Don’t Learn Mandarin Ducks - Chapter 60

 , crossed the door and entered the hall, she knelt down in the side hall holding her skirt, and glanced at the gauze curtain that fell in front of her.

    “Greetings to Empress.”

    There was only one minion standing in the huge side hall. Just looking at it, I knew that it was not a good battle. The surrounding silence was suffocating. Glancing in the direction of the slave.

    It’s okay not to look at it, but her face sank when she saw it.

    Mon Province.

    This person was a traitor who voted for Zhou Heshuo, and he voted earlier than Shen Zhiluo, but everyone in the Wei Palace knew that he was a lackey.

    If he can stand here, then there will be no Yao Guifei behind the curtain.

    “It’s really you.” Zhou Heshuo raised his finger and lifted the gauze curtain, narrowing his long and narrow eyes slightly, “Shibie should be treated with admiration for three days, a girl in the room turned around and turned into that The mistress of the General’s Mansion.”

    Sighing secretly, Huayue closed her eyes.

    It’s unfortunate for her, so many people today can be caught by him. What’s more unfortunate is that the person standing next to her is Meng Sheng who recognizes her.

    Hua Yue guessed why she was called back, but she didn’t panic. As soon as her body softened, she bowed to Zhou and Shuo again: “Thank you, Your Highness.”

    Zhou Heshuo looked at her with a deep look: “Thank you?”

    “If Your Highness hadn’t given the mandarin duck back to the servants, the servants would not be able to fly to the branches of the General’s Mansion.” Huayue said softly, “I never had the opportunity to salute to His Highness before. When summoned by His Highness, the slaves should kowtow to thank Longen.”

    After all, he kowtowed three times.

    Originally, I was still thinking about this person being caught by him, but when she suddenly knocked it off like this, Zhou Heshuo’s expression softened a little, but he was puzzled: “A mandarin duck can wear a mandarin duck. Let you sit on the position of the general’s wife?”

    biting her lips cowardly, Huayue whispered: “This matter is a long story, the baby was given back by His Highness, and the slave took it to the son, who knows that the son suddenly laughed , I even said a few words of ‘good’, and said that I will live up to the trust of His Highness in this life. The servant was taken aback, but she didn’t tell the son that he had seen His Royal Highness. Why did the son say this? , I was so frightened that the slaves didn’t sleep well for several nights.”

    My eyes flickered slightly, Zhou Heshuo came out and sat down in the outer hall, spread out his clothes, and listened to her carefully.

      She glanced at Meng Xing next to her several times, and her throat moved slightly: “The slave servant also came to see this lord, and only then did she know that she would like to thank His Highness.”

    “Oh?” Zhou Heshuo was curious, “Have you seen this lord?”

    “This is natural, just the day before you passed the question of the slaves, this adult went to the Qifeng Tower to drink and chat with the master. At that time, the slaves were guarding outside and heard This lord asked our son to be careful, saying that someone was framed and framed, and he was going to trouble the son. The slave did not understand what this meant at the time, but the son probably understood, so later, the slave sent the mandarin duck back, and the son said yes. Your Highness trusts you, and you must be loyal all the time.”

    As she recalled, she said with a sincere and sincere expression: “After the fight, the young master took the slave and maid he looked up at. In order not to be engaged with the Han family, he accepted the slave.”

    Zhou Heshuo looked at her silently, his eyes sharp like knives.

    Hua Yue lowered her head, but her posture was very relaxed, without the slightest guilty conscience after lying.

    Meng Xing stood beside him, sweating profusely.

    He never thought that this little master was still alive, and he never thought that he would give him such a big gift as soon as they met. He went to see Li Jingyun that day, and wanted to get some benefits by giving him some ventilation. Li Jingyun was also generous and gave him three hundred taels of silver directly at the Qifeng Tower.

    As a slave, don’t you just point at this little oil and water, but how did she know it? He even told the prince now that His Royal Highness is suspicious. Knowing that he has private contacts with foreign ministers, is there still a way for him to survive in this palace?

    Meng Xing’s eyes rolled straight, and he knelt down when he lifted the hem of his clothes: “His Royal Highness, the old slave has been wronged, you know, the old slave has always been by your side, where is there any other place to go? ?”

    Zhou Heshuo didn’t say a word, his whole body was gloomy and oppressive.

    Hua Yue looked left and right with an innocent look on her face, and when she faced Shang Meng Province, she saw him glancing over threateningly.

    How about the tiger fell and Pingyang was bullied by dogs, these minions now love to threaten and intimidate her, and they even treat her as the half-year-old child in the West Palace.

