His little apprentice has a soft and charming waist

Chapter 41 Banquet (3)
As soon as Mrs. Li asked this question, the fifth girl became more cautious, lowered her voice and said, "Mother, something serious may happen to the Zhen Guo Gong family."

Li Shi also knew that this was a big deal.She was sure that she heard the words Princess Chaohua in a panic.But in the past, she didn't see the princess, but Shi Qi Niang was unconscious in Xiao Wu's arms, so there must be a "wrong way".

It’s fine if you can talk about this divergence, but if you can’t talk about it, then you know the secrets of other people’s families, and if you meet someone with an impure heart, you will be implicated.

So she had to personally check and support her.

She comforted: "Don't be afraid, with me here, no matter what it is, you can just say it, and I will make the decision for you."

Fifth girl was very moved.She whispered: "Something happened, that's why I waited for my mother and eldest sister to come, and dared not go with anyone."

When Sheng Yanling heard this, she realized that she was really immature.Because she quickly realized that something really happened.Her face turned pale, "Is it a big deal?"

Her appearance like this made Miss Wu not afraid, so she smiled and comforted her, "It's nothing, it shouldn't matter, just don't panic."

Then she said to Mrs. Li and Sheng Yanling: "After I separated from you, I took Su Xin and followed the little maid of the Duke of Zhen's mansion to the wing room to clean my hands."

Su Xin is the personal servant girl of the fifth girl.

"The mother in the wing room also knew about it, and it's not far from the small garden where we were talking at that time."

Li Shi nodded, "I know where it is."

It's not the first time for them to be guests at Duke Zhen's mansion, and they know more or less about these banquet places.

The fifth girl said: "At that time, when I came out of the wing room, I saw Seventeen Niang. She said that she also came to wash her hands, but she was not in a hurry, so she pulled me to greet me, complimenting my beautiful clothes and luxurious jewelry today. I don't want to talk to her, so I have to leave."

"But Seventeen Niang still held on to me, so I explained that my mother and eldest sister were talking to Yanling, and I had to go back and listen. She smiled and said, "Why don't you go on the rockery road on the right, That side leads directly to the small garden, and the fastest way to go.', I felt at the time that this was very deliberate, and she was deliberately delaying me."

Li Shi nodded, "Very likely."

Sheng Yanling also said: "If she speculates with malice, it seems that she deliberately asked Fifth Sister to go to the path she mentioned."

Fifth Miss: "Although I am not a fool, I would rather be more cautious. I would not dare to take it lightly. Naturally, I refused to take the path, so I flatly refused. Fifth Miss let me go, but I walked and walked. , I became worried again——I was afraid that she was coming in the opposite direction, what if she deliberately said the small way to make me suspicious, but led me to the big way?"

Sheng Yanling: "But, even if she doesn't stop you, you still have to take the road..."

But before she finished speaking, she came to her own realization, "Oh... yes! She delayed the time! Did she want you to meet someone or something on the avenue at that time?"

Li Shi looked at the two young ones with satisfaction, with a proud look on her face, look at how smart her girl is!She resolutely said: "Seventeen Niang must have a ghost. Her temperament...doesn't seem to be well-intentioned."

Miss Wu: "Yes, that's why I didn't dare to leave. I didn't dare to encounter those things, and I didn't dare to go back. I just pretended to have a stomachache, stepped back a few steps, and sat on the rockery. That's it. At that time, I heard the cry of a child coming from the path, like the sound of drowning."

"At that time, I didn't care too much. I took two maidservants and went there. I saw Seventeen Niang rescued the drowning Princess Zhaohua. There was only one maid on the shore, wearing the clothes from the palace. She took the princess in her hands. But Shi Qi Niang seemed to be entangled in the grass under the water. The maid saw me coming, she didn't care about Shi Qi Niang, she just nodded at me, and then flew with the princess in her arms. Running away, today's birthday banquet, the maids and wives are all in front, and there is no one around, so I had to go down to rescue her with Su Xin and the little maid who led the way while calling for someone."

Li frowned, "Call someone directly next time! You have to save it yourself! It's underwater, and she is still entangled in aquatic plants. No matter how good your water skills are, what if something happens to you? What's more, there are maids here I am!"

He scolded again, "A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, you have read so much, why did you forget this!"

The fifth girl listened to the training.But she raised her head and said something vaguely.

Only then did Li stopped, and asked with a frown, "I've been thinking about you just now, but I forgot about Su Xin. Where's her? Where's the little maid who led the way?"

At this time, the fifth girl's expression was already beginning to look bad, and she lost her calmness just now, and said: "After the seventeenth mother was rescued, they were still by my side at first, and then they were taken by the wife of the Zhen Guogong's mansion who came to find someone first. I took them away to change clothes. But I was very scared, I thought it was so strange, I didn't dare to leave, so I told them that Seventeen Niang was holding me, it was hard to move, if I moved, all my internal organs would be moved, That is a great sin, let them find a doctor as soon as possible."

Su Xin didn't dare to leave at first, but Miss Wu asked her to go with her mother-in-law.

It was only at this time that other wives and girls came over.The women then backed away.

After a short while, Li Shi and others arrived. "

Mrs. Li breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, and first scolded the Duke of Zhenguo angrily, "I heard that there are many daughters in his family. Except for the princess and concubine, everyone else has their own thoughts. I guess you are involved in the seventeenth year." Mother is involved in the lawsuit with whom."

He said again: "It's right for you to ask Su Xin to change clothes. I'm afraid you're involved in some dirty business, and Princess Chaohua is involved. It's also good to let the wives take Su Xin and the others to have a plate in secret. Let them know that you just happened to save someone, and you were implicated innocently."

