Chu Xi looked at Jiang Fan, her face was haggard, her eyes wandered and she couldn't help but be slightly shocked in her heart, could it be that the child in her belly was gone?

Everyone saluted, Jiang Fan only smiled reluctantly, and stepped forward to take Chu Xi's hand: "Let's go to the private room to talk." ”

Yun Songyi heard Lu Tan say that Jiang Fan pushed Chu Xi into the lake, and also took a step forward: "Niangniang, Yi'er should also follow." ”

Jiang Fan glanced at the vigilant Yun Songyi and bowed his head lightly.

Mei Niang prepared a private room for a few people, Jiang Fan found a place by the window and sat down, and then sent the maids and daughters-in-law who were waiting to wait outside, and even the green sprouts were invited out.

"Niangniang seems to have something to say to her courtiers." Chu Ji said.

Jiang Fan looked at Chu Xi stupidly and smiled: "You are so smart, if only I were as smart as you, it would be good." As she spoke, her hand unconsciously stroked her stomach, and there were tears in her eyes.

Seeing this, Chu Xi asked, "Niangniang looks a little weak, is it because she is tired because she is pregnant with the little prince?" ”

As soon as Chu Xi's words came out, Jiang Fan's tears fell: "This kid is a pitiful. Jiang Fan didn't say it in the end, but Chu Xi knew that the child was still there, and he was relieved, if he had a miscarriage, the eldest prince would be the same as in his previous life, and attack the eighth prince with the fact that a woman had a miscarriage in front of the Eighth Prince's Mansion before, saying that he was retribution.

"Niangniang seems to be a little unhappy because of this child?" Yun Songyi also noticed it.

Jiang Fan looked at the two, opened his mouth, swallowed the words in his throat again, turned his head to look out the window, and said with a wry smile: "As a mother, how can you be unhappy because of your child." ”

Chu Xi raised her eyes to look at her: "I heard that the Eighth Prince has a courtyard in the western suburbs of the mountain, although it is far away from the capital, but there is a natural hot spring pool there, it is winter." It's also warm as spring. Now that it's cold and tight, why don't you go to the courtyard in the western suburbs to live for a while, and then come back to the house after the cold winter. ”

Jiang Fan's eyes lit up, and when he saw Chu Xi, he gloomy again: "Going to the western suburbs won't change anything." ”

"His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince has a lot of loyal grandmothers in his hands, and Niangniang wants to bring one or two to serve, I heard that the western suburbs are all people who have been cultivated by the Eighth Prince, and it is most appropriate to serve people, Niangniang is bored in her heart, and it is good to go there to scatter your heart." Chu Xi didn't seem to notice Jiang Fan's frustration, and only talked about the good of the western suburbs, but before she finished speaking, Jiang Fan stared straight at her.

Chu Xi looked at Jiang Fan with a smile: "I also heard my father mention this matter, but I heard that the Eighth Prince's Western Suburbs Courtyard does not receive anyone except the Eighth Prince and the Emperor, even Su Guifei has never been there, and I don't know if it is true or not." ”

Jiang Fanding looked at Chu Xi fixedly, and only after a while did he chuckle out loud, accompanied by tears.

She laughed for a long time, and finally stopped: "Miss Chu, you seem to know a lot?" When she said this, did she realize that she couldn't keep the child? The mother concubine didn't let herself keep this child, and even her biological mother came to lobby, she didn't know that it was not in accordance with the rules, but this was the eighth master's first son, how could she be willing to let him die before he was born.

"Know what?" Chu Xi looked at Jiang Fan puzzled: "Does Concubine Jiang mean the matter of the Western Suburbs Courtyard?" ”

Looking at Chu Xi's surprised appearance, Jiang Fan was also puzzled in her heart, she was now in a state of confusion, and she didn't have the heart to care if Chu Xi really knew, besides, how could she, a boudoir lady, know such secrets of the royal family.

Jiang Fan gently wiped away his tears and looked at her with a smile: "Thank you, I came here today to be a lobbyist for the eighth master, but now I will ask you a word, are you really willing to marry Lin Shizi instead of the eighth master?" ”

Seeing her ask like this, Chu Xi chuckled: "Yes." ”

After receiving her answer, Jiang Fan also spit out some of the sullen anger in his heart and stood up: "I still have something to do, so I will go back first, and I will come back to look for you in the future." ”

"Mother, go slowly." Chu Ji and the others got up and saluted, Jiang Fan turned around and walked for a while, and then turned to look at Yun Songyi: "Miss Yun family, today's matter"

"The courtiers won't reveal a word." Yun Songyi said busily.

Jiang Fan laughed at this time, turned his head and left Ruyi Fang.

