Steward Zhu felt a little cold, blocking the door to see the cold wind whistling towards him, he felt that he might not survive tonight.

He'd have to figure out a way

"Ouch, I can't hold this leg"

Steward Zhu snorted at this time, and Chunzhi immediately asked someone to move a ladder to get stuck at the door, so that Steward Zhu could lean on this ladder to block the wind.

Steward Zhu's face darkened, and Chunzhi said respectfully: "Steward Zhu, you take care more, our young lady is young, and it is time to hold grudges, and after this night, you don't want to deal with our young lady in the future." ”

Steward Zhu couldn't be angry, muttered, Xiao Fu'er happily brought the tea: "Steward Zhu, the slave maid is bringing you tea, can you take a sip quickly?" ”

Steward Zhu snorted: "Don't think I don't know what your idea is, I'm unlucky today, but next time"

"Oops----" Xiao Fu'er's hand shook, and all the tea in the cup fell on Steward Zhu's body, and when the cold wind blew, Steward Zhu shivered violently.

Xiao Fu'er looked at him with a frightened expression: "Look, what did you do without scaring the slave maid, the slave maid's hand trembled, didn't you accidentally sprinkle it all on you?" ”

Steward Zhu was so angry that he couldn't scold her: "You all stay away from me!" ”

Xiao Fu'er stuck out her tongue at Chunzhi: "Sister Chunzhi, since Steward Zhu doesn't want slaves and maids to serve, then let's go down to the fire and sleep, my mother saw that Miss was woken up at night, so she specially made a soothing soup, and Miss left it for us" Xiao Fu'er said while pulling Chunzhi away, so angry that Steward Zhu wanted to scold.

Chu Xi is in the room at this time, Lu Tan has not come back yet, and Lin Qingyu has not come over, she must go to Steward Zhu's room before dawn, there must be clues there.

Chu Xi was about to go out by herself, when a person jumped in from the window, vaguely bloody.

Chu Xi waited for her face to be clear before she hurriedly stepped forward: "What's wrong?" ”

Green sandalwood covered his arms. Shaking his head slightly: "It's okay, but Miss, I'll let people find out." ”

Chu Xi took the hemostatic medicine: "It's okay, it's okay if the person is fine." ”

Lu Tan's heart was moved, and he took the medicine and applied it, and then said: "I followed that person to the backyard of Qingfeng Building, only to find out that she was actually going to see a person next to Zhen Niang." ”

"Are you sure it's Jane?" Chu Ji said.

Lu Tan bowed: "I know that person, she was the mother-in-law who forcibly took the young lady into the carriage in the Yan Mansion that day." ”

Chu Xi sighed slightly, in the end, let Zhen Niang find out, tonight Chu Bingsong suddenly came, it should be Zhao Xunyan who also began to doubt.

"Miss, what shall we do?" Midori asked worriedly.

"What did they tell Green Shoots?" Chu Xi asked rhetorically.

Lu Tan thought for a while: "It seems that Lu Ya will go out of the house once in the past two days and ask her to meet someone." ”

"Who?"

Lu Tan shook his head: "That person didn't say it, he only said that at midnight the day after tomorrow, there will be a carriage coming over in the back alley of the Xiangfu, and only Lu Ya is allowed to get into the carriage alone." ”

Chu Xi sighed slightly: "You are optimistic about the green shoots in the past two days." ”

"Miss is stopping the green shoots from passing?"

"Nope." Chu Xi looked at the injury on Lu Tan's arm: "I'll go over in person, I want to see what they want to do." ”

"Why don't you let Green Shoots speak out?" Lu Tan couldn't understand why Chu Xi took this risk in person.

Chu Xi looked at her and laughed: "You are stupid again, do you think they will tell Green Shoots the real plan?" He must have wanted to use her for something, but what could Green Shoots do? Chu Xi couldn't figure it out, so she wanted to go and see it for herself.

Green sandalwood gritted his teeth: "The slave is with you"

"Not tomorrow, but you're going to go out with me tonight." Chu Xi said, briefly explained a few words, and went out with Lu Tan from the low wall in the backyard.

Steward Zhu lives alone in a small courtyard, close to the innermost part of the west courtyard, near the lake, there is not much sunshine and humidity on weekdays, so very few people usually come over, Chu Ji and the others walked here, and they felt a gloomy aura coming, and Rao is green sandalwood shivered.

Chu Xi motioned for her to explore the situation in the courtyard first, and Lu Tan held her breath and shook her head after listening carefully. Confirming that there was no one, Chu Xi took a few steps forward, and Lu Tan raised his hand to push the door, but Chu Xi shook his head slightly, and pointed to the finger-wide piece of paper that Steward Zhu was stuck in the crack of the door, which should be the mark he used to prevent someone from sneaking into his room.

