first princess

Chapter 115: The Real Murderer (5)
Taking advantage of Zhuge Shu's trivial matter of sesame and mung beans, he flattered the old matriarch a lot, and the old matriarch smiled from ear to ear: "She is a very good girl, but she is getting older, and I am worried about what to do with her." What kind of husband's family is she looking for! It's far away, she can't come to serve me, and it's close, there is no suitable candidate for the time being."

Ping'er blushed, looked at Zhen Shi and said: "Second madam, you are not allowed to tease slaves! It is obvious that the second madam is worried about the marriage of the county king, so why did you bring it to slaves? The slaves don't want to marry, so they just wait for the day when they comb their hair Be a mother and stay with the old lady all the time!"

Everyone in the room laughed.

Only Zhuge Shu was not happy, she snorted and said, "What kind of marriage are you talking about? The second brother and Dong Jialin are like this, who dares to marry the second brother?"

When a basin of cold water was poured down, everyone's expressions changed, and Shui Linglong convinced her that she could always be on the most exciting occasion... One sentence condensed the atmosphere!
The old matriarch's reaction was somewhat unexpected by Shui Linglong, she took Shui Linglong's hand, and said in a coaxing tone: "Those servants talk bad, don't take it to heart, what they say about grandma is on your side."

That is to say, even if you really forced Dong Jialin to commit suicide twice, it's okay, I'm protecting you anyway.

Shui Linglong couldn't believe her ears. A daughter-in-law who had just passed through the door made such a big mess in her husband's house. Even if the old lady didn't reprimand her, she wouldn't blindly protect her...

The old matriarch just smiled and touched her belly: "Is there my great-grandson?"

Shui Linglong lowered her eyes shyly, and said in a voice so soft that it was almost inaudible: "I don't know, the little days will not come until the end of the month."

"Then let it not come!" The old lady snorted.

The people in the room laughed again. Seeing the old matriarch doting on Linglong so much, Mrs. Zhen became more determined in her determination to discuss marriage with King Anjun: "Ming'er is a bit out of line this time, and when Ming'er becomes Darling, I'll go to Yao's house again to beg girl Lin."

Leng Youru's eyelashes trembled, and she said lightly: "I see Miss Dong Jia has a strong personality, is she willing to commit herself to be a concubine?"

Zhen's smile is mysterious, and if you look closely, you will find a hint of complacency: "What does fame mean if love is better than Jin Jian?"

Shui Linglong noticed that Wang Hao's eyes trembled violently when she heard these words, but soon Wang Hao seemed to be okay again, and said lightly: "Is there a suitable candidate for the county princess in the eyes of the second younger sibling?"

Mrs. Zhen became interested in an instant: "I'm about to ask for your opinions. The fifth lady of Guo's family, the third lady of Suchenghou's mansion, and the second lady of Mr. Qin's family are all suitable ages and identities. I can't make up my mind."

"Lord Qin? Is there a daughter in the prime minister's mansion?" Leng Youru seemed very puzzled. As we all know, all the daughters of the prime minister's mansion died young, and the rest are all sons. That's why the old prime minister doted on Lingxi so much.

Mrs. Zhen shook her head, picked up a melon seed, and peeled it off with her nails: "Oh, from the Qinhuai family, don't you remember, sister-in-law Qinhuai? The eldest son of the old prime minister, he lived alone in the separate government in his early years."

Qin Huai was from the first wife, and now Qin Che and Qin Fangyi are from the continuation of the Cao family. The relationship between Qin Huai and the Cao family is not very good, so they lived alone in separate residences as soon as they got married.

Leng Youru sighed: "It seems that there is such a person. I haven't gone out for a long time, and I almost forgot all my relationships."

Shui Linglong just wanted to ask, how did you get the regular contraceptive pills if you don't go out for a walk?

Zhuge Xi rubbed his swollen belly, spat out the plum sugar in his mouth, and said lazily: "I don't care about others, but don't want Su to be the daughter of the Marquis's Mansion!" She didn't want to be relatives with the eldest princess!Miss Qiao's family, isn't she the eldest son-in-law's younger sister?
Zhen's face froze. In fact, she was most interested in the daughter of Su Chenghou's mansion. She had met Miss Qiao San before.But Zhuge Xi's attitude is so firm, the sister-in-law bows her head and doesn't see her looking up, it's not good to be too stiff...

