The courtyard is deep in spring

Chapter 117

"Princess Concubine, you don't need to apologize, everything is Madam Lin's fault." Liu Er shook her head and said seriously, "She was the one who wanted to kill me, and she was the one who forced Miss Lin..."

Speaking of this, she was startled suddenly, raised her eyes to look at Ye Zhaoqing, and said cautiously: "Crown Princess, you won't blame Miss Lin, will you?"

She kept talking about Miss Lin, but she was still afraid that Ye Zhaoqing would scold Lin Xirong.

Ye Zhaoqing couldn't help laughing when she heard this, she nodded at Liu'er and said, "Don't worry, Mrs. Lin also got involved in this matter, and she tried desperately to protect you. Affection, I remember."

"That's good." Liu'er breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that.

Ye Zhaoqing glanced at her and said softly: "Liu Er, do you hate Mrs. Lin?"

Hearing this, Liu'er raised her head and gave Ye Zhaoqing a sharp look, then shook her head and said, "Crown Princess, Mrs. Lin Xiang personally apologized to me on her behalf, I, I don't hate her."

Ye Zhaoqing sighed involuntarily when he heard the words, and couldn't bear to ask further, just nodded and said: "You have a good rest, just take care of your wounds, as for the little bit of arsenic, don't worry at all."

"Okay, servant girl knows." Liu'er nodded lightly.

Ye Zhaoqing stretched out his hand to pull the quilt, and gently covered her body, then his eyes fell on the two purses beside him.

Ji Yan immediately asked: "Crown Princess, what should I do with this purse?"

Hearing this, Ye Zhaoqing thought for a while and said, "I originally wanted you to take this arsenic back and watch Mrs. Lin eat it with your own eyes, but after thinking about it, forget it, she is Xi Rong's mother after all."

Hearing this, Ji Yan lowered his eyes and said, "The Crown Princess is really kind."

"No need to compliment me!" Ye Zhaoqing said, smiled slightly, turned his head to look at Ji Yan and said, "Okay, go and throw all these away!"

"Yes, Crown Princess." Ji Yan's eyes flickered upon hearing this, then he reached for the two purses, and then retreated.

That night.

The lights in Lin Xiang's study were kept on all night.

Lin Xiangzheng was sitting at the table thinking about something sadly, when he suddenly heard a movement from the window behind him.

"Who?" Lin Xiang immediately turned his head and asked.

The next moment, the window was opened from the outside, and Ji Yan swaggered in from the outside.

"It's you?" Lin Xiang was a little surprised, and couldn't help frowning: "Didn't Liuer let you take him away during the day? Could it be that the Crown Princess has something to tell you to tell the truth?"

Ji Yan didn't answer, walked over swaggeringly, then took out the two purses from his sleeves, and threw them on the table in front of Lin Xiang with a clatter.

"Isn't this... the antidote given by Madam?" Lin Xiang picked it up and looked at it, wondering, "But what's the problem?"

Hearing this, Ji Yan glanced at him coldly and said: "Master Hou, you must have been a prime minister for these years, you must have seen a lot, if you take a closer look yourself, what is there?"

When Lin Xiang heard this, he glanced at Ji Yan suspiciously, then lowered his head, picked up a purse and opened it.

Inside were some brown pills, not sure what they were made of.

"Please forgive me for my lack of eyesight. I can't recognize what these are." Lin Xiang put down his purse, glanced at Ji Yan, and said in a deep voice: "Brother, if you have anything to say, just say it directly, without beating around the bush. You come out of the palace, It must have been a tight time."

"You're right!" Ji Yan immediately showed a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, and then slowly opened the other purse to take a look, imitating Ye Zhaoqing's way, stretching out his hand to twist one to have a look, Said: "I went out of the palace this time to hide the truth from the Crown Princess."

When Lin Xiang heard this, his eyes flashed, and he asked curiously: "Oh? My brother came to look for the truth so late, but do you need help? If so, just ask, the truth will definitely..."

