Uncertain Chang'an

On New Year's Eve, Lanyue Building was finally closed for closing. There were girls in the building whose family members were still in Beijing and could go back home to reunite with their families. A rare leisure time.Wanniang accidentally drank too much wine just now, she was a little dizzy now, so she got up and went back to her room to rest.For someone as old and not very popular as her, the girls in the building naturally don't care, and even the boys in the building pay attention to Oiran Zhiran.

While dealing with those sisters, Zhiran caught sight of Wanniang getting up and going back to the room. After a while, he also got up with his forehead and said: "I'm a little dizzy, go back to the room and lie down for a while."

"Sister Zhiran, I'll see you off."

"I also send it to sister Ran."

"No need, you continue." Zhiran smiled and waved his hands, declined the kindness of the crowd, turned and went upstairs, but instead of going back to his own boudoir, he slipped into Wanniang's room while everyone was not paying attention.

Wanniang was sitting by the bed reading a letter from her son who was handed over by Twelve, when she suddenly heard a movement by the door, she raised her eyes and saw Ran coming in, she hurriedly hid the letter under her pillow, and exclaimed: "Ah! Miss Zhiran Why are you here?"

Zhiran turned around and locked the door, approached with a serious face, and said: "Ming people don't speak dark words, I heard the conversation between you and Mr. Yan that night, you recently inquired about Shen Bi and Chong Jin intentionally or not, what is your purpose?"

The smile on Wanniang's face froze, she pretended to be calm and said: "I don't know what you are talking about."

Zhiran continued to approach, sat on the round stool, staring at her with a pair of fox eyes, different from the usual breathtaking, now with an aggressive taste. "Nowadays, only Prince Gong and Princess Yongning can be called His Royal Highness. Prince Gong never cares about worldly affairs. I asked someone to investigate. It was General Zhenbei who saved your son. Alright, the person behind you is probably Her Royal Highness Princess Yongning, right?"

"Miss Zhiran didn't know about the concubine, and the concubine has never had any conversations with Mr. Yan." Wanniang smiled apologetically, and could only deny it completely, secretly blaming herself for being careless, not even knowing if there was anyone nearby. voila.

Seeing her appearance of being beaten to death and denying her account, Zhiran suddenly smiled, and said no more, just said: "Tell Your Highness, if you can help me get out of this place, I will help you get rid of the matter. What do you know, it’s just gossip, you can’t get on the stage, but if it’s my testimony, it’s different.” After she finished speaking, she got up, stopped at the door, turned her head and glanced at her, meaningful: “Everything It’s a poor family, Sister Wanniang, please think about it.”

Watching her leave, Wanniang finally let go of the stone in her heart, but she doesn't know whether what she said is true or not, whether she really wants to escape from this place or is lying to her, no matter what, she has to tell His Highness and the general first. yes.

She sent a message, and on the second day of the Lunar New Year, Li's Mansion sent someone to take Wanniang out. The manager was still hesitant at first, but Zhiran helped the manager release her.Wanniang got into the sedan chair and went straight to Wen's residence.Zhou Jinhe and Xiao Wuding got the news and went to Wen's residence.Wen Yuan had something to do today, so he left the mansion early in the morning. Fortunately, the two of them were already familiar with each other. Xiao Wuding went to the study room first. Seeing Zhou Jinhe arrived, he smiled and stood up. Seeing that she was not good at the stove, he reached out and shook her hand. Sure enough, it was a bit cold, with a rather reproachful look: "Why don't you take a hand stove?"

"It's only a few steps away, it's not cold." Zhou Jinhe let her hold it with a smile, and sat down with her. The maids behind were very considerate, and buried their heads early so as not to disturb the two masters.After the night of New Year's Eve, although they didn't say it clearly, both of them are smart people, and they both knew that Zhou Jinhe's hand stretched out at that time was very meaningful, and since Xiao Wuding held it, he acquiesced.When they got to a place with more people, the two let go, and they still looked the same as usual, but Zhou Jinhe's usually faint eyes were full of smiles at this moment. Not as bright as Her Royal Highness's eyes.

One hundred officials do not need to enter the palace at the beginning of the new year. Zhou Jinhe will naturally enter the palace to spend the time with Taiping Emperor Yan. Earlier today, he went to Yan's mansion to visit his grandfather. He just returned to the mansion not long ago. It seemed like a long time since we hadn't seen each other for two days. .Zhou Jinhe let her hold him, feeling the rough touch of the gauze, and seeing that it was only covered with a thin layer, he asked, "But it's almost ready? Do you still have the ointment for removing the scar from last time?"

