Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 52
When Su Xi came out from the forest, her complexion was pale, her temple hair was loose, and she really looked shocked.

The people outside the forest have been looking for her for a long time.

Ever since Lu Jianghuai lost her, he searched the two forks, but he still couldn't find her, so he went back and told Su Li and Su Yu.Su Li and Su Zuo hurriedly transferred people from the other courtyard, and searched along the back mountain. They almost searched the entire back mountain in a short period of time, but because Su Xi's location was too remote, they never found her. .

Su Li and the others were anxious, only worried that if Su Xi could not be found before dark, it would be even more dangerous.

Seeing Su Xi walking out of the forest by herself, they were both surprised and happy, and then heaved a long sigh of relief.Su Li took Su Xi to a safe place and asked, "Youyou, how did you come back? Where was that horse just now?"

Su Xi was wrapped in Su Li's dark green slub-pattern cloak, thinking about what Wei Yan taught her, and explained: "I was taken to a forest by a horse, and then I was thrown off by it. Later, I saw that the place was far from the horse farm. Not far away, I walked back along the road by myself."

Su Li worried: "I was thrown off by a horse? Did you get hurt?"

Su Xi spread both hands and raised them in front of Su Li, then pointed to her legs, and said, "My hands are scratched, and my legs can't walk anymore...Brother, I want to go home."

Seeing that there was nothing serious about her, Su Li nodded and said, "Okay, let's go home, and I'll take you home right away."

Su Xi absolutely didn't want to ride a horse anymore, so Su Li ordered someone to prepare the carriage.At this time, the brothers and sisters of the Lu family came to the front, and Lu Huishu said guiltily: "Young, I shouldn't have done it, I was the one who said I would teach you how to ride a horse, but in the end I didn't take good care of you, and even let you do something like this. You can blame me... Otherwise, I will feel really sorry."

Su Xi said generously: "Sister Shu didn't know that the horse would get out of control, so how can you be blamed for this incident. It's just that I don't seem to have any fate with horses. I almost had an accident at the Jingxi Racecourse last time, and this time it's the same ...It seems that I will not be able to ride a horse in the future, otherwise I don’t know what accidents will happen.”

Lu Huishu remembered that the time at Jingxi Racecourse was also because of their brother and sister. Although the horse was manipulated by Wan Pingweng, but the connection between the two times was related to his brother and sister. Thinking about it made her feel even more guilty. .

Su Xi didn't think so, she still liked Lu Huishu from the bottom of her heart, but there was one thing she couldn't figure out, "Didn't Brother Lu say that the horse is very docile, why did it suddenly lose control?"

She remembered that there was nothing abnormal in the surroundings at that time, but she saw that the horse was fine at one moment, and suddenly went crazy at the next moment, and rushed forward without any warning at all.That's why Su Xi didn't prepare at all, and was completely stunned.

Looking back now, I still have lingering fears.

It's not that Su Xi doubts Lu Jianghuai. Although she doesn't have much contact with Lu Jianghuai, from the past few encounters, she knows that he is open and frank, and will never intentionally harm herself, and he has no reason to harm herself.

Because of this, Su Xi couldn't figure out what was going on.

Lu Jianghuai stood aside, deliberated for a moment, and then told the story about the blood worm that was sucked behind the horse.The name of that kind of bug is blood fly, and it feeds on the blood of humans or animals. Once it bites, it is very difficult to get rid of.It is precisely because the horse wants to get rid of this creature that it will keep running until it dies from exhaustion.

After hearing this, Su Xi suddenly realized and said with fear: "...So that's what happened."

Lu Jianghuai was silent.He didn't tell Su Xi that the bloodfly would only appear in the swamp. Gein didn't want her to think too much. He always felt that a clean and innocent girl like Su Xi should be well protected. The truth would stain her.

Not long after, Su Li prepared the carriage, Su Xi said goodbye to Lu Huishu and Lu Jianghuai, got on the carriage and went back to the other courtyard.

