Nong Hua Makeup

Chapter 81
Mrs. Xu saw that Lin Jinhua had stopped talking to someone, she turned around and said with a smile, "Jinhua, is this the lady you know?"

"Yes." Lin Jinhua smiled slightly, looked at Xue Wenxin, and said, "Have you ever met Princess Pingxi and King Pingxi?"

"I've seen it. Ms. Lin hasn't seen it yet. Let's go first. We'll talk later." Xue Wenxin smiled softly, looking extraordinarily sincere.

Lin Jinhua left with a smile, then turned around and followed Mrs. Xu.

Xu Zhaozhao also didn't like Zheng Jiaojiao very much, and when Lin Jinhua came over, he pulled her sleeve and leaned against her side and said softly, "Sister Jinhua, what does Miss Zheng want you for?"

"Just to say hello. After congratulating the prince on his birthday, we will sit obediently in the hall." If you don't go out, you won't get into trouble.

Although Xu Zhaozhao wanted to play, he also knew that this period of time was not peaceful, so he just nodded.

It took several people to walk for a cup of tea with the mother-in-law before they arrived at the birthday hall where King Pingxi was.

Pingxi Prince's Mansion is an old mansion bestowed by the late emperor. Its area is more than double that of the former Lin Mansion. The carved beams and painted buildings are not flashy, but have a kind of neatness and simplicity that military generals have always known.

At that time, there will be many people in the birthday hall who will come to pay their respects, and the most conspicuous ones will be the top ten talents in Chunwei today.

As soon as Xu Chengqing arrived, someone immediately called out "Zhuangyuan Lang", and many people pulled him to talk, and the ladies sitting behind the screen all looked this way, their eyes burning.The newly promoted No. [-] scholar, his younger sister has just been canonized as the princess, and the Xu family is in full swing. The future must be limitless.

The girls' faces were like peach blossoms, discussing this shyly with each other, but only one of them was unhappy.The person next to her pushed her arm and said with a smile: "Wanwan, this is your ex-fiance? Why did you want to divorce, but what hidden disease does he have?"

Sun Wanwan's face turned green with anger, she pursed her lips and ignored her.

The young lady covered her lips and smiled, and didn't talk to her anymore, she just shyly discussed with other young ladies about those talented scholars who came here today.

Mrs. Xu led Lin Jinhua and Xu Zhaozhao to the front to salute. Lin Jinhua glanced at King Pingxi, who was seated first. His hair was already half white. Although he was thin, he was energetic and his eyes were even sharper.

After celebrating their birthday, they thought that King Pingxi would just say a few auspicious words and ask them to sit behind the screen, but Princess Pingxi on the side smiled and said: "This is Miss Xu, she really followed my mother's order." The appearance is equally elegant and refined."

Xu Zhaozhao was suddenly praised, his little face blushed, and he smiled shyly, "Thank you, Princess, for your compliment."

"It's even more rare to be educated and reasonable." Princess Pingxi smiled, took off a top-quality jadeite bracelet on her wrist, and gave it to the woman beside her, saying: "This concubine really likes Miss Xu, so I will give this bracelet to Miss Xu , let’s treat it as a meeting ceremony.”

Xu Zhaozhao was stunned, looking at the bracelet sent by his mother-in-law, not knowing whether to accept it, so he turned to look at Mrs. Xu as if asking.

Mrs. Xu looked at the young gentlemen who were gathered together on one side, and suddenly understood something in her heart. Thinking that Xu Zhaozhao was not too young, she just smiled and nodded at her: "Since the princess rewarded you, you just accept it."

"Yes." Xu Zhaozhao responded with a smile, and put away the bracelet, but suddenly there was a cool look on his body.

She raised her eyes and looked at her so indifferently, was it the young master Yuan who sent the invitation yesterday or who?She felt strange, this little man was so young, but his eyes were so cold.

"Zhao Zhao, what's the matter?" Seeing her staring at the young master of the Yuan family, Mrs. Xu hurriedly asked with a smile.

"It's okay." Xu Zhaozhao came back to his senses, only smiled and shook his head.

Lin Jinhua looked from one side, but didn't say much.Xu Zhaozhao was married last year, and he will be fifteen this year. He is going to be engaged. Instead of waiting for his aunt to find out by herself, it is better for someone to come to her door and let her choose.

After saluting and returning to the back of the screen, there are already many ladies and ladies sitting, and seeing them coming, many of them got up to talk to them.Mrs. Xu and Xu Zhaozhao are both good-natured, and they got acquainted with the people here immediately, but Sun Wanwan pulled Mrs. Sun out without saying a word.

