When Zhao Kan came in, the people behind him escorted Xiao Jing.

As soon as he entered the door, he glanced at Concubine Xian coldly, and then stepped forward and knelt in front of the emperor: "The son is guilty, please punish my father." ”

"Say." When the emperor heard that he was asking to see him early in the morning, he asked him about the Gu worm, but he had to stay until this time to say, he wanted to see what the reason was.

Zhao Kan knelt down and looked at the emperor, and said: "Erchen knows that Miss Zheng was possessed by Gu worms yesterday, and the matter of identification has been spread in the capital, but Erchen has never done this, otherwise Zheng Ruyi was assassinated before he finished speaking?" Zheng Ruyi must have been about to leak his mouth and was executed by the people in the shadows. After Zhao Kan finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Concubine Xian beside him, and sneered: "Concubine Xian, what do you think?" ”

Concubine Xian looked at the Xu family waiting outside the curtain tent, the shadowy figure did seem to be Xu Zhaozhao, she only turned her head and said softly: "I don't know about this matter, this concubine is just ordered by the queen mother to investigate the matter of respecting the nobles." ”

When Zhao Kan heard this, he snorted lightly, and then continued to say to the emperor: "Erchen is soft-spoken, not as good as the virtuous concubine Niangniang has the emperor's grandmother to rely on, but the father can make people find out why Zheng Ruyi disappeared in the past few days, and who arrested him, and deliberately threw it at the gate of the Gongyuan on the day of the Spring Festival, it can be seen that the person behind this has been planning for a long time, in order to make the Erchen ruined." Early this morning, someone found the so-called Gu worm hiding place, and Erchen knew that it must be the person behind the curtain who refused to let Erchen go, so he planned to do it, pretending to be afraid of crime and absconding, but in fact he secretly went to collect evidence, but Erchen's evidence was not collected, but he found evidence that someone wanted to murder his mother. ”

Duan Hui listened to these words on the side, and also knew that today's matter was a huge situation, and the people who bothered to think about it before and after were really terrible, the emperor was usually suspicious, and he was still like this for his children, and even more so for the concubine, and now he dared to have such a scheming person in the harem, once he was discovered, he was afraid that it would be more than lucky.

Zhao Kan's words fell, and the honorable people also understood, and looked at the emperor directly and said sadly: "It turns out that someone is trying to harm the concubine, mother and son." Your Majesty, the concubine and Kan Er have never thought about fighting for anything, they just want to spend the rest of their lives in peace, who is so vicious and has such a poisonous plan! When she said this, it seemed as if these things really had nothing to do with their mother and son, after all, it seemed that this matter was for their mother and son, and it was more like someone had carefully planned it than they had done it.

The emperor glanced at the honorable person lightly, and then looked at the trembling maid kneeling on one side in a low voice, and said, "She is the evidence you say?" ”

"Yes." Zhao Kan bowed his head and turned his head to look at Xiao Jing: "Tell me everything you know." ”

"Yes." Xiao Jing's trembling tongue was about to be knotted, and her whole body trembled like chaff, and she didn't dare to look up at anyone at all, so she only choked and said: "The slave maid was originally a maid of the Xu Mansion, and she received the favor of His Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes in the early years, and this time she was ordered by the virtuous concubine Niangniang to kill Miss Xu with the little nobleman." ”

The armor on Concubine Xian's hand was pinched into the flesh, her face was slightly pale, but she only raised her chin slightly, and her soft voice carried a little trembling and grievance: "When I give an order to you, you can't slander me without any grounds." ”

"Didn't Concubine Xian just rely on a clever mouth to identify Miss Xu as I killed her?" The honorable man looked at her sarcastically, and then looked at Xiao Jing and said, "Do you have any other evidence?" ”

"Yes." Xiao Jing bit her lip tightly, remembered the letter Mo Feng gave her last night, and pulled it out of her sleeve: "This is an order given by the mother, and the slave doesn't dare to talk nonsense." ”

When Concubine Xian heard this, she realized that someone had deliberately harmed her, because she was very careful and never gave orders in letters to leave evidence.

"Bring it in." The emperor glanced at Concubine Xian and said in a deep voice.

The eunuch on one side quickly stepped forward to take the letter that looked a little crumpled in Xiao Jing's hand and put it in front of the emperor, and the emperor raised his hand to take the letter and slowly opened it.

Everyone's eyes were on him, just waiting to see how he reacted, but his cold face only became more serious, and he slowly put away the letter and asked Xiao Jing in a cold voice: "What is written on this letter?" ”

"It's the matter of the virtuous concubine Niangniang asking the slaves and maids to do it, and when it comes to action, it is necessary to leave evidence of the people who are placed in the Xu Mansion by the noble people." Xiao Jing replied in a trembling voice.

