The Legend of the Loved One

Chapter 46

Not long after Hengwang Mansion moved back to Beijing, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-]th.

Too many things happened this year, three of the seven princes were deposed as common people, the atmosphere in the palace can be imagined.In order to ease the atmosphere, Xu Jinhe took the children to the palace to greet the emperor's grandparents early in the morning of the Mid-Autumn Festival.The children had a lively day, and they didn't come back with Heng Wang and his wife until after the reunion dinner in the evening. This year, all the people in the palace of the capital had gathered, and Chu Xue and Li Jiaoyun Xia Wanyin had the reunion dinner in the mansion together.

On the second day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xu Jinhe went back to her natal home.

As Hengwang's father-in-law's family, Peiguo's mansion is now more glorious than before. Xu Jilin, the Marquis of Pingnan who successfully assisted Hengwang in taking down the rebellion of the abolished prince, became the best candidate for everyone's eagerness to curry favor. The Duke's Mansion is even more lively.

When Xu Jinhe entered, there were still many Mid-Autumn Festival gifts from all over the past few days piled up in the yard. The scene was very shocking.

But the protagonist Xu Jilin has no time to pay attention to these.

The general situation in Beijing was certain, and his people began to investigate Chu Xue's life experience again.The confidants sent to Jinzhou a few days ago finally found some news, and found a very important person back—Chu Xue's nurse when she was young, Zheng.

It is said that because of Chu Xue's illness that year, the Chu family changed almost all the servants who were close to them, even the wet nurse Mrs. Chu found for Chu Xue from her natal family.Although the Chu family wanted to prevent the spread of the epidemic in the government, they dismissed dozens of servants at once. Is this step a bit exaggerated?

Most importantly, according to the nurse's recollection, they were sent out of the mansion in the summer nine years ago. At that time, it was not long after he went to Weizhou to get rid of Yue's family, which was even more unfortunate. Don't be suspicious...

To be on the safe side, Xu Jilin's confidant, Zhao Ji, simply brought the wet nurse to the capital to see if there was a chance for her to recognize Chu Xue face to face. some traces.If even the wet nurse couldn't recognize Chu Xue, then there would be a lot to it.

After Xu Jinhe finished paying her respects to her father, Duke Peiguo, her elder brother Xu Jilin had a secret talk with her.

Xu Jinhe was very surprised when he first heard his brother's speculation about Chu Xue's life experience.

She didn't know about the grievances between her elder brother and the Yue family, when the Yingyue murder happened, she had already followed Heng Wang to Yanzhou, so naturally she didn't know the inside story.So now when she knew about Xu Jilin's suspicion, she was inevitably shocked.But after nearly half an hour of close conversation between the two, her shock gradually dissipated, and she felt a bit relieved.

In the past year or so since Chu Xue entered the mansion, she has become more and more troublesome. This woman is beyond imagination. After leaving the capital, wouldn't it be even more difficult to deal with her?

Song Chen doted on Chu Xue so much that Xu Jinhe couldn't take any of her legitimate rights as a princess.Those accounts were kept in her heart, and after years of fermenting, she already hated her!
Now, when her elder brother told her this secret, she actually saw hope for a moment.

If Chu Xue is really the remnant of the Yue family, as the daughter of a criminal minister, and conceals her identity, Song Chen has absolutely no reason to spoil her anymore, besides, it is an important case supervised by the emperor and the emperor, if the Chu family really dares to deceive the king , then how can there be a chance of escaping the crime, he must be executed everywhere!

This is actually also in Xu Jilin's consideration. I heard that the Qin family and the Chu family rebuilt their old relationship a while ago, and the Chu and Qin families are both contributors to the success of the Hengwang. If Chu Lin hadn't impeached the prince, the prince would not have jumped the wall to rebel; if not Qin Yuan was aware of the change of Zeng Xin, the rebellious minister of the Jingwei Division in advance, and Hengwang would not take the initiative before the palace change.Hengwang has always been very good at employing people, and after ascending the throne, he will definitely employ two families.

And these two families have long hated him because of the Yue family's affairs.

