Luoyang in early autumn is as beautiful as a golden scroll painting, slowly unfolding by the Luoshui water.

There is an endless stream of cars and horses going out of the city for autumn tours, and on the banks of the Luoshui River, there are handsome men and beautiful women everywhere.

Mei Xue got up every day to see Ping An first, played with him for a while, and then went to the front yard to visit Li Jinzhi with breakfast.

Since the news of Li Jinzhi's serious illness came out again, coupled with Song Zhijie and Steward Liang's repeated waivers and crying, fewer people have gradually come to visit Li Jinzhi.

Even Xiao Yan cooperated very well and rarely came to the palace.

On the other side of the palace, Emperor Mingde and the Empress both sent people to send medicinal herbs and supplements.

Adequate rest, daily medicinal baths and acupuncture made Li Jinzhi's body gradually better.

He even started walking in the garden every day, and the distances he walked were getting longer and longer.

On this day, the autumn sun was just right, Mei Xue was about to return to the inner courtyard after giving Li Jinzhi acupuncture, Li Jinzhi asked her with a smile:

"The chrysanthemums in the garden are blooming just right these days, I wonder if Miss Mei is willing to take a look?"

Li Jinzhi was bowing his head to tie his clothes, and when he spoke, he raised his head and looked at Mei Xue with a smile.

Mei Xue paused for a moment, but nodded quickly, she knew that Li Jinzhi must have something to say to her.

The Qiao family has already sent someone to the palace to deliver the post several times, hoping to meet the eldest girl of the Qiao family.

Steward Liang's answer was the same: there was no girl surnamed Qiao in the palace.

This is what Mei Xue told him.

Mei Xue knew that Li Jinzhi must have talked to her about this matter.

The autumn sun turns the garden orange in the evening, warm and quiet.

Mei Xue walked slowly with Li Jinzhi, and Peng Liang and Jiu'er followed from a distance.

Li Jinzhi was a head taller than Mei Xue, he walked beside him with his hands behind his back, and with a slight glance between his lowered eyes, he could see Mei Xue's curved eyelashes and the tip of her white nose.

"Qiao Yan is a smart person, preemptively can't achieve her goal, she should change her strategy soon."

Li Jinzhi said with a light smile.

Mei Xue nodded, but still didn't speak.

Just by sending a post, Yan is already digging a hole for her.

But whenever the palace relaxes at this time, it is tantamount to acknowledging Mei Xue's true identity.

Let's wait a little longer and see what other tricks the Yan clan has to offer.

After the two of them walked for a while, they sat down in the pavilion to drink tea, Li Jinzhi looked at Mei Xue with a smile and said:

"I have a suggestion for Miss Mei's reference.

Although people's words are terrifying, if some words are only spread in a certain circle, in fact, the lethality is limited. ”

The Yan family has been operating in the capital for many years, and Qiao Yan's family is known for its reputation, just relying on some rumors in the upper circles, it really can't move the muscles and bones of the Yan and Qiao families.

This is why Yan still dares to compete with Mei Xue in the matter of fame.

Mei Xue put down the teacup in her hand and asked Li Jinzhi directly if she had any suggestions.

Li Jinzhi smiled and said:

"There are a lot of people visiting the Luoshui River this season, and many teahouses and restaurants go there to solicit customers, and even almost all the storytellers in Luoyang have also run over."

Speaking of this, Li Jinzhi didn't say anything anymore, and only looked at Mei Xue with a slight smile.

Mei Xue instantly understood what Li Jinzhi meant, but she still couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth.

It turns out that a person as gentle and elegant as Li Jinzhi can actually have such a narrow-minded side.

But Mei Xue also knew that this kind of method, in Li Jinzhi's experience, could only be regarded as a trivial matter like a joke.

Sure enough, after holding on for a few days, the name sent by Qiao's Mansion was posted again, and the person who asked to see it was Mei Xue.

Steward Liang did things neatly, and replied to Mei Xue that evening that everything was arranged. Mei Xue called Mei Gang to the flower hall again and gave her a careful instructions.

Luoshui is choppy, and the autumn breeze is cool.

In the huge hall, almost all the storytellers in Luoyang gathered together.

But these peers, who have known each other for a long time, dare not say a word now. The room was so quiet that a pin drop could be heard, and everyone pricked up their ears and craned their necks to listen to the movement next door.

They have always told stories to others, but now some people pay a lot of money to invite them to listen to stories, but it's really strange.

Mei Xue is still dressed in plain clothes on weekdays, and even the hairpin that binds her hair is still the wooden hairpin of the original color.

But standing with her back to the window, the girl in green clothes and green shoes looked so condensed that she couldn't help but pay attention.

Yan and his daughter Qiao Anran followed Qiao Juncheng and walked in.

The moment he saw Mei Xue, Qiao Juncheng stopped suddenly. What his wife said was right, the female doctor in front of her in Shu Wangfu must be his daughter Qiao Anyi.

