Rebirth of the Splendid Phoenix

Chapter 28 Rumors
King Qi's heart beat a little fast, and the smile on the corner of his lips was a bit deep. His eyes were looking at the screen that was already close at hand, and he seemed to be able to feel the faint water vapor through a layer of screen.

The clear aroma in the air is continuously sent to the nose, and the body feels a little hot.

Unknowingly, he quickened his pace: "Master Luo, are you taking a bath?"

King Qi hadn't experienced this kind of tense feeling of anticipation for a long time. When he turned his steps, he was about to cross the screen.

There was a sound of "bang!", the sound of the window being slammed open, as if something had fallen from the window, King Qi's complexion changed, he no longer cared about the disguise, and waved his hand violently to push the screen away.

The screen fell heavily on the bathtub, the window was half open, and there was a shallow footprint on the edge of the window sill.

Apart from the bathtub and the screen table behind the screen, there is no place where people can hide.

Very clear at a glance.

Apparently, the duck to its beak flew!
All the smiles on King Qi's face disappeared, leaving only the shadow of prey. When he walked to the window, there was no one outside. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth: "Xie Jinhua!"

Sooner or later you are mine!

Kicking the burning incense burner to the ground, King Qi flicked his sleeves heavily and walked out.

"My lord? Second Miss Xie"

The maid's doubtful voice came from outside, as if wondering why King Qi came out so soon, and couldn't help but take a look inside.

"roll!"

King Qi snorted coldly.

"Come on!"

King Qi was still unwilling, so he summoned the guards and asked them to search the mansion.

The voices of King Qi and the guards and maids disappeared, and this guest room became an extraordinarily quiet place. The cold wind kept coming in through the open windows, making people feel chilled to the bone.

With a crash, Xie Jinhua gritted her teeth and raised half of her body from the bathtub. Her body and face were covered with water stains, and the freshly pierced wound on her hand was slightly white. It contained some aphrodisiac and softening ingredients. Just now, in order to wake herself up and regain strength, she directly tied the hairpin on her arm.

Although it hurts, the pain can wake her up.

Just now at a critical moment, Xie Jinhua pushed the window open and made the illusion that he jumped out of the window to escape, but he himself hid in the bathtub. The most dangerous place is the safest place, but King Qi is not innocent King Qi didn't think of the person who was the murderer for a while, but it doesn't mean he never thought of it. She still wants to leave here as soon as possible.

After observing the surroundings, Xie Jinhua made sure that there was no one around, picked up the piece of clothing that she had taken off, put it on hastily, and stepped on the window regardless of the pain in her wrist and the stickiness on her body.

Qi Wangfu, Xie Jinhua is more familiar than anyone imagined, after all, she has lived here for more than ten years, and it is not much better than Shangshufu, so Xie Jinhua avoided people smoothly.

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"My lord, no one has seen the second Miss Xie."

The guards came to return, with a bit of shame on their faces. There were a lot of guards, but they couldn't even find a delicate and frail woman. How could they not be ashamed.

"Not a single one?"

King Qi frowned.

The guard shook his head.

Thinking flashed across King Qi's eyes, he suddenly thought of something, he didn't care to explain it to the guards, turned around and walked towards the way he came from.

King Qi strode into the guest room with the door open.

The screen in the room was overturned, and the water vapor in the tub had already lost all its warmth. There was light powder floating in the water, and there was an extra footprint by the window, which was much heavier than the light footprint at the beginning.

"Okay, okay, okay! What a Xie Jinhua, I have underestimated you."

King Qi said three good words in a row, and suddenly laughed out loud. He stretched out his hand and flicked the already cold bath water, causing little splashes.

There was a plundering brilliance in his eyes.

The interest in Xie Jin's paintings suddenly changed slightly.

In the past, Xie Jinhua was a beauty in his heart, a coveted beauty, a beauty that made people ecstasy, but Xie Jinhua's successful escape today made him find that Xie Jinhua was more interesting than he imagined, and more exciting. People want to get their hands on it.

King Qi turned around and walked towards Princess Qi's room.

If you want to get Xie Jinhua, the best helper is the princess.

He believed that the other party would have a good way to force Xie Jinhua to submit.

Women sometimes become ruthless, and men are also far behind.

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"Miss, you come here and you are hurt."

Lily heard the knock on the door, opened the door and saw Xie Jinhua first smiled, and then exclaimed because of the blood stains on Xie Jinhua's sleeves that looked like plum blossoms.

The moment she exclaimed, a figure rushed out from the inner room.

"Who hurt you!"

Qin Zheng grabbed Xie Jinhua's blood-stained hand, his eyes were full of coldness, and his whole body was full of coldness.

It's like trying to kill someone.

"What to do with such a look of killing people, I did it myself."

Xie Jinhua blinked her eyes, her heart that felt cold in Prince Qi's mansion suddenly warmed up in this small medicine hall.

In the world, there are blood relatives who will harm and plot her for their own benefit, but there are also people who have no blood relationship to protect and care about her in every possible way.

Qin Zheng glanced at Xie Jinhua's relaxed smile, and gritted his teeth. If there is no special reason, who would give himself a blow for no reason.

He wanted to ask Xie Jinhua what happened, but he didn't know his identity.

Carefully put down Xie Jinhua's hand, turned around and walked towards the inner room.

Xie Jinhua was a little startled.

Lily frowned a little dissatisfied, because of Qin Zheng's sudden indifference.

In her heart, Xie Jinhua is so kind to Qin Zheng, but the other party's current attitude is obviously too much.

Lily carefully held the girl's wrist, and gently rolled up the sleeves. Under the white shirt, there was an inch-long scratch.

