Chapter 241: Concubine Xian's Jin Lan
After learning about the general situation on Wei Jiuli's side, Bai Tang planned to leave the imperial city and go back to the Medical Valley first to see if he could find out some other news.
It's just that before she had time to leave, the chief manager of the palace secretly came to the door, saying that there was a distinguished guest in the palace, but the prince has been in retreat recently, and he has not appeared for a long time.
"Distinguished guests? Which guest is it, but what do you say you are looking for the prince? Bai Tang frowned.
"It's Mrs. Lin Xi, the prince's aunt, the prince respects him very much, but now the prince has been in retreat for a long time, and the old slave doesn't dare to disturb without permission, but he is afraid of neglecting the guests, so he came to the door to ask the county lord, the prince ordered before the retreat, and everything in the house is subject to the county lord's orders." ”
Bai Tang was stunned for a moment, and then said in surprise, "Auntie? ”
Isn't aunt the name of a sister in my mother's family? Could it be Concubine Xian's sister? But I've never heard Wei Jiuli mention it, and Concubine Xian doesn't seem to have any sisters, but she also has cousins, but they don't have much contact.
Besides, the Luo family has been cut off from the news of Concubine Xian for so many years, otherwise it would be impossible not to know the existence of Wei Jiuli, if this aunt is from the Luo family, then why did she hide it.
In addition, the housekeeper's words just now hinted that Wei Jiuli was very close to and respected this aunt.
She frowned and pondered, and suddenly remembered that when Wei Jiuli was about to give her two Demon Palace treasures before leaving, he attached a letter, and one of the contents of the letter was to ask her to beware of a person named Lin Xi, could it be her.
If this is the person, then something is wrong.
Seeing that the housekeeper's expression does not look like a fake, and the housekeeper is also loyal to Wei Jiuli, then there are only two possibilities, one is that this Lin Xi is not that Lin Xi, but there are no such coincidental things in the world.
The second is that Wei Jiuli probably deliberately disguises and rests, pretending to respect this Lin Xi very much.
She was silent for a long time, and suddenly a bright light flashed in her eyes.
She said to the housekeeper, "You go back first, so that you can settle the distinguished guests, and I will be there later." ”
"Yes." When the butler heard this, he hurriedly bowed down, and then retreated.
After he left, Bai Tang immediately notified Bai Hu to come over.
As soon as the white bird received the news, he rushed over.
Bai Tang asked, "Did Concubine Xian ever have any very good friends or sisters like Jinlan?" Is there a woman named Lin Xi among them? ”
When she mentioned it in Wei Jiuli's letter, she vaguely felt that the name seemed to be a little impressive, but she was not deeply impressed and didn't remember it.
Now that she was reminded again, coupled with the relationship between the other party and Wei Jiuli, she suddenly remembered a vague memory from her childhood.
When investigating the case back then, when she accidentally washed away the grievances of Concubine Xian, she seemed to have heard Concubine Shu appear in a sentence or two in her crazy scolding.
However, at that time, Concubine Shu seemed to be just scolding Concubine Xian for being pitiful, everyone betrayed her relatives, and her eyes were above the top, so many sisters in the palace seemed to be unqualified to enter her eyes, only one who was regarded as a sister missed her every day, but Lin Xi also broke off contact with her.
At that time, Concubine Shu's conspiracy was exposed, first frightened by Bai Tang's bloody methods, and then angrily interrogated by Wei Guojun, she couldn't suppress her emotions at the moment, vented frantically, and scolded all the suppressed dissatisfaction and resentment in her heart.
Because of her madness, the scolding was not taken to heart, and Wei Guojun was also in a rage, and before Concubine Shu finished venting, she was escorted down and given death.
Then all the palace maids were executed, and the blood almost covered the bluestone floor, which frightened the other palace concubines to the point that their faces were colorless, and no one remembered her words.
Bai Tang didn't recognize Concubine Xian back then, and he was even more indifferent to this.
Then she remembered that Wei Jiuli was also by her side back then, so did he always remember it?
But if he really got in touch with Lin Xi, what did it mean to be respectful on the surface and secretly on guard?
Bai Tang had too many questions in his heart, and he always had a hunch that Lin Xi's appearance was very important and seemed to affect some things.
Baihu seemed to have a record for Lin Xi, and said directly, "Regarding Lin Xi, the Lord has had a record in the early years. As he spoke, he briefly introduced the other party.
Lin Xi is one of the martial arts families, and the concubine daughter of one of the Lin family's side family heads is indeed the Jinlan sisters of the virtuous concubine Luo Shuiyue.
The Lin family and the Luo family are world friends, and the two families also had in-laws in their early years, although the objects of both parties passed away, but the connection between the two families has not been broken, and there is even the intention of marrying again.
