Chapter 55: The Case of Involving a Woman's Corpse
"Self-deception." Mu Xuefu snorted coldly, obviously sneering at this statement, "The capital is that there is no concern about the red stripes, people come and go naked, you cry when you come, the people around you laugh, you laugh when you leave, and the people around you cry." Life is originally limited in time, and it is not the same as the eternal sun, moon and stars. In the end, you can't take anything that belongs to you, isn't it a fact? ”
Jing Rong didn't expect his princess to have such an opinion, he pondered for a moment, savored her sentence "There is no concern about the red stripes", and then a smile appeared on his lips, but he sighed with a touch of sorrow, "Although the words are good, don't people live with one breath?" This anger may be love, or hate, or love, or hatred. Even if there are external objects in the body that can be free of concern, where is this heart? ”
Mu Xuefu's pupils shrank, her bright eyes slowly lowered, and then she shook her head gently, and the tassels on the emerald peacock beads on her sideburns gently crossed her ears, and a slight coldness melted into her heart. Yes, while she is righteous in her words, she forgets that she can't do it without worry, isn't she just for that breath, for hatred, for hatred? A wry smile swayed on his lips, and he raised his head to look at Jing Rong again, "The prince is right, it's the concubine who is narrow-minded." I remember that there are clouds in the peony pavilion, I don't know what to do, I go deep, the living can die, the dead can live, the living can not die, the dead and cannot be resurrected, all are not love. I forgot that everything in the world has love, and the falling flowers are intentionally ruthless, and this ruthlessness is also love. ”
Jing Rong smiled, his fingertips running over her cheek, "Does that Fu'er have affection for this king?" His fingertips were slightly cold, like a piece of beautiful ice glass, and the thin calluses were mixed with the icy skin, causing shivers to spread from his cheeks to his whole body.
"Lord, the concubine body said, ruthlessness is also love, how do you say the concubine body should answer you?"
Jing Rong's eyes were sparse, his slanted eyebrows were slightly twisted, looking at her smiling spring breeze, he stretched out his hand to scoop her into his arms, his voice was low and threatening, "You play word games for this king, right?" ”
Mu Xuefu twisted her body, put her hands on the chests of the two people, and her delicate voice was like a pleasant copper bell, "Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and sees the hearts of the people over time, whether the concubine has love for the prince, don't you know it when the days are long?" ”
Jing Rong let go of her slightly, hugged him to keep up with the footsteps of the person in front of him, took a bite on her ear, and said in a deep voice: "Anyway, we have a lifetime, and this king is not afraid to wait to see if you have love." ”
The cold seemed to slowly penetrate into her heart from the outside, and a layer of coldness floated under Mu Xuefu's eyes, and a bright cold light flashed in her eyes. Lifetime? It's like she's walking in boundless darkness, and she can't get out of it in this life. Even if one day she gets revenge, I am afraid that she will not be able to redeem herself, and she will still fall into that hell where there is no light. Hiding the coldness on her face, Mu Xuefu raised a sweet smile, "Then please wait and see." ”
Because Jingrong was not the son of Emperor Xuanwu, they didn't have to go to the palace early in the morning to say goodbye, but only waited until they finished breakfast before entering the palace.
After entering the palace, he first greeted the emperor and said some auspicious words, and then the emperor rewarded the corresponding reward and left, and came out of the emperor's palace and went to the queen's Weiyang Palace.
Because of the Chinese New Year, not only the princes, but also the royal nobles entered the palace to ask for peace, which was troublesome, and the ladies of the palace would gather in Weiyang Palace, which saved everyone from going back and forth. By the time they arrived at Weiyang Palace, there were already many people gathered inside.
After greeting everyone in Yili, Mu Xuefu sat quietly beside Jing Rong and lowered her eyes, but others always glanced at her from time to time. Of course, there was always a warm look in this gaze on the man beside her, but when it came to her, it became sharper than the sharpest sword. You don't have to think about it, you don't need to look at it, you know that the source of this gaze is the carefree princess who has been in love with Jingrong for a long time.
"Isn't it boring?" Jing Rong saw that she didn't speak or drink tea for a long time, but just raised her eyebrows and lowered her eyes, so he raised his hand and helped her shoulder.
Mu Xuefu was a little weak because she got up early, so she glanced at him lazily and only spit out one word, "Sleepy." ”
"After lunch, we'll go to rest and straighten out." Saying that, Jing Rong personally poured a cup of tea for her, and brought it to her, "Take a sip of tea to refresh yourself." ”
"I heard that two days ago, the body of a maid was found in the pool of the east courtyard of King Chen's mansion, isn't this east courtyard where Princess Chen lives? How could this happen? Princess Sanssouci watched Jing Rong treat Mu Xuefu so intimately, and the anger accumulated in her heart was released like a volcanic eruption. No matter how many people were in the palace, he brought up the matter of the dead people in King Chen's Mansion two days ago, without caring what day it was.
This is also strange to say, a few days ago, a female corpse suddenly drowned in the pool in Mushev's yard. Although it is winter, because Jingrong has led the back mountain hot spring to the lotus pond in the back garden, and this underground is more or less open, so even if the surface of other pools in the house will be frozen, the water is not frozen.
