Chapter 411: The niece is a concubine
Meng Ying saw He Angelica's situation, and saw the scene of the golden boy and girl hugging each other and sleeping together, and she couldn't bear to play with He Angelica again, but said: "As a result, I was busy for a long time, and I got a girl similar to you to give Brother Xuan 'pain relief', and he didn't accept my gift, only said that it wasn't you." At that time, he couldn't see or hear, his hands had no nails, he had lost his touch in pain, he couldn't touch anything, and he hadn't even hugged the girl into his arms, so he opened his mouth and said It's not you, Third Miss, do you think this is considered a 'good heart'? In the future, you can be his concubine without distractions and repay his affection. ”
He Angelica looked at Meng Xuan's peaceful sleeping face, and only felt that there was nothing more important in the world than this. So she got out of bed and closed the curtain and said to Meng Ying: "Find a soft sedan chair to carry him, since the master said that he can't see the sun, cover his head with a cotton bag for the time being." There is needlework here, I and Liu Sui rushed to make one, third master, you quickly find a soft sedan chair, find a spacious one, I also want to sit in it. ”
Meng Ying responded in her heart, but hummed in her mouth: "You also get on the sedan chair, don't you exhaust the sedan chair driver to death...... and the person also left the house in an instant.
He Angelica asked Liu Sui to sew a breathable pocket with cotton cloth, and she herself went to Lu Jiangbei's study according to Liu Sui's instructions, trying to find out if there was any secret book about Yiyang Finger, so that Meng Xuan could practice to treat her. But when I got to the vicinity of the study, I heard someone talking from a distance, one voice was from Lu Jiangbei, and the other was also a male voice, with a sharp voice, He Angelica guessed that eighty percent was a eunuch. These two people said some cumbersome official tones, He Angelica didn't listen carefully, only hid behind a pillar, and wondered, when did Lu Jiangbei return to the villa, didn't he find out that they were uninvited guests?
After a while, He Angelica suddenly caught the three words "Luo Maitong" in his ears, and immediately pricked up his ears to listen, but the sound of conversation in the study disappeared. She suddenly felt bad in her heart, a sense of depression before the danger was approaching, and then before she could react, a steel weapon similar to a bird's claw had landed on her shoulder, and the steel claw was lightly retracted, and she felt a tingling pain spread on her shoulder. Even if there are hundreds of plans, they can't be used at this moment.
"Stop!" Lu Jiangbei's voice came from far and near, he slowly came out of the study with an ice mask, and the person was sitting in a yellow wooden wheelchair, he scolded, "Let go of her!" ”
"But she heard our conversation." The man who was full of steel instruments above his wrist tightened his steel claws and said on He Angelica's head, "Manager Lu, our family knows that you have a good heart, but you should understand that yesterday's incident is the best example of the principle of upward and downward effects." If you hadn't turned a blind eye to everything on weekdays, you wouldn't have put the thief's guilt by your side and caused many troubles. Alas, our family is also a bodhisattva on weekdays, but this time it is also ......"
With the man's words, He Angelica only felt that the pain in her shoulder and back was more intense, and the next moment, a warm liquid slid down from her sore spot, and she guessed that it should be her blood. She bit her lower lip, but she didn't say anything, and a thought flashed in her heart, probably thinking of who the Steelclaw Man was, but was she going to call out his name? In other words, she still has a lot of evidence of his guilt in her hands, but can she save her life at the last moment? She just felt that her luck was really low.
"Stop, little Cao's father-in-law," Lu Jiangbei's wheelchair stepped forward and said anxiously, "She's not a spy, she's my newly recognized niece, a little child's family, hear something." Besides, she stood far away and could hear a few words. Angelica, tell us, what did you hear? ”
He Angelica hung his head and said: "I just walked in but the tea time, I heard that there were guests in my uncle's study, I stopped, and when I turned to go out, I suddenly heard the word 'Luo Maitong', and said in my heart, isn't that the name of my grandfather's old lady, so I stood behind the pillar slightly, but before I stood firmly, this father-in-law came out to teach me that I had no rules." "It's not a lie, she didn't hear any major secrets, she didn't listen to them at first, did she miss some important information?
