Meng Ying was a little embarrassed by being stared at by Tao Huansheng, and she didn't know where to put her hands and feet.
Tao Huansheng just stared at her, shamelessly.
Fortunately, the journey was not far, and the car stopped after two sticks of incense. Meng Ying, as if she had been granted amnesty, got out of the car in two steps.
In front of you is a quiet courtyard, with two big lions at the front of the door, looking very majestic.
The guards are all soldiers, fully armored, with knives hanging on their waists and spears in their hands.
This formation is not a home for ordinary people.
As Tao Huansheng entered the other courtyard and walked around the screen wall, Tao Huansheng led her to a small building in the second courtyard, where she saw Hongying lying on the big Kang near the window.
Meng Ying was overjoyed and shouted: "Hongying!"
"Madam, why are you back..." Upon hearing Meng Ying's voice, Hongying was surprised and happy, and struggled to sit up.
Meng Ying looked carefully and saw that although Hongying's face was not covered in blood, her fingers were all wrapped in bandages.
"What happened? Why were you so seriously injured?" She resisted and stepped forward to pull Hongying's arm, but Hongying shrank back in pain.
"She still has whip wounds on her body and has not yet recovered." Tao Huansheng reminded.
Meng Ying opened Hongying's sleeves and saw scabbed wounds circling around her arms like snakes. It was really shocking.
"This..." Although she was mentally prepared, Meng Ying was still shocked when she saw Hongying's injury. She covered her mouth with her hands and took half a step back unconsciously, crying like broken pearls.
Roll down.
Hongying pulled up her sleeves and said, "Girl, don't be sad. It will get better in a while. The doctor hired by the general said that after using good medicine, the scars... won't be too deep in the future."
Seeing Meng Ying choked and speechless, Hongying said with relief: "Actually, I can't blame others. It was my carelessness and fell into someone else's trap. It's a blessing that the girl is not affected now and everyone is saved."
Hearing what Hongying said, Meng Ying felt even more guilty. She held her hand tightly and said, "Good Hongying, your sin will not be in vain. I will definitely avenge you! Tell me, what is the reason?
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It turns out that before going to Jiangnan, Hongying met Lu He, who claimed to be the son of the Yong family's nanny. He said that he lived in Yangshu Lane, Nancheng, and gave the gold hairpin to his mother-in-law. Unfortunately, the mother-in-law went to her parents' house again.
Hongying then told him that if his mother-in-law came back within three days, he would go find her. That man actually found Hongying that day.
Hongying believed it to be true and took the small stone with her to Nancheng. Unexpectedly, Lu He asked about the origin of the golden hairpin in every possible way, and Hongying said that it was a token of my mother's life.
Unexpectedly, she had just paid fifty taels of silver and got the gold hairpin. As soon as she left the room, she was surrounded by the Lu family's servants, who told her that she was a thief who had stolen the gold hairpin, tied it with five flowers, and tied it in the courtyard.
How could Hongying admit it? The Lu family actually used lynching, splints, and whips to greet her.
Thanks to Xiao Shitou's cleverness, he saw that things were not going well and sneaked out. Then he made a quick decision and ran to the city defense camp to move reinforcements.
Upon hearing this, Tao Huansheng immediately sent several capable subordinates and used some means to rescue the man before he was sent to the official position.
"We have no enmity with the Lu family, why did she do this murderous thing?"
"The Lu family and the Xie family are distant relatives. The Hu Xie family found out about your search for relatives, so they put people in this situation." Tao Huansheng answered for Hongying.
"Yes, girl. Lu He once said that offending the Xie family will have no good consequences. They also want to send me to the official, and then drag you into the game."
Meng Ying was so angry that she trembled all over. She had forced herself to hang herself in her previous life, and she was forcing herself to do so again in this life.
He thought to himself: Bitch Xie, I will fight you until death!
With a sharp look in her eyes, Hongying realized that Meng Ying had murderous intentions.
He waved his hands repeatedly: "Girl, I don't want you to avenge me. You said she is a poisonous snake and we can't afford to offend her. Now, I just want you to be safe and not be harmed by her."
"Hongying..." Meng Ying pulled her hand closer, tears filling her eyelashes.
Even after she was reborn, she was like an ant in front of the powerful, and even the people around her suffered. How could she not hate him?
Seeing the master and servant pouring their heart out, Tao Huansheng turned around and went out, closing the door outside.
After half an hour, Meng Ying came out.
Tao Huansheng led her to the banquet room.
I saw that the furnishings in the pavilion were splendid, complicated and luxurious, and even the framed paintings were inlaid with tortoiseshell amber.
Meng Ying couldn't help but ask: "Where is this?"
