Nong Hua Makeup
Chapter 63
Chapter 63
When Lin Jinhua returned to the flower hall, Lin Duan walked towards her aggressively.
Lin Jinhua stopped and looked at his gloomy face, and said calmly: "If uncle is free, why not go to Aunt Zhou first, although she was expelled from the Lin family, she is still your biological mother, isn't she?"
Lin Duan's complexion was slightly blue, his chin was drawn down coldly, and he looked at her sharply like an eagle: "I used to really only think of you as an ordinary woman, but now it seems that I underestimated you from the beginning."
"It's still too late to face it squarely." Lin Jinhua looked at him indifferently.He has a heart of pity for his mother, why doesn't she have it? They were the ones who attached themselves to Sanfang's body as blood-sucking bugs from the beginning, and now they are the ones who turn around and want to kill Sanfang.
Lin Duan looked into her cold eyes, and after a while, he left without saying a word.
As soon as he left, Mrs. Zheng on the side also saw that it was tricky, but she didn't care about it, she just smiled and said: "Miss Lin, now that the matter is settled, can you take a look at my Jiaojiao?"
Lin Jinhua smiled and nodded at her, and said softly as if nothing had happened just now: "Fortunately, it was delivered in time, and I have already ordered my servants to get the medicine, but from now on, Miss Zheng must not get angry again. Otherwise, the disease will recur at any time, and my medicine can only suppress it temporarily." She can cure Zheng Jiaojiao's disease, but she won't cure her.She is not a fairy, but an ordinary person who must repay her kindness and revenge!
Mrs. Zheng saw that her attitude was sincere and she didn't see any abnormalities, so she had no choice but to trust her, and said gratefully: "That's good."
Zheng Jiaojiao heard that she was ill and wanted to lose her temper, and then remembered what she said just now, so she had to take a deep breath to suppress her anger.
Lin Jincheng had only just received the news and rushed back, dressed in travel and dust, and smelled of alcohol.
As soon as he entered the room, he didn't care about greeting Mrs. Zheng, so he pulled Lin Jinhua anxiously: "Did they ever touch you? How are you now?"
"I'm fine." Seeing his anxious look, Lin Jinhua said with a smile, then turned to look at Mrs. Zheng, "Thanks to Mrs. Zheng for helping."
Only then did Lin Jincheng notice the person coming, and he took a step forward and saluted politely.
Mrs. Zheng glanced at the talented Lin Jincheng, and she was a little amazed. She thought that Lin Jinzheng had inherited all her mother's beauty, but she didn't expect that the son of the Lin family was so handsome.
When Zheng Jiaojiao saw Lin Jincheng from behind, her heart beat a little faster, she gently tugged at Madam Zheng's sleeve, and said, "Mother, Jiaojiao should live in Lin's mansion today, and go back tomorrow after taking the medicine."
Mrs. Zheng was a little worried, after all, so many things happened in Lin's house, it's not safe to kill and dismember her body: "Miss Lin still has affairs to deal with, so don't make trouble here."
After finishing speaking, the girl who bought medicine outside had already returned.
Lin Jinhua knew Mrs. Zheng's worry and alienation, so she only gave her the prescription and medicine, and then said with a smile, "It's enough to decoct it every day."
"Thank you." Mrs. Zheng saw that she didn't have the slightest intention of asking her to help her as a favor, so she was not as alienated and defensive as when she first came here.
Seeing this, Lin Jincheng also said, "It's dark at night, I'll send someone to escort Madam back home."
Zheng Jiaojiao listened to his clear voice, saw that he was tall and tall, with handsome features and distinct features, and even said that she would give her away, could it be that she was interested in her?
The roots of her ears turned slightly red, Madam Zheng naturally agreed, and then took Zheng Jiaojiao away.
Lin Jincheng went out to arrange to send someone off, and Mo Xue stepped forward to Lin Jinhua and said, "Miss, why don't you let Mrs. Zheng help, after all, she is also a witness tonight, as long as she is willing to help, Zheng Lai may not be able to get out of the prison so easily .”
Lin Jinhua took a deep look at the backs of the few people leaving in the dark night, the gentleness on their faces had been removed, leaving only a cool alienation: "She doesn't like Zheng Lai and Zheng Ruyi, it's all personal preference. Can Master Zheng, Minister of the Ministry of War Sitting firmly in that position for so many years is definitely not based on passion and sincerity. Do you expect him to stand up and make enemies for himself when he is an all-rounder in the officialdom? Now you don't want her help, but leave this kindness, which may be useful in the future. "
Mo Xue usually doesn't think about these things. Hearing what she said, her heart became clear, and she just looked at her with admiration: "Miss is thoughtful."
Lin Jinhua smiled faintly, only looked at Aunt Min who was hiding in the corner trembling, and asked, "What are they threatening you with?"
When Aunt Min heard this, she hurriedly kowtowed, until her head was broken and the bleeding didn't stop.
Lin Jinhua was a little hesitant when she slandered her before, but now she was so frightened that she couldn't even utter a word of begging for mercy, so she just said: "Pack up your things immediately, and take your family and leave the capital. If there is another time, not only It's you, and your family will be buried with you."
Aunt Min was stunned, raised her bloody head and looked at her with tears in her eyes: "Little Miss..." Miss didn't punish her?
Lin Jinhua didn't like betrayers, and now she didn't even want to look at her again, so she turned around and left with Mo Xue.
Aunt Min's grateful thanks and the sound of her head banging on the ground came from behind her, Lin Jinzheng's heart was cold, and she hadn't felt it for a long time.
The wind in Lin's mansion tonight seemed to be mixed with the smell of burning, and the smell of blood was disgusting. After Lin Jincheng sent Mrs. Zheng, mother and daughter back to the mansion, their brother and sister moved to Lin Jinhua's second courtyard that night. After staying there, the sky turned white.
At dawn, the merchants and hawkers in the capital began to prepare for the day's business in full swing. When the people carrying tofu to buy passed the busiest street, they saw the wriggling person on the ground, and they were so frightened that the tofu burden was placed on the ground. He fell to the ground, his legs were weak, and he kept shrinking back, shouting tremblingly: "Ghost... There are ghosts..."
The eldest sister who just opened the door to sell dry goods saw him like this, and laughed aloud: "Where did you come from in broad daylight, didn't you lose money yesterday and your wife broke your mind?"
The tofu peddler shook his head in horror. He could still clearly see that the white man was covered with tattered abscesses, his gray hair was disheveled and drooping on his face, and his withered mouth was crawling towards him.
The elder sister saw him like this, so she came out from the inside, followed his gaze, and Dang even screamed, causing all the people in the street to look here.
Mrs. Zhou has already climbed for a while, she wants to go back to the Lin Mansion, she will kill Lin Jinhua even if she dies, she looks at the peddler who collapsed on the ground, slowly crawls towards him, and finally crawls to his feet, Grabbing his ankles: "Help me, save me..." She ordered him hoarsely and coldly, but she didn't see that a large group of people had already gathered beside her.
The peddler desperately wanted to kick her away, but he was so frightened that he had no strength in his hands and feet, so he could only cry for help. The people next to him looked at Zhou's wrinkled and white flesh, and felt even more disgusted, so they picked up her hands one after another. The rotten eggs with vegetable leaves in the house were thrown at her.
Suddenly, someone in the crowd recognized her and said in amazement: "Isn't this Mrs. Lin who had an affair with Mr. Xiong's?"
"Yo, that's true." Some people recognized it, but said: "But I heard that he was expelled from the Lin family long ago."
When the eldest sister who sold dry goods heard this, her pale face turned pale from fright, and then she cursed, "Why are you so unruly, you don't even wear clothes, and it's shameful to be in broad daylight!"
"What a shameless old man."
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A group of people turned from being frightened at the beginning to swearing. Zhou's mind buzzed when he heard the disgusting words, and he didn't care whether he was dressed or not. He half propped himself up against the vegetable leaves and looked at Looking at them: "Get out of here!"
When the children caught in the crowd saw that her face was rotten like maggots, they burst into tears in fright.
When Zhou heard the crying, she was extremely disgusted and yelled at him out of control: "Sangmenxing, Sangmenxing! You are all going to kill me, I will kill you! Kill you!" She stretched out her hand and rushed towards the child, as if This child is Lin Jinhua, who has not yet grown up. She pinched him on the ground and pinched his neck with her hands, cursing as she pinched: "I should have killed you long ago, I should have killed you long ago!"
The child was pinched by her and his face turned blue. His mother saw it from the side, but she didn't care too much. She picked up the tofu vendor's pole and hit Mrs. Zhou. Pulled forward.
But Mrs. Zhou seemed to be in a daze, and she couldn't let go no matter how hard she hit her, so the woman aimed at her arm, until her arm was broken, and then she kicked Mrs. Zhou away, carefully holding the child in her arms .
"You ugly old thing, you don't even wear clothes when you're old, you deserve to go to the eighteenth floor of hell!" The woman cursed, and the people next to her echoed her.
Someone nearby poured a basin of cold water. On a February day, Mrs. Zhou shivered immediately, and she became quite sober.
Only then did she feel ashamed, seeing herself naked, huddled together and begging others to give her a shame-covering clothes, but other than indifference and ridicule, no one paid attention to her at all.
Not far from the street, behind a small green-draped carriage, the young man watched her embarrassed and ugly appearance, and slowly let go of his vicious dog who had been hungry for two days.
