The Stratagem of the Concubine of the Cold King

Chapter 145 The First Lady Dies (2)
"It's not true, it's not true, mother, did you hear it wrong?" After hearing Qin Shi's words, Xiao Teng's eyes widened, and he also had an expression of disbelief.

Yesterday he was the eldest son of the Minister of the Household Department, but today he has been reduced to the lowest official slave, and his status is changing rapidly.

From now on, the life of rich clothes and fine food in the House of Ministers of the Ministry of Household Affairs is gone, and the days of beautiful concubines and beautiful concubines are gone, and the days of reaching out for clothes and opening their mouths for meals are still gone. At this moment, Xiao Teng's mind There are all these things in the house, as long as he thinks that he will no longer be able to live a life of luxury and enjoyment, he will find it difficult to accept.

Xiao Teng struggled vigorously with both arms, he wanted to get rid of the shackles of the Imperial Army, so he rushed to Qin and Xiao Yunhe to ask clearly, but who were the Imperial Army, they were the elites who guarded the palace, and they were drinking and drinking every day, looking for pleasure every day The young master can get rid of it.

Xiao Teng struggled for a while, but he failed to shake off the imperial guards beside him, so he wisely stopped moving, but just fixed his eyes on Qin, and said in a low and angry voice: "Mother, did you hear wrong?" , you are talking."

"Woooooooooo..." Qin sobbed, she didn't dare to look at Xiao Teng again, so she turned her head to one side.

Xiao Teng saw that Qin Shi turned his head to the side and stopped looking at him, his heart turned cold, and his legs and feet were slightly weak. Fortunately, the Imperial Forest Army supported him, otherwise he would not be able to stand still.

The Imperial Forest Army's actions were very fast. In less than half an hour, the Hubu Shangshu Mansion was almost wiped out. The servants of the Hubu Shangshu Mansion were organized into a team by several Imperial Forest Army soldiers and escorted out of the gate of the mansion. , the masters were grouped together individually, and were also guarded and left by several imperial guards.

"You're the one who never dies, it's you who made me into this." Xiao Teng followed closely behind Qin Shi, and when he passed by Xiao Yunhe, he cursed angrily at Xiao Yunhe.

Xiao Yunhe still sat limply on the ground, even though Xiao Teng scolded him loudly, he didn't raise his head.

With tears in her eyes, Mrs. Qin stopped to take a look at Xiao Yunhe, from her eyes one could see her affection for Xiao Yunhe.

"Hurry up, don't dawdle." The escorting Yulin army shouted impatiently when they saw Qin's stop.

A group of people from Hubu Shangshu's Mansion were escorted away by the Imperial Forest Army. Immediately afterwards, Xiao Yunhe was also imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. The Xiao Mansion, which had been prosperous for decades, was defeated.

Hubu Shangshu's house was ransacked, Hubu Shangshu Xiao Yunhe was dismissed, and sent to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. The story of asking to be executed soon spread throughout the streets, restaurants, and teahouses of Hanyang City.

In the peach courtyard, the eldest lady was half lying on the bed with a thin body. Since she was imprisoned in the peach courtyard, she couldn't get sick. After the third aunt took charge of the house, she didn't treat her daily expenses harshly, and she still went to the peach courtyard as usual. Send things.

Ever since Da Furen fell ill, Mrs. Lin has visited San Yiniang many times, but San Yi Niang has invited several doctors to check Da Furen's pulse. After reading it, they all said the same thing, Da Furen is worried As a result, several medicines were prescribed, and the lady took the medicine prescribed by the doctor, but she still didn't improve, and her expression became more and more depressed day by day.

The peach courtyard is filled with strong herbal smell.

"Cough, cough, cough..." The eldest lady coughed a few times with difficulty, she didn't even have the strength to cough now.

Xi Zhuyan happened to come to Taoyuan today to visit the eldest lady, she was sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at the eldest lady with a pair of beautiful eyes, with a worried look looming on her face.

"Cough cough cough... Yan'er, is mother's illness very serious?" The eldest lady leaned weakly on the pillow and asked angrily.

Being asked by the eldest lady, Xi Zhuyan's eyes were slightly red, and he quickly comforted him: "Mother, don't think wildly, you will get better, you will definitely get better."

Xi Zhuyan's words were quite effective, after hearing this, the eldest lady smiled slightly on her haggard face.

"Ma'am, it's not good, it's not good." Qiu Tao, the eldest lady's personal maid, hurriedly strode into the room.

Xi Zhuyan saw Qiutao looking anxious and noisy, glared at her, and spat: "It's not proper to be so noisy, don't you see that mother is resting?"

Qiu Tao was yelled at by Xi Zhuyan for a while, and she knew that she was a little impatient and disturbed the eldest lady, so she lowered her head and did not dare to speak nonsense.

The eldest lady looked at Qiu Tao from the corner of her eye, and said with difficulty: "What made you so anxious."

Qiu Tao raised her head slightly, raised her eyelids, and looked at Xi Zhuyan timidly.

"If you have anything, just talk about it." Seeing Qiutao looking at him, Xi Zhuyan said to Qiutao lightly.

Today, the eldest lady said that she wanted to eat fresh kumquats early in the morning, but there happened to be no kumquats in An Guohou's mansion today, so Qiutao went to ask the third aunt for instructions, and went out to buy some kumquats for the eldest lady. She has learned a lot and is quite good at being a human being in front of others, so she readily agreed to Qiutao.

Qiutao went out to buy kumquats before noon, and everyone in Hanyang City knew about the fact that the Hubu Shangshu's house was ransacked. Naturally, Qiutao heard the news from a kumquat vendor.

Qiuqin stood in the room, clutching the silk she carried with her with both hands, and said nervously: "Madam, Miss, today the servants went out to buy kumquats, and heard that the house of the Secretary of the Household Department was ransacked. Committing a felony, the emperor personally issued an imperial decree, and put the uncle into the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. He will be executed some day, and the wife, the cousin, and the servants of the Minister of the Household Department were sent to pretend to be officials. slave."

"You mean, the house of the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu was confiscated, and my uncle was sent to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice to choose a day to be executed." Xi Zhuyan stared at Hou Qiutao's words, with a pair of apricot eyes round, and her pink face was full of embarrassment. With a look of confidence, she is the daughter of the An Guohou's mansion. Since she was a child, the eldest lady has taught her that she will marry into the royal and princely family in the future. How can she not know that the Hubu Shangshu Mansion is the backing support of her and the eldest lady? Now that the eldest lady has lost the power of the family, and the house of the Minister of the Household Department has been ransacked at this time, it means that she and the eldest lady have completely lost their dependence. If this is the case, can the eldest lady regain the power of the family, and she can successfully marry into the royal family .

Pfft... When Xi Zhuyan was worrying and troubled alone, the eldest lady suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. The bright red blood sprayed on the bedside, and even a few drops of blood splashed on Xi Zhuyan's white dress.

After the Da Furen vomited a mouthful of blood, her face was paler than before, and her skinny face lost all vitality. She fell on the bed, her eyes were slightly closed.

"Mother." The eldest lady suddenly vomited blood, Xi Zhuyan was a little frightened, and shouted loudly.

"Mother, how are you? Wake up quickly. Open your eyes and look at Yan'er." Xi Zhuyan saw that the eldest lady was lying unconscious on the bed with her eyes slightly closed. The madam's body was shaking while shouting.

(End of this chapter)