Four days later.

Next to the arch of the hanging flower of Zhiyanxuan, two women stood. A plain white dress, without powder, seems to be in the mourning period, it is out of Xiu; One person dressed as a maid, and also wore white clothes and white skirts, which was indifferent.

Since the day the marriage certificate came into effect, Danxin was ordered by Mrs. Tai to be transferred to serve Xiu. And this is exactly what she meant, and it is also for Yun Ci's earnest instructions before his death.

Now that I see that Izuku is being straightened, no one feels more sad and joyful than being indifferent. The sad thing is that the flower-like woman of Izumi will spend the rest of her life in widowhood; The good news is that the marriage between the master and the concubine finally has a seemingly happy result.

At this moment, I saw that Xiu had been raising her eyes and looking at the three big characters of "Zhiyanxuan", and couldn't help but ask cautiously: "Madam, why don't we ask Mrs. Tai to change the name of this garden?" ”

Hearing the title of "Madame", Izumi was still a little uncomfortable, she lowered her eyebrows and looked at Danxin, and said with a light smile: "This name is good, why change it?" I always look at these three words, because this is Hou Ye's handwriting. ”

Although Izumi didn't know why Yun Ci named this garden "Zhiyan Xuan" in the first place, and I didn't know how much this name had to do with Xia Yanran, but now in her heart, this name is also a testimony of her acquaintance with Yun Ci.

When she first met him, she was losing her voice. But sometimes with just one look and one action, he can understand what she means and know what she wants to say. This is also the true meaning of the word "Zhiyan".

And now, she has lived in this Zhiyanxuan as the "widow of the Marquis of Lixin".

"Madam, let's go, Mrs. Mo Jiaotai is in a hurry." He opened his mouth to urge at the right time, but he was afraid that Mrs. Tai would not see anyone after summoning for too long, and she would be dissatisfied with Xiu.

Hearing this, Izuku nodded lightly, and walked quickly out of Zhiyan Xuan towards Rong Jintang. Along the way, I met many servants and maids, who bowed down to her and respectfully called her "madam".

Just yesterday, all branches of the Yun clan and the Lixinhou Mansion visited her together, and Mrs. Tai also took the initiative to write her name into the family tree, which was an official recognition of her identity as Yun Ci's widow. Many people saw her for the first time yesterday, and they all looked suddenly at once, but I didn't know that everyone's surprise was because she looked like Xia Yanran? Or is it because her looks are enough to make the dignified Lixin Marquis tempted?

What's more, yesterday Xia Yanran's parents also hurried over, and when the two old men saw Chu Xiu, they almost cried bitterly, thinking that their beloved daughter had come back from the dead. Master Xia openly admitted that Yun Ci had asked the Xia family to accept her as a righteous daughter, which can be regarded as blocking the mouths of some doubters.

However, Izumi also politely refused Master Xia's request to accept her as a righteous daughter, she just wanted to be the widow of Yunci as Izuxiu, and she didn't need to touch the light of the Xia family, and she was even more afraid that once she made this bait, if she and Xia Yanran would one day become the same fate, it would make the second elder experience the pain of losing her daughter again.

Fortunately, the Xia family was very considerate of this refusal, and Master Xia was not reluctant to do so, but also comforted her when she heard that she was pregnant, and asked her to make up for Xia Yanran's regrets and leave an heir for Yun Ci.

I don't know how Mrs. Tai appeased the Xia family, but now it seems that Master Xia believed that set of rhetoric - Xia Yanran lost her footing and drowned.

……

After walking all the way, and thinking all the way, seeing that Rong Jintang was close in front of him, Izuku sighed, and slowly retracted his thoughts and stepped inside. This time, Mrs. Tai was waiting in the inner hall. She was finally qualified to enter the inner garden of Rongjin Hall, but the price in exchange was too painful.

"I've seen Mrs. Tai." Knowing that he was a bait, he also had that self-knowledge, and he didn't call Mrs. Tai "mother".

Today, Mrs. Tai is still dressed in plain clothes, and when she saw that she was polite and polite, she retreated left and right and left her to speak alone: "There are just two of us in the room, and I don't shy away from it, you have behaved very well these days, especially in the front hall, and you can calmly deal with everyone's doubts, which surprised me." ”

Izumi only lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes, and did not answer.

Seeing this, Mrs. Tai said, "That day, you didn't consult with me, and suddenly you appeared pregnant. I ask you, how are you going to end up with this? Where do you come from with a child? ”

That Sunrise Xiu was just to be able to hit her with one blow and make the Yun clan admit her, so she urgently used pregnancy as an excuse, and she was also confident that with Shen Yu, a disciple of the divine doctor, as a guarantee, no one would have doubts. But how does it end now?

She has thought a lot about it in the past few days, so she also truthfully said what she thought: "The person who secretly murdered the two marquis is nothing more than taking a fancy to the position of the marquis of Lixin." If I am pretending to be pregnant, it will definitely cause the people behind the scenes to act again, as long as I deliberately leave a flaw, I can probably lure them to the bait. ”

"You're not right." Mrs. Tai immediately pointed out: "The other party can not only hide quietly for twenty years, but also unknowingly poison the old marquis and Ci'er, he must also be a ruthless character." If you deliberately leak flaws to him (her), it will make people suspicious...... You should be on guard, and the more you guard against it, the more tricky it will be for the people behind the scenes, and the easier it will be for you to act. ”

is worthy of Mrs. Xie, she is indeed far-sighted and skillful. Izumi replied, "Izumi is taught." ”

Mrs. Tai nodded, and asked again: "If the person behind the curtain is very calm and has not made any small movements, how can you keep this belly?" ”

"If you can find out the real culprit behind the scenes before I 'give birth', you might as well make a plan to let me 'miscarry', blame the person behind the scenes, and lead him (her) to show his or her original form." Izuxiu's eyes flashed slightly, and he pondered for a moment and said: "If I haven't found out the real culprit after 'giving birth', then I will find a baby boy to raise temporarily, and I don't believe that he (she) will not do it." ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Tai's eyes flashed with a hint of approval, and a smile finally appeared on her face: "If you really find a baby boy to come over, are you willing to use him as bait?" ”

Izuku hesitated for a moment before sighing, "I will do my best to protect that child from harm, after all, he is innocent." ”

Mrs. Tai shook her head when she heard this, and her words showed a little worry: "Are you still soft-hearted......