Everyone was waiting to see the joke, when suddenly they heard a dog barking, and hurriedly dodged, Zhou also turned around in horror, only to see a tall, strong dog with dark brown hair pounced on it and began to bite.
The sores all over Zhou's body were rotten, some were rotten and maggots were growing, and the bones could be seen.
The vicious dog was biting desperately, and the people around stared at Zhou's torn flesh and blood with wide eyes. They all retreated hurriedly, screaming and cursing, but no one stepped forward to drive the vicious dog away.
Zhou desperately kicked and beat her with her hands, but she was no match for the vicious dog, until she was bitten off by the vicious dog in horror and pain.
Someone hurriedly reported to the official, and someone went to inform Lin Duan, but the passing monk couldn't see it, so he covered the bloody and hideous scene with a rag.
Until her death, Zhou never thought that she would die in this way. Not long ago, she was still in great glory, thinking about how to design a three-bedroom family, but now she lost all face and was bitten to death by vicious dogs without a trace.
After the person died, the vicious dog was also killed immediately.
The young man behind the green curtained carriage finally turned around and prepared to leave when he saw this.
"Nightborn?"
Suddenly a female voice came, with a bit of surprise.
Xu Zhaozhao heard about what happened in the Lin Mansion last night early this morning, and was going to see Lin Jinhua, but unexpectedly saw him standing at the entrance of the alley on the way.
She turned over from the bay red mare neatly, saw the fright in his eyes, walked up to him and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, I met you here."
Seeing her round eyes filled with joy, Ye Sheng calmed down and smiled slightly: "Where are you going, Miss Xu?"
"Go see sister Jinhua, what about you?" She turned her head and saw a circle of people pointing around, but they were not interested, so they just turned to look at him.
"I just happened to pass by, and I have other things to do, so I'll take my leave first." Ye Sheng looked at her with a slight smile, turned and left.
Xu Zhaozhao wanted to stop him, but the words got stuck in his throat.It is said in the book that men like women who are reserved and gentle. She came out on horseback today, and she was wearing a black and gray narrow-sleeved gown that she usually likes.
She frowned delicately, looked back at her little mare, gritted her teeth, and waited for Yesheng to disappear around the corner before dragging the horse and walking to Lin's house.
Lin Jinhua didn't sleep much last night, she had a lot of things to deal with, and she couldn't sleep because she was so upset.
Waking up early in the morning, Mo Feng hadn't come back, and there was no news from the sixth child, so she couldn't help wondering what happened to Bai Lan.
Cai'er has almost recovered in the past few days, so she insisted on coming out to serve her. When she entered the room, she saw Lin Jinhua leaning against the window with her head propped up, thinking about something, she stepped forward and saluted with a smile, before saying, "Miss, would you like to take care of me?" what?"
Lin Jinhua turned her head to look at Cai'er, and saw that she looked good, so she felt relieved and said, "I was thinking, you are not too young, what kind of family should I match you with. How about the housekeeper's son? "
When Cai'er heard this, her face turned red immediately, and she looked at her shyly but boldly: "But he doesn't necessarily like me."
"Why don't you like it? These days when you're sick, he's running around asking people to inquire about you. But the housekeeper is getting old, so I want him to go to Zhuangzi to help me take care of it. But there are too many of those Zhuangzi. , I was worried that he wouldn't be able to manage it, so I planned to let his son go too, if you marry, just help me keep an eye on it, how about it?" Lin Jinhua said with a smile.
"But...but this servant doesn't want to leave Miss." Cai'er gritted her teeth slightly.
Lin Jinhua smiled lightly: "Come back to the capital after you manage Zhuangzi well."
"really?"
"Naturally." Lin Jinhua looked at Cai'er who was pure and innocent. In her previous life, this silly girl died unjustly. In this life, she should be allowed to live a smooth and happy life.
Cai'er was full of shyness, and the handkerchief in her hand was about to be torn: "I don't know if his father is willing or not."
Seeing her shy appearance, Lin Jinhua rolled her eyes, and said, "I'll ask for you. If you have time, embroider a few more handkerchiefs for me, so I won't have to worry about you leaving." It's time to use it."
When Cai'er heard this, she hurried down.
As soon as she left, Lin Jincheng walked in from the outside. He is taking a rest today and doesn't have to be on duty.
As soon as she entered the room, she saw a smile on her face and asked, "What's wrong?"
"It's okay, why is brother here?" She got up and stood aside and smiled.
Lin Jincheng looked at her recently thinned face, felt a little distressed, and just smiled: "Today is the public trial, and the lord is going to attend the trial in person. General Zheng may be shot at the gunpoint this time."
Zhao Huaiyan?
Lin Jinhua's heart sank slightly when she remembered that he was about to leave Beijing.
Mo Xue came in from the outside and said, "Miss, Miss Biao is here."
After she finished speaking, Xu Zhaozhao couldn't wait to come in. As soon as he entered the room, he looked Lin Jinhua up and down. Seeing that she was not disfigured or injured, he was relieved: "It's okay, okay. I heard about it this morning. , I'm dying of anxiety." She exaggerated.
Lin Jinhua smiled, and suddenly remembered that the emperor had intentionally promised Zhaozhao to the Ninth Prince before entering the palace, and asked with a smile, "Where's uncle?"
"Father received the summons early in the morning and went to the palace. I heard that it was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials who spoke before the emperor, saying that Daddy has made great achievements in curing the disease. I'm afraid he wants to reward him." Xu Zhaozhao said casually. From her point of view, It's better if dad doesn't become an official.
Hearing this, Lin Jinhua already guessed in her heart that her uncle would definitely return to her post this time, and the emperor's bestowal of marriage would probably follow.
She looked at Xu Zhaozhao who was still very innocent, but she didn't say anything, she just smiled and said: "The weather will be fine in a few days, let's go out for spring."
"Taking Spring!" She was very happy, and turned to look at her: "Then can we call Ye Sheng, and Mo Feng Mo Xue, there are so many people and it will be lively." She giggled.
Lin Jinhua only smiled, but didn't respond to her. Maybe in a few days she wouldn't even be in the mood to play.
A few people were talking, when the woman guarding outside hurried over, seeing that they were all there, she worriedly said: "Miss, there are people making trouble at the door."
"Who?"
"Eldest Miss and Second Young Master." She gave Lin Jinhua an embarrassing look.
Lin Jinhua was slightly surprised, how could they be released at the same time?
Lin Jincheng didn't understand, so he just went forward with Lin Jinhua.
Just outside the second gate, I heard Lin Xiteng yelling: "Lin Jinhua, you are a femme fatale. It's not enough to kill my mother, you also have to kill my grandmother!"
Their yelling attracted many people to watch.
Lin Jincheng immediately turned black, and stepped forward to look at him coldly: "Second brother, what are you talking about! Jinhua is innocent!"
"Innocent?" Lin Xiteng, who had lost a lot of weight, was still wearing old clothes that he hadn't had time to change out of, and was covered in the musty smell from the prison. He snorted and stared at Lin Jinhua behind him: "Don't think I don't know you You seduced King Ning and asked him to protect you and help you. You hated our first wife for living better than the third bedroom, so you planned to kill my mother and grandmother, Lin Jinhua, After all, we are also your relatives, how can you be so vicious."
Lin Jincheng was even annoyed, how could a woman's reputation allow him to slander her like this: "Second brother, Jinhua and Ning Wang were married by the emperor..."
Lin Xiteng snorted coldly: "Don't think I don't know, King Ning had an affair with Lin Jinhua, otherwise why would he ask the emperor for a marriage for no reason? You are not a good person, seduce Miss Zheng's family, and go after destroying her Wang Ruyan, who harmed the Wang family, don't think that I don't know who you brothers and sisters are..."
Before he finished speaking, Lin Jinhua stepped forward a few steps forward, raised his hand, and slapped him hard: "Nonsense!"
Lin Xiteng was stunned by the loud applause, and immediately gritted his teeth and raised his hand to hit Lin Jinhua, but Lin Jincheng on the side grabbed her wrist: "You dare to touch her!"
Lin Xiteng frowned, and only smiled sullenly: "Why, you forced my mother to death, do you still want to kill me? Okay, I will fulfill you!" After speaking, he turned his head and slammed into the stone lion outside the door.
Lin Jincheng didn't have time to stop him, but Lin Xiteng's head was smashed immediately.
Lin Xiyu just appeared on the stage at this moment, stepped forward and knelt beside Lin Xiteng, and burst into tears: "If you die, I won't live anymore, let their brothers and sisters kill all my eldest brothers..."
When the people around saw the bloody scene, they looked at Lin Jinhua's brother and sister with suspicion.
Seeing this, Xu Zhaozhao couldn't help it: "It's clear that your mother forced my aunt to death and caused her to fall into the water and die. Why do you seem to be wronged? Besides, your mother committed suicide, and no one forced her."
She walked in the front and just finished speaking. Lin Duan got out of the crowd at some point and slapped her hard on the face. stand firm.
"Uncle..." Lin Jincheng hurried out to support Xu Zhaozhao.
Lin Duan only blushed, looked at him, and knelt down.
With a plop, he knelt firmly, and the passers-by were dumbfounded.
