Chapter 109: Catching the Evil
The night was like ink, dark clouds rolled, and a storm swept across the Duanwang Villa.
An old woman hurriedly stepped on the accumulated water and rushed to Qingheyuan in panic.
This is the residence of Princess Duan Xue Yuechen, and it is very quiet during the day.
Today, many distinguished guests stayed in the villa. Xue Yuechen was busy with the friendship of the landlord and was busy until this time. She sat down to change clothes and remove makeup and prepared to rest...
"Are the prince still in the study?" she said, taking off her earrings and gently putting them on the dressing table.
The maid Yuzhu said, "Go back to the princess, I met Aji just now and said that the prince had something to do, so he would not come to the evening and asked the princess to rest early."
Xue Yue frowned slightly, and didn't say anything, and a trace of imperceptible loss flashed through her expression.
"Will he go to Liu Shangyan to come back?"
The courtyard was spacious and bright, and Li Huan personally arranged it to Xue Liu...
Could it be that you want to make a living with her tonight?
She was thinking that a girl came to report to her outside: "Report to the princess, there is an old woman who claims to be sweeping in the 'Begonia Fengheng', saying that she has something urgent to ask for a meeting."
Xue Yuechen looked at the jade and said, "Let her come in."
The woman was soaked all over, and the rain kept dripping along the corners of her clothes, panting. Before she could stand firm, she hurriedly presented her handkerchief and said with a smile:
"The princess, my uncle's surname is Zhang, and I work as a job in Haitangyuan. This is the handkerchief that I picked up at the base of the exterior wall of the courtyard..."
Xue Yuechen sat in front of the dressing table, and the maid combed her hair bun. Hearing this, he frowned, "How could you be in a panic when you pick up a handkerchief?"
The woman owed her body and said tremblingly: "When the villain saw Mrs. Ping'an, she took advantage of the night to go to the Haitangyuan at the other end of the Jiuqu Corridor. This handkerchief fell on the outer wall of the Prince's Gate..." >
Xue Yuechen suddenly lowered her face and stared at her coldly.
"You should not say such suspicious words. If you dare to climb and bite, carefully take care of your skin!"
The old woman said yes, her forehead was covered with sweat.
"I saw that Mrs. Ping'an was hesitant and deliberately dropped the veil. Then... I picked it up and reported it to the princess for help."
Xue Yuechen signaled Jade to bring the handkerchief over.
The green satin horn embroidered with a blooming lotus. Under the reflection of the candlelight, the dark patterns seemed to flash with faint light.
A lotus?
If you give it to the prince, what thoughts you have left are self-evident...
Jade glanced at Xue Yuechen's face and paused his fingers slightly.
"This pin looks like the Sixth Girl..."
Xue Yuechen pondered slightly.
At the Liushang Banquet today, the prince's behavior was really strange. The sixth sister was in the limelight, and the prince appointed her as the leader, which clearly had other plans.
Could it be that the two of them really have something unspeakable?
Xue Yuechen suddenly rubbed the handkerchief into his palm and turned to look at the woman waiting to receive the reward, "You said you picked it up at the base of the wall of the prince's residence?"
"It's true!" the old woman said, "I saw Mrs. Ping'an heading to the prince's residence with her own eyes. The handkerchief fell under the bamboo bush at the base of the wall. If the old woman hadn't picked it up first, she would have been picked up by the prince's guards. It will definitely be handed over to the prince..."
Her words were like thunder in the ground.
Xue Yuechen felt panicked and was at a loss for a moment.
How could the sixth sister do such a foolish thing?
No, you have to check this matter before the prince.
She raised her hand gently and signaled Jade to get closer, with a little chill in her eyes.
"Take this slut who is provoking trouble and provoking disagreement first to take it to the woodshed to guard it. Don't let her go out and gossip..."
Xue Sui is from the royal family. No matter whether the matter is true or false, the servants should not arrange it at will.
The woman panicked, her face pale and her body trembled like a sieve.
This shouldn't be the case.
The person who sent her money said that Mrs. Ping'an was favored by the prince, and the princess was very displeased with this. She brought a veil to seek credit. Will the princess highly reward her?
The woman knelt on the blue brick stone with a pounce, looked up at Xue Yuechen, walked two steps on her knees, and kowtowed like pounding garlic.
"Princess, the young man didn't make trouble, every sentence is true, the young man just happened to pick up a handkerchief..."
Xue Yuechen turned her eyes and looked at her coldly.
"Go on!"
After saying that, he asked Yuzhu to change his clothes for himself, and then said to Jade.
"Hand the lights, follow me to the willows and smoke."
Jade responded: "Yes."
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The smoke returns on the willows.
