It's just that although Xia Ran is one of Qiu Yilan's most capable maids, she didn't get the job done this time.
This can't be entirely blamed on her, because she coaxed Chu Chunxiao into being moved, and even planned to go to the house with Xia Ran that day to ask for advice. Before leaving, she was stopped by the Princess of Qiyang County: "The Duke's Mansion has been busy these days. We are very busy, and I heard that the Nineteenth Brother and Sister are not very free, so why should Chunxiao bother us at this moment? Let’s wait until the Nineteenth Brother and Sister are free later!”
Xia Ran came back dumbfounded, told Qiu Yilan, and finally said: "The princess of Qiyang County is very grateful to our young master for turning around the important life events of Duanrou County Lord, and he is especially special today. She took the maid and said many words of thanks... The maid saw that the reason why she stopped the county master was because she really didn't want to cause trouble to you! "
After all, the entire Duke of Qin's palace is currently very busy. If the progress is setback due to the arrival of Chu Chunxiao, Qiu Yilan may be blamed.
The issue is…
Qiu Yilan smiled bitterly and shook her head: "God's will!"
She originally planned to let Chu Chunxiao pass a message through it, and after confirming it with Queen Mother Ye, she would see if there was any way to resolve the matter without disturbing her husband's family, so as to achieve the purpose of not harming Chu Chunxiao's people as much as possible.
But now the Princess of Qiyang County's good intentions have blocked the only channel of communication between Qiu Yilan and the Queen Mother Ye.
And this matter cannot be delayed for a long time, and I don't know if Queen Mother Ye has any other back-ups... In short, since Chu Chunxiao can't come these two days, Qiu Yilan can only tell her husband about her guess. .
After the couple had a romantic relationship that night, Qiu Yilan once again brought the topic to the matter of the emperor's poisoning: "I have heard of a statement before, but I don't know if it is true or not."
Seeing that she kept mentioning this matter in the past two days, Jiang Yashuang had already had an idea in her mind. Now that she was finally willing to say it out, she immediately paid attention, but pretended not to care and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Eggs." Qiu Yilan muttered, "Eating eggs raw can sometimes... save someone's life!"
Jiang Yashuang immediately thought of the basket of eggs that Queen Mother Ye asked for - the emperor was poisoned. Now that the investigation has been carried out, it is really hard to find out. Even if the palace people turn around and turn to get it, their ancestors have rummaged through it for generations, and they still can't confirm it. ! Although Xue Chang took the lead in reaching an agreement with the Second Empress, and decided to find out the murderer no matter what before the Lantern Festival, and then continue to investigate quietly - but based on Qin Guogong's judgment, it would take so long to find out, and there is no hope of quietly investigating. Not big.
Now Qiu Yilan's words seemed to have something special, and he couldn't help but become solemn: "How can you save someone's life?"
"Sir, eat a few eggs and then take the poison. Most poisons will not kill people this way." Qiu Yilan pursed her lips, "Of course, the time between eating the raw eggs and then taking the poison cannot be too long, otherwise it will be the same. Useless."
"Queen Mother Ye?" Jiang Yashuang was shocked and murmured, "It turns out that Xue Xiang's suspicion was right..." Looking at his wife, "Who told you this?"
Qiu Yilan was speechless: "I haven't gone out for the past two days. Do you think this family knows such a secret? Should they choose to tell you or me?"
"That… ?"
"Tell me what I heard before!" Qiu Yilan frowned. Seeing that Jiang Yashuang still looked suspicious after hearing this, she suddenly thought: using protein to absorb poisons [Note] was just common sense in her previous life, but at this time But no one knew that even those knowledgeable civil and military officials had never heard of it, yet he actually said it casually... No wonder Jiang Yashuang thought someone had tipped her off.
