Ning Yin called her "Miss" coldly.
This guy recognized her from the beginning, but deliberately pretended not to recognize her, watching her cover up and dance like a clown.
It was...
as if the last layer of window paper had been punctured. Heat rose on Yu Lingxi's face, and the tea cup she held steadily in her hand also rippled. Even the ends of her eyes were dyed a light and gorgeous pink.
The past scene of holding medicine on her lips filled her mind instantly like a torrent gushing out from the extremely suppressed condition.
Ning Yin admired her uncomfortable look, with an indifferent and evil look in her eyes.
He slowly raised his hand to take away the veil that covered her face.
How can I drink wine while wearing a veil?
However, Yu Lingxi took a step back as if awakened, and the veil brushed past his fingertips, leaving no trace.
The two civil servants had just left, and Hualou was full of people. She was not sure if anyone was watching Ning Yin in the dark. If you show your face and reveal your identity at this time, it may cause complications.
She even forgot about the gift and turned around in a hurry and ran away.
The corners of Ning Yin's mouth moved imperceptibly, without stopping him.
When she tapped her seventh finger, Yu Lingxi stopped and stood in the corridor.
A group of Imperial Guards and Dali Temple officials suddenly poured into the court. The leader of the forbidden army held a document in his hand and ordered: "Routine inspection, everyone should go out immediately and stand still! Anyone who disobeys the order will be punished on the spot for obstructing official duties!" There were screams, and
the flower house was suddenly filled with chickens and chickens. The dog jumps.
Yu Lingxi felt strange that the arrival of these forbidden troops was too coincidental.
Although officials regularly come to Hualou every month to collect taxes and conduct inspections, they only need to go through the process in the front yard, but they will not search the inner yard. After all, those who were having fun in the inner courtyard were all the nobles of the court who were related to each other, and no one could afford to offend them...
When the imperial army came forward, unless the emperor ordered a strict investigation of officials and prostitutes, it would not be as simple as a routine inspection.
Yu Lingxi calmed down and saw a familiar face in front of the imperial army.
Xue Song? What is he here for?
At this time, when he went downstairs, he would bump into the imperial army. Yu Lingxi simply hid behind the pillars and watched.
Downstairs, the imperial guards kicked down the doors and searched, driving out pairs of disheveled men and women and concentrating them in the courtyard.
Who are we searching for in this battle?
Yu Lingxi's heart skipped a beat and she subconsciously looked back.
I saw Ning Yin holding the wine cup she had poured out and sniffing lightly, looking cold and indifferent, as if the excitement downstairs had nothing to do with him.
Strange, isn't he here for Ning Yin?
Until the harsh shouts of the Forbidden Army suddenly stopped, Xue Cen walked out to everyone's surprised eyes.
Although he was barely dressed, his hair crown was still crooked and his hair was messy at the temples. It looked like he had "slept" here happily.
For a time, those powerful young men who were either frowning or yelling fell silent.
They stared at Xue Cen with strange expressions on their faces for a long time, their eyes like knives, wanting to dissect his glorious appearance, and suddenly burst into laughter.
Xue Song led the imperial army to inspect, but found out that his own brother was a prostitute. It was like "a flood washed away the Dragon King Temple".
"I didn't expect that the gentleman Xue Erlang would also hang out in such a romantic place."
"You can't tell, tsk!"
Xue Cen turned a deaf ear.
His eyes were red, and he stood in front of Xue Song in despair, as if confirming something. After a long while, he called out with a complicated expression.
He said: "Brother..."
Xue Song's expression was extremely exciting for a moment.
Yu Lingxi looked at Xue Cen's stiff and embarrassed back and was a little surprised.
In her impression, although Xue Cen was simple and stupid, with a bit of the nobility inherent in a literary man, he was not a lustful person.
"The fiancé of someone's bright and charming family is actually Hua Niang's benefactor in bed." Ning Yin's deep voice came from behind.
He didn't know when he walked behind Yu Lingxi, and his tall shadow enveloped her. He said in a "tsk" voice, "How pitiful."
