Return of Jin Yi

Chapter 123
Hearing what the man said, Chu Ci sneered in his heart, but his face did not change. He only looked at Zhejin beside him, and asked indifferently, "I remember that the current Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment seems to be surnamed Fang, isn't it Xue?"

Zhejin heard the subtext of her own girl, and immediately bowed, her voice was not loud, but everyone in the hall could hear it clearly, and said, "Miss remembers well, the current Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment is Master Fang Laifang, Xue The Shangshu belongs to the Ministry of Works, so naturally, we can’t listen to his family’s opinion on the case, if he said he smashed the store, he smashed the store..."

"Oh—" Chu Ci elongated his voice and glanced at the man again.Suddenly he frowned, and said again, "Or, the news between me and my maidservant is too late, and your lord has changed to be Minister of the Ministry of Punishment?"

Hearing Chuci and Zhejin sing together, the man's face turned white and red, red and black, which can be described as colorful.After a long time, he said in embarrassment, "My lord has not changed his post!"

"That being the case, in this case, we must either report it to the police, or let me see the victim, and I will be convinced if I lose... Do you have any objections?"

The man almost gritted his silver teeth, but he had to compromise, saying, "No."

"In that case, let's lead the way!" As she spoke, she winked at Zhejin again, and Zhejin understood, and stepped forward to untie the acupoints of the man and his followers.

The man's acupoints were unlocked, and his whole body was relaxed.

He looked up at Chu Ci again, and was about to ask Chu Ci to go with him.

But Chu Ci didn't read what he meant, but looked at the shopkeeper Li again, and told him, "Make a list of the things that Xue Shangshu's mansion smashed over here, and you understand it, so you can claim compensation in the future!"

Shopkeeper Li naturally responded repeatedly when he heard what his master said.

Chuci settled the loss in the shop, then looked at the crowd in the hall, and said, "If you are not busy, follow me to Xue Shangshu's mansion to be a witness, so that someone will destroy my wishful workshop for no reason in the future. reputation!"

Those customers who happened to be in the store also wanted to know what happened today?

Originally, they were still in twos and threes, whispering suspiciously.

Now hearing Chuci's generous invitation to them, they were all overjoyed, and agreed without saying a word, and wanted to go to Shangshufu with her to be a witness to this matter.

The housekeeper of Xue Shangshu's mansion didn't expect Chu Ci to bring so many people there, and his face turned livid.

It's already painful enough for the young lady to be disfigured, but if so many people watch her now, wouldn't that kill her?

Thinking of this, he looked at Chu Ci with more complaints.

But Chuci seemed to have seen through his thoughts, cleared his throat, and said, "Of course, these customers are not for nothing to witness, if your eldest lady ruined her face because of Ruyifang, then I will Take this responsibility, help her heal, and restore her a more beautiful face... What does the housekeeper think?"

Steward Xue's House: "..."

Her proposal is too tempting, even her master can't refuse, let alone him as a servant!

He could only nod his head, and Chu Ci led a group of people to Xue's mansion in a mighty way.

Of course, when Chu Ci left, he did not forget to tell shopkeeper Li to take good care of Wei Bing and come to pick him up when she finished her work.

Shopkeeper Li believed in his master unprincipled, so he naturally agreed in a good voice.

On the other hand, because the customers who come to Ruyifang are either rich or expensive, they all have their own carriages.

This led them to the Xue Mansion, which didn't take too long.

It arrived in less than half an hour.

The housekeeper settled everyone in the outer courtyard, and then went to report to his master.

At this moment, Xue Shangshu is staying at the Fengling residence of his only daughter.

Hearing Steward Xue's return suddenly, he glanced at his daughter who had fainted again, and walked out angrily!
Sitting in the flower hall, I looked at Steward Xue and asked, "How is it? Has Ruyifang been smashed?"

