Nong Hua Makeup

Chapter 78
When Zhao Kan came in, the people behind him were holding Xiao Jing.

As soon as he entered the door, he glanced at Concubine Xian coldly, then stepped forward and knelt down in front of the emperor: "My son is guilty, please punish me."

"Tell me." The emperor had asked him about the Gu worms when he heard that he was asking for an interview early in the morning, but he insisted on waiting until now to talk, he wanted to find out what the reason was.

Zhao Kan straightened up on his knees and looked at the emperor, saying: "I know that Miss Zheng's body was possessed by a Gu worm yesterday, and the fact that she identified her has spread in the capital, but I never did this, otherwise Zheng Ruyi Why was he assassinated before he finished speaking? Zheng Ruyi must have been about to slip up and was executed by the people in the dark." After Zhao Kan finished speaking, he turned to look at Concubine Xian beside him, and said with a sneer: "Concubine Xian, what do you think?"

Concubine Xian looked at the Xu family waiting outside the curtain, the shadowy figure seemed to be Xu Zhaozhao, she just turned her head and said softly: "I don't know about this, I was just ordered by the Queen Mother to check and respect you." It's just a gentleman's business."

Hearing this, Zhao Kan snorted, and then continued to speak to the emperor: "My sons and ministers speak lightly, not as good as a good concubine who has the emperor's grandmother to rely on, but my father can ask people to find out why Zheng Ruyi has disappeared these few days, and is she being arrested again?" Whoever caught it and threw it at the gate of the Gongyuan on the day of Chunxi, it can be seen that the person behind this has been planning for a long time, in order to ruin the reputation of the minister. Early this morning, someone discovered the hiding place of the so-called Gu. The son-in-law knew that it must be the person behind the scene and he refused to let the son-in-law go, so he resorted to tricks and pretended to abscond in fear of crime, but actually went to collect evidence secretly, but the son-in-law did not collect the evidence, but instead found evidence that someone was going to murder the mother and concubine. "

Duan Hui was listening to these words, and knew that today's event was a huge situation, and this person who wasted his mind back and forth was really scary. The emperor was always suspicious, not only for his children, but also for his concubines. Now, if there is such a scheming person in the harem now, once it is discovered, it will be a disaster.

As soon as Zhao Kan's words fell, the respectable person also understood, and looked directly at the emperor sadly and said: "It turns out that someone is trying to kill the concubine's mother and son. Your majesty, the concubine and Kan'er have never thought about fighting, but just want to spend the rest of their lives in peace." Who the hell is so vicious to use such a vicious scheme!" She said like this, as if these things really had nothing to do with their mother and son, after all, it seems that this matter is aimed at their mother and son, and it is even more important. Like it was planned rather than what they did.

The emperor glanced at the honored person indifferently, then looked at the shivering servant girl kneeling on one side in a low voice, and said, "Is she the evidence you said?"

"Yes." Zhao Kan nodded and turned to look at Xiao Jing: "Tell me everything you know."

"Yes." Xiaojing's trembling tongue was about to get knotted, and her whole body was shaking like chaff, she didn't dare to look up at anyone, she just choked up and said: "This slave girl was originally a maidservant of the Xu family, and she won the Ninth Prince in the early years. Your Highness's favor, this time I was ordered by the concubine Xian to go and kill Miss Xu with the young servant."

The armor in Concubine Xian's hand was tightly pinched into her flesh, her complexion was slightly pale, but she just raised her chin slightly, and her soft voice was trembling and aggrieved: "When did I give you an order, you can't just talk There is no reason to slander me."

"Isn't Concubine Xian trying to identify Miss Xu's family as the one who killed me just because of her glib tongue?" The nobleman looked at her sarcastically, then looked at Xiao Jing and said: "Do you have any other evidence? "

"Yes." Xiaojing bit her lips, remembering the letter Mo Feng gave her last night, and pulled it out of her sleeve: "This is an order from the empress, slaves dare not talk nonsense."

When Concubine Xian heard this, she realized that someone had intentionally harmed her, because she was very careful in her actions and never gave orders in letters to leave evidence.

"Present." The emperor glanced at Concubine Xian and said in a deep voice.

The eunuch on one side quickly stepped forward to take the crumpled letter in Xiaojing's hand and put it in front of the emperor. Then the emperor raised his hand to take the letter and slowly opened it.

All eyes were on him, just waiting to see his reaction, but his stern face only became more serious, and he slowly put away the letter and asked Xiao Jing in a cold voice: "What is written in this letter?"

