Chapter 33: Saving Mother’s Reputation
As soon as Xiao Jiuniang said this, the buzz around her became even louder. There were voices of disbelief and voices of ridicule and disdain.
Axiu couldn't help but become frightened after hearing the comments around her.
Phoenix clenched his fists angrily and shouted angrily: "You are talking nonsense. Why should what you say be true? How can you prove what you said?"
His loud shout immediately attracted more people to watch. Even the guests in the Xinghua Yanyu Tower gradually poured out of the building. The windows upstairs opened one after another, and one after another was peeked out. Come with a face.
"Hey, Sanlang, come and take a look. Isn't this the miracle doctor we met in Pengcheng, Xuzhou?" Suddenly there was an exclamation, and from behind one of the windows, another man couldn't help but poked his head out curiously. , casting his eyes from high up, he was easily attracted by the white figure surrounded by the crowd and the barbarian boy in Xuanyi.
"Proof? When the incident happened, many maids and concubines in the palace saw it. This incident had already been spread at that time. Do you still need to prove it?" Xiao Jiuniang said angrily with disdain.
Xiao Jinyu laughed and shook her head.
"Many palace maids, nuns and concubines saw it, so which palace maid, which nanny or which concubine saw it? Now you are the one saying it here, how do you know that it was not you who spread this matter? Rumors?" Xiao Jinyu asked.
"Yes! Who can tell whether this secret in the palace is true or false? Just relying on a sister-in-law's words really can't explain anything?"
"Miss Xiao, you must prove your words! Otherwise, you will slander Miss Xiao's reputation. How can you be so vicious at such a young age?"
Xiao Jiuniang's expression suddenly panicked, and she thought to herself: No, no matter which palace maid saw it at that time, under the late emperor's thunderous means, those people were no longer alive, and it was Wang Guifei and Zhang Xiurong who were present later. They all fell out of favor one after another and were relegated to the cold palace. Empress Shen also did not win the favor of the late emperor and suffered all the cold treatment from him. It was only after the death of the late emperor that she persuaded various forces in the court to let her son Chen Bozong succeed to the throne. The identity of the Queen Mother.
However, her son did not become emperor for long before he was usurped by King Ancheng Chen Xu, who is now the Holy Emperor. Today's Empress Dowager Shen only has the title of Empress Wen, and is under house arrest by Jin Shang. Just a widow from Wende Palace.
We can't let this widow come out to testify, right?
Xiao Jiuniang suddenly turned pale and looked at Princess Ningyuan beside her. Seeing that Princess Ningyuan also shook her head, she cast her sharp eyes on the daughters of the noble clan, and finally fell on Kong Wuniang.
The Kong family was related by marriage to the Chen royal family, and one of Kong Wuniang's aunts was the late emperor's noble concubine.
"She...her aunt was also present that day and witnessed this with her own eyes!" Xiao Jiuniang suddenly pushed Kong Wuniang out and said.
Kong Wuniang was stunned for a moment, and then she mustered up the courage to say: "Yes, I have heard this from my aunt before. The Xiao family's legitimate daughter, oh no, it is Xiao Luan who has been removed from the Xiao family. She is in the palace. When I was treating Princess Yuhua, I often exchanged letters with General Han Zigao of the Right Army. The two of them communicated with each other privately behind Princess Yuhua’s back, so that’s why... what Jiuniang just said..."
"Exchange of letters?" When Xiao Jinyu heard this, her eyes narrowed slightly and she asked Kong Wuniang, "So you want your aunt, Concubine Kong Guifei, to prove it? Where are the letters? Can you guarantee that what you said is wrong? Virtual?"
Kong Wuniang was a little shy when she was refuted, but when she saw Xiao Jiuniang's vicious gaze, she muttered loudly: "I dare to guarantee it!"
Xiao Jinyu smiled again and said, "Okay, even if this is what your aunt saw with her own eyes, does what she saw must be the truth you said?" After that, she pointed to the people hanging on the tree. Dead man, "These are the people, I said, they are the killers sent by the mistress of the Xiao family. They chase me and kill me many times. You dare to bite me back, saying that this is a drama I wrote and performed myself." So how could what I saw and heard in the palace that day not be a play directed by others?"
Speaking of this, Xiao Jinyu's voice became serious and cold. This angry and cold voice suddenly choked the noise around him.
Li Mi leaned out half of his body with great interest to watch the show.
At this time, Xiao Jinyu continued: "Fifteen years ago, my mother Xiao Luan also used her medical skills to help the world in Jiankang City. From the princes to the common people, how many people have received her healing grace? Everyone here or at home must have received treatment from her, right?" When she said this, some people in the crowd fell silent.
