Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Five, Visiting Prince Zhongshan
"Girl, I heard that my cousin is coming soon." At nightfall, Nanny Xu came back from getting dinner and said while setting the table after entering the door.
Yu Xijiao put down the pen in her hand and held her sore fingers, feeling numb and weak between them.
"Girl, this is where Miss Qian lived before. Could there be some kind of evil girl?" Aunt Xu said worriedly. When she heard the news, she felt inexplicably uneasy.
"Why, has anyone asked you about this?" Yu Xijiao looked at Nanny Xu's look and knew that there might be a lot of people talking about this matter. She looked at the sky and saw that Nanny Xu was the same as before when she went out and came back.
No difference.
"A lot of people told me about this along the way. I met a steward when I came back and said he was going to re-decorate a guest courtyard for Miss Qian." Nanny Xu looked out the window and said, this
There were too many people talking about this along the way, and no matter how arrogant Nanny Xu was, she always felt that there was something going on.
"Why, you don't live in the second girl's yard?" Yu Xijiao washed her hands in the basin, took the handkerchief handed over by Qingyue and said, she had heard before that Qian Lizhen sometimes lived in Yu Yuxi's house.
The relationship between the cousins is very good.
"I don't live in the second girl's yard. I heard that I was originally going to live in the second girl's yard. The second girl declined, and then I thought about rearranging a yard, right next door." Nanny Xu pointed to the side.
superior.
"Lanshui Pavilion?" Yu Xijiao raised her thick eyes and looked in that direction, her eyes a little darker.
"Yes, it's Lanshui Pavilion." Mother Xu said.
Speaking of Lanshui Pavilion, if it is true, it is actually included in Yaoshui Pavilion. I heard that Lanshui Pavilion was a part of Yaoshui Pavilion at first, but later it was separated for some reason, so Yaoshui Pavilion was
The area is much smaller, and the separated Lanshui Pavilion is not big. It is not the main courtyard of Xuanpinghou Mansion and is usually empty.
Qian Lizhen actually lives in Lanshui Pavilion, which really makes people think more.
"Is the house being decorated now?" Yu Xijiao pondered for a moment and sat down at the table. Qingyue hurriedly served her a bowl of rice.
"We are making arrangements now. The person in charge also said that it might disturb the girl, so she should bear with her for a while." Aunt Xu said.
Yu Xijiao was not in a hurry to have dinner. She looked out the window and suddenly smiled: "Go find a few people to help decorate the house. Since you live in the yard next door, I, the host, must treat you well."
that is."
Aunt Xu was startled: "Girl..."
"Go ahead. Anyone in our yard is willing to help. There's nothing going on in Yaoshui Pavilion right now." Yu Xijiao smiled and picked up the meal.
Seeing Yu Xijiao starting to eat dinner, Nanny Xu could only retreat and walked to the corridor to wave to the maids and mothers in the yard.
Several people immediately gathered around him.
"There is someone staying in the Lanshui Pavilion next door. The girl said that there will be nothing to do right now, so she asked someone who is willing to go to help." Aunt Xu said loudly.
The maid below, mother-in-law, you look at me, I look at you, and finally a few people came out.
Aunt Xu and a few people were about to leave when she suddenly heard someone beside her say: "Aunt Xu, my slaves are fine, so let's go help together!"
When I looked back, I saw that it was the new maid named Nian Chun. She was a second-class maid. She was not sweeping the floor in the yard and doing rough work.
Seeing her taking such initiative, Grandma Xu nodded and led people to the next door to help.
Inside the room, Yu Xijiao put down the bowl in her hand, took the wet towel and wiped her hands, then asked: "Who are all gone?"
Qingyue, who was in front of the window, came back and called out the names of every maid and mother-in-law who went there. She had just been watching Nanny Xu from the window.
"Girl, Nian Chun, this maid, usually looks very smart, why would she come forward at this time?" Qingyue said after finishing speaking one by one.
"Shouldn't smart people do this?" Yu Xijiao smiled.
"Of course you can do it, but... this slave always feels a bit... not quite like her." Qingyue tasted it and said.
"Why do you say that?" Yu Xijiao smiled and took the tea cup offered by Qingyue, skimmed the tea foam on it with the tea lid, took a sip and put it down.
"Nian Chun and Nian Xia are two maids. Nian Xia is more lively. Nian Chun is smart and steady. The girl asked the slave to observe them. The slave thinks that Nian Chun should know how to avoid the wife and the second girl on weekdays.
, obviously also knowing that the relationship between the madam and the girl was not very good before."
Among the maids selected at that time, when the mother-in-law entered the house, these two maids were the most outstanding. They must have been the candidates who were originally intended to be the first-class personal maids. Naturally, the others could not compare. Although they are now the second-class maids, they
There is only one first-class maid in Yaoshui Pavilion, who knows when another one will be brought in.
Qingyue got orders from Yu Xijiao and observed the two maids from time to time. When there were not enough people in the house to handle them, the second-class maid would be used as the first-class maid. The importance can be imagined.
"Nian Chun usually avoids it, but now he goes there on purpose, do you think it's a little suspicious?" Yu Xijiao raised her eyebrows and asked.
