Shui Xiao sent Heng'an's case to Shuntian Mansion, which was to stab the news that he and the princess were almost murdered with a poisonous snake to the surface.

He hoped that in this way, those who wanted to hide in the shadows would have some scruples and not move so often, so that he and Yuan Chun could take a breath and have two more days of easy days. If you are fighting with the assassins every day, it is not conducive to Yuan Yuan's fetus, right? In addition, he also needs to rearrange the intelligence work, which will also take time.

And as Shui Xiao expected, as soon as Heng'an's case was sent to Shuntian Mansion, Shuntian Mansion Yin reported the case in a cold sweat.

It didn't take long for the case to reach the imperial case of Emperor Longzheng. The emperor looked at the case file in front of him, was stunned for a long time, and then slapped his palm on the imperial case with a "snap", and his palm hurt!

"Call the third and fifth children into the palace to see the driver!" The emperor was so angry that he gritted his teeth! These little bunnies, one is more worry-free than the other!

The three princes, King Xiaogong, and the fifth prince, King Yizhong, entered the palace together.

Emperor Longzheng showed them the case file: "What do you two think about the assassination of Seventeen and Seventeen's daughter-in-law?" ”

Wang Xiaogong said solemnly: "Father, someone dares to assassinate the prince and the princess, this is simply rebellious and lawless!" This Heng'an is guilty of a major crime of the Zhujiu clan, and Heng'an's father should also be imprisoned! The son asked his father to investigate the case strictly, and he must give justice to the seventeenth brother! ”

King Yizhong was also indignant: "Yes, father! Although Erchen has always looked down on Lao Seventeen's hypocrite, he is my brother in the end, and he can't tolerate my brother being so calculating! We must let Shuntianfu strictly investigate this case! ”

Emperor Longzheng said with a smile: "Didn't you two instruct people to do this case?" ”

"Why did my father say this? No matter how bad the son is, he will never be able to do such a brother's thing! Please also ask the emperor to take a look! King Xiaogong hurriedly knelt down and shouted injustice.

King Yizhong naturally denied it and shouted wronged.

Emperor Longzheng said: "If you don't admit it, that's good!" Anyway, I don't want to see the end of the seventeenth, so you should stop me. If you want to continue to play tricks, then it's up to you, but it's best not to let me find out the evidence! Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”

He didn't bother to talk nonsense with these two sons anymore, and directly waved them down. Hatefully lifted the royal pen, and approved Zhu Pi on the report of Shuntianfu, so that Shuntianfu could solve the case as soon as possible! Damn, I can't do anything about my own son, and don't think about it easy for you, Shuntianfu Yin, who has no way to govern!

After the approval, he directly threw the red pen on the ground, sat on the throne and sulked: Shui Xiao's kid is too! It's too late to cover up such a thing, why did he stab him in Shuntianfu without saying a word? Tell me quietly, wouldn't it be good to let me be the master? Why do you want to let the whole world look sideways like this, and let people spy on the embarrassing truth of the cannibalism of the Heavenly Family? Doesn't he know that family ugliness should not be publicized?

All of them have stiff wings, huh?

These bunnies! Sooner or later, I will be by them!

And he just can't do anything about these bunnies! Because the successor he has chosen is in the middle of this group of unreassuring rabbit cubs - he would rather choose a wolf to succeed than a little sheep to succeed him! And now, he can't choose the head wolf!

Shuntianfu took over such a big case, and there was a lot of rumors in the capital, and the people of the Jia family naturally knew about it quickly.

Jia Daishan came over in a carriage first and had a secret conversation with Yuan Chun and Shui Xiao: "I only thought that the princess would be hated by people, but I never imagined that they would dare to be so blatant. Lord and Princess, be careful! ”

Shui Xiao smiled and said, "Grandfather-in-law, please rest assured!" Yuan Yuan and I know that we have always been very careful to take precautions, and we will not let people take advantage of the loopholes easily! But in the Jia Mansion, please pay more attention to your grandfather, I am afraid that they will not be able to help the Zhaohui Palace, and they will take the Jia family. ”

"I'll save it." Jia Daishan replied calmly, but he was a little uncertain in his heart. The Jia family has many goals, and there are many fools, so this kind of conspiracy may not be able to withstand it!

When Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang came, their eyes were red: "I never imagined that the villain would be so lawless!" What does Suncheonfu say? ”

Yuan Chun smiled slightly, and said lightly: "Shuntian Mansion is still investigating!" Let's check it slowly, this kind of thing can't be rushed! ”

Jia Mu asked hesitantly, "Do you think...... Who's doing this? They also ...... Will it ...... "Will it continue to start?" When she asked, Mrs. Wang, who was sitting at the bottom of the house, also listened with her ears pricked up.

Yuan Chun smiled and said, "The old lady doesn't have to worry about it. No matter who makes the move, it is nothing more than the soldiers coming to block it, and the water is coming to cover it, and the prince and I know it in our hearts. But the old lady and the lady should take care of themselves, don't let me worry! ”

If Shuntianfu wants to investigate carefully, it will definitely be able to find a lot of clues.

But now the situation in the court is chaotic, the victim is an idle prince who has fallen out of favor and lost his ministry, and the person suspected of committing the crime is like the future son of heaven, where do they dare to find out what they really do? It is estimated that Shuntianfu Yin would rather be dismissed because of "incompetence" than dare to find out anything easily!

Hengan has been held in solitary confinement in the prison of Shuntianfu, and his father was later imprisoned, and the case dragged on like that. The family members who were abducted in Hengan were like evaporating from the world, and there was no more news.

Shui Xiao said: It is estimated that after the candidate for the storage position is clear, there will be a little progress or change in this case.

But no matter what Shuntianfu finds out or not, this case is so big that under the attention of everyone, Prince Yizhong and King Xiaogong have stopped a little for the time being.

During the Chinese New Year, in order to prevent Yuan Chun from having something happen in the palace, Emperor Longzheng directly did not let Yuan Chun enter the palace in the name of raising a fetus!

In the first month, Yuan Chun could already feel the fetal movement. In two weeks, Yuan Chun asked Shui Xiao to play the flute to the baby every day.

Shui Xiao was surprised and said, "Can he hear?" ”

Yuan Chun smiled: "I probably can't understand it, but I can hear it." ”

Shui Xiao not only plays the flute for his children every day, but also reads to his children every day.

Yuan Chun listened to it for a few days and joked: "What if you read these sage books to it every day and teach him to be a natural nerd?" ”

Shui Xiao thought for a while: "That's right! He paced a few steps in place and snapped his fingers - this action was still learned from Yuan Chun, "I'll read him history!" Taking history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall! ”

Since then, Shui Xiao has been telling history to the baby in Yuanchun's belly like telling a story! When it comes to interest, I will casually comment a few words.

Yuan Chun just listened most of the time, and sometimes he couldn't help it, so he would express his opinion and argue with him. She has the thoughts, education, and insights of her previous life, and when she argues with Shui Xiao, she can often get to the point. Shui Xiao sometimes thinks that she is talking about crooked reasoning, but she has to admit that these crooked reasoning is quite thought-provoking.

For example, when it comes to land annexation, Yuan Chun discussed with him what is the Matthew effect in which the poor get poorer and the rich get richer.

When it came to how to solve the problem of land annexation, Yuan Chun told him how to develop commerce and colonize foreign countries.

After talking about the issue of "people take food as the sky", Yuan Chun told him how to improve land use efficiency, where are high-yield crops such as corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes, and the importance and necessity of developing agricultural science and technology.

In short, Shui Xiao was telling stories to the baby in Yuan Chun's belly, and was fooled by Yuan Chun.

The third prince, King Xiaogong, and the fifth prince, King Yizhong, could not sit idly by and watch the child in Yuanchun's belly be born after a few months because of Emperor Longzheng's warning and the fact that the wind was too tight. Counting that Yuanchun's delivery date is getting closer and closer, they are starting to move again.

One day in March, Yuan Chun was enjoying the flowers with Shui Xiao in Puxiu Garden, Ming Se suddenly hurried over, approached Shui Xiao, and whispered: "Lord Wang, catch that girl!" Everyone's stolen goods were taken. She's recruited too! ”

Yuan Chun was very close to Shui Xiao, so he naturally heard this. She raised her eyebrows and asked lightly, "Which girl did you catch?" ”

Shui Xiao sighed deeply, faced Yuan Chun, grabbed Yuan Chun's hand and held it in his palm, and said softly: "You promise me first: don't be too angry!" You are pregnant with a child now, you should not be angry, do you remember? ”

Yuan Chun frowned slightly, and asked directly: "That girl is my person?" Only when the girl next to him made a big mistake would Shui Xiao solemnly tell herself not to be too angry.

