a family, and no blood relationship," Jiang Li said indifferently: "If you really let me pass, it will be a disgusting person."
Tong'er nodded: "Speaking is reasonable, then let's ignore them." She happily helped Bai Xue to collect the morning dew again.
Standing at the table, Jiang Li made a circle on the collected paper, but looked out the window. It was no accident that Ji entered the palace early today. I only looked at Li Bin before, and Li Bin fell ill. It seemed that the opponent was coming on a fierce situation, and he didn't give himself a chance to breathe at all, so he did it unscrupulously.
But if she was afraid, she wouldn't be Jiang Li anymore. She wanted to see what reason Ji and Libi used to invite the Chongxu Taoist who was full of Beiyan into Jiang's Mansion. She promised to give each other an unforgettable one. Meeting ceremony.
"Tonger, take the stove. Let's go sit in the courtyard of Aunt Hu." She smiled slightly.
…
In the palace, in the partial hall, there is only a scent of medicine. With a bitterness.
When she collapsed, the woman sat on the pillow half and half lying down, without combing her hair up, her long hair was slightly scattered behind her head, her face becoming paler and her lips were bloodless.
Overnight, she seemed to lose weight and haggard a lot. I only felt weak, and it seemed to be a nightmare at night. I got up several times, and in the end, I barely slept. Just sit and stay till dawn.
After Emperor Hong Xiao got the news, he rushed over to see Li Lai after the next dynasty. However, Li Yan, who has always been smiling, seems to be seriously ill today, and she doesn't even have the strength to get out of bed. The imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital have all visited and confirmed that Li Lai’s pulse condition is normal and there are no symptoms. As for the reason why this is happening, the reason is unclear.
At first the palace people suspected that Libi was poisoned, but after a thorough investigation of the entire palace, Libi's food and clothing were not abnormal. But Li Bin's sudden return of illness was so aggressive that even the Queen Mother was alarmed. I came to visit in person, but Li Bi still weakened rapidly with amazing changes, and she was dying.
When the Ji family got the news, they all hurried over. Chen Ji's hand took Libing's hand and said, "What the hell is going on? For no reason, how could something like this suddenly happen?"
"Yes, I came to see Niang Niang the day before yesterday. Niang Niang was not doing well. Why did you make this look with such a short time?" Ji Shuran also wiped her tears with her veil.
At this moment, Hong Zhu, the close-fitting court lady beside Liyi, knelt in front of Emperor Hong Xiao, and said: "The slave and maid have a word, boldly tell your majesty."
Emperor Hong Xiao said, "You said."
"A few years ago, the empress also encountered this incident. At that time, the empress was in danger. It was... The Taoist Chongxu found out the reason and let the empress escape. Now for no reason, the empress suffered this bad luck again, but she couldn't find it. The result. The slave maid looked at it, and seemed imaginative to the one many years ago, as if daring to ask your Majesty to ask Chongxu to grow into the palace for the treatment of the empress. Is there a nightmare in the palace entangled with the empress!"
After saying these words, Hong Zhu "bang bang bang" kowtow to Emperor Hong Xiao several times. Seeing Lu Wu on one side, he also knelt down.
Many years ago, Libi was jealous and hated by other concubines in the palace. The concubine got the horoscope of Libi from nowhere, and used the technique of horror to make Libi lose weight every day, almost disappearing. It just happened to be the Queen Mother’s birthday, so he invited Chongxu Daochang to the Qing Palace and found it was wrong. Found the placed doll. The queen mother was furious. Someone dared to do this and other things in the palace. The concubine was given a cup of poisoned wine. As a result, Li Bin got her life back and gradually got better.
At this moment, Hong Zhu suddenly talked about what happened back then.
I thought that Emperor Hong Xiao would immediately be happy to find a new way after hearing this. But after a long time, he didn't hear the answer from Emperor Hong Xiao. For some reason, Hong Zhu was a little uneasy, and cold sweat was gradually oozing on his forehead. Just as she was hesitating whether to knock a few more heads, Emperor Hong Xiao's voice came from the beginning. He said: "Daoist Chongxu wanders around, and now he doesn't even know where he is..."
"Is the emperor talking about the master Chongxu?" On one side, Chen Ji stood up and looked at this side, saying: "The concubine had heard that three days ago, there was an expert in the Taoist temple in Yanjing City. The approach seems to be Chongxu Daoist Chief. In this way, Chongxu Daoist Chief may still be in Yanjing City."