His hair was a little messy, and his eyes were red as if he had cried. A man in his forties just knelt in front of his junior, and said with a choked voice: "Just let me beg you, let us go, let me go A pair of sons and daughters, I beg you..." He began to kowtow continuously, as if he was really helpless, he could only make a compromise and knelt down for his nephew and niece.
Lin Jincheng was stunned, and hurried to help him, but Lin Duan grabbed him tightly: "Jincheng, I beg you as an uncle. My uncle dares not ask for anything. I don't want fame and wealth. You Let go of my sons and daughters, they are innocent..."
"Uncle, you get up first..." Lin Jincheng could feel the pain from his tight grip on his wrist, but he still wanted to help him up first, but Lin Duan just half stood up, suddenly grabbed his hand, and Pushing himself back hard, the whole person directly bumped into the stone lion beside him, and the back of his head was bleeding.
From the eyes of others, it seemed that Lin Jincheng deliberately pushed people out.
"This is too much. Even if the eldest lady did something wrong, you, a junior, have no reason to let your elders kneel down for you, and you still want to bump someone to death."
Finally, someone in the crowd couldn't help but scolded.
Lin Jinhua saw that he was a thin old man with a pedantic appearance, his face was extremely angry, it didn't look like he was pretending.
She took a few steps forward to pull down Lin Jincheng who was about to help, and said to Lin Duan, "Uncle, when did we pursue you..."
"No investigation? Lin Jinhua, how long are you going to pretend to be a good person? You hate my mother for not taking good care of your mother, so you forced my mother to death. You hate your grandmother for being insulted and losing your face. Throwing her naked into the street, causing her to be bitten to death by a mad dog... Lin Jinhua, you are so cruel..." Lin Xiyu hoarse, as if she was really sad.
"You are talking nonsense without evidence!" Xu Zhaozhao gritted his teeth and said angrily.
"Why, do you still want to kill me? Come on, I'm not afraid of death, as long as we die, we will be the murderers of Lin Jinhua!" Lin Xiyu shouted with tears in her eyes.
"You——!" Xu Zhaozhao couldn't help but stepped forward, but Lin Duan cried and knelt forward: "I beg you, please let us go, I will give you whatever you want from King Ning, except for framing King Jing." Your Highness, I will help you with everything..."
Lin Jinhua heard something was wrong, and immediately raised her eyes to look into the crowd. At the end of the crowd was a man in black brocade, wearing a half mask. Seeing her, his long and narrow eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a somewhat provocative and predatory smile. , this time, how could she win!
Lin Jinhua frowned slightly, lowered her head to look at Lin Duan, and said, "Uncle insists on sending us brothers and sisters to a place of injustice. We are soft-spoken and don't know how to explain it. However, Uncle Zhou can report to the authorities... "
"Report to the government?" Someone in the crowd sneered: "Prince Ning is sitting in the government office today."
The old pedant before also snorted coldly: "It's abominable to have no rules and rules!"
Lin Jincheng stood in front of Lin Jinhua and gave him a cold look: "Aren't you a fool to judge without knowing what happened!"
"You—!" The old pedant was so angry that his beard trembled, but he couldn't utter a word of rebuttal. He just spat: "You are still a third-class mighty general. In my opinion, you are not worthy at all! You are so unfilial and unworthy!" How can a righteous person be worthy of being this official!"
"Everyone, don't scold him, he is my own nephew..." Lin Duan begged everyone with a pale face.
The old pedant also glanced at him dissatisfied: "A man has gold under his knees, you kneel at every turn, you have no spine!"
Lin Duan's expression froze slightly, and Lin Xiyu hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Lin Duan to cry: "Father, that's all, anyway, Lin Jinhua's vengeful nature won't let us go, let's go and collect grandmother's body for burial, it's a pity General Zheng, it was none of his business that Dr. Huang was killed yesterday, but now that King Ning is in charge, I'm afraid he will also be sentenced."
For the first time, Lin Jinhua felt that Lin Xiyu was smart, and a few words put them and Zhao Huaiyan in a dilemma, no matter what they did, they couldn't please them.
Lin Xiteng lay on one side, seeing that the situation was almost over, he only cried out for pain.
Lin Duan turned to look at Lin Jinhua and begged, "Jinhua, aren't you a doctor? Please save your second brother quickly, please..." He knelt on the ground and kowtowed again.
Lin Jincheng frowned, and the others stared straight at Lin Jinhua.
Lin Jinhua frowned slightly, if she didn't save her today, she might be confirming her claim that she wanted to kill Lin Xiteng, although she really meant it.
She stepped forward a few steps and raised her hand to check Lin Xiteng's pulse, but just as she put her hand on his pulse, his whole body twitched, as if he was about to die immediately.
She frowned slightly, and Lin Xiyu was already crying and rushed over and pushed her to the ground: "Lin Jinhua, are you going to kill him in public? You are so cruel, we are also the same grandfather, we are relatives Ah, how dare you..."
Lin Xiteng was still convulsing, looking in pain.
Lin Jincheng quickly stepped forward to help Lin Jinhua up, and asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"
"I just caught his pulse, and I didn't do anything." Lin Jinhua quickly told him, she understood that today's event was carefully planned, and every step of her and her brother's reactions were calculated.
"You're still arguing! Lin Jinhua, if you don't save us, don't save us. If you want to kill us, kill us, and treat us as if we were blind and have relatives like you..." Lin Xiyu cursed, and hurriedly got Lin Xiteng away, Then he looked at Lin Duan who was kneeling and weeping and said: "Father, forget it, the people they are used to being cold-blooded, and King Ning will protect them, we don't need to ask them!"
Lin Duan stood up tremblingly, as if he had aged in an instant, and only looked at Lin Jinhua and Lin Jincheng beggingly: "Just be an uncle and beg you, you will definitely not let us go, just kill me, Xiyu and Xiteng They're all innocent..."
"Uncle, we never thought about how to..."
"Stop pretending, don't think that we don't know, how scheming your brothers and sisters are, now that the Lin family has been torn apart, and the Zheng family has also been harmed by you, don't pretend to be merciful!" Lin Xiyu finished speaking, He stared at Lin Jinyu: "Thanks to you, I am already King Jing's abandoned concubine, and I have no capital to fight with you. I just ask you to show mercy and let us go!"
These words are very honest, everyone thought Lin Xiyu was just a vain and ignorant young lady before, but looking at it now, they actually gave birth to a little admiration, besides Lin Duan and Lin Xiteng were too miserable just now...
After she finished speaking, she helped Lin Duan and left.
When the onlookers saw it, they dispersed one after another, but they had grudges against Lin Jinhua and Lin Jincheng.
Lin Jincheng wanted to catch up, but was held back by Lin Jinhua.Her face was slightly cold, and she looked at the leaving person and said coldly: "There is no need to chase, they have already calculated how we will react, keep chasing, there are still traps."
"I never thought that my eldest uncle and my eldest sister and second brother would be like this..." Lin Jincheng was extremely disappointed.
Xu Zhaozhao stepped forward cautiously and said, "Why don't I wait for Dad to come back and tell him about it?"
Lin Jinhua shook her head slightly: "Not for the time being, I'm afraid uncle is the only one who has received the grace of God. You don't have to get involved in our troubles, so you won't offend His Majesty." She had a hunch that this matter would definitely ferment again.
Xu Zhaozhao nodded, only took her hand and said firmly: "Sister Jinhua, don't be afraid, Zhaozhao is here, and no one will bully you."
Lin Jincheng was amused by her words, and seeing her firm face, he just smiled and said: "There are too many right and wrong here, I'll send you back to Xu's residence first."
"Yes." Xu Zhaozhao nodded obediently, also afraid of causing trouble to them.
After the arranger sent Xu Zhaozhao away, brother and sister Lin Jinhua looked at each other and sighed slightly.
But this is not over yet, because Princess Duanhui has already entered the palace at this moment.
In Yonghe Palace.
The emperor just made arrangements for Xu Boshan, so he came straight over, looked at the new Shu brocade dress specially worn by Concubine De, and said with a smile: "It's not yet the hottest day, wouldn't it be too cold to wear such a thin dress?"
Concubine De's face was a little embarrassed, she just smiled shyly: "The emperor rarely comes to this concubine a few times, and this concubine wants to dress better."
Hearing this, the emperor just held her hand and smiled softly: "It's rare for my concubine to be caring, but if you are sick, is it possible that you still have to take care of her?"
"Yes, I know I was wrong." Concubine De smiled more and more shyly, and said: "Then this concubine is going to change clothes."
"En." The emperor nodded slightly, and Concubine De reluctantly got up and saluted, and went inside.
After she turned around, the tenderness in the emperor's eyes disappeared completely, he just looked at the tea in the cup indifferently, and took a sip.
Concubine De had just changed her clothes and came back, when someone came to report that Princess Duanhui asked to see her.
Concubine De looked at the emperor and saw that he frowned slightly, she was a little startled in her heart, could it be that the emperor didn't love him as much as before, the only royal sister, and tentatively said; "Your Majesty, Princess Duanhui and the concubine I have worked abroad for more than ten years, and it is rare to come back now, do you want to see more?"
The emperor thought for a while, and finally just smiled: "Let her in."
"Yes." Concubine De responded, and immediately asked the palace maid to invite her.
Not long after, Duanhui arrived in a hurry, still wearing a green and luxurious long dress, embroidered with hibiscus flowers with golden-brown thread, very luxurious.As soon as she entered the room, she looked a little surprised when she saw the emperor, and said, "Brother Huang is also here."
