Wei Jingxuan did not speak, but looked carefully at one pot after another. When she saw the last pot of hibiscus, her expression changed, she stretched out her hand and stroked the soil in the pot, and said: "Why is there a pit here, but who takes it?"
Over the dirt?"
Xiangju walked over and took advantage of the skylight outside the window. Sure enough, she saw a hole as big as a baby's fist in the flower pot. She said doubtfully: "No, these pots of flowers have been taken care of by slaves and no soil has been taken from them. Really?"
strangeness."
"The House of Internal Affairs..." Wei Jingxuan murmured, and suddenly said: "I remember that the deputy director of the House of Internal Affairs, Zhou Quan, was promoted by the Queen, right?"
Xiangju thought for a while and said: "It should be that Zhou Quan used to be the steward of the Leng Palace. Later, the queen transferred him to the House of Internal Affairs, and then he was promoted all the way to the deputy director of the House of Internal Affairs. Why does the master suddenly ask this?"
Wei Jingxuan did not answer her words. After taking a closer look at the mud pit, she turned to Mao Gui and said, "Do you still remember how many scorpions we met last night?"
Mao Gui tried his best to think back and said: "If I remember correctly, there should be seven in total, and one escaped in the end."
"Seven..." Wei Jingxuan narrowed her eyes and said, "Those scorpions are not big. The seven of them together are almost the size of this mud pit."
Hearing this, both Xiangju and Mao Gui's expressions changed suddenly. The latter said in shock: "Master, are you saying that those scorpions crawled out from here? How is this possible? There can be no scorpions in the flowerpot."
Wei Jingxuan sneered and said: "Normally, it won't happen, but if someone intentionally harms me, it's perfectly normal. No wonder they suddenly sent some pots of flowers. It turns out they want my life!"
Mao Gui thought for a moment and said: "My slave knows, Zhou Quan must have used some method to make those scorpions fall into a deep sleep, and then buried them in flower pots and sent them over. Later, when the scorpions woke up, they crawled out and hurt people everywhere.
The one Xiangju encountered was probably the one that woke up first, and after two days, the remaining six also woke up."
"That's right, the first one wasn't hungry when it woke up, so Saixiangju chased it away easily, and didn't show up much after that. But it was different for the remaining ones. They were hungry for a few days, and after waking up, the first thing they saw was...
They are just looking for food, and we become food in their eyes!”
Xiangju said angrily: "This thoughtful and vicious person, why would he harm the master like this?"
Wei Jingxuan smiled indifferently and said coldly: "Haven't you figured it out yet? It's not Zhou Quan who wants to harm me, but the master behind him. That woman has never been able to tolerate me!"
"Master, are you talking about the queen?" Xiangju exclaimed in shock, "No, how could she do such a terrible thing."
"Why not!" Wei Jingxuan walked to the window, looked in the direction of Kunning Palace, and said coldly: "She has always wanted my life, but I was always on guard before, and after being placed under house arrest in Yongshou Palace, I pretended
The poisoning made her unable to do anything, and she was able to live to this day; but she still refused to let me go, so she came up with such a vicious way to kill me. Fortunately, God has eyes and did not let her evil plan succeed!"
Mao Gui braced himself and said with difficulty: "Since the Queen is determined to get rid of the master, if this plan fails, she will definitely try another one. The master is still in danger. Now it seems that there is only one way..." Facing Wei Jingxuan's gaze,
He continued: "Try to tell the emperor about this matter. Only the emperor can keep the master safe."
"Your Majesty?" Wei Jingxuan sneered: "Do you think the Emperor will believe it? Will he believe that his good queen wants to harm me?"
Xiangju interjected: "With all the human and material evidence, the emperor will definitely believe it."
Hearing this, Wei Jingxuan's face became even more sarcastic, "Human and physical evidence? Where are they? Just these pots of flowers?" She stroked the delicate petals, and the next moment, she flicked the pots to the ground hard, and then
He raised his foot and stepped on the flower branches lying on the mud, and said coldly: "There is no physical evidence at all, and Zhou Quan will not bite out the queen."
Xiangju thought nervously for a while and said: "Yes, I haven't thrown away the corpses of those scorpions yet, so I think we can use them as evidence."
Mao Gui sighed, "It's useless. With just what we have in hand, not to mention testifying against the Queen, I'm afraid even Zhou won't be able to deal with it, but..." He looked at Wei Jingxuan and said: "If we don't tell the Emperor, I'm afraid
Master, everything will be difficult from now on, and it will be difficult for me to live a peaceful life."
Wei Jingxuan sighed: "Even if I want to talk to the emperor, I can't see him at all."
Xiangju tentatively said, "Why not ask the guards outside the palace to tell the emperor that they were the ones who reported the master's poisoning last time. In this way, they can invite an imperial doctor for Mao Guiyan to treat the poisonous injury."
"Last time, my life was in danger. This time, I am not sick or in pain. How could they submit a memorial for me? As for Mao Gui's life..." Wei Jingxuan shook her head and said, "They don't even care."
Xiangju looked disappointed and said: "Then...isn't there nothing we can do?"
"No, there is another plan!" Wei Jingxuan's words cheered up the two of them, and they quickly asked her what her plan was. After hearing Wei Jingxuan's words, they were all shocked, especially Xiangju, who blurted out: "Absolutely not.
If this matter reaches the ears of the emperor, he will definitely kill the master!"
"As long as you and I don't say it, and he doesn't say it, how will the emperor know about it! Besides..." Wei Jingxuan glanced at her and said coldly: "If I am imprisoned here for the rest of my life, what difference will it make to death?
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"Even if this is the case, Master cannot..." Xiangju bit her lip and said, "Master, please take back this thought and make other plans."
Wei Jingxuan shook her head and said: "No more. The only way before me now is this, and there is no other way."
"But..." When Xiangju was about to object again, Wei Jingxuan said to Mao Gui: "What about you, do you have the same idea as Xiangju?"
Mao Gui pondered for a moment and said: "Ever since we were placed under house arrest, we have been trapped here without being able to learn any news from the outside. In the long run, it is indeed extremely disadvantageous; so... if there is really only such a feasible way, then try one
It doesn’t hurt to try!”
Xiangju said eagerly: "But if it doesn't work out and Guard Li reports the matter to the Emperor, then the master will be dead."
Wei Jingxuan said confidently: "He wouldn't dare, unless he wants to risk his own life and that of his entire family!"
Xiangju bowed and said: "But I always think this method is too risky, and the good or bad luck is unpredictable. I hope the master will think about it again and again!"
Wei Jingxuan glanced at her and said with a half-smile: "I can think twice, but if this happens, Mao Guike will have no one to treat her and may be poisoned and die. Do you want this?"
Xiangju hurriedly shook her head and said: "Of course I don't want to, my slave." Since these three days, the three of them have been dependent on each other, so Xiangju naturally doesn't want to see anything happen to Mao Gui. After a while, she probed: "Master, is there really nothing you can do?"