Chapter 131: Fire Reduction
The person who came to deliver the imperial eunuch was a young eunuch. Feng Qingsui gestured to Wuhua to slip him a silver ingot, and then asked, "I wonder why the Empress Dowager summoned me to the palace?"
The young eunuch who received the benefits was very easy to talk to.
"Zhaoyi Luo has been suffering from insomnia and nightmares for the past few days. She hasn't been able to sleep well, and the imperial physician has been unable to help. The Empress Dowager is worried. Aunt Fang mentioned that you treated the old lady of Duke Qing for the same condition, so she would like to invite you to the palace to see Zhaoyi Luo."
Feng Qingsui smiled slightly.
"It is my honor to serve Her Majesty the Queen Mother."
"It's just that I saw a lot of dead children at Qiyun Temple a few days ago, and today I went to the cemetery with the monks from Baiyun Temple to perform a ritual. I'm quite contaminated by foul air, so I'm afraid it's not a good time to see the Empress Dowager and the Concubine Zhaoyi."
"Please, eunuch, please go one more time and help me pass this message to the Empress Dowager. If the Empress Dowager does not mind, I will enter the palace again."
After saying that, he gave Wuhua a wink.
Wuhua stuffed another ingot of silver into the young eunuch's hand.
The young eunuch weighed the silver in his hand and said cheerfully, "Please wait a moment. I will go back to the palace and pass on the message."
"Thank you for your hard work, father-in-law."
Half an hour later, the eunuch returned to the Ji residence and said, "The Empress Dowager said that if Empress Zhaoyi doesn't recover after a few days, she will invite you back to the palace."
Feng Qingsui nodded and said ok.
She secretly thought that the matter of Qiyun Temple should have nothing to do with the Queen Mother, otherwise she would not let her go so easily.
Aunt Fang, who suggested to the Empress Dowager that she treat Luo Zhaoyi, is somewhat suspicious - she was recommended to the palace for no reason, and she must have been set up to wait for her.
I just don't know if it was the Queen's work or someone else's.
If we can follow the clues, maybe we can figure it out.
But her Aunt Fang was in the palace, and she was out of reach, so even if she wanted to investigate, she had no way to do so.
After thinking for a moment, she turned her gaze to Canghaixuan.
I remember that after Yuehu's corpse was discovered, Ji Changqing released pigeons into the palace before bringing Hua Ling into the palace. He must have had an insider in the palace.
So in the evening, when Ji Changqing returned home, he took a jar of golden chrysanthemums and went to Canghaixuan to find him.
"Recently, the wind and fire have been very active, which can easily cause liver anger. Second Master has been busy with state affairs, so it is inevitable that he will get angry. It is best to drink more chrysanthemum tea to reduce liver fire and nourish liver blood."
Ji Changqing scolded several subordinates in the office today, and his mouth was dry and he wanted to drink some cold tea to calm down.
Coincidentally, Feng Qingsui sent over some chrysanthemum tea.
The words "telepathy" suddenly flashed through my mind.
The corners of the eyes and eyebrows unconsciously raised.
"Thank you, I just needed it."
He accepted it with a smile.
He then ordered Baifu to boil water so that he could make some tea to drink right away.
Just as he was about to invite Feng Qingsui to sit down and have tea together, he heard Feng Qingsui say, "I have something I want to trouble you with, Second Master. I wonder if you have the right person to help..."
His expression froze.
"What's up?"
Feng Qingsui smiled and said, "The Empress Dowager sent someone over this afternoon, wanting me to come to the palace to treat Luo Zhaoyi. I didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse, so I turned it down. I'm afraid there will be a next time, so I want to investigate the background of Aunt Fang, who recommended me to the Empress Dowager."
Ji Changqing knew that she was always cautious, so he nodded and said, "You should understand it clearly. Leave this matter to me."
"Sorry to bother you, Master."
Feng Qingsui thanked him and left gracefully.
Ji Changqing stood there for a while, then looked at the pot of chrysanthemum tea again, and the joy in his heart disappeared without a trace.