Hearing his master's questioning, Butler Xue didn't dare to answer his question right away, but knelt down with a puff, cupped his hands and said, "Reply, Master, when I took someone to smash the store, the concubine happened to be in Ruyifang ,so……"

"So the store didn't break down, so you just came back?" Xue Shangshu yelled at Steward Xue with a sullen look on his face.

Steward Xue sensed that his master was about to be furious, so he hurriedly told Chu Ci's remarks, as well as her promise,
After Xue Shangshu finished listening, he held back his anger and calmed down slowly.

That's right, he was also confused by anger, and even forgot that the eldest concubine of the Nanjun Prince's Mansion had superb medical skills.

If she is willing to make a move, then Ling'er's face is not hopeless!

Thinking like this, he stood up from the grand teacher's chair without thinking, and then looked anxiously at Xue Guanjia and said, "Since that's the case, why don't you hurry up and invite Shi Zifei to come in..."

"Yes, yes, master!" Steward Xue responded, hurriedly got up from the ground, and ran outside again.

In the outer courtyard, Chu Ci didn't mean to be in a hurry. He was chatting with a few customers in a leisurely manner, and unconsciously, he gave himself another wave of help.

By the time Steward Xue arrived, the atmosphere in their hall was already so harmonious that it was unbelievable.

Of course Steward Xue didn't miss the smiles on those people's faces, but now it was a tense moment, and he didn't have the heart to pay attention to them, so he walked up to Chu Ci in three steps at a time, knelt down on one knee and said, "The slave has seen the world." Concubine, our master invites you to Fengling Residence..."

"Lead the way!" Chu Ci didn't say much, she stood up, straightened her cuffs, and took Zhejin and the others to Fengling Residence where Xue Ling lived.

Fengling Residence is an elegant attic with a southern style.

Although the place is not big, there is no shortage of rockery ponds and small bridge gardens. Anyone can see Xue Shangshu's love for this only daughter.

Even people like Chu Ci who have seen the world are a little amazed.

What's more, the wives and ladies who were born in business behind her were even more shocked.

Before I knew it, I arrived at the flower hall.

Xue Shangshu didn't feel displeased when he saw a crowd of people coming in.

He knew that these were the people Chu Ci had invited to be witnesses.

He didn't reject it in his heart, because he knew that these people were not only the witnesses of Ruyifang, but also the witnesses of their Xue family.

With them here, as long as it proves that it is not the problem of the Xue family, then Chuci's promise to treat her daughter's face must be fulfilled.

"Elder Concubine!"

"Xue Shangshu!"

Before and after they approached, the two greeted each other.

After seeing the ceremony, Xue Shangshu opened his mouth first, bowed and looked at Chu Ci on the opposite side, and said, "Shizifei, my daughter is inside, and she is in a coma now. I don't know if you are going in to see her face, or if the officials let her be taken away." Move out?"

Hearing Cui Shangshu's question, Chu Ci couldn't help but look at him more.

The man in front of him was about thirty years old, his facial features could not be described as plump and handsome, but he had a square charm.

At this moment, perhaps because of the anxious daughter on the hospital bed, the temples of such a young man have already grown a bit of snow...

She looked at it coldly and couldn't help but sighed.

Thinking of the fatherly heart of the man in front of him, he finally let go and said, "I'll go in!"

After speaking, he walked straight in.

Zhejin carried the medicine box from the carriage and followed behind her.

In the inner room, as soon as he turned the screen, Chu Ci saw Xue Ling's face riddled with holes on the bed at a glance.

With just one glance, she judged that the girl's face wasn't allergic, nor was it rotten from using inferior skin care products, but rather it seemed to be bit by bit by something tiny.

Thinking of this, her face suddenly became serious, and then she ordered Zhejin behind her in a cold voice, "Give me the gloves, and the fire!"

"Yes, girl!" Zhejin agreed, and neatly placed the medicine box on the table, opened it, and gave her the things Chu Ci needed.