"Also, I have them all painted." Xiao Wuding replied with a smile, if she herself would not have wrapped them normally, she just wanted to see Zhou Jinhe, afraid that she would be sad, so she put them on again before going out.

Wanniang entered Wen's mansion, and she didn't care to talk to her son, she immediately went to the two of them, her face was ashamed, she knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Your Highness, general, my concubine acted carelessly, I didn't pay attention when talking to Twelve, let him Miss Ran listened to everything she had said, and she came to talk to my concubine the night before. Although the concubine denied it, she had already confirmed it in her heart. She told the concubine that as long as His Highness could save her from Lanyue Tower, she would be willing to be a witness. Bi Chongjin's death was fully revealed, but this concubine is a little uncertain, whether she is sincere or pretending to help the steward with the story..."

"Your Highness, what do you think?"

"It's a courageous one." Zhou Jinhe snorted, played with the jade cup in his hand, and said, "Whether it's true or not, you have to see it, Fei'er, go to Yan's mansion and ask Mr. Yan to bring Miss Zhiran out to play." .”

"Here." Fei'er retreated in response, and went to Yan's residence.

"Aunt Wan, get up, it might be a blessing in disguise, Wanzi wait outside, you go and talk to him."

"Yes, thank you, Your Highness, General." Wanniang bowed and left the study to find her son.

Zhou Jinhe took a sip of his tea, and said lightly, "Thirteen, tell Twelve to go and get the punishment yourself, don't make an exception."

"Here." Thirteen replied from a distance, and went outside.With General Xiao here, don't worry about her.

Xiao Wuding poured tea for her, suddenly remembered, and asked: "Speaking of which, what happened to the secret guard?"

"Ten and Eleven are busy, but they have taken in a dozen poor children with acceptable qualifications and are still training. Did you go to the military camp yesterday?"

"Well, I paid extra meals for the soldiers out of my own pocket, and I became poor immediately. I can't just come to my senior sister for food." Xiao Wuding joked with a smile.

Zhou Jinhe shot her a look. The rewards from her father are enough for her to spend a long time. Sister Wen has so much money in her hands, so she will not give her a share, so she knows how to play poor.Even though she knew this, she still coughed lightly twice, and said calmly: "I can take care of the general's dinner."

Xiao Wuding laughed, His Highness is so cute, she cupped her hands and said with a smile in her eyes, "That's very good, thank you Your Highness."

Seeing that it was Fei'er who invited Yan Qi, the elders of Yan's family were very relieved to let him go out. When they got into the carriage, Yan Qi was still confused and asked, "Fei'er, why is Your Highness calling me?"

Fei'er smiled, didn't say much, just said: "Young master will know later."

Fei'er let Yan Qi get into the Yan family's carriage when they were going out, but changed the driver, and asked the Yan family's coachman to drive the carriage of the Princess Mansion back to the Princess Mansion, which made Yan Qi confused. When I looked at the curtain, I saw it was Lanyue Building.

Yan Qi turned pale with shock: "Lanyue Tower?! Don't tell me that His Royal Highness is here?!"

Fei'er replied with a smile: "Of course not. Your Highness is in the mansion right now. It's just that your Highness has heard that the singing girl from Lanyue Tower is a superb singer. She has never had the chance to see her. She has nothing to do today and wants to listen to the song. Please young master bring the girl out."

"This..." It's nothing more than a good relationship with Miss Wen Yuan before, but now I have to listen to Miss Zhiran's song... If this princess is a prince, I'm afraid she will be a romantic person ...Yan Qi silently slandered.

"My lord, please, Fei'er is waiting for you here."

Come on, let's go.Yan Qi sighed in resignation and got out of the carriage.Fortunately, His Highness asked him out this time, and his father would not blame him...

"Young Master Yan! It's been a while since I've come!"

"Well, I want to take Miss Zhiran out for a trip, do you have time?" Yan Qi was full of airs, and took out a handful of bank notes and handed them to the manager.

"Yes, yes, please wait a moment, I'm going to invite Miss Zhiran!" The manager took the money, smiled obsequiously, and hurriedly ordered someone to call Zhiran.

