Chapter 6 (Beautiful and Delicious)
Before Gu Chaochao understood what he meant, Shen Mushen had already taken the food box and turned to go into the house. She was left alone outside the door, and she was either not going or not. When she was struggling, a cold voice came from the room: "A'Fu may be outside the courtyard."
A'Fu is his personal servant.
Gu Chaochao didn't dare to delay when he heard it, he hurried into the house and closed the door in one go, and then he realized that it was time for the servants to eat, so how could Ah Fu stay outside.
...but everyone has come in, and it seems like a guilty conscience to leave now. Gu Chaochao coughed lightly, took the shelf to the table and sat down: "You eat quickly, I'll take the food box back."
Shen Mu lowered his eyes and said nothing, took out the dishes one by one from the food box, and started to The face eats calmly. The jumping candlelight illuminated half of his face indefinitely, making his facial features more and more profound.
Gu Chao turned his gaze a few times, and finally turned to him.
He was born very well, his facial features are cold and noble, his outline is sharp and yet profound, I don't know if it is because of more than ten years of memory, it is more unfathomable than what she saw when she first crossed, There was a little bit of anger between his brows, and he was calm when eating leftovers, as if these twists and turns were nothing to him.
This is the magnanimity that has been infiltrated for ten years.
Gu Chaochao looked at him like this, and gradually became a little distracted.
In the silence, Shen Mushen said slowly: "Does it look good?"
Gu Chaochao returned to his senses: "What?"
"Am I good-looking?" Shen Mushen stared into her eyes.
Gu Chaochao was speechless for three seconds, with a calm face: "I can't tell the difference between beauty and ugliness, you asked the wrong person."
"Since you can't tell the difference, don't look at it." It belongs to the calmness of this age, "Delays me to eat."
... Find fault? After being watched a few times, why did you delay eating? Gu Chaochao complained in his heart, but he turned his face away and stopped looking at him.
She didn't look at him anymore, but he set his eyes on her face, looking at this face that he had been thinking about for ten years, and now vividly appeared in front of him, the beast imprisoned in his heart wanted to rush out every moment , shred her, swallow her.
Yet he did nothing but eat quietly.
The candle on the table flickered, and the candle light dimmed slightly.
Shen Mushen put down his chopsticks, took scissors and opened the candle wick, and the room was lit again.
Gu Chaochao was inexplicably stuck in his heart, and when he heard the movement, he looked at him and saw that he was already in the food box.
"Have you eaten yet?" she asked a social nonsense.
Shen Mushen replied to her, "Yeah."
After speaking, she had already put away the food boxes.
Gu Chaochao stretched out his hand to pick it up, and when he grabbed the basket, his fingertips inadvertently brushed the back of her hand.
Shen Mushen looked at her hurrying back, and when she was about to reach the door, she suddenly said, "The matter between Shen Liu and your maid has spread in the mansion today.
" What did you say?"
Shen Mushen didn't answer her question: "The rumors did not indicate who had a private meeting with Shen Liu, but as long as you have the heart, you can still find out."
Gu Chaochao touched his nose and left with the food box in his hand. .
After a delay at Shen Mushen's place, when she came back, there were already many people on the road. It took her twice as long to return to the courtyard. After putting the food box in the small kitchen, she was about to go back to the bedroom, but before she even got out of the small kitchen door, she saw Hong Yin hurried out of her room.
Gu Chaochao paused, frowned and returned to the room. After looking around, he found nothing wrong. She pondered for a moment and called Hongyin over.
"Madam, do you have anything to do with me?" Still a gentle expression.
Gu Chaochao looked at her: "Are you feeling better?"
"It's better if you go back to Madam." Hong Yin Fushen.
"It's alright," Gu Chaochao got up and paced around the room, "I just went out for a walk alone, it's boring."
"Do you want the slave to accompany Madam for a walk now?" Hongyin's eyes always followed her figure.
Gu Chaochao walked around the room, and finally returned to the table and sat down: "No, just come with me tomorrow, you clean up the room, I should rest too."
"Yes." Hongyin is done. Salute, hands and feet neatly packed, then bowed his head and left.
Gu Chaochao watched her back disappear, and sighed for a long time.
Silent all night.
It takes time for rumors to ferment, but one night is enough.
Early the next morning, Li Yinyin heard the news, killed him without having breakfast, and ran straight to Shen Liu's dormitory.
Before Shen Liu got up, he was woken up by the servant who rushed to report the letter. He frowned and said unhappily, "What are you panicking about."
"But Miss Li..."
