The courtyard is deep in spring

Chapter 58 Interrogation
"Shut your stinking mouth!" Before she finished speaking, Li Yu interrupted her coldly, stepped forward, waved the man who was stunned there with a palm, grabbed the hair on the sideburns and lifted the woman's head. Turning her face to Mother Xu, she said, "You can see clearly! Who is this!"

Mother Xu swallowed the last part of her words in fright, and was forced to see clearly the woman's face in front of her.

"Ah! Lan, Lan'er?" She suddenly screamed!

"Shut up!" Li Yu was taken aback, and immediately said badly.

However, Nanny Xu still couldn't stop screaming, hysterical, and couldn't stop at all.

At this moment, the woman whose hair was being lifted by Li Yu suddenly cried out, "Mother! Help me!"

Murong Jin on the side burst out laughing suddenly: "What the hell is going on? Why do you call her mother?"

Mother Xu's heart fell to the bottom of the valley in an instant, all thoughts were lost, how could she speak?I can't wait to die immediately!

"Why do you ask so many questions? Their mother and daughter don't know how to behave themselves, and they want to plant the blame on Zhaoqing instead. I want to ask Prime Minister Lin. Is this their tutor in the Lin family?" Li Yu said Time had returned to calm, and when he found out that the woman was not Ye Zhaoqing, a big stone fell to the ground in his heart, and at this moment, his heart felt light, warm, and very comfortable.

However, for the Lin family, he still has no good face.

He called the guards and tied up the two people in the private meeting in the pavilion.Madam Xu, who had become a little crazy, bumped her head against the pillar, and was also tied up by the guards.

Murong Jin smiled and said, "Your Highness is right, but where is Miss Ye?"

When he asked, Li Yu immediately became nervous, yes!Where did Ye Zhaoqing go?Could there be something bad waiting for him?

In the pavilion, Mammy Xu still looked at her daughter and howled.

But Li Yu and the others had already walked out.

Lin Xirong was standing outside, when she saw the two of them coming out frowning, she immediately went up to meet her and said nervously: "Your Highness, please believe me! It is clear that she is not such a person! She must have been designed by someone." Yes! Yes! It was designed by someone!"

Li Yu looked at her swearing appearance, and was speechless for a moment.Don't know how to deal with it.

Murong Jin burst out laughing: "Miss Lin, don't worry, the one inside is not Miss Ye."

"Ah? It's not Zhaoqing? Who is that?" Lin Xirong was taken aback when she heard this, and then she was ecstatic: "That's great! Your Highness, you won't ignore her?" As she spoke, she looked expectantly. He glanced at Li Yu.

Li Yu immediately sighed, looked at Murong Jin and said, "You are the only one who can take a fancy to such a silly girl. Let me tell you what's good about you." After saying that, he turned around and walked back with his hands behind his back.

Lin Xirong was stunned for a while, Li Yu was mocking her in different ways, she knew this, but, what exactly does this mean?
"Okay, don't think about it." Murong Jin sighed, and said: "Xi Rong, your friendship with Miss Ye is sincere and warm, which is a good thing, but when you find out that your relatives are doing the best with you one day, What will you do if your friends are tearing you apart?"

"What do you mean?" Lin Xirong's face turned pale.

"You're actually a little bit aware of it, aren't you?" Murong Jin shrugged, turned around and went after Li Yu.

Lin Xirong stood there blankly for a moment, then also chased after her.

When they got back to the Furong Courtyard, Li Yu and Murong Jin didn't go in. They asked about the situation and Ye Zhaoqing was not inside, so they decided to let the guards they brought search the Lin Mansion.

"Your Highness, it's inappropriate to do this." Lin Xirong persuaded: "Although you are a prince, you can't search official residences at will. My father is the prime minister after all."

"Then what do you want me to do?" Li Yu said with a gloomy face, "Zhaoqing's life and death are uncertain now, do you want me to just wait?"