"This is Prince Gong's other courtyard. He rescued Hongying that day and placed her here because he was afraid of the Jin Yiwei."
I knew he was from a wealthy family, but I didn't expect that he was the Crown Prince Gong.
Meng Ying lowered her head, saying "thank you" could hardly express her gratitude to him. Looking back on her words a month ago, she felt a little ashamed.
Seeing that Meng Ying's handkerchief was almost twisted into a rope, Tao Huansheng realized what Mengying was thinking: "I saved Hongying because she was loyal and smart. Now, although you and I are nominally married, we can both suffer, and we need to work together."
Let’s get through this together.”
"Together we will overcome the difficulties?" Meng Ying was puzzled.
"The situation in the court is unstable now, and the prince is benevolent, but the emperor feels that the fifth prince born to Concubine Xie is more like himself, and there are serious cliques in the court. I want to be a pure minister, but I am regarded as a thorn in the eyes of both parties.
, if there is a slight mistake, the official position will not be guaranteed."
Meng Ying wanted to say that neither of them had a bright future. According to their previous lives, someone else would inherit the throne in the future. But she could not open her mouth to tell this secret no matter what.
Seeing that Meng Ying was silent, Tao Huansheng sighed, "I know you are not the one who lets others bully you. This matter is indeed the Xie family's fault. But now that the time has not come, can you wait a moment?"
"How long?" Meng Ying raised her head, her face full of reluctance.
"When I come back with the king, it can take as little as ten days or as long as half a month. I will turn back. By then, we will discuss it together, how about it?"
Their eyes met, and the voice seemed to have a pleading tone.
Meng Ying was shocked in her heart. This was a local tyrant who once owned a mountain stronghold. Now he is a fourth-rank official in the court. How could he have ever been a lowly person?
"Okay, I promise you."
Tao Huansheng's face lit up, "I'll leave four guards to protect you secretly. If there's an emergency, you can ask them to send me a message by flying pigeons. I will come back all the way!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Meng Ying's throat tightened and she didn't know what to answer.
"I will travel with the emperor the day after tomorrow. Do you... have anything you need to entrust me with?"
He hoped that she would say something like: The colder the weather gets, the more clothes you need to wear.
"I want to send Hongying away. Now that Jin Yiwei is everywhere and the emperor is not in the capital, wouldn't it be a good time for Hu Xie to do whatever he wants?"
Tao Huansheng couldn't hide his disappointment and said calmly: "Okay, I will make arrangements."
When they got to the car, Meng Ying said nothing, just hugging her knees and feeling stunned.
I thought that if Mr. Xie stopped being aggressive, she would accept her remaining hatred, stop being angry and ignorant, and forget about her past. Obviously, Mr. Xie refused to give up, so she had no reason to hesitate. She simply set him on fire and thanked him.
The entire clan was burned to the ground.
Not long after, Xiao Shitou handed in an oil paper bag from the outside. Meng Ying opened it and found a bag of sweet-scented osmanthus snacks. She didn't feel hungry at first, but when she saw the food, she remembered that she hadn't eaten enough water or rice that day.
Lifting the curtains of the car, he saw Tao Huansheng sitting upright on his horse, looking down at him with burning eyes.
The two looked at each other quietly. After a moment, Meng Ying nodded to him and lowered the curtain.
After putting down the curtain, Meng Ying felt mixed feelings in her heart. Tao Huansheng was unabashedly kind to him, but she didn't know how to respond to him.
It's really God's will.
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Hu Mansion.
Xie Chunlian sat on the Grand Master's chair, listening to the people outside the screen reporting the news.
"Auntie, I searched everywhere I could, and the royal guards were dispatched, but the maidservant seemed to have vanished from the world and was nowhere to be found."
The person behind the screen is none other than Lu He. She should be regarded as Xie's distant cousin. However, the Lu family has no power and influence. Now that they are dependent on the Xie family, they dare not call Xie their niece.
He was hunched behind the screen, carefully listening to the sounds inside. He had come in the rain, and water was still dripping from his body.
"Trash! There are so many people in your house, you can't even look down on a maid!"
"That group is really outnumbered, and we can't resist it..." In fact, he didn't even know who saved Hongying, but if he told the truth, there would be no good results.
There was a "pop" sound, and the tea cup fell down. The little maid shivered in fright, and Lu He outside the screen did not dare to speak.
I heard someone scolding from inside: "How did you promise me? Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to find it for me. If you want to see someone alive, you will see a corpse if you die."
"Yes, yes, I will send more people to look for him immediately." After speaking, Lu He hurriedly bent down and went out.
