In the Xiaoyao Palace, Zhao Xunyan looked at the people of the Prime Minister's Mansion who were still waiting, and asked someone to pass the word, and then asked: "The fat powder she likes, can you find it?" ”

The people below nodded: "Back to the prince, I found it, I have bought it all according to your orders, but I want to send it to the Prime Minister's Mansion?" ”

Hearing the words 'all sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion', Zhao Xunyan hesitated, rubbed his eyebrows and thought about it, if the girl refused

"Send it, if she refuses, she will directly seal the fat powder shop!" Zhao Xunyan said coldly, if she refused, it must be that the fat powder did not do well.

The corners of the attendant's mouth twitched, and he turned his head to order the delivery of fat powder, and by the way, he passed the word to the little servant waiting in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"The prince said, just weigh this matter yourself."

The little guy trembled and raised his eyes to look at him: "Does the prince have any other orders?" ”

"No, let's go back." After that, he turned around and left, and the little guy hurried back to reply.

When Chu Bingsong heard this, he couldn't even get the idea of King Xiaoyao for a while, so he had to ask someone to call Qin Xue.

When Qin Xue heard Chu Bingsong say this, her heart sank: "Master, you asked me to go to Yang Mansion, isn't this recruiting people to gossip." "Everyone knows that she was just a concubine when Yang Pei was there, and as soon as Yang Pei died, she straightened it out, and there was a lot of gossip in the market, and the people of the Yang Mansion were not allowed to eat her when they saw her.

"You take Chu Ji over." Chu Bingsong's face was also not good-looking.

Qin Xue was dissatisfied in her heart: "Master, how could the eldest prince fall in love with the young lady of the Yang Mansion, then the young lady of the Yang family is not a martial artist."

"But she's the Yang family's cousin!" Chu Bingsong said annoyedly.

"Didn't the young lady who used to be the daughter of the Yang family also marry into the Chu Mansion, also"

"Shut up for me." Chu Bingsong didn't have a good air, he was also worried about this matter, the eldest prince had nothing to do, and the king of Xiaoyao ignored it. Now that the King of Freedom has this attitude, is he not going to care about him? Chu Bingsong couldn't figure it out, so he could only send Qin Xue to do the affairs of the eldest prince first.

Qin Xue didn't look good after coming out of his study, and whoever knew that he was going to be scolded, his face would not look good. Ran to Chu Xi's courtyard angrily, and only then did she hear Yahuan say that Chu Xi had gone out with the eldest lady of the Yun family, Qin Xuedeng's face turned white with anger: "Who allowed her to go out?" ”

Chunzhi, who was waiting at the door, said, "The old lady agreed." ”

When Qin Xue heard this, she was even more angry, she and the old lady hadn't sorted out the account yet.

"Well, go and call your young lady back, and say that I have an urgent matter with her." Qin Xue walked into the house as she spoke, and Chunzhi followed behind unhurriedly: "Madame, don't worry, Miss Yun said, Mrs. Yun is going to Changle Nunnery to ask for a sign today, and I'm afraid it will be nighttime when I come back." ”

"This" Qin Xue paused and looked back at Chunzhi: "Do you have to wait until evening?" ”

"It's far away from Changle Nunnery, and it takes half a day to go back and forth, and when the young lady comes back, the time must not be early." Harueda replied.

Qin Xue remembered Chu Bingsong's explanation, so she had to leave angrily.

"Madam, shall we go to Yang Mansion now?" The mother-in-law next to her asked.

Qin Xue glanced at her impatiently: "You are more anxious than me." ”

"Slaves don't dare." The woman was busy.

"Hmph." Qin Xue looked at the flying snow and said, "Go, prepare the carriage, let's go to the Dingguo Mansion first." ”

"Go to the Dingguo Mansion?"

"If I don't go to the Dingguo Mansion, what will I take to make a meeting gift to the Yang Mansion?" Qin Xue's voice was a little sharp, coming over today, I wanted to drag Chu Xi with me and get some good things from her, but she ran fast, and she disappeared when she came over.

After Qin Xue left, Chunzhi breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly went back to the inner room to report.

"Gone?" Chu Xi leaned lazily on the warm couch, and the green sprouts covered her mouth and smiled: "Miss is a lazy person, why don't you even want to go out to deal with it?" ”

Chu Xi chuckled: "Of course there is something else." Chu Ji looked at Chunzhi, Chunzhi bowed his head, and turned his head to go out again.

Chunzhi stood in front of the porch and looked at the maid who was cleaning the yard, and said loudly; "I'll go out, you keep a close eye on Miss's room for me, and no one is allowed to come closer, understand?"