Lu Tan understood, carefully pressed the piece of paper, and then gently pushed the door open, but the door opened, and a ** breath blew out.

This smell is very familiar to Chu Zhen, when she was in the palace, she was made an adult by Chu Zhenzhen, and the tip of her nose lingered all day long, which was such a rotten smell.

Seeing that Chu Xi's expression was wrong, Lu Tan was a little worried: "Miss? ”

Chu Xi shook her head slightly, the two turned around and entered the room, and Chu Xi began to carefully look for it in the room.

The room was very dark, and Steward Zhu's windows were nailed with black gauze, and the light from the outside could not penetrate at all.

"It's so weird, like a ghost." Lu Tan said casually, seeing that there was no light in the room on the left and right, he simply took out the fire fold and lit it, but before he lit the fire fold, a pale face with staring eyes and grinning teeth was within his reach, and Lu Tan screamed in fright.

The people guarding outside heard the noise and hurried into the courtyard.

"Is that the sound coming from here?"

"Yes, but, let's not go in, Steward Zhu explained" The other guard was a little nervous.

The taller guard sneered disdainfully: "Look at your timid appearance, it's just Steward Zhu's good look."

"Shhhh The man returned that night and had nightmares and died the next day. ”

The tall guard frowned: "There won't be an accident in there, right?" ”

"Maybe it's fun." The two glanced at each other meaningfully, and both laughed: "I can't think of the supervisor's family being good, tsk" After the two finished speaking, they didn't plan to meddle in their affairs, turned their heads and left.

Hearing that the people outside walked away, Chu Xi let go of the hand covering Lu Tan's mouth.

Green Sandalwood gasped for breath, looking at the person in front of her, she was tied to a cross, wearing a white dress, but all soaked with pus and blood, and there was a bad smell all over her body, and her face was as scary as a ghost, she didn't look dead, and there was a sound in her throat, but she couldn't hear what she was saying.

"Little, Miss, what the hell is this" Lu Tan took two steps back, not daring to take another look, but Chu Xi burst into tears, she recognized this person, and he was also served by her mother's side before.

Qin Xue! Butler Zhu!

Chu Xi stepped forward and looked at her: "My name is Chu Xi, I am Yang Pei's daughter" Chu Xi's voice was a little choked, Lu Tan was feeling strange, the empty eyes of the woman who was tied up moved, and the scattered gaze slowly focused on Chu Xi's face, but blood and tears flowed from her eyes.

Lu Tan was surprised, but Chu Xi clenched his fists tightly: "Was Steward Zhu harming you?" ”

She blinked. Her tongue had been pulled out, she couldn't speak at all, and the bones in her body were also shattered, so that Steward Zhu was tied here.

Chu Xi's eyes were red, and her whole body began to be soaked with a murderous aura, and the green sandalwood trembled.

"Does this matter have anything to do with Qin Xue?"

She blinked.

"What about Chu Bingsong?"

She began to get excited, and Chu Xi's heart was like a knife: "Do you want to die now?" ”

She looked at Chu Xi in a daze, but there seemed to be a sense of relaxation on her face, Chu Xi closed her eyes in pain: "I won't let you feel pain." Chu Xi buttoned the purple gem bracelet on her wrist, and a silver needle pierced her throat, her eyes suddenly widened, and when she looked at Chu Xi, she only showed a relieved smile.

The air seemed to be condensed, Chu Xi stood motionless, Lu Tan looked at the murderous aura emitted by her body was heavier than those people she had seen on the rivers and lakes, and was a little shocked: "Miss? ”

Chu Xi quietly looked at the person in front of her, a silver needle full of drugs passed through her throat, with her current condition, she couldn't live, she should ---- be killed by herself

After a long time, Chu Xi spoke: "Go back to the Jin Pavilion and let Steward Zhu come back." ”

Chu Xi's tone was calm and didn't seem to have a trace of popularity, and Lu Tan looked at her in shock: "Miss, what are you going to do?" ”

"There's only one chance to kill him, and if I leave, he'll be on guard." Chu Xi said lightly, looking at the people in front of him, it was like seeing his mother who had died of torture, and seeing everyone who died because of himself. Chu Bingsong can cut the flesh with a blunt knife and play slowly, but Steward Zhu doesn't have to, just kill her and bury her.

Seeing her resolute tone, Lu Tan took a deep breath: "Okay, the slave will go, and as soon as Steward Zhu comes back, the slave will help you!" With that, Green Sandalwood turned around and ran out.

Chu Xi stood alone in the dark, in this room full of decay, it seemed that everything had returned to the beginning, desperate and helpless, only this time, she was going to kill the person who injured the people around her with her own hands!