After the people left, Yun Songyi breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the stool and poured a cup of tea: "Are these princesses like this?" speaks in a roundabout way, insisting on asking others to guess what she means. ”

Chu Ji looked at her with a smile: "Whether you marry the prince or the prince, if you speak straightforwardly, you will be punished." ”

Yun Songyi was stunned, pursed her lips slightly, and turned her head to look at Chu Xi: "But the prince doesn't care about the government."

"Don't you really ask?"

Yun Songyi closed her mouth tightly, King Xiaoyao has been following the eldest prince, how could she not ask about the government, but she still said stiffly: "When the assistant prince takes that position in the future, he will definitely not ask about the court again." ”

Chu Xi smiled, and didn't persuade much, and if she went further, she would see Zhao Xunyan's true face.

Yun Songyi is a person who doesn't put things off in his heart, and as soon as Jiang Fan leaves, he pulls Chu Xi to happily pick out clothes and jewelry, and stays until almost noon, and then goes to Jinghua Building.

This time, she deliberately paid early to book a private room, so as soon as she entered the door, Xiao Er came over very enthusiastically: "Two upstairs, please, the things you ordered have been prepared." ”

Yun Songyi nodded hurriedly, and ran upstairs in two steps, but he almost bumped into the person who came down from the upstairs, and the two looked at each other, their eyes widened.

"Bearded!"

"Meat buns!"

When the two saw each other, they were like enemies, and their eyes were red.

"Come on, bring me my mouse!" Yun Songyi smiled evilly.

Zheng Yun twitched his face and jumped directly from the guardrail: "Good men don't fight with meat buns!" With that, he walked away and disappeared.

"Coward." Yun Songyi muttered and continued to go up, Chu Xi turned his head to look at Zheng Yun who was lying by the door watching the movement outside, the corners of his mouth hooked, he was the eldest prince on his face, but he was actually doing things for Lin Qingyu, so what is Lin Qingyu's identity, is he really just an ordinary prince of the Hou Mansion?

Thinking like this, Chu Xi still followed Yun Songyi to the private room.

After entering the private room, Yun Songyi hurriedly pulled Chu Xi to sit down, and there was already a large table of food on the table, as well as a pot of wine.

"I drink, you drink tea, let's not get drunk and don't return!" Yun Songyi looked happy.

Chu Xi chuckled, glanced at the green sprouts, the green sprouts bowed, and stepped forward to pick up the teapot and pour tea for Chu Zang, but first poured a cup for Yun Songyi: "You can also drink tea, if you go back and ask Mrs. Yun to find out that you are drinking, you will not be allowed to play with my young lady again." Green Sprouts said. The powder from the palms of my hands was also sprinkled into the teacup.

Yun Songyi frowned: "That's right, that's it, just drink tea." After that, he picked up the teacup and raised his glass to Chu Xi proudly, raised his hand and took a sip.

The medicinal powder prepared by Green Sprouts took effect slowly, and Yun Songyi ate something for a while before she felt that the upper eyelids and lower eyelids were fighting: "Why do I feel so sleepy." ”

"There's a warm couch over there, let's go rest for a while." Chu Xi said with a smile.

Yun Songyi really couldn't hold it anymore, so she had to look at Chu Xi apologetically, got up and leaned into the warm couch in the compartment and fell asleep.

"You all serve Yi'er here, I'll sit outside." Chu Xi instructed Yun Songyi's side to the maid.

Those maids naturally responded, but Green Sprout closed the door of the inner room and came out, bowing his head to Chu Xi: "Miss, this medicine powder can't last half an hour." ”

Chu Ji bowed her head, turned her head and walked out of the private room.

Out of Jinghua Building, there was already a carriage waiting on the side, and Lu Tan also changed into a men's dress, and handed her another set of clothes in his hand: "Miss, quickly change into it." ”

"Well, we only have half an hour, let's go."

"Hmm." Green sandalwood chin.

Outside the gate of Jingzhao Mansion, a group of people were watching, and the small tea sheds nearby were also full, today was the day when the eldest son of the Chu family made his judgment, and they naturally wanted to watch such a good show.

At the door of the tea shed sat two thin men with hats, each with a bowl of tea in front of them, but they had no intention of drinking.

"Childe, I asked, it seems that the horse that kicked the dead man was set on fire that day. However, the witnesses are all there, and the eldest prince will definitely die this time. Green Sandalwood said in a low voice.

Chu Xi looked at the door of the mansion and shook her head slightly: "Not necessarily." "Even if Jing Zhaoyin is strict, several princes will not interfere this time, but now Chu Bingsong will definitely do his best to protect this son. Chu Qitai is very likely to escape death, but fortunately, he killed Jing Zhaoyin's son, and the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime is afraid that it will be difficult to escape.

