birth

When Xu Zihe came out of the summit building, what Zhou Shun said to her was still echoing in his mind.

"Your Highness said, I would like to thank Ms. Xu for your help during this time. If Ms. Xu has her own plans in the future and needs His Highness's help, just say a word, and His Highness will definitely help."

The smile on the corner of his mouth was cool and sarcastic, Xu Zihe squinted his eyes and watched the people coming and going on Qianyuan Street, his heart was really empty and confused.

Intend?

What else could she have planned? From the time she said "Zihe will go through fire and water for the young master in this life, he will not hesitate!" From that day on, she never thought about her future at all.

Meng Zhonglian asked her if she wanted to help her redeem her body, but she declined.As long as Xu Zihe can remember, he has been living in Huamanlou. From the boy who brought tea and chopping firewood to the leader of the famous oiran in the capital, all happened in this small three-story building. .Huamanlou has carried too many things and memories for her. Perhaps in the eyes of others, this is a place that is difficult to be elegant, but for Xu Zihe, Huamanlou is her home.

The plaque in front of me has changed from the black lettering on the wooden background at the beginning to the bronzing beading at present.

She learned pipa and dance here, grew up and became an adult here, and she must grow old and live here in the future.

Suddenly, the sound of the wine glass being broken from inside interrupted Xu Zihe's melancholy, and the crowd's booing continued, which was also mixed with Mama Sang's dissuading voice, "Oh, Mr. Sheng, I said that Zihe is not here today. Ah, why don't you wait another day... Hey, hey, you can't drop this one! You can't drop it!"

The jade porcelain white bottle in his hand was held down by a pair of bare hands, Sheng Yi turned his head impatiently, and just when he was about to say something rude, he met Xu Zihe's slightly angry eyes, "Mr. Sheng, it's really big!" anger."

Sheng Yi touched her hand, looked at her wretchedly, and smiled flatteringly, "Zihe, this old woman said you were not here, so I knew she must be cheating on me. Hey, the clothes you are wearing today The little dress is so pretty."

Just as he was talking, his hand disheveled towards Xu Zihe's tube top, Xu Zihe shook off his hand, turned sideways to avoid it, looked around the crowd, his voice was neither too loud nor too small, but it just happened to spread to every corner "Zihe will apologize to everyone for disturbing everyone's objective interest." She smiled, and her sweet smile pierced into people's hearts, "From now on, everyone has to take care of Huaman. It's the building's business."

Mama Sang also came back to her senses, echoed and smoothed things over, coaxing the guests around to sit down one after another.

Only Sheng Yi never left Xu Zihe's eyes from the very beginning, his greedy gaze seemed to want to see her through, and he couldn't help wanting to do it after looking at her.

Xu Zihe turned around and gave him a cold look, "Come with me."

Sheng Yi hurriedly followed behind her, "Good! Good! Good!"

Although Sheng Yi kept staring at her with that malicious gaze, Xu Zihe's steps were still as elegant as usual, without any panic or eagerness.After going up to the third floor, Xu Zihe took Sheng Yi back to his room and closed the door.

All the hustle and bustle went away in an instant, only Sheng Yi's obscene laughter remained, "Miss Zihe, why is your room so hot?"

While talking, he approached Xu Zihe, but in just a moment, his chest almost invaded the girl's back, Xu Zihe turned around, and straight to the point without a word of nonsense, "Sheng Yi, you should know the relationship between me and Mr. Meng Zhonglian Bar."

Sheng Yi's movements stopped as expected, he seemed to hesitate because of Xu Zihe's words, and the wild and unruly smile on his mouth became ferocious, "You mean that old man Meng Zhonglian?"

"What's so good about him? He's almost old enough to be your father, right?"

"Women, it's just a few sets. What do you like about him? Power? Money? Or status?"

Xu Zihe took a panoramic view of his reaction, knowing that he was just pretending to be a fat man, but he was already scared in his heart, so he secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

It is not a solution for Sheng Yi to run around Huamanlou to make troubles like this, and it will definitely affect Huamanlou's business after a long time. It is better to solve this trouble at once. Xu Zihe chuckled, looked up at him, "You should go and discuss with Mr. Meng on your own about whether you are old or not." She stared at Sheng Yi, and stepped forward aggressively, "But apart from this, there is one more thing, Mr. Sheng may have forgotten. You said that if Master Meng knew that you are still entangled with me now, would you discuss it with you first?"

The corner of Sheng Yi's mouth twitched, and the hands beside him clenched into fists.After looking at Xu Zihe like that for a few seconds, he didn't leave in a rage as she had expected, but laughed loudly. The presumptuous and cautious laughter fell into his ears, causing goosebumps all over his body.

Then, before Xu Zihe could react, he was hugged by Sheng Yi against the wall. Sheng Yi slapped him with a slap, and the blood came out with such force that Xu Zihe was stunned by his beating. Before he could react, he pinched his face forcefully and turned around again. Sheng Yi smiled sarcastically at her, "Who are you scaring here?! You stinky bastard, I have spoiled you for a few days and really treated myself like an onion ?”

