Return of Jin Yi

Chapter 138
King Lu Xiaojun sneered, and instead of arguing with King Nanjun, he stood up and walked out.

"Where are you going?" King Nanjun frowned as he watched him stepping out of the threshold.

King Lu Xiaojun ignored him and didn't stop, but the expression in his eyes became even colder.

Here, Nanjun Wang and Lu Xiaojun Wang's father and son could already have a rift, but on the other side, in the Chu residence, Chu Ci got up, and just after breakfast, Xue Shangshu begged for a visit from outside.

Chu Ci sat on the Luohan bed, tapped the table with his right index finger, and remained silent for a long time.

She was thinking about the accidents that happened recently, from her captivity, to the two deaths of the princess of Nanjun, to her being besieged by the black arrow team... These things are like a net full of knives, overwhelming her. Come on.

She thought, if she didn't fight back this time, the next one to have an accident must be King Nanjun or King Lu Xiaojun.

Thinking of this, a sharp flash of light flashed in her eyes... She had to get rid of Jueming who was hiding behind her back before King Lu Xiaojun returned to Jinling.

Coincidentally, just as she had this idea here, the steward of the Prince Regent's Mansion arrived on the other side. He walked up to Chu Ci respectfully, and after saluting, he said, "Concubine Shizi, our prince invites you to pass by." As soon as the mansion was told, the prince said that the matter he promised you last time has already taken shape."

Hearing what he said, Chu Ci nodded without hesitation and said, "Well, I see, I'll go with you now!"

"Concubine, please!" Steward Wang turned half of his body and made a gesture of invitation to Chu Ci.

Chu Ci let out a "hmm", stood up, and walked out with Qingmiao.

Outside, there were two carriages parked, one was in which Steward Wang came, and the other was prepared by Meng Jing for Chu Ci.

After the three got into the car, the car rattled forward.

About an hour later, the carriage stopped outside the palace.

Steward Wang got out of the car first, and went to the front car to help Chu Ci open the door. Chu Ci thanked him, and jumped off the car with the young crops neatly.

A group of people walked to the palace again.

After arriving at Yunjie Courtyard, Steward Wang looked at the study not far away, bowed and said, "Concubine Shizi, the prince is in the study!"

Chu Ci nodded sideways and continued walking forward.

After arriving at the door of the study, Xu Shi, the guard guarding the door, had already received orders from his master, and after respectfully saluting Chu Ci, he opened the door.

Chu Ci put up the skirt and entered the study, and saw Meng Jing sitting behind the desk with a pale complexion.

"... My daughter greets the lord, I have met the lord!" After a slight pause, she saluted Meng Jing with a touch of concern.

Meng Jing looked up at her, and gently raised his hand, "The concubine is welcome, please sit down!" As he said, he pointed to the chair closest to him, which was covered with thick cotton cushions. , snow-white and snow-white, it looks very warm.

After Chu Ci sat down, he looked at Meng Jing with complicated eyebrows and asked, "My lord has just recovered from a serious illness and still has a chronic illness, why don't you put a brazier in the study?"

Hearing her question, Meng Jing put her fist on her lips and coughed, and explained weakly, "There are many important documents in this room...so there should be no danger of water leakage."

"So that's the case." Chu Ci nodded, paused, and then looked at the black cloak on his body and asked, "Then why didn't the prince move the business to be handled to the dormitory, so that the body can bear it."

"Is the imperial concubine concerned with this king?" Meng Jing stared at her for a while and asked with a smile.

Chu Ci saw the careful affection in his eyes, couldn't help but sighed, and said, "My lord, I'm already married."

"This king knows." Meng Jing's complexion suddenly became extremely bad, he raised his hand to cover his mouth and coughed a few times vigorously, until his face was almost flushed before stopping, "This king knows that you have married a woman. "

"My lord, let's get down to business!" Chu Ci sighed, she really didn't want to mention those grievances.Because, it is impossible for her to respond to Meng Jing in her whole life.