Steward Zhu was already shivering from the cold, and seeing that the sky seemed to be about to dawn, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and trembled his blue lips: "Come, come."

Lu Tan stood at the entrance of the courtyard, looking at Steward Zhu, his face was cold, since you are in such a hurry to die, then I will allow you!

"Come on, let Steward Zhu go back and rest." Lu Tan's voice was not small, Chunzhi and Xiao Fu'er freshened up, and Steward Zhu had already been helped back with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Xiao Fu'er also muttered: "This old thing, he doesn't have a good mind all day long, it's better to freeze him to death." After that, he turned around and wanted to go into the room to serve Chu Xi, but Lu Tan said: "Miss is still asleep, don't disturb her, go over and call two hours later." ”

"Oh, good." Looking at the green sandalwood with an extremely cold face today, Xiao Fu'er was stunned and responded.

Lu Tan said, turned his head and went out again.

Steward Zhu didn't know that the danger was approaching, and he entered his yard while scolding.

The two guards guarding the gate of the courtyard saw him and were surprised: "Hey, Steward Zhu, you weren't in the room last night?" ”

"What's wrong? Where do I want to use you? "Steward Zhu doesn't have a good airway.

"No, no." The two didn't dare to say more.

Steward Zhu snorted and walked in.

Before entering the room, he looked at the white piece of paper that he had sandwiched in the crack of the door, and saw that his position had not been moved, so he stepped into the room.

"This Chu Xi, I'll kill her sooner or later! She shouldn't have been left behind, and it would have been better to kill her damn mother in the first place. Steward Zhu cursed as he opened the curtain and went inside, and when he went in, he noticed that something was wrong, and the person he was raising to test the medicine seemed to be dead.

"How can you die? Hanging with medicine, I can live for another year and a half."

"It's a great medicine."

A cool voice came from behind Steward Zhu. His back stiffened, and when he turned around, he pulled out the dagger hidden in his sleeve, but before his dagger could pierce Chu Xi's chest, the silver needles on Chu Xi's bracelet were fired twice, and Steward Zhu instantly lost his strength and fell to the ground: "What is this" The ordinary drug was useless to him at all, but now this medicine made him feel numb in an instant.

Chu Ji looked at Steward Zhu, who was about to gradually lose consciousness, picked up the dagger he fell on the ground, and directly cut the artery on his wrist: "Steward Zhu, don't faint yet, I have something to ask you." Chu Xi's tone was light.

Steward Zhu could feel his blood gushing out, and his face turned pale: "Miss, what are you doing?"

"Kill you." Chu Xi raised her eyes to look at him, and Steward Zhu looked at her eyes that were red with hatred, and knew that she had found out. But he no longer struggled: "You kill, kill me anyway, you won't know anything." ”

"Really?" Chu Zhen looked at him: "You and Chu Zhenzhen are both under the orders of the Southern Xinjiang people, and I am afraid that there are many Southern Xinjiang people in the front yard." Now I've almost cleaned up the backyard, and when you die, I won't let go of any of the frontyard."

Steward Zhu seemed to be very confident: "You can't clean it up." ”

Chu Xi looked at him, and only felt that his words were very strange, there were so many people in Chu Mansion, how could she not clean it up? Unless, there is someone in this who she can't do.

Steward Zhu saw that she seemed to guess, so he laughed: "You are the same as your mother, you are a good person in your bones, you can't do it."

Chu Xi coldly hooked the corners of her mouth: "You are wrong, I was the same as my mother in my last life, but in this life, Chu Xi in front of you is from hell, and I will not let any of you go!" ”

"Last life?" Steward Zhu was puzzled, and saw that Chu Xi had already raised her hand, but before Chu Xi could do it, a dagger had already flown into the man's heart one step ahead of her: "Miss, don't dirty your hands!" "Green sandalwood has come in.

Chu Xi looked at Lu Tan. The murderous aura on her body was completely different from before, and now, she began to doubt the identity of Green Sandalwood.

Chu Xi stood up and looked at Steward Zhu, who was staring at Steward Zhu, who was already out of breath, as soon as he died, poisonous insects began to crawl out from all over the room, just like the original death of the wizard from southern Xinjiang.

Lu Tan frowned: "Miss, it's almost dawn." ”

Chu Xi raised her eyes and looked at the woman who had lost her breath, now that the person who killed you has died in front of you, you can rest in peace

Chu Xi finished silently reciting in her heart, and then before the poisonous insects crawled over, she and Lu Tan turned around and went out.

As soon as the morning dawned in the capital today, both the court and the market were dead silent, because the eldest prince, who was suspected of plotting rebellion and was imprisoned in the prison last night, was burned alive.