Lin Jinhua sat silently drinking tea, but she was thinking about other things in her mind. After thinking for some time, she heard a familiar voice from outside.

"Congratulations to the prince's birthday to Nanshan."

King Pingxi looked at the person standing beside Marquis Dingnan, his complexion was not very good-looking, he brought an aunt to celebrate his birthday, did he want to embarrass him.

Princess Pingxi forced a smile and said: "I heard that Mrs. Hou had a miscarriage, but she is not allowed to come out of the mansion?"

"Yes, this is my aunt, who will be raised as a wife soon, so I brought it in advance to celebrate the prince's birthday, and hope that the prince will not be offended." Dingnanhou looked a little cold, as if he had agreed with Princess Pingxi Mrs. Nanhou is dissatisfied with the matter.

Princess Pingxi is not an ignorant person, nor is she a soft persimmon who can be manipulated by others. She just smiled lightly and looked at the woman on the side: "Perhaps I can't sit behind the screen, so I invited this aunt to sit in the side room." Come down."

The mother-in-law responded, walked up to Hexiang and said coldly: "Auntie, please."

Hexiang was not angry either, she smiled slightly at Dingnanhou, and said: "I heard that the Pingxi Palace has a unique scenery, maybe the Lord Hou will accompany the concubine for a walk?"

"Naturally." Marquis Dingnan looked at her lively eyebrows, responded with a smile, and then saluted King Pingxi again, then turned around and took her away.

As soon as they left, ironic words came out from behind the screen: "The Marquis of Dingnan is really bewitched. Although that aunt is beautiful, but there are so many beauties in the world, it's possible that he really settled down and likes this girl." one?"

"It's the palace after all, don't talk about it." Someone reminded her, and the lady stopped talking.

After talking for a while, King Pingxi's birthday banquet was about to begin, and the wives and sons all went out to prepare for the banquet.

Today is a beautiful spring. The birthday banquet was held in a huge peach grove in Pingxi Palace. In April, the peach blossoms are in full bloom. There are long seats under the peach grove, and there is room in the middle for singing and dancing performances. The sun is shining and the peach blossoms are accompanied by the breeze. Falling, like a fairyland.

There are separate seats for men and women here, the men sit on the west side, and the women sit on the east side, but there is nothing blocking it, and it is a good time for men and women to look at each other. It is also allowed, after all, under the eyes of the elders, nothing out of the ordinary can be done.

Lin Jinhua and Xu Zhaozhao were sitting together, and the two were huddled together to say this, when she suddenly saw a figure approaching, she looked up, wasn't it Ling Weiye.

It's been a long time since I last saw him. This brat still had a rebellious face on his face. When he saw Lin Jinhua, he just smiled and said, "I've already read the Four Books and Five Classics."

Lin Jinhua looked at him smiling and looking at her, could it be that she was waiting for her to praise him?

"Not bad." Lin Jinhua said.

Seeing her, Ling Weiye reacted like this, and said, "Don't you think I'm amazing?"

Lin Jinhua raised her eyebrows slightly. In terms of knowledge, Xu Chengqing, who was born with an excellent memory and strong comprehension ability, is considered a genius, while Ling Weiye can only be regarded as smart.

She nodded: "Very powerful."

Ling Weiye looked at her, his little face turned red with annoyance, he didn't know what to say for a while, until Duan Hui came over and grabbed his arm: "Weiye, what are you doing?"

"Mother, I..."

"Your father is not in good health. If you don't accompany him, you still come here and run around here. You are not allowed to come out next time!" Duan Hui's face was a bit hostile, as if he was still resenting Lin Jinhua for using her as a gunman before. .

Ling Weiye pursed his lips aggrievedly, turned his head to look at Lin Jinhua, and was reluctantly dragged away by Duanhui.

After he left, someone came to Lin Jinhua's side and smiled slightly: "Miss Lin, may I sit with you?"

Lin Jinhua raised her eyes and saw that it was Xue Wenxin, and then looked at Zheng Jiaojiao who was quickly sitting with others not far away. She couldn't figure out the reason for a while, and then nodded when she saw that there was still a place at her table.

Xue Wen smiled gratefully at her, then sat down, and said with a smile: "Miss Zheng has met a former good sister, so I don't want to disturb her." She seemed to be explaining why she came here.

Seeing Lin Jinhua's defensive appearance, Xu Zhaozhao didn't trust her much, just smiled and said no more.

