Chang Anqing

Chapter 102
In the early morning of the next day, when it was almost three o'clock, the path outside the Wuzhu Garden has already hurriedly ushered in a person, because it is now November, and the Wuzhu Garden is still shrouded in the deep and cold twilight at this moment, until people approached , barely saw the visitor wearing a half-worn bi-color jacket and skirt, hesitating for a moment at the door, and finally knocked carefully on the gilt-bronze animal bolt on the door.

After a while, there was only a slight sound of the door, and it was slightly opened a crack, and a sleepy-eyed little maid came out, through the crack of the door, she saw Lingxi with a nervous and cautious expression standing outside. .

"I, I was ordered by the princess to send the female worker—"

Although the little girl in front of me is from Wuzhuyuan, Lingxi is the close confidant of Princess Rong'an. In the past, she didn't pay attention to such third- and fourth-class gatekeepers, but she was beaten by Princess Yongning yesterday. After being punished, she couldn't help but lower her voice and be as humble as possible when facing this eleven or twelve-year-old girl in front of her today.

Facing the greatly changed consonance in front of her eyes, the servant girl was slightly taken aback, and even her drowsiness was swept away. Thinking of sister Niannu's order last night, she hurriedly opened the door and said, "The Princess gave the order last night. Today, as soon as my sister comes, I will go to the door." Waiting in the corridor."

Hearing the servant girl's words, Lingxi pursed her lips, nodded and walked in. After the servant girl knocked on the door again, she followed her towards the quiet corridor with few people.

When the two of them reached the door of the corridor, they saw the servant girl paused, stopped under the stone steps, and then politely said: "I'll go and report to Sister Niannu, please come in and wait, it's cold outside. "

Lingxi nodded when he heard the words, but saw that the maid hadn't left yet, and when she saw the little girl's waiting eyes flickering, she climbed up the steps comprehendingly, pushed the door and walked in, the little girl in this room was in a hurry He walked towards the main courtyard where Li Sui was located.

As soon as he entered the house, Lingxi felt that the inside was inexplicably icy cold, there was no charcoal stove, and only a faint yellow candle was burning and flickering in the lampshade.

Just when Lingxi shivered involuntarily from the cold, he was holding the tray in his hand and was about to put it on the table with candles, when he heard a slight rustling sound from behind the hanging veil on the right, as if Like a raccoon slave in spring.

Suppressing the fear in his heart, Lingxi gently put down the tray, turned his eyes to the open door, and saw the empty courtyard outside.

Only then did she have the courage to walk towards the veil with light hands and feet. When she gradually approached the source of the voice, she couldn't help but lift the misty veil in front of her eyes, but her body froze the next moment. , as if seeing something extremely terrifying.

Through the faint light behind him, Lingxi saw a person sitting on the soft couch with red sandalwood carved phoenix and passionflower pattern behind the veil.

At the moment, she was tied up with a rope, her mouth was stuffed with cloth, and her curled up hair was scattered on her forehead in embarrassment. As soon as she saw her, her eyes lit up, and her mouth made a hurried and excited sound.

Yes, Chun'er—

Chun'er, the third-class maidservant in Langao Courtyard!
Lingxi's pupils constricted, and she felt a crash in her head, as if seeing a ghost, she stepped back in a panic step by step, and almost at the same time, there was a voice behind her that was so plain, but enough to make her feel terrified.

"When you meet old acquaintances, don't say a few more words."

Although it was a question, there was no question at all.

Lingxi's hands gradually trembled, and when he turned around, his face couldn't help but turn pale, as if he had seen a ghost, and lost all color.

"County -- county master --"

Hearing the sound of "Boom--", Lingxi couldn't stop her legs from going limp and knelt down on the ground. When she saw Li Sui who was standing at the door, and Niannu and Yunu who looked like Dharma protectors behind her, There is also the rough envoy woman standing faintly outside the door, Lingxi understood immediately.

Everything has been brought to light.

The next moment Li Sui came slowly towards the side of the couch, Lingxi retreated tremblingly like a panicked prey, Li Sui's skirt easily swept across Lingxi's cheeks, waving a icy chill.

