Princess [rebirth]

The little maid huddled in the woodshed and shivered, and couldn't help but feel a little regretful that she had put herself in it just to covet the few taels of silver.At that time, the person who came to her only said that she would help her to clean up the medicine bowl after the wife drank the medicine. She thought that she could get a few taels for a few taels, but she was locked up in the woodshed now. Only then did I realize that things might not be that simple, but it was too late.

The firewood room was so dark and scary, the little maid could only shrink back in the corner with her eyes closed, and after an unknown amount of time, she finally heard the sound of the woodshed door opening again.The little maid hurriedly looked up, and by the moonlight outside the door, she saw the woman who locked herself in the firewood room standing at the door with a cold face.

There seemed to be someone behind the old lady, and they didn't speak a word. They strode into the firewood room and tied her with a rope. The little maid was terrified, and she burst into tears. Gagged, this time blindfolded, and pushed and pushed forward.The little maid was pushed staggeringly, and almost fell to the ground several times. Fortunately, the person beside her would help her, but the strength of that person's hand was very heavy, and every time she grabbed her arm, her arm hurt. The little maid didn't dare to cry out for pain, but just walked forward with her head buried.

After walking for a long time, the little maid was almost fainted, and the people beside her suddenly stopped, and then her leg was kicked, causing her to kneel down involuntarily, and then the black cloth that was blindfolded was draped over her eyes. It was taken away, the little maid blinked in panic, and was about to raise her head to look around, when someone shouted: "Where did you get the little hooves! It's so unruly!" The little maid immediately lowered her head and didn't dare to look around .

"Please calm down, Auntie, this little hoof is young and ignorant, how about he can buy it with a few taels of silver?" A woman beside him hastily said with a smile, and the little maid recognized that it was Miao who was in the same room as her. The voice of the mother-in-law.

The little servant girl knelt down helplessly, she was terribly frightened, even though she was young and ignorant, she had heard from the old people in the mansion that those aunts were all female officials from the palace, and now she was standing in front of her. Is it a female officer?The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became. If today's matter involves the palace, how can a little maid like her afford it?I'm afraid it's not enough for her to lose her life. At this moment, she really regrets it.

There is indeed a female official in front of the little maid, and she is Fuling who is used by the empress. Fuling quietly came to the Zhuo Mansion a few days ago, and has been secretly staring at the people around Zhuo Rongyong and Xiao Wanniang until Xiao Wanniang fell down. Something had been added to the medicine she drank, so Fu Ling led Zhuo Jingfan and Dou Chun's staff to detain the sneaky maids.

Except for this little maid, Fu Ling had already interrogated two maids before, and probably knew where the ingredients added to Xiao Wanniang's medicine came from. Now, only the little maid's confession is needed to return to the palace to report to the saint and queen.

Fu Ling looked at the little maid who was kneeling in front of her, she was only in her early ten years old, she sighed in her heart, and waved her hand for the woman beside her to ask her a question.The mother-in-law got the order, and immediately stepped forward to interrogate the little maid, while Fu Ling sat on top, listening to the conversation between the little maid and the mother-in-law with a cold face.Mrs. Miao, who was in the same room with this little girl, was also interrogated before, and she was later confirmed to be innocent, and the little girl was just like what Mrs. Miao said, in order to covet the reward of a few taels, so she agreed to help others. .

Logically speaking, the job of tidying up the wife's medicine bowls would not be the job of the little maid. The little maid was originally just a maid in charge of sweeping the floor, and she couldn't even enter the main room. If it wasn't for the help of the big maid in the main room, she Also can't get into the main room.After Xiao Wanniang fell down, Fu Ling gave the order to die, and all the maids who had touched the medicine bowl or wanted to touch the medicine bowl would be taken away. That's how the little maid was detained by the mother-in-law.

After a night of interrogation, it became clear that a maid in the courtyard on the west side bribed the two maids in the main room with money to add something to Xiao Wanniang's food, which made Xiao Wanniang feel uncomfortable in Zhuo Rong. Yong fainted in front of the sick bed, and then added some ingredients to the decoction to ensure that Xiao Wanniang's condition would be more serious. She even picked out the candidates for the aftermath. After this whole series of things, the maid in the west courtyard He didn't touch his hands, just threw out some silver taels, and then said some specious words.

