"Second sister, Zi Yuan is not in good health. I have to go and see her."
The Milky Way was shining brightly at the top of the moon. Miao Tong gestured slightly at the door of the moon cave in the garden, and a sinister smile appeared on Wen Hong Yao's lips.
"Zi Yuan is pregnant, and His Highness Prince Jin has repeatedly asked me to take care of her. My sister is not as free as you."
She was trying to get Lutang to join her in her words, and it seemed that she wanted to make everyone in the house aware of what happened tonight.
The two of them were competing for favor. Lutang wanted to just listen to the fun and end it. Since Wenhongyao was pulling her, it was okay to go and have a look, so she pretended to be helpless and smiled: "What are you talking about, big sister? Ziqian is my biological sister." , how can I ignore it? I will go with my eldest sister to have a look."
The two of them got up and each brought their personal maids. The red medicine was not enough, so he specially called the maids, nuns, and daughters-in-law who had already chosen to marry Zi Yuan. A group of about ten people went to the east courtyard under the moonlight.
The lights were dim, and it was obvious that no one was expected to visit in the yard. Outside Zijian's bedroom, there were only two little maids sitting on the threshold waiting. When they saw the eldest lady and the second lady coming with a group of servants, they couldn't help but panic.
One came forward and knelt down without saying a word, while the other ran away like flying, unable to stop or catch up. Once you look at this situation, you know that something is wrong.
Wenhong Yaoming Miaotong took her with him and walked to the flower viewing building in the east courtyard garden. From a distance, he saw Ziyun's personal maid Caiping guarding the downstairs. Just now the little maid was panting and talking to her.
Lutang couldn't help but lowered his head and spat, secretly sighing that Ziyuan didn't have any brain at all. If you want to put someone under guard, it should at least be in the corridor outside the courtyard or at the entrance of the moon cave, so there is room for maneuver. Just waiting in the bedroom, if something urgent happens, how can you escape?
When Caiping saw everyone, her face was already stiff, and she knelt down in front of Wen Hongyao with a pale face, blocking the door of the building.
"Miss..."
Wen Hongyao didn't even respond, and slapped her with a wave of his hand. He sneered and ordered the two old ladies behind him: "Go up and have a look! Invite the third lady down!"
The first person who came down from upstairs was Gong Kunyu, who was disheveled and embarrassed. He tied his belt and ran downstairs with his shoes in panic, and even wanted to run away.
Wen Hongyao looked at him with a sneer and ordered his hands to be tied up and his mouth to be tied up like a rice dumpling.
After waiting for a long time, the old woman scolded her in a low voice and drove the disheveled Zi Daan out of the building.
Wen Hongyao wanted to deliberately humiliate her, not allowing her to put on her clothes or let the maids come forward, so she drove Miss Qianjin out of the building naked.
Zi Yuan's whole body was very smart, only wearing a red gold chain and a five-color mandarin duck to wrap her chest, her shoulders and chest were exposed, her legs were bare and she didn't even wear underpants, and her thin feet were bare and without shoes and socks.
She knelt tremblingly in front of Wen Hongyao, shaking into a ball and about to cry without tears.
"Third sister, I have to go to the palace tomorrow to meet the palace family members. Are you feeling well?"
The maids and women present, all of whom were planning to marry Zi Yuan to the palace, were all shocked when they saw this situation. The young ones were all red-faced and turned away in embarrassment. The old nuns could not help but sigh and clasp their hands, complaining that the third young lady was really a despicable whore and even had an affair with a domestic slave.
"Zi Yu, you seduce His Highness outside and your slaves in the house. You act like a prostitute. My sister doesn't even know what to say about you!"
Wen Hongyao's face was sinister but still smiling, looking creepy under the moonlight.
Zi Dian was naked and kneeling, feeling ashamed and ashamed. She kowtowed to Wen Hong Yao and cried, "This slave forced me to do it. Sister, please save me!"
Zi Yun was driven to panic, knowing that Wen Hongyao would never spare her, so she turned around and kowtowed to Lutang to beg for mercy: "Second sister, please say something, and Zi Dao won't dare to do it anymore."