"It's the concubine Xian who asked the slaves to do it. When she said she would do something, she had to leave evidence of the honorable person who was placed in Xu's residence." Xiao Jing replied tremblingly.

"Are you literate?" The emperor looked at her suspiciously.Misses from rich families are not necessarily literate, but she can also read as a servant?

Xiao Jing knelt on the ground and knocked her head a few times before saying, "The servants of Xu's family are all literate, and the master specially asked Mr. to teach them."

Concubine Xian gritted her teeth slightly, looked at the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, my concubine has never written any letter. You can tell by comparing the concubine's handwriting. And the handwriting can also be imitated by others. Your majesty, my concubine really didn't..."

The emperor threw down the letter without waiting for her to finish speaking, a blank piece of paper.The paper is Luoyang paper, which is used only by the nobles, but there is not a drop of ink on it.

Xiao Jing also seemed to be shocked, not pretending, but really surprised: "How could it be..."

"How do you explain it?" The emperor's cold voice was already filled with murderous intent.

Xiaojing cried and shook her head: "I don't know, I didn't know, before I saw that there were words on it, it was clear..." She remembered that she had read the letter when Mo Feng handed it to her. Well, it didn't leave the body at all.

Seeing this, Concubine Xian was secretly relieved, and looked at her aggrievedly: "Are you going to use this method to deceive this concubine? My lord."

Lin Jinhua behind the curtain listened to Xiao Jing's cry, her eyes were pale, the emperor was suspicious by nature, the more strange it was, the more he would believe it.

Duanhui paused for a moment before saying: "Brother Huang, sister-in-law once heard that there is a kind of ink, once written, it will disappear completely in two or three hours, I don't know..."

The emperor didn't speak, just stared at Xiao Jing who was crying with tears all over his face, and said: "Then I ask you, since the concubine Xian asked you to kill the daughter of the Xu family, why didn't you kill him?"

"Because the maidservant and the noble son who was with me have not yet attacked, the other eyes of the concubine Xian thought we had succeeded, so they couldn't wait to kill us to silence us. The noble son was killed, and the servant took all his life to escape all the way with Miss Xu. Today we won the scene. His Royal Highness rescued her and saved her from death..." When she spoke, the order of her words was a little messed up, but everyone understood the general meaning.

Zhao Kan also took the opportunity to say: "Today, the minister is guarding near Zuihualou. When those men in black chased and killed this maid, many people saw it."

"Your Majesty, the concubine did not do these things." Seeing that they still couldn't produce evidence, Concubine Xian insisted with her back straightened.

The emperor only looked at Xiao Jing: "According to what you said, there are still many virtuous concubines in the Xu family?"

Xiao Jing nodded.

The emperor didn't look at the concubine Xian, but only said: "Tell the Xu family."

Xu Boshan and the others were behind the curtain, and came over after hearing this.

Xu Chengqing carried Xu Zhaozhao, who was still awake, on his back. They walked to the main hall and immediately knelt down on the ground.

Xu Boshan didn't wait for the emperor to ask questions, he just looked at Concubine Xian with tears in his eyes: "I just entered the capital, I really don't know where I offended Concubine Xian."

"Master Xu, these things are indeed not my concubine..."

"Your Majesty, why do you still say these things? The Xu family was not a big family at first, but they were worthy of being an Empress. They trained seven or eight people and placed them in the Xu Mansion a few years ago. A few years ago, the Xu Mansion was still in Yuzhou, so it aroused Madam's concern." , it seems that the Xu family must have offended the empress a few years ago. Please tell the empress that the general manager of the Xu family must know where the mistake is so that he can apologize to the empress." Xu Chengqing asked the maids to help Xu Zhaozhao, and then knelt on the ground. Sideways.

The Emperor's eyes dimmed completely when he heard this. Before the Xu family entered Beijing this year, the only time they had a quarrel with Concubine Xian was when Concubine Yin died more than 20 years ago. Concubine Xian.

Concubine Xian also knew it was not good, and immediately knelt down on the ground: "Your Majesty, this concubine has never had such thoughts..."

"I thought that after all these years, you have reformed yourself." The emperor's voice was muffled, as if the great pain and secrets in his heart had been dug out in public, and his whole body was filled with cold air.

Concubine Xian knew that it was not good, so she glanced at her court lady before she stepped forward and knelt down at the emperor's feet, always showing a trace of panic on her calm face: "Your Majesty, this concubine has never had any other thoughts, only thinking about you good……"

"Enough! How many people do you want to kill in the name of being good for me!" The emperor kicked her away.