Sheng Yi gave Xu Zihe a "bah" on Xu Zihe's face, the expression on his face was so excited that he deformed, then he buried his head and took a deep breath in her neck abnormally, raised his head, closed his eyes slowly after thinking about it, and even slapped his whole body. Shivering, "It smells so good."

Xu Zihe regained his composure, struggled to get out of his arms, and screamed to attract people over, but Sheng Yi covered his mouth tightly and threw him to the ground. He rode on her, as if he had done it countless times She tore open her blouse like Meng Meng, irritable and impatient, "Don't worry, I'll call you later."

Feeling the coldness of the air, Xu Zihe tasted the feeling of helplessness and despair for the first time, staring blankly at the ceiling.

She seemed to have given up struggling, like a rag doll without a soul.

The beautiful appearance is full of torn cotton wool.

Suddenly, the door was opened, the person on his body was pulled away, the heavy pressure disappeared, Xu Zihe closed his eyes gently, it seemed that he even stopped breathing, and two lines of tears flowed down the corners of his eyes into his temples.

Liang Shuang pressed Sheng Yi to the ground, put her knee on his back, and growled, "Don't move!"

Meng Zhonglian saw Xu Zihe who was already naked on the ground, he was breathless, took off his coat and covered Xu Zihe's body, then turned his head, looking at Sheng Yi with knife-like eyes, a cold voice sounded in the room, "Liang Shuang , cut off his hand."

Upon hearing this, Sheng Yi immediately begged for mercy, "My lord, please forgive me, my lord, I didn't do anything to her, really, I just took off her clothes, my lord, I..."

Meng Zhonglian couldn't listen any longer, so he punched him directly in the face, and the anger in his heart seemed to dissipate a lot after the punch, and it seemed like he couldn't stop with just punches, it was Liang Shuang who came out. He reminded loudly, "Sir, if you continue to fight, you will die."

The raised fist stopped in mid-air, Meng Zhonglian glared at Sheng Yi furiously, and then threw him on the ground in disgust.

If it wasn't for the fact that Sheng Yi was Sheng Mingjue's younger brother, how could he survive today?

Xu Zihe's voice suddenly sounded behind him. The girl lowered her head, her face was indistinguishable from anger and emotion, her voice was so calm and distressing, "My lord, Zihe wants to take a bath and rest first. Could you please go out and wait for a while?"

She doesn't seem to need anyone's comfort and company, as long as she is given some time, she can magically heal herself.

Someone was killed in Qingxiu Palace and stabbed directly to Xu Jia.

Those show girls are all treasures sent by the ministers, and it is difficult to explain whoever has an accident.Xu Jia rubbed his temples with a headache, listening to Huang Zhu's report of the situation.

"Your Majesty, when I was admonishing you this morning, the servant wanted to go to Sheng Wanwan's room to see how her illness was going, but found that she was... gone."

"When the servant girl arrived, she was dead and her hands and feet were cold."

"However, Sheng Wanwan's health is not good, and it may be because she couldn't hold back her illness for a while, so something happened."

Xu Jia waved her hand at her and ordered, "Okay, I understand. You go down first, the news is blocked, if it gets out, I will definitely not forgive you."

Huang Zhu panicked, "No."

Xu Jia closed her eyes, thinking carefully about the words Sheng Wanwan.

Sheng Wanwan, the younger sister of Sheng Mingjue, Minister of Rites.Probably the girl who pretended to be sick when he went to Qingxiu Palace that day.But now it looks like he is really sick?It's just... who would harm a little girl?Could it be that he died of illness?

When Huang Zhu went down, he happened to meet Zhou Shun who had returned from inquiring about the news.When the two met their eyes, Huang Zhu's mother bowed her head guiltyly for some reason, and then left at a faster pace.

Zhou Shun stopped in his tracks, turned his head and took a deep look at Huang Zhu's back, and suddenly had an unbelievable guess in his heart.

After saluting to Xu Jia, he replied, "Your Majesty, this servant has gone to Qingxiu Palace to check Sheng Wanwan's body. She is indeed breathless, her hands and feet are cold, and she looks dead."

Xu Jia heard something in his words, opened his eyes and asked, "What do you mean?"

Zhou Shun raised his head and glanced at him, then bent down and said, "My maid guesses that Sheng Wanwan deliberately faked her death."

Xu Jia narrowed his eyes and motioned for him to continue talking.

Zhou Shun, "I don't know if the emperor has heard of a kind of medicine? Taking it can make people lose their breath, like a dead person, and they can return to their original state after a day. The slaves happened to have been exposed to this kind of medicine before, and they know that although this medicine can It creates the appearance of a person in suspended animation, but it also causes black air to emanate from the forehead, wrist, and dantian."

"That Sheng Wanwan had no trauma on her body, and she was not poisoned after being tested by her. The conclusion given now is that she died of illness."

"But the servant girl has asked the imperial physician carefully, and Sheng Wanwan's body is not seriously ill on weekdays, she just suffers from the cold."