Not long after, there were singing and dancing. The leading dancer was wearing a veil, her figure was overhanging, and she wore more clothes than the dancing girls behind.

The dance was so beautiful that even Xu Zhaozhao couldn't help saying hello secretly. Lin Jinhua glanced at the other side, and those talented scholars also stared straight at him. Even Xu Chengqing propped his head up and looked there fascinated.

She raised her eyebrows slightly, and looked at the first satisfied Princess Pingxi and King Pingxi in a blink of an eye. She knew that the lead dancer was probably a lady from the Yuan family, and King Pingxi's purpose today was probably for marriage.But why was he so eager to get married all of a sudden?Although the Pingxi Palace is not as good as it was when it was at its peak, it is still blessed by previous military achievements. Judging from the emperor's attitude of only letting Yuan Lvyi go to the southwest, the emperor has no intention of moving the Yuan family.

She thought for a while, but she couldn't figure it out. The dance was already over, so she heard the leading woman Yingying salute: "The granddaughter wishes my grandfather a long life and a long life, good health and walking like the wind."

grandfather?
Lin Jinhua's mind was buzzing. When she first met Yuan Luyi, she called the Ninth Prince Zhao Qing as the Ninth Brother. At that time, she thought it was just because she was the princess that she could call him the Ninth Brother in turn. Later, Only then did I see that except for Zhao Qing, when she saw the other princes, she would call out titles in a proper manner.

She glanced at Mo Feng on one side, and Mo Feng bowed his head, and only then heard her say: "Let Mo Yue find out what the relationship between Concubine Xian and Pingxi Palace is." If there is an obvious relationship, Mo Yue will not miss it before. That's right, it's probably a superficial relationship, so this time King Pingxi's action was because of Concubine Xian being demoted?
Mo Feng quietly retreated in response.

After she left, Lin Jinhua raised her eyes to look at the girl leading the dance. The girl took off her veil, and the gentlemen on one side cheered in low voices. Lin Jinhua looked over and saw that she was indeed beautiful. There is a saying that a beautiful woman is like jade.

Lin Jinhua glanced sideways at Xue Wenxin who was not far away. She is Concubine Xian's niece, why didn't she go up to congratulate her?

Xue Wenxin seemed to have noticed Lin Jinhua's gaze, and turned her head to give her a slight smile: "Miss Lin, what's the matter, but something is on my face?" She raised her hand to touch it.

Seeing this, Lin Jinhua only smiled slightly: "No, I was just stunned suddenly. Miss Xue has been here this time, has she ever gone to the palace to see the empress?"

"My aunt can't be considered a concubine now." Xue Wenxin sighed softly, and then said: "Fortunately, my aunt made arrangements before, so I can still enter the palace to see my aunt in a few days."

Lin Jinhua watched her suddenly become melancholy, and always felt that her melancholy temperament seemed familiar, as if it was the same as when Zhao Huaiyan was sad yesterday, but she couldn't tell where it came from...

She frowned slightly and said no more.

There was more than half of the excitement ahead, and many people were already inquiring about the identity of the dancing girl just now.

Sun Wanwan only heard a sour sentence: "It's just a relative who can't be reached, do you still want to fly up the branches and become a phoenix?" When she saw Xu Chengqing watching with gusto, she felt bad, because the two of them were still unmarried couples before. At that time, every time he went to his own house, wasn't it because Wanmei and Wanmei shouted...

Thinking of this, her eyes were a little bit stingy, and she didn't eat the banquet, so she simply turned her head and left.

She left angrily, but she didn't know that someone also followed her quietly during the banquet.

Lin Jinhua didn't pay attention, but Xu Zhaozhao did. She has been staring at Sun Wanwan since she came here today, intending to find an opportunity to question her why she came to the Xu family to retire.Seeing someone follow him, he was surprised and said: "Then whose son, why did you follow Sun Wanwan?"

Only then did Lin Jinhua turn her head to look, and Sun Wanwan had already left the Taolin. As for the man who followed, she had seen him before, the young man next to his wife who questioned her at the door just now, he looked somewhat similar to her, It must have been her son.

"what happened?"

The voice of inquiry came, Lin Jinhua looked up, and Mrs. Xu was looking at her with concern.

Lin Jinhua smiled and asked, "Where is the place from here?"

Mrs. Xu also visited Pingxi Prince's Mansion when she was in the capital before. After thinking about it, she said, "It should be Songzi Lake. From Songzi Lake is the hall where we came."