"What's the matter, don't you want me to be here?" The emperor just raised his eyes and smiled at her. As an imperial sister, he has been domineering for many years and still hasn't restrained himself in the outside world. Unruly and self-willed every day.
Duanhui laughed quickly and said: "How could it be, but today I came to find the Empress Concubine De to talk about an interesting incident outside, and the emperor's brother is here, so it's not easy for the younger sister to open her mouth."
Seeing her eyes deepened, the emperor's smile faded, and he said, "Since you're here, let's talk about it. I don't want to hear your anecdote right now, but I'm afraid someone will hear it after a while."
Seeing that he seemed to have guessed it, Duanhui exchanged glances with Concubine De, her expression froze.
Concubine De hurriedly asked her to sit down, and then said: "Since the emperor is here, you can speak directly."
Duanhui also nodded when she heard the words, and recounted the things that happened outside the Lin family: "When the servant came back to report, I still didn't believe that there is no niece and daughter in this world who wants to force her brother to death. My uncle knelt down, it's really justified, did she think she couldn't report it to her?"
Concubine De took the opportunity to say: "How is it possible, I have met Ms. Lin, although she is more scheming, she would not do such a thing."
Duanhui glanced at the emperor, then shook her head meaningfully: "It's fine for her to do so, the most important thing now is that the common people are spreading rumors that His Royal Highness King Ning connived at her like this, and there was a murder in the Lin Mansion last night. The case seems to be related to this Lin Jinhua, but the people in the government arrested General Zheng, who had a grudge against Lin Luzhi. I heard that King Ning went to the town for interrogation in person today, and the people even thought that King Ning stood up for Lin Jinhua. Now, the people are full of complaints against King Ning."
The emperor took a deep look at her: "Really?"
"Sister Chen can still lie to the emperor." Duanhui looked at him seriously and said: "I heard that Lin Xiteng was forced to hit his head and bled. The strange thing is that last night, the Zhou family, whose reputation was ruined, appeared naked in the market for some reason, not to mention losing face, and was bitten to death by a mad dog..." When Duan Hui talked about this, it seemed that Some couldn't bear it: "Even if she doesn't abide by women's morals, this kind of death is too cruel. A person who can do such a cruel thing must be so vicious." She covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief and shook her head gently and sighed .
"Your Majesty, this kind of situation may affect Huaiyan's reputation. Kan'er is still in Puji Temple because of her reputation ruined. Although many of your princes are excellent, there are not many as capable as Huaiyan. If you are a commoner I mistakenly thought that these were all connivance and instigation by him behind the scenes, and I may not be able to explain why it is justified in the future." Concubine De said softly to the emperor.
The emperor doesn't care about other things, but he still cares about this son. Concubine De is right, Zhao Huaiyan is indeed the most prominent among the many princes, but no matter whether these things are really related to Lin Jinhua, at least Duanhui and Concubine De are on the same page. When Qi said this, it was premeditated.
He glanced at Concubine De lightly, and said: "You are right, Huaiyan is a good boy, and Kan'er has stayed in Puji Temple for so long, so he can come back."
He didn't continue to talk about how Lin Jinhua would deal with it. Duan Hui gritted his teeth slightly and said directly: "Then, brother, what will Lin Jinhua do with it? After all, even if she didn't do these things, it was because of her. There have been so many turmoil in the Lin family recently. She is going to marry Huai Yan in a few months, if she continues to indulge her, I am afraid that the royal reputation will be hindered..."
"You really care about the royal reputation." The emperor gave her a cold look.
Concubine De had already seen that the emperor didn't want to deal with Lin Jinhua very much, but he couldn't have no grudges in his heart, so he hurriedly tried to stop Duanhui, but Duanhui said complacently: "Sister Chen naturally cares about the royal reputation."
"Then why don't you see more children for the son-in-law? I just heard that the son-in-law is seriously ill recently. Instead of cooking at home, you have so much free time to take care of other things." The emperor said angrily.
Seeing that he was actually angry, Duan Hui was slightly taken aback, and hurriedly got up to salute: "Brother Huang, sister..."
"Okay." The emperor didn't want to look at her again: "For so many years, you have been in trouble, so go back and take care of your husband and teach your children. Back then, I promised you to my son-in-law because he was an honest and talented person. Yes, I don't want him to hate me for making such a decision in the end!"
Duanhui stood there awkwardly, her face blushing, but she only gritted her teeth secretly.
Seeing this situation, Concubine De hurriedly smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the princess just wanted to talk to my concubine, I never thought you would be here..."
"Then I'm superfluous with you?" The emperor snorted softly, stood up directly, and walked outside without looking at her: "Show me back to the palace!"
Concubine De got up and wanted to chase after her, but seeing that the emperor had already left, she sat down on the couch with a slightly pale face.
Duan Hui's eyes turned slightly red, but she hated Lin Jinhua more and more; "I never thought that Brother Huang would let her go!"
"No." Although Concubine De regretted making the Emperor unhappy again, she still understood the Emperor. With such a suspicious person, how could he turn a blind eye to such a bloody incident in the Lin family.
Concubine De guessed right, the emperor had just returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and immediately sent someone to summon Zhao Huaiyan into the palace.
After hesitating for a while, he still ordered to the person next to him: "I told you that since Lin Jinzheng is going to marry King Ning as a concubine soon, since she is still in the filial piety period, let her go to Changle Nunnery to practice for three months and serve as Dajin's concubine. Pray!"
Hearing the words, the centimeter next to him was a little worried and said: "Your Majesty, His Highness King Ning likes this Miss Lin very much. Will you hurt His Highness's heart by doing this?"
"He's a man, how can he indulge in his son's affair? If that's the case, then I won't be able to keep this girl." After finishing speaking, he said in a cold voice: "Two days ago, I agreed with King Pingxi's princess. Yuan Luyi went to the southwest, passed on my decree, canonized Lin Jincheng as the second-rank General Weiyuan, escorted Princess Yuan to the southwest, and returned to the capital after the war was settled."
"Your Majesty..." The father-in-law hesitated a bit, and said timidly: "General Lin has been demoted to a commoner, and so many things have happened to the Lin family..."
"It is precisely because so many things happened to the Lin family that we have to transfer them away earlier, so as to save them from being unable to extricate themselves from these things." The emperor frowned and said, before looking at him: "Are you my slave or the Lin family? slave?"
Eunuch Chang didn't dare to say any more, so he quickly saluted and went down to deliver the decree.
After Duanhui left Yonghe Palace, she waited outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Seeing Eunuch Chang hurrying out, she knew that the emperor must have an order.
But she guessed that Lin Jinhua also had a premonition.
As soon as Lin Duan left, she rushed to the government office immediately.
Zhao Huaiyan didn't come here specially because of what happened last night. The few corruption and bribery cases that were investigated recently were all related to Zheng Lai, so he came here.
When he heard that Lin Jinhua was looking for him, he immediately got up from my side yard and left.
The accompanying Gao Zhi quickly told him what happened at the gate of Lin's house, and his face darkened immediately: "For those who dare to plot against this king, Lin Duan has become more courageous."
Gao Ting frowned, seeing that his pace was quicker, he said: "And His Royal Highness King Jing entered Beijing last night, I'm afraid this matter has something to do with him."
Zhao Huaiyan paused slightly, her phoenix eyes were full of coldness: "His firearms store is built in Yuzhou?"
"Well, I heard that it cost millions of taels of silver to build. Once a firearms depot is built, it can produce tens of thousands of firearms a month. My lord, why don't we find a way to keep it for ourselves..."
"Burned."
"Ah?" Gao Tian understood, but felt distressed, millions of taels of silver.
"According to his habit, there must be dead soldiers he kept around the firearms warehouse. You personally lead the troops to exterminate them. The prefect of Yuzhou covered up the establishment of the firearms warehouse and arrested them to ransack the house." Zhao Huaiyan said coldly, and then walked away.
Gao Zhi's heart ached even more, those dead men were not easy to clean up, but if they were destroyed at once, King Jing must have been in pain for a long time.There is also the prefect of Yuzhou, but he is a big spender. If he is disposed of, his looted wealth will only be filled into the national treasury...
He looked up at the back of Zhao Huaiyan's resolute departure, knowing that he was really annoyed this time, so he could only hold back the pain in his heart, and went to deliver the order.
Zhao Huaiyan walked quickly to the side courtyard of the government office, and saw a person in a rouge gown standing in the courtyard lightly, the wind blew her black hair hanging behind her, like a painting.
Lin Jinhua also noticed that someone was coming behind her, and when she turned her head to see him, she stood still behind her, and smiled slightly: "My lord..."
"Hmm." Seeing her calling out with a sweet smile, Zhao Huaiyan's heart sank halfway, and his face didn't move at all. He walked up to her a few steps, pulled her into his arms, and asked softly. Said: "Frightened?"
Lin Jinhua was startled for a moment, then heard the strong heartbeat in his chest, and smiled: "I came here to ask the prince for a favor."
"What are you busy with?"
"I want to enter the palace and meet the emperor." Lin Jinhua rolled her eyes. Did Lin Duan and his son think that they would gain the upper hand if they made a bitter plan? She would not let them have an easy time.Since he insisted that he wanted to kill them, then they should die!
