Chapter 297: Jade Ring (2)
After Yu Zhun sent Yu Kai away, he ignored his younger brother's objections, and really sent someone to inquire about the situation of several concubines in Huan Xuan's mansion.
Because Yu Kai had heard Huan Xuan say that the woman was his new concubine, he quickly found out the identity of the woman.
Huan Xuanxin accepted two women, one surnamed Zheng and the other surnamed Xu, but the concubine surnamed Xu was arranged by the master to live in Beizhuang because she was pregnant, and now she is not in the house. For this reason, Huan Xuan's wife Liu has been making trouble in the house for a long time, and she looks very dissatisfied.
In this way, that woman should be the concubine surnamed Zheng, it is said that when she first entered the mansion, she was still very favored by Huan Xuan, and was arranged in the master's favorite Ji Yuzhai, but it was in the way of the housewife of Huan Mansion, and she did not dare to be too pampered by her, so now she is not as beautiful as when she first entered the mansion.
Yu Zhun didn't want to show his whereabouts too much, so he ordered someone to pretend to be a pariah who collected night incense, pretended to be lost, wandered around the Huan Mansion for a long time, and finally found the place where the Zheng family lived, and heard the conversation between the Zheng family and the maid.
Originally, in order to determine the Zheng family's current thoughts, he would eavesdrop on her, but who knew that he heard a very strange thing, but it was the Zheng family who was chatting with his maid, and angrily talked about the strange pregnancy of another concubine Xu.
Originally from the Zheng family's entry into the mansion, I have always been very concerned about Huan Xuan's movements, and I was even more worried that Huan Xuan would be ahead of him and spoil the concubine Xu who entered the mansion together, but I didn't expect that the seemingly immature young woman would be pregnant quietly, this is simply impossible, she inquired about Huan Xuan's whereabouts every day, and she definitely didn't have time to spoil her.
The strangest thing is that Huan Xuan was very happy to accept this unknown child, and ordered someone to take her to live in another courtyard.
Who knew that she found out that Huan Xuan actually lived in another courtyard with the woman, and even her personal attendant Yuan Steward went with her, and she never returned for many days. Moreover, everyone in the house didn't even know where the master had gone, and the mysterious appearance seemed to be that Huan Xuan was deliberately protecting this pregnant concubine in order to avoid the wrath of the master's mother.
When did Huan Xuan secretly make a good deal with the Xu family? Zheng was very dissatisfied with this because of this, and repeatedly chatted with his maid about this matter, endlessly, and there were some new ideas at first, and in the end he kept repeating those complaining words, and even the spies sent by Yu Zhun were impatient to listen to it, so he secretly threw a gray mouse hidden in his bosom into the house along the window edge.
Throughout the ages, whether it is a folk village woman or a noble lady, as long as it is a woman, there are few who are not afraid of mice, especially in the public, even if they are not afraid, they must pretend to be afraid. Sure enough, it didn't take long to hear that Zheng and the maid had discovered this uninvited guest, and they were immediately frightened and screamed loudly, and ran around to dodge, the maid tried in vain to scare the mouse and drive it away, but the mouse was very well-behaved, not afraid of people at all, and jumped up and down very comfortably, and the scene suddenly became a mess.
The spy was very clever, and after half a cup of tea, he secretly observed the situation in the house, only to see that the timid master had already fled to an unknown place, and how could he still have the heart to stay in the house and talk about gossip, and the personal maid who was a slave had no choice but to try to tease the mouse and lead it away, but it was in vain.
Seeing that everyone was gone, he turned over and entered the room as quickly as possible, and found Zheng's dressing table at a glance, and the finely carved makeup on the dressing table, after searching Zheng's makeup dress layer by layer, he did not find the mutton fat jade ring handed down by the master's family, and heard the laughter of the maids pushing me and pushing me, and they didn't want to enter the house, so he could only jump out of the window and return in vain.
He was originally a slave of the Yu family, because he was smart by nature and deeply trusted by Yu Zhun to deal with changes, so this time Yu Zhun sent him to disguise himself to go to Huan Mansion to investigate, since he knew the cause and effect of this matter, he was very disdainful of the mediocre Zheng family, and persuaded Yu Zhun to say: "Master, this Zheng family really doesn't seem to have an idea, the villain sees her acting and talking, it seems to be from a small family, very careless, just complaining, but will not think of any way, if the Nanjun Guild believes in such a woman." , it is unbelievable that she designed to seduce Yu Erlang. ”
Yu Zhun originally thought that the acquaintance between this woman and her younger brother might be at the behest of Huan Xuan, but he didn't think that in fact, the Zheng family was a scheming woman, although she avoided talking to others, and her maid was also unscrupulous, and she didn't look like a city government at all, so it was really not worth worrying about herself.
If something like that happens, I'm afraid that she is even more afraid of being discovered by Huan Xuan than her younger brother Yu Kai, and her previous worries are really a little redundant.
He was thinking about the jade ring, and hurriedly asked, "Has the jade ring ever been found?" ”
The spy had a look on his face, and said in embarrassment: "The villain has been looking in the house for a long time according to your instructions, and the woman's makeup and bedside have been searched, but I haven't seen the jade ring, but I am afraid that the woman is also worried that the jade ring is too valuable, so that others will ask about the calendar, so I put it on my body, and ask the master to forgive my sins, the villain has really tried his best." ”
Yu Zhun was very disappointed, but he heard the spy talk about what the Zheng family was constantly complaining about, and it did sound like a conspiracy, so he suddenly became interested, and asked with some curiosity: "Who is the Xu family?" Have you heard? ”
The spy suddenly came to his senses, and said like a few treasures: "Speaking of which, the Xu family and our family are still quite related, she is from the Yingchuan Xu family, although she is a concubine, but she has also been pampered since childhood, so the Nanjun Gong is said to be very fond of her, and she must keep the blood in her womb even if she is blamed by her wife." However, the strange thing is that no one in the house knows where she lives for such a favored person, and I can't inquire about it at all, and if I want to say that I have seen her, I can hardly find it. ”
Yu Zhun's family is the Yingchuan Yu family, and the ancestral home is the same as the Xu family, but he knows that many years ago, the Yingchuan Xu family was almost wiped out because it hindered the eyes of Sima Daozi, the king of Huiji, and it was so similar to his own family, he was also very embarrassed back then, so how could the so-called concubine of the Yingchuan Xu family have a relationship with Huan Xuan and marry him as a concubine? It's hard to understand.
All the things about this mysterious woman Xu are really very strange, not that the pregnancy is strange, but that Huan Xuan attaches so much importance to this concubine, it is really incomprehensible, there must be some reason why he can't understand it.
He thought about this matter repeatedly, and always felt that there was no reasonable explanation, and he couldn't guess what was wrong with it.