Su Ke knew that eavesdropping on the corner of the wall was a bad behavior, but he could resist the temptation/temptation of a few people in front of him. What's more, Imperial Physician Liang also threw out such a shocking question, Su Ke naturally couldn't be a righteous gentleman.

It's just that there was no sound in the room for a while, and it was inexplicably quiet. After a while, Furui's family lifted the curtain and came out, and glanced in Su Ke's direction, and his face instantly turned black.

Su Ke saw that she was naturally a little weak-hearted, touched her face and planned to leave. But at this moment, there was a reply from Zhou Gongzi in the house. With Su Ke's understanding of him, if he took what Imperial Doctor Liang said just now seriously, then there should be the sound of crushing porcelain from the wine cup at this moment, either he was furious, or he was armed with a gun and a stick. However, Zhou Gongzi's voice was not annoyed, even a little helpless.

He said, "Why did she choose you and not me?" Is it because of the name? ”

The room was brightly lit, Liang Jincheng looked at Shao Linghang's momentum that suddenly dissipated, his eyes couldn't help but glance at the south window, and raised his voice, "What do you think, for women, reputation and chastity are the things they value most." Since you can't give it, don't continue to drag her. I can carry a sedan chair to marry her, and there are no in-laws to serve after passing the door, and there are no concubines and sisters-in-law to deal with. You can't compare to me in any way. He moved his body closer to Shao Linghang, and discussed with him sincerely, "You let me take her away, and I can give you the money if you want it." It's useless for you to deliberately bully her and tie her up like this. If there is someone who cares about her background or innocence, you take Zhang Naqiao again, I don't care, you don't have to be embarrassed. ”

Shao Linghang fiddled with the chopsticks on the table, and after listening to the last heartfelt words, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, "If you take her away, don't you bully her and tie her?" ”

"You think I'm like you, get a Hou Mansion to cover her inside." Liang Jincheng had a lot of complaints, "I ransomed her from you, and I will personally send her back to her own house when I am done." Then the three media and six hired people went through all the gifts that should be passed, and the scenery took her to my house. This is not a tying, this is in line with etiquette. ”

One sentence of three media and six appointments, and one sentence of etiquette, Shao Linghang's heart was like being whipped twice. He never thought that Su Ke was a person who valued reputation too much, and she said it again and again, but he always thought that she was deliberately holding on. But three glasses and two light wines were in his stomach, listening to Liang Jincheng's oath, looking at the faint figure projected on the window lattice, he couldn't help but ask himself, whether she was holding on or he was holding on to it.

Is it really to the point where things can't be turned around and there is nothing that can be done? I haven't tried anything yet, so why did I give up?

She was also a six-pin Siyan, a female official in the Shanggong Bureau, and once the tiger fell to Pingyang and Qinhuai, he "looked down" on her. Her ice and snow smartness, her exquisiteness, her courage and strategy, everything is not inferior to the young lady of the family, why can't she be given the title of a wife?

He has a knighthood and military merits, does he have to marry in politics to become the pillar of the family?

That's why she spoke for Sifang because of the red ginseng matter, and she probably looked down on the Liguo Mansion from the bottom of her bones to use Ganoderma lucidum to curry favor with a cabinet wife, just to climb up to her in-laws, and her career would be smoother.

In fact, she has already had a clue, whether it is words and deeds, or attitude, she has already revealed everything.

It was his eyes that were dusty and didn't see clearly, and he blindly planned without permission, thinking that if he got her heart, he could ignore everything else. Of course, she disdains him for such an act. She has her principles and persistence, not that she values her reputation, but that he doesn't treat her sincerely.

Shao Linghang exhaled, he was conceited and smart, it turned out to be a fool.

"You have something to say, whether it is okay or not, I have made my position clear, and now it is only up to you to see if you have a human touch." Liang Jincheng's face was worried, he kept peeking at the shadow on the south window, afraid that if she lost her patience and left first, Shao Linghang's true face would not be known to her.

She shouldn't stay by Shao Linghang's side, it's a road with a bleak future, and it doesn't matter what the future is. She is a person like gold and jade, and she shouldn't stumble on Shao Linghang, an iron tree that doesn't bloom.

But Shao Linghang was going to disappoint him, after all, God's favor was just a round of wine, and Shao Linghang had already realized it.

"What you can do or what you don't do is not promised to you, but if you are devoted to her, go and show her yourself. If she is willing to go with you, I will arrange the affairs of the Hou Mansion, and you can take her away. Shao Linghang spoke loudly, without anger or resentment. He really figured it out and compromised, even if he hadn't done this kind of thing a few times in his life, but this time he was free and easy.

