Zhumen Chunshen

Chapter 377 Smallpox ([-])

"Yes, it must be right!" Hong Liao nodded, "The princess said that that day, and the maidservant saw that the princess didn't like the shirt, so she put it aside after washing, thinking that she would never give it to the princess again. Wearing it. At first, the slaves didn’t think so, but now it seems a little strange, the buttons of the princess’s coat have always been round buttons with two knots, which is really different from this one!”

Red Polygonum's feet went limp and almost fell to the ground!
Everyone held their voices and held their breath, staring blankly at Shen Quan together.

With a gloomy expression, Shen Quan turned over the jacket over and over again, but he didn't see anything wrong.

"My lord, please let this old slave take a look!" Li's mother stepped forward to laugh with her.

Shen Quan glanced at her and handed her the clothes.

Mama Li took it and unfolded it. The material of this clothes is silk added with silk, which is soft and close to the body. Masters usually like to use this material for their middle clothes.The clothes were single-layered and thin, and it was impossible to hide things in the middle.

"Look at the skirt, hem and neckline!" Madam Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up.

Everyone suddenly realized that it was true, only these places had extra fabric added, which was thicker than other places.

Li's mother hurriedly ordered someone to bring the needle.

As the two-inch skirt on the front was picked apart one by one, there was a layer of extremely thin silk cut into long and thin strips hidden inside!The white transparent silk is covered with dots of dry marks, it is disgusting to see!
Li's mother screamed "Ah!" and threw it out!Everyone couldn't help taking two steps back.

Shen Quan was furious, his eyes were as cold as ice and snow!What a careful thought!What a clever method!

His heart hurts!His wife wore such clothes next to her body for a whole day!Thinking of this, he wished he could tear that evildoer into pieces!

"Take it out and burn it! Take it out and burn it!" Mrs. Xiao pointed and trembled.

"Go find a solid box and put it in!" Shen Quan looked at Rong's mother who was like him, whose eyes were almost bursting with hatred.

"Yes, my lord!" Rong Ma immediately agreed and turned to get it.This is evidence, no matter how poisonous it is, it must be kept!

"My lord! Ma'am! You deserve to die, you deserve to die!" Hong Liao knelt on the ground with a "plop" and burst into tears.

How could she be so careless!The concubine even saw that something was wrong, and she even joked about her overheartedness!If I had looked at it more and thought about it more at that time, could this disaster have been avoided!
"Detain the woman in charge and the three maids in the laundry room and lock them up in isolation. I will interrogate them myself!" Mrs. Xiao ordered Li's mother with a serious face.

Li's mother immediately responded and went to do it herself.

Mrs. Xiao called Hong Liao again, "Whether you deserve to die or not, we will talk about it after your master is ready! Now is not the time to talk about this, how did that dress come about, think about it carefully!"

"Say it!" Shen Quan shouted impatiently.

Hong Liao turned pale and stopped crying, still knelt on the ground, bowed her head and thought for a while, smiled sadly, and said helplessly: "Madam, lord, I really, really can't think of anything unusual! That day I went as usual The laundry room took the washed and dried clothes, and then went back to the house to fold and organize them, and then locked them in the closet. When they came out, they also locked the door of the laundry room, and no one except the servants. hands! This point, this servant can definitely swear!"

Xiao Xing, Xiao Li, etc. also nodded and stepped forward and said: "The princess never likes others to touch her clothes, especially her close-fitting clothes. Except for sister Hong Liao, no one else is allowed to touch her! Therefore, the servants never dare to overstep!"

"The people here are all your own people. You are not allowed to reveal a word about this matter!" Mrs. Xiao glanced over with a glint in her eyes, and said coldly: "At this time, I don't believe all of you! Supervise, if half a word of these words leaked out today, I don't care if I am wronged or not, and everyone will be shot!"

Everyone's heart tightened, and they hurriedly bowed their heads in agreement.

Mrs. Xiao stood up, "Kan'er, you go back to your room and take a rest first, mother will go to interrogate the laundryman! I don't believe it, there will be no result!"

Shen Quan nodded, stood up and watched Mrs. Xiao leave.

Shen Quan didn't go down to rest, and asked again: "Who did you come to Xihe Hall in those few days? What did you come for? Who did you meet? Where did you stay? How long did you stay? Think about it. Don't fall behind!"

As Shen Quan said, he ordered the two women who were guarding the door to also ask.

The two women had good memories, so they laughed and said: "After the concubine took care of the house, there have been more women in charge and deacons' wives coming to Xihe Hall. There are at least seven or eight people who come in and out every day!"

"These people can't enter the main room. The concubine usually meets them here, and she leaves after getting back to work! The time she stays hardly exceeds two quarters of an hour." Rong Ma replied.

"No exceptions. Like a temporary excuse to clean your hands or something, no?"

"No!" Rong Ma hurriedly said: "The lady in charge and the wives of the deacon are all people who understand the rules, but they can get back to work and go out in a short while, so how dare you make demands in Xihetang!"