"Really?" Emperor Hong Xiao's voice couldn't be heard. He beckoned, and Grandpa Su hurried forward: "Promulgate my will, and immediately summon Chongxu Dao to enter the palace for a consultation with Empress Li."
Grandpa Su took the order to leave.
Ji Shuran was still lying in front of the collapse, but her hand holding Libi was slightly tight, a trace of imperceptible pride flashed in her eyes, and two more tears fell in a blink of an eye.
Taoist Chongxu arrived in the palace an hour later.
This man has reached the year of destiny, looks thin and resolute, very decent and decent. He was also carrying a peach wood sword behind his back, a whisk, a robes and cloth shoes hung on his body. Entering the palace, saluting with Emperor Hong Xiao is neither humble nor overbearing.
"After years, the Taoist leader is still the same." Emperor Hong Xiao's brows stretched out.
"Pan Dao is fortunate to be cared by Your Majesty." Chong Xu said long, "I heard that your Majesty called Pang Dao to come, is it the matter of Empress Libi?"
"Exactly." Emperor Hong Xiao said: "The imperial physician in the palace is helpless and can't figure out the reason. The maid of Liyi begs me to come to you for a try. It happened that I heard that you were still in Yanjing recently. I wanted to ask you to come in. Gong, show it to Li."
Emperor Hong Xiao couldn't make this statement too clear. Since ancient times, all faint monarchs have believed in ghosts and gods and asked God to ask questions. Naturally, Emperor Hong Xiao was unwilling to be a faint king, leaving others with words. But now Li-Ban is like this, there is really no way. Moreover, the Taoist Chongxu is not arrogant, and he keeps his name incognito. Just like when it was discovered that someone in the palace used a victory technique to deal with Li-嫔, no outsider knew about it.
It can be seen that it is trustworthy.
Dao Chang Chongxu arched his hand to Emperor Hong Xiao and said, "If this is the case, I will show her to Empress Li first."
Hong Zhu and Lu Wu hurriedly greeted Chongxu Daochang in.
Libi was helped to sit on the soft collapse, her expression was pale, as if saying a word would take a lot of effort. She looked at Taoist Chongxu and said: "I have to trouble the Taoist to come here in person..."
Daoist Chongxu waved his hand: "Lady Libi speaks seriously. It is a blessing for the poor to share worries for your majesty." After saying this, he frowned and stared at Libi's surroundings, as if seeing something else. , With a good look, slowly took out a small bell from his baggage.
Look carefully, it is a slap-sized snare drum, surrounded by a ring of red bells. He held the bell in one hand and shook it slowly, and then, faster and faster, the sound of the bell was also gentle from the beginning, and became rushing, crisp and harsh.
Libi suddenly bent down and coughed fiercely, as if the suffocated breath in her chest was dredged. She took the veil in Hongzhu's hand and wiped the corners of her mouth, as if she was spitting out something invisible.
In this battle, the female relatives who were watching were a little scared. Concubine Liu patted her chest and said, "Ah, I'm so scared to death, what is this?"
Daoist Chongxu did not speak, but turned around and walked quickly to the table in the temple. He took out the yellow talisman again from the baggage. He grabbed a handful of cinnabar and poured it on the table, then pulled out a gourd-like thing. , Took a fierce sip, and sprayed all the cinnabar on top of the cinnabar, and alcohol suddenly rose in the hall. In the gourd, it should be an unknown spirit.
The strong wine was mixed with cinnabar and slowly melted into a bright red. Chongxu Daochang took out a wooden pen, dipped it in the cinnabar wine, and wrote a string of runes that were not clearly visible on the yellow talisman paper.
No matter, he unfolded the talisman paper to dry, and folded it into a triangular origami paper in twos. Passed it to Libi, saying: "The empress must have someone wear this talisman paper with a red thread, and store it carefully. After a month, it will be natural."
His actions were resolute, decisive and clear, and made people seem to believe him involuntarily. This person is indeed a real talent, not a liar. The Queen Mother asked: "The Ai family doesn't understand, why did Li 嫔 make this look? The Taoist leader just did something, but someone in the palace used the technique of defeating Li 嫔?"
