Chapter 201: Covering Up the Truth
"What? Abortion? ”
"Miss, eighty percent of it was a miscarriage, and the way the blood flowed, eighty percent of it was the child in the belly who fell out."
Inexplicable panic poured into Zhou's eyes, "I haven't heard that she is pregnant, how could she have a miscarriage?" ”
"Miss, she said that she has some skin with the prince, she must have had a miscarriage, and we are in trouble......"
"Mom, hurry up and go home and call your sister-in-law, and let your sister-in-law come and save Yukou!"
"Miss...... We're in a big disaster, and the princess can't save us when she comes! ”
"Let my sister-in-law go to the Queen Mother to intercede, and I will go to make amends to the prince."
The nurse hugged Zhou, the two almost cried and collapsed on the ground, and the two little maids ran out of the Qiuxiang Hall quickly, one went to find the Li family, and the other went to the stables to call a carriage, and quickly flew to Shangshu Zhou's house.
At the time of a cup of tea, Li entered the small courtyard of Qiuxiang Hall in a panic, only to see Zhou sitting on the door frame, Liu Liangren tied to a stool, and the blood on his lower body dripped a large piece on the ground along his skirt.
Li immediately understood Jingwei, and hurriedly rushed outside and said, "Go and ask for a doctor, go quickly." ”
There was no time to confront the Zhou family, and the Li family led everyone to carry Liu Liangren into the house of Donglantang. The doctor hurriedly took the pulse, shook his head dejectedly, and said helplessly: "It's useless, there is no sign of happy pulse from the pulse." ”
Li Shi was heartbroken and said earnestly: "Doctor, think of a way again!" ”
"Mom, if you don't use it, you don't use it, and there is no sign of joy in the noble person's vein."
Li's eyes were almost bleeding, and he was sad: "Counting the days, it must have been about four months, why didn't there be any signs before." ”
The doctor asked suspiciously, "Four months?" Impossible! I don't think the veins of this noble man are four months. ”
"It's been four months." Li said quietly.
The doctor didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, so he could only swallow his unfinished words into his stomach indiscriminately, and the little maid who came from the Qiuxiang Hall heard this sentence vigilantly and secretly remembered it in his heart.
Liu Liangren dragged his weak body, raised his head, and defended himself: "Mom, I am indeed four months pregnant, but the slave family has just become a husband and wife with the prince, and in a blink of an eye, the prince met Niangniang, and the two are in love, so I don't dare to say my own things." Before the concubine entered the door, the concubine gave birth to a child, in case the mother eats the heart, 'the eldest son is not the son-in-law', in case she regrets her marriage with the prince, then I will not feel at ease even if I go to hell! ”
Liu Liangren burst into tears when he spoke, and everyone present was moved. Only the doctor looked at Liu Liangren with a puzzled face.
"Since this is the case, it is also my negligence, and I have wronged you during this time. I was busy with the prince's wedding, and if I didn't take care of your body, the palace would not treat you badly. ”
Liu Liangren himself used his weak body to beg for mercy for Zhou: "Mom, I haven't told anyone about my pregnancy, and Sister Zhou is also hiding it to death, even if the child is gone, it's a pity, I still ask my mother to help me make the decision." ”
Before Li could speak, a fierce voice sounded from outside the curtain.
"If the side concubine does something wrong, it is naturally because the master does not teach well, so there is no need for you to pretend to fan the flames."
Li Shi heard the owner of the voice, and hurriedly went out and knelt down to greet him: "I don't know that Princess Shouyang is coming, and I am not welcome, please forgive the princess." ”
Liu Liangren didn't expect a shot to hit the muzzle, and quickly collapsed on the bed, pretending to die soon.
"Mother Li, there was such a big thing happened to the side concubine yesterday, and you actually hid it to death, and the owner just knew." Princess Shouyang knew that the Zhou family had committed a monstrous disaster, so she avoided the important and took the lead in attacking.