In the public court at this time, the chief judge was Dali Siqing, Han Min was the deputy judge, and Chu Bingsong was sitting on the side to observe.

Chu Qitai looked depressed, with heavy shackles on his body, kneeling on the ground, his eyes were blank.

"Prisoner, you are guilty!"

A smile appeared at the corner of Chu Qitai's mouth: "Guilty." ”

In the past, Chu Qitai was noisy and noisy, and dared to threaten Han Min, but now he didn't refute anything, everyone felt a little strange, and before Han Min could ask more, Chu Bingsong had already stood up: "It was my son who harmed Lord Han's young son, and now Lord Han will pay for his life, even if I only have this one sister-in-law under my knees, I can only blame my godson for having no way, and I can't blame others." ”

Han Min frowned, he naturally wanted to pay for his life, but the presiding judge smiled and said: "Lord Chu, Chu Qitai is manslaughter, not intentional murder, according to the law of our dynasty, you don't need to pay for one life."

"Your Excellency!" Han Min was so angry that his face turned pale: "This son has made a lot of nonsense many times before, and he has no remorse at all, and he dares to threaten the minister that he will destroy the Chen family, such a vicious person, can he still spare his life!" ”

"Lord Han, don't worry." The presiding judge's face turned cold: "When did this official say that he would spare his life, but the crime he committed was unintentional, and you said that he threatened you, why didn't I hear a word today?" I see that he is full of remorse, why can't you give people a chance to repent and mend themselves? ”

Han Min had a red eye: "I'll give him a chance to repent and mend himself, who will give my young son a chance to live again!" ”

"Ridiculous, Lord Han, I think you have to take someone's life because of personal vendettas." Dali Siqing snorted and directly patted the shocked wood: "The case of kicking the dead in Chuqitai Market, because it was an unintentional move, and sometimes there is remorse, and I am grateful to change it when I know my mistakes, which is very good." Therefore, Chu Qitai was sentenced to exile for 3,000 li to avoid the death penalty! ”

"Thank you, sir!" Chu Qitai hurriedly bowed his head and saluted, and there was a sigh outside the hall, and the chief judge also bowed his hand to Chu Bingsong: "Prime Minister, the eldest prince was exiled to the north, which is a bitter cold place, you go back this time to prepare more clothes, and I will let the escorted servants take it for the prince when I go back, so as not to suffer along the way." ”

Chu Bingsong arched his hand to him gratefully: "Thank you, I'll send you." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Dali Siqing hurriedly smiled, and the two went out with a smile.

After everyone left, Chu Qitai got up from the ground and looked at Han Min with a sneer: "It's just a stinky boy, if you die, you're dead, you're on the line like this, you're so tossed, you have good fruit to eat when you turn around!" With that, he turned around and left.

Han Min was so angry that his heart ached. A mouthful of blood spit out directly.

When Lu Tan heard the result of everyone's discussion, he was so angry: "It's really not good, I'm going to kill this bastard, so as to eliminate harm for the people." ”

Chu Xi smiled: "Don't worry, wouldn't it be cheaper to kill him like this." ”

"What does that Childe mean?" Green sandalwood was puzzled.

Chu Xi chuckled: "You have been following Chu Qitai day and night in the past few days, and you will definitely make great discoveries." ”

"Hmmm! The minions must have stared at him intently. Green sandalwood gritted her teeth.

Chu Xi smiled and looked at the time: "Go to Yonghua Lane." ”

"What are you doing in Yonghua Lane?" Lu Tan was puzzled, Chu Xi looked at the muddy tea in the tea bowl, and chuckled: "Naturally, I want to muddy the water a little more." ”

At this time, in the Chu Mansion, when she heard that Chu Xi had gone out, Chu Dai'er's face sank, she planned to use Qin Xue's mother and daughter to deal with Chu Xi, but she didn't want to be countered by her.

"Miss, the two girls sent by the eldest lady outside are here." Outside the house, Yahuan walked straight in, but saw Chu Dai'er sitting in front of the dresser with a black and red poisonous scorpion on the back of her hand, and she was about to scream when she opened her mouth, but she saw that Chu Dai'er didn't know what to say. A bunch of poisonous insects crawled out of the corner of the room, and surrounded the girl in the middle.

Chu Dai'er looked at the poisonous scorpion on the back of her hand and asked lightly, "Didn't I tell you that you are not allowed to enter the house without my permission?" ”

"Little, Miss, slave maid didn't mean it" Yahuan's face turned pale.