Lin Jinhua thought about the layout of the Pingxi Palace. There should be maids waiting by the Songzi Lake. She didn't think anything serious would happen, so she didn't care. She just watched the people at the banquet come out from time to time to flatter King Pingxi. Today he can be said to be a big family in the capital. , more than half of them came.

Not long after, Mo Feng came back, walked up to Lin Jinhua and said in a low voice, "When the maidservant just came back, I happened to bump into someone talking about 'The Empress' plan' or something like that."

"Queen?"

"Yes, let's talk about the maids and maids in the mansion. The servants are afraid that they will find out, so they just pretended to pass by and listened to these words." Mo Feng said.

Lin Jinyu nodded slightly. The queen had shown herself the rose tea sent by the Pingxi Palace before. I thought that the Pingxi Palace had a good relationship with the queen, but the queen and the concubine Xian who was now relegated to an official woman have become antagonistic enemies. Then the Dingnan Palace What is the attitude?

She thought for a while, and couldn't help but look at Wang Pingxi and his wife.

"Let's play a little game." The lady leading the dance suddenly suggested.

King Pingxi seemed very interested, and his face was wrinkled with a smile: "What game?"

The young lady smiled lightly, and said: "Let people hide ten pearls inside and outside this peach grove. I have prepared a gift for those who find them." After finishing speaking, she clapped her hands, and immediately a maidservant filed in, holding a box: "There are ordinary gold and silver ingots in the box, as well as priceless ancient paintings from the previous dynasty and high-quality brushes, ink, paper and inkstones. There is also a copy of the marriage letter with the little girl. Let's see if the person who finds the pearl can choose it." .”

When the reward came out, it was obviously aimed at all the talents present.

Lin Jinhua looked at the smiling young lady, seeing her calm and calm appearance, and thought that this game was not a temporary idea but a long-term preparation.

All the gentlemen below were happy, even Xu Chengqing was very interested, but he was just playing games, as for women, he still prefers gentle and simple ones.

The ladies all looked at each other, and suddenly lost interest.

King Pingxi also responded, and immediately sent people to hide pearls everywhere, and the young princes also got up and went out.

Xu Zhaozhao lacked interest and didn't want to go, but Lin Jinhua stood up and pulled her back with a smile, "Let's help my cousin, maybe he wants it?"

Xue Wenxin on the other side also stood up, and said with a smile, "Miss Lin, I'll go with you too."

Lin Jinhua's eyes were deep and she didn't refuse.

After leaving Taolin, Lin Jinhua looked around, but Xu Chengqing was nowhere to be seen, and immediately said to Mo Feng, "Go to Songzi Lake first."

"Yes." Mo Feng heard the words, and went away quickly.

Lin Jinhua arrived one step behind, but when she arrived, there was neither Xu Chengqing nor Sun Wanwan.

Xu Zhaozhao looked at her puzzled: "Sister Jinhua, what's wrong with you?"

"Miss Lin, something happened, do you want to tell King Pingxi?" Xue Wenxin also asked worriedly.

Lin Jinhua looked at the calm lake without a trace of waves, and said nothing.

Mo Feng stood on the bridge, looked around, and said: "Miss, those gentlemen seem to have gone to the birthday banquet hall before, shall we go there?"

"Yeah." Lin Jinhua nodded, and walked down the bridge. After walking a few steps, she seemed to have stepped on something. When she looked down, she found it was a green emerald earring.

"That Miss Sun seems to be wearing such earrings." Xue Wenxin wondered from the side: "Could it be that something happened to Miss Sun?"

Lin Jinhua bent down to pick up the earrings, the silver earhooks were stained with blood, they must have fallen while struggling.

Lin Jinhua was not familiar with Prince Pingxi's mansion, so when she looked around, there was no trace of anyone fighting.

"Go to the birthday banquet hall..." Lin Jinhua said, and walked forward.

Xue Wenxin followed for a few steps, then suddenly twisted her foot and tripped on the side of the road.

Xu Zhaozhao hurriedly ran to her side and said concernedly: "Miss Xue, are you okay?"

"I twisted my foot, it should be fine." Xue Wenxin's face turned pale with pain, and his lips trembled.

Lin Jinhua stepped forward to take a look at her ankle, which was already swollen quickly, but now she had to go forward again, and said: "Zhao Zhao, you take Miss Xue back first."

"But sister Jinhua, you..."

"I'm fine." Lin Jinhua took a deep look at Xue Wenxin and said nothing.

Xue Wen looked at her apologetically: "I'm sorry, I insisted on following and delayed your business."

Lin Jinhua smiled slightly: "I can do anything, but I just come out to play."

