Zheshu

Chapter 55 Pull out the radish and bring out the mud

The rumored second master lives in the remotest part of the Sumu mansion, and he has to walk around a large lake to see the small courtyard.

There were two women standing by the door, and when they saw Ji Wuhuan coming, they hurriedly saluted: "My lord, my lord is not awake yet."

Hearing what they said, Shen Qing knew that Ji Wuhuan should come here often.

"Well, I'll just wait in the yard. When the master wakes up, tell him that I'll bring the princess to see you." Ji Wuhuan said.

The mother-in-law looked up at Shen Qing who was standing on the side, nodded slightly, turned her head and backed away.

Ji Wuhuan took Shen Qing's hand and said: "Father is in poor health and has a bad temper. If you say something later, don't take it to heart."

Shen Qing nodded slightly, thinking that the second master should know about Ji Wuhuan's birth mother back then, but he should know whether Ji Wuhuan was born by him or not.

After entering the courtyard, Ji Wuhuan led her into a plum grove. There was an octagonal pavilion in the plum grove, and a charcoal fire basin was placed in the pavilion.

The one who came to speak was none other than Feng's aunt who had been serving the second master. Feng's face was painted with light makeup, and her clothes were bright. It was completely different from Shen Qing's idea of ​​a plain face facing the sky and a suit of plain clothes.

"I am a concubine, Mrs. Feng has met the princess and the prince." Mrs. Feng stepped forward to salute with a smile. When she smiled, there were many wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, but the exquisite makeup made her look still charming.

"Auntie, get up." Ji Wuhuan had a good attitude towards her: "How is your father's illness recently?"

Feng sighed lightly, and said: "It's still the same." After finishing speaking, he paused, and asked again: "I haven't been to the front for a long time, but this kid Xiu Jie often comes to serve his father, you know, master He has a bad temper, he always hits and scolds everyone when he sees it, but it is rare for Xiu Jie to not be angry or angry. But it will be spring soon, and I will ask the prince to give me some guidance for the Chunwei exam."

Shen Qing frowned slightly, and turned to look at Ji Wuhuan.Yuan Xiujie is not like what Feng said in his mouth, he has a smooth tongue, hooked up with Ji Wuhuan's aunts all day long, and even killed Aunt Baizhi.

Ji Wuhuan seemed very calm, and said: "Xiu Taifu, who will be one of the chief examiners next year, is my old friend, and I will send Xiu Jie to his home to study for a few days. As for how to make good fortune, it depends on him. .”

He didn't tell Feng Shi about those unbearable things about Yuan Xiujie. From Shen Qing's point of view, he was too lazy to mention it. As long as Feng Shi can take good care of the second master, he doesn't care about other things.

A few people were talking, another maid came over and said, "Master is awake."

Shen Qing looked at Feng Shi, and just after she finished speaking, a maid came over, which seemed too coincidental.

"The yard is full of women and maids? Isn't it too much effort to serve you?" Shen Qing asked as if she didn't care when she left.

Feng Shi was somewhat wary of Shen Qing, saying that the new concubine was not only ruthless, but also quick-witted. Hearing her question, she said: "Most of them are female relatives, but there are also servants, but they are all in the handyman's room. Not here."

Seeing her answer like this, Shen Qing didn't ask any more questions, but followed Ji Wuhuan all the way forward.

She didn't know how Ji Wuhuan dealt with Sang Rou and Aunt Lan last night, but he must have left Yuan Xiujie alone.This person looks cold, but actually has a warm heart. He always pretends to be a vicious person that no one can get close to, because he is afraid of revealing his inner softness.

Thinking of this, Shen Qing simply raised her head to look at his cold but perfect profile, and couldn't help laughing.

Sensing Shen Qing's eyes, Ji Wuhuan raised her eyebrows slightly, and turned to look at her smiling face, and couldn't help but also smiled at the corners of her mouth.

Also in the morning, it was as warm as spring here, but Xuanyuanli felt like falling into an ice cellar.

Yuan Song made this move suddenly, allowing him to stay in Dawei forever after marrying the tenth princess, which is tantamount to cutting off his escape path forever.

