As expected, Ximen Wan arrived at the Chu Min Palace of the Queen Mother. Su Ranhua thought about the relationship between the third lady and the Queen Mother, so he took Liu Er there without hesitation.
Su Ranhua knew that her whereabouts had been under the radar of others and that she was being closely watched, and she was also sure that those invisible eyes were under the command of Ximen Hao.
Su Ranhua could not forget what Ximen Hao said to her in the carriage on the way into the palace, "stay safe and stay up late", which means that only if you spend the night safely, what he said will count, which means that he has been holding on to her these days.
suspicion.
It's no wonder that Xiaocui died silently. Even Su Ranhua didn't believe that she was such a quiet person. Where did her previous vigorous and resolute actions and quick moves go?
Just because there is an inexplicable poison in her body, she has to bear her temper, not to live in an idle life and be cowardly and afraid of death, but to handle everything properly and live up to the person who died in vain.
She will not let go of Bai Yiyi, the culprit of this disaster. As for the person who beat Xiaocui to death with her own hands, Ximen Hao, she will use Bai Yiyi's life to punish him. Can this make things even?
Su Ranhua had to be extremely cautious when acting under the eyes of others. She had no way to find evidence. She could only rely on her own mouth and use of all aspects she had mastered to force Bai Yiyi to reveal her true colors. She had to prepare every detail.
A joint point.
After planning and thinking all the way, Su Ranhua came to Chu Min Palace.
"Huh? The Queen Mother isn't here?" Su Ranhua felt a little strange when he didn't see the Queen Mother.
"Sister-in-law of the Emperor." Ximen Wan came over to welcome her. In front of everyone, she always addressed Su Ranhua as "Sister-in-law of the Emperor" as she was obliged to do.
"Where is the Queen Mother?" Su Ranhua asked.
"This is your first time in the palace to celebrate the New Year, so naturally you don't know the rules." Ximen Wan took Su Ranhua to a corner and said, "The Queen Mother is chanting sutras in the Buddhist hall!"
"At this time?" Su Ranhua was confused.
"Let's go, it's still early, let's go outside for a walk." Ximen Wan took Su Ranhua on his arm and walked outside Chu Min Palace. There were many people in the palace talking, so it was really hard to talk much.
"The Queen Mother recites sutras every year at this time," Ximen Wan explained in a low voice, "It seems to be related to the root carving of peonies."
"Oh?" Su Ranhua had always been curious about root carvings of peonies and didn't understand how the Queen Mother could be afraid of such things.
"Back then, Taishi Shu's rebellion was revealed, and his daughter, Shu Concubine, was pregnant with Liujia. The father wanted to wait until Shu Concubine gave birth before she died. Some people were afraid that Shu Concubine would give birth to a prince, so they changed the death penalty and secretly used destructive means.
Concubine Shu was stillborn in the womb, but the Queen Mother was merciful and took her to Chu Min Palace to have the fetus in case of an accident. However, due to excessive nervousness and knowing the fate of the entire family and the nine implicated clans, Shu Concubine was frightened that she would gain or lose.
Crazy, she mutilated the fetus in her belly one night, and hit the Queen Mother hard with a root-carved peony in Chu Min Palace in her bloody hand. At that time, the Queen Mother saw the bloody and formed fetus, and in her desperation, she saw the root-carved peony coming again.
, and from then on I was horrified by root-carved peonies.”
"At that time, the Queen Mother loved peonies very much, especially carvings, and she had a lot of them hidden in the palace. After that incident, the Queen Mother ordered the destruction of all peony ornaments, especially root-carved peonies. Because she almost killed the Queen Mother, even Shu Bin
She had already lost her mind at that time, but her father was so angry that he still gave her Wufu Powder, causing her to suffer five days of pain before she died miserably."
"That's it." Su Ranhua understood after listening to Ximen Wan's words, and unknowingly learned a little more about Wufu Powder.
"My father has always blamed himself. If he hadn't wanted to keep the dragon veins in Shu Bin's belly and make her join the Shu family to commit suicide, that appalling thing wouldn't have happened." Ximen Wan continued, "So, from now on, Shu Bin's
The incident and root carving of peonies became a taboo in the palace. No one dared to provoke the father to bring up the old incident, and no one dared to disturb the Queen Mother. On New Year's Eve of the year when the incident occurred, the Queen Mother had a dream.
A child with mutilated flesh and blood came to cry to the Queen Mother. When she woke up, the Queen Mother thought that the child was Shu Bin. Unwilling to suffer a tragic death, she came to the Queen Mother to complain. The Queen Mother promised to chant sutras for him in the Buddhist hall at this time every year to save him. In fact, after so many years,
That child should have been reincarnated long ago, but it has become a habit for the Queen Mother to recite sutras."
Just when Su Ranhua thought Ximen Wan had finished speaking, Ximen Wan did not expect that Ximen Wan continued to add, "There are still five clothes powder. After the father ordered Concubine Shu to die, some people in the court blamed the father for being too harsh on an unconscious person.
The concubine used this poison to torture her. If Concubine Shu was not sick, she would never kill her unborn child and do such a crazy thing. Finally, forced by the condemnation of the courtiers, the father followed the advice of the ministers and scattered the five clothes.
It is a forbidden drug, even poisons given by the emperor are no longer used, let alone used by the world."
"Because of Shu's death and the efforts of the courtiers, the cruel punishment has been reduced." Ximen Wan said. Since the establishment of the Qingyuan Dynasty, there have been many unbelievable punishments, but it was just a death sentence.
There are so many tricks that it is really hard to die.
It turns out that Wufu Powder has such a meaning. It seems that the Queen’s secret possession of Wufu Powder is not a trivial matter. Su Ranhua thought to herself.
"This is what I have heard intermittently from other people. You know these are palace secrets. No one dares to tell you in detail like me. I can only understand them from the few words they inadvertently leaked.
Ximen Wan said.
"Then are you going to risk beheading to tell me a story?" Su Ranhua said with a smile.
"I know you have always been curious about peony, so I will answer it for you." Ximen said late, suddenly thinking of something, he looked around.
"Wan'er, what are you looking at?" Su Ranhua asked.
"It seems that the people from the Prime Minister's Palace haven't come yet. In previous years, your father and the First Lady came together to pay their respects to the Queen Mother. Now that the First Lady is gone, and the Second Lady has been disfigured, I'm afraid she won't be able to see the big scene. I wonder if your father will
Will you bring your mother here?" Ximen Wan said.
"I don't think so." Su Ranhua said, "I guess he would rather come alone than bring my mother."
At the Queen Mother's birthday party a few days ago, Su Luocheng ignored the gossip and entered the palace alone. It was the first time, and the second time will be the same. It's no big deal.
The two were talking outside Chumin Palace when they saw Su Luo City coming.
"You guessed it right." Ximen Wan whispered, pulling Su Ranhua aside.
Although Su Luocheng saw Su Ranhua, he didn't say anything when he saw her avoiding her. He pretended not to see her and entered Chu Min Palace.
In fact, there is no need for the courtiers to come to pay their respects to the Queen Mother in advance today, but this unwritten rule has been formed since Su Luocheng married Yang Ruoqing, who is close to the Queen Mother.
Su Ranhua stared at the back of Su Luocheng walking into Chu Min Palace. He was indeed familiar with it, but it was not Su Luocheng. It should be the stand-in for Su Luocheng he saw on the day the eldest lady died.
Su Ranhua's heart tightened and her brows furrowed slightly. Su Luocheng's substitute entered the palace at this important time. So what is Su Luocheng doing? Is there anything more important to do?