Chapter 41: The Fox in a Rabbit's Skin
Hongxuan stretched out her hand to untie the servant girl's acupoint, "In front of the emperor, don't you still confess honestly?" ”
The woman knelt on the ground and trembled, her eyes looked at Xiao Sirui, and she wanted to pray that Xiao Sirui could save her, but Xiao Sirui would not save her, if Xiao Sirui opened her mouth to intercede for her, it would be tantamount to admitting that this matter was related to her, and she would not be so stupid.
"This ...... The county lord ...... "The woman is in a different way."
The emperor sat on the dragon chair, his eyes narrowed slightly and looked at Xiao Sirui who was standing aside, Xiao Sirui felt the emperor's angry gaze, and then hurriedly knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, Sirui, Sirui doesn't know what's going on, maybe Zixi she was used, yes, she must have been used." Immediately, Xiao Sirui turned to look at Zixi on the side, "Zixi, you have to think clearly about what you are talking about, if someone deliberately harms you, then the county lord will definitely help you, if you talk nonsense, it will affect your family members." ”
Hearing this, Gu Yunxin sneered in his heart, this Xiao Sirui is really despicable, she actually threatened her with the handmaid's family, looking at the handmaid's appearance, it seems that she is very worried about her family, I am afraid that today's incident will end with Xiao Ziming accepting Gu Peiqing as a side concubine.
Well, what about herself? Do you want to continue to fulfill the marriage contract with Xiao Ziming? Today's matter, she has already offended Xiao Ziming, but I am afraid that she will be thrown aside not long after she gets married.
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard King Rui slowly speak: "Is Lord Lauder threatening that servant?" ”
"I didn't, don't slander me, Your Royal Highness." Xiao Sirui glanced at King Rui and said.
Why didn't this cripple stay in his own mansion well, and he came to participate in some kind of flower viewing banquet, and blocked people out of thin air, if it weren't for his identity, she would have let this cripple be dragged out and beaten to death.
"Not a word, but what you said to the maidservant just now is a threat to the ears of this king." Then, King Rui looked at the maidservant, "Your name is Zixi, right?" ”
"Yes, Your Highness." Zixi said respectfully.
"You don't have to be afraid, although you tell the truth, as for your family's ......, it is not that you bear all the charges, they will be safe, you must know that in the mansion gate, many secrets cannot be kept, and the only ones who can keep the secrets are the dead."
The only thing that keeps the secret of this sentence is the dead man, but it really frightened Zixi, this Rui Wang also said that Xiao Sirui was threatening her, why didn't Rui Wang also threaten her?
It's just that their whole family is a slave of the Xiao family who signed a death contract, or kill or sell, it all depends on the mood of the master, her parents are now working in the kitchen, and she and her sister are serving Ning Guohou's wife Pan and Xiao Sirui respectively, she watched the slave maid in the house do something wrong, and was sold to a brothel after being beaten half dead by the Pan family, she doesn't want to have such an end for herself and her sister.
Thinking of this, Zixi bit her lip, kowtowed heavily and said: "Your Majesty, everything is done by slaves and maids, and slaves and maids just can't look down on Miss Gu's high spirits, and always ignore my son-in-law and miss, so I thought about her, but I didn't expect it...... The slave and maid can only apologize with death. "After that, Zixi wanted to hit the pillar and die.
But before she could stand up, Hongxuan reached out and tapped her acupoint, "Miss Zixi, do you think that you can solve this matter as soon as you die?" Do you know that you hit a pillar and died in front of the emperor, but it is a great crime of disrespect, that is to exterminate the nine clans, not to mention your family members who work in the Ningguo Marquis Mansion, even the Xiao family will be implicated. ”
Hearing Hongxuan say this, Zixi became even more desperate, this death can't solve the problem, what else can be done? She's just a slave, and she's going to embarrass her for everything.
"Presumptuous, bold and cheap, the Chongzheng Palace also has your part in speaking? Someone came, dragged her out and killed her with a rod. Empress Xiao said angrily.
She had to admit that what Hong Xuan said just now was not bad, if the emperor pursued him, their Xiao family was afraid that they would also have trouble, and they all blamed this cheap maid for not doing things properly and being discovered.
"Slow down, Queen Mother, Hongxuan is Yunxin's personal maidservant, if she does something wrong, she thinks that my master has not disciplined her well. However, now it is not that Hongxuan is at fault, but that someone wants to murder Gu Yunxin, Hongxuan protects her heart, not only should she not be punished, but she should be rewarded. ”
"Hmph, a mere cheap maid, and you still want a reward, Yun Xin, if you lack people around to serve, this palace will send you a few more people, why bother to be an enemy of this palace for the sake of a cheap maid?" Empress Xiao said coldly.
This Gu Yunxin really doesn't know how to lift, Ning Guohou Mansion is willing to marry her, that is her great creation, and she is still picky, unwilling to marry Ziming, if it weren't for the dependence behind her, she would not be the mother of a country in such a low voice.
"The queen mother's words, Yun Xin didn't understand. The emperor has always governed the world with benevolence and virtue, in exchange for today's peaceful and prosperous world, if there are no these slaves and maids, how can they be the master's brocade clothes and jade food? Even the rose dew water used by the mother to wash her face every day was collected by those maids who went to the lake before dawn. Gu Yunxin said with an innocent look.