Xue Wenxin smiled apologetically, and then left with Xu Zhaozhao.

As soon as they left, Lin Jinhua said to Mo Feng: "Sun Wanwan has probably had an accident..." She was halfway through speaking, when she saw Duanhui arguing with her son-in-law not far away, she gritted her teeth slightly, and immediately walked towards them.

"I don't agree, I have already given birth to a son for you, what qualifications do you have to take a concubine, and is your body okay?" Duan Hui said angrily.

"Hui'er, this is mother's intention, and I don't want to be like this..." Before the son-in-law finished speaking, Ling Weiye, who timidly hid to the side and dared not make a sound, found Lin Jinhua, and ran towards her without saying a word Come grab her by the sleeve.

Only then did the two discover Lin Jinhua, and immediately put aside the quarrel.

The son-in-law looked kindly, saw her coming, and asked with a smile: "Miss Lin, are you looking for pearls too? I just found one and gave it to you." The son-in-law spread his palms, and Lin Jinhua looked at the bright pearl, Before the words of refusal could be said, Duanhui had already taken it, and only looked at Lin Jinhua in a deep voice: "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to look for my cousin. Just now he said he wanted to ask the son-in-law about his appointment. I saw the son-in-law here, so I thought he was there too." Lin Jinhua explained with a smile.

The son-in-law smiled when he heard the words: "I have little knowledge, he is already the number one scholar, what else do you need to ask me for advice?"

"Isn't the son-in-law also the number one scholar? Besides, you have been in office for many years. If he goes to the office, wouldn't he want to ask you for advice?" Lin Jinhua said with a smile.

The son-in-law laughed happily, but Duan Hui's face became more and more ugly, and he looked at Lin Jinhua and said, "It's getting late, we have to go back first." After finishing speaking, he stared at Ling Weiye who was holding on to Lin Jinhua's sleeve and said : "Weino, come here."

Ling Weiye's eyes were red, he was obviously frightened, and it was the son-in-law who gently stepped forward and took his hand before he let go of Lin Jinhua.

Before the consorts could leave, they saw someone rushing out from the direction of the hall. Seeing that it was Jiang Qingshu, Lin Jinhua quickly stepped forward to stop him and asked, "Young Master Jiang, can you see my cousin?" ?”

Jiang Qingshu's expression was a little dignified, and he said: "Mr. Xu has an accident, and I'm going to find Mrs. Xu."

"What happened?"

"He..." Jiang Qingshu's face flushed slightly, with a look of embarrassment. Looking at Lin Jinhua's determined eyes, he still said, "In just a short while, he forcibly insulted Miss Sun's reputation."

"What?" The son-in-law behind also exhaled softly.

Lin Jinhua didn't believe it, and Jiang Qingshu also said: "I don't believe it either, Mr. Xu is an upright person, and he would never do such a thing."

Lin Jinhua didn't say much, and trotted forward while holding her skirt.

Seeing this, the son-in-law looked at Duan Hui and said, "Let's go and have a look too."

Duanhui is unwilling, but the son-in-law has made up his mind, so she has no choice but to follow.

Lin Jinhua went all the way to the front hall, only to find that everyone was gathered in the side yard. She pushed aside the crowd and went in. Xu Chengqing was scratched with three bloodstains on the left side of his face. Sitting on the ground disheveled, with slightly messy hair, pale face, and trembling all over, he looked really frightened.

Someone on one side said: "Mr. Xu, I saw you forcibly destroying people's innocence. Even if you talk about it in front of the emperor, you can't get rid of this fact."

"The maidservant also saw it with her own eyes. If the maidservant hadn't come in time, I still don't know what Mr. Xu is going to do to Miss Sun." A woman on the side also vowed.

Xu Chengqing couldn't tell because he had eight mouths. He clearly just heard a sound here, and wanted to come over to have a look, but he was pushed into the room, and Sun Wanwan was inside for some reason, scratching his face. Catch, when he reacted, a group of people from outside had already rushed in, and Sun Wanwan yelled at him as a beast. He even wondered if this was planned by Sun Wanwan.

Mo Feng looked at the woman, and whispered to Lin Jinhua, "This woman was met when the servant girl came back."

Lin Jinhua remembered that Mo Feng had said before that several women gathered together and mentioned the Queen...

Just as she was thinking, Mrs. Xu hurried over with King Pingxi.

King Pingxi's face was very ugly, and when he arrived at the door, he said, "Everyone, please go down and rest first, this king will take care of it here."