"If you promise me, I'll tell you!" Shui Xiao did not budge at all.

Yuan Chun was silent and nodded: "Okay!" I promise you! "She doesn't have too much self-esteem and doesn't have a penchant for taking responsibility for other people's mistakes. No matter what kind of mistakes her girl makes, even if she gets angry, she should be very limited.

Shui Xiao took her hand and organized the language for a while before whispering: "Your dowry girl named He Xing'er, why have you kept her unmarried?" ”

He Xing'er? Yuan Chun remembered: This He Xing'er is the most iconic one among her dowry girls. Since she got married, she has tried her best to get to herself, and she will show her loyalty to herself whenever she has the opportunity. It's a pity that the palace maids who are waiting close to her have always been around, she doesn't have much to do with it, and she doesn't dare to steal the limelight with those palace maid sisters. can only do the errand of a second-class girl as a wedding girl.

Two years ago, when Yuan Chun arranged Yan Wan's marriage, he thought that his dowry girls were also old, so he also asked them about their wishes, and arranged a few more subtle blind dates, and made up a few pairs according to the results of the blind date.

This He Xing'er made it clear at that time that she was unwilling to marry those stewards. Yuan Chun asked her if she wanted to marry outside, and if she wanted to marry outside, she would let her out, and she bowed her head and said nothing.

Yuan Chun guessed that she might not be willing to give up the hope of becoming a concubine of Shui Xiao, and she didn't bother to grind with her anymore, so she said directly: "After you think clearly, tell me yourself!" ”

Until now, He Xinger has never come to talk to her about marriage again. Yuanchun has never had the habit of forcing a girl to get married, so she can help her.

"The girl in the house, there is not much more than her. She didn't want to get married, and I didn't bother to be the wicked person who forced me to get married, so I left it to her. What's wrong with her? Yuan Chun told the truth.

Shui Xiao looked at her for a while, and couldn't help but smile: "Not forcing people to get married, is it also the custom of the lotus world?" ”

Yuan Chun nodded: "Sort of!" In the lotus world, only parents force their children to marry, and they have never ...... The master forced the girl to get married. I'm not He Xing'er's real mother, why bother to force her to get married? ”

Shui Xiao couldn't help but laugh. He never asked about these girls, and he was a little uncertain about Yuanchun's attitude towards He Xing'er. At this time, hearing Yuan Chun say this, he was relieved.

"That He Xing'er, who is so bold and instigated by someone, dares to come to the town of You! Just now, it has been taken down by Mingse! ”

"Nightmare Town?"

"That's right!" Shui Xiao sighed slightly, "This time, the appointment is the handiwork of King Xiaogong." They know that it is impossible to succeed in poisoning and drugged, and the plan to release the snake last time has also failed, and they want to harm you, and there are not many options left. This Nightmare Town technique is undoubtedly the most secretive and difficult to guard against. They don't know that you have a lotus talisman and will probably guess: this is the most likely plan to succeed. ”

Yuan Chun nodded, sighing slightly in his heart: The road to the high position is really dangerous.

It seems that her child, is no longer as simple as attracting "jealousy"! Does everyone already know one thing: as long as she gives birth to a son, the storage position will be in the sky? That's why those who plotted against her have endless means, and they are almost endless. Now, the Viper and the Nightmare Town have all been used; Next time, will someone assassinate her with a real knife?!

"How did you find He Xing'er?" She asked Shui Xiao.

Shui Xiao said: "Last time, Hengan actually brought a box of poisonous snakes into Pu Xiuyuan, which made me realize my previous negligence. In the past few months, I have readjusted my deployment and changed the focus and direction of intelligence investigation - no matter how much information is found outside, if someone in my own house takes advantage of the loophole, it will be more than worth the loss! So now, I'm concentrating a large part of my manpower at home. ”

He gently stroked her belly, feeling his palm jump, but he was kicked by the baby in Yuan Chun's belly. He couldn't help but show a gentle smile on his face: "You and the child, you can't have a little trouble!" ”

After being mentally prepared, Yuan Chun and Shui Xiao went to the Xixin Hall on Wangfu West Road together, and the people waiting were far behind.

In the Xixin Hall, He Xing'er was tied up by five flowers, and was escorted by the two little eunuchs beside Ming Se to kneel on the ground, her mouth was also gagged, her clothes were disheveled, and she looked quite embarrassed.