"Are you literate?" The Emperor looked at her suspiciously. The young lady of a large family may not be literate, but she can also be literate as a subordinate?

Xiao Jing knelt on the ground and slammed her head a few times before she said: "The people of the Xu family are literate, and the master specially invited Mr. to teach him before." ”

Concubine Xian gritted her teeth slightly, looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine has never written any letters, you can compare the handwriting of the concubine." And the handwriting can also be imitated, the emperor, the concubines really don't have ......"

The Emperor did not wait for her to finish, and threw down the letter, a blank piece of paper. The paper is Luoyang paper, which is exclusively used by the emperor, but there is not a drop of ink on it.

Xiao Jing also seemed to be shocked, not pretending, but really surprised: "How could it be ......?"

"How do you explain that?" The emperor's cold voice was already murderous.

Xiao Jing cried and shook her head: "The slave doesn't know, the slave and maid saw that there were words on it before, and it was clear...... " She remembered that she had read the letter when Mo Feng gave it to her, in black and white, and she had carried this letter well, and she had never left her body at all.

Seeing this, Concubine Xian secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and looked at her aggrievedly: "Do you want to cheat this concubine in such a way?" But this concubine has never done it, and she has never thought of wronging the nobles. ”

Lin Jinwen behind the curtain listened to the cry of Xiaojing inside, her eyes were pale, the emperor was suspicious by nature, the more strange it was, the more he would believe it.

Duan Hui paused, and then said: "Brother Huang, my sister has heard that there is a kind of ink, written, and it will disappear completely in two or three hours, I don't know ......."

The emperor didn't speak, just stared at Xiao Jing, whose face was full of tears, and said, "Then I ask you, since Concubine Xian asked you to kill the daughter of the Xu family, why didn't you kill it?" ”

"Because the slave maid and the noble son who traveled with him have not yet started, the other eyeliners of the virtuous concubine Niangniang thought that we had succeeded, so they couldn't wait to kill us, the noble son was killed, and the slave and maid worked hard to escape with Miss Xu all the way, and today they were rescued by His Royal Highness King Jing to avoid death......" The order of her words was a little messy when she spoke, but everyone understood the general meaning.

Zhao Kan also took the opportunity to say: "Today, the retainer is guarding near the Drunken Flower Building, and when those black-clothed people chased and killed this maid, many people saw it. ”

"Your Majesty, the concubines have indeed not done these things." Seeing that they still couldn't come up with evidence, Concubine Xian only straightened her back and insisted.

The emperor only looked at Xiao Jing: "According to what you say, there are still many virtuous concubines in the Xu family?" ”

Xiao Jing nodded.

The emperor didn't look at Concubine Xian, but only transmitted: "Spread the Xu family." ”

Xu Boshan and a few people were behind the curtain, and when they heard this, they came over.

Xu Chengqing carried Xu Zhaozhao, who had not yet woken up, and several people walked to the main hall and immediately knelt on the ground.

Xu Boshan didn't wait for the emperor to ask, so he only looked at Concubine Xian with tears in his eyes: "The minister just entered the capital, and I really don't know where to offend Concubine Xian." ”

"Lord Xu, these things are indeed not concubines......"

"Why do you still say these words, the Xu family was not a big family originally, but when she became a mother, she trained seven or eight people to put them in the Xu Mansion a few years ago. A few years ago, the Xu Mansion was still in Yuzhou, and it actually aroused the concern of the mother, it seems that the Xu family must have offended the mother in the early years. Please also ask the mother to speak bluntly, the Xu family must always know what is wrong, so that they can compensate the mother. Xu Chengqing asked the palace maids to help Xu Zhaozhao before kneeling on the side and said.

When the emperor heard this, his eyes completely dimmed, before the Xu family entered Beijing this year, the only time he had a disagreement with Concubine Xian was when Concubine Yin died more than 20 years ago, and the old lady Xu at that time suspected that the mastermind behind everything was Concubine Xian today.

Concubine Xian also knew that it was not good, and immediately knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, the concubine has never had such a thought......

"I thought you had changed over the years." The emperor's voice was muffled, as if the great pain and secrets in his heart had been dug out in public, and he was drenched in cold.

Concubine Xian knew that it was not good, and after glancing at her palace maid, she stepped forward and knelt down at the emperor's feet, always showing a trace of panic on her face: "Your Majesty, the concubine has never had any other thoughts, and she only wants to do your good......"