Li Shi said humbly: "The princess blames, and the slave does not dare to defend herself." The slave had a wrong idea for a while, thinking that the side concubine had turned the corner, so he didn't dare to alarm the princess. ”
"Nonsense, if you don't figure it out, others will think that our Shangshu Mansion is going to collapse, and even Miss Yan of her own family can't protect it!"
"The princess is angry, the slave is not doing well this time, and the slave is derelict in his duties."
"It's not that the owner blames you, the owner can't give birth in his life, and he only treats the side concubine as his daughter, and the owner is a little more spoiled, so the side concubine is always more willful and fierce than ordinary girls."
"The princess taught the side concubine very well, and even the slave always sighed in private, 'The side concubine is dignified and generous, and she is graceful', which is the style of the royal lady."
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little relaxed, the eldest princess of Shouyang also said slowly: "If you had told the master yesterday, it would not have caused today's catastrophe." The side concubine is still young, she has not experienced personnel, she is only blindly jealous and hateful, the nurse will not embarrass the side concubine for a child who has been miscarried, and she can't get along with the owner, right? This palace is already here today, and by the way, let's figure out the matter of cursing the side concubine. ”
Li had already guessed that Princess Shouyang would be waiting here for her to speak, so she straightened her color and said, "Go and bring the maid named Taohong, and then ask all the maids identified today to come to Donglan Hall." ”
"Mother Li, the ready-made murderer is lying on the bed, why did Mother Li go to great lengths to ask others to come over?"
"Princess, there is another secret in this matter, it is not Liu Liangren who curses the princess, but a maid named Taohong."
Princess Shouyang was shocked, if this is really the case, then Concubine Zhou's miscarriage of Liu Liangren by mistake will have to be another matter.
Liu Liangren was lying on the bed, hearing the words from Li's mouth, he finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he ran all night last night, carefully arranged, and finally washed away the doubts on his body.
"What? Not her? "Princess Shouyang couldn't believe her ears.
Li nodded firmly and said, "You can't be wrong." Everything was done by a little maid named Pink. ”
About a quarter of an hour later, I saw that Peach was tied up by the five flowers and brought into the courtyard of Donglantang, and when she saw someone, she said madly: "You smell the fragrance on my body, you smell it, and I can serve by the prince's side in the future." ”
As soon as Taohong entered the courtyard, Li's mother saw a delicate purse tied to the tether of Taohong's middle coat, exactly the same as the one she saw in the Qiuxiang Hall yesterday, and said to her henchman: "Untie that purse." ”
The nurse's henchman walked up to Peach and was about to untie the purse, but Peach suddenly knocked her head to the ground.
Several maids rushed up, pressed Pink to the ground, and untied the purse.
The yard was already in chaos, and Peach shouted in her mouth: "Return my purse, this is my purse." ”
Li was even more sure in his heart, all of this was probably done by Peach. Although there is no direct evidence that the purse yesterday can be related to Pink, the murder weapon that killed the monk was Pink's hairpin. Now this purse is a second piece of evidence.
Liu Liangren was lying on the bed in the room, a cold smile squeezed out of the corner of his mouth, and he said faintly in his heart: "This is also seamless, and it is not in vain that I waited for an hour in the morning breeze and handed over this purse to Taohong's hand as a matter of course." After another silent sneer, Liu Liangren said coldly in his heart: "Peach girl, don't blame me." Man dies for money, and birds die for food. I only have one life. I will borrow your life to die for me. Huangquan Road is a matter of time and time, if you die for me, I will not treat you badly. You are just a maid in the yang world, and I will burn a lot of money for you in the future, so that you can live a rich and beautiful life in the underworld. Save you from suffering in the sun. ”
Outside the courtyard, Princess Shouyang asked with an embarrassed face, "What is this?" ”
"Princess, yesterday the side concubine was put under the witch Gu by this little maid with a purse, so she almost lost her life."
Princess Shouyang has long listened to the words of the little maid and already knows something about yesterday's witch Gu. looked at Li quietly and quietly.