Lin Jinhua saw the man with deep eyes standing behind the crowd, and said softly, "Wait..." After finishing speaking, a smile appeared in the man's eyes.

Seeing her coming out, King Pingxi was a little surprised: "Miss Lin, is there something else?" Today is his birthday party, if such a scandal happened, it would be a loss of face for him.

Lin Jinhua only smiled lightly: "My lord, if we let everyone go, wouldn't it be clear what happened today? Even if Ms. Sun and my cousin are both innocent, it would be hard for everyone to walk away without knowing the truth." , and when the time comes to spread the word ten to ten times, won't Ms. Sun's reputation be completely ruined."

"Do you know what's going on?" King Pingxi frowned and looked at her. He had heard of her reputation for a long time.

"Maybe I know." Lin Jinhua agreed.

"Miss Lin is naturally smart, otherwise, how could the talented person be in such a situation in the palace before?" Someone said, and everyone knew that the talented person she was talking about was the former concubine Xian.

Lin Jinhua looked over, and it was still the lady at the door.

Mrs. Xu was a little dissatisfied immediately when she heard the words: "Mrs. Yan, what do you mean by that? Jiacai is now demoted to be an official woman because she offended the empress, what has she got to do with Jinhua? And I also found out today , you are targeting Jinhua everywhere, and you have bad intentions when you were at the gate of the palace, and it is even more so now, where did Jinhua offend you?"

The Mrs. Yan snorted slightly: "I didn't say that the empress and the emperor deserved the punishment, but I just think it's ridiculous for some people to try to manipulate the affairs of the palace because they think they are smart."

"You can't talk nonsense, the forbidden area of ​​the imperial palace, who can manipulate what?" Lin Jinzheng looked at this person who couldn't wait to prove that she was a concubine Xian, and the corners of her mouth curled up playfully.

Upon hearing this, King Pingxi also said: "Miss Lin, let's talk about this."

"What else can I say? It's clear that Xu Chengqing resented me for renouncing the engagement and wanted to take the opportunity to take revenge!" Sun Wanwan angrily scolded with red eyes.

Xu Chengqing's face turned slightly green: "I've never had such an idea, someone actually led me here..."

"Who?"

"I..." How did Xu Chengqing know who it was? He only came here when he heard the sound.

Lin Jinhua was not in a hurry, she looked at Sun Wanwan and said, "Is this the earring Miss Sun dropped?"

Sun Wanwan raised her eyes, looked at the earring, raised her hand and touched her ear: "Why are you here?"

Lin Jinhua smiled, and only said to the young gentleman who was somewhat similar to Mrs. Yan: "When Miss Sun went out before, I saw Mr. Yan followed, what did Mr. Yan find?"

Sun Wanwan immediately looked up at the man in astonishment, her palms clenched tightly.

Lin Jinhua glanced at it, and she knew that Sun Wanwan was probably dragged here after being molested by someone. Just when Xu Chengqing was lured here, she thought of using her plan, not only to make Xu Chengqing feel wronged, but also to remarry Xu Chengqing, who is now very popular, and kill two birds with one stone.

The smile in Mr. Yan's eyes disappeared, and he just said lightly: "I didn't see anything."

"Really?" Lin Jinhua turned to look at Sun Wanwan: "Then Ms. Sun might talk about why the earring fell by the Songzi Lake, and it was still stained with blood. It doesn't look like it was taken off or dropped casually." She Taking out the earrings, everyone looked at Sun Wanwan's ears, and it was true that a piece of flesh was torn apart, bloody, and there was no way to hide it.

Xu Chengqing also reacted, and directly said coldly: "I have been with you young masters since I came out of Taolin, and I separated after entering this hall. Miss Sun, I did not tear off your earrings."

"I..." Sun Wanwan didn't know what to say for a moment.

Mrs. Sun also rushed over after hearing the news. Seeing her disheveled daughter, she stepped forward and gave her a sneaky look before hugging her and crying: "Wanwan, what's wrong with you, who bullied you?" ?”

Sun Wanwan rolled her eyes, and immediately threw herself into Mrs. Sun's arms and cried loudly: "Mother, Xu Chengqing insulted me and still refuses to admit it. Mother, I'll just die."

King Pingxi's face is the worst, today is his birthday party, and the Sun family is not long-sighted, but they are here to die or live.

His complexion was gloomy, and he said in a cold voice: "Ms. Sun, why do you come here?" After finishing speaking, he looked at the old woman on the side and Mr. Yan who had testified before: "You saw Mr. Xu dragging people in with your own eyes. Is it?"

