Chapter 787 This May Be the Last Thing You Need to Save Your Life
As soon as Nanny Yang left, the room became completely quiet.
Liu Wei covered the old lady with a quilt and was about to get up when the old lady suddenly grabbed her hand, stared into her eyes and asked, "Why?"
Liu Wei was confused: "What?"
"Why do you want to do this, behead people?"
Liu Wei patted her grandmother's hand and comforted her: "Didn't my grandmother know before that her granddaughter was restless? In order to escape from marriage, her granddaughter fled to the south of the Yangtze River. At that time, a woman was penniless. It was not easy to survive. Dressing up as a man was just a way of survival. Afterwards, entering the court was an accident, but the mistake was made and there was no way to fix it. If not, just accept it. After all, you can't die."
"You can't kill people? Do you think you can't kill people? Do you know how involved a woman is as an official? The crime of deceiving the emperor is not a trivial matter. Wei'er, you are not such an impulsive person!"
Isn't she impulsive? Liu Wei thought she was very impulsive. On impulse, she gave birth to Liu Xiaoli. On impulse, she returned to Beijing with Rong Leng. On impulse, she now has a second child.
But Liu Wei didn't think there was anything wrong with this impulse.
At least, she is indeed living well and happy now.
After all, people have to live a "fate".
The old lady was not as optimistic as Liu Wei. When she heard that her granddaughter wanted to investigate several palace murder cases that had caused a lot of noise in Kyoto recently, she became extremely depressed.
Even if he is trapped in the house and is not very sensitive to the news from outside, these murder cases are not just two days in a day. They lasted for more than half a month. They are all people living in Kyoto. How could they take the slightest rumor seriously? Can't hear it either?
Liu Wei knew that no matter how much he and the old lady explained, they couldn't explain anything, so in the end he simply said: "That's it, grandma, are you willing to help your granddaughter?"
The old lady looked at Liu Wei with disapproval on her face, but seeing Liu Wei's pleading face, the matter had indeed reached a point of no return. The old lady paused for a while, finally sighed, frowned and said: "Grandma and Concubine Min It was not a close acquaintance. The palace was already under the control of the queen. Occasionally, Madam Gao would come to the palace for interviews, and most of the people she met were the queen. Concubine Min did not appear very often at that time. The four noble concubines in the palace, Concubine Min, were the most low-key. , and later I heard that she was seriously ill, so she disappeared. However, there was one thing that my grandmother still remembered."
"What?" Liu Wei asked.
"Concubine Min's maid-in-waiting once went to Zhaoning Palace."
Liu Wei raised her eyebrows slightly.
The old lady felt much better now due to acupuncture. She took a breath, recalled it seriously, and said slowly: "That day was the day of the Hundred Flowers Banquet. All the ladies and Madam Gaoming went to the banquet. Grandma was not feeling well. Before the flower viewing party started, I rested in the wing of Zhaoning Palace. I slept until dusk. When I woke up, I heard a quarrel outside. When I opened the door and went out to look, I vaguely heard a palace maid shouting, I asked the Empress for permission and allowed the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat Concubine Min. However, after saying a few words, the palace maid was dragged off and seemed to have been beaten. At that time, my grandmother actually did not know the condition of Concubine Min. Very few people would seriously inquire about this kind of concubine matter. They just listened to what the palace maid said, as if Concubine Min had made some mistake, so the queen did not allow the imperial doctor to treat her."
The old lady spoke very slowly. After all, it had happened some years ago. It still took some effort to recall it. Just remembering the beginning, the rest became much smoother.
"And less than half a month after the flower banquet that day, news came from the palace that Concubine Min had died of illness." When the old lady said this, she couldn't help but pull Liu Wei's hand and said: "Even though this matter has been going on for many years, there are still a lot of troubles in it. If you can avoid touching it, you'd better not touch it, lest you violate some people's taboos."
Liu Wei knew what the old lady meant.
The queen refused to allow the imperial doctor to treat Concubine Min, and Concubine Min died half a month later. However, Concubine Min was one of the four noble concubines. Could it be that Concubine Min really had no sense of existence in the eyes of the emperor? It’s been half a month and no one has told the emperor?
It can be seen from this that it is useless for the palace maid to ask the emperor for help if she knows this, and the imperial doctor is not allowed to treat her. This order was issued by the emperor.
Seeing Liu Wei's troubled look, the old lady felt very confused. She thought Liu Wei had escaped, left the capital, and would not be back for a short time.
This is good. As long as we can avoid disaster, there is nothing better than escaping. This child has already suffered too much and cannot risk his life again.
But I never expected that this girl would be so unafraid of death. What kind of ridiculous things would a woman do as an official?
The old lady thought that she had saved her remaining life until now, and thought that she could bear more and bear more for Liu Mansion. But now, the old lady was really confused. With only one person, she could really do it. Are you going to hold on to Liu Mansion again?
Sighing, the old lady's face seemed to have aged even more suddenly. She was tired from the inside out. Seeing that Liu Wei was still thinking about what she just said, the old lady reached out and patted the back of her granddaughter's hand.
Liu Wei came back to her senses and looked at the old lady: "Grandma."
"Go and open the cabinet over there."
Liu Wei looked in the direction pointed by the old lady, which was the wardrobe in the inner room.
Liu Wei didn't know what was inside, but still got up and walked over.
Opening the cabinet, there were pieces of clothing inside, neatly filling the entire cabinet. There were also several cloaks underneath, all neatly placed.
"Take out the cloak underneath."
Liu Wei took out the cloak and unfolded it as the old lady said. She thought the old lady was cold and was about to take the cloak to the bed and put it on the old lady when she heard the old lady say again: "There is a small secret compartment inside." , have you seen it?"
Hidden grid?
Liu Wei was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but bend down to look, but it was too dark inside and couldn't see anything, so she simply touched it with her hands.
After touching it, I actually felt a piece of wood behind the cabinet with obvious dents.
Pulling out the small clip, there was something like a wooden box inside. Liu Wei took it out and saw that there was dust on it.
Liu Wei wiped away the ashes with her sleeves, took the wooden box, walked to the bed, and handed it to the old lady.
"Open." The old lady ordered without answering.
Liu Wei opened it and saw a piece of red cloth and a gold lock piece placed in the small wooden box.
Liu Wei was puzzled, and the old lady didn't explain. She just reached out and unfolded the red cloth, and a letter fell out from inside.
Liu Wei looked at the blank envelope without signature, then turned to look at the old lady again.
The old lady put the red cloth and the letter back into the box, closed the lid, and stuffed it into Liu Wei, saying: "This may be the last thing you need to save your life. In the past, my grandmother thought that she could just keep it by herself. In critical moments, , you can withstand it, but now it seems that you are in deeper danger than grandma thought. Grandma gave you this thing. You are a measured child. You can figure out when to use the contents. From now on, you will decide your own life."