Xu Shuhuai never thought that Xu Qingqing would take the initiative to send it to the door.

When this woman entered the palace, she brought neither a maid nor a guard, but only a weak little maid......

If he didn't want Lin Hongyi to see the clues, Xu Shuhuai really wanted to ask this master and servant to stay in the Qingyin Hall forever, and never go back to Prince Hong's mansion.

Unfortunately, he can't.

After all, it is in the palace, and it is inconvenient to act, so this matter can only be discussed in the long run......

Xu Qingqing didn't seem to notice the gloom in his eyes at all, and softly ordered Zilu to go to the courtyard to pick plum blossoms.

Watching Zilu walk away with a bamboo basket, Xu Shuhuai sniffed the tempting tea fragrance of the cloud tea on the table, and asked with a smile: "I don't know why the princess opened the maid?" ”

The plum blossom can neither make wine nor make tea, so what can be picked?

This excuse for diverting subordinates is really clumsy......

"I'm going to ask Gongzi for Gu worms." Xu Qingqing was concise and to the point.

Xu Shuhuai's hand trembled slightly.

This action was extremely subtle, Xu Qingqing looked at it silently and did not make a sound.

"What does the princess mean by this, is it possible that she wants to frame me for witchcraft in the palace?" Xu Shuhuai asked.

Xu Qingqing looked at him and looked like he had been wronged, and really felt that this person was a good material for lying: "I've done everything, so why don't you admit it?" I heard that when Xu Gongzi first entered the palace, the three palaces and six courtyards were not full of concubines, except for the Zechang Hall and Tai'an Palace, where the queen mother and the queen mother lived, the rest of the palaces were empty, but I don't know why I wanted to pick the most cold and damp place, couldn't other palaces look down on? ”

"In the next eunuch, it is very blessed to be able to live in the palace to recuperate. The reason why this Qingyin Hall was specially chosen to live is because it is a remote place, and it is not easy to disturb the emperor and the concubines of the palace. Xu Shuhuai replied.

"I walked all the way from the queen's bedroom, and I saw that although the palaces and halls were very clean, there were always some small cobwebs in the corners and corners that could not be cleaned on weekdays, but there were no Qingyin Palaces. Not only are there no cobwebs, but even ants are extremely difficult to see. Xu Qingqing continued.

"The princess is too worried, but it's just because she has a habit of cleanliness." Xu Shuhuai retorted quietly.

"And what is this?" Xu Qingqing took out a small box from his sleeve and threw it on the table.

Inside the box, there was a broad bean-sized worm, bright red, motionless with its belly facing the sky and its back to the ground, apparently dead for a long time.

Xu Shuhuai's eyes were sharp for a moment: "It seems that the princess is planning to frame me with this thing?" ”

"If you're worried I'm going to go around sueling, you don't have to. I came to you just to ask for a Gu worm, and I can keep silent on His Royal Highness Prince Hong's side, but if Xu Gongzi continues to pretend to be confused and refuses to help me with this, I will have to go to Master Hanlin to come over for an appraisal. Presumably, there is no shortage of people in the Hanlin Courtyard who are full of wealth, whether the location of this Qingyin Hall is extremely cold and catastrophic, and whether there are traces of Gu insects in the hall, they can know at a glance. Xu Qingqing said.

It's not that she didn't think about telling Lin Hongyi about it, but that iceberg has a lot of friendship with Xu Shuhuai, and even if she says it, she must not believe herself.

She didn't know that Lin Hongyi had already noticed that Xu Shuhuai had set a Gu on her, so she specially asked Zilu to smoke a calming incense that blindly dissolved the Gu, which caused the Gu worm to fall out of her body and die early......

Xu Shuhuai was silent for a moment, probably because he didn't expect Lin Hongyi to tell this woman about it, and his eyes changed unconsciously: "What do you want Gu worms to do?" ”

"Naturally, it's because I have people I want to deal with, and using Gu worms is the cleanest and neatest way." Xu Qingqing replied.

Xu Shuhuai subconsciously thought that she was trying to deal with the Yuan family, yesterday he asked the little eunuch to replace the iron cage containing the parrot with a golden wire cage, and borrowed the hand of the Yuan family to humiliate Xu Qingqing in front of everyone......

If you can kill with a sword, why should you kill yourself?

It's really interesting to be able to make these two women fight back and forth quietly.