Concubine Xian was kicked and fell to the ground. Seeing that he finally snarled at her, she was startled. Immediately, she restrained all the panic just now, and only slowly got up and sat up straight before looking at him with a sad smile: "Your Majesty, Just based on a few words from their mouths, are you going to convict my concubine? Back then, sister Yin was executed by you in the same way. If you don't mind, this concubine can also become the next concubine..."

"Are you worthy?" the emperor asked indifferently, regardless of the presence of courtiers.

The tears in Concubine Xian's eyes slowly flowed down, she straightened her body and looked at him with a smile: "This concubine is not guilty, this concubine has never done anything, if the emperor doesn't believe it, you can call those people to question one by one."

"Then what about your intention to frame the honored man?" the emperor asked coldly.

"The concubine has never done this before. The concubine just happened to find out that the evidence left by the fire scene was the person who was inserted into the Xu mansion by the respected person, and she just reported the truth to the emperor." There is no redemption, she only wants this glory and wealth.

Hearing this, the honored man was anxious to get up, but was held back by Zhao Kan.

Zhao Kan looked at the concubine Xian and said, "Since the concubine Xian does not recognize her, the emperor is a sage king, and he will definitely not make random decisions, as long as he sends someone to continue to investigate."

Concubine Xian looked at Zhao Kan indifferently: "His Royal Highness King Jing has always been the one who knows the emperor's thoughts best. This concubine has never done anything, so naturally she will not admit it."

Zhao Kan's expression froze.

The emperor originally didn't want to make a big deal out of this matter, but Xu Boshan knew it. Although he was scheming, he always acted with integrity and would not intentionally participate in this court battle, not to mention that he had no position to participate. Let's see His daughter was indeed dying. He had always loved his daughter like his life, so how could he take such a big risk with his daughter.

He paused for a moment before making a decision: "As for the Gu worm, Kan'er will investigate it himself. I must get the most detailed results."

A stone fell in Zhao Kan's heart, but Concubine Xian knew that the emperor favored respectable people, and all her efforts were in vain.

Xu Boshan continued: "Your Majesty, it's true that I don't do my best for the court, but this time I can't even keep my children, and I'm afraid I can't protect the country for the emperor, and I can't teach outstanding students. I implore the emperor to allow me to resign. The official returns to his hometown."

Xu Chengqing followed and knelt down.

The emperor's face was dark, and the air around him seemed to be condensing.The meaning of the Xu family to him is not as simple as a courtier, and more importantly, if the Xu family is allowed to resign, how will the people of the world think of him as an emperor, saying that he is incompetent and fatuous?

He stared at Xu Boshan on the ground, and said in a cold voice: "Xu Aiqing, I will not easily let go of those who dare to go to the Xu family to misbehave, especially those in the palace. This time, the daughter of the Xu family has indeed been wronged. She is the princess of Yongle, whoever dares to bully her in the future will have trouble with me."

Xu Chengqing shook his head with tears in his eyes, and continued, choked with sobs: "Please also sympathize with the minister's love for daughters. It's so pitiful. The Xu family is a thorn in the eyes of others. If you don't leave, I'm afraid there will never be peace..."

"Who dares!" The emperor slammed the table next to him, and coughed because he was too angry, but his sharp eyes only stared at the concubine Xian sharply: "My humerus minister, who dares to act like this?" , Is it because the head on the head doesn't want it anymore!"

Concubine Xian's heart was ashamed, although her back was still straight, the previous energy on her face seemed to have lost half in an instant.

Seeing this, Lin Jinhua knew that the emperor's patience had come to an end, so she quietly tugged on Xu Boshan's sleeve, and said softly: "Uncle, there are indeed many doubts about this matter, and Jinhua is alone in the capital now, you go away, Isn't Jinhua the only one left?"

When Duanhui saw the steps, he followed suit and said, "Besides, Lin Jincheng's whereabouts are still unknown, so you should wait until you find him."

The emperor's forehead was already full of veins, he just stared at Xu Boshan and said, "I'm also thinking about the Lin family's affairs, Xu Aiqing, you're resigning now, it's really embarrassing for me."

"I don't dare." Xu Boshan understands the emperor's temper, so he accepts it as soon as he sees it, and wipes his tears after politely saluting: "The minister is getting older and less courageous. Since the emperor is willing to trust Wei Minister, I dare not mention resignation again, even if I go through fire and water, I will definitely be loyal to the emperor."

The emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

As he was speaking, the eunuch outside yelled 'The Empress Dowager is here', and all the people hurriedly stepped back and knelt respectfully on both sides.

The emperor also got up, and went to the door to greet him personally. Seeing the queen mother who came at this time, he looked a little unhappy: "Why is the queen mother here?"

"I heard that a lot of things have happened here, so come and have a look. Emperor, you are not feeling well these days, so you have to be careful not to get angry." The queen mother kept his face in her eyes, and only advised with a concerned tone.

"I understand, I've troubled my mother to make a note."

"You are the son of the Ai family, so the Ai family will naturally miss you." After finishing speaking, he looked inside, his eyes a little cold, and said: "It's getting late, you should also rest, today's matter After finishing speaking, send them out of the palace, and ask and discuss the rest, and we will talk about it tomorrow." The empress dowager's meaning is very clear, family ugliness should not be publicized, even if you want to punish the concubine, you don't have to do it in front of the Xu family.

The emperor also had this concern. After all, the royal family was very dignified. Looking at Xu Boshan who had just calmed down, he said, "Xu Aiqing, it's getting late, you should go back earlier, and I will give you an explanation when the matter is cleared up." .”

"Thank you for your majesty's grace." Xu Boshan led the Xu family to salute respectfully, and then left sideways.

Lin Jinhua would naturally follow and leave, but she didn't expect the queen mother to interrupt the scene today. Presumably, if the concubine Xian escapes temporarily this time, it depends on whether the honorable person and Zhao Kan will bite tightly afterward.

When she was leaving, she glanced at Xiao Jing who was kneeling in the corner and trembling, Xiao Jing gritted her teeth, nodded secretly, and Lin Jinhua stepped away.

Looking at Lin Jinhua's back, Duanhui gritted her teeth secretly, and also stepped forward to greet the queen mother and the emperor: "It's getting late, so Duanhui should leave the palace first."

The emperor glanced at her indifferently, and gave a muffled hum, Duanhui secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and walked away.

As soon as she left, the Empress Dowager looked at the honored person kneeling on the ground with a cold face, and said in a cold voice: "I heard that you killed someone and threw them into the dry well near the Queen's Palace?"

"The empress dowager..." The honored person did do this, because some masters once said that it would damage the empress' feng shui and make her unlucky.

Seeing that she dared not answer, the queen mother directly ordered someone to investigate, and then said coldly: "There are indeed many open and secret fights in the harem, but there are not many such ruthless ones. Even if you did not do what happened today, you will not escape punishment... ..."

"Grandmother..." Zhao Kan hurriedly begged for favors, and the queen mother only looked at him with hatred: "Kan'er, you used to be gentle and martial, and the Ai family liked you the most. It’s fine to be careless, but now there are so many things happening, is it because you are worried that your father is not worrying enough?”

When Zhao Kan heard this, he knew that the queen mother was deliberately accusing her of protecting the concubine Xian.He was quite smart, he didn't have a cold face, he just knelt on the ground respectfully and listened carefully, and after the Queen Mother finished speaking, he said: "This time when I leave the palace, Kan'er will definitely investigate the matter of the Gu worms thoroughly, I will also restrain myself in the future, and I will never disturb the emperor's grandmother again."

Upon hearing the words, the honorable man obediently admitted his mistake: "The concubine is also willing to stay in Changheng Palace to fast for a month and copy Buddhist scriptures every day."

Seeing this, the Empress Dowager finally felt a little more at ease, and she didn't come here to trouble their mother and son, she just said: "You are pretty well-behaved, that's all, go back first." Concubine, stepped forward and sat down.Concubine Xian was single-handedly picked up by her. If she is punished now, she will be slapped in the face again. Although she does not participate in the harem battle, she will never allow such a thing to happen.

The respected person exchanged a glance with Zhao Kan, saluted according to the rules, and then withdrew.

After everyone had left, Concubine Xian looked at the Empress Dowager with tears in her eyes: "Empress Dowager, my concubine has been wronged..."

"Come on, slap your mouth!" The Empress Dowager's loving face was gone, and it instantly turned into coldness.She didn't stay in the harem for so many years in vain. From the time when Concubine Xian's people quietly went to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to invite her, she knew that she was also used by Concubine Xian!
What she hates the most in her life is being used, especially being used by juniors!
The emperor didn't make a sound, the nanny next to the empress dowager stepped forward with a cold face, and said indifferently: "Mrs. Xianfei, I'm sorry." After finishing speaking, the hand with long nails slapped her face hard. superior.She is very skillful in beating people, the force of each slap falls on the bones of the face, it is extremely painful, but it will not swell the face.