Why do you say 'burn alive'? Because when the fire was extinguished, when the people of the government went to check, they found that the eldest prince was tied to death with iron chains and thrown into the cell.

He died last night, and the little steward in charge of the cell.

When Xu Minzhong saw Zhao You's body. He fell to his knees with a limp. Didn't King Xiaoyao say that he would kill the eldest prince first and then burn the body, how did it become burned alive?

Xu Minzhong didn't have time to make arrangements, and the officers and soldiers had already rushed into Xu's mansion and condemned him to be beheaded on the charge of deliberately murdering the eldest prince.

The Xu family was still asleep at night, and as soon as they woke up, they were arrested and taken out of prison by the government.

The emperor did not have an early dynasty today, so that the courtiers quarreled all morning, before he made an order, to bury the eldest prince Zhao You with the rites of the prince, although Zhao You is dead, but the queen's position is stable, even if other princes ascend the throne in the future, she is still the queen mother, and now she has arrested Xu Minzhong's family, she has no reason to ask for a thorough investigation, and she is directly seriously ill.

Several princes are now standing under the emperor's heart cultivation hall, and Zhao Xunyan and Lin Qingyu are also there.

The emperor's face was not very good, and Concubine Su helped polish the ink on the side. Lin Qingyu stood on the side and waited.

The emperor closed his eyes for a long time before he finally opened his mouth, but his voice was dry and uncomfortable: "The white-haired man sends the black-haired man, heh, is this God punishing me or is the old man punishing me?" ”

Zhao Xunyan's eyes flashed slightly, and the emperor turned his head to look at Lin Qingyu: "Qingyu, come here, help me see what these words are." ”

Everyone held their breath, Lin Qingyu stepped forward and looked at the words on the holy decree, and lowered his eyes slightly: "It's the word 'love and righteousness'." ”

"Yes, love and righteousness, the love of father and son, the love of brothers, the righteousness of kings and ministers, how can you be so ruthless." The emperor's tone was a little anxious, and after speaking, he coughed violently, and Concubine Su hurriedly handed over the tea.

The emperor took the teacup, looked at it, slammed it on the table, and looked at the people below angrily: "Aren't you all waiting for the crown prince?" Good! Good! I'll give it to you now! ”

Everyone knelt down busily: "The emperor calms his anger"

The emperor stood up directly and lifted the ink pen, his hands trembled slightly, and handed the pen to Lin Qingyu: "Qingyu, you come to write!" ”

"Yes." Lin Qingyu stepped forward to take the ink pen, the emperor looked at his son and brother below, and said in a deep voice: "Zhao Xuanyi, the eighth son of the emperor, is generous and benevolent, has the world in mind, is courteous, righteous, benevolent and filial, and is really worthy of the weight of the society!" Now he is the crown prince and shows the world! Chin this! ”

Lin Qingyu had already guessed that the emperor would do this, but everyone was still surprised, behind the eldest prince, how could the prince, who was clearly still a slippery prince, jump to the eighth child?

But the emperor is now angry, and no one dares to say a word of no, and immediately kowtows.

Zhao Xuanyi is not as happy as everyone imagined, and now that he is pushed out to be the crown prince, he will only become the target of everyone, maybe his father does not think that he can really ascend the throne in the future.

The decree was issued on the spot, and the canonization of the temple was set three days later.

Zhao Xuanyi stepped forward to receive the decree of thanks, but the emperor did not tell him anything as usual, and only let him retreat.

"I'm tired, you all retreat, and stay behind." After the emperor issued the decree, it seemed that his strength had been drained, and he sat down tiredly.

Everyone received the order, bowed and retreated, and Zhao Xuanyi went directly to her palace with Concubine Su.

When I got out of the palace, I saw the seventh prince and said: "Uncle Xiaohuang, it seems that you are not suitable for marrying a wife, so I promised a girl from the Xu family, and now I am in prison again, I thought that I would invite you to the marriage of the second lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the eldest brother suffered this misfortune again."

Zhao Xunyan glanced at him with a calm face, turned his head and left. Now that the emperor canonized the crown prince so quickly, he didn't expect it, and the officials of the big prince party who were originally in his hands might have some wall grass to turn to the eighth child, and Chu Bingsong had always had signs of going to the eighth child before

Seeing that all the people at the palace gate dispersed, the emperor asked people to close the palace gate and let everyone go outside to guard.

