Chapter Twenty-Seven: Scheming
What Concubine Yun said was not unreasonable, but she made a lot of calculations and missed one thing, that is, Concubine Lin's character. She has been in the Qinglou for many years, and she is used to intrigues, and she expects that the palace should be worse than the Qinglou, everyone is selfish, and no one will think about the life and death of others, so she is not afraid that Concubine Lin will betray her.
Concubine Lin is cowardly by nature, but she has a good family education and is charitable, and even an ant is reluctant to step on it, let alone human life? This has nothing to do with whether Concubine Lin likes Mao Leyan or not.
Therefore, when the Night Celebration King came to the Bun Garden, she thought that her so-called plan had not been discovered. However, she was used to seeing her face, and she could guess a few points from King Qing's unhappy face.
Therefore, when King Qing asked her if she was sure that Eighteen pushed her down to the lake, she thought about it slightly, and said: "The concubine body remembered that it was a slip under her feet at that time, and Eighteen immediately reached over, and the concubine body didn't know whether she wanted to pull the concubine body or push it, in short, in a panic, the concubine body didn't know whether it was her who pushed it." He would ask her again, proving that he was suspicious. Concubine Yun is not a stupid person, she naturally knows that continuing to be ambiguous at this time is the best way to attack, retreat and defend.
King Qing's face was slightly gentle, "At that time, it was really difficult to tell if I was flustered, but Concubine Lin said that she saw you fall by yourself, and Eighteen reached out to pull you, but she didn't pull it." ”
Concubine Yun gritted her teeth with hatred, but she didn't expect that it was really Concubine Lin who was bad. It's just that she still had a smile on her face, and said with a sigh of relief: "That's good, because of this incident, the concubine didn't sleep all night last night, and she kept thinking about where she offended her, so that she hated her so much that she wanted to kill the killer." The concubine didn't want to just come, so the house was not peaceful. If the eighteenth sister really didn't have the intention of harming the concubine's body, the concubine's body would finally breathe a sigh of relief! ”
King Qing looked at her suspiciously, "You really don't know if she is saving you or harming you?" ”
Concubine Yun smiled, "Lord Wang, the concubine was too busy to take care of herself at the time, and she was scared, where would she pay attention to this, just to stabilize her body and not fall down, even if it was lucky, but in the end she still slipped down, and the eighteenth sister almost drowned." It's really a sin of a concubine. ”
King Qing pondered for a moment, and suddenly remembered that Ling'er had once insisted that it was the eighteenth person who pushed Concubine Yun to the lake, he turned his head to look at Ling'er, and asked sharply: "Then why are you so sure that she pushed Concubine Yun to the lake?" Even your master can't be sure, why did you shout that it was the eighteen murderers as soon as you came? No, you have no reason to be mistaken, you are following your master. ”
Ling'er hurriedly knelt down and explained in fright: "Lord Wang, at that time, the slave maid was indeed following behind Concubine Yun, but at that time, the slave's clothes were hooked by a branch, and the slave and maid lowered her head to untie it. It was the slave's fault, and the slave didn't see it clearly for a while. ”
King Qing knew that no matter how much he asked, he couldn't get the truth, but in fact, the truth was nothing more than three. The first one is indeed eighteen Yun Fei Xiahu; second, it is a play directed and acted by Concubine Yun; Third, as Concubine Yun said, she accidentally fell, and Eighteen was to save her, but she was misunderstood to push her down.
In fact, these three versions didn't matter to him, even if he knew that it was Eighteen who pushed her down, he was angry not because she was vicious, but because she couldn't swim and insisted on jumping into the water. As for the anger later, it was because she actually hurt him and didn't give him any face, he was annoyed and angry.
Now I think that she is single and penniless, according to her, there are killers waiting for her outside, and I don't know what happened to her now.
Concubine Yun saw that his expression was different, so she asked tentatively, "Could it be that the prince doesn't believe what the concubine said?" ”
King Qing came back to his senses, looked at Concubine Yun, and said: "This king naturally believes in you, you have never lied in front of this king, and being the king of Japan also appreciates your honesty and straightforwardness, you don't look like the kind of woman who hurts people behind your back!" ”
Concubine Yun smiled shyly, "If the prince believes it, the concubine body is fearless, in short, the concubine body is worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth, and she has not done anything wrong." ”
King Qing saw her swear and looked sincere, and couldn't help but believe a little, comfort a few words, and leave.
Concubine Yun couldn't help but be stunned when she heard him say that she was leaving, "If it's too late today, the prince still wants to leave?" ”
King Qing nodded and said, "Well, yes, Yu'er is a little unwell, and this king wants to go over and see her!" "Yu'er, is Concubine Lin's maiden name, today's actions of Concubine Lin made King Qing very grateful, and he also felt that he had neglected her too much.
Concubine Yun's face changed, and then she asked with concern: "Is it because the concubine fell into the water and was frightened for a while?" Can't be careless, has the doctor seen it? ”
"I've seen it, it's an occasional cold, but now that the weather is getting colder, her body is weaker than others, and she doesn't pay attention for a while, and she doesn't know if she's sick. Okay, you go to sleep first, this king won't be here tonight! King Qing said this, and then walked away.
