Lord Quan teases Houmen's poisonous wife

Chapter 178 The Coffin (Part [-])
King Jing'an is the uncle of Beiyan Emperor Xuanzong, who has always had a very good reputation. For this birthday, most of the officials from the court came.

King Jing'an is a middle-aged handsome man who is fat and fat but handsome. His fat body does not detract from the appearance of Pan An on his face at all. At this time, he has changed into a festive robe and sat at the head of the banquet in the garden. .

All the guests below offered auspicious words of longevity and well-being.

King Jing'an was in a happy mood, his eyes narrowed with a smile.

Amidst the bustle, a servant suddenly broke in, hurried to King Jing'an's ear, and said softly, "My lord, the national teacher is here."

The smile on King Jing'an's face froze. He had a deadlock with Yi Zhuoming because of something in his early years. Although no one outside knew the real reason, everyone knew that he and Yi Zhuoming had always been incompatible. When they met for the first time, they were either fighting with each other or sneering and sneering, wishing they could kill each other right away.

Being at odds with Yi Zhuoming, the relationship between King Jing'an and this national teacher is naturally not much better.

I heard that he went to Nanliang some time ago, but he didn't expect to rush to his birthday banquet as soon as he came back. What is his intention?
King Jing'an raised his eyebrows, and told the boy, "Please come in."

As the saying goes, don't open your mouth to scold those who make amends, and don't stretch out your hands to hit people with smiling faces. He wants to see whether this Yi Bai is here to celebrate his birthday sincerely or to make trouble.

The boy withdrew.

Not long after, a high-pitched voice came from outside, "Master Guoshi is here—"

For a moment, the guests at the table thought that they had auditory hallucinations.

The cold-tempered national teacher Yi Bai actually came to King Jing'an's birthday banquet?You know, the national teacher's father, Yi Zhuoming, and King Jing'an are notorious rivals!
The eyes of the guests widened, and after seeing clearly that the person who came in was indeed Yi Bai, they realized that it was not an auditory hallucination or hallucination, the national teacher had indeed prepared a gift for King Jing'an to congratulate him on his birthday.

"Hahaha--"

In the tense atmosphere where the guests held their breaths and were so quiet that a needle could be heard falling, King Jing'an laughed heartily twice, "A rare visitor, a rare visitor, if the national teacher can come, this king's square inch will be full of splendor."

Yi Bai's face was indifferent, and he only curled his lips symbolically, "It just so happens that I just came back from Nanliang for my lord's birthday, and I brought some specialties from there. I hope you will accept it."

"The national teacher has a heart, and it's rare to go to Nanliang, and he still wants to bring a gift to the king." After speaking, he cast a glance at the eunuch who was standing still, "Hurry up and show the seat to the national teacher."

The servant and eunuch will go down immediately to make arrangements.

Yi Bai sat down, and Yi Zhou, who came with him, sat next to him, glanced at King Jing'an, and muttered to Yi Bai, "Brother, why do I feel that King Jing'an, an old fox, looks at our two brothers in a strange way? Ah, we came here sincerely to celebrate the birthday, did he think we were here to disrupt the situation?"

Yi Bai said: "It's hard for the prince to think so thoroughly." He came here today to disrupt the situation.

Yi Zhou choked, "Brother, what do you mean?"

Yi Bai didn't say any more, he gently played with the wine glass in his hand with his slender hand, and glanced at King Jing'an above him who was very interested.

"I have been feeling cold recently, so it is not suitable for drinking. For the first cup today, I will ask my servant girl to congratulate the prince on my behalf."

Just after Yi Bai finished speaking, Yun Jingshu took two steps forward, picked up a wine glass that no one had used, filled it up by herself, walked to the center, raised her head and looked at the person above, "Your servant on behalf of the national teacher Present a congratulatory speech, may the sun and the moon be prosperous, the pine and the crane will be Changchun."

King Jing'an followed the voice and looked down, seeing Yun Jingshu's appearance clearly, all expressions froze on his face immediately, layers of black storms surged in his eyes, and the one who lifted the flagon and was about to pour wine The veins on the back of his hand were bulging, and all his reactions showed his shock, as well as the faint anger that was leaking out.

Yun Jingshu could clearly feel that King Jing'an's gaze on her was as sharp as a knife if it had substance.

That kind of feeling, as if she became the prey in the cage in an instant, for the hunter to enjoy, and then she will usher in the time of death.

Yi Bai has been paying attention to King Jing'an's reaction all the time, any change on King Jing'an's face, even the turbulent emotions in his eyes can't escape his eyes.

The corner of his lips twitched slightly, and Yi Bai seemed to smile.

Yi Zhou, however, was puzzled by Zhang Er's monk, and looked at Yi Bai, "Brother, that old fox's expression is wrong, what's wrong with him? Could it be that there is poison in the wine? But he hasn't drunk it yet!"

