Chapter 119: The Last Side

Shui Qingqing's biggest purpose in entering the palace this time was to find out whether the back of the red sleeves really had the scars from the blue bricks that Aunt Pity said.

So she deliberately pushed her red sleeves down the lotus pond, just to wait for her to show her back when she bathed and changed clothes, so that she could see it clearly and carefully.

Sure enough, there was really a burn mark the size of a blue brick on the back of the red sleeves!

The moment she saw the scar, Shui Qingqing was so excited that her blood flowed backwards all over her body, she was not only happy to find the evidence of Empress Chen's crime of framing her mother, but also cold to the truth of the matter.

It turned out that Aunt Pian expected it was true, everything back then was really a poisonous hand done by Queen Chen to her mother in order to take the crown princess.

However, when she took a closer look at the blue brick pattern on the scar on the back of the red sleeve, she was a little surprised.

On the blue brick template that Nameless helped her retrieve from the Lanxin Courtyard of Chen Guogong's Mansion, the green bricks on it were carved with diamond-shaped side grooves.

However, the scar on the back of the red sleeve, in the middle of the diamond-shaped side groove, seems to have something else carved into it, like the shape of an orchid......

Without waiting for Shui Qingqing to take a closer look, the little palace maid in the kitchen who brought water to the red sleeves pushed the door in, and saw Shui Qingqing, who suddenly appeared in the red sleeves room, and said in surprise: "Who are you, why did you appear in my aunt's house?" ”

The voice of the little palace maid alarmed the red sleeves inside.

She turned around in a panic, and when she saw Shui Qingqing standing outside the screen, she was shocked, she didn't care that her body had not been cleaned, she quickly dried her body and put on her clothes and came out, her eyes looked at Shui Qingqing with a frightened face, and said coldly: "Didn't you let the palace maid take the county lord down to rest?" Why did the county lord sneak up in the slave's house!? ”

Shui Qingqing put away the hatred in her heart, her expression was terrified, and she said in a trembling voice: "Auntie, I don't know why, since I saw Aunt Pian by the lotus pond just now, I have been hearing Aunt Pian talking to me...... It's so scary, I don't dare to go to my mother, so I can only come to my aunt's house......"

As she spoke, Shui Qingqing's tears flowed down, her body trembled, and her face was also pale, as if she was really frightened.

Seeing her like this, Red Sleeves also began to feel furious in her heart, and asked, "What did Aunt Pian tell you?" ”

Shui Qingqing trembled her lips and said, "She said that she was killed by someone, and she wanted to find the person who set the fire...... My aunt's voice was so vicious, and she kept crying, as if she had great hatred, and I didn't dare to listen to it......"

When he heard Shui Qingqing say, 'Find the person who set the fire', the red sleeves' body trembled obviously, and his face turned a little pale.

Shui Qingqing said again: "Auntie, can I sleep with you tonight?" I'm so scared ......."

The red sleeves and white face forced him to calm down: "The county lord Jin Zhi Yuye, how can he sleep with the slave maid?" Besides, everything the county lord heard just now, I'm afraid that the county lord's tinnitus was wrong. People die like lamps go out, and the ghosts that come from them say. The county lord should hurry up and go to sleep. ”

After that, he pushed Shui Qingqing out of the door and ordered the palace people to send her to the side hall to rest.

When Shui Qingqing went out, she muttered in a frightened whisper: "It's obviously not tinnitus...... I really heard it. ”

After sending Shui Qingqing away, Red Sleeves stayed alone in the empty room, and her mind couldn't help but think of the situation when she set fire to escape and was chased by Aunt Pian, and her hand couldn't help but stroke the burns on her back, and her head was numb......

In this way, the red sleeves who were thieves with weak hearts, listened to the whimpering north wind outside the window, and seemed to hear the voice of the complaining person, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to close his eyes for a night......

Early the next morning, Shui Qingqing got up to say goodbye to Empress Chen, left the palace and went back to Baifu.

As soon as she left, Empress Chen looked at the red sleeves with an undepressed face and uncertain heart, and said, "I heard that you fell into the lotus pond last night, why were you so careless?!" ”

Since hearing Shui Qingqing mention Aunt Pie yesterday, especially the sentence 'to find the person who set the fire', Red Sleeves has been worried in his heart, not only did he not sleep all night, but the whole person began to be in a trance.