Chu Ci put on the gloves first, making sure that nothing would get on his hands, and then carefully looked at Xue Ling's face on the bed...

I saw that more than half of this face was red, swollen and festered, especially the two cheeks, which were bulging high and frightening...the eyelids and under the nose were also a little red and swollen.

In particular, during the time she was checking, the condition of her eyelids became a little more serious.

This made Chu Ci's heart suddenly lift up.

She was stunned, and without raising her head, she stretched out a hand towards Zhejin, and said, "All the fire!"

Zhejin heard the words, and immediately handed the things to her.

Chu Ci took this high-magnification magnifying glass that she personally ground out of crystal, and carefully looked at the girl's face again.

After reading it, the whole face sank.

Seeing this scene, Xue Shangshu, who had been standing by the side, immediately stepped forward and asked cautiously, "Concubine Shizi, how is it? Can my daughter's face be healed?"

Chu Ci heard Xue Shangshu's question, but did not speak immediately.

Instead, he stood up, took off the gloves first, and then ordered Zhejin, "Hold it with chopsticks, and burn it. Remember, you have to watch it yourself, and it must be completely burned!"

Zhe Jin didn't expect Chu Ci to order her like this, and his face changed suddenly.

But Chu Ci didn't mean to explain to her, he just urged another lightly, "Go quickly, don't touch it with your hands, it must be burned thoroughly!"

Only then did Zhejin take out a pair of jade chopsticks from the medicine box, then gripped the gloves, turned around, took the fire folder from the medicine box, and walked out.

Xue Shangshu watched Zhejin leave, and his aura became even more gloomy.

Looking at Chu Ci, he became even more nervous, "Shi Zifei..."

"If I'm not mistaken, Xue Shangshu should love his daughter very much, right?" Chu Ci turned to look at Xue Ling on the bed, and talked about him from left to right.

Xue Shangshu nodded seriously, with a bit of pain and a bit of tears, "The concubine Shizi is right, Ling'er...she is my life!"

"Back then, my family was poor. I was a poor scholar who lived in her grandfather's house. I was with her mother's childhood sweetheart, but because I didn't have much money, I couldn't tell my sincerity, let alone propose marriage."

"But her mother was clever enough to understand my thoughts. She told me to study hard and not think about anything else. She would marry me whenever I was named on the gold list..."

"Later, Ling'er's maternal grandfather's family pressed her hard, so her mother simply shaved her own hair and went to a nunnery near her home to become a monk."

"And I, from then on, secretly swear, I must be named on the gold list, and I must be worthy of her mother's love for me!"

"I'm ashamed to say it. Although I had my head hanging on the beam and my buttocks, I tried my best to study hard, but I was only 27 years old before I won the exam. Ling'er's mother is three years older than me. I made her wait for 15 years." Only then did Feng Guanxia pick her up from the nunnery."

"After picking her up, I thought that from now on it would be a good day for us. I could finally repay her this affection and enjoy my life with her, but I never expected..."

"Just one year, the time we got together was only one short year after we got married, and she got pregnant with Ling'er one month after getting married, plus she was getting older and had a bad pregnancy, so she passed away when she gave birth to Ling'er .”

……

"So, concubine Shizi, you may understand? Ling'er is not only her mother's life, but also my life. As long as you can save Ling'er and help her heal her face, I will do whatever you ask me to do." !"

"Concubine Shizi, I beg you!"

As he spoke, he lifted the hem of his robe and actually knelt down.

Seeing this, Chu Ci let out another long sigh.

She looked at Xue Shangshu and said, "Get up! I have to tell you about Miss Xue's situation in detail. After all, if you want to save her, you, a father, have to do your best!"

"Concubine Shizi, please tell me, as long as I can save Ling'er, I am willing to do anything!" Xue Shangshu stood up, looked at Chu Ci with burning eyes, and said seriously.

