Lord Helian, the squire of the Criminal Department? Helenzi? There was a feeling of disgust in her heart, and maybe a burst of fatigue, and she said lazily: "Tell Lord Helian that it is too late tonight to see each other." ”

"Yes". The butler respectfully responded at the back, and went out of Xiu and entered the villa. Walking to the living room, she deliberately detoured, and could see the candle flame in the hall from a distance, and a tall figure reflected on the window paper, looking extremely patient and calm.

Out of Xiufu walked forward again, took two steps and suddenly stopped again, and instructed the butler: "If Lord Helian comes again in the future, just find a reason to send it away...... No more reporting. ”

*****

Early the next morning, Jingzhou, Chengjun Wangfu.

Nie Peixiao had breakfast, but he was not in a hurry to leave the table, and talked to several staff members one after another, taking advantage of the situation to inquire about the various situations during his departure from Beijing. For example, how many of the current officials were promoted or demoted? What is the change in the left and right minister's mansions? What happened in Jingzhou City?

was talking to the staff, but he heard the guard Feng Fei return outside. As soon as Nie Peixiao mentioned his spirit, he immediately retreated, and passed Feng Fei in alone, asking him, "How is the matter?" ”

"As you expected, Mrs. Xiu went to Chasing Hongyuan first after entering Beijing...... Then stay at Liuyun Villa. Feng Fei paused and reminded his master: "It is the 'Liuyun Villa' adjacent to the ancestral house of the Helian family. ”

Adjacent to the ancestral home of the Helian clan? Nie Peixiao remembered the strangeness between Helian Qi and Mrs. Chuxiu, and a thought flashed through her mind. Could it be that Mrs. Izuku and Helian Qi had an affair? Or is it ...... He knew that he wanted to be crooked, but Helianqi's performance the day before yesterday was too obvious, and he really couldn't believe the statement of "recognizing the wrong person".

Nie Peixiao was a little irritable in her heart, and hurriedly waved away her cranky thoughts, and then asked Feng Fei: "What's the movement of Helian Qi?" ”

"Yesterday, Lord Helian went to Liuyun Villa to visit Mrs. Chuxiu, but he left until late at night, and the two of them didn't see each other." Feng Fei paused, and then added: "There is a word from Liuyun Villa, saying that Mrs. Zhuxiu has explained, and anyone who comes to visit in the future will avoid seeing it. ”

"Avoid seeing them all?" Nie Peixiao muttered and repeated, and couldn't help frowning and asking, "What is the deep hatred that is worthy of Mrs. Xiu's avoidance?" It stands to reason that she shouldn't have been...... After all, the Helian clan has been a prince for generations, the door is Chinese and martial, and Helian Qi is the eldest son and grandson, and he will inevitably be the head of the clan in the future. ”

Feng Fei shook his head when he heard this: "I'm afraid I have to ask Mrs. Xiu herself...... With her subordinates' understanding of this lady, although she is tough in handling family affairs, she still knows how to treat foreigners very well. ”

Nie Peixiao nodded in agreement: "Because of this, I feel strange. "If he didn't figure it out, he would feel like he was stuck in his throat. Helian Qi and Mrs. Izuxiu...... It seems that the two people who can't beat the eight poles, what are the old grudges? Or is it not an old grudge, but an old one?

The more Nie Peixiao thought about it, the more uncomfortable she became, so she said to Feng Fei: "You go down, I'll think about it myself." ”

Feng Fei was ordered to retire, and just after leaving the dining room, he passed by the housekeeper in the house. He deliberately slowed down, only to hear the butler enter the dining room and say to the master: "Your Highness, Mrs. Xiu, the head of the Xinhou Mansion, asks to see Mrs. Xiu." ”

Mrs. Izuku is here? It's a coincidence that no book is written. Feng Fei could almost guess that his master must be both happy and resistant, and he would continue to struggle for a while. He wanted to laugh very much, but he could only endure it, and sure enough, he heard the master's voice with a little apprehension: "Hurry up and ask Madame to take a seat...... Change the clothes of this king! ”

Where is this still the high-ranking and suave King Chengjun in front of people? Feng Feiqiang held back a smile and left quickly.

