Chapter Twenty-Six: The Prodigal Son
"Look at what, look!" Lin Xin'er snatched the medicine from the shopkeeper's hand and glared at the guy who was staring at her legs, "What about lameness?" People with leg problems don't look as straight as those of you who are physically intact, but they are not crooked in their bones, and they sit upright than some people! β
"Yes, yes," the shopkeeper nodded again and again, believing that Lin Xin'er was from Xuan Wangfu, and also knew that the people of Xuan Wangfu were not easy to mess with, so he let her take the medicine, even if she didn't pay back the silver, it was just a bottle of medicinal wine, and she couldn't take the risk of offending Xuan Wangfu, so it was regarded as a reward for her to confide in the secret affairs of the palace.
Yang Chen took Lin Xin'er's words and deeds all in his eyes, and it was damaged by King Xuan's reputation being so deliberately announced by her, but Lin Xin'er's nonsense was quite interesting.
Yang Chen unconsciously hooked the corners of his lips, looked at Lin Xin'er's back as she returned to the Xuan Palace, and did not continue to follow.
Lin Xin'er felt that the person who had been following her had left, slowed down, and looked around inadvertently, the fortune teller who was surrounded by people before didn't know where to go?
"Hey!"
Someone slapped Lin Xin'er on the shoulder.
Lin Xin'er was slightly shocked and turned her head, she didn't expect a passerby to stop her.
The man winked at Lin Xin'er, and the hand that slapped her shoulder did not move away, but put his whole arm on Lin Xin'er's shoulder, "You are the maid of King Xuan's Mansion?" β
Lin Xin'er picked off the man's hand in disgust and took a few steps forward. The man didn't recognize her, but she had already recognized that this person was the playboy she bumped into in the Qinglou that day, although he was dressed in leather and clothes, he was still a prodigal son of a ruffian in the market.
"You said the hot talk in the pharmacy first, right?" The man caught up with Lin Xin'er and put his hand on Lin Xin'er's shoulder again, "You have a problem with your legs, but you don't have a voice, why are you pretending to be dumb again?" β
"Not me." Lin Xin'er threw that arm away again, if it was in a secluded and uninhabited place, she would have broken this damn arm a long time ago, and this prodigal son should also go to the Hades Palace to report as soon as possible.
That person didn't care about Lin Xin'er's darkened face at all, and pointed to the medicine and wine in her hand and said, "The shopkeeper of the pharmacy said that the girl who bought the medicine and wine said it, and you are also walking in the direction of Xuan Wangfu, who else can you be?" β
"Knowingly asking, boring!" Lin Xin'er continued to walk forward with the medicinal wine.
"Huh? I'm also familiar with King Xuan, and I don't know that he has such a secret thing, what else do you know, let's hear it? The man looked like he was stalking and chased after Lin Xin'er.
"Are you familiar with King Xuan?" Lin Xin'er stopped, she remembered what she heard in the Qinglou, this person was indeed familiar with Ximen Jingxuan.
"That's it." The man said proudly, looked at Lin Xin'er again, and thought, "For example, I haven't seen a maid like you in King Xuan's mansion before, are you one of those maids who were specially brought back to the capital by King Xuan from southern Xinjiang, one of those maids whose legs were broken by him?" β
Lin Xin'er didn't expect this person to explain her identity so self-righteously, and then nodded, "Not bad." β
"After being broken and staying in King Xuan's Mansion so obediently? I think not only King Xuan has quirks, but you also have joy and pain, right? The man followed his own judgment and said to himself.
"I think if King Xuan promised to become his woman as long as he broke his leg and be named a side concubine, there must not be a few people who are willing to harm themselves, right?" Lin Xin'er said with a smile.
"Woman, alasβ" The man shook his head slightly, let out an exaggerated sigh, and then stretched out his hand to Lin Xin'er again, pressed her shoulder, and bent his eyebrows, "Let me guess, have you become the woman of King Xuan?" Is King Xuan ready to make you a side concubine? β
Lin Xin'er has endured in the Taishi Mansion for so many years, and her patience is enough, but in the face of this salty pig hand of the prodigal son, she felt that her patience had reached its peak in an instant, and she wanted to explode.
At this moment, I suddenly heard the screams of passers-by, and a frightened carriage came running from a distance, and it was about to crash.
Lin Xin'er was thinking about how to avoid this person who was familiar with King Xuan, but her body had already been picked up and flashed towards the roof on one side.
The carriage galloped past, and Lin Xin'er saw that the person driving was Huangfu Yanchong, and he came specially for her.
"It's dangerous." The man stood on the roof, hooking Lin Xin'er's waist with one hand and gently patting his shirt with the other.
That's a lot to do! Lin Xin'er secretly blamed this person for ruining Huangfu Yanchong's plan to connect with her, but she couldn't help but admit that this person was indeed "saving her".
"Remember, I saved your life today." The man watched the frightened horse gallop away.
"It's hard to do it." Lin Xin'er snorted coldly.
"My son is a person who is good at inviting merit, if you don't want to reciprocate, then just accompany me to have a glass of wine now." The man said, couldn't help but say, took Lin Xin'er and swept into the distance.
The cold house, built according to the bamboo forest, is a quiet and simple courtyard.
Ximen Jingxuan sat in the courtyard, and sitting opposite him was a man dressed in white, with an elegant demeanor and a dusty temperament, who was similar in age to Ximen Jingxuan, but more indifferent than him, as if he was only quiet in this small courtyard, indifferent to all the things outside.
He is Leng Yanqiu, one of the three famous men in the capital, as an orphan of the previous dynasty, but he has a proud character, upright, and stubborn and unyielding to live at the foot of today's imperial city, do not bow down to the Ximen royal family, for the peace and contentment of the people, and have no intention of making waves for the Leng family, living alone in this quiet bamboo forest courtyard.
"What kind of drug did I get under?" Ximen Jingxuan looked at the liquid that Leng Yanqiu had turned upside down in his hand and didn't know what color it had turned into and asked. The liquid was made of blood taken from him.
Ximen Jingxuan hurriedly left the Xuanwang Mansion early in the morning, just to rush to the cold house in time, so that Leng Yanqiu could determine the origin of the medicine, and when he left from the Plum Blossom Court in the happy house, he had doubts about Lin Xin'er.
Since the medicine had been dissipated, Leng Yanqiu took his blood for examination, and before the results came out, news of the situation came from the Xuan Wang's Mansion.
Ximen Jingxuan went and returned, and came to the cold house again to ask Leng Yanqiu's results.
"Yes, it's from our Leng family's psychedelic dispersion, even if the skill is profound, as long as you take a little, you will be instantly stunned, and ordinary people will not wake up within three hours, but your strong skills are also beneficial, and you can wake up earlier than ordinary people." Leng Yanqiu stared at the liquid channel.
"So it's your Leng family acting in secret?" Ximen Jingxuan asked.