At the beginning, Old Man Luo fell in love with the eldest daughter of the head of the Lin family and wanted to ask for his eldest son to be his daughter-in-law.
The Lin family seemed to have this meaning, and the two families tacitly spent more time moving around.
On the 80th birthday of the old lady of the Lin family, the Luo family's family came to celebrate his birthday, and the Lin family's descendants and side families also gathered at the main house, and it was also at that time that the thirteen-year-old Luo Shuiyue made her first friend, Lin Xi.
At that time, Lin Xi was twelve years old, one year younger than Luo Shuiyue, but she was much thinner than Luo Shuiyue, obviously her life at home was not easy, and she was not taken seriously, because Luo Shuiyue met her at that time, because the other party was abused by the Lin family, Luo Shuiyue pulled out a knife to help when she saw that she was uneven.
Luo Shuiyue is different from Lin Xi, she has been the pearl of her parents and brothers since she was born, she grew up in pampering and indulgence, and no one dared to bully her, plus she has a straight temperament, she doesn't like the pretentious ladies of other families, and she doesn't like the cousins in the family who have fake smiles and are always hypocritical, so she doesn't have any friends and sisters.
She probably felt that Lin Xi's brave resistance and strong and unyielding character at that time had an appetite for her, so she helped out.
Later, the people of the Luo family wanted to leave, Luo Shuiyue proposed to invite Lin Xi back as a guest, the people of the Luo family were very happy that their daughter and sister were finally going to make friends, and the Lin family was also very happy that someone could enter the eyes of this little princess, so naturally no one objected.
In this way, Lin Xi went to Luo's house to live for a while, and then the relationship between the two quickly sublimated and became very good sisters of the opposite sex.
Later, the marriage between the eldest of the Luo family and the eldest lady of the Lin family encountered a little problem.
Miss Lin seems to have a lot of opinions about Lin Xi, and proposed that she doesn't want to be under the same roof with Lin Xi in the future, and if she is there, Lin Xi will not be there.
At that time, Luo Shuiyue and Lin Xi were very good friends, and Lin Xi lived in Luo's house for almost seven or eight months of the year.
Boss Luo dotes on his sister very much, and it is rare that his sister has finally made a close friend, how can he make his sister embarrassed and sad, so he refused immediately.
Later, the marriage failed, and the two families went back and forth in the end.
Lin Xi probably learned about this from home, so he ran to tell Luo Shuiyue, apologized to her, and then said that he would not trouble her again in the future, so he left crying.
Although Luo Shuiyue didn't get angry after knowing about this, she was also sad for a while, first, her eldest brother's marriage was yellow because of her, and second, her friend seemed to be breaking off with her in order not to make trouble for her.
Later, in order to please her, her family gave Lorraine Villa on her birthday, saying that this villa was completely up to her, and she could invite anyone to live.
Luo Shuiyue got the villa, so she went to invite three and four invitations, and finally invited Lin Xi to come over for a long stay, and the two sisters soon resumed their old friendship.
Then when Luo Shuiyue was sixteen years old, he inadvertently saved the prince and the queen mother in distress, and his life began to change.
Luo Shuiyue fell in love with the crown prince, and after learning their identities, she resolutely ignored the obstruction of her family and left with him.
And after Lin Xi left with the prince, she also moved out of Lorraine Villa and returned to Lin's house, so there is no news.
In the years that followed, on the surface, Luo Shuiyue and Lin Xi never saw each other again.
On the surface......
When Bai Tang saw this, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and there was no surface of it, so did he see each other in secret?
After all, the Luo family broke off the relationship with Luo Shuiyue, partly to protect the family and draw the line with the imperial court, so what about Lin Xi?
In the Lin family, she is just a junior who is inconspicuous and not taken seriously, she can't represent the Lin family, so naturally she has no relationship, and there is no need to cut off relations with Luo Shuiyue.
She couldn't help but think of the person who entered the palace and secretly met with Concubine Xian and had a quarrel.
"Lin Xi can do martial arts?" She looked up and asked the white bird.
Bai Hu gave an affirmative answer, "No, she offended the eldest lady of the Lin family when she was a child, she was accidentally injured by her, and she fell ill, so she couldn't practice martial arts, and she never came into contact with martial arts practice since then." ”
When Bai Tang heard this, his eyebrows did not loosen, but tightened them tighter.
Then she continued to flip through the paper and read on.
After returning to the Lin family, Lin Xi's life seemed to be difficult again, and when he was seventeen years old, he was married to a martial artist in his thirties as a concubine, but the martial artist seemed to have made too many enemies outside, and he was secretly killed in the study the next year.
She was driven out of the house by Takeo's wife who found a name, and later disappeared.
They investigated for a long time and found some, but it was only an approximation.