After returning to the other courtyard, Ting Yan and Ting He saw that her hair was untied and wrapped in a man's clothes, they were so frightened that their hearts stopped beating.Su Xi didn't bother to explain to them, because too many things happened today, she was tired and scared, she lay down on the bed and fell asleep until the next morning.

Here, Lu Jianghuai came to the Su family's other courtyard early in the morning to visit Su Li.

Su Li sat in the red sandalwood rose chair, and tightened his hand holding the teacup, "You mean, someone wants to deliberately murder you?"

Lu Jianghuai stood in front of him with a dignified expression, and said, "Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why the blood fly appeared by the stream." Seeing that Su Li was silent in thought, he thought for a while and said, "Does Brother Su know that Nine Girls once With whom did you have a grudge?"

Su Li thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Youyou is gentle and kind, and has never had a direct confrontation with anyone. If it is true as you said, Youyou was murdered by someone, then why did this person want to kill her?"

Lu Jianghuai couldn't figure this out either. Since Su Xi had never had any enmity with anyone, then who could be so cruel to her?He hesitated: "Since it's not a grudge, could it be aimed at the Su family..."

It's not impossible.The Su family was favored by the Holy Grace. Over the years, Emperor Zhaoyuan's preference for the Su family was too obvious. After the old man suffered a stroke, he was now appointed to be an official. Granny's vacancy.In this way, it is inevitable that people in the officialdom will be jealous.

It's just that Su Xi is a weak boudoir girl, if she murdered her, what good would it do to the other party?

Su Li couldn't let Su Xi be wronged for no reason, so he stood up and said, "Jiang Huai, can you find the out-of-control horse? I want to check if there is anything abnormal on the horse."

Lu Jianghuai said: "Brother Su, don't worry, I have ordered people to search for it, and there should be news in a short time."

An hour later, the people sent by Lu Jianghuai came back to report——

The horse rushed all the way to the edge of the cliff and fell off the cliff.When they went to the bottom of the cliff to search, the horse had been smashed to pieces, and there were no clues on it.

Su Li clenched his fists, showing a gaffe for the first time, and said angrily: "It seems that the other party is a man with deep plans."

Seeing this, Lu Jianghuai comforted him, "Brother Lu, you don't have to do that, maybe I was overthinking it, the bloodfly incident was just an accident, it wasn't someone who wanted to murder Nine Girls..." But he didn't even feel comfortable saying such things. believe.

Su Li investigated for a day without any results. He was worried that there would be some accidents if Su Xi lived in another courtyard. Early the next morning, he sent someone back to the General's Mansion to send a message, and brought Su Xi and the others back to the capital.

On the way back, Su Xi begged Su Li not to tell Yin about this.She didn't want her mother to worry.When she fell from Qingshui Mountain last time, Yin Shi didn't sleep well for several days and nights, often waking up from nightmares at night.This time her father and second brother were far outside the pass, and Yin Shi was already worried that she could not sleep at night. If she knew that something happened to her, she would definitely not be able to bear it.

Su Li thought about it and agreed.

After returning home, Yin asked them why they came back so early, "Didn't you say you planned to stay in another hospital for a month or two?"

Sitting beside Yin Shi, Su Xi said sweetly, "I miss my mother, so I came back quickly."

Yin nodded her nose with a smile, with an expression of "I don't know you yet", "Is it because the living there is uncomfortable, or the dishes in the kitchen are not good?"

Su Xi scoffed at "Mother", but deliberately did not refute.

For the next few days, Su Xi lived in Hualu Tianxiang, no matter how hot it was, she never complained.Compared with other courtyards, of course, home is safer.

During the period, there was a banquet hosted by Duke Qing's mansion. At that time, Su Xi was frightened and was still not well, so she refused it with an excuse.