She said angrily with a white face: "It's not that the slave was careless, but that when she sent the county lord to the apse last night, she squeezed into the lotus pond......"

"The lotus pond that Guan Qing squeezed you off?!"

Hearing the words of the red sleeves, Empress Chen immediately became alert, put down the blood swallow cup in her hand, looked at the red sleeves with a hesitant face with condensed eyes, and said coldly: "Why did she suddenly squeeze you?" Are you hiding something from me? ”

Red Sleeves trembled in his heart, thinking that he had hidden the secret of Empress Chen for twenty years, and his face turned white in an instant.

She barely squeezed out a calm smile and said, "What is there to hide from the slave." She just didn't see the road clearly for a while, and was mixed up, bumped into the slave and maid, and squeezed the slave and maid into the lotus pond...... The slave was so angry that it took half a night to wash off the mud on her body, and now there is still a smell of mud on her body. ”

Empress Chen frowned and said, "Be careful in everything. She is very cunning and not easy to deal with. Hongu has always felt that she is not only suspicious of Wu Ning's death, but even the fire twenty years ago. Therefore, this palace is afraid that she will squeeze you into the lotus pond for other purposes. ”

Red Sleeves suppressed the panic in his heart, comforted Queen Chen, and comforted himself, and said: "Don't worry, Niangniang, she will be finished in two days - there are Yang's mother and son outside the palace to arrange everything." Here in the palace, Princess Leyi and the Queen Mother, the slave maid also whispered according to the mother's instructions, so when the time comes, the emperor will definitely not know what happened outside the palace - no one can save her! ”

After listening to the words of the red sleeves, the uneasiness in Empress Chen's heart calmed down, and she gently stirred the soup in the cup with a spoon, and said coldly: "I really hope that all this will pass quickly-if she is solved, the palace can be truly peaceful!" ”

At this time, the crown prince Li You walked in from outside the palace, but he couldn't wait for the palace people to break into the palace, and his always gentle face was anxious and excited, and in such a cold weather, there was a thin sweat on his forehead.

Seeing his description, Empress Chen was very surprised and said in surprise: "Early in the morning, why did you come to the queen mother?" ”

Li You's eyes lit up with excitement, and he said to Queen Chen: "Erchen has finally figured everything out!" ”

After that, he waved his hand outside the door: "Take her in!" ”

Seeing Feng Li You's excited appearance, Queen Chen's emotions were also driven by him, and she couldn't help but put down the spoon, and looked out of the palace door with her eyes following Li You's words.

The next moment, Gao Ming led a timid old lady in, and scolded: "When you see the queen, don't kneel down quickly!" ”

The old lady's whole body trembled violently, she didn't dare to raise her head at all, her legs were weak, and her body shrunk into a ball and knelt on the ground.

When Empress Chen saw that Li You brought an old woman to see her early in the morning, she guessed that her identity must not be simple, so she couldn't help but sit up straight and said, "Who is she and what's going on?" ”

Li You took a sip of the tea handed by the red sleeves, calmed down a bit, and said to Queen Chen: "When Erchen was chasing the accomplice of the mask assassin before, now this mother-in-law is locked up in a cellar, when Erchen asked her about the nameless and the assassin, she didn't know until recently that Erchen suspected that the child was related to Guanqing, and then asked her, only to learn that she was actually an important person in this matter. ”

It turned out that Nameless promised to help Shui Qingqing seal Aunt Jin's mouth, but he was not a vicious killer after all, he just arrested Aunt Jin and locked her in the cellar, preventing her from appearing again to identify Shui Qingqing, but did not ask for her life.

Later, Li You led people to search for Nameless and his assassins throughout the city, destroyed many of their hiding shops, and inadvertently revealed Mrs. Jin. And recently, Li You learned an amazing secret from Aunt Jin's mouth......

Empress Chen was anxious when she heard this, and couldn't help urging: "Don't hang your mother's appetite, say it quickly." ”

Li You said in a deep voice: "Her name is Aunt Jin, and she is a human trafficker in Vermilion Bird Lane in the capital. More than a year ago, I met a woman from a foreign country who came to the capital to look for relatives, and I wanted to sell her to the Qinglou, but later ......"

Speaking of this, Li You couldn't help but take a deep breath, as if even he couldn't believe what he said next.

