In the town, a carriage ran in faintly, and the people guarding the entrance of the town immediately followed, but the carriage did not seem to go to Huineng's small mansion, but ran in the opposite direction. ziyouge

Before they were looking, three dark shadows crept in from the entrance of the town, one of them with a light full of excitement.

Huineng was waiting for him at the moment, but it was getting late, and he was already sleepy.

"Still not moving?"

"I heard that I got into a carriage, but it didn't come to us." The little guy replied.

"Are they trying to trick us?" Someone speculated, Hui Neng shook her head, remembering Chu Xi's serious appearance yesterday, she wouldn't be happy with herself, and ordered solemnly: "Wait and see, you guys show me all around." ”

Where do people dare to take it lightly, last night they knocked twenty or thirty big men to the ground with only three people and a hidden master, if they moved the rescue soldiers today, wouldn't it

Everyone was thinking about it, and suddenly the courtyard began to make noise with gongs and drums, shouting 'go to the water', and Huineng looked vigilantly, and for some reason several arrows with fireballs flew from the sky, falling all over his yard, and instantly began to ignite a fire.

"Quick, what are you doing, put out the fire!" This is his base camp, most of the valuable things are hidden here, if it is all burned, he will have no place to cry, where can he care if Chu Xi is coming.

On the roof of a tiled house about 100 meters away from here, Lu Tan looked at Yang Ci with admiration: "The young general is really good at archery!" ”

Yang Ci stood on the roof, holding a big bow in his hand, this bow and arrow were all temporarily bought by him from a hunter, the quality was average, but for him, a distance of 100 meters was more than enough.

Lu Tan rolled up the fire with the arrow, and handed it to Yang Ci, looking at him with starry eyes.

Chu Xi stood under the house, stuck in the thick black smoke coming out not far away, and the corners of her mouth curled, this time it was a long memory for Hui Neng.

There was such a big fire in his house, and the neighbors around him also woke up one after another to help extinguish the fire, and for a while, it was very noisy and lively.

"Alright, come down." Chu Ji said.

Yang Ci stopped what he was doing and jumped down: "Why don't you burn him clean?" ”

"If it burns clean, he'll hate me." Chu Xi'er, and then walked forward: "Let's go, when I came, I saw that there was a tea shed still open at the entrance of the town, let's go sit for a while." ”

"What about the old bald donkey?" Green sandalwood hurriedly followed.

Chu Xi chuckled: "Wait, he will come to find us." ”

When Lu Tan heard this, he blinked and looked at Yang Ci: "Do you think what Miss said is right, will the old bald donkey bring a large group of people to arrest us?" ”

"No, it won't." Yang Ci chuckled, looked at Chu Xi who was walking leisurely in front of him, and said: "He is both greedy for fame and fortune and greedy for life and afraid of death, if he is smart, he will know, this time it is just a warning to him, besides, didn't we go to the Xiaoyao Mansion last night, he may still think that we are from the palace, and he will not touch us, besides, what we want him to do is also what he usually does, in comparison, it is easier to help us than to kill us." "He felt a little excited to go out with Chu Ji and do something out of the ordinary, in the past, in the Yang Mansion, everything was strictly disciplined and conformist, but now that he has let go, he feels that his thinking is more active.

Lu Tan nodded clearly: "That is to say, we will order something at the tea shop in a while." He'll pay too, right? ”

Yang looked at Lu Tan puzzled: "Are you hungry?" ”

"A little." Lu Tan smiled, and hurriedly caught up with Chu Xi and went to the tea shed.

Huineng here, it was easy to extinguish the fire after fighting his life, but this small house is over, and there are a lot of ancient paintings and treasures in his collection, which are also a lot less, not to mention the hidden silver tickets, but the only thing that is fortunate is that the rockets falling from the sky have stopped, and their gold and silver are still there.

Huineng sat at the door dejectedly, looking at the dark sky, wanting to cry without tears.

"Master, what now? Are we still guarding the trap and waiting for those people to come? The little guy asked.

Huineng shook his head dejectedly: "There is still a trap, this person was not caught, but she gave me a lesson." ”

"Huh? The lord means"

"They must have guessed that I was going to set a trap, so they deliberately set fire to my house."

"Then I'll take my brothers and arrest them now"

Huineng took a deep breath and sighed again: "They are royal people, and what they said must also be related to the royal family, they may all be instructed by others, if they are really dead, do you think the people behind them can let us go?" Huineng turned his head to look at the ruined house with his eyes burned, his heart was like a knife, and asked, "You said before that a carriage entered the town, where is the carriage now?" ”

The man was puzzled: "The carriage has caught up." But there was no one except a chariot driver. ”

Huineng thought for a while: "In the middle of the night, is there any inn restaurant in the town that is open?" ”

"There is a tea shop at the entrance of the town"

"Let's go there." Huineng's white beard trembled, and his eyes were full of pain, as if his body had been hollowed out.

Lu Tan was praising the owner of the tea shop for making good sauce beef, when he saw footsteps in the distance.

"Miss, here you are." Green sandalwood began to gobble up.

Chu Xi looked at her like this and said with a smile: "Don't worry, eat slowly." ”

"Can I pack it up and take it with me?"

"Yes." When Chu Xiwan'er heard this, Lu Tan hurriedly turned his head to look at the boss: "Boss, how much sauce beef do you have left, I want it, wrap it up for me." ”

"Okay!" The boss responded excitedly, rubbed his cool hands and hurried in.

Yang Ci saw Chu Xi, and saw that her eyes were as calm as water, and she didn't look flustered at all, she was a little envious, and she was still a little flustered when she encountered things.

