Inside the Duanxiang Courtyard

Murong Tuo sat on the stone bench and closed his eyes to recuperate, Duan Linxiu was a little drunk, and he also sat and drank several cups of strong tea to relieve his hangover.

Duan Rubian and Duan Xuan stood at the back of the crowd. Duan Xuan looked around and saw that no one was looking at her, and asked in a low voice, "Can this method really be done......?"

"Rest assured. Duan Rubian interrupted her next words, her eyes were as indifferent as water, and she didn't see the slightest confusion, "Even if there is a problem, Murong Tuo will only help you, not hurt you." ”

"But you just said ...... "Murong Tuo and Yue Zhaoyi joined forces to harm her."

Duan Xuan didn't finish speaking, when she saw that someone came from outside the courtyard again, she was immediately silent, Duan Rubian raised her eyes and looked, and saw Xiao Xuan leading a few people into the courtyard, and the grandmother beside her reminded Murong Tuo that she had just found out that Xiao Xuan was coming, and a touch of coolness crossed her eyes. ”

"No courtesy. Xiao Yu helped Murong Tuo up, and then aroused others, and glanced at Murong Tuo a few times with pretended worry, "What the hell is going on, your face is so bad." ”

"The concubine is fine, but she is a little shocked. Although Murong Tuo knew that he was pretending, there was still a ripple in his heart, and he responded with a smile, "How can the emperor come here, it's unlucky here, the concubine asked Gui Zhi to tell the emperor that she wanted the emperor to return to the palace first." ”

"How could I leave you first? Xiao Yu said earnestly, patted the back of Murong Tuo's hand, and then turned his head to look at Duan Lin Xiu, "What the hell is going on?"

"Back to the emperor, the minister's fourth daughter suddenly had a miscarriage for some reason, and the mother couldn't help but bump into it when she was in the house, which was the minister's fault. Duan Linxiu almost woke up, knelt down and kowtowed, and said slowly, Duan Xuan took a deep breath, walked out of the crowd with a worried face, and knelt down behind Duan Linxiu

"Back to the emperor, it's the courtier's fault, the mother wants to chat with the courtiers to bump into such an unlucky thing, if the emperor wants to condemn the crime, then surrender to the courtiers!" she said neither humbly nor arrogantly, her thin figure rose to protect when she looked at people, Murong Tuo obviously saw the pity in Xiao Yu's eyes, and his watery eyes darkened in an instant.

“...... Miss Duan Wu didn't want to be in such a hurry to take all the responsibility on herself, it was nothing more than the whim of the palace, and besides, the palace was not frightened, so it was not in the way. Murong Tuo turned around, motioned for Duan Xuan to get up, and smiled to help her hide the broken hair hanging from the side of her ear behind her ear.

Duan Xuan only felt that she touched her face coldly, and couldn't help but shiver.

"But it's cold, why are you shivering?" Xiao Zhi kept staring at her, naturally she didn't miss this scene, Cao Zhi heard this, hurriedly trotted up, put the cloak in his hand on Duan Xuan, Duan Xuan narrowed her eyes slightly, and seemed to look at Xiao Xuan inadvertently, and couldn't help but blush, "Thank you for taking care of ...... emperor."

The smile on Murong Tuo's face gradually faded, and the hand that helped Duan Xuan was also taken back, and it was held in the abdomen, Xiao Xuan nodded, and did not say anything. Shui Shi glanced at Duan Xuan and Xiao Xuan a few times, and suddenly seemed to understand, biting his lower lip tightly.

Suddenly, there was movement in the room, and a grandmother rushed out in a panic, knelt down in front of everyone, and "returned...... Back to the master, the child...... Child...... No ......."

had long expected that it would be the result now, Duan Linxiu did not show any surprise, Duan Xuan pursed his mouth, and tears fell in an instant.

Before he could say anything, he saw Aunt Wang rushing out like crazy, coming up to Duan Xuan, and giving her a slap without saying a word, Murong Tuo was startled, Duan Linxiu was also shocked, and hurriedly shouted someone to tear her away and slapped her, "The emperor and queen are here, how dare you be so presumptuous!