Originally, it didn't matter if someone died, but this female corpse was a maid arranged by King Chen to serve in the study, but why did the people who served in the main courtyard appear in the east courtyard? Therefore, everyone in the palace is speculating that the princess must be jealous of this maid serving by the prince's side, so she will kill the killer and drown the maid to death. Good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, and such things spread to the streets and alleys the next day, and all kinds of speculation and speculation followed.
Some people say that it was because King Chen was hooked by the maid and the princess fell out of favor, so the princess took advantage of King Chen's absence to want her to leave King Chen's mansion, but the maid didn't obey, so Princess Chen took the murderous opportunity.
Some people also said that it was because King Chen's golden house was not counted, and he wanted the maid to replace the princess, so Princess Chen killed her in order to keep her position.
Some people even say that it was because the maid was pregnant with King Chen's child, and the princess did not allow others to give birth to the eldest son before her, so except for the maid, one corpse and two lives.
In short, all kinds of rumors are unfavorable to Mu Xuefu, and there are even many people who secretly say that Princess Chen is ruthless and evil, and she is not worthy of such a beautiful character as Prince Chen. I hope that King Chen can redress the grievances of the deceased and abandon this femme fatale-hearted Princess Chen.
Jing Rong originally wanted to investigate this matter, but as the New Year approached, this matter was really unlucky, so he just waited for the festival to deal with it. In his opinion, this matter was not done by Princess Yu, but by those women in the backyard, who wanted to blame Mu Xuefu for ruining her reputation and even separating the relationship between their husband and wife.
Mu Xuefu heard Princess Sanssouci mention this, so she took the tea in front of Jing Rong without hurry, took a sip, and then raised her beautiful eyes like stars, smiled slightly, and said: "The princess is really attentive to my Chenwang Mansion, and even keeps this kind of trivial matter in mind. It's just the death of a subordinate, and it's not a big deal, Princess Lao is worried about it. She was so breezy that it was as if she had died not alone, but a cat and a dog. However, it is also true, a human life is nothing in her eyes, and it is not worth mentioning compared to the human life on her hands.
Princess Sanssouci looked awe-inspiring, and sneered, already a little fierce, "Princess Chen treats human life like a mustard like a mustard, and such a cold heart is ruthless enough." It's just that I don't know if the princess heard the rumors outside that you were the real murderer of the maid. ”
"The princess has said that it is a rumor, how can she still be credulous?" Mu Xuefu twisted her head on the tea lid, and gently swiped it over the tea water, and for a while, the tea surface rippled, and a faint aroma seeped out from the gaps. Her charming eyes were slightly raised, with an unruly look, "Besides, there are rumors about me and there is more than this, has the princess forgotten how the outside world described me when I married the prince?" It's really interesting to think about it now, it looks like there is no salt, and the body is punished, but now it seems that none of these two rumors have come true. Therefore, rumors are rumors after all, they are all hearsay, and they should not be believed. ”
"But why did this person die in Princess Chen's east courtyard and not somewhere else, I think it can't be separated from the princess." The one who spoke was Qin Qing, who was friendly with Princess Sanssouci, and she was going to marry King Ning after the year, so she naturally had to talk to her future mother-in-law, so she came over early in the morning to serve Concubine Xian. And Concubine Xian is now also considered to be in a faction with Concubine Wen, Concubine Wen has no son, but in order for the emperor to still have a foothold in this harem after a hundred years, she chose to support King Ning. In this way, Qin Qing has to help Princess Sanssouci speak.
Eyes turned to her, Mu Xuefu's lips hooked, her lips were cool and meandering, and she said lightly: "Who knows?" ”
Qin Qing saw that she avoided the important and light, and did not dare to face her problem directly, his mind tossed and turned a few times, and he smiled strangely, and said: "I heard that the maid died a very miserable death when she was fished out, her eyes were floating on the pond water, her ears were bloodshot, and even her tongue was pulled out more than a foot long. Tsk tsk, such a tragedy, it is like an unjust soul asking for her life, Princess Chen must not be able to sleep day and night when she sees it. ”
Everyone gasped when they heard this, especially a few ladies who were so frightened that their faces turned pale, but the more they were afraid of this kind of thing, the stronger the curiosity in their hearts. Someone was bold, so he looked at Mu Xuefu and asked, "Is that really the case?" ”
Everyone looked at Mu Xuefu, and even the princes who had been silent all this time wanted to know how this Princess Chen would answer. Who knew that Mu Xuefu covered her mouth and chuckled, "Miss Qin is too exaggerated, let's not talk about whether there is a wronged soul asking for her life, how can this tongue have a foot?" There are clouds in ancient books, and the tongue weighs ten taels and is seven inches long, doesn't Miss Qin know such common sense? Besides, these eyes," she slowly opened a lychee, broke a piece of it, revealed the kernel inside, and threw it directly into the tea, "If people's eyes were floating on the pond, would it be like this?" I'm also curious. ”