"I see." Shen Liu He interrupted with a sullen face. Hongyin told him about the rumors yesterday, and he already had a way to deal with it.
Sure enough, as soon as he saw Li Yinyin rushing into the room, he immediately reassured that there would be no such thing, and coaxed her crying and acting like a baby for a while. Li Yinyin saw that his attitude was okay, so there was no more trouble.
"You really don't have another woman?" she asked with red eyes.
Shen Liu likes wayward women the most. Looking at her wanton coquettish, he likes it tightly. Hearing the words, he immediately nodded: "Absolutely not."
Li Yinyin looked at him for a long time, and finally snorted: "Forget it, trust you once."
Shen Liu laughed and pulled her into his arms with a hook.
Li Yinyin beat his heart, and complained a few words half angrily and half angrily, this matter is over.
The two spent a long time together before Shen Liu went out to see his friends.
As soon as he left, Li Yinyin's expression turned cold: "Call that cheap maid of Hongyin over!"
"Yes." The servant girl who was waiting hurriedly agreed.
A quarter of an hour later, Hongyin hurried over, and before she knelt down to salute, she was slapped by Li Yinyin, which made her knelt down quickly: "Miss Li, calm down, I don't know what the slaves did that made her so angry.
" I don't know what's wrong?" Li Yinyin sneered, "I really think I'm that idiot of Gu Chaochao, and I can perfunctory with a few words of yours?"
Hongyin bowed her head: "I really don't know what I've done."
"You give it back to me . Play stupid!" Li Yinyin was angry, "Others don't know, I don't know?! Although the rumor did not name the name, it was you."
"Miss is talking about the rumor that the prince and the maid are messing around?" Hong Yin frowned. He raised his eyebrows and said, "This servant has been wronged. The servant is loyal to the young lady, so how can you be involved with the prince."
"You are wronged? Can you find the second slender and beautiful servant girl in the rumors? "Li Yinyin squinted her eyes, although she still didn't believe her, but when she saw her calm look, her heart started to murmur.
Is it not her?
Hongyin paused, his expression gradually serious: "Miss, the servant has something to say that I don't know if I should say it or not."
"You said it."
"The rumor was about yesterday's noon, and the servant lost a piece of clothing early in the morning. The lady said she was going to go out for a walk, and it took an hour to go, the slave did not think much about it at first, but she was suspicious, so she paid more attention, and found that she was hiding in the room when she came back, and it seemed that she was hiding something." Hong Yin hung down. Eyes said.
Li Yinyin stared at her coldly: "What do you mean?" The
red voice lowered her head deeper: "The slaves have been in the mansion for many years, and there is no one in the Hou residence who does not know the slaves. If the girl in the rumors is a slave, they can say it directly. The name of the slave and maid is given, but the lady lives in a secluded place, and even if she is bumped into it, it is extremely difficult to be recognized by others."
After she finished speaking, she paused for a moment, "Besides, when it comes to being thin and beautiful, who can match the lady?"
She said it well, especially when she heard the last sentence, Li Yinyin, who has always been slightly inferior in appearance, was immediately angry. Now, take someone and go straight to Gu Chaochao's yard.
When Li Yinyin arrived, Gu Chaochao was lying on the table sleepy. Hearing the movement, he immediately opened the book next to him and made a gesture of reading.
Li Yinyin rushed directly into the room, waved her big hand and said sternly, "Search for me!"
On the way, Hongyin had already hinted that Gu Chaochao might not admit it, so he had to search for evidence first.
Gu Chaochao paused: "What are you searching for?"
Li Yinyin looked at her with a cold face: "Gu Chaochao, you are so shameless, even my man dares to grab it." The
maids had already started rummaging through the boxes, Gu Chaochao frowned: "Sister, you Make it clear, I don't understand what you mean."
"Want me to make it clear?" Li Yinyin sneered, "Okay, I'll make it clear to you, did you seduce Shen Liu?"
Gu Chaochao was stunned for a moment, then his eyes were red: "How can you talk nonsense like this, I'm the stepmother of the prince!"
After speaking, she went to stop it symbolically. It was just a pretense, but one of the maids pushed her directly, and she almost fell. The back of his hand also hit the pillar, causing a slight pain.
Gu Chaochao twitched the corners of his mouth, and immediately did what the fuck he did, not even doing his appearance.
"It's a stepmother, but she's a stepmother who doesn't even have a name," Hongyin, who had been silent all the time, suddenly said, "Madam, you've been worrying all day that you'll be helpless after Lord Hou leaves, right?"
