A tree of peach blossoms pressing the prime minister

Chapter 147 The Fish Bite the Hook
Shen Zaiye looked over when he heard the words, the wind screen trembled in fright, and quickly said: "I just saw that there was no tea, and I wanted to go out and get some water."

"What kind of water are you pouring?" Gu Qingying shook the handkerchief and said, "No one is in the mood to drink water now, you'd better stand still."

"...Yes." Feng Ping pursed his lips, bowed his head and stood back beside Mei Zhaoxue.Mei Shi didn't say a word, but her expression was not as calm as before.

Could something be wrong again?
Say Yao Mozi, and Yao Mozi will arrive.The nursing home in the mansion escorted a few house slaves in.Seeing their faces, Mei Zhaoxue's complexion changed.

"Master Xiang." The nurse knelt down and cupped his hands and said, "The servants caught a few fighters in the Zhengchun Pavilion, and confiscated all the murder weapons and poison."

Shen Zaiye was taken aback, looked at the house slaves and said, "How could there be a fight? There are murder weapons and poison? Where are these house slaves?"

"Master Xiang, please spare me!" The three servants knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "The servants are from the backyard, it's just... just go to Zhengchun Pavilion to have a look!"

"Just take a look?" Taohua stood up, walked to a nursing home, reached out and lifted the red cloth, the gleaming dagger, and the poison in two paper packets on the tray he was carrying: "Take these things while I Aren't you going to Zhengchun Pavilion? You guys really know how to talk."

Mei Zhaoxue lowered her eyes, and the knuckles holding the handkerchief were slightly white.

The three "family members" of Lianyi in the back came up and knelt down and said, "I beg you to be the master! We were almost murdered!"

After glancing at the three of them, his eyes fell on the hands of the two men. Shen Zaiye raised his eyebrows and subconsciously looked at Jiang Taohua.

Taohua's face was filled with righteous indignation: "Master, you must investigate this matter thoroughly!"

"...I know." With a light cough, Shen Zaiye asked with a sullen face: "What exactly did you say that you want to be silenced?"

The old man kowtowed and said: "We are just here to ask for money. Someone came to buy Lianyi's life earlier and said that he would give 20 taels of silver so that we could collect the corpse! We are living a miserable life. We really have no other choice, so we agreed." , who knows that now that Lianyi is dead, and the silver is not in our hands. The man said that Madam bought his life, so we have to come to Madam!"

"Which lady?" Shen Zaye asked.

The old man shook his head: "I don't know about this, so I just heard them call you madam."

In the entire Xiangfu, besides Mei Zhaoxue, who else can be called Madam?Everyone understood in an instant, and looked at Mrs. Mei.

"It's nonsense!" Mei Zhaoxue sneered, and finally stood up: "Let's not talk about anything else, which maid's life is worth 20 taels of silver? It's deliberate slander!"

"Madam actually thinks that 20 taels of silver is too expensive for a life?" Tao Hua looked at her in disbelief: "Could it be that you only gave ten taels?"

"I..." Mei Zhaoxue paused, looked up at her and said, "Don't try to lie to me, this matter has nothing to do with me, so how could I give the money?"

"Since it has nothing to do with Madam, why would there be slaves in the mansion to kill?" Taohua looked down at the three kneeling slaves in puzzlement: "Who ordered you?"

The house slaves looked at each other, all lowered their heads and said nothing.

"I'll give you one last chance." Shen Zaiye said in a deep voice, "If you don't answer Mrs. Jiang's question, then I'll drag them out together to beat a hundred boards!"

The house slaves used money to do things. They were afraid of offending others so they dared not speak out, but they would die if they didn't hear about it. How could they hesitate?Competing to be the first to say: "It's Madam's order, saying that someone is spreading rumors in the mansion, and let the servants... deal with it."

"What a rumor!" Gu Huairou couldn't help but sneer and said, "The government will be convicted of murder, but the mistress of our prime minister's mansion is really amazing, if someone spreads a rumor, if we don't find out, he will take his life! "

Mei Zhaoxue straightened her back, stood silently, but her face turned pale.

This situation is simply indisputable!If he had known her earlier, he would have denied her to death, so why bother to kill her so impulsively? !

It's all Gu Huairou's fault, the sudden crying made her panic, and she made a wrong decision out of desperation.

"Zhaoxue?" Shen Zaye looked at her sideways: "Do you have anything to say?"

Mei Zhaoxue pursed her lips and said, "Ms. Jiang looks like she is going to crucify my concubine today, so what else can I say about this concubine?"

"Ma'am, is this a confession?" Taohua raised her eyebrows.

"Is there still room for me to deny it?" Mei Zhaoxue chuckled lightly: "My lady came prepared, with clever means, I am willing to bow down."

She just couldn't figure out how to benefit Lianyi's family, so that they rebelled temporarily and made such a big fuss.

She confessed to this crime, attempted murder, Lian Yi was not killed by her, even if Gu Huairou's injury was counted on her head, what can Zongzheng's daughter do to her?But Mei Zhaoxue was not reconciled, she was very confident that she could win Jiang Taohua, but she did not expect to lose.

Shen Zaiye's expression was ugly, and he dropped the teacup with a wave of his hand!There was a crisp sound, and the room was instantly silent.

