The Road of the Concubine's First Wife

Chapter 114

Qiao Shaotang stayed up all night last night, thinking of his upcoming marriage with Ye Duanyi, he couldn't fall asleep.He knew that Ye Duanyi was a nice girl, but he couldn't convince himself to accept her.Although he and Ye Duanyi are close friends, they are very surprised in terms of temperament and mutual preferences.Qiao Shaotang sighed. The woman he likes should be gentle and graceful, but why does Ye Duanyi have a bold and unruly temperament?
Shaking his head slightly, he walked to the lake again. Although this was the lake in the back garden of the Lin family, for some reason, every time he walked to the lake, he would think of Yuzhi who drowned.Although Yuzhi is a maid, she is an excellent woman, gentle and virtuous, she is sincere to everyone in the family, and no one dislikes her.Even his wife, who has always been very picky, agreed with him to let Yuzhi be his maid and let her be his wife.

However, she still didn't wait.

Qiao Shaotang sighed, the same scene will inevitably make people emotional.But he saw pieces of green floating down from the upper reaches, and some poems were written on them with a brush. He felt curious, so he picked up one of them and observed it carefully.

The leaves are still turquoise, so someone must have folded them off on purpose.It is the flowers and leaves of the Begonia flower. If I remember correctly, the Begonia flower is Yuzhi's favorite flower, but the Begonia flower blooms in midsummer, and it is not early summer yet, so the Begonia flower only has some leaves.

"The old man bids farewell to the water at night. I don't know if today will be good." There is a short poem written on the flower leaves of Begonia. Sincerely.

So she hurried up a few steps, she wanted to know who wrote these words, and what was her purpose?

Suddenly he stopped, and he could vaguely see a person holding a light green crabapple leaf in his hand. Because of the distance, he couldn't see that face clearly, but there was a sense of familiarity in every gesture.

Yuzhi, is that you?

Qiao Shaotang was startled. Although his reason told him that Yuzhi had left this world forever, his body was still uncontrollable. He had already walked to the woman's side and gently embraced her into his arms.

"Yuzhi, don't leave me again." Qiao Shaotang said to himself, but he didn't know how much love there was in these words.He knew that he might not like Yuzhi too much, but he must be used to her being by his side, he could not say a word, and then she could fully understand all the thoughts in his heart.

But, that person will never be found.

"Young master, this servant is not Yuzhi." The woman gently pushed Qiao Shaotang away, and stepped back, with a panicked expression on her face, but there was some cunning hidden in such panic, but Qiao Shaotang didn't notice it.

"Raise your head up." Qiao Shaotang sighed, as expected he was naive, the person who came here couldn't be Yuzhi.

Qinglian nodded, and raised her head. She put on a light makeup today, and she also brought a hairpin. The style of this hairpin is almost exactly the same as Yuzhi's before.

She knew that she might be crazy, but she also had her reasons for doing so.Pearl was right before, they are servants now, and they will still be servants in the future, even if they follow a favored master and show off their might, they are still servants, and there is no way to become the master of Qiao Mansion.She was not reconciled, so she wanted to get close to Qiao Shaotang, to see if she could change her fate.

Of course, she would not be as stupid as Pearl, thinking of naked seduction.She has her own methods and methods, and she believes that she will be able to make Qiao Shaotang fall under her pomegranate skirt.Knowing that Qiao Shaotang is a person who pays great attention to feelings, she will start from this angle and take advantage of the residual feelings he still has for Yuzhi to sneak in.

"You are?" Qiao Shaotang felt that the maid in front of her was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember who she was, so he frowned, "I think we should have met, but I really can't remember, so I can introduce myself ?"

Although Qiao Shaotang is the young master of the Qiao family, he doesn't have the slightest airs when getting along with the servants, which is why he likes Qinglian.And Qinglian knew that once Qiao Shaotang fell in love with her according to Qiao Shaotang's personality, she would never give up.It won't be like Qiao Shaolian's crossing the river and demolishing the pearl.

"Reporting to Eldest Young Master, slave girl Qinglian, used to be the second-class maid beside Eldest Miss. After Eldest Miss entered the palace, I was assigned to Sixth Miss's room. There are so many maidservants in the house, Eldest Young Master can't remember Qinglian, It's also very normal." Qinglian lowered her head, trying to put on an innocent and harmless appearance, restraining all her intelligence and edges.

Qiao Shaotang nodded, he still had some impression of Qinglian. "I heard from Hongxiu in Jiumei's room that you are her best friend. You have helped Jiumei in many places and saved her from a lot of trouble."