Liang Jincheng couldn't believe it, and repeatedly confirmed with Shao Linghang, "You have to talk about it, and you are not allowed to regret it when I take her away." ”

Shao Linghang replied to him seriously, "Don't regret it." Just ......"

"I knew you had to have something to say, say it quickly!"

Shao Linghang smiled, "It's just that she is the one who makes the choice, if she wants to go with you, I will never stop her." But if she chooses to stay, don't dwell on it. ”

Liang Jin spent a night waiting for this sentence. He looked for the figure on the window lattice with some excitement, as if he had seen the end, and raised his voice with determination, "How could she choose to stay." I saw her twice, the first time she hurt her foot, and the second time she was slapped in the face. If I stay here, I will probably die soon next time. As long as you will let me go, she will go with me." and the ten thousand taels of silver, and I will send someone to bring it to you when I get back. ”

Shao Linghang turned the wine cup in his hand, watched the wine swaying in the glass, and shook his head gently, "There has been no debt between me and her from beginning to end, and what I pay is just a moment of gold." She used the money to get back her free body from the bustard, and that's it. ”

The only bond had been severed by him, and whether she believed it or not, he had already made his attitude clear.

He realized that he had lost his way, and all he could do was compromise.

Shao Linghang continued to speak, "As for whether she will choose to stay, Brother Jin Cheng, from the very beginning, I didn't force her to come to the Hou Mansion on duty. She wanted to find a job, and I gave her a job. She was very talented and eager to try her hand at the house, so I helped her. It's the most direct expression I can think of. As for the future, I can't do anything, whether to go or stay is up to her. As for the reputation, I am willing to try my best in the palace, and marrying Ming Media is my future head. Of course, if I am unable to seek mercy, I will not stop her from her own leg. ”

Liang Jincheng was a little speechless, he never thought that Shao Linghang would do this. He has always been an arrogant and domineering master, who doesn't care about what others think, and wants to get what he wants. If Su Ke was a submissive person, there would have been nothing to do with him here. But it is precisely because Su Ke is upright that the three of them are now at an impasse.

"She's gone." Shao Linghang looked at the window lattice and spit out lightly, "But she heard what should be said and what shouldn't be said, and the rest only depends on how she chooses." After he finished speaking, he poured the wine in his hand, swallowing too quickly and with a spicy throat, which made him frown.

Liang Jincheng was still a little apprehensive, "What you just said was true?" ”

"Of course. Before I came, I had a small argument with her on the road, and I realized three points, but after a little bit of you, I understood it all. ”

Liang Jin bared his teeth, he really couldn't remember what he said to dismiss him, but he had a feeling of working hard to make wedding clothes for others. It's really depressing.

Shao Linghang poured him wine, and it was not good to continue to say this, so he changed the direction of the wind in time, "I want to ask you about someone, who is Love?" ”

Speaking of this, Liang Jincheng also regained his interest, "If you didn't mention it, I forgot to tell you about it." Before I came to show Su Ke about her foot injury, she was fine at first, but then she didn't like me very much, and asked me if I remembered a palace maid named Love. I was stunned, and I couldn't remember whether I had provoked such a palace maid, so I forgot to talk back. A few days ago, there was a palace maid in Yongxiang who was rewarded with twenty boards, and knelt there to plead with the chief eunuch. I suddenly felt déjà vu, and when I thought about it carefully, a long time ago, there was a palace maid who was also there to stop King Jing and plead, as if she called herself Love. ”

Liang Jincheng couldn't help sighing when he said this, "You don't know King Jing's temperament, when I was a child, I blushed when I talked to a woman, and he hooked up with a palace maid, I remember it very clearly." But we were talking at the palace gate before, and you also saw it, and when I mentioned Love, I scared King Jing. Although he didn't say anything, I could see that there must be something inside, and then I asked someone to inquire about it. After this inquiry, it turned out that this Love had died in a well around the autumn equinox five years ago. I counted the time, not long after Love pleaded with King Jing. ”

"Throwing into a well?" Shao Linghang was also a little confused, "You mean, Love's death is related to King Jing?" ”

Liang Jincheng's face was worried, "It's not necessarily, it's too common for a palace maid to die in the palace, or the errand is not done well, or you accidentally offend someone, or you are not smart enough to break someone or something, and it will be a death." It's just that the only thing I can't figure out is why Su Ke asked me about Love? ”

"You've touched Love?"