Xu Jia's hand knocked on the chair handle unconsciously, "If it's a suspended animation, then did she set up this situation by herself? Or...was killed by someone, but she didn't even know about it?"

Zhou Shun pursed his lips, and recalled the scene when he met Huang Zhu just now, "This servant suspects... this matter has something to do with Huang Zhu."

If this matter is really Sheng Wanwan's self-directed and self-acted, then she really needs someone to help her take care of it all, and help her figure out a way to hide the truth, and she is not welcome in Qingxiu Palace, so there is nothing wrong with it Friends, thinking about it this way, Huang Zhu is really the biggest suspect.

But this little girl is pretending to be sick and feigning death, what is she trying to do?

As if... afraid to see him.

Xu Jia stood up, and instructed Zhou Shun, "Place yourself in Qingxiu Palace."

Since you are afraid of seeing him, you must see him well.

The door was opened, and Xu Zihe changed into a light-yellow velvet jacket, a lavender violet flower skirt, and white-soled shoes with raised toes. His expression had returned to normal, as if he had never experienced that at all. nightmare.

But in fact, it was only a few hours later.

She smiled at Meng Zhonglian, moved away, "Master Meng has been waiting for a long time, please come in, Mr. Meng."

Xu Zihe ordered someone to serve a table of good wine and good food, and he thoughtfully poured wine for him as usual, "Why doesn't your lord not move your chopsticks? Could it be that today's rich cooks don't suit your taste?" She smiled. Get off, get up, "please wait a moment, sir, Zihe will personally serve some dishes for you."

Meng Zhonglian held her wrist, looked at each other for a few seconds, and smiled comfortingly, "Sit down, that's enough."

He thought about it for a long time and didn't know what to say, but Xu Zihe smiled and said, "My lord is thinking how to comfort me?" After touching Meng Zhonglian's eyes, she laughed self-deprecatingly, "What's the comfort? What? I was originally a prostitute."

Meng Zhonglian blurted out, "No! You...you are different from them."

Xu Zihe opened his eyes slightly in surprise, put down his chopsticks, looked at him, and for the first time grinned sincerely in front of him, not dignified and generous as usual, but rather childish, "Your Excellency thinks so much of me .”

Meng Zhonglian pursed his lips, lowered his eyes and said, "You are worth it."

After Xu Zihe heard about it, he sneered, "Then what is your interest in me? What kind of virtue and ability does Zihe have that you are so fond of by your lord?"

"Like..." Meng Zhonglian's throat rolled, and he choked up inexplicably. Looking at Xu Zihe, he seemed to be caught in a certain period of the past, and his eyes turned red thinking about it, "It's so similar."

It looks like when you laugh, it looks like when you walk, even if you stand there motionless, it's too similar.

He and his youngest daughter, Meng Gexing, were almost carved out of the same mold, but Meng Gexing was not as dignified and polite as Xu Zihe.On the contrary, he often gets into trouble, and has never lived in peace since he was a child.This is because Meng Zhonglian has held her in his palm since he was a child, and has always been the one who picks the stars when she wants them, and the moon when she wants them.This is how Meng Gexing's arrogant young lady temperament was formed.

Meng Zhonglian gave all the remaining warmth to his little daughter, and Meng Gexing did bring him a lot of happiness and unforgettable time. These times were so unique in his life of walking alone all his life. , Even when I think about it, it is shining brightly.

His youngest daughter, who was so small since she was born, was slowly brought up by him. She could have lived a peaceful and happy life, but because of their selfishness and ambition, innocent people didn't even leave a dead body behind. Down.

He hated, hated Chu Minghuang, hated Xu Jia, hated that leader of the wolf tribe, and hated himself.

He hated—everyone associated with that time.

So from the moment he saw Xu Zihe, he felt that it must be God's special mercy that gave him a chance to redeem his sins. He wanted to give Xu Zihe all the favor he owed to Meng Gexing, and even give her the favor she favored. Lawlessness is okay.It seemed that if Xu Zihe could live his life without any worries, he would have paid off all his guilt for so long.

This time, he managed to grasp the warmth again, and he would never let go and make a second mistake.

After listening to his narration, the mocking smile on Xu Zihe's face became even more serious. It turned out...it was a double.

Xu Jia stood by the side of the bed and stared at the pale little girl for a long time, then stretched out his hand to sniff her.

Indeed, there was no breath at all, like a corpse.

But in the next second, he ordered Zhou Shundao, "Seal this room, find a few guards to guard it strictly, and let the imperial doctor get ready and arrive as soon as you are called."

Zhou Shun, "No."

Huang Zhu who was standing on the side was a little panicked, and blurted out in a hurry, "Your Majesty, this person is gone, why do you need someone to guard it? The most urgent thing now is not to pass it on to Mr. Sheng, and then take good care of the little girl." Have a funeral?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he bit the tip of his tongue regretfully.

Xu Jia turned around and met her eager gaze, and suddenly smiled meaningfully, "What's the rush?"

Huang Zhu, "..."

Xu Jia even thoughtfully helped Sheng Wanwan pull up the quilt, "Have you never heard that people can be resurrected after death?"

Huang Zhu, "..."