After the Gu of the Red Chamber

The Holy Majesty avoided seeing him, but he didn't want to risk the world's publicity to cover up the case of the Zhen family, so he actually used the trick of dragging words.

He kept the papers and asked Xia Dequan to come forward to resettle Zhen's family. Although it was only resettled in Huangzhuang, those who knew it were really upset. Go there, the environment on Zhuangzi can be so bad.

Arranging for the Zhen family to live here, what's the difference from Rong raising the Zhen family?

Although Zhen Yingjia died, the Zhen family was not completely innocent. Even though he understood the position of Mrs. Feng Sheng in the Holy One's mind, it was too much for the Holy One to treat the rest of the Zhen family so favorably even though he knew the crimes of the Zhen family.

Not to mention that Prince Yu went to the palace again, and was carried back again. On the other hand, there were many disapproving voices in the court.

Even if Lin Ruhai didn't tell the truth about the secret documents of the Zhen family, hundreds of adopted daughters of the Zhen family are looking for their way home. In most families, there are daughters who have disappeared and are of the right age. Pay attention.

On the surface, only Tu Li and another girl who was sent to the nunnery found their family members, but in private, I don't know how many people have found someone but dare not admit it.

Those families didn't have the guts to recognize their daughters, so they were already uncomfortable, but when they knew that Emperor Pingkang was still supporting the Zhen family, many of them burst into flames!All of a sudden, the court was full of turmoil, and Emperor Pingkang was extremely tired from dealing with it, and he was even more powerless to manage the case of the Zhen family.

The Holy Spirit deliberately delayed, so Lin Ruhai and Shi Ding could only continue to stay in the capital in embarrassment. The two of them were not in a hurry. They were looking for relatives and friends, walking around in private, and they felt comfortable.

Lin Ruhai went to the Ministry of Officials first, which can be regarded as an assignment. The first thing he did was to go to Rongguo Mansion to pick up his wife and children.

Lin Ruhai's visit is considered a major event in the Rongguo Mansion. Mother Jia also specially hosted a banquet for Lin Ruhai to welcome the wind and cleanse the dust. In the Rongguo Mansion, except for Wang Xifeng who was still in confinement, even Jia She, who had flinched. attended.

Regardless of the era, the fastest-spread gossip will always be gossip.

Although Mrs. Wang's murder of her niece and poisoning of her nanny is appalling, she still lost to Jia She's gossip about getting wind of it immediately, playing with concubine Ji and falling into bed, and even hurting her waist. Even Lin Ruhai had just arrived in the capital, and he had heard all kinds of gossip that had to be told.

Rao Lin Ruhai has seen all kinds of things in his life, and he has to say convincing words in the face of all kinds of gossip that must be told by his uncle.

To be honest, if Jia She and Jia Min's appearances were not so similar, Lin Ruhai would have doubted whether Jia She and Jia Min were brothers and sisters. pardon...

Cough cough, of course Jia She is Jia She, and Jia Min is Jia Min, Lin Ruhai is still very clear about this.

But when he saw Jia Amnesty, Lin Ruhai couldn't help being startled, and subconsciously blurted out and asked, "Why has uncle changed?"

Jia Amnesty looked puzzled, "What changed?"

He touched his face subconsciously, did it turn white again recently?

Although he had slipped to the waist earlier, but Xia Xingquan has such a serious temper, it is not an exaggeration to say that the mission must be fulfilled, once Jia She's waist healed, he came to teach Jia She's martial arts again, not only that, probably because of Jia She Xia Xingquan thought about it for a long time because of the flash to his waist, and made a tailor-made martial arts training plan for Jia Amnesty after learning from the pain!

It is said that most people learn martial arts first from external skills, and then practice qi after their muscles and bones have been sharpened. However, Master She is old after all, and before he started to sharpen his muscles and bones, he flashed to the waist.

In desperation, Xia Xingquan simply taught it the other way around, skipping the external kung fu and practicing qi directly. After all, the purpose of the young master is to make the elder Xi strong, and he is not a martial arts master. As long as the qi training is deep, the body will naturally Can be great.

But what kind of martial arts is the Sunflower Book? The beard on the top will be a little less.

The Jia family was born to be good-looking. Back then, the two brothers Jia Yuan and Jia Yan were able to climb all the way from mud legs to become the princes of the country. Apart from the high strength of the two brothers, it was also inseparable from the good-looking lives of the two brothers.

