Chapter 31 The murderous intention of the prince
After Xue Sui had eaten and tidied up a little, he went to Shou'an Courtyard to pay his respects to Mrs. Cui.
"Sit down." After just one night, Old Mrs. Cui seemed to have aged more than ten years.
The bags under his eyes were drooping, and he was lying listlessly on the low couch. His hair, which was always neatly combed in the past, was also fluffy. He looked like an old tree that had been drained of its juice, with its branches wilting. Drooping down.
Xue Sui prepared porridge and snacks and asked Aunt Jinshu to put them in a blue and white porcelain bowl and bring them to Mrs. Cui.
Mrs. Cui shook her head and sighed, "I can't eat it."
Aunt Jinshu looked at Xue Sui with a troubled face.
"I'll do it." He gently took the bowl, sat down firmly on the edge of the couch, and persuaded in a soft voice: "I only got along with my third uncle for a short time that day, but I also found that my third uncle loved my grandmother the most. It's filial piety. If a mother can't let go of her son, how can a son let his mother suffer? If the third uncle is alive, he will definitely not let his grandmother grieve for him. "
Her tone was calm and calm.
Old Mrs. Cui's eyes were full of tears, but they rolled down.
"He turned out to be a good man. He happily told me, Mom, I'm leaving now. I was still thinking that he wanted to lose all his money, was scolded by his wife, and then came to me to beg for money... Why did he just say no? It’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have scolded him and said those insignificant words. I think I offended the Bodhisattva and punished him..."
Xue Sui held the bowl and stirred slowly with a spoon, listening to her words.
After she finished speaking, he handed the spoon to her mouth again.
Mrs. Cui swallowed a few mouthfuls with tears in her eyes and refused to take any more.
At this time, the girl Cuiping opened the curtain and came in. She glanced at Xue Sui and stood there in embarrassment.
The old lady raised her head and said, "Just tell me what you have to say. Miss Six is not an outsider."
Cuiping was busy and blessed her body, and replied: "The eldest lady asked for a carriage to go out early in the morning and went back to her parents' home."
The old lady was silent for a moment, then suddenly turned around and asked Xue Sui: "I heard that your father came out of there angrily last night, and the fourth girl was also grounded. This is the first time in so many years. Sixth girl, you and your father were together last night What do you know about Qinglanyuan?”
Ginger is still spicy.
Even though she was immersed in grief, Mrs. Cui's eyes and ears were still bright.
Xue Sui calmly brought the hot water from the purple clay pot to the old lady.
"My father asked me to wait in the outer room, but I didn't hear anything."
What is her status in the Xue family? Old Mrs. Cui has a clear door.
So after hearing this, he didn't have any doubts and just sighed heavily.
"With such a wicked woman, the family is in misfortune."
After scolding Mrs. Fu, the old lady's tears couldn't stop pouring out again when she thought of her dead third child, and she could hardly hold herself back.
"Your third uncle is alone in the morgue of Jingzhao Mansion. Everyone is gone and he can't be laid to rest. As a mother, my heart is like a knife, it hurts..."
Xue Sui said warmly: "When the murderer is caught, we can bring our third uncle back and bury him safely."
Mrs. Cui snorted coldly, "Why should we arrest the culprit? I know it in my heart. They just despise the third child. They think he is worthless and has bad morals. They are afraid that he will drag down the reputation of the Xue family... That vicious woman, I wish something would happen to the third child.”
Obviously, the purse matter made Old Mrs. Cui complain about Fu.
Xue Sui didn't say those cliches of "sorry and resignation". He waited until the old lady had vented all her resentment and then said:
"My granddaughter knows a wizard who can summon spirits and ask for divination. Otherwise, my granddaughter would ask him where the third uncle's soul is now and what unfulfilled wishes he has?"
When the old lady heard this, she burst into tears and nodded repeatedly.
He took Xue Sui's hand again and held it tightly in his palm.
"Sixth girl, there are so many children in the house. Grandma will not know until something happens... You are the one who knows the cold and the hot best."
People who cried, talked, chanted, and comforted her one after another.
But this girl, who was usually silent, was so silent that she could stop breathing after just one word.
"Poor child, from now on, grandma will no longer let others despise you."
Xue Sui lowered his eyelids slightly, patted the old lady's hand gently, and said nothing.
If Mrs. Cui had said this when she was eight years old, it might have been different.
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Xue Sui came out of Shou'an Courtyard, brought a cup of soup from Mrs. Cui's kitchen, and sent Ruyi to Liuli Pavilion.
Ruyi went happily, but he didn't know that the girl from Liulice didn't show any mercy at all. She stood at the door with her hands on her hips and refused to let him go.
Ruyi stood on tiptoes and peeked in, "Hey, the fourth girl is crying?"
The faint sound of crying made her feel relieved, and she put the soup cup on the ground.
"The fourth girl was grounded. Our girl was very distressed. She specially begged the old lady and rewarded her with a cup of dry black chicken soup. She told the fourth girl to be grounded well, but she must not break her body from crying. No matter how old she is, she still has to do it. Take a look at the little one.”
When the two girls Qingzhu and Qinghong heard this, they felt as if their feet had been burned by charcoal. They wanted to jump up and curse, but they couldn't find the slightest fault in her. They really wanted to argue with a pale face, but instead He has become ignorant of good and evil.
Seeing that they were angry, Ruyi pretended to be a villain and said the next sentence with a smile.
"Drink slowly and replenish it well. Leave without sending it away."
Back at Lixiangyuan, she described it vividly, which made Xiao Zhao laugh.
Xue Sui showed no expression.
