The two sat down leisurely on the terrace, Huo Jingcheng lit the small red clay stove on the low table and boiled tea, and said, "By the way, have you tried the two maids of Ling Chuimeng?" ”

Yao Duran watched him make tea, and slowly shook his head: "I haven't tried it yet." ”

Huo Jingcheng thought for a while and said, "Alas, this matter was rushed by you and was not handled well. Yesterday, if you had to ask me to give an explanation immediately, I handed over a Liu Han, so even if you find out anything from Ling Chuimeng's side now, you can't make it public, otherwise wouldn't it slap me in the face? Secondly, maybe others will say that you want to cause trouble and let Ling Chuimeng take the blame for you, so I specially took away Ling Chuimeng's two maids to instigate them to betray the master, so as to falsely accuse Ling Chuimeng. Therefore, if you really ask what happened, you should not make a noise, you know who the murderer is, and you can find a chance to clean it up. ”

Yao Duran nodded slowly: "What Your Majesty said is reasonable. So what if you can't ask? ”

Huo Jingcheng put the washed tea leaves into the freshly boiled teapot and said: "If you can't ask anything, you can release people, it's not a matter to keep holding it, and you can't punish the maid of the official's wife for no reason, so find another way to check it then." ”

Yao Duran gently shook his palm to fan the fragrance of tea, and sighed faintly: "Alas, it can only be like this." ”

The fragrant tea was quickly cooked, Huo Jingcheng poured the tea, pushed a cup to her, and said softly: "Dye'er, do you blame me?" ”

Yao Duran was stunned: "What do you blame?" ”

Huo Jingcheng said: "The ceremony after the seal." ”

Yao Duran suddenly realized: "Liulang is not allowed to say such things again, you know it clearly, I don't care about this." ”

Huo Jingcheng smiled warmly: "Okay." As soon as she finished speaking, she got up with a smile and moved over, snuggled up to him, and pinched her shoulders and beat her back.

Huo Jingcheng grabbed a strand of long hair and sniffed her hair, and gave her a word with a smile: "Say." ”

Yao Duran smiled, and her expression suddenly became aggrieved: "Then you punish me for no longer being punished for life, what can I do?" I don't have any money to receive in my life? ”

Huo Jingcheng couldn't help laughing, grabbed her restless hand, and pulled the person into his arms and imprisoned: "With me to support you, what do you always want money for?" ”

Yao Duran found a comfortable position in his arms and lay down, and then said confidently: "Of course I have to use the money, to tell you the truth, I have saved a lot, and then I will use this money to save the world and help the people, and open a royal porridge factory in every poor place in my Nanqian, so that the displaced people will no longer suffer from hunger." ”

When Huo Jingcheng heard this, his heartstrings were touched, and he was moved, and his starry eyes showed undisguised appreciation, he rubbed her little face with relief and pity, and his tone was not very gentle: "There is a beautiful woman in the north, one cares about the city, and then cares about the country, rather than knowing, the city and the country, the beauty is hard to get." Dye'er, Rokuro is proud to have you. ”

Yao Duran smiled at him, then grabbed his shoulder and raised her body to kiss him on his thin beautiful lips, and then whispered softly in his ear: "Husband, then you won't give me money." ”

At this moment, his heart was crisp, and he hugged the person in his arms in a panic and said: "Give it, as long as I have it, I am willing to give it to you." ”

She smiled and said, "Thank you, husband." As he spoke, he had peeled an orange in his hand, broke off a petal and sent it to his lips, but he only bit half of it and held it to his lips, and as soon as he lowered his head, he fed the other half to her lips, and she obediently bit it, and the two of them ate half of it, and the sweet fragrance spread on their lips and teeth, and they were in a happy mood.

Huo Jingcheng swallowed the orange and said with a smile: "The color gas is really up, what should I do?" ”

After hearing this, Yao Duran suddenly remembered something, and said seriously: "Liulang, now that the harem concubines are withering, shouldn't Liulang choose the daughters of a few officials to enter the palace?" ”

Huo Jingcheng's expression also became serious: "Ran'er, don't you understand? I won't choose a concubine anymore, and I won't let you live so hard again. In the past, he hugged left and right, infinite romance, just because there was no one in his heart, and now he has you in his heart, and he is willing to be weak for three thousand and only take one scoop. ”

Yao Duran listened to the warmth in her heart, her beautiful eyes stared at him affectionately for a long time, at this moment it was difficult to express her love in a thousand words, she smiled like a flower and called 'husband' and hugged him tightly.

After Huo Jingcheng left, Yao Duran summoned Dong Milk and Qiu Ju and ordered them to water the flowers on the flower stand in front of the window next to each other. During this time, she chatted with them leisurely, with a tactful temptation between the lines.

"By the way, your lady likes to swing just like this palace."

Dong Que said: "Yes, Niangniang, Mrs. Ling has been staying at home since she first recovered from a serious illness, and she is bored in the hospital every day, so we tied a swing for her to relieve her boredom." ”

"Staying at home? Didn't she have to go to the main courtyard every morning to greet Mrs. Du? ”

Qiu Ju said: "Niangniang, Mrs. Du doesn't like Mrs. Ling, so she is exempt from greetings, Mrs. Ling only thinks of herself as annoying, and she doesn't like to go out even more." ”

"And who was there when she fell off the swing? Why didn't you help her well? Alas, this wounded and broken bones for a hundred days, is it not a sin to be stuffed in bed? ”

Qiu Ju said: "At that time, only the slave and the winter mallow were present, and the winter mallow was sweeping the yard, and the slave and the maid pushed the lady to swing, who knew that the lady did not grasp it steadily, and fell down, it was the slave's fault." ”

Yao Duran asked questions like this, but found that the two of them were very strict, and it could be said that the answers were like a drop of water, it seemed that Ling Chuimeng was really prepared. Yao Duran was secretly discouraged, alas, he couldn't tell the maids of the criminal investigation officials, and he couldn't ask anything in private, and it was really in vain to bring them into the palace.