Yu Lingxi could hear it without looking back. He must be laughing, and he was laughing in a very bad way. That kind of thing.
There is nothing pitiable or pitiful, Yu Lingxi thought
: She doesn't care about him at all.
Ning Yin was observing her reaction, trying to see any trace of regret or anger in her eyes outside the veil.
But Yu Lingxi's eyes were still bright and clear, without any hint of resentment or haze, so the playful mockery in his eyes faded away, and the whole person looked gloomy and cold.
He was quite dissatisfied with Yu Lingxi's performance.
But Yu Lingxi no longer had time to deal with him or Xue Cen. None of this had anything to do with her. She just wanted to find Hong Zhu as soon as possible.
At this time, Lanchun Pavilion was in chaos, and the guards were all under the control of the Forbidden Army. It was the best place to fish in troubled waters.
Yu Lingxi took two steps, paused, finally took a deep breath and went down the stairs, nodding towards Qing Xiao who was waiting on the flower tower in the front yard.
Qing Xiao understood and took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the backyard with the crowd and meet her.
Ning Yin stood coldly for a while, then went back to his room and closed the door.
The piano girl was long gone, replaced by a young man in smart clothes with an inconspicuous face.
The man reported, "As His Highness planned, the maid has already met with Xue Cen."
"Very good." Ning Yin put her hands behind her hands.
He said that rather than taking Xue Cen's life, he wanted to kill his heart.
"That girl just now..."
"A cat slipped in. I'll play with her."
Seeing Ning Yin relent, the man didn't ask any more questions and just said, "Just now I saw the girl going to the woodshed. I must have come here because of that maid. Do you want your subordinates to stop her and take her back?"
Ning Yin's expression was slightly condensed.
It turns out that she is hiding this trick, huh, she is really capable.
"No need."
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Instead of stopping it, Ning Yin even facilitated it.
It wasn't enough for Yu Lingxi to witness Xue Erlang being pulled out of consciousness and falling into the mud. He also had to cut open the Xue family's sanctimonious skin and overthrow the friendship between childhood sweethearts that she protected and believed in, bit by bit, and trampled it into dust.
Destruction is always a pleasure.
...
Yu Lingxi found Hongzhu hiding in the miscellaneous room.
She originally wanted to ask in person, but Hongzhu didn't know what stimulation she had received earlier, and she kept crying and refused to cooperate.
There was no other way. In order not to attract the guards, Yu Lingxi had no choice but to let Qingxiao knock her out, and took advantage of the chaos to steal her out of the side door without anyone noticing.
Not long after, Qinglan brought Tang Buli out.
Tang Buli had just beaten Chen Jian, and his moustache was so angry that he did not take Yu Lingxi's carriage, but rode his horse back home.
Yu Lingxi was worried and asked Qing Lan to follow her from a distance to see her back home safely.
The comatose Hongzhu woke up before the carriage arrived at Yu Mansion.
Open your eyes and see yourself in Yu Ling
On the rhino carriage, I was stunned for a while, then got up and was about to jump out of the carriage.
"Let me go back! Let me go back..."
Those people said that she could survive only by being obedient. If she wanted to run away, she would only die.
Hong Zhu stuttered and muttered something, but Yu Lingxi couldn't hear clearly, so she had to let Qing Xiao hold her down.
"Don't be afraid. Now that I have brought you out, I will do my best to protect you."
Yu Lingxi slowed down his voice to comfort and said seriously, "I just want to know what happened the day before Zhao Yuming died. What?"
Hongzhu just shook his head: "The second young lady is also here for the Xue family, right? This servant knows that you and the second young master Xue are accused of being married, and you are on the same road as the Xue family."
"Yes?"
Yu Lingxi hesitated, "Who else asked you?"
Hongzhu sniffed and refused to say anything.
Yu Lingxi understood clearly, leaned straight against the car wall, changed his posture and said: "Since other people have come to you, it means that this secret is no longer safe, and you have no use value. If even our Yu Mansion If you don't grasp this last straw, believe it or not, if I put you on the roadside now, the next moment you will be killed by the real murderer."