Chongxu turned his head back and said: "Returning to the empress dowager, Li's suffering is not because someone in the palace used the technique of disgust. This matter has nothing to do with the actions of others, but the evil is invaded by Li's wife, which is difficult to control. , I almost have to suck up the essence of Empress Li. However, Poor Dao has already exorcated the evil spirits of Empress Li, and suppressed it with talisman paper, so there will be no problems next."
"Evil invades?" Liu Taifei took a step back and said in a panic: "What do you mean? Is it possible that there is evil in this palace? Taoist, don't talk nonsense."
The queen mother interrupted her: "Don't be unreasonable to the Daoist Chief." She looked at Daoist Chief Chongxu, and her words were much warmer than those of Mrs. Liu, "Daoist Chief, what is going on?"
"The empress mother, please rest assured, this evil spirit did not grow out of the palace. Your Majesty is the Ninth Five-year-old, with a true dragon body guarding his body, and the evil poison does not invade. There is really evil, and it will only slowly dissipate in the palace, and it will not become a big climate. ."
After hearing him say this, Princess Liu was relieved, and then, remembering something, she asked: "Where did Libi provoke the evil? She didn't leave the palace again."
"Dare to ask..." Taoist Chongxu asked, "Who outsiders have seen Empress Libi in the past few days?"
There are no evil spirits in the palace. The evil spirits come from outside the palace. Liyi can't go out of the palace, and the people around her have not left the palace. The only possibility is that they have met someone.
Li Bi looked at Daochang Chongxu blankly, her voice weak: "I have seen..." She said to Emperor Hong Xiao: "Before the concubine, I met Shuran, the younger sister of the concubine."
Ji Shuran was surprised for a moment. Then, she quickly knelt down and said: "The minister's wife did see Empress Li's wife a few days ago. At that time, she chatted with Empress Li's wife and went back after spending half a day. The minister's wife... I don't know. What is going on, the ministers will never do anything to harm the heart of the empress, please check out!"
She didn't seem to be fake, and Li Yu also leaned forward with difficulty and said: "The minister can guarantee the minister, and the minister will never harm me."
"Yes, yes, right," Chen Ji seemed to have recovered, and then knelt down and said: "Emperor Libi and Madam Jiang are biological sisters, and they have a good relationship. How can they be murdered? Your Majesty must be aware of it. !"
Emperor Hong Xiao frowned: "I haven't said anything yet. What are you busy kneeling for?" He asked, "Daoist Chongxu, you see, what's the problem."
Taoist Chongxu stared at Ji Shuran.
His eyes were piercing, like a sharp sword, Ji Shuran was a little frightened by what he saw, and couldn't help but step back. The next moment, Chongxu sighed, walked into Ji Shuran, and said, "This lady, who is surrounded by evil spirits, looks healthier than Niang Niang Niang, but it is not the case. The evil spirit has entered the body. Staying longer, I am afraid that my life will be worrying. ."
"What?" Ji Shuran was shocked and confused as soon as these words came out: "Dao Master, please speak frankly."
"I don't know where the Madam provokes such evil spirits. It seems that only by staying with evil things day by day can it be possible to invade so deeply. What strange things happen to Madam's house?"
Ji Shuran shook his head: "I never did."
"Dao Master," Li Yan propped up and said, "You mean, the minister's sister is also infected with evil? Is it brought by the minister's mansion?"
"Nine in every ten." The empty Taoist touched his long beard, and said: "If you think about it again, there really is nothing strange happening in the house? Or is there a strange person?"
Ji Shuran thought about it again, but suddenly she looked strange. This expression fell in the eyes of everyone, and Chen Ji said: "Shu Ran, what did you think of?"
Ji Shuran hesitated and said: "No... Nothing." She seemed to be hard to speak, anyone with a discerning eye could see it, she didn't seem to want to say much.
Concubine Liu watched the excitement enough, and she also sent her several nieces to the palace. However, Emperor Hong Xiao only spoiled Lili, so that her nieces could not help at all. Today I thought that Li Yan was going to die, so I rushed over here in a hurry, but who knew it was just a joy in vain, and it was of no use. Thinking about it again, the queens nowadays are more favored than Lili, it is a display. Now, Lili will not die, I am afraid that she will be walking sideways in the palace for a while.
