Celebrating the Year of the Fish: A Princess is Not a Concubine[GL]

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Zhou Jinyu almost sat on the chair for a long time before recovering from the imperial decree of giving the marriage. The little father-in-law who came to announce the decree had already left. Like a stone lion, motionless.

After a while, her mother Liu pushed the door open and came in.

Knowing that she must have come here for Liu Xi's affairs, Zhou Jinyu cheered up and said, "Aniang, I know you miss Grandpa, but he has just arrived in Chang'an City, and there are countless pairs of eyes staring at him in the court." , so this is definitely not a good time for the two of you to meet."

Mrs. Liu responded lightly, how could she not understand this? Over the years, she had secretly sent people to inquire about Liu Xi's whereabouts many times, but in the end she couldn't find anything. She hadn't seen him for so many years, so it was not bad. for a while.

What's more, Zhou Jinyu said that Liu Xi is now being highly valued by Emperor Tianshun. He has just been appointed as a second-rank official, and he is going to be the head of Qiulu Academy. Thinking about it this way, Liu's heart relaxes a little. Xi is in a high position and is highly valued by His Majesty, so no one will dare to touch him for a while. As a daughter, she can relax a little bit, and if she doesn't see her for a while, she won't see her again.

Mrs. Liu was silent for a while, then asked: "Your grandfather...is he alright?"

Zhou Jinyu smiled and said: "The old man is in a strong body. Except that his eyes can't see clearly, everything else is fine. Grandpa said that he also went to Mobei to find our mother and son in the early years, but later people in Mobei said When we died, he thought it was real."

There were tears in Liu's eyes, sobbing: "I am unfilial and made him worry."

Zhou Jinyu persuaded: "Mother, there will be a long time to come, as long as grandpa and his old man are in the capital, sooner or later there will be a day when we meet each other, and it will not be too late for you to be filial."

Liu Shi nodded, feeling that what Zhou Jinyu said was reasonable.The two of them are now living incognito in the capital. Zhou Jinyu has dressed up in men's clothing, while she has changed her name and covered her face with a veil all day long. The mother and daughter have already forcibly lived their lives as someone else's. .

After a while, seeing Zhou Jinyu's listless look, Mrs. Liu knew that she must be worried about the imperial decree's marriage, so she comforted her and said, "The eldest princess is not a jackal, why did she scare you?" Like this?"

Zhou Jinyu sighed and said nothing.

Liu Shi paused, not knowing what to think of, and said: "It's better, you just complied with the imperial decree."

"I can't answer." Zhou Jinyu sighed, shook his head and said bluntly: "Mother, the eldest princess is not just a jackal, tiger and leopard? I sued her in front of Long Live before, if I marry her, What's so good about it? Besides, the whereabouts of Little Baozi's mother have not been found yet. I clearly agreed to marry her at the beginning, but now I'm married to someone else. So what's the difference between me and those heartless heartless people? ?”

Liu Shi also sighed along with her: "You can't say that, now she is the one who can't see people alive and dead..."

Before Liu could finish her sentence, Zhou Jinyu answered stiffly: "She's not dead."

"Okay, okay, she's not dead, but she hasn't seen anyone for half a month. I'm afraid, she just doesn't want to marry you, so she will leave."

Zhou Jinyu lowered his head silently.

Regarding this point, it's not that she didn't think about it, whether it was because the little bun girl disappeared without a trace because she didn't want to marry her.

"Although I don't want you to marry the eldest princess, but the imperial decree has been issued, and there is no way to do it now." Liu Shi said: "Just now the old princess learned of the letter that you were named concubine, and sent someone to tell me, you Go to the palace tomorrow to thank you, but you must not make any mistakes, if you make any mistakes, the whole Zhou family will suffer."

Zhou Jinyu nodded: "I know, mother, but I will go to the palace tomorrow not because I was named concubine to thank you, but because the Lord Long Live wants to summon the top three in the Jin family at the Jinluan Hall. I am going to listen Sealed, as for the son-in-law, I don't care too much."

Mrs. Liu hurriedly said: "It's all right to talk about it in private, but you can't take it to the Jinluan Hall. In any case, you should act cautiously when you enter the palace, but don't get stubborn and say that you don't care about it." According to the son-in-law, when the time comes, Long Yan will be furious, and the entire Zhou family will be implicated by you."

Zhou Jinyu gritted her teeth and said, "But mother, I'm not reconciled. As long as the little bun girl hasn't appeared, as long as she doesn't tell me that she left because she didn't want to marry me, I won't be reconciled."

