The First Traitor [Rebirth]

The news of Yuan's return to Yuan's mansion reached Yuan's mansion, and many people ran out.Yuan Ye was on duty, and when he heard that she was coming back, he asked the emperor for help, and the emperor forgave him and allowed him to put aside his government affairs and go back to the government.

"Jing'er!" Yuan Ye returned home and saw Yuan Jing sitting in the hall without any serious problems talking with Pingyao Gong Liang and Yuan Lu Shi, he was completely relieved, and his hurried steps slowed down.

"Daddy, I'm back!"

"Yeah!" Yuan Ye said with a straight face, "Why don't you know how to protect yourself, Mai Ran..."

"Father, let's not talk about this for now, you see I'm still fine, isn't that all right?"

"Have you stepped over the brazier?" Yuan Ye asked the housekeeper next to him.

"Crossed over."

"Then can we go to the ancestral hall to thank our ancestors for their protection?"

Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Father, I have done all of these, so there is no need to worry."

Yuan Lu couldn't help but said bitterly: "When Li'er came back, you didn't care about him so much, instead you scolded him!"

Yuan Ye darkened his face, and then thought that he was too worried about Yuan Jing's situation at that time, so he ignored Yuan Li's mood, and said, "Let the kitchen make a big meal tonight, and hurry up and buy some Their favorite seafood is back."

Hexian is Yuan Li's favorite food, Yuan Lu knew that Yuan Ye still had Yuan Li in his heart, and couldn't help being overjoyed.She told the old maid, Ah Ying, "Go and see if the princess is feeling better. It's been several days and she's still hiding from people. The princess mansion even sent someone to ask what's going on!"

"What's the matter, sister-in-law?" Yuan actually pretended to be stupid and said in a daze.

"Your sister-in-law was infected with a cold a few days ago. The doctor said that it might be a seasonal epidemic. She couldn't avoid the infection, so she had to hide from others. Later, she was diagnosed and said that there is no seasonal epidemic, and the princess will recover after a day or two of recuperation. , I’m sure I’ll be able to come out to meet people at this time.”

At this time, Huarui led a middle-aged woman in the blue jacket and skirt of Yuanfu to come over: "Second Young Master, the person you brought back has already been dressed and groomed."

Yuan Ye looked at Yuan Jing and then at the middle-aged woman, completely puzzled.I saw the woman knelt down and bowed her head in thanks: "Master, thank you for saving my life!"

"Get up." Yuan Jing said.The middle-aged woman got up and wiped her eyes secretly again. She raised her head slightly, and her eyes flicked across the faces of Yuan Jing, Yuan Ye and others. When she saw Pingyao, she opened her eyes wide, as if she had discovered something Something that shocked her.

When Pingyao saw her face clearly, it took a while for her face to appear in his mind, and he felt a "thump" in his heart. He was not delighted to recognize her, but worried that his identity would be exposed by the original family because of her appearance. people know.

His face was slightly pale, and when the middle-aged woman was about to speak, Pingyao shook his head at her, and the middle-aged woman looked away again.

"Jing'er, who is this?" Yuan Ye asked.

"Father, it's a long story, and Jing'er will tell you later. I think Xueli is still young and needs someone to take care of her, and Gong Liang can't take care of her for a while, so I plan to let her stay in the mansion to take care of her." Gong Liang's side."

"Employers need to know the basics. If you find out that there is no problem, then it's up to you!"

When they finalized this matter, Pingyao's palms were sweating all the time. Since the other party didn't recognize her, then she didn't have the biggest crisis.Then came the complex emotions of excitement, joy and even shame and indignation when seeing an old friend again.

"Sister Yao, sister Yao?" Yuan Jing's voice rang in his ears, and it took Ping Yao a long time to recover.Facing Yuan Jing's perplexed eyes, she realized that she was too preoccupied with thinking about things.

"Jing'er, you called me?"

"What is sister Haruka thinking? I've called you several times."

"I..." Pingyao looked around, all the people in Wuyuan Mansion around him must have been busy with their own affairs before dinner.But the middle-aged woman who was brought back was still standing aside.

