Under the veranda of Luoying Pavilion.
Wen Qingzhu looked at the drizzle of rain in the courtyard and asked Fu Lie, "Weizhi, do you think what I did is right?"
"There is no right or wrong. You have to do this to protect the people you want to protect." Fu Lie stood beside her, his tone full of trust.
Wen Qingzhu turned around and looked over, and Fu Lie happened to look over as well.
He raised his hand, gently covered Wen Qingzhu's head, and said with a slight smile: "You don't have to think about what I think. Being able to be with you is already the greatest luck in my life for me, Fu Lie."
Wen Qingzhu's eyes slowly moistened, and he leaned sideways into his arms and responded softly: "Okay."
In early June, the weather slowly became hotter.
The prince began to concentrate on the canal affairs again, and the affairs of the prince's residence should be left to Wen Qingfang.
The night is getting darker, in Xia Feiyan's bedroom in the Prince's Mansion.
She clutched the corners of the quilt tightly and looked at Wen Qingfang, who was dressed in fine clothes, with hateful eyes, and said bitterly: "You bitch! Give me back my child! Even if I am a ghost, I, Xia Feiyan, will never let you go!"
Wen Qingfang stood in front of the window, looking at her condescendingly, and said with indifferent eyes: "Sister, you have been in the Prince's Mansion for so long, and you are no more than Concubine Wu. If you can't keep the child, it is your sister who will accompany the Prince for you. Just go with peace of mind."
"Wen Qingfang! I'm going to kill you! Kill you bitch!" Xia Feiyan's face was completely distorted and she roared hysterically.
She struggled to climb out of bed, but when she landed, she rolled down without anyone to support her.
Xia Feiyan was already exhausted, so she fell to death.
"Go and see if Concubine Xia is dead?" Wen Qingfang ordered, and a grandma behind her went up to check.
After taking a breath, the nanny stood up and respectfully reported back to Wen Qingfang: "Madam, she is dead."
"Then I'll give it away and buy it, and I'll deliver the news to the Xia family tomorrow." After Wen Qingfang arranged things, she glanced at the maidservant in the room.
Suddenly he frowned and asked, "Where's Xiaoping?"
The steward's mother, who was waiting behind Wen Qingfang, was shocked and quickly replied: "In the morning, Miss Xiaoping said that Concubine Xia was going to pick fresh lotus flowers. Madam had told them to let them go out for some unimportant matters. Only then did I let them go." Get her out."
"Here comes someone! Find Xiaoping immediately!" Wen Qingfang's face darkened. She hadn't come back at this time. I'm afraid she wasn't picking lotus flowers, but was looking for a savior.
At the side entrance of Jingyuan Hou Mansion, Xia Feiyuan, wearing a black cloak, personally escorted Xiaoping out.
He took out a purse from his sleeve and handed it to Xiaoping and said: "I know everything you said. You must not tell anyone these words in the future. Here are five hundred taels of silver notes. You can take it and leave the capital. It will be enough for you to survive." Go down."
"Thank you very much, Miss Second, for your kindness. I will leave the capital now and will never stay." Xiaoping looked at Xia Feiyuan gratefully and hid the purse at his waist.
Looking at Xiao Ping's expression, Xia Feiyuan smiled and took out a kettle and handed it to her: "This is the peach blossom stuffed wine given to me by the Crown Prince. It's sweet and delicious. Try it. If you like it, take it with you and drink it on the road."
Xiaoping quickly waved his hand: "How can this be done? This thing is too expensive. I am a slave, so I can't drink it."
But Xia Feiyuan still forced it on her: "Try it first. If it doesn't taste good, just give it back to me. After all, you risked your life to send this news, so this little wine is nothing."
Seeing that Xiaoping couldn't refuse, he could only open the lid and take a sip. It was indeed sweet and delicious, even better than what Concubine Xia gave her before.
"Thank you, Miss Second, I will keep this slave." Xiaoping was still a little embarrassed.
The smile on Xia Feiyuan's lips deepened and she urged: "Hurry out of the city and remember to take the Wen family's road. Wen Qingfang will not notice you. She will never think that you will go that way. Let’s go.”