"Stop talking big, Lord Hou! Don't leave it to guessing." Ji Yan interrupted Lin Xiang, and finally explained the purpose of coming here tonight: "The crown prince and concubine have seen it, and every pill here contains There is arsenic mixed in. Master arsenic, do you know what it is?"

When Xiang Lin heard this, his expression changed slowly.

Ji Yan admired his expression, and then said in a cool tone: "If you eat just one, you can't kill people at all, but Mrs. Lin told Liu'er that you must take this antidote so that you won't die from the poison. What do you think?" Isn't this ridiculous? Taking the antidote will kill people, this is really an anecdote in the world!"

After all, Prime Minister Lin had been struggling in the officialdom for so many years, and after a little thought, he understood what Mrs. Lin meant by sending these pills, and his face turned livid all of a sudden.

Ji Yan glanced at him, and said in a cool tone: "After knowing what these antidotes are, the Crown Princess once flew into a rage and ordered her subordinates to bring these pills and watch Mrs. Lin take them herself. However, she thought of Lin In the end, Miss, I decided to spare her life."

As he said that, he leaned forward suddenly, and slammed his palm on Lin Xiang's desk, which was a golden nanmu desk, and there was a crack in an instant.

"The princess has a kind heart, but it doesn't mean that we people will keep watching! If Lord Hou doesn't teach his wife a good lesson, and offend the princess again, then be careful, I will bear it." I can't help but do it for her myself."

After saying these words word by word, Ji Yan took a few steps back, admired Lin Xiang's iron blue face, turned around and left gracefully.

A branch of a crabapple outside the window swayed a few times, exuding a strong fragrance of flowers in the dark night, a gust of wind mixed with petals blew, just blowing Lin Xiang's head and face.

Lin Xiang stood there, staring blankly for a long time, then walked over and slowly closed the open window.

When he turned around, he was expressionless.

Divorce!

The thought that I had hesitated just now finally came to fruition in my heart.

……

By the time Lin Xirong woke up from the darkness, it would be getting late.

She didn't know that she had slept for a day and a night, and she thought it was still before she fell into a coma. When she opened her eyes, she grabbed the hand of the maid who was guarding the bed: "Feng'er, tell me, what is Liu'er doing now?" How is it? She, is she alright?"

Feng'er was shocked when she heard the words, she hurriedly stepped back, and hurriedly replied: "Miss, don't worry, Liu'er is fine, the Crown Princess sent someone to take her back to the palace."

"I'm back to the palace..." Liu'er breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.

But at the next moment, she became nervous again: "What about the mother? How is the mother?"

This time, Feng'er lowered her head and said in a low voice: "Miss, Madam was locked up by the master, who said that no one is allowed to visit, you should have a good rest!"

"Mother is being locked up?" Lin Xirong was stunned when she heard this, and immediately remembered Mrs. Lin's madness that day.

"As long as she is dead, everything will be dead without proof. Even if the princess wants to pursue it, there is nothing she can do! Why bother?"

……

"Then, do you choose Liu'er or Mother?"

……

"If you choose to send Liu'er back, then the Crown Princess will know everything, and she will never let me go." Mrs. Lin explained indifferently: "If you choose to let Liu'er die, then the Crown Princess will have no evidence of death. Your mother Or you can get a chance to breathe, two options, you choose yourself!"

……

It was such an emergency situation at that time, I hated myself for passing out like this!

Lin Xirong stared blankly at Feng'er, two lines of clear tears slowly fell from her eyes.

Feng'er became anxious when she saw it: "Miss! You must not cry! If Master Xiang finds out, is it necessary to punish the servants to death?"

It was fine if she didn't say anything, but when she said that Lin Xirong was crying even harder, Feng'er tried to persuade her, but it was useless, fearing that something might go wrong, she hurriedly sent her servant girl to call Lin Xiang.

