Chapter 35: The Show Begins
After Princess Jingjun left, Qiu Yulan turned the crystal clear glass cup in front of her, thinking about the conversation between the two concubines-
"What? Hongshan is dead? How did he die? ”
"Then it depends on how we reveal the news to the eldest son of the starling brother!" Princess Jingjun sneered and said, "After Jing Heng's biological mother died, he never spoke again!" When Gu Qianna only entered the door before, she was afraid of her mother and didn't dare to snub him! But seeing that his mother doesn't care much about him, Huizhu, Jingli, and Jingrui at the bottom have grown up, and they are more sensible than him, more obedient than him, sweeter than him, and will coax people, do you say that Gu Qianna can be a little eccentric? ”
This is also in common sense, after all, these children were not born to Gu Jingna, the biological mother was all killed by the grandmother, and the grandmother didn't care about them, and the biological father was hugging her new love, and it was rare to remember it once - it can be said that as long as Gu Qianna doesn't leave a handle, as long as she doesn't raise a big problem, she is unhappy and cleans up, then there is no problem!
Besides, Gu Qianna is alone, but she has to take care of a group of children, and her energy is limited, how can she not have a distant relative?
As Princess Jingjun said, although Jiang Jingheng is the eldest son, he has been speechless since he was stimulated, even if he was not dumb and had not spoken for so many years, he probably couldn't speak. Such a person, even if he is a clan now, is destined to be unsuccessful. What benefits can Gu Qianna get by spending time and energy on him? It's better to raise other children, such as Jiang Huizhu, so that she can help her daughter in the future?
Qiu Yulan heard what Princess Jingjun meant: "Could it be that Hongshan used to ...... when she was in the backyard of starling?"
"The reason why our aunt deliberately asked her henchman mother to come to the door to intercede with her mother for her sake is because she knows that she is an honest person!" Princess Jingjun said in a low voice, "Although she was killed by the starling, she didn't get angry with Jing Heng and them, but she was very similar to Jing Heng - in the years when she was in the starling's backyard, she often took out the body that her aunt gave her to take care of Jing Heng!" Although Jing Heng has not spoken for many years, he knows what he knows. ”
"Sister-in-law, are you sure? Over the years, Jing Heng has almost been forgotten! When I saw him, he was always silent...... Tell him, what can he do? ”
"Don't underestimate Jing Heng's feelings for Hong Shan! When Hong Shan got married, he held Hong Shan's leg and refused to let go! The eighth sister-in-law persuaded Gu Qianna for a long time, but finally got impatient and ordered her subordinates to drag him away so that Hongshan could go out! Princess Jingjun sneered and said, "Hong Shan has been keeping to herself since she entered the starling's backyard, and Jing Heng is not an important person!" So she is good to Jing Heng, and no one cares. Jing Heng was reluctant to leave when she left, and no one paid attention to it! I also found out after sending someone to inquire! ”
Qiu Yulan was surprised and asked, "Sister-in-law, you just returned to Beijing, how could you think of them?" Could it be that I heard about it in the past few days? ”
"How is that possible?" Princess Jingjun lowered her voice, "It's not that time when we have a concubine party-didn't Gui'er in the middle come to me, and then something happened when I took him to Fuyueju?" But Huan'er is not as timid as Gui'er, and she has always played with her brothers and sisters! ”
After a pause, she said, "In the middle, Jing Heng wrote a note and asked her if she knew how Hong Shan was doing after she got married?" Huan'er didn't know who Hongshan was, and this kid was also reckless, so she agreed to come down without asking, and handed over the messenger to me when she returned home! At that time, Gui'er's hand was injured, how could I have the time to take care of this idle matter? I was afraid that I would snub her, so I casually called someone to inquire! As a result, I found out that Hong Shan died in childbirth less than half a year after she got married! ”
Qiu Yulan groaned: "This is really a poor person! ”
Princess Jingjun said: "Her husband's family turned out to have a little relationship with a Zhuangzi under my grandfather's family, the Lu family, and it's no wonder that Jing Heng asked Huan'er - I think that although the child has become a relative, he is not very close to his wife because he doesn't speak!" Otherwise, I wouldn't even need to ask my cousin who came back to Beijing for news from Gyeonggi. You said that if we cover up this matter and involve the eighth sister-in-law, what will he do? ”
