Chapter 8: Chance Encounter 3
Su Yan learned from the two and bowed as well. She carried a bag of lotus canopy in her arms and secretly glanced at the two opposite.
"The second son of Chu is very interested, it seems that the case of Dali Temple has made great progress." The corners of the fifth prince's mouth were slightly upturned, and he looked innocent.
"The lower official position is low and the power is light, and the case is cautious, and His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince Lao is bothered." Chu Er smiled and said lightly.
"Fifth brother, don't be abrupt." The second prince lightly stopped it, and let a few people be exempted.
"Hey, second brother, I'm very sad about my eldest brother's affairs, I just care about it." The fifth prince made a crying expression, the young man was aggrieved, and his eyes were slightly red, which made people feel pity.
"Isn't this to see that you are sad and take you out for a walk." The second prince said gently, with love in his words.
"The Fifth Highness mourns, and the Third Division will find out the truth as soon as possible and give His Majesty an explanation." Chu Er said again.
This fifth prince is like a willful child, and he doesn't seem to be as smart as Sun Mengqi said. Su Yan complained in his heart.
"It's boring." The fifth prince wiped his eyes, muttered, turned to the second prince and said, "Second brother, let's go." ”
The second prince and the three nodded and took the fifth prince away.
When the fifth prince passed by Su Yan, he seemed to glance at her.
The corners of his mouth smirked, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes, and his dark brown eyes were cool.
Su Yan buried his head in the air.
After the two of them walked away, Chu Yunqing and the three of them slowly walked forward.
"The second prince and the fifth prince and the crown prince have a good relationship?" Su Yan and Chu Yunqing took two steps away, and she looked at Chu Yunqing's back and asked.
Chu Yunqing didn't pause, but Sun Mengqi replied: "I heard that when the fifth prince was a child, he was bullied because of his young age and weak health. ”
"The first prince and the second prince are older, and when they meet, they will protect him."
"Hmm...... Brothers, friends, brothers, brothers Su Yan concluded, hey, being bullied by his brothers and sisters, the pain that only children don't experience.
It's not early, and the cicadas have stopped. The three of them returned to Zhuangzi for dinner, and then rode back.
Su Yan is still riding with Chu Yunqing.
Da Da
The night breeze was dry and cool, with a hint of coolness, Su Yan subconsciously tightened Chu Er's circle, feeling the heat from his body through the thin clothes.
Su Yan returned to his residence and met Yun Xin and Mr. He in the courtyard.
The two were drinking in the courtyard, and a small table was set up in the middle, on which were a plate of peanuts and a plate of braised mutton, as well as a celadon pot and two small wine cups.
"Mr. He." Su Yan greeted with a smile, "Brother Xin, you're back, how are you doing?" ”
Yun Xin went to check the dead palace maid before and went to the palace maid's hometown.
Yun Xin nodded, knocked fried peanuts, and then said, "I'm talking to Mr. He about this." ”
Su Yan asked him to wait, she threw away a bag of lotus pods on the spot, ran to the kitchen to get a wooden bowl, and rubbed it to the bottom of the porch to bring a small stool, put it next to the two of them, put the bowl into her arms, and took a lotus pod, then motioned to Yun Xin to continue.
"I rushed to Xiayuan, touched her place of origin, didn't find her house, asked the people around, only to know that in order to avoid debts, I had already moved away.
Later, I asked her family acquaintances, and found the address of the family after moving.
The girl's father died early, and there was a widowed old mother at home, and she also had an older brother, who was addicted to gambling and had already lost all her family fortune.
Because of the debt not to be repaid, was chopped off a hand, said that he died without repentance, more than a month ago, borrowed a large amount of money to gamble, has not returned, no one alive or dead, no corpse, the creditor comes to the door every day to make trouble.
The old man was blind from crying because of this.
The money that the girl worked on in the palace also subsidized the family, and I saw that the old woman's house was surrounded by walls, and it is estimated that the girl's silver did not reach the old woman's hands. ”
I found a few gambling houses that her brother frequented, and said that when he came once, he carried more than 100 taels of silver tickets, saying that his sister gave them to him, and he was very generous, and he lost all a few handfuls.
I asked about the date, and it was two months before the prince's incident. Yun Xin took a sip of wine and made a snort.
"Isn't this suspiciously tight, buy life money?" Mr. He frowned, leaned out to look at Yun Xin, pinched two peanuts in his right hand, rubbed the red skin carefully, and threw it into his mouth and chewed it with a gurgling sound.
Yun Xin shook his head, took another sip of wine, and watched Su Yan peel the lotus canopy.
This palace maid saves money every month to bring home, and she is also filial, but it is a pity to meet such an unsuccessful brother. She had received a large sum of money beforehand, and may have been threatened, but she died in the end.
This person should be familiar with the deceased and know her situation.
The silver was given two months ago, did this person know that the crown prince would definitely happen?
When the "Witch Plague" happened, the emperor ordered all palaces to search.
Except for the two little cloth people who turned out in the cold palace, there was nothing else to gain.
The person in the cold palace was executed, and it seemed that this matter should be settled at this point. Although everyone thinks that this is an illusion. The people in the palace are all human spirits.
This gray bubble floated there, weak and crumbling, but so many people were in their nests, or cowering, or watching, and none of them were willing to go up and puncture it.
God knows what kind of malice will come out under the bubble!
They are used to protecting themselves, and they don't want to be put on the front and cause a commotion. And at this moment, the one above is sad, who wants to touch this mold.
The rumors are barely over.
After some gossip, Su Yan peeled off the lotus canopy, selected the lotus hearts again, received them, swept the broken canopy heads together and poured them into the flower garden, and then allocated soil to bury them.
Yun Xin and Mr. He were still chatting, Yun Yan came out halfway, sat in Su Yan's previous position, and peeled peanuts with his legs crossed to eat.
Su Yan put down the broom, took the bowl to the kitchen, and instructed Aunt He to boil white fungus lotus seed soup on the second day, and seize the time to cool off before autumn comes.
Su Yan took hot water again, took a bath in the bedroom, washed up, and rubbed the change of clothes again, and then rested.
Before going to bed, she still pondered that soap must be made in time, and she was lazy before and she didn't take advantage of washing clothes.
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"Can you handle it?" The sound is like a gentle wave of water, sweet and mellow, not slow.
The old lady put her hands together on her lower abdomen and said respectfully, "It's all right." ”
The green white hand held the scissors, and the scissors were wrapped with red rope, taking advantage of the hand to be more like clotted fat. The woman smiled on her lips, trimming the potted plant in front of her, her eyes focused.
"If there are branches, this flower will not look good."
With a click, the sharp scissors cut off the branches, and the red flowers fell into the dirt.
Pick up the flowers with your hands and put them under your nose and smell them gently. Smelling the sweet smell, a smile broke out on her soft and charming face.
Trimming off the broken branches and leaves under the flower, she raised her hand to pin the flower to the side of her bun and turned around.
"Don't let him worry."