"Madam, I'm just a maid, why do you need to be so angry?" the eldest maid Shuangzhi said comfortingly at the side.
"My grandma was killed by that bitch of the Meng family back then. Now that her personal maid is in my hands, I will pay her back a thousand times." Xie Chunlian's eyes flashed with fierceness.
It has been more than a year since he married into the Hu Mansion, but he has indeed failed to conceive an heir. Her mother has been looking for doctors to give her some home remedies, but unfortunately there is no movement in her stomach.
But she knew very well that Hu Xida spent all day hanging out with her male favorites and never came into her room once a month. How could she be pregnant?
"How's the matter with you? Has Mr. Dongfu come back?" The person who asked was Hu Liangyong.
"Go back to Madam, I've been being watched a lot, but I haven't come back yet. It's windy and rainy today, maybe..."
As soon as she said this, she saw a little girl poking her head at the door. Xie was unhappy and didn't know who to take out her anger on. She opened her mouth and cursed: "What are you doing, you unruly little maid, poking her head at the door? Come in if you have something to say."
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The little girl tremblingly took three steps and two steps at a time, then knelt down when she came in: "Mrs. Qi, it's Sister Shuangzhi. She asked me to keep an eye on the East Mansion. Just now, the old man's sedan entered the door of the mansion. I was afraid of causing trouble, so I came here.
Report."
"Humph, I guess you'll be good." Shuangzhi waved his hand towards her, and the little girl Rumeng Dasheng hurriedly bent down and retreated.
"Madam, there was news from Qingliu at that time. Our uncle called Zhiliu into the study. He probably won't be able to come out in a while." Qingliu and Zhiliu were two bookboys serving Hu Xida. Although they were both boys, they looked alike.
Feminine.
When she first entered the Hu Mansion, there were mostly male servants serving her. She was happy because she thought this would save her from having to be wary of those charming maids.
Unexpectedly, Hu Xida turned out to be a manly man.
She intentionally broke into it several times, but after making a fuss, it remained the same.
She once went to her parents' house to cry, but her father treated her like water being thrown away, and blamed her for not being able to win over her husband's heart. Instead, she was laughed at by her concubine sisters.
She, who had always been domineering and aloof, had never experienced such humiliation. She slept with tears every night, and finally made her understand: If you don't have power, even your biological parents won't want to see you.
She needs power and support.
Hu Xida didn't want to see him or let her have a baby, so she found someone else to give birth to. She didn't like the young guards. Although Hu Liangyong was about the same age as her father, he was wearing a purple robe and was a close minister of the emperor. If he had to protect him, he would still have a bright future.
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Therefore, he often went in and out of Dongfu and frequently paid greetings to Hu Liangyong.
It was rainy and wet today, so the emperor went to court early, and Hu Liangyong also returned to his mansion early. As soon as he finished taking a bath, he saw his nephew and daughter-in-law arriving.
He originally had a wife, but she died of illness last year. He once went to court to obtain a royal decree for his wife and swore not to remarry. He only had a few concubines in the family. Perhaps because of his evil intentions and too many evil deeds, he never gave birth to a child.
They only raised half a son and a daughter, Hu Xida, his brother's posthumous son, as his own son.
He saw his nephew's absurdity with his eyes. He had beaten him and scolded him, but his evil habit was that he would never change. He couldn't really beat him to death, so he said to his nephew's wife, Mrs. Xie,
There are many caretakers.
Today, Ms. Xie is wearing a double-breasted white silk skirt, with only a silver hairpin and a white camellia in her hair.
Hu Liangyong was very moved after seeing this. Although this nephew's wife had a reputation of being domineering, she was very respectful to him and his deceased wife, and she had been filial piety for a full year.
As the saying goes, if you want to be pretty, you must dress in filial piety. Today, Mrs. Xie specially chose this dress.
"Uncle, good luck. It's cold today and this soup is nourishing, so I brought it to you specially."
Mr. Xie said it humbly, filled the soup with bare hands, and served it with both hands.
Although Hu Liangyong was suspicious, his words sounded right. "Xida's wife is interested," he said and took it with a smile.
Seeing that Hu Liangyong didn't drink, Mrs. Xie continued, "Last night, my aunt suddenly came to sleep. She was worried that you would have no one to serve you on a cloudy and rainy day. She ordered her nephew and daughter-in-law to come to say hello more often in the morning and evening. When I woke up this morning, she specially stewed a pot of ginseng soup, and also
Please uncle, drink it while it's hot."
Hearing that Ms. Xie cooked it herself, Hu Liangyong couldn't bear to offend her, so he picked up the soup bowl and took a few sips.
After two clicks, it tasted really good, so I drank the whole bowl.