"You...... Mrs. Gu, the good daughter you taught, she dared to talk back to the palace, is there still an emperor and a palace in her eyes? ”
Empress Xiao is really about to be angry to death, she really can't wait to strangle Gu Yunxin immediately, now, she mentioned Gu Yunxin's disrespect for the queen, according to etiquette, even if you don't hit the board, you have to slap your mouth.
"Queen Mother, if it were in normal times, Gu Yunxin would definitely not dare to talk back to you, but now that this matter is clear, someone is trying to murder me, and I want to find a servant girl to top the bag. Yun Xin dodged this time, so what about next time? Will Yunxin live in panic in the future? Gu Yunxin looked aggrieved, I really felt pity for everyone who saw it.
The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, originally thinking that King Rui was different to Gu Yunxin just because she had a reputation as the first talented woman in the Great Zhou, but now it seems that this is clearly a little fox wearing a white rabbit skin, no, it's not a fox, it's just a little leopard, with sharp teeth and claws.
No wonder this Rui King fell in love with Gu Yunxin at first sight, it turned out that this was a gathering of likes. However, this is said again, this is fine, if Gu Yunxin can really marry King Rui, he can also have a heart, with such a powerful daughter-in-law, his son will not be disadvantaged, even if he suffers, but he is just angry with his daughter-in-law.
"Which one wants you to live in a panic? As long as you marry Ziming with peace of mind, Ziming will naturally protect you, what else do you have to worry about. Empress Xiao scolded.
It's not a big deal in the first place, Xiao Ziming is the son of the Marquis of Ningguo's Mansion, everything in the Marquis of Ningguo's Mansion will be his, he still needs to continue the glory of the Xiao family, if he can't even protect a woman, then what future does he have?
Empress Xiao finally turned the topic back to the marriage between Xiao Ziming and Gu Yunxin, as long as the emperor did not say that the marriage would be canceled, she Gu Yunxin was born as Xiao Ziming's person, and died as Xiao Ziming's ghost.
"No, now it's the county lord who is in danger to murder Yun Xin, and the queen mother wants to kill Yun Xin's maid with a cane, where does Yun Xin dare to marry, don't marry, don't marry, Yun Xin would rather cut her hair and be a sister-in-law than die than enter the door of Ning Guohou's mansion. Now it is framed like this, if it is married, then there will not be even bones left. ”
The more Gu Yunxin said it, the more mysterious it became, as if this Ningguo Marquis Mansion was the Longtan Tiger's Den, it was really the Longtan Tiger's Den, otherwise, why would she Gu Yunxin be so miserable in her last life?
Many officials' wives listened to Gu Yunxin's words, and they all nodded secretly, even if the Marquis of Ningguo's mansion was prosperous and rich, it was not as important as their daughter's happiness.
"You...... You...... What are you thinking of the Marquis Mansion of Ningguo? Is it a wolf's den? You don't want to get married yet? We don't want to marry Ningguo Mansion yet. Empress Xiao roared angrily.
If it weren't for the maintenance of her queen's demeanor, she would have taught this damn girl a good lesson. But as soon as the words came out, Xiao Ziming hurriedly said: "The queen mother is angry, Ziming really likes Miss Gu, if you can't marry her, Ziming doesn't want to get married." ”
What the? This Xiao Ziming would not marry for the sake of Gu Yunxin? Although this Gu Yunxin has a good appearance and is famous as a talented woman, what kind of place is this Ningguo Marquis Mansion, how can he really give up the idea of marrying for a woman.
Xiao Ziming naturally wanted to move everyone, especially Gu Yunxin. As long as Gu Yunxin no longer mentions the cancellation of the marriage contract, the Xiao family will be even more brilliant.
At this moment, Xiao Sirui seemed to be stunned, and walked to the center of the main hall, "Your Majesty, the queen's mother, all this is done by Sirui, all of this is to blame for Gu Yunxin's too high spirit, my brother asked her to travel several times, but she found an excuse to refuse, making my brother really faceless, if it is her who loses her body today, look at how arrogant she is, anyway, she is going to marry into our Ningguo Marquis Mansion, and sooner or later it will be my brother's person." ”
Xiao Sirui's sudden opening directly stunned everyone present, I really didn't expect that this Lauder County Lord would be so vicious.
Although the folk customs of the Great Zhou Dynasty are relatively open, but the lady of the Gu family abides by the etiquette and does not travel alone with Xiao Ziming before getting married, there is nothing wrong with it, but because of such a thing, she will attack others, thinking about ruining the other party's innocence to make the other party bow her head, it is really hateful.
"Father, now that the truth has been revealed, since Xiao Sirui has admitted it herself, the marriage between Xiao Ziming and the eldest lady of the Gu family should be canceled, as Miss Gu said, now that he has been framed like this, wouldn't it be more difficult to marry in the future? The ancestor of the Gu family has a credit to Da Zhou, and his father can't bear to watch the lifelong happiness of a good daughter be buried like this. King Rui said lightly.
"Well, since Miss Gu and Xiao Ziming have no feelings, if I also tie the two of them together, wouldn't it just add a pair of resentful couples? If this marriage is canceled, it will not be good for the Xiao family, it is better to do this, anyway, the third lady of the Gu family and Xiao Ziming are in love, it is better to fulfill this pair of lovers, and let Gu Peiqing choose an auspicious day to marry Xiao Ziming, the prince of the Marquis of Ningguo, as a side concubine. The emperor said lightly.