Shui Linglong quickly smoothed things over: "Second Aunt is going to call someone to go to the woman's house to talk about a matchmaker?"

Zhen's slightly frowned brows stretched out: "Mrs. Wu of the Dingyuan Hou's Mansion, I heard that she was also the matchmaker for the marriage between you and Yu'er. I think her picky eyes are not bad. Walk around with her, compare the situation of several daughters before making a decision."

"This time... you have to be careful, don't make any mistakes." The tone was soft, as if the wind would blow away, and Leng Youru's expression was indifferent, like a Jade Guanyin standing in the hustle and bustle.

Suddenly, Shui Linglong noticed that everyone in the room, including Zhuge Xi, was stunned for a moment, as if these words had pierced their hearts.Is it possible that Prince An's wedding ceremony in Kashgar ended up being... screwed up?

In the afternoon, Leng Youru went to Putuo Temple to stay for a while, and it is said that she will return after seven days.

A few days later, the weather seems to be cooler.

In Mohe Courtyard, Liu Lu carried half a bucket of water and walked into the house. Her face was frighteningly pale, and her brows were full of sickness. She used to be able to walk like flying with a bucket of water, but now she could hardly walk with only half a bucket of water. move.

Suddenly, a bare hand snatched the wooden bucket from her, and she looked sideways, and saw Zhifan twisting the bucket expressionlessly and walking towards their room.

Liu Lu rubbed her belly, followed closely behind: "Stop! Give me the bucket! I'll carry it myself!"

Since the last quarrel, the two lived in the same room, neither looked up nor looked down, and did not speak a word.

Zhi Fan kept walking, went to the corridor, brought out a basin full of clothes from the room, poured the water from the bucket into it, knelt down and began to scrub Liu Lu's blood-stained trousers with soap locusts.

Liu Lu's face became unnatural: "Zhifan you... what are you doing? I can wash it myself! You... open it for me!"

Zhifan lowered his head, wiped the saponins, and continued rubbing: "I'm sorry."

Liu Lu was startled again, what did this little hoof tell her?sorry?
Zhifan washed Liulu's pants very seriously, and there was no trace of dislike on his plain face: "I didn't look at you that way. I was confused at the time, and I wanted to say something you didn't like to hear." But After going through so many things, she really understood Liu Lu's painstaking efforts.If Liu Lu hadn't reminded her, she would not have realized the reason why the young lady left her in the cold, and as a result, she would have been kicked out of the mansion just like Bizhu.The eldest lady's scheming is really deep, even the concubine's plot can escape, who else can please her?
Liu Lu's nose was a little sore, she didn't say whether she would accept Zhi Fan's apology, she just raised her head, and said nonchalantly, "I'm going to buy fabrics for the eldest lady later, I'll bring you something you want to eat."

Zhifan grinned, and this unattractive face immediately became a bit more spiritual: "Candied haws!"

"Pfft—look at how promising you are!" Liu Lu sneered at her, but a smile gradually appeared in her eyes.

Zhi Fan helped Liu Lu wash her clothes, Liu Lu had time to sleep in the room for a while, and when she woke up she looked much better, she took the pair of cards from Moheyuan and went to the cloth shop to buy the fabric Shui Linglong ordered, and stopped by Bringing strings of candied haws to Zhifan, Liu Lu walked into the inner courtyard holding some pieces of cloth, Hong Zhu was watering the peonies, when she saw Liu Lu, she greeted warmly: "You're back from buying cloth, is it hard work? "

Liu Lu raised a big smile: "Doing things for the master, what are you talking about? Is it hard or not? Don't make people feel that we are hypocritical as slaves!"

The corner of Hong Zhu's mouth twitched, in terms of appearance, she may not be inferior to Liu Lu, and she is a maid transferred by the princess, I really don't know where Liu Lu got the confidence to put on airs in front of her?

Liu Lu snorted softly, and without looking back, went into the bedroom that Hongzhu was not allowed to enter.