"Enough! How many more people are you going to harm in the name of doing good for me! The Emperor kicked her away.

Concubine Xian was kicked and fell to the ground, and when she saw that he finally roared at herself, she was stunned, and then quickly reined in her panic, and only slowly got up and sat up straight before looking at him with a desolate smile: "Your Majesty, just a few words from their mouths, are you going to condemn the concubine?" Sister Yin Concubine was also executed by you like this back then, if you don't mind, the concubine can also become the next Yin Concubine......"

"Are you worthy?" The emperor ignored the presence of courtiers on the spot, and only said indifferently.

The tears in Concubine Xian's eyes slowly flowed, and she simply straightened up and looked at him with a smile: "The concubine is not guilty, the concubine has not done anything, the emperor doesn't believe it, you can find those people to inquire one by one." ”

"Then what about your intention to frame the honorable person?" The emperor said coldly.

"The concubine has never done it, the concubine just happened to find out that the evidence left by the fire was the person who was placed in the Xu Mansion by the noble people, and returned to the emperor truthfully." Concubine Xian knew that she couldn't redeem the emperor's heart at all, and she simply didn't want to redeem it, she just wanted this glory and wealth.

When the honorable man heard this, he was so anxious that he was about to get up, but he was stopped by Zhao Kan.

Zhao Kan looked at Concubine Xian and said: "Since Concubine Xian doesn't recognize it, my father is the king of the Holy Ming, and he will definitely not make decisions randomly, as long as he sends someone to continue to investigate." ”

Concubine Xian looked at Zhao Kan coldly: "His Royal Highness King Jing has always known the emperor's thoughts best, and this concubine has never done it, so naturally she will not admit it." ”

Zhao Kan's face froze.

The emperor originally didn't want to make a big deal about it, but Xu Boshan he understood, although he was scheming, he had always acted uprightly, and he would not deliberately participate in this palace battle, not to mention that he had no position to participate, and then look at his daughter, she was indeed dying, he had always loved his daughter like his life, how could he take such a big risk with his daughter.

He paused before making a decision: "Regarding the matter of Gu worms, Kan Er will investigate it personally, and I must have the most detailed results." ”

A stone fell in Zhao Kan's heart, but Concubine Xian knew that the emperor was biased towards honoring nobles, and her efforts were all in vain.

Xu Boshan continued: "Your Majesty, the minister is really not dedicated to the court, but this time the minister can't even keep his children, I'm afraid that he can't keep this thousands of miles of rivers and mountains for the emperor, and he can't teach outstanding students. ”

Xu Chengqing followed and knelt down.

The Emperor's face darkened, and the air around him seemed to condense. The meaning of the Xu family to him is not as simple as a courtier, and more importantly, if the Xu family is allowed to resign, how will the people of the world view him, the emperor, and say that he is incompetent and mediocre?

He stared at Xu Boshan on the ground, and said coldly: "Xu Aiqing, I will definitely not let go of those who dare to go to the Xu family to do wrong, especially the people in the palace." This time, the daughter of the Xu family was indeed wronged, and I gave her the title of the lord of Yongle, and whoever dared to bully her again in the future would not be able to get along with me. ”

Xu Chengqing shook his head with tears, only choked up and continued: "Please also ask the emperor to be sympathetic to the minister's love for his daughter, Zhao Zhao is pitiful, the Xu family is a thorn in the eyes of others, if you don't leave, I am afraid that there will be no peace......"

"Who dare!" The emperor slapped the table on his side suddenly, and coughed directly because he was too angry, but his sharp eyes only stared at Concubine Xian: "My humerus minister, who dares to make such a mistake, is the head on his head not wanted!" ”

Concubine Xian's heart was like ashes, although her back was still straight, the previous spirit on her face seemed to have fallen half in an instant.

Seeing this, Lin Jinwen knew that the emperor's patience was here, so she quietly pulled Xu Boshan's sleeve and said softly: "Uncle, this matter is indeed full of suspicions, and Jin Wu is now alone in the capital, you are gone, isn't there only one person left in Jin Wu?" ”

When Duan Hui saw the steps, he also followed: "Besides, Lin Jincheng's whereabouts are unknown so far, you should wait until you find him before you say it." ”

The emperor's forehead was already bruised, and he only stared at Xu Boshan and said: "The matter of the Lin family, I am also trying my best, Xu Aiqing, you want to resign now, it is really embarrassing for me." ”

"Wechen doesn't dare." Xu Boshan understood the emperor's temper, so he naturally accepted it when he saw it, and saluted in a proper manner, before wiping away his tears: "The minister is getting older, and his courage has become smaller." Since the emperor is willing to believe in Weichen, Weichen does not dare to mention resigning again, even if he goes to the soup to fight the fire, he must be loyal to the emperor. ”

When the emperor heard this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As he was talking, the eunuch outside shouted, 'The Queen Mother has arrived', and everyone hurriedly retreated and knelt respectfully on both sides.