After a few slaps, the Queen Mother raised her hand and looked at Concubine Xian: "Do you know it's wrong?"

"Concubine..." Concubine Xian gritted her teeth slightly: "I know I was wrong."

"I know I'm wrong." The Queen Mother snorted softly, now Concubine Xian is not only embarrassing her, but also making her unable to hold her head up in front of her son: "If you weren't promoted by the Ai family, the Ai family would like to kill you now !"

These words are extremely cruel, if people in the palace can provoke the Queen Mother to say such words, even if they don't die, they will have no place in the palace.

Concubine Xian already knew that she had been completely calculated by others. The situation she had carefully arranged for so long was completely broken overnight. The most important thing is that this person's strategy may not be very clever, but he has figured out the emperor's plan for her. Doubt and dislike all the time.

Concubine Xian has already figured out the result, so naturally she will not make trouble for no reason anymore, she kneels down respectfully, and said: "Although this concubine has not done those things, but someone is going to murder this concubine, and this concubine has also brought down the empress dowager's reputation, this concubine is guilty, Please take away the title of Concubine Xian, hand over the seal of the assistant manager of the Sixth Palace, and live in the palace as before, without taking a single step."

The Empress Dowager would never let her do this, and now that she slapped Concubine Xian in the face, it was slapping her in the face.

She looked up at the emperor and said, "How do you think of punishment?"

"The matter has not yet been settled. Concubine Xian doesn't have to ask for punishment like this, but I won't deal with you, and I can't explain to Xu Aiqing. You can temporarily relinquish the power of Assistant Manager of the Sixth Palace and repent in the palace." The emperor's fist behind his back was tightly clenched Hold it, but he will not tear the queen mother's face now, he will only wait for the punishment in the future.

Concubine Xian knew that this was already the best result, and after earnestly kneeling and thanking her, she left the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

When she left, her personal maid was no longer there.

It was getting dark, and the cold wind rustled the leaves, as if they were saying something.

All the palace maids followed her, seeing her limp steps and thin clothes, they didn't dare to go forward and give her the cloak. After all, the empress dowager ordered someone to slap a person, even if he still has the title of Concubine Xian, who is there now? Dare to treat her well?

Concubine Xian didn't speak, and walked forward silently. When she came to the corner and passed the Palace of Compassion, she suddenly remembered what she said to Lin Jinhua last time. She said that she had always walked with her head on her head.

She smiled lightly, as if she couldn't feel the pain on her face, she just turned towards the palace gate and said coldly: "This concubine has a way to stand upright once, and then she can stand upright the second time, Lin Jinhua, just wants to follow suit." The concubine Yin from back then." After she said indifferently, she straightened her back even more and walked away.

Lin Jinhua seemed to have sensed something, the cold wind blew the hair around her ears, she paused, and then turned her head to look at the palace gate she had just left.

Duanhui quickly chased after her, walked up to her, and looked at her with a sneer: "How dare you use me!"

"Your Majesty refers to the oleander powder?" Lin Jinhua smiled faintly.

"Otherwise? Gui Zhi said, there is no oleander powder at all." Duan Hui looked at the Xu family waiting beside the carriage, and said in a suppressed voice.When she thought that Lin Jinhua used her to almost get involved in a court battle, she gritted her teeth with hatred, and lost all tolerance for Lin Jinhua.

"Really? Maybe I smelled it wrong. Last time, the medicinal powder that Gui Shao rubbed on my hand, I thought it was oleander medicinal powder, but it turned out not to be." Lin Jinhua raised her eyebrows slightly, with a look of sudden realization.

Duanhui remembered that time when she watched Concubine De poison Lin Jinhua without making a sound, her aura instantly weakened.

Lin Jinhua didn't argue with her, and just said: "Princess Duanhui's eyes are indeed a little black. If it wasn't for the poisoning of oleander powder, it must be because of severe insomnia recently, which has caused yin deficiency that is hard to recover, and anger is easy to rise." At her age, if If you don't concentrate on calming down, your heart will flow smoothly, your temper will only become more and more irritable, and your sleep will become worse and worse.

Duan Hui snorted softly, already disbelieving her.

Seeing that Lin Jinhua hadn't come for a long time, Xu Chengqing walked over worriedly and asked, "Jinhua, what's the matter?"