Similarly, after becoming Jia Yuan, both men and women in the Rongguo Mansion had excellent births, among which the best one was Jia She, and even Jia Lian was not as good as Jia Lian. To be able to win the titles of the four great princes in Beijing, most of them are because of their good looks.

Now that Jia She is practicing martial arts, not only is he thinner, he is no longer puffy, and his skin has turned white again. Although the beard on his face is a little less, it is more obvious that his appearance is extraordinary. Because of practicing martial arts and writing, he is no longer greedy and lustful, and his eyes have become clearer. In Lin Ruhai's eyes, he is really a handsome man of Qingben, but he is so lustful.

Facing Jia Amnesty's curious eyes, Lin Ruhai coughed lightly in embarrassment, and said vaguely, "Brother brother is in good spirits."

"Really?" Jia Amnesty was slightly proud, and laughed loudly, "I recently started to practice literature and martial arts, and I think my spirit has improved because of this, I feel like I'm a few years younger."

Although I heard before that martial arts training is very hard, but just training Qi is different, it's just a sleep, but the effect is really great, after these few days, he feels that his body has improved.

If Xia Xingquan knew what Jia She was thinking, he would probably not be able to resist vomiting blood. In fact, there is a reason for most people to train their muscles and bones first, and then their Qi. It is easy to find the sense of qi, and only by practicing qi can you get twice the result with half the effort.

Furthermore, if one is lucky in sleep and takes a wrong path, because the muscles and bones are strong enough, they will not accidentally go the wrong way and damage the muscles and arteries.

As a result, Jia She found the sense of qi easily, and even in his sleep, luck never lost his way. It was as if he was born to practice qi. Even Xia Xingquan had to accept Jia She's partiality.

Thinking of Xia Xingquan's reluctant praise before, and Lin Ruhai also praised him for being in good spirits, Jia She was overjoyed and his smile became brighter.

There was a slight smile at the corner of Lin Ruhai's mouth. He could bluntly say that he thought that his uncle was in a state of sensuality, and he should look sluggish, but did he know that his energetic appearance was not in line with expectations?

Instead...

Lin Ruhai glanced thoughtfully at the listless second uncle and Baoyu who was sluggish behind him, and thinking about what he had heard about the second wife earlier, it seemed that Rongguo Mansion was more complicated than he imagined.

Of course, the Rongguo Mansion is three times more complicated, and it has nothing to do with Lin Ruhai. He carefully observed the next generation in the Rongguo Mansion, and sighed slightly, this Rongguo Mansion... really fell.

Leaving aside the personalities of the two uncles, if the two uncles have such a little ability, the Rongguo Mansion will not fall to where it is today, but the most troublesome thing about the Rongguo Mansion is always the word "no successor".

Jia Lian's personality is fixed, and he is not good at official career. If he wants to manage the one-acre three-point land in Rongguo Mansion, he may not be able to do it outside Rongguo Mansion. Fortunately, he always has a title, no matter what It won't be useless for chewing either.

Although Baoyu has some talents, he is extremely disgusted with the matter of reading and official career in words. It is not that there are people who hold talents and pride in the court, but such people have never gone long, and they are easy to cause trouble for themselves. Although Baoyu has the Rongguo Mansion However, according to Lin Ruhai, Baoyu is too naive, and I am afraid that his official career will not last long.

As for Brother Cong and Brother Huan, in Lin Ruhai's eyes, they are just little brats, one is naive; The child is really poor in reading, and I am afraid that his future achievements will be limited.

On the contrary, Lang Geer has read a lot of books at a young age, and his speech is orderly. If he is carefully cultivated, in time, he will become a great talent. Unfortunately, he is a little younger and a child of the second bedroom. Sooner or later he will get out. When I grew up, I didn't know if I was still in the Rongguo Mansion.

Lin Ruhai praised Jia Lan again and again, and really admired Jia Lan.

Upon hearing Lin Ruhai's praise, Li Wan's face immediately brightened, and a smile appeared on his originally miserable face. She was young and widowed, and all her hopes rested on her only son. Hearing Lin Ruhai's praise of Jia Lan , but it made her happy more than complimenting her, and there was a little joy on her face.

