The oath of rebirth not to be a concubine

Chapter 175 Betrayal
This leather paper is very thin, it is almost transparent when picked up, and the surface is smooth and clean, as delicate as a baby's skin.I looked left and right and studied for a long time, but I didn't find anything strange.

It's so tightly hidden, it doesn't matter if it's not a secret letter or a family secret, it shouldn't be just a piece of plain paper.

I didn't give up, and I put it under the lamp and rubbed it with something. After a long time of tossing, I finally found some clues.Although the parchment is delicate, there are many flesh-colored lines on it. If you lay the parchment flat and look at the level of the paper, you can see the detailed outlines on it.

After thinking about it, I took a closer look, and found that the parchment was criss-crossed and mixed with thick and thin lines. It seemed to be a map, but if it was a map, it seemed too laborious. It is so small and the lines are so densely drawn. It is completely distinguishable. Where can I not draw it!

After looking at it for a while, my eyes were staring straight, but the more I looked at it, the more my eyes became dizzy, so I simply gave up, rolled up the parchment, stuffed it back into the outer membrane, and threw it back into the box.

"Da da da...Miss, Prince Dongmu asks to see you." Lu Zhu knocked on the door.

I took a look, and although it was only time, it was already dark, so I replied, "I'm asleep, so I won't see you."

"But..." Lu Zhu hesitated, "Miss, let's meet, the prince is right next to you."

I frowned slightly, put the box back to its original place, took out a poncho with a cloak and put it on, put on my hat, and then opened the door.

Since the beginning of the month, it has snowed outside the door without knowing when, and large flakes of goose feather snowflakes dance with the wind, fluttering and swaying.

"Miss." With a face full of self-blame, Lu Zhu leaned closer to me and whispered, "His Royal Highness insists on coming, but the slaves can't stop her."

"Don't blame him, I insisted on coming in." Baili Tianqi turned around suddenly.

He was wearing a black fur-trimmed collar today, standing sideways in the courtyard.The moon hangs above the head, and the snow sprinkles on the shoulders.He raised his head slightly, letting the falling snowflakes fall, like a boy under the yellow flower tree.

"Princess Qingmu, don't blame her, it's Tianqi who is being rude." He called softly.

I nodded slightly, "His Royal Highness is visiting late at night, is there something wrong?"

He glanced at me and smiled, "Tianqi and the princess are also old friends. I heard that the old friend is back, so come and have a look. Do you need any other reason?"

An old friend, counting it, can be considered an old friend......

I sneered in my heart, and said with a calm face, "His Royal Highness is joking, and Qingmu dare not be that."

He also said, "Tianqi was very worried after the princess left for a few months, now seeing that the princess looks good, I can be relieved to be less."

I nodded, and he waved his hand, and the guard from behind came over with a plate of food.He lifted the top brocade cover and said, "Xiqi is cold in winter, and it is easier to get wet in snowy weather. This is Dongmu's rare sable fox. It has thick fur and is extremely warm.

Although your body is recovering, don't be careless. Wearing it when you go out in the future will drive away a lot of cold air. "

After speaking, the guard hurried over and lowered his head to put the tray on.

The moonlight was just right, and pieces of snow petals fell on the reddish purple fox fur cloak illuminated by the moonlight, which had a kind of shocking beauty.

I looked at the plate of sable fox and suddenly laughed.

The sable fox was born in the deep mountains and is only about the size of a fist. It is extremely rare and precious.Dongmu is gentle and kind in all seasons, but Feng Qingluan likes this fur thing the most. He asked him for it again and again, and finally he got bored, so he got me a rex rabbit fur collar, saying that he sent people to search for many mountains. There is no shadow of the sable fox, and I am afraid it has become extinct. Let me stop liking those invisible things in the future.

This cloak is uniform in coat color and bright in color. I don't know how many sable foxes have to be caught to make it together.

It's really ironic that he sent the best things that were not available in the coaxing before.

