Queen's Development

Chapter 93

After Lin Yu got rid of Xiliu, he felt very relaxed, and walked slowly with his hands behind his back, planning silently in his heart.

Among the maids in his courtyard, most of them are Hongyu and Zizhu who have the same heart with him. As for Zhu Lingling, she has always been rebellious and unruly.
At the gate of Lingfeng Courtyard, Lin Yu glanced at Xiaomei who opened the door, and said casually, "Lingling has gone back to her room?"

Xiaomei was most afraid of Lin Yu, thinking that Zhu Lingling had just gone out with the eldest son, but because of nervousness, she let out an "ah" and stammered, "Ling... Sister Lingling... and... and..."

Lin Yu was impatient, and before Xiaomei could finish speaking, she raised her legs and went back to the room.

Hongyu and Zizhu set up food and drinks, and are waiting for him in the bedroom!

Lin Yu likes Hongyu and Zizhu to serve him the most, so they hugged each other and began to eat and drink. The three of them did everything that night, and they only went to sleep until midnight.

Zhu Lingling leaned on the clump of privets and watched Lin Yu's soap boots gradually go away, only then did she feel a layer of cold sweat on her back, now it was cold and sticky, making her extremely uncomfortable.

Her body slid down limply, and she had to sit on the wet ground leaning on the privet.

Zhu Lingling looked up at the cold full moon in the night sky, put her hands in her mouth, and cried silently.

After crying for an unknown amount of time, Zhu Lingling got up from the ground, her legs were weak and she walked along the path.

She was afraid that Xiaomei would tell Lin Yu that she would come out, and Lin Yu would kill herself to silence her, so she walked aimlessly.

The night is already deep.

The rain had stopped long ago, and it was very quiet outside.

Occasionally, a drop of water falls from the eaves, making a "pop", which is very clear in this quiet night.

The inner study is brightly lit.

Lin Jia sat behind the desk and wrote the letter to be sent to the capital.

Yuzhi sat on the side and continued to study "Historical Mirror".

She has already read about the Xuanwumen Incident in the early Tang Dynasty.

This period of history is full of vicissitudes and changes, and Yuzhi reads it with ups and downs.

After closing the book, she looked at Lin Jia, saw that Lin Jia had already written the note and was slowly studying the ink, and said, "My lord, it is recorded in the "Old Tang Book" that three days before the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji invited Li Shimin to the East Palace for a night banquet, and Li Jiancheng poured poison into the wine. After drinking the poisoned wine, Li Shimin immediately had a "severe pain in his heart and he vomited several liters of blood", and was helped back to Kexi Palace by Li Shentong. After reading this passage, I felt that The section record is a bit strange."

Lin Jia chuckled and looked at Yu Zhi with a smile: "What's so strange?"

When he read this paragraph back then, he also thought it was very strange!

Yuzhi held her hand with one hand, and said slowly while thinking: "If I were Li Jiancheng, if I had the opportunity to poison at this time, I would naturally use the world's best poison to make Li Shimin die on the spot, and I would definitely not make Li Shimin vomit a lot of blood on the spot. Then when I got home, nothing happened!"

Lin Jia smiled slightly and said, "Maybe this is just a play, a play that makes my fight for the heir apparent reasonable!"

Yuzhi's eyes sparkled and she nodded repeatedly: "Well, I think so too!"

Lin Jia was about to speak when she suddenly heard footsteps outside.

He listened carefully for a moment, and said with a smile, "A Cheng is here!"

A Cheng, A Qing, A Chi and A Lan grew up with him, and Lin Jia could recognize the footsteps of A Cheng and the four of them.

Yuzhi smiled, and said: "Even if I don't listen, I know it's Ah Cheng—Ah Cheng is on duty in the duty room tonight!"

Seeing Yuzhi's clear eyes and bright smile, Lin Jia bit her lips lightly, smiled too, got up and took Yuzhi to Mingjian.

