The maid carefully led the way, as if she feared that the sound of footsteps would wake up the silent courtyard. It was early summer, and there was no grass and onion cage in the courtyard, only a faint smell.

The door was deeply hidden, Mrs. Murong stopped, and in less than half a year, her hair turned white, from a graceful and luxurious bachelor's lady to an old woman with a dove-shaped chicken face. "Come in," her old voice was as light as stagnant water.

The maid pushed open the door, and Shen Pearl and the eldest grandson E stepped into the room one after another.

Still in the outer room, he had heard Murong Linzhi's gentle and tactful voice, "You have a little summer heat, you must be able to disperse Liuyi, fresh lotus leaves, honeysuckle, Huoxiang, peilan, mint leaves, almonds, forsythia, fresh reed roots, and decoction with water." The curtain between the inner and outer rooms was thin, and seeing Murong Lin wearing a plain homely dress, slender and curly, lightly sweeping his eyebrows, standing up in front of the carved small window, and taking the hand of the maid in front of him, "Come, I'll write the prescription to you, and you go and grab the medicine yourself," approached a few cases and sat down, took out a small note, adjusted the ink, and wrote it meticulously. Wisps of orchid fragrance wafted out from the inside room, and Murong Lin Zhi looked elegant and calm, and the corners of his mouth were full of smiles when he wrote the prescription.

Shen Pearl slowly approached, faintly feeling that something was wrong, the maid looked at Shen Pearl through the curtain, the corners of her mouth cracked, revealing a wry smile.

"I'm done, take it." Murong Lin put down the pen, carefully checked the prescription again, and handed it to the maid. "Miss Xie." The maid smiled happily and was blessed.

"Lin Zhi." Shen Pearl opened her mouth to call her. Murong Lin heard the prestige, a pair of bright eyes were clear and innocent, shouted happily, and came out of the curtain. Shen Pearl stepped forward to shake her hand, but she didn't expect that she didn't see it, her skirt fluttered, and she staggered by.

"Master!" Murong Lin Zhi crashed into the arms of the eldest grandson, and was furious: "Why are you willing to come to see me?" ”

The eldest grandson E's kindness contained a thousand compassions, raised his arm and gently stroked Murong Lin's hair, and forced a smile, "Zhi'er, do you miss your master?" His hand was silent, catching her pulse.

Murong Lin Zhiyingying nodded with a smile, "Lin Zhi has read all the books that the master asked me to read when he returned to Luoyang last month, and he has written a large stack of notes. Luo Yan, quickly find the notes and show them to the master. The goddess looked embarrassed, but only agreed, standing at a loss, the eldest grandson glanced at her, and she walked back to the inner room.

Murong Lin Zhi saw Shen Pearl standing on the side, nodded and smiled at her very politely, and said to the eldest grandson: "What a beautiful woman, master, have you accepted a new disciple again?" Shen Pearl was full of bitterness, and smiled back with tears. At this time, I knew what Li Jiao meant by "big abnormal person".

"You are getting smarter and smarter, this is the new disciple of the teacher, surnamed Shen, named Pearl, older than you, you have to be called a sister."

"Shen Pearl?" Murong Lin read the name once, and a look of apprehension flashed in his eyes, "This name is so familiar, it seems that I have heard of it somewhere." Thinking hard with his hands on his forehead, he didn't seem to be able to think of anything, gradually his eyelids fought, he covered his mouth and yawned, and said to the eldest grandson with a very tired smile: "I don't know how to sleep during this time, it seems that I can't sleep enough, and I am always sleepy...... The person has fallen crookedly while speaking, and Shen Pearl hurriedly stepped forward to support her. The eldest grandson frowned deeply, and reluctantly relaxed his tone: "It's not surprising that you are sleepy in summer, go and sleep for a while." Murong Lin said "uh-huh", and the maid had already come up and helped her into the inner room, and she was already asleep with her head next to the pillow.

"Although Zhi'er's life is hard, but now this appearance can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune." Mrs. Murong didn't know when she had entered the room, and her daughter was sleeping on the bed, and she seemed to be still the second Miss Murong who was in the boudoir at the beginning, and the reputation was far and wide, everything never happened, everything had never been experienced, if the world could be turned over again, how good it would be, "She has lost her soul, and everything related to her is completely unknown, and she still thinks that this is the old residence of Luoyang." ”

"Have you come to see her?" Shen Pearl asked.