But it’s not difficult to find a reasonable explanation! She rolled her eyes and quickly entered the memory mode. She said in a sad tone, "Back then, my mother-in-law was worried that I would be harmed by Mr. Lu and my uncle, so she stipulated that everything I put into my mouth must be tasted by the people around me, even by her... That's it. The mother-in-law is not at ease, and she often looks for anti-toxic substances and methods to prevent poisons, and then... "
Jiang Yashuang was indeed moved after hearing this. He stretched out his arms to hug her tightly, rubbed the top of her hair with his chin, and said in a hoarse voice: "I'm sorry!"
After a pause, he comforted her as gently as water, "Don't be sad. My mother-in-law, I hope you will be happy, healthy and happy..."
Qiu Yilan took the opportunity to request: "This is just a guess of mine, and it may not necessarily be related to Queen Mother Ye! Even if it is related, she went to her majesty and had no intention of harming Fourth Aunt... Queen Mother Ye and the Prince of Qiyang County are too pitiful. Already…”
"Don't worry, I will persuade my grandfather and fourth aunt!" Jiang Yashuang said in a gentle and soothing tone, but Qiu Yilan couldn't see it. When he said this, his gesture of stroking her long hair remained gentle, and he looked not far away. But his eyes gradually turned cold: he and Qiu Yilan had different views on this matter.
Qiu Yilan felt that Queen Mother Ye's group was really pitiful, and it was understandable that she would do something in anger.
But from the standpoint of the entire Jiang family, Jiang Yashuang can understand, but cannot pity.
After all, the tragedy of Queen Mother Ye's faction was fundamentally due to the fact that the palace battle was lost to Queen Mother Gu. Although the Jiang family played a role in consolidating the status of Queen Mother Gu and her son, they did not participate in the plot against Queen Mother Ye. Therefore, the Jiang family cannot be blamed for Queen Mother Ye's downfall.
As for the fact that Queen Mother Ye helped Queen Jiang see through Queen Mother Gu's plan and allowed Queen Jiang to give birth to Princess Yongfu, the Jiang family has repaid this kindness by protecting Queen Mother Ye and taking care of Prince Qiyang over the years!
Of course, regarding Chu Chunxiao's marriage, it was the Jiang family that had failed the Qiyang County Prince and his wife, and it could also be said that they had failed the Queen Mother Ye.
But Queen Mother Ye's counterattack has exceeded the bottom line of Jiang Yashuang's tolerance - it is true that Queen Mother Ye did not kill Queen Jiang, but who did she kill? emperor!
And who does she rely on to survive so far? Jiang family!
Once she fails, can a mere queen mother who has fallen from power be able to bear the charge of regicide? Empress Dowager Gu only needed to say lightly: "Ye has been hiding from the world for a long time, how could she reach out to the prince of the Ai family?" Then she could seduce Empress Jiang, and then the entire Jiang family!
Fortunately, the person who knew the secret that eating raw eggs and taking poison immediately would be fine was Qiu Yilan and a member of the Jiang family! If it were anyone else, even if it was the Queen's Party, this would be a time bomb, okay? !
Jiang Yashuang's heart was filled with murderous intent: "Queen Mother Ye, we can't stay! She has been hiding in Ganli Palace for more than thirty years, and she is still able to place death chess pieces next to Your Majesty, and there is such a secret method... This time Your Majesty is blessed. Shen Hou escaped, what if there is a next time? Moreover, if she is not dead, if Queen Mother Gu finds out, can our Jiang family be clean?"
Jiang Yashuang knows the cruelty of court fighting - the Dou family was an example at the end of the twelfth lunar month last year!
He has always been easy to talk to and willing to help others when it comes to personal matters. For example, for his niece Chu Chunxiao's life-long matter, he continued to persuade her even though she knew she had offended Empress Jiang;
But in official matters, especially matters involving the survival of the Jiang family, he can be crueler than anyone else at any time!