Several people were waiting, Huineng had been carried over in a small sedan chair, and when they saw the three people sitting in the tea shed, Huineng hurriedly ran down, and called Amitabha Buddha to Chu Xi and the others.

Lu Tan smiled: "Yo, isn't this Master Huineng, he actually counted us here, amazing." ”

Huineng was so ashamed of her that her face turned blue, but she hurriedly said: "The three of you think it's been a long time, why don't you stay at home directly?"

"We should be glad we didn't go." Yang Ci said in a deep voice: "If you go, Master Huineng will come to catch turtles in an urn, and now the three of us are afraid that we will all become prisoners." ”

Huineng saw that they really knew, so he also determined that they were the ones who set the fire, and his attitude immediately became respectful: "Don't dare, don't dare, the poor monk is confused this time, and please invite three adults."

"We're not adults, don't get me wrong." Lu Tan hurriedly said: "Even if there are some disobedient people who have to find trouble, we are not afraid of any big people, anyway, we are not vegetarians." ”

Huineng stood on the side, embarrassed and didn't know what to say, just happened to come out of the tea shop, holding three lotus leaf bags wrapped in two catties of sauced beef: "This girl, there are so many left in the shop, a total of six taels of silver, plus the tea you drink now and the meat you eat, a total of eight taels and six dollars, you see"

"He's in for a treat." Lu Tan's hand pointed directly at Huineng, Huineng was stunned, and the boss was also stunned: "Master Huineng has always been"

"Okay, these donors are all friends of the poor monks, and these poor monks give." After that, the little guy on the side immediately took out a big silver ingot of ten taels and gave it to him: "The rest should be for you." No need to look for it. ”

The owner of the tea shed was busy thanking him, and he didn't think about why Huineng, a monk, had to pay for the meat for others.

"Master, please take a seat." Chu Xi finally spoke.

Huineng took a deep breath and led the boss away, and then sat down in one of the remaining seats.

Only a thin green cloth was used around the tea shed to shield the cold wind at night, the pot boiling hot water and braised beef began to tumble, the firewood crackled and made a sound, but the red firelight made people feel a little warmer, but the jumping firelight made Huineng more and more unable to see the expression under the veil.

"Master, do you remember what I told you yesterday?"

"Of course I do." Hui Neng said.

"Very good, I want you to leave the capital tomorrow, go to Jiangnan, and start to use your previous set to get acquainted." Chu Ji said.

Huineng was a little puzzled: "It's not a difficult thing, why does the girl have to go on this trip"

"Because I'm going to explain what you're going to do next, I have to come and tell you in person."

"Girl, please." Hui Nengxin mentioned it, and there seemed to be some bad premonition.

Chu Xi stood up, looked at the fire burning on one side, and said lightly: "Wei Xian, the governor of Jiangnan, colluded with others to rebel. He wanted to use the flood to destroy the lives of the people, and then took the opportunity to plant the bribes, and persuaded the emperor to reopen the draft, waiting for the opportunity to arrange spies to the emperor's side! ”

"Framed whom?"

Yang Ci and Huineng asked at the same time, and Chu Xi smiled lightly: "You don't need to know this, I will have someone send you a letter when the time comes." ”

"What about ruining the lives of the people?" Yang Ci's palms clenched: "Do you know who plans to gamble with the lives of the people, or do you plan to personally?"

Chu Xi looked at Yang Ci's worried expression and smiled lightly: "This matter is the will of heaven, and I can't control it." "In the previous life, there was no chaos in the great flood after the snow disaster, because it was managed by the King of Freedom himself, and he won a good reputation because of it. But this time, he will definitely not let go of this opportunity to frame the prince and frame the Yang family. However, Wei Xian, who has been alone in Jiangnan for many years, is already a soil emperor, and has secretly colluded with Zhao Xunyan for a long time, if this person is eliminated, Zhao Xunyan will lose another general, and then provoke the matter between him and Zhao Xunyan, even if the emperor endures it again, the ministers of the court and the central government will not be able to bear it, even if Zhao Xunyan cannot be allowed to die this time, he will completely destroy his foundation.

"So what do we do?" Yang Ci said again.

"Don't worry, the girl will explain it to you when you go back." Lu Tan tugged at Yang Ci.

Yang Ci came back to his senses and nodded and said no more.

Huineng looked at the two of them for a long time and didn't see any clues: "Will that flood really harm the people?" If not, wouldn't I have been framed out of thin air" Hui Neng was a little scared, Wei Xian's reputation was also known for being ruthless and cold-blooded, if he was caught, he would have to shed his skin if he didn't die.

Chu Xi looked at him with a smile: "I have my own way and won't let you be this scapegoat, but you have to think clearly, if you go and dare to regret it, the one you raised in the side courtyard won't survive." ”

"You" Huineng slammed up from her seat: "Do you know who she is?" ”

"From the moment you were so nervous, I knew it." Chu Xi didn't bother to tell him this, and told him the specific plan again, and after he listened, he nodded: "Okay, I can promise you, but"

"No, but." Chu Xi's tone suddenly became indifferent: "If you go, you may not die, but if you don't go, you will die now." ”

Yang Ci was also shocked by Chu Xi's tone, and was stunned, but Lu Tan cooperated and pulled out his sword: "I have long wanted to chop off your head and feed it to the dogs, and then castrate you, so that you have no face to see your father and mother when you die, you have deceived so many people and harmed so many people, it is not a pity for you to die, Master Huineng." ”

Huineng gritted his teeth tightly and stared at Chu Xi: "You"

"It's not too early, you leave today, if I find out that you didn't do what I said, I don't care what my girl wants to do with you." Chu Xi said, the carriage outside also came back, she put down the teacup she had been holding in her hand, turned her head and left.