With a slap, tears fell from Lily's eyes: "Miss, how can you do such a cruel thing to yourself, what if you leave a scar?"

Thinking of Xie Jinhua's troubled life recently, I couldn't help crying.

Looking at Lily's teary eyes, Xie Jinhua felt a little helpless, reached out and patted the other's drooping head, and was about to say a few words of comfort.

Qin Zheng came out from the inner room, holding something in his hand.

"Give me your hand."

Qin Zheng's tone was a bit stiff, and he clenched his hands tightly, looking at the scratches on Xie Jinhua's hands that had been exposed, with a look of bitterness and hatred.

Xie Jinhua looked at Lily, who stopped crying and was dissatisfied with Qin Zheng's attitude, and then at Qin Zheng, who had a sullen face as if someone owed him a lot of debts, and the smile on his lips became softer.

"It's just a skin trauma, I know it well."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand.

Qin Zheng held a bandage and wound medicine in his hand, his face was very cold and sullen, and there was a hatred for his incompetence in his eyes.

He looked up at Xie Jinhua, but failed to protect her, and watched her hurt herself. For Qin Zheng, this made him feel worse than anything else.

The action of bandaging and applying medicine to Xie Jinhua's wrist was extraordinarily gentle and skillful, as if treating the most rare treasure, that cautious look made Xie Jinhua feel a little soft in his heart.

She looked at the black hair swirling on the top of the boy's head, at the slender eyelashes covering the color in his eyes, and hesitated for a moment: "I want to take you back home later, this matter is not over yet, if If there is anything, I may have to let you act as a shield."

Xie Jinhua knew Qin Zheng well, even if the other party didn't say anything, she seemed to have fully understood the self-blame and annoyance in the young man's heart in just a glance.

"Otherwise, why do you think I was injured and came here? I will need the two of you to testify for me later."

Xie Jinhua tilted her head, smiling to reveal the dimples on her cheeks.

Qin Zheng raised his eyes and saw, as if stung by something, he quickly lowered his head.

"My life was saved by Second Miss. If you want to use it, you can use it as you like."

His voice was still muffled, as if he was suppressing something too deep.

His movements of bandaging Xie Jinhua were still gentle and careful without any disorder.

Only Qin Zheng knew that his palm was wet with sweat.

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"I heard that Miss Xie's Second Miss seduced King Qi and wanted to work with Yu Fei with her brother-in-law, do you know?"

"Why don't you know? I've heard that it was Miss Xie who took advantage of the concubine's pregnancy and was inconvenient. She came across the concubine and Qi Wang by visiting the concubine. They wanted Huang E and Nv Ying to serve her husband together."

"What a chance encounter, your news is outdated long ago. It was the second daughter of the Xie family who used the name of bathing in Prince Qi's mansion, and then administered aphrodisiacs. At that time, she threw herself into her arms naked. It's a pity that His Royal Highness Qi is a noble person. , refused in every possible way. Hehe, it is said that brothel women are too shameless, I think this lady is not much better than brothel women."

"Why is there such a shameless woman!"

"Who would tell her that she is the number one beauty in Shengjing, with so many courtiers under her skirts, what is she going to do with her face?"

"Did you misunderstand? After all, you are also a lady, and Qi Wang is still the husband-in-law of Miss Xie's family."

"Second Miss Xie's hairpin and clothes are all in Prince Qi's Mansion. What needs to be done is to take off her clothes and jewelry. I heard from my aunt's cousin's daughter. She works in Prince Qi's Mansion."

"She's a young lady of the Xie family, so it's a bit unreasonable. The Shangshu Mansion always has rules."

"Hehe, if there really isn't such a thing, why hasn't Second Miss Xie shown up yet, and why didn't you dare to open the door of the Shangshu Mansion? It's because of a guilty conscience!"

In just a short hour, it was rumored that there were noses and eyes in the streets and alleys.

Especially at the gate of Xie Mansion, many women gathered here to discuss loudly.

The door of the Shangshu Mansion was closed, and this kind of rumor suddenly spread, everyone knew that it was a bit strange, but Xie Jinhua has not come back until now, but it is irrefutable.

Standing in the gate, Mrs. Huang seemed to be able to hear the discussions outside. Her face was flushed, her body was trembling constantly, and she was about to faint.

"Mother, the second sister hasn't come back so far, she must have had something to do with her brother-in-law as the outside said, she is simply too shameless, you are still angry for the second sister, it is not worth it at all."

Xie Jinyao looked at Huang Shi who was so angry that he was about to faint, and said with dissatisfaction.

"To shut up!"

Mrs. Huang let out a stern voice, looking at Xie Jinyao as if she was looking at a fool, all the glory and all the damage, Xie Jin's painting reputation is damaged, Xie Jinyao should not think about it, and all the daughters of the Xie family should not think about it: "Not yet Did you find Second Miss?"

The maid behind her appeared tremblingly: "Ma'am, I didn't find it, and the person who went to Prince Qi's mansion has also returned, and the second lady is not there."

"mother!"

Xie Jinyao was about to be overwhelmed by jealousy, and called Huang: "She is not my second sister, she has completely lost the face of Shangshufu, when did people point their noses at our Shangshufu and scold her, I will now Go out and let them know that Xie Jinhua does things alone, and has nothing to do with our Shangshufu!"

Xie Jinyao was talking, and ran towards the gate, intending to open it directly.

Anyway, she had someone block the back door just now, Xie Jinhua should not think about it today!

"Third Sister, I'm not doing well as a client. You are so eager to help me rectify my name, you are really my good sister."

The door was opened in front of Xie Jinyao, Xie Jinhua was wearing a plum red fairy dress, holding a whip in his hand, standing right at the door, smiling extraordinarily willfully and meaninglessly.

(End of this chapter)