"When my mother was alive, or when you accepted her favors, you could call her a miracle doctor, or praise her as a spring hand in the apricot forest, hold her up to the clouds, flatter her or respect her, but now she is no longer alive. Is it possible that his posthumous reputation can be so casually ignored just because of a rumor whose truth is unknown?"
Xiao Jinyu's scolding made Xiao Jiuniang and Kong Wuniang's faces suddenly turn pale, and they couldn't help but stagger back.
The crowd of onlookers fell silent, some sighed and sighed, and some even looked ashamed.
Even Li Twelve Lang and Li Mi, who were watching the excitement, couldn't help but smile, with a hint of disbelief and guilt in their expressions.
"And even if this matter is true and she is in love with her, she has never hurt or harmed anyone, so what is wrong with her? Back then, Princess Yuhua fell in love with Han Zigao and wrote love poems to each other. It can also be called a good story, and But my mother will be demoted to dirt by you and bear the filthy words. Is it just because of your so-called testimony..." Xiao Jinyu pointed at Xiao Jiuniang, "Just because of your shameless words, her life's integrity will be sacrificed. , wipe out all the good deeds you have done?
Is this the way you should behave? "
The last question immediately moved everyone present. Not far away from the crowd, Feng Dong was slowly pushing Xiao Xian's wheelchair. After hearing this sentence, he was also shocked. In place.
"Lang Jun, it's that young lady. Did that young lady say what you just said?" Feng Dong saw the crowd murmuring and murmuring. Xiao Jiuniang's face turned pale and she couldn't help but said happily, "Lang Jun, look , Ninth Lady has been refuted speechless. I didn’t expect that the little lady is not only good at medicine, but also has such eloquent talent!”
Xiao Xian was also stunned. Yes, this was indeed eloquent. Even if some people dared to think this, no one would dare to say it. Even he, when faced with the rumors about the eldest sister, There was no way to determine the winner or loser.
At this moment, a burst of applause came from the Xinghua Yanyu Building, and two elegant men in white walked out of the building.
It was Cui Sanlang Cui Heng and Li Twelve Lang Li Mi.
Li Mi strode over and said loudly: "Yes, Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching" stresses how to be a human being, based on benevolence, cultivating the heart, doing good and promoting good. I also listened to this person just now..." He Pointing at the white-faced Xiao Jiuniang and Kong Wuniang on the side, he smiled and said, "This Xiao Jiuniang probably understands what's going on. There is no unknown secret among any of the big families in this family. However, let a certain What is puzzling is that this Xiao Jiuniang, whose surname is also Xiao, could ignore her family's reputation and publicize such inconveniences... Could the scandal be publicized, and could it be that she deliberately exaggerated the facts in order to prevent the eldest son of the Xiao family from being exposed? My daughter returns to the Xiao family?"
When Li Mi said this, the discussion among the crowd became louder, and someone already said: "Yes, Xiao Jiuniang is also the daughter of the Xiao family, how could she slander her own girl's reputation like this? This matter is a bit strange. Could it be that it’s really a lie…”
"Whether it is a fabricated lie or not, it is inconvenient for outsiders to discuss his family's affairs. As the girl said, even if someone saw it with their own eyes at the time, how would they know that this was not a pretense staged by others to frame their mother?" play,
However, Xiao Luan, the eldest daughter of the Xiao family, has been seen by someone. When she was in Qi, even the king of Qi said that she was very beautiful. She was a true daughter of a noble family among the southerners. She has the demeanor of a celebrity, and when she was in the Qi State, she diagnosed the pulse of the royal family and treated the common people. There were not a few people who were cured by her. She was a true doctor with a benevolent heart. No matter how you look at it, she does not look like Xiao Jiuniang. That shameless person you mentioned? "
Li Mi said, with a sarcastic smile on his face, and turned his eyes to look at Xiao Jiuniang, who was unable to hide.
After saying that, he asked Cui Heng teasingly, "Sanlang, do you think so?"
"You, who are you? How do you know how she is in Qi State? Don't talk nonsense here. I think you are also someone she hired to act with you, right?" Xiao Jiuniang said angrily.
"Who are we? Ha..." Li Mi didn't feel funny and pushed Cui Sanlang beside him, "Sanlang, show them!"
At this moment, a group of officials separated from the crowd and were heading this way. The leader of the officials walked into the middle of the crowd and asked: "What happened? Who reported it to the official?"
(End of chapter)