*****

After half a cup of tea, Nie Peixiao changed into an embroidered gold and purple dress and came to the living room. Before he entered the hall, he saw Mrs. Xiu's Wodan face at a glance. She is still dressed in white today, although the color is plain, but the smoke and sara skirt are layered, complex and dignified without losing decency. The light green cuffs are delicately embroidered with fine stitches and gold threads. Looking at it from afar, it is like a white peony on the emerald ** dripping leaf, which is as beautiful as a fairy in the sky.

No wonder, even the Lixin Hou, whose eyes are above the top, can't hold it...... Mrs. Chuxiu is indeed beautiful, but it is not superficial, the kind of temperament that goes deep into the bones is really attractive, sometimes dignified, sometimes coquettish, sometimes beautiful, sometimes scarlet.

"Yun Wuxin is out of Xiu", when she thought of the origin of her name, Nie Peixiao felt sour and depressed.

At this moment, in the living room, Xiu Ting stood and raised her head slightly, facing the words "Purple Qi from the East" on the plaque in a daze. In fact, she is no stranger to this font, a long time ago, there was a poem called "Zhu Xian Broken" is this kind of cursive script, the clouds and thunder change, the pen walks the dragon and snake, and this plaque is exactly the same.

Thinking of that poem, Izumi couldn't help but smile lightly, and in the eyes of others, it was like a peerless picture. Nie Peixiao looked outside for a long time, and saw that Mrs. Chuxiu was still smiling, so she took the lead in coughing lightly, and walked into the hall with her hands behind her back: "Madame, this king is very honored." ”

Only then did Xiu come back to her senses and bow to Nie Pei Xiaoyingying: "The concubine came to visit unexpectedly, don't blame Your Highness." ”

This sentence made Nie Peixiao feel extremely comfortable, he sat on the throne with a golden sword, and stretched out his hand to Xiu to ask: "I don't know what Madame needs the king's service for?" ”

"Don't dare to serve." Izumi covered her lips and chuckled, and motioned to Zhuying to send the gift box in: "There are two things about the concubine's visit this time. First, our government inadvertently found a peerless flute, and I want you to laugh at it. ”

Before Xiu's words fell, Zhuying had already presented the gift box to the palace housekeeper, and then the housekeeper sent it to Nie Peixiao. Nie Peixiao took the brocade box and didn't open it, only pressed it on the table and smiled: "Madame is too polite." ”

"You play the flute well, the world knows it. It is useless to keep this jade concubine, it is better to find another good master for it. Izuku laughed again.

If it was placed in the past, Nie Peixiao would definitely not open other people's gifts in person, but this time it was different, the person who gave the gift was Xiu, and he seemed a little impatient, wanting to see how the jade flute that could make the Yun family's head and mother look at it was peerless. Can it be compared to his own pipe?

"This king is rude, and he has already taken it apart in a hurry to see it." Nie Peixiao said with a smile.

Out of the Xiu money stretched out his hand: "You please." ”

Nie Peixiao took the opportunity to open the brocade box, but saw a jade flute lying in it, with a lustrous luster, warm color, and excellent jade quality, which was even better than his own pipe! Nie Peixiao couldn't help but take out the jade flute, put it to her lips and tried to play it, but just casually two notes, she heard the sound of the flute whimpering like a cry.

Whether it's jade quality or sound quality, it's really rare! Definitely the best flute he's ever seen!

"It's really a good flute!" Nie Peixiao couldn't put it down, put the jade flute back into the brocade box, and sincerely thanked him: "Thank you, madam, but this king is disrespectful." ”

Maybe it's providence! He gave up a pipe of flute because of Mrs. Xiu, and got a pipe of flute from her hand, and lost the mulberry in the east corner, which has to be sighed.