    Withdrawing her gaze, Huayue smiled slightly: “The slave did not look carefully, anyway, it is an adult of this shape. That is what I said, the slave has never seen the world, I can’t make up my own words, so I won’t lie, and I would like to ask Your Highness to learn from it.”

    I haven’t seen him for a few years, this little master’s attitude has changed, and he is no longer arrogant, but his ability to open his eyes and talk nonsense is good. She hasn’t seen the world yet, so who has seen the world?

    Meng Xing felt a toothache, and bowed to the ground with his old arms and waist: “His Royal Highness Mingjian, you are really not an old slave.”

    With a light “um”, Zhou Heshuo knocked on the armrest of the Taishi chair.

    According to the meaning of this maid, Li Jingyun knew that someone took the mandarin duck and threw it to the East Palace after losing the mandarin duck. The master is magnanimous and willing to believe him even if he holds doubtful evidence, so he later rejected the marriage offered by the eldest princess and followed him firmly.

    Hua Yue raised her eyes and looked at the person next to her.

    ***

    Su Miao went to her cousin without a moment’s delay. Li Jingyun was inspecting the forbidden army in the front palace. After hearing her tell the story, she strode out and took off her clothes as she walked.

      Su Miao picked it up for a long time.

    “Cousin, what are you doing?” Su Miao couldn’t help laughing and crying, and looked around with a guilty conscience, “Is it okay to bump into people?”

    Glancing at her, Li Jingyun said, “Do you think I can enter the harem immediately in this outfit?”

    “You can’t get in, but you can’t take it all off.” Before she could finish her words, the dark blue robe was turned down towards her.

    “Take it away, don’t let anyone find out.” He ordered this, and he walked forward in his white coat.

    Su Miao wants to say that he is not decent, and he will not lose his head if he is caught? But as far as she could see, there was a door halfway along the palace road in front, and her cousin entered the door when he passed by, and before he came out, he changed into the official uniform of a servant.

    “…”?

      Su Miao was in a hurry, seeing a palace servant coming from a distance, she quickly gathered the pile of clothes in her arms into a pile, tucked it under her skirt, and stuffed it into a plump belly.

    “Excuse me.” She stopped the palace servant, clutching her stomach and said, “Where is the imperial hospital?”

    After a while, she met Wen Guzhi as she wished.

    “In Yao Guifei’s palace?” Wen Guzhi pondered and reassured her, “Don’t worry, the third master is measured, and this visit may not be to save people.”

    The little sister-in-law is still in the palace, and the cousin is not there to save people, so why go? Su Miao was full of doubts.

    Wen Guzhi is the person around Li Jingyun who knows the most things. After a little thought, he can guess what the third master is in a hurry.

    Meng Xing, a man who became prosperous by betraying the original owner, greedy for money and good fortune, he was the one who identified Feng Zixu many years ago and painted him a wanted portrait. In order to know the prince’s movements, the third master has always raised him with money, but this time, if he threatens the life of the little sister-in-law, the third master may not be able to keep him.

    ***

    “It looks familiar, but I can’t remember it for a while.”

    Meng Xing knelt in front of Zhou Heshuo and stared at Huayue: “Where should I have seen it, the old slave is old, please give your Highness two days to let the old slave go back and look through the roster ,think carefully.”

    What he said was similar to what Huayue had previously pointed out to him, leaving room for a bargaining chip.

    Originally, Meng Sheng recognized her because she wanted to say it directly. Outsiders don’t know that Da Wei has a little master. A master, who was raised by brocade clothes and jade food, said that if the crown prince is happy, he can also reward him with some things.

    But in the current situation, if he said it, this little master would definitely burn with him and shake his affairs in front of the prince, and he would not have a good life.

    Meng Province has always been the most aware of current affairs, so he kowtowed to Zhou Heshuo after speaking.

    Kayue let out a sigh of relief.

    Since he said he couldn’t remember it, he wouldn’t leave the young lady of the general’s house here to offend people for nothing, even if he asked Huayue to stand up, praised Li Jingyun for being good, and rewarded him with two pieces of jade Let her take her home.

    When she stepped out of the threshold and was blown by the wind outside, Huayue realized that she was in a cold sweat. Her identity is not suitable for showing up everywhere. Today, she is reckless. If she really loses her life, there is nothing to say.

    Just now, I don’t know how much Zhou He Shuo believed, but one thing, as long as Meng Sheng is still there, she may bring disaster to the general’s house at any time.

    Hands and feet were cold, Huayue hurriedly followed the palace servants out, wanting to go out to find someone quickly.

    Just as I walked to Jing’anmen, the palace servants around me suddenly became restless.