Jinshu was tidying up the clothes in the cage in the inner room. When he heard that the princess had arrived, he quickly put down his work, walked out quickly with Ruyi, and gave a big gift respectfully.
Xue Yuechen looked cold and asked, "Where is the sixth sister?"
Jinshu hesitated slightly, "Princess, Lady is not in the house."
Xue Yuechen snorted coldly, "Where can she go with such heavy rain?"
Jinshu said, "Mrs. I took the manuscript of the poem and went out, saying that I would go to Mr. Zhao to ask Mr. Zhao for poetry..."
When Xue Yuechen heard this, his face suddenly became gloomy.
"I asked her to Tingyuxuan for a midnight snack before, saying that she was unwell and it was getting dark, so she was intent to find someone to discuss poetry?"
Jinshu heard this and lowered his head, without saying anything.
Seeing her like this, Xue Yuechen felt more suspicious and asked, "Are you still unwilling to tell the truth? You have to wait until something happens to your girl before you can speak?"
Jinshu hurriedly bowed and said in fear and fear, "Princess, my maid used to be a worker with the old lady, and at least she can tell the difference. When the princess asked someone to come to invite the meal, the lady was really uncomfortable. Later, she saw Miss Gu San and was treated with The fourth girl instructed her to find Mr. Zhao. The wife was afraid that her girl's house would be inconvenient to travel at night, so she became kind and went to Qixia Pavilion with her..."
Xue Yuechen frowned, "You said, was the fourth girl sending Miss Gu San to find Mr. Zhao?"
Jinshu hesitated for a moment and said stutteringly, "This... I can't say it well. I just listen, it seems that way."
Xue Yuechen thought to herself.
Xue Si hated Xue Liu to the core, and it was inevitable that he would use some secret tricks.
Could it be that old lady who used a veil to report the news?
If she listened to the instigation of the old man, she hurried to the prince's residence to find someone, and not only did she make a mess, she might even cause a big disaster.
Originally, the relationship between Xue Liu and the prince at the last Hundred Flowers Banquet made the prince confused, otherwise he would not have arranged the residences of the two of them personally, and they lived so close.
If she asked rashly, no matter whether Xue Liu and Prince had anything happened to him, there would be rumors. The most shameless person at that time would be her princess...
What a good Xue Si.
Use her as a pawn.
Do you really think she is stupid and at mercy?
Xue Yuechen snorted coldly and said lightly: "This rainy night is long and I can't sleep at any time. Then I will go to Qixia Pavilion to listen to them talk about poetry..."
The jade is holding an umbrella, the jade pendant is carrying a lantern, and the rain is flowing to take care of Xue Yuechen, and he walks slowly towards Qixia Pavilion.
"Boom--"
A thunder struck down.
A shout suddenly came from the sound of rain.
"A thief has stepped up the jade stairs!"
"Come on, there are thieves on the light jade stairs!"
The roar suddenly rang in a rainy night and soon spread throughout the villa.
There is a thief who actually enters the villa of King Duan. What's wrong?
Li Huan's face changed suddenly when he heard the news.
He was not sure who lived in "Jade Step Light" because all these charities were arranged by his princess.
But he knew very well that the jade steps were lighter than the entire villa, the most secluded place...
Could it be that they... choose where to tryst?
Li Huan immediately rushed to the jade steps with a few personal guards like a strong wind.
Before he could get to the place, he noticed something strange.
Along the way, there was no guard along the way.
If you can transfer the guards without knowing it, and no one reports it to him, how could you be an ordinary person?
Among the guests who stayed in the villa tonight, there were less than three people who could do this.
The prince is one of them...
Li Huan walked outside the courtyard, raised his arm, and signaled the guards to wait on the spot.
The guards were silent, lurking in the sound of rain.
Li Huan led his two confidants and quietly touched the closed door.
The sound of rain covered their steps, and the people inside could not hear the movement outside, while the people outside, with full of doubts, suddenly knocked the door open...
"Bang--"
A loud bang broke through the rainy night.
Li Huan broke into the house with the sound of howling rain.
Just as Xue Yueying's hair was scattered, her expression was squinting at the corner of the couch, and her clothes were disheveled.
Li Yan's outer robe was hung on the screen in a dazzling way.
Li Huan used the tip of his sword to open the bed curtain.
"It's you?"
Xue Yueying screamed with a "ah" sound, holding half of her bellyband, and shyly burped into Li Yan's arms.
Li Yan's clothes were wide open, his expression was extremely awkward, and he stammered:
"Brother, this...is a misunderstanding..."
Seeing this, Li Huan was so angry that he laughed.
"What a King of Wei!"
"What a dignified and virtuous Mrs. Gu!"
