"revenge?"
Patriarch Qin frowned and looked at his illegitimate daughter's angry face, so he calmly explained:
"The Shi family was greedy, robbed and murdered, and had corrupt personal ethics. The evidence is conclusive. It was all their own fault. There is no injustice at all, and there is no way to talk about revenge."
"What's more, His Majesty has forgiven you and allowed you to be released from prison. You don't have to be a Jiaofangsi and suffer humiliation. You should be so grateful that you can't even talk about revenge."
Mrs. Shi knelt on the ground, "I dare not offend Tianwei and seek revenge on His Majesty, but my Shi family is in good order, and suddenly it has become like this. If there is no one behind the scenes, it will be impossible!"
She suddenly seemed to think of something, "My Jun'er said that it must be that Xia Jingyun. He and Jun'er have enmity, and he must be deliberately plotting to deal with my Shi family. Jun'er's cousin was also expelled from the capital by his tricks. This He must be planning behind it, this person is extremely sinister and full of tricks, please father to avenge his daughter!"
"enough!"
Before the old Patriarch Qin opened his mouth, Mr. Qian Qin Yuwen shouted coldly, interrupting the cheap aunt's cry.
"Shi Zixian was expelled from Beijing. It was his own fault. What does it have to do with others? I was also present at the Guangling Guild Hall that day to see it with my own eyes. Xia Jingyun was just forced to fight by him."
"What's more, even if Xia Jingyun designed to bring down the Shi family, so what? You were rescued by grandpa today not because you are Mrs. Shi, but because you have the blood of the Qin family in your body!"
"Up to now, you are still talking about my Shi family, my Shi family, and your Shi family is long gone!"
"Grandpa spent a lot of money and shamelessly begged Your Majesty to rescue you. What he wasted was the Qin family's incestuous relationship with Your Majesty. He has done his best to you. Our Qin family has no reason to get involved with you and Xia Jingyun. Among the grievances of Concubine De!"
"Okay, okay, dear grandson, please stop saying a few words."
Patriarch Qin patted Qin Yuwen's hand and changed the subject naturally, "Xiu Niang, your majesty promised me that he will not pursue your problem again. You can rest in this garden for a while, and you can use it. When the limelight is over, I will send you out of Beijing to find a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and spend the rest of your life in peace."
He walked up to Mrs. Shi and said, "The Shi family is in the past. From now on, you will no longer be Mrs. Shi, but just the beautiful lady of the Qin family, so you can take care of yourself."
With that said, he walked out with the help of his grandson.
After getting on the carriage, the old Patriarch Qin said slowly: "Your aunt suddenly encountered a catastrophe, and she was very angry for a moment. Don't worry about it."
Qin Yuwen nodded and said: "It's okay for my grandson, but it's better for the Qin family not to get involved in the old grudges of the Shi family."
Patriarch Qin turned to look at him with a kind smile and said, "Haha, my Qilin'er has really grown up. She even knows how to educate grandpa? Don't worry, grandpa, I'm not that stupid yet."
Qin Yuwen smiled, gently supported his grandfather, and walked towards home.
The wheels of the carriage, like the giant wheels of time, brought his memories back twenty years ago. At that time, his grandfather, who had not yet aged, supported him like this and took him to see the beautiful scenery inside and outside Beijing.
At dawn, when Qin Yuwen lazily got up, washed himself up slowly under the gentle service of several beautiful maids, then had breakfast and walked meanderingly outside the house, a personal attendant trotted over and said: "Master, There is news."
"Um?"
"Today, a rumor suddenly spread in the capital, saying that the downfall of the Shi family was secretly planned by Young Master Xia of the Marquis of Jiang'an."
Qin Yuwen paused.
——
In the Fenghe Pavilion, Chunli, who was once the number one girl, has grown old due to the invasion of time and the attack of the demon pestle. Fengheli has gradually become a dream that only the old guests remember.
Now the top one taking her place is Miss Ning Bing.
In the brothel world of Zhongjing City, there are many beautiful girls, but whether they can become an oiran and become the object of great popularity depends on whether there are people to support them, whether there are legendary stories, and whether they have impressive points.
The simplest thing to sum up is, it depends on fate.
Some people once thought that Ning Bing's life was not good. He was relatively well-known in Zhongjing City, but he was selected to go to Sishui Prefecture for technological poverty alleviation.
When she came back, everyone thought that her fate was even worse. She hooked up with the number one young man in Sishui Prefecture, but turned out to be a traitor. Thanks to the special nature of the brothel industry and the benevolence of Concubine De, she let her go. Got her.
But no one expected that just because of this encounter, she would suddenly become angry.
When the Lu family was punished, Concubine Shu was imprisoned, Concubine De took charge of the Phoenix Seal with her pet, and became the imperial concubine. People in Zhongjing City suddenly became interested in the remote Sishui Prefecture, and went to find Ning Bing, who had witnessed it at that time. Seeking secrets.