Concubine Yun leaned against the door, her smile gradually solidified on her lips, the anger in her eyes suddenly rose, she turned around and slapped you fiercely, and said angrily: "Stupid, I said that if she didn't push it, you can't stand your ground, are you sure it's her?" You are behind me, but Concubine Lin is behind you, as long as you insist that it is her, the prince must believe that you don't believe Concubine Lin. ”
Ling'er covered her cheeks and said aggrievedly: "It's the slave maid who will be wrong, and the slave maid didn't dare to hide it when she saw Niang Niang say this, so she had to make up a rhetoric to prevaricate in the past." Otherwise, the slave and maid went to the prince again, and said that the slave and maid were not mistaken, and it was indeed she who pushed the mother into the water! ”
Concubine Yun swung another slap over, and with a snap, Ling'er's cheeks were swollen on both sides, and the five finger prints were clearly recognizable, and Ling'er knelt down with a puff and cried.
Concubine Yun said angrily: "What's the use of you going to the prince now?" Use your brain. I really doubt that so many people didn't bring you to the palace at the beginning, and they didn't talk about people, and they didn't even look at them. I'm mad at you! ”
Ling'er wiped away her tears and said pitifully: "Niangniang, the slave and maid will be more shrewd in the future, don't drive the slave and maid away." ”
Concubine Yun sighed and stretched out her hand to pull her up, "You came out of the same place with me, how can I be willing to scold you and beat you?" It's really that you are too ignorant, in this palace, if we make a wrong step, we can't turn over. ”
Ling'er said obediently: "The slave and maid understand, and the slave and maid don't want to live the life of laughter before." "Although she was a maid before, she was often harassed by guests, and it was normal for her hands to go up and down, and occasionally some drunk guests were forced into the room, and she couldn't call, so she could only suffer a dumb loss.
Therefore, compared to only being angry with Concubine Yun now, she already feels very happy.
Concubine Yun is different from her, Concubine Yun was originally born in a rich family, eloped with a scholar at the age of fifteen, but the scholar could only give her a poor life, and later, the scholar committed suicide after losing the imperial examination, she sold all the money and property in the scholar's family, and lost all the money in less than a year, and then sold herself into the Qinglou. There was also a small episode when she sold the scholar's real estate and land, the scholar's parents were unwilling, but she colluded with the outsider, and sold the land, and got the money and gave the scholar's parents nothing, and escaped with the money. Later, she also heard that the scholar's parents were miserable, living in a dilapidated mud hut and living on alms.
Of course, she doesn't care about the scholar's parents, and she never goes back to see her own biological parents. She is a high-minded and arrogant woman, and since she chose to leave, no matter what she looks like outside, she will not go back.
When King Qing arrived in the Qinglou, she fell in love with him at a glance, but he wanted to capture the old man, deliberately made things difficult for him many times, he really paid attention, often gave some small gifts or something, she had been with him for a long time before slowly treating him well, he regarded it as a treasure, men are like this, what you can't get is always the best, because of her deliberate difficulty, he thought she was rare and valuable, this kind of feeling that seems to be love but is actually a game, can most paralyze a person's reason. So later, she colluded with his friend and used the method of agitation to force him to marry her, and he was really fooled and announced in public that he would marry her. It's not easy to go step by step.
From the Qinglou woman to the side concubine, she is a typical example of flying on the branches. She wants to stabilize this grace and wealth, and not let it become a bubble.
The guards sent out searched for two days and two nights, but they couldn't find any trace of Mao Leyan. Mao Leyan seemed to have evaporated from the world and disappeared into the capital.
King Qing began to be anxious, because the weather was getting colder, and there was a snow last night, he expected that she had no silver to stay, and it was estimated that she could only sit in the barren mountains and mountains, without warm clothes, but she was afraid that she couldn't stay up, and she was very annoyed and angry at her stubbornness, what was the mood at the moment, and he couldn't eat or sleep if he couldn't find her for a day. So he ordered the men to go out of the city and look for them in the ruined temples and abandoned houses on the mountain.
The dilapidated temple where Mao Leyan lived, she used a trick, and in the eyes of outsiders, it was just a pond.
She leaned against the door, smiling and watching the scholar and the child playing, there was a snow last night, and the open space in front of the door was covered with a thick layer of snow. As soon as it was dark today, they came out to play, and this broken temple was a little more popular because of Mao Leyan.
Mao Leyan picked up a branch, put it in his mouth, picked up a small stone and carved it, Xiao Er rushed over and asked, "Eighteen sisters, what are you doing?" ”
Mao Leyan reached out and took off the branch in his mouth, spread the pebble on the palm of his hand, and Xiao Er exclaimed: "Oh my God, it's Bud Valley!" ”
Everyone came over to see, it was really a small bud grain, about the size of a tail finger, lifelike, the lines of lines, a full grain of corn, living like the real thing.
"Eighteenth sister, what did you do before? How can you do anything? Xiao Er asked adoringly.
Mao Leyan smiled, put the branch in his mouth again, and said vaguely: "Do everything, for life." ”
She is also a person who eats with a knife, and her knife skills must be at such a high level. Thinking of the scalpel, she really misses those days.