Chapter 924: A False Alarm

Golden autumn and October is the season when chrysanthemums are in full bloom. The imperial garden is full of chrysanthemums of various colors, including purple, yellow, pink, yellow with red, red with purple, and the rarest one is green.

Yuchen stood beside this piece of chrysanthemums and was fascinated. After a while, Yuchen said to Shixiang, "Go, bring me the drawing board." She hasn't had a drawing pen for a long time, and it's rare that she became interested today, and the maids didn't stop her.

The drawing board is placed, the rice paper is spread out, and the paints are ready. After Yuchen had finished brewing, he picked up his pen and began to paint.

Yuchen has a habit of not wanting to be disturbed when playing the piano or painting, so all the waiters retreated to the corner, and only Shi Xiang was there to help deliver things.

A gust of wind blows, and the leaves on the nearby trees fall with the wind. A few leaves fell on the rice paper, stained with the paint on the rice paper. If it is someone else, just remove the leaves and repair them. But Yuchen couldn't tolerate any flaws, and immediately tore the rice paper.

Shi Xiang felt it was a pity, but she didn't dare to persuade her. You know, the paintings of the empress outside have already been sold for a pair of thousand taels of silver, and there is still no market for the price.

Seeing Yuchen tidying up the drawing board, Shi Xiang hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, don't you want to draw?"

Yuchen hummed, put the brush aside and said, "I won't paint anymore." A good painting has been destroyed, and I don't have the mood to paint anymore.

On the way back, I saw a woman in snow-blue clothes walking over. Seeing Yuchen, the woman gave a blessing and said, "I have seen the imperial concubine."

Li Xiuyuan is six years younger than Yuchen, but she looks lifeless.

Yuchen smiled and said: "Li Xiuyuan doesn't need to be polite." Li Xiuyuan is the birth mother of the Seventh Prince, but the Seventh Prince fell ill the year before last and passed away. Since then, Li Xiuyuan has been chanting sutras and praying for her son, and she hardly comes out on weekdays. .

After Li Xiuyuan finished her salute, she moved aside to make way for Yuchen.

Yuchen was not in a hurry to leave, but said with concern on his face: "The weather will be fine in the future, you should come out and walk around more often. Don't be bored in the room all the time, it will be bad for your health." There is no conflict of interest, and Yuchen doesn't mind talking to Li Xiuyuan. Unleash kindness.

Li Xiuyuan said respectfully: "Thank you for your concern." She didn't want to be close to Yuchen.

Seeing this, Yuchen didn't say any more: "Then Li Xiuyuan, take a good look around, I have something to do in the palace, so I'll go back first."

Li Xiuyuan gave a blessing: "Respectfully send off the empress."

Back at Zhanghua Palace, Yuchen sighed angrily. Seeing this, Nanny Gui asked, "Why are you sighing so well?"

Yuchen said: "I just saw Li Xiuyuan, and I felt a little touched." Once the women in the harem lose their expectations, they will grow old very quickly.

Nanny Gui is very wary of Yan Wushuang's other women, even if this Li Xiuyuan has always been honest and dutiful, she is not at ease. Therefore, she didn't want to talk about Li Xiuyuan: "Your Majesty, the third prince has sent a letter, which was sent by the emperor just now."

Yuchen's attention was diverted, and he said, "Bring it here quickly!" Achi's letters are very few, one letter a month.

Achi only said in the letter that he was fine, and told Yuchen not to worry about it, and there would be nothing more.

Yuchen put down the letter and said to himself: "This kid doesn't know how to write more." Looking forward to the stars and the moon, he finally found this letter, but only a few words.

Nanny Gui smiled and said, "Then next time, remind the Third Prince to write more about Tongcheng."

Yuchen shook his head and said: "This child has the same temperament as the emperor." They are not very talkative people.

The sky was getting dark, the moon was hanging in the sky, and Yan Wushuang hadn't come over yet. After taking a bath, Yuchen sat on the dressing table and took the jade face peach blossom cream that she made herself. Pour a soybean-sized amount of peach blossom paste from the bottle and rub it on your hands,

Just as I was about to apply it on my face, my hands stopped.

Yuchen said: "Bring over that box of rose ointment, and throw away this box of noodle ointment." After speaking, Yuchen wiped off the peach blossom ointment from his hand with a handkerchief.

Shi Xiang was a little surprised, and asked, "Ma'am, is there something wrong with this ointment?"

Yuchen shook his head and said, "No problem, it just doesn't smell right." Yuchen was critical of these skin care products. As long as there is something slightly wrong, she will discard it.