Concubine Liu said, "I don't know what to do while hiding it." She snorted from her nose, said hello to the Queen Mother and Emperor Hong Xiao, and went back to her bedroom first. Concubine Liu has always been arrogant and domineering, and she has the same temperament as Princess Yongning, so no one dares to say about her like her.
After Concubine Liu left, Li Yan also urged Ji Shuran to say: "Shuran, what is your problem? You know you have something but you refuse to say it. Your Majesty is here at this moment. If you have anything, your Majesty will be the master for you. ."
Ji Shuran thought for a while, shook his head resolutely, and said, "Thank you for your care, but there really is nothing special at the court house. As for evil, I don't know where it comes from. He is living under the same roof with evil things. , And even more terrified, I don't know what went wrong."
"If the madam is inconvenient to say," Taoist Chongxu said in a deep thought, "You can take Pindao to the mansion, and you will know where the problem is."
"This..." Ji Shuran was taken aback. Li Bi had already taken over the conversation for her. Li Bi said, "The Daoist went to Jiang's Mansion for a while. If he saw the evil evildoer, he would naturally help to get rid of it. If he didn't see it, Quandang It was a trip, but everyone was very happy. Your Majesty..." She Yingying looked at Emperor Hong Xiao: "Can you allow it?"
"Quasi." Emperor Hong Xiao said against Xu Daochang: "Daochang, you can go to Jiang's house and see for Mrs. Jiang, what is the problem?"
Daoist Chongxu responded, and Ji Shuran quickly thanked her.
"The minister's wife will go back to the mansion today to clarify the matter with the master. Tomorrow everyone in the mansion will be summoned to welcome the Taoist chief in the mansion. The fault of the province is that evil." Ji Shuran said.
"Good." Chong Xu nodded.
The matter is so settled down. After half a stick of incense, Li Bin's face looked better than before, and she was more energetic. Everyone praised Chongxu's Daoist as a god and man. Although the queen mother worshipped the Buddha, she also treated such Taoist masters as Chongxu with courtesy. After Taoist Chongxu had taken care of everything for Li-嫔, he went to Cining Palace to pray for blessing and purification as the Queen Mother ordered.
Ji Shuran and Chen Ji's also left. Because they wanted to discuss the matter with Jiang Yuanbai, Ji Shuran was unconscious when she left. It was Chen Ji's who supported her before getting into the carriage.
When he was out of the palace, Chen Ji was sitting in the carriage. Seeing that there were no outsiders here, Ji Shuran swept away his confusion, took the tea from the maid, took a sip, and said, "It's done."
"You and your eldest sister don't discuss things with me beforehand." Chen Jishi complained: "Fortunately, I guessed it, so I can sing it with you."
"The incident happened suddenly, how can I tell you in time?" Ji Shuran shook his head: "I was also forced by Jiang Li. I always feel unwilling to get rid of her anymore, for fear that something big will happen. She did me on the first day of junior high. Don't blame me for being cruel."
"This time there shouldn't be any handle left," Chen Jishi also said: "The eldest sister has always done things properly."
The two were silent for a while, and Chen Ji said again: "I am watching today, the emperor is still very concerned about the eldest sister."
"Yes," Ji Shuran said: "When I came here, I heard from the servants in the palace. Now the eldest sister is the most favored in the entire palace. With her tactics, it is not difficult to consolidate our position."
"But she doesn't have a son." Chen Ji's words made Ji Shuran also silent.
Without a son, at this time, ordinary houses are fatal flaws for women, let alone places like the palace. Without a son, one point less bargaining chip, for oneself, one point more dangerous.
"The father is already looking for the right-age daughters of other distant relatives of the Ji family." Chen Ji said: "If you can't reproduce a son, the father of this kind of grace will not be long-term, so he has to send a few daughters into the palace."
Ji Shuran frowned: "The eldest sister has given so much, and these Ji family girls have divided up her achievements so openly. Will the elder sister be reconciled?"
"What if you are not reconciled?" Chen Ji's sighed: "As long as she is the daughter of the Ji family, you have to think about the overall situation. The same goes for you and me."
Ji Shuran stopped talking.
In the palace, the imperial doctor visited Libi and prescribed several treatments for Libi. Hong Zhu took the people to decoct the medicine, and Emperor Hong Xiao stayed in the side hall, sitting on the edge of Libi's collapse.
"Your Majesty cherishes his concubine, and summoned Dao Chang Chongxu to come and see the concubine. He saved the concubine's life again, and the concubine is grateful." Li Qi said.
