Chapter IV: Origins

Fang Yage clearly remembered that when she was still young, Liaodong paid tribute to a batch of seafood, and her uncle rewarded the eldest princess's mansion with a share, at that time, Forsythia said that her hometown was by the sea, and she liked to go to the sea with her younger brother to catch crabs since she was a child. So when Forsythia took the initiative to accompany him on the boat that day, Fang Yage didn't think much about it.

Forsythia wanted to pretend to be drowning, but when she saw that the two people on the shore were not moved at all, and even some of the mothers-in-law who ran to the shore when they heard the shouts did not dare to approach because the county lord was there. In desperation, Forsythia swam to the shore, although the rice has not been in for several days, but the instinct to survive still makes Forsythia cling to the aquatic plants by the pond and climb up. The two masters and servants on the shore looked indifferent, and the people on the shore did not dare to squeak.

Forsythia knew that she was finished, and she couldn't hide it anymore, and everyone knew the fact that she had murdered the county lord. Forsythia sat on the ground, panting heavily, unable to get up for half a day, but she could no longer get a sympathetic gaze, and everyone's eyes were full of disdain when they looked at her.

"Forsythia, do you still want to say that you don't know water?"

Seeing that the wet answer in front of him did not squeak, Fang Yage continued: "Do you know, I don't need a reason for you to die at all, I'm going to ask you now, it's just to give you a chance to live, if you want to deny it to the end, then you don't have to speak!" ”

Hearing Fang Yage's words, Forsythia knew that this was the truth, just by plotting to kill her master, she would have no way to live, and being locked in the firewood room for three days without giving her anything to eat meant that her life was no longer important. Licking her chapped lips, Forsythia decides to take a gamble and trade her secrets for her own life.

"County Lord, Forsythia knows what he is wrong, what does the county lord want to know, Forsythia must tell you." Now Forsythia felt that she no longer knew Fang Yage in front of her, and the county lord made her feel frightened.

"Let's go, go to my mother." Fang Yage didn't want everyone to hear their conversation, the toss just now was actually Fang Yage's intention, on the one hand, he wanted everyone to see the true face of Forsythia, so that in the future, there would be no words about the princess's mansion that there was no distinction between right and wrong, mistreating people, and disregarding people's lives. In addition, sometimes it is not necessarily a bad thing to startle the snake......

Not long after Forsythia fell into the water, the clever mother-in-law ran to Qifengyuan to ventilate the news, Jin Rou was shocked when she heard about it, how could her daughter, who has always been gentle and virtuous, do something like throwing people into the pond?! It wasn't until Fang Yage appeared in front of Jin Rou with forsythia that she believed this qiē.

"Mother." As soon as Fang Yage entered the inner room, he threw himself into Jin Rou's arms like a milk swallow, "Mother, but have you finished breakfast?" My daughter has been lying in bed for two days and her bones are sore, and I feel much better today, and I want to accompany my mother to eat early in the morning, but I want to solve the forsythia thing first, but I missed the time and didn't catch up with breakfast. Fang Yage looked aggrieved.

Hearing that her daughter was still hungry, Jin Rou was still in the mood to think about anything else, and hurriedly ordered someone to prepare breakfast in the kitchen. The maids went to the big kitchen to order the rice, and the table in Jin Rou's inner room was full of exquisite breakfasts. Fang Yage picked out his favorite dishes, used a cage of shrimp dumplings, accompanied by sauce lotus root slices prepared in the kitchen, and drank a bowl of sweet porridge made with crystal stem rice and golden silk jujubes. Jin Rou saw that Fang Yage's appetite was much better today than the previous two days, and she was very comforted in her heart, and her smile kept on her face.

After breakfast, the maid handed over teacups, spittoons, handkerchiefs, basins, fragrant pancreas and other things, and Zhuang Jie served Fang Yage to rinse her mouth and clean her hands, and everything was carried out in an orderly manner. But for the forsythia kneeling on the ground, every moment is torment.

Fang Yage used half a cup of tea before sitting down next to Jin Rou and said: "I have already brought it to my mother, and I ask my mother to interrogate this girl well, if someone really deliberately wants to harm her daughter's life, it will almost ...... It's creepy to think about. ”

After listening to Fang Yage's words, thinking of her daughter throwing forsythia into the pond, Jin Rou was secretly frightened, her daughter had always been simple and casual, when did she observe things so meticulously? Is it really that after this difficulty, I think more than usual? Or in the past, my daughter just pretended not to understand anything, and couldn't see through anything, in order to make herself feel at ease. Looking at Fang Yage's dependent expression, Jin Rou suddenly had the feeling that my family had a girl who had just grown up, and it was better for a daughter to think hard than to be simple and innocent.

"My song is right, today I am also going to let people judge this girl well, so that the master can experience such a disaster, whether it is intentional or unintentional, it is categorically impossible to stay in the house. However, if she was really instructed by someone, she is willing to repent now and testify against the people behind the scenes, but she can save her life. Jin Rou's cold gaze swept over Forsythia.

Hearing Jin Rou's words, Forsythia hurriedly responded and said, "The slave and maid are coerced, eldest princess, the slave and maid don't want to harm the county lord, someone threatens the slave and maid!" ”

"Threats? Who threatened you?!。 Jin Rou hurriedly asked.