Yi Bai was quite helpless to Yi Zhou's habit of talking like a cannonball, so he snorted lightly, "Shut up!"

As expected, Yi Zhou didn't say anything.

Although he and Yi Bai are half-brothers, he admired his extremely talented elder brother since he was a child, so every time Prime Minister Yi went to Qingyun to watch Yi Bai, Yi Zhou would take the opportunity to follow.

Many times, Yi Zhou would turn a deaf ear to what Prime Minister Yi said, but he could listen with gusto even if what Yi Bai said was a lie. If Yi Bai asked him to do something, he was definitely full of energy and ran faster than anyone else.

Yun Jingshu had stood in full view for a long time, her hand holding the wine glass was a little sore, but King Jing'an still didn't seem to want to speak, she felt very embarrassed.

The eunuch waiting next to King Jing'an reminded in a low voice, "My lord, this maid has been standing for a long time."

King Jing'an slowly pulled back his thoughts, but his eyes never moved away from Yun Jingshu's face for a moment. He quickly poured himself wine, raised his neck and drank it down. When he looked down again, all the strange emotions before were gone Returning to nothingness, he changed into the cheerful look before, but there was a touch of coldness in his eyes.

"It is said that Yi Guoshi is not close to women. There has never been a maidservant in the Guoshi mansion. Why did he suddenly bring one to the banquet today? Could it be that the Guoshi went to Nanliang and changed his mind?"

Yi Bai said in a calm and unhurried manner: "To be honest with the lord, I picked up this girl on the way to Nanliang. She was homeless. Seeing that she was pitiful, I temporarily took her in and brought her to Beiliang. Yan Lai, but what the lord said is right, my house has never kept maidservants, so after today's banquet, I will give her a little money and let her go out to fend for herself."

King Jing'an's eyes narrowed slightly, "This king looks at a very clever maid, since the national teacher doesn't like it, why don't you give it to me? Just two days ago, there was a maid in the palace who made a mistake and was killed with a stick. That place is missing!"

Yi Bai didn't respond, "It's her good fortune to be liked by the prince."

Yun Jingshu didn't expect that Yi Bai would sell herself to this thoughtful King Jing'an with a few words, and she felt extremely resentful, but her current identity is just a lowly slave, and she has no right to speak in front of these big men. Gritting her teeth secretly, she knelt down to King Jing'an with a "plop", and she had to show infinite gratitude on her face, "Thank you, my servant, for taking me in."

"Get up!" King Jing'an nodded.

Yun Jingshu immediately got up and stepped aside.

Yi Zhou glanced at Yi Bai in surprise, "Brother, when did you take in a maid, this is not like your usual style!"

Yi Bai said, "On a whim."

Yi Zhou pursed his lips, this excuse is not up to par, doesn't he know his brother well?Never doing meaningless things, this maid named "Jing Shu" was caught by King Jing'an at a glance, there must be something hidden in it.

Knowing that asking is a waste of time, Yi Zhou simply stopped asking for trouble, and planned to pay more attention to this little maid in the future.

When the banquet was over, Yun Jingshu watched Yi Bai want to leave, she immediately ran to him and stopped him, with a look of urgency on her face, "My lord, I don't know what I did wrong, why did you give me away?" King Jing'an?"

Yi Bai raised his lips coldly, "Do you still have a choice now?"

Being robbed of prison for some unknown reason, becoming a slave for some unknown reason, and being sent away for some unknown reason, Yun Jingshu felt aggrieved, her eyes were red, "I just want to know why."

Yi Zhou was annoyed, "Why are you so talkative, you lowly servant girl? My brother said he would give you away, so you can just serve the new master obediently. How can a servant girl question the master's truth? I'm tired of you!"

Looking at Yi Bai's icy face, Yun Jingshu's heart was ashamed, just when she thought Yi Bai would leave, he suddenly spoke in a low voice, "Only in Jing'an Palace can you get a job. Life, live well, don't let me down."

Yun Jingshu was full of shock, and her doubts did not decrease but increased, "National teacher, you..."

Before she finished speaking, Yi Bai had already gone a long way.

Yi Zhou followed behind him, somewhat incomprehensible, "Brother, isn't she just a lowly maid? If you don't like it, just kill her according to the previous method. Why do you want her to live well? If you really want to get married, I will Immediately ask father to arrange for you a girl from a good family background, that girl named Jing Shu, who comes from a humble background, obviously not worthy of your noble and noble brother!"

Yi Bai didn't say anything, if Yun Jingshu didn't live well, how could he follow the clues to find out the truth?
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After the guests dispersed, King Jing'an went back to his courtyard and asked the eunuch to pass the maid who Yi Bai had brought before.