    “What?” She tilted her head.

    The palace servant and the guard who led the way whispered a few words, and then came back and said to her, “There is water in the palace, don’t worry ma’am, you can go out if you go further, and then make a fuss. You can’t be bothered.”

    Can you walk through the water in the forbidden palace? Hua Yue was very surprised, in their great Wei, if such a big mess could happen in the palace, the Royal Forest Army would definitely not be able to eat and walk away.

    Daliang’s Forbidden Palace is really unreliable, she shook her head.

    After waiting outside the palace for a while, Su Miao finally came out, but she looked a little weird, so she took Hua Yue’s hand and got into the car with her.

    The wheel was so long that Huayue asked her, “What happened?”

    Putting her breath, Su Miao whispered, “There is water in the palace.”

    “I heard about this.” Hua Yue nodded, “So what?”

     Looking at her fixedly, Su Miao said, “As soon as my cousin entered, the back of the West Palace caught fire, burning a room with a person.”

    With a thud in my heart, Huayue lowered her eyes.

    Su Miao didn’t understand why, and said with a pale face: “I just want him to save you, who would have known that he could stab such a big basket, fortunately no one noticed, If we get caught, we all have to go to Huangquan.”

    Hua Yue was a little distracted, and when she was dragged, she said with a guilty conscience: “It’s good if no one finds out.”

    “You’re not afraid, little sister-in-law, it’s a forbidden palace.” Su Miaozhi shook her head, “I don’t know who burned to death, but it’s a big matter, it’s a big deal today. I have a lot of criticisms against the Imperial Forest Army, and if this incident happens again, I am afraid that Longyan will be furious.”

    In response absently, Huayue sent her back to the Shen residence, and then took the car back to the general’s residence, swaying along the way, I don’t know how long it took. When she returned to Xixiaomen, her head was dizzy.

    Someone came to pick her up, carried her back to the east courtyard, removed her heavy outfit, and put a cup of hot tea in her hand.

    “Look at how promising you are.” Li Jingyun hummed, “The tiger walked through its mouth and didn’t bite off half of the meat, why is it cold all over?”

    She looked up at him, frowning: “Who did you kill?”

    Li Jingyun smiled with drooping eyes and did not answer.

    Mo Tong stared at her, he thought it was funny: “You shouldn’t be having fun if you don’t ask for credit, why are you still angry?”

    He knows how to move Meng Province, so he knows everything, and he doesn’t explain it to her, isn’t it maddening. Hua Yue puffed out her cheeks, but she sighed and leaned on his chest and said, “I’ve caused you trouble.”

    Li Jingyun snorted, and reached out and touched her head: “If you marry someone by yourself, trouble is trouble, and I don’t blame you.”

    I was so used to being in love with the sky, Hua Yue couldn’t help laughing and crying: “Master is not afraid of going on like this, being stabbed in the spine and scolded for being addicted to women’s sex?”

    “Women?” He squeezed her chin in confusion and looked at her, suddenly, “There are two points.”

    Kayue bites him angrily.

    Chuckling on her body, Li Jingyun said, “Don’t be annoyed, Grandpa has long been thinking about that person. Even if you don’t go wrong today, Grandpa won’t be able to keep him for long.”

    Lie, she saw that on the accounts of Qifenglou, several of them were for Meng Xing, and the two had a lot of exchanges, how could they be willing to break it easily.

    It’s also a coincidence, if he didn’t let her go to Qingqifenglou’s account, she might have leaked stuff in front of Zhou Heshuo today. .

    After the disaster, Huayue leaned against him and let out a long breath.

    In fact, killing people is the worst idea. At this point, there is really no other choice. Once Meng Sheng died, would Yin Huayue be without suspicion? No, on the contrary, Zhou and Shuo would doubt her even more, but compared to being directly exposed by Meng Sheng, this was already a good result.

    This is a great favor, with real power in hand, no one dares to look down on these three young masters, Zhou Heshuo temporarily pressed Zha Yin Huayue’s movements, and even the eldest princess changed the previous Hostility, sent a lot of things to the general’s mansion.

    Hua Yue is very curious, why is the emperor as shrewd as this liang so important to a young man? But she was also very happy. After this incident, Kang Zhenzhong came to the General’s Mansion more often, and she began to plan how to repeat the words from his mouth, so as to unravel the knot in his wife’s heart for many years.

    However, Zhuang could not wait for her.

    When the weather in Jinghua just started to turn cold, Mrs. Zhuang was already sick and withered. No matter how many doctors or medicines she prescribed, she never got out of bed. When Wen Guzhi came to see her, she didn’t even have a pulse, she was silent for a moment, and then asked her, “What else do you wish for, Madam?”

