Chapter 35: The Murderer
This poem is a masterpiece in Xia Jinse's previous life, as long as you have read the book, almost everyone knows it.
But this poem was read out of Xia Ruxue's mouth, although it was changed by two words, but it was almost exactly the same, listening to Xia Jinse's ears, shocked, the first reaction was, could it be that Xia Ruxue is also the same as herself, she came through time?
No way?!
Xia Jinse was struck by lightning, staring directly at Xia Ruxue, she never thought that her second sister might suffer the same as her. No, it won't, it must be a coincidence, or something else she doesn't know, otherwise there are so many crossings!
"She actually ......," Lan Beichen suddenly muttered.
Xia Jinse turned his head and also saw Lan Beichen's surprised gaze, although he quickly calmed down, but the expression at that moment fell in her eyes and saw it clearly.
"What did you say, what did she do?" Xia Jinse asked him tentatively.
Lan Beichen's sword frowned slightly, did not answer, and only stared at Xia Ruxue without blinking: "This poem was actually read out of her mouth, it is really a bit of a coincidence......"
The more Xia Jinse listened, the more strange he became, could it be that Lan Beichen had heard this poem before?
After thinking about it, there was no answer, her curiosity was about to explode, what the hell was going on!
At the edge of the Thousand Lotus Pond in front, everyone recognized that Xia Ruxue's poem was the best, and Queen Xiao even jokingly said that this poem is worth passing down through the ages, and there will be many talented women in Beijing.
This poem is really good, even the great poet Du Shaobai has never made such a wonderful poem. Since the queen mother likes it so much, why don't the children write it down in person and let people frame it and hang it in this Fengluan Palace, the queen mother said that it is good? Lan Jingcheng said with a smile.
Empress Xiao readily agreed, and Xia Ruxue bowed down and said: "The courtier's poems are liked by the queen's mother, which is really a blessing for the courtiers." ā
Lan Jingcheng laughed, and immediately ordered the palace people to put pen and ink on the inkstone, and he immediately wrote this poem.
At the end, Xia Ruxue smiled and said, "The eldest prince, there is still a lack of a poem title, it might as well be called "Yonghe", what does the eldest prince think?" ā
"The poem made by Miss Xia Er, and then named by Miss Xia Er, of course it is excellent, please!" Lan Jingcheng smiled, his face full of tenderness.
Xia Ruxue excused herself, then took the pen and wrote the word Yonghe on the paper, and everyone saw that it was a little similar to the handwriting of the eldest prince.
Empress Xiao was surprised: "It turns out that Miss Xia Er's handwriting is also so good, just like the emperor's. He is a master of the Taifu, and he often copies his father's author, but I don't know that Miss Xia Er's words are ......"
"The courtiers have no teacher, yes, yes......"
Xia Ruxue suddenly couldn't go on, glanced at Lan Jingcheng, a blush had already flown up, and Zhao hurriedly said: "That's the case, Ruxue used to get a pair of folding fans that the eldest prince had mentioned, and I thought it was very good, and I often wrote it in my spare time, so the font is somewhat similar." ā
Lan Jingcheng was a little surprised, but he also laughed: "Fortunately, Miss Xia Er carries love, this king's words are not as good as my father's emperor, if the second miss likes it, the king of Japan will go to see his father in a few days, and ask him for a pair of ink treasures, and I will send it to you when it is empty." ā
"Really? Then thank you to the Great Prince. ā
Xia Ruxue was overjoyed, which caused the women to be even more envious and jealous, but she was convinced.
People are not only Xia Xiang's daughters, but also their poems are so peerless, they don't think about it all their lives, and they can only watch Xia Ruxue get the favor of the queen mother and the eldest prince.
Only Ji Wushuang, standing silently in the crowd alone, although there were people around her, no one paid attention to her.
It's not a big drop, it's like falling from the clouds.
When the palace people picked the flowers and gave them to Ji Wushuang, she was silent, as if she didn't hear them, which made the palace people at a loss, holding the flowers and handing them over, and not taking them back.
"This Miss Xia Er is out of the limelight today......"
Lan Beichen said lightly, "It seems that she wants to be the eldest princess." ā
This was originally Xia Ruxue's plan, carefully calculated, with such a result, Xia Jinse felt that it was normal. No matter who recites that poem, it will be amazing and shocking everyone, not to mention that person is still Xia Ruxue.
If you want to have an identity, you want to be beautiful and good-looking, and if you have a little more talent, it is simply one in a million. Don't say anything about the name of the first talented woman in the capital, I'm afraid that the queen mother and the eldest prince really fall in love with Xia Ruxue because of this, and it is not impossible for her to be the princess.
Xia Jinse was only suspicious of the origin of Xia Ruxue's poem, but if she asked her, she would definitely not say it.
Just like her, she doesn't tell others her secrets.
Suddenly, the situation changed dramatically.
There was a plop in front, and then someone screamed, Xia Jinse fixed his eyes and saw that it was Xia Ruxue.
I don't know what happened, there was chaos ahead, Xia Ruxue was holding on to the guardrail at the edge of the Thousand Lotus Pond, and half of the whole person had fallen out. The women exclaimed, at a loss, Xia Ruxue desperately pulled the guardrail, and when she was about to exhaust herself and fall into the water, a figure came out in time and grabbed her.
"Miss Xia Er!" Lan Jingcheng held Xia Ruxue's hand tightly, hugged her pale, and rescued her.
"No, the eldest prince, and my sister ......"
