Concubine like a house

Chapter 57
Zhuo Yan was already in tears, and he didn't know whether it was remorse or despair, so he said truthfully: "At the end of last year, the servant girl accidentally met the second master, and later... had an affair. The second master said that the Hou master is not healthy and can't live long, so it's better Just plan, let me conceive his child, and then take the initiative to seduce Lord Hou, then claim that the flesh and blood in my belly is the heir of Lord Hou, so that I can justifiably raise him in the direct branch, and then I will find a way to make the child the eldest son."

"I was coaxed into a bit of a fantasy, thinking that as long as I have the help of the second master, maybe my child can really hide from the sky and become a prince, and I can become a serious master...Unexpectedly, the young lady is pregnant suddenly, and the second master and I Unprepared, he intends to conspire to make the young lady have a baby..."

"You deliberately tricked Yanran to a secluded place and pushed her into the water?" Mrs. Tai asked sharply.

At this moment, Zhuoyan was crying so hard that he heard the words and shook his head for a while before saying: "No, no. The second master and I originally planned to let the young lady have a baby, but the plan has not been implemented yet, but the young lady took the initiative to ask the second master to come out to meet... ...She knew that the second master had always coveted Chuxiu, so she made an agreement with the second master that she would come forward to create an opportunity for the second master to destroy Chuxiu's innocence."

Zhuoyan was in a good mood, crying and continued: "Miss hates Chuxiu so much in her heart, so she came up with this plan, let the second master occupy Chuxiu's body, and then, in the name of the calamity of brothers' rivalry, invite the empress dowager The madam went out of Xiu... On the day of the appointment with the second master, the young lady deliberately left the servants to go out, and halfway she sent me away to get the cloak on the grounds that I was catching a cold. But I heard the second master mentioned that they would meet in Jingyuan, so I went Pretending to be ignorant and going back to Zhiyanxuan, after taking the cloak and then looking for Miss... the second master has already pushed her into the water."

"Bad maid! You still want to drag the second master into the water! You must have murdered your master and then blamed others!" Hua Wuying stroked her forehead, accused her angrily, and impulsively wanted to slap her across the face.

Zhuoyan looked at Hua Wuying in fear, and cried, "What am I still lying to? No matter how vicious I am, I will not kill my young lady, I just want to make her infertile... It's the young lady who has bad intentions herself, she was worried that people would see her when she met the second master, so she specially wore plain clothes and went out, dressed as a Chuxiu..."

"Later, it was the second master who mentioned to me that the young lady is too vicious. If one day she finds out about our plot, I'm afraid she won't let us off easily. So the second master took the opportunity to snatch her self-defense. The dagger silenced her and pushed the body into the water."

"Then you stole another dagger, quietly put it in Chuxiu's house, and blamed her?" Mrs. Tai asked again angrily.

Zhuo Yan didn't dare to deny it: "Second Master said, there must always be someone to take the blame, and it's most suitable for love and reason..."

The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to talk about the other details, Xia Yanran died in her own cleverness.

Mrs. Tai squinted her eyes as if thinking, her eyes glanced at everyone in the hall one by one: Hua Wuying who couldn't bear the truth, Wen Xian who was sad and pitiful, Shen Yu who was full of resentment, Yun Xiangrong who was weeping in remorse, fearless Yue Wan...

"Yue Wan, although you have made meritorious deeds today, you betrayed your master, which is a big taboo in Yunfu. How do you know that one day, you won't be like Zhuoyan, who has ulterior motives to harm the master and seek glory?" Mrs. Tai suddenly pointed her finger at her. Pointing at Yue Wan, she asked in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Yue Wan didn't hide anything anymore, so she could only explain: "Mrs. Madam, I have a sister named Yueju, who used to be very favored by the second master. When there was a plague in Fangzhou last year, the second master was ordered to go out of the city to find the marquis. Lord, I spoiled my sister after I came back... The second master used precious medicinal materials to prevent it for a few days, went out of the city and was not injured, but my sister was not so lucky. Instead, she contracted the plague because of being close to the second master... "

Yue Wan spoke while choking with tears: "Later, my sister was assigned by the second master to give gifts to my wife. She was the girl from Chuxiu at that time, and she accidentally passed the plague to her. For the sake of Miss Chuxiu, Master Hou moved to The other courtyard took care of it personally; however, the second master was afraid that his sister would pass on the plague to others, and he was also afraid that his sister would tell about the aphrodisiac he gave to Miss Xiu... so he rolled up his sister on a straw mat and threw it outside the city Wait to die..."

"I have a pity for my sister who is 16 years old like a flower. She served the second master with all her heart, but in the end she didn't even drink a bowl of soup... The second master said that it was because of the second master that she contracted the plague. Got it! The second master not only refused to save her, but also threw her out to wait for her death! How can a slave and maidservant swallow such resentment! Naturally, I will expose the second master today and seek justice for my sister!"

Yue Wan was still kneeling on the ground, with tears falling down her cheeks. Her accusation was so full of emotion that one had to believe it was true.

