CHAPTER XXVIII
The courtyard of the fifth aunt is in the westernmost part of Murong Mansion, and there are two towering walnut trees next to the courtyard wall, with lush branches and leaves, which shade the sunlight of the small courtyard tightly. When it rains, the sound of water droplets hitting the fallen leaves can disturb people and make them upset, let alone sleep peacefully, which shows how vicious the eldest lady's mind is.
Fortunately, the fifth aunt is a favored person when she enters the house, and Murong Qian is too lazy to talk to the eldest lady, so at night, the five aunts all sleep in Murong Qian's main courtyard, and sometimes they are also there during the day, but they are blessed by misfortune. But today, the old lady is too old, there are many people in the house, and she has a lot of inconvenience in the main courtyard, so she temporarily returned to her small courtyard.
The crescent moon is like a hook, the moonlight is deep, and the breeze is gentle. The lights and candles under the eaves are like stars falling from the sky, bright and bright. After walking for half a pillar of incense, several people stepped into the small courtyard, and there were already people waiting outside the door, and hurriedly raised the curtain to welcome them in.
The fifth aunt leaned on the bed, her eyebrows and eyes were beautiful, her skin was white and tender, her hair was like a cloud, her posture was exquisite, her goose-yellow jacket, her silver moonlight skirt, her light blue silk silk, and her tearful face, like a pear blossom in the rain, was pitiful. Seeing that someone was coming, she hurriedly wanted to get up, and Mama Lin stepped forward quickly: "Fifth aunt, I can't help it, you are not feeling well now, just lie down." The old lady asked the old slave to accompany Princess Jin over, where are you uncomfortable, just say it, Princess Jin will try her best to recuperate you. ”
The fifth aunt was very embarrassed, "It's the concubine who overstepped the border, and she recklessly annoyed the princess of Jin, it's really damned." ”
Qing'er sat on the stool that Mama Lin had moved: "Fifth aunt, don't practice yourself anymore, the fetus in your womb is the hope of Murong Mansion, and it is also the future, grandmother learned that you are unwell, and you can't even use dinner, you have to pay attention to your body, I'll cut the pulse first." ”
The two stopped talking, and the room fell silent. Qing'er's face was gloomy: "You ate sweet potatoes and eggs for dinner?" ”
The little maid who was waiting beside her panicked, and the meals of the fifth aunt on weekdays were very cautious because of the prevention of the eldest lady, and she never dared to slack off: "Back to the princess, the fifth aunt likes to eat sweet potatoes, but they are all egg custard in the morning, and only add a sweet potato in the evening, and the two have never eaten together." ”
A smile tugged at the corner of Qing'er's mouth, "Fifth aunt, the meals you eat tonight should have been copied after being soaked in egg wash." ”
The little maid opened her mouth wide in surprise, she could stuff an egg into it, and knelt on the ground tremblingly: "It's all slaves and maids who should be damned, they didn't find out in time, and they almost killed their masters." ”
Qing'er helped her up, "It can be regarded as a person who harms you very carefully, she omits the egg white, only uses the egg yolk to concoct these dishes, and rarely produces egg liquid when copying vegetables, and thickens it with starch, so it will naturally wipe the traces of egg liquid clean, sweet potatoes and eggs are eaten together, it will not kill people, but it makes you have unbearable abdominal pain and form intestinal knots. ”
Walking out of the courtyard and looking back, Mama Lin sighed: "The eldest lady has become more and more rampant in recent years, and the old lady's body is sometimes good and sometimes bad. "It's really difficult to live as a subordinate as a housewife like this.
Qing'er also slowed down, and there was a small sound on the side of the road, someone should be coming. Sure enough, two steel knives suddenly landed around their necks. The courtyard where the fifth aunt lives is remote, there are many guests in front, and the people are busy, and they don't even come to patrol the night, and eighty percent of them are also settled, Mama Lin couldn't open her mouth, so she was fainted by a knife from the man in black, Qing'er squinted slightly and looked up at the full moon in the night sky, and smiled.
The man in black lowered his voice to warn Qing'er: "If you want to live, you must be obedient." Another man in black stuffed a pill into Mama Lin's mouth.
Qing'er turned around leisurely, "I'm afraid you two are going to die in front of me." Without waiting for them to speak again, Qing'er raised the handkerchief in her hand, and for a while the white powder drifted around, and the two black-clothed people fell to the ground, hiding in the tree, the dark three secretly frightened, her own princess is not an ordinary person, remembering the prince's instructions, she floated down from the tree: "Princess, the prince has other arrangements." ”
Qing'er shifted her steps and kept a certain distance from him: "How can you prove that what you said is true?" ”
The sound of a wheelchair rolling sounded in his ears, King Jin couldn't help it, and secretly pushed him out from behind the tree, but they had been waiting here for a long time, "Princess, this king invites you to watch the play, how about it?" ”
"Good!" Qing'er's bright dark eyes looked at him, whether this man was using himself, or simply didn't want to see him being bullied, whatever the reason, let's wait and see.