"It's nothing, it's just that the princess asked me to feel the pulse." Lin Jinhua looked at Duanhui and smiled.

Duan Hui looked at the Xu family, her brows furrowed slightly, she turned her head away without saying a word, she didn't want to get involved in this matter again, and she didn't want to have any contact with the people in Xu's house.

Lin Jinhua watched her leave, but the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and then she looked at Xu Chengqing and said, "Physician Lu has been idle for a day, so hurry up and send Zhaozhao back."

Xu Chengqing nodded.

When they returned to Xu's mansion, it was already midnight. Mrs. Xu had known that Xu Zhaozhao was not dead, so she had been worried for a day. When she saw him, she put her heart back into her stomach. After learning about Lin Jinhua's arrangement, she felt even better. Terrified, I went to the Buddhist hall to kneel in the middle of the night to feel at ease.

After Lin Jinhua rested from exhaustion, she recalled what she saw in the palace today, and knew that although Concubine Xian could live in peace for a while, it would not be too long. If she could fight with the nobles and the queen, then she would have time Come and prepare well, you don't have to be in a hurry like this time.

After thinking about it, she fell into a deep sleep.

Mo Feng and Mo Xue were guarding outside, and they had raised their vigilance in the past two days, for fear that someone would come to retaliate.However, there were indeed people waiting for the opportunity to move, but they left only after seeing someone guarding them.

Most of the people who came were planning to attack the Xu family to stir up the storm in the palace, but after a few days, under the high vigilance of the Xu family, those who were ready to move rested their minds, and in a blink of an eye, it was time to release the list day.

Early in the morning, a young boy came back from the outside beamingly, holding the copied list in his hand, happily ran to the yard and shouted: "Our son has won, No.1, our son is No.1!" !"

The happy atmosphere quickly spread in the Xu residence, which had been suppressed for several days. Last night, Xu Zhaozhao finally woke up with a sigh of relief, and Mrs. Xu finally showed a smile. After hearing the news in the morning, she immediately asked someone to take copper coins to distribute , it can be regarded as a joy for people.

Lin Jinhua changed her clothes early in the morning, and Huijue sent a message that she was going to do something.

When he arrived at the door, he saw the beaming Xu Chengqing in a stone blue gown ready to go out, and said with a smile, "Where are you going, cousin?"

"The list is released today, and Brother Jiang is also on the list. I plan to go and see him." Xu Chengqing looked at her with a smile, only thinking that this cousin of hers was really unusual, and a big man like him might not be like that under such circumstances. Courage and ability, but she can not only do it, but also deflate the concubine Xian who is sure of winning.

"Alright." Lin Jinhua looked at the flickering light when he was staring at her, smiled helplessly in her heart, and followed him into the carriage and went forward.

Jiang Qingshu still lived in a small courtyard under Lin Jinhua's name, and the place Lin Jinhua was going to happened to pass by, but before Xu Chengqing got out of the carriage, he heard a commotion there.

Xu Chengqing opened the curtain and saw a group of people at the entrance of the alley beating around Jiang Qingshu. Jiang Qingshu's old mother was kneeling on the side and her voice was hoarse from crying.Seeing this, without saying a word, he flew over and kicked all the men who were beating people away.

Lin Jinhua followed the sound and opened the car curtain to look over. Those men were staggering as they walked, cursing constantly, as if they were drunk. Jiang Qingshu was beaten to the side with a bruised face. He was about to be beaten to death.

Lin Jinhua supported Mo Feng's hand and got out of the carriage and walked over.

Xu Chengqing helped Jiang Qingshu up, and then angrily said to those people: "Who are you, why did you beat him!"

Those drunk people didn't seem to recognize Xu Chengqing, and the leader with a red neck said disdainfully: "It's none of your business, get out!"

Xu Chengqing was so angry that he wanted to do it, but was stopped by Lin Jinhua: "Tomorrow is the palace examination, cousin is doing it now, if they sue the officials, wouldn't it delay the matter?"

"But..." Xu Chengqing is not impatient, but seeing his brother being beaten like this for no reason, how can he bear it.

"Cousin, don't worry." Lin Jinhua turned to look at the drunks, stepped forward and asked, "Who told you to come?"

"Hey, little beauty..." They were drunk, but they still knew that Lin Jinhua was a beauty, drunk and cowardly, and they were going to pull Lin Jinhua. Then he sipped lightly: "Dare to do something to the future Princess Ning, I think you are tired of work!" He stomped hard on the head of the big man who had just attacked Lin Jinhua, and said to the stunned boy, "Send him to the government."

