Su Mengtang didn't know whether the concubine suddenly changed her face, whether she was tentative or serious, but the judgment in her heart preceded her mind, and a sense of foreboding arose. Zhang Zhong'er didn't leave Su Mengtang more time to understand, and said directly: "Let's make an exchange." ”

"The concubine is ...... What to exchange with me? Su Mengtang was puzzled. I'll help you save the Bihu girl I just said, and you go back to your Jiangnan Villa. Zhang Zhong'er looked at Su Mengtang and said. I was planning to go back to the villa in the next few days. Su Mengtang hurriedly explained, this exchange seems to be very easy to achieve. Go back to Jiangnan Villa and never see Hua'er again, can you do it? Zhang Zhong'er added.

"No more...... Meet? Su Mengtang repeated in disbelief, and suddenly understood that Zhang Guifei was not joking, "Even if I go back to Jiangnan Villa, Yunhua will go to see me, Niangniang is in the deep palace, how can I ensure that this exchange will not go wrong?" "I will naturally send someone to keep an eye on it, as long as you disobey, I can't guarantee that Miss Bihu will not be punished in the palace." Zhang Zhong'er smiled lightly.

Su Mengtang only then understood: it turned out that since he proposed to rescue Bihu into the palace just now, the concubine Niangniang had already calculated many moves. "Niangniang, if I am separated from Brother Yunhua at this moment, how can he not be puzzled, if I suspect the noble concubine Niangniang, for you, will it be worth the loss?" Su Mengtang was like a person who was pushed onto the chess table and hurriedly took a step to the chess piece.

"Miss Su is a smart person, you must have a way to make Hua'er suspect that it is me. After all, I have made it clear just now, I want you to enter the door of my Zhang family, I never lie to Hua'er, and he must be convinced of what I say. Zhang Guifei ate Su Mengtang's chess pieces, and said to the general: "It's Miss Su, your fish should be in the pot, when Hua'er comes back, she will ask when she sees that you haven't even made fish, how will you answer when the time comes?" ”

Su Mengtang thought that it was difficult to win against Zhang Zhong'er in chess, so she turned her back, endured the discomfort, and took the fish that had just been marinated in ginger juice in despair. When the fish got into his hand, Fang Jue felt a burst of pain from his fingertips, and the finger that had just been cut was only felt painful at this moment. She looked down at her hand, and said with a wry smile: "Niangniang, I heard Brother Yunhua talk about you before, and I know that the concubine Niangniang's heart is excellent, why do you want to do this, aren't you afraid of hurting Yunhua's heart?" ”

Zhang Guifei sneered, scooped a scoop of water from the tank, motioned to Su Mengtang to rinse his fingers, and said coldly: "Excellent heart? Miss Su is used to staying in the rivers and lakes, but she knows that in this deep palace, the excellent heart is also a kind of evil disease, the kind that can kill people. Her eyes were confused for a moment, as if she was remembering something, and then she said:

"Since the nine deaths and lifetimes, I have understood a truth, the purpose of living in this world determines what kind of path all living beings take, and this road must go on to achieve the goal. The rest, whether it is kindness or gentleness, is useless, or in other words, can be used as a means. ”

She shook her head and pulled herself back from her far-reaching memories: "It's a bit far-fetched, today I only want to say one truth to Miss Su - if I feel sorry for the girl, then who will feel sorry for the Zhang family all these years to prepare Yunhua for Yunhua to be in a high position one day?" We've let him wander around for too long, it's time for him to go home, Miss Su. Of course, you have been with Hua'er for many years, and the palace will naturally not treat you badly, and if you want any reward, you can send someone to tell the Zhang family at any time, and let them pass on the message to me. She patted Su Mengtang on the shoulder.

Su Mengtang drooped his eyelashes and said nothing, only rinsed the fish, put it on the plate, and put the green onion and ginger shreds on the fish, poured some oil, and put it on the steamer. The heat in the stove fumigated upward, and occasionally the crackling sound of firewood exploded in the dull air, Su Mengtang looked at the firewood in the stove blankly, and suddenly said: "I'll talk to Brother Yunhua later, Bihu...... I'll find a way to save it myself, and I don't bother with it. ”

The concubine seemed to be a little angry, she toasted and didn't eat, sneered for a moment, and smiled disapprovingly: "Miss Su's method, I'm afraid it's not as fast as my carriage and horse tonight, if you shouldn't, when I pass by the prime minister's mansion, I will persuade the prime minister to say a few words of 'cutting the grass and eradicating the roots', how about it?" "Why are you ——? like that?" Su Mengtang almost blurted out the word "vicious".