After hearing this, Mrs. Tai closed her eyes and pondered for a while before she said: "A slave is a slave, who lives and dies as a member of the Yun family, so how the second child will deal with Yueju is up to him. You can forgive me for telling this old story. , but today’s matter is of great importance, I will temporarily lock you up.”

There was no surprise or anger on Yue Wan's face, as if she had expected this ending, she kowtowed again, and said: "This servant is dedicated to avenging my sister who died unjustly, and I also feel that Lord Hou's heart is kind and Mrs. Chuxiu's nature is pure and kind." , I don’t want the lineage of the direct line to be tarnished. Now the wish of the servant has been fulfilled, but it is up to Mrs. Tai.”

Mrs. Tai sighed deeply, and nodded: "You can be regarded as a fierce girl, you should go to jail for a few days first, and then release the matter after the matter is over."

As soon as these words were finished, the deacon of the punishment hall had listened to the order and stepped forward, escorting Yue Wan to leave.From the beginning to the end, she was righteous and awe-inspiring, and didn't say a word.

Madam Xie Badan was born in a noble family, she values ​​the honor of her family the most in her life, and also cherishes her face the most. In the past, because of this, she even did not hesitate to have quarrels with her husband and son, but now, she still has this temperament.Although Yun Qi has been confessed, but her family ugliness cannot be publicized, she still doesn't want to let the servants see the jokes about the second bedroom.Thinking of this, Mrs. Tai said to Wen Xian: "Let the third child take a hard trip, bring a few trustworthy people to search the second child's garden, and bring them here. Remember, don't make any noise."

Wen Xian immediately sent someone to invite Yun Xian to the punishment hall, Yun Xian was very furious when he learned the whole story, and without a word, he brought a few cronies to protect him, and went to Jinlu Hall where Yun Qi lived.

Because Mrs. Tai issued an order to keep the news of her birth in Xiuxiu hidden from Hefu, and today is an extremely covert interrogation, so until now, no one in Yunfu knew what happened, and no one dared to ask Yun start reporting.

Yun Xian could almost imagine that at this moment, it was noon, and Yun Qi must be eating lunch, or taking a nap in the afternoon with his pet maidservant in his arms.While walking like this, when he arrived at the entrance of Jinlu Hall, he saw a young woman with a messy bun, pinching the collar of her skirt, coming out in a panic.

Yun Xian seemed to be dazzled by the woman's fair skin, only to find it glaring.He stopped suddenly, stood still in front of the arched door with hanging flowers, and waited until the disheveled woman approached, then greeted him in a deep voice: "Fourth aunt."

Hearing this address, Luanqing obviously paused, and raised her eyes to look at Yun Xian, those pale pupils shone with a faint golden light under the sunlight, strange and charming.

Yun Xian opened his mouth, wanting to ask her why she was here and why her clothes were disheveled, but after a while, the question got stuck in her throat, and it was hard to say it.

At this moment, Luan Qing, who was wearing his skirts, glanced behind Yun Xian, and the seven or eight trusted guards hurriedly lowered their heads, not daring to look any further.Only then did she regain her expression, and said to Yun Xian coldly: "Third Master, be careful that misfortune comes out of your mouth."

This sentence seemed to be a reminder or a warning, and Yun Xian couldn't help frowning after hearing this.Unexpectedly, Luanqing didn't say any more, buried her head and brushed shoulders with him in a hurry.

The cold fragrance unique to the foreign race entered his nostrils instantly, making Yun Xian's mind inexplicably irritable.At first he had suspected that Luanqing was having an affair with his elder brother Yunci, and later seeing her and Shen Yu leaving Qingxinzhai, he speculated that she had an affair with Shen Yu, but it turned out...it was the second elder brother Yunqi!But he would rather Luanqing like the first two!
Unable to tell whether it was disappointment or what, Yun Xian stood where he was for a while, and told the followers behind him: "You didn't see anything just now." Several followers all said yes, and then followed him into the Jinlu Hall.

As expected, Yun Xian guessed correctly, at this moment, his second elder brother Yun Qi was hugging left and right, having lunch with two beautiful maidservants in his arms, one of them was still sitting on Yun Qi's lap, cuddling and openly feeding .

Seeing this scene, Yun Xian suddenly thought of Luanqing again.When he thought of the cold orphan girl of the foreign race, perhaps sitting on Yunqi's lap like this just now, the anger in his heart exploded.

Originally, he wanted to be courteous with Yun Qi before proceeding, but at this moment, Yun Xian's prepared speech was only reduced to five words: "Second brother, I offended you." After the words fell, he waved his long arm and ordered his cronies The guards restrained Yun Qi.

"Third brother, what are you doing!" Yun Qi struggled in fear, and the servants at the side also ran away in fright.

"By mother's order, please take my second brother to the execution hall." Yun Xian looked coldly at the guards of Jinlu Hall who were about to come up to protect the Lord, and shouted, "Who dares not to obey the order of Mrs. Tai? If you dare to make a move, you will be disobedient." sin!"

The guards paused when they heard the words, and hesitated to step forward.Immediately afterwards, Yun Xian gave another order: "Search the garden!"