After a while, Lin Xiang strode in from the outside, looked at the crying daughter, and couldn't help but feel distressed: "Xi Rong, how are you?"

Lin Xirong heard the words, raised her tear-filled eyes, and said, "Father, I want to go and see my mother, can you let me go?"

All this crying is actually just for this!
Lin Xiang's face suddenly darkened: "Nonsense! Mother made a mistake, and she has been thinking about it behind closed doors during this time. If you want to see her, just wait for a while!"

After Ji Yan came that night, early the next morning, Prime Minister Lin ignored Mrs. Lin's crying and cursing, and sent someone to confine her.

"Then daddy should imprison me too!" Lin Xirong sobbed, "We are two mother and daughter, just to be companions..."

"Nonsense! Nonsense!" Hearing these words, Xiang Lin jumped up angrily: "Xi Rong! You were there that day, so do you know what your mother did? Liu'er almost died! Our family I almost became an enemy of the crown prince!"

"All I know is that she is my mother." Lin Xirong said with tears in her eyes, "It was the mother who gave birth to me and raised me. No matter how many mistakes she made, her husband could scold her and her in-laws could imprison her, but I As a daughter, I can only accompany her and do my best to make her not be so lonely, am I wrong?"

After Lin Xiang heard this, he stared blankly at Lin Xirong. At this moment, even though he was eloquent, even though he was furious, he couldn't utter a single word.

"Father, please." Lin Xirong said with tears streaming down her face.

Lin Xiang looked at her, and suddenly said like a ghost: "Father, I heard that you abandoned Liu Er on that day. As for the Crown Princess, do you really plan to break up the relationship from now on?"

Lin Xirong trembled when she heard the words, she couldn't help but looked up at Lin Xiang, and said with a wry smile: "The Crown Princess has already ordered someone to send a letter of severance, even if I don't agree, what can I do?"

Lin Xiang stared at her deeply after hearing the words, then suddenly turned and walked out.

While walking, he ordered: "Come here! Guard this place! No one is allowed to enter or leave!"

"Yes! Master Xiang!"

This is, has he even been confined?
Lin Xirong sat there blankly, her face was still full of pear blossoms and rain, watching this scene, she couldn't help showing an extremely bitter smile on her face.

Anyway, since that's the case, she should just stay there!
"Open the door! Let me out! Lin Youxian, you rebellious villain!" In recent days, heart-piercing cries could often be heard from Mrs. Lin's courtyard, but without Prime Minister Lin's orders, there was not a single servant Dare to open the courtyard door and let her out.

There was not a single decent thing in the house anymore, Mrs. Lin smashed all the things that could be smashed in the house, and she only did one thing all day, and that was to curse Lin Xiang non-stop.At this moment, she hated this man so much!

On that day, he clearly promised himself that he would never argue with him about this matter, and he would hand over the right to be in charge of the family back to himself. Unexpectedly, he locked himself up just one day later!

Unexpectedly, she was so shrewd all her life that she fell into the hands of her husband!
Mrs. Lin hates it!She can't get any news from the outside world, and she doesn't see anyone all day long, and she doesn't even know the current situation of her closest daughter.

She would rather die than die, and she doesn't want others to have a better life, so she spends the whole day smashing things for fun in the house. In just a few days, no servant in the entire Hou Mansion dared to approach this courtyard.

On the seventh day, Lin Xiang finally came.

"Lin Youxian! Why did you lock me up! Talk to me!" As soon as Mrs. Lin saw her husband, she suddenly got up from the ground, and rushed forward like she was baring her teeth.

When Lin Xiang saw his unkempt appearance, he frowned fiercely, waved his big hand, and two guards rushed up from both sides, immediately grabbed Mrs. Lin's arm firmly, and controlled her.

"Lin Youxian! Why are you lying to me? Why are you going back on your word?" Seeing that she couldn't catch anyone, Mrs. Lin went mad with anger and struggled hard.