Huineng looked at Yang Ci again, and he could see that Yang Ci was much more merciful: "This son"

Yang Ci just felt that no matter how shocked he was, he also knew that he couldn't be confused at this time, and looked at Hui Neng: "You'd better do it, there are a lot of ways for that girl to torture people, and you are also old, at this time, don't make you old and desolate." After Yang Ci finished speaking, Tibu also left.

The little guy next to Huineng was indignant: "They are white wolves with empty gloves, or we will kill them for you!" ”

Lu Tan turned back at some point, patted the little guy's shoulder, and glanced at him meaningfully: "You are the originator of the white wolf with empty gloves, but you said bad things about our girl today, and you also pleaded with Master Huineng, it seems that you have to be punished." ”

"What do you mean?" The little girl looked at her vigilantly, but Lu Tan only smiled, took the forgotten sauce beef, turned his head and ran out.

Before she left, the little guy felt a strange itch in his neck, he scratched it, and his body also began to have a strange itch, no matter how he scratched it, he felt uncomfortable, as if there was a small insect biting in his heart, which made him almost crazy, and began to scratch himself more frantically, his face, eyes, and body were scratched bloody, but he still felt itchy and unbearable, twisted into a ball and fell to the ground and began to scream madly.

Huineng stood up in horror, remembering the words of Lu Tan and Chu Xi before, a cold sweat broke out on his back: "Quick, go back and prepare the carriage, and set off in a while!" ”

Lu Tan caught up with Chu Xi, and Yang Ci asked with a smile: "Just for a piece of sauce beef, you have to run back and forth." ”

Lu Tan smiled and winked at him: "This beef tastes so good, I have to let Xiao Fu'er and a few of them taste it, if Miss Yun comes, I can also have some wine."

Yang Ci chuckled, looking at Chu Xi, who also had a slight smile on her face, and felt a little envious, these girls around her were all very loyal, such a blessing is not something ordinary people can have.

Chu Xi's carriage returned to Chu Mansion before dawn, and there were still eight days before the wedding.

Qin Xue's funeral is still going on, but because of Chu Xiuxiu's incident, no one outside is afraid to come, and even the second lady who said before that she wants to take her daughter to see the world has no news, all for fear of being contaminated with bad luck here.

Mrs. Hou came early in the morning, and Chu Xi hurriedly changed her clothes. After a brief freshening up, he came out, and Chu Bingsong was also there at this time.

Chu Bingsong was still dressed in regular clothes, and he couldn't see the slightest sadness about his wife's death on his face, only with some anger, Chu Bingsong was wondering what was going on, so he heard Mrs. Hou say: "Sister, I bought a house in the city for you, I know how inconvenient you are in Chu Mansion, you see when it is convenient for you to move over, and we will marry there when the time comes." ”

Chu Xi was surprised, if she didn't know that Mrs. Hou really felt sorry for herself, she would have been a little suspicious.

Chu Bingsong's face was not good-looking, and he said, "Mrs. Hou, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to do this." Chu Xi is the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, even if she is sick for a while, she should continue to stay in the mansion, is it possible that Mrs. Hou feels unlucky? ”

"I don't feel discouraged." Mrs. Hou sat in the first seat and said with a smile: "I'm just worried that it will affect Ji'er, now things are going on in Chu Mansion, she, as the eldest daughter, should have helped with it, but now everyone is sick like this, yesterday I also heard that Lord Chu brought an aunt and a concubine to smash Ji'er's yard, so I think it is inconvenient for you to take care of them." The left and right concubines are about to become the daughter-in-law of the Hou Mansion, so it is better to let her move out now. ”

Chu Bingsong looked at Chu Xi suspiciously, he was wondering if Chu Xi had leaked the previous instructions of King Xiaoyao, in order to prevent himself from doing it, so he begged Mrs. Hou to do this.

"It was just a child's play, unintentionally knocked down, and there was no malice. Besides, how can a concubine not marry from her own house?"

"Don't worry, Qingyu has already asked the emperor, and the emperor has allowed it, and our Hou Mansion will not look down on her because she is not married from Chu Mansion." Mrs. Hou smiled, looked at Chu Xi, who was still surprised, and quietly winked at her.

Chu Ji blinked, which one is Mrs. Hou singing?

Chu Bingsong is still unwilling, the Chu Mansion is already in turmoil, and now another concubine has moved out to live, isn't it becoming more and more ridiculous.

"Mrs. Hou, now that the mourning period of your deceased wife has not passed, you are really too much." Chu Bingsong frowned, he didn't want to offend the Hou Mansion too much, but he couldn't let Chu Ji move out.

Mrs. Hou looked embarrassed: "Then what do you say?" Ji'er is always sick in the Chu Mansion, and even your aunt comes to bully her, not to mention that someone will take care of her marriage."

"I'll explain it to the people in the backyard." Chu Bingsong stood up. Obviously, she was going to send off the guests: "Mrs. Hou, please rest assured, Chu Xi is my biological daughter of Chu Bingsong, I will definitely let her marry beautifully, as for the others, they will never come over to make trouble again." ”

"Really?"

"Seriously." Chu Bingsong always felt like he had been cheated when he said this, and when he raised his eyes to look at Mrs. Hou, Mrs. Hou was already smiling brightly: "That being the case, I will send all the servants and dowries prepared for my concubine to serve, what do you think?" ”

Chu Bingsong frowned slightly, glanced at Chu Xi, and wanted her to refuse herself, but Chu Xi didn't seem to see it, lowering her eyebrows and looking shy.