I thought they were in sync, but it turns out... she just needed help.
He sat down at the desk with a sullen face, feeling his anger inexplicably rising.
Baifu entered the room and looked at him, his voice unconsciously weakened a bit: "Master, the water is boiled, do you want to make tea?"
He looked up at the pot of chrysanthemum tea for a while, then said with a straight face, "Why not make some more? Make a few more flowers."
Otherwise, how could he suppress his anger?
He wasn't the only one annoyed.
In a mansion in the east of the city, someone was also furious with Feng Qingsui.
But he did not choose to drink chrysanthemum tea.
Instead, he chose: "Burn down her two workshops!"
Someone immediately took the order and left.
The next morning, Madam Xu came to see Feng Qingsui and said, "Last night, the warehouses of both workshops caught fire. Fortunately, we have been arranging patrols and put out the fire in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."
"There was residual tung oil at the scene. Someone had deliberately set the fire."
Feng Qingsui intuitively felt that the arson incident was related to her refusal to enter the palace, and she couldn't help but speculate about the character of the culprit.
He is so impatient that it is obvious that he is a person with a bad temper.
This person might be the mastermind behind having the Taoist priests of Qiyun Temple refine the elixir - the elixir contains a large amount of lead and mercury, and long-term consumption will make people manic, violent, and mentally confused.
A violent and capricious person is naturally easier to deal with than a scheming person.
But this kind of person can be dangerous when he goes crazy.
She didn't want anyone to get hurt or killed.
Then he instructed Aunt Xu: "Go to the escort agency and hire two escort teams to keep an eye on the workshop. Try not to go out in the next few days. If you need to go out for work, no matter how close the trip is, you must bring guards with you."
Seeing her serious expression, Aunt Xu knew she must have run into an enemy, so she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go hire a bodyguard right away. I won't go anywhere after returning to the workshop."
Being on guard alone would not solve the problem, so Feng Qingsui planned to take the initiative and catch the person.
In the afternoon, I waited at the gate of the mansion for Ji Changqing to come home.
When Ji Changqing walked in and saw the beautiful figure standing in the dusk, his heart beat faster unconsciously.
Then he thought of what happened when he returned home yesterday, and his heart rate dropped suddenly.
Hearing the pleasant greeting of "Second Master, you're back", I didn't feel the slightest bit of joy.
"Um."
He responded calmly.
"I have a jar of jasmine flowers and a jar of roses that I want to give to Second Master. These two, combined with the chrysanthemums from yesterday, can make a three-flower tea that clears the liver, brightens the eyes, and calms the mind."
Feng Qingsui said with a smile.
Ji Changqing: “…”
You can see that he is angry, but why can't you tell why he is angry?
He sighed.
After taking the two cans of scented tea, he said in a deep voice, "Thank you very much. It's so thoughtful."
Feng Qingsui said with a smile, "I'll talk to the second master about the matching and quantity," and followed him to Canglangxuan.
Ji Changqing didn't hear a word he said.
Arriving at the door of the study, he said helplessly, "Okay, stop pretending. I know what you want to ask."
Without waiting for Feng Qingsui to respond, he said, "The Aunt Fang in the Empress Dowager's palace is called Qifang. She has been with her for thirty years. Qifang has a partner, a eunuch seven years her junior, Gui Gong, who works in the Imperial Kitchen. Gui Gong is the godson of Dai Gong, who has left the palace to retire."
Leaving the palace to retire?
Feng Qingsui immediately thought of those longevity pills.
"It seems like eunuchs usually retire in the palace. Did Eunuch Dai receive some kind of favor?"
Ji Changqing looked at her approvingly.
She always hits the nail on the head.
"Eunuch Dai was originally a senior eunuch by the Empress Dowager's side. He helped her many times with strategies to deal with other concubines, helping her to maintain her position as a concubine. However, due to a chronic illness he contracted early in life, his health has not been good. A few years ago, he was granted a mansion and allowed to retire from the palace."
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