"Sister Yao, I still have some things to discuss with Dad. I want you to take her down to teach her the rules of the house."

Pingyao nodded indiscriminately, Yuan unexpectedly smiled, touched her cheek before leaving.After she left, Pingyao walked out of the hall, and said dryly: "Follow me."

She brought the middle-aged woman back to Jingxin Garden, closed the door and window behind her own room, and then went over and tightly held the middle-aged woman's hands: "Ying Hong!"

"Miss!" Ying Hong also tightly held Pingyao's trembling hand with tears in her eyes, "I didn't expect Miss to be alive, and I will see Miss one day!"

"Ying Hong, how could you...what happened?"

"Miss, this is a long story."

"Nothing, there is still some time before dinner, we can talk slowly."

Ying Hong told Pingyao about her experiences over the years, and Pingyao asked many details, and she was surprised when she heard that Yuan Jing already knew her identity when she saved her: "Yuan Jing already knew that you are Pingyao Zhang. Someone from the magistrate's mansion?"

"If she hadn't told the truth, she wouldn't have saved the old maid."

"But how could she?" Pingyao was puzzled, Ruoyuan knew Yinghong's origin, why would she save her, and who was chasing and killing a servant who used to work in the mansion?

"Why doesn't Miss Yuan seem to believe Master Yuan, and why did Miss come down to this point?"

Speaking of this, Pingyao couldn't help crying: "When my father was executed, my mother dismissed the servants in the mansion and followed my father. I wanted to go to Beijing to seek justice for my parents, but I was in danger. Fortunately, the owner of the Goulan Pavilion appreciated my proficiency in rhythm and let me go to the Goulan Pavilion to play the pipa to make ends meet. During the days in the Goulan Pavilion, I gradually realized that it was up to me to get justice for my parents It was a foolish dream, and then I learned that the reason why my father was falsely accused of embezzling disaster funds was the fault of the Yuan family! I was worried that I would not be able to take revenge, but I never thought that I would meet Yuan Jing, so I committed myself to her. I hope that one day their original family can be dismantled..."

Why didn't Pingyao know that there were so many people involved in that incident back then?But those who could be punished have already been punished, just like what Yuan unexpectedly told her that time, but she still didn't believe that Yuan Ye would be innocent!Even if Yuan Ye didn't take a copper coin, as long as her father died because of his reasons, then she can't let Yuan's family go!

Ying Hong also shed tears when she heard the words: "Miss is suffering!"

"Soon, I will be able to avenge my parents!" She didn't care about the humiliating and painful days she had lived through these years, as long as she could avenge her parents, it would be worth it.

"Miss, listen to the old maid's advice, forget it! Stop thinking about revenge." Ying Hong suddenly shattered Pingyao's fantasy.

"Ying Hong, what are you talking about?" Pingyao was stunned and angry, "You have been with your mother since you were young, and watched me be born and grow up. My parents treat you like a relative, and I treat you like an aunt. Why are you?"

Ying Hong held Pingyao's hand tightly, and lamented: "Miss, I don't mean that. It's just that if you want to take revenge, it's impossible! It's someone else who really killed Master, and this Man, miss, you can't mess with it!"

Pingyao was at a loss for a while, and soon he was shocked: "Why is there someone else?"

Ying Hong sighed deeply, and slowly talked about the events of the year: "Five years ago, the imperial court appropriated the disaster money, but only 3 taels were left in the master's hands. Miss also knew about this matter. And Miss said whether the original 50 taels was embezzled by the original family, the old maid didn't know. It was just that one night, the old maid sent lily and lotus seed soup to the master who was so busy that he couldn't sleep for several nights. But I heard the master talking with someone outside the study."

Speaking of this, Pingyao couldn't help but think: "Who is it?"

"Miss, don't worry, just listen to me speak slowly. At that time, the old maid didn't know who it was, only that the master was very angry, and said straightly, "You want to cultivate your own power, and you can't control the ministers and officials in the court, but You disregard these hundreds of thousands of people and ignore the officials and never allow it! Is it possible that seeing these hundreds of thousands of people displaced and starving to death and ignoring them is what His Royal Highness Qi Wang who has the ambition to unify the world should do? Is that so? Behavior, if the world is handed over to him, he will surely die of hunger and starvation for thousands of miles! The lower official will definitely play and tell the truth!" This matter involved the king of Qi, and the old maid was startled, but she was afraid of being found out. When we got there, we left immediately.”