Mrs. Murong smiled coldly, "Don't mention the person who has a weak heart, if it weren't for him being so ruthless, Zhi'er wouldn't have come here, and the master wouldn't have ......", her voice choked, "Do you know that on the night An Qingxu sent Zhi'er back to the Jianning Palace, Li Qi expelled her and sent her back to her mother's house." My poor child, Fang fell headlong and fell unconscious as soon as he stepped through the door. When I finally woke up, I became what I am now. ”

Shen Zhu's heart was cold. Murong Linzhi's humiliation, An Qingxu and the Lord of Dening County will definitely keep it a secret, why is Li Qi like this, if he really loves Murong Linzhi, how many people can know her experience? If his wife is out of moderation, although she can no longer raise her eyebrows, why bother persecuting her to death? The so-called affection, the so-called love, is so sad and so fragile, it turns out that the love between Murong Linzhi and Li Qi is just like a gilded vase in the palace, noble and gorgeous but vulnerable. Falling from a height, the onlookers were not only amazed, but only regretted its value, not why it fell. Compared with Lin Zhi, how lucky he is. He sighed: "Lin Zhi all kinds of suffering, all because of me. Pearl must find out who is behind the scenes, and return justice to Lin. ”

Mrs. Murong shook her head, "My Murong family is already like this, right and wrong, no matter how much you care, it won't help, it's just ......", said to the eldest grandson, "Mr. Fang also saw that Zhi'er was okay, but he was not in good spirits, except for reading and writing in the morning, he slept most of the time." This worries me. ”

"It's not a big deal," Eldest Sun E withdrew his hand on Murong Linzhi's pulse, his face was extremely worried, "It's just a layer, I don't know if Madam thought of it?" ”

"What?"

"There are usually two causes of loss of soul. First, the head was injured by a violent impact; The second is that it arises from the heart, and after experiencing violent stimulation and blows, the heart escapes from the past, which is the disease. But no matter what the reason, there is a possibility of recovering the memory, if Zhi'er arrives on that day, I don't know how to deal with myself? Madame, how do you deal with yourself? Besides, how can you protect her forever, and she can't stay in this room for the rest of her life. "The things of the world can be escaped for a while, but not for a lifetime.

"Does Mr. mean to help Zhi'er recover his memory?" Mrs. Murong hesitated for a moment, but then shook her head resolutely, "No, I'd rather she be like she is now, and she can be happy for a day." ”

The eldest grandson sighed slightly. In such a situation, it is indeed not easy to persuade, not to mention that Murong Lin Zhizhen recovered his memory, and in the face of layers of blows and Li Qi's unkindness, how do you know that he will not collapse again? I just hope that time can make the mind more mature and smooth the wounds.

Shen Zhuzhu's heart moved, and she suddenly came up with an idea.

Coming out of the Murong Mansion, Li Jiao took Shen Pearl on his shoulders and asked, "How?" ”

Shen Pearl said: "I persuaded Mr. Changsun to take Lin Zhi back to Hui, and Mrs. Murong has already agreed. ”

Li Jiao saw that Shen Pearl was still unhappy, so he smiled and said with relief: "This is the best way now, if Lin Zhi can inherit the mantle of Mr. Changsun, maybe he will become a generation of famous doctors, and he will be shocked by the past and the present." ”

Shen Pearl frowned and replied: "If this is really the case, it may be able to reduce the guilt in my heart a little, what I owe to Lin Zhi will be difficult to repay in this life." Lin Zhiyuan escaped from the world, incognito, and he didn't know what year or month he would be able to see each other again. ”

The Guangping Royal Mansion is as majestic as before**, and Li Jiao took Shen Zhuzhu's hand and stepped into the mansion door steadily.

The house is so peaceful and peaceful. The patrolling guards bowed and saluted, as if the two masters had only returned from leisure, and there was no surprise on their part; The servants pruned the flower branches, and the maidservants were busy carrying things around, and met Li Li and Shen Pearl in person, but they were homely and untidy.

Shen Pearl looked at Li Jiao hesitantly, and Li Jiao smiled: "Look, aren't we going home?" It's business as usual, the same as when you left. While speaking, he had already arrived at the Qingyi Pavilion, and the maid had already brought food and snacks, and quietly closed the door and retreated.