"But I will not be soft on the murderer behind the scenes." Izuku's eyes were firm, and he replied coldly.

Mrs. Tai raised her eyebrows, but finally didn't say anything, changed the topic, and asked, "What do you think of the second child?" ”

Is the second master rising? This time, without thinking, Xiu calmly said his thoughts: "In the front hall that day, you also saw his reaction. Mrs. Xia fell into the water, and it was absolutely inseparable from him. Now, she is Yun Ci's stepfamily, and Xia Yanran is Yun Ci's deceased wife, so she should call Xia Yanran "Mrs. Xia" in theory.

Mrs. Tai had already seen the abnormality of Yunqi, so she agreed with Izuxiu's speculation: "Ci'er said the same before she died...... Yanran, the child, loves pomp and circumstance, and likes to hug each other in front and back, but that day he went out with a burning face alone, not to mention that he was still pregnant...... The clothes on her corpse were also very plain, not like what she usually dressed. Ci'er suspects that she is pretending to be you to go out to meet people. ”

Pretending to be yourself and going out to meet people? I didn't know what was going on, so I hurriedly asked, "Who is Mrs. Xia going to see pretending to be me?" ”

Mrs. Tai squinted, looked at Chu Xiu's incomprehensible gaze, and nodded at her: "She is pretending to be you, so you might as well think about it, in this cloud mansion, who are you talking to to be unseemly?" And who took your private appointment and would come to the appointment secretly and not be surprised? ”

When Chu Xiu heard this, he frowned slightly, and muttered and analyzed: "I am a maid, except for some festivals with the second master, I have never interacted with people other than Zhiyanxuan and Huan Washroom. If I see the people who know Yanxuan and the Huan Washroom, I will be above board......"

Her eyes flashed, and then she looked at Mrs. Tai, and said urgently: "The second master has had a ...... to me Coveted, and everyone in the house knows that if I want to see him, I must make an appointment in private, and the second master will most likely come to the appointment! ”

"You're not too stupid." Mrs. Tai smiled: "I always suspected that the second child's cynicism was faked, but if Yanran's death was really his doing, then I overestimated him." ”

Mrs. Tai looked at her as if she was thinking, and said after a while: "If the person who killed Yanran was for the child in her womb, then the murderer is the same as the person who poisoned her; But if Yanran's death was an accident, or if it was the second child's doing, then I can't say who is the one who is poisonous......"

Izumi was deeply impressed by Mrs. Tai's analysis. Oh, yes! If Yunqi killed Xia Yanran by such unpopular means, it would show that he had no ability to poison.

"Maybe Mrs. Xia's death was not the second master's doing, someone deliberately lured the second master to take the bait and diverted our attention to him?" Izuku suddenly thought of this possibility, and hurriedly added.

Mrs. Tai smiled again: "I now understand a little bit, why Ci'er loves you, but you are also a smart child......" At this point, Mrs. Tai was a little sad, and sighed: "Actually, Yanran is also very smart, but they are all clever, but they hurt her life." ”

This sentence couldn't be continued, so he had to be silent.

Mrs. Tai looked at Xiu, and seemed to be looking at others through her, and her sadness was stronger than that of Fang Cai: "Ci'er's death made me figure it out a lot, maybe...... Yanran's marriage with him, I really did it wrong, otherwise ......" Thinking of the death of her husband and her only son, even if she is strong and iron-fisted, Mrs. Tai has to admit that she is old.

Looking back on the first half of my life, I did a lot of things wrong. At that time, he refused to admit it and insisted on going his own way, but now he has this result......

"Please mourn, this is all a man-made. Yun's tree is a big move, there are coveted insiders and strong enemies outside, and it is indeed impossible to prevent it. If you want to blame, you should blame the person who poisoned you, why do you bother to take the burden on yourself? Izumi knew that he was overstepping his words by saying this, but he still couldn't help but persuade him.

Mrs. Tai only looked at Chuxiu fixedly, and when she saw that she was sincere, she suddenly smiled and sighed: "Now I want you to persuade me, interesting, interesting." ”

"It's me who lost my word." Izuku said busily.

Mrs. Tai didn't drill the horns here, and turned the topic back to Yun Qi: "In any case, Yan Ran's death is a clue, and if you follow the vine, you will definitely be able to find out why." If it was really not Yunqi's mother and son, it would rule out the suspicion that they were poisoned. ”

Izuku nodded in agreement: "I'll pay attention." ”

Mrs. Tai said "um" and did not speak again for a long time. Just when Izumi thought she was tired and was about to retire, she heard her speak again: "Someone from Jingzhou is here, I arrived in Yanlan City tonight, and I want to come to worship Ci'er with King Mu, as a widow, you should see you." ”

Mrs. Tai said as she said as if she inadvertently went to see Xiu, and added: "The person who came is the ninth son of Emperor Sheng of Nanxi Tong, the king of Chengjun who was just canonized last year, Nie Peixiao." ”