"Master-" The grandmother beside Aunt Wang knelt on the ground, crying and wiping away tears, "The master wronged the aunt, the aunt is also a daughter, the fifth miss, how did the fourth miss of my family offend you, why did you want to harm the child in her belly, it was just a child!"

Duan Xuan pretended to be surprised, took a few steps back and was helped steady by Cao Zhi, before she said, "Mama, what are you talking about, I have no grievances with the fourth sister, why do I want to harm the fourth sister, aunt, Mama, you misunderstood......

"It was the fourth miss who said it herself, when the fourth miss met the fifth miss in the pavilion, but it was then that she stepped on a round bead and fell down the steps, fifth miss, isn't this the bead you put away!" the old lady complained loudly.

Xiao Yu's face was well understood, and he strode forward and kicked over his grandmother, shouting, "Cheap girl, with just a few beads, you will frame her, come to someone, drag it down and beat it again!"

"The emperor has evidence!" the old slave has evidence!" the grandmother took out a bead from her waist with trembling hands and raised it to show everyone. Duan Xuan was taken aback, raised her hand to touch her waist, and found that the beads on her waist didn't know when it was torn off.

Duan Xuan hurriedly knelt down and cried, "Your Majesty, father, the courtiers have been wronged! The courtiers don't know when this bead fell! The courtiers really don't have the intention of harming the fourth sister!"

"My young lady is wronged! My young lady didn't harm the fourth lady!" Cao Zhi also knelt down, and the master and servant were so pitiful.

Duan Rufang's lowered eyes suddenly lifted, and he walked forward.

Rong Qi was observing Duan Rufang's reaction, and when he saw that she had already stepped forward, he knew what was unusual about this matter, and his originally lazy appearance became serious, and when he saw this, he sighed quietly, I really don't know if it is a blessing or a curse for him to like Duan Rufang.

"Your Majesty, the courtiers have something to report!" Duan Rufang knelt down upright, her eyes were indifferent, Xiao Yu knew that she had a good relationship with Duan Xuan, and she must have spoken for her, so she immediately motioned for her to get up and nodded, "Say." ”

Duan Rubian didn't speak in a hurry, but slowly turned to Aunt Wang and the grandmother, and said coldly, "Auntie, grandmother, I don't know the fourth sister's fetus, how is it?"

"How else. Mama didn't understand the meaning of Duan Rufang's words, and when she was delaying time, she said indignantly, "It's not that it's gone, it's all the fifth miss!"

"Oh, really?" Duan Rubian took a few steps in front of her, and her plain eyes suddenly became cold, "This fetus ...... Is it really not today?"

The grandmother's eyes were a little evasive, and she stammered, "When ...... Of course...... Miss Three, what does this mean......"

"Father, the emperor, in fact, the fourth sister's child does not exist. Duan Rubian turned around and said seriously, Duan Linxiu was taken aback, "How come? The imperial doctor has seen it, Ruyi, you can't talk nonsense to save Xuan'er, this is the crime of bullying the king!"

The courtier's words must be well-founded. Duan Rubian was not in a hurry, and said slowly, "When Qu Yang first married the fourth sister, she was not happy with the fourth sister, so she ordered someone to put most of the absolute medicine in the medicinal diet she took every day, so it is impossible for the fourth sister to have children at all." At first, when the fourth sister was happy, the courtiers did not think of this, until one day they met her in the garden and accidentally touched her wrist, and the courtiers noticed that there was no joy and did not learn about it. ”

"Nonsense! Master, Your Majesty, the third lady is talking nonsense to save the fifth miss! How can our young lady be infertile, if she has no children, how can we explain the blood on our descendants, and how can we explain the diagnosis of the imperial doctor!" The grandmother knelt down and stepped forward, showing the blood stains all over her body, and then cried, "My poor fourth miss! My poor little young master!"