He turned around, without looking at Xue Yueying's embarrassing body, he walked around the screen with a gentlemanly demeanor, and in deep voice commanded his subordinates.
"Go, please come here!"
The whole villa is brightly lit, like daylight. Countless wind lamps were lit up, and the light swayed in the wind and rain, reflecting faces that were either astonished or curious, and came lightly up to the jade steps.
The raindrops fell on the bluestone slab, splashing layers of water.
Xue Sui accompanied Gu Ruoyi and talked about poetry and Taoism with Zhao Hong in Qixia Pavilion.
Hearing the noise outside, he said goodbye to Zhao Hong.
Zhao Hong looked at Gu Ruoyi with gentleness in his eyes.
"The night is stormy and rainy. Mrs. Ping'an and Miss Gu San, be careful on the road."
Gu Ruoyi's face turned red and she nodded slightly.
"Thank you, Mr. Zhao, for your concern."
The two walked out with their maid holding a lamp and an umbrella.
Gu Ruoyi turned around and looked at Zhao Hong, whose shadow was stretched out by the lights under the eaves, and said to Xue Sui: "Thanks tonight to be Sister Xue. If you weren't with you, I would have been embarrassed to come alone to ask Mr. Zhao..." br>
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Xue Sui said, "I have to thank you. If it weren't for Miss Gu San, how could I hear such a wonderful and ingenious opinion? Mr. Zhao is very talented and handsome and beautiful, and she is really a natural match."
Gu Ruoyi lowered her head in shame and was shy and angry.
"Sister Xue, don't be ashamed of me..."
The two of them talked and laughed. As they walked along the way, they saw many people hurried towards the "Jade Steps" and said they had caught the thief.
Gu Ruoyi frowned in confusion and asked, "Has the thief actually broke into my sister-in-law's house?"
Before Xue Sui could answer, she heard someone calling her in the rain and fog.
"Six sister."
Xue Sui turned around calmly, looked at Xue Yuechen under the lights, her skirt was wet with rain, and her face was still dignified and noble. She quickly carried an umbrella and saluted gracefully.
"I've met the princess."
Gu Ruoyi also bowed to Xue Yuechen.
Xue Yuechen nodded and asked Xue Sui: "Where have you been?"
Xue Sui looked as usual and told the words he had thought about in advance.
It's exactly the same as what Jinshu said.
Gu Ruoyi saw Xue Yuechen's solemn expression, as if she didn't believe it, and also said, "Princess, Sister Xue and I are in Qixia Pavilion, discussing poetry with Mr. Zhao. We are in the same place and have never been separated... ”
Xue Yuechen asked, "What have you heard just now?"
Xue Sui replied calmly: "I heard Miss Gu San discuss poetry and articles with Mr. Zhao, and was immersed in it, and never heard any strange sounds."
Xue Yuechen looked at Xue Sui deeply, then looked at Gu Ruoyi, "Sister Six, please ask Miss Gu San to sit in your room for a while. Don't rush to go back."
Gu Ruoyi saw that her tone was wrong, and her face changed instantly, and she said anxiously: "Princess, I heard that the thief has entered the jade stairs, but what happened to my sister-in-law?"
"Nothing is wrong, I'll go over and take a look..."
Xue Yuechen winked at Xue Sui and signaled her to take Gu Ruoyi away.
After all, Xue Yueying's face is also related to the Xue Mansion's face.
A servant who is informed can keep his mouth shut, but how can Gu Ruoyi's mouth be sealed?
Once Miss Gu San knows the truth, it is equivalent to Jingyuan Hou Mansion knows the truth...
Xue Yuechen didn't want the matter to be too embarrassing.
Unexpectedly, Gu Ruoyi was kind-hearted, and when she thought that Xue Yueying, who was big belly, was frightened, her eyes turned red immediately.
"Prince, don't comfort me. It must be something wrong with my sister-in-law, right? I came to Villa together this time, and my brother specifically advised me to come and take good care of my sister-in-law. If my sister-in-law has something wrong, what kind of face will I have to go back to see my brother. ? I shouldn't have left my sister-in-law alone, it's all my fault..."
Before the sound could fall, the girl didn't even hit the umbrella. She lifted the hem of her skirt and ran up the jade steps.
Xue Yuechen: “…”
Xue Sui pretended to be puzzled, "Princess, what happened?"
Xue Yuechen's fingers tightened.
Thinking that she was still holding her handkerchief in her arms, her brows frowned even tighter.
"Sister Four is confused. You can persuade Miss Gu San later. Don't make a big deal and lose the face of our two families..."
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The jade steps are already in chaos.
Li Yan slowly put on his clothes behind the screen...
"Emperor Brother..."
Li Huan looked cold: "Don't call me."