I suddenly thought, if I told him that Feng Qingluan, who was abandoned like an ant, lived in Su Qingmu's body, what would he look like...

Baili Tianqi stared at my smiling face for a moment, and then he also laughed and said, "Purple is the most graceful, and the princess has a noble temperament. Wearing it on my body must have a more charming charm."

Grace, temperament?
Baili Tianqi can also praise others.

I slowly put away my smile, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness. Purple is graceful, but unfortunately, it is purple that Qingmu dislikes the most. Please take the gift back, Your Highness."

Baili Tianqi nodded and said with a smile, "It's okay, Tianqi made an extra white one. Since the princess doesn't like purple, I'll order someone to bring the white one over."

"Don't bother, Qingmu doesn't like the smell of animal fur." ​​I said again.

His expression froze, as if he had thought of something, he said, "Is the princess afraid that this cloak will smell? Don't worry, this fur has already been soaked in medicinal materials and smoked with sandalwood, so it has no fishy smell."

I still refused and said, "Sorry, even if there is no smell, Qingmu doesn't like it. His Royal Highness's kindness, Qingmu appreciates it. Your Highness, you should take it back. It's getting late, and Qingmu is very tired. If If there is nothing else, this is going to rest."

After finishing speaking, I bowed my head and saluted, and turned around to let Luzhu see off the guests.

"Wait." He suddenly stopped me.

"Is there something else, His Royal Highness?"

He pondered for a while, and said, "The snow is beautiful today. Tian Qi was born in Dongmu. He has never seen such heavy snow. He has long heard that the garden of the princess mansion is unique. Could the princess show Tian Qi a visit or two?"

visit?OK.

I nodded and said, "Since the crown prince is so upbeat, Qingmu naturally doesn't want to disappoint, Luzhu."

"The servant is here."

"Go and call Mother Chen over."

"Yes, I'm going right now, servant girl." Luzhu replied, turned around and walked away quickly. After a while, she brought the withered and yellow-faced Nanny Chen over.

I smiled slightly, and said to Baili Tianqi, "His Royal Highness, Madam Chen is an old man in the mansion, she is very familiar with the garden, let her show the prince around."

"His Royal Highness, this way please, this old servant will show you around." Mother Chen greeted with a smile.

Baili Tianqi's face darkened, looking at the buck-toothed Nanny Chen, her usually calm face slowly changed color.

I smiled and said, "His Royal Highness, please take your time to visit. Qingmu is a little tired today, so I will not accompany you." With a shallow salute, I turned around gracefully and closed the door...

He untied the cloak, went to the table and poured himself a cup of tea. After taking two sips slowly, Luzhu suppressed a smile and reported that Prince Dongmu had walked a few steps towards the garden. hurried away.

I responded, and then asked her, "Is there any news from the Red Pavilion?"

Luzhu hesitated for a moment, and said, "Miss Hui, I have already found out, but the situation is a bit complicated."

She said that after I left, several dark spots were suppressed one after another. This time, the losses were more serious, and many people were lost.

And those people who were originally intervened by the official uniform spent money to fish out some, and the rest were very strict, and they didn’t say anything after being bitten to death. Some were convicted of capital crimes and had already been executed. There was nothing they could do about it, so they charged them with an unwarranted petty crime, beat them up, fined them some money, and the matter was over.

After this incident, several secret points were also abolished. For those sisters who were released, Li Jiu was afraid that they had been put in a secret letter, so he gave them a lot of money and dismissed them all.

Li Jiu suspected that there was a traitor among us, so he paid more attention and investigated carefully. In the end, he really found a traitor.

That woman was also picked up by Li Jiu from the street. She was caught by accident and betrayed us in order to survive.

I asked, "What about the traitor?"

Luzhu replied, "I felt sorry for my sister. After being caught, I explained the situation and committed suicide by hitting the post."

"Have you found out who she works for?"