"Since Mama is so sure that the fourth sister is pregnant, it is better to take out the child and take a look. Duan Rufang looked at her condescendingly, and with a wave of his robe, Qinghe quickly walked into the room, and came out with a blood basin in the middle of the night.

Murong Tuo couldn't bear to turn his head, and Xiao Linzi also leaned in with Xiao Yu and said, "Your Majesty, you can't look at such things." ”

"It doesn't matter. Xiao Yu glanced at Aunt Wang and the grandmother with a cold face, if the two of them talked nonsense and wanted to take the opportunity to harm Duan Xuan, he couldn't spare it!

There was only a pool of blood in the blood basin, and it seemed to be in the shape of a human in the middle, it was a little baby, and the grandmother knew that her hands and feet were very successful, and she immediately cried, "Third Miss, do you still want to open your eyes and talk nonsense? This is obviously the hard-working little master!

"The physician who checked the pulse was found. "Duan Ru is flawed. Xiao Yu's trust in her is here, no one dares not to listen to her, and immediately someone went to twist the imperial doctor, and the imperial doctor lifted his robe and saluted you first. After receiving the answer, he stood up, hung his head and did not speak.

Duan Rubian walked up to him and stretched out his hand, Qinghe clasped a thin silk handkerchief on her wrist and stepped aside, Duan Rubian said lightly, "I've not been feeling well recently, and I asked the imperial doctor to help me take a look, but there is something wrong." ”

“...... Be. "The imperial doctor is not easy to shirk, so he has to take the pulse, it doesn't matter, his face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly kowtowed a few times, "Your Majesty, master, Miss Duan San is a happy pulse!"

"What!" Duan Linxiu was particularly surprised, and Xiao Yu couldn't help but be stunned, but he saw Duan Rufang raise a smile, "The doctor is so confused, I'm still a yellow flower girl, how can I be happy?"

As she spoke, she unhurriedly exposed the palace sand on her other hand, and the imperial doctor was even more panicked, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, my lord, it's really a happy pulse, it's really a happy pulse!"

“...... Xiao Linzi, go and find Imperial Doctor Gong!" Xiao Yu commanded. Gonggong Lin didn't dare to slack off, and immediately went to ask Imperial Doctor Gong.

Imperial Doctor Gong is the head of the Tai Hospital, and he has good medical skills, so he came immediately when he heard that Xiao Yu summoned him.

"Go and check Miss Duan San's pulse. ”

"Yes. ”

Imperial Physician Gong took the pulse as usual, and after a while, he said, "Your Majesty, Miss Duan San's qi and blood are smooth, and there is nothing wrong. ”

"Oh, didn't Imperial Physician Gong bring out the happy pulse?" Duan Rujian still smiled, and glanced at the imperial doctor on the side at the end of his eyes, Imperial Doctor Gong smiled and stroked his beard, "What did Miss Duan San say, how could she not be able to take the happy pulse after practicing medicine for so many years." ”

"Quack!" Duan Linxiu kicked over the imperial doctor and scolded angrily. The grandmother's eyes were skeptical, and she immediately came up with a countermeasure, "Your Majesty, even if this imperial doctor mistook the pulse of the third lady, but the fourth lady of my family is really pregnant, otherwise where did this child come from, so it can only show that he is a quack, what can it say!"

As soon as the grandmother's voice fell, there were a few restless noises outside the door, and a little girl came panting, "Your Majesty, master...... Outside the door...... The door came out of the ...... A couple came, crying and crying to see ......"

The faces of Aunt Wang and the grandmother all changed, and in Xiao Zhen's eyes, Xiao Zhen almost understood, and sneered a few times, "Bring it in!"

After that, he glanced at Duan Lin Xiu, "Duan Aiqing, your back house is really restless......

"Let the emperor see the joke, the minister is guilty. The expression on Duan Linxiu's face was not good-looking. Xiao Yu motioned for Duan Xuan to get up, and comforted him with a few words, and Murong Tuo was very upset.

After a while, there was a cry outside the door, and a couple stumbled in, "I'm not selling! I'm not selling!