Shui Linglong is making winter clothes for Zhuge Yu. Zhuge Yu loves ink color very much. All satins have ink color bottom, either plain or with simple patterns, but he can always wear different temperaments.

Liu Lu put the satin on the table and said softly: "Miss, the slave has put down the satin, do you have any orders?"

Shui Linglong didn't look up, she only pointed to the steaming brown sugar water on the coffee table, and said casually, "Drink it, it can relieve abdominal pain."

Liu Lu froze on the spot, she doesn't often experience menstrual discomfort, this is the first time, Missy actually noticed it?She first thought of Zhifan, Zhifan must have told the eldest lady, but she quickly denied this idea, she could still guess one or two of Zhifan's thoughts, Zhifan didn't have the guts.In this way, it can only be the eldest lady's own meaning.

At this moment, Liu Lu's mood suddenly became complicated. To be honest, she really blamed the young lady for the matter of the young master. The young lady knew that the young master was a broken sleeve, but she didn't remind her a word or two. Make her eat up her mouth.Precisely because she has endured hardships, she doesn't want Zhifan to repeat the same mistakes, so she took the risk and plotted Bizhu to sound the alarm for Zhifan.Although, the effect at that time...was not good!
Thinking of this, she suddenly realized, she can now see clearly that she is proud of being deeply hurt at the beginning, if she hadn't been hurt, maybe her attitude is the same as Zhifan's before...

Liu Lu picked up the warm brown sugar water and drank it one mouthful at a time, tears streaming down drop by drop.In the end, she put the bowl back on the tea table, knelt down and kowtowed to Shui Linglong: "Thank you, Miss!"

Shui Linglong smiled faintly: "Okay, go and rest."

"Yes!" Liu Lu wiped away her tears, got up and walked out of the room. She looked up at the moonless and starless night sky, and suddenly felt...tonight's night is very good!
Shui Linglong is sewing the winter clothes in her hand very seriously. From the bottom of her heart, she is very grateful to Zhuge Yu. She neither looks down on her because she is a concubine, nor alienates her because of her occasional arrogant and indulgent temper. The most important thing is , except for intercourse, he resolutely refused to let her go, and he listened to her on any other big and small matters.Compared with the days when she was treated coldly in Pingnan Palace in her previous life, she is much more comfortable now.

"Miss!" Zhi Fan opened the curtain and came in, "I have a letter from you."

Shui Linglong put down her winter clothes, took the letter from Zhi Fan, her eyes lit up after reading it: "Prepare the car, I'll go out for a while."

Zhi Fan was slightly stunned: "Miss, it's almost time for dinner, won't you wait for the elder son? If the elder son comes back and finds that you are not there, he will definitely be angry. The master's possessiveness towards you cannot be overbearing. described."

Shui Linglong went to the round table, touched the satin bought by Liu Lu, and sighed quietly: "After all, the things bought by others are not as good as those I picked myself. Seeing that winter is coming, I will choose some satin for him to make clothes , he is too late to be happy, how can he be angry?"

Zhifan took out the pair of cards from Liu Lu, prepared two boxes of snacks for the road, and then walked out of Mohe Courtyard with Shui Linglong.

After buying the cloth, Shui Linglong asked the coachman to drive the carriage to a small courtyard on the outskirts of the city.

Shui Linglong didn't expect Guo Yan's efficiency to be so high. He only mentioned Jinshang Palace a few days ago, and today he has arrested all the people who should be arrested.

In the clean and tidy room, Jin Shanggong sat upright on a sandalwood carved phoenix chair with a haughty expression on his face, as if he was not aware of his situation.She was wearing a pea-green double-breasted dress, with intricate totems outlined with gold thread on the edges, which contrasted sharply with the color of the plain white high-waisted skirt inside, making her even more graceful and luxurious.

"Jin Chen." Shui Linglong called lightly.

Jin Shanggong slowly raised his eyes to look at the visitor, and said coldly: "Who are you? Why did you arrest me here?"

Shui Linglong sat down on the chair opposite her, poured herself a cup of tea, lowered her voice, and tried not to expose herself, even if she thought Jin Shanggong was smart, it was not difficult to guess who she was: " I just want to ask you a favor, you don't need to be so excited."

"Hmph!" Jin Shanggong snorted, eyes full of mockery.

