Chapter 399: Liyuan Opera (9)
A little dirt looked at the old housekeeper who was no more than forty years old with a smile.
The other party's expression looked very calm, without any flaws at all, and the kind expression on his face that was unique to the elderly was vividly interpreted by him.
- If it weren't for Xiao Tu's spiritual power to feel the instability in his emotions, he would really be deceived by his expression at this moment.
"Father-in-law Su, is Sister Mingyue in the house?"
Xiaotu didn't raise his feet and walked in, but stood at the entrance of the courtyard, and looked at the old housekeeper with a shy smile and asked.
Father-in-law Su smiled so hard that he couldn't see his eyebrows.
"Your Highness went out early this morning, and I won't be back at this time. Dare to ask Her Royal Highness the eldest princess and Jiang Guards to come this time, but what are the orders of the Holy Lord?"
- Mingyue's personality and temperament are very bad, but on the contrary, the housekeeper in her house is gentle at all times, so that people can't find the slightest fault.
Just like now.
Songyang is just an eldest princess who is not favored and has no sense of existence, although the Jiang guard next to her is walking in front of the emperor, but in terms of grade, it is not as good as Gonggong Su as the first person in Princess Mingyue's mansion.
However, Father-in-law Su still did a very good job of etiquette, and after returning to Xiaotu's question, he hurriedly sent people to the house.
Xiao Tu smiled and looked at him for a few seconds, bowed his head slightly, and everyone entered the princess's mansion.
The princess's mansion is very large, and the various decorations are very luxurious - Xiao Tu looked, anyway, it was much better than Songyang's residence in the palace.
In the mouth of Gonggong Su, Mingyue went out early in the morning and has not come back yet, if the emperor has any orders, he will ask people to call the princess back.
The other party gave face, Xiaotu only made a disrespectful appearance, and sat in the hall like an old monk and drank tea.
The hall was very quiet, except for the occasional slight blowing of small mouths.
Mingyue was listening to the play in the theater building, and the guards ran up in three or two steps and told Songyang about coming over.
Originally, according to her heart, she came to 10,000 Songyang, and she didn't mean to give any face.
However, she only had a big deal in the morning, and in addition to the eldest princess Songyang, there was also Jiang Ruling, who was very blue-eyed by the emperor, she thought about it and sorted it out.
Gonggong Su said that Mingyue was outside the mansion, but when Mingyue came over, he didn't mean to hide it at all.
This fell into the eyes of Xiaotu and Jiang Ruling, and the two of them didn't say much.
As soon as Mingyue entered the hall, she saw Xiao Tu sitting on a chair holding a teacup, and there was a trace of jealousy in her eyes.
- Vixen!
She took a sip in her heart, and a look that seemed to be a smile appeared on her face.
"Heh, isn't this Songyang? What, what's the wind blowing today?
The girl was just sixteen years old, it was the brightest age, her original appearance was not bad, her skin was as fair as mutton fat and white jade, and she was wearing a long red dress, which looked more and more colorful, even if it was so provocative, when it came out of her mouth, she even had a sense of natural arrogance.
Xiao Tu looked at her, and didn't mean to break down, so he pursed his lips, and a gentle and shy smile appeared on his face.
"Mingyue, it's been a long time. ”
The charming and bright girl glanced at her, then sat down in the first place, raised her hand and took a sip of the teacup, and sneered sideways:
"Don't get close to me! It's just a wild species that doesn't know where it came from, and you dare to call this princess by her name?!"
There was three points of nonchalance in her tone, and the rest was a mixture of disdain and contempt and jealousy that she herself did not want to admit.
Xiao Tu looked at her, and the expression on his face turned slightly cold.
Songyang has a good temper and is indeed timid, but every time Mingyue expresses her opinion on her bloodline, the two of them always have to make a lot of unpleasantness.
"Mingyue, I'm your sister, you're overdue!"
Xiao Tu put the blue and white porcelain teacup in his hand on the table, leaving a very slight "click" sound.
The corners of her mouth hooked, and she laid out this fact very lightly.
- Although Mingyue doesn't want to admit it anymore, but only from the perspective of identity, Songyang is indeed Mingyue's sister, which is irrefutable.