Chu Ci nodded, asked him to sit down, and then said, "I now have seven or eight doubts that Ling Ai was poisoned by someone, and the Gu insects were probably sold in my Ruyi Workshop. Out of the rouge."

"Gu?" Xue Shangshu asked back, his expression changed instantly.

Chu Ci nodded, paused, and said again, "Also, my lord should have heard about the fact that I was hit by a thousand-day sleeping Gu last time?"

"This... I have heard a few gossips." Xue Shangshu said hesitantly.

Chu Ci sneered, "I suspect now that the one who laid the Gu on Ling Ai was the same Gu Master who laid the Gu on me back then."

Hearing what she said, Xue Shangshu frowned tightly, "But that Gu master, why did he put a Gu on Ling'er?"

"Then we have to ask the Gu Master and the person who manipulated the Gu Master!" Chu Ci's expression was light.

After saying that, she looked at Xue Ling on the bed again, staring fixedly at her swollen eyelids, and said, "Look, my lord, the Gu worms are still eroding Ling Ai's face, if you let it go, Even if I can help her restore her face in the future, what about her eyes? I don't need to tell you, you understand that if the eyes are gone, they will be gone forever, forever and ever!"

Xue Shangshu listened to her and followed her gaze.

My whole body froze immediately.

With a plop, he fell off the bed and hurt you, knelt down in front of Chu Ci again, and said anxiously, "Concubine Shizi, you save Linger, you save her, you must have a way, right? I beg you You are dead, save her!"

"Yes, I have a way to save her. But I'm afraid, after I save her, you will bite back." Chu Ci looked at his anxious appearance, hesitated for a moment, and expressed his worry.

Xue Shangshu hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands when he heard her words, "No, I won't, I will never... I beg the concubine to save Ling'er, I, Xue Shangke, swear to the sky, I will never repay my kindness, If I break this oath, my beloved wife under the Nine Springs will have no peace, my daughter and my Linger will die, and I will be reduced to the animal world for life after life, and I will never be reborn forever!"

Hearing that he dared to swear by his most beloved person, Chu Ci breathed a sigh of relief, then nodded, and said, "In this case, I will trust Xue Shangshu once, and give Ling Ai medicine first!"

"Okay, okay, thank you so much, Princess Concubine!" Xue Shangshu finally waited until Chu Ci let go, his whole body was like limp mud, he sat on the ground and took a long time to get up.

After Chuci finished applying the medicine to Xue Ling, he stepped forward and said, "Then I will go and find out how Ling'er got the poison later."

Chu Ci nodded, "Then there is Lao Xue Shangshu!"

Xue Shangshu hurriedly said that he didn't dare, and then he clenched his fists loudly and said through gritted teeth, "The people behind the scenes dare to move their ideas on my daughter's head, I will not let them go easily!"

Chu Ci didn't say another word, she walked out after making sure Xue Ling's face didn't deteriorate anymore.

Xue Shangshu also wanted to send off those customers who came to see the fun, so naturally he also followed.

In the flower hall, Xue Shangshu explained to those customers, and solemnly thanked Chu Ci.

Chu Ci accepted Xue Shangshu's thanks indifferently, and then left with those customers.

When you return to Ruyifang, it will be unavoidable to appease you again.

Send those customers away.

Shopkeeper Li also came up to greet him, and asked how things were going with Chu Ci.

Chuci then told what happened in Xue Shangshu's mansion.

After finishing speaking, shopkeeper Li's floating heart finally came to fruition.

Afterwards, he handed over the sorted-out loss of Ruyifang to Chu Ci for her to look over.

After Chu Ci took a brief look, he returned it to him, and then confessed, "Now Xue Shangshu's mansion is a mess, so don't go to the door to disturb it, and wait for Xue Shangshu to sort out all these things, and then bring Come to the door with the list!"

Shopkeeper Li knew what his master meant, so as to maximize the benefits, he immediately agreed, and then told Chu Ci about Wei Bing upstairs.