The maids and ladies naturally responded, and one of the third-class maids, Huan Qing'er, rubbed her hands, and followed Chunzhi who went out with a smile: "Sister Chunzhi, when did Miss go out, why didn't I see it?" ”

Chunzhi looked at her with a smile: "You haven't been staring at the door, besides, Miss is naughty and went out in a girl's clothes, you just guard the door, can you still stare at the girls' faces carefully?" ”

"This" Qing'er smiled: "Miss is really bold, if someone finds her like this, she will not be caught by the eldest lady, and maybe she will have to kneel in the ancestral hall again." ”

Chunzhi chuckled: "Don't worry, Miss knows in your heart, you look carefully at Miss's room, there are many people in our yard, and the treasures in Miss's room are valuable, if you lose one or two, we won't have any good fruit to eat." ”

Qing'er sent Chunzhi to the gate of the courtyard before stopping: "Don't worry, the slave must have opened her eyes and looked carefully." After hearing this, Chunzhi was relieved to go in the direction of Ronghua Temple.

Qing'er watched her back gradually move away, and then glanced at the two waiting mothers-in-law in the courtyard.

The two women took out a few pieces of silver from their sleeves and threw them in the snow, shouting, "Yo, there are so many pieces of silver in this snow!" ”

Everyone didn't believe it, but a few tried to take a look, and they really picked it up, so everyone gathered around, rummaging through it here and there, and Qing'er took the opportunity to cautiously enter Chu Xi's room.

She looked around, rummaged through the makeup box again, and couldn't help muttering, "Why is it gone?" ”

"What are you looking for?"

"A wooden box." Qing'er said, and immediately reacted after speaking, the voice was Chu Xi's.

Qing'er turned around sharply and saw Chu Xi standing at the door, so frightened that she knelt on the ground.

Green Sprout stepped forward and looked at her angrily: "Say, what kind of wooden box are you looking for?" ”

Qing'er gritted her teeth and lowered her head without speaking.

Green Bud snorted: "Don't speak, do you know that you are stealing at the master's house, and I can have someone send you to buy you in that lowly Goolan courtyard now." ”

When Qing'er heard this, she panicked: "Don't, don't go to Goolan Courtyard, miss, the slave knows it's wrong." Qing'er raised her face and looked at Chu Xi pleadingly.

"Then you can answer Fang Cai's question well." Chu Xi sat on the chair next to him and said.

Qing'er seemed to be really scared, and said it all in one go: "The slave is here to find the box that my cousin gave you." ”

"What are you looking for that box for?" Green Sprout said again, but Chu Ji said, "Do you know what is in that box?" ”

Qing'er nodded weakly: "It's a poisonous insect, the slave maid listened to the order, and poured all the things in the box on the young lady's bed."

"Vicious!" Green Sprouts couldn't help but say angrily: "You can also think of such a method!" ”

Qing'er hurriedly knelt on the ground: "The slave doesn't want to either, yes, it's the second lady."

"Sure enough, it's the second miss." Green Sprouts gritted their teeth in hatred.

Chu Xi only sat lightly and looked at Qing'er: "You mean, this ghost is made by Zhenzhen." Coming here today, it was also instructed by Zhen Zhen? ”

"Yes, I know that you and the fourth miss like to fold plum blossoms in the past, and the second miss also instructed someone to go to Meilin to poison them." Qing'er said busily.

Green Sprout was so angry that she looked at Chu Xi: "Miss, let's tell the old lady all these things!" ”

Chu Xi waved her hand slightly: "Don't worry." After that, he looked at Qing'er on the ground: "Qing'er, you can tell me how the second lady instructed you, it's best to say it carefully from beginning to end." ”

Qing'er's palms tightened slightly, and she was busy kowtowing on the ground a few times: "The slave maid was originally arranged by the second lady, and then I don't know where the second miss heard the news that the cousin was going to give you a gift, so she made people replace the box with poisonous insects, those poisonous insects were fed with poison in advance, and if you bite someone, if you don't treat it in time, you will lose your life." ”

The corners of Chu Xi's mouth hooked slightly: "Yes, then why is she still asking for plum blossoms to poison, isn't it an extra move?" ”

"This slave doesn't know the true intentions of the second lady." A hint of panic flashed across Qing'er's face.

Chu Xi chuckled, stood up and pushed open the window, looking at the people who were eavesdropping outside, the corners of his mouth hooked: "They are all waiting outside." ”

How did those maids know that Chu Xi said well, they suddenly came to push the window, and suddenly knelt on the ground in fright.

Chu Xi turned her head to look at Qing'er and continued, "You say it again, who instructed you?" ”

Qing'er looked at the window and bit her lip slightly: "Doesn't the eldest lady already know?" ”

"I don't have a good memory, you can say it again." Chu Xi chuckled.