He was happy in his heart, but he felt that Xu Qingqing was stupid: "The princess is so honest, it's not easy to deceive again, but I don't know what kind of Gu the princess wants when she comes this time?" ”

"The more painful it is, the better, the onset should be fast, and it will be easy to be detected if it takes too long." Xu Qingqing said.

"Three days later, how's it going?" Xu Shuhuai asked.

Xu Qingqing shook her head: "Three days is too long." ”

"Those two days?"

"It's still too long."

"How about a day?" Xu Shuhuai couldn't guess her thoughts.

Xu Qingqing finally nodded: "Very good." ”

"But in such a short period of time, it is very easy to arouse suspicion, isn't the princess worried about being seen as a cat?" Xu Shuhuai reminded.

Whether this woman is dead or alive has nothing to do with him, he is worried that the matter will be revealed and he will be implicated.

Xu Qingqing shook his head lightly: "Xu Gongzi is mistaken, I don't want to kill people with Gu, I just want to make that person miserable, and it is best to leave the root of the disease." ”

It's easy to die, it's hard to live, and it's even harder to live with pain......

The pain that Yulu had experienced, she wanted that person to repay it a hundred times!

Xu Shuhuai looked at her cold eyes, and the corners of his lips unconsciously pulled out a smile.

Interesting, interesting......

He underestimated this woman before, thinking that she was a weak female streamer who supported the wind and willows, but he was also a little ruthless.

"There is a kind of Gu worm called 'Worm', which can burrow into people's facial features, making people blind, deaf or mute overnight, what does the princess think?"

Xu Qingqing's fingers were a little cold, she calmed down, nodded and said, "That's very good." ”

After a while, the eunuch named Yao Shun took the Gu worm over.

The small one, curled up in the jade bottle, Xu Qingqing glanced at it and plugged the cork.

She didn't like these snakes, insects, rats, and ants.

Seeing Xu Shuhuai staring at herself thoughtfully, she asked lightly, "Can Gongzi Xu let this Yao Shun send me out of the palace?" ”

"The princess ordered this, how dare she disobey?" Xu Shuhuai glanced at Yao Shun, "Be sure to send Prince and Princess Hong to the palace gate safely, do you hear?" ”

"The minion takes orders." Yao Shun bowed.

"No, let this eunuch send me back to Prince Hong's mansion." Xu Qingqing shook her head.

Xu Shuhuai was noncommittal, and narrowed his eyes: "The princess seems to be a little too vigilant. ”

"To promise or not to agree?" Xu Qingqing asked.

If he sued the wicked person first, and framed himself for carrying Gu worms into the palace, the guards searched and the stolen goods were obtained, and he couldn't tell it even if he was covered with mouths.

With Yao Shun by his side, it is different, once something happens, it is not so easy for Qingyin Hall to get rid of the involvement.

It's not that she is too vigilant, but that Xu Shuhuai is too thoughtful......

"The princess asks for this, how can she not agree?" Xu Shu didn't smile and didn't refuse.

After Zilu picked the plum blossoms, Xu Qingqing took her and Yao Shun out of the Qingyin Hall and walked out of the palace.

Yao Shun sent Xu Qingqing all the way to the mansion, and when he returned to the Qingyin Palace, Xu Shuhuai was playing the piano in the palace.

"You said earlier that this woman is no threat and can be handled casually?" Xu Shuhuai didn't raise his head and asked Yao Shundao.

The sound of the piano was like flowing water, but it was a little sharper, and it didn't sound very pleasant.

Yao Shun's body trembled involuntarily: "The son is angry, it's the slave's clumsy ......"

"Anger?" Xu Shuhuai seemed to have heard some joke, hooked his lips and sneered, "For no reason, why should I be angry?" She's funnier than I thought, and I can't even ...... happy."

Yao Shun was stunned, and nodded again and again, but his back was cold.

A woman who is targeted by her son will never end well......

After returning home, Xu Qingqing looked at the little Gu worm with her cheeks and thoughtful.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that she was able to speak again because she was frightened by the Gu worm, I really don't know if this Xu Shuhuai wants to help her or hurt her......

The door rang softly, Zilu pushed the door in with tea, her eyes fell on the jade bottle, and she hesitated: "Niangniang, this seems to be ...... It's a thing in the palace. ”

The objects in the palace cannot be brought out at will.