Lin Xiang glanced at her calmly, and with a wave of his hand, the servant beside him handed over a plate, which contained the two purses that Ji Yan sent back that day.Bulky.

"This is the antidote you gave Liu'er that day." Lin Xiang said expressionlessly: "If you eat them all and live in peace, I will order someone to release you and restore your status as the head of the family." right."

Mrs. Lin's pupils shrank sharply when she saw this, and she shook her head violently after a while: "No! I won't eat it! It's for detoxification. If I'm not poisoned, I'll die if I eat it! You want to kill me!"

"How could the antidote eat the dead?" Lin Xiang smiled coldly when he heard the words, and the laughter was very loud in the empty room.Mrs. Lin didn't know why he was like this, she was stunned for a moment so she didn't speak.

Lin Xiang continued: "Let me just say it straight! Your pill is mixed with arsenic, and the truth has already been checked by someone. Originally, I had decided to let you go that day, but madam, do it yourself." Such a vicious thing, it’s no wonder the truth, this is the letter of divorce, you take it and leave the Prime Minister’s mansion immediately! My temple here is too small to accommodate a big Buddha like you.”

As soon as the letter of divorce came out, Mrs. Lin's pupils shrank sharply, and she stood there without moving for a long time as if struck by lightning.

Lin Xiang stood there quietly, with no expression on his face and no waves in his heart.

He never expected that the relationship between husband and wife would reach such a point in the end.

However, he has no regrets.

Compared with the entire Lin family, what is the sacrifice of a little Mrs. Lin?
"Ah!—" A moment later, Mrs. Lin suddenly let out a deafening cry, the voice was full of deep sorrow and unwillingness, and all the servants who heard it directly covered their ears, and their faces showed A trace of fear.

Xiangfu is about to change!

This is the thought in everyone's heart.

"Lin Youxian, these pills are mixed with arsenic, you didn't find out, did you?" After shouting, everyone thought Mrs. Lin was going to start smashing things like crazy, but at this moment, she suddenly turned her head, her eyes were like knives , pointing directly at Lin Xiang: "It was found out by the Crown Princess!"

After saying this, a weird smile appeared on her face!
Prime Minister Lin didn't know, so he nodded immediately and said, "That's right! The pills you gave Liu Er were found by the Crown Princess to contain arsenic."

"Master Hou, do you really believe what the Crown Princess said, without doubting it at all?" Mrs. Lin asked with a sneer when she heard the words: "With the intelligence and wisdom of the Crown Princess, she can completely replace all those pills because of her hatred for me. Drop it! These arsenic-containing pills may have been deliberately made by her to frame me! The purpose is to get the prime minister to divorce his wife!"

"The princess's heart is really cruel!" Finally, she praised, "Even I admire her..."

"Enough!" Prime Minister Lin interrupted Mrs. Lin suddenly, and waved his hand again, another servant stepped forward, showing a plate of almost identical pills in his hand: "You said the princess wronged you, well, these How do you explain that the pills were seized from your house by the order of the truth, and they also contain arsenic?"

Mrs. Lin was stunned when she heard this, and then laughed wildly: "Hahaha! You are so funny! Since the Crown Princess can replace those, can't she in my room have no way to replace them?"

"Co-authoring means that someone else framed you, so you are innocent?" Hearing this, Lin Xiang shook his head in extreme disappointment: "Madam, I despise you the most. If you want to pour dirty water on others, you are probably No. 1 in the world!"

"Mr. Xiang has never been willing to believe me. What's the point of saying this now?" Mrs. Lin said, walking over unsteadily, reaching out to take the divorce letter from Xiang Lin, looking down for a moment, suddenly Wept very sadly.

Lin Xiang couldn't help but change his face when he heard the cry, but he remembered all the disasters Mrs. Lin had caused him during this period of time, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Come here! Pack up for Madam and send her back !"

He didn't want to stay here for another moment.