Liang Jin confessed for a long time, carefully searching for the wandering remains of those years from memory, and did not have the slightest impression of hooking up with Love. "I shouldn't have touched it, otherwise Love's accident should have come to me first, how did I find King Jing?"

Shao Linghang raised his eyebrows, "Maybe I don't want to implicate you." ”

Liang Jincheng was taken aback, and the boss looked at Shao Linghang unhappily, with a look of disdain, "You just gloat, wait for me to figure things out." If Su Ke ignores me because of this, as long as the truth is revealed, it will not be for you to control her when she changes her mind. ”

"Follow her." Shao Linghang poured wine and drank it himself, with a slight sourness in his mouth, but since he had made up his mind, in addition to what he had promised, he could only go with the flow.

Liang Jincheng didn't want to answer, so he also drank by himself. The two of them drank more and more happily, and they probably wanted to borrow wine to drown their sorrows, so they drank until the middle of the night, and they didn't think that this was in the Fu family, so they drank too much and fell asleep directly on the table.

The Fury family had been sending people to keep an eye on the movement here, and when they heard that there was no sound in the house, they hurriedly ran to settle them. One rested in the main room, and the other went to the east wing.

This commotion woke up Su Ke, who was sleeping in a kimono, and sat on the bed and thought about it for a long time, but decided to come out to help. The only people in the Fu family are two little girls and two old mothers, and the housekeeper of Fu is not at home, and the two drunken men are comparable to beasts in the woods. She can't sit idly by.

It's just that everyone is quite interested, Shaoyan and Furui's family went to take care of Liang Jincheng, and no one cared about Zhou Gongzi's life or death.

That's what it means to let her take care of it.

Su Ke had no choice, gritted his silver teeth and helped Zhou Gongzi to the back of the main house. As soon as the person was thrown on the bed, the two little girls slipped away on the pretext of cleaning up the table. Su Ke looked at their anxious appearance, and he was so angry that he raised his head and exhaled.

After taking a deep breath for a long time, Su Ke got up and went to cover Zhou Gongzi. When he crossed his steaming upper body, Su Ke was a little nervous and inexplicably jealous of him who was drunk.

But this is the way of the world, the more worried you are, the easier it is to come true, and when God is working against you, you don't have any ruts at all. Su Ke was about to pull the quilt over him and cover him, when someone's hand hanging to the side suddenly rose.

Su Ke subconsciously dodged back, flashed violently for a while, and his elbow hit directly into the hollow bed boards on both sides of the stepping bed. A burst of sour numbness instantly spread from his elbow to his entire arm, Su Ke inhaled in pain, and the culprit of the qiē just raised his arm, turned over and fell asleep.

Su Ke was speechless again, feeling that he was too surprised. scolded himself in his heart, and leaned over to help him cover the quilt. His gaze turned slightly, and he couldn't help but fall on the nothingness card of mutton fat white jade hanging under his waist.

The light inside was dim, and Su Ke's body still blocked most of the light, but even this couldn't hide the luster and warmth of the jade plate. It's just that a good horse is paired with a good saddle, and such a jade plate is hung around the waist, except for a plum blossom knot tied at the top, but there is no tassel tassel hanging at the bottom, which seems to be lonely and empty.

As for the red tassel that was supposed to be hung with a twisted gold thread, it was in Su Ke's place.

Su Ke pulled out the big red tassel he had been wearing along his neck, and the color was no longer bright for several months. She hesitated for a long time, but finally took it off, squatted on the side of the bed and carefully tied the red tassel to the jade plate.

The thing is returned to the original owner, but the fade is strict, no matter how fine the workmanship is, even if the gold thread is twisted, it can no longer set off the style of the jade plate.

Many things are predestined from the beginning.

Su Ke got up and left, helping the little girl clean up the scraps on the table in the hall. She naturally didn't know that on the bed a few steps away, Shao Linghang opened his eyes calmly, and looked at the bed board where Magu Xianshou was not asleep again.

When it was almost the fifth watch, the sky was still dark and chaotic, and the lights had been lit on the side of the main house. The courtyard slowly became noisy, Su Ke didn't sleep for a while and was woken up again, and vaguely heard the voices of Zhou Gongzi and Imperial Doctor Liang talking, vaguely inaudible, but the voice of the Furui family was heard clearly, as if urging them not to miss the time of the court.

Su Ke stumbled to his feet, and couldn't sleep well for a few nights in a row, and his body was so sleepy that he was uncomfortable. I poured a glass of water on the table in the dark, and was about to drink it, when someone stood outside the door. The figure cast a black silhouette on the door, no matter the height or the size, it could not be anyone but him.