Not long after, Yan Qi brought the man out, got into the carriage and Fei'er ordered him to go straight home, Zhiran asked some questions, seeing Yan Qi faltering, stopped asking, just sat obediently, Changed the subject without a trace.The most important thing for a woman in the court of romance is to be able to observe words and emotions.

Not long after entering the back door of the princess mansion, Fei'er asked the maid to lead Yan Qi to the hall, and took Zhiran to the study.Zhou Jinhe Wuxiao Wuding sat in the Wen Mansion for a while and then came from the secret passage. He was playing chess in the study when he heard Fei'er come back and report: "Your Highness, Miss Zhiran has arrived."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and Zhou Jinhe ordered, "Come in."

Hearing Fei'er calling His Highness, Zhiran knew it, immediately raised his heart, opened the door and went in, and knelt down to salute: "The daughter of the people pays homage to Her Royal Highness Princess Yongning, and General Zhenbei!"

The two chess players still focused on the black and white sides fighting on the chessboard, as if they hadn't heard Zhiran's words.Knowing that this was Zhou Jinhe's blow to her, Zhiran just knelt obediently and kept silent.

After a long time, the winner of the chess game was already decided, and Zhou Jinhe smiled brightly: "Come on, I thought about inviting the general to dinner tonight, but now it seems that the general has to do it himself, Mo'er, let the kitchen prepare the barbecue ingredients. Let’s try General Xiao’s craft tonight.”

Xiao Wuding frowned, his eyes were full of carelessness, he said with a smile: "Yes, I am willing to bet and admit defeat."

Mo'er retreated in response and closed the door, only Zhiran and her were in the room.Zhou Jinhe looked at her carefully, and then said: "Miss Zhiran is so courageous, but why should I trust you? I am afraid that the life of Lanyuelou Huakui is much better than that of ordinary people. Why does Miss Zhiran destroy her future?"

Zhiran gritted his teeth and said, "Lanyuelou does not have to worry about food and clothing, but it is a man-eating devil's den. Shen Bi Chongjin was once popular, but he died because the prime minister threatened their customers. It's hard to escape bad luck, Zhiran is not willing to die in vain, watching her sister die but can't do anything, and I feel uneasy! Lanyue Building doesn't allow people to redeem women's bodies, and women don't want to waste their good years on Lanyue Building, and finally ended up with no bones left."

"Minnv knows enough to bring down Lanyue Tower and even the prime minister. In this way, Zhaixing Pavilion will have no opponents, and Sister Wanniang can also redeem her body. Minnv only wants a safe place, and she has nothing else to think about!"

Zhiran lowered her body even lower, and every word and sentence came from the bottom of her heart. If she takes this step, she will be benevolent if she doesn't succeed.

Zhou Jinhe was silent for a long time, staring at her sharply, holding two chess pieces and rubbing them lightly, as if he wanted to see through her skin into the bones.She turned her head to look at Xiao Wuding, saw the other party nodding slightly, then she frowned, threw the chess piece back into the chess basket, and said: "Forget it, I don't doubt the employer, I will trust you once, and you go back to collect some evidence , I will send someone to protect you secretly, and Wanniang knows how to contact you. But, girl Zhiran, remember, I hate people who lie to me the most in this life."

The threat of Zhou Jinhe's last sentence was self-evident, Zhiran hurriedly kowtowed to thank her, and Zhou Jinhe asked her to stand up, and listened to what she knew.Xiao Wuding was at the side, although he was also very angry at Lanyuelou's unreasonable things, but he always remembered Zhou Jinhe's last words in his heart.

In this life, I hate those who deceive me the most.

She lied to her so much... It really is a terrible death.Xiao Wuding twitched the corner of his mouth lightly, full of bitterness and self-deprecation.

The author has something to say: I asked other authors last night and told me that the essay competition is more about nutrient solution. Is it okay to feed the little angels? It’s a pity that it won’t expire after the end of the month. Little angels~ There are too many people to get out one by one, I love you all! Mua! 】

Today's author, in order to thank the little angels, decided to choose 10 comments to give red envelopes, huh!

Update a chapter early, this baby is going out to play with his best friend~ My best friend told me in the morning that she baked me a forgiveness roll [Matcha Roll], the name is: What should I do if my best friend is in love?Of course I choose to forgive her.

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