After her analysis, Hongzhu immediately trembled.
"I say, I say! Please don't abandon me!"
Hongzhu hurriedly knelt down. "
Before the second lady came, I was ordered to deliver tea to the private room and bumped into Mr. Xue. I thought he was... I came here because of that matter, so I told him everything in desperation."
She mentioned the Xue family repeatedly, and Yu Lingxi had a bad premonition and asked calmly: "What did you say to him?" "
Say. "I know what happened before the death of the young lady."
Hong Zhu twisted her coarse cloth sleeves and sobbed, "The young lady returned to Shuixie that day and saw the second girl and a guard acting close to each other, so she wanted to... want to go to the Xue Mansion and report it to the second young master Xue. The second girl and her servants were just... just trying to get over each other, so that he could kill his desire to marry the second girl. However, the gate of Xue's house was so strict that the young lady couldn't get in at all, so she could only guard the door with her servants, waiting for Xue Er. Follow the young master when he goes out and take the opportunity to expose the matter."
"What happened next?"
"After waiting for nearly two hours, a carriage came out of the Xue Mansion. The young lady heard the servant calling the man in the carriage 'Mr. Xue', so she ignored it. We followed him regardless. Our carriage was a step slower. By the time we caught up with Mr. Xue's carriage, he had already gone to the private room of Zuixian Tower, so the young lady also followed..."
Recalling everything that day, Hongzhu still couldn't stop trembling.
"However, there are two young masters in the Xue Mansion, and we followed the wrong person. In the private room, Mr. Xue and a fair and gentle young man were discussing matters. Mr. Xue respectfully called the man 'Admiral Cui', and what else did he mention?" Regarding the "disaster food" matter, the slave stood far away and did not hear clearly. He only saw the young lady's face changing..."
Hongzhu shed tears, "Then the young lady was discovered."
Hearing this, Yu Lingxi felt as if The hammer fell.
The eldest son Xue is naturally Xue Song, and "Admiral Cui" must be Cui An, the admiral and eunuch who divided my father's military power.
When Zhao Yuming died, nothing happened to the disaster food. So if they discussed the matter in advance, they could only be plotting how to harm Yu Huanchen.
Only the Ministry of Household Affairs can secretly replace the disaster grains without anyone noticing.
Poor Yu Lingxi
At first, based on the memory of his previous life, he could only identify Wang Lingqing, the right minister of the household department, but unexpectedly, Xue Song, the left minister, was also Cui An's comrade.
So, the Xue family is not as loyal and neutral as rumored?
"So, Mr. Xue killed your young lady?" Yu Lingxi's voice deepened.
"This slave doesn't know. When Master Xue discovered the young lady who was eavesdropping, he wasn't angry at all. He politely invited the young lady in for tea."
Hongzhu said, "My slave doesn't know what they said inside. After the young lady came out, she became very worried, and then...then..."
Everyone knows what happened next.
Zhao Yuming died from the poison and died from the "Hundred Flowers Killing" that took away Yu Lingxi's life in his previous life.
So, the person who wanted to use her body to poison Ning Yin in the previous life... was actually Xue Song?
Why?
For two lifetimes, the Xue family has used their friendship with the Yu family to secretly harm their brother and Ning Yin. Are they upholding the so-called orthodoxy, or do they have other motives?
There is also a reason for the destruction of the Xue family in the previous life. The clues are connected together to form a terrible truth.
...
Yu Lingxi quietly placed Hongzhu in the other courtyard without anyone noticing.
She urgently needed to confirm something in person, so she thought about it and prepared a generous gift to visit Xue Cen.
The news of Xue Cen's visit to Lanchun Pavilion has been spread in the capital. It would not be a problem if the ordinary man was more romantic, but he was born in a century-old family with strict etiquette. If he damages the family's reputation, he will be punished according to the family rules.
So when Yu Lingxi came to pay homage, Xue Cen was standing up and kneeling in the ancestral hall, facing his ancestors and repenting.
It is easy to tell from his pale face that he must have been kneeling for a very long time.