"Even if I delay Brother Yunhua's progress, why is Bihu innocent?" "With all due respect, Miss Su, although the prime minister is domineering, he is also suspicious, and he will not personally go into trouble to arrest a small female envoy after being instigated, even if he really suspects that Jiangnan Villa has something to do with him, it must be you, the owner of the village, Bihu was arrested, something must have happened directly in the hands of Prime Minister Shi Cheng, she is by no means innocent. Hua'er just put the responsibility on the Zhang family, but she was worried that I would not help, Miss Su, I judged correctly, right? ”

is such a smart Zhang Zhong'er, Su Mengtang secretly exclaimed in his heart. Seeing that Su Mengtang was silent, Zhang Zhong'er knew that he must have said it, and Fang said: "Since this is the case, the prime minister will never let her go easily, in other words, if I go late later, she may be worried about her life, not to mention that I will say a few words that are not conducive to her." How much time does Miss Su have to deploy troops overnight? If today's time and place are favorable, only I can save her, if you don't follow, I will leave for the palace immediately. At that time, even if you tell Hua'er all this, Bihu will die because of your delay, and you will feel guilty for the rest of your life, right? Zhang Zhonger's "chess skills" have reached the state of "killing people and punishing the heart".

Su Mengtang looked at the sea bass that was gradually wrapped in steam from the gap in the bamboo steamer, and only felt that she was as slaughtered as it was, and tears were almost falling, but she held back. After a long time, a sigh suddenly came, echoing in the kitchen for a long time, Su Mengtang thought it was Zhang Zhong'er's voice, but when she turned around, she found that Zhang Zhong'er had left at some point, and she was left alone in the kitchen. It was surprisingly quiet for a while, only the bamboo shadow outside shook violently, as if it was shaken by the strong wind.

It wasn't until the sigh came again that Su Mengtang was shocked to realize that the heavy sigh was actually made by herself, she squatted down, handed two firewood to the stove, and hugged herself by the way: "I won't be separated from Brother Yunhua, and I won't give in to anyone." She said this twice, but the tears that had just stopped flowing, she wiped it, buried her head in her lap and cried.

When Zhang Yunhua came back, the fish drenched in hot oil and the aroma of shallots had already been placed on the table, and in front of the table were the smiling Zhang Guifei and the slightly sad Su Mengtang. "Don't worry, I've already told Cheongju that he'll be here in a while. Several forbidden soldiers also went separately to inform Ning Er and Lao Xiang that they were fine. Zhang Yunhua smiled and said to Su Mengtang: "Mengtang doesn't have to worry. ”

He wanted to reach out and pat Su Mengtang's hand on the table, but Su Mengtang was frightened, and subconsciously retracted his hand suddenly. Zhang Yunhua was puzzled, and hurriedly looked at Su Mengtang's eyes, Su Mengtang knew that Fang Cai's movements were too abnormal, so he hurriedly got up and said, "I want to help you hold a pair of chopsticks, Brother Yunhua." ”

Zhang Yunhua said: "How can there be any reason to let the chef do these chores, I will do it myself." As he spoke, he arranged for Su Mengtang to sit down, took chopsticks himself, and distributed them to Zhang Guifei and Su Mengtang. When Su Mengtang went to pick up the chopsticks, she almost didn't dare to look at Zhang Yunhua, those clear eyes full of friendship could hook her tears out in an instant. Zhang Yunhua noticed that something was wrong with Su Mengtang, and the hand holding the chopsticks did not let go, just waiting for her to raise her head.

Zhang Guifei smiled beside her: "Can't see enough? Don't hurry up and try Tang'er's craftsmanship. Su Mengtang also smiled and turned his gaze to the dish on the plate and said, "If you don't do it well, Brother Yunhua shouldn't dislike it." Seeing Su Mengtang smile, Zhang Yunhua's heart calmed down a little, and said: "Being able to eat it is already my creation, how can I dislike it." He said that he picked up a chopsticks of fish meat and wanted to put it in Zhang Guifei's bowl, but he didn't know whether it was etiquette or not, and he hesitated for a while.

Seeing this, Zhang Guifei pushed the bowl in front of her forward and said, "My family, don't worry." Yunhua respectfully put the fish into Zhang Guifei's bowl and said, "Mengtang and I thank my little aunt for your help." Zhang Zhong'er glanced at Su Mengtang's reaction playfully, and replied: "Family, don't say thank you or thank you, isn't it, Mengtang?" ”

Su Mengtang was secretly thinking about it, and was suddenly named by the concubine, and said in a daze: "What the concubine said is very true. Zhang Yunhua looked at Su Mengtang quietly, and was about to ask a question, but suddenly heard someone outside the hall say: "Niangniang, Yinghao is back, I want to see the young master." The three people in the audience looked at each other, but they didn't know when, Zhang Zhong'er said, "Let him come in." ”

The door was pushed open, and the heroic man of the forbidden army walked in, knelt down on one knee and said, "I have seen the noble concubine Niangniang." Zhang Zhong'er bowed slightly: "What?" The official family urged the palace to go back? Yinghao crossed his hand and saluted: "I don't know this humble position, the humble position has just rushed back from General Xiang's mansion according to the orders of the little young master." Zhang Yunhua heard the words and asked: "You can see Xiang Kang, have you made it clear to him?" Yinghao raised his eyes and glanced at Zhang Yunhua, and replied respectfully: "I have waited for a long time, but I haven't seen it, and I heard that Lord Xiao Xiang was grounded in the mansion by General Xiang." ”