The emperor looked at Lin Qingyu who was standing aside, his eyes were heavy: "Do you know who did this?" ”

"Xu Minzhong." Lin Qing said foolishly, but the emperor only snorted coldly: "What if I ask you to check, you can only find Xu Minzhong?" ”

Lin Qingyu lowered his head: "The emperor forgives his sins"

"Forgiveness? What are your sins! You didn't kill You'er! The emperor was annoyed, and Lin Qingyu didn't speak, but the emperor let these sons fight, didn't he expect that there would be today.

When the emperor saw that he didn't speak, he closed his eyes: "That's it, that's it, it's not your fault, it's anyone's fault." The emperor said in a deep voice: "Come here, and help me draw up two more decrees." ”

"Yes." Lin Qingyu raised his eyes to look at the seal that the emperor's eyebrows were sinking because he often frowned, and picked up the ink pen on the front.

Zhen Niang was in Zhao Xunyan's study at the moment, and when Zhao Xunyan came back, she slapped her: "How did you let Zhao Xuanyi get the position of prince!" ”

"He is just a target erected by the emperor, and sooner or later he will be the same as Zhao You." Zhao Xunyan said indifferently.

Jane looked at him so indifferently. was even more angry: "What do you know, Zhao Xuanyi has won the hearts of the people, and now that he has become the prince, do you think you still have a chance to bring him down!" ”

"Since he has won the hearts of the people, then we will let him lose the hearts of the people again. Water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat, and sooner or later he will be a dead word. Zhao Xunyan looked indifferent: "In this matter, I am most worried about the old emperor, he seems to be aware of it." ”

Zhen Niang snorted coldly, her eyebrows were detached: "What can you do if you notice it, with me, he will never hurt you." ”

"Yes." Zhao Xunyan should have given his hand.

"Let you check the eldest lady of the Chu family, how is the investigation?" Jane asked suddenly.

Zhao Xunyan frowned slightly: "Let people go and see it, she was in the room all night last night, and she was not involved in this matter." ”

"Hmph, you're really messed up by a woman." Zhen Niang looked at him sarcastically: "You have to see clearly, even your imperial brother, the emperor who is now above 10,000 people under one person, will die in my hands sooner or later, don't you know that you are vigilant?" ”

Zhao Xunyan gritted his teeth slightly. Zhen Niang turned around coldly: "This girl is indeed smart, but you don't have to interfere anymore, I will help you get rid of her." ”

"Resolved?" Zhao Xunyan's palms tightened slightly, and Zhen Niang just glanced at him coldly: "What, do you want to save her?" Zhao Xunyan, I warn you, if you dare to sabotage the plan, I will be the first to kill you! You know, if I find any prince, I will have a way to send him to the throne! ”

Zhao Xunyan gritted his teeth and lowered his head: "I understand." ”

"It's good to understand, if you have a time when you can't figure it out, think about your tragic death of the mother!" Jane Niang said, turned her head and left through the secret door.

Before she left, the holy decree outside had already arrived, it was the holy decree of marriage.

Xu Jin in prison thought that this life was over, but he didn't expect the emperor to be gracious and continue to let her marry King Xiaoyao as a side concubine.

The housewife of the Xu family looked at the bright yellow holy decree she received, and immediately jumped up and hugged her legs: "Jin'er." You save your brother, he's still young."

Xu Jin looked at her as submissively as before: "Mother, it's not that Jin'er doesn't want to, it's really that the emperor only issued an order to pardon Jin'er alone."

Xu Minzhong stayed awake all night, squinted his eyes slightly and looked at Xu Jin, he understood in his heart that the emperor gave this marriage, not to pardon his Xu family, but to punish King Xiaoyao, haha, did the emperor find out about the crime of King Xiaoyao, but he still wanted his Xu family to pay for the life of the eldest prince.

"Master, let Jin'er keep our son, otherwise our Xu family will be doomed!" The housemother of the Xu family cried bitterly, and several children also cried, Xu Jin just looked at Xu Minzhong with an embarrassed face: "Daddy, my daughter can't do anything." ”

Xu Minzhong didn't say anything, just looked at the holy decree in Xu Jin's hand. Seeing Xu Jin's heart, he panicked.

The father-in-law outside was a little impatient: "Okay?" The emperor's will is for you to enter the palace now, the sedan chair outside is ready, can you go? ”

Xu Jin responded, turned his head to look at his mother-in-law, who had fainted in fright, and said, "Father-in-law, that is my biological mother, can I take it away?" ”

The father-in-law smiled coldly: "You can see clearly, the emperor only pardons you, if you don't want to leave, the slave will go and call the emperor back!" ”

Xu Jin looked at his mother-in-law reluctantly, but grabbed his father-in-law's hand again: "I'll go with you!" ”

The father-in-law glanced at her disdainfully and went forward.

Xu Jin walked out of the cell, looked at the Xu family who were screaming hoarsely inside, and then looked at his biological mother who had passed out, gritted his teeth, and followed out.