And after listening to Li You's words, Empress Chen had already thought of something, and her expression immediately became solemn.

"Later, the woman she is now pregnant with, and it just so happens that the sister of this mother-in-law is on an errand in the Dingguo Marquis Mansion, looking for a pregnant mother for her master, so this mother-in-law coaxed a foreign woman to give birth to a child in her house."

"On the second day of September last year, the foreigner woman gave birth to a child, and the mother-in-law knocked the woman unconscious and threw it into the lake, and the child was sent to the Dingguo Marquis's Mansion and became the son of her aunt Bai Lingwei - the queen mother should have guessed who the foreigner girl was."

Hearing this, Empress Chen was already shocked, and even the red sleeves on the side were stunned.

is as smart as Queen Chen, since Li You mentioned the foreigner girl who returned to Beijing to find relatives, she had already guessed that the foreigner girl was Shui Qingqing.

Therefore, when she heard what Li You said later, even Empress Chen, who was accustomed to seeing dark conspiracies in the harem, was so shocked that she couldn't speak.

And Li You couldn't help but think of the first time she saw Shui Qingqing at the city gate, and then thought of her later marrying into the Hou Mansion on behalf of the Sheng family's daughter, and then to kill Leyi's snow wolf dog at the risk of being beheaded in order to protect Yun'er, and then Mei Zijin appeared in Princess Wuning's mourning hall with Yun'er, and later Mei Zijin lied that the prince died of illness, and finally took the child and Shui Qingqing to guard the border and was reluctant to return to Beijing......

At this time, all the mysteries were finally clearly presented in front of his eyes like mountains that had dispersed from the clouds.

Empress Chen, who came back from the shock, was surprised: "It turns out that she really gave birth to a child, and she is the son of the Hou Mansion...... And Yang's daughter Bai Lingwei was abandoned by the Hou Mansion and imprisoned because she gave birth to a child because of a fake pregnancy. The Yang family hid all this from the palace, just because they were afraid that the matter would be exposed and involve her daughter - it's just that they were afraid that they never dreamed that the foreign girl they murdered turned out to be the daughter of Baifu and her own sister. Oh, it's incredible! ”

After that, Empress Chen looked at Li You with a gloomy face, and asked in a deep voice: "So, now that you know the truth, what are your plans next?" ”

Li You has mixed feelings in his heartβ€”β€”

When he first heard what happened to Shui Qingqing, he didn't have a trace of pity for her in his heart.

can think of Mei Zijin and the military power in his hands, as well as the threat he and Nameless pose to himself, but he can't let them go.

Therefore, he will not let her go!

"Now the evidence is conclusive, not only proves that the prince of Houfu did not die of illness, but even the previous prince of Houfu is not the real bloodline of Houfu, so Mei Zijin asked his father to set up a son, which is also a crime of deception...... This time, Mei Zijin wants to escape the palm of the palace again! ”

Listening to Li You's words, Empress Chen couldn't help but realize that the purpose of Shui Qingqing's request for a gold medal for Mei Zijin and the Hou Mansion from the emperor yesterday was here.

Her heart was cold, and Empress Chen looked at Li You with a look of ambition, and said coldly: "You miscalculated." Yesterday here, in front of the palace, Guan Qing had asked the emperor for the gold medal of exoneration to keep Mei Lijin and the Hou Mansion - she was really not simple, she knew that this day would come after all, and she also knew that her son's affairs were the death hole of Mei Zijin and the Hou Mansion, so it was so cunning to find a talisman for them early! ”

Hearing this, Li You, who was excited and happy, stiffened his face, and couldn't believe what he heard.

"What do you say? What an exonerated gold medal?! ”

Empress Chen stroked her forehead with a headache and asked Red Sleeves to tell Li You about yesterday.

After listening to Red Sleeves' explanation, Li You's joy turned into resentment, a cold air flashed in his flashing eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "This palace originally had a trace of pity for her, since she didn't think about herself and protected Mei Zijin wholeheartedly, then don't blame this palace for not being affectionate - two days later, this palace will give them a big gift!" ”

After that, Li You hurriedly retreated, and His Royal Highness was left with only Empress Chen and Red Sleeves.