Seeing Yu Lingxi, Xue Cen's already bloodless face turned a bit paler, and a look of self-blame and guilt appeared on his calm face.
His body swayed, and Yu Lingxi immediately said: "Don't move." Xue
Cen shook his head, still enduring the almost numb pain in his knees, slowly rolled up his sleeves in the direction of Yu Lingxi, and bowed to the end.
"I'm sorry, second sister."
His voice seemed to be no longer as clear as usual, but as hoarse and heavy as sandpaper, "I was careless for a moment, I'm sorry for you..."
"
It's okay, you don't have to apologize."
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Yu Lingxi poured him a cup of tea and said warmly, "I have always respected and respected you as my elder brother. If you are ordered to get married in the future, I will not stop you from taking a concubine."
Xue Cen's shoulders trembled.
She said "if they get married", she said she would not stop him from taking a concubine.
Such gentle tolerance was like a sharp dagger stabbing into his heart.
Only if you don't love can you not care!
When he looked up again, Xue Cen's eyes were red.
He had a lot to say and argue, but his Adam's apple twitched, but he only had time to utter one mute word: "...Okay."
He was no longer clean and had no right to ask for the mercy of his second sister.
If the marriage hadn't been related to the survival of the two families, he should have walked away cleanly last night with a foot of white silk hanging over his body, carrying his love for his second sister.
"From now on, the second sister can do what she wants to do, and I... won't stop her."
Xue Cen turned away and said sternly.
Yu Lingxi was really surprised. What did Xue Cen mean by this?
Before I could figure it out, a deliberate low cough came from behind me.
Turning around, Yu Lingxi's eyes darkened: it was Xue Song.
Before I could figure out how to approach him quietly, he came to the door himself.
In terms of appearance and talent alone, Xue Song is not as good as Xue Cen in every aspect. He is silent and pure, and can't be found in the crowd. He really doesn't look like a treacherous person.
"Young Master."
"Second Miss."
The two greeted each other, and Xue Song turned to Xue Cen: "My grandfather ordered me to ask what happened last night. Have you..."
Taking into account Yu Lingxi's presence, Xue Cen said Song didn't make it too clear.
"I don't know."
Xue Cen looked at the quiet and beautiful girl beside him with his peripheral vision, as if weighing something, and said after a while, "Brother, I should check on other princes."
Hearing this, Yu Lingxi's heart tightened.
Of the few princes left now, naturally no one dares to investigate the prince. The third prince is stupid and the little prince is only a few months old. The only one who can investigate... isn't Ning Yin the only one?
What does Xue Cen imply by his words?
"You should take responsibility for your own mistakes. Don't change the subject."
Xue Song spoke seriously and said without changing his face, "The prince is a prince after all. He has the capital to indulge in sex, and no one dares to control his access to Fengyue places. No better than Acen. You are the grandson of whom my grandfather has high hopes."
Xue Song's seemingly ordinary words made Xue Cen and Yu Lingxi sink at the same time.
Yu Lingxi was not stupid, and he figured out in just a few words: Xue Song was indeed staring at Ning Yin.
Otherwise, how could he know so much about Ning Yin's movements in and out of Fengyue?
Before she could come up with anything, Xue Cen did it.
Sure enough, Xue Cen was also suspicious of Xue Song.
But he didn't know that the red bead had fallen into Yu Lingxi's hands, so he didn't avoid it, thinking that Yu Lingxi couldn't hear the secret.
Yu Lingxi looked complicated, found a reason to resign, and hurried back to the house.
She didn't hesitate, and after making up her mind, she told her brother exactly what Hong Zhu said.
Yu Huanchen was shocked and went to interrogate Hongzhu himself.
After receiving the answer, his heroic eyebrows knitted into knots: "I told you why the Yu family secretly investigated the whereabouts of the seventh prince, and it was revealed to the emperor so quickly. I have doubted many people, but I have never doubted the relationship between the two families for decades. Family friendship, this friendship, has finally become a handle to be exploited..."
From this point of view, the marriage between the two families is also a trap to cannibalize the Yu family.
