Volume III-40 Old Stories of Jiangnan (I)
Old Things in Jiangnan (Part I)
Lian'er knew that he would not admit that Ah Yilan still had a place in his heart, and he would still love Fu Xinshu with pity. Now that she's made up her mind, she doesn't want to argue anymore. She just wanted this to end as soon as possible, her lower abdomen was already slightly bulging, and Xinjie hadn't looked at her as closely as she used to, so she didn't notice. She didn't want to tell him that if he knew, he wouldn't let her go. Hopefully everything will be over sooner so that she can leave with her baby a day sooner.
The time to be together was short, and she allowed her husband to be close to her.
In the early morning, after the master had practiced, he walked in the garden in harmony as in the past, and picked the delicate rose hairpins of late summer and early autumn for his wife in a bun. Let the guards who came with her look envious, let Ah Yilan who came on the opposite side look jealous, and even more lined with her own loneliness. After greeting lightly, although Ah Yilan wanted to speak, he looked at Xinjie's coldness and swallowed his words back. Xinjie took his wife to avoid it in time.
Lian'er knew that this Ah Yilan would not give up so easily, and sure enough, after breakfast, she stopped her husband in the atrium after seeing a visiting colleague from the living room, and threw herself into her arms and cried. Lian'er saw from afar, she took the medicine and went around to the room to wait for her husband, but she didn't expect Xinjie to come to see her with questions.
"Ah Yilan said that at that time, you told Yihe that as long as he rewarded her to the guards on duty, you would promise him, is this true?"
This shameless and ridiculous remark made Lian'er cry and laugh, and her husband's credulity in this woman made her extremely painful. "You believe it?"
"I just don't believe it, that's why I'm asking you."
"My character is so despicable in your eyes? I asked the prince to let her go because she saved you, I feel that I owe her a favor, now you go and tell her, from now on I don't owe her anything, but she made up such a vicious thing to hurt me today, she owes me, I don't want to become as despicable as her, this time I keep it until she gets her own retribution, if she does anything despicable again, I will definitely not let her go. ”
Xinjie has never seen Lian'er so angry, could it be that Ah Yilan lied to him again?
"Don't mention anything about this despicable man in front of me in the future. I also don't want to see her at home again. She left angrily, not caring what he said, let alone taking his medication or not.
He couldn't believe that his wife would betray her as Anylan said, but he also couldn't believe that someone as innocent as Anylan would make up a story to frame his wife. At this time, his subordinates informed the prince of his arrival, so that he had to cheer up and go to see it.
"Isn't Wanning here?" The prince walked in to avoid mundane etiquette, and he looked very irritable and went straight to the point: "It's not just right, I need to discuss something with you alone." ”
The prince handed him a copy of Yihe's testimony, which recorded the course of the night in detail, and the most surprising and heart-wrenching thing for Xinjie was that according to the guard, Yihe had stopped hurting and abusing Lian'er after the first time, but Ah Yilan's foul language and constant ridicule of Yihe angered him and made him start his violence against Lian'er again. They all heard Yihe's confession to Lian'er at that time, and felt that he was very fond of Mrs. Tang, and would not have done such a vicious act. However, Ah Yilan was very jealous, and with the knowledge of the guards about Ah Yilan's habitual behavior in the mansion, several of them judged that she was deliberately provoking Yi and seeking revenge.
"Shinno told me that she was badly injured and that she was unconscious when he went. When Wan Ning came to beg me to let Ah Yilan go, I don't think she knew that this girl was so bad. When I let Ayilan go that day, I hadn't seen this confession. Now I don't know if this kind of thing happened, whether Wan Ning regretted that she came to beg me to let Ah Yilan go. If she wants to pursue the matter, she will also need to testify in court. After such a deep injury, do you think it is appropriate to let her go to court again? If she doesn't go, at least she needs to give a testimony, but re-mentioning this matter with her is another disservice to her. So I'd like to talk to you about what you think would be better done with it. ”
When Xinjie told Yiyi what he had just angered Lian'er, Yiyi also sighed that this innocent-looking A Yilan had such sinister intentions, which was really unpredictable.
"There is another thing I need to discuss with Wan Ning, Wan Ning asked someone to bring me a letter, asking me to thoroughly investigate Qi Feng's whereabouts in the past six months, maybe he is still in the capital. Regarding Qi Feng's affairs, she seems to care about Qi Feng in particular? We arrested Qi Xian, who always didn't recognize himself as Qi Xian, and kept saying that he was Qi Feng. But Wan Ning told me with certainty that it was Qi Xian, not Qi Feng. How did she judge? "Qi Feng, this is making the people of Da Zhou panic. Although they arrested Qi Xian, several of them also knew that person was Qi Xian, but it was Qi Feng who was announced to the outside world. Because they couldn't say it to the outside world, the head of the Great Zhou court was missing and missing. The face of the imperial court is still very important.