Chu Zhenzhen was originally shocking who in the mansion dared to kill Steward Zhu, when news came from outside, saying that the emperor's holy decree was coming.

Chu Bingsong also came out to receive the order. When it was announced that Chu Zhenzhen would be married as the concubine of King Xiaoyao, Chu Bingsong was surprised, now that the eldest prince has just died, the emperor will give marriage to King Xiaoyao, what does this mean?

After the decree was read, Chu Bingsong was busy pulling the father-in-law: "Did the emperor say anything else?" ”

Your father-in-law smiled politely: "That's not true, but you still have to worry about marriage, the emperor asked the second lady to marry in three months, that is before the eldest lady, you won't be angry, right?" ”

"Naturally not." Chu Bingsong hurriedly smiled.

"That's good, you should make some preparations, and the Sprinkle family will go back to report to the emperor." After the father-in-law finished speaking, he was about to leave, but Chu Zhenzhen was clever, and stepped forward and stuffed a bulging purse into the father-in-law's hand: "Father-in-law go slowly." ”

Seeing that Chu Zhenzhen was so polite, the father-in-law smiled: "By the way, let me tell you something, although you will know about this in a while, but the Sprinkle family telling you now can be regarded as selling you a favor." ”

"You say." Chu Zhenzhen smiled gently.

"The emperor also picked a side concubine for the prince today. Today, when I passed the house, the person was the concubine of the Xu family. After the father-in-law finished speaking, he looked at the faces of the Chu family, smiled, and left.

Chu Zhenzhen was stunned: "Isn't the Xu family full of beheadings, how can Xu Jin her?"

When Chu Bingsong heard this, he understood the reason for the emperor's sudden marriage, the daughter of a criminal minister, and the corrupt Chu Zhenzhen, the emperor was warning King Xiaoyao.

"Dad, Xu Jin, how is she?"

"Shut up." Chu Bingsong glanced at her dissatisfied, turned his head and left.

Chu Zhenzhen bit her lip: "Go, go find Grandmother!" Now that she has become a quasi-princess, her grandmother will definitely reward her with a lot of dowry.

Chu Xi didn't wake up until the afternoon, and when she heard someone come to report, she felt a lot more relaxed. Now the King of Joy is equivalent to lifting a stone and hitting his own foot, but I am afraid that he still does not know why this stone fell on his foot. As long as people are in a hurry, they are easy to make mistakes and show their feet. Even if he is as shrewd as the King of Escape.

When it was time for lunch, Chu Xi came out, Xiao Fu'er couldn't hide the ease on her face, and said while serving the dishes to the table: "Miss, you may not believe it if you say it, Steward Zhu is dead." ”

"How did you die?" Chu Xi asked lightly, Xiao Fu'er smiled: "I heard that he was bitten to death by poisonous insects, and when he was discovered, he was bitten beyond recognition, and he was also found in his room."

"Alright, little Fu'er." Aunt Fu hurriedly stopped her: "What are you doing talking to Miss all day long, it's still time to eat." ”

Xiao Fu'er shrunk her neck and stuck out her tongue: "I won't dare next time." ”

Aunt Fu glanced at her helplessly before she said to Chu Ji: "Miss, don't blame, it's all because the slave maid used to spoil this child too much." ”

Chu Xi chuckled: "It's okay, a few of them are very relaxed in front of me." ”

After that, he raised his eyes and looked: "Where are the green shoots?" ”

"Oh, Sister Green Sprouts said she was uncomfortable, so she was resting in the room." Xiao Fu'er said busily.

Chu Ji bowed: "Well, you go and ask a doctor to come over." ”

Xiao Fu'er nodded in response, and said with a smile: "Miss treats people really well, like a sister." ”

Chu Xiwan'er, treat her sincerely. She always repays her with sincerity, especially Green Sprouts, whether it is in her previous life or this life, she has always followed her with her heart, and with this sincerity, she can't let Green Sprouts have an accident because of herself.

After lunch, someone came to Ronghua Courtyard and said that he invited Chu Xi to come over, Chu Xi asked Lu Tan and Chunzhi to follow, and asked people to prepare the jade plate in the palm of their hands, and then went out.

"Miss, what are we going to do with this jade plate?" Harueda was puzzled.

Chu Xi smiled faintly: "You'll know in a while." ”

When she arrived at Ronghua Courtyard, Chu Zhenzhen couldn't hide her joy and sat beside the old lady.

Brother Hong'er changed his face as soon as he saw Chu Xi coming in, shouted 'bad guy' and ran behind the old lady to hide.