Behind the desk, Meng Jing listened to her changing the subject, with a wry smile on her face, but she didn't force her anymore, she nodded at her, and then got down to business——

"This king has already thought of how to deal with Jueming."

"Oh?" Hearing what he said, Chu Ci suddenly became interested, and said, "Can you make it clearer, my lord?"

"It's like this..." Meng Jing looked into her eyes, covered her dry and itchy throat with a handkerchief, and said, "After you left that day, my king sent Qinglongwei, who used to be a scout in the army, to investigate. Know the details."

"At the beginning, I wanted to find out how many sinister things like Mr. Yuan's he had done before, but I didn't expect that in the end, I dug deeper and deeper, and finally found his grandson."

"Jueming's grandson?!" Chu Ci was shocked, "But, isn't he a monk?"

"Aside from the ring scar on his head and the cassock on his body, what do you think he looks like a monk?" Meng Jing asked back.

Chu Ci couldn't answer this question, so he nodded at him and said, "Your Majesty, keep talking!"

"His grandson was born to Su Qingxi, the number one beauty in martial arts, when he was 30 years old..." At this point, he was afraid that Chu Ci would not know Su Qingxi, so he made Su Qingxi the most beautiful woman in the world. , In the end, the mysterious disappearance was said again.

After listening to Chu Ci, I sighed in my heart. I hated Jueming's shamelessness and regretted Su Qingxi's fate. She was obviously from a famous family and had a childhood sweetheart. She was a fiancé who grew up together, but in the end it ended in tragedy. Became Jueming's forbidden house, hidden in the underground secret passage of Chengtian Temple for him to play with for many years, until he collapsed to death during childbirth!

After talking about Su Qingxi, Meng Jing continued to talk about the son Su Qingxi gave birth to Jueming.

After the child was born, he was adopted by someone arranged by Jueming, but because of the depression and premature birth of his biological mother, his health was not very good, and he died young when he was under 30 years old. When he died, one of his concubines happened to be Being pregnant is considered the posthumous child of Jueming's son.

Jueming only has such a bloodline. This time, he refused to give his only grandson to others to raise, so he conspired to kill his son's adoptive parents and his family, and then adopted his newborn grandson as an abandoned baby. To Chengtian Temple to take care of.

Because of his good intentions, the grandson did not follow the son's path, but grew healthier and healthier.

In addition, he grew up with Jueming since he was a child, and Jueming also has a deep affection for him, which is much better than the frail and sick son who has never been raised by his side.

"Calculating the time, Jueming's grandson will be in his fifties this year, right?" Chu Ci squinted his eyes after hearing what Meng Jing had said, and tried to guess, "Could it be that he is the grandson of Jueming in Chengtian Temple?" Disciple, the future abbot of Chengtian Temple—Master Huiming?"

Hearing Chu Ci's speculation, Meng Jing nodded slightly, "That's right, it's Master Huiming! He is the grandson of Jueming and Su Qingxi."

"Then the lord is trying to use Huiming to force Jueming to be arrested?"

Meng Jing glanced at her, nodded and said, "That's right, and now Huiming has been taken to the southern border by Qinglongwei. Even if Jueming has the ability to reach the sky, he would not dare to let go if he can't find anyone. Confront us!"

"As long as he really cares about this grandson and his successor, then he will never run away!"

Chu Ci said "hmm", looked at Meng Jing with burning eyes and said, "Then I will wait for the good news from the prince."

Meng Jing stared at her with deep eyes and said, "This king will not let you down."

"Then... if there is nothing else, I'll go back first!" Chu Ci hastily lowered his head and said softly.

Meng Jing knew what she was thinking, and didn't say anything about organization, but ordered Han Cang, who was serving in the house, "Send the concubine back for the king. Remember, you must watch the concubine return to the Chu residence!"

"Yes, my lord!" Han Cang arched his hands, then turned to look at Chu Ci and said, "Shi Zifei, let's go!"

Hearing this, Chu Ci kissed Meng Jingfu again, then turned around and left with Han Cang.