Lin Xirong shook her head and said: "No, I'm just thinking about His Highness. After all, if things get serious and the Emperor knows that His Highness dared to search the Prime Minister's mansion because of a woman, he will definitely feel dissatisfied with Zhaoqing. His Highness wants to marry Zhaoqing in the future." Passing through the door will naturally cause more trouble."

Li Yu was taken aback when he heard this: "I can't see that you are still thinking about everything!"

"She is my friend." Lin Xirong said solemnly: "Of course I will think about her. Now, my father is not in the mansion, but there is still one person who can save Zhaoqing."

"You mean your grandfather?" Murong Jin asked.

Lin Xirong nodded immediately, and said: "Yes! My grandfather has always regarded Zhaoqing as a granddaughter. He knows that something happened to Zhaoqing, and he will definitely do his best to find it."

"Then what are you waiting for? Go directly to the old man!" Li Yu turned and left.

Murong Jin and Lin Xirong hurriedly followed.

The Shangli Courtyard where Old Master Lin lived was some distance away, and it took a lot of effort to walk there. Li Yu couldn't wait any longer, so he ran over with lightness kung fu. Along the way, he saw his servants and women were very surprised.

Murong Jin was not in a hurry, and stayed with Lin Xirong all the time.

When he arrived at Shangli Courtyard, Li Yu hurried in without waiting for the boy at the door to report.

When the beaded curtain of the upper room was lifted, the maid at the door stepped back and sat quietly in the center of the flower hall, one on the left and one on the right with Mrs. Lin.

Seeing this figure, all the anxiety, anger, and heartbreak in Li Yu's heart disappeared.

He stared blankly at that beautiful figure almost greedily, and didn't move for a long time.

This is his redemption, the good medicine to save him from anger, sadness, anxiety, and all kinds of restless emotions!
He even felt that the reason for the half day's fear was for this moment!

Li Yu didn't even dare to breathe loudly, for fear of disturbing the girl sitting in front of the chessboard.

"Your Highness! Why are you standing at the door and not going in? Could it be that Mrs. Lin is not inside? This is bad, do we have to use our own power to save Miss Ye..." Murong Jin's trivial voice came from the door He came in, but he was stunned halfway through the sentence!

If not Ye Zhaoqing, who is that girl sitting opposite Old Master Lin who is so leisurely?

"Zhaoqing! So you are here!" Lin Xirong was overjoyed when she saw this scene, and immediately wanted to step forward, but was held back by Murong Jin.

At this time, Ye Zhaoqing turned her head and saw them. She gently dropped the chess piece in her hand on the chessboard, and then stood up and greeted Li Yu with Mrs. Lin: "I have met the eldest prince. I have met Mr. Murong." .”

"Xi Rong, you're here too?" She said with a smile on her face.

Lin Xirongman nodded joyfully, and said: "Zhaoqing, it turns out that you are here, this is really great!"

The joy in her eyes was extremely sincere, without any falsehood.

"Yes, after you left, I remembered that I haven't visited the old man for a long time, so I came here." Ye Zhaoqing nodded.

So far, Li Yu's heart has finally returned to his stomach. He walked forward slowly, his eyes fixed on Ye Zhaoqing's face, but it was a pity that the beauty had already sat back gently after paying her respects. Beside the chessboard, he looked down at the chessboard intently, completely ignoring his gaze.

"Wonderful!" Murong Jin also came over, but his focus was on the chessboard, where the white characters and the black characters were fighting fiercely, the situation was stalemate, and the outcome was hard to tell.

Old Master Lin raised his head and chuckled, took a look at Murong Jin and said, "I've heard that the second son of Dingguo's family is very good at chess. Could it be that you have already seen who wins and who loses?"

When Murong Jin heard this, he smiled and said, "Your junior has said it, Mr. Lin, please don't blame me for being presumptuous."

"No, no!" Mrs. Lin shook his head when he heard the words, "My old bones are almost moldy after staying in this yard all day. It's easy to see that the girl came to play a few games of chess with me. It doesn't matter whether you win or lose. The most important thing is the process!"

