Chapter 29 Loss

The study in the east courtyard of the lieutenant's mansion is full of glass fragments and ceramic residues.

Qin sat on the teacher's chair with cold eyes, and his anger appeared unconcealed on his face. With the fatigue of returning from afar, the room suddenly quieted for half a cup of tea, and it was so quiet that even a hair fell to the ground and sounded like thunder.

"What you just said is true?" Qin Zhi took a deep breath.

"How dares my concubine dare to lie," Dou Qing'e's eyes were half affectionate and half tearful. "There are rumors that the concubine abused the common girl, causing Yu Nuan's hand to get frostbite. After the death of Yu Nuan's mother, you handed over Yu Nuan and Baochuan to your concubine. Baochuan's timid and arrogance are known to the Qin family. This time, but ... However, because Yu Nuan made a mistake, her concubine punished her to wash her clothes for a few days. Unexpectedly, Yu Nuan was so delicate that she had frostbite after washing for three days.

Arrogance, cowardness and self-reliance are all the most annoying characteristics of Qin, especially on his children.

"I'm asking you, it's true that you just said that Yu Nuan has been eating Wushisan for half a month?"

"Of course, it's true," Dou Qing'e said hurriedly, "Can Xiu Gu Cui'e testify about this matter. Today, Yu Nuan came out to welcome him because she was not comfortable. Master, at the beginning, I punished Yu Nuan because Yu Nuan took this forbidden drug first. It was by no means that I abused a commoner girl."

Qin Zhi stood up with his hands behind his back. He clearly remembered how the emperor told him in the court. The emperor praised him for his loyalty and patriotism. He was desperate to protect the prince when he was in trouble. Originally, he was going to be awarded the title, but in the end, he said that his inner house was restless. How could the world be calm? Therefore, he suspended his decision, and this inner house was restless, It was recently rumored that Dou Qing'e abused the common girl and caused the common girl to get frostbite. She was found at the queen's banquet. Some people even began to spread that the tears of the Buddha statue in the blessing ceremony of Wan'an Temple yesterday were also related to Mrs. Qin.

The third prince, the lieutenant Taichang Taifu, was originally a moral example for all officials. Under such a storm, Qin Zhi's sealing of Jue was temporarily suspended and reasonable, but it also made Qin Zhi's heart more depressed. Unexpectedly, he was famous in his life, and the senior official Qingyun Road would fall into the hands of a woman.

But if it comes out again that the daughter of the Qin family eats five stones, Qin Zhi made up his mind to find out everything secretly before the matter expands.

After crushing the last bottle of medicine mud, Qin Yunuan wiped the corners of the table stained with some medicinal juice, but Tong'er, who guarded the door, hurriedly ran in and shouted, "Miss San, the master and wife sent someone here. Now they have arrived at the gate of the courtyard to invite the three girls to talk."

"Three girls," Mother Liao instinctively protected Qin Yu in front of her warm-up, and the corners of her eyes were full of worry, "Three girls, I will go with you."

"No, mother Liao, it's more useful for you to stay in the yard," Qin Yunuan stood up, patted off some herbal residues from the green horse skirt, stroked the elegant and simple butterfly-shaped jade silver hairpin on her head, and went out to bless the mother who came to pick her up. "Yu Nuan felt uncomfortable and made Mama wait for a long time."

In the study on the south side of Shunchangyuan, in the middle of the room is a copper stove with fragrant cakes. The sound of ancient copper water dripping from the copper mouth in the corner of the room is particularly harsh in this quiet and cold study, knocking on Qin Yunuan's heart one by one.

At this moment, Qin Yunuan knelt quietly on the ground, beside him was Dr. Chen, who was close to the Qin family, who diagnosed his pulse. Dr. Chen frowned and looked very cautious.

The time of half-pillar incense has passed, and Qin Zhi still hasn't spoken. It was not until Dr. Chen ordered the medicine boy to put away the medicine box before he asked, "How about it?"

"Your Excellency, the three girls' veins are full of ups and downs, with large and long strings. This is the real vein. It is full of yang fire, and the spleen and lungs are full of heat. If they are not suffering from deficiency and cold... or take Wushisan."

"Can't you make a conclusion?" Dou Qing'e was a little anxious.

"Mother, Yu Nuan asked Liao's mother to reply this morning, saying that Yu Nuan is not feeling well and infected with the wind chill. What other judgment does her mother want?" Qin Yunuan knelt on her knees, but the chill from the cold ground was not as high as the surging clouds in her heart. For this father, Qin Yunuan had no close friendship with him in her previous life, but Qin Yunuan was close to him. Today, Qin Zhi began to doubt herself after listening to Dou Qing's words, which still made her feel a little cold.

"Father," Qin Yunuan stared at Qin Zhi sitting on the Zen chair. "If Yu Nuan is not feeling well today and can't pick you up at the door with her mother, Yu Nuan is here to apologize for you." After saying that, Qin Yunuan bowed respectfully.

Qin Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the extremely sincere Qin Yunuan through the pen shelf on the long wooden desk, and said, "If that's all you are wrong, why should I send someone to let you come over in private?" Qin questioned himself how self-disciplined and law-abiding he was. Now he was known by the officials in the court that his inner house was restless. If Qin Yunuan really took the five stone powder, he could only keep his life's dignity by expelling him out of the genealogy.