This trend lasted for a short period of time, and now it has gradually weakened. Ning Bing felt a little relaxed, but also a little lonely. He was about to laugh at himself for being both upright and independent, but then he thought that he was not from a brothel. , I can only laugh at myself.
They thought that this trend would subside, but no one expected that a rumor and a burst of calls would send Miss Ning Bing into a dire life again.
Tonight, the guest who had spent a lot of money to attract tea was sitting in the room, drinking wine leisurely, with emotion on his face, "I didn't expect that the dignified Minister of Rites would be attracted by a young man like Mr. It was calculated by people, and it actually fell like this."
Ning Bing was stunned, "Master Xia? Minister of the Ministry of Rites? Why can't the slave family understand?"
"It's normal that you don't understand. Yesterday, the house of the Minister of Rites was ransacked and the whole family was sent to jail. You should know, right?"
Ning Bing nodded. As an oiran, although the art of dancing with spears and sticks is the foundation, you must have some understanding of the important events of the country and the anecdotes of the streets in order to be able to deal with different guests with ease.
"At that time, everyone didn't know that the Shi family had just survived the disaster before, and why it suddenly fell again. As a result, just today, a news suddenly spread throughout Zhongjing City. It turned out that Mr. Xia was planning all this behind the scenes. , I didn’t believe it at first, but the news was spread so well, and the causes and consequences were so clear, there was no reason for people not to believe it.”
The guest was astonished, "This Mr. Xia is so powerful that some people are now saying that one of the four young masters in Zhongjing is always missing. Mr. Xia's ability is just the right one to make up for it! They even thought of a title. Call him Mr. Ji!"
The guest took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "Miss Ningbing, I heard that you have had contact with Mr. Xia before. Tell me, what kind of person is he?"
"What kind of person is he?"
Oiran Ning Bing murmured, her expression suddenly in a trance, and waves of memories rolled up like waves, bringing her back to that late autumn in Jiang'an City.
——
In Jiang'an Hou Mansion, Gongsun Jing and Su Yuanshang walked into Xia Jingyun's study together.
Seeing even Su Yuanshang's somewhat anxious face, Xia Jingyun said, "What's wrong? What happened again?"
Gongsun Jing was the first to say: "Something big has happened. I don't know who spread the news about our plot to deal with Shi Dingzhong. Now it has spread all over the city!"
Xia Jingyun frowned when he heard this, "It's just a rumor or not?"
Su Yuanshang immediately understood what Xia Jingyun meant, "It's said in a decent way. Although it's not very specific, the general direction is good."
Xia Jingyun shook his head, "Only the three of us know the whole story. Lu Yi and Brother Chen only know part of it. We can't say that there is a mole among the three of us, right?"
Gongsun Jing hesitated and said: "I also told Wang Shilang, is it okay?"
"No!" Xia Jingyun shook his head decisively, "He is the one who has benefited the most, so he cannot be so stupid. If he is so stupid, it would be better if he is exposed earlier, so that we can replace him as soon as possible."
He knitted his eyebrows and walked around the room a few times. Suddenly his heart moved. He turned around and looked at Gongsun Jing, "Do you still remember what we discussed before and the information you suddenly got?"
Gongsun Jing's expression changed, and Su Yuanshang thought thoughtfully, "You mean, there is another pair of eyes watching us in the dark?"
Xia Jingyun followed this idea and thought about it. The more he thought about it, the more likely it was. Moreover, a familiar feeling began to rise in his heart, "This person has a thorough understanding of the situation in the DPRK, and his intelligence network is also very detailed. He knows that we are in contact with Shifu." He knew that the Shi family had taken refuge with the British Duke, and that the concubine behind the British Duke was at odds with my sister. She sensed that we might want to deal with the Shi family, or at least not reject it, so she deliberately released such information to lure us into action. "
"It is precisely because the other party knows our purpose and can deduce our operations, so the rumors can have such decent content. But."
Xia Jingyun turned to look at the two of them, "What do you think the other party's purpose was for doing this?"
"Could it be that he wanted to use a borrowed knife to kill people and asked us to help bring down the Shi family?"
Gongsun Jing said subconsciously, but then he shook his head in confusion, "That's not right. The stone is now in ruins, and it is impossible for the Shi family to get up again. Apart from praising the young master even more, what is the benefit of doing this? Is it just pure To kill?"
"No!" Su Yuanshang said solemnly: "Your Majesty! His intention is Your Majesty!"
Xia Jingyun was startled for a moment, then his expression suddenly changed.
——
Imperial City, Changle Palace.
Concubine De was playing with Dongfang Bai, Prince of Jiaodong County, when a sharp shout sounded from far outside the palace gate, "Your Majesty is here!"
(End of chapter)
