Nong Hua Makeup

Chapter 80 Hidden Secrets

Chapter 80 Hidden Secrets

The news that Huijue was gifted as a national teacher came three days later.

When the news came, Lin Jinhua was talking to Xu Zhaozhao about Concubine Xian being demoted to be an official woman.

"I didn't expect the emperor to move so fast." Xu Zhaozhao couldn't help but feel that the concubine Xian has experienced ups and downs in such a short period of time. The lowest official woman.

"The news only spread in the past two days, maybe something will happen that day." Lin Jinhua brewed one side of the tea and handed it to her: "Taste it, Ah Bao's freshly sun-dried peach blossoms, with a little honey in it."

Xu Zhaozhao's eyes quickly fell on the scented tea, looking at the pink and tender peach blossoms in the white porcelain teacup, the faint fragrance of the peach blossoms came in the wind, making people feel as if they were in a peach forest, and even their mood followed. sweeten up.

She blew on it, and couldn't wait to take a sip before she looked at Lin Jinhua happily: "This tea is really beautiful and delicious."

"Ah Bao has exposed himself a lot this time, and I'll ask her to bring you some later." Lin Jinhua smiled, and Ah Bao had already brought a small box the size of a palm knowingly, and said a little shyly after bowing: "Slave maid Not much drying this time."

Xu Zhaozhao gave her a thumbs up.

Lin Jinhua gave her the tea and said with a smile, "Go and taste it for my aunt. This tea can soothe the muscles and activate the blood. My aunt has been exhausted taking care of you these days."

Hearing this, Xu Zhaozhao nodded quickly, got up and took the scented tea, thanked Abao with a smile, and then walked back slowly holding the maid's hand.

After she left, Mo Yue came forward, and the maids around were also dismissed.

She looked at Lin Jinhua who was sitting in the gazebo, and said, "The news is absolutely true. I'm afraid the imperial decree will come down in a few days. I heard that someone has already started choosing a site for the National Teacher's Mansion."

"It's expected that Huijue will become a national teacher. What I'm worried about now is Governor Wei who is about to enter Beijing..." She stared at the teacup in her hand and slowly turned it.If Governor Wei recognizes that Huijue is the murderer who killed his son back then, I'm afraid not only Huijue will not die well, but he will also be implicated.

Mo Yue knew she was worried, but before she could speak, Mo Xue suddenly looked at the door coldly: "Who!"

There was no movement at the door, but Mo Xue just clearly felt someone staring there.

Lin Jinhua's hand holding the teacup also stopped, and turned her head to look at the door, her eyes were slightly cold: "Go and have a look."

"Yes." Mo Xue replied, the dagger that never left her body was already neatly grasped in the palm of her hand.

She walked slowly to the door, opened the door to look, but there was nothing, and the gaze just now seemed to have disappeared.

She turned around and shook her head at Lin Jinhua. Lin Jinhua thought about it, and now all the unclean people in Xu's house should be kicked out by her aunt. The people who just came can come under Mo Xue's nose, and then suddenly run away without a trace, [-]% He is a person who knows kung fu, and he comes in broad daylight, what is he going to do?

She didn't think of a reason, and she didn't want to continue thinking about it anymore, she just asked people to watch carefully before she said to Mo Yue: "When will Huijue leave the palace?"

"My servant found out that the National Teacher's Mansion is probably the former vacant mansion given to him, and it will not be newly built, so it should be just a few days. After all, he is a man, and it is inconvenient to be in the palace all the time." Mo Yuedao .

Lin Jinhua nodded, and then said: "Continue to stare at Governor Wei and the people who entered the capital with him. After so long, they should be arriving in the capital soon."

Mo Yue saluted, and then retreated.

Not long after Xu Zhaozhao left, he ran back with a smile on his face, holding a bronzing post in his hand.

"Sister Jinhua." She ran in with a smile, raised the post in her hand, and said with a smile, "It was sent from the Pingxi Palace, and the Xu Palace was invited."

Lin Jinhua knew that King Pingxi had his birthday recently, but he has always kept a low profile. How could he invite Xu's mansion this time?
When Xu Zhaozhao came to her, she smiled and said, "Who sent the post?"

"Young master of Prince Pingxi's Mansion." Xu Zhaozhao said: "The baby is less than ten years old, so cute, I heard that he is Princess Yuan's younger brother, he looks cold-tempered, but his round face really looks like a bun. "

Seeing her beaming expression, Lin Jinhua knew that she was probably looking forward to this birthday banquet, so she just smiled and said, "When are you going?"