If they join forces, he may not be able to deal with it himself, so if this breakthrough in Chu Xue's life experience can defeat the Chu family, he will definitely use it.

Xu Jilin told Xu Jinhe, "I heard that the emperor's health has been getting worse and worse recently, and I'm afraid he won't last long. He is the sole supervisor of the Yue family's case, so if you want to use the remnants of the Yue family to make a fuss, you must do so as soon as possible."

Xu Jinhe nodded, "I understand, brother, don't worry, if there is something suspicious, I will definitely act as soon as possible."

If we don't act early, with Song Chen's love for Chu Xue, he will definitely be granted a high position when he ascends the throne in the future, and then it will be difficult to clean up with her natal family behind her.

Not long after, Xu Jinhe met Zheng Shi, Chu Xue's wet nurse.

Mrs. Zheng has lived in her hometown in Jinzhou for many years. She usually lives at home with her husband and children, and her life is quite stable.In fact, she didn't want to come all the way to the capital, but Zhao Ji had no choice but to lure her with a lot of money. Her husband and son in her small place had never seen so much money.

With so much silver, the whole family would have to work for several lifetimes on that piece of Susukida to get it!

So the Zheng family was not asked to speak at all, and the Zheng family father and son agreed. Not to mention just going to the capital, they probably sold their wives and mothers willingly.

Mrs. Zheng is a woman with a simple mind. When she was raising Chu Xue, there was only Madam Chu in the family, so she never saw the so-called fight between wives and concubines, and she didn't understand these twists and turns.Seeing Xu Jinhe with a kind smile at this moment, she thought she was a kind mistress, so when Xu Jinhe asked about Chu Xue's childhood, she told everything she could remember.

While Xu Jinhe was listening, she still had a warm smile on her face, as if she really liked this woman who robbed her husband, and the old things that Zheng said flashed through her mind quickly, but it seemed Nothing suspicious was found.

Mrs. Zheng said a lot cheerfully, and after a long while, she said, "Our lady, when I was young, I liked the osmanthus sweet cake I made the most. When the osmanthus flowers bloom in the courtyard in autumn, I don't have to tell my servants to eat it myself. Go and pick a big handful and come back, and tell me to make it for her..."

Xu Jinhe's hand holding the teacup paused slightly, and Qiu Gui also turned her head and looked at her. After receiving her gaze, she interrupted Zheng's words, "You said, Mrs. Xue loved sweet cakes when she was a child? Did she really like sweets? ?”

Mrs. Zheng didn't even think about why the other party asked such a question, and nodded truthfully, "Yes! Our young lady loved sweets the most when she was a child. She used to be in poor health and couldn't do without soup all day long. How bitter is the soup, how can a child bear it? Come on, I often prepare some candied fruit or other sweet snacks for her, and make her some sweet cakes and sweet soup for a change whenever I have time. Every time there is a temple fair, the master and wife will not let her go out, but they will Ask people to bring her something new like candied haws, by the way, Miss, she likes candied haws the most..."

Xu Jinhe smiled in his heart, Chu Xue didn't like sweets, which was a fact known to the entire palace, and this alone was a big doubt.

Just as she was thinking about it, she heard Mrs. Zheng ask again, "It's been a long time since we saw our young lady. I wonder if she is in better health now? Does she still need to drink soup and medicine all day long?"

Ever since Chu Xue entered the mansion, she has rarely been seen to be sick, and her physique can't tell that she was weak when she was a child, otherwise, with Liao Zhong's secret methods, she can make her worry less.

Xu Jinhe said with a smile: "Sister Xue's health is much better, and she doesn't get sick easily."

"That's good." Mrs. Zheng nodded, and sighed: "I don't know if I can see Miss after so long."

"What's so difficult about this?" Xu Jinhe said lightly: "Since you have come to the capital and met this princess, it is not difficult to meet Sister Xue. This princess will return to the palace later, and I can take you with me."

"Really?" Zheng Shi was overjoyed.

Seeing Qiu Gui said angrily: "You old woman, how could our princess lie to you?"