Half an hour later, Yun Qi was taken to the torture hall.They were also taken away, as well as the strange pills found in his garden, all of which were unusual.Mrs. Tai looked at those bottles and cans, her face gradually became condensed, even... cruel.

"Go ask Miracle Doctor Qu and Fourth Aunt to come over." Mrs. Tai said to the head of the punishment hall in a deep voice.

No one questioned the authority of Qu Fang and Luan Qing in this matter. One of them is good at medicine and the other is good at poisoning. Naturally, what they say carries the most weight.But when Yun Xian heard that he was going to invite Luanqing to come over, his heart skipped a beat, and the scene of meeting him just now reappeared in his mind.

If Luanqing came to identify the pills, would he help the second brother Yun Qi to perjure him?If she really favors the second brother, will he reveal their personal relationship?Aunt and concubine, this is already an extraordinary scandal, and it is against the rules of human relations!If he really said it, Luanqing, a lonely and helpless woman from the Jiang family, would she have the face to stay in Yunfu?

For a moment, there was silence in the execution hall, only Yun Qi could be heard trembling, and crying softly begging for forgiveness.Yun Xian, on the other hand, fell into a deep struggle...

Not long after, Qu Fang and Luan Qing arrived at the punishment hall, and began to carefully distinguish the pills.As soon as Luanqing entered the door, Yun Xian's eyes fell on her, and saw that she had changed her dress, combed her hair again, and returned to the frosty fourth concubine before.But as soon as he thought of what he saw outside the Jinlu Hall, Yun Xian felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly.

At this time, Luanqing didn't know what Yun Xian was thinking, she pulled out the medicine bottles expressionlessly, and she was very focused on smelling, tasting or looking at them.I don't know how long it has been like this, a ripple suddenly appeared in Luanqing's cat-like light-colored pupils, and then it returned to silence.

She handed several medicine bottles in her hand to Qu Fang, and the two whispered a few words in their ears, and Qu Fang said, "Mrs. Tai, among these elixirs, there are three kinds of strong aphrodisiacs, two kinds of aphrodisiacs, and four kinds of tonics." , there is also a medicine to prevent women from getting pregnant. The others are all poisons, and the fourth aunt knows these things better than me, so let her explain it!"

Hearing these words, everyone was startled by the word "poison" in Qu Fang's mouth, and Qiqi turned their attention to Luanqing.She herself was holding a few porcelain white medicine bottles, and said in a nonchalant tone: "Among these poisons, there are medicines for love poison and heart-killing Gu insects, but they should be fed improperly or not fed for a long time. Because of this, the Gu insects are all dead."

As soon as the words came out, some people heard it lively, and some people heard it clearly.Those who don't know the truth about Yun Ci's death are still confused, but Mrs. Tai, Shen Yu and others almost lose control of their emotions!None of them expected that originally they just wanted to expose the affair between Zhuo Yan and Yun Qi, but now they brought up this shocking case!

But seeing Mrs. Tai got up from her seat with a "shua", her face was full of hatred, anger and shock, almost trembling and suppressing all kinds of emotions.She reached out her hand to pick up something and throw it at Yun Qi, but there was nothing in her hand, the teacup and beads were just thrown out.

Looking at Yun Qi again, he also had a frightened expression on his face at this moment, he shook his lips for a long while before tremblingly said: "No...it's not me, I haven't had time to make a move yet, big brother has already..."

Before he finished speaking, Shen Yu stepped forward and grabbed the skirt of his clothes.Shen Yu punched him in the face, grabbed his throat with his backhand, gritted his teeth and said, "It turns out that you killed Banzhi! I'm going to kill you!" That appearance was not far from madness.

Seeing this, Qu Fang and Yun Xian both uttered a voice to stop him: "Young Master!" The latter quickly stepped forward, trying to break Shen Yu's wrist: "If you don't let go, the second brother will be strangled to death by you!"

No one has ever seen Shen Yu lose his composure like this. The veins on his forehead were exposed, and his red eyes were bloodshot, as if he had entered a magic barrier.He stared at Yun Qi's suffocated purple face for a long time, and finally let go of his grip, and pushed him to the ground: "Kill you, I think my hands are dirty! Strangling you, I think it's too cheap !"

From the beginning to the end of the whole process, Mrs. Tai has been standing on the altar and watching coldly, she never said a word to stop, and she didn't mean to reprimand Shen Yu in the slightest. "Now, there are some things that I can't hide anymore. Today's evidence is all there. Let Luanqing tell everyone the real cause of death of the two generations of Marquis Lixin." Mrs. Tai's voice trembled imperceptibly, she was already Powerless to recall the death of her husband's beloved son, that was the bloodiest pain in her heart.

Luanqing didn't refute it when she heard the words, so she roughly explained the cause of death of Yunli and Yunci's father and son.At this point, everyone in the hall suddenly realized, and it was even more embarrassing.

Taking this opportunity, Mrs. Tai also calmed down for a while, calmed down and took up the conversation.She pointed her sharp eyes at the second room's mother and child, and said in a concentrated voice: "The old Hou Ye was poisoned 20 years ago, it is absolutely impossible for the second child to do it. Wuying, do you plead guilty?"

(End of this chapter)