In contrast, neither Jia Mu nor Mrs. Wang looked really good-looking. They thought that Baoyu should be the most outstanding descendant of Quanrong State Mansion, but now in Lin Ruhai's mouth, Baoyu is not as good as the younger one. Jia Lan was several years old, and Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang's faces were really ugly.

Mrs. Wang glared fiercely at the happy Li Wan several times, and said with a forced smile, "Brother Lan is just obsessed with studying, but Baoyu is as clever as Baoyu, who can compose poetry at a young age."

Even if she doesn't know poetry and books, she still thinks that Baoyu's poems just now are extremely neat, much better than ordinary seven-year-old children.

Lin Ruhai said with a smile: "Second wife doesn't need to be in vain. What I read in the imperial court is the imperial examination articles. This poem and book is a small way after all."

The implication is that Baoyu is not as good as Jialan after all.

Mrs. Wang tightened her handkerchief secretly angrily, and gave Li Wan a veiled look.

In her eyes, Li Wan belonged to Kefu, and Jia Lan belonged to Kefu even more. How could the things raised by Kefu be better than her Baoyu?

It must be that Li Wan knew that Lin Ruhai was coming, and deliberately asked Lan Geer to recite some poems and books, so as to deliberately overwhelm his uncle at the family banquet.

Li Wan smiled wryly, knowing that he might have a hard time in the future.

Although Baoyu is not as good as Jialan, among the children in Rongguo Mansion, Lin Ruhai pays the most attention to Baoyu.

It's not that Jia Baoyu's talent really surprised Lin Ruhai, but that Jia Baoyu's appearance is too much like a person.

Earlier, when Lin Ruhai went to the sea to capture Zhen Baoyu, he also had people draw Zhen Baoyu's portrait for the purpose of hunting him down. I don't know if it was Lin Ruhai's illusion. The appearance of this Baoyu and that Zhen Baoyu really look like they came out of the same mold. , not only that, even the age is similar.

Lin Ruhai was suspicious. Although the Rongguo Mansion and the Zhen family are old relatives, they may not have had a long relationship. I have never heard of any blood relationship between the Zhen family and the Jia family. How could the two children grow up? so alike?

Is it a coincidence or...

Lin Ruhai pondered for a long time but couldn't figure out why, so naturally he suppressed this matter and didn't mention it.

The protagonist of the family banquet was Lin Ruhai, and even Jia's mother couldn't help but ask a lot about the Zhen family, and the one who asked the most was naturally the old lady Zhen.

Lin Ruhai only picked out some things that could be said, and didn't say a word that shouldn't be said. As for Jia's mother's inner and outer words, she hoped that he would make arrangements for her to meet Mrs. Zhen, and she directly refused. up.

How can I say that the Zhen family is a family that has committed crimes, although they are being supported by the sage, but this is just a temporary convulsion of the sage's own behavior. In the eyes of everyone, the Zhen family is a criminal, so they can easily see it.

Jia's mother was secretly angry, Lin Ruhai's head was as smelly and hard as a stone in a latrine, and she didn't know how to change it at all. What are relatives used for?Of course they are helping each other, they are unwilling to help each other with little things, no wonder the Zhen family hated him so much that they insisted on killing him.

Lin Ruhai refused to help Jia Mu get married. When Jia Mu was dissatisfied, her expression became a little faint. The entire Jia family looked at Jia Mu's face and acted. Jia Mu was in a bad mood, and everyone didn't dare to say more. They left in a hurry, but Jia Min was a little embarrassed and annoyed Lin Ruhai.

She regretted going back to her mother's house this time. She never expected that after her father had left for only a decade or so, the Rongguo Mansion had changed drastically. Whether it was the eldest brother, the second brother, or even the mother, they had all changed. Made her a little unfamiliar.

Especially the mother is really stubborn about the Zhen family affairs, even she doesn't understand, even if the Holy One is not willing to judge the Zhen family, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that the Zhen family is doomed, and the mother doesn't know why, Why do you always favor the Zhen family?

Lin Ruhai said lightly: "It's nothing."

Anyway, he couldn't possibly agree to what Jia's mother said, even though he can still talk and laugh with Jia's family today, but in fact he always remembers that Jia's mother is going to attack brother ㄴ.

He helped Jia Min up and sighed, "I have wronged you during this time."