Qin Yunuan just lowered her head more and more respectfully and said, "Yu Nuan didn't know what mistake she had made, which made her father furious on the first day he returned home."

"Three girls, if you don't tell me honestly, don't blame me and your father for being ruthless." Dou Qing'e sat in the side seat, holding the hand-warming stove, and completely lost her soul. Some were just arrogance, self-confidence and determination to hit.

Qin Zhi still sat on the Zen chair without saying a word. He put his fingers**, thought about his ideas, weighed the pros and cons, and slowly said, "If you don't confess, Yu Nuan, I'm afraid you will lose your face in the end."

Qin Yunuan straightened his spine and said, "Yu Nuan acts openly and aboveboardly. He has never done anything to be unimmoral. There is no need to confess anything."

"Good!" Dou Qing'e was waiting for this moment. "Since you don't want to say it, sir, look, she didn't appreciate it when you gave her a thin face. She also asked the master to allow Aunt Xiu to take someone to the third girl's yard to search. When the unclean thing is found, she naturally can't refute it."

Qin Zhi stared at Qin Yunuan with a look at the prisoner for a long time before nodding, which was to agree with Dou Qing'e's proposal.

Aunt Xiu took the order out, and Qin Yunuan suddenly realized. She opened her eyes and asked in panic, "Father and mother, do you suspect that Yu Nuan has taken the forbidden medicine of Wushisan?"

"You will know if you have taken it or not." Dou Qing'e's words were mixed with a trace of imperceptible joy. She was restless if she did not drive the interfering concubine daughter and her brother out of the Qin family.

The waiting time was difficult. The dead branches of the sycamore in the backyard of the study were blown by the wind and fell vertically. The crackling sound hit everyone's heart. After the time of incense, Aunt Xiu led several search mothers to report the news.

"Mrs and Madam, all the places where you can eat and hide things in the yard have been searched, but no five stones have been found."

The old doctor who followed Aunt Xiu also nodded and said, "Yes, I have been checking, and all the food is normal." Qin Yunuan had already asked Liao's mother to deal with the rice porridge in the morning, leaving no trace, and leaving Liao's mother and Tong'er Man'er in the yard to prevent Dou Qing's people from doing anything during the search.

"However," Aunt Xiu's words turned around, causing Qin Zhidu to subconsciously lean over. "I found a few bottles of medicine in the makeup box of the third girl, which were very tightly stuffed, and specially took them back to check in front of the master and wife."

The reason why Aunt Xiu specially brought the medicine bottle back was that she recognized the medicine bottle at a glance that she gave to Lv's life that day, carrying the medicine bottle of Wushisan. Aunt Xiu and Dou Qing'e looked at each other, and they had their own minds.

"Come on, open these two porcelain bottles." Dou Qing'e waved her sleeves and was atmospheric pressure.

"Hold on," Qin Yunuan suddenly stopped, "Mother, my father is still sitting in the room. My mother gave a hastily order without asking for my father's intention, which is too self-made."

Dou Qing'e looked at Qin Zhi and wanted to defend herself. Seeing Qin Zhi nodded uneasily, she agreed.

"See," Dou Qing'e's face was very proud. "Today I'm going to let you see what kind of unfilial daughter your third daughter is behind her back, eating five stone powder and being expelled from home according to the family rules."

"My mother is so sure that Yu Nuan has eaten five stone powder, what if she doesn't?" Qin Yu's eyes became more and more firm. She was provoking and provoking Dou Qing'e to make a promise.

Dou Qing'e was already throwing a bet alone at this time. She believed that as long as she opened the porcelain bottle, she could turn the world around. She looked red and said, "If not, I would volunteer to fast for a month without leaving home, Aunt Xiu, open it!

Xiugu quickly opened the bottle stopper, and a herbal fragrance came to her nose. Xiugu fell down. What fell on the tray was not the white flowers of five stone powder, but the thick green medicinal mud sticking to the mouth of the bottle. Xiugu's face became extremely embarrassed. Dou Qing'e also subconsciously clenched the corners of her clothes, and everything was her expected back. The road is galloping.

Dou Qing'e stared at Qin Yunuan in disbelief and looked at the appropriate grievance and perseverance on the face of the always weak and incompetent common girl. She was calculated. Dou Qing'e quickly made a judgment in her heart. She was always the only one who calculated for others, but now...

A trace of contempt flashed in Qin Zhi's eyes. He slowly opened his mouth and said to Dou Qing'e, "Is this the five stone powder you said?"

Dr. Chen immediately went forward to pick up a star medicine mud, sniffed it for a moment, and said, "Your Excellency, this is a medicine mud made of Chuanxiong, Chuangyu knee, Baizhi, Yanhu Suo, safflower, cinnamon, cloves, menthol and ice tablets."

"What is it for?"

"Your Excellency, this is the folk method in Qingzhou," Dr. Chen arched his hand. "External application can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, dredge muscles and bones, and is a good prescription for treating sprain redness and swelling."