Chapter 40: The Ferry

She thought to herself that it would be years before the child was found.

The thought that the child might be suffering somewhere made her feel a little uncomfortable.

The little snow ball in his arms smelled the smell of meat wafting from the kitchen, broke free from Shen Mingjiao's embrace a few times, and ran away with a smoke, leaving a snow-white afterimage.

The little boy suddenly pointed to the figure of Xiaoxuetuan running away, and jumped up in surprise: "It's it... A white shadow..."

Shen Mingjiao's heart moved, she covered her pounding heart, squatted down, and said softly: "Be good, tell my sister, where did the white shadow you saw go?" ”

Seeing his beautiful sister talking to him so gently, the little boy scratched his head stupidly:

"White Shadow... The white shadow flew into the big house... And the barking of dogs..."

……

Shen Mingjiao found the maid Xiaorui who had been scratched by Mrs. Lian before.

After using the muscle-building jade skin cream, the scar on Xiaorui's face improved a lot faster. Therefore, she is very grateful to Shen Mingjiao.

Seeing Shen Mingjiao coming, she hurriedly stepped forward and saluted respectfully.

Shen Mingjiao raised her hand to support her, and said in a deep voice, "I have a few words I want to ask you." ”

"Before Lord Zhao and Mrs. Zhao met Cailian, how was their relationship?"

Xiaorui didn't know why, but she still answered truthfully:

Before the two got engaged, Miss had never seen an adult, and Miss was indifferent to this marriage at first. Later, after the young lady came back from a trip, she suddenly became interested in adults, and she changed her law all day to send things to Zhao's mansion..."

Shen Mingjiao took a deep breath and continued to ask, "After the two got married, what changes did Lord Zhao's attitude towards Mrs. Zhao change?" ”

Xiaorui thought for a while: "When I first got married, the adults were very disgusted with Miss, and from time to time they took Cailian into Miss's yard to humiliate Miss, but at that time, Miss always looked faint and didn't seem to care at all.

Later, the adult was demoted to Luodu, and his attitude towards the young lady suddenly faded, and he never stepped into the young lady's courtyard on weekdays, as if there was no such person in the house at all, but he did not deduct the food in the young lady's courtyard.

On the contrary, the young lady became obsessed with the adult, and I once saw that the young lady often stared at the back of the adult in a daze. ”

Shen Mingjiao hurriedly walked out of the courtyard, her mood was a little heavy, and she instructed the guards who stayed in the courtyard: "Send me to Zhao's mansion." ”

At this time, a guard came over and announced: "Princess, the person you sent to Jiangnan to check Miss Yunshu has returned." ”

……

The Zhao Mansion was surrounded by officers and soldiers, and the maids and women in the backyard were in a mess.

In Mrs. Zhao's courtyard, Fluttershy looked at the scene of chaos outside the courtyard and said in a panic, "Madam, I heard that adults have committed a big crime, we... We're going to be beheaded..."

Mrs. Zhao seems to be unaware of all this, and she seems to be in excellent spirits today. In front of the vanity mirror, I began to draw my eyebrows and lips with great interest. Paired with a bright red skirt, her originally pale face added a touch of freshness.

She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled with satisfaction.

"Fluttershy, you know what? That year, it was also the season when peony flowers bloomed. The man suddenly appeared in a green coat and repelled the squirting man who stopped in front of him.

Then he pulled me and kept running... Keep running... Through the sea of flowers... There seems to be no end to that road..."

She muttered. A bright smile slowly bloomed on his pale face, as if he could still vaguely smell the refreshing fragrance of flowers when he ran.

Looking at her like this, Fluttershy cried sadly, feeling unworthy for her own wife.

Mrs. Zhao touched the little girl's head and laughed softly: "What are you crying about?" ”

paused: "You are also destined for Princess Su, for the sake of that book, I think she will settle you after I leave." In this way, I am also relieved! ”

Fluttershy suddenly realizes something, grabs Mrs. Zhao's wrist, and cries, "No, I'm not going anywhere... Madame, don't do anything stupid, okay..."

Before the words fell, Mrs. Zhao looked straight at her, her voice stopped abruptly, and her eyes gradually became empty and dull.

Mrs. Zhao walked out of the courtyard, and the servants who were in a mess saw her as if they had found the backbone of the main body, and they gathered around her.

Mrs. Zhao raised her eyes and swept it gently, and the originally noisy crying suddenly stopped, and they all stood with a dull expression.

She walked past the crowd, straight through the front yard, and to the gate.

The iron pillar who was in charge of guarding the Zhao Mansion led the guards over: "Madam, you can't go out. ”

Mrs. Zhao bit the tip of her tongue. The pain cleared her chaotic mind a little. She lifted her eyes, and a pair of beautiful obsidian eyes swept over.

The Tiezhu people were stunned for a moment, and the intuition of the battlefield experience made them instinctively want to dodge, but this force was too strong, and several people finally slowly stiffened, and their originally sharp eyes became dull.

Mrs. Zhao suppressed the itching that surged to her throat, stared at the eyes of several people, and said word by word:

"Mrs. Zhao has been staying in the backyard, and you have never seen Mrs. Zhao leave the house."

Then, she turned around and walked out of the Zhao Mansion as if no one was around.

When he got around the corner, he coughed violently. Bent down and vomited a mouthful of blood.

She straightened up, looked in the direction of the capital, and muttered:

"Don't worry, as long as it's something you want to do, I'll help you, even if... Sacrifice my life! ”

As soon as Mrs. Zhao left with her front feet, Tie Zhu and the others woke up and rubbed their foreheads, just thinking that they had just taken a nap.

At this time, Shen Mingjiao came over, jumped out of the carriage in a hurry, and asked Tiezhu: "Where is Mrs. Zhao?" ”

Tie Zhu was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously replied: "Mrs. Zhao has been staying in the backyard. ”

Shen Mingjiao breathed a sigh of relief, but she still felt uneasy in her heart, and directly raised her feet and came to the backyard.

Along. Seeing that the maids and women she met looked dumbfounded, she became more and more uneasy.

Pushing open the door, Fluttershy squatted on the ground and silently wiped her tears.

Seeing Shen Mingjiao coming, she wiped her face and cried: "Sister Gillian, Mrs. is gone and will never come back..."

Shen Mingjiao suppressed her chaotic thoughts and asked, "What's the matter, what lady is gone?" ”

"Madame... She said she was in too much pain and that she was going to die with the adults..."

Shen Mingjiao patted her on the shoulder: "Don't worry, right?" Madame may go out for a walk, and she will not do stupid things. ”

She intuitively thinks that Mrs. Zhao should have done something to Fluttershy to make Fluttershy think that she killed herself in her heartbreak.

She asked the iron pillar that came with her, "Where is Your Highness?" ”

"Your Highness has gone down the official road to the capital."

Shen Mingjiao groaned, that is to say, Feng Lisheng has determined that Zhao Ke will take the official road.

She asked Tiezhu: "If you go to the capital, which way is the fastest to take the official road or the ferry." ”

Tie Zhu thought for a while and said, "Naturally, it's a ferry." The horses on the official road have to stop halfway to make up for themselves. ”

Shen Mingjiao immediately got into the carriage, "Send me to the ferry, and-"

She quickly wrote a letter, "No matter what method is used, this letter must be handed over to His Highness as soon as possible." ”

At this time, Feng Lisheng was ambushed by a large number of black-clothed people.