"Leave these people aside for now, what about the others?"

"Also, sister Li spends most of the day here helping the princess with affairs, and the third lady often comes to sit for a while - the old slave just answers the prince's questions and has no other meaning. The third lady and Li Of course my sister won't harm the concubine!" Rong Ma hastily explained.

"Naturally!" Shen Quan nodded, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Has anyone been to the second room? Or, people who are close to the second room? Think about it!"

Shen Quan raised his eyebrows in disgust, "What Aunt Qin, have you ever come to pester the princess?"

"No!" Rong Ma hurried back, shaking her head and said: "Since the Second Madam was dismissed, only Aunt Qin has been here twice, but she was not even allowed to enter the gate of our Xihe Hall! Besides, , No one in the second room has ever taken the initiative to trouble the princess."

What Rong Ma was referring to was naturally Lu Ying, and what Shen Quan asked was also Lu Ying.

"What's more, the younger brother of the concubine's natal family, the eldest young master of the Yao family, also came here a few days ago, but that is even more impossible!" Rong Ma couldn't help feeling distressed, and said: "There are guests in the mansion, and the concubine has never brought anyone with me. I have been to Xihe Hall before, and I greeted them at the flower hall in the mansion. Only people from the mansion come here! But this old servant really can’t remember how the clothes got in!”

"Could it be that some unclean servant brought it in!" Rong Ma couldn't help but change her expression.

Mole?No one changes color!

Now, things get complicated!

Although the number of people who came to Xihetang was not large compared to other courtyards, it was still quite a lot. When will we find out if this is a random search!
Shen Quan remained silent for a while, now that Yao Cunhui's life and death were uncertain, the Xihe Hall was full of gloom and mist, and people were panicking. At this time, instead of talking about peace of mind, they had random suspicions without direction and reason, and the situation would only get worse!

"Okay, you all go down, and report to me when you think of something!" Shen Quan said in a deep voice.

Even if someone in Xihetang was bought off, according to Hong Liao, there is not much chance of stealing dragons and turning phoenixes in the house, but most of them will start from the laundry room.It depends on how Madam Xiao's interrogation goes.

Together, Mrs. Xiao interrogated the woman in charge of the laundry room and the three maids without stopping until dark.

Mrs. Xiao simply didn't bother to go back to Yanshunju, so she rested here for a while, had a quick meal with her son, and then told him the story.

"Those people can't ask anything useful for the time being!" Mrs. Xiao braced herself, "Those people are all fools, and they said that no one else has entered the laundry room except those from Xihetang. Hands and feet, they dare not talk nonsense!"

"That is to say, there is an opportunity in the laundry room to be used?"

"That's right!" Mrs. Xiao sighed, "It's inevitable too! Think about it, all the clothes in Xihe Hall are washed and dried there. Pay attention to this at all times! It is not impossible to be taken advantage of! This will be troublesome, so Lai Xi and everyone in the hall are suspected! I hope Huier can get better soon, alas!"

"Hui'er will definitely get better!" Shen Quan's eyes were cold, and his tone was even colder: "But the person who hurt her, I will definitely find out and never forgive!"

Mrs. Xiao sighed slightly, nodded and said: "That's natural! These days I will live in Xihetang, and everyone in Xihetang is not allowed to leave without my permission! Don't worry too much, Wanwan in the backyard Daodao, is it rare for mother to see? Hehe, whoever is really a ghost will always be found out! Don't forget, you still have work to do, so don't be affected by it. No, it's another trouble! When Huier recovers, she will feel uneasy!"

Thinking of Yao Cunhui's current situation, Shen Quan was extremely disturbed. How could he care about official duties?His heart is full of Yao Cunhui.If something happened to his Hui'er, he would not even have the goal of survival, so what trouble would he be afraid of?
But hearing what his mother said, Shen Quan couldn't help but feel a little heavy in his heart, and sighed: "My son is unfilial, and my mother is worried! Mother, don't worry, my son knows it well!"

When Mrs. Xiao heard the word "unfilial", she thought of how the mother and son got along in the past, and then thought of the current situation, and Yao Cunhui's role in this, Madam Xiao couldn't help feeling sad, her eyes couldn't help getting wet.

That child has sacrificed so much for their mother and child, and now she is on the verge of life and death, but they can't help her at all. Even the murderer who killed her couldn't be found for her!
"Mother," Shen Quan raised his head suddenly, "I want to see Huier. I don't go in outside the window. I want to talk to her and hear her voice! Mother, please promise me!"

Madam Xiao's lips moved, she didn't know what to say!

"But--"

It's not that she doesn't know how good the relationship between her son and daughter-in-law is, or how much her son loves his daughter-in-law.But this is smallpox!The daughter-in-law is still inside, what if the son is also infected, what should I do!
"Mother, I will be very careful!" Shen Quan still begged.

"Ma'am, let the prince go," Li's mother couldn't help but sighed softly and persuaded: "The prince will be fine outside, maybe the princess will feel better when she hears the prince's voice, and the situation will improve!"

(End of this chapter)