The guests began to leave the table one after another, the eldest lady accompanied many ladies and ladies to walk towards the door of the mansion, the distance between Murong Yan'er and the eldest lady seemed to be deliberately separated, they all looked back from time to time, the eldest lady was up and down in her heart, after all, she walked out of the gate, the ladies of each family were saying goodbye, and the carriages of each house lined up outside the door, blocking the originally spacious alley.
Still not seeing the shadow of Zhilan, the eldest lady cursed in her heart, but with a light smile on her face, "Zheng Zheng Zheng" three sharp arrows broke through the hole, and "poof" all submerged into one of the carriages, the horses were well-trained on weekdays, and they never startled the horses, the ladies outside the door were panicked, and the etiquette of everyone's ladies made them not lose their temper to the point of screaming.
Murong Qian rushed to hear the news, and found out that it was the carriage of the Jin Palace, he was shocked into a cold sweat, only to wake up, he had never seen the King of Jin during the dinner, and even the Princess of Jin went to the courtyard of the fifth aunt, and did not return, he ordered someone to find Mama Lin next to the old lady, only to find that the person was also missing, he was in a mess all of a sudden, and all the people in the palace went out to find the King of Jin, and even the subordinates who came to congratulate the government went to look for it together.
The civil and military officials arrived quite neatly today, and a group of people rushed to all corners of the mansion, eager to dig out the rat holes.
After searching, before he saw King Jin, Murong Qian's head exploded, and at this time, the old lady came over in person, and he went up to support the old lady: "Mother, it's late, it's cold in late autumn, why do you want to come here in person, if you have something to do, let the people pass on the message." ”
The old lady was on crutches, looking at the ground loudly, panting: "You rebel, my old bones are still there, you dare to treat Qing'er like this, if she has three long and two short, I will make you and your wife regret being born in this world." ”
The old lady learned the news that Qing'er didn't know where to go, like five thunderbolts, Mama Lin was sophisticated and steady, and disappeared with Qing'er, it must be a secret hand that recruited people, although there are many people in and out of Murong Mansion, but there will never be a difference in safety, unless someone does it deliberately, thinking that Qing'er was married into the Jin Wangfu by Li Daitao, even if the King of Jin treats Qing'er well, it will be a cripple after all, her delicate granddaughter is a widow, because the King of Jin was born in the royal family, she can't make a decision, she endures, and only hopes that her Qing girl can live in peace.
Which Cheng thought, these wolf-hearted things still don't stop, then everyone will tear their faces. In front of many officials, she said that she wanted to let the powerful people in the capital know how ruthless their husband and wife were.
Murong Qian was stunned in place, he was an adopted son, since he entered the mansion, although the old lady was not close, he had never been so faceless in front of people, he was miserable in his heart, and the old lady was still worried about Qing'er marrying into the Jin Palace. Tonight, if something happens to King Jin and his wife, whether they participate or not, they will be hated by the old lady, and it will be soon.
The old lady is a woman's family, she has no children under her knees, but her husband never mentions taking concubines, many years after her husband's death, she can make Murong Mansion stand tall, and even the side branches of the clan are in awe, which shows that the ability is great, how can he estimate it.
He turned around sharply, his bloodthirsty eyes glared at the eldest lady fiercely, this matter must have something to do with this old slut, for the first time in his life, he felt how stupid it was to marry this woman in the first place.
The eldest lady's heart was pounding, she touched her chest with her hand, and shook her head hard, what she wanted to plot was Qing'er, King Jin, then it was the prince or the concubine, where did she dare to beat him.
The guards in the house returned, and the courtyard of the fifth aunt came out of the house, and other places were searched. Because the fifth aunt was unwell, just fell asleep, the maid was blocked from entering, the fifth aunt was pregnant, and favored, the guards did not dare to rush in, and they came to ask him to try.
glanced at the old lady, and shouted without hesitation: "When is this, don't go and search it quickly, it's just a maid, just pull it away." The old lady glared at him, her face becoming more and more embarrassed, and he took a big stride, "Mother, I will go myself." ”
The old lady didn't pay attention to him, surrounded by the maid and the mother-in-law, and followed him all the way, and everyone present didn't say anything about leaving, they all followed and walked inside, some of them were really worried about the safety of King Jin, after all, he was the prince's own brother; There are also some people who are mixed with the idea of watching the excitement, no matter what, the originally remote, rarely walked on weekdays, the trail is crowded.
It was a simple courtyard, and the houses were arranged in a semicircle, with a total of five rooms, and in the middle was the entrance hall, which was for entertainers, two rooms on the left and right, a bedroom, a study, and the other two rooms for maids. The lights in the five houses were not lit, it was pitch black, and all the sounds came from the quiet courtyard, so Murong Qian and the others made a big red face.
His face was as black as the bottom of a pot, where had the little maid who guarded the door just now seen such a formation, his legs were as soft as noodles, and his body was like a sifting chaff.
Murong Qian thought of King Jin and looked at the courtyard with complicated eyes, "This official asked you, who is inside?" ”