Mingyue looked at the faint smile on Songyang's face that didn't seem to have any negative emotions, and she could see her ridicule of herself from it.
- That's it, it's just a mongrel who doesn't know where he came from, and every time he speaks, he puts on such a calm and breezy appearance, as if no matter how much he looks for trouble, he is just a clown in her eyes.
Mingyue pinched the cup in her hand hard, and the look in her eyes was clear and clear, cloudy and uncertain.
Xiaotu only felt her very suppressed mood swings, and she was very happy, and she stopped talking nonsense, and directly said what she meant.
"The imperial brother said that the wife of the general of Dingguo was slightly sick, and there was no one in charge in the harem, so I asked you and me to visit the general's mansion together. ”
Before she could say this, Mingyue scolded coldly: "Who is the royal brother!"
Xiaotu let out a "heh", raised his eyes to meet Mingyue's gaze, and did not speak.
Just as the two of them were fighting with each other, a very poignant howl suddenly came from a distance, and Xiao Tu looked at Mingyue's increasingly murderous gaze, and hooked the corners of his mouth without a trace.
- Here it is.
"What's going on? Somebody seems to be screaming just now?"
Xiao Tu looked at Mingyue with a surprised expression, and Mingyue's face darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye.
She glanced at Gonggong Su with a calm face, and then looked at Xiao Tupi and smiled: "It's okay, it's about which slave in the house accidentally fell." ”
Xiao Tu was worried: "Is that so?" but I heard that voice very poignantly, in case it was an assassin ......."
As she spoke, she looked at Mingyue and hesitated for a few seconds before she seemed to have made up her mind: "Mingyue, let's go over and take a look, in case it is an assassin, it will not be good to accidentally hurt you." ”
Mingyue subconsciously wanted to excuse herself, but Jiang Ruling, who had been standing there without saying a word, suddenly opened her mouth to agree with Xiaotu's point of view, Mingyue had no choice, her eyes swept over Gonggong Su's body, and then she took Xiaotu and a group of guards and palace maids to walk towards the place where the voice came from before.
Mingyue's speed was not fast, and in this short journey, Grandpa Su, who had been following them with low eyebrows, suddenly disappeared.
Xiao Tu glanced behind Mingyue, but he didn't break it, which made Mingyue subconsciously breathe a sigh of relief.
Speaking of which, I don't know what's going on.
In the past, she was very displeased with Songyang's seemingly very gentle and polite appearance, so every time they met, she couldn't help but deliberately find fault with her.
Although she will always be taught a lesson by the emperor after this, the next time she sees Songyang's fox-like face, she can't help but want to make a move.
However, after the two of them met for so long today, she still didn't like Songyang very much, but she never made a move.
- The reason for this is not so much that the accident in the morning made her subconsciously converge, but that a pair of eyes on Songyang, there is an intuition in the dark that stops her urge to shoot at Songyang.
- If she makes a move, she will definitely suffer in the end.
Although he didn't know where this instinct came from, Mingyue attributed it to the sudden accident this morning and the deterrence of Jiang Ruling, the imperial walking man who had come with Songyang.
She suppressed all the emotions churning in her heart, and deliberately slowed down the speed of progress a lot, until she estimated in her heart that Gonggong Su should have packed up the things in the theater, and then she took Xiaotu and Jiang Ruling into the theater.
However, the second she stepped into the theater, Mingyue's face suddenly became ugly.
The decoration in the theater building is very elegant, with a high stage in the middle, in order to have a better viewing effect, the surroundings are very empty, except for some commonly used tables and chairs and other things.
Usually, this design allows Mingyue to watch the drama on the stage and sing songs at 360 degrees, but at this moment, as soon as a few people entered the door, they saw the tragic scene on the stage.
The stage was made of sturdy wooden planks, surrounded by pillars that were used to hold it in place, and on top of it hung a curtain rope to assist in singing.
It's just that now, there are four bloody figures hanging on the ropes that were originally used for decoration, and the bright blood color dyes the stage red, and there is a very strong smell of blood wafting in the entire theater building.
Jiang Ruling's face was very ugly, his eyes stabbed at Mingyue like a sharp sword, and said coldly: "Your Royal Highness Princess, dare to ask what is going on?"
