The Stratagem of the Concubine of the Cold King

Chapter 12
Lian Xin had no choice but to leave.

Xi Wanqing removed the blood-stained clothes on her body and slid her body into the bathtub. Suddenly, a burst of warmth hit her. The hot water irritated the wound on her body. At first there was some pain, but most of the time she felt comfortable. Soaking in the hot water After a while, the pain in her body gradually eased, and she leaned against the edge of the tub, her whole body was comfortably submerged in the tub, and drowsiness slowly came over her.

"Papa..." A sound of whipping was heard from afar.

In the courtyard of Xikua, next to a tall willow, Xi Zhuhua was holding a soft whip and lashing towards the trunk of the willow tree, cursing from time to time: "Damn you bitch."

The maid Lianqiao stood far away, not daring to make a sound.

"Why are you standing there stupidly, don't you know how to get some tea? Miss Ben's hands are so weak." Xi Zhuhua yelled angrily with his back to Lianqiao.

"Yes, I'll get it now, servant girl." Lianqiao responded quickly, and quickly went to get tea and snacks.

"Fourth sister, what's wrong with you, why are you so angry." At this moment, Xi Zhuqin came with her maid Lianxiu.

"I've seen the third lady." Lianqiao and Xi Zhuqin met each other, and immediately retreated to the side of the road, and the God of Fortune saluted Xi Zhuqin.

Xi Zhuqin stopped, looked at Lianqiao and said, "Go, don't starve fourth sister."

"It's Miss San." Lianqiao bypassed Xi Zhuqin and left quickly.

Seeing Xi Zhuqin, Xi Zhuhua immediately put away his soft whip, hiding the anger on his face.

"Third sister is so elegant. She took her maid to enjoy the flowers in the garden."

Although Xi Zhuhua is irritable and has a manic temper, but that is only shown in private. At this moment, Xi Zhuqin bumped into her, and she was very displeased.

Facing Xi Zhuhua's cynicism, Xi Zhuqin's face remained unchanged, and he smiled and said: "Where is the fourth sister, sister is not visiting the garden to enjoy the flowers. The sixth brother just went, how can the sister have the desire to enjoy the flowers? No, Staying in the house was boring, so I took Lianxiu and went out to get some air."

Xi Zhuqin deliberately brought up the matter of Xi Yunjie, and even pretended to be hurt.

She expected that the reason why Xi Zhuhua urged Liu Shu to vent his anger must be because of Xi Yunjie's death.

Sure enough, when Xi Yunjie was mentioned, Xi Zhuhua's face darkened instantly.

"Third Sister Lao is worried. If the sixth brother is alive, he will definitely be grateful. Now that the murderer has committed suicide in fear of crime, the sixth brother can feel at ease under the nine springs."

Xi Zhuhua answered very politely. Although she was not as restrained as Xi Zhuqin, she was not a fool. This Xi Zhuqin might be like a cat crying for a mouse, with fake compassion, she might not have any good intentions.

Xi Zhuqin deliberately sighed deeply and said: "Hey, this sixth brother is also pitiful, why does he have such a wolf-hearted and low-spirited maid by his side, let alone his life, that low-spirited maid just bites her tongue and kills herself, who knows if it is true? Covering up the black hands behind the scenes, even a lowly servant girl would not dare to do anything to the master even though she has the courage to do so."

How could Xi Zhuhua not understand that Xi Yunjie's matter was tricky, and she didn't believe that a lowly maid would dare to poison her master if no one instructed her, but she didn't understand that what Xi Zhuqin said was true. What do you mean, you must not be used by her.

"Third sister, you can't talk nonsense. My father and Lord Yin of the Jingzhao Mansion have already found out the truth. It was Lian Zhu, the damned lowly maid who killed the sixth brother. It's okay for the third sister to treat it as a younger sister. If it spreads In the ears of father and mother, it is suspected of disturbing the inner house."

Xi Zhuqin said with a gentle smile: "What the fourth younger sister said is absolutely right, it's my sister's criticism."

Xi Zhuhua also said politely: "Third Sister is fine, my sister just kindly reminded Third Sister, she has no other intentions."

"Thank you fourth sister for your kindness, and I will leave first." Xi Zhuqin bid farewell to Xizhuhua, and led her maid, Lianxiu, away on lotus steps.

She had expected that Xi Zhuhua would not listen to her so easily, so she had already prepared a countermeasure.

Lianqiao quickly brought tea and pastries and placed them in a nearby pavilion.

"Miss, the tea and cakes are ready." Lianqiao said.

Xi Zhuhua walked into the gazebo, chose a comfortable place to sit down, ate cakes and drank tea, Lianqiao stood aside and waited carefully.

"The sixth young master is really pitiful."

"I heard that Lianzhu killed the Sixth Young Master."

"Do you believe that Lian Zhu would dare to kill the Sixth Young Master if no one instructed him?"

"Don't believe it, don't believe it."

"Let me tell you, a few days ago, I saw Lian Zhu quietly go to Miss Fifth's Purple Moon Pavilion."

"Ah, Miss Fifth ordered Lianzhu to kill Master Six, right?"

"No way, didn't Lord Fuyin find out that the sixth young master was killed by Lianzhu?"

"You are stupid, this lotus is dead, now this is called death without proof."

Xi Zhuhua was eating snacks, and suddenly heard a few furtive voices discussing nearby, so he put down his snacks, and went looking for the sound.

Near the gazebo, under a group of dense vines, several third-class maids gathered together, discussing Xi Yunjie's matter in a low voice.

Xi Zhuhua suddenly appeared, and several little maids turned pale with fright.

"Slave... maidservant, I have met Miss Fourth." Several maidservants hurriedly knelt down to salute Xi Zhuhua.

Xi Zhuhua stared coldly at the kneeling little maid and said, "What did you guys discuss just now?"

"Miss Si, slave...servant, the servants didn't discuss anything just now." One of the maids replied.

"Miss, these little maids are clearly deceiving you, and let the servants tear their mouths apart."

Lianqiao followed Xi Zhuhua, and she could hear the sneaky discussions of these little maids.

Xi Zhuhua didn't speak any more, expressing his acquiescence to Lianqiao's rhetoric.

"Papa." After several crisp sounds, Lianqiao stepped forward and slapped each of them twice.

"Say it or don't tell it." Lianqiao retreated to the side after finishing the fight, and Xi Zhuhua stared at the maids fiercely and reprimanded them angrily.

The maidservants were already terrified, and quickly replied truthfully: "The servants just said that someone ordered Lianzhu to kill the sixth young master, and they saw Lianzhu sneaking to Miss Fifth's Ziyuexuan before."

As soon as he heard the words Ziyuexuan, Xi Zhuhua clenched his fists in hatred: "Well, you Xi Wanqing, it really is you who killed the sixth brother."

"Miss, how do you deal with them?" Lianqiao reminded Xi Zhuhua how to deal with these little maids.

Xi Zhuhua went on to say: "You guys can leave. When I need you, I will go to you. If you continue to chew your tongues, carefully pull out your tongues."

"The servants know they are wrong, thank you Fourth Miss for not punishing me." Several young maids quickly agreed to Xi Zhuhua and got away.

"Miss, where are you going?" Seeing Xi Zhuhua suddenly holding a soft whip and leaving angrily, Lianqiao asked anxiously.

(End of this chapter)