"He's married, maybe he's going to be a father in a few days, what else do you think he can do? Don't you dare to be angry? Qiu Yulan was a little lacking in interest, "What's more, he just wants to do something for Hong Shan, what do you think he can do with his mother-in-law?" Chu Yitong won't be bad if he doesn't clean him up! ”
"Not necessarily!" Princess Jingjun said, "He is the son of the eighth sister-in-law, and he can go to the eighth sister-in-law every three or five times to ask for peace." It's better than us! What's more, as long as it is done cleanly, who can think of him if something happens? Brother and sister, you also said that over the years, we are about to forget him! If it weren't for his father to raise the starling, it would be a question whether he would have a marriage like this now! Something happened to the eighth sister-in-law, who would have thought of him going up? ”
Qiu Yulan still thinks this thing is too far-fetched: "I remember that child was very naughty in his early years, but since his biological mother Cao's accident, he seems to have been stimulated. suddenly became like a person, silent and cowardly, attacking his mother-in-law, which was both killing and killing, which is not something ordinary people can do. You're taking too much risk to do that! He can't speak, but he can write, don't be so excited to compensate the entire Jingjun Palace, that can't be done! ”
"Brother and sister, you don't approve, then it's okay not to interfere!" Princess Jingjun was silent for a long time, and finally sighed, "Anyway, I'll come by myself, no matter what the result is, I won't have anything to do with you anyway." That's why I'm here today and went through the corner gate! ”
"It's just that I deliberately walked through the corner door, so that the human and physical evidence will be credible in the future, right?" Qiu Yulan retracted her thoughts, the corners of her mouth hooked slightly, revealing a somewhat indifferent smile, "In order to lure me into being fooled, I was really deliberate!" ”
Mu Hibiscus, who was waiting on the side, asked a little nervously: "Niangniang, what should we do now?" ”
"Wait, of course!" Qiu Yulan said lightly, "Wait to see how big the play of King Huijun will be?" ”
It's really not small - less than five days after Princess Jingjun said goodbye this time, the people from the East Palace came to the door, and their words were quite polite, but their attitude was with faint disdain and defense: "Something happened to Princess Huijun, I want to invite Princess Chongjun to go to the East Palace to explain and explain, so as not to have any misunderstanding between the concubines!" ”
It just so happened that Jiang Yashuang was interested in painting this day, Qiu Yulan was making fun of him as a scholar, a summer lotus picture was almost completed in a few strokes, Jiang Jinglang cleverly ran to turn over his father's private seal, this room full of family fun, so disturbed by uninvited guests!
"What happened to the eighth sister-in-law, what happened to my brother's daughter-in-law?" Jiang Yashuang's face turned cold when she heard this, put down her paintbrush, and asked.
The palace people are not salty or indifferent: "If you return to the king of Chongjun, the slave and maid are only responsible for passing the word, and the rest is unknown!" ”
"I'll go with you!" Jiang Yashuang dusted off her clothes, and before the words fell, the palace people said again: "When the slave and maid came, the crown princess had an order, and this time only the princess of Chongjun was called!" ”
Qiu Yulan said to her husband calmly: "It's okay, my mother has always loved us, what if I go alone?" Besides, now that we haven't received the edict, we can't go out! ”
Jiang Yashuang was silent for a short time, and before he spoke, the seven-year-old Jiang Jinglang was already a little sensible, and he had been raised by his great-grandfather in Funing Palace for a year or two before, and he knew more than ordinary seven-year-old children. Look at this, look at that, and realize: "Mother, grandmother suspects that the matter of the eighth aunt has something to do with you?" How is this possible? Don't you stay at home all these days? ”
He said to the palace, "Grandmother only called her mother, but she didn't say that grandchildren can't ask to see her!" I want to go with my mother, what do you think? ”
"Son, please don't embarrass the slave!" The palace people are cold.
