she has golden eyes

Chapter 32 Appearance
Luoyang in early autumn is as beautiful as a golden scroll painting slowly unfolding beside Luoshui.

There is an endless stream of horses and chariots going out of the city for an autumn outing, and there are handsome men and women everywhere on the banks of the Luoshui River.

Every day when Mei Xue got up, she went to see Ping An, played with him for a while, and then went to visit Li Jinzhi in the front yard after breakfast.

Since the news of Li Jinzhi's serious illness spread again, coupled with Song Zhijie and Liang Guanshi's repeated evasion and crying, gradually fewer people came to visit Li Jinzhi.

Even Xiao Yan was very cooperative and stopped coming to the palace.

On the other side of the palace, Emperor Mingde and the Empress sent people to bring medicinal materials and supplements.

Sufficient rest, daily medicated baths and acupuncture made Li Jinzhi's body gradually improve.

He even started taking daily walks in the garden, taking longer and longer distances.

On this day, Qiuyang was just right, and Mei Xue was going back to the inner courtyard after giving Li Jinzhi acupuncture. Li Jinzhi smiled and asked her:
"The chrysanthemums in the garden are blooming just right these few days. I wonder if Miss Mei would like to take a look?"

Li Jinzhi was bowing his head to fasten his clothes. When he was talking, he raised his head and looked at Mei Xue with a smile.

Mei Xue froze for a moment, but quickly nodded. She knew that Li Jinzhi must have something to say to her.

The Qiao family has sent people to the palace to deliver several posts, hoping to see the eldest daughter of the Qiao family.

Guanshi Liang gave the same answer: there is no girl surnamed Qiao in the palace.

This is what Mei Xue told him.

Mei Xue knew that Li Jinzhi definitely wanted to talk to her about this matter.

The autumn sun in the evening illuminates the garden in orange, warm and quiet.

Mei Xue walked slowly with Li Jinzhi, while Peng Liang and Jiu'er followed far behind.

Li Jinzhi was a head taller than Mei Xue, and he walked beside him with his hands behind his back. With a slight glance in his lowered eyes, he could see Mei Xue's curved eyelashes and the tip of her white nose.

"Qiao Yanshi is a smart person. Preemptive strikes will not achieve her goal. She should change her strategy soon."

Li Jinzhi said with a light smile.

Mei Xue nodded, but still did not speak.

Just sending a post, Yan Shi is already digging holes for her.

As long as Fan Wangfu let go of his mouth at this time, it is tantamount to admitting Mei Xue's true identity.

Let's just wait and see what Yan's tricks are.

After walking for a while, the two sat down to drink tea in the pavilion. Li Jinzhi looked at Mei Xue with a smile and said:
"I have a suggestion for Miss Mei's reference.

Although people's words are scary, if some words are only spread in a certain circle, the lethality is actually limited. "

The Yan family has been operating in the capital for many years, and Qiao Yan's family has a good reputation outside. Just relying on some rumors in the upper circles, it really can't move the muscles of Yan Qiao and his family.

This is why the Yan family still dares to compete with Mei Xue in the matter of famous posts.

Mei Xue put down the teacup in her hand and directly asked Li Jinzhi what suggestions she had.

Li Jinzhi smiled and said:
"There are quite a lot of people visiting the Luoshui River this season. Many teahouses and wine shops go there to attract customers. They even ran over with almost all the storytellers in Luoyang."

Having said that, Li Jinzhi stopped talking, and just looked at Mei Xue with a slight smile.

Mei Xue understood what Li Jinzhi meant in an instant, but she couldn't help but curl her lips.

It turned out that someone as gentle and elegant as Li Jinzhi would have such a narrow side.

But Mei Xue also knew that this method, in Li Jinzhi's experience, could only be regarded as a trivial matter like a joke.

Sure enough, after persisting for a few days, Qiao's mansion sent a name sticker, and the person who asked to see her was Mei Xue.

Manager Liang was quick to do things, and in the evening he called Mei Xue back to say that everything had been arranged.Mei Xue called Mei Gang to the flower hall again, and instructed her carefully.

Luoshui Taotao, autumn wind brings coolness.

In the huge hall, almost all the storytellers in Luoyang gathered together.

But these colleagues who are familiar with each other on weekdays dare not say a word now.The room was so quiet that everyone pricked up their ears and stretched their necks to listen to the movement next door.

They have always told stories to others, but now someone pays a lot of money to invite them to listen to the story, which is really strange.

Mei Xue still wore her usual plain dress, and even the hairpin that tied her hair was still the original color wooden hairpin.

But standing with her back to the window, the girl in green clothes and blue shoes had a condensed expression that made people's attention unstoppable.

Yan Shi and her daughter Qiao Anran walked in behind Qiao Juncheng.

The moment Qiao Juncheng saw Mei Xue, he stopped abruptly.What the wife said was right, the female doctor in front of the Shu Palace must be his daughter, Qiao Anyi.