At this time, the maid in the courtyard on the west side was also escorted over. The maid had a calm face, as if she was not worried about the current situation. When Fuling saw this maid, a flash of shock flashed in her heart, but she didn't show any signs of distress on her face. .And when the servant girl saw Fuling's calm face, there was finally a crack, and a trace of panic flashed across her face, obviously she never thought that she would see Fuling in front of the queen at this very moment.

The servant girl's name is Ginkgo, she is the personal servant girl of a concubine next to Zhuo Rongyong, but she has another identity, that is Bai Su, the palace maid next to Concubine Wan.At that time, there were four whites beside Concubine Wan, Baiji, Baishao, Baizhi, and Baisu. Baishao was removed by Concubine Wan because it was found out that it was a nail arranged by Dou Chun. He became estranged from Concubine Wan, and in the end only Bai Zhi and Bai Su were left beside Concubine Wan.

Fu Ling once heard the empress mention that Bai Zhi and Bai Su went with Concubine Wan that day, but how could they appear here again now?Fu Ling suppressed her doubts and shock, stood up and walked in front of Bai Su.

Xu Shi had suffered a lot of setbacks. At this time, Bai Su no longer had the pride and flamboyance of the past in the palace. Even his face seemed to be much older and his figure was thinner. Obviously, he had suffered a lot.Fu Ling frowned, and said, "You are Ginkgo?" Bai Su, who changed her name to Ginkgo, calmed down, and answered, "Yes, this servant is Ginkgo."

"You are Ginkgo?" Fu Ling asked again, Bai Su's brows twitched, and he said as calmly as possible: "Yes."

"Very good, I hope you still have such a backbone in front of the saint." Fu Ling suddenly turned cold, and as soon as she finished speaking, two women stepped forward and clamped Bai Su's arms, and then gagged and tied them all in one go , and then two more internal eunuchs came in and took Bai Su away. At the same time, Fu Ling had already ordered to surround the west courtyard.It's just that after the sage's subordinates went in to search, they said that there was no one else inside, and that the concubine disappeared under their noses.

Fuling ordered people to look at the various courtyards in Zhuo Mansion. If the concubine walked out of the courtyard, someone would definitely find her. Now no one saw her come out, but the people who went in said that there was no one inside. Fuling frowned. Could it be that the courtyard on the west side Is there a secret way here?If Zhuo Zhuo Mansion really has a secret way, is that okay?A Lang in the Zhuo Mansion used to be the order of Zhongshu, but he dug a secret passage in the mansion. What is he trying to do?

Fu Ling didn't dare to think about it, it's not something she should ask about, she just needs to do the errands assigned to her by the empress.It's just that now that the person is missing, she must have an explanation, so she asked the saint and the queen's personnel to enter the west courtyard to check carefully to see if there is a secret passage or other shortcuts to escape to the outside of the mansion. ...

On the other side, Bai Su had already been sent to Dou Chun. When Dou Chun saw Bai Su, he was also very surprised. He immediately sent someone to invite the queen.After a while, Zhuo Jingfan arrived. Zhuo Jingfan didn't feel anything when he saw Bai Su. After all, he seldom walked in the harem. He didn't know the maidservant next to Concubine Wan. He just looked at Dou Chun's strange expression, and he guessed I can also guess that there is something wrong with the lady dressed as a maid in front of me.

"This maid is called Ginkgo now." Dou Chun raised his chin in the direction where Bai Su was kneeling, and said softly to Zhuo Jingfan.

"Now? What about before?" Zhuo Jingfan raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Bai Su." Dou Chun said calmly, Zhuo Jingfan was stunned, and turned his head to look at Bai Su who was kneeling in front of him. He still knew about this. After all, he was able to use tricks to make Concubine Wan have a miscarriage, and he still used one of them, Bai.

"But how could Bai Su..." Concubine Wan Gui was punished by Dou Chun after the first emperor fell into a coma. At first, she heard that there were only two personal servants left beside Concubine Wan Gui, and then she followed her. Bai Su, who should have "gone", was actually wearing a maid's clothes, kneeling in front of them in a decent manner.

"It seems that I was deceived by the imperial concubine at the beginning." Dou Chun said coldly, a sternness flashed in his eyes.