Watching Yuan Chun walk in holding Shui Xiao's hand, He Xing'er's gaze lingered on the hands of the two of them for a moment, and her face was intertwined with fear and resentment.

Yuan Chun looked at this frame, as if he wanted to interrogate He Xing'er.

Shui Xiao helped Yuan Chun to sit down on the top. Yuan Chun asked, "What did she use to scare me?" ”

Shui Xiao nodded at Ming Se, who took off the yellow silk covered by a tray next to him, brought the tray to Yuan Chun, and showed Yuan Chun a look.

In the tray, there were five blue-faced and white-haired ghosts with paper hinges, and a paper man.

Yuan Chun inexplicably felt that these things had a sense of familiarity: in the original book, Ma Daopo used to kill Wang Xifeng and Jia Baoyu in the town, isn't it also the technique of the five ghosts and nightmare towns? Don't be that Ma Daopo's handiwork?!

She wanted to pick up those paper people and paper ghosts to see them, but Shui Xiao blocked her hand.

"Don't touch anything dirty like that!" He said to her solemnly. Although I know that Yuanchun has a lotus platform to protect himself, but this kind of thing, if you can't touch it, don't touch it! lest you get your hands dirty. If He Xing'er wasn't Yuan Chun's dowry girl, he wouldn't have let Yuan Chun know about it.

Yuan Chun also dispelled the curiosity in his heart. If you don't touch it, don't touch it! It doesn't have to be seen.

"Say it! Why do you do such a thing? She began to interrogate He Xing'er, "I know that I don't treat you well, but I have never felt sorry for you." What kind of deep hatred can make you do such a thing? ”

Shui Xiao listened silently and looked at He Xing'er coldly.

Ming Se tore off the veil that was stuffed in He Xing'er's mouth so that she could confess.

He Xing'er also seemed to be out of the way, she glanced at Shui Xiao with affection, and said to Yuan Chun with a stiff neck: "I just can't see you like a jealous woman!" Am I wrong if I want to cure you? ”

"Jealous?" Yuan Chun never thought that she would be scolded by a girl pointing her nose at a jealous woman! Isn't this kind of thing supposed to be done by the mother-in-law? Why didn't the queen scold her for being a jealous woman, but He Xing'er, an unknown girl, was scolding?

"I'm not jealous, your!" Yuan Chun said unceremoniously, and he didn't bother to pretend to be Sven, "A mere dowry girl is inevitably too lenient!" ”

He Xing'er glanced at Shui Xiao again, but only saw a pair of cold eyes, and her heart became more and more cold. simply broke the jar and fell, and said like pouring beans into the bamboo tube: "The girl who has always been married, which one is not a concubine for my uncle to make a room!" I am a little low, and I finally became your dowry girl, and I hope to serve my aunt in the future, so I can be half a master! If you are blessed to have a son and a half daughter, your children and grandchildren will no longer have to be slaves, and you can be a master! But I flattered you in every possible way, but you didn't even let me in easily! You still want me to marry those little stewards! I was born like this, am I only worthy of marrying a slave? Are my children and grandchildren worthy only to be slaves? ”

Yuan Chun listened to her quietly, but the more he listened, the more speechless he became. She looked at Shui Xiao, she wanted to look good, she wanted to have a figure, she wanted a status, she wanted money, no wonder these fox spirits who wanted to ascend to the sky in one step were thinking about it without a face or with a life.

She was a little depressed in her heart, and asked Shui Xiao: "He Xing'er wants to be your concubine, what do you think?" ”

Shui Xiao stared at Yuan Chun's face and smiled evilly: "This king is afraid of a short life, so he won't take a concubine!" He Xing'er glanced at him again, and said lazily, "Besides, this kind of femme fatale woman who is bent on looking up to the top is not worthy of sweeping the horse circle for me!" Do you still want to be my concubine? What a dream! ”

He Xing'er stared at Shui Xiao with wide eyes, as if her heart was broken. I couldn't help but yell: "Why? What's wrong with me? Bad looks? Is the female red bad? Or will I not serve people? I just didn't have a chance to get to the prince! ”

"Shut her up!" Yuan Chun commanded lightly. She didn't bother to listen to He Xing'er's confession to Shui Xiao anymore.