Red Sleeves said excitedly: "Niangniang, at the wedding of the county lord in two days, the Yang family will let the Wang family come forward to stir up the situation, and then the matter of the child will be exposed. ”

Empress Chen's heart was relieved, and she looked at the red sleeves and scolded: "You want to see the excitement." However, you're right, such a wonderful show, this palace is her own aunt, how can you miss it, of course you have to go! ”

Red Sleeves was in ecstasy, and hurriedly responded and began to prepare for the queen to leave the palace for the banquet the day after tomorrow......

On the other hand, Shui Qingqing, who returned to Baifu, didn't expect that Aunt Jin was still alive, let alone that Yun'er's life experience had been known by Li You......

As soon as she entered the main courtyard, she couldn't wait to take out the white silk that was given to her by no name and printed with the blue brick template of Lanxin Academy, looked at the blue brick pattern on it, and then carefully recalled what she saw on the back of the red sleeves last night, and the more she looked at it, the more she felt that the two patterns were different.

The blue brick pattern on the white silk is less than the brand pattern on the red sleeves!

Even so, Shui Qingqing can still be sure that Red Sleeves is the one who set fire to her mother back then.

As for why the patterns are different, Shui Qingqing thought of what Nameless had said to her before.

After the Orchid Temple caught fire, the house was rebuilt. Therefore, the green bricks of the house back then are only afraid that they are different from the current ones.

So, where are you going to find the green bricks left behind when the Orchid Courtyard caught fire?!

Also, even if she finds the same green brick as the scar pattern on the back of the red sleeves, if she denies it, even if Aunt Pity comes forward to testify, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convict her and Queen Chen.

After all, too long has passed since the events of that year, Princess Wuning has passed away, and the only remaining evidence is too weak for Empress Chen to refute......

Therefore, the only thing that can convict Queen Chen is to let her, or Red Sleeves personally admit the crime of the year.

However, it is almost impossible to make sinners admit their crimes, let alone a powerful figure like Empress Chen.

Thinking of this, Shui Qingqing had a headache.

And thinking of the news that Sanshi told her two days ago, she had terrible thoughts in her heart, and her brows tightened more and more.

Xiaoxi came in from outside, saw Shui Qingqing's sad appearance, and said worriedly: "Miss entered the palace yesterday, is the queen embarrassed you again?" ”

Shui Qingqing smiled bitterly: "This time, she is purely acting for the emperor, and her attitude towards me is very good." ”

Xiaoxi came to her senses: "No wonder I was so kind to prepare a sumptuous dowry for Miss this time, it turned out that it was all for the emperor to see." ”

Xiaoxi said again: "Since you are not the queen, what is the young lady worried about?" ”

Shui Qingqing wrinkled her eyebrows and said: "The crown prince Li You has been sending people to monitor me, I think he came for no name nine times out of ten." And two days ago, Sanshi came to tell me that he found out that before we returned to Beijing, the prince's East Palace had been assassinated by several assassins, and I suspected that Nameless did it - so, Nameless is very likely to be in the capital with Liu Yin at this time, and they are determined to avenge Liu Jing's eldest brother, so I am very worried about their ......"

Xiao Xi was slightly stunned when she heard this, and couldn't help but worry: "Is Miss worried that the nameless big brother will be arrested?" No, the nameless big brother has high martial arts skills and secretive actions, since the prince couldn't catch them before, he must not be able to find their ...... now."

Looking at Xiaoxi's eagerness, although Shui Qingqing couldn't bear it, she finally said the guess in her heart.

She said weakly: "Li You has been chasing Yun'er and Nameless, coupled with Nameless's several assassinations against him, he will definitely try his best to get rid of Nameless." ”

"So, at my wedding with the Hou Ye two days later, I think that the prince will definitely take this opportunity to lay a net to catch Nameless, because he knows that if Nameless is in the capital, on the day of marriage, Nameless is likely to appear......"

"Even, Nameless will want to take this opportunity to assassinate the prince who came out of the palace to attend the wedding...... These may not be for nothing. ”

Listening to Shui Qingqing's words, Xiao Xi's face turned white, and she said in a trembling voice: "What Miss said is not possible, but very likely...... Either way, I'm afraid that the nameless big brother will be very dangerous. Miss, what are we going to do...... You can't just watch the nameless big brother fall for the prince's scheme......"