Forsythia slowed down, stared at Jin Rou and said: "The slave and maid father is a good gambler, if it weren't for the four walls of the family who lost, he would not have sold the slave and maid into the mansion as a maid since he was a child, but fortunately he became the personal maid of the county lord after coming to the eldest princess's mansion, the county lord is charitable, and the slave and maid not only did not suffer, but also lived a life of fine clothes and jade food." But the slave and maid's father did not change his bad habits, and all the slave and maid's monthly money and silver were used to pay off the debt. A few days ago, someone handed a letter to the slave maid, saying that the money that their father owed them had been tied up by them, and asked the slave and maid to ransom the man with the money...... The slave maid had no choice, so she took the jewelry rewarded by the county lord on weekdays and went out on leave, how could she think of it......"

Forsythia clenched her fists, made up her mind, and paused for a while before continuing: "Who would have thought that they would have other plans, taking Daddy's life to blackmail slaves and maids to do things for them, if not, they are ready to collect Daddy's corpse." As he spoke, he began to cry, and while crying, he said: "If they want the life of the slave and maid, the slave and the maid give it to them, but they actually want the life of the county master, and if the slave and the maid do not do the same, it is unfilial to kill the father, but if the slave and the maid do what they are told and harm the county master, they are disloyal, and the slave and the maid have no choice." Fortunately, God has eyes, and the county lord is safe and sound, but I don't know if the slave's father is still alive......" said and cried even more sadly. This is why Forsythia still wants to live, she wants to see if her father is still alive, if she finds someone who can be entrusted to take care of her father, she will be at ease even if she is dead.

After a moment of silence, Fang Yage asked, "Forsythia, you can see the appearance of those people" Although he asked, Fang Yage thought that these people were doing unspeakable things, and most of them would not show their true faces.

"No, those people are masked." Forsythia answered honestly.

"And who told you to come on board with me?"

"I still haven't seen anyone, it's the same letter, which says, 'Follow the boat today, wait for the opportunity to do it'!" Forsythia bowed her head in shame.

"When did you find the letter?" Fang Yage asked again.

"At lunch that day, Sister Bai Zhi and I went to the main room to serve the county lord for dinner, and when I came back, I saw a white envelope, the same way they asked me to bring the ransom to ransom my father the first time, and the envelope was placed on the small coffee table." Because Fang Yage has few girls, Yahe Garden is a big place, Forsythia lives in a back cover room, and he has a separate room, and few people go in on weekdays.

In other words, this person is very familiar with the situation of Forsythia, or the situation in the house, and how did those letters appear in his courtyard in a grand manner? In this way, wouldn't those people be there for them all the time!! The more Fang Yage thought about it, the more frightened he became.

"Mother, their people must still be in the house, our house is full of guards, and there are father's personal guards patrolling back and forth, outsiders will definitely not be able to enter, it must be the news that the people in the house handed to Forsythia, this person must still be by our side."

Fang Yage's words, how could Jin Rou not understand that the feeling of being in the palace back then, always surviving under the watchful eye of others, has returned. Jin Rou shouted angrily: "Someone!" ”

Hearing the summons, Xiwu and Biqin hurriedly entered the inner room, Jin Rou pointed to Forsythia and ordered: "Xiwu, you take Forsythia to the hall, you write down all the words she just said, let her sign and draw it, and show it to me after it is written." ”

"Yes" Xiwu bowed and led the forsythia quietly, and after a while, a low voice came from the voice.

"Biqin, you go and call Mother Wu in the inner courtyard, say that I have something to look for her, and let her wait outside with a few stout mothers-in-law."

"Yes" Biqin was secretly frightened when she heard this, and thought while walking out, this Mother Wu is the steward of the inner courtyard, and she was given by the queen when the eldest princess got married, and she said that she was the queen's companion, and she was shrewd and her means were even better, and the eldest princess's mansion had been well organized for more than ten years. At this time, I asked Wu's mother to bring her mother-in-law over, this is something big about to happen.

Seeing Jin Rou's brows compacted and her hands clenched into fists, Fang Yage knew that her mother was really angry, and she was busy comforting and persuading, and the mother and daughter were talking intimate words, and there was the sound of footsteps outside.

I saw a mother-in-law in her forties who came back with Biqin, the mother-in-law wore a royal blue jacket without any patterns, she wore it neatly, her hair was pulled into a hairpin, and she was fixed with a silver hairpin, and there was no ornament on her head in addition to this, and the mother-in-law was dressed so plainly, but no one dared to despise half a point, this is a powerful character.

"The old slave has seen the eldest princess and the county lord." Mother Wu curts, although she is the queen's companion, she does not act in a proper way on weekdays.

"Excuse me, Biqin, sit down." As soon as Jin Rou gave the order, Biqin moved the brocade with the pattern of colorful phoenix and peony in the room, and Mother Wu bowed and half sat down.

"Mother Wu, you have helped me take care of the eldest princess's mansion all these years, and you have worked hard for you." Jin Rou picked up the pastel hundred flowers tea cup on the kang table, and gently played with it, and the crisp sound of tinkling shook people's hearts and danced with the bang.

"The old slave doesn't dare!" Mother Wu sat down and heard this, so she had to get up and salute again.

"Hehe, you deserve it. I haven't asked about the affairs of the house all these years, thanks to your hard work, you are indeed doing your best. It's just that the tiger also has a nap, which inevitably makes people with a heart take advantage of the loophole. Jin Rou was still fiddling with the lid of the cup unhurriedly, not meaning to drink it at all, her eyes were firmly fixed on the turquoise tea, and the cold light flashed.