Liu Shi paused for a moment, she understood that Zhou Jinyu had a deep affection for that Miss Yuan.But now that Miss Yuan suddenly disappeared without a trace. At the beginning, she had promised her that Zhou Jinyu would get married after finishing the imperial examination, but now she made a big oolong.She was used to this kind of inconsistency in the business field, so she didn't feel anything, but she saw Zhou Jinyu's uneasiness in the past two days.

In the end, Mrs. Liu had no choice but to persuade: "Fourth, she has no news at all now, and all the servants sent out this morning have returned. We have searched the entire Chang'an City, but we haven't found their mother and daughter. , they have already left Chang'an City, why are you so obsessed with it?"

Mrs. Liu sighed, and continued: "I also heard that before you came back the day before yesterday, you caught a female assassin from the edge of the moat and was shot to death by random arrows and fell into the river. There was a child not far away when he was killed, and I don’t know if it’s true or not.”

When Zhou Jinyu heard this, she felt a pain like a needle prick in her chest, which was so painful that she couldn't breathe.

The girl's voice and smile appeared in her dreams one after another in recent days, she was surprised and delighted, and could no longer distinguish dreams from reality.It's just that when she finally approached that person, that person would turn into a rain of peach blossoms and disappear before her eyes.

The so-called day has something to think, night has a dream.When she woke up, she had a faint premonition that this dream was not a good omen.

Especially when Liu Shi said that someone was shot by random arrows and fell into the moat, the bad premonition that was suppressed in her heart suddenly intensified, and finally she couldn't suppress it anymore, and she broke out in a cold sweat.

At this time, all her thoughts were on the female assassin who was shot and killed by random arrows, and she really didn't want to listen to Liu's continuation, so she stood up and said, "Mother, I will go out to find her by myself."

After she finished speaking, she ignored Liu Shi calling her behind her, and walked out of the mansion all the way.

Seeing Zhou Jinyu's figure going out, Mrs. Liu shook her head helplessly: "This kid, why is he so stubborn."

Zhou Xiaoshan was watering the flowers in the garden, but when he saw Zhou Jinyu was about to go out, he immediately followed him.

Zhou Xiaoshan ran behind her and asked, "Fourth Young Master, where are you going?"

Zhou Jinyu said directly: "Go to the Criminal Department, what's the matter, you want to follow?"

Zhou Xiaoshan was stunned for a moment, followed immediately, and said with a smile: "The young one will naturally go with you, but fourth son, what are you going to the Ministry of Punishment for?"

Zhou Jinyu ignored him and continued to walk out.

The master and servant came to the Ministry of Punishment, and after many inquiries, they found out that the female assassin was not sent to the Ministry of Punishment, but was sent to Yizhuang three miles away. Burial mound.

Zhou Jinyu was so anxious that he rushed all the way to Yizhuang without stopping.

The Yizhuang was originally located in a remote place with few people. When Zhou Jinyu arrived at the Yizhuang, she didn't know if it was an illusion. From the moment she stepped into the Yizhuang, she only felt that the cold wind was blowing straight into her neck. .

There is a dilapidated flag hanging on the wall outside the gate of Yizhuang, the white flag is black, like a banner waving in the wind, with the word "Yizhuang" written on it.

Zhou Xiaoshan shivered, his legs were a little scared: "Fourth Young Master, I think we should go back, this place is too scary."

Zhou Jinyu ignored Zhou Xiaoshan and walked in.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw a skinny old man holding a lantern and standing in front of coffins neatly arranged one after another.

The light in the room is dim and gloomy. All the light in the gloomy room comes from the red lantern in the old man's hand, which makes the old man's wrinkled and skinny face turn red. How do you look at it? How weird.

The old man turned around mechanically, and looked coldly at the unexpected visitor who suddenly appeared. He hadn't spoken for a long time, and his voice was hoarse: "Who are you?"

Although Zhou Jinyu was also a little scared, he managed to smile as much as he could, explaining why he came here: "Old man, I heard that a female assassin was sent here a few days ago, can you give me a look."

The old man narrowed his eyes and asked with a gossip expression: "What is your relationship with that female assassin?"

Zhou Jinyu replied: "It doesn't matter, it's just that I lost a child in my family. I overheard that the female assassin was like a kidnapper who stole my child, so I wanted to take a look to find the identity of my child." Whereabouts." Zhou Jinyu used this excuse very well, and she said the same thing in the Ministry of Criminal Justice just now.

The old man understood, and immediately extended a slap: "Five taels of silver."