"Come, you've been hungry for a day, so let's have a snack first." Li Jiao casually picked up a small snack on the plate and put it into Shen Zhuzhu's mouth. Shen Pearl took a bite slowly, her expression was slightly stunned, Li Li looked in her eyes and asked, "What?" Not appetizing? After picking up the remaining half of the piece and eating it, he understood a little in his heart, and called "come here", and a maid came in and listened to his order, "Remove all the snacks". Shen Pearl hurriedly stopped: "Why bother, it's always her intention." Li Jiao said: "You don't like to eat, why do you have to be reluctant, withdraw it all." ”

Seeing that the maid finished withdrawing the dim sum in the same way, Shen Pearl smiled bitterly: "I don't have the capacity to tolerate people like this, if you spread it, you will be laughed at." ”

Li Jiao smiled, "I want to let the world know that King Guangping loves his wife like his life, so he is also afraid of him like a tiger." Let those market rumors be self-defeating! ”

"I'm afraid that it is easy to attack the city, but it is difficult to attack rumors." Shen Pearl suddenly burst out.

Li Jiao's eyebrows tightened, and his voice was soft: "Pearl, are you afraid?" ”

Shen Pearl was silent, a pair of crystal eyes swept across the crimson carpet, tea kettles, tea cups, pearl and jade curtains, and elegant curtains. She recalled that on the wedding day, he took his hand and boarded the wheel, "With me, don't be afraid", the voice echoed over and over again, experiencing life and death, the past, and confusion. If, if she has never loved, never worked hard, and has no heart and lungs in her life, just like when she was newly married at that time, knowing that she would share him with others, she would just deal with it calmly, without complaints, she would still be herself, Shen Pearl who watched the world. However, after all, it is love, and it is resentment. Her heart has not wavered, she will protect her in the palm of her hand and pamper her, and when she returns to Chang'an, there are endless wind and rain to block with him. It turned out that no matter how angry he was, he vomited, but he had already forgiven him in the deepest part of his heart.

It's as long as a century. Li Jiao's heart was in suspense, and suddenly she raised her eyes and smiled, and said, "I believe in you." ”

These three words were like the sound of heaven, Li Li was pleasantly surprised, and grabbed her hand in disbelief, "Do you believe me?" Are you no longer angry with me, annoyed with me? A deep smile was already at the corner of his mouth, as if he didn't control it anymore, it would burst out.

Shen Zhu's eyes were as soft as water, and she gently stroked Li Li's brows, and said with a smile: "Everyone says that King Guangping is wise and profound, alert and knowledgeable, but it turns out that it is a misunderstanding. …… My husband is so stupid. ”

Yes, he is so stupid, just because he is so afraid of losing her, from Hui to find her, and then all the way home, so cautious, so like walking on thin ice, afraid that in a blink of an eye, she disappeared from his sight, for fear that she would be angry and angry, and he was as indifferent as water, far and near.

At this point, it was as if all the doubts had disappeared. She is so close to herself, not only the slender fingers she caresses the corners of her forehead, not only the faint fragrance of her sleeve robe, not only the fine breathing of her ears and temples, but also her heart.

Li Li's heart ventricle is like the light and wind after the rain, leaving only a comfortable tranquility, warm happiness and more blazing love.

He snuggled up to her. The breeze blows the curtains, the glow is about to fade, and the room seems to be flooded with dark blue clouds, everything seems to be shrouded in a floating overlapping tulle, as if it is clear and not clear, as if it is not seen, as dreamy as hazy, as if drunk as hearty......

Li Jiao came to see Shen Pearl on the morning of the second day, Fang Yunsu porcelain, Cui Caiping and Dugu Jing.

Shen Pearl and Su Porcelain's master and servant saw each other again, and when they thought of the dead Hongrui, they couldn't help but cry and be sad.