The old lady looked embarrassed for a moment, and looked at Chu Xi with a smile: "Ji'er is here, sit down." ”

Chu Xi saluted and sat down on the side.

"Does my sister know my good news?" Chu Zhenzhen asked with a smile.

Chu Xi raised a smile: "Of course, I have already ordered someone to send a set of jade noodles that my grandmother gave me to your yard before, I hope you don't dislike it." ”

Chu Zhenzhen naturally didn't dare to say disgust, but smiled dryly: "Then thank you, big sister." ”

The old lady looked at Chu Xi without the slightest jealousy and dissatisfaction, as if she cared about it at all, and her eyes deepened: "There is no master mother in the house, and I haven't been in good health recently, but Zhen Zhen will get married in three months, and the dowry will be returned."

Chu Ji interrupted without waiting for her to finish: "I came here to tell my grandmother about this, before my grandmother said that part of my mother's dowry is with you, I don't know if I can return it to my sister, and my sister can also exchange it for silver, and give it to the Marquis of Anping Mansion as a meeting gift, so that they can help accommodate Brother Hong'er's schooling." ”

The old lady opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say. She planned to take the opportunity of Chu Zhenzhen's marriage to ask Chu Zhen to hand over the box of treasures sent by Mrs. Hou and the 20,000 taels sent by the Bai family, but she didn't expect her to say this.

"You don't have any money?" The old lady Baba asked, and even Mother Jiang felt that it was inappropriate.

Chu Xi said with a smile: "I used all my money to buy a dowry for myself, and now I can't do it for Brother Hong'er's schooling, so I came to talk to my grandmother." ”

As soon as Chu Xi's words came out, the old lady felt blushing, she asked Chu Xi to do something, and asked her to pay for it.

"How much dowry has my sister bought, can you lend me some? In three months, I will marry into the Xiaoyao Palace, and now the dowry is not enough" Chu Zhenzhen also spoke, Chu Zhen didn't realize that they were so brazen before.

"Twenty thousand taels of silver, just enough to buy sixty-four lifts, how much does my sister want me to lend you? When will it be returned? How much is the interest? Chu Ji said.

"The two sisters are still interested, and the eldest sister is also a little stingy, when this word spreads, I don't have to lose the face of the Chu Mansion and the Hou Mansion." Chu Zhenzhen said sarcastically.

Chu Xi smiled: "Since the second sister is afraid of losing face, then I won't borrow this dowry." I remember that my grandmother seemed to have prepared a dowry of 148 for the fourth sister, so why don't you lend it to the second sister? After all, the second sister is going to marry the palace, and if the pomp is too small, it will attract jokes. ”

"One hundred and forty-eight lifts!" Chu Zhenzhen was surprised, she thought that the old lady would only lift Chu Dai'er, a concubine, at most, sixty-four, but she didn't expect it to be so much.

The old lady's face darkened: "When did I say that I gave it to Dai'er." ”

"That's that Ji'er heard it wrong, but it's good that she hasn't told anyone yet." Chu Ji said.

The old lady took a deep breath in a dull manner: "Mother Jiang, go get a hundred taels of silver." ”

Mother Jiang answered, and after a while, she took out a hundred taels of silver tickets from the inside.

The old lady gave the silver to Chu Xi: "Take it." ”

Chu Xi looked at this mere one hundred taels, which was not as valuable as a good set of noodles, but the old lady was not disgusted, and she naturally did not like it, so she directly gave the silver to Chunzhi: "You go now, see what you can buy for a hundred taels, and send it directly to the Hou Mansion." ”

When the old lady heard this, her face sank: "Wait a minute." She thought that Chu Ji would feel cold, it was her future husband's family, why did she have to add more things to be embarrassed to send it over, but she didn't expect her to ignore it like this: "This hundred taels is for you to use to deal with the people of the Hou Mansion, and I have prepared the gifts to send to the Hou Mansion, and I will ask Mother Jiang to send them to your courtyard when I turn around." ”

"Then thank you, grandmother." Chu Xiwaner.

Seeing that the old lady was so generous, Chu Zhenzhen also stepped forward coquettishly: "Grandmother." Zhen Zhen's mother is not around now, and no one helps me take care of the dowry, why don't my grandmother help Zhen Zhen, this marriage to the palace, it's not good to be too simple, don't you say? ”

The old lady only felt that Chu Zhenzhen was a bloodsucker, and gritted her teeth slightly and looked at Chu Xi, but Chu Xi opened her mouth: "By the way, the second sister has been at home for so long, and she has not learned to manage the middle feed." It's too late for me to get married, so why don't I give this jade card to my sister first. Chu Xi asked Chunzhi to take out the jade card.