Zhou Jinyu immediately took out the silver and handed it over. Five taels is not much. Just now she spent a full 75 taels in the Ministry of Punishment before she asked the news.

The old man took the five taels of silver, gritted his teeth to confirm the authenticity of the silver, his eyes were less wary of her, and then he brought Zhou Jinyu to a coffin.

The old man stretched out his hand and pointed: "Here, this is it."

Taking advantage of the halo of the lantern in the old man's hand, Zhou Jinyu held her breath and glanced into the coffin. The first thing that caught her eyes was not the rotten and terrifying face she imagined, but a pair of big feet. Zhou Jinyu didn't believe that those feet were women's feet.

A pair of unsuitable embroidered shoes were worn on those feet, which were larger than ordinary men.Zhou Jinyu was puzzled. Looking up, this person was very long, his body was full of arrow holes, his legs were long, his waist was thick, and his hips were wide. Looking up, Zhou Jinyu almost let out a "wow". Spit it out.

What kind of "woman" is this?

"Her" face was smeared with some rouge and gouache indiscriminately, but that face looked like a man's face, perhaps because it had been placed in a coffin for too long or soaked in river water, "her" face Most of the make-up on his face had been ruined, and he looked like an evil ghost disguised as a woman, extremely terrifying.

The old man said: "What's the matter? Are you scared?"

Zhou Jinyu came back to his senses and shook his head: "Fortunately, it's just pitiful to see him die."

At this time Zhou Xiaoshan also entered the room, and when he saw the corpse in the coffin, he immediately shouted: "This man is too ugly, what kind of disgusting dress is he wearing?"

The old man looked at him with a smile: "You think he is ugly?"

Zhou Xiaoshan said: "He is neither male nor female, so he is ugly."

The old man looked at Zhou Xiaoshan coldly and said: "Little brother, people are only beautiful when they are alive. After death, they have different shapes. In my old man's eyes, there is no difference. If you lie here one day, you may not be able to return to the old man." Not as good as him."

Zhou Xiaoshan was stunned, and said angrily: "Damn, I won't lie here!"

The old man squinted his eyes and smiled, but did not speak.

When Zhou Jinyu saw that the person in the coffin was not the little bun lady, but a man who came from nowhere, she felt a little relieved, thinking that no matter if she didn't want to marry her, or leave without saying goodbye, it would be better anyway. It's better if something happens.

Zhou Jinyu said "Excuse me" to the old man and was about to leave, followed by Zhou Xiaoshan.

As soon as the master and servant came out, Zhou Xiaoshan kept swearing behind her, saying "old and immortal" and so on.

Zhou Jinyu was annoyed by his scolding, suddenly stopped, and looked at him coldly: "What are you doing?"

Zhou Xiaoshan panicked: "Young...Young Master, what's wrong?"

Zhou Jinyu said: "The old gentleman just said something casually to you, why did you scold him all the time? If you talk about it, you will have to scold him all over the eighteen generations of his ancestors."

Zhou Xiaoshan said unwillingly: "Master, you didn't listen just now, that old bastard is cursing me to die, I'll take it lightly if I scold him."

Zhou Jinyu raised his eyebrows, and pointedly said: "If you haven't done anything wrong, what are you afraid of? Or are you guilty?"

"I...why am I guilty." Zhou Xiaoshan was still plausible at first, but when he heard Zhou Jinyu's question, he was suddenly taken aback, wondering if Zhou Jinyu knew something.

Just when he was hesitating, Zhou Jinyu said again: "Okay, okay, it's a big deal, if your left ear goes in and out, it's over, it's getting late, let's go back."

Zhou Xiaoshan nodded: "Understood, young master."

The two were walking when suddenly a group of people came towards them. They were all dressed in short shirts and straw sandals on their feet. They were walking in the direction of Yizhuang. When they passed by Zhou Jinyu, they met Zhou Jinyu Just had a face-to-face meeting.

Zhou Jinyu didn't scrutinize the group of people at first, but felt that their faces were full of murderous looks. Zhou Jinyu didn't want to meet this group of plague-like reckless people, so naturally he kept his distance.

Who knew that just a few steps away, Xiang Nantian was also in the middle of that group of people. When Xiang Nantian saw her, he deliberately covered his face, as if he didn't see her, and continued walking forward.

Zhou Jinyu shrugged, thinking that since Xiang Nantian pretended not to see her, maybe he was leading his brother to work, so she naturally wouldn't bother her rashly.

But when they walked in this direction, there was only Yizhuang in front of them. Could it be that Xiang Nantian was going to Yizhuang?