Shi Xiang was not willing to throw it away, but the box of noodle cream that Yuchen gave before was not used up, so she gave this box of noodle cream to Shi Xue who had befriended her, and something happened within two days.

Looking at Shi Xue whose face was covered with red rashes, Yuchen asked, "What's wrong? What unclean things were used?"

"The servants eat and use the same as others, and use the same things as usual." When Shi Xue woke up in the morning, she was terrified of Shi Xiang who lived with her. When she looked in the mirror and saw her face like this, she immediately fainted from fright.

The imperial doctor came over quickly, and after diagnosing Shi Xuexiang, he said the same thing as Yuchen: "Miss, you used something unclean."

Nanny Gui said from the side: "Think carefully, whether you have used something different from usual in the past two days."

Just as she was about to say no, she suddenly remembered Yuchen's box of face cream, and Shi Xue immediately blushed: "The rouge powder I use is the same as usual, except for the face cream." After a pause, Shi Xue shuddered and said : "It's a facial ointment that the empress doesn't use. Sister Shixiang is not willing to throw it away and leave it for me to use."

Yuchen shuddered, the original goal was her. Fortunately, she was useless, otherwise she would be the one who was disfigured.

A stern look flashed in Gui Momo's eyes, and she asked, "Where's the face cream?"

Shi Xiang and Shi Xue lived in the same room, heard this and hurried to get the facial ointment.

Nanny Gui took the ointment and immediately asked the imperial physician to come over to check it.

Yuchen murmured to himself: "Yuxi, are you so ruthless?" Except for Yuxi, no one else has this means.

How important a woman's appearance is, and she can have her current status because of this face. If she was disfigured, even if the emperor would not abolish her for the sake of Abao and Achi, he would still neglect her.

Seeing Yuchen's face, Nanny Gui was startled, and hurriedly supported her to sit on the chair, and said, "Your Majesty, luckily I didn't use that ointment."

Soon Yuchen calmed down from his anger, frowned and said, "The only other person who has touched this jade-faced peach blossom ointment is Shixiang and Shixue." Snow is used.

Nanny Gui said in a deep voice: "No one can enter the bedroom." Nanny Gui was very strict about Yuchen's food before, especially after she knew that Yuxi was going to harm her.

The doctor came soon.

Knowing the whole story, the imperial physician dared not take it lightly. After receiving the ointment, I began to examine it carefully. After checking for a long time, no problems were found.

Nanny Gui didn't believe that the ointment was okay: "Mr. Peng, please check carefully again." The hair oil, pollen, soap and other things used by Shi Xue were all taken from the palace, and they have been used for more than half a month and have not changed. There is nothing wrong with it, I just put on this ointment yesterday.

Physician Peng said with certainty: "There is nothing wrong with this box of ointment." After a pause, Physician Peng asked Yuchen: "Ma'am, why do you abandon this ointment?"

Yuchen said: "I think this ointment has a strong smell." Yan Wushuang doesn't like particularly strong fragrances, so the ointment rouge made by Yuchen only has a little fragrance.

Physician Peng smelled it, but he didn't find the smell very strong. Physician Peng weighed it in his heart, and then said: "Ma'am, maybe this girl's constitution is not suitable for peach blossom ointment."

Yuchen asked: "Are you sure?"

Physician Peng is only sure of one thing, and that is that there is nothing wrong with this box of ointment.

Nanny Gui thought for a while, then found a little maid, and asked her to apply the ointment on the face. As a result, half a day passed, and the little maid was fine. At this point, everyone was convinced that the ointment was fine, but Shi Xue was allergic to the ointment.

People with dishonest appearances cannot be kept in the palace, and Shi Xue had a scar after being allergic, so she had to leave the palace.

Yuchen said to Nanny Gui: "Arrange Shixue." A maid like this who has served her personally knows that her master has too many things to do, so she usually won't let her out, and she must be properly arranged. If it is not used by someone with a heart, it may bring disaster.

Yuchen didn't need to explain this matter, Nanny Gui would handle it properly.

Yuchen leaned on the chair, touched the golden finger guards on his nails and said lightly: "I thought it was Yuxi's hand!"

Nanny Gui also thought so at first, but now she will not respond to Yuchen's words: "Mother, Han Yuxi is not so clever that he can bribe the person who serves you closely."

"It can be avoided now, but what about the future?" Even retreating to Liaodong is not safe.

Speaking of this, Yuchen clutched his chest and said: "Mommy, I regret it. If I didn't attack Yun Qihao, for the sake of growing up together, Yuxi might let me and Ah Bao Achi." But her attack not only broke the past friendship, but also formed a grudge with Yu Xi.