The more he talked, the darker his face became. He wiped his face and said to Yu Lingxi, "Don't be afraid, I'll report to your father and discuss countermeasures."
With Yu Huanchen's words, the huge stone weighing on Yu Lingxi's heart finally fell by half.
She did not stop. Ning Yin was also caught in the whirlpool like the Yu family.
Yu Lingxi had guessed that the red beads hidden in Lanchun Pavilion might be Ning Yin's work.
But Ning Yin has no memory of his previous life
.
He didn't know that Zhao Yuming and the Yu family were just pebbles standing in front of Xue Song, but Ning Yin, who threatened the status of the master of the Xue family, was the real target that Xue Song was afraid of and wanted to eradicate.
The ending of the previous life must not be repeated. We must find a way to tell Ning Yin.
Yu Lingxi thought for a moment and went to the street to buy a prayer lantern.
She carefully drew a "Picture of a Child Hiding" on the lamp paper, and wrote two sentences that fit the occasion: Holding a banana in the north and listening to the southern language, hiding under the flowers in a remote place where there are no people.
The two sentences can be combined according to their directions.
Into two characters: police and Xue.
Be wary of the Xue family.
It's a bit obscure for safety reasons, but with Ning Yin's intelligence, can you guess it?
After doing all this, Yu Lingxi asked the driver to turn the carriage around and took a trip to Duke Tang's Mansion.
A huge circle of people gathered outside Tang Gong's mansion. Yu Lingxi entered through the front door and heard Tang Buli snort: "It's nothing, I was just withdrawn from the engagement."
"Withdrawn from the engagement?" Yu Lingxi frowned.
Tang Buli explained: Because she saw Chen Jian having sex with a prostitute last night, she was so angry that she whipped Chen Jian more than ten times in public.
The Chen family couldn't bear to worry about it, and they deceived her family because they didn't have a man to support them, so they broke off the marriage on the grounds that she was "coquettish, unreasonable, and unworthy of a woman."
This kind of thing is obviously the man's fault, but as long as the engagement is canceled, the girl's reputation will be ruined.
Yu Lingxi remained silent, not only feeling sorry for Tang Buli, but also annoyed that she had to bother her for help at this time.
"Isn't it just to send you a greeting card to the Seventh Prince?"
After hearing her intention, Tang Buli waved his hand magnanimously, "It's a small effort."
Yu Lingxi knew that Qingping Xiangjun was the most powerful person, no matter how miserable he felt. It won't be shown openly.
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She presented the blood ginseng and longevity pills to Mrs. Tang, and said in a low voice: "I can't meet the seventh prince, and I can't let others know that I am involved with him, so I can only borrow this invitation from Mr. Tang." Send it in the name of the government."
Tang Gongfu has no real power, so even if he contacts Ning Yin, no one will be suspicious.
"No problem."
Tang Buli said, "But the seventh prince is very lonely and reclusive, so he may not read my posts."
Yu Lingxi thought of the bright lights on the tall buildings on the night of Chinese Valentine's Day, lowered his eyes and smiled: "Bet Just a handful."
She had no other choice but to shamelessly mention the past.
Yu Lingxi handed over the greeting card and prayer lantern and solemnly handed it over to Tang Buli.
It was not the Chinese Valentine's Day or the Lantern Festival, so Tang Buli was very puzzled by her act of gifting lanterns, but he didn't ask any more questions and immediately asked the steward to make arrangements.
"Thank you." Yu Lingxi saluted her.
Tang Buli was amused by her, pinched her cheek and said, "Silly Suisui! How can we be so polite between sisters?"
Yu Lingxi also smiled lightly.
After a long while, he said seriously: "A Li, you deserve someone better."
On the way back home, Yu Lingxi raised the curtain of the car and said to Qingxiao: "Please help me check up on a person named Zhou Yunqing. Yun Zang's Qing is the guest's Qing. , he should be a poor Confucian student preparing for the scientific examination next year."
She added: "Find him, support him in the name of Lord Qingping, and be sincere and kind."
According to the memory of his previous life, Zhou Yunqing was the young minister of Dali Temple and a new noble in the court. The leader among them is also Ning Yin's right arm.