"It's tomorrow, so my mother asked me to tell you that we will go together tomorrow, and my brother will also go tomorrow. I heard that the Sun family is also going." She was very annoyed if she came here to withdraw the engagement.

"Prince Pingxi invited many people this time?"

"A lot of people, the top ten of the Chunwei Scientific Examination have been invited, and my brother's friends will also go." Xu Zhaozhao recalled, after thinking about it, he patted his head and whispered: "Mother said, you can Bring more people over there, Sister Jinhua, that night student under your command, can you also go over there?"

Lin Jinhua blinked, the child was still thinking about him.

She smiled lightly and said, "He has something to do recently and needs to leave the capital for a while."

"Oh..." Xu Zhaozhao replied in disappointment, the joy just now was gone.

Mo Feng looked at Lin Jinhua worriedly, Lin Jinhua couldn't help it, he could only think about not letting her see Lao Liu again in the future, Zhao Zhao was still young after all, and he liked it for a while, but he forgot it after a while.

Seeing that she was unhappy, Lin Jinhua only pulled her and asked with a smile: "Is the little prince who came to Pingxi Palace today really cute?"

"Cute. You didn't see it, but the chubby face is indifferent, looks like a little adult, it's so cute." Xu Zhaozhao raised his eyebrows when he mentioned this.

Lin Jinhua glanced at Mo Yue quietly, Mo Yue understood and took the opportunity to leave.

The two chatted for a while, and Xu Zhaozhao completely forgot about the unhappiness just now, until Xu Chengqing came over.

When Xu Chengqing came, his face was a little dignified. Seeing Xu Zhaozhao, he just smiled and said, "Zhaozhao, mother is looking for you, go quickly."

"really?"

"Aren't you clamoring to make new clothes? Mother is just waiting to measure you, go quickly." Xu Chengqing nodded her little nose and smiled dotingly.

When Xu Zhaozhao heard this, he stood up hastily, and said to Lin Jinhua: "Sister Jinhua is about the same size as me, so don't bother me to measure it. I'll ask my mother to make it for you according to my size."

"Okay." Lin Jinhua knew that Xu Chengqing had something to say, so she didn't delay with her.

After hearing this, Xu Zhaozhao turned his head away.

After she left, Xu Chengqing looked at Lin Jinyu worriedly and said, "I just got the news that King Ning is probably in trouble outside the city right now."

"trouble?"

"I heard that King Ning was seriously injured when he returned to the city. It happened that King Jing went to a secret residence outside King Ning's city by searching for evidence of Gu insects. I'm afraid it's..."

"Brother, do you have a horse?" Lin Jinhua stood up straight away.

Xu Chengqing was taken aback: "What are you going to do? It's useless for you to go there now..."

Lin Jinhua knew that Zhao Kan was ruthless, and if he found out that Zhao Huaiyan was outside the city and was seriously injured, he would not be soft-hearted.And the people from the Xu Mansion just now...

She furrowed her brows tightly, most likely the one who hurt Huai Yan.

She looked at Mo Feng Mo Xue, and said, "Prepare the horse, we will leave the city immediately."

"I'll go with you..." Seeing that she was about to leave, Xu Chengqing hurriedly said.

"Where did my cousin get these news?" Lin Jinhua stopped and asked again.

Xu Chengqing's face flushed slightly, and seeing her anxious face, she didn't hesitate, and said: "It's not that I have made no achievements in these years. I have kept eyeliner from Yuzhou to the capital."

"Okay." Lin Jinhua nodded, and after having someone fetch the black veil, she pulled his sleeve and walked quickly outside Xu's mansion. After getting on the horse, she quickly told him about herself. plan.

After hearing her simple words, Xu Chengqing wondered if her uncle had ever taught her the art of war, especially the art of vertical and horizontal sophistry, otherwise she, a little girl, would have come up with so many ingenious plans.

Before he could ask, several people had already arrived outside the city on horseback. Immediately, a person in brown civilian clothes came quietly and said to Xu Chengqing in a low voice, "Twenty miles to the west, there is miasma in the bamboo forest on the top of the mountain. , King Jing is there." After finishing speaking, he immediately left as if nothing had happened.

Without any delay, Lin Jinhua grabbed the reins and headed west quickly.

To the west, she remembered, was a not-so-steep mountain forest. There was no road in the mountain forest, and horses couldn't get up, so they could only rely on walking. Counting the time, even if Zhao Kan had already climbed the mountain, he would probably still be wandering in the bamboo forest miasma. In a while, she still has time to go now.

Speeding up the horse, twenty miles is not far away, but when the time came, the delicate flesh of her palm was already bleeding.