After leaving the study, Chu Ci and Han Cang walked side by side. After a long silence, they suddenly turned around and asked, "Does the lord know about Han Zhe's matter?"

Han Cang didn't expect that she would ask about Han Zhe, and after a moment of surprise, he said with a serious face, "I don't know yet."

"Then when are you going to tell him?"

"...My lord's health is very bad now." Han Cang didn't answer Chu Ci's question, but frowned and talked about Meng Jing's body.

Listening to Chu Ci, he felt that he was even worse than he imagined.

Feeling sore in his heart, he sighed and said, "Then I will come every three days to check the pulse and recuperate the prince's body!"

Han Cang didn't say anything, but nodded coldly.

In a blink of an eye, the two walked outside the Prince Regent's Mansion. Han Zhe watched Chu Ci get into the car with his own eyes and escorted her to Chu's residence.

When she arrived at Chu's house, before she got out of the car, she heard a commotion.

"Girl, you wait in the car, servant girl go down to have a look first..." Qing Miao saw the doubt in Chu Ci's eyes, and hurriedly leaned over and said something.

Chu Ci didn't know the situation outside, but she didn't dare to let her go down. She turned her eyes, tapped the side curtain beside her with her chin and said, "Open it and have a look."

Qing Miao responded, and quickly bent down to lift the side curtain.

At the same time, the situation outside came into Chu Ci's eyes. A dozen or so desperadoes with bloody faces gathered there, yelling over and over again to ask them to pay back their debts, or they would kill everyone in Chu House. .

At this moment, Chu Ci couldn't see that these were the people from the underground bank that Su Kun provoked that day.

According to her original idea, she wanted to use Mrs. Su to deal with them, but now that Mrs. Su had an accident, and she had encountered so many miscellaneous things recently, she couldn't spare the time to deal with the underground bank, so she put it on hold.

Right now, the other party has found Chu's residence, and she knows that if they are not sent away, there will be no safe days in the future.

After thinking about it, she turned around, and she already had a solution in her mind.

Covering his lips and coughing lightly, he called out "Han Cang" to the outside.

When Han Cang heard Chu Ci's voice, he immediately walked towards her with a cold face, cupped his hands and said, "I don't know what orders the princess has?"

Chu Ci glanced at him and said, "Please ask me, how much is the profit now?"

"What does Shi Zifei mean to give them the money?" Han Cang frowned, showing disapproval.

Chu Ci looked at his appearance, but smiled lightly, playing with his light-white nails, and said, "Isn't it natural and righteous to pay back the debt?"

Han Cang looked at Chu Ci in shock, but in desperation, he had no choice but to agree to her, and turned around to ask how much the usury got.

The leader of the desperadoes probably didn't expect that the debt collection would go so smoothly this time, and after a long while, they quoted a sky-high price of 20 taels.

Han Cang turned around and told Chu Ci again.

Chu Ci nodded and smiled, "Then please Han Cang, take them to Ruyifang to get the money, and save them from harassing me in the future!"

"Concubine Shizi, are you serious?" Han Cang still had a look of disbelief, this was the first time he questioned his master's order in so many years.

Chu Ci had no choice but to nod at him again, as if spending money to buy cleanliness.

Although Han Cang was speechless, he still took orders to take those people to Chunzhi Street...

Seeing that the entrance of Chu's house became quiet at a speed visible to the naked eye, she stepped on the ladder and got out of the car, and walked into Chu's house with Qingmiao.

After entering the Chu residence, she was planning to go back to Xie Ci's residence, but before she could speak, Steward Wu at the side told Chu Ci that Xue Shangshu was still waiting in the front hall.

Chu Ci thought that it was enough to dry him out, so he walked towards the front hall.

In the hall, Xue Shangshu was walking back and forth in the room with an irritable expression on his face. Seeing his daughter's mood getting worse and worse these two days, his heart seemed to be on fire.

He had even made up his mind that if Chu Ci still refused to treat his daughter, then he would kneel at the gate of Chu's house forever.

