Chapter 20: Proving Innocence
Zhao Lichu pursed his lips and did not speak.
After a long time, Song Shiyu took the lead in speaking: "Recently, stay in Qingfeng Yuan and think about it, and I will let you come out then." ”
"Thought?" Zhao Lichu suddenly showed a bitter smile, and his voice was hoarse and choked: "What does this matter have to do with the concubine?" What do you have to think about as a concubine? Shen Zhi has no rules, is it possible that he can't be educated as a concubine? ”
Song Shiyu pursed his eyebrows and said coldly: "Shen Zhi has no rules, and it is not your turn to teach you a lesson, how do you manage this huge Hou Mansion, I never ask, but Shen Zhi, you can't move." ”
Zhao Lichu raised his teardrop-stained eyes, stared straight at him, and said word by word: "Did Master Hou see Shen Zhi move the concubine with his own eyes?" ”
Song Shiyu was stunned, and his voice became more and more cold: "You have always been unable to see the branches well, and you want to be straightforward, what you discuss with Xiangrong behind your back is a very simple matter." ”
"That's how Master Hou wants to be a concubine?" Zhao Lichu's eyelashes trembled a few times, raised his hand to shake off his clamps, avoided his gaze, and said lightly: "Since the Hou Ye doesn't believe in the concubine, the concubine will prove her innocence in her own way." ”
With that, she turned and walked away.
"Eh, ma'am, you wait for the slave."
Chunyu trotted after him with an umbrella.
Song Shiyu looked at the stubborn slender figure in the rain, his fists were slowly clenched, and his eyes were obscure.
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When she returned to Qingfeng Garden, Zhao Lichu was already soaked, her long hair was stuck in front of her, and the rain blurred her vision.
"Madam, if Master Hou finds that letter...... Chunyu asked worriedly while changing her wet clothes: "At that time, what should I do?" ”
"Don't be suspicious of employing people, don't use suspicious people, believe in the county lord's mansion, how can the county lord be stupid, and you can believe it." After Zhao Lichu changed into her bedclothes, she waved her hand, signaled her to be silent, and slowly walked to the candlestick.
There was a soft "squeak", and the candle flame in the room flickered, illuminating the scene inside the room, and she lowered her eyes to watch the candle flame imprinted in front of her, not knowing what she was thinking.
"Yes...... But how can the lady prove her innocence? Chunyu said cautiously: "Now the Hou Ye has confined his wife in this courtyard......
"Wait, Master Hou will come."
Zhao Lichu's expression was flat, he turned around and came to the dresser, looked at his slightly embarrassed appearance in the bronze mirror, and sighed lightly: "Hou Ye is such a smart person, besides, my mother has always paid the most attention to the word reputation, and I am most unaccustomed to the matter of spoiling concubines excessively, if Hou Ye forbids his wife's feet for a servant, once this matter spreads, even if my mother doesn't like me anymore, she will stand on my side." ”
At that time, Princess Pingning took a fancy to the poor scholar who had just been raised, and insisted on marrying despite the opposition of the Son of Heaven at that time.
It turned out that the poor scholar had a family affair at home, and after entering Beijing, he lied in the face of the Son of Heaven's inquiry, and when the poor scholar brought his wife and children into Beijing, everyone thought that Princess Pingning would turn a blind eye.
didn't expect Princess Pingning to personally execute all three members of the family, or in front of the young Song Shiyu, and threw their bones to wild dogs to eat.
It is said that Song Shiyu's strange illness fell at that time, a child who was only five years old, witnessed his father being killed by his mother, and the bones were thrown to feed the wild dogs, this pain is unimaginable and incomprehensible to ordinary people.
Since that incident, it has been rumored that Song Shiyu's temperament has become extremely eccentric......