I haven't seen you for a few months. Goodbye Jia Min. Jia Min has lost a lot of weight. Not only Jia Min, but also Daiyu and Brother て have lost some weight. It can be seen that they have not lived in Jia's house for the past few months. It's hard.

Thinking about the family banquet just now, the table was full of soft, rotten and heavy-tasting food that Jia's mother liked to eat, and thinking about the children's dissatisfaction with eating, Lin Ruhai felt more and more indebted to his wife and children.

After all, he was the one who caused the disaster of the Zhen family. If he had been willing to bow his head to the Zhen family, perhaps his wife and children would not have to be frightened by this incident.

Jia Min smiled and said: "It's nothing, my mother is my biological mother, even if she gets angry for a while, she still loves me. But..."

Jia Min frowned slightly, and said in displeasure, "Mother wants to marry Yu'er to Baoyu."

Lin Ruhai hurriedly said: "This is absolutely impossible, Baoyu is worthy of Yu'er."

Although it was just a hasty exam, this aspect was enough for him to understand Baoyu's temperament. To put it bluntly, his daughter doesn't marry trash!

Not to mention that Jia Baoyu had such a face that he couldn't say it had any relationship with the Zhen family. He would only marry Daiyu to Baoyu unless he was thinking about the family's unrest in the future.

Lin Ruhai said with a straight face: "We only have such a daughter, and it is not too much to spoil her. The marriage of a girl's family is like a second reincarnation, and it cannot be more important. Even if Yu'er's marriage is not asking to marry a rich family, You also have to pick one that has all four corners and is perfect."

Jia Min nodded and said, "I think so too."

Although she loves her mother, she loves her daughter even more. It is absolutely impossible to use her daughter to save face for her mother.

Lin Ruhai nodded slightly, and murmured: "If the old lady forces you again, she might just push the matter onto me."

Anyway, he is the son-in-law, no matter how dissatisfied the old lady is, she can't get angry with him, so let him be the villain in this matter.

Jia Min gave Lin Ruhai a white look, "You still need to talk about this matter."

What is the husband used for? Naturally, it is used to take the blame.

In addition to Daiyu's matter, Jia Min also briefly explained the matter of rescuing Tu Lei on the road earlier.

Although the child didn't say anything, his appearance and Xia Xingquan's identity really made people have to care.

Lin Ruhai frowned and remained silent for a long time, and finally said lightly: "Since they were saved, they were saved. Since they didn't reveal their identities and didn't look for us afterwards, let's just pretend we didn't know."

It is better to form a good relationship than a bad relationship, and at that time, everyone did not reveal their identities, they just saved a child, even if others find out, it is okay.

Jia Min nodded slightly. She thought of something and couldn't help laughing in a low voice: "I really didn't expect that the deposed prince would have so many illegitimate children outside."

It was only after she came back that she realized that Rong's daughter-in-law in Ningguo Mansion next door was also the illegitimate daughter of the abolished prince.

Lin Ruhai froze, "Are you sure about this?"

Although he has never met Grandma Rong in the Ningguo Mansion next door, he has also heard that although Grandma Rong is the adopted daughter of the Qin family from the Yangshengtang, she has a better demeanor than ordinary ladies, and she is considerate in everything. That's right, everyone in the whole Ningguo Mansion kept praising her, but she was even more popular than Lian's daughter-in-law.

He was a bit surprised at the time, how could Ningguo Mansion be the home of the Duke, how could he suddenly marry an adopted daughter brought from the Yangshengtang, besides, Qin Ye's official position was not obvious, with the status of Ningguo Mansion, There is really no need to marry at a low price, but if Qin Keqing is the illegitimate daughter of the abolished prince, then this matter will be settled.

Jia Min nodded heavily, "Naturally, the old lady told me in private."

Speaking of which, the Qin family originally had a crush on Brother Zhu, but the old lady was also afraid that the abolition of the crown prince would involve the Rongguo Mansion, so she helped the Ningguo Mansion next door to talk about the matter, and then married Qin Keqing to Brother Rong Son.

In all honesty, apart from being such an embarrassing father, Qin Keqing is fine in everything else, and marrying Brother Rong is really a waste.