(End of this chapter)
When Lin Jinhua returned to the flower hall, Lin Duan walked towards her aggressively.
Lin Jinhua stopped and looked at his gloomy face, and said calmly: "If uncle is free, why not go to Aunt Zhou first, although she was expelled from the Lin family, she is still your biological mother, isn't she?"
Lin Duan's complexion was slightly blue, his chin was drawn down coldly, and he looked at her sharply like an eagle: "I used to really only think of you as an ordinary woman, but now it seems that I underestimated you from the beginning."
"It's still too late to face it squarely." Lin Jinhua looked at him indifferently.He has a heart of pity for his mother, why doesn't she have it? They were the ones who attached themselves to Sanfang's body as blood-sucking bugs from the beginning, and now they are the ones who turn around and want to kill Sanfang.
Lin Duan looked into her cold eyes, and after a while, he left without saying a word.
As soon as he left, Mrs. Zheng on the side also saw that it was tricky, but she didn't care about it, she just smiled and said: "Miss Lin, now that the matter is settled, can you take a look at my Jiaojiao?"
Lin Jinhua smiled and nodded at her, and said softly as if nothing had happened just now: "Fortunately, it was delivered in time, and I have already ordered my servants to get the medicine, but from now on, Miss Zheng must not get angry again. Otherwise, the disease will recur at any time, and my medicine can only suppress it temporarily." She can cure Zheng Jiaojiao's disease, but she won't cure her.She is not a fairy, but an ordinary person who must repay her kindness and revenge!
Mrs. Zheng saw that her attitude was sincere and she didn't see any abnormalities, so she had no choice but to trust her, and said gratefully: "That's good."
Zheng Jiaojiao heard that she was ill and wanted to lose her temper, and then remembered what she said just now, so she had to take a deep breath to suppress her anger.
Lin Jincheng had only just received the news and rushed back, dressed in travel and dust, and smelled of alcohol.
As soon as he entered the room, he didn't care about greeting Mrs. Zheng, so he pulled Lin Jinhua anxiously: "Did they ever touch you? How are you now?"
"I'm fine." Seeing his anxious look, Lin Jinhua said with a smile, then turned to look at Mrs. Zheng, "Thanks to Mrs. Zheng for helping."
Only then did Lin Jincheng notice the person coming, and he took a step forward and saluted politely.
Mrs. Zheng glanced at the talented Lin Jincheng, and she was a little amazed. She thought that Lin Jinzheng had inherited all her mother's beauty, but she didn't expect that the son of the Lin family was so handsome.
When Zheng Jiaojiao saw Lin Jincheng from behind, her heart beat a little faster, she gently tugged at Madam Zheng's sleeve, and said, "Mother, Jiaojiao should live in Lin's mansion today, and go back tomorrow after taking the medicine."
Mrs. Zheng was a little worried, after all, so many things happened in Lin's house, it's not safe to kill and dismember her body: "Miss Lin still has affairs to deal with, so don't make trouble here."
After finishing speaking, the girl who bought medicine outside had already returned.
Lin Jinhua knew Mrs. Zheng's worry and alienation, so she only gave her the prescription and medicine, and then said with a smile, "It's enough to decoct it every day."
"Thank you." Mrs. Zheng saw that she didn't have the slightest intention of asking her to help her as a favor, so she was not as alienated and defensive as when she first came here.
Seeing this, Lin Jincheng also said, "It's dark at night, I'll send someone to escort Madam back home."
Zheng Jiaojiao listened to his clear voice, saw that he was tall and tall, with handsome features and distinct features, and even said that she would give her away, could it be that she was interested in her?
The roots of her ears turned slightly red, Madam Zheng naturally agreed, and then took Zheng Jiaojiao away.
Lin Jincheng went out to arrange to send someone off, and Mo Xue stepped forward to Lin Jinhua and said, "Miss, why don't you let Mrs. Zheng help, after all, she is also a witness tonight, as long as she is willing to help, Zheng Lai may not be able to get out of the prison so easily .”
Lin Jinhua took a deep look at the backs of the few people leaving in the dark night, the gentleness on their faces had been removed, leaving only a cool alienation: "She doesn't like Zheng Lai and Zheng Ruyi, it's all personal preference. Can Master Zheng, Minister of the Ministry of War Sitting firmly in that position for so many years is definitely not based on passion and sincerity. Do you expect him to stand up and make enemies for himself when he is an all-rounder in the officialdom? Now you don't want her help, but leave this kindness, which may be useful in the future. "
Mo Xue usually doesn't think about these things. Hearing what she said, her heart became clear, and she just looked at her with admiration: "Miss is thoughtful."
Lin Jinhua smiled faintly, only looked at Aunt Min who was hiding in the corner trembling, and asked, "What are they threatening you with?"
When Aunt Min heard this, she hurriedly kowtowed, until her head was broken and the bleeding didn't stop.
Lin Jinhua was a little hesitant when she slandered her before, but now she was so frightened that she couldn't even utter a word of begging for mercy, so she just said: "Pack up your things immediately, and take your family and leave the capital. If there is another time, not only It's you, and your family will be buried with you."
Aunt Min was stunned, raised her bloody head and looked at her with tears in her eyes: "Little Miss..." Miss didn't punish her?
Lin Jinhua didn't like betrayers, and now she didn't even want to look at her again, so she turned around and left with Mo Xue.
Aunt Min's grateful thanks and the sound of her head banging on the ground came from behind her, Lin Jinzheng's heart was cold, and she hadn't felt it for a long time.
The wind in Lin's mansion tonight seemed to be mixed with the smell of burning, and the smell of blood was disgusting. After Lin Jincheng sent Mrs. Zheng, mother and daughter back to the mansion, their brother and sister moved to Lin Jinhua's second courtyard that night. After staying there, the sky turned white.
At dawn, the merchants and hawkers in the capital began to prepare for the day's business in full swing. When the people carrying tofu to buy passed the busiest street, they saw the wriggling person on the ground, and they were so frightened that the tofu burden was placed on the ground. He fell to the ground, his legs were weak, and he kept shrinking back, shouting tremblingly: "Ghost... There are ghosts..."
The eldest sister who just opened the door to sell dry goods saw him like this, and laughed aloud: "Where did you come from in broad daylight, didn't you lose money yesterday and your wife broke your mind?"
The tofu peddler shook his head in horror. He could still clearly see that the white man was covered with tattered abscesses, his gray hair was disheveled and drooping on his face, and his withered mouth was crawling towards him.
The elder sister saw him like this, so she came out from the inside, followed his gaze, and Dang even screamed, causing all the people in the street to look here.
Mrs. Zhou has already climbed for a while, she wants to go back to the Lin Mansion, she will kill Lin Jinhua even if she dies, she looks at the peddler who collapsed on the ground, slowly crawls towards him, and finally crawls to his feet, Grabbing his ankles: "Help me, save me..." She ordered him hoarsely and coldly, but she didn't see that a large group of people had already gathered beside her.
The peddler desperately wanted to kick her away, but he was so frightened that he had no strength in his hands and feet, so he could only cry for help. The people next to him looked at Zhou's wrinkled and white flesh, and felt even more disgusted, so they picked up her hands one after another. The rotten eggs with vegetable leaves in the house were thrown at her.
Suddenly, someone in the crowd recognized her and said in amazement: "Isn't this Mrs. Lin who had an affair with Mr. Xiong's?"
"Yo, that's true." Some people recognized it, but said: "But I heard that he was expelled from the Lin family long ago."
When the eldest sister who sold dry goods heard this, her pale face turned pale from fright, and then she cursed, "Why are you so unruly, you don't even wear clothes, and it's shameful to be in broad daylight!"
"What a shameless old man."
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A group of people turned from being frightened at the beginning to swearing. Zhou's mind buzzed when he heard the disgusting words, and he didn't care whether he was dressed or not. He half propped himself up against the vegetable leaves and looked at Looking at them: "Get out of here!"
When the children caught in the crowd saw that her face was rotten like maggots, they burst into tears in fright.
When Zhou heard the crying, she was extremely disgusted and yelled at him out of control: "Sangmenxing, Sangmenxing! You are all going to kill me, I will kill you! Kill you!" She stretched out her hand and rushed towards the child, as if This child is Lin Jinhua, who has not yet grown up. She pinched him on the ground and pinched his neck with her hands, cursing as she pinched: "I should have killed you long ago, I should have killed you long ago!"
The child was pinched by her and his face turned blue. His mother saw it from the side, but she didn't care too much. She picked up the tofu vendor's pole and hit Mrs. Zhou. Pulled forward.
But Mrs. Zhou seemed to be in a daze, and she couldn't let go no matter how hard she hit her, so the woman aimed at her arm, until her arm was broken, and then she kicked Mrs. Zhou away, carefully holding the child in her arms .
"You ugly old thing, you don't even wear clothes when you're old, you deserve to go to the eighteenth floor of hell!" The woman cursed, and the people next to her echoed her.
Someone nearby poured a basin of cold water. On a February day, Mrs. Zhou shivered immediately, and she became quite sober.
Only then did she feel ashamed, seeing herself naked, huddled together and begging others to give her a shame-covering clothes, but other than indifference and ridicule, no one paid attention to her at all.
Not far from the street, behind a small green-draped carriage, the young man watched her embarrassed and ugly appearance, and slowly let go of his vicious dog who had been hungry for two days.