"Proton, what should we do? Now that the people from the Nanzhao Mission have sent a letter back after knowing the news, I believe that the King of Dongyang County will know about it soon." The attendant said from the side.

Xuanyuanli sat in the first seat with a gloomy expression: "Has the Princess not been found yet?"

The attendant shook his head slightly: "There is no news. However, some people said that they seemed to see someone similar to the princess on the mountain yesterday. There was also a man vomiting blood with her."

"The man who vomited blood..." Xuanyuan Li frowned: "Order it down, have someone go to the pharmacy to keep an eye on it, and if you find it, report back immediately."

"Don't you need to bring it back immediately?" The attendant was puzzled.

Xuanyuanli raised the corner of his mouth: "No need. If that person is Ji Rui, you still have to help him."

The attendants were even more puzzled, but they heard Xuanyuanli say: "Help the princess to fall in love with him." As long as Zhang Xiaofang falls in love with Xuanyuanli, she can use it for herself, because only in her own hands can she have the medicine that can save Ji Rui !
The attendant responded: "This subordinate understands."

"Well, also, don't let other people from Nanzhao find them." Xuanyuanli said again.

"Yes. The ten princesses..."

"You don't need to keep it, let's do it." Xuanyuanli's eyes were cold, since the help has become an obstacle, he can only get rid of it!
When he said this, he inevitably thought of Meiyun Pavilion, Shen Qing, and that massacre.

He seemed to still be able to see Shen Qing's indifferent eyes when he looked at him.

"Master, what's the matter?" Seeing that his expression was not right, the attendant hurriedly asked.

Xuanyuan Li waved his hand: "It's nothing, you can ask someone to investigate the matter of Liu Qing and Yuan Shuang yesterday, and find out who started the fire."

"Yes." The attendant hesitated for a moment, and said again: "I'm afraid we have exposed a lot of people who are lurking in the Su Mu's mansion. Once Fangrui dies, Ji Wuhuan may follow this line to find us. Not to mention that there is Pavilion Master Shen by his side."

"What do you mean?" Xuanyuan Li's voice suddenly became colder, accompanied by the whimpering sound of the cold wind outside, his originally warm face also became frosty at this moment.

The attendant gritted his teeth, and said: "If she doesn't get rid of the subordinate's wishes, we will only sacrifice more people..."

"Okay." Xuanyuan Li abruptly interrupted his words, but he is always a person who wants to climb to a higher position, and he will not interrupt his path because of his children's affair.

The attendant was frightened and hurriedly lowered his head: "Master, this subordinate dares to say that she came here with the intention of killing you. If you let her go, I'm afraid..."

"I know." Xuanyuanli's face was tense, and his gentle eyes seemed to have sharp knives, and he looked fiercely at the depression outside the house: "Order, after finding out her identity, don't hand it to me, just submit it to me." In front of the emperor, this time, it is best to drag Ji Wuhuan into the water!"

"Yes!"

At this moment, Liu Qing never thought that the fire on the Wupeng boat yesterday was deliberately caused by someone. He had been kneeling outside the house for a day and a night, and his body was already frozen stiff.

Mrs. Liu cried all night, but Mrs. Liu didn't have the slightest intention to wake Liu Qing up.When he thought of the news that had spread all over the city, and when he thought of Yuan Song's anger when he came to find him, he became very angry.

"Master, if this continues, Qing'er will freeze to death." Mrs. Liu cried at the door of Master Liu's study.

Mr. Liu was so angry that the hand holding the ink pen trembled. Looking at his wife and children, he said angrily: "You still spoil him, look at what absurd things he has done!"

"Master, how can you blame Qing'er for this, it's clear that Miss Yuan is shameless and insists on seducing Qing'er from my family. And I heard from Qing'er that Yuan Shuang invited him out for this trip to the lake." Madam Liu hated Yuan Shuang to the core.

Liu Qing listened, and wished he could strangle that slut to death: "That's right, Father, that Yuan Shuang has long been ignorant of others, so I won't marry such a broken shoe." He said tremblingly, furiously In a hurry, Master Liu raised the inkstone and slammed it on his head.

Liu Qing was hit so badly that his head was bleeding, his eyes widened, and he passed out, causing Madam Liu to howl again.

