Wei Jingxuan waved her hand and slapped Mao Gui hard on the face. She said with cold eyes: "What are you talking about? It was always like this before? What have I told you all this time? Anything important must be handed over to your father with your own hands.
Or, two brothers, you handed it over to the housekeeper without permission more than once? Are you turning a deaf ear to my words?!"
Mao Gui realized that he had let something slip, and hurriedly said: "I deserve to die! But sometimes the master and the two young masters are not in the house, and the time is late. I am afraid that I will miss the time to return to the palace, so... I have no choice but to do it."
, not for that reason
I don't want to follow the master's will; besides, the steward has been in the Wei Mansion for many years, and I really didn't expect that he would take refuge in Concubine Ying." After saying that, he kowtowed vigorously and said: "I will never dare to do this again. Please forgive me, master.
Come back!"
Wei Jingxuan stared at him angrily and said: "Fortunately, I always write my letters to my family with my left hand, so no one knows about it except you two and my father, otherwise I would really have killed you this time!
"
Mao Gui did not dare to say anything and just kowtowed. Qiao Yu walked to Wei Jingxuan and whispered: "Master, except for this incident, Mao Gui has never made any mistakes and has always been loyal to you.
Just give him a chance to redeem himself and make meritorious service."
Wei Jingxuan snorted coldly, stared at Mao Gui and said, "If you break your head by knocking your head off again, I won't let you go!"
"I know, I thank you for your grace." After Mao Gui stood up, Wei Jingxuan said again: "You leave the palace tomorrow and tell your father that Wang Xu can no longer stay. Also, ask him to be more careful when employing people in the future.
Don't raise more things that eat the inside out." Wang Xu is the steward of the Wei Mansion and has always been trusted by the Wei family. Unexpectedly, he would be bribed by the Hu family this time.
After Mao Gui agreed, she remembered what had just happened and was filled with anger again. She said in a cold voice: "This was the best opportunity to deal with Nala's mother and son, but she was stepped in by Hu. It's really hateful. Why?"
There is Xiuyan... I have told her to be careful when doing things, but in the end, she has not made any progress at all. She is not even aware of the reasons for being caught, and I don’t know whether she is here to help me or to harm me.
of!"
"The matter has reached this point. It's useless for Master to be angry anymore. The most important thing now is Ziyun Temple. Master, you have to find a way quickly!"
Wei Jingxuan glared at her and said angrily: "I'll let you think of a solution for a while. Besides, I have no friendship with the people of Ziyun Temple. It's not easy to stop them from talking." This time, even if
She also felt that it was extremely difficult. After thinking for a long time, she said helplessly: "Now we can only look at the emperor's side. I hope he can control the people in Ziyun Temple."
Not to mention Wei Jingxuan's headache there, as soon as Mrs. Hu returned to Changchun Palace, someone from the palace reported that Xia Qing had been waiting for a long time. As soon as she entered the main hall, she saw Xia Qing sitting there talking to Cuizhu. When she saw her coming in, she stood up and smiled.
: "But I finally waited until the empress came back."
Mrs. Hu smiled and said, "I just went to do some things, but I didn't expect to keep Concubine Hui waiting for a long time."
Hearing this, Xia Qing remembered the purpose of her trip and said quickly: "I just went to see the twelfth elder brother. I heard from the twelfth elder brother that before he got sick, he met him on the way back to the study.
He Jing passed by and played with her for a while, and then she fell ill with smallpox, and He Jing would not appear there on weekdays. According to Concubine Yichen, it was probably Wei Jingxuan who ordered Shi Shi through Princess He Jing.
The second elder brother contracted smallpox."
Mrs. Hu stroked her forehead and frowned: "You mean, Wei Jingxuan used her daughter as bait to infect her twelfth brother with smallpox?" After Xia Qing nodded, she hesitated and said: "That's true no matter what He Jing said.
Her daughter, she should not do such a thing..."
Xia Qing said sharply: "Others may not, but she is different. Your Majesty, please don't forget how her first daughter died. Such people don't care about the relationship between mother and daughter at all, let alone the response."
With these four words "shouldn't", she will only think about how to achieve her own goals."
Hu thought for a while, then shook her head and said, "Although what you said is good, it's still impossible."
Xia Qing was startled and asked doubtfully: "Why?"
"Ever since the Holy Ancestor invented the method of vaccination, everyone in the palace has to be vaccinated. My elder brother and princesses are even vaccinated as soon as they are born. How did Wei Jingxuan predict that the twelfth prince's vaccination would fail and he would be infected with smallpox?"
so
As soon as she said that, Xia Qing also discovered this problem, and before she could say anything, Hu said again: "Wei Jingxuan is a very calculating person. Whenever she makes a move, she must be 80-90% sure. What my sister said is not like Wei Jingxuan's."
style."
Xia Qing thought for a moment and said: "He Jing is the only clue we have found related to the Wei family. If this is not the case, I really don't know where else to look."
Mrs. Hu sighed and said: "Perhaps the smallpox incident was really an accident and was not caused by Wei."
Xia Qing looked at Mrs. Hu with a puzzled look, "Why did the empress keep helping Mrs. Wei today? Did Mrs. Wei and the empress say anything?"
"It's not what Mr. Wei said to me, but what I knew." With that said, she added: "I just went to Yongshou Palace instead of somewhere else."
Under Xia Qing's surprised gaze, Mrs. Hu explained everything in detail, and then said: "When I saw that letter, I thought it was Wei who deliberately spread rumors, but I didn't expect... that it turned out to be true.
"
"Really?" Xia Qing said in shock: "Is your Majesty saying that the emperor's true destiny and the prince went on a killing spree at Ziyun Temple to force Taoist Yun Zhongzi to use a secret method to extend the life of the twelfth prince?"
"Wei is very sure that what he said is not false. And when you think about it carefully, since the birth of the twelfth prince, the emperor's behavior has become a little strange. Although he respected Buddhism before, he has never behaved like he has in the past ten years.
In this case, let alone preaching; there is also the matter of asking Wei Xiuyan to pray for blessings
, if you are really praying for the Queen Mother, why not go directly to Cining Palace? And..." She looked worried and said: "Although the twelfth elder brother seems to be fine now, with the smallpox this time, the twelfth elder brother will
I have been close to death three times, is it really just an accident?"
Xia Qing bit her lip and said with a trembling voice: "What do you want to say?"
"I am thinking..." Hu said with a sigh: "In the past ten years, the emperor favored Buddhism and Taoism and made many renovations and seals. Could it be that just for the sake of the twelfth elder brother, what happened to Yong Cang?
What is the matter? What is the secret method that the emperor did not hesitate to kill Taoist Ziyun Temple to force Master Yun Zhongzi to perform, and why did the latter prefer his disciples to be killed rather than agree to it?"
Xia Qing was silent for a moment and said: "This matter must be of great importance, otherwise the emperor would not have said a word for ten years." As she said that, she said with some worry: "Once this matter spreads, it will definitely affect the queen.
The impact on the twelfth elder brother, Wei's side..."