She looks so much like his first wife, Mei Shi, except for the coldness between her brows and eyes, she is almost exactly the same as Mei Shi.

He had been looking for her for many years, and his wife and father-in-law's family also helped to find her everywhere. He thought she was long gone.

When his mother, Qiao Yao, died of illness and refused to see him until his death, his guilt reached the extreme. From then on, he began to hide from the world, spending most of the year in the Taoist temple.

He couldn't even be in the same room with his wife anymore. He always saw the eyes of his wife's death. It was his mother's avoidance of seeing him when she passed away. She didn't even want to let her tablet enter the ancestral hall of Qiao's family. .

Now, the daughter he had been looking forward to day and night finally stood in front of him, but she just looked at him indifferently, as if looking at a stranger.

In her eyes, there was neither sadness nor joy, nor resentment nor hatred.

Some just ignore it.

Qiao Anran stood behind Yan's side, she looked at Mei Xue cautiously, the pitiful expression on her face was like a frightened little white rabbit.

A light breeze came in through the window, and Qiao Anran's snow-white dress floated gently like flowing water, as quiet and beautiful as a painting.

Yan Shi was already in tears, and said in a mournful voice:

"Yi'er, do you still remember me? When you were young, you liked to let me hold you and play with you. The rose shortcake I made was also your favorite."

As she spoke, Yan wiped her tears with a handkerchief and walked towards Mei Xue.

Mei Xue suddenly smiled softly, looked at Yan Shi and said:
"Madam Qiao is confused, right? The Yi'er you are talking about should refer to Qiao Anyi, the eldest daughter of the Qiao family, right?
But it's a pity, ten years ago, Miss Qiao was killed by the Jinsha River together with my father and brother.

Some of those killers are now locked in Habayashiwei's cell. If the wife wants to seek justice for her daughter, she might as well go there and ask.

And my name is Mei Xue, and the only connection between me and the Qiao family is that my aunt was once the nanny of Qiao Mei, the mistress of the Qiao family.

However, it is said that she was ordered by Madam you to have her legs broken and thrown on Zhuangzi and locked her up. I wonder if she is still alive? "

After saying these words, Qiao Anran's face was ashen, and Qiao Juncheng staggered and almost fell to the ground.

He couldn't believe everything his daughter said, or he had always been repelling thinking about it.

But Mei Xue's expression remained unchanged, even the slight sneer on her face did not change a bit.

Yan's eyes widened in surprise, she shook her head repeatedly and cried:
"Yi'er, you must have been lied to. Have you forgotten what happened before? That Nanny Mei, she has already returned to her hometown to take care of herself, so there is no such thing as a broken leg!"

After all, she still underestimated the enemy, she thought that Mei Xue was just a little girl who hadn't reached her age, and she grew up in a remote village, so how could she have the courage?
But relying on a bit of good looks to catch the eyes of the Prince of Shu.

When he came to a place like the capital where rich and powerful people gathered, he had to think about what to say in front of his biological father and aunt.

How did she expect Mei Xue to speak so sharply, no, it should be said that her tongue was like a knife, every sentence was wiped on her neck.

Although there is no conclusive evidence, but it is so ambiguous, it is more suspicious to say it, isn't it?
Mei Xue laughed again, looked into Yan's eyes and said jokingly:

"Madam Qiao, are you joking? Before I arrived in Luoyang, I sent someone to my hometown in Qiantang to look for my aunt, but the villagers said she never went back.

You said, is my aunt still in Luoyang, but she has been afraid to show her face because she is afraid of being silenced? "

As Mei Xue was talking, she slowly stepped forward and approached Yan Shi, staring into her eyes and chuckling softly:
"Mrs. Qiao, if I am lucky enough to find my aunt in the future, I will take her to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to beat the grievance drum for Miss Qiao, my father, and my brother. In addition to the witnesses in Habayashiwei's cell who have signed and pledged, what do you think the result will be?" What will happen?"

Qiao Anran was already on the verge of collapse. Hearing what Mei Xue said, she seemed to have seen the scene where Qiao Yan's family was cast aside by thousands of people in Luoyang, and the scene where the Marquis of Wu'an approached him to withdraw his marriage.

No, she was born to be a noble first daughter, the favorite granddaughter of Mr. Ge, and she is going to marry into the Hou's mansion to be the concubine.

Therefore, even if she died, she had to keep her reputation.

The deep fear made Qiao Anran forget all the words that Yan Shi had repeatedly told her these days, she threw herself in front of Mei Xue and knelt down, grabbed Mei Xue's hand tightly and cried and begged:
"Big sister, I really don't blame my mother for these things, my uncle ordered people to do them in private, and my mother really doesn't know anything.

Mother and father have been looking for you all these years. Come home with us. You are still the eldest daughter of the Qiao family. I will let you do everything, okay?

As for the Mei family, they are just servants, they are not worthy of your sacrifice, my mother and I will definitely reward that Nanny Mei heavily, and let her spend the rest of her life in luxury. "

(End of this chapter)