Mo Fengli got off his horse before stepping forward to support her: "Miss, your hand..."

"I'm fine, time is urgent, let's do it according to the plan." Lin Jinhua looked at the green and dense forest in front of him, and said with a serious expression.What was that person who appeared in the Xu residence just now going to do?The reason why Zhao Kan came here was because he was tipping off the news?

She gritted her teeth, Mo Xue saw footprints on the other side, and said, "Miss, they are walking up the mountain from here."

"Very well, Zhao Kan has a suspicious personality, so there must be guards along the way, let's follow the plan." Lin Jinhua turned to look at Xu Chengqing who hurriedly followed with the two of them, and said, "Cousin, I'm sorry to trouble you this time. "

"Don't worry, I can still do these small things well, but you... must pay attention to safety." Xu Chengqing originally planned to tell her not to take risks, but she would not listen if she thought about it. This cousin, if she was a man Maybe they have to make contributions.

After thinking about it, Xu Chengqing didn't linger, and immediately took the people away.

Lin Jinhua looked at Mofeng and Moxue, and the two nodded accordingly. Then she pulled out the hairpin from her hair and scratched fiercely on the left side of her face, then took her skirt and walked quickly to the haystack not far from the mountain.

Seeing this, Mo Feng and Mo Xue looked at each other, and took out fire folders from their sleeves one after another.

At this time, Zhao Kan on the mountain was indeed trapped in the miasma.

"Didn't you say it's here? Why haven't you seen it yet?" Zhao Kan got a little impatient looking for it.

The attendant who followed said: "Could it be that person lied to you, my lord? After all, King Ning is a person who went to the border. Hearing the news from the border, his carriage and horses are coming soon. My son showed up here and was seriously injured."

Zhao Kan's expression became more and more serious as he heard it, and he looked down at the piece of jade in his palm. It was indeed Zhao Huaiyan's personal belongings. If he hadn't been seriously injured, how could he let such objects fall into the hands of others?

"My king has asked people to calculate that there will be a strong wind in the next year. When the time comes, the strong wind will surely blow away the miasma, and we can see if Zhao Huaiyan is on this mountain!" He gritted his teeth, turned his head and continued walking. go forward.With such a good opportunity to get rid of Zhao Huaiyan, he would naturally not give up, and even if Zhao Huaiyan died here, no one would find out, because outsiders knew that he had already gone to the border!

When the attendants heard this, they couldn't say anything more, so they could only follow behind with a smile and said, "Your Highness is still wise, and that man was also locked up by us. If he lied to you, you can make his life worse than death if you go back." .”

Zhao Kan glanced at him indifferently, and continued to search with a cold face.

He walked forward for a while, and finally saw the bamboo forest that the man said: "This is here..."

"My lord, it's not good!"

Before he finished speaking, he heard a whisper, and then saw him let the people guarding the foot of the mountain rush up.

Zhao Kan's face darkened, and he said in a bad tone, "Why are you so flustered!"

"It's at the bottom of the mountain, someone is setting fire to the mountain!" The attendant said in panic. After all, he could clearly see the thick white smoke when he came here. New trees grow on this mountain, and last year's withered vegetation is piled all over the mountain. , Once the fire started, they had nowhere to run and could only be burned to death.

Zhao Kan also understood this reason, and his face darkened immediately.

The talkative attendant turned pale, and said in a trembling voice: "Could it be that that person didn't mean to harm Zhao Huaiyan at all, but..."

"It's about killing me!" Zhao Kan turned his head to look at the increasingly dense miasma and the mountaintop that would reach the end when he didn't know when, gritted his teeth slightly, and said, "The few of you stay here to guard, and the others follow me. Go down the mountain and see who is playing tricks!" He snorted coldly, pulled out the sword from his waist, and led the people down the mountain.

It took Zhao Kan and his men a half an hour to come down the mountain. When they got to the foot of the mountain, they found that there was no one setting fire to the mountain. It was clear that someone was lighting it with wet firewood at the foot of the mountain, and then released a lot of thick smoke. People thought the mountain was on fire.

"You idiots, don't you know to come down and take a look first!" He was on the verge of rage, and was about to go up again, but suddenly he heard a rustling sound from the edge of the forest, and then he clearly saw a black shadow flashing past.

"Who!" The attendants shouted, and drew out their swords to protect Zhao Kan.

Zhao Kan's face turned black with anger: "I want to see who is playing tricks here!" After finishing speaking, he took his sword and chased after him.

After chasing for a short time, he chased out of the forest at the foot of the mountain, and the person who ran towards him was Lin Jinhua?
Lin Jinhua looked terrified, her face was pale, and there were injuries on her face, and she kept looking back in fear while running.