Luzhu nodded, "There is a box under the couch in her bedroom, which contains some jewelry and two unsigned letters. According to the paper, ink and other clues, the person behind the target has been found out. It is the original second prince. The current King Zeen, Helian Yunqi."

Helian Yunqi, that smiling tiger?

I was really surprised. Although my red hall is a messy net, I haven't provoked him all these years. How could he extend his hand to the red hall?
Could it be that he started to pay attention to me?
That shouldn't be the case. I have kept a low profile in Shengjing these years, and I can count the number of times I have met him.He has no reason to pay attention to me.

Seeing that my expression was wrong, Luzhu hurriedly said again, "Miss, that traitor is just a small-scale trustee. According to her later explanation, the other party didn't know that we were a big net, but they discovered by accident that we were arranged by the second prince Cao." Xinzi in the gang, and then found her to report the rebellion. The real problem is someone else."

She hesitated for a long time, and finally said, "Miss, on the seventh day of the lunar new year, she...has a problem."

My eyes narrowed, "What's going on, tell me in detail."

Luzhu said, "Jiuye has suspected Chu Qi for a long time, because each of our red halls is not continuous, and each person is only responsible for the news of one area, even if two similar dark spots are also aware of each other's existence , and it happened that Chu Qi was in charge of contacting these places."

As soon as I squeezed hard, the thin porcelain teacup shattered.

No matter how I think about it, I never thought it would be the seventh day.

I really didn't expect that the little girl who was by my side, who took every bite and an older sister, would betray me one day.

This feeling...

It's like a docile rabbit that has been raised for five years. One day, the rabbit turned into a dog. It took a bite unsuspectingly, and it hurt even the skin and flesh.

Since I picked her up and brought her back to my side, since she called me sister, I have treated her sincerely. I sent her to Emei to study art for three years. Prepared a generous gift.

I thought I treated her well, but I really couldn't figure out why she betrayed her.

"Where is she?" I asked.

Lu Zhu replied in a low voice, "Miss, we have already captured Lu Zhu and his Mr. Zhang, and they are now locked in the dark room of Jingjingxuan. We don't know what to do if you haven't come back."

I nodded, "Prepare the carriage, let's go and have a look."

Lu Zhu responded, and came back with the men's clothes in a short while. After I put them on, I put on the black cape again, and then I undressed and went out through the back door, and went in at any hot restaurant, took off the cloak, Stride out, cross a few streets, enter a private house and exit through the back door, and you will arrive at Jingjingxuan.

This is a shop that sells writing brushes and inks that I bought last year. I don’t make much money on weekdays, but I specially built a few darkrooms during the decoration. I thought I would use it in case of accidents. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a prison cell and shut me up. Chu Qi, who was the most trusted at first.

"My lord, do you want to buy the Four Treasures of the Study?" The shopkeeper greeted him with a smile.

Lu Zhu said, "My son wants to buy Zong Langhao's writing brush, Zixuan bamboo inkstone, and paper thinner than silk rolls. Does the shopkeeper have them here?"

The shopkeeper said with a smile, "I don't have any of the first two items, but our store has newly bought a batch of fine-textured rice paper. The paper quality is very delicate. Why don't you go in with the young master and see if you like it?"

"Alright." I nodded.The shopkeeper led me to the back hall, and he only stepped back and raised his hands to salute, "Master Chuanpeng."

I responded, and he immediately led me to the pen and ink storage room, knocked on a hidden compartment a few times, and a secret door appeared on the side.He tapped on the back of a book again, and another tunnel appeared on the ground next to the secret door.

"Master, there are stairs down here, the third room is at the corner. Chuanpeng is here to guard you."

I responded, and led by Luzhu, I arrived at the darkroom.

Turn on the switch, open the door, and at a glance, I saw Chu Qi with a distressed face.

"Sister..." She raised her head, her watery eyes burst into tears instantly.

(End of this chapter)