Concubine's true colors

Chapter 42
Zhou Xianrui on the side stood up and said calmly: "It's been quiet for a few days, it seems that the sixth brother and the others can't bear it anymore, let's go and see the county magistrate, she said how she wants to sing in this play."

But Xiao Jinxuan stopped him: "Your Highness, it's not good for you to come out at this time. I'll go by myself. You'd better wait until the most suitable time to come out. As for how to control this speed, I believe His Highness knows it well."

Zhou Xianrui narrowed his eyes, but he didn't move after all. Looking at the purple figure walking out, his eyes became deeper.

Talking about Xiao Jinxuan, she followed Zhu Xin to the door of the shop, before she could go out, the noise outside came into her ears.

"The Xiao family's hypocrisy, blasphemy of the dead, and the use of human flesh as mincemeat will be punished by heaven."

"That's right, folks, we have to ask that fourth lady to come out and have an explanation with her."

"Now that the county lord is here, please give us ordinary people justice."

Xiao Jinxuan sighed, it really is hard to be such a good person, she bought pork out of her own pocket, just looking at those children who were about the same age as Yao's brother, who were sallow and emaciated because of the snow disaster, she was moved for a moment, but she didn't expect that now she would provoke trouble.

Thinking in her heart, Xiao Jinxuan stepped out calmly, but at almost the same time, an egg was thrown at her.

"Miss, be careful." Zhu Xin exclaimed, and immediately stood in front of Xiao Jinxuan without the slightest hesitation. The egg hit her on the head, and the egg liquid flowed all over her face in an instant, mixed with the sprinkles that had been sprinkled before. Flour, this face is almost unreadable now.

A stern look flashed in Xiao Jinxuan's eyes, and she looked at the person throwing eggs. It turned out to be a woman in a floral jacket, and her right hand was still holding a young boy tightly.

"Miss Xiao Si, if you want to help us, no one will force you to do so, but you can't feed my children with dead human flesh. If you don't give me an explanation today, I will never end with you. "

Looking at the woman who was staring at her, Xiao Jinxuan snorted coldly and ignored her.

Instead, he reached out to help Zhu Xin remove the eggshell hanging from her face, and wiped her face.

When Zhu Xin was not so embarrassed, Xiao Jinxuan turned around, raised the eggshell in her hand, and asked with a smile: "Dead human flesh, are you referring to this thing?"

Seeing her, the woman in the flower jacket asked her such nonsense while holding an eggshell, and immediately said even more angrily: "Xiao Jinxuan! You are going too far, this is obviously an egg, but you are talking nonsense and asking me if it is dead human flesh , what I asked you to explain is minced meat."

Xiao Jinxuan snorted when she heard the words, and then completely suppressed the last smile on her face, with a sharp and serious expression.

"It turns out that you still recognize that it's not minced meat or eggs. You want me to explain it, and I can give you an explanation, but who allows you to waste food like this, don't forget, the government's disaster relief food is only white rice. These eggs, vegetables, and white noodles are all collected from donations, so what right do you have to squander them?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the noisy people around her immediately fell silent, looking at the vegetable leaves scattered all over the floor in front of the shop, the white noodles splashed, as well as Atractylodes macrocephala and bamboo hearts, who smiled and distributed food to them every day The person in that mess looks like a mess.

Shame flashed in everyone's eyes, and the rice bag in their hands suddenly felt so heavy for some reason.

There was also a look of regret on the woman's face, but she still yelled in disbelief: "I was too angry just now, if you didn't kill people and fool people, how could I throw eggs at you."

After a few steps to the woman, Xiao Jinxuan stared at her with cold eyes.

"Any reason is not an excuse for you to waste the life-saving food of the people in the city. There is no conclusion on the matter of human flesh being minced. I will naturally give you an explanation in a moment, but the food that is full of food on the ground today must not be just like this. Forget it."

Then she looked at Wen Xin and raised her voice to order: "Those who participated in the trouble today, you have made a list. These people are coming, and the government will give them the relief food, but other things are not allowed to be distributed to them." Same, remember?"

Wenxin had long been irritated by this group of people who refused to listen to explanations and threw things at them wantonly. Hearing the words, he naturally responded loudly, and then went to register for the record.

Now the people around showed expressions of regret, but it was indeed their fault, and what Xiao Jinxuan said was also reasonable, so no one dared to refute for a while.

As for the woman who threw the egg, she also froze in place. There are three children in her family, and the relief food from the government alone is not enough. If it weren't for the other things that they can receive on weekdays, the family probably wouldn't be able to survive.

After thinking about the pros and cons, the woman immediately grabbed the corner of Xiao Jinxuan's skirt, cried and said, "Miss Si, I was the one who made a fool of myself just now. Don't forget me, my lord. I still have three children to support. Man If I die again, you should take pity on me and don't cut off our family's supply."

Xiao Jinxuan just glanced at her calmly, stretched out her hand and pulled back the corner of her skirt that was caught, she was as precious as gold without saying a word, turned around and walked away indifferently.

There is no limit to kindness, and the only one who suffers will be herself. Xiao Jinxuan is very aware of this, so this woman is pitiful, but what the other party did just now is really hateful.

Before she could understand the matter, she would do something to someone who was kind to her. This kind of ruthless person would make it hard for her to pity her.

Qian Yingluo watched from the side, seeing that Xiao Jinxuan had suppressed the people with a few words as soon as she came out, and she barely gritted her silver teeth in hatred when no one shouted.

Knowing that it was impossible to expect these common people to make trouble, she could only do it herself.

Seeing Qian Yingluo's haughty expression, she raised her head and walked to Xiao Jinxuan's side.