Miao Tong pushed her away and spoke for Wen Hongyao: "The third young lady did some dirty things several times, but the eldest lady did not say anything to hide her face. Today, I would never have imagined that the third young lady would be so shameless and have an affair with a slave!" Look at the slaves, the eldest lady should not be too kind and go back to Madam Marquis! Now that the second lady is here, the scandal of the second room lady cannot implicate the eldest lady. All right, just deal with her according to the family law!"
Under such circumstances, Lutang naturally had nothing to say. He simply took a few steps back and said calmly: "Zi Daan has an engagement with His Highness, so it is up to the eldest lady to handle it. I have nothing to say."
Seeing that there was no one to save her, Zi Qian couldn't help crying in despair: "Sister, for the sake of the child in my belly, I can at least look after His Highness the King of Jin's face..."
Wen Hongyao saw that Lutang didn't care about what he wanted, so he stretched out his hand to catch Zi Yuan's chin, lifted her pale face, and said with a smile: "You have an affair with a slave and raised a son, and you still have the nerve to mention His Highness? You want to take the baby in your belly?" Monsters crammed into the palace and pretended to be of royal blood?"
As soon as these words came out, Zi Daan's lips turned white, she was so scared that she was paralyzed, holding Wen Hong Yao and crying: "The child belongs to His Highness! That slave just seduced me today!"
She cried in a high-pitched voice. Lutang frowned and watched for a long time. Feeling quite disgusting and awkward in her heart, she turned around and left with Susu and Ling'er.
When I walked to the door, I heard Wen Hongyao behind me and said with a cold smile: "Send Zijian back to her room so that she can be healthy. Tomorrow, we will accompany His Highness to the palace to meet the palace family members!"
Zi Daan, on the other hand, had already collapsed to the ground. She was supported by several old ladies and dragged back to the room to guard her.
What Wen Hongyao did was like lifting it up high and putting it down gently, as if letting go of Zi Daan. Lutang knew that she was definitely not so kind-hearted and must have ruthless tactics behind her.
In the early morning of the next day, Wen Hongyao took Ziyuan out in a carriage and entered the palace together with Jin Wang Xiao Yuanhui.
Before noon, Su Su hurriedly ran in to report that just as the carriage of the two ladies arrived at the gate of the palace, Zi Dian had a miscarriage in the carriage.
In front of Xiao Yuanhui, he immediately called the imperial doctor and medical woman from the palace. After looking at the pulse, they all said that the fetal gas was moved due to sexual indulgence during pregnancy, which led to the miscarriage.
Zi Yuan was pregnant out of wedlock, but she kept it a secret from the public, and she could no longer hide her face if she started making trouble at the palace gate.
Such a scandal happened at the gate of the palace, which was like a slap in the face of His Majesty the Prince of Jin. Xiao Yuanhui was extremely displeased, so he had to order someone to quietly send Zijian back to the Hou Mansion, and only brought Wenhong Yao into the palace to pay his respects.
Wen Hongyao returned home at noon and said that the palace had agreed to her position as the royal concubine of the Jin Dynasty, and the wedding date would be set soon. Xiao Yuanhui did not mention Zi Yuan's concubine status again.
"The eldest lady is not allowed to mention what happened last night. I heard that she was quite protective of the third lady in front of His Highness Prince Jin. But the loss of the third lady's child hurt her body and she will never be able to get pregnant again. His Highness the Prince of Jin was shocked when he heard that. I don’t like it very much. Just now, the eldest lady went to the room and made some strange remarks. The third lady couldn’t think of committing suicide, but luckily she was rescued.”
Susu said it very willingly, and there was no trace of pity in her tone.
The Hou Mansion still cared about the face of Prince Jin's Mansion and did not force Zi Daan to commit suicide. The Prince of Jin's Mansion didn't send his servants until evening to bring some silk and food, so that Zi Daan could be healthy and healthy.
The messenger said that His Highness was very sad about the miscarriage of the child, so as for the third lady to enter the house as a concubine, we had better talk about it later.
Since then, Xiao Yuanhui has not visited Zijian, nor has he asked her to go to Prince Jin's Mansion again. All the positions of concubine, concubine and young envoy were gone.
Zi Yuan's incident of catching an adulterer was suppressed by Wen Hong's medicine, and no one who saw her that day dared to mention it. Wen Hou and his wife only knew that she had had a miscarriage and had fallen out of favor. As long as it doesn't affect Wen Hongyao's position as the royal concubine, they don't really care what happens to the little bitch.