The corners of Chu Dai'er's mouth rose bloody, and she changed her usual gentle and gentle atmosphere to become full of anger: "But you already know my secret, what should you do?" ”

"The slave won't say it" Before Yahuan finished speaking, the poisonous scorpion in Chu Daier's hand had been thrown on Yahuan's face, and the poisonous tail of the scorpion pierced directly into Yahuan's face, and overnight, Yahuan's eyes widened in pain, and she bled to death.

Looking at the person who fell to the ground, Chu Dai'er walked over slowly, and let the scorpion crawl into her clothes along her hand again: "Only the dead will never betray me." Chu Dai'er smiled, looked outside the house, and walked out.

In the capital, a blue-gray carriage came to a stop in front of an alley that looked quite spacious. There is a big stone at the mouth of the alley, on which are engraved with three big characters 'Yonghua Lane'.

Bai's elder brother's name is Bai Wu, he is lazy on weekdays, but he is quite a regular person, even if Bai is the Duchess of Dingguo, he usually does not dare to make a mistake, because he knows in his heart what his sister's identity used to be, but it is a lot of money to squander money, after all, everyone knows that the Dingguo Mansion is rich. It's just that as soon as Qin Fei died, the Bai family seemed to have lost their souls, and Qin Xun's family also began to take charge of the family, so Bai Wu and his wife were not having a good time.

At the door of a restaurant at the mouth of Yonghua Alley, Xiao Er beckoned two big men and threw people out: "If you don't have money, you can still come to eat, go back and ask for food!" ”

Bai Wu was indignant: "Do you know who my sister is? ”

"I know, who doesn't know, Duchess Dingguo." Xiao Er smiled, and everyone laughed too.

Bai Wu's face turned blue with anger and turned red for a while: "You wait for me, wait for me"

"Sensei waited. You can go to the Dingguo Mansion and call someone to arrest us all now, hahaha. Xiao Er sneered.

Seeing this, Bai Wu had to pull his wife and children back.

"Dad, are we going to eat roast duck today?" Bai Wu's stupid son asked.

Bai Wu glared at him angrily: "You are a pig, you know how to eat and eat all day long!" ”

A few people walked forward angrily, but they saw two little boys walking in front of them, Bai Wu didn't care, but he heard their conversation when he passed by them.

"Really? Is the second lady of the Dingguo Mansion really the hand of the wife of the Chu family? ”

"It's not, otherwise how could it be so coincidental, just when the prince of Dingguo returned home, Mrs. Bai was called out, and the second lady died when she came back. Let me tell you, that day I saw that in Jinghua Building, Mrs. Chu and Shi Ziye were eating there, it must be a plot to do this. ”

Bai Wu followed behind, hearing this, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly stepped forward to pull them, but he didn't expect that one of them would be able to martial arts, and as soon as he raised his hand, he pushed Bai Wu away for more than ten steps.

"What do you do? Did you hear what we were talking about? One of the little men with a hat said.

Bai Wu's eyes rolled, and he shook his head hurriedly: "No, no, I just saw that the two uncles are a little similar to the younger brothers in the family, and they recognize the wrong person, the wrong person." Bai Wu hurriedly smiled.

Seeing this, the two sons turned around and left in a hurry.

Bai Wu watched the two of them leave, then gritted his teeth and looked back at his daughter-in-law: "You take the child back first, and I will go to the Dingguo Mansion." With that, he hurried to the Dingguo Mansion.

Seeing Bai Wu leave, the two of them walked out.

Lu Tan looked at Chu Xi on the side: "Miss, you said that the Bai family heard this, can it work?" ”

"I don't know, let's give it a try." Chu Xi smiled faintly, looked at the hour, and frowned slightly: "Hurry back to Jinghua Building." ”

At this time, in the Jinghua Building, Yun Songyi stood on the side with a red face, and as soon as Chu Xi came in, he saw Zhao Xunyan who was sitting on the edge of the bed looking at the scenery, his palms were slightly tight, and he stepped forward to salute.

"Miss Fang Caiyun is looking for you everywhere, so this king will come over to help take a look." Zhao Xunyan seemed to be explaining why he was here.

Yun Songyi saw Chu Ji and looked worried: "Sister Ji'er, where have you been, I'm worried about death." ”

Chu Xi looked at the green sprouts standing on the side with her head down, and said, "I seemed to have something left in Ruyifang, so I went to Ruyifang, and when I came back, I saw that the fat powder in the rouge shop on the side of the road was good, so I went down and bought two boxes." Chu Xi took out the two boxes of fat powder she had just bought from her sleeve and said, "You are suitable for peach blossom powder, I bought a box for you, you can try it." ”

The worry in Yun Songyi's eyes finally fell: "I'm scared to death, next time you are not allowed to leave alone, and Yahuan will not bring one." ”

"Green Shoots, this girl is always in charge of me, I finally came out for a trip, so I naturally want to walk around freely." Chu Xi said with a smile.