"Besides, I have already played a game of chess with Zhaoqing girl before. At that time, the old man won, but it was very difficult. Although Zhaoqing girl is still young, her chess style is very sophisticated. This game is not for the old man. I'm not sure I can win." Elder Lin said with a smile.

"Grandpa has always been like this!" Lin Xirong interrupted.

After hearing these words, Murong Jin couldn't help admiring him, just for Mr. Lin's generosity.

"As Elder Lin said, Miss Ye's chess skills are superb. In this game, this junior thinks she might win." He said with a smile.

Elder Lin was not angry when he heard the words: "My boy, the fact that you can say these words proves that your eyes are also poisonous!"

Li Yu also played chess on weekdays, and was very impatient with Murong Jin and Mrs. Lin's mutual compliments, but both of them praised Ye Zhaoqing in unison, which made him very happy.

Moreover, Mr. Lin said that Ye Zhaoqing had already played a game of chess with him, which proved that she had been here for a while, so the incident in the Fragrant Orchid Pavilion basically had nothing to do with Ye Zhaoqing.

Very good!
Because he was too happy, Li Yu finally restrained himself from getting angry with the two people in front of him.

What's so good about playing chess?Isn't it just sunspots and white characters, it seems to be the same!

When he was thinking about it, Ye Zhaoqing dropped a pawn on the chessboard, and suddenly said with a smile: "Old Master, you lost."

Mr. Lin looked down and found that the situation was over. He immediately put down the chess piece with a smile and said, "Okay! It's really awesome! Okay, I know His Highness is here to look for you, you young people go out and play by yourself! My old man It's time to rest."

"Mr. Lin." Li Yu said in a deep voice, "I feel that there is something that needs to be done justice by you."

"What is it?" Elder Lin was a little surprised.

"That's right." Li Yu opened his mouth slowly, and told everything he saw and heard when he entered the gate of the Lin Mansion today, and at the end he took a serious look at Old Master Lin and said: "I think this matter It's really strange! Miss Ye is playing chess with the old lady, but the servants around Mrs. Lin said that she had a tryst with someone in the fragrant orchid water pavilion, and let Ben Gong watch a live erotic palace on the spot! If Ben Gong was not careful , Miss Ye's reputation has been ruined long ago! I ask Mr. Lin to give her justice!"

Old Master Lin was very surprised when he heard this, the smile on his face slowly froze, and then he turned his head and glanced at Lin Xirong.

"Rong'er, is that so?" He asked.

Lin Xirong gritted her teeth and said, "Back to what my grandfather said! It's absolutely true! Your Highness and the others saw their granddaughter outside the Furong Courtyard. The granddaughter accompanied them to the Fragrant Orchid Water Pavilion. It was so true! In that pavilion, she had an affair with her cousin. The person is Madam Xu's daughter, Xiaolan, and my granddaughter feels very ashamed when something like this happens to our family!"

Old Master Lin listened quietly, he did not let go of the righteous indignation on Lin Xirong's face.

I couldn't help but smile wryly in my heart.

Silly child, if you knew that your mother did all of this, would you still think so?
From the moment Liu'er ran over to report the situation to Mrs. Lin, he had already guessed that Mrs. Lin would do something. He thought she would at least show mercy to Ye Zhaoqing for his own sake, but now it seems that Mrs. Lin is the next one. He will never give Ye Zhaoqing a chance to survive.

This child is so kind, with a sweet heart, and he originally came to live here because of his love, but he didn't expect to suffer such an innocent disaster in the end.

After all, he still killed her!
Stop it!
Such a vicious woman should also learn some lessons, otherwise, this good Xiangfu must be defeated by her!

"Your Majesty, don't worry, since it is clear that the girl lives in the old man's house, protecting her from being interfered and plotted by others is the promise of the old man." The old master Xu said in a deep voice: "Now that this kind of thing is happening, the old man can't expect it. , Only by finding out the truth can Zhaoqing feel at ease, don't worry, I will definitely give her justice in this matter!"

"Speaking so beautifully, you have to do it!" Li Yu snorted coldly.

