Chapter 162 Underworld
Feng Qingsui reported the case to the East City Military Commission, handed the children over to the yamen runners, and continued walking his dog.
She knew exactly who had done this, and the next day she asked Wuhua to find a way to tell Madam Wu that the wife of Marquis Wu'an had secretly raised a poisonous spider from the Western Regions.
Mrs. Wu immediately went to the palace to find Concubine Wu.
"Your Majesty, I received a message saying that the wife of the Marquis of Wu'an has been raising poisonous spiders, the kind with black and red tints. She bought them from a merchant in the Western Regions and has been raising them for several years."
After the Sixth Princess died, Concubine Wu was depressed and haggard all day long. Even when the Ministry of Internal Affairs wanted to search Jingren Palace, she did not react at all.
After hearing what Madam Wu said, her puppet-like empty eyes suddenly burst out with two poisonous hatreds.
"What did you say? The wife of Marquis Wu'an raised a poisonous spider?"
Mrs. Wu nodded.
"I heard this from a housekeeper's wife today. When she went to the silk shop to get some satin for me, she heard it from a fat maidservant at the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion."
"It turns out that she was the one who killed Yue'er."
The imperial concubine's face was full of hatred.
"No wonder Eunuch Ping and the others said they didn't see any spiders when they were cleaning the dormitory. She must have had someone put the spider in the embroidery bag beforehand, guessing that Yue'er would return home to get something because she thought the dormitory was too simple."
"What a calculated plan!"
Wu Yaoming deserved to die, why did Wu attack Yue'er!
"Sister-in-law, please do something for me..."
Madam Wu agreed to her request and after leaving the palace, she asked someone to tie up Zeng Mama's grandson who served Madam Wu'an, and threatened Zeng Mama to do as she said.
That night, when the wife of Marquis Wu'an was fast asleep, Zeng's mother tiptoed into the room, opened the lid of the box containing the poisonous spider, placed it at the head of the bed, and then quietly left the room.
The wife of Marquis Wu'an dreamed of her son.
"Mother, the Sixth Princess and I have already reunited in the underworld. When will you send that vicious woman Feng down to be our slave?"
Ming'er's face turned pale and he asked her with his eyes wide open.
She hurriedly said, "Mother has already taken action, but Feng's maid was too clever and let her escape. Please wait a moment, mother will send her away."
When she woke up yesterday and read the note that inexplicably appeared on her pillow, she realized that her son had helped the Sixth Princess kidnap Feng.
Not only did Feng subdue the servants of the Wu family, she also used the same trick against them to harm the second prince of Beituo.
The Second Prince of Beituo originally promised the Third Prince to exchange Feng for the Sixth Princess.
If Feng had obediently followed the Second Prince of Beituo, the Sixth Princess wouldn't have had to marry.
The Sixth Princess would not marry Ming'er if there was no marriage alliance.
If she hadn't married Ming'er, Ming'er wouldn't have been killed by her.
When it comes down to it, Ming'er's death is also related to Feng.
So she hired someone to place poisonous spiders on the trees that Feng had to pass by when walking his dog, and also hired a group of children to shoot at the branches.
If the poisonous spider suddenly falls, it will definitely bite Feng.
Feng will surely die.
Who knew...
Ming'er's figure gradually faded away.
"Ming'er!"
She reached out to grab it, but found nothing.
Suddenly woke up.
After looking at the ceiling for a while, she clenched her fists and said, "Don't worry, Ming'er. In three days at most, I will let you take Feng as your slave."
A sharp pain like a needle suddenly pierced into the palm of my hand.
She was startled.
He quickly spread out his palm and raised it to his eyes.
A crushed poisonous spider the size of a palm was stuck in the palm of her hand.
"ah!--"
She screamed and threw the poisonous spider in her hand away in a panic.
Sharp pains came from the waist, legs and feet at the same time.
When he rolled off the bed, he saw that it was full of poisonous spiders.
She flew into a rage when she caught sight of the empty box of poisonous spiders lying beside the bed.