The emperor also got up and personally walked to the door to greet him, and when he saw the queen mother coming over at this time, his face was a little unhappy: "Why did the queen mother come over." ”

"I've heard a lot going on here, so come and take a look. Emperor, your body is not very good lately, so be careful not to move the atmosphere. The Queen Mother took his face in her eyes and only persuaded in a concerned tone.

"I understand, and I'm still bothered by my mother."

"You are the son of the mourning family, and the mourning family will naturally remember you." After speaking, he looked inside, his eyes were a little cold, and then he said: "It's not too early, you should also rest, after today's business is over, send them out of the palace, and the rest will be asked and said, and we will talk about it tomorrow." "The queen mother's meaning is very clear, the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, that is, to punish the concubine, and there is no need to be in front of the Xu family.

The emperor also has this concern, after all, the royal system is great, looking at Xu Boshan, who had just been pacified, and said: "Xu Aiqing, the hour is not early, you go back early, and when the matter is clear, I will give you an explanation." ”

"Thank you for the Emperor's grace." Xu Boshan led the Xu family to salute respectfully, and then left sideways.

Lin Jinwen will naturally follow and leave, but she didn't expect the Queen Mother to interrupt this scene today, presumably Concubine Xian will temporarily escape this time, and it depends on whether the follow-up honorable nobles and Zhao Kan bite tightly.

When leaving, she glanced at Xiao Jing, who was kneeling in the corner trembling, Xiao Jing gritted her teeth and nodded secretly, and Lin Jinwen walked away.

Duan Hui looked at Lin Jin's back, gritted her teeth secretly, and also stepped forward to greet the Queen Mother and the Emperor: "It's not early, Duan Hui will also leave the palace first." ”

The emperor glanced at her coldly, and with a sullen hum, Duan Huicai secretly breathed a sigh of relief and walked away.

As soon as she left, the Queen Mother directly looked at the noble man kneeling on the ground with a cold face, and said coldly: "The mourning family heard that you also killed someone and threw it into the dry well near the queen's palace?" ”

"Queen Mother...... "The noble man did this, because a master once said that this could break the queen's feng shui and make her unlucky."

Seeing that she didn't dare to answer, the Queen Mother directly ordered someone to investigate, and then said coldly: "There are indeed a lot of open and secret battles in the harem, but it is rare to be ruthless." Even if you don't do what you did today, you won't be punished......"

"Imperial grandmother......" Zhao Kan was busy asking for mercy, and the queen mother only hated iron and steel and looked at him: "Kan'er, in the past, you were Wen Taowu and the mourning family liked you the most, but now you are good, it is just rumored that there are inappropriate private lives every day, and now there are so many things, are you worried that your father and the emperor are not worried enough?" ”

When Zhao Kan heard this, he knew that the Queen Mother was deliberately accusing Concubine Xian of protecting her. He was still quite smart, he didn't have a cold face, he just knelt on the ground obediently and listened carefully, and when the Queen Mother finished speaking, he said: "When I leave the palace this time, Kan Er will definitely find out about the Gu worms, and he will restrain himself in the future, and he will never worry the imperial grandmother again." ”

When the noble man heard this, he also obediently followed and admitted his mistake: "The concubine is also willing to stay in Changheng Palace and fast for a month and copy Buddhist scriptures every day." ”

Seeing this, the Queen Mother's heart was calmer, and she didn't come to trouble their mother and son, but said: "You guys are still well-behaved, just go back first." With that, he walked past the virtuous concubine who was kneeling on one side and stepped forward and sat down. Concubine Xian was brought up by her, if she is punished now, she will be slapped in the face again, although she does not participate in the harem battle, she will never allow such a thing to happen.

The honorable man and Zhao Kan glanced at each other, saluted the rules, and then retreated.

When everyone left, Concubine Xian looked at the Queen Mother with tears in her eyes: "Queen Mother, the concubine has wronged ......."

"Come on, slap your mouth!" The love on the Queen Mother's face was not there, and it instantly turned into coldness. She has not been in vain in the harem for so many years, from the time Concubine Xian's people quietly went to Cining Palace to invite herself, she knew that she was also used by Concubine Xian!

What she hates the most in her life is to be used, especially by juniors!