Because of her emaciation, she didn't wear makeup, but she had a sense of plainness and plainness. Emperor Hong Xiao comforted her and said: "You are my woman, of course I can't let you have anything to do."
Li Yu leaned her head on the shoulders of Emperor Hong Xiao, and said softly: "The concubine knows that nowadays the whole country cannot be greedy for gods and ghosts. For the sake of the concubine, your majesty may not hesitate to say something for others... The concubine has been satisfied in this life. Nothing. Even if you die now, there is nothing to regret."
"What nonsense." Emperor Hong Xiao scolded with a smile, and his tone was full of pampering, Lili leaned on him, heard his gentle words, but could not see him with cold eyes.
There is no trace of warmth.
…
When Ji Shuran returned to Jiang Mansion, he did not come back alone. And Chen Jishi sent her to her. When Tong'er told Jiang Li about the incident, Jiang Li was reading at the table, but she didn't actually look into it. All she was thinking about were the appalling secrets Ji Heng said yesterday. , And today's conversation with Aunt Hu in the day.
"I heard that Ji's road was not stable when she came back, and Chen Ji's helped her down." Bai Xue said: "Why did she become so weak? Could it be that she was beaten in the palace?"
"How is it possible that Libi is her eldest sister, if she is beaten in the palace, it can only explain one thing." Tonger said.
"What's the matter?" Bai Xue asked curiously.
Tonger replied quickly: "Li Yi has fallen out of favor!"
"Puff", Tong'er couldn't help laughing, Jiang Li also felt amused when she heard it, and cursed: "Dare to say anything about these unscrupulous things from where I learned."
Tong'er flew a triumphant look, and said: "But then again, why did Ji go to the palace? How did she make it like this? Isn't she going to make a slap in the face and make the master feel distressed?"
Jiang Li's eyes were deep: "What else can happen, behave."
Ji Shuran's movements were faster than she had imagined, so fast that even Jiang Li didn't understand it. I don’t know if Ji Shuran is really too scared of herself, so she can’t wait to get rid of herself, or the helper from the palace is originally such a resolute temperament, she doesn’t even give people a chance to breathe, she presses every step of the way. , To kill people.
Only this time, I don't know who died.
"Dao Chongxu came to the mansion?" On the other end, Jiang Yuanbai, who heard the whole story, was taken aback, and then frowned: "What a fool, what evil! How can there be evil in our mansion!"
Jiang Yuanbai is not a person who believes in ghosts and gods, so he subconsciously rejects what Ji Shuran said. Upon seeing this, Chen Ji said, "Master Jiang, the emperor himself said that he wants to come to the mansion to exorcise evil spirits. If you are dissatisfied with the emperor's decision, you might as well visit the palace in person and ask the emperor to make it clear. You lose your temper at Shu Ran, this is not authentic."
Ji Shuran was just wringing her veil uncomfortably.
Jiang Yuanbai was very dissatisfied. Among Ji Shuran's older sisters, he actually didn't like this Chen Ji clan very much. Chen Ji clan was too strong and didn't know how to bow his head to show goodness. When Ji Shuran first married, Chen Ji clan still used the identity of Ji Shuran's sister to point out the Jiang family's inner house. Now the more prosperous Ji Yanlin's official road, the stronger the Chen Ji clan's backing, the more confident they are.
"Big brother is just wondering in his heart." Jiang Yuanping smiled and came out to make a round. He said: "So, it is the emperor's will for Chongxu Dao to come to the mansion to exorcise evil spirits."
"Exactly," Chen Ji said in a bad tone: "This is not just for the Jiang family, the Lili in the palace was almost killed by the evil in your house. That is the maiden in the palace! If it is the lili in the palace There is something short and long, you can't take off the dry cleaning, Mr. Jiang. So, this matter can be regarded as a fairness to Empress Li."
Jiang Yuanbai's stomach was full of fire when he heard it. He was just a woman, and she was talking like a terrific character. Besides, he didn't give birth to the dragon son, and didn't know how many years he would be spoiled, and maybe he would be beaten into the cold palace in a few days. However, on the face, he still smiled and said: "Since that is the emperor's imperial decree, the minister will accept it."
Said sheer ridicule. Not for Libing, but because it was an imperial decree, he had to do it!