Qing'er looked up at Chu Zhen, who had been in a good time, and bit her lip slightly: "Yes, it was the second young lady Chu Zhenzhen who instructed the slave to dump poisonous insects on the young lady's bed." ”

"I see, where did the real gift from my cousin---- the ruby hairpin?" Chu Xi asked.

Faced with this question, Qing'er's expression relaxed a lot: "At the second miss." ”

Chu Xi's eyes were even more interested, and she sat aside and didn't ask or say more, she picked up a miscellaneous book and began to read.

Qing'er didn't know why, she wanted to open her mouth but was afraid of revealing her stuffing, so she had to continue to kneel.

After a while, Chunzhi came back, and when she saw Qing'er on the ground, she was a little shocked, but she saluted Chu Xi and said, "The old lady has already brought the second lady over, saying that a poisonous insect was found in her yard, which is the same one that killed Chuncao." The slave has already told the old lady about someone sending poisonous insects to your yard, and Mother Jiang will come over in a while. ”

"Hmm." Chu Xi nodded, glanced at Qing'er, and saw that she lowered her head weakly, and the corners of her mouth raised slightly. She knew that Qing'er was lying, but Chu Zhenzhen was afraid that she would have been calculated a long time ago, and it was possible that Merlin's poison was indeed caused by Chu Zhenzhen, so that Chu Zhenzhen was afraid that she would have to suffer a little this time. But she didn't want to pierce it, firstly, she didn't know who the real black hand was, and secondly, she was really happy to watch Chu Zhenzhen suffer.

At this time, Qin Xue, how did she know that Chu Zhenzhen had suffered a disaster, and she was getting off the carriage and entering the Dingguo Mansion.

came out to greet Qin Xun's daughter-in-law Huang, Huang married Qin Xun at a young age, Qin Xun was not a son at that time, his father was still just a concubine, and he was the son of a concubine, not very decent. Her father is the master of a certain yamen, but she is a serious concubine, but she is cowardly and timid, and for so many years, Qin Xun has been fooling around everywhere, bringing a bunch of concubines back, and she sent the concubine to kill his wife.

"Why are you crying again?" Qin Xue didn't want to see this useless sister-in-law.

Huang had tears in his eyes: "Both children are sick, I'm worried"

"If you are sick, please ask a doctor, if the ordinary doctor can't cure it, let my father go to the doctor, all the good medicines are used, what are you worried about, you are still crying, you don't have to think that the Dingguo Mansion treats you poorly, you are now a serious young lady of the Dingguo Mansion!" Qin Xue didn't have a good airway.

Huang responded again and again, with more tears in his eyes.

Qin Xue didn't bother to say. As he walked inside, he said in a cold voice: "What about the eldest brother, can you be in the house?" ”

"I'm out playing." Huang said.

"Play? Didn't the eighth prince just ask him for an errand, why did he run out to play again? Don't you know how to manage it? Qin Xue said annoyedly.

Huang looked at Qin Xue timidly: "I want to take care of it, but I can't control it, and the prince said that the errand that the eighth prince asked for was a miscellaneous one."

"I" Qin Xue was so angry that she didn't know what to say: "He is so picky and thin, I see who will find him an errand in the future"

"If you can't find an errand, then raise it in the mansion, and we have money in the Dingguo Mansion, and you're worried that you can't afford to raise a big son?" Before Qin Xue finished speaking, she was interrupted by a murderous voice.

Qin Xue heard the familiar voice, her heart tightened slightly, and she looked at the source of the voice, so frightened that she almost didn't scream. Where Bai Shi stood, dressed in plain clothes, there was not the slightest fat powder on his face, his cheeks seemed to be sunken in, and his two big eyes were bulging out. Staring at Qin Xue, with this cold wind and heavy snow, it looked a little ghostly.

"Scared?" Seeing her like this, Bai Shi walked over with a smile: "Haven't you always been very bold, why were you scared by me, could it be that you have done something wrong, that's why it's like this?" ”

Qin Xue couldn't help but want to take a step back, and looked at her: "What are you talking nonsense?" ”

"Nonsense?" Bai laughed for a while, and didn't stop laughing until he burst into tears, looking at Qin Xue with a loving face: "My good daughter, how can my mother talk nonsense to you?" ”

Seeing the Bai clan like this, Qin Xue only felt furious, and turned her head to look at the Huang clan: "Let's go to your courtyard to talk." ”

Qin Xue pulled the Huang family to leave, but before she could walk out of the verandah, she was stopped by the Bai family: "What's the hurry, Lu'er, for my mother's sore neck, come and rub it for my mother." ”

Huang's single name is revealed, and he heard Bai's words. Hurriedly ran over and answered yes.