    Kayue’s eyes were red.

    How can Mrs. Zhuang have any wishes? In the past few days, she can only laugh. When she hears her coming, she laughs, and then takes her hand and tells her how gentle and good the first queen is.

    “I was so old at that time, and was locked in the firewood room, and my life was about to die. She pushed the door and came in, with a light all over her body, just like a fairy descending to the earth, and took me to the earth. Pull it out of that rotten branch.”

    Her voice was very low, and Huayue had to stick to her mouth so that she could hear what she was saying.

    “At that time, I thought, as long as I can live, I will repay the mother in the future.”

    “I saw you later, you are as good-looking as the empress, with the same outline, but you are not happy, your mouth is flat, and you won’t even smile.”

     Who can laugh at something like that? There were tears in Zhuang’s eyes, and she rubbed her hand and said, “Don’t be busy, I know you are busy recently, and you want to help me. I want that kid Jing Yun to forgive me.”

    As her throat tightened, Kayue grabbed her hand instead.

    “Where to use it.” She whispered, “When is this, you tell him to understand now, how will he live the rest of his life? It’s better to leave it like this, he doesn’t know it in his heart. Suffering.”

    “Madam.” Hua Yue couldn’t listen, “This is what the son owes you.”

     Shaking his head gently, Zhuang Shi smiled: “He doesn’t owe it, I haven’t been with him well since he was born, the eldest lady and the second young master in the house are loved by You Shi’s own mother, only he , I’m the one who is guarding me when I’m small, and I can’t help him.”

    She seems to have been paying people’s debts all her life, the generals, the Youshi, the first empress, and in the end she never wanted to pay Jingyun’s debt. It’s a pity that her body is weak, and I’m afraid it’s too late to pay it back.

    Li Jingyun’s face was gloomy, but he still agreed.

    When Zhuang closed her eyes, Li Jingyun was also by her side, there were only two of them in the room, Zhuang stared at him, her cloudy eyes suddenly had focus, she saw herself The boy looked like he was wearing an official uniform, and he also saw his eyes looking down.

    “Don’t stay any longer?” he asked.

    It sounded like she was just going out. Zhuang Shi couldn’t help laughing, and he coughed again and again: “You are so promising, I am very relieved for my mother.”

    Li Jingyun didn’t start, and said coldly: “Yeah, you can rest assured of me when you are young, and you won’t worry about me either hot or cold.”

    “I’m sorry child.” She touched his hand with trembling fingertips, “I’m sorry, mother.”

    The Adam’s apple rolled, and Li Jingyun was holding his neck.

    “It doesn’t matter, I’ve grown up anyway, so I won’t care about you anymore.” He wiped his nose sullenly, “So stay for a while, I don’t think you’re annoying. .”

    “Is it true?” she asked happily.

    Li Jingyun shook her head, grabbed her trembling hand rather roughly, and held it tightly.

    Zhuang Shi was delighted, and smiled like a child, his face glowing.

    The room was quiet, and there was only one breath left.

    Li Jingyun sat with a stern face, his body was in the empty room, and a slanted shadow was drawn by the setting sun outside the window.

    ***

    In August, when it turned cooler, the white flags were hung in the general’s mansion. Wen Guzhi stood in the general’s mansion and looked at the little sister-in-law with red eyes like a rabbit and the indifferent third master next to him, sighing.

    “Why doesn’t your third master cry?” He was accompanied by a little girl from the imperial pharmacy, and he asked, “Isn’t the deceased the mistress of this general’s mansion? The young lady cried a lot.”

    Wen Guzhi covered her mouth and gave her a silent gesture.

      Come.

    The three of them have always felt the most distressed about the third master, and they all want to share for him, but now, the third master is still covering them, helping them settle the family difficulties, find official positions for them, search for them way out.

     Fortunately, there are more people around him now.

    “Hey, isn’t that Miss Han?” The little girl opened his hand and pointed, “Look, why is she here?”

    “Brother Jing Yun.” Getting up and walking to the side, Han Shuang nodded, “Mrs. Li Shao, condolences to the two of you.”

     Huayue returned her a gift.

    Long time no see, Han Shuang’s life seems to be not very comfortable, everyone looks haggard, but her eyes have not changed, when she looks at Huayue, she still has a deep feeling hostility.

    “There is one thing I want to tell the young lady.”

    Li Jingyun’s face is still kind to the guests, but the words he spit out are filled with ice scum: “Tell me too.”

    “Okay.” Han Shuang responded unexpectedly and pointed to the secluded corner next to her.