Chu Bingsong gritted his teeth slightly, in the end, he compromised: "Then it will bother Mrs. Hou, but"

"Don't worry, my people are only taking care of Ji'er in the Pavilion of Zhujing, and they don't have anything else to take care of the others." Mrs. Hou said, clapped her hands, and twenty or thirty maids and women rushed in, Chu Xi looked at them, their backs were straight, their faces were indifferent, their steps were light, and their steps were steady. They are all kung fu!

Chu Ji looked at Mrs. Hou with a surprised expression, and Mrs. Hou winked at her, as if she had said so much earlier just for now. She smiled and said, "Come, I'll see if the dowry prepared for you is suitable." With that, Mrs. Hou got up and took her hand and walked to the door.

Yahuan opened the curtain, and Xiao Fu'er was stunned.

In the courtyard were neatly placed one hundred and ninety-two dowry chests, which were opened, and there were no large pieces in them, but all the sturdy ones were gold and silver jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and fine silk.

Chu Bingsong also gasped, such a dowry pomp, occasionally you can see the princess marrying with such a limelight, which family can usually see such a pomp.

Chu Ji looked back at Mrs. Hou: "Mrs. Hou, this"

"Don't worry, after you get married, these are your private money, and you can spend it how you want." Mrs. Hou said boldly.

Chu Xi only knew that the Hou Mansion was rich, but he didn't expect it to reach this level: "The emperor there" showing off his wealth is his favorite thing for the emperor, who is currently empty in the treasury, so that he has a reason to collect it.

Mrs. Hou smiled: "Don't worry, such jewelry has already been sent to the Prince's Mansion and another batch to the emperor." Our family is considered to have no small gold mountain, but if we can marry back your daughter-in-law, it will be profitable. "As long as the son is happy and the daughter-in-law is filial and sensible, there is nothing better than this.

Chu Bingsong was even more stunned, if the Hou Mansion was willing to give him so much, why would he worry about the silver.

As if she had guessed what Chu Bingsong was thinking, Mrs. Hou smiled and said, "Don't worry, Lord Chu, when your concubine marries safely, we will still send a bride price of 20,000 taels." ”

When Chu Bingsong heard this, his expression had eased a lot, and he said, "Mrs. Hou is bothered, it is her blessing that the little girl can marry her." ”

Mrs. Hou smiled lightly and didn't respond, but she seemed to have something in her heart, so she didn't stay long before leaving, and Chu Xi didn't even have time to ask him about Lin Qingyu.

After Mrs. Hou left, Chu Bingsong took a deep look at her and pulled her into the room: "What did you say to Mrs. Hou?" ”

Chu Xi was a little hurt by his pulling, and frowned slightly and brushed his hand away, but Chu Bingsong pinched it fiercely: "Honestly! ”

Among the people sent by Mrs. Fang Caihou, a grandmother who looked to be in her fifties walked over with a serious face and said, "Miss, but what happened?" Mrs. Hou hasn't gone far yet, do you need a slave to invite her back? ”

Seeing this, Chu Bingsong furrowed his brows fiercely. Let go of Chu Xi: "You go down and guard, I have something to say to Miss." ”

The grandmother ignored Chu Bingsong and was still standing beside Chu Xi.

Chu Bingsong was a little annoyed: "You should turn a deaf ear to what I said, right?" ”

The grandmother raised her head calmly and looked at him coldly: "Lord Chu, the slave maid is Mrs. Hou's subordinate, and she receives the monthly money from the Hou Mansion, and she only listens to Miss Chu's orders here." ”

"You ----!" Chu Bingsong was deflated, put his hands behind his back, and raised his father's majesty towards Chu Xi: "You let them all go out." ”

Chu Xi glanced at him lightly, turned his head and sat down on the side: "Father has something to say, I can hear this, and they can hear it too." ”

When Chu Bingsong saw her like this, his heart and lungs were about to explode, but looking at the people of the Hou Mansion who were brushing and brushing their faces in this room, he gritted his teeth and said, "I'll ask you one more question."

"I never said, why should my father be so alarmed? You won't be attached to the Easy King anymore, as long as you don't do it. "Chu Ji didn't sleep all night, and now she is very tired.

Chu Bingsong originally wanted to habitually control Chu Xi, so wouldn't it be equivalent to controlling the Hou Mansion, but he didn't expect Chu Xi to even refuse to be hypocritical now, so he had to say: "If you get married, you must also have the support of your mother's family, so that you will have status in your mother-in-law's family, otherwise"

"Father can try. I don't blame you for whether it's good or bad, how about it? Chu Ji smiled lightly.

Seeing her like this, Chu Bingsong gritted his teeth slightly, knowing that it was useless for her to come hard, so he only said coldly: "Your mother left a lot of relics before she died, and I will find someone to send them to you when I go back." Before Chu Bingsong left, he paused, looked back at her leisurely, and said: "My daughter's family, in the end, I want to rely on a man, how can people who come halfway not be as good as their relatives, you think about it carefully." With that, he walked away.

Chu Xi looked at the teacup in her hand, her expression was light, the reason why she died in her previous life was because she was too eager for family affection and the care of her relatives, did he think that he would still believe him after suffering like that?

Chu Xi looked at the thirty people standing in the flower hall and said softly, "What did Mrs. Hou do when she asked you to come over?" ”

"Miss Hui, I'm here to protect you." Fang Cai's grandmother said.

"Protection" Chu Xi muttered, something terrible must have happened for Mrs. Hou to be so eager to send so many masters over.

"Mrs. Hou also said that before you get married, you'd better not go out of the house, it's dangerous outside the house." Mama said again.

Chu Xi didn't mean to embarrass them, and the things were almost arranged, so she nodded and went back to rest.

They didn't come to the room with them, but they began to watch cautiously all over the courtyard.

"Miss, what's going on?" Xiao Fu'er sat in the room with a small pestle.