Chu Zhenzhen's face was full of excitement, the old lady's face sank again, she handed it over to Chu Zhenzhen's housekeeper, after Chu Zhen sent a large number of people, now she just wanted to force her to hand over something, she gave up the power of the family to Chu Zhenzhen, her granddaughter, is not ordinary shrewd!

The old lady looked at Chu Xi deeply. Chu Zhen was not afraid, and directly raised her eyes to meet her, the old lady gritted her teeth, and turned her eyes to look at Chu Zhenzhen: "I will look at the matter of your dowry, you will start to learn to be in charge of the house in these three months, if you don't understand, ask your eldest sister and me." ”

"Yes!" Chu Zhenzhen happily took the jade card, and now she is also in charge of the people of the Chu Mansion, so that she can also be as majestic as Chu Zhen before!

Chu Xi looked at the anger in her eyes, and there was an almost invisible smile in her eyes, if she wants to start dying, she won't stop herself!

Brother Hong has been looking at Chu Xi with a hostile gaze, Chu Xi knows that this child must have been led crooked by the old lady and these people, although he feels a pity, but it is just a pity.

Chu Zhenzhen took the power of the family, and Chu Xiuxiu came early.

Chu Zhenzhen returned to the courtyard. The first thing was to order someone to go to the Dingguo Mansion immediately to pick up Qin Xue.

"Second Miss, Third Miss is still waiting outside, can we see each other?" Youyahuan reminded.

Chu Zhenzhen raised her eyebrows slightly: "Let her wait, you go to the kitchen and ask, why is the ginseng soup I want not good." ”

"Yes." Yahuan obediently retreated, and Chu Zhenzhen went inside.

Qin Xue still breathed a sigh of relief, but it was almost dying. went to the Dingguo Mansion and held it in the hands of the Bai family, so naturally she was left to her care, if it wasn't for Chu Zhenzhen to pick her up in time, she would really be dead.

"Mother, are you better?"

Qin Xue had already drunk some soup before, and her complexion was much better, so she helped her up and sat on the bed: "Mother is much better, thanks to you this time." Now that you have become a quasi-princess, child, you can rest assured, your mother will definitely find you a full dowry of one hundred and forty from the government. Let you get married! ”

"Thank you, mother!" Chu Zhenzhen's eyes rolled, and she knew that if she took her mother back, the dowry could be settled.

Chu Xiuxiu was impatient to wait, and sat in this flower hall for two whole hours, drinking several pots of tea, but she never saw Chu Zhenzhen's shadow.

"That's it, you go back and tell your young lady, if she doesn't see her, she won't be there, I'll go!" Thinking that she was still holding Chu Zhenzhen's pigtails, Chu Xiuxiu felt a little stiffer, and said to the maid next to her: "Let's go, go to the Jin Pavilion!" With that, he also walked away.

When Chu Zhenzhen heard the news of Chu Xiuxiu's departure, she sneered: "She really used herself as a green onion, and ordered her to go down and save money in the house, except for Ruyi Garden and Ronghua Courtyard, all the food and clothing in the other courtyards will be halved." Tell the big kitchen too, eat green vegetables in other yards, ginseng and bird's nest or something, you have to save some use, understand? ”

"That's the big lady there"

"Didn't understand what I said, except for Ruyi Yuan and Ronghua Yuan, did I say Zhujin Pavilion?" Chu Zhenzhen didn't have a good airway.

The girl hurriedly retreated, Qin Xue seemed to have found the majesty of the housekeeper again, and her heart was suddenly smooth, but what she hated most now was not Chu Xi, but Chu Bingsong, who threw her to the Dingguo Mansion to ask for her life!

Chu Zhenzhen finished talking to Qin Xue at night, and was about to go back to her own courtyard, when she saw Yahuan come to report and say that Jiao Simiao asked to see her.

Hearing Jiao Simiao's name, Chu Zhenzhen was disgusted: "Send it away." After Chu Zhenzhen finished speaking, she didn't forget to add: "As long as he comes in the future, no matter what, let people drive me away, and don't step into the Prime Minister's Mansion for half a step!" ”

"Yes!" Yahuan hurriedly retreated.

Jiao Simiao, who was anxiously waiting at the door, heard Yahuan's reply, and was so angry that his face was gloomy: "The Prime Minister can be in the house?" ”

"Yes."

Jiao Simiao snorted coldly: "Go, tell you Prime Minister, if I want to see him, it is a matter of life and death for the Prime Minister's Mansion!" ”

When the girl heard this, where did she dare to delay, she hurriedly ran down, and after a while, she invited Jiao Simiao over.

Jiao Simiao glanced at Chu Zhenzhen's courtyard with determination, turned his head and went to Chu Bingsong's study.

(Battlefield Literature)