Qinglian nodded, but complained to Hongxiu in her heart, she really is a stupid woman with no intentions, can she say these words casually to others?If this word reaches Miss Six's ears, she will have to explain it to Qiao Liuxiu again.No wonder Qiao Liuxiu didn't trust herself, because there were always people here who stabbed her.But in front of Qiao Shaotang, she still had a smile on her face, "Really? Because before the eldest sister entered the palace, she told me to help Miss Jiu more. I am the maid of the eldest lady, so naturally I have to do my best to help her." The master has served."

Every word of Qinglian is very careful, wanting to leave the best first impression on Qiao Shaotang.As long as this first impression is good, the following things will be much more convenient.

"By the way, I haven't asked you what you're doing yet. Why do you write poems with crabapple leaves and then go down the water?" Qiao Shaotang handed the crabapple petals she picked up to Qinglian, and Qinglian sighed softly "Young master, I don't know whether I should say something or not. Today is sister Yuzhi's birthday. Usually, she will go with me and Hongxiu to find some crabapple flowers and leaves, and then write poems and bury them." In the soil, it is said that this way the earth can hide our secrets. But this year I am afraid it will not work. I think that sister Yuzhi went in the water after all, so let it flow down the water, maybe she I can still see it."

Qinglian took a deep breath, her eyes were slightly red, and she put the leaf back into the water.

Qiao Shaotang also let out a sigh of relief, he even forgot that today is Yuzhi's birthday.Maybe he never remembered what day it was.Although Yuzhi has been with him for many years, he still doesn't know much about Yuzhi.But Yuzhi knew everything about him.

"Qinglian, Yuzhi will see it." Qiao Shaotang comforted.Qinglian nodded, the expression on her face remained the same, "I know my wife forbids us to mention Yuzhi again, but I always think of her inadvertently. Sister Yuzhi is really a very good, very good woman." She helped me a lot. It's just that good people don't live long, so she just went there."

Qiao Shaotang also sighed. Everyone in the Qiao family knew that Yuzhi was a good person. He really wanted to know who harmed Yuzhi. Still died in the lake, all of this is too strange.

"Young master, there is something I don't know whether to say or not to say." Qinglian let out a sigh, "As far as I know, Miss Jiu is investigating the cause of Yuzhi's death, and she said that she must find the murderer and let Yuzhi's sister Rest in peace under the spring."

Qiao Shaotang nodded, this is indeed Qiao Jiuxiu's character. "Qinglian, what's the problem?"

"It's a big problem." Qinglian looked at Qiao Shaotang seriously, "Young master, you know that my wife has clearly stated that Yuzhi's matter should not be investigated any more. But Miss Jiu still wants to go against my wife's wishes. Although the current investigation It’s still very low-key, and not many people know about it. But I’m worried that my wife will know about it sooner or later. Then there will be another punishment. My wife doesn’t like Miss Jiu in the first place, and I will definitely punish her severely when the time comes.”

Qiao Shaotang nodded, that's true.The matter of Yuzhi is a foregone conclusion, and it's not worth asking Qiao Jiuxiu to go through this muddy water.Even if he really wanted to know the truth, he should be the one to investigate. His wife is his biological mother, and everyone said that a tiger's poison does not eat its offspring. Even if it is discovered, the wife will not punish her too much. "Qinglian, go tell Jiumei that she should not interfere with this matter. Just leave it to me. Believe me, I also want to know who killed Yuzhi."

"But..." Qinglian's expression was still a bit perplexed, "Yesterday, I had persuaded Miss Jiu, but she was unwilling to change her mind at all. Miss Jiu's temper must be well known to the Eldest Young Master. She Although on the surface she is gentle and submissive, but she will never change what she believes in. I am afraid that it will be useless for Qinglian to say these things, so I should leave it to you, young master."

Qiao Shaotang nodded, yes, according to Qiao Jiuxiu's temperament, let's say these words by himself.

"So do you have any clues now?" Qiao Shaotang had done some investigations before, but he didn't have any clues, thinking that Qiao Jiuxiu was a little clever, maybe he could find some clues that he didn't.

Qinglian bit her lip, "I can't say that we found any clues. We only know that Yuzhi and Hongyu lived in the same room, so we wondered what Hongyu should know, such as why Yuzhi went to the lake that day. But we are not familiar with Hongyu, so we don't know if she is willing to tell me."

Qiao Shaotang nodded, Hongyu did live with Yuzhi, but Hongyu was closed-minded and didn't like to talk to others, only when you had something to ask her, she would reluctantly speak a few words, and then continued silence.But Hongyu has been with her for seven or eight years, so she should still tell herself some things.

"Leave this matter to me. I will try to get Hongyu to speak up." Qiao Shaotang nodded.

"Then trouble the young master. But be careful that it's best to insinuate, it's too obvious, and I'm afraid I won't be able to get anything out of it." Qinglian reminded carefully from the side.Qiao Shaotang nodded, thinking that Qinglian was a very smart maid.

(End of this chapter)