"The county lord has gained a lot of experience when he came to Yangzhou. Now this concubine can show his face in public. He is shameless here."

Xiao Jinxuan smiled, and asked softly: "Isn't the county lord wrong? Although I'm a concubine, His Royal Highness Prince Rui asked me to help with the disaster relief. Could it be that the county lord thinks that Prince Rui is wrong?"

The last time she was so tolerant in the Song Mansion, it was because the identity gap between her and Qian Yingluo was too big, so she could only force the other party back in a roundabout way.

But now it's different, she has established a firm foothold in the Xiao family, and even Zhou Xianrui has joined forces secretly, now Qian Yingluo, she confronts Qian Yingluo tit for tat, without any worries.

When Qian Yingluo heard the words, she was very angry, how could she dare to judge a prince's right or wrong, and she didn't dare to answer those words indiscriminately.

But she was not reconciled, and immediately said: "Let's not mention this for now, I just ask you, how do you explain that there are human fingers in your minced meat?"

Xiao Jinxuan smiled, a glint flashed in her eyes, and said without answering, "Master Nayi, what do you think?"

Qian Yingluo was taken aback for a moment, she was worried about how to lead the conversation to search the shop, but the other party asked her directly what to do, it was just to please her.

Immediately, a look of joy flashed across her face, and she said with a straight face: "According to what the county lord said, the place where the minced meat is made must be searched carefully. If there is nothing suspicious by then, this is a misunderstanding today, and you can pay it back." Innocent, Xiao Jinxuan, what do you think?"

Xiao Jinxuan nodded her head very eloquently, and even took a few steps back to get out of the way.

"Anyone present can go in together, and they have the right to be a witness." At the end, she did not forget to invite the crowd to go in together.

Qian Yingluo rolled Xiao Jinxuan's eyes, and after giving her a look of interest, she led the others into the shop, and the people around followed her in.

All the people came to the yard, and before they had time to go to the kitchen to take a look, they saw a maid, who was playing with something by a well in the yard, and when they saw the crowd coming, they even exclaimed, and they raised their legs and were about to run out .

Such a suspicious behavior naturally attracted everyone's attention, and Qian Yingluo immediately asked someone to stop the girl, and when she was brought in front of her, she realized that the girl was actually Lan Zhi.

Lan Zhi looked terrified now, looked around in panic at everyone, and then she rushed towards Xiao Jinxuan.

"Miss, save me. You said that if something happens, you will protect me and you will definitely not let me be implicated by the minced meat."

As soon as she said this, the people around immediately went into an uproar, thinking that there was indeed something wrong with the minced meat, and according to what this maid said, the person who ordered it was the fourth young lady in front of her.

Xiao Jinxuan's face was still calm, she stepped back a few steps, opened the distance from Lan Zhi, and looked at him calmly.

"Lan Zhi, I don't understand what you are saying. I don't even know that you are here as an errand, so how can I tell you what to do?"

At this moment, Qian Yingluo snorted and said contemptuously: "Xiao Jinxuan, I'm afraid it's not that you don't understand, but that you are afraid that you will be implicated, so you should use this girl as a scapegoat."

After Qian Yingluo finished speaking, the people nodded their heads one after another, thinking it made sense, and Lan Zhi, who was kneeling on the ground, seemed to be too shocked, and looked at Xiao Jinxuan in disbelief.

"Miss, you have such a vicious mind. Since you are not benevolent, then don't blame the servants for being unrighteous."

After finishing speaking, Lan Zhi turned to kowtow to Qian Yingluo, and then burst into tears.

"The magistrate of the county is the master for me. The minced meat that I donate now is made of real human flesh, but these are all made by the lady. The slaves did not dare to do it at first, but she is the master. In the end, I can only obey orders, and I have no choice. what."

Complacency flashed across Qian Yingluo's eyes, and then she helped Lan Zhi up with a look of pity.

"You were also coerced. The county lord doesn't blame you. Now that you know your mistakes and can correct them, it's rare to identify the mastermind and make up for the crime."

Zhuzi, who was following behind Xiao Jinxuan, couldn't listen anymore, and a look of disappointment and pity flashed in his eyes.

"Lan Zhi, don't talk nonsense, you are no longer Miss' maid now, it must have been Miss who kicked you out of the yard before, and you held a grudge, that's why you made a false accusation."

Hearing this, Lan Zhi cried even more fiercely: "Zhu Xin, you really wronged me. You were kicked out of the yard that day. Do you know that the lady came to me again afterward, and then told me that she did it on purpose, because The only thing is to ask me to make minced meat for this person in private."

Then she pointed at Xiao Jinxuan, her face was hurt, and she said with grief and indignation: "It's me who is stupid. Now that I think about it, the young lady drove me away in public just to draw a line with me, and then when the incident happened, she asked me to take the blame , Fourth Miss, you are really cruel, thanks to my loyalty to you all the time."

Lan Zhi was crying in her eyes, but she was sneering in her heart. When she was in Wanxiang Pavilion, she was kicked out of the yard by public slaps, and even one of her teeth was knocked out. She couldn't hate it.

So when Ning Shi told her that she would be given a chance to kill Xiao Jinxuan herself, she agreed without even thinking about it, but looking at it now, the old master, because of her words, could not explain her words at all, and was accused and spurned by everyone. This feeling is so good that she can't wait to laugh three times.

And just as the situation was one-sided, and the people were cursing Xiao Jinxuan one after another, at the moment when her charges were about to be confirmed, Zhou Xianrui's calm and lonely voice came.

"It's really lively here today. I heard that the fourth lady used human flesh to make mince. It would be a pity if I didn't come to see such a novelty."

(End of this chapter)