"Tong'er, I heard that you are sick, and my uncle came to visit you, how are you doing?" King Anhua stepped into the room with a fierce breath and said loudly.

The county lord of Ping'an leaned slightly, and through a layer of translucent light gauze tent, he felt that three pairs of sharp eyes were staring at him tightly.

"Uncle is here, how dare you work uncle so late, forgive my nephew and daughter for being tired and inconvenient to get up and salute, Qingluan, hurry up and make tea."

"Tong'er Mo got up, did he suffer from the cold?" King Anhua stepped forward, staring at the county lord on the bed through the tulle, saying words of concern, but there was no concern on his face. 、

Qingluan was afraid that he would be seen as flawed, after all, the bulge on the bed was slightly larger, and he had the heart to look at it, and it was very conspicuous, so he hurriedly said: "Please sit down and use tea." The county lord has a fever, and drank a bowl of ginger soup at night, and it will be fine to cover the quilt and sleep tonight, and the maid added a few quilts to the county lord. ”

King Anhua turned around and nodded: "That's good, tomorrow is the Yuan Festival, it's not fun to be sick in bed." ”

"My niece and nephew thank my uncle for his concern, it's not a serious illness, maybe the weather is too cold, and I accidentally caught a cold."

"Well, it's also possible that there were thieves in the mansion last night, and the noisy people in the mansion were frightened, and my uncle was incompetent, so it was unexpected that something like this would happen in our palace." King Anhua smiled, sat on the chair at the table, and reached out to bring tea.

King Anhua intended to mention the thief's entry into the house, but the county lord of Ping'an remained silent and did not want to answer on this matter, but Qingluan, who was standing on the side, suddenly looked nervous, because following the hand stretched out by the king of Anhua, she suddenly saw two cups of residual tea on the table, which was the tea that Song Nan drank when he came back after hiding Li Laoba at night, and the other cup was the tea that the county lord drank before going to bed, and she actually forgot to clean it up. The county lord was the only one living in this house, and if two cups of tea were found, it would immediately arouse suspicion.

Qingluan was sweating anxiously, and slowly approached the table, trying to cover the two teacups with his sleeves, the guard Ye Baoyi, who was standing beside Zhu Ningxiao, glared at him and stretched out his hand to stop Qingluan from approaching, and the other guard, Ye Baoren, also looked at Qingluan vigilantly.

"Oops." Qingluan suddenly screamed, his body stumbled on the edge of the table, and the teacup and teapot on the table tumbled and tumbled, and the cup of hot tea on the table also toppled over, Zhu Ningyi was startled, and stood up to dodge, Ye Baoyi and Ye Baoren bounced up almost at the same time to protect Zhu Ningyi's side, the hot tea flipped over and drenched all over the table, but Zhu Ningjiao did not have a drop on his body, all of them were poured on Ye Baoyi's body who was protecting him.

Qingluan got up, blood was dripping from her forehead, and half of her shoulders were still steaming, obviously hot tea had also spilled on her body.

"Qingluan, why are you so reckless. Uncle is fine, Qingluan didn't hurry up to apologize. "Although the county lord of Ping'an on the bed doesn't know what's going on, if Qingluan's rudeness is punished by Zhu Ningxiao, it won't be good, and there are only a few caring people around him.

"Damn the servant, damn the servant, you are not hot, the servant is at the foot of the stool." Qingluan fell to his knees and kowtowed, and confessed again and again.

King Anhua recovered from his fright, frowned, and said, "Why are you so careless, how do you serve people?" ”

"Damn it, bitch, I'll clean it up." Qingluan got up and picked up the cloth towel and put the overturned teacup on the table into the slag hopper, cleaned the tabletop, and hurriedly made a cup of hot tea for Zhu Ningxin.

Zhu Ningyan no longer sat by the desk this time, looked at Qingluan and said, "Are you called Qingluan?" ”

"The servant is Qingluan." Qingluan's body shook and said.

"You are a servant girl who serves Tong'er closely, but this king heard that there is a maid named Chunhua in the county lord's room, why don't you see her?"

Qingluan was stunned for a moment, and didn't know how to answer for a while, Zhu Ningyan said with a sneer on his face: "This king asked you something." ”

The county lord of Ping'an hurriedly said: "Uncle, there is a spring flower, but there is something at home today, so I sent her home." ”

"Oh? Such a coincidence? How come this king has never seen this maid named Chunhua? ”

"Uncle is busy with affairs, how can he care about the storage of a servant, I don't know what is the matter with my uncle looking for spring flowers?"

"It's not a big deal, it's just that I heard that there is no such person as Chunhua in your room at all, but last night when the palace took the thief, this person did appear, and I heard that he also beat Wang Xingren, the deputy commander of the guard, for you, and beat him to his face swelling and his teeth fell out, right?" Zhu Ningxiao asked coldly.

