Chapter 17 XVII
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Xu You was a little idle, especially after knowing that Concubine Ning had a miscarriage, she began to think about it and figure out the case.
If you don't say that curiosity kills cats, Xu You feels that she used to be very cautious, and since she became a cat, she has been extremely ignorant, which is really very important.
While criticizing herself, she sneaked into Concubine Ning's courtyard with cat steps.
Whether Qingyun's purse has anything to do with Concubine Ning Shu's miscarriage, Xu Yu doesn't know, if it was really her who harmed her, then who is behind it?
In the eyes of outsiders, Princess Xing Xu is the most suspicious, but Xu You is completely unaware of her. She has lived in the palace for a long time, and she can see the character of the people in the palace, Princess Rui seems to be gentle and easy to speak, and even very approachable, but she is a very arrogant person in her bones, how can she take the concubines around Prince Rui seriously in her heart.
Princess Rui, who is so high, treats those women as things at all, and kills them for fear of disgusting her own hands.
But Concubine Ning Shu obviously didn't think so, and when she heard that this woman with a bad brain had a miscarriage, she cried and shouted to find Prince Rui to complain, not that Princess Rui harmed her. Lord Rui originally felt a little pity in his heart when he saw that she had just miscarried, but when he saw her biting like crazy, he was so angry that he turned around and left.
Although the Rui Wangfu is large, there are only two concubines in the jade room, Ning Shu and An Shufei, and Princess Rui has always been generous, and she is not harsh on them in terms of food and accommodation, so these two have their own independent small courtyards, and Ning Shu Concubine lives in Li Yuan in the east. Although the garden is not large, it is also delicate, and a few plum trees are planted at the entrance of the courtyard, which have long passed the flowering period, and only a lush branch and leaf remains.
Xu You cautiously sneaked into the main room, the air filled with the strong smell of Chinese medicine, and the hoarse and whimpering cry.
It's Concubine Ning! Xu You immediately stopped, thought about it, quickly climbed the roof beam, and walked in lightly.
Through the light smoke and hazy gauze tent, Xu You saw Concubine Ning Shu, who he hadn't seen for a long time, and almost fell off the roof beam in fright at a glance. After not seeing each other for a long time, this woman seemed to have suddenly aged ten years, her originally fair and moist face was almost sunken, so pale as if it had been brushed with a layer of white paint, and her eyes were dull and dull, as muddy as an old man in the twilight.
When she saw her last time, she still relied on the child in her belly to show off her power in front of the princess, although she looked a little angry, but Xu You couldn't say that she was not good-looking with her conscience. How did such a charming and flamboyant woman suddenly become like this?
"Master, don't cry anymore, your eyes can't stand it if you cry like this again." A maid persuaded her softly, but Concubine Ning Shu still whimpered as if she hadn't heard it, and cursed in her mouth, with anger between her eyebrows, as if she had a magic barrier.
Xu You felt a little weird. It was not easy for women in ancient times to give birth, and it was not uncommon for people to die in childbirth, not to mention miscarriage, even if Concubine Ning Shu had not experienced it, she had often heard of it, and she had given birth to three daughters in succession, even if this child was accidentally lost, she would not be so sad and indignant, and even insisted that she annoyed Lord Rui to the point of falling out of favor - I really don't know how she was favored for so many years? Could it be that Lord Cheng Rui likes this kind of woman who doesn't have a lot of brains?
The more she thought about it, the more strange she felt, and she crouched down on the beam of the roof and looked down, and soon found several pots of camellia in the house. The potted plants were placed on a low cabinet in the window of the main house, and there were four or five pots in total. Camellia flowers have a long flowering period, and they are still blooming brightly and enthusiastically at this time, Xu You has doubts in his heart, and he always feels that those pots of flowers are very gorgeous.
Concubine Ning Shu chattered and cried and scolded on the bed, first Prince Rui was ruthless and unjust, then Princess Rui was insidious and vicious, and then Zhao Chengjin, the "cheap seed", why didn't he die...... Xu You was angry when he heard it! She thinks why should she bother with the gossip of this stinky girl who doesn't know what to do, and let her be killed!
She rushed out of the house in a huff, blew a cool breeze on the roof for a while, thought about it, and slipped into the house again.
Although this cheap stinky girl is very annoying, she didn't come to investigate this matter for Concubine Ning Shu, Xu You vaguely felt that this matter was not over.
The population in this mansion is simple, since it is not the hand of Princess Rui, who else can there be? Xu You's mind came to Concubine An's low-eyed face.
She has been in the mansion for many years, but she has never had an heir, and it is precisely because of this that everyone in the mansion has not suspected her. Even Xu You felt strange, if the person behind the scenes was really Concubine An Shu, why did she wait until Concubine Ning Shu gave birth to three daughters one after another, and delayed until now?
Is there any grudge between these two that no one else knows about?
