Mu Huagui

Chapter 20 The Death of Hongxiu
Hearing the noisy sound in the yard, the eldest lady was a little unhappy, "Didn't I tell you to be more careful, don't let others know, why is there such a big commotion." "Husband, madam, it's not good, Hongxiu is dead." Ms. Wang was always calm, and she couldn't bear it now.It seems that I can still see the red and blue face and the long tongue.

On the night when Wuhua Temple came back from burning incense, Hongxiu, the personal maid of the third lady in the long room, hanged herself to death.Under the government's deliberate concealment of this matter, Hongxiu died of an emergency.

"These things can only be kept from outsiders. How can my mansion hide it? Anyway, Hongxiu's death is really weird." Cherry picked a chopstick of braised fish. Finally, he dare not be too contemptuous of the master and servant.

The kitchen didn't distribute any more meals for their servants, so the ladies from various mansions would bring back cherries, seeing that Chen Jiao'er's figure was running fast.

Hongxiu is a child of the family, and a younger brother works as an errand in the third young master's courtyard. If there is a mistake in the errand, no matter what, the eldest lady will not kill her for the sake of her mother and father.

There is only one possibility, she saw something she shouldn't see, in order to protect her family, she had to die.Thinking of the scene when Chen Qiluo and Hongxiu returned to the wing with nervous expressions that day, Chen Jiaoer's heart moved. Could it be that they saw the assassin?
But if you really saw it, why didn't you tell the officials, maybe you could still make meritorious service.By the way, if she is a girl, if she sees an assassin, no matter how she explains her reputation, she won't have a good reputation.But if this is the case, pretend not to see anything, just like Chen Qiluo now.There is no need to commit suicide. It is better to die than to live lazily. This person will never commit suicide unless it is absolutely necessary.

Hongxiu is still the personal servant girl of the eldest daughter of the Chen family, with a bright future, what is it that made her so desperate, that she didn't even see her family for the last time, and chose a dead end so quickly?Chen Jiao'er knew that if she could know the whole story of this matter, it would definitely be a blow to the head of the house.

After finally finding such an opportunity, Chen Jiao'er certainly didn't want to let it go, but now the only person who knew was Chen Qiluo, so how could she get the news out of her mouth.

Before she could figure out a way, the news that Miss Liu's family was seriously ill spread to the ears of everyone in the capital.In the open, everyone was worried, but in private, many people hoped that she would die.

As the chief assistant minister and one of the ministers of the late emperor, Liu Shiwen, Prime Minister of Zuo, Mr. Liu has only one son and two daughters. Liu Shuhe, who is seriously ill, is the eldest daughter of Mr. Liu. She is 17 years old this year, two years younger than the current emperor.Three years ago, the status was determined under the auspices of the Empress Dowager, and they were scheduled to get married when the emperor turned 20 next year.

The Liu family started preparing the dowry three years ago, just to make their daughter marry into the royal family in a prosperous manner.Thinking of this, Mrs. Liu felt a dull pain in her chest again. Her daughter is a delicate guest, and the daughter who is about to marry into the royal family is even more delicate.Except for occasional visits to the monastery, I usually don’t leave the gate, and I don’t step through the second gate.

It's just that I came back from burning incense in Wuhua Temple, and my cough and chest tightness got worse day by day.Thinking of the expression on the Queen Mother's face when she sent the palace mother to visit, Mrs. Liu became more and more uneasy.

"Shuhe, it's so late, you should be resettled earlier. The doctor said that you are too worried, and you can only get better if you relax your mind." Mrs. Liu turned her head and wiped her tears. This child is the queen of the world. The most honorable person in the world, she couldn't figure out what to worry about if a woman could do this.But I can't figure it out, so I can only enlighten my daughter, hoping that her illness will get better soon.

"Mother, I know about my illness, can you send the Minghui master from Qixia nunnery to come?" Liu Shuhe struggled to sit up, grabbed her mother's hand, with an urgent expression on her face.

"This..." Mrs. Liu was about to discuss with the master, but her daughter burst into tears and said, "Master Minghui once calculated that my daughter would suffer this disaster, but my daughter didn't care about it at the beginning, and now I think about it and regret it."

Soon Liu Shuhe persuaded Mrs. Liu to invite Mrs. Minghui to the mansion for her.After Master Minghui left, Mrs. Liu posted several invitations.

Holding an invitation card from Mrs. Yipin Gaoming, the wife of the chief minister of the court, would be enough to show off for more than half a year in normal times.But at this time, the eldest daughter was seriously ill, and she still wanted to treat guests, and everyone who received the invitation was uneasy.

After these people came back from the Liu Mansion, they were happy again.What Master Minghui said, she needs several daughters who were born in the same place as her to come to the mansion to accompany her for a few days.Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is the Liu family looking for a helper for the future empress in the harem. It seems that this disease...

Those who received the invitation included the ladies of the Chen family, the ladies of the Wei family, the ladies of the Ming family and the ladies of the Tang family.

The girls from the four families reported their rosters to Liu's residence, and Mrs. Minghui selected seven of them, and asked them to prepare their luggage and go to Liu's residence to accompany Liu Shuhe as soon as possible.