"Yes, yes, the old man made a mistake..." Mrs. Zheng hurriedly apologized.This is the dignified Concubine Heng, the future Empress Empress. She was able to come and talk for so long today, but it was a blessing that she had cultivated in several lifetimes.

Xu Jinhe didn't care, and just said, "It's not good to go to see Sister Xue empty-handed. You go to the kitchen and make some sweets that Sister Xue loved when she was a child. When we meet, treat it as a gift! I haven't tasted it in so many years. She must have missed your handicraft very much!"

"Hey, good! The princess is still thoughtful! I'll go now."

Zheng shi sighed in her heart for the thoughtfulness of the princess, and walked to the kitchen on her heels.

Wantang Court.

Chu Xue is not in good spirits recently, and always feels tired. In the usual afternoon, half an hour of rest is enough, but in recent days, she often sleeps for two hours, and does not want to get up until dinner is almost ready.She felt that she must have been too worried a while ago to be so tired now, but Song Chen was also busy and often had to finish dinner before coming back, but now it was cold and comfortable to sleep, so she just wanted to sleep peacefully.

She had only slept for half an hour today when Dan Weiyuan sent someone over, saying that she was invited to drink tea.Yanling Ruyue listened to her orders and gave in to Danweiyuan as much as she could, even though she didn't want to disturb her, it woke her up.

When she heard that it was Xu Jinhe who passed her the message, her drowsiness disappeared immediately, and she went after finishing her makeup, taking Ruyue with her by the way.Since he was going to drink tea, with a sharp nose like Ruyue, he must be right.

Chu Xue was a little surprised by Xu Jinhe's summons, she knew that Xu Jinhe hated her, and she would rather pass on Li Jiaoyun than come to her for anything on weekdays, but today she asked herself to drink tea... Chu Xue suddenly became vigilant, and also Secretly told Ruyue a few words, Ruyue naturally understood and nodded.

It wasn't until she came to Danwei Garden that Xu Jinhe not only passed her on today, Li Jiaoyun and Xia Wanyin were also there, and even Xiao Songning came along.With children around, Xu Jinhe would never act too ugly, Chu Xue was a little relieved.

Seeing that everyone came together, Xu Jinhe smiled and said: "Today I went back to the Duke Pei's mansion and brought some persimmons that I picked from the farm a few days ago. It is the best season to eat persimmons, so I ask you all to try them. Let's The prince's mansion has just moved back, and we haven't had time to set up the farm, so the prince will be free later, so I'll mention it to him, it's better to have a farm to grow some fruits, vegetables and food by ourselves than to come from outside."

As he said that, he ordered someone to bring up the cut fruits, and the children and family members in the house tasted them, and they all nodded and smiled in praise.

After two quarters of an hour, seeing that the atmosphere in the room was relaxed, Xu Jinhe looked at Chu Xue specifically, and mentioned it seemingly unintentionally, "By the way, sister Xue, a few days ago, a new batch of servants entered the Peiguo Mansion. I happened to meet you back home, what a coincidence, one of them is your acquaintance!"

Chu Xue paused, her acquaintance...

However, before she was allowed to think about it, Xu Jinhe continued: "She hasn't seen you for many years, but she misses you very closely. I think she is quick in her hands and feet, and she is also diligent. I think there is just a shortage of elders in your yard." Yes, I brought her here, let her come out now, you see? Look at it for so many years, can you still recognize it?"

As she spoke, she looked at Qiugui, who nodded, and called out the door: "Lead people up."

Chu Xue's heart suddenly beat violently, she knew that Xu Jinhe was about to attack again, her acquaintance?Her acquaintance had been killed in Weizhou by Xu Jilin long ago, so how could she have any acquaintances?So what she's talking about now, could it be... that little cousin's someone?

She forced herself to remain calm and not show any strangeness, and even smiled and said, "That's really troublesome, Wangfei, I really don't know which acquaintance it is?"

Just as she was talking, she saw a middle-aged woman coming in from the door. She felt a little familiar for a moment, but before she remembered it, she heard Ruyue beside her scream in surprise.

"Mother Zheng!"

(End of this chapter)