Zhuo Jingfan squinted his eyes and thought for a while. It seems that Concubine Wangui was helped by Mu Xuan, so she feigned death and escaped from the palace. Dou Chun may have never paid attention to the other party, so he did not expect the other party to be able to Play tricks right under their noses.Besides, when the first emperor was in a coma, Mu Xuan's power was still spreading throughout the palace. In order not to startle the snake, Dou Chun was inevitably restrained in his actions, which was why Concubine Wan took advantage of the loophole and escaped.

Bai Su didn't expect that the sage and the queen would stare at Zhuo's mansion. The master chose to attack the queen's family for revenge. He originally thought that Mrs. Zhuo and the queen would have a bad relationship. After removing Mrs. Zhuo, even if the queen can't be blamed, It is also necessary to splash dirty water on the queen. Besides, the queen doesn't care about Mrs. Zhuo, so can she not care about her Aye Zhuo Alang?The master hated the queen for poisoning, and wished that the queen's family would be ruined. Besides, if Mrs. Zhuo's matter could be involved in the queen, the stepmother would not be tolerated after a kingdom, with vicious thoughts, how could she become a role model for all the ladies in the world?

This can be said to be the revenge of killing two birds with one stone. It ruined the image of the queen and also broke the foundation of the queen. Without her natal queen, it is absolutely difficult to move an inch in the palace.

It just didn't occur to him that their every move was in the eyes of the sage, until now, Bai Su couldn't help wondering, is Zhuo Alang really dead?Ever since the queen went to Zhuo's mansion, she couldn't get close to the main courtyard, and she couldn't find out the real situation of Zhuo Alang. If the master was not impatient, after Mrs. Zhuo fell down, she wanted to strike while the iron was hot, and took the opportunity to ask Mrs. Zhuo Fate, she didn't want to make such a quick move.

It turned out that her caution was right. If they could endure this time and lower the vigilance of the saint and the empress, they would have a lot of opportunities to get rid of everyone in the Zhuo Mansion in the future. How could the saint and the empress see through their plots in one fell swoop like they are now? .

It's useless to regret it now, Bai Su made up his mind in his heart that he would never reveal any news about the master, at worst, he would die, and her life would be picked up. If the master hadn't taken her away from the palace, she would have been forced to leave the palace by now. After tossing to death, she is already satisfied to live for so long.

Seeing the firmness in Bai Su's eyes, Zhuo Jingfan chuckled, "Want to die? I'm afraid it won't be that easy." Bai Su's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he couldn't help but look up at the queen sitting beside the saint.The grievances between the master and the empress have a long history. When the empress was still the crown princess, she caused the master to abort a formed baby boy. Afterwards, the master wanted to take revenge, but the nails and hidden stakes that the master arranged to enter the East Palace were all removed by the empress. , even Zhang Liangyuan didn't end up well.

Bai Su didn't expect that the extremely cowardly Crown Princess would be so decisive when confronted with such a person, how could he win?Only the master and him are bound to be at odds, and there is no possibility of reconciliation. After all, one is the favorite concubine of the former emperor's harem, and the other is the crown prince's concubine of the prince in the middle palace. How can such two people coexist peacefully?

Sure enough, after the first emperor fell into a coma, the sage who was still the prince at that time took action against the master. Without the help of Commander Mu, the master would have given his life to the palace long ago. The prince's hatred, after leaving the palace, he hid in the dark and stared at the Zhuo family. After finding out that there was a disfigured concubine in Zhuo's mansion, the master entered Zhuo's mansion, replacing the concubine, and then married The concubine arranged by Commander Mu got on the line, and thus began the plan for revenge.

As for Commander Mu's identity, Bai Su didn't know about it. Although Bai Su was Cheng Rou's confidant, Mu Xuan's real identity was too important for Cheng Rou to reveal to others.After entering the Zhuo Mansion, Cheng Rou was afraid of Mu Xuan's plan, so she didn't dare to act casually so as not to spoil Mu Xuan's event.

But after Mu Xuan's accident, the hatred in Cheng Rou's heart suddenly exploded. She used Shi Ji to poison Zhuo Rongyong, and then asked Bai Su to bribe Xiao Wanniang's maids to poison Xiao Wanniang. If Zhuo Jingfan and Dou Chun hadn't been on guard, Cheng Rou's next target would be Zhuo Erlang, Mrs. Sun, and their little lady.