When turning around and striding away, Xiang Lin suddenly caught a glimpse of a person standing in front of the grape arbor at the gate of the courtyard. : "Xi Rong? When did you appear here?"

"Just when father took out the letter of divorce." Lin Xirong said slowly, walking from under the grape arbor step by step.

Seeing her questioning tone, Lin Xiang immediately frowned, nodded immediately and said: "It's good if you know, as a father, I don't have to go to tell you in person again, by the way, your elder brother has I got the news, I will be back from out of town soon." Saying that, she wanted to spare Lin Xirong and leave.

To be honest, Lin Xirong's gaze at this moment made him a little scared.

However, he was afraid of something, just as Lin Xiang passed by, Lin Xirong finally opened his mouth slowly: "Father, do you really want to divorce mother?"

Hearing this, Lin Xiang froze, turned his head and glanced at Lin Xirong and said, "She has done so many evil things, shouldn't she be suspended? Also, this is a matter between adults, your child's family , don't interrupt!"

"Mother has done a lot of evil things, but she might have been wronged for this matter. Why didn't father investigate properly?" Lin Xirong stubbornly refused to bow her head, and looked at Lin Xiang with stubborn eyes. .

Lin Xiang glanced at her in disbelief, as if he suddenly didn't know her: "Xi Rong? Do you know what you are talking about? Are you questioning the Crown Princess? Have you forgotten how good she is to you? "

"No matter how good it is, it can't compare to my mother, can't it?" Lin Xirong sneered and asked, "Or, father, do you want me to abandon my mother and protect an outsider?"

After Lin Xiang heard this, he stared at Lin Xirong for a long time, unable to say a word for a long time.

"Xi Rong... Seeing that you are still alive and well, mother is finally relieved!" Seeing this scene, Mrs. Lin felt extremely proud!At the critical moment, she knew that her precious daughter was the closest to her!It's not in vain that she has done so much for her!
Wait!Her son is coming back soon, Xiang Lin wants to divorce her, it's not that easy!

"Mother!" Lin Xirong turned her head to look at her after hearing this and said, "Tell me, did you give Liu Er those pills containing arsenic?"

Mrs. Lin froze when she heard the words, but quickly shook her head and said, "I didn't give it to her! It was the Crown Princess who framed me!"

"I believe what mother said." Lin Xirong said softly. After she finished speaking, she turned her head and glanced at Lin Xiang and said, "Father, I want to investigate this matter myself. Before the truth is revealed, you can't divorce my mother." .”

Lin Xiang listened to these aggressive words, and then looked at Mrs. Lin, who was secretly complacent, and hated him to the extreme: "Xi Rong! Didn't I order you to rest in Furong Courtyard? Why did you come here? Didn't you Feng'er and the others have neglected their duties? Come here! Pull out all the people in the Furong Courtyard and sell them!"

"Father, don't interrupt." Lin Xirong shook her head and said, "I escaped by myself, and it has nothing to do with them. If father wants to punish, please punish me. If you want to beat or punish, you will do as you please!"

"How could I hit you?" Lin Xiang smiled wryly when he heard this.

"Father, will you take back this letter of divorce?" Lin Xirong raised her eyes to look at him, and decided to speak.

Immediately, Lin Xiang became furious, flicked his sleeves and said, "Nonsense! Do you talk to father like this? Don't worry about my affairs! Get back!"

"Father..." Lin Xirong spoke again.

"Get out!"

Lin Xiang emphasized his tone, cast a gloomy look at Lin Xirong and said, "The decision I made has never been changed! Don't force me, otherwise..."

Facing his threat, Lin Xirong seemed very calm. She was neither loud nor noisy, but before Lin Xiang roared again, she silently took a step back, took out a sharp dagger from her sleeve, and put it on the ground in a snap. on his own neck!

"Xi Rong! What are you doing? Put it down!" Lin Xiang was shocked when he saw this scene.

(End of this chapter)