Su Ke held his breath, and his body didn't dare to move, for fear of making a sound. However, the people outside the house did not move, and stood quietly for a while before leaving.

In the courtyard, the Furui family urged again, "Hurry up, Mother Sun has already sent someone to urge, go back and quickly change into court clothes and go to the court, this must not be delayed...... Shaoyan, go and see if there is anyone on the street outside......"

I couldn't hear who muttered, and the voice was quiet, only the sound of chaotic footsteps could be heard.

Liang Jincheng didn't seem to wake up from a hangover, and he didn't know what he had hit, so he sighed and shouted impatiently: "I'm not on duty today, you go up first, I'll sober up and then leave." ”

Su Ke couldn't hear Zhou Gongzi's reply through the crack in the door, but he knew that Liang Jincheng left in the end.

The courtyard was quiet for a while, Su Ke couldn't sleep anymore when he woke up, and besides, he was going to the old lady to go to duty today, and he was so anxious that he couldn't sleep well. I just sat quietly in the house and stayed up at dawn, my brain was dizzy and I was spinning around the things in the north and the south, and it was a mess, and some of the things I didn't had all went through my brain. She knew her own habits, and Su Ke knew that she must have missed something too important, so her brain reminded her all the time. But she just can't remember.

It was easy to stay up until the time of Yinzheng, Su Ke packed up his ropes, and went to the treasury of Gongzhong first with the 200 reward money he had obtained from sorting out the treasury. handed over the money to Dong's mother in front of the four mothers-in-law, and said that he had said before, and that the money would be kept for everyone to spend together, and it would be handed over to Dong's mother to take care of in the future.

Mother Dong accepted it after a few words, stretched out her hand not to hit the smiling person, and sent Su Ke out with a smile.

Su Ke came to the Hou Mansion for a month, and before he received the monthly money, he moved his nest, stood outside the warehouse and couldn't help but look at it twice, and went to the old lady's incense house with his spirits. When she got there, the daughter-in-law of the girl who nodded her head on weekdays pulled her to talk and laugh, and Liu Wuniang also came back, but she was busy with things, so she asked Su Ke to go to the old lady to see the ceremony first, and then come to her later.

Su Ke dressed up in front of the main house, and the little girl who lifted the curtain smiled and said that it was okay before she raised her legs and stepped in.

A girl in the room was replying in a low voice, and the big girl Bai Lu waved her hand, and Su Ke stopped by the door. I only heard the girl say: "Master Hou stayed outside yesterday, and he came back with Imperial Doctor Liang on the fifth watch." Hou Ye hurriedly changed into court clothes and went to the court, and Imperial Doctor Liang was still resting in Hefeng Zhai. ”

Upper Dynasty ......

Su Ke turned these two words in his mind, and everything was like a mortise and tenon joint. She couldn't find any reason to fool herself, and her whole spirit collapsed in an instant.

She fell down like a lost scale, and the little girl guarding the door quickly dragged her back, holding her eyes at a loss. Bai Lu was seeing this scene, and she didn't know what was wrong with her, so she took advantage of the old lady's time to ask the girl, walked out of the warm pavilion, and took Su Ke outside.

"Sister Su, what's wrong with you?"

Su Ke was completely panicked, took Bai Lu's hand and asked directly, "What does Master Hou look like?" ”

Bai Lu thought it was funny, "Why did Sister Su ask about Master Hou?" What's the rumor? Like Wushuang, she knows the old lady's calculations well, and she can't help but want to joke, "Master Hou is dignified and extraordinary." Long slanted eyebrows, dark eyes, high nose bridge, ...... lips"

"Does Master Hou have a piece of mutton fat and white jade for nothing?" Su Ke lost patience with Bai Lu's general description and intercepted the words directly, "The top of the rope is a plum blossom heart-beating knot, and the bottom is decorated with big red tassels of twisted gold thread. ”

Bai Lu was stunned for a moment, but after stopping the conversation, he replied happily, "Yes, it was still rewarded by the concubine in the palace before the Hou Ye set out for the expedition, Tujili, I hope the Hou Ye can come back safe and sound." Hou Ye has been wearing it, but after returning from the south, somehow, it was bare, and the spike went somewhere. The old lady also mentioned that let each of us play different tricks for Hou Ye to choose, and Hou Ye didn't even look at it. Even now, the girls in this incense collection are still playing with each other when they have nothing to do. She leaned closer to Su Ke, and her voice was lowered, revealing an intimate look, "My sister is not only transferred to the Xiangju Residence, but also has to practice beating the tassels, maybe she will hang it under the jade pendant." ”

Su Ke felt lightheaded, his hands and feet were cold, his bloodless face showed a haggard appearance, and all his mental strength was gone.