She looks too similar to her wife Mei, except for the coldness between her eyebrows and eyes, she is almost exactly the same as Mei.

He had been looking for her for many years, and his wife and father-in-law's family had also helped to look around, and he thought that she was long gone.

When his mother, Qiao Yao, died of illness and refused to see him until he died, his guilt reached the extreme, and he began to hide from the world from then on, spending most of the year in Taoist temples.

He couldn't even be in the same room with his wife again, and he always had the eyes that were dead when his wife died, and it was his mother's avoidance of him when she died, and she didn't even want to let her tablet enter the ancestral hall of the Qiao family.

Now, the daughter he had been longing for was finally standing in front of him, but she just looked at him faintly, like looking at a stranger.

In her eyes, there was no sadness, no joy, no resentment or hatred.

Some just ignore it.

Qiao Anran stood behind Yan's side, she looked at Mei Xue cautiously, the pitiful look on her face was like a frightened little white rabbit.

There was a light breeze through the window, and Qiao Anran's snow-white dress floated gently like flowing water, as quiet and beautiful as a painting.

Yan Shi was already in tears, and said in a lamented voice:

"Yi'er, do you remember me? When you were young, you liked to let me play with you the most, and the rose shortbread I made was also your favorite food. ”

As he spoke, Yan wiped his tears with a handkerchief and walked to Mei Xue's side.

Mei Xue suddenly smiled softly, looked at Yan and said:

"Madame Joe, is this confused? When you say Yi'er, you should mean Qiao Anyi, the eldest girl of the Qiao family, right?

But unfortunately, ten years ago, Miss Qiao was killed on the bank of the Jinsha River along with my father and brother.

Some of those killers are now locked up in Yu Linwei's cell, and if Madame wants to seek justice for her daughter, she might as well go there and ask for it.

And my name is Mei Xue, and I have only one connection with the Qiao family, that is, my aunt was the nurse of Qiao Mei's mother, the Qiao family.

However, it is said that she was later ordered by Mrs. You to break her legs and throw her on the Zhuangzi and lock up, I wonder if she is still alive now? ”

After saying this, Qiao Anran's face was already like ashes, and Qiao Juncheng stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

He couldn't believe everything his daughter said, or that he had always rejected thinking in this direction.

And Mei Xue's expression remained unchanged, not even the faint sneer on her face did not change in the slightest.

Yan's eyes widened in surprise, and he shook his head again and again and cried and said:

"Yi'er, you must have been deceived, have you forgotten what happened before? That Mama Mei, she has already returned to her hometown to care for the elderly, how can there be anything that breaks her leg! ”

After all, she still underestimated the enemy, she thought that Mei Xue was just a little girl who had not yet reached the end of her life, and she grew up in a poor countryside, what kind of courage could she have?

It's just that it relied on a few good colors to enter the eyes of the prince of Shu.

When you go to a place like the capital, where powerful people gather, in the face of your biological father and mother-in-law, you have to think about what to say.

How did she expect Mei Xue to be so sharp-tongued, no, it should be said that her tongue was like a knife, and every sentence was wiped on her neck.

Although there is no conclusive evidence yet, it is so ambiguous that it makes people more suspicious to say it, isn't it?

Mei Xue smiled again, looked into Yan's eyes and teased:

"Is Mrs. Joe joking? Before I arrived in Luoyang, I had sent people to look for my aunt in my hometown in Qiantang, but the villagers said that she never went back.

You say, will my aunt still be in Luoyang, but she has not dared to show up because she is afraid of being wiped out? ”

As Mei Xue spoke, she slowly took a few steps forward and approached Yan's, staring into her eyes and chuckling:

"Mrs. Qiao, if I am lucky enough to find my aunt in the future, and take her to the Criminal Department to beat the drum of grievances to avenge Miss Qiao, my father and brother, plus those witnesses in Yu Linwei's cell who have signed and drawn the detention, what do you think will be the result?"

Qiao Anran was already crumbling, listening to Mei Xue say this, she seemed to have seen the scene of Qiao Yan's family being spurned by 10,000 people in Luoyang, and saw the scene of the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion looking for her relatives to withdraw from her family.

No, she was born a noble concubine, the favorite granddaughter of the elder of the pavilion, and she will marry into the Hou Mansion as a princess.

Therefore, even if she dies, she has to save her reputation.

The outright fear made Qiao Anran forget all the words that Yan had repeatedly told her these days, she threw herself in front of Mei Xue and knelt down, grabbed Mei Xue's hand and cried and pleaded:

"Big sister, I really don't blame my mother for this, my uncle ordered someone to do it in private, and my mother really doesn't know anything.

Mother and father have been looking for you all these years, you can go home with us, you are still the eldest daughter of the Qiao family, I will let you do anything, okay?

As for the Mei family, they are just some subordinates, they are not worth your dedication, and my mother and I will definitely reward that Mama Mei and let her spend the rest of her life in fine clothes. ”