Shui Qingqing's heart was also anxious, and she said with a headache: "Now I don't know the address of the nameless ones, and I can't find them, so I persuade them not to fall into the trap of the prince...... All I hope is that he himself can understand the danger and not appear in two days. ”

After that, Shui Qingqing said to Xiao Xi with an anxious face: "On the day of marriage, I and Hou Ye can't take care of other things, you and Sanshi must pay more attention to them, if they show the figure of Nameless and Brother Wu, find an opportunity to persuade them to leave, and never let them fight hard with the prince." ”

Xiao Xi nodded again and again, and couldn't help but pray: "I hope that the nameless big brother has left the capital and will not appear in two days!" ”

Shui Qingqing expected that at that time, in a hidden alley in the capital, in a simple courtyard, there were dozens of black-clothed people with no name and his subordinates.

At that time, Nameless sat at the wooden table, staring at the dancing candle in front of him, contemplating. Brother Wu and a group of brothers were united in their deliberations to take advantage of the wedding between the county lord of Guanqing and Marquis Mei two days later, and kill the prince Li You, who went out of the palace to the wedding banquet.

Everyone was enthusiastic, but Nameless remained silent.

Seeing this, Brother Wu stepped forward and hugged his fists at him and said, "Childe, because the enemy was hiding in the East Palace before, our brothers couldn't go in, so we could only let Childe get into danger alone, so I couldn't kill him several times." But this time, with all of us, he must have no return to avenge Brother Liu's blood hatred! ”

Nameless raised his eyes and looked at the confident people, and couldn't help but pour cold water on them and said, "We have dealt with Li You several times, and we should know that he is a person who is extremely deep in the city and is cunning and difficult to deal with. Besides, he has been on guard against us for a long time - when we are ready to assassinate him, he will definitely prepare a net for us to show up and wipe us out, so the big wedding of the Hou Mansion the day after tomorrow, everyone will not move, and do not run without authorization. ”

Hearing the nameless words, Brother Wu and everyone were surprised.

Brother Wu was puzzled: "But this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if we miss this time and let Li You hide back in the East Palace, we will have even fewer chances - besides, the Hou Mansion is also the enemy of the prince, why don't we take advantage of this assassination to kill the prince and disturb the happy events of the Hou Mansion, wouldn't it be great to kill two birds with one stone?" ”

Nameless's fist clenched suddenly, and he was about to speak, but Liu Yin, who had been paying attention to the movement in the next room, lifted the curtain and came out, her eyes swept lightly on Nameless's gloomy face, and she said indifferently to everyone: "I am very grateful for the thoughts of my brother who want to avenge my brother. However, I think what Childe said is very reasonable, if it is hard, it will only fall for Li You's plan - although I can't wait to kill Li You as soon as possible to avenge my brother, but I also don't want Childe and your big brothers to die in vain. And-"

Speaking of this, Liu Yin's tone paused slightly, and she looked at Nameless again, with mixed feelings in her heart, and said with a bitter smile: "The county lord is also our friend, if we assassinate Li You on her wedding day, it will also disturb the county lord's marriage, so we all still listen to the son's arrangement!" ”

These black-clothed people don't understand the grievances between Nameless and Shui Qingqing, as well as between Mei Zijin and the Hou Mansion, but Liu Yin knows.

Shui Qingqing is a nameless woman who wants to protect and love, Liu Yin witnessed his grief and sadness after learning that Shui Qingqing was going to marry Mei Zijin, but he also knew that it was because he loved her that he would not bear to destroy her family affairs, because he knew that marrying Mei Zijin was Shui Qingqing's dream.

And although Mei Zijin is a nameless enemy, he is a nameless brother. Therefore, Nameless would not have ruined their marriage on that day......

After listening to Liu Yin's words, Brother Wu and the others were silent, and for a moment they all hugged their fists to Nameless and said, "I will obey the arrangement of the son!" ”

After Brother Wu and everyone retreated, only Nameless and Liu Yin were left in the room.

Nameless silently went to the corner of the wall and slapped the wine jug open, and the bowl was not needed, so he drank it one after another from the spout of the pot.

Looking at his appearance, Liu Yin's heart ached abnormally.

Seeing Nameless pour down two pots of wine in succession, Liu Yin was about to step forward to persuade him not to drink anymore, but Nameless pushed open the door and walked straight out.

Liu Yin caught up and worried: "It's so late, where is the son going?" ”

The nameless eyes were blood-red, and he said in a muffled voice without looking back: "I want to see her...... The last side! ”

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