Bai Lu looked at her like this, and asked her a little worriedly, "Sister, what's wrong?" The old lady in the house is still waiting for her sister to go in, and this white face is not good. She raised her hand and beckoned the little girl at the door to come over, said the location, and asked the little girl to bring the rouge paste in her box.

Su Ke wanted to stop it, but the little girl jumped fast. She licked her dry lips and squeezed out a smile at Bai Lu, "I slept a little late yesterday and didn't eat in the morning, so I'm a little flustered at this time." Miss Bailu went in first, and I was a little relieved, and when the little girl came, I packed up and went into the house. I also have to ask Miss Bailu to help me prevaricate with the old lady. ”

"Well said." Bai Lu had his own calculations, and the bottom of the confession was almost exposed, and he turned around and entered the house.

Su Ke moved a few steps to the verandah, looked around a few times, and saw that there was no one, so he sat down leaning against the pillar. It was already very cold, and the wind in the corner drilled into his limbs with a biting chill, Su Ke's tense body shivered, and he felt that every pore of his body was shouting.

She didn't understand, she couldn't think through, she couldn't understand.

Why did he want to deceive her, and he used all kinds of means to unite all the people around him to deceive her. If he didn't want to reveal his identity, he wouldn't have had to worry about her as early as Qin Huai, why did he go to all the trouble of sending her to the Hou Mansion? Paper can't hold the fire, and sooner or later the identity will be revealed, how to meet and get along at that time?

Su Ke was anxious, and her chaotic mind made her mind a mess, and she couldn't think of anything at all.

She shook her head and took a few breaths, forcing herself to compose. He is the Marquis of Xuanping, the general of Zhaoyi, the younger brother of the concubine Niangniang in the palace, and he was just promoted to the governor of the left army a few days ago. He is like this, and he has nothing to do with what he said yesterday. Who is he, and what is she? The difference between cloud and mud, why should it be entangled. also promised her a grand plan and handed over the Hou Mansion to her to cook......

Is it to bluff her, or is it sincere?

The carved courtyard, the carefully trimmed flower wall, the dusty bluestone road, the endless sky and the untouchable clouds are all like a cage, but he disguised it as a warm flower room. I have done so much, but yesterday I swore that I would let her go.

Is it true or false?

Su Ke sat awkwardly against the pillars, and the little girl who went to get the rouge came back in a hurry, and came over with a bowl of big bronze mirrors, and asked Su Ke to hurry up with a serious face. Su Ke looked at himself in the mirror, his colorless face, his sunken eye sockets, and there was no brilliance at all. She used to compare herself to a live fish on a chopping board, but now she's not much different from a dead fish.

"What's wrong with my sister, how happy it is to come to the old lady on an errand, why is it still uncomfortable. The old lady is the most kind to her subordinates, staying here for a year or two, and being assigned to be a steward, they all have a face. I don't serve in front of me, and I often hear the old lady mention my sister, saying that my sister came out of the palace, and she is different from us people. My sister is here, and there will only be those who will rise step by step in the future, and now I should dress up and go in to say goodbye to the old lady. ”

has lived for twenty-three years, but at the moment of crisis, a teenage girl was instructed by her, and Su Ke laughed more and more bitterly.

She wanted to say, you all came here with a long face, but she came here to be slaughtered. She didn't know what the old lady had in mind, but in the previous calculations, Gongzi Zhou was not the Hou Ye, and the two could be restrained. Now that the two of them are alone, she came with great interest, wouldn't it be just what he wanted.

A cage is always a cage, and no matter how beautifully decorated it is, it can't hide the essence.

But Su Ke looked at her eyes in the bronze mirror and couldn't help but ask herself, if this qiē is the bottom of her life, and all the status quo is impossible to change again, what will she do? Will it go down like this?

It's not her.

Su Ke gritted his teeth, how many storms have passed, and the ditches and bumps under him are nothing. She took a few indulgent breaths of air, took some rouge and patted it on her cheeks and lips, and although she still looked haggard, the courage to let go make her eyes shine like stars.

All the bad endings are in front of you, and they can't get worse, so after falling to the bottom, every step of the climb is upward.

She could, she was going to try her best to change her bad fate.

Su Ke re-entered the main house and respectfully greeted the old lady. The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and she will not back down.

The old lady smiled gently, and the purple and red placket with dark lines lined her complexion very well. She looked Su Ke up and down, looking at her neat eyebrows and slender body, but the look on her face slowly darkened.