When Zhao Kan saw that it was her, his eyes suddenly deepened. How could she be here alone in this barren mountain?
"Forest……"

"Jinhua, are you okay!" Before Zhao Kan could speak, he heard the horse neighing, and then a group of guards came riding along with Xu Chengqing.

Xu Chengqing got off his horse and saw Zhao Kan standing outside the dense forest with a surprised face: "His Royal Highness King Jing, are you really here?"

"What are you doing here?" Zhao Kan slowly put away his sword, looked at the group of guards following Xu Chengqing, and said, "But what trouble did you encounter?"

Lin Jinhua hid behind Xu Chengqing, her body seemed to be still trembling slightly, and said in a trembling voice: "Baihu, there is really a white tiger on this mountain..."

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, my cousin is here, and there are so many mighty guards here, everything will be fine." Xu Chengqing turned sideways to comfort him, then looked at Zhao Kan who was staring deeply at Lin Jinhua, cupped his hands and said: " Back to the lord, it was Jinhua who begged the minister to take her to learn how to ride a horse when she saw that the weather was fine today. Jinhua was fond of playing, and when she saw the mountains here, she wanted to catch rabbits, but she didn't know that a white tiger sprang out of the forest. Chen wanted to take her away, but unexpectedly the two maids who came with him disappeared, and she insisted on waiting for the maids to come back, so Wei Chen put her on the tree, thinking to find someone first , Who knew she was so frightened that she ran out by herself." After Xu Chengqing finished speaking, she turned her head to look at Lin Jinhua and said, "Next time, don't take such a risk."

Zhao Kan snorted slightly, and looked at Xu Chengqing with a little disdain: "Are you stupid to be the king? Even if there is a white tiger, you will leave Miss Lin and run away to find reinforcements by yourself?"

Xu Chengqing's eyes deepened, and he said with a slight smile: "Wei Chen also knew that the prince is nearby, so he left with confidence. I didn't expect that the prince didn't find Jinhua."

"Do you know that the king is here?"

"Yeah, in the afternoon, someone sent a message saying that the prince is also here, and it happened that Jinhua wanted to learn how to ride a horse. The minister knew that the prince's equestrian skills are the best among the children in the capital, so he wanted to come and learn from each other. But now I want to come , I was reckless, since the prince is also there, he must be on official business, right?" Xu Chengqing asked with a smile.

Zhao Kan's expression was a bit ugly, he came here to kill Zhao Huaiyan, and now there are city guards, if they find out, something will happen.And the person who delivered the news probably wanted to murder himself.

Just as she was thinking, Lin Jinhua said, "My lord, I beg you to send someone to save the two maids of the courtier's daughter. The courtier's daughter will never come to such a place again."

"My lord, please help. Hua'er regards these two maids as her own sisters. If something happens to her, she must be very sad." Xu Chengqing followed.

Zhao Kan's hand holding the sword hilt was very cold, but after seeing the guards who had seen it, he thought about it, if they found out that Zhao Huaiyan was in the capital, and his father knew about it, he must think that Zhao Huaiyan was plotting something wrong.

After thinking about it, Zhao Kan looked at Lin Jinhua who was hiding behind Xu Chengqing and smiled: "Since Miss Lin asked, this king will naturally agree, but this king has received a secret report that there are people who breed Gu here, you should be careful. After all, he looked at the group of guards: "You go up the mountain together with the king's entourage. Miss Lin is a woman after all, even though the king is waiting at the foot of the mountain."

Xu Chengqing pouted without showing any signs, and looked at Lin Jinhua: "Let's wait on the official road first, my cousin is also here."

Lin Jinhua nodded slightly, and turned to leave without paying attention to Zhao Kan.

Zhao Kan was not in a hurry to stay in the wilderness, if a tiger really came out in a while, he would just leave with the beauty in his arms.

Thinking about it this way, the smile on the corner of his mouth grew bigger, and he handsomely picked up the sword in his hand and handed it to Lin Jinhua who was not far away: "Take it, self-defense."

Lin Jinhua looked at this self-righteous man, wishing to smash her own head. How did she fall in love with him blindly in her previous life, just because of his good skin?
The atmosphere here is awkward, and the people on the mountain are racing against time.

Mo Xuemofeng quickly walked up the mountain road on one side, and after easily disposing of several guards ambushed by Zhao Kan, he walked through the miasma on the other side and arrived at the bamboo forest.

They have been to this place before, but the place they came to today should be the back, they have never walked before, so they didn't remember it.

"Mo Feng Mo Xue, why are you here?"