Yun Songyi completely believed her, and turned his head to look at Zhao Xunyan: "Thank you, Lord Wang." Zhao Xunyan looked at Chu Ji with interest: "I can't see that Miss Chu is such a naughty character." ”

Chu Xi felt a burst of disgust for no reason, and her face turned cold: "How long will the prince sit here?" ”

"Are you the king of this rush?" Zhao Xunyan hooked the corners of his mouth.

"The courtiers don't dare, if the prince likes this private room, we won't bother." Chu Xi said, pulled Yun Songyi and was about to leave, Yun Songyi was a little reluctant, but she also noticed that Chu Song seemed to dislike King Xiaoyao very much, so she didn't say much.

Zhao Xunyan didn't stop anyone, and watched them leave, before he raised his hand: "Go and find out where she went." ”

"Yes."

"And." Zhao Xunyan said again: "Go and find out which fat powder shop she just said and which one she bought." ”

The attendant looked at Zhao Xunyan, who had never been close to women, a little strangely, nodded, and turned his head to leave.

Chu Ji and Yun Songyi went out, and there was a spacious carriage waiting at the door, and a girl with a strange face stepped forward: "Miss Yun, let's go back first, my master wants to meet Miss Chu." ”

"Your master?" Yun Songyi worriedly protected Chu Xi behind her, Chu Xi looked at the waist card faintly exposed on her waist, and raised her eyebrows slightly: "Yi'er, you go back first, it's an old friend of mine." ”

"But"

"Don't worry. It's going to be fine. Chu Xi said with a smile.

Seeing this, Yun Songyi left.

Chu Xi got into the carriage, and before she could speak, she was taken into an embrace: "Take you to meet someone." ”

"Zheng Yun?"

"Clever." Lin Qingyu bent his eyes, looked at Chu Xi, who was slightly tense, and let her go with a chuckle: "Do you need me to transfer two more people to your side?" ”

Chu Xi looked at his eyes and skimmed slightly: "Not for the time being." ”

Lin Qing's foolish eyes were full of loss, and when Chu Xi saw this, he frowned slightly: "If necessary, I will look for you." ”

Lin Qingyu's loss was swept away: "Hmm." ”

Chu Xi's heart was slightly relieved, but he immediately reacted, he was pretending to be pitiful to himself.

Before Chu Ji was about to get angry, Lin Qingyu smiled again: "Do you remember Zhang Yushi who saved you in the nunnery?" ”

"What's wrong with him?" Chu Xi naturally remembered that Zhang Yushi was honest and upright and dared to speak, but sooner or later such a character would cause trouble, in his previous life, he only vaguely heard that he seemed to have returned to his hometown early, I don't know if the ending will be changed after offending Chu Bingsong in this life.

"He's dead." Lin Qingyu said. Chu Ji's heart was tormented, could it be because of himself, his rebirth changed some things, and also changed his fate.

As if knowing Chu Xi's worries, Lin Qingyu took her cold little hand and put it in the palm of her hand: "The government said that it was a suicide, but as far as I know, he is preparing to participate in the excerpt of the eldest prince to do evil things." ”

Chu Xi felt the warmth of his palm, and then lowered his eyebrows, his eyes were slightly red: "Then what?" ”

"The emperor ordered me to investigate, but the emperor felt guilty about King Xiaoyao because of what happened back then, as long as King Xiaoyao didn't jump out, he would be fine." Lin Qingyu sighed slightly.

"Zhang Yushi's death is for the people, and the emperor is for personal feelings." A hint of sarcasm appeared on Chu Xi's face.

Lin Qingyu raised his hand and gently rubbed her little head: "Royal affairs, if you really want to get involved, what you have seen is really more bloody than this, so it is better to have an innocent Hou Mansion like me." Right? ”

Chu Xi listened to her words and laughed helplessly: "Yes." ”

Lin Qingyu's eyes narrowed like a fox again: "Well, you little brain will always remember this." ”

Chu Xi glanced at him with a smile, and when she talked to him, she seemed to be able to relax forever, and she didn't have to worry about guessing what he was thinking and what his purpose was. If you like it, you will say that you like it, and if you dislike it, you will say that you are disgusted, and you will go straight to it.

The carriage walked for a while before stopping, and when Chu Xi came out, he looked back at Lin Qingyu in surprise, and saw him smile and said, "My secret little bamboo forest." ”

Chu Xi looked back at the bamboo forest again, it was verdant and mist, and it was so misty that he couldn't see what was inside at all.

"Young lady, please inside." Two maids stepped forward.