Qingyue nodded: "Girl, I think this is really possible. Do you want me to go and have a look?"
Yu Xijiao flatly refused: "Why are you going? If you go, don't you tell others openly that I am suspicious. Except Nian Chun, where are the others?"
"The other slaves think there is nothing wrong with them. They look very honest in the past. The most honest one is Yan'er. She is still an old man in our house, and the most timid and honest one. Everyone in the house knows that she has a powerful mother.
, and he didn’t treat her as a human being, he had to hand over all the money to me, and if he gave it to me late, he would be beaten.”
Qingyue said angrily.
This maid named Yan'er was one of the few left in Yaoshui Pavilion. Qingyue specially kept her at that time.
"Girl, do you want me to talk to Yan'er in private and ask her to pay attention to Nian Chun?" Qingyue's eyes suddenly lit up and she came up with a good idea.
"No need, it's not urgent." Yu Xijiao shook her hand and lowered her long eyelashes in deep thought. It is certain that this cousin came with bad intentions. Qian specially placed her next to him, so why did she come?
?
Her mother and younger brother haven't left the capital yet. If Qian Lizhen comes over, she might be targeted at him, and it won't be so convenient for him to want to go out.
Calculating the time, the remaining poison on my brother's body should be almost cleaned up. I have to check on my brother's mood tomorrow before confirming the date of leaving Beijing. As for my uncle, he can no longer let him worry about his affairs like this...
"Prince Duan and Crown Prince Qi are here?" Crown Prince Zhongshan leaned on the bed weakly. He could still move his body with strength, but due to the accident in front of Xin Kangbo's mansion, Crown Prince Zhongshan now had difficulty turning, and the carriage was high.
The moment he raised his leg, Prince Zhongshan Feng Jingze thought he was really going to die.
He did not die at the hands of assassins, but fell off the carriage and died. He will become the first joke of the Feng clan in this dynasty.
The carriage driver reacted quickly, but Prince Zhongshan in the carriage was already seriously injured. When he got out of the carriage, he was still carried down and carried in on a stretcher.
"Quick, invite them in." Feng Jingze gritted his teeth and stood up.
"Your Majesty, are you injured?" the chamberlain was worried.
"No problem, please invite them." Feng Yuze endured the pain and asked the waiter to put two more cushions behind him to prop up his body further.
The chamberlain supported Prince Zhongshan's body and carefully moved up a few steps. When he finally found a good position for him to lie down again, Prince Zhongshan was already covered in sweat and his face was as white as snow.
The sound of footsteps and the rolling of wheels could already be heard from the door. Prince Zhongshan calmed down and closed his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, what he saw was Prince Duan Feng Lanxiu coming in from the door and Sitting in a wheelchair.
Feng Yu.
"Prince Duan, I am unable to get up, and I hope that Prince Duan will forgive me." Prince Zhongshan slowly sat up and sat up, but his injuries were compounded, and he could only lean back helplessly.
Feng Lanxiu took two steps and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, with a concerned expression on his face: "Prince Zhongshan, you are too polite. Why are you so seriously injured?"
"As a minister..." Prince Zhongshan said with a bitter smile, it was difficult to shake his head.
"Brother Clan has suffered a lot today." Feng Yu lazily interrupted Prince Zhongshan's words and raised his hand to Feng Jingze.
"Who is this?" Prince Zhongshan looked Feng Yu up and down, but didn't look like he recognized him.
"This is the Crown Prince of Qi." Feng Lanxiu hurriedly explained for them.
"It turns out he's a clan brother, but it's me... I couldn't get up for a moment and was rude." The Crown Prince of Zhongshan said helplessly, his smile becoming increasingly bitter. He was about to explain the cause of the injury when he heard Feng Yu say casually, "Brother clan
I really suffered today. The excitement in front of Xin Kangbo’s door actually caused my clan brother to be so hurt. Someone must have deliberately harmed my clan brother. Brother clan, don’t worry, my cousin will definitely find out who wants to murder us again.”
The Prince of Zhongshan felt that he knew all the words Feng Yu said, but why couldn't he understand them when they were put together?
Was he hallucinating, or was something happening that he didn't know about? Prince Zhongshan looked at Prince Duan, and saw Prince Duan sitting down in front of the bed, patting his quilt gently, with a solemn look on his face.
He assured him: "Brother, I will find out what happened to you. Someone is secretly plotting to kill you."
"I... am not..." Prince Zhongshan held back these few words.
"Well, many people saw this incident, and they all said that someone deliberately murdered her. The murderer later escaped. I only went to the capital to see the imperial grandmother. I originally thought that I would not be tolerated.
, I didn’t expect that the clan brother would be like this too.” Feng Yu chuckled, his voice was very pleasant but cold, “Now I don’t know if the clan brother had a temporary idea or if he sent the letter to Kangbo Mansion specially, I don’t know who else knows the clan brother’s whereabouts
?”
The Prince of Zhongshan didn't know what he was going to say. His pale face turned red. His fingers on the quilt trembled. He opened his mouth and immediately moved his body back with difficulty. He coughed violently, and the cough shook all the muscles on his body.