Bai Su fell into Dou Chun's hands, so he couldn't live or die. Gong Zheng had his own means to make Bai Su unable to seek death, and he even held her breath. All these things Bai Su had experienced before. It was even more painful to experience it again from time to time. The shadow and fear left in her heart almost destroyed her mind. Bai Su, who had been tortured for several days, was already on the verge of going crazy. ...

Zhuo Jingfan and Dou Chun didn't bother about Bai Su's fate. What they are worried about now is Cheng Rou who disappeared without a trace.

After Fu Ling failed to find anyone in Zhuo Mansion, she immediately went into the palace to report to Zhuo Jingfan. Zhuo Jingfan and Dou Chun were shocked when they heard that. They never thought that there might be an organ or a secret channel in Zhuo Mansion, so they sent a police officer the next day. Many people went to Zhuo's mansion, apparently under the pretext of visiting Zhuo Rongyong and Xiao Wanniang, but actually wanted to thoroughly search the west courtyard.

After several days of intensive searching by a group of people, they finally found a simple tunnel under the courtyard on the west side. The tunnel directly leads to the outside of the city. They reported the discovery to Dou Chun. Dou Chun took the secret report and studied it for a long time. Finally He said to Zhuo Jingfan: "What a coincidence, the location of the Zhuo Mansion is the residence of the only surviving prince's mother's family in the Great Wu Dynasty. If it weren't for this tunnel, the prince would not be able to escape from birth." .”

It turned out that when the rebels invaded the capital, the prince, with the help of his mother and concubine, left the palace and hid in his grandfather's house beforehand, and then escaped from the capital through tunnels. Therefore, the outside of Kyoto is safer than the inside of Kyoto where the rebels are rampant.

The ancestors of the Dou family did not expect that there would be a fish that slipped through the net. After they took down the head of the Dawu pilgrim and took control of the entire palace, they found out that a prince had escaped and ordered people to chase after him. That's too late. ...

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After Dou Wan recuperated in Yuncheng for a few days, he finally started to meet the lady of Yuncheng.

She and Fu Jue followed the plan, and she would come forward to attract everyone's attention, so she specially held a flower viewing banquet, and invited all the distinguished ladies and wives in Yuncheng.

The eldest princess of Huyang hosted a banquet, and the noble lady of Yuncheng naturally had to join in and enjoy her face, and Yuncheng belongs to Yunzhou. People sent greeting cards, wanting to meet the son-in-law, so this time Dou Wan also invited Mrs. Governor to participate in the flower viewing banquet.

On the day of the banquet, the governor's wife arrived early, and she did not come alone, but also brought two young ladies. The two young ladies are the governor's prostitutes. Dou Wan received the governor's wife with a smile And the two ladies, who knew that after a while, they heard that Mrs. Jiedushi also came to the door.

Dou Wan was taken aback for a moment, she didn't expect that even the wife of the Jiedu Envoy would come to the door, after all, the Jiedu Envoy was not stationed in Yunzhou, and it would take a long time to come to Yunzhou from Tongzhou where the Jiedu Envoy was stationed, and the Jiedu Envoy's wife could come to Yunzhou. The timing was so accurate, and she came to the door on the day of her banquet, and I presumably received the news a few days earlier, so I arrived in Yunzhou in time.Dou Wan didn't know what the other party's intention of coming to Yunzhou was, but the visitor was just a guest, so she responded with 12 energies.

During the banquet, the noble ladies were a little cautious because of the arrival of the governor's wife and Jiedushi's wife. They thought that the governor's wife would be a rare visitor, but they didn't expect that even Jiedushi's wife was alarmed. The news about "Princess Huyang is not favored" from Kyoto is not to be believed.

If Princess Huyang is really not favored, why did the wife of the Jiedu envoy come here from Tongzhou? Thinking of this, all the ladies present have new thoughts in their hearts, and some of them don't pay much attention to this matter at all. An eldest princess, now she has to rethink the status and value of the eldest princess. Although Yuncheng is far away from the emperor, if she can make friends with the eldest princess, if something happens in the future, it can be regarded as being in front of a saint. There is one more help.

It's just that although this plan is good, the wives actually have no idea how to make friends with the eldest princess.

