Although Yutang gives others a handle, she still can't get down to the lady who loves her as a daughter and is mild tempered and even always sad.
According to Zhuang Rumeng's request, every time he drops a drop into the decoction, Yutang knows that the poison should be chronic. Zheng drinks the decoction four times a day, and Yutang only puts it twice.
Yutang hopes her sin is lighter, and she comforts herself in her heart every time she takes the medicine.
"Madam is not in good health. Even without aunt Zhuang's insidious harm, she may not live long."
Drinking the soup mixed with chronic poison in this way, Zheng's body became more and more weak. After three years, he even had no strength to get up. All day long, he could only lie on the bed and watch the trees outside the window turn yellow to bare, and then turn green again in the spring of the next year.
Chu lianyue rushes all the way to the room. After entering the room, she looks at Zheng's empty eyes and swallows the words.
Today's husband praised Chu Lianxing for her extraordinary piano skills and belittled her paintings. Chu lianyue lost her face, but she had nothing to do, because today's Chu family is the world of Zhuang's mother and daughter, and she is not worthy of her name, just because she has a mother who is lingering in her sickbed.
Chu lianyue sat on one side for a long time, and Zheng came back to see her.
"Ah Yue is here. Why are you not happy?"
Chu lianyue opens her mouth and doesn't say anything after all. Looking at Zheng, she stands up to help her tuck in the quilt.
"Don't think about it. I'm happy every day. By the way, today my master praised my painting. When my mother gets better, how about a Yue painting a picture for you?"
Zheng didn't answer immediately, but looked at Chu lianyue's eyebrows.
"My a Yue has grown up and is a beauty. I don't know what kind of Lang Jun is worthy of you."
Chu lianyue didn't expect that Zheng suddenly mentioned this, and suddenly her face turned red.
"What does mother say? I won't marry. I'll keep you forever."
Zheng shook his head slightly, looked at the top of the tent, his eyes softened gradually, and his voice said softly.
"My a Yue wants to marry a simple and frank man, who is dedicated to you, not to wealth, but to peace and security."
Chu lianyue's shy smile gradually recedes, and the corners of her mouth gradually straighten. Zheng's words are more sad than sweet. This is not looking forward to Chu lianyue's future husband. This is accusing Chu uncle of abandoning her. Chu lianyue can't remember how long ago her father came to see her mother last time.
"Niang, I told you not to think about it. You need more rest to get better. All the doctors say that, you will get better."
"Well, my mother is tired. Go back and let Qiuyun guard."
Chu lianyue turns around and goes out. Just as Qiuyun is standing outside the house, Chu lianyue nods and leaves. Qiuyun pushes the door of the house and goes in. Zheng does not close his eyes to rest, but still looks at the top of the tent.
"Qiuyun, how many years have you been with me?"
"Madam Hui, it's been fifteen years. I was only five years old when I followed you."
"Fifteen years, for a long time, Qiuyun has done something for me. Don't let anyone know."
"Yes, I do."
On the day of Zheng's death, Chu lianyue followed the fifth master of Chu back to Yuezhou to offer sacrifices to his ancestors. When she got the news of Zheng's death, she rushed back to the capital in a hurry. She only had time to send Zheng to be buried.
When Zheng's family is gone, the Chu family is too big to be a housewife. The Chu master helps Zhuang ruomeng to be a righter. Zheng's yard is deserted. Zhuang ruomeng renovates his yard and still lives in his own yard.
In Yutang's memory, Zhuang ruomeng threatened himself with fragrant honey to take medicine, including Xiaodie's bitter meat scheme, which he realized after he was killed and failed to live again.
After listening to Yutang's narration, Zhuang Ruo Meng claps her hands.
"You made up a decent story. Unfortunately, everything is one side of your story, and you still have no evidence."
Yutang also knows that she really has no evidence to prove that she was really instructed by Zhuang Rumeng. She can't help but turn her eyes to Xiaodie, who naturally helps Zhuang Rumeng.
Chu lianyue slowly shook her head and looked at Uncle Chu.
"You are wrong, Zhuang. Yutang has evidence, but she just forgot."
When Yutang hears the words and looks at Chu lianyue, her eyes are full of accidents and confusion. What evidence do you forget
"Uncle five, this evidence is in the lotus pond in my mother's yard. Please take someone to turn over the lotus pond."
The Chu family unexpectedly looked at Chu lianyue. Zheng's courtyard was deserted, and the lotus pool had already dried up. There was only a thick layer of mud. If the evidence was in the lotus pool, it meant that the evidence had been preserved for at least two or three years.
Chu five Ye just wanted to answer, Liang Yuan stood up and arched his hand to Chu lianyue.
"The second prince and imperial concubine wait a minute. Weichen thinks that this matter should be handed over to the Ministry of punishment. After all, the fifth master of Chu is also a member of the Chu family. As a member of the Chu family, it's better not to touch this evidence."
"If my concubine is not thoughtful, thank you, Lord Liang."
At Liang Yuan's command, all the officials were busy. The lotus pond, which was in disrepair for a long time, was fragile, and the carved porch columns beside it were mottled now.
The officers groped inch by inch in the mud. Their hands were covered with filthy river mud. The overturned mud gave off a bad smell. The female family members of several rooms covered their noses and did not open their heads. They were afraid that something terrible would come out of the mud.
Wen jinniang feels a little uncomfortable and turns pale. Liang Yuan quickly takes out the fragrant slice made of orange peel from her sleeve and slips it into Wen jinniang's hand.
Wen jinniang looks sideways at Liang Yuan in the lotus pond. She lowers her head to cover her untimely smile. Yang Qi looks at Chu lianyue with a calm face and reads aloud to Buddha.
"Found it, my Lord!"
An officer excitedly waved his hand, which was so muddy that he couldn't see the shape clearly. Liang Yuan nodded and motioned all the officers to go ashore. The officer who found something didn't let the thing show his true face until someone else picked up a few buckets of clean water and mixed them in front of everyone.
"It's an oilcloth package, my Lord."
Everyone's eyes were focused on the oilcloth package, especially Zhuang ruomeng, who nervously grasped his skirt.
Liang Yuan slowly opened the tarpaulin package in front of the crowd. There were some fragments of porcelain bottles inside. Seeing the fragments, Yutang exclaimed.
"This... This is the porcelain bottle of the poison Zhuang gave me. I accidentally broke it and threw it away. How could it be here?"
Chu lianyue looks at the broken porcelain pieces and looks at Zhuang ruomeng over many figures.
"My wife's mother told me in a dream that the thing that proved your guilt was in the mud of the lotus pond. Now, I don't know what I will find out if I give this piece of porcelain vase out of the mud but not stained."