Xiao Tu was very dutiful, put on a pale and frightened expression, and hid behind a maid - although at this time, he was actually panicked and trembling.
Mingyue's face was gloomy, but after only a moment, she forced herself to calm down and made a look of rage.
"How rampant the assassins are! How cruel they are to the people of my princess's mansion!
As she spoke, she turned her head to look at Xiao Tu, whose face was pale and frightened, and there was no trace of mockery in her eyes.
"Songyang, these assassins are too rampant! This princess must be dealt with strictly! Now she can't get out of her body, as for the affairs of the general's mansion, ......"
She didn't say any more, but everyone understood the meaning of the words, and she wanted Xiaotu to consciously say that she was leaving.
However, what Mingyue didn't expect was that Songyang opened his mouth very brightly and was ready to leave, but Jiang Ruling, who didn't say a few words from beginning to end, made a moth.
I saw him take a step forward, his expression was serious, and he looked around vigilantly and said: "What Her Royal Highness the Princess said is that this person's behavior is extremely vicious and heinous, and it must be dealt with strictly! ”
“……”
Mingyue's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and she excused herself: "This person dares to commit murder in my princess's mansion, this princess must personally arrest the thief!" Jiang guard's kindness is that this princess understands it. ”
After she finished speaking, without waiting for Jiang Ruling to answer, she called the name of Father-in-law Su.
It stands to reason that Grandpa Su should have disposed of the things in the theater in advance - at least the corpse hanging there should be put away first, but in fact, Grandpa Su is as if he suddenly disappeared at this time......
As soon as this thought came to mind, Mingyue's heart trembled, and she gradually gave birth to some uneasy emotions.
"Your Highness, the slave is wronged!!"
Just as Mingyue was trying her best to send Songyang and Jiang Ruling away, one of the four corpses hanging on the stage suddenly raised his head and shouted bitterly.
"The minions are wronged!!"
Mingyue was obviously startled by the sudden outburst of voice, and the frightened look on her face was not hidden for a while, bringing out a slightly incredulous expression.
After being stunned for three seconds, Mingyue reacted quickly and said to the guards of the surrounding princess's mansion in a bit of anger: "What are you doing in a daze! This must be a thief pretending! Don't hurry up and ...... it."
She couldn't wait to finish shouting, but she was stopped by Xiaotu.
"Mingyue don't panic, this palace looks, this slave seems to have something to say, it's better to listen to him. ”
She used questioning words when she spoke, but her tone was really declarative, and the palace guards she brought over were also faintly opposed to the original guards of the princess's mansion under Jiang Ruling's instructions.
And Xiaotu directly raised his feet under the escort of Jiang Ruling and walked towards the stage.
There were four people hanging on the stage, one of them was completely out of breath, and the remaining three were dying, but they could still be saved.
Xiao Tu commanded Jiang Ruling to relieve the four people under Mingyue's angry gaze, and then directly ordered someone to carry them away and protect them.
By now, if Mingyue didn't know Xiaotu's intentions, she would have been blind for more than ten years.
Seeing that Xiao Tu's purpose was clear, Mingyue simply tore her face and smiled fiercely at Xiao Tu.
"Songyang, leave these people behind. ”
Xiao Tu blinked, looked at Mingyue, and chuckled: "These people were tortured and killed by assassins, there must be some origin among them, this palace thinks that it is very necessary to investigate this." ”
Mingyue's eyes became more and more fierce.
"Songyang, don't be embarrassed!"
Xiaotu was still smiling.
"What does Mingyue mean by this?
Seeing that Xiaotu was about to face himself to the end, Mingyue suddenly laughed coldly.
"Okay! Okay! Songyang! I didn't expect that I would have underestimated you for so many years!"
She stared at Xiao Tu's face and smiled, then smiled, and reprimanded coldly: "Come on! There are assassins who torture and kill the drama raised by my princess's mansion, and they don't care to kill them!"
The subordinates of the princess's mansion were trained by Mingyue to be very obedient, and they rushed up directly after an order.
Jiang Ruling never expected that Princess Mingyue would not stop doing anything and preparing to kill them as assassins, although she was surprised in her heart, she could only persuade them with good words.
However, if Mingyue was willing to listen to people's persuasion, she would not have done these crazy things, so the two sides directly faced each other.