Xu Qingqing nodded: "It is indeed a thing in the palace, and I just asked for it from Xu Shuhuai." ”

Zilu felt that something was wrong - Xu Shuhuai didn't look like a good person no matter how she looked at it, why did the mother get involved with him?

"Why don't you ask what's in this bottle?" Xu Qingqing turned her eyes to look at her.

"Yes...... What is it? Zilu asked suspiciously.

"Gu worms." Xu Qingqing spit out two words.

Zilu was stunned when she heard this.

Thinking of the books that Xu Qingqing asked her to turn out before, she became more and more faintly frightened: "Niangniang, what do you want to ...... Dealing with Mrs. Yuan? ”

She knew that there had been a festival between Niangniang and the Yuan family, but she didn't expect that Niangniang would be so bold that she planned to make a Gu against the Yuan family.

How can the Yuan family say that she is also the lady of the main room of the Zhengsanpin Imperial History, if this is discovered, it will lose her head!

However, Xu Qingqing's next words surprised her even more.

"Who said I was going to attack Yuan?"

It's not Yuan, who is that?

Zilu couldn't hear it, so she thought about it for a while, and said in surprise: "Niangniang, you shouldn't ......?"

"What I'm going to deal with is Wen Yao." Xu Qingqing put the jade bottle in her sleeve and looked at Zilu seriously, "I can't do this alone, I need your help." ”

Azusa hesitated.

Wen Yao is also the eldest girl in this mansion, in case His Royal Highness blames her, the princess may be safe and sound, but her life is difficult to protect......

Xu Qingqing saw Zilu's hesitation: "If you can't do things for me, go back to your real master." ”

Zilu was stunned when she heard this: "Niangniang, what do you mean by this?" How can a slave or a slave have any real master? ”

"You can hide it from others, but you can't hide it from me. On your wedding day, I gave you a jasper bracelet that you seemed to like very much, but in fact you never wore it. The jade bracelet was worth five taels of silver, and I thought at first that you would treat it as a treasure and be reluctant to wear it easily, but just a few days ago, I saw it on the wrist of Qin Yue, who was on duty at night, which shows that you don't care about a few taels of silver at all. ”

Ordinary maids, it will definitely not be like this, after all, five taels of silver is the usual money for most of the next half a year, it can be seen that Zilu's identity is not as simple as it seems.

As early as the day when this maid took advantage of her drunkenness to assume her identity, Xu Qingqing became suspicious, and now it seems that this suspicion is not wrong......

Zilu's eyes flickered, and she bit her lip and didn't answer.

It's not that she doesn't want to defend, but she really doesn't know how to justify, she pays attention everywhere, thinking that she can hide from the world, but she still sees the clues.

She didn't remember where the jade bracelet had gone, she only remembered that she had thrown it in the drawer, thinking that it should have been secretly taken away by Qin Yue, who was on duty at night.

It was such a small mistake, but Xu Qingqing saw it.

Zilu felt that she was really unlucky......

The tea on the table was steaming, Xu Qingqing was not in a hurry to drink tea, but looked at Zilu quietly.

After a cup of tea, she said, "If you don't plan to tell the truth, I can only hand you over to Prince Hong." ”

"Didn't Niangniang think that the slave maid was actually a person sent by His Highness?" Zilu asked.

Xu Qingqing shook her head, she had already seen that this was not the case: "If you are Lin Hongyi's loyal servant, you will tell him immediately after you have doubts about my identity, and you will not keep your mouth shut." ”

"Then what if the slave is Xu Shu's person who is pregnant with Xu Gongzi?" Zilu asked again.

This time, she looked at Xu Qingqing's eyes and asked.

I still remember the first time I saw Xu Qingqing, Xu Qingqing was trembling, as weak as a willow in the wind, and the calm appearance in front of him was like two people.

In just half a month, why has so much changed?

But if you think about it carefully, it seems to be reasonable - a person has experienced too much life and death, and has suffered too many calculations, how can there not be a single change?

If you are weak, you will sit back and wait for death......

Xu Qingqing still shook her head when she heard this: "If you were Xu Shuhuai's eyeliner, I wouldn't have found the Gu worm in the dressing box, and after seeing the Gu worm, I would try my best to hide the past for Xu Shuhuai." ”

How good is it to keep yourself in the dark?

If it doesn't go well one day, you can go to the next Gu, why take the initiative to let things be revealed?

Zilu really had nothing to say.