Mr. Liu had a headache, so he hurriedly ordered someone to carry Liu Qing in, and then asked someone to invite a doctor, and then he went out and got into the carriage.

"Master, where are we going?" the boy asked.

Master Liu looked at the file in his hand, and sighed softly: "Go to Su Mu Gongfu, Lord Xun Yuan."

Yuan Shuang knew that her marriage was a foregone conclusion, thinking of the crippled and greedy Liu Qing, she burst into tears with hatred, her eyes were already swollen into peaches after one night, and she didn't even have the heart to care about Shen Qing Yuan Ning'er, all she wanted was to mind their own business.

"Forsythia." Yuan Shuang called out.

Lianqiao hurried in, the wound on her face still not healed: "Miss, what are your orders?" It has been destroyed, and I know what kind of virtue it is to marry the past.

Seeing Lianqiao's appearance, Yuan Shuang was so angry that she wanted to move forward again, but she heard Lianqiao say directly: "Miss, the maids who followed you to marry are only servants and maidservants, even if you want to change now, master and madam I don't necessarily have time to talk to you, you'd better stop."

"You lowly servant girl!" Yuan Shuang was not willing to swallow this breath, Lian Qiao also hated her so much, she stepped forward and pushed her, only to realize that she was afraid after the push, and backed up a few steps tremblingly , hurriedly said: "If you have time, why don't you think about how to bring the eldest lady back. When she was crazy, she was still thinking about you."

After Lian Qiao said this, she was about to leave, but Yuan Shuang heard something was wrong: "How do you know what my mother was thinking when she was crazy?"

Lian Qiao was startled, her complexion turned pale, and she hurriedly said: "Then how can I not know, Da Furen is only your daughter, who does she not want you to miss?" Looking at her eyes, she hurriedly said: "This servant is going to count the dowry for you. I heard that Master Liu is here in the front yard. Maybe he is here to discuss the date of marriage." After finishing speaking, she turned her head and ran away.

When Yuan Shuang heard that Lord Liu was coming, she didn't have time to think about Lianqiao's flaw just now.After all, the case of Little Bean Sprouts has not yet been concluded, and the two people in the prison heard that the others were dead, so they might confess, so...

"No, I want to see my father right away!" She got up and was about to go out, but was stopped by the woman at the door: "Miss, the master ordered you to ground your feet now..."

"No, I must see Mr. Liu! Otherwise..." She looked around: "Otherwise I will die for you!" Everyone knows Mr. Liu's upright temper, if he finds out the murderer behind the scenes It was me, and Princess Huainan put pressure...

Yuan Shuang didn't dare to think about it anymore, seeing the women began to hesitate, she pushed them away and ran out quickly.

When Shen Qing heard the news about Forsythia, it was Madam Yang who sent it in a hurry, saying that Forsythia might have revealed her secrets.

At this time, the second master just threw the medicine bowl at Ji Wuhuan: "Get out, get out! If you want to move you, I will die!"

Shen Qing looked at Ji Wuhuan with a sullen face but didn't say a word, and couldn't help but gripped his hand even tighter.

Ji Wuhuan probably felt the warmth of her palm, and looked up at the second master: "Father, I will come to see you later." After finishing speaking, he led Shen Qing out together, letting the second master continue to curse.

No matter what, Shen Qing never thought that the second master would be like this. She followed Ji Wuhuan all the way out, without saying a word, until she returned to Nongyu Courtyard.

"Are you scared?" Ji Wuhuan asked suddenly.

Shen Qing poured a cup of hot tea for him, and said, "I've seen more vicious ones, such as the bloodthirsty prince."

Hearing this, Ji Wuhuan turned to look at her, and smiled, "I'm going to deal with some things, I'll be back later."

Shen Qing smiled lightly: "Okay."

Ji Wuhuan raised her hand, retracted it, but still stretched it out, put it on her forehead, and rubbed it gently: "It's cold outside, you need to add clothes when you go out, and hold the stove warmer."

"Hmm." Shen Qing actually didn't mind the second master's insult at all, to her, as long as she wasn't someone she cared about, it didn't matter what she said about her.