"Zhaoxue, you have been in the mansion for the longest time." He looked at her and said sharply: "The concubine daughter of the Fengchang family, the mistress of the Xiangfu, actually did something like killing concubine Ji and murdering people? You don't want the face of the Mei family, and my Xiangfu's face can't be lost by you like this!"

Her body trembled, Mei Zhaoxue lowered her head, but her back was still straight: "This concubine has high hopes of defeating my master."

Gu Huairou sat down and stared blankly at Mei Zhaoxue for a while, then suddenly rushed towards her like crazy, lifted the black veil on her head and said, "Ma'am! Gentle and generous Mei Ma'am! Look at this face of this concubine! I have never offended you before, how could you be so cruel to this concubine?!"

The maid next to her hurriedly stopped her, and Shen Zaiye hugged her, covered her with black gauze, and said in a low voice, "Calm down."

"How did you make me calm down!" Gu Huairou cried miserably, grabbed Shen Zaiye's lapel and said, "I don't just want to see you at night, I want to keep looking at you, even if you don't like me anymore It doesn't matter if you're dead! But now? I don't even have the face to look at you!"

Tao Hua was taken aback, and Shen Zaiye was also stunned. He patted her on the shoulder and said, "I'll give you an explanation."

"How do I explain? What can I give to change my concubine's face back?!" Gu Huairou gritted his teeth and looked at Mei Zhaoxue and said, "My face won't heal if she dies!"

The wife of the main room is also the prostitute of the Fengchang family, so it is naturally impossible for her to die for such a thing.Tao Hua pursed her lips, stretched out her hand to take her from Shen Zaiye, and said in a low voice, "Calm down first, and listen to Master."

Gu Huairou cried loudly, holding Taohua and crying until her body trembled.

Shen Zaiye frowned, stood in the middle of the room with his hands behind his back and thought for a while, and finally said: "Mr. Mei has lost her morality and killed people. She can't bear to be the mother again. She will be demoted to a lady first, and she will be locked up in Linghan Courtyard for reflection. After Mei Fengchang and Gu Zongzheng met and discussed, they will be convicted."

Mei Zhaoxue swayed, and raised her head with red eyes: "Master, do you think there is someone in this yard who is more suitable to be the main wife than a concubine?"

Her father is the head of the Nine Ministers!Shen Zaiye is not stupid, why should he have trouble with the Mei family because of a small family like the Gu family?Once her position as the main wife is gone, how can her father let it go?

Tao Hua looked at the slightly ferocious expression on her face calmly, thinking that Mei Zhaoxue could be considered a woman who could guess a man's mind.It's a pity that Shen Zaiye is not an ordinary man, and what she knows is too limited, so she thought that relying on her father would save her from the crime.

However, Shen Zaiye will definitely move with Mei Fengchang.

"You are so vicious, how can you still occupy the position of the royal family?" Shen Zaye shook his head: "Reflect on yourself."

After finishing speaking, he took another look at Gu Huairou: "Don't be too sad, Taohua will help you continue to find medicine."

How could Gu Huairou not complain?She has become like this, Mei Shi can still be fine, how can it make her feel better?
However, she also knew that there were too many things involved in this backyard, and it was not that simple. It was already rare for Xiangye to be willing to seek justice for her.

"I understand." Wiping her face, Gu Huairou turned around and left.

Taohua reached out and failed to hold her, so she could only look at Shen Zaiye and sigh: "Master, please persuade Huairou more."

"Don't worry." Shen Zaye pursed his lips: "I will go to Wenqing Pavilion tonight."

It is said that he went, but in the end, Xu Yangui was not the one who was working hard?Taohua curled her lips, looked at Mei Zhaoxue who had a distorted expression, and hurried away with her skirt in hand.

The few house slaves who did it were driven out of the mansion by Shen Zaiye, and Lianyi's "family" was also sent out. After all these things were dealt with, Shen Zaiye stood in front of Taohua with a dark face.

"Have you been in contact with Xu Yanhui all this time?"

Taohua blinked: "Why did you ask this when you came here? Even if you don't ask me how I do it, I should at least ask me what I want to do next?"

"I don't know what you're thinking about?" Stretching out his hand to lift her up, Shen Zaiye narrowed his eyes and said, "The Lianyi family who came here today have calluses on their palms and fingers, and their breath is steady. They look like Lianjiazi at first glance, and they are quite nervous Jianghu breath. Don't tell me that this is the person you found yourself."

With a few dry laughs, Tao Hua hugged his arm and said, "It's the people Xu Yan returned to. The concubine stays at home, where can I find these people? Now that the master has seen it, why don't you blame the concubine for framing the wife?"

Shen Zaye sneered: "If she was really wronged, she wouldn't behave like that. You made it clear that you were deceiving her, but she didn't realize it. It's stupid to plead guilty like this."

"My lord is amazing!" Tao Hua wagged her tail and said, "You've seen it all!"

"Stop doing this!" Shen Zaiye narrowed his eyes: "What's going on with you and Xu Yangui?"

I warned him last time, but it seems that it didn't work.

Tao Hua said cautiously: "Mr. Xu seems to have a little bit of interest in Mrs. Gu. I came to tell my concubine earlier that I wanted to help Mrs. Gu, so my concubine naturally divided up the work with him. Don't you know about this?"

(End of this chapter)