Anyway, no matter what, he couldn't give up before his daughter.

"Xue Shangshu!" When Chu Ci came in from the outside, she saw such an agitated Xue Shangshu. After a while, she looked back and called out faintly.

Besides, Xue Shangshu, after hearing Chu Ci's voice calling him, he turned around in surprise at almost the same time, and saluted her, "Shi Zifei, you are finally back!"

Chu Ci nodded, walked straight over and took his seat at the main seat, and asked knowingly, "I don't know why Xue Shangshu visits the door frequently, why?"

Xue Shangshu hurriedly told Chu Ci about his daughter's illness, and after finishing speaking, regardless of the gold under the man's knee, he solemnly knelt down and begged her to save Xue Ling once.

After listening to Xue Shangshu's appeal, Chu Ci looked at him deeply, and after a long time, he sighed and asked, "Does your lord know the price of my medical consultation?"

Xue Shangshu was slightly stunned, "Isn't it just 1 taels a time? Don't worry, Shi Zifei, I will never deny it. If you still refuse to trust me, then I am willing to pay the consultation fee first."

"That's not the case." Chu Ci shook his head, "You did the calculation wrong, that's not how I calculate my doctor's fee."

"What does Shi Zifei mean..." Xue Shangshu looked at her in confusion and asked back.

Chu Ci smiled slightly, and said, "For a situation like your daughter's face is hurt, my calculation is... 1 taels for a visit to the doctor, and 1 taels for a bottle of ointment!"

"This... I can accept it!" Xue Shangshu said without hesitation.

Chu Ci paused for a moment, and then said, "What if your daughter needs to use more than a dozen bottles, or dozens of bottles of ointment, and you will go bankrupt?"

Xue Shangshu still did not hesitate, "I am willing, Ling'er is my life, if life is gone, then what's the use of those family properties!"

Hearing what he said, Chu Ci let out a soft "um", and then let go, "In that case, then I will accept Ling Qianjin's consultation!"

"Thank you, Shizifei, thank you Shizifei!" Xue Shangshu said gratefully, after a while, after calming down, he said, "Then shall we leave now?"

Chu Ci shook his head, "In a few days, I have other things to do these days."

When Xue Shangshu heard the words, his face was anxious, "Then I don't know how many days the concubine Shi Zi has been waiting for, how many days specifically?"

"Six days later." Chu Ci said flatly.

Hearing what she said, Xue Shangshu seemed to have thought of something, and said clearly, "I know, I will come to pick up the concubine personally after six days!"

Chu Ci said "Yes", and got up to send Xue Shangshu out.

Sending Xue Shangshu away, she thought about it and went to the pharmacy again.

That girl Xue Ling's cheek injury was almost comparable to that of A'Xian back then, and she planned to give Xue Ling some medicine according to the prescription that was given to A'Xian back then...

After that it was busy.

When she prepared all the ointments, when she came out of the pharmacy, the sky outside was already dizzy.

An afternoon passed like this.

She stood in the courtyard and stretched, planning to go back to her room to rest.

Unexpectedly, before she reached Xie Ciju, Butler Wu hurriedly caught up with her and said, "Miss, there is a young man who calls himself Qin Fang who wants to see you outside, do you want to see him?"

When Chu Ci heard Qin Fang's name, he was subconsciously taken aback, and after a while, he nodded and said, "He is my uncle's sister-in-law, let him in, I'll wait for him in the front hall!"

"Yes, girl!" Butler Wu agreed, then turned around and walked out.

On the other side, Chu Ci didn't wait long in the hall when Qin Fang walked in from the outside.

I haven't seen him for a day, but he is still the same as yesterday, elegant, dignified and self-sufficient, very compatible with his official position as the magistrate.

She couldn't see through his appearance whether he was sad because of Lu Zhaohua.

"A Fang met my sister-in-law!" After step by step in front of Chu Ci, Qin Fang cupped his hands and bowed politely to Chu Ci.