The emperor didn't say anything, and the grandmother beside the queen mother stepped forward with a cold face and said indifferently: "Concubine Xian, I'm sorry." With that, the hand with the long nails slammed into her face. She is very skillful in beating people, and the force of each slap falls on the bones of her face, which hurts very much, but does not swell her face.

After a few slaps, the Queen Mother raised her hand and looked at Concubine Xian: "Do you know it's wrong?" ”

"Concubine ......" Concubine Xian gritted her teeth slightly: "Know your mistake." ”

"Knowing your mistakes." The Queen Mother snorted lightly, and now Concubine Xian not only embarrassed her, but also made her unable to raise her head in front of her son: "If you weren't promoted by the mourning family, the mourning family would have killed you now!" ”

These words are extremely ruthless, and if the people in the palace can provoke the Queen Mother to say such things, there will be no place for them to stand in the palace in the future.

Concubine Xian already knew that she had been completely calculated, she had carefully arranged the game for so long, and it was all broken overnight, and the most important thing was that this person's strategy was not very clever, but it calculated the emperor's suspicion and dislike for herself.

Concubine Xian has already calculated the result, so naturally she will no longer be unreasonable, kneel respectfully, and said: "Although the concubine has not done those things, someone wants to murder the concubine, and the concubine also affects the prestige of the emperor and the queen mother, and the concubine is guilty, so she asked to take away the title of the concubine, hand over the seal of the assistant director of the six palaces, and live in the palace as before, and no longer take a step." ”

The Queen Mother would not let her do this, and now she slapped Concubine Xian's face, which is to slap her in the face.

She raised her eyes to look at the emperor and said, "How do you see the punishment?" ”

"The matter has not yet been settled, Concubine Xian doesn't have to ask for punishment like this, but I don't dispose of you, I can't explain to Xu Aiqing, you can temporarily remove the power of the assistant of the six palaces and repent in the palace." The emperor's fist behind him was clenched tightly, but he would not tear the queen mother's face now, just wait for the punishment in the future.

Concubine Xian knew that this was already the best result, and after kneeling down and thanking her seriously, she withdrew from the Heart Cultivation Palace.

When she left, her personal maid was no longer there.

It was dark, and the cold wind rustled the leaves, as if to say something.

All the palace maids followed behind her, seeing that her steps were weak and thinly dressed, they didn't dare to step forward and give her a cloak, after all, the queen mother only ordered someone to slap the person, even if she still has the name of a virtuous concubine, who dares to treat her well at this time?

Concubine Xian didn't speak, she walked forward silently, and when she walked to the corner and passed by Cining Palace, she suddenly remembered what she said to Lin Jinwen last time, she said that she had always walked with her head against her head.

She smiled lightly, as if she couldn't notice the pain on her face, and only said coldly in the direction of the palace gate: "If this concubine has a way to stand up straight once, she can stand up straight a second time, just Lin Jinwen, do you also want to emulate the concubine back then." She said indifferently, straightening her back more and more.

Lin Jinwen seemed to feel something, the cold wind blew the hair in her ears, paused, and then turned her head to look at the palace gate that had just come out.

Duan Hui quickly chased after her, walked up to her, and then looked at her with a sneer: "You actually dare to use this palace!" ”

"Niangniang refers to oleander powder?" Lin Jinwen smiled faintly.

"Or else? Guizhi said, there is no oleander powder at all. Duan Hui looked at the Xu family waiting by the carriage and suppressed his voice. Thinking that she was almost involved in the palace battle by Lin Jinwen, she gritted her teeth with hatred, and the slightest tolerance for Lin Jinwen was gone.

"Really? That may be that I smelled it wrong, the last time Gui Peony smeared the powder on my hand, I thought it was oleander powder, but it turned out to be not. Lin Jin's eyebrows were slightly raised, and she looked suddenly realized.

Duan Hui remembered that time when she watched Concubine De poison Lin Jinwen without squeaking, and her momentum instantly weakened.

Lin Jinwen didn't care about her, but said: "Princess Duanhui's eyes are indeed a little black, if it weren't for oleander powder poisoning, it must have been a serious insomnia recently, resulting in yin deficiency that is difficult to recover, and liver fire is easy to rise." At her age, if she doesn't concentrate and calm her breath and her heart is smooth, her temper will only become more and more irritable, and her sleep will become worse and worse.

Duan Hui snorted lightly, he didn't believe her.

Xu Chengqing saw that Lin Jinwen couldn't come for a long time, so she walked over and asked uneasily, "Jinwen, what's wrong?" ”

"It's okay, it's just that the princess asked me to take the pulse." Lin Jinwen looked at Duan Hui and smiled.