Chu Xi turned his head to look at Lin Qingyu, who was coughing gently, Lin Qingyu hurriedly used his inner to calm the discomfort in his body, and also got out of the carriage, stepped forward and took Chu Xi's hand: "Follow my footsteps." Remember the footwork I walked. ”

Chu Xi blinked, followed Lin Qingyu and walked in, only to find that this was a cave.

A few natural hot spring pools, a small courtyard made of bamboo and thatch, the courtyard is full of flowers, a bearded man is sitting at the bamboo and rattan table in the courtyard drinking tea, seeing Chu Xi coming, he hurriedly got up and saluted: "The last general Zheng Yun, see the young lady." ”

Chu Ji looked at Lin Qingyu puzzled, but Lin Qingyu smiled and took off her cloak for her, and said with a smile: "Zheng Yun is now the confidant of the eldest prince, if you want to protect the Yang family, you can let Zheng Yun help you." ”

Chu Xi's heart warmed slightly, and Zheng Yun looked at Chu Xi with a smile: "Fortunately, the young lady didn't bring the meat bun over, that girl is really fierce." ”

Lin Qingyu said: "Miss Yun is polite to good-looking people, if you want her to treat you well, let's shave your beard first." ”

Zheng Yun hurriedly waved his hand: "I've been wearing this beard for several years, so I won't shave it for a little girl." ”

Chu Xi sat down. looked at Zheng Yun: "General Zheng does he know how the eldest prince will deal with the Yang family next?" ”

"Well, I'm here today for this too." Zheng Yun paused: "The eldest prince plans to accept the Yang family's young lady who has been kept at home as a side concubine. ”

Chu Xi frowned: "Yang Ying? ”

"Hmm." Zheng Yun bowed: "I originally planned to marry Meat Bun, but I was disturbed by you, and the daughter of the Chu family was reluctant to be the concubine, so this idea hit the Yang Mansion." ”

"Didn't the Yang Mansion always dislike the power of the eldest prince?" Chu Xi said, according to the temper of the old general of the Yang family, he would definitely not agree.

"General Yang doesn't like it, but it doesn't mean that Miss Yang doesn't like it? Besides, if the eldest prince really asked people to come to the door to say and ask for marriage, if the Yang family dared to refuse, wouldn't it be a slap in the face of the eldest prince's mansion, and the eldest prince would have even more reason to target them. Zheng Yun said.

Chu Xi frowned: "General Zheng came this time, do you have other ideas?" ”

"Hehe, young lady, I have this idea, one, let the meat bun settle down for a few days and get married. The eldest prince will not fight this idea, second, then you have to think of a way, let the young lady of the Yang family quickly finalize the marriage, if the eldest prince still dares to come to ask for marriage, he will slap himself in the face. Zheng Yun said with a smile.

Chu Xi suddenly remembered something, and chuckled: "No, there is a third way." ”

"What's the solution?" Zheng Yun asked hurriedly, while Lin Qingyu was leisurely drinking tea on the side, looking at Chu Xi's eyes full of smiles.

Chu Xi smiled: "But I need General Zheng to do me a favor." ”

"Young lady, please say, what's the matter?" Zheng Yun said curiously.

The corners of Chu Ji's mouth raised, and she whispered a few words to Zheng Yun, Zheng Yun looked at Chu Ji in surprise: "Young lady, can you do this trick?" ”

Chu Xi hooked the corners of her mouth: "Don't worry." ”

Zheng Yun looked at Chu Xi's determined appearance and smiled: "Okay, then I'll wait for the news of the young lady." ”

"Hmm." Chu Ji bowed his head, paused, and said, "Isn't the eldest prince still not suspicious of King Xiaoyao?" ”

"Suspicion." Zheng Yun said: "But the eldest prince is suspicious. But he doesn't have much wisdom, he has always thought of some crooked ways, and now there are so many people in the court to help him, and it is all by the King of Ease, so he will not be able to do anything about King Xiaoyao before he has conclusive evidence, and I suspect that in the stupid mind of the eldest prince, he still thinks that he has mastered the King of Ease. ”

Chu Xi raised her eyebrows slightly: "I see." ”

"The Eighth Prince has begun to suspect the King of Ease, but the King of Freedom is more scheming than the two princes." Lin Qingyu said on the side: "The eighth prince is smart and has means, but his heart is not as ruthless as the eldest prince, nor is he as ruthless as the king of leisure, this is his biggest weakness, but it is also his biggest strength." He has been playing with Zhao Xuanyi since he was a child, so he naturally knows his temperament, but it is his character that makes him more suitable to be an emperor in this peaceful and prosperous era.