He Xing'er still wants to struggle, but where can she still struggle? was gagged again, and had to stare at Yuan Chun with extremely resentful and resentful eyes.

Yuan Chun was stared at by her very uncomfortable: This! It's reasonable to rob my husband, right? Don't you want your children and grandchildren to continue to be slaves, just ransom yourself out of the house, and marry a flat-headed commoner?! I don't want to leave the house, I don't want to be a slave, don't you want to climb to the sky in one step? If you want to be a concubine, do you have to fulfill you?! If you want to rob my husband's labor, must you be virtuous and not jealous? Ma Dan, what a broken logic!

"What are you going to do with this girl?" Shui Xiao asked Yuan Chun.

Yuan Chun's expression was slightly gloomy, and he struggled for a long time, but he still couldn't say anything like He Xing'er's life. In the end, she had to smile bitterly: "The prince will deal with it for me!" "Just don't let me see her again! She didn't want to know what Shui Xiao would do with such a betrayer.

"Then I'll do it for you!" Shui Xiao smiled slightly and held her hand, "Even such a hateful girl you can't make up your mind to deal with it, this heart is so soft...... There are really few people left! ”

Yuan Chun smiled bitterly: Although she has lived in this world for more than 20 years, the three views formed in her previous life are still deeply affecting her. She really can't easily say the order to deprive her of her life and seriously harm the health of others, even if she hates this and hates it so much!

"There's Lord Lao!"

"Between husband and wife, what are you polite?" Shui Xiao said softly, "If it weren't for the fear that you would be too careful, I would have dealt with this He Xing'er directly." ”

Yuan Chun didn't want to say anything about He Xing'er anymore, and pointed to the things in the tray: "What should I do with this thing?" ”

Shui Xiao glanced at those paper ghosts and paper figures, and then glanced at Ming Se again, then took Yuan Chun's hand and stood up, and said with a smile: "This thing, just give it to Ming Se and burn it!" It doesn't matter what to do. I don't want to make a noise about this matter, so as not to be too shocking, and lest people watch the jokes of my Zhaohui Mansion one after another. ”

Yuan Chun didn't ask any more questions, and followed Shui Xiao out of the Xixin Hall.

After Yuan Chun and Shui Xiao went out, a little eunuch brought pen and ink, and another little eunuch closed the door.

Ming Se picked up the pen and wrote a name on the paper man's body: Shui Fei, and wrote his Nian Geng eight characters.

After writing, he put down his pen and put the paper figure with the name of King Xiaogong and the eight characters of Nian Geng back on the tray and put it together with the paper ghosts.

The three eunuchs just stared at the contents of the tray, wanting to see if anything had changed.

"Will this thing be useful?" After staring at it for a long time, the little eunuch asked with some uncertainty.

"Who knows?!" Ming Se said with a solemn face, "The prince has an order, after I finish writing, we will take turns staring at this thing." If nothing changes, just stare for three days. ”

After about half an hour, suddenly an extremely cold wind blew, and the paper man and paper ghost in the tray turned into ashes little by little, as if they had been burned by some invisible fire. Then the dark wind passed through the window, and I don't know where it went.

Ming Se and the two little eunuchs couldn't help but tremble, they were all a little trembling!

This, this, this...... What a ghost?!

After a long time, Minse stood up and said to the two little eunuchs, "Don't say a word to anyone about this today!" Otherwise, you know the consequences! ”

The two little eunuchs only agreed, but they thought in their hearts: When you go back, you must invite a Buddha statue back to worship, and ask a few peace charms to hang on your body to ward off evil.

Coming out of the Xixin Hall and looking at the sunlight outside, a little warmth rose on Mingse's body.

He hurried to the main courtyard, found a loophole, and told Shui Xiao the result.

Shui Xiao was silent for a long time, thinking: It seems that this time, King Xiaogong has found someone with real skills! I just don't know how much influence this power of the town that is not stuffed on King Xiaogong's bed can have on King Xiaogong.

That night, Shui Xiao received a report from Eyeliner: The technique of the Five Ghosts and Nightmare Town was indeed made by a Taoist woman surnamed Ma instructed by King Xiaogong. Now, King Xiaogong is sick, but that Ma Daopo has been wiped out by King Xiaogong's people!

Shui Xiao smiled in his heart: Is this called "self-inflicted, not to live"? I hope that King Xiaogong will be sick longer and more severely, so that he will not have the energy to murder his wife and children.