Yun Jingshu had already been taken to the inverted room where the servants lived to get familiar with the surroundings by the nanny in charge of the palace. Before she could finish her tour, the father-in-law next to King Jing'an came with a whisk, "Your Majesty has an order, let Jingshu went to the front yard to meet him."

Yun Jingshu felt uneasy.

When she was at the banquet before, she had noticed something wrong with King Jing'an's breathless gaze on her, and now that he couldn't wait to let her pass, wouldn't she have murderous thoughts towards her?

Thinking of this, Yun Jingshu trembled a little, and asked with trembling lips, "Elder-in-law, I don't know why the prince is looking for slaves?"

Eunuch Qi glanced at Yun Jingshu contemptuously, "You just follow our house."

Biting her lower lip, Yun Jingshu followed Eunuch Qi, and soon came to King Jing'an's main courtyard.

After entering the door, Yun Jingshu didn't dare to look at King Jing'an, and knelt on the ground, "I have seen the prince."

"Your name is Jingshu?" King Jing'an looked at the woman kneeling on the ground, probably due to the exhaustion of the carriages and horses, she looked tired and was in urgent need of rest.

"Back to the lord, this servant girl is Jingshu." She didn't dare to report her name and surname, anyway, the names of maidservants are always without surname, King Jing'an should not doubt it.

"Raise your head." King Jing'an suppressed the restlessness in his heart, and put on a good temper.

Yun Jingshu nervously raised her head to meet King Jing'an's gaze.

Seeing this face again, King Jing'an's eyes were filled with a bloodthirsty fierce light, like a ferocious beast that broke through the cage, and might rush down to tear her alive at any time.

Yun Jingshu was terrified.

"How old are you this year?" King Jing'an asked after taking a deep breath to calm down a lot.

"16 years old." Yun Jingshu replied.

"When is your birthday?"

"The ninth day of May." She was talking about Yun Chuwei's birthday, because Yun Jingshu never knew that she was the one adopted by the Fan family, so she always thought that she and Yun Chuwei were twin sisters with the same birthday.

"The ninth day of May?" King Jing'an chewed on these words repeatedly, and asked again, "Who told you?"

The month is right, but the day is wrong, presumably someone deliberately concealed it from her.

Who else can tell her birthday? Naturally, it's the birth mother.

Yun Jingshu felt that King Jing'an's question was inexplicable, "It's the birth mother of a slave."

"Heh - your biological mother?" Even she was carried out of the coffin, how could her biological mother have the opportunity to tell her this?

King Jing'an's sarcasm made Yun Jingshu a little overwhelmed, and lowered her head even lower.

"I have lived in Nanliang for 16 years. Has no one ever told you that you are originally from Beiyan?"

Yun Jingshu turned pale with shock, "What... Beiyan people? No, it's impossible, the prince must have made a mistake, the slaves are natives of Nanliang."

"You have a crescent-shaped birthmark on your left shoulder. This king personally covered it with medicine, and it can only be revealed after washing with water."

Every word of King Jing'an was like a heavy hammer hitting Yun Jingshu's heart. She completely lost her response, and only three words kept flashing in her mind: Impossible!
How could she be from Beiyan?She is clearly the heirloom daughter of Dongyang Hou Mansion in Nanliang, but she was expelled from the family tree because of Su Li's affairs.

Seeing her panic, King Jing'an gave Eunuch Qi a wink, "Let the maid come and take her down for a birthmark test."

Soon a servant woman in a soft satin blue shirt came in, took Yun Jingshu to the side hall next to her, fetched some liquid medicine and rubbed it on her left shoulder. After a while, a crimson crescent-shaped birthmark gradually appeared.

Seeing this scene in the mirror, Yun Jingshu was so shocked that her face turned pale.

Why?Why wasn't she Yun Chong's biological daughter, why did they keep it from her?
What the hell is going on with all this!
Yun Jingshu, who was still immersed in shock, had already been brought back to the main room, and the maid reported to King Jing'an, "My lord, this girl does have a crescent-shaped birthmark on her shoulder."

After listening, King Jing'an was silent for a long while, unable to distinguish whether it was happiness, anger, or both.

He just looked at Yun Jingshu for a moment, at the face that looked so much like that woman.

If there was an old man from Jing'an Palace, he would be able to recognize Yun Jingshu's appearance very much like the former concubine at a glance.

It's a pity that after the first concubine died of illness, King Jing'an went crazy and gave the palace a big change. All the servants were kicked out, and new ones came in afterward.

Therefore, none of the servants in the current Jing'an Palace have ever seen the taboo that the prince ordered no one to mention - the former concubine Chu Xiangyi.

It is also because of this that no one recognizes Yun Jingshu's face, but King Jing'an is different. The woman's frown and smile have long been deeply imprinted in his bones. It is impossible for him not to recognize it, and even The first time he saw Yun Jingshu, he thought that Xiangyi had returned.