Seeing her obedient appearance, Ji Wuhuan seemed to have no trace of sadness in her heart.Now, he seems to be able to understand better, what is it like to have a wife, what can a husband ask for.

Just as Ji Wuhuan left, Nanny Yang hurried in: "Princess, what should I do with Forsythia?"

"Did Mammy ever tell her to let her go?" Shen Qing said.

Nanny Yang nodded: "But this girl didn't know what she was thinking, and she refused to leave. I asked her again when she came today, but she seemed to have other plans, and she still refused to leave."

Suqiu never came in outside, said: "Princess, Mrs. Liu is here, the eldest lady has already made a fuss."

Hearing this, Shen Qing thought of Lian Qiao: "She has a lot of thoughts and wild things. If she guesses correctly, she wants to marry Yuan Shuang to Liu's family, and then seek a piece of 'rich and honor'."

Most of the dowry maids have the intention of crawling on the son-in-law's bed. They can get rid of the identity of maids and become aunts who enjoy the glory and wealth. If they can give birth to sons, they can earn even more wealth.

Shen Qing looked at Su Qiu and said, "Go and get 100 taels of silver."

Nanny Yang was puzzled: "Is the concubine planning to send her away with money?"

Shen Qing shook her head slightly: "Lianqiao, I'm afraid 100 taels won't be enough, and this 100 taels is not for her."

"Then you are..." Nanny Yang was even more puzzled.

Shen Qing smiled lightly: "This money is for Mammy. Mammy took this money and went to do the first seven of Xiaodou Sprout's ears. The more grand the better, it's best that everyone in the Jade Court knows about it."

Nanny Yang suddenly understood Shen Qing's thoughts: "Are you trying to divert Missy's attention?"

"Well. Now she desperately wants to see Mr. Liu, I'm afraid it's because of this matter. If Mr. Liu really finds out that the real culprit is her, it's a question of whether the Liu family will accept her or not. It's impossible for her to be free. Don't care about that. As for Forsythia, she won't say anything unless she wants to die, and she doesn't have any evidence to implicate us. Not to mention that the aunt's mind should also start to recover slowly. Sober up, Duke Sumu's Mansion is now experiencing troubled times, no one will continue to pursue trivial matters."

When Nanny Yang heard this, she felt relieved, and hurried out to look for Forsythia.

Lian Qiao was talking to someone in the concierge at the moment, when she talked about something she was happy about, she said directly: "You are all scumbags."

"Yo, aren't you?" a woman sarcastically said.

Lian Qiao looked at them with disdain: "Sooner or later I won't be." She will not be a maid who can be beaten and scolded all her life.She raised her hand to caress the scar on her face, and snorted coldly, so what about the eldest lady, she did something despicable.

When Nanny Yang heard her words outside, she frowned, and went into the room to look at her: "The princess has orders."

Hearing this, Lianqiao hurriedly threw the melon seeds in her hand and followed her out.

"What did the princess say?"

Nanny Yang stared at her coldly: "I told you a long time ago that you should never come to Nong Yuyuan again without authorization. You have violated the princess' orders by coming here this time."

Lian Qiao was not afraid, she only felt that she was holding Wang Hao's handle, instead she said with a smile: "Aren't I worried that Wang Hao will be implicated?"

Seeing her seemingly non-existent threat, Nanny Yang said coldly: "This time the eldest lady will not pursue you, you can rest assured, but I have to remind you, who is the princess, you should be It is very clear. Those who should be rewarded will not be less, but those who dare to play tricks will be fine even if they take their lives."

Lian Qiao frowned slightly: "Wangfei really said that?"

Nanny Yang took out ten taels of silver from her bosom and gave it to her: "The princess knows what your plan is. After going to Liu's house this time, I finally forgot about the princess. I can’t even get a dime.” After saying that, he turned around and left.

Lian Qiao thought about what she just said, shivered inexplicably, looked at the wind and snow all over the sky, tightly clenched the ten taels of silver in her hand, gritted her teeth and looked at Nong Yu Yuan, then turned her head and left.

In the room, Suqiu planted three or two winter flowers beside her, and asked, "Why didn't the concubine deal with her directly? Look at this girl and servant, she is not a righteous person."