Duan Hui looked at the Xu family, her eyebrows twisted slightly, she didn't say anything, she turned her head away, she didn't want to get involved in this matter anymore, and she didn't want to contact the people in the Xu Mansion anymore.

Lin Jinwen watched her back leave, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, and then she looked at Xu Chengqing and said, "Imperial Doctor Lu has also been idle for a day, hurry up and send Zhao Zhao back." ”

Xu Chengqing nodded.

When a few people returned to Xu's house, it was already midnight, Mrs. Xu knew that Xu Zhaozhao was not dead, and she was worried for a day, and when she saw that she had a heart back into her stomach, after learning about Lin Jin's arrangement, she was even more frightened, and went to the Buddhist hall overnight to kneel for half the night to be at ease.

After Lin Jinwen rested tiredly, she thought back to what she saw in the palace today, and knew that although Concubine Xian could live in peace for a while, it would not be too long, if she could fight with the noble people and the queen, then she would also have time to prepare well, and she didn't have to be in a hurry like this time.

Thinking about it, she fell into a deep sleep.

Mo Feng and Mo Xue were guarding outside, and they had increased their vigilance in the past two days, for fear that someone would retaliate. However, there were indeed people who waited for the opportunity to move, but only left after seeing that someone was guarding.

Most of the people who came were people who planned to make a move on the Xu family to stir up the storm in the palace, but a few days later, under the high vigilance of the Xu family, those who were about to move took a break, and in a blink of an eye, it was also the day of the list.

Early in the morning, a little guy ran back from outside happily, holding the list of copies in his hand, and happily ran to the yard and shouted: "Our son has won, the first place, our son is the first place!" ”

The happy atmosphere soon spread in the Xu Mansion that had been suppressed for several days, and Xu Zhaozhao finally woke up with a sigh of relief last night, and Mrs. Xu finally showed a smile.

Lin Jinwen changed her clothes early in the morning, and Huijue asked someone to pass the news that she was going to do something.

When he arrived at the door, he saw the jubilant Xu Chengqing dressed in a stone blue robe and ready to go out, and said with a smile: "Where is my cousin?" ”

"The list will be released today, and Brother Jiang is also on the list, I plan to go and see him." Xu Chengqing looked at her with a smile, only feeling that her cousin was really unusual, and he might not have the courage and ability to be a big man in that situation, but she could not only do it, but also really make the virtuous concubine who had the chance to win deflated.

"It's fine." Lin Jinwen looked at the flickering light when he stared at him, smiled helplessly in her heart, and got into the carriage with him one after the other and went forward.

Jiang Qingshu still lived in a small courtyard under Lin Jin's name, and the place where Lin Jin's wife was going happened to be passing by, but before Xu Chengqing got off the carriage, he heard a commotion there.

Xu Chengqing opened the curtain and took a look, and saw a group of people at the mouth of the alley beating Jiang Qingshu, Jiang Qingshu's old mother knelt on the side and cried hoarsely. Seeing this, he didn't say a word, but flew over and kicked away the men who were beating people.

Lin Jinwen lifted the curtain and looked over along the sound, the men were staggering when they walked, scolding and scolding, as if they were drunk, Jiang Qingshu was beaten to the side with a blue face, if Xu Chengqing was late, I was afraid that he would be beaten to death.

Lin Jinwen also got out of the carriage with Mo Feng's hand.

Xu Chengqing picked up Jiang Qingshu before he said angrily to those people: "Who are you, why did you beat him!" ”

The drunken people didn't seem to recognize Xu Chengqing, and the red neck led by them said disdainfully: "What's the matter with you kid, get out!" ”

Xu Chengqing was so angry that he was about to make a move, but was stopped by Lin Jinwen: "Tomorrow is the palace test, cousin will do it now, if they sue the official, won't it delay the matter?" ”

"But......" Xu Chengqing is not an anxious son, but seeing his brother being beaten like this for no reason, how can he bear it.

"Don't worry, cousin." Lin Jinwen turned her head to look at the drunks, stepped forward and asked, "Who asked you to come?" ”

"Yo, little beauty......" A few people were drunk, but they also knew that Lin Jinwen was a beauty, and the wine was strong and courageous, and they were about to pull Lin Jinwen, Mo Feng took the opportunity to step forward, and kicked them in the most painful place in their lower bodies, and then shouted softly: "Dare to do something to the future Princess Ning, I think you are tired of it!" After speaking, he had a good fight, until he beat everyone to the ground and rolled on the ground and begged for mercy, and then he stepped on the head of the big man who was moving towards Lin Jin's daughter, and said to the stunned little guy: "Send people to the government." ”

"Yes!" The little guys were dumbfounded, and Mo Feng, who beat several big men all over the ground and looked for teeth, hurriedly stepped forward and dragged them away.