Lu Jiangbei sighed: "You girl is so naughty, didn't I say that you can't come to the front yard casually, this time you will suffer hardship, come over and let me take a look." ”
He Angelica gently shook his body and left the steel claw, but the steel claw only pressed against the red lacquer column, and did not chase it, and the owner of the steel claw did not move. So she hung her head, walked slowly to Lu Jiangbei's wheelchair, and asked, "Uncle, what's wrong with your leg, is it injured?" ”
Lu Jiangbei shook his head and smiled: "The leg is not injured, but the person is a little weak and can't walk, so the lynx will get a few wheelchairs, one for each of us, and we will get used to it after a few hours, and we can sit often in the future." Does your shoulder hurt? ”
He Angelica shook his head: "It doesn't hurt, this adult didn't make a heavy hand." ”
Lu Jiangbei reminded her softly: "Then don't you want to thank Xiaocao's father-in-law for mercy?" ”
He Angelica hurriedly saluted the steel claw man and thanked him: "Thank you Lord Cao Gangzhi for being discerning, fair and selfless, not in vain, and thank Lord for not killing." ”
"Oh?" The steelclawman's shrill voice sounded, and he asked slowly, "Do you still know that our family's name is Cao Gangzhi?" You girl is a little interesting, our family has never seen a woman who is held by Feihong's claws and does not cry, and a woman who is ten years older than you can't withstand our family's grasp, which one is not crying and grabbing the ground. ”
He Angelica lowered his eyes and replied: "The little woman once heard her uncle mention the deeds of Lord Cao, saying that you are the right-hand man of Lord Cao Hongrui. A thin little girl like me, how can I afford to catch you, but I said in my heart, not only can't I help it, but I also don't deserve the name of your Feihong claw at all, how could Lord Cao really punish me with this divine weapon? It's impossible to decide, Master Cao must be joking with me. ”
Sure enough, the Steelclaw Man laughed, first with a smile on his face, and then with a smile that he couldn't help himself, but he smiled so openly, that no one else could hear his laughter. And He Angelica buried his face deeply from beginning to end, and he didn't know that he was laughing, but he could only hear his rapid gasps. Half a day later, when he finished laughing, Fang said: "Yes, our family is joking with you, our family likes to joke with smart people the most, and we also like to play hide and seek with stupid people." Manager Lu, in addition to controlling your stupid subordinates, you also have to take the time to take care of your smart little concubine, next time any concubine stands outside the study to enjoy the flowers, our family will take away the current wine and food with you. ”
Lu Jiangbei smiled: "She is my niece's daughter, Xiao Cao's father-in-law, are you leaving, don't you sit again." ”
He Angelica stood silently behind Lu Jiangbei's wheelchair, ostensibly pretending to push the wheelchair for him, but in fact, he printed the sweat in his palm. In the past, I heard that Cao Hongrui's righteous son Cao Gangzhi loves cannibalism, and she just listened to it as a horror story, but she never expected that she would encounter such a crazy demon in her lifetime.
I heard that the woman who was remembered by him for fine skin and tender flesh has never been spared, just because his murderous reputation is too strong, so the "royal people's teeth" in Dongchang use his name, in the name of enriching the emperor's harem to the people to search for beauties, almost invincible, the daughter of a good family who bought it, I don't know if she entered the palace as a palace maid, the palace in the palace is complex and the flow of people is large, where to check? It's just that many women go through the "folk selection" route and enter the palace in the draft, and there has been no news since then. He Angelica secretly shouted in his heart, he was really unlucky to meet him.