The only puzzling thing in the house is that Gong Kunyu is missing. After seven or eight days without seeing anyone, news came out from the steward's room in the mansion that Gong Kunyu had stolen some soft money and quietly left the mansion and ran away.
Lutang knew there was something fishy, so he had to ask Su Jiu, the shadow guard guarding the West Garden. He calmly told Su Su about the process of Japanese Hongyao sending people to kill Gong Kunyu.
"Miss Wen sent a few boys to carry the person to the Silt River outside the city. The body was put in a sheepskin bag, with nails driven into the top of the head and the soles of the feet. Four or five pig iron pendants were tied around the body, and it sank in the river."
When Lutang heard such a cruel death method, his face was indifferent and emotionless. While Marquis Wen was not in the palace, she told the Liu family the news.
Although she knew Gong Kunyu was a liar, Ms. Liu still cried heartbrokenly. Lutang could tell that she had collapsed, and she was afraid that she would no longer be able to stay in the Hou Mansion.
"Yesterday, the eldest lady went to see the fortune teller and told the Marquis that the child in my belly was ominous. The Marquis couldn't resist the madam and wanted to send me to the Zhuangzi. Now it seems that it's okay, stay in the mud pit of the Marquis Mansion. I'm afraid it will be death sooner or later. I won't fight anymore and will leave the day after tomorrow."
She was emaciated without applying any makeup, her eyes were red and swollen from crying, and her body had lost weight.
Lutang sighed and left a few doses of fetal medicine with her. When he was about to leave, she called him.
"Second Miss, Gong Kunyu once gave me a piece of paper with dozens of names on it. He said that with this piece of paper, the Marquis would not dare to touch him. Who knows he is still dead. I can't see this thing. I understand, I'll give it to you. You knew about our affairs, you didn't kill me, and you saved my life and my child's life. I can't repay you. Now the Marquis and his wife treat you like an enemy. You keep this piece of paper. I don’t know if it’s useful or not.”
She took out a piece of tissue paper from under the pillow and handed it over, lowered her head and sighed softly, and ordered the maid to close the door.
Back in the West Garden, Lutang lit a candle and carefully identified the list.
There are fifty names in total, and behind each name is written the address in the capital.
These addresses are all in Yongdingfang! This is the list of Marquis Wen’s dead men!
Lutang couldn't help but widen his eyes, it really took no effort at all!
"Su Su, Su Jiu invites His Highness Prince Qi to come and meet in my room tonight. I have something important to discuss with His Highness!"
At midnight, Su Jiu came with Xiao Yuanmu.
Once again, Xiao Yuanmu was wearing a black brocade robe and a jade crown on his head. He didn't seem to be a thief in a secret society, but like he was going out to a banquet.
"Your Highness can go to the house dressed like this?"
Lutang was in a good mood, and even made fun of Xiao Yuanmu.
After receiving Su Jiu's report, Xiao Yuanmu was extremely happy. This was the first time she took the initiative to invite him, and the appointment was in her bedroom.
Learning from the lesson of being disliked by her last time, Xiao Yuanmu specially burned incense and took a bath after feeding the tiger at night, and changed into a new set of bright clothes.
When Su Jiu and the guards on duty saw it, they all felt that their master was too bold for a man of great skill and was too arrogant. Even though the crowd is sparse in the middle of the night, and even though he is highly skilled in martial arts, is it necessary to dress like this?
Isn't it good to be informal when meeting in private? Last time, the lady was greeted in her pajamas, and she didn't even change clothes or make up for you, Your Highness!
"Coming to your place to meet me, I don't need to be like a thief." Xiao Yuanmu walked to the bedroom with ease and sat down on the spring stool in front of the coffee table without being invited.
There were more shadow guards outside, and Su Su and Ling'er didn't have to go out to guard them. They were all serving tea and snacks in the room.
Green Tea wore a light green gauze formal dress and a set of white pearl chain earrings, which made her look particularly delicate and elegant.
This was very much like a young couple's tryst. Xiao Yuanmu felt very happy, but he still missed the affair-like feeling of seeing each other again and again.
Lutang placed the list in front of Xiao Yuanmu and said with a light smile: "Your Highness, I am fortunate to have lived up to my command!"