Yes, she is neither Lin Hongyi's person nor Xu Shuhuai's person, Xu Qingqing did not guess wrong at all.

"If you don't say it, I also know that your master doesn't want to harm me, but he hasn't made up his mind to help me, he's hesitating, wanting to see if I have the ability and whether it's worth his friendship." Xu Qingqing continued.

Zilu couldn't hide it, and smiled bitterly: "It seems that Niangniang has already guessed who he is." ”

Xu Qingqing was not sure before-except for Lin Hongyi and Xu Shuhuai, the only one who was most likely to plant eyeliner next to him was Mrs. Yuan, but Zilu's dislike for Mrs. Yuan really didn't look like she was pretending......

She was puzzled, and it wasn't until yesterday when she went to a banquet in Baiyuan Garden that she realized that she had neglected one person - Lin Huai'an.

The martial artist who taught her fists and feet was recommended by Lin Huai'an.

At the banquet yesterday, Lin Huaian took the initiative to speak again, proposing to let General Hong teach her kung fu......

This person seems to have nothing to do with her, but he is unconsciously involved with her everywhere, so that she is a little unpredictable about his intentions.

General Hong said that these princes of the new dynasty are all ambitious, and none of them are good at stubble, including the eighth prince Lin Huai'an.

If Lin Huai'an helped him three times and twice, it was not selfish, Xu Qingqing would definitely not believe it.

In this world, there is never a white pie.

"Tell me, when did Lin Huaian buy you?" Xu Qingqing asked.

She remembered that when she first saw Lin Huai'an, Zilu and Lin Huai'an's eyes did not intersect, as if they were two strangers.

Words and deeds can be faked, but eyes can't, and this feels like nine times out of ten it can't be wrong.

"More than ten days ago, the eighth prince suddenly found the slave and maid, gave the slave and maid a large sum of silver, and asked the slave and maid to keep an eye on your every move......" Zilu couldn't hide it, so she simply told the truth.

The rewards of the Eighth Prince were all precious and rare, much more valuable than the rewards of Prince Hong's Mansion, so she didn't pay attention to that jasper bracelet at all.

"Did he ask you to collect my calligraphy so that it could be compared with Xu Yuyu's handwriting?" Xu Qingqing asked again.

"Yes," Zilu nodded, "At that time, the slave maid didn't understand the Eighth Prince's intentions, but I just felt that something seemed wrong. Later, after thinking about it carefully, the jade princess was very vicious and killed a lot of loyal people, and you really don't look like a wicked person, so the slave and maid suspected your identity......"

"You're not too stupid." Xu Qingqing said.

At least, it's much better than Lin Hongyi's blindness.

"Niangniang, this time you want to deal with Wen Yao, have you ever thought about what the consequences will be?" Zilu dared to ask.

Xu Qingqing nodded, confident: "Of course I know what the consequences will be, so I plan to ask His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince to help me." ”

Zilu was originally a little frightened, but seeing that her face was calm, the cowardice in her heart unconsciously dissipated a little: "Niangniang, how do you want His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince to help?" ”

Xu Qingqing whispered a few words in her ear, Zilu was stunned for a moment, and soon understood.

She was very curious, but she didn't ask - why did Niangniang hate Wen Yao so much, and she didn't hesitate to take risks in order to eradicate Wen Yao?

To say that Niangniang was jealous in her heart and didn't want Wen Yao to continue to stay by the prince's side, Zilu was the first to disbelieve it. She could see that Niangniang didn't have that kind of affection for His Highness at all......

At this time, Zi Luwu was suspicious, and in that room, Wen Yao's face was medicated every day, and the redness and swelling were almost better.

Zilu is a woman, after all, her strength is not great, and the slap of the fan does not hurt her muscles and bones, leaving neither a scar nor ruining Wen Yao's appearance.

Wen Yao looked at the bronze mirror, wanting to cover a few bruises on her face with fat powder, but she couldn't completely cover up the bruises when she wiped it off, so she picked up the powder box and threw it on the ground.

It's all because of that damn Xu Yuanyu, her face became like this!

As soon as she remembered that His Royal Highness hadn't looked at herself directly in the past few days, Wen Yao was hated and anxious.

No, you have to think of a way to drive that Xu Yuyu out of the house as soon as possible, otherwise if it goes on like this, His Highness will be completely snatched away by that slut......

Just when she was racking her brains to think of an idea, Xu Qingqing took the initiative to ask to leave Prince Hong's mansion.