This thought flashed through her mind, and then she shook her head, wondering where Xiang Nantian was going and what it had to do with her.

Half an hour later, Zhou Jinyu returned to Zhou's house. Before he could cross the threshold, he heard someone behind him shouting, "Young Master Zhou, please stop!"

Zhou Jinyu heard the voice familiar, turned around, and saw that the person who called her was the old housekeeper of the eldest princess Wei Huanian's residence.

Zhou Jinyu stood still, and the old butler was already out of breath when he ran up to her.

Zhou Jinyu cupped his hands and asked, "My lord, why is it you again? What's your business here this time?"

The old butler said like a thief: "Mr. Zhou, can you take a step to speak?"

Zhou Jinyu said: "You don't need to borrow a step, just say what you want here."

The old butler nodded: "That's fine."

As he spoke, he took out a pair of earrings from his hands. The earrings were carved from white jade, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, about the size of the cap of a little finger.

Zhou Jinyu took a look and thought he had misread it. Just as he was about to snatch it away, the old housekeeper took it back.

Zhou Jinyu was startled, isn't this the little bun girl's earring?

Why is it now in the hands of the old housekeeper?

She had some bad premonition in her heart, so she looked at the old housekeeper coldly and asked, "Where are their mother and child?"

The old housekeeper was taken aback by her sudden fierce eyes, and then calmed down. According to what Wei Huanian told him, he calmly said: "Mr. Zhou, if you want their mother and child to be safe, then you must be careful tomorrow in the Golden Luan Hall." say."

Zhou Jinyu clenched his fists hidden in his sleeves and said with a sneer, "I understand what your princess means, but you want me to marry her."

The old butler laughed dryly. Zhou Jinyu's straightforwardness made him feel embarrassed, so that he asked him to answer yes and no, no and no.

Zhou Jinyu raised his eyebrows and said, "Go back and tell your princess that I am willing to marry her."

The old steward didn't expect it to be so smooth, and asked: "What Mr. Zhou said, is it true?"

Zhou Jinyu nodded: "Of course it is serious, isn't it just to marry someone, I just marry her, but... I have a condition."

The old housekeeper replied: "Young Master Zhou, please tell me."

Zhou Jinyu said: "Go back and tell your princess that the person she wants is me, and she must never hurt Xiao Baozi and their mother and son. Besides, Xiao Baozi is different from ordinary children. Let her be a person and don't bully children. Xiao Baozi Baozi likes to drink sweet water, eat sweet snacks, and eat candied haws, so don't treat him harshly, just buy him whatever he likes."

The old butler was taken aback, thinking that Zhou Jinyu really worried about Wei Jingrui.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Zhou Jinyu asked, "Can you agree?"

The old housekeeper replied: "What Mr. Zhou said, I will tell the princess when I go back."

Zhou Jinyu nodded: "Well, I've figured it out, your princess is shameless, I'm afraid she will have to get me."

The old butler: "..."

The old butler wondered what Zhou Jinyu meant, whether he was calling his princess "shameless", but shameless and shameless, did they mean two things?

Just as he was thinking this way, Zhou Jinyu asked him: "May I ask, what is your princess's favorite thing about me? Then I'll change it, can I change it? Is her eyes bad? Why not?" Did you see me?"

The old butler didn't catch his breath, and said awkwardly: "When you see the princess, you can ask her yourself."

The corner of Zhou Jinyu's mouth curled into a playful smile: "When?"

The old butler was taken aback: "What?"

Zhou Jinyu repeated: "When can I see her?"

The old housekeeper said: "Probably... when we got married."

Zhou Jinyu nodded: "Oh, then I might be scared to death by her when we get married, after all, I don't know if I can see her honor."

The old butler: "..."

He felt that he couldn't continue talking to Zhou Jinyu. The words she said seemed to be okay at first glance, but he could hear it. Zhou Jinyu scolded his master openly and secretly. .

The old butler turned around and was about to leave, when Zhou Jinyu called him back and said, "Wait, why are you leaving in such a hurry?"

The old butler turned around and asked with a wry smile, "Young Master Zhou, what else do you need?"

Zhou Jinyu suddenly lost the sharp teeth and sharp mouth just now, as if he had lost all his strength in an instant, and said helplessly: "What is the need for her to do this? After all, she did this, she Threatening me with other people, even if they get me, they won't get my heart."

The old butler thought for a while, and answered her seriously: "Young Master Zhou, our princess said that she is only after your people, not your heart."

Zhou Jinyu paused, and replied: "Oh, then she really, really has ideas."