The door was closed with a "squeak" sound. Under Li Sui's gesture, Yu Nu raised Chun'er and threw it to Lingxi's side with a cold face. Lingxi immediately wanted to move away like a hot potato. , but was firmly pressed down by Yu Nu and knelt down. On the other side, Nian Nu had already removed the cloth from Chun'er's mouth.

Almost at the same time, Chun'er hurriedly told everything like beans in a bamboo tube.

"Princess, it's Lingxi, it's Lingxi. She bought the slaves with money. Back then, she asked the slaves to pour medicine into the incense burner in Mr. Erlang's house. She also said that if the slaves did it, they could easily get the money. If they didn't , the county lord will not keep me, killing me is as easy as killing an ant, slave girl, slave girl is really forced, I dare not stop doing it, princess, please forgive the slave girl, slave girl will never dare again I don't dare to—”

Seeing that Chun'er's face was covered with tears, she couldn't stop chanting the last sentence, while kowtowing again and again, Li Sui raised his jaw lightly, and Yu Nu was about to lift her up, as lightly as a chick.

At this moment, Lingxi was like five thunderbolts, his face was pale and almost transparent, but he didn't know what to say between his lips.

"Consonance—"

A cold and unwavering voice sounded from the seat, Lingxi followed the sound, and saw Princess Yongning sitting there high, like a Bodhisattva with a solemn treasure looking down on all living beings.

A pair of eyes were clear and seductive, and there was an ordinary arc on the lips, and he said quietly: "What else do you want to say?"

"Slave, slave—"

As if being strangled by the neck, Lingxi's lips moved, but she didn't know how to argue.

Mr. Erlang is the eldest son whom Mrs. Taiwei puts high hopes on. Using crooked thoughts on Mr. Erlang is like planting thorns in Mrs. Taiwei's eyes. From the very beginning, she knew that what she did was enough to kill her. But now that she has come to this point, she almost forgot to beg for mercy.

Seemingly afraid that Lingxi would bite back, Chun'er immediately continued without waiting for Lingxi to speak: "Princess, what this servant and maid said are all the truth, I dare not deceive even a single sentence—"

Noticing that Lingxi was kneeling there like a clay sculpture, without saying a word, Li Sui raised his eyes and looked at Niannu beside him. Niannu nodded slightly, and then walked towards Lingxi, about to take something out of his sleeve.

Just as she was approaching, Lingxi wanted to back away in fear, but was firmly restrained by Yu Nu behind her. At this moment, Nian Nu had already pulled out a folded paper from her sleeve, and she unfolded it patiently, and then Shaking in front of Lingxi, it is an extraordinary painting.

The person in the painting is consonant and one can tell who it is at a glance.

Because it was not someone else, but herself.

Seeing that Lingxi's body was as tense as a string, Li Sui was already holding a booklet in his hand.

Li Suixian touched the page with his finger, and slowly opened it. When it was halfway through, he unhurriedly rolled up the booklet, leaned over, and under heavy pressure and deterrence, placed the unfolded page in the same place as Lingxi. before.

And the handwriting on it is enough to throw Lingxi into the bone-piercing cold pool, sinking deeper and deeper.

"A shop in Xifang, though inconspicuous, sells a mixed bag of goods. In this Chang'an city, if there are noble ladies and concubines who are unwilling to submit, this shop will have enchanting Western Region love potions, which are enough to confuse people's minds." .”

Sensing Lingxi's shrinking, Li Sui handed the book to Niannu, and Niannu put it away, then leaned back in a leisurely manner, looked at Lingxi calmly as if talking, and said: "This is the account book of that shop, the owner recalled , there was indeed a woman who was plainly dressed and well behaved when she bought this medicine, even though she was wearing a veil, she could tell she was not an ordinary person with her psychic demeanor, so he actually remembered it very clearly."

After finishing speaking, Li Sui raised his jaw towards the painting with a smile and said, "No matter how much the woman in the painting conceals it, when dealing with him, the cinnabar mole on the tiger's mouth on her right hand is still unforgettable."

Upon hearing these words, Lingxi's body was shocked immediately, and he reflexively retracted his hands and hid them under his sleeves, unable to calm down anymore.

"Lingxi, now, do you think there is still time to delay?"

Li Sui's lazy voice trembled in her ears, and Lingxi looked at those meaningful bright eyes, and gradually realized that she had already fallen into an impenetrable net without knowing it.

(End of this chapter)