Fast time travel: The heroine and the female supporting role hold the script of the villain

Chapter 98 The real daughter, she quit (44)

Fortunately, the carriage from the Duke's Mansion came in time, and Lu Xiangxiang poked his head out of the carriage and waved vigorously towards the palace gate.

Haiyao casually bowed her knees to Luo Hongxin as farewell, and then walked quickly towards the carriage.

It wasn't until the carriage of the Duke's Mansion started to move slowly after the driver swung his whip three times vigorously, that she felt that the feeling of being stared at and like a light on her back had eased a little.

Haiyao unconsciously fiddled with the silk handkerchief in her hand twice, knowing that after today, she might officially fall into Luo Hongxin's eyes, and there are some things that must be done quickly.

Her unusual silence along the way did not arouse Lu Xiangxiang's suspicion, and the girl also rarely said anything, she kept peeking out of the corner of her eyes, and her lips moved slightly to say something comforting, as if she felt that the words were too much Pale, in the end he just bit his lower lip and remained silent.

When the carriage arrived at the entrance of the alley where the Wu Mansion was located, when the curtain on the carriage was opened, you could see that the gate of the mansion was already covered with black and white silk cloth, and declined Lu Xiangxiang's proposal to send her outside the main entrance , Haiyao got out of the car with Chunxi's support, and quickly walked into the alley.

Fortunately, the butler of the mansion is sharp-eyed. While dealing with the gifts sent by the various mansions in Beijing, he hastily descended the steps to meet the two of them. His not-so-young face was covered with tears. Li's already hunched waist seemed to have collapsed by two points.

Haiyao and Chunxi also covered their faces and began to sob.

Finally, the carriage parked at the entrance of the alley left quietly.

"Where are the parents?" Hai Yao asked casually, withdrawing her hidden gaze.

The butler also raised his hand to wipe away the tears that had been fumigated with onions beforehand, and responded in a nasal voice: "Master and Madam both claimed to be sick, and there are quite a few people who came here just now to find out the news, but as long as they can't learn from the master and madam If Madam finds any flaws, it's useless to suspect."

Most of the servants in the mansion didn't know the inside story, they just thought that their second young lady really died suddenly, crying harder than the other, all because of the money that the master's family would subsidize later.

After all, even Fuyuan and Luyuan only knew that when they came back from Shanyuan Temple that day, Qingsongyuan seemed to be in trouble, but they couldn't tell exactly what happened.

Wu Jinrou's funeral was very decent, and everything was done according to the specifications that a second daughter in the family should have. Wu Xiuyuan and Zhao's family were not stingy at all when it came to money.

After two days, this matter was completely settled, since then there was no such person as Wu Jinrou in Beijing.

The Wu family was really depressed for a while, Zhao Shi refused all the invitations on the pretext of being unwell, Wu Xiuyuan simply took a long vacation with the Imperial Academy, and at home he was either teasing birds or writing big characters every day.

It's worth mentioning that during this period, when the auspicious day given by the Sima Mansion came, the Song family also tried several times to talk to Wu Xiuyuan and the Zhao family, and even moved out the old lady as usual, but unfortunately they failed to achieve much effect. .

Every time Mrs. Zhao simply said "my poor Rou'er", she could completely shut up the mouths of the people who came, and in the end, Wu Jinzhen could only leave alone in Wu's carriage with a shabby dowry and betrothal gifts. With the dream of wealth and honor in her heart, she plunged into Sima's mansion.

On this day, Haiyao came to Qingsongyuan to pay her respects to Mrs. Zhao as usual, but she didn't expect that Wu Xiuyuan, who usually went to the study early, was also there.

Seeing her coming, Mrs. Zhao waved and called with a smile: "Come here, this is the fresh fruit that the kitchen just bought from outside this morning, I originally ordered the kitchen to send some to Liuliyuan, so that you can taste it while it's fresh. "

"Mom looks much better today." Haiyao took the fruit and praised it with a smile.

This is true. Although it was a fake funeral for Wu Jinrou before, after knowing the truth, it still caused a certain degree of mental shock to Zhao.