"My slave knows, thank you Miss Second for your concern, I will leave first." Xiaoping felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach, but he still managed to go.
After watching her leave, Xia Feiyuan turned around and returned to the Hou Mansion.
But he didn't want to turn around and saw Li Du with a gloomy face.
Xia Feiyuan was so shocked that she broke into a cold sweat and was hesitating whether to speak.
Li Du suddenly stepped forward, roughly tore off her cloak and coat, and dragged her to the corner of the courtyard wall.
The green grass in summer is just soft.
Xia Feiyuan was trembling with fear, but Li Du's movements became faster and faster.
There was a smell of alcohol lingering around them. Xia Feiyuan hesitated for a moment, then simply catered to it...
After finishing, Xia Feiyuan quickly packed herself up.
After making sure that no traces were left, he quietly left here.
After returning to the small courtyard, Xia Feiyuan breathed a sigh of relief.
When he went to the inner room to change clothes, he found something like a stone falling out of his arms.
Xia Feiyuan was startled and quickly picked it up and took a look.
This is - Tiger Talisman!
The sky was bright and bright, and Wen Qingzhu had just woken up when Lu Tao came in carrying a basin.
While putting down the things, he said: "Miss, Concubine Xia of the Prince's Mansion passed away last night. Her personal maid was found dead near Wen Bogui's house. Uncle Wen directly reported it to the official."
"Xia Feiyan is dead?" Wen Qingzhu just sat up and felt something was wrong.
"Well, I heard that Xiaoping was poisoned to death. There was a kettle in his arms with peach blossom wine in it. It is a wine only available in the palace. I heard that it is only available to a few nobles in the palace and the prince's house recently."
Lu Tao walked to the bed and helped Wen Qingzhu get dressed.
"What poison was in the peach blossom wine?" Wen Qingzhu thought of the last time we were in the Prince's Mansion, when Wen Qingfang used peony.
Now that Xia Feiyan is dead, Xiaoping is found near Wen Bogui's house again.
There is also the palace peach blossom brew that only a few people have, all of which point directly to Wen Qingfang.
"There is no news yet, but Master Wei Hai is in the Criminal Department and is currently in charge of this case. If Miss wants to know, you can go to the Criminal Department and ask."
Wen Qingzhu shook his head: "It doesn't involve us, so don't worry about it for now. But Wei Zhi is about to be reinstated, and the military power of the Li family should be handed over."
Unfortunately, at noon, what was supposed to come came.
The people from the Ministry of Punishment directly issued an order to ask Shaoyao to come over for questioning.
Wen Qingzhu had no choice but to follow.
When they arrived at the Ministry of Punishment, Wei Hai followed behind the Minister of Punishment and was concentrating on recording something.
"Sir." Wen Qingzhu smiled slightly.
The Minister of Punishment raised his hand to ask her to get up: "Miss Wen, you're welcome. I just have some simple questions to ask Miss Shaoyao."
"Yes." Wen Qingzhu turned around and asked Shaoyao to step forward.
After asking about the procedure, Wen Qingzhu nodded at Wei Hai, turned around and left with Shaoyao.
When he walked out of the gate of the Criminal Department, he met Wen Qingfang coming over.
"Seventh sister, I'm really sorry for causing trouble to you."
Wen Qingzhu looked at Wen Qingfang's hypocritical smile and didn't even bother to smile back: "Concubine Wen was joking. It was just a routine question. Let's leave first."
Without waiting for Wen Qingfang to answer, Wen Qingzhu took Shaoyao and walked away.
Wen Qingfang's words reached her lips but she didn't say them out, a trace of sinisterness flashed in her eyes.
After leaving the Ministry of Justice, Wen Qingzhu had just arrived home when he heard that the prince had rushed back.
Wen Qingzhu then chuckled.
Jiang Yue gave him this opportunity again. Jiang Yuansheng came back when he heard that something happened to Wen Qingfang.
Isn’t this an obvious way to allow others to exploit loopholes
By mid-June, Fu Lieguan was reinstated and continued to serve in the Forbidden Army.
There were heavy rains in the south, and problems began to arise in the canal project.
Until early July, the river collapsed, killing hundreds of workers.