Such a person has a great future, and I have never heard of him having any bad habits. He is much more reliable than Chen Jian.
I hope he can keep Tang Buli's thoughts in mind, so that he can advance rapidly in the future and be able to help her more.
...
At night, the late autumn wind is biting and the stars and moon are dim.
Ning Yin stood in the corridor wearing a purple robe, admiring the beautiful birds singing in the cage.
A thin gold chain was tied to the bird's foot. The handsome prince with dark hair shawl twisted a piece of grass, making the bird flutter and fly, and then was ruthlessly pulled back to its original place by the chain, enjoying it endlessly.
He said: "Your Highness, Tang Gongfu sent someone to send a greeting card this afternoon, and there was also a prayer lamp."
Ning Yin was too lazy to deal with people and did not read the greeting card on weekdays.
But since the servant has come to report, there must be something special.
"How's your greeting?"
Ning Yin didn't look back, and her voice was lazy and harmless.
The chamberlain said: "There is only one thing: everything will go as you wish, and you will always be peaceful every year."
Ning Yin remained calm, twisting the straw in his hand and said, "Take it over and have a look."
The chamberlain put the post and the prayer lantern together. Delivered.
The handwriting on the post is delicate and beautiful, looks very familiar, and the brush tip is dry and white. It is obvious that the pen used is strong and does not absorb ink, and it is not written with sheep or wolf hair.
Ning Yin was able to identify this, after all, every bit of it was picked out from the hair he cut off.
He lowered his eyes and sneered, closed the post and threw it aside.
With a snap, the waiter shrank his neck in fright and retreated.
The prayer lamp that had not been unfolded was lying on the table, looking a bit ironic, reminding all the past events.
Ning Yin stood for a while, finally not in the mood to tease the birds, so he walked over and picked up the prayer lantern.
There was an illustration drawn on the lantern paper, which showed a child hiding under a flower tree with his head in his hands, looking cautious, as if he was playing hide and seek with his playmates.
There are two sentences written next to it: Holding the banana in the north and hearing the southern language, hiding under the flowers in a remote place where there is no one.
Thinking about these two sentences, Ning Yin narrowed his eyes.
That's it?
His Highness the Seventh Prince was quite dissatisfied, so he went to great lengths just to remind him of this?
He would have to write a eloquent, thousand-word self-incrimination letter even if he said less, so that he could reluctantly consider whether he should treat her more gently in the future.
After all, he is a man who always takes revenge and holds grudges very much.
He took a candle and lit the prayer lamp. The firelight made his dark eyes flicker.
The lantern took off his hands and slowly rose from the eaves. A gust of wind blew, and the lamp struggled for a moment, but was finally blown by the wind and burned through the hole. In an instant, it turned into black ash and fell, not even the bamboo bones were left.
"Good wind."
Ning Yin praised, with elegant madness in his eyes.
can not wait anymore.
He wanted to take advantage of this opportunity and give the prince a big gift.
...
The appearance of Hong Zhu made the Yu family and his son see many things clearly, and they had to re-examine their relationship with the Xue family.
For several days, Yu Yuan and his eldest son and eldest daughter talked in the study room most of the night.
"If the Xue family is really two-faced, they will become hostages after marrying each other every year, no!" It was Yu Xinyi who spoke.
Yu Huanchen's face was solemn: "The emperor's grant of marriage is not as simple as you think."
Yu Xinyi said anxiously: "This won't work, and that won't work either, so what do you say?"
Before he could come up with a countermeasure, he saw Qing Xiao walking away quickly. Come, knock on the door and say: "Young General, urgent report from the palace!"
There is an urgent report from the palace that something happened in the East Palace.
At Yinshi, floods burned down the warehouse, and due to the northwest wind, there was a strong tendency for the disease to spread to the palace.
The emperor ordered Yu Huanchen and Cui An to lead the imperial army to work together to put out the fire. Unexpectedly, they rescued something extraordinary - there were
good bows and armors hidden in the prince's warehouse, as well as a set of shining dragon robes.