Everyone was waiting to see the joke, when suddenly they heard a dog barking, and hurriedly dodged, Zhou also turned around in horror, only to see a tall, strong dog with dark brown hair pounced on it and began to bite.
The sores all over Zhou's body were rotten, some were rotten and maggots were growing, and the bones could be seen.
The vicious dog was biting desperately, and the people around stared at Zhou's torn flesh and blood with wide eyes. They all retreated hurriedly, screaming and cursing, but no one stepped forward to drive the vicious dog away.
Zhou desperately kicked and beat her with her hands, but she was no match for the vicious dog, until she was bitten off by the vicious dog in horror and pain.
Someone hurriedly reported to the official, and someone went to inform Lin Duan, but the passing monk couldn't see it, so he covered the bloody and hideous scene with a rag.
Until her death, Zhou never thought that she would die in this way. Not long ago, she was still in great glory, thinking about how to design a three-bedroom family, but now she lost all face and was bitten to death by vicious dogs without a trace.
After the person died, the vicious dog was also killed immediately.
The young man behind the green curtained carriage finally turned around and prepared to leave when he saw this.
"Nightborn?"
Suddenly a female voice came, with a bit of surprise.
Xu Zhaozhao heard about what happened in the Lin Mansion last night early this morning, and was going to see Lin Jinhua, but unexpectedly saw him standing at the entrance of the alley on the way.
She turned over from the bay red mare neatly, saw the fright in his eyes, walked up to him and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, I met you here."
Seeing her round eyes filled with joy, Ye Sheng calmed down and smiled slightly: "Where are you going, Miss Xu?"
"Go see sister Jinhua, what about you?" She turned her head and saw a circle of people pointing around, but they were not interested, so they just turned to look at him.
"I just happened to pass by, and I have other things to do, so I'll take my leave first." Ye Sheng looked at her with a slight smile, turned and left.
Xu Zhaozhao wanted to stop him, but the words got stuck in his throat.It is said in the book that men like women who are reserved and gentle. She came out on horseback today, and she was wearing a black and gray narrow-sleeved gown that she usually likes.
She frowned delicately, looked back at her little mare, gritted her teeth, and waited for Yesheng to disappear around the corner before dragging the horse and walking to Lin's house.
Lin Jinhua didn't sleep much last night, she had a lot of things to deal with, and she couldn't sleep because she was so upset.
Waking up early in the morning, Mo Feng hadn't come back, and there was no news from the sixth child, so she couldn't help wondering what happened to Bai Lan.
Cai'er has almost recovered in the past few days, so she insisted on coming out to serve her. When she entered the room, she saw Lin Jinhua leaning against the window with her head propped up, thinking about something, she stepped forward and saluted with a smile, before saying, "Miss, would you like to take care of me?" what?"
Lin Jinhua turned her head to look at Cai'er, and saw that she looked good, so she felt relieved and said, "I was thinking, you are not too young, what kind of family should I match you with. How about the housekeeper's son? "
When Cai'er heard this, her face turned red immediately, and she looked at her shyly but boldly: "But he doesn't necessarily like me."
"Why don't you like it? These days when you're sick, he's running around asking people to inquire about you. But the housekeeper is getting old, so I want him to go to Zhuangzi to help me take care of it. But there are too many of those Zhuangzi. , I was worried that he wouldn't be able to manage it, so I planned to let his son go too, if you marry, just help me keep an eye on it, how about it?" Lin Jinhua said with a smile.
"But...but this servant doesn't want to leave Miss." Cai'er gritted her teeth slightly.
Lin Jinhua smiled lightly: "Come back to the capital after you manage Zhuangzi well."
"really?"
"Naturally." Lin Jinhua looked at Cai'er who was pure and innocent. In her previous life, this silly girl died unjustly. In this life, she should be allowed to live a smooth and happy life.
Cai'er was full of shyness, and the handkerchief in her hand was about to be torn: "I don't know if his father is willing or not."
Seeing her shy appearance, Lin Jinhua rolled her eyes, and said, "I'll ask for you. If you have time, embroider a few more handkerchiefs for me, so I won't have to worry about you leaving." It's time to use it."
When Cai'er heard this, she hurried down.
As soon as she left, Lin Jincheng walked in from the outside. He is taking a rest today and doesn't have to be on duty.
As soon as she entered the room, she saw a smile on her face and asked, "What's wrong?"
"It's okay, why is brother here?" She got up and stood aside and smiled.
Lin Jincheng looked at her recently thinned face, felt a little distressed, and just smiled: "Today is the public trial, and the lord is going to attend the trial in person. General Zheng may be shot at the gunpoint this time."
Zhao Huaiyan?
Lin Jinhua's heart sank slightly when she remembered that he was about to leave Beijing.
Mo Xue came in from the outside and said, "Miss, Miss Biao is here."
After she finished speaking, Xu Zhaozhao couldn't wait to come in. As soon as he entered the room, he looked Lin Jinhua up and down. Seeing that she was not disfigured or injured, he was relieved: "It's okay, okay. I heard about it this morning. , I'm dying of anxiety." She exaggerated.
Lin Jinhua smiled, and suddenly remembered that the emperor had intentionally promised Zhaozhao to the Ninth Prince before entering the palace, and asked with a smile, "Where's uncle?"
"Father received the summons early in the morning and went to the palace. I heard that it was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials who spoke before the emperor, saying that Daddy has made great achievements in curing the disease. I'm afraid he wants to reward him." Xu Zhaozhao said casually. From her point of view, It's better if dad doesn't become an official.
Hearing this, Lin Jinhua already guessed in her heart that her uncle would definitely return to her post this time, and the emperor's bestowal of marriage would probably follow.
She looked at Xu Zhaozhao who was still very innocent, but she didn't say anything, she just smiled and said: "The weather will be fine in a few days, let's go out for spring."
"Taking Spring!" She was very happy, and turned to look at her: "Then can we call Ye Sheng, and Mo Feng Mo Xue, there are so many people and it will be lively." She giggled.
Lin Jinhua only smiled, but didn't respond to her. Maybe in a few days she wouldn't even be in the mood to play.
A few people were talking, when the woman guarding outside hurried over, seeing that they were all there, she worriedly said: "Miss, there are people making trouble at the door."
"Who?"
"Eldest Miss and Second Young Master." She gave Lin Jinhua an embarrassing look.
Lin Jinhua was slightly surprised, how could they be released at the same time?
Lin Jincheng didn't understand, so he just went forward with Lin Jinhua.
Just outside the second gate, I heard Lin Xiteng yelling: "Lin Jinhua, you are a femme fatale. It's not enough to kill my mother, you also have to kill my grandmother!"
Their yelling attracted many people to watch.
Lin Jincheng immediately turned black, and stepped forward to look at him coldly: "Second brother, what are you talking about! Jinhua is innocent!"
"Innocent?" Lin Xiteng, who had lost a lot of weight, was still wearing old clothes that he hadn't had time to change out of, and was covered in the musty smell from the prison. He snorted and stared at Lin Jinhua behind him: "Don't think I don't know you You seduced King Ning and asked him to protect you and help you. You hated our first wife for living better than the third bedroom, so you planned to kill my mother and grandmother, Lin Jinhua, After all, we are also your relatives, how can you be so vicious."
Lin Jincheng was even annoyed, how could a woman's reputation allow him to slander her like this: "Second brother, Jinhua and Ning Wang were married by the emperor..."
Lin Xiteng snorted coldly: "Don't think I don't know, King Ning had an affair with Lin Jinhua, otherwise why would he ask the emperor for a marriage for no reason? You are not a good person, seduce Miss Zheng's family, and go after destroying her Wang Ruyan, who harmed the Wang family, don't think that I don't know who you brothers and sisters are..."
Before he finished speaking, Lin Jinhua stepped forward a few steps forward, raised his hand, and slapped him hard: "Nonsense!"
Lin Xiteng was stunned by the loud applause, and immediately gritted his teeth and raised his hand to hit Lin Jinhua, but Lin Jincheng on the side grabbed her wrist: "You dare to touch her!"
Lin Xiteng frowned, and only smiled sullenly: "Why, you forced my mother to death, do you still want to kill me? Okay, I will fulfill you!" After speaking, he turned his head and slammed into the stone lion outside the door.
Lin Jincheng didn't have time to stop him, but Lin Xiteng's head was smashed immediately.
Lin Xiyu just appeared on the stage at this moment, stepped forward and knelt beside Lin Xiteng, and burst into tears: "If you die, I won't live anymore, let their brothers and sisters kill all my eldest brothers..."
When the people around saw the bloody scene, they looked at Lin Jinhua's brother and sister with suspicion.
Seeing this, Xu Zhaozhao couldn't help it: "It's clear that your mother forced my aunt to death and caused her to fall into the water and die. Why do you seem to be wronged? Besides, your mother committed suicide, and no one forced her."
She walked in the front and just finished speaking. Lin Duan got out of the crowd at some point and slapped her hard on the face. stand firm.
"Uncle..." Lin Jincheng hurried out to support Xu Zhaozhao.
Lin Duan only blushed, looked at him, and knelt down.
With a plop, he knelt firmly, and the passers-by were dumbfounded.