That's it, for today's plan, just see if Biya Qingtang can get close to the water and get the moon first, and find out what clues.

"Okay, let's retire after watering the flowers, you can have more contact with the palace people in the Wanton Palace when you have nothing to do, and then go back after learning the rules for a few days, and then you can serve the master more properly." Yao Duran said a word to herself, then ended the topic and sent them away, lying on the beauty couch by herself, picking up the jade wheel that Huo Jingcheng gave her outside the palace, and pressing her face for a while.

At this time, Fuquan hurriedly came in and reported: "Niangniang, the latest news, Your Majesty has just restored Xu Huanyan's beauty!" ”

Yao Duran was quite surprised and asked, "How can it be so sudden?" ”

Fuquan said: "The slave heard Qin An say that it was Xu Meiren's brother who rushed all the way to Nanxiao City a month ago, and went to the government to donate a lot of money to fund the construction of Nanxiao City. This news reached His Majesty's ears today, His Majesty was pleased, and it happened that Xu Meiren was waiting at the side of the case, and immediately knelt down and said a few beautiful words, and His Majesty said that she served in front of the palace, diligent and obedient, and restored her position as a beauty, and gave her Guiyan Pavilion to live. ”

Yao Duran heard it clearly, and said slowly: "It's good to have a capable mother's family, this Xu Huanyan's father and brother are really smart and capable, seeing Xu Huanyan fall, no, the elder brother gave up the country, and suddenly lifted his sister up." ”

Fuquan said: "Isn't it?" ”

Yao Duran's eyes became faint: "But it's okay, she's out of His Majesty's eyes, won't the opportunity of this palace come?" Hehe. ”

......

The harem was peaceful and peaceful, and several days passed quietly in a blink of an eye, Yao Duran estimated that the time was almost up, so he let Dong Lun and Qiu Ju return to Du Mansion, and naturally, they also exchanged Biya and Qingtang back.

Who knew that Biya and Qingtang were a little gray after they came back, it turned out that the two of them didn't find any suspicious clues from Ling Chuimeng at all, so they returned in vain.

Bi Ya said discouragedly: "Niangniang, after Mrs. Ling poured her mother's house, she was oppressed by Mrs. Du in the house, so her life was very simple, and even in the courtyard where she lived, there were only three people who came with the marriage to serve, one was Cong'an, who did rough work, and then there were Dong Kui and Qiu Ju. We have no one to ask and nowhere to explore. ”

Qingtang echoed: "Yes, Niangniang, Mrs. Nadu treated Mrs. Ling harshly during her lifetime, and she didn't even assign a subordinate to call her, and there was no kitchen in the courtyard but there was not even a cook, and their three meals a day were cooked by hollyhock and autumn chrysanthemum in turn." In the past few days that the slave and Biya have been going, they have raised their heads and bowed their heads from An, no one can see anything and nothing can be found, they have cooked for her, Niangniang, you see, the slave and maid's hands are calloused. ”

Yao Duran was originally disheartened when she heard it, but who knew that Qingtang said and laughed at her again, Yao Duran glared at Qingtang with a smile: "Just your fine skin and tender meat, okay, come back and raise it for a few days, go to my dressing table and use the jasmine oil that moistens your hands." ”

Qingtang thanked him and ran to the dressing table with a smile.

Biya didn't move, hesitated for a while, and suddenly said: "Niangniang, why don't you check that Cong'an again?" The slave maid looked at it, and that Cong'an was very loyal to Mrs. Ling. ”

Yao Duran was reminded by her like this, and suddenly opened a trick! Yes, that day, wasn't Xie Yuanzhi leading from Anjin Palace to falsely accuse her? Later, Xie Yuanzhi kept saying that he was killed by Ling Chuimeng, maybe there was really a ghost in it.

Yao Duran immediately called out to Fuquan and ordered: "Immediately send a few reliable people to change into civilian clothes, go out of the palace to guard the Du Mansion, be sure to quietly arrest Na Cong'an, torture and interrogate outside the palace!" ”

Fuquan thought for a while and said, "Niangniang, if you really ask what happened, then what should you do?" ”

Yao Duran said: "If it is really asked that Ling Chuimeng and him did the poisoning of Xie Yuanzhi, then he doesn't have to live, and next, the palace will also quietly clean up that Ling Chuimeng!" On the contrary, if he still can't ask anything after grinding for a few days, let him go back, and forgive them The master and servant will swallow this dumb loss and dare not make trouble. ”

Fuquan received the order and went out to support the envoys, Yao Duran looked at his back, and a little hope was ignited in his heart.

Early the next morning, when Huo Jingcheng was reviewing the recital in the imperial study, who knew that Shen Linfeng hurriedly came in with a white face.

"Brother-in-law! Oh no! Your sister seems to have run away again!! ”

When Huo Jingcheng heard this, his face changed greatly, and he said in a deep voice: "What do you mean that it seems to have run away?!" Make it clear! ”

Shen Linfeng was so anxious that he beat his chest: "Alas! I should have run away! It's still running over the wall! The guards found a few small footprints on the north wall, which should be her and Chunping's! Alas! I just said, why did she take the initiative to call me to drink last night, it turned out that she was drunk and I ran away this morning! ”