It seems that Lin Xi did not return to the Lin family after being driven away, but lived on the streets, and later seemed to be rescued, and then accidentally entered Qingyang Villa as a maid, and was later valued by the eldest young master of Qingyang Villa to do a room, and then was promoted to a concubine because of pregnancy, but the child was assassinated by the eldest lady and miscarried.
The eldest lady was driven away by Hugh, and she climbed up step by step, and then became a wife, and because she was unable to have children, she continued to find beauties for her husband to pass on the lineage, and her position became more and more stable.
In general, this seems to be an inspirational woman who was bumpy like duckweed in the first half of her life and counterattacked in the second half of her life, and there is nothing wrong with her.
Recognized Wei Jiuli two years after he was taken by Wei Guojun's side, Lin Xi inadvertently heard a few words from his mouth, and after a check, he learned that the deceased good sister still had a son left.
After that, Lin Xi had been secretly taking care of Wei Jiuli, and also sent some people from Qingyang Villa to secretly protect him, or become his guards, and found excellent martial artists for Wei Jiuli to secretly teach him martial arts.
So on the surface, Wei Jiuli was especially respectful and grateful to this aunt who suddenly appeared and took great care of him.
Judging from the other party's resume and the expression of the head of the palace, this Mrs. Lin Xi should also be a woman with exquisite faces and long sleeves and good dancing.
After learning the basic news of the other party, Bai Tang set off for the palace.
Wei Jiuli seemed to have expected Lin Xi to visit during this time, so what was the reason for this visit?
The first impression of seeing Lin Xi was that this was a very charming, dignified and kind beautiful woman, who seemed to be only about thirty years old, with a kind smile on the corner of her mouth, and seemed to be close and caring to everyone.
It's a pity that it's hard to paint the skin and bones, and it's hard to hide your face.
What's more, Bai Tang doesn't need to read minds, he can directly perceive and judge the changes in the other party's brainwaves through mental power to infer the truth or falsehood of the words.
The difference between the inside and the outside is her first impression evaluation.
"You are Bai Tang, I often hear Li'er mention you, but that kid is very protective of food, and I finally see you today." Lin Xi said with a smile on the corner of his mouth, looking at her with appreciation, "It's really as Li Er said, demure and elegant, and naturally beautiful." ”
"Mrs. Lin praised it falsely." Bai Tang bowed his head slightly.
Lin Xi waved his hand, his gestures were easy-going, but elegant and noble, "Now that you and Li Er also have a marriage contract, they will be a family in the future, so you can just call my aunt with Li Er." ”
Bai Tang was as good as a stream, bowed his head again, and shouted in a low voice, "Auntie." ”
"Huh." Lin Xi seemed to be very happy to respond, and then sighed again, "Now in a blink of an eye, Li Er has also grown up, and she is going to marry a daughter-in-law, if Shui Yue knows, I don't know how happy I should be, but it's a pity ......"
Speaking of this, she seemed to be a little choked, her eyes were a little red, and she hurriedly tapped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and said, "It's rude." ”
"It's okay." Bai Tang said, and then followed her words and asked, "Aunt and Concubine Xian Jinlan are close friends, which is enviable." ”
"Yes, speaking of which, the years I spent with Shui Yue were my happiest days, I didn't have to be cold, I didn't have to look at people's faces, I didn't have to be hungry and cold, and I didn't have to be false and wronged with people, but unfortunately the good times didn't last long......" Lin Xi sighed, reminiscing about the past, as if he still thought of some funny memories, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously hooked up a gentle smile.
"I also heard Jiuli mention my aunt's past, you didn't have a good time in the Lin family, why didn't you leave with Concubine Xian Niangniang back then, and you don't have to go back to that family to continue to suffer." Bai Tang frowned slightly, and there was a bit of hidden anger between his eyebrows, which was against the Lin family.
Lin Xi looked up at her, and then said, "I probably understand why Li Er is so obsessed with you, you and Shui Yue are really a little similar, with similar personalities, they are both decisive and bold people, if I had a little courage in Shui Yue back then, I probably wouldn't be like that later." She lowered her eyes slightly, as if she wanted to cover the unbearableness under her eyes, but there was a trace of fragility and sadness between her eyebrows.
"The past is over, and now you are happy to come." Bai Tang blamed himself, as if he regretted that he shouldn't have asked this question, and hurriedly remedied.
Lin Xi turned to chuckle and waved his hand, "You're right, it's a pity that when I said goodbye back then, I didn't have the chance to see each other again in my life, which is my regret in this life." She said, sighing deeply.
Bai Tang also seemed to be infected with sadness, lowered her head, but there was a deep light in her eyes, she saw for the first time that she could interpret emotions so perfectly, but her heart did not fluctuate, as if the soul and the skin were divided into two. Take a look at the latest chapter of "NPC in Ancient Times: Love at Doctor's Sight, Rely on Your Claw Book House" to read for free for the first time.