Sure enough, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the old lady spoke.

"Thank you for coming today, the old body doesn't say much if you are polite, but there is actually one more thing today, the old body wants to ask the two princes to help each other."

The old lady has a great status, and if she takes the initiative to ask the two princes to help, this matter will naturally not be a trivial matter.

Qu Youying's mind turned rapidly, thinking, if this matter is not the successor of Shuifu, then it is the candidate for the crown princess.

After all, these two things are established major events, and it was only because of the death of two young ladies in Shuifu that day that they had to give up.

It makes sense to bring it up now.

Jiang Tong smiled slightly, "Taijun doesn't have to be polite, we have come from afar, chattering in the mansion for many days, if we can help the water mansion in a small way, we will definitely do our best." ”

What he said was crepe, but on the contrary, King Yi seemed very straightforward.

"What does the old lady mean is the candidate for the crown princess!"

As soon as he said this, even if the old lady didn't mean this, he would be forced to answer.

There are only two young ladies left in Shuifu now, one has just recovered from a serious illness and is sitting there slender and thin, and the other is grounded as a suspect and does not attend.

Qu Youying turned to Shui Wuyue, and she sat down woodenly, without any excitement.

She felt that something was wrong.

"That's it." The old lady said, "The emperor ordered that a woman with both ability and moral integrity will be selected in Shuifu to become the crown princess." So the old body wants to ask the two princes to make a decision, to make a choice between Shui Wuyue and Shui Junyu, if the two of them are not enough to become the crown princess, then the old body will personally go to the palace and ask the emperor for guilt, and there is no other word. ”

"The four young ladies of Shuifu are all the phoenixes among people, talented and intelligent, but the two young ladies are helpless, it is a sad thing. But the role of the crown princess is the hostess of the East Palace, and it is not a child's play, so the king thinks that it is better to let the two young ladies go to the palace together and let the father personally choose, which is also fair. ”

Everyone present was stunned, no one expected Jiang Tong to make this proposal, most people thought that he would let the two of them compete, and the winner won.

Obviously, King Yi did not agree, "No, this matter is the emperor's order given to you and me by my father, if you can't even do this, how can you have the face to go back and meet your father?" ”

Jiang Tong didn't get angry when he heard this, he still asked with a smile, "What is the best way for the fifth brother?" Is it for two people to compete, and the winner wins? ”

King Yi snorted coldly and said, "Why not?" ”

"Naturally, not." Jiang Tong shook his head with a smile and said, "In the past few days, the fifth brother must have heard about the affairs of Shuifu, the two young ladies are now walking on thin ice, no matter what they do, there are countless unclear ways behind this, how to achieve the word fairness?" Therefore, it is the fairest thing to leave it to the father to decide. ”

When he said this, he turned his head to look at the old lady and asked with a smile, "Taijun, what do you think?" ”

The old lady was obviously stunned, if she agreed with Jiang Tong's words, it would be tantamount to offending King Yi, and if she agreed with King Yi's words, it would be equivalent to refuting King Ji's face.

Neither of them is a good stubble, so no one can be easily offended.

None of the people present took the initiative to speak, and their eyes all looked at the few people at the main table, with very different thoughts in their hearts.

At this time, a family member suddenly ran over, ignoring the etiquette, and said breathlessly, "Okay, the courtyard of the fourth lady is on fire." ”

"What?"

Xie Xiaoer was the first to react and quickly ran outside.

After the others were stunned, they also reacted quickly and walked towards it one after another.

It's just that the fire is so big that when everyone runs there, the raging fire burns the sky, and the already dazzling summer day becomes even more dazzling.

"Taijun, the fire is too big to extinguish."

"Is there anyone in there? Is Junyu in there? ”

"In, in." The man said tremblingly, "According to the slave who guarded the courtyard, the maid of the fourth lady helped the fourth lady into the boudoir to rest, and until the fire broke out, the two of them did not come out. ”

"No, it won't, she's not going to die, she's not going to die."

When Xie Xiaoer heard this, his expression was flustered, if he hadn't been pulled by Mu Jingzhu, he would have rushed into the fire.

Qu Youying stood not far behind them, and from the cover of the disguise, the expressions of the people present could be seen clearly.

But this time, she couldn't see the forbearance smile on Shui Wuyue and Shui Mistze's faces, and the eyes of the two of them burst out with very straightforward astonishment and shock.

"If it weren't her, who else would it be?"

Qu Youying muttered cautiously, looking at the fire, in which she was her best friend, but now her life and death were unknown.

It was close to dusk when the fire raged, and the entire yard was burned down, leaving nothing left.

Under the command of Shui Mistze, the servants of the Water Mansion cleaned up the courtyard and finally found two corpses inside.

Judging from the position at that time, it should be Shui Junyu's maidservant and Qianxi.

Both of them were burned to black coal, unable to tell who was who, and were left alone on the ground.

Qu Youying stepped forward to check the corpse, squatted next to the corpse, and carefully examined it, because she believed that with Qianxi's intelligence, she should not be buried in the fire like this.

"Divine doctor, will you still perform an autopsy?"

Someone behind him asked, Qu Youying looked back and saw Jiang Tong's grinning face.