Her words With sinister intentions, Li Yinyin was even more angry: "You are afraid of being helpless, so you can always seduce your stepson regardless of human relations?!"
"Li Yinyin! Don't go too far!" Gu Chaochao's voice trembled.
Hongyin glanced at her, then lowered her head quickly, and joined the search team calmly. However, the group searched the room and found no evidence of an affair between Gu Chaochao and Shen Liu.
Li Yinyin went from being angry at the beginning to gradually feeling uneasy. It only took a quarter of an hour. When she was thinking about whether to give up or not, Hongyin walked a few times in front of the vase next to the wardrobe. Seeing that no one was paying attention, she deliberately bumped into it. Checked the table.
The sound of the table attracted the attention of others, and a maid strode forward and quickly shouted, "Miss Li! There is something in this vase!"
Li Yinyin's eyes lit up.
The vase was directly thrown to the ground by the maid, and with a crisp sound, the contents inside were completely exposed.
With a crisp sound, everyone looked over. When they saw some gold and silver in the debris, Li Yinyin frowned, and Hongyin's face changed: "How could it be..."
Gu Chaochao saw Li Yinyin's eyes became even more shaken, and she immediately picked up the scissors in dismay and pointed them directly at her neck.
Li Yinyin was taken aback: "What are you doing?"
"Li Yinyin, I don't know which rascal you listened to and slandered me so much. Now that I've been bullied by you, how can I live?" Gu Chaochao's eyes With tears in her eyes, "I am now proven innocent by death, are you satisfied?"
"Don't be impulsive! Everything is easy to say..." Li Yinyin hurriedly stopped. Although Gu Chaochao was not Mrs. Hou who had come in seriously, she was also Shen Liu's nominal stepmother. If she died today without any evidence, she would have to bear a lifetime of notoriety, let alone marrying Shen Liu. Mrs. Shizi, even ordinary people would not marry her.
"I have nothing else to say to you! You have seen the silver coins. They are all my own savings. I am really worried that I will not be able to rely on them in the future, but I will not seduce my stepson!" Almost stabbed in the throat.
Li Yinyin was so frightened that she was almost speechless, but after calming down, she felt more and more that Gu Chaochao's temperament couldn't do such a deviant thing at all. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at Hongyin angrily.
When Hongyin saw that there were only a few pieces of gold and silver in the vase, she realized that she might have been tricked by Gu Chaochao, her face paled for a while, her steps were vain, and she could only force her composure after meeting Li Yinyin's eyes: "Miss, listen to the explanation of the slave servant. "..."
"What else is there to explain? You are so bold, Hongyin, that even my cousin dares to slander!" Li Yinyin scolded.
Hongyin hurriedly knelt down: "I don't have a servant. The servant saw with her own eyes that she stuffed the servant's clothes into a vase. The servant was really wronged..."
"What clothes?" Gu Chaochao asked in a timely manner.
Li Yinyin hurriedly explained the reasons and the consequences, and she rarely softened her attitude after speaking: "Sister, good sister, it's my fault for listening to the villain. Don't forget about it."
She didn't care if Gu Chaochao died, but she couldn't die today, otherwise Is she going to be a human?
Gu Chaochao listened to her plea for peace, blinked his eyes, and then said quietly, "Hongyin has no reason, why are you slandering me?"
Li Yinyin paused.
"I'm afraid there's something shady in my room." Gu Chaochao said again.
Li Yinyin suddenly understood something, and looked at the other maids with a dark face: "Go to this scumbag's room and search for Miss Ben .
"
There was really nothing in the room, but when Gu Chaochao said this, he understood that even if there was none before, there would be it now.
Shen Liu went out, it would take a few hours to come back, no one supported her, and she finally panicked.
Hongyin's appearance fell into Li Yinyin's eyes. Li Yinyin still didn't understand what she didn't understand. After kicking her, she quickly spoke kind words to Gu Chaochao. Not very attentive.
Gu Chaochao rarely enjoyed the weasel's New Year's greetings, so he simply sat down at the table, talking about shoulder pain and sore legs for a while, Li Yinyin was afraid that she would fall off the handle, and she would not dare to have a temper if she was called around.
After a while, the maid from Soufang came back.
"Miss, I found the jade pendant, calligraphy and painting of Shi Ziye, and a fine silk and satin in the red sound room," said the maid newspaper.
When Gu Chaochao heard the words, a trace of doubt flashed in his heart -
she went to the red sound room before, but found nothing. In the end, she could only stuff a piece of silk and satin pretending to be sent by Shen Liu. How did she find so many things now?