When Murong Jin saw what he said, she quickly gave Li Yu a wink.

As long as Mr. Lin said something, he would definitely do it. Why did he need to do so?
However, Mr. Lin laughed when he heard the words: "It seems that His Highness is really kind to Qing girl! Zhao Qing is a good boy, and she deserves you to treat her like this, but Your Highness, can you stop saying no all the time?" Do it? When are you going to marry her?"

Li Yu's handsome face immediately turned red when he heard the words, he squirmed, and said in a rough voice, "Let's take care of it!"

"Old man!" Ye Zhaoqing was in a hurry, this old man, why don't you open which pot and which pot to lift?She has already done it to be a princess, why wait until now?
"Hehe, you are impatient..." Mrs. Lin laughed a few times, and immediately ordered to the housekeeper at the side: "Go, bring Mother Li, mother and daughter, and that evil Zhao Antin, all to me. Come!"

"Yes! Old master!" Housekeeper Zhao responded, and immediately turned around and retreated.

Although Mrs. Lin has been out of business for a long time, she still holds the highest power in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Housekeeper Zhao obeys him instead of Mrs. Lin. This is the best proof.

Seeing this scene, Li Yu's complexion finally got better.

Everyone sat down in the flower hall to drink tea. Old Lin ordered someone to put away his precious chessboard, and said with regret: "Zhaoqing girl, next time we, grandpa and grandson, want to play a game of chess. I don't know when it will be." .”

"Old man, I will come back often to visit your old man in the future." Ye Zhaoqing smiled slightly when he heard the words, and said: "When you want to play chess, I will accompany you."

Old Mrs. Lin couldn't help being startled when she heard the words: "Zhaoqing girl, are you... leaving the Lin family?"

Ye Zhaoqing smiled bitterly, and said sincerely: "Grandpa, not everyone in this Nuoda Lin Mansion loves Zhaoqing as much as you and Xi Rong. I'm happy, I'm leaving, maybe you will feel better."

These certain people are naturally referring to Mrs. Lin.Everyone present except Lin Xirong knew it well.

Old Mrs. Lin fell silent upon hearing this.

But Lin Xirong became excited: "Zhaoqing! No one in this mansion sees you unhappy? Are you talking about Zhao Anting? Don't worry, grandfather will definitely drive him away this time, and he will never be allowed to stay in Lin's mansion again!"

"No, it's not because of him." Ye Zhaoqing shook his head, sighed and said, "Xi Rong, don't you know who Madam Li is?"

Lin Xirong's face turned pale when she heard this.

How could she not know who Madam Li belonged to?How could she be unfamiliar with the old nanny who stayed by her mother's side for more than ten years and used her mother's power to show off in the mansion for decades?

And Li Lan was the first-class maid in her mother's room.

Lin Xirong moved her lips, her expression was completely sad.

Ye Zhaoqing originally wanted to say something, but seeing this scene, she felt that Lin Xirong was very pitiful.She opened her mouth and swallowed back the words she was going to say.

At this moment, Butler Zhao came in from the outside: "Go back to the old man, Mother Xu and her daughter have been brought!"

"Where's Zhao Antin?" Old Master Lin said in a deep voice, "Why didn't he come?"

"Returning to the old lady, then Zhao Antin...has already fled." Zhao Butler lowered his head and said guiltily: "It's a slave who is not good at things..."

"Okay! What's the use of talking so much nonsense?" Li Yu interrupted him impatiently, stood up abruptly and went outside.

After a while, he came back: "I have already sent dark guards out of the house to search, within half an hour, Zhao Antin will definitely bring them!"

Old Mrs. Lin was surprised again.

He didn't expect that Li Yu would lose his composure when he encountered Ye Zhaoqing's matter. Zhao Antin was just an ignorant playboy, and he actually dispatched his own secret guards!

It seems that she cares about the Ye family girl very much!

At this moment, Mrs. Lin finally realized the fact that her granddaughter will not be destined to be a princess in this life, and the only person who can climb a branch to become a phoenix is ​​Ye Zhaoqing.