Li Shi turned to his henchman and said, "Cut it open and show it to the princess." ”
The henchman held a wire opener and picked open the purse one by one. Peach was pressed to the ground by the crowd and shouted desperately: "This is my purse, you can't destroy my purse." ”
The eldest princess of Shouyang's face became more and more ugly, and her two curved eyebrows had wrinkled into a curve. "Sure enough, it's a good thing that this little girl did!"
The henchman thought that it must be Concubine Zhou's birthday, but she didn't expect that when she opened it, the words on the yellow cloth directly scared her and squatted on the ground.
Princess Shouyang stood silently in place, Li walked over quickly, pulled the purse and saw that it was actually the birthday of Concubine Niangniang. was also shocked, and held the yellow cloth in his hand.
"Bring it and let the master see it."
Li couldn't, so he could only hand the yellow cloth to Princess Shouyang.
Princess Shouyang spread it out and looked at it, her face changed greatly, and there were three big words written on it: 'Shi Wanying', this 'Shi Wanying' is the prince's concubine.
In this way, the truth is revealed, this little girl must be jealous of the two masters, so she curses with witchcraft.
Princess Shouyang handed the yellow cloth to the Li family, and said quietly: "If something like this happened in the palace, Mother Li can't escape the blame." ”
How could Lee not know? Hurriedly asked someone to bring the charcoal basin, and threw the purse and yellow cloth into the charcoal basin in front of everyone.
"Princess, the slave is derelict in his duties, let the side concubine be wronged, and the slave is willing to accept the princess's punishment."
The eldest princess of Shouyang looked relieved, and before she could speak, Li immediately said: "It is also an indisputable fact that the side concubine beat her lover Liu for no reason, causing the fetus in Liu's womb to slip. ”
"Mom, the side concubine made a mistake for a while, so she caused a big disaster, and the master will definitely discipline her strictly."
"The princess's words are wrong, if the side concubine is raised under the princess's knees, of course the slave will not dare to ask. Now that the side concubine has married into the palace as a side concubine, the princess cannot interfere in the family affairs of our palace. ”
"How is mom going to punish the side concubine?"
"The slave didn't dare to punish the side concubine, so he could only tell the queen mother, the prince and the mother truthfully, and let the three masters make a clear decision."
Princess Shouyang's face softened, stepped in front of the Li family, and said in a low voice: "Now the Queen Mother and the prince are already busy for the civil strife in the south and the plague in the capital, and the major affairs of the court are still too busy. Family matters are trivial matters, if the mother makes her own decisions, punish the side concubine a little, cover it up a little, and this matter will pass. At most, reward the Liu family with some gold and silver decency, and don't let Bai let her suffer from these flesh and skin. Princess Shouyang changed her words and continued: "This little girl is even cursed by Niangniang, if it alarms Niangniang, when the time comes, will the master be able to eat it?" ”
Li was a little embarrassed, and she had already turned these stakes in her heart several times. looked at Princess Shouyang, but didn't speak.
"According to the Lord, big things are turned into small things, small things are turned into nothing, everyone is harmonious and beautiful, this is the dignity of the palace, isn't it?"
Li's mother has long had this intention, but for such a big thing as a miscarriage, she must go to the palace to report, Liu is already happy, and then she is a lover, it is really unreasonable.
"Since the princess has thought of this path for the slave, the slave can't help but do it, the queen mother in the palace can't help but say, as for how to say that the queen mother is not angry, the slave is not very sure, and I hope the princess can help the slave."
Princess Shouyang finally heard a satisfactory word, and hurriedly replied: "Mom, don't worry, Mom, this is also for the sake of the concubine, and the master will spare no effort." ”
"As for the Liu family, the matter has come to this, and the status can not be delayed any longer, so the slave will ask the queen mother to reward her with the position of a concubine, after all, she is pregnant for the prince once, and there is no merit and hard work."
"This is a matter within my mother's share, and the owner will not interfere much, since the matter has come to this point, the owner will go to the queen mother's palace to ask for the concubine in accordance with the agreement. For the rest of the things, please take care of your mother more. ”
"The princess walks slowly, the princess works hard."