"Yes!" The servants were stunned, and Mo Feng, who had beaten several big men all over the floor by himself, hurried forward and dragged him away.

After finishing the disposal, Lin Jinhua raised his eyes to look at the second floor of a tea house around the corner. Who was the face that was hurriedly avoiding Wang Huiyuan?

She remembered the list released today, and turned to the furious Xu Chengqing and asked, "Who is No. 20?"

"It seems to be Wang Huiyuan, the son of Wang Yushi's family." After Xu Chengqing finished speaking, he quickly lowered his voice and asked her: "You suspect it is..."

Lin Jinhua looked at Jiang Qingshu's eyes, interrupted Xu Chengqing's words, and said with a smile: "Young Master Jiang is injured, let's go to the doctor first. Tomorrow is the palace examination. It's not easy to lose your bearing in front of the emperor."

Xu Chengqing nodded, and said: "Brother Jiang, you can follow me back to the Xu Mansion today, and we will talk about it after the palace examination tomorrow." After finishing speaking, he deliberately amplified his voice: "Some people are afraid that they want to be officials and want to go crazy. Dare to do anything, not afraid of losing the face of the ancestors!"

When the people hiding in the inn heard this, they wanted to grit their teeth.

Lin Jinzheng looked at the inn again, thinking that Wang Huiyuan had become like this now, if he continued like this, he would offend many people, and he might not even know how he died.

After thinking about it, I didn't care about him. Seeing Xu Chengqing leave, I got into the carriage and left.

As soon as she left, the people in the inn gritted their teeth and said fiercely: "Damn it!"

"Brother, don't worry, No. 3 is the son of the Minister of Rites. I heard that he is timid and honest. Yan'er helped my brother lure him out." A gentle voice came, barely calming Wang Huiyuan's irritable heart.

He looked at the gentle woman sitting in front of him apologetically, his round face before had lost a lot of weight, the aura in his eyes was gone, and it became like a pool of stagnant water without a trace of waves: "Ru Yan, do you blame me? "

Wang Ruyan smiled like water when she heard the words, and only lowered her eyes to look at the teacup: "Brother is my real brother after all, how could I blame you? Only when you are well, the Wang family will be well. I will never blame you."

"That's good, Ru Yan, my brother is really doing it for your own good. Don't worry, my brother will definitely become a high-ranking official this time, and I will find the best family for you." Wang Huiyuan vowed.

Wang Ruyan smiled lightly, said no more, and followed him downstairs.

When he left, he looked at the direction Lin Jinhua's carriage was leaving, his eyes moved slightly, he held back the soreness in his eyes, put on the black veil, turned his head and got into the carriage.

Lin Jinhua's carriage drove around the capital twice before finally stopping at a lively restaurant.

She had a veil on her face, Xiaoer knew she was a lady from a wealthy family by seeing her attire, and immediately said courteously: "Miss, do you want a private room or a lobby?"

"Is the shopkeeper here?" she asked.

Xiao Er was stunned, and said with a smile: "The shopkeeper is busy, and the little one is just serving you."

On one side, Mo Feng took out a piece of two taels of silver and put it in his hand, saying, "I want the shopkeeper to come and serve you in the private room." After saying that, Lin Jinhua also walked towards the second floor.

Xiao Er looked at the silver bag in his hand, looked out at the carriage they stopped just now, frowned, and went to the inner hall.

Lin Jinzheng sat down in the private room, and then slowly poured herself a cup of tea. Not long after, there was a knock on the door: "Little shopkeeper, come and serve the lady." The shopkeeper's voice came from outside.

Mo Feng glanced at Lin Jinhua, who was drinking tea lightly, and opened the door sideways.

The shopkeeper didn't notice anything, and walked in with a smile, but just stepped into the door, and before he could speak, he was slammed down on the side of the table, and before he could speak, a dagger with a cold light came out. Aimed at his eyeballs.

He could only grit his teeth and look at the woman in scarlet clothes who was sitting not far away, watching her drinking tea leisurely, her heart beating faster and faster.

After a while, Lin Jinhua said slowly, "How many years have you been the shopkeeper?"

Mo Feng's dagger dropped a few points, and the shopkeeper immediately said, "It's been more than ten years."

"Who do you work for?"

The shopkeeper hesitated: "Who are you?"

"If you say one more nonsense, you will be the one who poached your eyeballs." Mo Feng's dagger was already attached to his eyelids, and the cold touch came, and the shopkeeper's goosebumps stood up all over his body in fright. Dare to talk nonsense.