However, he didn't feel resentful or dissatisfied like his son and daughter-in-law. On the contrary, he was still somewhat happy in his heart.

With the relationship between Xi Rong and the girl of the Ye family, why would her granddaughter not be able to marry a good family in the future?Being the daughter-in-law of the royal family is certainly glorious, but in the final analysis there is no freedom.

Now Marquis Ning Guo does not want this daughter, if they capture Zhao Qing's heart, it is not known that the Lin family will become her second family in the future.

Or, they get even more benefits than Ningguohou's Mansion!
Unfortunately, this son of his is an elm head!And so is the daughter-in-law!My mind is full of mud!paste!

Old Mrs. Lin couldn't help sighing in his heart, but he kept smiling on his face.He glanced at Ye Zhaoqing from time to time, his eyes were full of kindness.

He believed that Ye Zhaoqing could feel his heart.

"Although Zhao Antin is not here, isn't Madam Xu and others already arrested? How about interrogating them first?" At this moment, Murong Jin said.

"That's right!" Mrs. Lin nodded immediately after hearing the words, and waved to Butler Zhao who was standing beside him.

Looking for the butler, he quickly turned around and retreated.

Soon, Nanny Xu and Xu Lan stumbled in from the outside, without daring to look up at the faces of the people in the hall, they knelt down on the ground with a plop when they entered the door.

"Your servant sees the old man, sees the eldest prince..." Madam Xu tremblingly said: "I don't know why the old man called the servant over?"

At this time, she was still pretending.

A sneer suddenly appeared on Li Yu's face, if it wasn't for Lin's residence, he would have stepped forward and kicked this nasty old woman to the ground!

"Forget it, you don't have to cover up with me." Old Mrs. Lin said in a deep voice: "What is the matter, you have recruited it one by one, if you dare to hide even a half sentence, do you know what is waiting for you?" what?"

Nanny Li trembled all over, but she said stiffly: "Returning to the old man, the servant was ordered by the madam to send the young lady back. I heard about Miss Ye's affair with the young master Biao in the Furong Court. Out of good intentions, the servant followed suit I went to see it with Miss, and I never expected that the person who appeared there was my Laner! Please ask the old man to be the master of our Laner!" As he spoke, he burst into tears.

She is really sad.I was originally a theatergoer, but I didn't expect to laugh for a long time, and finally found out that the unlucky person was me!Is there anything more aggrieved and useless than this in the world?

Lin Xirong was a little angry when she heard this: "Nurse Xu! I didn't ask you to go with me! I insisted on going! And along the way, you insulted Miss Ye in front of His Highness, This has long demonstrated your wolfish ambition!"

"The servant offended Miss Ye with words, but the servant didn't do anything?" Nanny Lin said with tears in her eyes, "The servant's Lan'er suffered such an innocent disaster..."

"That's what you deserve!" Lin Xirong snorted coldly and said, "Xu Lan is flirtatious. Do you want to blame our Lin family for such a thing? Why don't you go to Zhao Antin to settle the score? But he ruined your daughter!"

Mother Xu trembled when she heard the words, she naturally didn't dare to settle accounts with Zhao Antin.Although that person is a jerk, he is still a son of a noble family and a member of Mrs. Lin's natal family. She is just a slave, and she is just a little bit more embarrassing in front of her master. How dare she fight against him?
"I beg the old lady to be the master of the slaves!" Madam Xu was so sad that she could only repeat these words over and over again.

Old Mrs. Lin, who was sitting at the top, frowned slightly, raised his hand to stop Nanny Xu from crying, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that this Nanny Xu didn't do anything excessive. There was no clue."

"The old man is wise!" Nanny Xu's eyes lit up immediately.

But Old Master Lin ignored her, but turned to look at Ye Zhaoqing and said, "Girl Zhaoqing, do you still remember the nanny who invited you to Mrs. Lin's yard?"

"Of course I remember." Ye Zhaoqing nodded and said, "The nanny's surname is Li, she is very fat, and she has a mole under her left ear."

(End of this chapter)