The Steelclaw Man sneered and shook his head, "Could it be the recent emerging trend?" Our family is really envious. ”
Lu Jiangbei raised his eyebrows: "What does father-in-law mean?" ”
Steel Claw said in a row: "I went to see He Jingxian that day, and bumped into a delicate little lady in his study, and introduced me to him, saying that it was his niece, but I have seen Miss Ling's family, and it is not that one at all, and then look at the shy and timid appearance of the little lady, and her heart is not like a mirror." Another day I went to Yangzhou to find Gao Jue, but also outside his study bumped into a white fat girl, very handsome, I just set two sentences with her, she also wanted to touch my steel claws, Gao Jue suddenly came out and drove the girl away, and told our family that it was his niece, but as we all know, Gao Jue has no sisters in the family. Today, with the addition of Mr. Lu, it is the third case, so I wondered, is it fashionable for everyone to call the young concubine 'niece', just like in the past it was fashionable to call the 'goddaughter'? ”
He Angelica patronized and sighed for his bad luck, and heard "He Jingxian" and Gao Jue's "white fat girl" there, only thinking nonsense, but didn't mind what Cao Gang said directly, but Lu Jiangbei was afraid that He Angelica would listen to him and not deal with him in the future, so he argued: "Didn't my father-in-law listen to what she just said, she is Luo Maitong's granddaughter, a serious lady, and I am also a teacher and friend, so I recognized her as a niece." My father-in-law can't think crookedly, it's not good for her reputation, and it also embarrass me, this joke is too much. ”
The steel-clawed man looked at Lu Jiangbei and asked, "Really not a concubine?" ”
"Absolutely."
The steelclaw man stroked his palms and smiled: "Then with this young lady's qualifications, coupled with the relationship with Lord Lu, it is no problem to enter the palace to be a talented person." Such a pearl is scattered among the people, which is too embarrassing, and our family is pinched when we think of this. ”
Well? He Angelica finally couldn't hang his head and be blind anymore, and when he looked up, this man-eating demon who was like thunder in his previous life turned out to be a beautiful boy with a white face like a woman and willow eyebrows and red lips, looking less than twenty years old, with a thin white throat and no bulges, and the gap between him and the yin and yang people with a full face and flesh that she had always imagined was not a little bit. Just looking at his green eyebrows and broad momentum, it is really a little similar to the Buddha statue on the case, who would have thought of him...... What the? Do you want her to enter the palace as a talent?!
He Danggui was frightened, and hurriedly poked Lu Jiangbei's back behind the wheelchair, hoping that he would speak out. But he was bored for a long time, and only said one sentence: "Father-in-law walks slowly, don't send it." ”
The steelclaw man snorted, flicked his sleeves and left.
After he walked away, He Angelica immediately went crazy: "Lu Jiangbei, what do you mean?" You said yesterday that you pity me for my life and think that I am a niece, why did you sell me so easily today? I didn't expect you to be so cowardly, and you didn't even say a good word for me at the critical moment, you did it on purpose, right? Want to break me up and my sweetheart? Just because he offended your factory guards and injured you! ”
Lu Jiangbei replied calmly: "Why did I break up you and Meng Qigongzi? You are a talented woman and a beautiful woman, better than any couple I have ever seen, and you are really the envy of life. And you take a breath and listen to me again, I understand that Cao Gangzhi is a very different person, he is very suspicious, and he likes to act in the opposite way. If I refuted his words just now, or pleaded for you and said that I would not enter the palace, or overturned my previous words and admitted that you were my concubine, it would expose my importance to you, which would not be beautiful, and it would very likely lead him to really take a heart for you, to check your origin, and if he knew that you were not allowed to marry someone, he would be more likely to forcibly recruit you into the palace. ”
"You...... That one...... Seven...... Son? "He Angelica ate it for the first time.
"Yes," Lu Jiangbei nodded, "Mr. Meng mentioned to me that you and Meng Xuan, the seventh son of Meng, are in love, and in a few days, you will be the wife of the Meng family." Since you were unlucky enough to meet Cao Gangzhi and were still taken in by him, the best way at the moment is to let the seventh prince marry you as soon as possible. Dongchang only selects the women in the boudoir, not the women of the voters and officials, if the two of you are in love, you should get married as soon as possible. I can do you a little favor in this matter, and I will make amends. ”