Green Sprouts was also a little worried: "There are also those dowries outside, and the words that the master said, Miss, there will be no accident." ”

"What are you thinking about all day long, Miss is very safe, with the protection of my green sandalwood hero, nothing will happen, don't worry!" Lu Tan brought a plate of cut sauce beef from outside, and Aunt Fu asked people to serve porridge and soup again, and looked at Lu Tan with a smile: "You can eat less sauce beef, and you won't be able to marry if you get fat when you turn around." ”

Lu Tan smiled: "I wish I couldn't get married." ”

Xiao Fu'er chuckled: "Then someone is in a hurry." ”

"What does the little girl know?" Green Sandalwood stuffed a piece of beef in his mouth and closed his eyes in satisfaction.

Xiao Fu'er looked at the cat's eye spar she tied to her wrist and said with a smile: "I know you have a sweetheart, and this is the one who gave you the gem."

Lu Tan was almost choked to death by the beef that he hadn't had time to swallow yet, so he hurriedly drank his saliva and looked at Xiao Fu'er with a flushed face: "Little girl, let's talk again, turn around and sew your mouth shut." ”

Xiao Fu'er grimaced at her, and the room became lively again, and Fang Cai's worries and nervousness suddenly dissipated a lot.

Chunzhi, who hadn't been seen for a long time, came in from outside and took a deed of sale.

"Miss, the old man just sent Uncle Fu's deed of sale." Chunzhi Road.

Xiao Fu'er stood up in surprise: "Really! ”

"Yes." Harueda looked at her like this, and laughed along.

Chu Ji looked at Chunzhi, he hadn't seen him for a few days, his previous little round face had lost a lot of weight now, and he had suffered a lot of blows when he wanted to come, but now he was willing to come over, and he wanted to come out of it.

Seeing this, Xiao Fu'er began to get up happily, and ran inside and outside the house to announce that his family was about to go to the Hou Mansion with Chu Xi.

Aunt Fu wanted to stop her, but she thought that this room was lively and lively, and Chu Xi had always liked them like this, so she didn't care about her, and just said to Chu Xi: "Miss, you drink the porridge while it's hot, and the slave maid also stewed black chicken soup for you, and I'll bring it to you later." ”

"I can't eat so much"

"That's not good, you must drink the black chicken soup, otherwise you are weak, and I am afraid that you will not be able to stand it after you get married, you can't drink it now, and you can drink it later." Aunt Fu said happily.

A few girls didn't understand what Aunt Fu meant, but Chunzhi understood, these days, Fu Liangsheng also had something to do and came over with the old hen at home, and she had to stew soup and drink it, saying that she had to make up for her weight loss.

Chu Xi was through personnel, so she naturally understood, and coughed lightly: "Then send it later." ”

Aunt Fu smiled, turned her head and went out.

Chu Zhen was lively here, but Chu Zhenzhen was almost mad.

I heard that Mrs. Hou sent one hundred and ninety-two lifts of dowry, so she didn't care about the spirit, and hurriedly went back to count her dowry, but it could be counted, plus the thirty-two lifts promised by Chu Bingsong, it was not enough to make up sixty-four lifts, and it was all water.

"I'm! Why is she so liked, why should I be wronged like this! Chu Zhenzhen began to lose her temper, and the maids and maids could hide as far away as they could.

Chu Zhenzhen was so angry that she went crazy: "I am the first talented woman in the capital, I am the best-looking concubine in the capital, everyone is sought after and praised by everyone, those noble sons are all proud of what they have said to me, even the former King Xiaoyao also admired me, I am the most favored and the person who should be ten miles of red makeup, but why is it her Chu Xi, the slut who should have died a long time ago!" ”

Chu Zhenzhen scolded in the courtyard, and the maid next to her hurriedly reminded: "Miss, the lady of the Dingguo Mansion also sent you two boxes of makeup before."

"Yes, grandmother's makeup!" Chu Zhenzhen recovered a little from her anger and hurriedly walked to the house, but she saw the two boxes sent by the Bai family, and her face was dark. Where is this makeup, in two big boxes, all of them are female commandments

"Bastard, even she bullied me!" Chu Zhenzhen gritted her teeth with hatred: "Bai, Chu Xi, don't think about it for any of you, when I become a princess, I want you to kneel down and admit my mistakes!" Chu Zhenzhen shouted, as soon as Chu Bingsong came in from outside, his face suddenly turned black when he heard this.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Chu Bingsong walked in, he is now wishing that Chu Zhenzhen would leave quickly, Qin Xue's mother and daughter stayed all to cause trouble for him, now that Qin Xue and Chu Bingsong are dead, as soon as Chu Zhenzhen marries, he may be able to rely on the Hou Mansion, and then Chu Dai'er will be able to go to the palace, in this way, he will cultivate Brother Hong'er, why worry about not being able to keep the glory and wealth of the Chu Mansion.

When Chu Zhenzhen saw him coming, she was busy hiding her anger, and she had to endure it: "Why did my father come over?" ”

Chu Bingsong's face was cold: "I'll just ask you, you must answer honestly." ”

"Yes."

"Xiuxiu was not harmed by you!"

Chu Zhenzhen stiffened and didn't dare to raise her head. Hurriedly teased: "Father, Xiuxiu was bewitched by Gu worms, I don't have Gu worms, and there are no people from Southern Xinjiang around me."

"Really?" Chu Bingsong looked at her angrily: "But Dai'er said that you have been accompanied by a maid who can speak southern Xinjiang, but now she is gone, you say, where did you find this person?" ”

"She slandered me"

Chu Dai'er raised her head, and before she finished speaking, Chu Bingsong raised his palm and slapped her mercilessly: "Collaborating with the people of southern Xinjiang is a capital crime!" ”

"But the fourth sister is not"

"She is my species, if you dare to talk nonsense, it will harm the entire Chu Mansion, understand!" Chu Bingsong scolded sharply.