... Could it be that she didn't search carefully?
When Gu Chaochao was thinking about it, Hongyin knelt on the ground and cried: "The slaves are wronged, the slaves are really wronged, there is never such a thing in the slaves' room..."
"You dare to lie when you are dying?" Li Yinyin laughed angrily, "come here, Drag me out first, take off her trousers and hit thirty sticks, but I want to see how hard her mouth is."
In ancient times, it was a great shame for both men and women to have their trousers ripped off. Hongyin was horrified when she heard it, and when she saw that the old woman came in and wanted to drag her, she suddenly collapsed: "I am the son of the prince, who of you dares to touch me!"
"You finally admit it!" Li Yinyin slapped the table angrily.
Gu Chaochao covered his heart, weak and frightened.
"I'm from Lord Shizi, if you dare to touch me, he won't spare you." At this point, Hongyin could no longer hide it, so he could only carry Shenliu out to press people, "You haven't entered the door yet, Do you want to be rejected by the prince because of jealousy?"
"You!" Li Yinyin wanted to tear her mouth apart, but she was a little hesitant because of her words.
Although Shen Liu likes pungent women, he doesn't like women who are too disobedient. If she really moves his person, even if he doesn't care about her, he's afraid that there will be a quarrel.
Seeing her hesitation, Hongyin immediately said: "Miss, it is really helpless for a slave to be committed to Shizi. As long as you are willing to return the deed to the slave, and give the slave several dozen taels of silver to pay for the journey, the slave is willing to stay away from the Hou Mansion for the rest of her life and never come back. Half a step."
When Li Yinyin heard this, she was a little moved.
Gu Chaochao took a sip of clear tea, thinking that this time he might not be able to cut the weeds, but it's not bad for Hongyin to get out.
Sure enough, Li Yinyin asked, "Are you really going to leave?"
"The servant swears that she will definitely leave." Hongyin said hurriedly. She's a smart person, she's better to fly away than to be tortured to death.
Li Yinyin showed hesitation, wanted to let her go but was unwilling, wanted to kill her but was afraid of affecting her relationship with Shen Liu.
When he was struggling, a woman suddenly came in: "Miss, the servant found a few packs of medicines that were not finished. Would you like to take a look?"
What medicine? Everyone present had the same doubt, including Hongyin himself.
Li Yinyin frowned: "Bring it up."
"Yes." The old woman said and brought the medicine.
Li Yinyin looked at it and asked, "Do you know what medicine it is?"
"Miss Hui, it is Bizi soup. Each serving is three times the amount of medicine. If you drink it for a long time, you will not only have no children, but also have a short life." The old woman replied .
When Gu Chaochao heard the words, he looked at Hongyin, and when he saw her confused and uneasy face, he thought about it.
Li Yinyin raised the corners of her lips proudly: "Well, you red voice, you are lying to me now, as if you are important in the prince's heart. If it is really important, why would he let you take this medicine?"
"… ...these are not slaves." Hongyin snapped back to his senses.
But Li Yinyin stopped listening to her nonsense, and directly asked someone to drag her out for execution. Hongyin struggled desperately and said hoarsely that those medicines were not hers, but Li Yinyin didn't believe her at all, and took her maid and old lady away.
There was a sharp scream from the red sound in the yard, and soon the sound gradually diminished, and then disappeared. As a modern person, Gu Chaochao, although he couldn't stop responding in his heart, didn't have much sympathy for her.
From the moment she tried to blame herself for this incident, she lost the qualification to be sympathetic.
Gu Chaochao sat in the room for a long time. After thinking of something, he immediately lowered his face and walked out with gnashing teeth. The more she thought about it, the more angry she became. She didn't even avoid anyone along the way, and went straight to the side courtyard where Shen Mushen lived.
When she arrived, Shen Mushen was sitting in the room drinking tea, as if waiting for her.
"You put those things in the red sound room?" Gu Chaochao asked as soon as he entered the door.
Shen Mu raised his eyelids and looked at her. He glanced at her casually, but when he saw something, the air pressure suddenly dropped: "Who did it?"
"...What?" Gu Chaochao didn't respond for a while, and followed him. Looking over, he saw a piece of blue on the back of his hand the size of a fingernail, and he couldn't see it if he didn't look carefully.
She accidentally threw it on the pillar just now, she didn't feel any pain when she poked it, and just as she was about to continue questioning, she saw Shen Mushen took out the ointment from the closet.
Gu Chaochao: "?"