Jiang Yue was furious and once again revoked the position of crown prince, this time transferring it to Prince Ning.
King Ning sent Li Du there.
Wen Qingzhu noticed something was wrong.
At night, she went to find Fu Lie.
Fu Lie gets off work on time these days, and the power is still no longer in his hands.
In the courtyard, fireflies were flying everywhere.
Wen Qingzhu and Fu Lie were sitting in the corridor chatting.
"Marquis Jingyuan spent so much money to bring Li Du back to the capital. Why did King Ning send him out again? If he goes out at this time, Li Du will only have to bear the blame."
Fu Lie pondered for a moment and then mentioned something: "When I had dinner with General Lu today, I vaguely heard about the Tiger Talisman. The heir apparent of the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion is already Li Ran. Naturally, the Tiger Talisman in Li Du's hand must be handed over. It was a routine transfer, but Li Du never handed over the Tiger Talisman."
"How can such an important thing disappear?" Although Wen Qingzhu thought Li Du was a bit stupid, he wouldn't be so stupid when it came to matters of life.
"I don't know. Your Majesty said that the canal issue should be dealt with within a month. I suspect that His Majesty asked him to hand over the Tiger Talisman within a month."
Fu Lie raised his eyes to look at the direction of Jingyuan Hou Mansion and guessed.
"Then recently, Mrs. Jingyuan Hou will inevitably go to the palace to ask Concubine Li for help." Wen Qingzhu said with emotion.
Fu Lie nodded: "Well, I go almost every day. Concubine Li helps the Li family, but now His Majesty only favors Concubine Luo, and even Concubine Wei can't get a word in."
"Is the harem still peaceful now?" Wen Qingzhu asked again, feeling that Luo Chan was slowly starting to escape from his control.
Fu Lie looked over and pointed at the peach blossom wine on the table: "A few days ago, your majesty gave all the peach blossom wine in the palace to Concubine Luo and the prince. This incident caused dissatisfaction in the harem. Concubine Luo was very smart and changed hands. I sent a portion to Concubine Wei and others, Concubine Li gave it to Mrs. Marquis Jingyuan, Concubine Wei gave it to me and General Lu, and Concubine Wan gave it to the Yun family."
"It seems that Luo Chan is really smart, but the concubine is not appreciative." Wen Qingzhu couldn't help but shake his head when he thought of the women in the harem.
Just as he picked up the cup and took a sip of peach blossom wine, Wen Qingzhu suddenly reacted: "Did you just say that Mrs. Jingyuan Marquis also has peach blossom wine for the palace?"
"Well, when Concubine Luo sent someone to send it over, Concubine Li gave it to Mrs. Marquis Jingyuan. Is there anything wrong?" Fu Lie also put down the cup.
The corners of Wen Qingzhu's mouth slowly spread, and she finally knew who was dealing with Wen Qingfang.
It turns out to be Xia Feiyuan!
"Wei Zhi, it seems that there is going to be a big commotion in the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion soon. There is a woman who seems to be smarter than before." Wen Qingzhu looked at Fu Lie with a smile, feeling inexplicably happy.
Even though she underestimated Xia Feiyuan, Wen Qingfang couldn't even imagine her.
It seems that Wen Qingzhu is destined to suffer this loss.
Xia Feiyan is not stupid, the Xia family is unreliable, and there is also Xia Feiyuan who got into the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion by crying.
Although Wen Qingzhu didn't know why Xia Feiyuan suddenly became smarter.
But if it was really Xia Feiyuan who was seeking revenge on Xia Feiyan, Wen Qingfang would never have guessed that Xia Feiyuan was plotting against her unless Xia Feiyuan came into the house and appeared in front of everyone.
"I think we need to pay close attention to the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion." Wen Qingzhu raised the cup and drank the peach blossom stuffed wine in one gulp.
It’s been many years since I drank the palace’s peach blossom wine, and it’s still too sweet.
Wen Qingzhu glanced at the wine pot with disgust: "Weizhi, this wine doesn't taste good. I've also buried two jars of peach blossom wine, and I'll dig it out for you to drink when the time comes."
"Okay." Fu Lie waved his hand and asked the girl in the distance to take the wine.