"King Qi?!" Pingyao was so shocked by the truth that she couldn't find Bei. She had vaguely known from Yuan Jingde that this matter was related to King Qi, and she contacted King Qi because she wanted to know more information. But they never expected that King Qi was actually the mastermind behind the scenes? !

"Later, the old servant girl got married. Although she didn't have a son or a daughter, she lived a good life. Unexpectedly, one day, an assassin came to the door, saying that I knew something I shouldn't know, and wanted to kill me. I escaped with great difficulty, and escaped all the way to this place to be rescued..."

Pingyao only felt his head spinning for a while, and Ying Hong supported him so that he would not fall to the ground.Ying Hong's words were played back in her mind over and over again, pondering over and over again, and she came to her senses when she heard Ying Hong's concerned shout: "I'm fine."

Presumably her father wanted to submit a letter to the emperor back then, and King Qi withheld the memorial after learning about it, which caused the hungry people to riot after the disaster, and her father was convicted and executed.King Qi killed his father, and now he came to contact her again, saying that he could help her.

That day when Lu Wen came to look for her, she thought that Yuan Li had sent someone over, but she never expected to receive a letter from King Qi himself.The letter wrote: "I was shocked to hear that the girl was the orphan of Zhang Fengzhi, the magistrate of Pingyao. I know your father's grievances, but Yuan Ye is now a celebrity in front of my father, I dare not take the risk of telling my father the truth, for fear that my father will not only dislike it, but even make my father's grievances even more difficult to wash away... ..."

Although the shocked Pingyao doubted King Qi's words, he was also a little moved.If it is true what King Qi said, Yuan Ye had rebelled against King Qi for a long time, so it is not impossible for Yuan Ye to withhold the disaster money behind his back to seek personal gain for himself.But now that King Qi and Yuan Ye are dog-eating dogs, exposing each other's shortcomings, she may be able to take advantage of the fisherman and expose their crimes together!

So she pretended to believe King Qi's words and wrote back to him, and King Qi sent someone to contact Lu Wen to deliver the news for them.But Qi Wang Xu learned about her and Yuan Li from Lu Wen, so he half-coerced and half-bewitched her to use this to separate the relationship between Yuan Li and Yuan Jing.She had planned to do so, so she agreed...

But she never expected that King Qi would have such vicious intentions and play tricks on her like a fool.

Recalling the matter, it was not that she did not doubt how King Qi knew her identity at that time, but she hated the Yuan family and did not question it.But now it seems that the news that Yuan Ye was the mastermind heard from the ninth-rank official who came to Goulang Pavilion to listen to the music, I am afraid that King Qi deliberately told her to listen to it, in order to make her divert Hate!

While Pingyao was unwilling, he also felt that there was no need to feel sad about it. After all, opera actors are ruthless. They are all in a relationship of mutual use, so why should they feel sad for a person who uses and is used?

After Pingyao settled Ying Hong, he looked for an opportunity to find Yuan Li and said, "Yuan Lang, I want to see Zhi Lan and He Que."

Yuan Li didn't think otherwise, he invited the two of them back to Pingyao two days ago to reminisce about the past, only thought that now Pingyao misses them again, so he said: "Then I will invite them tomorrow."

"Now that Yuan is back, I'm afraid that Yuan will ask about us and know about us. I want to see them in person."

Yuan Li thought for a while, hesitated and said, "But can you go out of the house?"

"Don't forget that I was allowed to go out of the mansion on the [-]th day of the Lunar New Year. At that time, as long as I leave the mansion in the name of praying for the fetus, she will not doubt it."

"Then I'll arrange someone to cover for you." Yuan Li is almost responsive to Pingyao now.

A few days later, Yuan Li arranged everything, and Pingyao left the mansion with Yuan Jing's permission.At the branch road, one carriage led to the temple outside the city, and the other carriage slowly drove towards Goulang Pavilion.

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