After disposing of it, Lin Jinwen raised her eyes to look at the second floor of a teahouse around the corner, the face that was in a hurry to dodge, who was not Wang Huiyuan?

She remembered today's list, turned her head to the angry Xu Chengqing and asked, "Who is the twenty-first?" ”

"It seems to be Wang Huiyuan, the son of the royal historian." After Xu Chengqing finished speaking, he hurriedly lowered his voice and asked her, "Do you suspect ......?"

Lin Jinwen looked at Jiang Qingshu's eyes, interrupted Xu Chengqing's words, and only smiled: "Jiang Gongzi is injured, let's see the doctor first, tomorrow is the palace test, it's not good to lose your demeanor in front of the emperor." ”

Xu Chengqing nodded and said, "Brother Jiang, you can go back to Xu's Mansion with me today, and wait for tomorrow's palace test." After speaking, he deliberately amplified his voice: "Some people are afraid that they want to be officials and want to go crazy, they dare to do any dirty thing, and they are not afraid of losing the face of their ancestors!" ”

When the people hiding in the inn heard this, they wanted to grit their teeth.

Lin Jinwen looked at the inn again, and her heart was excellent, Wang Huiyuan had become like this now, and if he continued like this, he didn't know how many people he would offend, and he was afraid that he wouldn't know how he would die.

After thinking about it, he didn't care about him, and when he saw Xu Chengqing leaving, he also got into the carriage and left.

As soon as she left, the people in the inn gritted their teeth and said fiercely: "Damn! ”

"Brother, don't worry, the third place is the son of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, I heard that he is timid and honest, Yan'er helped my brother lure people out." A gentle voice came, barely soothing Wang Huiyuan's irritable heart.

He looked at the gentle woman sitting in front of him a little apologetically, his previously round face had lost a lot of weight, and the aura in his eyes was gone, and he became like a pool of stagnant water without a trace of waves: "Ru Yan, do you blame me?" ”

When Wang Ruyan heard this, she smiled like water, and only lowered her eyes to look at the teacup: "My brother is my own brother after all, how can I blame you?" Hello, the Wang family is good, I will never blame you. ”

"That's good, Ru Yan, my brother is really for your good. Don't worry, this time my brother will definitely be a big official, and I will find the best family for you when the time comes. Wang Huiyuan swore an oath.

Wang Ruyan smiled lightly, said no more, and went downstairs with him.

When leaving, he looked at the direction in which Lin Jinwen's carriage left, his eyes moved slightly, he held back the sourness in his eyes, put on a black veil, and turned his head to get into the carriage.

Lin Jinwen's carriage ran two laps in the capital before finally stopping at a lively restaurant.

She wore a veil on her face, and Xiao Er knew that she was a young lady from a rich family when she was dressed, and immediately said attentively: "This young lady, do you want a private room or a lobby?" ”

"The shopkeeper is here?" She asked.

Xiao Er was stunned and said with a smile: "The shopkeeper is busy working, and the little one is waiting for you." ”

On one side, Mo Feng took out a piece of silver nude with two taels and put it in his hand, and said, "I want the shopkeeper to come to the private room to serve." With that, Lin Jinwen also walked towards the second floor.

Xiao Er looked at the silver naked man in his hand, looked out at the carriage they had stopped just now, frowned, and went to the inner hall.

Lin Jinwen went to the private room and sat down, and then slowly poured herself a cup of tea, and soon there was a knock on the door outside: "Little shopkeeper, come to serve Miss." Outside, the shopkeeper's voice rang out.

Mo Feng glanced at Lin Jinwen, who was drinking tea lightly, and opened the door sideways.

The shopkeeper didn't notice anything, and walked in with a smile, but before he could step into the door, before he could speak, the whole person was slammed to the table on one side, and before he could speak, a dagger with a cold glow was aimed at his eyeballs.

He had to grit his teeth and look at the scarlet-clothed woman sitting not far away, watching her drink tea unhurriedly, her heartbeat getting faster and faster.

After a while, Lin Jinwen said slowly: "How many years have you been a shopkeeper?" ”

Mo Feng's dagger went down a few points, and the shopkeeper immediately said, "It's been more than ten years." ”

"For whom?"

The shopkeeper hesitated: "Who are you?" ”

"If you say one more nonsense, you will gouge out your eyeballs alive." Mo Feng's dagger had already been attached to his eyelids, and the cold touch came, and the shopkeeper was so frightened that goosebumps stood up all over his body, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense.