"Bold! I dare not kneel when I see the emperor!" Lin Gonggong shouted sharply, and the couple turned around, and the woman knelt down with a thud and kowtowed several times, "Your Majesty, the women of the people see the emperor and ask the emperor to make the decision for the women-"

"The grass people see the emperor—" The man also knelt down, supporting the woman's body with a worried face.

"What is the matter, you tell me slowly. Xiao Yu straightened his back, looking majestic.

"Your Majesty, the child conceived by the woman a few months ago had a miscarriage yesterday, and today the woman wanted to bury him, but who knew that this person in my family actually sold the child behind my back! No matter what, it is also my child! I beg the emperor, please ask the emperor to return the child to the woman!" The woman's head was bloody, and her face was full of tears.

The man also said bitterly, "It's all the grass people's eyes when they see the money, it's all the grass people's fault!"

"Who's the one who bought your child!" Xiao said.

The man looked at the courtyard, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he pointed to the grandmother and said, "It's her! She bought it! Just now, when I was about to bury the child for my family, she happened to appear and gave me a large sum of money, and the grass people also saw the money, but now they have figured it out and don't want to sell it!"

"How do you know that she is from the General's Mansion?" Murong Tuo interjected.

"The ticket she gave me had the seal of the General's Mansion on it. The man flipped out the silver ticket and handed it to Xiao Yu, who sneered three times and slapped the silver ticket on the table, "Come on! Drag this old pious woman out!"

"Don't! The emperor spares his life! The emperor spares his life!" The grandmother knew that the matter was exposed, and cried and begged for mercy, and was dragged down by the guards.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor's Ministers Know Their Mistakes!' The Imperial Physician suddenly knelt down and stepped forward, "It was only when the ministers saw that the money was open, so they believed Miss Duan Si's words, accepted her money, and lied to everyone that she was pregnant, but the ministers didn't dare! The ministers didn't dare anymore! The ministers knew that they were wrong!"

"Cut them all together!" Xiao Yu didn't give half a good face, and directly dragged the person down.

After a moment, his eyes flashed, he glanced at the room, and said, "Drag Duan Xiang out for me!"

When the guard heard the order, he quickly entered the house, and without saying a word, he put Duan Xiang out.

Duan Xiang had heard the whole thing in the house, and knew that the matter had been revealed, and there was a sad smile on his face.

The guards escorted her to kneel down in front of Xiao Yu, Duan Xiang smiled slowly, turned her head, and her empty eyes glanced in the direction where Duan Rubian was, she always seemed to be able to sense where Duan Rubian was, and said stupidly, "Third sister, you are here, right." ”

Duan Rubian didn't answer, she suddenly got up, kicked her leg and wanted to pinch Duan Rubian's neck, everyone was defenseless, seeing that she was about to approach, her ankle suddenly hurt, and she fell to the ground.

The guards immediately stepped forward and suppressed her.

"Slut! Duan Rufang, you slut! It's all you! It's all you who ruined me! It's all you who ruined me! I'm going to kill you! I'll never let you go in this life or the next life! I'm going to kill you! Slut!" she screamed wildly, she really couldn't believe or admit that she lost to Duan Rubian like this, this time, she really couldn't escape.

"Take her down, pull out her tongue, and sentence her to Ling Chi! The corpse was hung in front of the city gate for three days!" Xiao Yu's forehead was full of green tendons.

"Duan Rufang! You slut! You won't end well Duan Rufang! You can't die well-"

As Duan Xiang was dragged down, Aunt Wang's eyes also lost their brilliance, her neck moved slightly, she looked at the stone wall on the side, and suddenly hit it with force, and there was no breath in an instant.

Duan Rubian looked at Aunt Wang's corpse, practiced his eyes, rubbed the sides of his thumb and index finger slightly, and the corners of his mouth inadvertently raised a gentle arc, and his narrow phoenix eyes were coated with a layer of frost.

The cold wind shrank, Duan Xuan couldn't help but deepen her eyes, looked up at Duan Rufang, her heart couldn't help shrinking, and she was a little more afraid.