"Yes, Zhen Zhen understands!" Chu Zhenzhen held her breath and didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, Chu Bingsong remembered Chu Dai'er's previous words, sighed lightly, and said: "Since Xiuxiu has been disfigured like this now, her dowry is no longer needed, I will divide some more for you." ”

"Thank you, father." Chu Zhenzhen lowered her head with tears in her eyes, she knew what Chu Bingsong was flattering herself for, he didn't dare to kill herself, but she was afraid that she would shake out the fact that he had killed his mother with his own hands.

Chu Bingsong was slightly surprised when he saw that she didn't resist so easily, but he didn't bother to tell her more: "The Hou Mansion sent someone to guard Chu Xi, don't make any more ghost ideas, otherwise she won't be able to marry, and you won't want to marry!" Chu Bingsong finished explaining everything, and then he went out of the room, looking at the maid ring in the courtyard: "Before getting married, the second lady is not allowed to step out of this courtyard, you all watch me closely, but if something happens, don't think about it anymore!" Chu Bingsong said, turned his head and left.

Chu Zhenzhen was so angry that she was about to smash the vase in the house again, but after thinking about it, she gritted her teeth and endured it, but suddenly, there was a feeling of nausea in her stomach.

The maids hurriedly took water to rinse her mouth, Chu Zhenzhen touched her stomach, a little stunned, from the plum blossom forest in Hanshan Temple for the first time to now, it seems that it has been almost three months, is it

"No, never!" Chu Zhenzhen hurriedly suppressed her thoughts, but Yanxue came from outside at this time.

"Is Miss Second uncomfortable? Do you want to get a doctor? Yanxue asked.

Chu Zhenzhen looked at her contemptuously: "What are you doing here?" I don't want an aunt from you to help me get married. ”

Yan Xue didn't care about her contempt and disgust at all, she only stepped forward respectfully and smiled: "I came here to tell the second miss something, about the fourth miss, if you don't want to hear it, just over there." ”

"Chu Dai'er's business?" Chu Zhenzhen frowned, and sneered more and more: "Don't think I don't know, you must have listened to Chu Zhen's words to harm me, right?" I don't have a grudge against you, do you think I'll believe you? ”

Yanxue chuckled: "It's your business to believe it or not, but the fourth miss is the one who has a deep hatred with me, if the second miss doesn't believe it, then I won't say anything about it and say goodbye." Yanxue didn't force it, she learned this very well from Chu Xi, and turned her head and left.

Chu Zhenzhen saw that she was so neat, but she believed it a little: "Wait." ”

The smoke and snow stopped, with a knowing smile.

"Let's talk about it in the house." Chu Zhenzhen said, turned her head and entered the inner room, and Yanxue also followed.

After a while, Chu Zhenzhen looked stunned: "What are you talking about, Chu Dai'er actually told her father this!" ”

Yan Xue bowed slightly: "I was also in the study at the time, and I heard the fourth lady tell the master with my own ears, she said that she saw with her own eyes that the eldest lady had given you a lot of secret information before she died, and she also specially explained that you must kill the master and avenge her."

Chu Zhenzhen remembered that Chu Bingsong had just come, and she believed Yanxue's words more and more: "This vicious woman, I clearly didn't get anything, and I didn't want to kill my father!" Chu Zhenzhen began to get anxious, she had already seen Chu Bingsong's ruthlessness, and she thought that Chu Bingsong must have been warning herself when she came over to say those words.

"W-What about this?" Chu Zhenzhen panicked: "I will be the princess in eight days, but what should I do in these eight days" Chu Zhenzhen panicked, felt nauseous tightness in her stomach, and began to vomit on the side.

Yanxue was surprised for a moment, stepped forward to support her, but her hand caught her pulse, and after a while, her eyes began to turn into doubt.

Chu Zhenzhen easily stopped vomiting, and then turned her head to look at Yanxue: "You came to me, there must be a way to protect me, right?" ”

Yanxue nodded: "There is a way, but" If she doesn't tell the purpose, Chu Zhenzhen won't believe her.

"What do you want? When I become a princess, I will give you everything! ”

"I want Miss Fourth to die!" The hatred in Yanxue's eyes was real, she couldn't wait to kill Chu Dai'er now.

Chu Zhenzhen looked at her eyes and completely believed her: "Okay, you keep me for the rest of the next few days, after I become a princess, I will definitely not let her go!" ”

Yan Xue nodded, the deal between the two was reached, but Chu Zhenzhen didn't want Chu Dai'er to have a better time, but now she just had one more reason to kill her.

Yanxue left the courtyard, thought about it, and went to find Chu Xi.

When Chu Xi woke up, it was already approaching night, and as soon as the smoke and snow came, she got up.

In the conservatory, the charcoal brazier had been withdrawn, Xiao Fu'er closed the windows, and made a cup of red ginseng tea for Chu Xi, and then went out.

"Pregnant?" After listening to Yanxue's words, Chu Zhen blinked, but now Chu Zhenzhen was looking for her own death.

Yanxue nodded: "I saw that she vomited a lot, so when I went up to help her, I felt her pulse by the way, but I can't tell how long it has been, after all, Wang Gui only taught me a little." ”

Chu Ji is headed, there are many people who have a relationship with Chu Zhenzhen, Yunkang, Jiao Simiao, Niu Er, Zhao Xunyan, it can be calculated, the most frequent is Jiao Simiao, Zhao Xunyan's matter is last month, even if she is pregnant, the morning sickness reaction cannot be so fast, the only possibility is the plum blossom forest three months ago.