Qin Xue looked a little blind: "Sister-in-law, what are you doing." ”

Huang didn't dare to look up at this sister-in-law: "I'm going to rub my mother's shoulders, why don't you go with us, let's discuss anything together." ”

Looking at the timid and useless Huang family, Qin Xue gritted her teeth in anger, she finally snatched the Dingguo Mansion back from the Bai family, but she didn't expect them to send it back after only a few days.

Bai Shi looked at Qin Xue, and his smile became more and more ruthless: "Xue'er, I heard that you borrowed 10,000 taels of silver from the house a few days ago, and I won't ask you for this silver, after all, your sister-in-law was exiled, but the next time you borrow money, you still have to inform me, otherwise I will mistakenly think that Xun'er is using it without authorization, and it is not easy to explain it to your father when I turn around, right?" ”

When Huang heard this, he nodded like garlic: "Mother rest assured, this will never happen next time." ”

Seeing this, Qin Xue knew that she couldn't ask for something when she came to ask for something. Turning his head and wanting to leave, the Bai family glanced at the two stout mothers-in-law guarding the door, and as soon as the two of them took a step, they blocked Qin Xue and the others firmly on the verandah.

"Why did Cher come back and leave? Don't you want to sit in my yard? Bai said.

"No, I still have to do the business of the eldest prince." Qin Xue said coldly.

"Oh, is it? Even so, I won't delay you, but Fei'er has been saying that she wants to spend more time with her big sister, so I brought the jade pendant that she was close to in front of her, and you can stay with you. Bai Shi said as he took the white jade pendant and walked over.

Qin Xue's face turned pale, and when she raised her hand, she knocked the things in Bai's hand to the ground, and Han Baiyu also fell to pieces: "You don't like bad luck, I'm still bad luck." ”

"Oh, my Fei'er!" Bai Shi suddenly whimpered: "Your soul lives in this jade pendant, and now that it has come out, don't pester the living." ”

Listening to Bai's words, coupled with the whimpering north wind outside the house and the sky overpowered by black clouds. Qin Xue's legs were almost weak, and she was busy supporting her mother-in-law beside her: "The matter of the eldest prince can't be delayed, I see who dares to stop me!" ”

The Bai clan didn't stop anymore and let Qin Xue go.

Looking at Qin Xue's weak steps when she left, her eyes were eager to cry blood.

Huang was also taken aback: "Mother, what should I do with this jade pendant of my little sister?" ”

Bai stood up coldly and glanced at the white jade pendant on the ground: "This is the birth gift that your father-in-law gave to Fei'er, and when I see your father-in-law in a while, do you know what to say?" ”

Although Huang is timid, he is not very stupid: "Mother asked me to tell the truth? ”

"With your stupid brain, what other tricks can you conjure, you tell the truth, it's best to explain Qin Xue's arrogant attitude to me word by word." Bai commanded.

Huang didn't dare to refute, nodded, and when Bai saw this, he went back with a cold face.

Qin Xue got into the carriage, only to feel that her heart was beating wildly: "Go, go to Yang Mansion!" ”

"But madam, we didn't bring anything, so we rushed over like this, didn't we?"

"What's wrong, let's go over left and right, and the people of the Yang Mansion won't give any good faces, but why bother with that face." Qin Xue said that, she leaned into the carriage and didn't say more, now she has to think of a way to beat her big brother well.

The carriage stopped after a while, and news came from outside: "Madame, it's here." ”

Qin Xue straightened her mood, got off the carriage, saw two mighty guards standing at the door, and made her mother-in-law step forward.

"Hurry up and say that the prime minister's wife is coming, and let people come out quickly to greet them." The mother-in-law said loudly.

When the attendant at the door saw that it was from the Chu Mansion, his face sank: "Wait." With that, he turned around and went out.

Qin Xue waited outside for a long time before she saw the attendant from before slowly walking out, looking at her and saying, "My master doesn't want to see you, please go back." ”

When Qin Xue heard this, where was there still a place to put her face? People didn't see it, so they had to find a reason, but this Yang family was good, and they just said they didn't want to see it.

"I came on the orders of the eldest prince, and your general didn't even listen to the orders of the eldest prince?" Qin Xue said loudly.

"On the orders of the Great Prince?" The attendant smiled: "Then you wait, I'll ask you again." With that, he walked in again.