Qiu Yulan glanced at her deeply and touched her son's head: "You take your younger brothers and sisters at home, and you can go back for your mother, you don't have to worry!" ”
Give her husband another look - Jiang Yashuang's eyes were a little cold, she swept the palace people lightly, and exchanged glances with his wife, and then leaned over and held his son's hand: "Listen to your mother!" ”
Although Jiang Jinglang was very favored when he was in front of Emperor Zhaode, he still remembered his father's strictness, and although he was unwilling to hear this, he didn't dare to say anything. Seeing him staring closely at the back of Qiu Yulan going out with the palace people, his long eyelashes flickered a few times, and it seemed to be a little crystalline, Jiang Yashuang's hand that did not hold his son was squeezed hard behind his back, and his face gradually became gloomy.
Qiu Yulan didn't know something in her husband's heart, and suddenly made a decision today.
She followed the palace people to the East Palace, and unexpectedly saw that the princess was very lively in front of her: Princess Huijun and Princess Jingjun were of course, Jiang Jingheng and Jiang Huizhu, the two grandchildren and granddaughters who had never been seen by the princess, also stood at the bottom, lowered their eyebrows, and looked very deferential.
In addition, there are Mei Xue and Swing, who I haven't seen for a long time - of course, the latter two don't have the treatment of the two princesses of the county, and they can be given seats, but they are both escorted to kneel under the Danqi.
Seeing Qiu Yulan come in, the princess, who was already ugly, looked more and more unkind, her voice was neither high nor low, she couldn't hear her anger, she only felt that it was cold for no reason: "Nineteen daughters-in-law, today Jing Heng used Wulan Xiang to calculate your eighth sister-in-law, and after being arrested, it was you who told him that your eighth sister-in-law killed Hong Shan, is this true or false?" ”
"Back to my mother's words, not only is this true, but the Wulan incense was provided to Jing Heng by her daughter-in-law!" When Qiu Yulan heard this, he said an understatement, which made everyone stunned!
"Doesn't she want to live?!" Princess Huijun, who was pale and weak, looked at her as if she was either sick or injured or poisoned, and looked at this concubine blankly, feeling completely incomprehensible, "But even if she thinks that she can't explain it this time, not to mention her relationship with the husband and wife of the nineteenth year, just say that the children under her knees...... Don't you care?! ”
Dying and struggling - this is instinct - confessing without struggling, no matter how you look at it, it's not right!
I heard Qiu Yulan continue: "Otherwise, this child has been honest all these years, and he is more reserved than everyone else!" Those who are all married, that Hongshan is not married 108,000 miles away, but it is in Gyeonggi! He couldn't even inquire about his whereabouts, so he had to listen to his daughter-in-law! He said that he could get Ulan incense himself, who would believe it? ”
"I'll just say it's cheap. How can a person confess his sins so easily? Co-authoring is talking the opposite! Princess Huijun couldn't help sneering when she heard this, Qiu Yulan's attitude was too weird before, so that none of her series of backhands could be used, but she felt that she had no bottom in her heart. Now I find that she is really still refutating, this is back on track!
He sighed: "Mother, what the nineteenth brother and sister said is very right, and the daughter-in-law also thinks that she will not do this!" Although the daughter-in-law and the nineteenth siblings had some festivals before, they had already reconciled after the mediation of their mother. Even if the nineteenth brother and sister still have some mustard in their hearts, they say a few words to their daughter-in-law in private, and the daughter-in-law may believe it! But directly poisoned his daughter-in-law, and through Jing Heng, the daughter-in-law absolutely didn't believe it! ”
At this time, if someone comes out to help, the atmosphere will be better.
It's just that this will be suitable for Princess Jingjun and Jiang Huizhu, who came out to answer the phone, one is a concubine and the other is a granddaughter, and they don't dare to speak in front of the princess!
Princess Huijun had no choice but to continue on her own, "The daughter-in-law thinks that there is probably an inside story in this matter, for example, someone deliberately instigated the daughter-in-law to have a discord with the nineteenth brother and sister!" Speaking of this, he said to Qiu Yulan with a pleasant face, "Today, I told my mother and asked my mother to summon your younger siblings to come, it was also to find out the truth, and I was by no means suspicious of my younger siblings!" Please don't be angry! ”