"Have you told anyone about this?" Chu Xi asked.

Yanxue shook her head: "I know this matter is secret, and I came directly after coming out of there." ”

Chu Ji bowed slightly, looked at Yan Xue's haggard face, and said, "Have all the relatives of the Wang Gui family been arranged?" ”

"They haven't been fully resettled, they all suffered from this snowstorm, and now they have fled to the south, and I have taken care of them." When Yanxue talked about Wang Gui, some light appeared in her eyes.

Chu Xi smiled lightly: "Then you just look carefully, Jiangnan is afraid that there will be a big flood, but don't have an accident?" ”

"Flooding?"

"Hmm." Chu Ji bowed his head. Seeing her worried look, and knowing that she wouldn't want to commit suicide for the time being, she didn't mention it again.

The two talked for a while, Yanxue was worried that Chu Bingsong would misunderstand, so she hurriedly left again, and when she left, Lu Tan hurriedly came in from outside and lit the lights in the house.

"Miss, do you think the second lady will secretly take the child?" Green Sandalwood Road.

Chu Xi shook her head: "I don't know, if she is really pregnant with a child, she will leave the child behind and pretend to be Zhao Xunyan's, if she is timid, she will secretly take it away, but then her body will definitely be damaged, and it will be easy to be discovered by the experienced grandmothers of Xiaoyao Palace, so she will probably choose the former." ”

"That's not the same, it's self-defeating." Green Sandalwood Road.

Chu Xi smiled faintly: "It depends on whether the King of Joy is willing to raise other people's children or is willing to tell everyone that he is a cuckold." ”

"It's a real dilemma." Green Sandalwood couldn't help but laugh.

Xiao Fu'er and Aunt Fu came in with food from outside, and the room began to become lively again.

After the excitement, Chu Xi actually felt a little uneasy, and when she thought that she was going to be handed over to a man in her life, her fear came out of her bones.

Sent everyone down early to rest, Chu Xi returned to the room, looked at the empty everywhere, walked to the table, took out the self-portrait painted by Lin Qingyu before narcissism, looked at the person with clear eyebrows on it, and couldn't help laughing.

"Do you still think I'm handsome?"

A familiar voice came from behind her, and the familiar scent approached, taking her into her favorite embrace.

"Didn't you say you couldn't come?" Chu Xi asked with a smile.

Lin Qingyu hugged her from behind, rubbing his face against her: "I miss you." ”

The simple three words made Chu Ji's eyes wet all of a sudden.

"Mrs. Hou has sent thirty people who know kung fu today." Chu Ji said.

Lin Qingyu responded lightly: "They are only protecting you temporarily, and they will not spy on you, don't worry." ”

"Well, I'm not worried about that." Chu Ji smiled faintly: "I think, it should be that your third senior sister has come back and met Mrs. Hou." ”

Lin Qingyu's face was pale, and he smiled helplessly: "I can't hide anything from you, but don't worry, you are the only daughter-in-law of the Hou Mansion, and no one can change this fact." ”

Chu Xi smiled lightly: "I naturally believe in you, and I also believe in Mrs. Hou." ”

Lin Qingyu hugged her tighter and tighter: "You're the best." ”

"I heard that you lost a small gold mountain for this?"

"Jinshan is also used to marry a daughter-in-law." Lin Qingyu was very free and easy, but something was not quite right when he said it: "Xi'er, I'm so tired from standing, I want to lie down." ”

Chu Xi was dumbfounded, and before she turned her head, she was carried to bed by him, obediently took off Chu Xi's coat, and then hugged her with her clothes closed and began to fall asleep.

Chu Xi looked at the tiredness shown between his eyebrows, a little distressed, and raised her hand to gently rub his eyebrows. Wanting to dissipate all his troubles, Lin Qingyu seemed to feel it in his dream, hugged Chu Xi and muttered, "Xi'er, I like you so much." ”

Chu Xi's heart moved slightly, and her lips raised: "I like you so much." ”

The night passed, and when Chu Ji woke up, he thought that Lin Qingyu should leave, but when he opened his eyes, he saw that he was looking at himself with his eyes open and smirking.

Chu Ji was still hazy, so Lin Qingyu kissed her, lingering and compassionate, so that she was almost suffocated to death by his early morning enthusiasm.

"Madam, the way you woke up in the morning is really irresistible." Lin Qingyu pressed against her and muttered.

Chu Xi felt her discomfort, and was glad that both of them were still wearing clothes: "If you are too uncomfortable, do you want to take a bath." ”

Lin Qingyu laughed out loud and said in her ear: "Don't worry, I can bear it, don't underestimate my self-control, otherwise, you would have been my person a long time ago." ”

Chu Xi was dumbfounded, but the heat when Lin Qingyu spoke fell on her ears, warm and itchy, making her feel a strange feeling in her heart.

Actually, what she didn't know was. When she spoke, Lin Qingyu felt the same as her, but her body's reaction was ten times stronger than hers.

After a while, Lin Qingyu finally turned over and sighed: "That's it, I'm still not uncomfortable." ”

Chu Ji's face was slightly red when she heard this, but

"Where do you put your hands?"

"I've endured so hard, you have to make it up to me." Lin Qingyu looked aggrieved, but his hand was on her softness, but he didn't mean to move away at all.

Chu Xi looked at him and kept secretly sending autumn waves to him, feeling shy and funny, and helplessly opened his hand: "Don't you have to go to the morning court today?" ”

"I told the emperor, he allowed me not to go occasionally, after all, I am young and vigorous, and my blood is strong."

Listening to these words, Chu Ji always felt that it was not what it originally meant.