This trick was originally taught by Xue Yueying and is nothing new.
It's just that things are changing, and she has to taste the feeling of being isolated.
This is the beginning, take your time. She can't rush.
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The next day, when the new rain stopped, Xue Sui and two maids went out from the back door holding an umbrella.
As soon as the three masters and servants reached the entrance of the alley, they saw a carriage parked.
A man was pacing back and forth in front of the carriage, that familiar face full of anxiety.
The boy ran over panting from the other side of the gate. He didn't see Xue Sui and the other three, and only focused on replying to Gu Jie:
"Fifth Master, the fourth girl has been grounded. The Xue family master does not allow her to go out." "The villain has handed the things given by the Fifth Master into the house, and cannot inquire about other things."
It was too late for Gu Jie to stop the young man, so Xue Sui heard everything.
He was very annoyed, looked at Xue Sui coming towards him, and took the lead in attacking.
"Are you here to see my joke?"
Xue Sui watched him approach and met his eyes directly.
Gu Jie's heart suddenly crossed, thinking that she was going to complain about injustice or say a few words of grievance, but he didn't expect that she didn't even move her eyebrows.
"Excuse me, give way."
Gu Jie looked back and realized that the coachman had not stopped the carriage and was blocking the entrance of the alley. His face felt hot and he hurriedly motioned to the coachman to step aside.
After saying that, when Xue Sui walked over without saying a word to him, he felt inexplicably irritable.
"Xue Liu, what happened to Ying'er?"
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"Why did Mr. Xue punish her?"
"Did you do it? You must have caused trouble again!"
No one answered.
Xue Sui turned a deaf ear.
Gu Jie raised his voice: "Xue Liu!"
Before Xue Sui got angry, Xiao Zhao became anxious first.
"Girl..."
Before she could say "Kill her", she was blocked by Ruyi's "Bah" sound.
I saw Ruyi standing in front of Xue Sui, spitting out like poisonous saliva.
"Fifth Master Gu, don't blame us for being your servants' arrogant people and not knowing what to say. You are willing to treat the stinky rocks in the pit as treasures, and no one else can stop you. It's also your own hobby to like to eat shit. We don't think so. It stinks, just go further away, but you are so shameless in getting in front of our girl..."
"Tsk, tsk, look at you, you're not ashamed at all. Marrying a nobody, having an affair with a man, and being unmarried, with a big belly, is like marrying a fairy. Are you ashamed? I like those in Beijing. The girls in the building are all more respectable than her..."
"Your Majesty, don't argue with me. But from now on, don't say such embarrassing things in front of our girls, so as not to dirty our girls' ears and waste a few buckets of water!"
When Gu Jie, a scholar, became an official, when had he ever been insulted like this?
He was stunned and speechless for a long time.
When I came back to my senses, the three masters and servants had already walked away...
He gritted his teeth, got on the carriage, and just as he drove out of the alley onto the main street, thinking about Xue Yueying's affairs, he saw a man riding a horse from a distance.
The person who came was dressed as an attendant of the East Palace, stood up with a sword, whipped his whip, and shouted at the top of his voice:
"Who's blocking the way ahead? Why don't you take your people and your car quickly and get away!"
The driver of Jingyuan Marquis Mansion looked back at Gu Jie and carefully handed over his hand, "Master, this road is wide enough..."
"Stop blabbering!" The visitor scolded: "I'm so big, I can't get through it!"
Martha! Is this deliberately looking for trouble?
The boy stood in front of Gu Jie and muttered in a low voice, "The road is wide. How can we block the horse from the East Palace? This is too overbearing."
Gu Jie's face was extremely ugly, but Li Zhao was such an unreasonable person on weekdays. Even the dog slaves in the East Palace were competing with each other. The horseman actually gave way to the driver?
How unreasonable!
Gu Jie's face became hot: "That's all. Let's give in!"
Guan Ya waited for Gu Jie's carriage to stop at the side of the road, then rode his horse through the street, then circled back to resume his life.
"Master, I did everything you told me. That grandson didn't dare to say a word!"
In the carriage, Li Zhao straightened his clothes and said calmly: "Go back."
When Xue Sui came out, he also saw Li Zhao's car.
Although the carriage was not as luxurious and showy as the prince's carriage, she had found out many details about Li Zhao earlier and recognized it at a glance.
The car was parked on the wet stone road. The air after the rain seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, and the water vapor was thick. The eaves of the houses on the street were still dripping with water drops...
Xue Sui walked quickly with his head lowered.
The carriage curtain opened a corner, and a faint warm fragrance floated out.
A person can be vaguely seen in the car, with black hair like ink, tied up casually with only a mutton-fat white jade hairpin. He was dressed simply, adding to his laziness and casualness, but his angular jaw was slightly stretched, his black eyes were sharp, and with a faint glance, a bone-chilling chill could be felt.
Xue Sui's heart sank slightly. When he arrived at the second floor of Jiuyu Building, he sat down in the waiting room with flickering light. His first words were:
"Li Zhao wants to kill me."
With the strong drink in his throat, Yaoguang asked with a smile: "Is it possible that he is tired of eating big fish and meat and wants to change his taste and try our stir-fried vegetables?"
Xue Sui was stunned for a moment before reacting.
What a shame, senior brother!
Xue Sui said: "He is targeting me. I can feel his wariness and the murderous aura in him!"
Li Zhao: Laifu, come here and smell it. What does your body smell like?
Laifu sniffed around: Master, it smells good!
Li Zhao: Get out!
Laifu: Sure enough, he has murderous intent!
(End of this chapter)