Xia Ruxue just breathed a sigh of relief and snuggled in Lan Jingcheng's arms, but she still pointed anxiously to the Thousand Lotus Pond, and said eagerly: "Ask the eldest prince to save the sister of the courtier!" The courtier's daughter didn't know who pushed her just now, and in a hurry, she actually caused my fourth sister to fall......"
What, there are still people in the Thousand Lotus Pond?
Only then did everyone realize that there were still people fluttering in the water, but it was too noisy around, so they didn't hear it. Someone looked into the water, and sure enough, the pond was rippling, the lotus leaves and lotus flowers were broken a few branches, and an embarrassed figure was struggling in the water, ups and downs.
When Empress Xiao saw it, she hurriedly said: "Someone, save people!" ā
Several palace maids who knew how to water immediately jumped down and worked for a while before they rescued a girl who was soaked wet. Everyone looked at it, and it was indeed the fourth lady of the Xia family, Xia Yulan.
"Oh no, it's the fourth sister." As soon as Xia Jinse saw it, he was about to rush over.
Although she is not familiar with Xia Yulan, she is a sister in the end, Xia Yulan is so cowardly, she is afraid that she will be frightened when she falls into the water.
Xia Jinse hadn't taken two steps yet, and was already pulled by Lan Beichen: "What are you doing?" ā
"Something's wrong, I'm going to go over and take a look."
"What are you worried about?"
Lan Beichen frowned and said: "This king said that he wouldn't let you pass, what do you run, just watch here, don't wade into troubled waters." ā
Xia Jinse suddenly reacted: "Oh~! Just now you said that something would happen and you wouldn't let me participate in the queen's garden party, but it turned out that something really happened. But how do you know? ā
Lan Beichen said: "You don't care how I know, just look at it." ā
Xia Jinse became more and more surprised, can this man still be unpredictable? Or was it something he had arranged? But there's no reason, why would he do it?
By the Qianhe Pond, Xia Yulan collapsed to the ground, soaking wet, with a puddle of water under her, covering her heart and being terrified. Xia Mengyao looked at it and shouted loudly: "Fourth sister, are you okay, are you ......drowning?"
"IāI'm fine." Xia Yulan finally reluctantly said a word, and vomited out a puddle of water.
The daughters breathed a sigh of relief, no matter what, the person was finally saved, this is the queen's garden party, and someone will fall into the water, this is the first time in the world!
At this time, someone remembered: "No! Miss Xia Er said just now that someone pushed her, and she was in a hurry and accidentally dragged Miss Fourth into the water. Who is this man so vicious? ā
As soon as these words came out, countless people stared at the people around them, you look at me and I look at you, and they all feel that the other party is suspicious.
Empress Xiao was even more angry: "In the place of this palace, someone has the audacity to do such a thing, who is it?" ā
Lan Jingcheng picked up Xia Ruxue and asked in a deep voice, "Miss Xia Er, can you see who pushed you?" ā
All eyes were on Xia Ruxue, she took a deep breath, her face was pale, as if she had eased up a little, then she got up and walked in front of Xia Yulan, worried: "Fourth sister, I didn't see who pushed me just now, you stood behind me, but did you see that person?" ā
Everyone's hearts were suspended, and I saw Xia Yulan raise her head and stare at the daughters around her, her eyes timid, moving inch by inch. When she saw Ji Wushuang's face, she suddenly trembled, and she was so frightened that she quickly turned her head.
"It's you, Lord Wushuang?" Xia Ruxue was shocked and couldn't believe it.
Ji Wushuang's eyes shrank, and he blurted out: "It's not me!" ā
Xia Ruxue picked up the soaked Xia Yulan, stared at Ji Wushuang, gritted her teeth and said, "Lord Wushuang, it was indeed you standing next to me just now, but I never thought that you would push me." ā
Everyone was shocked, staring at the panicked Ji Wushuang, and they couldn't believe it.
She is the county lord of the Xiaoyao Mansion, from a wealthy family, noble and graceful, how could she do such a harmful thing?
Empress Xiao frowned and said, "County Lord, did you really push Miss Xia Er?" ā
"I don't, Queen Mother......"
Ji Wushuang only felt that it was difficult to argue, and almost knelt down: "How could a courtier do such a thing?" Just now, the courtier was standing next to Miss Xia Er, but I have been enjoying the beautiful scenery of the Thousand Lotus Pond, how could I push her? ā
Before the words fell, Xia Mengyao had already said loudly: "In front of the queen mother, do you still want to quibble?" It is obvious that you are jealous that my sister has made a better poem than you, and you have been praised by the queen mother, so you are jealous and want to kill my sister. ā
"I didn't! Even if I want to kill her, why should I do it in public? Ji Wushuang tried his best to tell.
"You actually admit it! You murderer, you did it in public because you were too jealous and couldn't wait! Xia Mengyao rushed to Queen Xiao and said eagerly: "Queen Mother, you have heard it, the Wushuang County Lord personally admitted that she wanted to harm my sister, but she shouldn't have done it in public......"
"You talk nonsense, I didn't admit it!" Ji Wushuang is going crazy, how can she admit it.
Empress Xiao's face changed again and again, staring at Ji Wushuang with a cold expression, seeing what she was going to say, Ji Wushuang suddenly knelt down, raised his hand and raised three fingers and said: "Queen Mother, the courtiers swear to the sky, if they push Miss Xia just now, the courtiers will thunder and thunder, and they will not die well." ā