It's no use regretting what has been done. Nanny Gui said: "Madam, the emperor almost killed Han Yuxi twice, and then he almost died in the hands of the emperor several times. With Han Yuxi's nature of revenge, she will never let the emperor and the other princes go. Princess'."

Yuchen remained silent.

What Yuxi said at the celebration banquet soon spread to the capital. When Yan Wushuang found out, he said with an ugly face, "Han Yuxi is declaring war on me!" Why would the next celebration banquet be held in the Jinluan Palace, this is clearly provoking him.

Meng Nian was silent for a while and said, "Your Majesty, we should block this news."

Yan Wushuang glanced at Meng Nian and said, "Do you think we can block this news?" Although Falcon hadn't made any big moves during this period, he kept making small moves. How could he not spread such news.

Meng Nian felt a little aggrieved, and said, "Your Majesty, you can't keep going on like this, it's too passive." It felt like [UUReading 00ks] they were being led away by the nose by Han Yuxi.

After a pause, Meng Nian said, "Your Majesty, the assassination plan we have drawn up can now be carried out." Last time, it died halfway because of the martial law in Pick City.

Yan Wushuang thought for a while and nodded in agreement: "Yes." He had a hard time this year, and he didn't want Han Yuxi and Yun Qing to have a good year.

As Yan Wushuang expected, Falcon spread Yuxi's words at the celebration banquet. Moreover, he added fuel and vinegar to say that Yuxi and Yunqing planned to send troops to conquer the capital next year.

The imperial court made a lot of propaganda in the past, saying how fierce and brutal the Northwest Army was, which made the common people fear and hate them. Now that Falcon released the news, the already uneasy people became even more frightened. Within two days, many incidents of beating, smashing and looting occurred in the capital. The imperial army dispatched and killed the troublemaker. But after one crop was killed, another crop appeared again. Even with patrolling twelve hours a day, similar things still happened in some remote places. This is true inside the city, let alone outside the city.

When Yan Wushuang heard that the refugees had killed two officers and soldiers, he immediately gave Tie Kui an order. Those refugees who killed officers and soldiers were beheaded for public display. In addition, anyone who dares to make trouble will be killed without mercy. Under this kind of iron and blood, the refugees outside the city temporarily settled down.

Tie Kui dragged his tired body back to the mansion, leaning on the chair and didn't want to move.

Zhong Shantong couldn't bear it, and said: "Master, go to bed and sleep for a while!!"

Tie Kui shook his head and said, "I will go to the palace later to report to Yan Wushuang about the situation outside the city." Thinking of the refugees outside the city, Tie Kui was very worried.

Zhong Shantong asked: "Master, hasn't the outside of the city stabilized?" At that time, he was very worried when something happened, but it was resolved quickly.

Tie Kui said with concern, "The current stability is only on the surface. It is already October, and the weather is getting colder. If the refugees outside the city are not properly resettled, there will definitely be greater violence. .”

Zhong Shantong said: "My lord, there are more than 60,000 refugees outside the city. Can the imperial court settle them?" There were more than 100,000 refugees outside the city at most, but some of them were resettled by the government to other places. But even if there are only more than 60,000 people, it is not easy to ensure that they can survive this winter safely.

Tie Kui was in a bad mood when he thought of this: "The national treasury has no money, so I can't properly accommodate these refugees. When there is a rebellion, I will be asked to counter the rebellion." Secondly, the main reason is the uneasy conscience.

Zhong Shantong hesitated for a while and said, "Master, how about pretending to be sick before the time?" Yan Wushuang now completely uses his master as a knife.

Tie Kui shook his head and said: "Once it is revealed, it will arouse Yan Wushuang's suspicion. Now I only hope that King Ming will lead his troops to fight here." The current life is more difficult than before.

Zhong Shantong said: "Princess Ming has the spare power to help the victims in Hebei. Presumably the situation there is much better than that of the imperial court."

Tie Kui said: "The situation on Yuxi's side is definitely better than here. It's just that this year they just sent troops to Beiyao, and they will definitely not send troops to attack the capital next year."

Comrade Zhong Shan said: "Then we will have to endure for another two years." After two years, they can still survive.

Tie Kui said wearily: "Yes!" It's a pity that the past two years have been extremely difficult.

Zhong Shantong thought for a while and said, "My lord, there are rebellions in Hebei and Shandong now, or if you ask for orders to put down the rebellion, maybe Yan Wushuang will agree."

Tie Kui shook his head and said, "He won't agree." Moreover, Tie Kui felt that killing those rebels was no different from killing these refugees. The local rebels were actually ordinary people who raised their flags against the imperial court because they couldn't survive. (to be continued)