"Uncle blames me for punishing the evil slaves in the house, right? This Wang Xingren trespassed into my bedroom to find out what kind of thief, I am the county lord of Qingwangfu, can a slave be so rude? It's still light to beat him, if the father is alive, this person is afraid that his head will be cut off, when did the slave and maid in my Qingwang Mansion become so disrespectful to the master? ”

The county lord of Ping'an was trembling a little, and he didn't know if it was because he was excited or afraid. Song Nan nodded secretly in his heart, the county lord is very smart, Zhu Ningxiao asked who the maid Chunhua was, but the county lord changed the topic and pulled the contradiction to whether Wang Xingren should fight or not, and wanted to avoid the important and light to avoid the question; The idea is good, but it's a pity that Zhu Ningxiao has already indicated his purpose in a few words, and he will definitely keep asking.

"Tong'er Mo is excited, Wang Xingren naturally deserves to be beaten, not only will my uncle not blame you, but I will also punish you, this Wang Xingren is extremely bold, I plan to cut off his head, what do you think?"

"That's not necessary, after all, he is also for the thief, and I have already punished him, so there is no need to get out of control of this matter."

"Good, good, Tong'er is very kind-hearted, very similar to your father's temperament; But what this king wants to ask is this maid named Chunhua, can you ask her to come out to meet this king? ”

"Uncle, I said, Chunhua has something to do at home, and she left the house early this morning."

"Oh? Where is her home? ”

"Why is my uncle so interested in a servant girl, her home is not in Ningxia, she is from Chengdu Mansion, she was originally the daughter of my husband's servant, we met at my husband's house, she came here a few days ago to find me, saying that the whole family has no livelihood in Chengdu Mansion, so I took her in as my personal maid; A few days ago, I said that I would let her go back early to pick up her parents and come to Ningxia Town, and she went back to Chengdu Mansion early this morning for this matter. ”

"Hahaha." Zhu Ningxiao suddenly burst out laughing, shaking all over his body with laughter, and tears were about to fall.

"Tong'er's story is very satisfying, your husband's slave and maid in Chengdu Mansion came all the way here to find you to take her in, and then you took her in, and let her take her parents to live together, hehe, okay, good, the servant is righteous, the master is gracious, what a gracious story."

The county lord of Ping'an said quietly: "Isn't it okay? There are many affectionate, righteous and kind people in this world, but not all of them are unkind and unrighteous for themselves. ”

Zhu Ningxiao nodded with a sneer: "That's right, kindness and righteousness are the pursuit of the world, who doesn't want the people around them to be affectionate and righteous, but it's a pity that such things are rare in this world; And I know, this qiē is all fake, this person named Chunhua doesn't exist at all, there are a few maidservants in your West Building, all of whom have names and surnames, and there is no such Chunhua at all. ”

The lord of Ping'an said: "It turns out that my uncle is not only in charge of major affairs, but also cares about such things. ”

"I don't have time to care about this, what I care about is why on the night the thief entered the house, there was a maid named Chunhua in your room out of thin air, and now this Chunhua has disappeared out of thin air."

"It turns out that my uncle has such suspicions, it's just, whatever my uncle says, it's just that I don't bother to respond to this matter at all, my uncle even suspects me, and I have nothing to say, if you think there is anything wrong with your niece's behavior, you can take your niece to see the official."

"My good niece is a sharp-toothed person, at this time you still deny it, this king is not here to suspect you, but your own nonsense is too outrageous, come to someone, bring the prince's mother-in-law Zhao Pozi up to question."

The guards outside the door pushed, and two mothers-in-law wearing ordinary dresses around aprons staggered in, and when they saw King Anhua, they quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "I've seen the prince." ”

King Anhua didn't look at them, his eyes stared at the lord of Ping'an in the tent and said, "You two answer truthfully, is there a maid named Chunhua in this west building?" ”

The two mothers-in-law peeked at the county lord in the tent and said in a trembling voice: "No...... Without this person, the old slaves have been serving in the West Building for more than ten years, and there has never been a maid named Chunhua, but there is a maid named Xiahua. ”

Zhu Ningxiao smiled and asked, "Which one is called Xia Hua?" ”

Mrs. Wang, whose face was full of goosebumps, said with some twists: "Yes...... It is the name of the old slave. ”

Zhu Ningyan laughed, pointed at her and said, "Your name is Xia Hua, hahaha, what point do you look like a flower?" It's your name, hey. ”

Mrs. Wang's face was flushed and said: "The old slave was also beautiful when he was young, and the prince ......."

"Are you sure there is no maid named Chunhua in the West Building?" King Anhua had no time to listen to her rambling and interrupt her and asked.

"Absolutely not." The two mothers-in-law swore an oath.

"Tong'er, can you hear me clearly? This is the person in your West Building, but it's not my uncle, I don't believe your story, who is this person called Chunhua, you should give me an explanation. ”