"Someone come..."
She suddenly lost her voice.
Only then did she remember that her mother had brought her a bowl of soup before she went to bed.
The soup tasted terrible. Zeng's mother said it could dispel internal heat and evil spirits. She had had severe toothaches for the past two days and urgently needed to clear internal heat, so she drank it with a frown.
It turns out to be a mute medicine?
She never kept a maid in her room, only Zeng Mama stayed outside to watch over her. If Zeng Mama betrayed her...
She endured the pain and ran towards the door, and sure enough, the door was locked from the outside.
When I pushed the window again, it was also pushed up from the outside.
Just as she was about to smash the porcelain and alert the servants, her abdomen cramped and she fell to the ground, her muscles twitching uncontrollably.
Then it was completely plunged into darkness.
The next morning, Marquis Wu'an was woken up by his concubine.
He hadn't slept enough, and couldn't open his eyes. He pushed his concubine away irritably and said, "Don't disturb me, let me sleep a little longer."
The concubine, who had always been docile, did not listen to him this time.
"My Lord, the lady has passed away."
"Let her live her life, why bother with her..."
He suddenly stopped.
"What did you say?"
"My wife has passed away."
Marquis Wu'an was shocked and immediately got up from the bed.
He hurriedly put on his clothes and hat and rushed to the bedroom in the main courtyard. Seeing that Wu was indeed dead, he stopped breathing.
"What's going on!"
He questioned Zeng's mother.
"Madam was fine yesterday, how come she is gone?"
Mother Zeng said with tears in her eyes, "Madam was bitten to death by a poisonous spider."
Poisonous spider?
Marquis Wu'an's heart skipped a beat.
The Sixth Princess was also killed by a poisonous spider. When did poisonous spiders become so common in the capital?
The next moment, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a large, shiny black spider lying on the orchid grass on the high table in the corner.
He stepped back suddenly.
"Quick! Kill that spider!"
Mother Zeng followed his gaze and whispered, "My Lord, that's the one the Madam raised..."
"What?" Marquis Wu'an turned his head with difficulty. "Madam raised him?"
Mother Zeng nodded.
"Madam has been raising them for several years. She usually won't let us tell you. Last night, she brought the venomous spiders into the dormitory, and somehow, they escaped..."
Marquis Wu'an suddenly remembered the hatred that flashed in Wu's eyes when his legitimate son was beaten to death by the Sixth Princess.
“Could it be…”
He was horrified.
Could it be that the spider that poisoned the Sixth Princess was planted by the Wu family?
If you murder a royal princess, your family will be destroyed and your property will be confiscated!
He immediately ordered Zeng's mother, "Madam, you must not reveal a single word about your spider breeding. Madam died of a heart attack due to excessive grief over the loss of her son. Do you understand?"
Mother Zeng nodded.
Marquis Wu'an ordered his men to kill the spiders in the bedroom, bury Wu's body, and hold a funeral.
After the funeral was over, all the maids and servants who served Wu, including Zeng Mama, were poisoned and sold to distant places, and the fact that Wu raised spiders was completely covered up.
When Feng Qingsui asked Wuhua to pass the message to Madam Wu, he knew that the wife of Marquis Wu'an would not live long.
But the imperial concubine acted faster than she expected.
There are indeed no simple people among the concubines in the harem.
But none of this concerned her.
As the Dragon Boat Festival approached, she received many rice dumplings - the Zong family, the Duke of Qing's Mansion, Qiao Zhenzhen, Qi Yuzhen... all sent her rice dumplings.
There is too much to eat.
She gave these rice dumplings to the children in the orphanage.
Then a batch of sachets to ward off evil spirits were made as return gifts and sent to various prefectures.
Qi and Ji Changqing naturally also had a share.
Ji Changqing did not tie the sachet given by the emperor, but the one made by Feng Qingsui.
When Duanwu went to Taiheyuan to participate in the dragon boat race organized by the royal family, he was spotted by the sharp-eyed Shangguan Mu, who was amazed.
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