Wan Ning's answer to Yiyi surprised the prince and Xinjie again: "Qi Feng and Qi Xian are twin brothers, and few outsiders can distinguish them. But grandma and the queen mother have said that Qi Feng is easy-going on the surface, but arrogant on the inside, and left the Wenzhao Marquis Mansion in Jiangnan because of negative anger and did not continue to study medical skills, and he can be regarded as a person with a temperament. He has been an official outside the country for many years, and he has always been honest. Many years ago, I read some of his early articles and poems in the palace, and the texts were full of solitary integrity. It's a far cry from the Qi Xian we've seen now. Now you see Qi Xian sleek and sophisticated, with a lot of ingenuity in his words. I still have some things I want to ask Qi Xian, and I want to meet him in person. I want to ask him if he has anything to do with the bloody case of the Zhou family in Jiangnan back then, and whether anyone in the Yan family offended him? I want to ask him how he wants to get through the court for a long time after he pretended to be Lord Qi. With his arrogant character, does he have to say to the world one day, The first assistant of the Great Zhou is Qi Xian, not Qi Feng? Why does he have to ask the big position, to be the owner of Baiyu Villa, why not be a king in Jiangnan? ”
These questions were unresolved for a while, and everyone could only continue to investigate and prevent them. Although she was still injured, Lian'er volunteered to follow the prince to see Qi Xian in order to get further information. Since she was summoned into the house by the crown prince, she had not looked at her husband squarely, did not ask him to go with him to inquire about Qi Xian's meaning, and did not say goodbye to him when she left. Xinjie was very helpless, he had to wait for her to come back from errands in the evening and then apologize to her and find a way to turn around. He deeply felt that the crisis between them was on the verge of collapse. He is very helpless, unlike any of his official duties or affairs, which can be organized and logical. Lian'er's heart is so fragile and difficult to control, but it is what he always expects.
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Lian'er and the prince broke up on Suzaku Street, and the prince went back to his house to do errands, and he sent part of his guards to send Lian'er to the prison to see Qi Xian.
Soon both the prince and Xinjie received reports that the prince's guard had been dispersed and the general's wife had been robbed.
"This is the temple of the lady of Yuhua in Jingxi, and the incense was very prosperous for a while, and many believers came here to ask for marriage for themselves."
"I don't think Lord Qi brought me here to talk about Mrs. Yuhua or Wanning's marriage. Wanning is married and married, and no longer needs to ask for marriage. ”
"Of course, the current emperor specially ordered to crown Mrs. Fuhua. You are indeed much smarter than that girl of Xinshu. ”
"Sometimes people's marriage has nothing to do with intelligence or whether they are smart, fate is yours and yours in the end, not what you ask for and can't ask for."
"yes!"
"It seems that Master Qi has a deep understanding."
"Why do you insist that I am Qi Feng and the one in prison is Qi Xian? Why don't you want to admit that it's Qi Feng? ”
"Lord Qi, please forgive the juniors for being presumptuous, I wonder if the juniors have guessed correctly?"
"White Feather Villa no longer threatens Yiyi's throne, Yihe can no longer compete with him for the throne, why do you keep chasing who is Qi Feng and who is Qi Xian? Do you have to let the Qi family kill all of them before you are willing? ”
"The younger generation has no intention of seeing more detention or bloodshed, the only thing they want to know is the truth."
"It's like sometimes you have a lot of blood."
"The truth seems to have shed a lot of blood, Wan Ning has no interest in anything else, just wants to know what is the real reason for the bloody case of the Zhou family in Jiangnan in the first place? Is it really related to Lord Qi? ”
"What if you know? Hasn't the Queen Mother already cleared your father's name? ”
"The Queen Mother has no real evidence, just as the person who convicted the Zhou family has no real evidence. Wan Ning just wanted to know, if his father was really innocent, why did someone attack him, and what was the real purpose? My grandfather and father were honest people all their lives, and they lived for their reputation. There is nothing that Wanning can do for them now, except to confirm their innocence, so as to comfort their spirits in heaven. ”
"That's the only purpose?"
"That's one of the reasons, and that's why I'm still here."
Qi Feng looked at her suspiciously: "Brother Xian is right, although you look very similar to Jingchun, your personality is completely different from hers. She's so weak and needs protection all the time, and you're so strong and always thinking about what to do for others. ”
"Oh, is it? I'd like to have something to rely on and not have to worry about it myself, but Wanning doesn't have that kind of luck. ”
"It seems that Xinjie's kid makes you feel uneasy."
"Didn't your brother arrange another marriage for him? How can you rely on late condensation? ”
"I told Brother Xian a long time ago that this method is not advisable, but if he doesn't listen, it will not only hurt you, but also Xinshu. For the throne, for the power, Brother Xian paid too much. But then again, if it weren't for Bi Yan, Brother Xian wouldn't have become like this. ”