A high-pitched voice came.

Mo Xue raised her head and saw that the front of his chest was blood red as he ran out of the bamboo house, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Where is the prince?"

"The prince is inside, but he is seriously injured."

"My lord, why..."

"Let's talk about it later, and don't ask about it in front of the lord." Gao Tian seemed to have something to hide, and only looked at the two of them: "Why did you come here? Where's Miss Lin?"

"King Jing brought people to search the mountain, but luckily the news reached Miss in time, and King Jing was too eager to get rid of the prince, so he just brought a few people here without making arrangements, so we can come here. It's not suitable here Stay for a long time, the prince will leave immediately." Mo Feng said in a deep voice.

Gao Zhi nodded: "I'll go right away..."

"Let's go." Before he finished speaking, there was already a figure at the door. Mo Xue looked over and saw only the indifferent prince in his eyes, but now there was a trace of sadness, which they had never seen before.

Mo Feng Mo Xue immediately stepped forward to support him, and when he heard the faint sound, he hurriedly led him away.

The guards and Zhao Kan's men searched the mountain carefully, and by the time the search was over, it was already dark.

Zhao Kan was still at the foot of the mountain. It was April and it had rained a few days before, so many mosquitoes had already suffocated. Xu Chengqing carefully took the big leaf and fanned the mosquitoes away for Lin Jinhua, while Zhao Kan was bitten. He was about to go crazy, he who was pampered and pampered in the past, when did he suffer from such a crime, but fortunately today the moonlight is like water, a woman in scarlet clothes sits silently on the horse, her gaze is like the stars in the night, the beauty is intoxicating.

It seemed like he hadn't looked at someone so peacefully for a long time, except when he was very young, at that time he felt that the most beautiful was not the concubine mother, but the concubine Yin who was always gentle...

Thinking of Concubine Yin, he came back to his senses again, stared at Lin Jinhua with a smile and said, "Miss Lin, have I met you before?"

Lin Jinhua's hand holding the rein tightened slightly. Could it be that he also remembered things from his previous life?

After thinking about it, Zhao Kan continued: "I may have seen you when I was very young, but have you ever entered the palace with your mother?"

"At that time, the court lady must be very young, so I don't have much impression." Lin Jinhua was slightly relieved when she heard this.

Zhao Kan raised his eyebrows slightly, he seemed to remember that Lin Jinhua had entered the palace at that time, wearing a bright red dress, with a double bun and a plum blossom hairpin, her round face was very cute, and she still made Concubine Yin laugh at that time Well, it's not as indifferent as it is today.

Just as he was thinking, there was movement at the foot of the mountain, the guards and guards all came back, but there was no sign of Zhao Huaiyan by his side.

Zhao Kan's face darkened. Could it be that he fed the mosquitoes all night today and got nothing?
"What about people?"

"Reporting to the lord, nothing was found on the mountain. It is estimated that Miss Lin's two maids have already been buried in the belly of a tiger." The leader of the guarding army said.

Those attendants also stepped forward and said in a low voice: "When my subordinates left, there was only an empty bamboo hut left. After looking at it, the tea in the bamboo hut was still warm. Obviously someone left."

As soon as Zhao Kan heard it, he knew what was going on.He immediately turned his head to stare at Lin Jinhua, but Lin Jinhua had already gone to see Xu Chengqing: "Cousin, it's getting late, let's go back first."

"Miss Lin is not looking for a maid who is as close as a sister?" Zhao Kan gritted his teeth a bit, but Lin Jinhua just smiled slyly: "My two maids are quite skilled, maybe they will be rescued by the woodcutters on the mountain. Maybe. The prince has heard of Wu Song who can kill a white tiger by himself, maybe there is such a person." After Lin Jinhua finished speaking, she reined in the reins and left directly.

Zhao Kan watched her turn and go, the red clothes flew up in the wind, and the cyan black hair danced with the night wind and moonlight, as soft as if it had reached his heart, making the corners of his mouth twitch unconsciously , his eyes were also stained with a tenderness that he himself didn't realize.

The guards also left together, and the attendants knelt down tremblingly: "Your subordinates are not doing well, please punish me, my lord."

"That's all." Zhao Kan looked at Lin Jinhua's leaving back, got on his horse, and chased after her directly.

Seeing him leaving so lightly, the attendants all looked at each other as if they had seen a ghost, and hurriedly followed.

Lin Jinhua didn't shake off Zhao Kan all the way, until he arrived at the gate of Xu's mansion with a dog skin plaster on him, and then he saluted indifferently: "Thank you, my lord, for escorting me all the way. It's getting late, and my daughter-in-law will leave."