His hair was a little messy, and his eyes were red as if he had cried. A man in his forties just knelt in front of his junior, and said with a choked voice: "Just let me beg you, let us go, let me go A pair of sons and daughters, I beg you..." He began to kowtow continuously, as if he was really helpless, he could only make a compromise and knelt down for his nephew and niece.
Lin Jincheng was stunned, and hurried to help him, but Lin Duan grabbed him tightly: "Jincheng, I beg you as an uncle. My uncle dares not ask for anything. I don't want fame and wealth. You Let go of my sons and daughters, they are innocent..."
"Uncle, you get up first..." Lin Jincheng could feel the pain from his tight grip on his wrist, but he still wanted to help him up first, but Lin Duan just half stood up, suddenly grabbed his hand, and Pushing himself back hard, the whole person directly bumped into the stone lion beside him, and the back of his head was bleeding.
From the eyes of others, it seemed that Lin Jincheng deliberately pushed people out.
"This is too much. Even if the eldest lady did something wrong, you, a junior, have no reason to let your elders kneel down for you, and you still want to bump someone to death."
Finally, someone in the crowd couldn't help but scolded.
Lin Jinhua saw that he was a thin old man with a pedantic appearance, his face was extremely angry, it didn't look like he was pretending.
She took a few steps forward to pull down Lin Jincheng who was about to help, and said to Lin Duan, "Uncle, when did we pursue you..."
"No investigation? Lin Jinhua, how long are you going to pretend to be a good person? You hate my mother for not taking good care of your mother, so you forced my mother to death. You hate your grandmother for being insulted and losing your face. Throwing her naked into the street, causing her to be bitten to death by a mad dog... Lin Jinhua, you are so cruel..." Lin Xiyu hoarse, as if she was really sad.
"You are talking nonsense without evidence!" Xu Zhaozhao gritted his teeth and said angrily.
"Why, do you still want to kill me? Come on, I'm not afraid of death, as long as we die, we will be the murderers of Lin Jinhua!" Lin Xiyu shouted with tears in her eyes.
"You——!" Xu Zhaozhao couldn't help but stepped forward, but Lin Duan cried and knelt forward: "I beg you, please let us go, I will give you whatever you want from King Ning, except for framing King Jing." Your Highness, I will help you with everything..."
Lin Jinhua heard something was wrong, and immediately raised her eyes to look into the crowd. At the end of the crowd was a man in black brocade, wearing a half mask. Seeing her, his long and narrow eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a somewhat provocative and predatory smile. , this time, how could she win!
Lin Jinhua frowned slightly, lowered her head to look at Lin Duan, and said, "Uncle insists on sending us brothers and sisters to a place of injustice. We are soft-spoken and don't know how to explain it. However, Uncle Zhou can report to the authorities... "
"Report to the government?" Someone in the crowd sneered: "Prince Ning is sitting in the government office today."
The old pedant before also snorted coldly: "It's abominable to have no rules and rules!"
Lin Jincheng stood in front of Lin Jinhua and gave him a cold look: "Aren't you a fool to judge without knowing what happened!"
"You—!" The old pedant was so angry that his beard trembled, but he couldn't utter a word of rebuttal. He just spat: "You are still a third-class mighty general. In my opinion, you are not worthy at all! You are so unfilial and unworthy!" How can a righteous person be worthy of being this official!"
"Everyone, don't scold him, he is my own nephew..." Lin Duan begged everyone with a pale face.
The old pedant also glanced at him dissatisfied: "A man has gold under his knees, you kneel at every turn, you have no spine!"
Lin Duan's expression froze slightly, and Lin Xiyu hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Lin Duan to cry: "Father, that's all, anyway, Lin Jinhua's vengeful nature won't let us go, let's go and collect grandmother's body for burial, it's a pity General Zheng, it was none of his business that Dr. Huang was killed yesterday, but now that King Ning is in charge, I'm afraid he will also be sentenced."
For the first time, Lin Jinhua felt that Lin Xiyu was smart, and a few words put them and Zhao Huaiyan in a dilemma, no matter what they did, they couldn't please them.
Lin Xiteng lay on one side, seeing that the situation was almost over, he only cried out for pain.
Lin Duan turned to look at Lin Jinhua and begged, "Jinhua, aren't you a doctor? Please save your second brother quickly, please..." He knelt on the ground and kowtowed again.
Lin Jincheng frowned, and the others stared straight at Lin Jinhua.
Lin Jinhua frowned slightly, if she didn't save her today, she might be confirming her claim that she wanted to kill Lin Xiteng, although she really meant it.
She stepped forward a few steps and raised her hand to check Lin Xiteng's pulse, but just as she put her hand on his pulse, his whole body twitched, as if he was about to die immediately.
She frowned slightly, and Lin Xiyu was already crying and rushed over and pushed her to the ground: "Lin Jinhua, are you going to kill him in public? You are so cruel, we are also the same grandfather, we are relatives Ah, how dare you..."
Lin Xiteng was still convulsing, looking in pain.
Lin Jincheng quickly stepped forward to help Lin Jinhua up, and asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"
"I just caught his pulse, and I didn't do anything." Lin Jinhua quickly told him, she understood that today's event was carefully planned, and every step of her and her brother's reactions were calculated.
"You're still arguing! Lin Jinhua, if you don't save us, don't save us. If you want to kill us, kill us, and treat us as if we were blind and have relatives like you..." Lin Xiyu cursed, and hurriedly got Lin Xiteng away, Then he looked at Lin Duan who was kneeling and weeping and said: "Father, forget it, the people they are used to being cold-blooded, and King Ning will protect them, we don't need to ask them!"
Lin Duan stood up tremblingly, as if he had aged in an instant, and only looked at Lin Jinhua and Lin Jincheng beggingly: "Just be an uncle and beg you, you will definitely not let us go, just kill me, Xiyu and Xiteng They're all innocent..."
"Uncle, we never thought about how to..."
"Stop pretending, don't think that we don't know, how scheming your brothers and sisters are, now that the Lin family has been torn apart, and the Zheng family has also been harmed by you, don't pretend to be merciful!" Lin Xiyu finished speaking, He stared at Lin Jinyu: "Thanks to you, I am already King Jing's abandoned concubine, and I have no capital to fight with you. I just ask you to show mercy and let us go!"
These words are very honest, everyone thought Lin Xiyu was just a vain and ignorant young lady before, but looking at it now, they actually gave birth to a little admiration, besides Lin Duan and Lin Xiteng were too miserable just now...
After she finished speaking, she helped Lin Duan and left.
When the onlookers saw it, they dispersed one after another, but they had grudges against Lin Jinhua and Lin Jincheng.
Lin Jincheng wanted to catch up, but was held back by Lin Jinhua.Her face was slightly cold, and she looked at the leaving person and said coldly: "There is no need to chase, they have already calculated how we will react, keep chasing, there are still traps."
"I never thought that my eldest uncle and my eldest sister and second brother would be like this..." Lin Jincheng was extremely disappointed.
Xu Zhaozhao stepped forward cautiously and said, "Why don't I wait for Dad to come back and tell him about it?"
Lin Jinhua shook her head slightly: "Not for the time being, I'm afraid uncle is the only one who has received the grace of God. You don't have to get involved in our troubles, so you won't offend His Majesty." She had a hunch that this matter would definitely ferment again.
Xu Zhaozhao nodded, only took her hand and said firmly: "Sister Jinhua, don't be afraid, Zhaozhao is here, and no one will bully you."
Lin Jincheng was amused by her words, and seeing her firm face, he just smiled and said: "There are too many right and wrong here, I'll send you back to Xu's residence first."
"Yes." Xu Zhaozhao nodded obediently, also afraid of causing trouble to them.
After the arranger sent Xu Zhaozhao away, brother and sister Lin Jinhua looked at each other and sighed slightly.
But this is not over yet, because Princess Duanhui has already entered the palace at this moment.
In Yonghe Palace.
The emperor just made arrangements for Xu Boshan, so he came straight over, looked at the new Shu brocade dress specially worn by Concubine De, and said with a smile: "It's not yet the hottest day, wouldn't it be too cold to wear such a thin dress?"
Concubine De's face was a little embarrassed, she just smiled shyly: "The emperor rarely comes to this concubine a few times, and this concubine wants to dress better."
Hearing this, the emperor just held her hand and smiled softly: "It's rare for my concubine to be caring, but if you are sick, is it possible that you still have to take care of her?"
"Yes, I know I was wrong." Concubine De smiled more and more shyly, and said: "Then this concubine is going to change clothes."
"En." The emperor nodded slightly, and Concubine De reluctantly got up and saluted, and went inside.
After she turned around, the tenderness in the emperor's eyes disappeared completely, he just looked at the tea in the cup indifferently, and took a sip.
Concubine De had just changed her clothes and came back, when someone came to report that Princess Duanhui asked to see her.
Concubine De looked at the emperor and saw that he frowned slightly, she was a little startled in her heart, could it be that the emperor didn't love him as much as before, the only royal sister, and tentatively said; "Your Majesty, Princess Duanhui and the concubine I have worked abroad for more than ten years, and it is rare to come back now, do you want to see more?"
The emperor thought for a while, and finally just smiled: "Let her in."
"Yes." Concubine De responded, and immediately asked the palace maid to invite her.
Not long after, Duanhui arrived in a hurry, still wearing a green and luxurious long dress, embroidered with hibiscus flowers with golden-brown thread, very luxurious.As soon as she entered the room, she looked a little surprised when she saw the emperor, and said, "Brother Huang is also here."