Xu You quietly jumped off the roof beam while others were not paying attention, jumped next to the pots of camellias, pulled the soil in the pots and sniffed carefully, and sure enough, he smelled a faintly familiar fragrance. Qingyun really buried the contents of the sachet here.
Xu You felt that she couldn't get any useful information from Concubine Ningshu's side, so she went back to Liyuan. It's already time to eat at this time, and if she doesn't go back, Zhao Cheng will send all the little maids in Liyuan to look for her everywhere in the palace.
Sure enough, she was about to enter the house when she heard the sound of Zhao Chengjin shouting and rushing into the door outside. This kid has recently begun to learn martial arts with Commander Wei, and from morning to night, he has shown a state of exuberance to excess, and the teapot has already greeted him enthusiastically, screaming with joy, while jumping around Zhao Chengjin, his big tail wagging like a mobile phone vibrating.
"Pai Yun Palm-" Zhao Chengjin shouted, slapped at the teapot in the air, the teapot was completely confused, and became more and more joyful, and he poured down and threw himself on Zhao Chengjin, and even stretched out his tongue to lick his face, which made Xu Yu feel a chill.
At the critical moment, Cui Yu finally rushed out, pushed the teapot away with one hand, rescued Zhao Chengjin with the other, frowned and scolded a few maids watching the excitement under the eaves: "What are you crazy about being there, why don't you hurry up and come over to help." ”
A little maid smiled and said, "Sister Cuiyu, the teapot is just playing with the prince, it has always been measured." ”
Cui Yu glanced at her coldly, and the smile on the girl's face could no longer be contained, her face sank, and she hurriedly came over to help pull the teapot away.
Zhao Chengjin ignored the turbulent tide between the maids, and ran towards Xu Yu at the door with a smile, made another surprise action in his hand, and continued to shout, "Pai Yun Zhang!" ”
Xu You's eyes rolled, he fell straight back, and his two hind legs flicked exaggeratedly a few times, and finally died on his stomach.
The maids were shocked, and Zhao Chengjin was also stunned, looking at his hands in disbelief, he hurriedly rushed forward, and shouted eagerly and anxiously: "Xue Tuan'er, Xue Tuan'er, you have nothing to do." ”
Xu You got up from the ground expressionlessly, pulled his tail, shook his ears, shook the hair on his body, and slowly and methodically "meowed" to Zhao Chengjin.
This little ghost has really never seen the world, she finally accompanied him to play a game of pretending to be dead on a whim, he was not able to break it, and he was frightened to see this little face...... Well, actually, she's quite proud.
"Huh?" Zhao Cheng blinked his eyes and didn't know what to say, and after a few seconds, he suddenly laughed, bent down and hugged Xu You in his arms, and said happily: "Xue Tuan'er, you are so smart!" Let's do it again! ”
Then, for the next quarter of an hour, Xu You patiently played the game of playing death with him countless times. This little ghost can actually be amused by him every time to laugh and roll back and forth, and after laughing, he blinked and looked at her expectantly with big shining eyes and said, "Let's do it again......"
Xu You: "......"
What's even worse is that Zhao Chengjin also took her to perform for Prince Rui and Princess Rui at night, which made the couple laugh so much that they were about to break out.
Before saying goodbye, Prince Rui suddenly thought of something, and said to Zhao Cheng lightly: "Brother Shun packed up and went to the study in two days." ”
"Huh?" Zhao Chengjin's face changed greatly, and there was even a cry in his voice, "Father, what did you say?" ”
Princess Rui's face was unbearable, but she still hardened her heart: "Brother Shun, you will be six years old during the Chinese New Year, why do you stay at home and play crazy." Your father could have written poetry at your age. ”
"The child doesn't want to enter the palace." Zhao Cheng spread his legs and threw himself into Princess Rui's arms, tears flowed down, his nose was red, and his pitiful little appearance was really painful, "Mother, the child doesn't want to enter the palace, so the child will follow you to read and write." That ...... "Hundred Family Names" children can already memorize and write, and tomorrow will learn "Thousand Character Text", I don't want to enter the palace......"
Lord Rui's face sank and said angrily: "You are still crying!" How old a child is crying and crying at every turn, where is it like a boy. If you continue like this, you will be spoiled by your mother. ”
Princess Rui glared at him angrily, but she couldn't help but lose face in front of her son, and said softly to Zhao Cheng: "Brother Shun, you just went to the study to study, and you didn't live in the palace from now on." Every day is only half a day, and you can come back at noon, and your imperial uncle also said that if you are not used to it, you can go with Xuetuan'er first. ”
"Can you really bring Xue Tuan'er into the palace with you?" Zhao Chengjin immediately raised his head expectantly, tears rolled in his eyes a few times, and finally did not fall again.
I'm waiting here! Xu You was shocked, she said, how could that stinky rascal of the emperor let her out of the palace so easily!