Li Yan touched his nose and said embarrassedly: "It's really not for my younger brother to do this. I hope the emperor will forgive me."
Li Huan slowly turned around and asked, "What sin can I forgive you? What should you think is, what will happen if things get like this?"
Li Yan said: "If you don't say it, I won't say it, who knows..."
Li Huan looked at him and scolded him in anger, "It's okay if you are romantic on weekdays, but you're in my villa. If the Jingyuan Marquis' Mansion knows about this, how can you let them have their face? What about the father and emperor How can I explain to Marquis Jingyuan? ”
Li Yan looked at his blue face, then he looked at his long sword in his hand, soaked all over, and he looked like he was coming to catch the adulterer, and he couldn't help but feel a little doubtful.
"Brother... Why are you here?"
Li Huan lowered his face: "I'm asking you!"
Li Yan laughed awkwardly and bowed again and again, "I hope my brother will be for me for this matter. Even if it is not for me, I should also give your sister-in-law's reputation..."
His voice has not fallen.
A sound came from outside.
"The prince is here-"
Why do you have him everywhere?
Li Yan said intimately, "Not good."
But before he could come up with a solution, Li Zhao had already led a group of guards in the rain.
"I heard that thieves have come to help..."
Li Yan and Li Huan looked at each other, saluted, and looked at the prince's smile, and felt a chill in his heart.
The prince came here at this time, not a good intention.
"What's wrong? Are the two emperor brothers looking bad?"
Li Zhao's eyes slowly swept across their faces, and the question was meaningful.
"Where are the thiefs? Where are the thiefs? The two emperor brothers have arrived, but they still haven't come out to die?"
Li Yan opened his mouth and wanted to say something. Before he could say anything, Li Zhao had already taken his men and walked in.
Li Yan reached out to stop him: "Your Highness the Crown Prince..."
Li Huan quietly stared at Li Zhao's back and calmly stopped him.
In the room, Xue Yueying didn't have time to clean up, and she grabbed her clothes with her hands in panic and draped her hair. She got off the couch with a panic expression, not daring to look at his face, and saluted naked.
"See, I've seen His Highness the Crown Prince..."
Li Zhao laughed softly and slowly bent down on his couch to pick up a belt.
"Isn't this the emperor's belt? How could it be on Mrs. Gu's couch?"
Xue Yueying's face had not yet dissipated, and she lowered her head in shame when she heard the sound.
"No, it's not His Highness the King of Wei..."
"Gu Ke didn't say which emperor brother it was." Li Zhao smiled slightly, turned his head to look at Li Yan who was embarrassed, and raised his eyebrows with a smile.
"So it turns out that the thief who broke into the villa at night is His Highness the King of Wei?"
Xue Yueying felt panic, her whole body was stiff, as if her tongue was numb. The more she wanted to explain, the more she couldn't explain it clearly.
"I, I...we...no, not what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thought..."
Li Zhao curled his lips and looked careless, "Mrs. Gu wants to say, you and the lonely emperor are in the house, taking off your clothes just to talk about the song "The Young Woman's Boudoir at the Liushang Banquet?"
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He never speaks mercilessly, and every word is very vicious.
Gu Ruoyi rushed into the house in the rain and heard Li Zhao's questioning.
"Sister-in-law, you...?"
If you ask, it will be blocked in your throat.
Seeing the scene in front of you, what else can you not understand?
Her voice was trembling slightly, and she looked disbelief.
"You..."
There are only a few people in the room. It is obvious who is the "thief" at a glance.
Gu Ruoyi is gentle and kind-hearted. Even if the betrayed is her biological brother, she will only bite her lower lip tightly and shed tears and cannot scold her.
But Xue Yue'e is different.
She rushed over after hearing the news, but unexpectedly captured the traitor of the Fourth Sister and the King of Wei.
My father racked his brains to let her re-sell the King of Wei, but the fourth sister actually took the lead.
How could she bear it?
Xue Yue'e was in a state of grief and anger, "Sister Four, how can you be worthy of your fourth brother-in-law, how can you be worthy of me, and how can you be worthy of your father? Prince, brother-in-law, you have to make the decision for me!"
Xue Yuechen and her came in with her. When she saw Gu Ruoyi crying, Xue Yue'e, and the shocking and embarrassing scene in front of her, she felt a headache.
She looked at Xue Yueying coldly.
"Fourth Sister, how can you be so confused?"
When Xue Yueying saw her, she seemed to have suddenly found a scapegoat, and turned around and pointed at Xue Sui.
"It's her! It's Xue Liubu's plan, it's her who wants to harm me!"
Two-in-one chapter, good night, good night~~
Xue Sui: It’s my turn this time, it’s over?
Li Zhao: Haha, safe New Year!