"This one……"

The mother-in-law looked embarrassed, and Mr. Yan only said indifferently: "I didn't see it clearly, but since Ms. Sun bluntly said that she was insulted by Mr. Xu, the two families were going to get married before. Why don't you simply re-engage now to get the best of both worlds."

Sun Wanwan gritted her teeth when she heard this, she didn't mention the fact that she was forcibly taken away by the lake before, and just kept crying.

Xu Chengqing's face was ashen, he didn't want to marry Sun Wanwan, especially if he was still accusing him of being a villain and innocent!

"Mr. Yan's words are unreasonable. Miss Sun was insulted. Instead of seeking justice for her, you want to let your cousin take the blame. Is it because you didn't pass the exam on purpose?" Lin Jinhua said bluntly. .

Jiang Qingshu also stood up: "Mr. Xu's character is clear to me. I would never do such a dirty thing. Moreover, we didn't see this woman when we came here. I don't know where she came from. There is also Mr. Yan. , when we came, you were not with us!"

Although Jiang Qingshu came from a poor family, apart from intrigue, there is also some sincerity.

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the audience.

Mrs. Yan took the opportunity to say: "Could it be that you have also benefited from the Xu family? Ms. Sun is a weak woman, how could she make fun of her own reputation? Now you are embarrassing an innocent woman and the witnesses. It seems that you have really learned something. What those people do, they create something out of nothing, and black and white are reversed."

Lin Jinhua saw that she was coming towards Xu's mansion and herself aggressively, and she became more and more sure that she was not Concubine Xian's.Concubine Xian is smart, and she prefers to kill with a knife when doing things, and she doesn't show her own knife, but this Mrs. Yan and Mr. Yan don't do things absolutely, but keep a line everywhere, just to let herself and the Xu family know that Concubine Xian I'm going to hurt myself.

Lin Jinhua figured this out, so it wasn't difficult to understand why Mo Feng accidentally heard the phrase 'the queen's plan' from the women when he came back from the outside.The queen also wanted to borrow a knife to kill someone.

Lin Jinhua turned to look at the mother and daughter of the Sun family who were still crying, and asked, "Miss Sun has really been underestimated?"

"I..." Sun Wanwan's crying stopped abruptly.If she said yes, and the Xu family refused to admit it, then her reputation would be ruined, but if she said no, she would have slapped herself in the face again.

She hesitated.

Lin Jinhua stepped forward and handed the earrings to her, and said softly: "In this capital, a woman's reputation is the most important thing. And since the incident happened in the Pingxi Palace, the Pingxi King will definitely find out the truth, right?" Lin Jinhua looked at King Pingxi with a slightly gloomy face.

King Pingxi responded coldly: "Come and make a mistake in this king's palace, and this king will definitely check it out!"

Sun Wanwan heard the words, and immediately said: "There is no need to investigate, although Mr. Xu barged in, he just wanted to moleste me, fortunately everyone came in time..."

"You..." Xu Chengqing continued to argue, but Lin Jinhua stepped forward and pulled him and said, "Cousin, it's better to let Prince Pingxi investigate this matter. I heard that Princess Pingxi often goes to the empress's place to sit and sit with the empress. Let me say a few kind words to you, Mrs. Yan didn't deliberately accuse the Empress of punishing Jiacai people unfairly."

Madam Yan's complexion froze, and her high and protruding cheekbones became more and more mean.

Princess Pingxi seemed to have a few more wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, and she took a deep look at Lin Jinhua.When did she know about the relationship between Pingxi Palace and the Queen?

Seeing that the matter came to an end, Mrs. Xu didn't want to get involved with the Sun family any more, she stepped forward and said to Xu Chengqing: "This is the end of the matter, and you have disturbed the prince's birthday banquet, so hurry up and apologize, and then go home and think about the past behind closed doors."

Although Xu Chengqing was unwilling, but seeing that only one Jiang Qingshu was willing to stand up and testify for him after so long, he also knew that it would be impossible to completely separate the relationship if he continued to entangle, so he had to salute King Pingxi before leaving with Mrs. Xu up.

When Lin Jinhua left, she took a special look at the mother-in-law she had identified, and said, "My maid said that she met this mother in the front yard, why are you here now?"

"Slave..." The woman panicked and couldn't find a word to answer for a while, but King Pingxi's complexion turned darker. Is Lin Jinhua saying that he intentionally harmed Xu's mansion in Pingxi's mansion, but today he planned to talk to Xu's mansion married.

Without waiting for her to speak, Lin Jinhua smiled and walked away.