"What about Concubine Su. Do you know that Jane Niang is already helping the Easy King? Chu Ji said, but before the words came out, Zheng Yun was stunned: "Zhen Niang! ”

Lin Qingyu's face was also a little solemn: "Are you sure it's Zhenniang?" ”

Chu Xi bowed: "It's her, but I don't know what her relationship is with the emperor, why the emperor is for her" Chu Xi suddenly stopped talking, the emperor repeatedly let go of Zhao Xunyan for the sake of Zhenniang happened in his previous life, and it hasn't happened yet.

Lin Qingyu looked at Chu Xi and did not continue to ask: "She is Princess Huaiyang." ”

Chu Xi's face is even more gloomy, Princess Huaiyang, the emperor's half-sister, but she has been talented since she was a child, and her appearance has inherited all the advantages of her parents, it is rumored that her husband was killed after she married at the age of sixteen, she was taken back to the palace by the emperor to raise, and she never came out to see anyone, but the emperor seems to have different feelings for this sister.

"Could it be that Princess Huaiyang's husband back then was sent by the emperor" Zheng Yun asked, Lin Qingyu's face was a little heavy: "This matter must not be mentioned to anyone." ”

Looking at his expression, Chu Xi knew that he had guessed, but he only felt that the royal family was dirty.

"No wonder." The doubts in Chu Xi's heart were finally opened, including why Zhen Niang had been living on the outskirts of the city but could still be regarded as a treasure by the emperor, why Zhao Xunyan had made heinous mistakes again and again, as long as Zhen Niang came forward, the emperor could still open the net, it turned out that it was because the emperor had such dirty thoughts about her, and he also killed her young husband.

"Ji'er, you should protect the Yang family first." Lin Qingyu smiled lightly.

When Chu Xi saw his smile, he realized that his hands were unconsciously clutching his clothes again.

Lin Qingyu looked at her and said with a smile: "It's not too early, I'll send you back to the house first." ”

"Hmm." Chu Xi also stood up, she also needed to go back and think about it, she had planned to use the eldest prince to bring down King Xiaoyao, but now it seems that it is impossible at all, with Zhen Niang, Zhao Xunyan is equivalent to having the support of the emperor.

"What are you thinking?" Lin Qingyu looked at Chu Xi, who had a calm little face, and asked.

Chu Xi woke up and found that the person was already sitting in the carriage.

Seeing that Chu Ji didn't say anything, Lin Qingyu didn't ask much, only rubbed her eyebrows, wanting to rub the yin between her eyebrows: "I still remember when I was in the cell, you were like this, indifferently and didn't want anyone to get close." ”

Chu Xi's eyes moved slightly, and she raised her eyes to look at him, but she fell into his gentle and doting eyes, and her ears couldn't help but be slightly hot.

Lin Qingyu said: "Are you thinking about the King of Escape?" ”

Chu Xi's face was a little panicked, and when she wanted to explain, she heard Lin Qingyu say: "It's okay to think about him, anyway, you are the one who wants to marry me, I know that you don't know me well, and you may not like me very much, and when we get along deeply in the future, you will like it, I promise." ”

Chu Xi's little face turned red, it was clear that she was not a girl with a spring, but when she heard him say this, she still felt that her face was hot: "Did you laugh like this with other girls before?" ”

"Other girls? Do you mean when Lin Fu wears women's clothes? Lin Qingyu said, there was a sudden cough outside, and Chu Xi chuckled: "Lin Fu has a time when he wears women's clothes?" ”

"Naturally, once I made a bet with someone and lost, so I wore a woman's dress and served me for a day, and I didn't dare to open my eyes that day." Lin Qingyu naturally fished Chu Xi in his arms and smiled: "One more time"

The two talked and laughed like this, and after a short time the carriage stopped at the corner to the Prime Minister's Mansion, where the carriage of the Prime Minister's Mansion was listening, and the coachmen seemed to be asleep.

"Go ahead, if something can't be solved, let someone deliver a letter." Lin Qingyu looked at the person in front of him, although he seemed cold and detached, he had an unknown kindness in his heart.

Chu Ji bowed her head, and before leaving, she still opened her mouth: "Is your injury better?" ”

Lin Qingyu bent his eyes: "If you ask me like this every day, I will be fine immediately." ”

Chu Xi looked at him like a scoundrel again, blinked, turned his head and got out of the carriage.

Lu Ya saw that it was Chu Xi, and then she was relieved: "Miss, are you okay?" ”

"It's fine." Look at the sleeping coachman. Get into the carriage: "Wake them up and go back." ”

"Hey." The green sprouts answered and woke up the coachman, and the two coachmen thought that they had accidentally fallen asleep while driving the carriage, so they didn't dare to say a word and hurriedly drove the carriage away.