Qin Xue waited for a while before seeing the man come out slowly, Qin Xue snorted: "Does he even dare not listen to the orders of the eldest prince?" ”

The attendant laughed more and more: "Mrs. Chu, you are the emperor as the eldest prince, and the words you say are all holy oracles, and the people who send you to deliver the message are all Qincha?" ”

Qin Xue frowned: "Mrs. Ben naturally didn't mean that!" ”

"But how does it sound like that, that's what it means? My general said it, and the eldest prince ordered it again, so naturally he wanted to listen, but knowing that the relationship between the Chu and Yang families was not compatible, he still asked you to come, this is definitely not what the eldest prince meant, how could the eldest prince be so stupid? So in order to verify, my general has already sent someone to the Great Prince's Mansion to ask, if you are not in a hurry, just wait outside. The squire laughed.

Qin Xue was so angry that she almost fainted, and pointed at the attendant with a trembling hand: "Your general is bold!" ”

"You can't say that, my old general is old, and now he can cherish this life, so he doesn't dare to let you in easily, for fear of dying of anger." The squire said.

Qin Xue gritted her teeth in anger, but she caught a glimpse of a light red figure behind the gate, her eyes became colder, and she said, "The eldest prince wants to marry your cousin as a side concubine, you are going to ruin your cousin's good marriage!" ”

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Yang Ying finally couldn't help but walk out from behind the door: "It's not enough for you to toss the Chu Mansion, you have to come to my Yang family to toss, you are also the Prime Minister's Mansion where your group of sour and rotten scholars are gathered?" I'm telling you, you're going to talk nonsense here again. I'm going to have you blown you away! "Yang Ying is a big temper, she originally heard that the Chu family was coming, so she wanted to play tricks, but Qin Xue actually said that she came to ask for marriage on the order of the eldest prince! Who doesn't know what kind of character the eldest prince is, she wants to marry, and she is also married to a young general like Yang Ci!

was robbed by Yang Ying, Qin Xue only felt that she couldn't breathe: "This is the tutor of your General's Mansion?" ”

Yang Ying sneered: "That's better than Chu Mansion, at least I won't meet men privately in the middle of the night, and I won't kill myself to save my reputation after I have a bad reputation, and I dare to swagger outside the market every day with a shy face!" ”

Qin Xue only felt a fishy sweetness in her throat: "You guys"

Yang Ying snorted, turned around and left, leaving Qin Xue so angry that he smoked.

Qin Xue was thinking about what to do, but before this word arrived, the eldest prince would definitely be displeased. Just as she was thinking about it, she saw the maid who stayed in the Chu family hurriedly came over: "Madam, it's not good." ”

"What's wrong again?" Qin Xue was trembling as she grabbed her mother-in-law's arm.

"It's the second lady, who was accused not only of poisoning the eldest lady, but also killing people. The old lady is interrogating. Yahuan said as she gasped.

When Qin Xue heard this, she only felt that the fishy sweetness in her throat was getting stronger and stronger: "What are you waiting for, hurry up, go home quickly!" Qin Xue climbed into the carriage in twos and threes, and as soon as she sat in the carriage, she vomited out a mouthful of blood, and the person passed out.

At this time in Ronghua Courtyard, Chu Zhenzhen bit her lip in the flower hall: "Grandmother, where is Zhen Zhen who dares to kill people, you have been hurting Zhen Zhen for so many years, don't you understand?" ”

Old Madam Chu also blushed: "What happened to the poisonous insects that were found in your room?" Qing'er admitted that she was instructed by you to put poisonous insects in her room, so what happened to her? ”

"I don't know." Chu Zhenzhen panicked: "I've been afraid of these insects since I was a child, how dare I use them to harm people?" Grandmother, you know, I really didn't kill Chuncao, and I didn't harm my big sister. Chu Zhenzhen's face was full of tears, and after saying that, she remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Moreover, and Chuncao has been raised in your yard since she was injured, how can I have a chance to kill her." ”

Chu Xi looked at the ruby hairpin swaying on Chu Zhenzhen's bun from the side, and lightly held the tea lid and played with the tea in the cup.

Li Xiao seemed to be a little unbearable: "Grandmother." Is it really a misunderstanding?"

"Xiao'er, I know you have a good heart, but she just used the wooden box you gave to Ji'er to put poisonous insects, if it weren't for Ji'er's clumsy girl who accidentally dropped the box to the ground, Ji'er is afraid that she would be dead now. Even their own sisters are going to be killed, where is this conscience! Old Madam Chu seems to hate this very much, she can turn a blind eye to ordinary harsh people, but she can do it to her relatives, she is worried about whether the foundation of Chu Mansion can be passed on.

Li Xiao listened, even though she felt pity for Chu Zhenzhen, she didn't speak again. He didn't dare to think that if it was really something he sent and was used and hurt Chu Xi, he was afraid that he would not have a good time in his life.

