Ink Burns

Chapter 123 Guiding the Zhu Family
The wind blew through the hall, and a row of maids in uniform green gowns passed under the eaves with lowered eyebrows and submissive eyes.

The plump and short mother Su looked like a stool that had turned into a spirit. She was good at wearing red, so she looked like an old red painted stool, leading a row of slender green vegetable leaves in the yard, picking and choosing in Hakka dialect: "You have big hands, you go to the kitchen; you have big feet, you go to the walking company to deliver mail; you have a big mouth."

In the corridor, Shanyue stopped: she was also curious, what good could a big mouth do.

"Go to the door and gossip and curse that idiot Zhu to death!" Mother Su made the final decision.

Shanyue:.
It really is a good use of people.

They even carefully planned the battlefield of public opinion.

Mother Su arranged a maid named Qiuyu to work in the main room.

Mother Su's politeness towards Shanyue concealed a kind of affection: she clearly wanted to be close to him, but she had to act respectful, like a pretentious red stool.

".Our family is poor. We suffered a disaster a few years ago, so we exchanged her for rice. Ever since I knew you were going to marry me, I've been watching over her. Shu Ge'er has also passed her by. I can guarantee that she's a good girl."

Qiuyu hunched his head, hunched his shoulders, and hid his face between his shoulders. He looked very honest and quiet.

Shan Yue originally wanted to decline: she was not used to being served.

When she raised her eyes, she saw Qiutou in the inner room dragging a feather duster with lifeless eyes, as if all the energy had been drained away by housework: the main room was very large, and she and Qiutou had helped to do the cleaning in the past few days. At night, before she lay down, she heard Qiutou's loud snoring from the next room.

The girl was very tired taking care of such a large main hall.

Since he was chosen by Xue Xiao, his background must be clean.

Shan Yue nodded: "Then I'll have to thank my mother for her guidance."

It was not until dusk that the newcomers were finally settled in. Mother Su changed into a rose-red silk jacket, stood with her hands on her hips and gave a lecture in the courtyard: "Now that you have entered the Southern Palace, you must behave yourself! You all come from all over the world, the farthest ones are laborers from Kharchab, and the closest ones are from Southern Zhili and the capital. You come out to work just for the word "money"! Mother Su, I have only one thing to say, no matter how much money the outsider offers to buy you, leave evidence and present it to me, Mother Su, I will pay double! Anyone with a different heart should go to the capital to inquire about the methods of our Lord Censor! He dares to punish officials, let alone people in the market! - Do you understand!"

Everyone in the yard responded in unison: "Yes!"

Shan Yue passed under the corridor, put on a veiled hat when he went out of the second door, went around the side door, left the South Palace and entered the North Palace.

Zhu had been waiting for a long time.

"How is it? Did he take the medicine?" Zhu stopped and looked at Shanyue with burning eyes.

Shanyue shuddered, "He ate it. I put it in his tea, but he only drank half of it. Now that he was sleeping soundly, I dared to come over. Mother Su was scolding people in the courtyard. I was so scared that I asked Qiutou to hide in the main room and pretend to be me. I took advantage of the chaos to change my clothes and come out."

Yes, today, old lady Su collected more than 20 maids and boys from somewhere and sent them to the Nan Mansion. The entrance of the Nan Mansion was bustling with people and was busy all day long.

When Zhu heard that Xue Xiao had taken the medicine, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: as long as he took it for five days, Xue Xiao would not be able to speak, and his body would fall into Liu's hands, into her hands!
But before that, don't take it lightly!
"Where is He Wuma? Have you found He Wuma's file?" Zhu asked repeatedly.

Shanyue hurriedly shook her head: "There are a lot of documents in Ceshuipan, but I, I, I dare not look through them. He hasn't finished his tea, and I'm afraid that the drug effect will not show up, so I dare not go in."

Shan Yue paused, as if thinking about something: "Only, just."

He didn't say it out loud, but shook his head: "Maybe I heard it wrong."

Zhu was so anxious that she grabbed Shanyue's shoulder and said, "Hurry up and tell me!"

You little bitch, you're playing hard to get with her!

The long and sharp nails were pressing hard through the clothes. Halfway through spring, the weather had already warmed up. I had taken off two layers of clothes and was wearing thin clothes. The nails were about to dig into the flesh. Shan Yue hissed, "It hurts."

"What did you say!" Zhu didn't care whether Shanyue was in pain or not. If this bitch was useless, she wouldn't mind stuffing this bitch's face into the oil pan, which would only hurt more!
Shan Yue stepped back again and again: "I listen, I listen to the censor, oh no, Xue Xiao, tell Luo Feng that tomorrow we will secretly transfer Mother He from the Censorate to the eastern suburbs of Xiangshan. It seems that Mother He vomited out a lot of people. I vaguely heard something about a princess, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Xiahetou Village..."

Zhu's hands went limp and he slammed them onto the square tables.

The current saint's Qianlong Palace is in Xiangshan Shouqingyuan. Could it be that the saint wants to avoid being seen and heard and conduct the trial himself? ?

What fatal thing did He Laowu say?

A horrible thought entered her mind: Could it be that thing! ?

No, no, no, impossible.

No one dared to speak of that matter!

Moreover, she was confident that He Wuma would never betray her!

how can that be possible! ?

They have been through thick and thin together for so many years, and have seen all kinds of storms and waves. How could they possibly betray her! ?

She has always been kind to He Wuma!

Zhu calmed down, raised his eyebrows, and looked at Shanyue: "Are you sure you didn't hear it wrong?!"

Shan Yue shrugged and said, "Ah, maybe I heard it wrong, I can't say for sure."

He waved his hands repeatedly in fear and trepidation: "Madam, just pretend you didn't hear me say that!"

Zhu's throat choked, and she clenched her teeth and said through gritted teeth, "If you said it, it's said. If you didn't say it, it's not said. It's not decent to be vague! I'll ask you again. If you still can't get a definite answer, I still have a lot of medicine to feed that mad dog. I don't mind giving you a bowl too!"

Shanyue was so frightened that he trembled and two lines of tears fell down.

Shan Yue fell to her knees and cried, "I, I, I really can't remember! Xue Xiao's voice was low to begin with, and we were far apart, I, I couldn't hear clearly."

Shan Yue seemed to have remembered something, as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw, and grabbed the corner of Zhu's clothes: "If you still have doubts, why don't you wait at the city wall tomorrow to see if there is a carriage from the Censorate leaving the city, then everything will be clear!"

Zhu kicked Shan Yue's right hand fiercely: "Idiot! If the interrogation is to be conducted secretly, how can the carriage of the Censorate drive out of the city openly!"

and many more.

Zhu thought of something.

If the saint really tried the case in person, He Wuma would have been tortured in the Censorate for many days and would have been unkempt and smelly.

It was impossible for Xue Xiao to bring a small character like He Wuma to the palace to meet the emperor.

I will only find a secluded place outside the palace to wait!
There happened to be an official post station outside the Qingshou Palace!

Zhu narrowed her eyes and said, "Go back quickly. While he is still asleep, check if he has the room number and key to the post station room!"

She didn't believe that He Wuma would betray her!
Even if He Wuma betrayed her, she must know to what extent He Wuma had leaked the information!
(End of this chapter)