Seeing Chu Xi's carriage leaving, Lin Qingyu regained his cold expression: "Go to the Eighth Prince's Mansion." ”

In Chu Mansion, it seems that there is no very sad atmosphere, and it seems that Chu Qitai was sentenced to exile, which is not a thing worth being sad about.

After Chu Ji returned to the house, she went to the old lady to invite An and went back to the Zhujin Pavilion, Chunzhi stepped forward to untie Chu Xi's cloak, and brought hot tea, before he smiled: "Miss can be regarded as having a good time today?" ”

Chu Ji smiled, noncommittal, Lu Ya saw that there was another bouquet of plum blossoms in the room, and asked with a smile: "Sister Chunzhi still went to pick plum blossoms?" ”

Chunzhi looked at the plum blossom, turned his head and took a small box: "This plum blossom was brought by my cousin, and this box is said to be a makeup gift for the girl." ”

"How can anyone give a makeup gift so early?" Green Shoots are puzzled. Chu Ji glanced at the small box: "That's it, let it go." ”

"Do you want to give it back?" Harue asked.

Chu Xi thought for a while: "No need. "Li Xiao has a tendon, and now that he is cold, he should not make any more mistakes.

After receiving the order, Chunzhi stopped mentioning this: "By the way, the eldest lady sent two girls to the courtyard of the fourth lady today, and when she heard about it, she killed a girl in the courtyard of the fourth lady." ”

"Killed?" Chu Xi was puzzled, looked at the green sprouts in a trance, and frowned slightly: "The green sprouts will go down and rest first." ”

Lu Ya looked up at Chu Xi, nodded slightly red and retreated.

Chunzhi then said: "I heard that it was killed, but when the body of the maid was carried away, the slave maid saw it, and it was black, and it looked like she had died of poisoning." ”

"What does the eldest lady say?" Chu Xi took a sip of tea.

"The eldest lady didn't say anything, as if she didn't pay attention to it at all, but the second lady went to take a look, but as soon as she saw the corpse, she hurriedly asked people to cover it." Chunzhi Road.

Chu Dai thought slightly, it stands to reason that Chu Dai'er is not such an impatient and reckless person. Qin Xue just sent someone over and killed someone in her courtyard, ordinary people knew that there was a problem when they thought about it, and the strange thing was that they died of poisoning.

"I heard that the master was going to search the fourth lady's room that day, and the fourth miss also obstructed it in every way." Chunzhi is as secretive as a deep way.

Chu Ji thought for a while: "Don't inquire about this matter anymore, and don't tell others about it again, just act as if it never happened, you know?" Chu Ji advised, now Chu Dai'er is doing this, there must be other reasons, maybe it has something to do with her room, and her methods are vicious, if she knows that Chunzhi is investigating, something will definitely happen.

Chunzhi knew that Chu Xi was for her own good, so she nodded hurriedly: "Then the slave went down first." ”

"Hmm." Chu Ji bowed her head, looking at the freshly picked plum blossoms, her eyes were a little deep.

Chu Xi was thinking about it, and Xiao Fu'er came outside: "Girl, Aunt Yanxue is here quietly." ”

"Quietly?" Chu Xi stood up: "Let her in." ”

Xiao Fu'er bowed his head. Busy bringing people in.

Chu Xi saw Yanxue who wrapped himself tightly in a cloak and asked, "But something happened to Brother Hong?" ”

"It's not." Yan Xue only finished speaking, and noticed that something was wrong in this room: "Someone in your room has been drugged." ”

Chu Xi was puzzled, but saw Yanxue turn her head to stare at the plum blossoms in the blue and white porcelain vase, and her face was slightly tight: "Who put this here?" ”

"What's wrong?" Xiao Fu'er also asked.

"There is poison on this plum blossom." Yan Xue said as she tore off the plum blossom petals and put them in the tea on the side, and after a while, she saw that the tea began to become turbid: "In the past, Wang Gui was always worried that I would be harmed, and he showed me a lot of this kind of poison. ”

Chu Xi looked at the plum blossom branch and was fascinated: "What will happen if I get this poison?" ”

Yanxue was slightly stunned: "This is a chronic poison, you estimate that this plum blossom will be thrown away after ten days, the impact is not very big, but if it is left for a long time, it can cause infertility." ”

"So vicious!" Xiao Fu'er glared, if the woman is unable to give birth, she will not be allowed to come back from her husband's house.

Chu Ji thought for a while: "Xiao Fu'er, go and take out the small box sent by Li Gongzi." ”

"Hey." Xiao Fu'er responded and went to bring the small box, Chu Xi looked at the inky black box, paused, and raised his hand to open the box. Behind him, a dagger suddenly flew and hit the box, and the box fell to the ground, and the poisonous insects in the place suddenly crawled away.

(Battlefield Literature)