Hearing this, Zhong Yanran's eyes suddenly burst into tears, "Father, he ...... He didn't want to, no, he didn't actually know anything, he ...... Alas, mother, don't say it! ”

She grabbed Ye Jingjing's arm in horror, looking panicked, "Niangniang, no matter what, even if you exchange it with me, you must not say anything about this matter!" ”

Ye Jingjing was a little helpless, "This palace is naturally not the kind of villain who takes advantage of people's danger, and of course it won't cause trouble for you." I was just...... I'm just curious about the truth. ”

Zhong Yanran nodded again and again, "Yes, yes, Niangniang is naturally not that kind of person...... The concubine will tell you the ins and outs of that matter. ”

Zhong Yanran settled down, sighed lightly, and frowned again because of sorrow, but it was quite a bit of a melancholy beauty, and even Ye Jingjing felt that it was a pity for her to marry Yan Zishu.

I only heard Zhong Yanran say slowly, "The concubine's father is actually not an important official, just a third grade, insignificant, not even in the capital, but in the south.

"However, because the ancestors of our Zhong family followed the emperor to fight the world, and our descendants are all veteran courtiers of Dayuan, the king loves our Zhong family very much, and others also respect us.

"My father is not a corrupt official, because of the care of the saints, he has a solid family background, and the concubine's mother is the daughter of the president of the Chamber of Commerce, and it is because of this that my parents can seek medical advice for me, otherwise, I am afraid that they will not be able to afford the medicinal materials every year."

Speaking of this, Zhong Yanran smiled bitterly, "If the concubine's family is not wealthy, I'm afraid my parents will give me away after finding out that I am a sick child, or let me fend for myself."

"Actually, the concubine thinks that maybe it's a good thing that I'm dead, and now living is just a burden for them, and sometimes the concubine also wants to follow the example of the ancients and go to Qingchi, but I really don't have the guts......"

"Don't say that, life is so beautiful, it's a gift from God to survive, why abandon it?" Ye Jingjing hurriedly persuaded. "There are still many people who want to live but don't have a chance, and your parents love you so much, you are already very lucky."

Zhong Yanran opened her mouth, stopped talking, and finally nodded, "Indeed, there are still many people living in dire straits, and concubines should be content." It's just that my parents took care of me as a drag, which really made me feel guilty......

"I also want to get better as soon as possible, but even if I seek all the famous doctors in the world, they don't know what kind of disease I have, and they can't cure it. Alas, maybe that's my life. ”

Seeing that Zhong Yanran was really pitiful, Ye Jingjing quietly noted down her illness and decided to wait for the dust to settle down, and then go back and ask Deng Boming if he might have any ideas.

Zhong Yanran lowered her head and wiped her tears, and squeezed out a smile when she raised her head again, "I'm sorry, crying, noisy Niangniang, right?" ”

"No, no, if I can, I want to help you too." Ye Jingjing said sincerely.

Zhong Yanran burst into tears and smiled, "Niangniang is really a bodhisattva. ”

"Is this a bodhisattva's heart? Normal people will hear it and it will be my reaction. Ye Jingjing smiled helplessly.

Zhong Yanran sighed, "If there is no benefit, who will help?" Although the concubine is a woman, these truths are still understood, and once she loses power, she will be ridiculed and fall into the abyss.

"Although many people respect our Zhong family now, it is just for the sake of my family's rights and face, if that incident is exposed, I am afraid that many people will be ready to move and want to take this opportunity to bring down the Zhong family." together

Now, Ye Jingjing finally understood the seriousness of the matter.

She thought about it for a moment and asked tentatively, "Could it be that that thing has something to do with human life?" ”

Zhong Yanran's face was solemn, and she nodded cautiously for a long time before she said in a low voice, "Before, my father was ordered by the emperor to deal with the flood in the south, but because it was too late, he could only let the people evacuate.

"After the people moved out, my father personally paid for the redistribution of houses and land for them, and for those people, it was just a change of place to live and work, and there was not much loss.

"However, there were a few families who claimed that they did not get the money, so they came to the door to ask for it, but some of my father's subordinates were arrogant and said that they would not let them in, and in the end there was a conflict, and they actually beat people to death......

"What!?"

Ye Jingjing was taken aback, and then said angrily, "There are still such people? It's really hateful to disregard human life! ”

Zhong Yanran said in a low voice, "This is not the end, those subordinates were afraid of revenge from their families, so they actually took advantage of the darkness to kill the families of those families, threw them into the river, and spread false news, saying that they had lied and were exposed, so they fled in disgrace, wanting to hide people's eyes."

"Although my father is not like the clean officials with empty sleeves, he also knows right from wrong, if he knew this kind of thing, he would definitely not spare those people. These subordinates knew that they had caused a big disaster, so they didn't dare to report it, but just hid it.

"The reason why they killed people was because they were afraid that their families would sue my father after they killed them, so they cut off all the hidden dangers...... Alas, no one expected this to happen......"

After saying this, Ye Jingjing was already angry, "This kind of scum should be cut with a thousand cuts!" ”

"They did die." Zhong Yanran said helplessly. "It was beheaded by the master himself."

Ye Jingjing was stunned for a moment, "Did Yan Zishu choose to protect your father?" ”

Zhong Yanran hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "At that time, the old man was ordered to investigate the flood, to put it bluntly, to see how my father was doing, but when he was inspecting, the local people inadvertently mentioned that those families fled.

The old man felt that something was wrong, so he investigated deeply, and then found out the truth...... To tell the truth, my father was busy with official business, and those people deliberately concealed it, so he really didn't know that such a thing had happened.

"However, after all, people are his subordinates, this is his fault, not to mention that there are many fresh human lives, if it really reaches the ears of the emperor, and then it is manipulated by people with good deeds, I am afraid that our Zhong family will be finished.

After the old man found out the truth, he did not poke this matter out, on the contrary, he remained silent and took those people away and locked them up while they were playing with money.

"After that, these people died mysteriously in prison, although it was said that they were suddenly infected with the disease, but I knew that the master must have secretly ordered someone to give them the result.

"The master didn't mention this matter to my father, but met me alone, but revealed this matter to me."