Zhao Kan reached out to her subconsciously, but was blocked by Xu Chengqing.Seeing Xu Chengqing's guarded look, he smiled wickedly: "Next time I want to learn how to ride a horse, so come find me. I have a lot of time. Your cousin is just a half-assed."

"Thank you, my lord, for your kindness." Xu Chengqing looked at him staring at Lin Jinhua, and hurriedly said, "Isn't my lord still going to investigate the matter of Gu worms? I don't dare to delay, so I will leave first." After finishing speaking, he took Lin Jinhua directly into the room. Xu Mansion.

Zhao Kan was not angry at all. Thinking of Lin Jinhua riding a horse with him under the moonlight tonight, he was in a good mood. It was Xu Chengqing who was too much of a hindrance...

He glanced coldly at Xu Chengqing's back, turned and left.

After Lin Jinhua returned home, Mrs. Xu was still worried. Seeing that Xu Chengqing was there, she pinched Xu Chengqing's ears without saying a word: "You kid, you actually took Jinhua out to learn how to ride a horse. I think you are crazy. You are so crazy. Dutiful son!" Mrs. Xu still has lingering fears about what happened to Xu Zhaozhao, and if Jinhua is also injured, she will definitely blame herself to death.

Lin Jinhua knew that she meant well, so she just smiled and said, "Auntie, don't blame my cousin, I insisted on him teaching me."

"Jinhua, you don't have to say good things for him. This kid is an asshole. He made several masters sick with anger when he was in the academy. I should have taught him a lesson. You can go back and rest. Aunt will give it to you tomorrow morning." Get ready to eat." Mrs. Xu looked at her gently.

Lin Jinhua knew that Xu Chengqing was going to be troubled by her today, thinking that there might be someone in the room at this time, so she had to look at Xu Chengqing apologetically.

Xu Chengqing was also helpless, but he understood the grievances his mother had suffered during this period, and wanted to talk to her alone, so he also winked at Lin Jinhua, and then coaxed Mrs. Xu to leave.

As soon as they left, Lin Jinhua immediately went back to the yard and sent away all the servants.

As soon as he entered the room, there was a strong smell of blood.For some reason, when Lin Jinhua smelled the bloody smell, a wave of annoyance rose up. Every time he ignored the danger, he got injured all over his body every time, and almost died several times.What if he doesn't have such good luck next time, what if no one helps him next time!
She rushed into the room angrily, and when she saw the lonely person sitting in the dark, her anger dissipated in an instant.

"Ha'er..."

He called out softly, with a bit of pleading and helplessness in his tone, as if a single weak word could crush him to pieces.

Lin Jinhua was stunned. Before she could react, she had already walked over to Zhao Huaiyan. He hugged her waist and put his head on her body: "Hug me."

Lin Jinhua raised her arms to hug him, looked down at the person leaning on her, her face was pale, the moonlight dimly came in from the window, and fell on his closed eyes, fragile and innocent like a wronged child.

"Huaiyan..." Lin Jinhua tried her best to adjust her emotions, not letting herself choke up, "May I look at the wound for you first?" With such a strong smell of blood, he must have been seriously injured.

"Wait a while..." He begged a bit.

Lin Jinhua has never seen such a fragile Zhao Huaiyan. She has seen him who is strong and stern, who seems to be able to look down on the world, with the wind and clouds in his hands. he.What could break him so easily?Presumably there is only the person he cares about the most. In his previous life, he didn't care about the emperor or empress, nor anyone in the Jin Dynasty, except his long-deceased mother Yin Concubine, but Yin Concubine was executed decades ago...

Lin Jinhua didn't dare to speculate, and didn't ask too many questions. She just stood and hugged him, and gently squeezed the wax pill in her palm. When he fell asleep, she sighed slightly and went to fetch hot water herself.

The night is as cold as water, and the shadows of the dark night shuttle through the capital, like ghosts and ghosts, making it hard for people to see clearly.

When Zhao Kan returned to the palace, the person who came to deliver the news had already been assassinated, so he could only admit that he was unlucky.

"My lord, it's getting late, you should rest earlier." Someone persuaded.

Zhao Kan returned to the study, unable to sleep at all, he just said calmly: "Go and prepare, the king will enter the palace tomorrow to meet the mother and concubine."

Hearing this, the servant had no choice but to agree, but caught a glimpse of him drawing a painting with a pen and ink. In the painting, a woman was dressed in crimson red, with a cold face standing under the moonlight.

After a night passed, when Lin Jinhua woke up, her mind was still a little foggy.