However, he was quite sensible, and he didn't lose his composure in front of the guests, nor could he lose his composure. After all, the former concubine had been gone for so many years, even if she was still alive, she couldn't possibly be such a young girl.

Then, the only explanation could only be that the woman in front of her was the child that Xiangyi conceived back then, and she was alive and not yet due, but was born in the coffin after death.

When the servants of the night vigil heard the cries coming from the coffin, they were all scared out of their wits.

When King Jing'an heard the news, he rushed to the mourning hall and asked someone to open the coffin and take out the child. It was her fate that she survived in such a way.

After washing her body, the maid told King Jing'an that there was a crescent-shaped birthmark on the young princess's left shoulder.

King Jing'an became furious when he heard it, "What princess, send it to me, I don't want to see her!"

Yun Jingshu, who was just born, was sent out of the palace for such a reason, because King Jing'an ordered her to be sent as far away as possible, so the servants did not dare to perfunctory, and repeatedly took her to Nanliang by hand. Adopted by a poor peasant couple.The jade pendant around her neck was the only relic of her biological mother, Chu Xiangyi.

After seeing this child again after 16 years, King Jing'an knew why he didn't just strangle her back then, but let someone send her as far away as possible, because she is Xiangyi's child, and she may look very much like Xiangyi in the future. Even if that woman was sorry for him, he still couldn't let her go in his bones. Even if the child's biological father was unknown, he never thought of taking the child's life directly, but letting her out and letting her die.

Unexpectedly, after 16 years, she came back.

A horrified expression appeared on Yun Jingshu's face, "What kind of crescent-shaped birthmark must have been deliberately made by you. I am from Nanliang, and I am the daughter of the Yun family. I really don't know you."

If she is still a girl now, then according to the heart of those years, she might not wait to admit her status as princess, and enjoy the sense of glory of being aloof among the stars, but she is no longer a pure-hearted Huaichun girl, she is now more His mind is on his own child, and all he thinks about is whether Ye'er was ever hungry, how well he slept at night, and who is taking care of him.

So when she heard that she was likely to have some kind of relationship with King Jing'an, Yun Jingshu was not happy, she didn't want to stay in Beiyan, she wanted to go back to Nanliang, otherwise, once she admitted this identity, she would never be able to I can't go back, and I will never see my child again.

King Jing'an looked at her, "You are not the daughter of the Yun family, you are the Princess of Jing'an's mansion, this king's... daughter." He didn't mention his biological daughter, because even he was not sure about the biological father of the child in front of him. Is it him.

Yun Jingshu was still struggling, her eyes filled with pleading, "My lord, please let me go back to Nanliang!"

Sure enough, he couldn't look at this face too much, otherwise some past events that had been buried in the past would be triggered, and he wasn't sure if he would have murderous thoughts because of a momentary impulse.

"Take it down, I'll take care of you." Looking away from Yun Jingshu, King Jingan said, "Within three days, tailor a dress for her, and teach her the etiquette and rules of entering the palace."

"Yes."

The servants responded quickly and took Yun Jingshu to the inner courtyard.

Not long after, the side concubine Yu came over with her slender waist twisted, "Yo, I heard that the lord has adopted a daughter?"

King Jing'an took advantage of the opportunity to embrace the beauty in his arms, with a friendly smile on his chiseled face, not at all cold and sharp as he was in the secret contest with Yi Bai at the banquet just now.

"Why did Concubine Ai come here?"

Yu Shi was coquettish, "I heard that there is a beautiful princess in the palace, can't I wait to come and see it? Your lord, this princess is the biological daughter of the former concubine's sister?"

Hearing Yu's mention of Chu Xiangyi, King Jing'an's eyes darkened, and he pushed Yu away. There was no trace of pity in his words, but the indifference and anger of being thousands of miles away, "You talk too much!" .”

Yu later realized that she had touched the bottom line of the prince, and immediately knelt on the ground in shock, "I am guilty, please punish the prince."

These women in the backyard were all based on Chu Xiangyi's image to pass the time, either with eyes or noses.In the few years when Chu Xiangyi just died, King Jing'an was once depressed and depraved. He went crazy and wanted to find a woman who was like her but would never betray him. That's why the number of women in the backyard of Prince Jing'an's mansion gradually increased. The position of Princess An has been left vacant.

It was said to the public that Princess Jing'an was sick, but in fact, only he knew that he killed her with his own hands. Since his heart is no longer with him, what are people still doing?
"Xiangyi, have you ever loved me?" He asked her over and over again as he grabbed her neck with his hands.

He couldn't wait for her answer, because before she opened her mouth, she died of exhaustion.

Maybe it was because he wanted to get the answer so much that he accidentally missed it and increased his strength, or maybe it was because he was afraid of hearing the answer, so he shut her up forever before she opened her mouth.

Without saying it, he can always imagine that she once loved him.

(End of this chapter)