Unexpectedly, Fu Shaoyun and Fu Yi came to the General's Mansion to see her the next day.

A grape trellis is set up in the courtyard with fragrant flowers and dew, so that you can cool off and eat fresh grapes in midsummer.Su Xi was sitting under the grape trellis playing with her precious Lu Qiqin, when Yan Yan said that Fu Shaoyun and Fu Yi were coming, and as soon as she stood up, the two had already reached the gate of the courtyard.

Hearing that Yan invited the two of them in, Su Xike smiled politely and said, "Why are Cousin Shaoyun and Sister Yi here?"

Fu Shaoyun wore a sapphire blue robe, with a handsome smile: "I heard that you are not feeling well, so sister Yi and I came to see you. What's the matter? But you suffered from the heat again?"

Su Xi said: "It's just that I feel a little uncomfortable, and I'd like to trouble Cousin Shaoyun and Sister Yi to go there in person." Speaking of this, remembering the last time Fu Shaoyun helped her buy lotus leaf herbal tea, he said: "It was really troublesome last time. Cousin Shaoyun."

Fu Shaoyun said disapprovingly, "It's nothing more than a little effort."

When Fu Yi came in, she saw Su Xi playing the piano, smiled slightly, and said, "Is Cousin Xi playing the piano? Speaking of which, it seems like I've never heard you play any music before. I don't know how good sister Xi is at playing the piano." Then, His eyes fell on Su Xi's qin on the small table with red lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlays. After seeing the appearance of the qin clearly, his smile froze and his voice changed a bit, "Green Qiqin?"

Fu Yi obviously also recognized this piano.

Su Xi nodded slightly, not wanting to talk about this with Fu Yi, so she changed the subject naturally: "It's too hot outside, let's go and sit indoors, I'll ask Tinghe to make some Sushan sour plum soup, just for Shaoyun Cousin and sister Yi relieve the heat."

Although Su Xi called Fu Shaoyun his cousin, it was not easy to let him into her boudoir, so she entertained them in the flower hall beside her.

After hearing that the crane came in with Sushan sour plum soup, Fu Yi was still thinking about the Lu Qiqin she saw just now, and didn't have the heart to speak.Recovering from the shock just now, she thought about it and asked, "Sister Xi's violin just now, is it the Luqiqin, one of the four famous violins?"

Su Xi blinked and said, "Sister Yi also knows?"

This is what admitting means.

Fu Yi squeezed the teacup tightly, forced a smile and said, "Naturally I know... But I've heard people say that the piano was kept in the pavilion on Long'an Mountain, and it was guarded all the year round. For some reason, it appeared at Sister Xi's place." ?”

To be honest, Su Xi herself is not very clear. There must be many people who play the piano better than her in the world. She is very self-aware and knows that she is definitely not the best at playing the piano. Qin was given to her, but she still hasn't figured it out.She said: "When my sister Qi and I were climbing the mountain, we happened to pass by that pavilion, and saw the Lv Qiqin in the pavilion, and couldn't help playing a song when my hands were itchy, and someone brought the violin over the next day. .”

Fu Yi listened, but said nothing.She had heard that there was a green qiqin in Long'an Mountain, and she wanted to try it almost every year, hoping to gain the approval of those who kept it.But after two or three years in a row, she returned empty-handed every time. She thought she played well, at least better than Su Xi, but why did that person give the Lu Qiqin to Su Xi alone? , instead of giving it to yourself?

On this side, Fu Shaoyun was even more sure that the girl who played the piano that day was Su Xi, and he felt mixed feelings for a while.

He never knew that Su Xi could play the piano, let alone that her piano sound was so beautiful.

It turned out that before I knew it, the little chubby dumpling who was pink and tender and stretched out his arms to ask for snacks had grown so outstandingly.

The two didn't stay for long, after Fu Yi said goodbye and left the General's Mansion, the smile on Fu Yi's lips finally dropped.

(End of this chapter)