Cui Caiping is still full of energy, her demeanor is arrogant, it seems that although she has suffered some hardships, it has not made her increase her heart and knowledge, at this time it is difficult to hide her complacency, and the words have arrived, "Sister is finally back, thank God, Caiping is always worried at home, and I am afraid that my sister will also learn from Princess Jianning and will never be able to go back." ”

Li Jiao's face was solemn, and he was about to attack. Shen Pearl reciprocated a tooth for a tooth, and replied with a smile: "Sister Duocheng cares." I'm just going back to Wuxing for a few months, but my sister doesn't have to worry about it. Speaking of Princess Jianning, my sister's words are really strange, His Royal Highness is not the King of Jianning, and I am not the Princess of Jianning, why do you make a comparison? It's just-" After a pause, he continued: "If my sister also goes back to her hometown in Shuzhong to live temporarily, I don't know if she will learn from Princess Jianning?" Dugu Jing, who followed behind, stepped forward calmly and saluted, lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head and didn't say much.

Cui Caiping was silent for a long time, before she figured out the hidden meaning in Shen Pearl's words, her white jade-like face turned red with anger, and she glared at Shen Pearl, "You, you—" She was clumsy, and couldn't think of words to respond for a while, with her pungent nature, she just wanted to mess around, and she had to smash a few pieces of jade in this room, but she was deeply afraid of Li Li, seeing that Li Li was obviously very protective of Shen Pearl, and had no intention of helping herself, she was not a fool, so she had to hate and stomp her feet, "Wow" cried out loudly, and shouted to the maid behind her: "Go back to the room and clean up, Let's reply-" Suddenly hearing Li Jiao cough heavily, her body shrank in horror, swallowed the five "Korean Lady Mansion" back into her stomach, and ran out of her tears. Dugujing seemed to be a little anxious, calling "sister" to chase Cui Caiping. Li Jiao said in a solemn voice, "Stop", she was used to obeying Li Li's orders, and immediately stopped and turned her face when she heard the words.

Shen Pearl also knew that she had spoken too viciously, but she hated Cui Caiping's mother and daughter for drugged her child in the first place, so she pretended to say this. Although Cui Caiping has a family background, in terms of her means, she is really not worthy of being an enemy of her Shen Zhu. On the contrary, it is the Dugu mirror standing on the side, whose scheming is deep and difficult to peep, and he has deep affection for Li Jiao, so he must be careful to take precautions.

Although there is no conclusive evidence of Cui Caiping's miscarriage at the beginning, all kinds of signs show that it was a means used by Dugujing. After Liu Run's death, the people who could freely enter and leave Shang Pharmacy, except for the two maids in Shang Pharmacy, only Dugu Jing, who patrolled the house every day. Shen Pearl was worried, Dugujing also inadvertently found that Yin'e was in the medicine that day, and deliberately swapped the two pairs of medicines after becoming suspicious, the praying mantis catches cicadas, and the yellow finch is behind, Cui Caiping and Shen Pearl may have lost both by her surprise, but she really directed a good play with her own hands, and stayed out of the matter, even Li Jiao knew the root cause, and she couldn't blame her - who knew that Yin'e put abortion medicine? Besides, if she doesn't change it, wouldn't it be Shen Pearl who will directly suffer from that pot of medicine?

Shen Pearl was secretly thinking about all kinds of possibilities, and heard the sound of "squeak" door, the room was steeply dark, and the door had been closed from the outside. Li Jiao's eyes were deep and gloomy, and he looked at Dugu Jing lightly, Dugu Jing held his breath and lowered his head, not daring to look at him.

"Smack—" The thick ledger was thrown on the ground, and the title page was rolled open. Li Jiao was not angry and arrogant: "Tell me, what's going on?" ”

Shen Pearl picked up the account book, opened it and looked at it, only to see that it was densely packed, from beginning to end, all of them were remembered, "a certain year, a certain month, a certain person, a certain amount of money", the time from three months ago, to yesterday, there are always hundreds of pages, the names and surnames of the people who receive the coins are numerous, and there are also people who are receiving them every month, and the number of coins is thousands of dollars, and the number of coins is 20 or 30 dollars.

Shen Pearl was suspicious, and slowly handed the account book to Dugu Jing.

Dugujing quickly flipped through a few pages, seemed a little inexplicable, and asked, "Your Highness, what does this mean?" Forgive the slave for being ignorant and ignorant. ”

Li Jiao said lightly: "Oh, do you want me to be clear?" What you did yourself, now that the evidence is conclusive, do you still want to deny it? ”

Dugujing "pounced" and knelt on the ground, still without panic: "The slave really doesn't know, please make it clear to Your Highness." ”

Li Jiao sneered and said, "It seems that you really don't repent. …… Isn't it your handwriting in this account book? ”

"This is indeed written by the slave maid herself."