What made Jia Min even more uneasy was that Qin Keqing was really good-looking. Sometimes Jia Min became a little worried when he saw Brother Zhen looking at Qin Keqing, but she couldn't tell Lin Ruhai about this matter, so she could only keep silent. Just don't mention it if you are bored in your heart.

Lin Ruhai frowned slightly, "How many people know about this?"

This Mother Jia is really getting better and better and going back. Rongguo Mansion is full of people who dare to intervene in the matter of abolishing the crown prince.

Ordinarily, the Rongguo Mansion did not dare to marry, so they pushed it out, but they were unwilling to abandon the benefits brought by the crown prince, so they introduced it to the Ningguo Mansion. The Guofu may be able to escape.

Jia Min laughed and said, "Only my mother, my second elder brother, Master Jing and Brother Zhen from the next door know about such a big matter, and even Brother Rong doesn't think much of it."

Lin Ruhai shook his head secretly, "Too many people know about it."

Once the matter is known by more than two people, it is no longer a secret, not to mention that Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen are among them. If these two people can keep any secrets, Lin Ruhai can see that Jia Min has been in the Rongguo Mansion for a long time. In the middle, how could it be impossible to see it, she was also slightly worried, and said in a low voice: "Fortunately, she is a daughter."

If a son...

But thinking of Tu Lei, Jia Min suddenly stopped talking, feeling a little embarrassed.

Not only did Jia Min think of Tu Lei, but even Lin Ruhai thought of Tu Lei. Thinking of the secret documents of the Zhen family, Lin Ruhai felt even more headache.

Don't look at the fact that the new crown prince seems to have made no achievements in the court, but from his private dealings with Shi Ding, and by helping the Zhen family to raise a daughter, he has really earned a good reputation among the common people in Beijing, so we can know that the new crown prince It's not like the kind of person who does nothing in peace, as the Holy Majesty thought.

According to him, although the new prince's ability to govern the country is not as good as the deposed prince, but in terms of perseverance, he is probably far better than the deposed prince. Not to mention anything else, the new prince can be the emperor's answer for so many years, so he knows that the new prince endures Great work.

The so-called not breaking out in silence, then perverting in silence, the new crown prince has been treated coldly by the Holy One for many years, once the new crown prince takes over, it is afraid that someone like Rongguo Mansion who tries to please both sides and has long since declined will be the first The one who was revenged by the Holy One.

Lin Ruhai's eyes were slightly cold, "We will leave Rongguo Mansion in two days."

Anyway, he can't do anything if he is detested by the Holy One, except for this mess of mind.

It was not so easy for Lin Ruhai to bid farewell to Jia Mu.

As soon as Lin Ruhai opened his mouth, Jia's mother refused. Seeing that Lin Ruhai and Jia Min insisted on leaving, she asked Jia Min to agree to let Daiyu stay with her. Seeing that Jia Min refused, she immediately fell ill again. The imperial physician was invited, and Jia Zheng continued to be filial, both Lin Ruhai and Jia Min felt helpless.

After all, Mother Jia is an elder, and Lin Ruhai and Jia Min couldn't do anything about Mother Jia for a while, so they had to reluctantly continue to live in Rongguo Mansion. Looking at Mother Jia who was getting thicker and thicker, Daiyu really had the urge to give Mother Jia Give her some medicine to make her really sick and let it go. If she didn't think that once Jia Mu was really sick, there would be more reasons to keep Jia Min, maybe Daiyu would really do it.

In desperation, Jia Min and his party had no choice but to stay for a few more days, but Lin Ruhai directly avoided going out on the grounds of being busy with business, making it impossible for Jia's mother to talk to Lin Ruhai about Zhen's family affairs.

Mother Jia has never given up on the idea of ​​making the two Yu'er a pair. She lets Daiyu play in her room from time to time, and almost always meets Baoyu. Even if she doesn't meet Baoyu, Tanchun will help her. Brush presence.

If it weren't for Tu Lei's next plan to use Baoyu, Daiyu really wanted to pretend to be sick a few times to avoid it.

It's just that every time she sees Baoyu approaching eagerly, Daiyu can't help but light the wax for him silently. The husband of the little vinegar is naturally a big vinegar jar, so...you understand.

Fortunately, Tu Lei didn't know about this. If she knew, she was a little worried that Baoyu would lose some parts in the future.