Sitting on the main seat, Dou Wan had a panoramic view of the expressions of all the wives present. She grew up in the palace, and her birth mother was an unfavored rich girl. She had seen a lot of human relationships, and she had to survive in the palace. , how can I do without a little vision?Therefore, looking at people's faces is commonplace for Dou Wan. The ways of these noble ladies are practiced in front of her, but they are not as good as those ghosts and monsters in the palace before. A seven seven eight eight.

Only the inscrutable expressions of Mrs. Governor and Mrs. Jiedu made Dou Wan feel a little uncertain.

Regarding the sudden arrival of Mrs. Jiedushi, Dou Wan felt uneasy. It seemed that there was some conspiracy that she and Fu Jue hadn't expected. She was wary of Mrs. Jiedushi in her heart, but on the surface she was It didn't show at all, and she still laughed at Yan Yan with Fang Yan.

But until the end of the flower viewing feast, Mrs. Jiedushi still did not reveal her intentions. She came with a decent smile and left with a decent smile. Dou Wan sent Jiedushi away with a light frown. Ma'am, I really don't know what the other party is up to. Now Fu Jue has set off for the northwest under the pretext of inspecting the property for her. I hope there will be no accidents on the way. ...

The day after the flower viewing banquet, Dou Wan dressed up and went to another noble lady's tea banquet. In the next few days, her high-profile Zhou Xuan was among the noble ladies in Yuncheng. Dou Wan naturally greeted the other party with an affectionate attitude, but turned around but turned cold, and became more and more wary of the other party.

On this day, Dou Wan found some free time and rested in the mansion. Unexpectedly, the invitation from Mrs. Jiedu Envoy came. It turned out that Mrs. Jiedu Envoy's mother's home was in Yuncheng. It happened to be her in a few days It was her mother's sixtieth birthday, so all the wives and princesses in Yuncheng were invited to the banquet. Dou Wan pondered for a while holding the invitation card, and quickly replied to the invitation.After putting down the invitation card, Dou Wan asked Fu Rong, "Why have you never heard that Mrs. Jiedu Envoy's mother's home is in Yuncheng?"

"Back to the princess, this servant has heard about it. The mother of Mrs. Jiedushi is actually a stepmother. She had a big fight with her back then. Since Mrs. Jiedushi got married, she has no contact with her mother's family. This year, for some reason, Jiedushi's wife has returned to Yuncheng, and she wants to celebrate her mother's birthday." Fu Rong had inquired about Jiedushi's wife since the day when Jiedushi's wife suddenly came to the door.

She didn't expect that Mrs. Jiedushi's mother's family was in Yuncheng, and no one mentioned it at the flower viewing banquet that day. Presumably, all the wives should know about the grievances of Mrs. Jiedushi's family, but they didn't ask about it when they saw the eldest princess. , no one took the initiative to mention it.

"Oh? Is that so?" Dou Wan raised her eyebrows, saying that Mrs. Jiedushi came here for her, and no one would believe her. She never came back in previous years, but she came back this year when she came here. Isn't that obvious? ?I don't know why Mrs. Jiedushi wanted to get close to him.

Dou Wan picked up the greeting card and looked at it again. The wife of Jiedushi's mother's family name was Du, and she was one of the several big families in Yuncheng. She heard that many children of the family were officials in the capital. Suddenly a person flashed across the room, didn't Mrs. Zhuo just marry Du Siye from Du Ji Restaurant?Is Du Jijiu related to the Du family in Yuncheng?

Thinking of this, she hastily edited a letter and sent it back to Kyoto quickly. At the same time, the news of Fu Jue's arrival in the northwest also came back. Dou Wan suppressed her worries, hoping that Fu Jue would be able to take away He Dalang's son and daughter smoothly.Then came the main event, she had to escort the pair of children back to the capital, but now the sudden appearance of Mrs. Jiedushi cast a shadow over the whole plan. She came, what's more, maybe the other party guessed the real intention of her and Fu Jue's visit, which was for He Dalang's sons and daughters.

Dou Wan's heart skipped a beat, and she stood up quickly. If Mrs. Jiedushi really came here for He Dalang's children, it would mean that the situation in the northwest was already very serious. She frowned tightly. Are tigers and wolves related?

Dou Chun once told Fu Jue about the warning of that eminent monk that day, and Fu Jue would not hide it from Dou Wan, so he and his wife already knew that this trip to the northwest might be extremely dangerous, but Rao So, Dou Wan didn't flinch at all, and followed Fu Jue to Yuncheng resolutely.