Lin Jinhua turned her head to look at him, and said indifferently, "Ask you again, who do you do for?"

The shopkeeper gritted his teeth and simply closed his eyes, as if he was waiting to die generously.

When Lin Jinhua saw this, the corners of her mouth curled up, and she nodded slightly towards Mofeng.

Mo Feng cut a piece of cloth from his body, gathered it into a ball and stuffed it directly into his mouth. The dagger in his hand pierced directly into his left eye. But he didn't say a word.

Lin Jinhua looked at him pale and sweating, and then said: "I know who you work for, and how many people you have killed for her. If you are honest, I will take care of all the wives and children you hid. I won’t kill them, but if I don’t tell them, I will let you watch them die in front of you one by one, and then slowly kill you.”

Seeing that the shopkeeper opened his other eye, Mo Feng pulled out the dagger: "If you dare to yell, I will gouge out your eyeballs immediately!" After finishing speaking, he pulled out the cloth from his mouth.

The shopkeeper's body went limp, and he slumped down on the ground. He hurriedly picked up the cloth on the ground and covered his bleeding eyes, and said in a hoarse voice, "I'm doing things for the palace."

"Who……"

"Concubine Jia."

"What's the next thing to do?" Lin Jinhua said coldly.

The shopkeeper gritted his teeth and looked at her with one eye: "I only tell you about this small matter."

Lin Jinhua raised her eyebrows slightly, put down the teacup and slowly walked up to him, looked down at him, the corners of her mouth curled up coolly: "Do you think the scent in this room is useful to me?"

The shopkeeper was slightly surprised, and turned his head to look at the incense burner that was curling up in the corner.

"Your incense needs to be mixed with another medicinal powder to be effective. If I'm not mistaken, you probably already have wax pills hidden in your palm that will have a great effect when mixed with this incense. Just wait for the others to go out, and you Then hold me hostage, right?" Seeing his deteriorating expression, Lin Jinhua knew that she was right, so she just smiled: "The people brought out by Concubine Xian are actually smart."

As soon as she turned around, Mo Feng immediately stepped forward and untied his arm, and pulled out a few wax pills from his palm.

"It seems that you don't want the other eye either." Mo Feng said coldly, then he lifted the dagger in his hand and stabbed at his remaining right eye.

"I said!" He looked at the bloody dagger and yelled softly.

Lin Jinyu stood by the window of the private room and looked downstairs. Many people were sneaking around, so she knew that there were many concubines around here.Concubine Xian seemed to be down and out all these years, and Zhao Qing even used Zhao Huaiyan to deceive everyone's eyes with her appearance of playing in the world. It is really amazing that she has cultivated so many people in the capital.

Seeing that she had found out, the shopkeeper said, "If I tell you, I will die, my family..."

"I always do what I say." Lin Jinhua said lightly, "If you don't believe me, I can only kill your whole family and ask someone else."

The shopkeeper gritted his teeth, stared at her, and dared to say after a long while: "Your Majesty ordered, Madam Dingnanhou's child, don't have to keep it, and when it's about to give birth, Madam Dingnanhou will ask you to rescue her. If you can't save it..."

"If I can't be rescued, Madam Dingnanhou's temperament must think that I did it on purpose. She will bear the pain of losing her son, and then she will find Madam Dingnanhou to join hands with me and the Xu family, right? ?” Lin Jinzheng thought of Mrs. Dingnanhou's unsteady child in her stomach, and sighed slightly in her heart, even though she took good care of it, she didn't know if she would be able to last until it was delivered normally.

Mo Feng was anxious: "Miss, what should I do?"

Lin Jinhua looked downstairs from here, frowned slightly, and turned to look at the shopkeeper: "Is it today?"

"Yes."

Lin Jinhua glanced at him coldly, and said to Mo Feng, "Find someone to watch him, you and I leave first."

"Shall we go to Dingnanhou's mansion? We're going now, I'm afraid it's just in time." At that time, if we really can't save him, Mrs. Dingnanhou will definitely hold grudges.

Lin Jinhua shook her head slightly, going to Dingnanhou's mansion now might not be able to stop it, and Mrs. Dingnanhou's child will be a ticking time bomb sooner or later. It's better to fulfill the concubine Xian, but she won't take the blame for it. As for who will carry it...

She turned her head to look at Mo Feng, and said, "Go to Liu Taiyi's residence."

(End of this chapter)