Chu Zhenzhen's eyes were full of tears: "Grandmother, I really didn't do it"

"I remember that the girl said that the second sister also went to Merlin to poison her?" Chu Dai'er asked with a little panic: "My eldest sister and I both like to fold one or two plum blossoms into the house." I even gave some to my grandmother."

When Chu Zhenzhen heard this, she was a little panicked: "I, I"

Seeing this, Chu Xi knew that she really went to the plum blossom to poison her, but she was discovered and used.

Chu Zhenzhen simply knelt on the ground and looked at the old lady fixedly: "Grandmother, where does Zhen Zhen dare to be so ruthless, not only ruthlessly killing, but also poisoning her own sisters"

"Now that the certified physical evidence is here, what else do you have to quibble!" The old lady looked at her angrily, and after a while, Mother Jiang also came out with the doctor, confirming that even the plum blossoms in her room were poisonous.

Chu Zhenzhen was really panicked at this time: "Grandmother, you believe me, it must be the eldest sister who framed me, she casually said that there are poisonous insects in the box, how can I not see one?" Besides, if you want to kill the spring grass, I will kill it in Hanshan Temple, why wait until today? Grandmother, you believe me" Chu Zhenzhen cried breathlessly. Where is there still the appearance of the original clear and fairy.

Li Xiao opened her mouth and looked up at the old lady: "Grandmother, why don't you ask someone to check again?" Even though the second sister framed the eldest sister, if she killed Chuncao, I'm afraid she doesn't have that ability, your yard is full of your own people, and the second sister doesn't have the ability to reach the sky, what do you say? ”

The old lady raised her eyes and looked at Li Xiao, and exhaled deeply: "Zhen Zhen, Chuncao is really not your hand?" ”

"Naturally!" Chu Zhenzhen hurriedly said: "In the past few days, things have been going on in the mansion, and my brother has been exiled again, where do I still have the heart to do these things." Grandmother, Zhen Zhen is willing to swear in front of the Buddha that I really didn't kill anyone, and I didn't exchange poisonous insects to harm my big sister! ”

"What does the second sister mean, is the Qing'er girl in the eldest sister's yard framing you?" Chu Dai'er said, but it seemed to remind Chu Zhenzhen.

Chu Zhenzhen hurriedly woke up: "Grandmother, this may be a play directed and acted by the eldest sister." And then he instructed this girl to frame me! ”

Old Madam Chu looked at Qing'er: "Qing'er, you say, who instructed you?" ”

Qing'er lowered her head: "Back to the old lady, the slave maid listened to the second lady's orders"

"You talk nonsense!" Chu Zhenzhen roared loudly, and she didn't have any manners, and Li Xiaozhi frowned.

Qing'er seemed to be frightened, and shrank back: "The slave doesn't dare to talk nonsense, please let the old lady know!" ”

Old Madam Chu was also ruthless: "You girl is also a vicious person, you dare to murder your master, come here, drag me down and beat me to death!" ”

When Qing'er heard this, she panicked, turned her head and pulled Chu Xi: "Miss, save me, Miss!" ”

"What are you doing with your eldest sister, you want to murder her, and dare to beg her to spare you?" Li Xiao said annoyedly.

Chu Zhenzhen seemed to think of something, and immediately looked at Qing'er: "Did she instruct you to wronged me?" ”

Qing'er gritted her teeth and looked at her timidly and didn't dare to speak, Chu Zhenzhen saw her react like this. became more and more happy, and said: "Don't worry, say boldly, as long as you tell the truth, I will save your life!" ”

"Second Miss, is this true?" Qing'er immediately asked.

"Naturally, take it seriously!" Chu Zhenzhen hurriedly urged as if she saw hope.

Qing'er looked at Chu Xi again: "Miss"

"You see what she does, she can say whatever she wants, as long as what you say is the truth!" Chu Zhenzhen urged.

The old lady also narrowed her eyes and looked at Chu Xi, who was holding the teacup steadily, a little suspicious.

Green Sprout clenched her fists, Qing'er hesitated for a moment, as if she had made a great determination, and then said: "Back to the old lady, it is indeed the eldest lady who instructed the slave maid to frame the second lady." ”

Before Qing'er's words fell, Li Xiao stood up angrily: "Full of nonsense!" The eldest sister has a clear mind, how could you do such a dirty thing as you said, which master did you follow, why did you wronged the eldest sister so much! ”

Qing'er knelt on the ground: "Return to your cousin." The slave didn't dare to lie, and the slave just wanted to save her life. Previously, the eldest lady said that as long as the slave maid did what she wanted, when the matter was over, she would give the slave and maid a sum of money and let the slave and maid go back to their hometown, but now the old lady is going to beat the slave and maid to death, where does the slave and maid dare to hide it. Qing'er cried so much that she couldn't breathe, and Lu Ya was so angry that she just wanted to step forward and strangle her: "You, when you were in the Pavilion before, you said so loudly that the second lady hurt Miss, and the whole people in the Pavilion heard it, and now you bite back, what kind of heart do you have!" ”

Qing'er wiped a handful of tears: "Sister Green Buds, that's what the eldest lady forced me to say, don't you know?" We are all slaves, so why do you bother me? Qing'er cried so much that even Bai Xue was moved with compassion.