Her face sank, and she said angrily, "The essence of a doctor is to know the structure of the human body and know the subtle features. The essence of an autopsy is the same. ”

"And what do you see? Is this the fourth lady of Shuifu? ”

Qu Youying was stunned for a moment, and when she saw everyone looking at her, she frowned slightly, scolded Jiang Tong fiercely in her heart, but said calmly on her face, "I am not familiar with the fourth young lady, but judging from the situation of the two corpses, it is right that she died of burning." And, one of them, there is also metal jewelry on the body, the material is very gorgeous, it should be owned by the lady. It's just that I don't know Miss Four, so whether it's her or not, don't judge. ”

She won't be stupid enough to be trapped by Jiang Tong again!

However, no one present should take the initiative to affirm that this person is Shui Junyu.

After all, the old lady had only brought up the matter of the crown princess before, and this happened in the blink of an eye, and it was inevitable that someone would do it on purpose.

Only Xie Xiaoer came back to his senses in a trance, he quickly walked towards Qu Youying, grabbed her clothes, his eyes were red, his expression was sad, and he endured great pain and said, "Tell me, is she not?" ”

Because of his excessive reaction, he inevitably attracted onlookers from others.

Mu Jingzhu frowned, so he had to step forward and grab Xie Xiaoer, but Xie Xiaoer angrily shook off his arm and roared, "Leave me alone!" I just want to know if she's the hell or not! ”

Qu Youying knew what he wanted to ask, but on this occasion, she couldn't say that no matter how small her voice was, telling him would inevitably be suspicious of being heard.

"Thanks—"

"Xie Bi'an, I know what you think about my fourth sister, but please also pay attention to the occasion!"

Shui Linze's words successfully explained some people's doubts.

"Young Master Xie likes Junyu?"

The old lady asked Shui Linze.

"Unrequited love."

Shui Linze is quite sleek, and there is nothing wrong with saying this.

But Qu Youying clearly saw that after he said this, he glanced at the water mist without saying a word.

Shui Wuze didn't speak, but his expression was very strange.

This also made Qu Youying believe even more that what Xi Fengyi said to Qianxi that day, and sure enough, there was that relationship between Shui Junyu and Shui Wuze.

Could it be that he did it?

She guessed so in her heart, and then she heard a soft snap again, and when she looked up, she found that Xie Xiaoer had closed his eyes and was leaning towards her.

She stretched out her hand to hug it, only to see that it was Mu Jingzhu who knocked people unconscious.

Mu Jingzhu gave him a look, Qu Youying understood, and said to everyone, "I'm sorry, Gongzi Xie seems to need to rest, I'll treat him." ”

The old lady didn't want to deal with this matter, so she waved her hand casually and let them go.

Shui Linze asked the scholar to take a few people back to his courtyard, while he stayed and continued to wait.

When Qu Youying passed by him, her eyes were grateful.

He smiled slightly, but he didn't reject her as much as he had before.

Qu Youying didn't care, and helped Xie Xiaoer back with Mu Jingzhu, and walked under the big tree in front of him, but saw Shui Tongze standing under the tree, staring at this side without blinking.

She was slightly stunned and said, "Master Shui? ”

Shui Tongze heard someone call him, looked at the source of the voice, and saw that it was a thin man with a full beard, but he had to wear a white thin man, and his eyes showed disdain at the moment.

With a light snort, he ignored it.

Qu Youying pursed her lips, she just subconsciously screamed, how did she know that his eyes, just like when they first met, were full of words "stupid, crazy", and the angry Qu Youying almost stomped her feet.

"Don't waste time, go back first."

After being reminded by Mu Jingzhu, she obediently followed.

After returning to Shui Linze's courtyard and placing Xie Xiaoer, she asked the scholar to guard outside and not let anyone in.

Then he poured himself a glass of water and drank it in one gulp.

"Whew—I'm dying of thirst."

"That corpse is not a thousand rhinos."

Mu Jingzhu covered Xie Xiaoer with the quilt, sat beside her, picked up the kettle, and poured her another glass of water.

"You know?"

Qu Youying was a little surprised.

At first, she thought it was really Qianxi, but she always believed in her heart that Qianxi would not die like this, so after the body was carried out, she personally examined it.

She has been with Qianxi for many years, and she is very familiar with her, but among the two corpses, one of the body bones is different from Qianxi, and it should be a maid.

The other, although similar, had a stab wound on its body.

She had seen Shui Junyu's corpse at the beginning, so she knew where her fatal injuries were and what kind of structure they were.

It was the same as the charred corpse, so she was sure that the deceased was the real Shui Junyu.

"I just don't understand, who's helping us? Or is it helping Qianxi? Qu Youying held the water cup in her hand and said, "In this way, there is no need for Qianxi to be trapped in the Water Mansion." Shui Junyu's death can also be relieved. ”

Mu Jingzhu listened to her quietly, and then said, "Although that corpse is exactly the same as Shui Junyu's, it is not Shui Junyu himself. ”

"What?" Qu Youying was shocked, "How is it possible?" ”

"You forgot? When you painted the skin and changed the face of Qianxi, I went to dispose of the corpse, and I burned the corpse, so it is impossible for another corpse of Shui Junyu to appear. ”

Qu Youying couldn't say a word in surprise, but she believed that Mu Jingzhu would not leave a handle when doing things.

He said that if it is burned, it will be burned, so who is that similar corpse?

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