Chen Qiluo, Chen Qishan, and Chen Jiao'er from Chen's House were all packing their bags. Among the seven people, Chen's House had the most three people. Even the first lady and the second lady had changed in an instant, as friendly as sisters.Only the old lady had lost her temper with the eldest lady since the day she came back from Wuhua Temple, and her energy was a little low, and she didn't express much about this important event that everyone in the mansion was happy about.

After entering Liu's residence, Mrs. Liu greeted everyone in person and placed them in a courtyard designated by Master Minghui. It's easy to move around, they live here with their aura and complement each other with Shuhe, and Shuhe's illness will naturally heal after a long time."

He also said, "All the beddings are newly replaced. If the girls of each family have something that doesn't suit you, please let Mother Lu change it." Pointing to the woman standing in the courtyard, all the ladies hurriedly bowed their knees and said, "Hello, Mother Lu. "

Lu's mother hurriedly turned her body to avoid it, saying that she didn't dare.Chen Jiao'er waited for the ladies from each mansion to choose the room, then went to the last empty room.

Cherry touched the ten-flowered gold silk soft pillow and the black pear wood carved screen on the soft couch, and touched the white jade three-inlaid blessings and auspicious wishes on the antique shelf, and said happily, "This Liu family is really rich, everything is new. of."

Chen Jiaoer's favorite expression is when she looks at cherries, like a hungry child who suddenly found a room full of candy, happy and sincere.

"Sister Jiao'er, are you ready?" Chen Qishan's voice rang at the door before the things were put down.

Chen Jiao'er opened the door, and said with a smile, "What else is there to arrange? The Liu residence has prepared everything. Fourth sister, please come in and sit down."

Seeing that Chen Qishan didn't bring her maid, she also said to Cherry, "Just as Fourth Sister is here, and the rose-colored embroidery thread in our house is gone, go ask the silver branch next to Fourth Sister, and ask for some if you have any."

Cherry smiled and went as ordered, Chen Qishan sat down and said, "You will take advantage of the fourth sister, so I might as well let you take some more, this is the jujube cake made by my mother, let me take it on the road to eat, come quickly Try it."

As he spoke, he untied an oilcloth bag in his hand and untied the rope, and the two happily ate pastries.From Miss Liu's family to the palace, Chen Qishan finally sighed, "The emperor is good at everything, but why is he so believe in Buddhism, and he has to listen to the old monk's [-] to get married, otherwise Sister Liu would have been the queen long ago."

Seeing that Chen Jiao'er didn't answer, he said to himself, "I don't know what magic power Wuhua Temple has. The emperor believes in Buddha, and the prince of Xianjun has become a monk. I heard that the prince of Dongjun is also a frequent visitor to Wuhua Temple."

"Yeah, the clear weather and the majestic image give people a sense of tranquility. Jiao'er is in it and can't wait to listen to the Buddhist language every day, and she has a lot of understanding." After finishing speaking, Chen Jiao'er clasped his hands together and recited a sentence of Amitabha.

Chen Qishan tried her best to bring the topic to what happened in Wuhua Temple that day. She didn't go to offer incense because she went out with her mother.Hearing that something happened, the mother and daughter gloated for a few days.

Later, she saw that Chen Qiluo was in a daze all day long, and her courage became weaker, but seeing that a group of officers and soldiers could be scared like this, Chen Qishan couldn't believe it.On the night that Mrs. Chen was invited to Liu's mansion, it was heard that Chen Qiluo had fallen ill, and Yijingju made a fuss.

The strange thing is that Chen Qiluo, who got into the carriage today, seemed to have changed again, without a trace of sickness at all.Not only that, but also a little too excited.This made Chen Qishan eager to find out exactly what caused Chen Qiluo to have such a change.

It's a pity that after asking for a long time, I only know that Chen Jiao'er told Su's mother about the past that day, and she didn't hear or see anything when she was locked in the room.

After Chen Qishan left, Chen Jiao'er closed the door heavily and leaned against the door, covered in cold sweat.She was already certain that they were recruited into Liu's residence because of the Wuhua Temple assassin.

The pilgrims of some status all rested in the wing room on the east side of the temple, where there were only two courtyards.One was assigned to the Chen House, and the other was allocated to the Tang House.

In order to let the ladies from Chen's and Tang's houses enter Liu's house, they made up a lie about the interdependence of the five elements. The ladies from Ming's and Wei's houses, including Chen Qishan, were simply a foil, so that people would not think of the Wuhua Temple that day. .

On that day, the son of Xianjun Wang practiced in Wuhua Temple, the eldest lady of the Liu family worshiped Buddha in Wuhua Temple, Chen's family offered incense and vows in Wuhua Temple, and Tang's family stayed in Wuhua Temple for a whole day.

Chen Qiluo's strange reaction, the death of the eldest maid Hongxiu, Miss Liu's move to welcome them into the mansion, all flashed through Chen Jiao'er's mind, and Chen Jiao'er's back was soaked in an instant.Although she is still not sure what happened, she can guess that there must be a secret discovered.

This secret must be related to the future queen and the son of Xianjun Prince, and the person who discovered the secret... will definitely be in big trouble.

If Chen Qiluo continued to behave in the mansion, then she would definitely be detected by Miss Liu immediately, so she wanted to survive... But in this way, the person who was in Wuhua Temple that day was not herself.

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