"Old lady, do you want to have someone check it out again?" White snow courses.

"What else is being investigated, isn't the truth already clear now?" Chu Zhenzhen had a feeling of turning over, and looked at Old Mrs. Chu confidently: "Grandmother, you have heard it now, it is she Chu Zhen who wants to harm me!" ”

The old lady glanced at Chu Xi, who was still unmoved, and her voice sank: "Xi'er, what do you have to say?" ”

"Old lady, it's none of Miss's business!" Green Sprout hurriedly said, Chu Ji didn't stop him even if he wanted to.

Seeing this, Chu Zhenzhen stood up suddenly, stepped forward and slapped the green sprouts twice: "When the masters are talking, do you have the right to interject!" ”

Li Xiao looked at Chu Zhenzhen, who was like a shrew, on the side, and then looked at Chu Zhenzhen, who was not frightened at all, and immediately appeared.

"What is the second sister doing so arrogantly? Do you think that with just one ring, your grandmother will condemn anyone? Chu Xi asked Chunzhi to pull the green sprout back, and got up lightly, but stopped in front of the green sprout.

Qing'er's palms tightened slightly: "Miss"

"When you talk in a while, now give me a kneeling peace." Chu Xi stared at her lightly, and the corners of her mouth raised slightly: "This biting scene is really exciting, but you forgot, the hairpin is still wearing on the second sister's head." ”

Li Xiao came back to her senses, looked at the hairpin on Chu Zhenzhen's head, and her eyes lit up: "This is indeed the hairpin I personally picked up in Ruyifang, and it is still engraved with the year and month when I bought it, I was going to give it to my eldest sister as a gift of makeup, but I don't know why it came to the second sister's head?" ”

Chu Zhenzhen hurriedly pulled off the hairpin, turned her head to look at her maid, stepped forward and grabbed her hair and asked, "You cheap girl, where did you get the hairpin and dare to wear it on my head?" ”

The maid shouted out in pain: "Miss forgive me, the slave maid was taken from your makeup box, not picked up by the slave and maid at will, you can spare the slave and maid." ”

Chu Zhenzhen was unrelenting: "How is it possible, I have never seen this hairpin, you must have harmed me!" Chu Zhenzhen pushed the girl ring hard, and as soon as the strength of her hands was loosened, the girl ring was planted forward, and her face fell directly into the charcoal brazier in front of her, and the screams came from the ground.

Bai Xue turned pale with fright, and hurriedly asked people to help people up, took a hollow lid and covered the charcoal brazier, but the face of the girl ring had been burned, and blood flowed all over her face, and she wailed for a while.

Chu Zhenzhen was also stunned, looking at this farce, the old lady's face turned pale, and she shouted: "Okay, what is the way it is now, what it will be!" Zhen Zhen, your etiquette rules have been fed to the dog's stomach for so many years! ”

Chu Zhenzhen hurriedly turned around: "Grandmother, someone must have harmed me, you have to believe me." After that, he turned his head to look at Qing'er: "Qing'er, you say, did the eldest lady ask you to put this hairpin in my room?" ”

Qing'er looked up at Chu Zhen, and Chu Zhenzhen saw this. Impatiently: "Look at what she does, she won't save you!" ”

Qing'er gritted her teeth and nodded: "Yes." ”

Chu Zhenzhen hurriedly turned her head: "Grandmother, you see, it's Chu Zhen."

"That's it!" Old Madam Chu was too lazy to listen to her anymore: "Chu Xi, come to you, what's going on?" ”

Chu Xi looked at her lightly and said, "This matter involves two lives, I think it's up to Lord Jing Zhaoyin." ”

"Kyung Zhao Yin?"

Everyone almost looked at Chu Xi in astonishment, but in the astonishment, everyone's thoughts were different.

Chu Ji looked around and looked at Chu Dai'er, who had a strange look, and it happened that Chu Dai'er also looked over, and the two glanced at each other, and there was already an undercurrent.