Sometimes people don't believe what they say, but they believe it when they ask others to interrogate them.

But to say a thousand words and ten thousand, this is a lawsuit against the little girls, it is not a big deal.What she fears most is that something will happen to Princess Chaohua.But judging from Xiaowu's description just now, Princess Chaohua should have fallen into the water and was rescued by Shiqiniang, who was rescued by Xiaowu again.

As for Shi Qiniang's lawsuit, it's none of their business.

She patted Miss Wu's hand, "It doesn't matter, it's good to say this clearly."

But when she was talking, she suddenly stopped, and she asked, "No...you are a smart kid...just because of this, you dare not leave everyone's sight? No, tell me, what else is there!"

The fifth girl felt guilty and said: "Mother, I may have really caused you trouble. When I went into the water to save people, at the place where I was saving Seventeen Niangs, I accidentally caught a glimpse of a man behind the rockery."

Li's back was so shocked by this sentence, she quickly asked, "What man?"

Miss Wu: "A man who wears a veil during the day, only showing a pair of eyes."

This is certainly unusual.

Miss Wu: "He was wearing dark clothes - I didn't see his body. He was hiding behind the rockery. He probably wanted to poke his head out to have a look, but I saw it right away. There was a veil on his face, the whole The person hides tightly, but the lower robe shows a foot, which seems to be made of rough linen."

"But in just a split second, I didn't see anyone else. I thought I was delusional. It happened that Seventeen Niang kept sinking down. When I lost my mind, I forgot to ask someone to catch her."

"When I landed on the shore, I had the strength to remember it, but I would definitely not be able to catch it if I went to catch it, so I was afraid of catching the snake, so I could only pretend that I didn't see it at all, so I agreed with Su Xin first. Go change clothes. Just as mother said, let them make a plate of Su Xin first, Su Xin didn't see it anyway."

Li Shi's heart was really going cold now, but she still said: "So what? You are a girl from my Duke Ning's mansion, even if you break someone's secrets, you will be frightened."

Miss Wu let out a sigh of relief, "Mother, I'm afraid I'll cause you trouble, and I don't know whether to talk about it, so I dare not leave, so I have to wait for you and big sister to come over."

Both she and her mother knew that for such a birthday banquet, in such a daytime, in the backyard, it was really unimaginable for a man to appear masked.

Sheng Yanling understood after a little thought, and she said: "Today the prince and concubine are coming, and the Zhen Guo government will definitely investigate people strictly. But there are still people who mask their faces and enter..."

A thoughtful person will think of the prince when he thinks about it.Could this be to murder the prince?And at the very beginning, Princess Zhaohua fell into the water.Princess Chaohua is still the prince's daughter.

She took a deep breath, "Auntie, do you want to discuss this matter with the Duke of Zhen Guo?"

Li Shi nodded, "Naturally."

Then he said to Miss Wu: "You should tell the truth, or only tell Mrs. Zhen Guogong. If you don't talk about this matter openly, it will cause bad things."

Fifth girl nodded and took a deep breath, "Yes."

It's good to have a mother who has made up her mind.

Li Shi hugged her and sighed: "I'm sorry for you. You are not afraid now, but you will be afraid when you go back and think about it carefully. How dangerous it is! Good boy, don't worry, I will repay you after I go back. If you are sick, don't go out."

Sheng Yanling was terrified by these words, "Could someone come to take revenge on Fifth Sister?"

Li Shi: "Be careful."

After a few more instructions to the fifth girl, she took the two girls out.The servant girl outside has been waiting, not in a hurry, seeing them come out, said with a smile: "Mrs. Ning Guo, Miss Wu, Miss Sheng, Empress Crown Princess and our wife invite you to have a cup of calming tea."

Li Shi nodded, and the three of them followed the maid and walked forward.At this time, the outside is still lively and lively, and you can still hear the sound of singing on the stage, babbling, beating gongs and drums, so lively.

Following the sound of the drum, they walked around several rockeries, lake stones, and corridors and waterside pavilions with carved railings and painted buildings, and finally arrived at the main courtyard.The maid stood at the gate of the yard and refused to enter, so Li brought the two little ones in. As soon as she entered, she saw Mrs. Zhen Guogong standing outside the door to meet her. Li quickly smiled and said, "Madam, why are you so polite?" .”

Mrs. Zhen Guogong expressed gratitude, "If it wasn't for your family Xixi, the Seventeenth Niang would have come to pick her up in person."

Li Shi then said: "That's how it is."

But he said in a low voice: "But... this child is terrified."

Mrs. Zhen Guo's heart shuddered, "What?"

Li Shi: "It's said inside, it's said inside."

Inside the room, the Crown Princess was sitting outside, with Princess Chaohua lying beside her.

The little girl was apparently asleep.There was no one else in the room except them.Seeing Mrs. Li and others coming, the Crown Princess smiled and said in a low voice, "Ma'am, don't blame me, I really dare not take Zhao Hua out of my sight now."

Li expressed her understanding and asked, "Is Seventeenth Mother awake?"

Mrs. Zhen Guogong: "I haven't woken up yet. The doctor said that it will be night."

Mrs. Li sighed, and asked Miss Wu to tell what she saw—of course, she definitely wouldn’t talk about guessing that Seventeen Niang was cheating, so she just said: "At that time, my stomach hurt, so I took a short rest. I heard the call for help. The voice, and hurriedly led the maids over."

He talked about the masked man again.

"There are so many people just now, I dare not say it."

The princess' hands slowly curled up.

　Two more in one.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)