At this moment, the young man continued to comfort his wife gently, but he had already made a decision in his heart: "Lanlan is young after all, and she is a woman, so it is inevitable that she will be soft-hearted... If we hide this from her, the most we can do is save the third sister and Chunxiao! Of course, we have to They have nothing to do with this!"
... The reason why the emperor was poisoned is because the waiter who tried the wine for the emperor was fine, but the emperor immediately got into trouble after drinking the wine.
Now that we have the "secret recipe" provided by Qiu Yilan, with the power of the Jiang family, there is no problem in dragging a few death row prisoners or dead soldiers for experiments.
After discovering that Qiu Yilan's words were true, both Qin Guogong and Jiang Tianao breathed a sigh of relief.
Jiang Tianqi hated the fact that his cousin was proud, so he said lukewarmly: "Now it can be confirmed that the Queen Mother Ye was responsible for your majesty's poisoning. It was probably because of the marriage of County Lord Duanrou. She was unhappy in her heart... But, how could this result be revealed? ? Isn’t this case easy to resolve?”
Duke Guo of Qin glanced at him: "Who says it's hard to get married?"
"Father?" Jiang Tianqi glared at Jiang Tian'ao bitterly, and said listlessly, "My child is stupid, can you please give me some advice from my father?"
"Tell Xue Chang quietly about this method. Once it's over, our family will have nothing to do. Whatever the old guy does, Tian Ao, you can second it!" Qin Guogong said casually, "Also, this method is for the nineteenth daughter-in-law to listen to the eleventh daughter-in-law's suggestion. Queen Mother Ye remembered it after asking for two more baskets of eggs in the twelfth lunar month last year. It seems that the child had a hard life. He was often framed in the early years at the Xihe Palace. Princess Ruan also died of poisoning. It was only by coincidence that she found out about this recipe... Both granddaughter-in-laws have contributed. As for the nineteenth daughter-in-law, I will let Mrs. Tao decide what to do. As for the eleventh daughter-in-law..."
Jiang Tianyao said hurriedly: "My nephew will tell Mr. Dou when he gets back. Although she is sick now, she still has the strength to give orders to her servants."
He knew that Duke Qin never cared about the family affairs and specifically mentioned his two grandsons-in-law. In fact, what he really wanted to say was his two grandsons. He also promised, "Hong'er has always been filial and sensible. My nephew will teach him well and never waste him!"
"That's good!" Qin Guogong nodded - he usually doesn't ask much about his nephews and grandnephews, but now he specifically mentions the Xiaozhuang family, he is actually reminding Jiang Tianyao: From this incident, it can be seen that the eleventh daughter-in-law and the nineteenth daughter-in-law have a good relationship, otherwise What Jiang Yahong told Xiaozhuang in private, how could Xiaozhuang tell Qiu Yilan? If you really want to join the army, you can let Eleven take the backyard route to try. After all, the four-bedroom staff is very thin, and Jiang Yashuang will definitely need helpers in the future!
It's just that the general rule of the Jiang family is that there are differences between the legitimate sons and the legitimate sons. Jiang Tian'ao's two legitimate sons are both outstanding. Although Jiang Yahong, the common son's ability, is not bad, he can't surpass his legitimate brothers. There is also the Dou family who is sowing discord. Jiang Tian Ao naturally wasn't very affectionate towards him.
"It seems like I need to win over this little son after I go back!" Jiang Tianao thought silently in his heart.
After Jiang Tianqi returned to the room, he called Mr. He to him and cursed him - he actually let the daughter-in-law of the eldest room win over the people of the fourth room in the third room! How did you become a mistress? ! Will you be the master? ! There is a world of difference between when you are the head of the house and when your wife is the head of the house, okay? !
What a bastard! ! !
[Note] I remembered this knowledge point from reading "The Innocent Murderer" in "The Hawthorne Detective Collection" N years ago. The article only said that one life could be saved, safe and sound, etc. I wrote it casually. So don’t be curious and try it...!
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