The two frolicked for a while, and then the voice of green sprouts came from outside: "Miss, have you ever gotten up?" ”

"Wait a minute." Chu Xi said hurriedly, as soon as she sat up, she had two arms wrapped around her waist, and someone looked at her with tears in her eyes: "Don't leave me"

Chu Xi was dumbfounded, is this really the pavilion master of the Wuji Pavilion?

Chu Ji wasted a lot of effort to appease Lin Qingyu, who was dead-skinned and rotten-faced, got dressed, and watched him lie on the bed with his head in a bewitching posture, blinking. Lin Qing's foolish eyes blinked, which made Chu Ji really ripple.

"I'll come back tonight." Lin Qingyu looked at her face covered with red glow and felt very happy.

Chu Xi raised her eyebrows, turned her head and went out. Lin Qingyu took out the purple jade she had been putting under the pillow, chuckled, turned her head and got dressed and left.

Chu Xi had breakfast, and the grandmother of the Hou Mansion came to talk to her about the dowry list, and there was a process that should be followed, and a few girls were drowsy, but the green buds and Chunzhi widened their eyes and listened carefully, and when it was afternoon, Chu Xi didn't have time to take a nap, so she heard that the prince's side concubine was coming, and she also took Ning's family.

Chu Xi felt that her head was big, but she had to receive it.

Jiang Fan wanted to say that she would go out for a walk, but Chu Xi hurriedly asked her to write in the conservatory, today's Chu Mansion is not a good place for a leisurely walk, besides, Qin Xue will be buried tomorrow, and she is still doing a funeral today, and when she looks back, the child in her belly has a good one, and she has to blame her.

Jiang Fan glanced at the green sandalwood standing on the side, and smiled lightly: "Green sandalwood, I brought you a hairpin, see if you like it." ”

As soon as Jiang Fan came over, he didn't say anything else. It was actually a gift to Lu Tan, and the people in the room were a little shocked, but Chu Xi was indifferent, sitting on one side leisurely, drinking the fresh milk specially prepared for her by Aunt Fu, although she didn't know what Aunt Fu wanted to make up for her

Lu Tan looked at Chu Xi in embarrassment, and Chu Xi chuckled: "Since it is rewarded by the side concubine, you can accept it." ”

"Yes." The green sandalwood bowed, and after taking it, he put it aside, and Ning said with a smile: "Open it and take a look, but it is a very precious green hairpin, which was rewarded by the palace." ”

Chu Xi paused slightly with her hand holding the fresh milk, raised her eyes to look at Jiang Fan, saw the venting meaning in her eyes, and smiled lightly: "Take a look, keep it if you like." Chu Xi took another sip of fresh milk, but the fishy smell of the fresh milk was too strong, which made her frown.

Lu Tan was a tough person, and saluted directly: "The slave is just a subordinate, and she can't afford such a valuable gift, so please take it back." ”

Seeing her refuse, Jiang Fan's expression turned a little colder, but he smiled again; "This temperament is really with your master, and he will definitely be a loved one in the future, but he has promised his husband's family? Let me help you choose one. The son of the steward of the prince's mansion, eighteen years old this year, young and handsome, a talent, followed the prince and received a small messenger, if you want to count it, you can also be a six- or seven-grade official, it is not a bad treatment for you. ”

Seeing that she was intent on taking herself to the Prince's Mansion, Lu Tan gritted his teeth angrily, straightened up and was about to reason with her, but fortunately, Chu Xi opened his mouth first: "Oh, is it? That's a pretty good one. ”

Seeing that she said the same, Jiang Fan smiled lightly, raised his hand and stroked the bracelet on his wrist: "Isn't it, many maids in the house came to ask for such a kiss before, but I didn't allow it, I just wanted to leave it to the green sandalwood."

"It's just a pity." Chu Xi put down the fresh milk that she really couldn't drink, and she couldn't care about what to make, she looked at Jiang Fan with a smile and said: "I have already promised someone Lutan, a woman is always not good at serving a second husband, I can only thank you for your kindness." ”

Jiang Fan raised his eyes and stared at Chu Xi, looking at her always indifferent appearance, laughing along, but the depressed anger in his heart for so long seemed to be about to erupt out at once. The prince's heart is all about her, hiding her paintings, after the paintings were lost some time ago. He actually lost his temper and drove everyone in the study out of the house, this Chu Xi, what kind of charm is she.

"I'm here this time, and there's one more thing." Jiang Fan laughed softly.

Chu Xi looked at her tightly held hand and her belly, which had slowly begun to show a little, and said with a smile: "Please speak." ”

Jiang Fan smiled lightly: "Last time I asked the Duchess to send the painting, it was sent by the wrong one, and now the prince is in a hurry, Miss Chu can see if you can return it to me?" ”

Chu Xi looked at her, did she only think of using such a method to humiliate herself.

"I accidentally fell into the lake when I was holding the painting and was about to look at it, and I don't know what was painted in it, if the prince wants it, I'm afraid it won't be there." Chu Xi smiled lightly.

Jiang Fan didn't expect her to be so indifferent, she stood up directly, her expression was slightly flustered: "Where did the thing fall?" ”

"I fell into the water, and now I can't afford to catch it, what, is it a famous painting? It seems that I am going to personally come to the door to apologize to the prince and ask for punishment. Chu Xi also stood up and said.

Jiang Fan knew that she must have seen that painting, and she had always known how smart Chu Ji was.

Jiang Fan sighed softly, closed his eyes slightly, and stroked his stomach with his hand: "Xi'er, I want to talk to you alone, is it okay?" ”

Chu Xi watched her movements, and then looked at Ning's slightly frightened eyes on the side, and raised her eyebrows slightly: "Okay!" ”

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