"What do you remember?"

"In the past three months, the slaves and maids have built the largest silk market in Chang'an City in the West Market, and paid the wages of the craftsmen."

"That's really a coincidence," Li Jiao didn't move, stared straight into her eyes, and said slowly: "This king has recently arrested a few people who are spreading rumors about the princess in the market, and their names are exactly the same as several of them in this account book!" ”

Dugu Jing was shocked, and the shrewdness in his eyes disappeared, but he immediately calmed down, raised his head and replied calmly and firmly: "No! The slave was wronged, the slave and the slave had never done such a thing! ”

"What's going on?" Li Li did not relax her, and still asked closely.

"If Your Highness suspects that I have bribed others and deliberately spread rumors unfavorable to the princess, please ask Your Highness to confront me face to face with the person who was arrested, and you can see the investigation immediately!" Dugujing's eyes returned to a calm streamer.

Li Jiao looked at her silently for a moment, and suddenly flicked his sleeves to help her up, and said, "Okay, I believe you!" ”

"Your Highness!" Dugu Mirror seems to be a matter of disappearance, and the hazy water is floating in his eyes.

Li Jiao had already turned back to take Shen Pearl's hand and asked, "Pearl, what do you think?" Touching Shen Pearl's palm lightly with his fingertips, Shen Pearl understood it and replied with a smile: "I naturally believe it." Sister Dugu is smart and lovely, how can she do such a thing. It is also said in "The Biography of Zhang Yi" that everyone is making money and accumulating and destroying bones, it seems that someone is interested in planting false accusations for his sister, but unfortunately this method is too stupid and straightforward, how can it hide from the eyes of our criminal department Shangshu. When she said this, even Li Li and Dugu had a smile on their faces.

"It's just that one thing is very unfair, but I have to say," The atmosphere in the room is getting better, Shen Pearl continued to speak, and saw that Li Li and Dugu Jing were stunned, so she stepped forward with a smile and grabbed Dugu Jing's hand, and said to Li Li: "Sister Dugu is now a widow, and she still has a 'slave' on the left and a 'slave' on the right, which makes people feel uncomfortable listening to it." Dugujing bowed her head embarrassedly, although she was accepted by Li Li as a widow, in fact, there was no husband and wife, and there was still a difference in the girl. Listen to Shen Pearl say: "Besides, Your Highness, it's really inappropriate for you to let your sister show up and run around for you!" Dugujing's eyes froze, and his heart really sank, but he heard Shen Pearl tear the words away again, and asked her when the silk market in the West Market would open and what colors of cloth were there, so she put her mind at ease and answered them one by one.

After Dugujing left, Shen Pearl said to Li Jiao: "You deliberately test her like this, you are really suspicious of a dangerous move." If she turns against you and takes away all the business and money she knows, you will really be empty of people and money! ”

Li Jiao raised her eyebrows and chuckled: "If I dare to try, I will arrange it thoroughly, you see, her every move after today will not escape my eyes." I always know the depths of what she's playing behind my back. ”

"No matter what tricks she plays, she's not for you after all?" Shen Pearl smiled at Li Li with a playful look, such a look was something Li Li had never seen before, and couldn't help but take her waist into his arms, and asked with a smile: "What about you?" Are you going to be like her, fighting for me and robbing me? ”

Shen Pearl chuckled, gently broke free from his arms, and said, "I only want to know one thing now." Without waiting for Li Jiao to open his mouth to ask, he deliberately frowned, biting the roots of his teeth, and couldn't hide the smile and joy in his expression: "Why did you insist on accepting Dugu Jing as——" The word "concubine" has not yet been spoken, Sakura's lips have been blocked by domineering, she quietly closed her eyes, immersed in the throbbing and tenderness of this moment, this kiss is sweet and refreshing, lingering, for a long time, for a long time, Li Jiao's lips and teeth were attached to her ears, and she whispered, "The clothes are thin and fragrant", she only felt ashamed, the roots of her ears were hot, and even her neck was red with shame, This made his soul ripple slightly, holding up her soft and slender body, and the purple lake gauze in the summer was silent......