Said that Wei Bing was pregnant and had waited for a long time, so she went to squint on the concubine's couch in the private room prepared for the ladies.

Hearing his reply, Chu Ci nodded slightly, told him to prepare some side dishes and a thin porridge, and then went upstairs.

When she went upstairs, Wei Bing just woke up, and her maid came out to ask Chu Ci to leave the private room.

After Chu Ci entered, he saw Wei Bing sitting on the imperial concubine's couch with a lazy face. It wasn't until he saw her that his eyes became a little focused, and he smiled and said, "Sister, you are back? How are you? Everything is fine." Is it done?"

Chu Ci nodded, "It's almost there." After a pause, he said again, "You have been asleep for a while, are you hungry? I asked shopkeeper Li to prepare a few side dishes and a thin porridge. Would you like to have some together? ?”

Wei Bing thought for a moment, but shook her head, "It's getting late, why don't we go back!"

Just as he was talking, Zhejin's voice suddenly came from outside the private room, "Girl, the King Ming and the Regent are here, do you and the Princess Princess want to come out and meet?"

Chu Ci knew why Wei Bin was so anxious when he heard the words King Mingjun, she couldn't help but looked up at her, and joked, "I said it's no wonder I was so anxious, so I missed your good husband! "

When Wei Bin was told by Chu Ci, her pale face suddenly turned into light pink. She gave her a glance, then said in a soft voice, "He is here too, why don't we send you back first?" Chu residence, and then go back home?"

"It's not necessary!" Chu Ci snorted softly, "You'd better go with your good husband first, I'm a little hungry, I want to eat something here before leaving!"

"Then why don't I eat with you too?" Wei Bing originally didn't want to stay and eat, but now she was being teased by Chu Ci, but she was embarrassed to leave too early, so she could only suppress her heart Shy, he asked softly.

"No, no, no!" Chu Ci couldn't see her thoughts, and hurriedly refused, "You go with your Mingjun King, I have other things to do after dinner, and I can't take care of seeing you off. It’s just right for him to pick you up now!”

Hearing what she said, Wei Bing breathed a sigh of relief, blessed his lower body, and after saying goodbye, turned around and walked out with his two maidservants...

Chu Ci watched her walk away, then lowered his head, and looked at his round nails with a cold face!

She thought to herself, the reason why Wei Bing was sent away first was not because she was hungry, but also because she had other things to deal with, it was clearly just that she didn't want to see that man!

As she was thinking, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside.

She raised her head subconsciously, but saw that it was shopkeeper Li, who was holding a tray in his hand, which contained freshly prepared side dishes and thin porridge, and he delivered it himself.

"Girl, the food is ready!" Shopkeeper Li stepped forward, put down the tray, and saluted Chu Ci respectfully.

Chu Ci smiled lightly, "I'm sorry to trouble you, if you have other things to be busy with, go and do your own things first!"

But shopkeeper Li didn't leave immediately when he heard what she said. Instead, he smiled and stood beside her.

Chu Ci could clearly see the smile on her face.

Thinking about who he is again, but after a moment, I understand what he means!
This little old man was clearly ordered by Lu Yifeng to be on guard against her!

Thinking of it like this, she simply didn't care about it.

He simply picked up the chopsticks in the tray and ate them one by one.

I don't know who this little old man asked to cook the side dishes, it tastes really good!

As she ate, she devoured the four dishes of side dishes without realizing it.

When I reacted and put down the chopsticks, my stomach was already full.

"Zhejin..."

After rubbing her belly for a while, she raised her head and called out.

After hearing the order, Zhejin walked in from the outside, and when she got in front of her, she leaned forward slightly and said, "Girl, did you call me?"

Chu Ci glanced at her, and then tentatively asked, "Is there no one outside?"

Seeing her being so careful, Zhejin guessed her thoughts immediately, and immediately said with a smile, "No, the king and the princess are gone..."

(End of this chapter)