When she heard the news, Wen Yao was overjoyed: "What you said is true, that woman really wants to go to the southern suburbs to worship Buddha?" ”

"It's true, the princess said that the Buddha gave her a dream, saying that she had sins in her life, and she had to burn incense and worship the Buddha for three months to wash away her sins." The little maid who sent the message nodded.

Except for Wen Yao, everyone in this mansion respectfully called Xu Qingqing a princess, and no one dared to exceed the rules.

"The sin is so deep, you should sincerely repent, otherwise you will definitely go to eighteen layers of hell after death!" Wen Yao made no secret of the contempt in her eyes.

"But I think the princess is very kind-hearted, isn't she very generous to us subordinates?" Some people weakly defended.

"That's her pretense," Wen Yao retorted without thinking, "If it weren't for the fall of the previous dynasty, would she be able to be a princess in the mansion in such a low voice?" Don't forget, she repented of her marriage before, making Her Highness a laughing stock of the whole world! ”

The people felt justified.

Xu Yuanyu has indeed done a lot of hurtful things, and it is not without reason that Wen Yao is so angry.

However, some people guessed her other thoughts: "Sister Wen Yao, you don't like the princess so much, could it be because His Royal Highness snubbed you because he married her, and made you feel wronged?" She's a princess, how can you be angry with her? ”

"What nonsense, who is being snubbed, who is wronged, who is going to be angry?" Wen Yao, who was said to have been hit by something, blushed, and said angrily, "Do your work, all of them are very idle, aren't they?" ”

A group of maids laughed like birds and beasts, Wen Yao snorted and spat on the ground.

Everyone knows that she is His Royal Highness's companion girl, but for so many years, I haven't seen His Highness really let her accompany her to bed......

Especially after Xu Yuanyu's woman passed through the door, His Royal Highness ignored her completely, so how could she not be angry?

Hearing that the woman was going to the southern suburbs to worship the Buddha, Wen Yao was extremely happy, and specially asked someone to buy some expensive beauty creams, planning to take advantage of this time to take advantage of this time to take care of the bruises on her face and become a real bedside maid......

By the day Xu Qingqing returned home, maybe she would already be His Royal Highness's side concubine.

Wen Yao thought happily, looking at her face in the bronze mirror, she felt more and more pleasing to the eye.

It's not that you don't have eyebrows and spring mountains, and it's not that you don't have autumn water, why can't you get the favor of His Highness......

That Xu Yu is not necessarily much more beautiful than herself.

"Sister Wen Yao, the princess asked me to send some pearl jade dew pills, saying that it has a miraculous effect on the bruises on your face." There was a knock at the door outside.

It was Zilu who came, holding a small bottle in her hand.

Wen Yao opened the door, and her tone was unkind: "The princess asked you to send me pearl jade dew pills?" Yo, the sun is really coming out in the west today......"

Zilu uncorked the bottle, poured out one, and ate it in front of Wen Yao: "Niangniang knows that you are wary, but Niangniang is sincerely repentant this time, and she has no bad intentions." If you don't believe me, I can take this pearl pill back. ”

As he spoke, he put the vial in his sleeve.

"Slow," Wen Yao hurriedly stretched out his hand to grab it, "What do you want to do, this is given to me by the princess, even dare to grab my things, I think you want to be punished!" ”

The Pearl Jade Dew Pill is a gift from the Emperor, and Wen Yao certainly knows that it is precious.

When Zilu left, she took the vial in her hand and looked at it, her face was so unhappy.

Didn't she ask someone to slap her before, but now she is still rushing to give gifts?

It's a pity that it's late!

When the bruises on her face dissipate and she is loved by His Highness, she will definitely return all the slaps she received before, so that the woman will cry bitterly and regret her mistakes!

The next day, Xu Qingqing took Zilu to the southern suburbs.

There is a pagoda in the southern suburbs, which was built hundreds of years ago, and has been standing still, and many people go to burn incense and make wishes every year.

Xu Qingqing stayed in the Hidden Spirit Temple next to the pagoda, thinking that he could have a peaceful birthday, but he didn't expect an uninvited guest to come on the second day - Lin Hongyi.

Looking at that cold face, her heart couldn't help but tighten: "I don't know what happened to this Hidden Spirit Temple under His Highness?" ”

It can't be like her, who is here to "repent", right?