She looked at the top of the tent and slowly remembered what happened last night. She seemed to be tired and fell asleep on the warm couch after scrubbing Zhao Huaiyan's body and applying medicine to him, but why did she seem to be on her own bed?

and many more……

Why is she holding something hot in her hand, and it still feels good...

"Don't move around..." Zhao Huaiyan's forbearing voice came and Lin Jinhua's mind buzzed, and she hurriedly pulled away her hand like an electric shock, and her face turned red when she thought of the touch just now.

Zhao Huaiyan watched her blushing and closed her eyes tightly, looked at her slightly trembling eyelashes, and couldn't help laughing: "Obviously you made me lie here naked, why are you so shy?"

"I know..." Lin Jinhua only felt a slight hoarseness in her throat: "I'm obviously sleeping on a warm couch, and you don't have a change of clothes with me. I can't put it on, so I..."

"Silly, it doesn't matter." Zhao Huaiyan said in his usual calm tone: "Sooner or later it will be yours. It doesn't matter if you want it in advance."

Lin Jinhua's face turned even redder, but thinking about his injuries, she resisted the idea of ​​covering him with a pillow and finishing it off.

The two were talking when there was a knock on the door outside.

"Miss, Miss Xu is coming soon."

It was Mo Feng's voice, and Lin Jinhua remembered that she was going to attend King Pingxi's birthday banquet today.

She paused, then turned her head to look at Zhao Huaiyan and said: "Yesterday, strange people came to the Xu residence. I called Mo Yue back and asked them to guard you."

"It's still my place in the capital, don't worry."

Mentioning what happened last night, Zhao Huaiyan's eyes were stained with sadness, but it disappeared quickly, and he only looked deeply at Lin Jinhua and said, "It's getting late, you go first, but King Pingxi is not as good as the one you saw. To be honest, there must be a purpose in specially inviting the Xu Mansion this time, so you have to be careful."

"Yeah." Lin Jinhua nodded, looking at his deep eyes, blushed to the base of her neck, turned her head and got out of the quilt, but it's okay if she couldn't get up, and when she got up together, she turned her head angrily to pinch Zhao Huaiyan neck: "Why do I only have a bellyband left on me..."

"You said it was too hot last night..." Zhao Huaiyan was very wronged.

Lin Jinhua only felt that her forehead was already sweating, and regardless of whether he was wearing clothes, she pulled off the quilt to wrap herself up and hurried to the cubicle to change.

When he came out, seeing Zhao Huaiyan holding a pillow to cover him wronged, he couldn't help squinting and laughing: "My lord is really in good shape?"

"Like it?" Zhao Huaiyan showed her abdominal muscles.

Lin Jinyu's face froze, she knew that she couldn't even play a hooligan, so she had to cover him with the quilt again.

When leaving, Zhao Huaiyan suddenly called her: "Come here."

Lin Jinhua was puzzled, and when she walked to the bed, his arm was suddenly grabbed by him, she fell down, and his red lips were kissed by him.

Not long after, Mo Feng's voice came from outside again, and Zhao Huaiyan let her go, with a smile on his lips, and said, "Go."

Lin Jinhua looked slightly at his blushing cheeks, nodded with a smile, and then turned away.

After she left, Zhao Huaiyan's smile slowly fell. Thinking of the coming wind and rain, he even wondered if he should involve her.

When Lin Jinhua packed up and went out, Xu Zhaozhao just arrived, stepped forward to hug her affectionately, and went out, saying as he walked, "I heard people say that Marquis Dingnan is also going today."

"Well, he is Lord Hou, so King Pingxi will naturally not refuse to invite him." Lin Jinhua just thought it was normal.

Xu Zhaozhao said, "However, I heard that Mrs. Dingnanhou's child is gone, and I'm afraid she won't be able to go there for a while. Then Dingnanhou intends to carry his wife."

Lin Jinhua raised her eyebrows slightly: "Wife flattery?" Only ordinary people or merchants would do such an indecent thing, and the Dingnanhou Mansion is considered everyone, how could they do such a thing?
"Yes, then Ding Nanhou didn't know what to think. I heard that he wanted to promote his aunt. She is a aunt who has just entered the mansion and has no children. It seems that her background is not very clean." Xu Zhaozhao He chatted all the way, and when he got to the door, he saw Mrs. Xu and Xu Chengqing, and quickly shut his mouth.

Lin Jinhua waited to get into the carriage with Xu Zhaozhao alone, and then continued to ask: "What is the origin of that aunt?"