Shen Qing smiled lightly and said: "She has evil intentions, and most of them will be used on Yuanshuang. Even if she tells it one day, I'm afraid I'm not a princess anymore. Why bother to take another life."

Su Qiu heard the words, pondered for a moment, and then worried: "If your identity is really exposed by them, what will you do?"

"When Di Yun's Meiyun Pavilion is built, naturally I won't be afraid. Before they break out, I should take revenge. It's okay." Shen Qing said lightly, and this was what she thought about early in the morning.

"What about the prince?" Su Qiu continued to ask, but she clearly saw Shen Qing's hand fiddled with the flowers slightly paused.

Seeing this, Suqiu stopped talking, and Shen Qing didn't say anything more.

When Xia Rao came back, there was snow on her shoulders.

She wiped off the snow, moved a small stool and sat down beside the charcoal fire basin, held a cup of hot tea, and said with a smile: "After losing [-]% of my skills, I am so afraid of the cold."

"You have lost too much blood." Su Qiu said with a faint smile.

Xia Rao chuckled, but didn't look angry.In the first battle, it had already become a tacit smile between them.

"Princess, I followed that maid called Fangcao for a day, and found out that she is not a little maid." Xia Rao said.

"How to say?"

"That night, she left through the back corner door you deliberately left, and met three women, the second steward next to the old lady, the second steward of the grand master's room, and an attendant in the east courtyard. I was alone I couldn't keep up with three people, so I followed our servant from the East Courtyard for a day. When he went out, he didn't go to see Xuanyuanli. Fangcao speaks respectfully, in my opinion, that Fangcao is the biggest spy beside Aunt Fangrui, and also the little leader of all the spies."

After Shen Qing listened, she couldn't help but think of the frail little girl she saw yesterday, and slightly raised her eyebrows: "It's rare for them to be able to train such a young girl with such strong abilities."

Suqiu looked at her with a helpless smile: "Are you still envious?"

"With you guys here, I envy what they do." Shen Qing smiled, which made the two of them laugh too.

Xia Rao said again: "There is also the mother Ma who was captured yesterday. She bit her tongue and killed herself because she didn't do anything."

Shen Qing nodded slightly: "I didn't expect her to say anything at first, they thought that our target was Ma Pozi, and that Fangcao would naturally relax her guard. But according to the current situation, the Yan family, the second-rank servant, and Xuanyuanli are also in collusion."

"This servant Yan, the Meiyun Pavilion investigated before, only said that he seems to have a very close relationship with the empress. I think Xuanyuanli, the empress, and people from the capital should all be in the same group." Xia Rao guessed.

Shen Qing nodded slightly, when he followed Xuanyuanli, he didn't tell himself everything, the only thing he believed in from the beginning to the end was himself.

Shen Qing suddenly remembered what the queen said before that the Dingguo family was about to return to Beijing. Remembering that she wanted to let her into the palace, she smiled: "Go and find out whether the people in Dingguo's mansion have ever returned to Beijing. If they have already returned Beijing, pass the greetings, it is almost time for us to go to the palace to have a look." To see the legendary first prince, and the tenth princess who is about to die.

Su Qiu and Xia Rao looked at each other, and they all agreed.

At noon, Shen Qing looked at the people in Yuansong Courtyard who came to invite her, and knew that Master Liu must have found out that the person who killed Xiaodouya was Yuanshuang.

"Wait for a while, I'll go change my clothes." Shen Qing said humanely to the visitor.

The mother-in-law who came seemed very anxious: "You are in good shape, princess, hurry up and go..." The mother-in-law said anxiously.

Shen Qing was not in a hurry: "I am the princess of Huainan, how can I go out casually." After finishing speaking, he recruited Xia Rao and Su Qiu: "Change clothes."

Seeing this, the mother-in-law jumped anxiously, remembering the old master's instructions, she almost knelt down.

After waiting for a whole stick of incense, Shen Qing changed into her clothes and came out.

"Let's go." Shen Qing walked out slowly, while the mother-in-law just secretly prayed that Yuan Shuang's marriage had not been rejected, otherwise she would lose a layer of skin if she didn't lose her life.

(End of this chapter)