How did Chuxiu know so much inside information, and said to Nie Peixiao: "It's good if you don't dislike it." ”

How can you dislike it? It's too late to like it! Nie Peixiao thought so in her heart, but in the end she didn't say it, just continued Xiu's words and blurted out: "If you can be in harmony with Mrs. Qin Xiao, it will be the luck of this king." ”

As soon as the words fell, Nie Peixiao regretted it. Doesn't this show that he knows that Mrs. Izuku is good at the piano? He looked a little embarrassed, and hurriedly laughed again: "This king is just guessing...... It's just speculation. ”

If Mrs. Dexiu knew that he was the masked man she had met that night, she would definitely regard him as a disciple who did not know how to be polite. Nie Peixiao was a little nervous, as if she had unintentionally looked at Xiu again, and saw that the other party did not react, so she secretly put her mind at ease.

In fact, in Nie Peixiao's selfish heart, she hoped that Izumi could guess that it was she who played with the piano and flute, and I also hoped that Izuku couldn't guess it. This kind of contradictory mind made him very tormented, and his heart seemed to be hanging in the air.

Unexpectedly, not only did I not think deeply about the meaning of his words, but her expression froze, and then she smiled lonely: "Your Highness looks down on the concubine." The concubine is a layman, who only knows how to take care of housework, and is very good at piano, chess, poetry and painting...... Ignorant. ”

"Don't know anything about piano, chess, poetry and painting?" Nie Peixiao's smile fell on her handsome face, and gradually disappeared without a trace: "Madame, is it a joke?" ”

"What's a joke?" Out of Xiu lowered her eyes and deliberately hid her sadness: "The concubine was from a humble background and was once a slave in Yunfu. Writing and reading accounts were all learned from my late husband, and I really didn't know anything about other elegant things...... I can only look at the excitement. ”

See the buzz? This is what she says about her piano skills? Nie Peixiao's face sank, and she didn't understand why she wanted to belittle herself. Thinking of her repeated calls for "first husband", I felt even more unhappy.

On the way back to Jingzhou from Yanlan City, he had sent someone to inquire, four and a half years ago, Shen Yu gave Xiu to Yun Ci, and Yun Ci took her back to Jingzhou. Among them, she has been pampered for a while, and even had a child in Chuxiu, but in order to marry Xia's wife, Yun Ci asked her to beat the child. Later, it wasn't until the Xia family entered the door that the Yun Mansion knew that Yun Ci favored Xiu because her appearance was seven points similar to the Xia family......

Nie Peixiao also heard that in order to please the Xia family, Yun Ci even demoted Zhu Xiu to the laundry room. Later, Xia drowned, Yun Ci's beloved wife was anxious to cause an old illness, and he was about to have no heirs, and it happened that Xiu was pregnant at this time, so he wrote a marriage letter before he died.

Yun Ci's decision was so hurried that he didn't even have time to find a media certificate, or in the name of the media certificate signed by Shen Yu after his death.

In this matter, Nie Peixiao was not involved from beginning to end, he considered himself an outsider, and he did not have any right to speak. But after he heard what happened to Mrs. Xiu, he also had doubts about Yun Ci's fairy-like man, how could this legendary compassionate and compassionate Marquis of Lixin be so cruel to a woman?

What makes him even more angry is that until now, whenever Mrs. Izuku mentions her deceased husband, there is no trace of resentment in her words, but always full of attachment and sadness. How could he not be angry? is not only angry, but also not worthy of Mrs. Xiu.

Thinking of this, Nie Peixiao suddenly lost the heart to laugh with Chuxiu, so she lost her expression and asked her with a blank look: "Madame came this time, is it a special trip to send a flute to this king?" He knew that this jade flute was just a stepping stone, and Mrs. Xiu must have something to ask for.

Seeing that Nie Peixiao took the initiative to ask, it was difficult to avoid it anymore, so she lowered her eyes and said softly: "I can't hide it, the concubine does have something to ask for...... It's about my aunt Shen Yu. ”

About Shen Yu? Nie Peixiao could almost think of Chu Xiu's next sentence, and felt even more displeased: "Madam, please speak." ”

"The concubine wants you to take care of your uncle and protect him from guilt."