"I'm not sure, it's been rumored outside. Some say it's a lady from a wealthy family, some say it's a secret work from Fanbang, and some say it's a Gu master from southern Xinjiang. Anyway, it's all kinds of things. Nonsense." Xu Zhaozhao only listened to it as a joke, and he only said it as a joke, but Lin Jinhua listened to it in his heart.

The carriage swayed for a long time, and finally arrived at the gate of Prince Pingxi's Mansion.

When I got out of the carriage, I just heard the boy at the door singing: "Wang Yushi and his wife are here!"

Lin Jinhua and Mrs. Xu exchanged glances before looking towards the door.

Wang Yushi seemed to have lost a lot of weight, his complexion sank from his previous amiability, Mrs. Wang was also quite haggard, and neither Wang Ruyan nor Wang Huiyuan was with her.

Mrs. Xu sighed lightly: "It's also a poor person."

"I'll go and say hello later," Lin Jinhua said.

Mrs. Xu nodded, and before they had taken two steps, there was another neighing of horses, and the bells on the four corners of the carriage stopped, and the curtain was lifted, and people who surprised Lin Jinhua also came.

Duanhui helped the servant girl to get off the carriage, and led her son Ling Weiye, and the son-in-law also helped the servant boy to get off while coughing lightly.

The son-in-law seemed to have seen Lin Jinhua, and nodded at her with a smile as a greeting. Lin Jinhua smiled lightly, but before she could speak, she heard a scream, and then saw a woman in tatters with a sharp knife slashing at her. .

She took two steps back, but before she could speak, the woman yelled, "Lin Jinhua, I'll kill you!" After saying that, the sharp knife chopped straight at her head.

Seeing that the sharp blade was about to fall on her, suddenly a cold light flashed, and a long sword directly penetrated the woman's heart.

Everything happened in an instant, and Xu Chengqing, who was standing in front, didn't even have time to react.

"How dare you commit murder in broad daylight, it's really abominable!" Zhao Kan said coldly, and coldly withdrew his sword. The woman's eyes were full of tears, and she fell to the ground unwillingly, twitched twice, and lost her breath.

Lin Jinhua was stunned, she had clearly seen the unbearable and struggling in the woman's eyes just now, she didn't mean to kill herself, or she didn't want to kill herself at all.Did someone force her?

Before she recovered from the shock, Zhao Kan immediately ran over and said a little proudly, "Miss Lin, are you okay? Thanks to my passing by today, I wanted to go directly to the palace, but I always wanted to Walking this way, I never thought that I would save you."

Lin Jinhua glanced at him indifferently. Could it be that he deliberately designed a hero to save the beauty and make herself fall in love with him?
Unlike, Zhao Kan used this trick before, and he knew it didn't work, so he couldn't be so stupid to use it again.

Just thinking about it, I saw a lady who was watching suddenly said: "Although this woman is hateful, she seems to be seeking revenge. The prince will kill her as soon as he says, and will not give her a chance to argue. In case, it is really burdensome." What about deep hatred?"

Lin Jinhua followed her voice and looked over, she felt vaguely familiar with this person...

"That is, some people look at the scenery on their faces, but they have done many nasty things behind others' backs." You said humanely.

Lin Jinhua looked over, isn't this Mrs. Liu of Qianhu? She probably just wanted to make herself unhappy, but she had indeed seen the first person who spoke. Now, sitting in the lower seat of Mrs. Luo, after Mrs. Luo left, she also left, but at that time she was not thinking about them, so she didn't pay much attention. At this moment, she couldn't guess who this person was Whether it's the Empress Dowager or Mrs. Luo's, or the concubine who is now relegated to a district official's daughter.

Just as he was thinking, the people from Pingxi Palace had already come out. After all, King Pingxi had his birthday today, and everyone had seen the woman rushing out to kill herself just now, so no one made a fuss, and the invitation will be dealt with soon. Everyone went in, but Lin Jinhua faintly felt that something was wrong with the lady just now, and today's birthday banquet was not easy.

After walking a few steps into the mansion, someone grabbed her wrist suddenly. Looking back, she saw Zheng Jiaojiao smiling at her: "Miss Lin, long time no see."

"Miss Zheng, your illness..." Before she could finish her question, she saw the strange woman beside Zheng Jiaojiao: "This is it."

"I was just about to introduce you. She just came to Beijing with Governor Huguang." Zheng Jiaojiao said.

The woman glanced at Lin Jinhua and smiled gently: "My name is Xue Wenxin, Miss Lin can call me Xiner."

The smile on Lin Jinhua's lips did not change, but her heart turned cold. Miss Xue who came to Beijing with the governor of Huguang, who else could there be except the niece that Xianfei mentioned.

(End of this chapter)