"What's the matter, don't you want me to be here?" The emperor just raised his eyes and smiled at her. As an imperial sister, he has been domineering for many years and still hasn't restrained himself in the outside world. Unruly and self-willed every day.
Duanhui laughed quickly and said: "How could it be, but today I came to find the Empress Concubine De to talk about an interesting incident outside, and the emperor's brother is here, so it's not easy for the younger sister to open her mouth."
Seeing her eyes deepened, the emperor's smile faded, and he said, "Since you're here, let's talk about it. I don't want to hear your anecdote right now, but I'm afraid someone will hear it after a while."
Seeing that he seemed to have guessed it, Duanhui exchanged glances with Concubine De, her expression froze.
Concubine De hurriedly asked her to sit down, and then said: "Since the emperor is here, you can speak directly."
Duanhui also nodded when she heard the words, and recounted the things that happened outside the Lin family: "When the servant came back to report, I still didn't believe that there is no niece and daughter in this world who wants to force her brother to death. My uncle knelt down, it's really justified, did she think she couldn't report it to her?"
Concubine De took the opportunity to say: "How is it possible, I have met Ms. Lin, although she is more scheming, she would not do such a thing."
Duanhui glanced at the emperor, then shook her head meaningfully: "It's fine for her to do so, the most important thing now is that the common people are spreading rumors that His Royal Highness King Ning connived at her like this, and there was a murder in the Lin Mansion last night. The case seems to be related to this Lin Jinhua, but the people in the government arrested General Zheng, who had a grudge against Lin Luzhi. I heard that King Ning went to the town for interrogation in person today, and the people even thought that King Ning stood up for Lin Jinhua. Now, the people are full of complaints against King Ning."
The emperor took a deep look at her: "Really?"
"Sister Chen can still lie to the emperor." Duanhui looked at him seriously and said: "I heard that Lin Xiteng was forced to hit his head and bled. The strange thing is that last night, the Zhou family, whose reputation was ruined, appeared naked in the market for some reason, not to mention losing face, and was bitten to death by a mad dog..." When Duan Hui talked about this, it seemed that Some couldn't bear it: "Even if she doesn't abide by women's morals, this kind of death is too cruel. A person who can do such a cruel thing must be so vicious." She covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief and shook her head gently and sighed .
"Your Majesty, this kind of situation may affect Huaiyan's reputation. Kan'er is still in Puji Temple because of her reputation ruined. Although many of your princes are excellent, there are not many as capable as Huaiyan. If you are a commoner I mistakenly thought that these were all connivance and instigation by him behind the scenes, and I may not be able to explain why it is justified in the future." Concubine De said softly to the emperor.
The emperor doesn't care about other things, but he still cares about this son. Concubine De is right, Zhao Huaiyan is indeed the most prominent among the many princes, but no matter whether these things are really related to Lin Jinhua, at least Duanhui and Concubine De are on the same page. When Qi said this, it was premeditated.
He glanced at Concubine De lightly, and said: "You are right, Huaiyan is a good boy, and Kan'er has stayed in Puji Temple for so long, so he can come back."
He didn't continue to talk about how Lin Jinhua would deal with it. Duan Hui gritted his teeth slightly and said directly: "Then, brother, what will Lin Jinhua do with it? After all, even if she didn't do these things, it was because of her. There have been so many turmoil in the Lin family recently. She is going to marry Huai Yan in a few months, if she continues to indulge her, I am afraid that the royal reputation will be hindered..."
"You really care about the royal reputation." The emperor gave her a cold look.
Concubine De had already seen that the emperor didn't want to deal with Lin Jinhua very much, but he couldn't have no grudges in his heart, so he hurriedly tried to stop Duanhui, but Duanhui said complacently: "Sister Chen naturally cares about the royal reputation."
"Then why don't you see more children for the son-in-law? I just heard that the son-in-law is seriously ill recently. Instead of cooking at home, you have so much free time to take care of other things." The emperor said angrily.
Seeing that he was actually angry, Duan Hui was slightly taken aback, and hurriedly got up to salute: "Brother Huang, sister..."
"Okay." The emperor didn't want to look at her again: "For so many years, you have been in trouble, so go back and take care of your husband and teach your children. Back then, I promised you to my son-in-law because he was an honest and talented person. Yes, I don't want him to hate me for making such a decision in the end!"
Duanhui stood there awkwardly, her face blushing, but she only gritted her teeth secretly.
Seeing this situation, Concubine De hurriedly smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the princess just wanted to talk to my concubine, I never thought you would be here..."
"Then I'm superfluous with you?" The emperor snorted softly, stood up directly, and walked outside without looking at her: "Show me back to the palace!"
Concubine De got up and wanted to chase after her, but seeing that the emperor had already left, she sat down on the couch with a slightly pale face.
Duan Hui's eyes turned slightly red, but she hated Lin Jinhua more and more; "I never thought that Brother Huang would let her go!"
"No." Although Concubine De regretted making the Emperor unhappy again, she still understood the Emperor. With such a suspicious person, how could he turn a blind eye to such a bloody incident in the Lin family.
Concubine De guessed right, the emperor had just returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and immediately sent someone to summon Zhao Huaiyan into the palace.
After hesitating for a while, he still ordered to the person next to him: "I told you that since Lin Jinzheng is going to marry King Ning as a concubine soon, since she is still in the filial piety period, let her go to Changle Nunnery to practice for three months and serve as Dajin's concubine. Pray!"
Hearing the words, the centimeter next to him was a little worried and said: "Your Majesty, His Highness King Ning likes this Miss Lin very much. Will you hurt His Highness's heart by doing this?"
"He's a man, how can he indulge in his son's affair? If that's the case, then I won't be able to keep this girl." After finishing speaking, he said in a cold voice: "Two days ago, I agreed with King Pingxi's princess. Yuan Luyi went to the southwest, passed on my decree, canonized Lin Jincheng as the second-rank General Weiyuan, escorted Princess Yuan to the southwest, and returned to the capital after the war was settled."
"Your Majesty..." The father-in-law hesitated a bit, and said timidly: "General Lin has been demoted to a commoner, and so many things have happened to the Lin family..."
"It is precisely because so many things happened to the Lin family that we have to transfer them away earlier, so as to save them from being unable to extricate themselves from these things." The emperor frowned and said, before looking at him: "Are you my slave or the Lin family? slave?"
Eunuch Chang didn't dare to say any more, so he quickly saluted and went down to deliver the decree.
After Duanhui left Yonghe Palace, she waited outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Seeing Eunuch Chang hurrying out, she knew that the emperor must have an order.
But she guessed that Lin Jinhua also had a premonition.
As soon as Lin Duan left, she rushed to the government office immediately.
Zhao Huaiyan didn't come here specially because of what happened last night. The few corruption and bribery cases that were investigated recently were all related to Zheng Lai, so he came here.
When he heard that Lin Jinhua was looking for him, he immediately got up from my side yard and left.
The accompanying Gao Zhi quickly told him what happened at the gate of Lin's house, and his face darkened immediately: "For those who dare to plot against this king, Lin Duan has become more courageous."
Gao Ting frowned, seeing that his pace was quicker, he said: "And His Royal Highness King Jing entered Beijing last night, I'm afraid this matter has something to do with him."
Zhao Huaiyan paused slightly, her phoenix eyes were full of coldness: "His firearms store is built in Yuzhou?"
"Well, I heard that it cost millions of taels of silver to build. Once a firearms depot is built, it can produce tens of thousands of firearms a month. My lord, why don't we find a way to keep it for ourselves..."
"Burned."
"Ah?" Gao Tian understood, but felt distressed, millions of taels of silver.
"According to his habit, there must be dead soldiers he kept around the firearms warehouse. You personally lead the troops to exterminate them. The prefect of Yuzhou covered up the establishment of the firearms warehouse and arrested them to ransack the house." Zhao Huaiyan said coldly, and then walked away.
Gao Zhi's heart ached even more, those dead men were not easy to clean up, but if they were destroyed at once, King Jing must have been in pain for a long time.There is also the prefect of Yuzhou, but he is a big spender. If he is disposed of, his looted wealth will only be filled into the national treasury...
He looked up at the back of Zhao Huaiyan's resolute departure, knowing that he was really annoyed this time, so he could only hold back the pain in his heart, and went to deliver the order.
Zhao Huaiyan walked quickly to the side courtyard of the government office, and saw a person in a rouge gown standing in the courtyard lightly, the wind blew her black hair hanging behind her, like a painting.
Lin Jinhua also noticed that someone was coming behind her, and when she turned her head to see him, she stood still behind her, and smiled slightly: "My lord..."
"Hmm." Seeing her calling out with a sweet smile, Zhao Huaiyan's heart sank halfway, and his face didn't move at all. He walked up to her a few steps, pulled her into his arms, and asked softly. Said: "Frightened?"
Lin Jinhua was startled for a moment, then heard the strong heartbeat in his chest, and smiled: "I came here to ask the prince for a favor."
"What are you busy with?"
"I want to enter the palace and meet the emperor." Lin Jinhua rolled her eyes. Did Lin Duan and his son think that they would gain the upper hand if they made a bitter plan? She would not let them have an easy time.Since he insisted that he wanted to kill them, then they should die!
(End of this chapter)
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