Shui Linglong shook the teacup in her hand, said calmly, "Tell me, when did you start serving Xun Feng?"

Jin Shanggong showed a look of incomparable surprise: "You...what are you talking about?" Turning his face away, he concealed the fluster that was not difficult to detect.

Shui Linglong hooked the corners of her lips, and said in a cold tone: "It is said that courtesy comes first, so if you tell me some useful news and do something for me, I will give you double the chips that Xun Feng offered you. As the so-called wealth and wealth are in danger, if you don't really tell your old man to return to your hometown, it means that you have greed. Xun Feng is no longer the son of the royal family. You really don't need to put your wealth and life on his thief boat, good bird You still choose a tree to live in, Jinshang Palace, you should be able to make the right choice!"

Jin Shanggong was unmoved!
Shui Linglong's eyes sharpened: "Aren't you being honest? I'm not very patient. If you don't want to say it, I can only force you to say it!" After speaking, she stood up and walked out of the room slowly.

Soon, two men in black came in pushing a torture cart, which was filled with all kinds of clamps, hooks, knives, awls, iron plates and long needles.

Jin Shanggong looked at these instruments of torture that she had used countless times before, and smiled coldly: "You want to do anything to me with just these little tricks? All right, if I make a sound, I won't be called Jin Chen!"

Shui Linglong leaned against the porch and smiled lightly: "Who said they were used to deal with you?" Jin Shanggong has been struggling in the palace for decades, what kind of punishment has he never experienced?If she can't even stand these things, how can she climb to the position of the first Shanggong?Hitting a snake and hitting seven inches, Jin Shanggong also has her own weaknesses.In order to find this weakness, Guo Yan took great pains.

Jin Shanggong's eyes condensed: "What are you going to do?"

Shui Linglong made a gesture, and two men in black escorted a bony blind old man into Jin Shanggong's line of sight. Jin Shanggong's eyes suddenly widened: "Father!"

The old man looked to be in his seventies, he was blind, and his ears were not working well, as if he heard someone calling him, but he was not sure!He pricked up his ears, and asked in a voice that he thought was very small and practical: "Who is it? Who is there? Didn't you say you brought me to Jin Chen? Who is it?"

Jin Shanggong's chest began to heave violently, his breathing became disordered, and his voice trembled as if he had just climbed out of the icy purgatory: "Father! It's me! I'm Jin Chen!"

The old man heard it this time, someone called him dad!The old man leaned on crutches and was about to walk towards the source of the sound. At this moment, Shui Linglong snapped her fingers, and the two men in black quickly grabbed the old man and pressed him on the chair. The old man got angry and swung his cane Beating around: "What are you doing? I'm not old! I can walk!"

Shui Linglong walked up to the old man, and the man in black grabbed the old man's waving hand. Shui Linglong leaned over and said loudly next to his ear: "Jin Chen is talking about business with me, she wants to make money for your retirement! You first How about resting in the side room for a while, and talking to you nicely after Jin Chen finishes his work?"

The old man understood, and his excitement gradually calmed down: "Oh, that's right, Jin Chen is busy, I understand! Good! I've been waiting for so many days, it doesn't matter if I wait a little longer! This nobleman What's your name, thank you for supporting my Jin Chen, and when I offer incense to my ancestors, I will ask them to bless you too!"

Shui Linglong smiled and looked at Jin Shanggong. She was wearing a bamboo hat and Jin Shanggong couldn't see her expression clearly, but the creepy laughter still made Jin Shanggong shudder uncontrollably: "Hehe...it's not me helping Jin Chen , it was Jin Chen who helped me! Go and rest first, we will finish talking soon!"

The old man smiled and followed the man in black into the side room behind the gauze cabinet. Behind the old man, the torture vehicle was also pushed in.

The moment the door closed, Jin Shanggong's eyes turned red with excitement: "Stop! You beast! You don't even let innocent old people go! Who are you?"

Shui Linglong ignored her, the sound of the iron chain shaking came from inside, like the last straw that bent the camel's back, Jin Shanggong almost roared: "I say! I will tell you anything you want to know! Whatever I do, I promise you! Let my father go... I will obey you..."

(End of this chapter)