Lin Jinwen turned her head to look at him, and said indifferently: "Ask you again, who are you doing things for." ”

The shopkeeper gritted his teeth and simply closed his eyes, this is a look of waiting for generosity to be righteous.

Seeing this, the corners of Lin Jin's mouth were hooked, and she bowed slightly towards Mofeng.

Mo Feng cut a cloth towel from him, gathered it into a ball and stuffed it directly into his mouth, the dagger in his hand kept stopping, and it pierced directly into his left eye.

Lin Jinwen looked at him with a pale face and sweating, and then spoke: "I know who you are doing things for, and I know how many people you have killed for her." If you are honest, I will not kill any of your wives and children who are hiding, but if you don't, I will let you watch them die in front of you one by one, and then slowly kill you. ”

Mo Feng saw that the shopkeeper opened his other eye, and then he drew his dagger: "Dare to scream, immediately gouge out your eyeballs!" With that, he pulled the cloth out of his mouth.

The shopkeeper's body was weak, and he sat down directly on the ground, hurriedly picked up the cloth on the ground and covered his bubbling and bloody eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "The little one is doing things for the palace." ”

"Who's ......"

"Jia Concubine."

"What's going on lately?" Lin Jinwen said coldly.

The shopkeeper gritted his teeth and looked at her with one eye: "This matter is only for you alone." ”

Lin Jinwen raised her eyebrows slightly, put down the teacup and slowly walked to him, looking at him condescendingly, the corners of her mouth were cold: "Do you think the incense smoked in this room will be useful to me?" ”

The shopkeeper was slightly surprised, and turned his head to look at the incense burner that was curling in the corner.

"Your incense is only useful if it is paired with another medicinal powder, if I am not mistaken, you probably already have a wax pill in your palm that has a great effect when mixed with this incense, and as soon as the others go out, you will hold me hostage, right?" Lin Jinwen looked at his deteriorating face, and knew that she was right, so she only smiled: "The people brought out by Concubine Xian are still smart." ”

As soon as she turned around, Mo Feng immediately stepped forward to unload his arm, and turned out a few wax pills from his palm.

"Looks like you don't want the other eye anymore." Mo Feng said in a cold voice, neatly lifted the dagger in his hand, and stabbed directly at his remaining right eye.

"I say!" He looked at the bloody dagger and let out a soft snort.

Lin Jinwen stood by the window of the private room and looked downstairs, many people were looking at the bottom, and she knew that there were also many virtuous concubines nearby. Concubine Xian seems to be down-and-out over the years, and Zhao Qian even deceived everyone's eyes with the help of Zhao Huaiyan, with the appearance of a game in the world, and cultivated so many people in the capital, which is really powerful.

When the shopkeeper saw that she had found out, he said, "If I tell you, I will not survive, and my family ......."

"I've always done what I said." Lin Jinwen said lightly: "If you don't believe it, I can only kill your family and ask someone else." ”

The shopkeeper gritted his teeth, stared at her, and only dared to speak out for a while: "Niang Niang commanded, Mrs. Dingnanhou's child, there is no need to stay, wait until the miscarriage is about to give birth, and then let Mrs. Dingnanhou find you to rescue, if you can't save it......"

"If I can't save it, with the temperament of Mrs. Dingnanhou, I must think that I am doing this on purpose, and under the pain of losing my child, she will definitely hold a grudge against me, and then she will find Mrs. Dingnanhou to join forces against me and the Xu family, right?" Lin Jinwen thought of Mrs. Dingnanhou's unstable child in her belly, and sighed slightly in her heart, even if she took good care of it, she didn't know if she could survive until she gave birth normally.

Mo Feng was in a hurry: "Miss, what should I do?" ”

Lin Jinwen looked downstairs from here, twisted her eyebrows slightly, and turned her head to look at the shopkeeper: "Is it today's action?" ”

"Yes."

Lin Jinwen glanced at him coldly, and said to Mo Feng: "Find someone to watch him, you and I will leave first." ”

"Shall we go to Dingnanhou Mansion? Now in the past, I'm afraid it's just in time. "If you really can't save it at that time, Mrs. Dingnanhou will definitely hold a grudge.

Lin Jinwen shook her head slightly, now going to Dingnanhou Mansion may not be able to stop it, and if Mrs. Dingnanhou doesn't lose this child, sooner or later it will be a time bomb, it is better to fulfill Concubine Xian, but she won't carry this pot, as for who to carry......

She turned her head to look at Mo Feng and said, "Go to Imperial Doctor Liu's Mansion." ”