After a while, the mother-in-law came in from outside: "Back to the old lady, Lord Jingzhao Yin Han came outside, saying that he wanted to investigate the murder case of the Liangzhuang people." ”

The old lady stared at Chu Xi, and her tone was not good: "The official you reported?" ”

Chu Ji looked at her lightly: "Xi'er just caught two poisonous insects before and sent them to the adults for inspection, and it just so happened that Lord Han also saw the Yahuan in the courtyard of the fourth sister who was thrown in the mass grave." So Lord Han checked it. Earlier, my grandmother came to me, and I heard the maid say that it was for this matter, so I asked someone to ask Lord Han, who came over this time, I am afraid that there is a major discovery. ”

Chu Ji stood there lightly, not afraid of Old Madam Chu's anger at all, and even Old Madam Chu looked at her, and felt even more trance that she seemed to be the one who was on top, and now she was just looking at herself.

Lord Han had already arrived at the door in a blink of an eye, and the old lady stared at Chu Xi for a long time, and then people invited Lord Han in.

Lord Han's expression is not very good-looking, after all, everyone knows that Chu Qitai killed his young son, but Lord Han is fair and honest, and everyone knows about it.

"I wonder what Lord Han has found?" Old Madam Chu didn't be too polite.

Han Min raised his hand, and a messenger came in with something, and when everyone saw it, it was actually a few black insects, and next to them were a few plum blossoms.

Chu Ji saw Chu Dai'er when she saw these insects. Obviously, his eyes shrank, and he couldn't help frowning secretly.

"Let's talk about this plum blossom first, the person who poisons the plum blossom is really not smart, this poison is a forbidden drug, and it is not allowed to be bought and sold, but this official has been in the capital for so many years, so he naturally knows that those medicine shops are sold privately, as long as people go to check, they can be clear." Han Min said.

Chu Zhenzhen's legs weakened, she took two steps back, and was helped to stop by someone.

Old Madam Chu glanced at her coldly and asked, "What about this bug, can it also find out the source?" ”

Han Min looked at her indifferently: "This insect is bred with poison, this kind of insect breeding method, this official has only heard that there is one in southern Xinjiang, and in this country, it is absolutely forbidden!" Without waiting for the old lady to speak, Han Min glanced at Chu Dai'er, who was sitting on the side, and continued: "And I have checked the maid ring that was thrown out of your mansion. It was this poisonous insect that was bitten."

"Yes, yes, when I saw that girl, I thought she was black, and I thought that dead people were like this." Chu Zhenzhen said busily.

Han Min frowned: "However, the cause of her fatal death was due to a kind of black-red poisonous scorpion that people in southern Xinjiang often like to feed with their own blood. ”

"You mean, there are people from southern Xinjiang in my house, and they still raise poisonous insects and poisonous scorpions?" Old Madam Chu asked.

"Yes, either someone invited the people from southern Xinjiang into the mansion and killed that girl." Han Min continued.

"Ridiculous." The old lady sneered: "The people in my house are all high-ranking officials and nobles, and the people under me are all well-known, where are the people from southern Xinjiang." ”

Han Min turned his head to look at Chu Dai'er: "I remember that the fourth young lady's biological mother is from southern Xinjiang, right?" ”

Chu Dai'er's eyes were full of tears: "My biological mother died after Dai'er was born." ”

Han Min frowned slightly, and Li Xiao on the side suddenly said: "I remember the Yahuan in the fourth sister's courtyard at that time, and said that it was the aunt who sent the Yahuan in the fourth sister's courtyard to kill" Li Xiao said suddenly.

Chu Zhenzhen gritted her teeth: "Don't talk nonsense, the people sent by my mother are all honest and responsible children!" ”

"But it was after they came. That girl is dead. Chu Dai'er looked at her with tears in her eyes.

Chu Zhenzhen was so angry that she listened to Han Min again: "This official also heard that there are also maids in the old lady's courtyard who died of poisoning, but I am afraid that it is also due to such reasons." ”

"Gu worms?" The old lady was stunned, there were Gu worms in her yard?

"That's right, and the way to identify whether you have been bitten to death by Gu worms is actually very simple, just find a Southern Xinjiang wizard who specializes in dealing with such Gu worms, they will play a kind of recorder, if there are Gu worms hidden in the corpse, they will crawl out by themselves when they hear the sound of this recorder." Han Min kept looking at Chu Dai'er out of the corner of his eyes.

Chu Dai'er's hand was in front of her, trying to make herself look only slightly surprised.

The old lady hurriedly said, "Quick, let the wizard in!" ”

Chu Dai'er bit her silver teeth, she was not worried that Han Min would be able to find out the murder on her head, but at this time, there was indeed a poisonous scorpion in her body.

(Battlefield Literature)