Chu Ci stood up and nodded at him with a smile, then pointed to the seat next to him, asked him to sit down, and then asked, "A Fang came to find me today, is there something wrong?"

Qin Fang nodded, "Yes, there is an answer to a question. I have been wanting to ask my sister-in-law to explain it to me these days."

"What's the question?" Chu Ci asked suspiciously, and after asking, he smiled politely, "If I really know the answer, then I must know everything without saying anything."

"Well, then I would like to thank my sister-in-law first!" Qin Fang stood up and cupped his hands at Chuci, and then said, "I want to ask my sister-in-law. On the morning when Zhaohua was confirmed to be pregnant, your mother-in-law questioned you." Is it because you resent what Zhaohua did to you in Jinling'What the hell is it?"

Chu Ci heard him ask a question, and only then did he understand what he meant.

She raised her head, took a deep look at him, and said, "A Fang, do you really want to know?"

Qin Fang looked into her eyes and nodded seriously, "Yes, I want to know. The answer to this question is also very important to me, and I hope sister-in-law can tell the truth."

"I..." Chu Ci was hesitant when he pleaded so much, she frowned and looked at him, and asked again tentatively, "Does the answer to this question determine whether you want to make peace with Lu Zhaohua? "

Qin Fang nodded slightly, and said without hesitation, "Yes, the answer to this question is very important, so important that it can determine whether I want this wife."

"Then I'm afraid I can't tell you for the time being!" Hearing what he said, Chu Ci smiled at him very apologetically, paused, and said, "You also know that my current status is extremely embarrassing, are you sure? Will you live with Lu Zhaohua, that's why you let go and don't show mercy, but I am not, I still want to live with my husband-in-law, so I don't want to do things that will damage our relationship."

"If you really want to know the answer, you can ask my husband, or if it is convenient for me to tell you after I finish asking, I will give you the answer."

……

"I understand what sister-in-law means!" Qin Fang looked at her with a comprehending expression and nodded, paused, bitterly, and added in disgust, "And I think I know the answer to that question. "

Chu Ci said nothing.

She picked up the tea cup next to her and took a sip. After she put it down, she looked at him and asked lightly, "Do you have anything else to do?"

"No more!" Qin Fang shook his head, and then bid farewell to Chu Ci.

Chu Ci didn't keep him, but just ordered the servant outside to send him out.

After Qin Fang left, Chu Ci went straight to the study. She wrote a note, signed it, and handed it to Qing Miao who was next to her. "Let Uncle Wu deliver this note to my aunt!"

"Yes, girl!" Qing Miao took the note, blessed her lower body and walked out.

She gave the note to Butler Wu, and told him to deliver it to King Lu Xiaojun as soon as possible.

Steward Wu understood, and then took a servant, and drove the note to the Nanjun Prince's Mansion by himself.

In Nanjun Palace, King Lu Xiaojun's face turned livid when he saw the note.

Others don't know Qin Fang, and may not know the answer to his question, but he grew up with him and knows him well.Knowing that he was suspicious of Zhaohua's nature, he was also thinking about whether he should have this innocent wife in the first place.

His eyes were dark. After a long time, he sighed, then turned and walked towards the study in the front yard.

In the study room, Nanjun Wangzheng and Taochun were talking together, naturally talking about how strong the sons born to the sisters of Taochun's family were.

Suddenly I heard the guards outside reporting to the king of the small county to see him.

Nanjun Wang let go of Taochun's hand around Taochun, and told her uncomfortably, "Quick, you go to hide in the room!"

Taochun saw that she was like a shady object, and that Lu Yifeng would be hidden when she came in. She was depressed, but she didn't dare to show it on her face. She stood up weakly and saluted the king of Nanjun, then turned to face the king of Nanjun. go outside.

As soon as Taochun left, King Nanjun immediately let King Lu Xiaojun come in from outside.

King Lu Xiaojun didn't talk nonsense, and directly threw Chu Ci's note on King Nanjun's table.

(End of this chapter)