Perhaps Tu Lei would have some qualms about attacking others, but Tu Lei would definitely not have qualms about attacking Baoyu. After all, Baoyu was a monk in their world, and he had no chance to use it anyway. It doesn't matter.

Keke, digressed.

Although Tu Lei, the big vinegar jar, didn't know about it, but Brother ふ, the little vinegar spirit, knew about it. Daiyu followed her wherever she went, resolutely not letting her sister and Baoyu have a chance to be alone.

After Lin Ruhai arrived in the capital, Daiyu and Brother ラ suddenly felt that walking was windy. Although they didn't stumble, they could also feel that the attitudes of the Rongguo Mansion towards them were completely different.

Not only did Madam Wang treat them more politely, but she also managed to pull out a few smiles on her face, and even the whole Rongguo Mansion didn't dare to ignore the two of them anymore, and when they saw them, they were all smiling, Even more dare not speak with cynicism and cynicism.

As soon as Daiyu and Brother [-] arrived in Jiamu's room, many people came forward to serve them attentively. There was no shortage of tea and snacks, and I don't know if it was everyone's illusion that they felt that the servants in Rongqing Hall Brother Dai is more attentive than before, and his smile is brighter! ?

As soon as those little maids left, Brother て couldn't help but said in a low voice, "It's really great to have dad here."

It's better when the wife and sister are around. When the wife and sister are away, the servants of the Rongguo Mansion call him Young Master Lin every time they see him, but secretly say that he is the bastard of the Lin family from time to time. It is really annoying to remind him of his status as a concubine every now and then.

Sometimes it's no wonder that Brother Huan has a bad temper. Being teased like this every day, no matter how good-tempered a person is, he can't stand it.But since father came, the servants of Rongguo Mansion didn't dare to gossip anymore, and his ears were rare for several days.

Daiyu couldn't help but rubbed brother's head distressedly, "It's my sister's fault." She apologized to brother [-] very solemnly, "My sister didn't notice that the servants of Rongguo Mansion dared to be so bold as to make てMy brother was wronged."

Speaking of it, it is indeed her fault. Because Jia Mu is ill, her mother has been with Jia Mu these days, and she wants to train her uncle wholeheartedly, but she didn't notice that Brother ざ was really suffering during this period of time. A lot of grievances.

⒉Brother blushed slightly, rubbed his nose and said, "It's nothing, we can't control other people's mouths, just ignore them."

He would be unhappy at first, but thinking about Sister Yingchun, he felt that it was nothing. Compared with Sister Yingchun, he was already much better.

Daiyu said with a smile: "Although we can't control others' mouths, if they go too far, we can't be polite to them."

Her eyes narrowed slightly, "The next time you meet such an unruly servant, just let someone beat you up. If you have something to do, your wife and sister will take care of it!"

Her brother is not immune to that kind of mess.

Brother Xun's eyes lit up, and he nodded emphatically.

At this moment, Sister-in-law Liu brought over two bowls of sugar-steamed shortbread, and said with a smile, "Miss Lin and Young Master Lin have a taste, this is Bao Ge'er's favorite sweet-steamed shortbread, knowing that Miss Lin is coming, Tet Let the old slave do it."

Sister-in-law Liu has always been good at fine details, and sugar-steamed crispy cheese is Sister-in-law Liu's specialty dessert. Baoyu wanted to eat steamed sugar-sweetened crispy cheese, so everyone naturally invited sister-in-law Liu to make it.

Sister-in-law Liu put the sugar-steamed yogurt in front of Daiyu and Brother て, and said with a smile: "Miss Lin and Young Master Lin, try it. The sugar-steamed yogurt in our Rongguo Mansion is different from other places. If you are willing to use ingredients, don't you?" Worse than those in the palace."

As he said that, he picked up the sugar-steamed crispy cheese, and wanted to feed Brother Wu to taste it himself.

Children love to eat sweets, and since Zhen's family was defeated, the grandma has not been so careful about brother's food, and thinking about this sugar steamed crispy cheese, Baoyu, Daiyu, and brother have it , and did not refuse at the moment.

Just when brother Xun opened his mouth to eat...

"Wait a minute!" Daiyu held down brother べ, looking at the bowl of steamed yoghurt with cold eyes, "Give this bowl of yoghurt to Baoyu first!"

Sister-in-law Liu brushed it, and her entire face turned pale.