The woman was overwhelmed by the grief of being repeatedly deceived. Xu didn't expect that Wu Jinrou really didn't have the slightest gratitude and nostalgia for the Wu family. She wore a forehead mop and moaned on the bed for many days.

"The body is yours after all." Zhao was very emotional, and stretched out his hand to hold hers, and his eyes were full of relief: "Fortunately, God took pity on me and your father, and returned you to us, as long as you take good care of yourself." , I don’t think it’s hard work for my mother.”

"But... did you really see her in the palace that day?"

Haiyao nodded affirmatively: "My daughter was also afraid that Miss Lu would miss her eyes, so she asked Miss Lu to take me into the palace. I didn't expect it to be true. But parents, don't worry, I told Miss Lu about the palace. It wasn't sister Jinrou, and then our family held a funeral, she just thought she had indeed admitted the wrong person."

"It's really dangerous." Mrs. Zhao patted her chest, as if she had lingering fears, then turned her head to look at Wu Xiuyuan who was holding a book in the inner room, her tone was full of pride: "Master, look at our Yaoer It’s because she’s smarter than other ladies.”

"Yeah." Wu Xiuyuan nodded in agreement, feeling a little scared every time he thought about it.

If it was really planned by that kid from the Luo family, his Wu Mansion would be completely dragged into the water. He is just an upright official who has been in the Imperial Academy all year round. The experience of being exiled when he first entered the officialdom is still vivid in his mind. .

Now it's a good excuse for him to cultivate himself at home, right now is the time when the princes in the palace are doing the most, he just stays in the mansion, so that even the storm outside will not fall on his head.

"Madam and Yao'er, you two are walking outside, you have to be very careful recently, I'm afraid this matter is not over yet." Wu Xiuyuan exhorted worriedly.

In fact, since the emperor established the crown prince for so many years, the situation in the court has always been stable, but in the past six months, there have been sudden turmoil.The several princes including the prince were not very peaceful, which inevitably made everyone a little uneasy.

"As for Zi'an, I should also find a reason to call him back from the academy and keep him at home for a period of time, so as not to cause trouble if he goes out!" When mentioning his son, Wu Xiuyuan frowned in distaste. Compared to Haiyao's intelligence and With a scheming heart, Wu Zian is a complete fool and sweet, everyone looks like a good person.

Zhao naturally responded one by one.

The days passed under such superficial calm, and occasionally Haiyao would sneak out of the house to check on the business and take the time to fulfill the promise she made to Lu Chengen.

Fifty sets of armor, shields and handy weapons are the greatest sincerity she can show so far. Ever since she developed a harder and sharper iron weapon that is close to steel, she has not made too much noise, and she has not rashly shot to expand that A small blacksmith's shop located in Penang, otherwise how could it have survived to the present day.

Among other things, just being noticed by the Prince's faction was enough for her to drink a pot.

The method of refining fine steel is extremely hot in the hands, Haiyao can't help thinking, it's time to find a chance to have a good talk with Lu Chengen.

But before she could take any action, the calm of the Wu Mansion was broken by a stone thrown by the Sima Mansion.

"Banquet post?" Haiyao was quite surprised after hearing this, took the post in Mrs. Zhao's hand, opened it and looked at it twice: "Our family has never had any contact with Sima Mansion, why is Mrs. Sima meeting this time?" sent you an invitation?"

Mrs. Zhao's brows were already furrowed into a ball: "Your father and I both wanted to say no. I didn't expect the people in Luyuan to hear the news, and they were clamoring to go to Sima's mansion to see their daughter."

"Do you really think of yourself as an in-law of the Sima Mansion? Damn! It's just that they are making trouble, but your grandmother is always partial. If I don't agree, those two in-laws from Luyuan will run away by themselves. When the time comes Our Grand Scholars’ Office really made the capital see all the jokes!"

Blinking in silence, Haiyao lowered her head and touched the textured surface of the invitation, then smiled.

"Then it's all right."

She was quite curious about what kind of tricks these people wanted to play again.

(End of this chapter)