Jiang Qingshu also turned his head and followed.

In the crowd, Mrs. Yan looked at King Pingxi's dark face, her eyes darkened, and she also turned her head and left.

When everyone left, King Pingxi turned his head with a pale old face, and slapped the woman to the ground, her head was bleeding.

Princess Pingxi was startled: "My lord, this is..."

"This bastard, I don't know who got the order to design harm in this king's palace!" Only then did King Pingxi see it clearly. These people regarded him as a battlefield in Pingxi Palace, and even his own subordinates Everyone followed suit.

Princess Pingxi's face darkened, and she directly ordered people to take the woman down for interrogation.

Seeing this situation, Sun Wanwan's mother and daughter didn't dare to stay longer, taking advantage of King Pingxi's unpreparedness, the mother and son slipped away quietly together.

All the way out of Prince Pingxi's mansion, Lin Jinhua saw Xu Zhaozhao and Xue Wenxin waiting by the carriage as soon as he went out.

Xu Zhaozhao rushed forward anxiously, seeing that they were all right, he said, "Fortunately, all is well."

"Why did you come out?" Lin Jinhua asked.

"Ms. Xue said she was going to come out. I'm worried that this matter was planned by someone. It's not safe for me to be inside alone." Xu Zhaozhao turned to look at Xue Wenxin, and said, "Ms. Xue also looks quite smart."

"It's smart." Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that she just sprained her ankle, that Mrs. Yan and the wives clearly wanted to use the name of Concubine Xian, and she, Concubine Xian's niece, would be a target if she didn't make it right.She was afraid that she knew what Madam Yan's purpose was from the very beginning.

After thinking about it, the son-in-law and Duan Hui also came out.

The son-in-law looked at Xu Chengqing, then looked at Lin Jinyu and said, "You don't have to worry about what happened today, I will testify for Mr. Xu. Mr. Xu doesn't want to marry a girl from the Sun family, so don't force him." He smiled gently at Xu Chengqing.

Xu Chengqing didn't know why the son-in-law suddenly showed his affection, but he still respectfully returned the salute: "Thank you, son-in-law." After all, if the Sun family really broke out, one Jiang Qingshu would definitely not be enough, and it would be different if there was Ling son-in-law.

Concubine Ling smiled, looked at Lin Jinhua from the corner of the eye, and then turned and left.

As soon as they left, Sun Wanwan's mother and daughter just came out from inside, Xu heard what the son-in-law said, the mother and daughter looked very unhappy, glanced at Xu's family hurriedly, then hurriedly got into the carriage and left.

Xu Zhaozhao was so angry that he hummed: "I really don't know the rules, the white-eyed wolf of the Sun family is trying to marry into Xu's house again, I don't want it!"

Mrs. Xu nodded her forehead, pretending to be serious and said: "You are not allowed to say such things, people don't know what to say after hearing it." After finishing speaking, she glanced gratefully at Xue Wenxin who was behind her: "Thank you, Miss Xue, for bringing me with you." Zhaozhao came out, it was late, so we took our leave first."

Xue Wenxin smiled gently, and said: "Ma'am, I don't dislike people from the countryside, as long as they are clumsy."

"How could it be? Miss Xue knows she is smart at a glance." Mrs. Xu boasted, but she didn't get close to her any more. After all, Xue Wenxin is Concubine Xian's niece. Nor will she let her guard down.

They quickly got into the carriage and left. When they were leaving, Lin Jinyu lifted the curtain and looked at it. Hou Dingnan and Aunt Hexiang were coming out of it, and Hexiang was looking at him with an inexplicable smile.

Lin Jinhua always felt that this Aunt Hexiang was unusual. In her previous life, Marquis Dingnan could dote on her after divorcing his wife, and in this life, Marquis Dingnan could make her his wife. Could it be that it was only because of her beauty?

When Lin Jinhua was thinking, Dingnanhou happened to look over.He looked at her with indifference instead of admiration and scrutiny as before.

"Jinhua, what's the matter?" Mrs. Xu asked seeing her keep looking out.

Only then did Lin Jinhua put down the car curtain and sat back, shook her head slightly, and asked Mrs. Xu, "Auntie, what is the identity of Aunt Hexiang?"

Mrs. Xu shook her head: "I don't know very well, I heard that Marquis Dingnan seems to have brought it back to his residence when he went out."

Lin Jinyu leaned back slightly by the side of the carriage, but couldn't help but lift the curtain to look back, but happened to see Hexiang talking to Xue Wenxin before, and it seemed very familiar.

(End of this chapter)