As soon as Ah Cheng entered the bright room, she bowed to Lin Jia first, then looked at Yu Zhi and said in a low voice: "Yu Zhi, Zhu Lingling, the maid in the eldest son's room, has come to look for you and is waiting outside the door!"

Hearing this, Yuzhi hurriedly said, "I'll go and have a look!"

Lin Jia told Ah Cheng: "You hide aside and protect Yuzhi."

Ah Cheng answered "yes" and walked out with Yu Zhi.

Lin Jia thought about it, and followed her out.

Once outside, Ah Cheng lowered her voice and said, "Yuzhi, Zhu Lingling looks very scared, her voice is trembling, be careful!"

Yuzhi gave a "hmm" and followed Ah Cheng to the back door connecting Qinglian Courtyard with the Prince's Mansion.

Today is October [-]th, the moon is big and round, shining brightly outside the back door of Qinglian Courtyard, but the flowers and trees not far away are dark under the moonlight, which is a bit scary.

Yuzhi arrived at the door, but she didn't see Zhu Lingling, and was about to call out Zhu Lingling's name, when she suddenly heard Zhu Lingling whisper softly from the south side of the door: "Yuzhi, I'm here!"

As soon as Yuzhi walked over, Zhu Lingling threw herself into Yuzhi's arms, trembling all over, her voice trembling: "Yuzhi, please save me! Please help me!"

The next day was October [-]th, and the gentleman in the study outside had to take a rest. Lin Yu could finally rest for a day. He slept until he woke up naturally. Seeing that Hongyu and Zizhu were still sleeping naked on the side, he lifted his foot The two of them kicked awake: "You will not forget what I told you last night, right?! Get up!"

Hongyu and Zizhu rubbed their eyes and got up, hurriedly put on their clothes and went to wash.

After washing, the two of them didn't have time to get dressed, so they packed up a few clothes and put them in the laundry tub, and they went to Shuijing Pavilion to do laundry together.

The maids and women in the palace usually come to Shuijing Pavilion to wash clothes in the afternoon, and it is mid-morning, the big kitchen opposite Shuijing Pavilion is closed, the road is empty, and there is no one in Shuijing Pavilion, but it is very quiet .

Hongyu and Zizhu walked over together.

Although their faces were expressionless, their hands were trembling a little - although the eldest son had repeatedly explained, they were still a little scared if they saw a dead body alive.

When they arrived at Shuijing Pavilion, Hongyu and Zizhu pretended to be talking, waiting for outsiders to come.

When they saw Princess Li's personal maid, Xue Li, coming with a little maid from a distance, they hurriedly walked to the well to fetch water.

As soon as Zizhu put the bucket down, Hongyu called out: "Ah, in the well...why is there someone in the well? Come on! Come on quickly! Xiliu is in the well!"

Xueli heard this, and immediately ran over with her little maid, Huang Xing: "What's the matter?"

Hongyu didn't see Zizhu winking at her profusely, and hurriedly recited the lines Lin Yu taught her: "Xue Li, just now Zizhu and I were washing clothes, but... saw... saw Xiliu in the well inside!"

When Xueli heard that Xiliu, who was arranged by the princess to be in the second son's room, was in the well, she immediately cheered up, and told the little maid Huang Xing: "Go and invite the princess to come here! There is also the prince!"

Today is the [-]th day of October, and the prince will be with the concubine in the Hongxi Courtyard. The prince and concubine will be there, but the second son's servant girl will die in the well for no apparent reason. The second son will not be able to speak clearly when the time comes!
Upon hearing this, Huang Xing turned around and ran towards Hongxi Courtyard.

Zizhu's face was covered with sweat, she glanced at Hongyu and Xueli who were surrounding her, and put the bucket back into the well with a "plop".

Seeing that Zizhu had been salvaged for half a day without touching anything, Hongyu's face turned pale: "Hehe! Strange, really strange! It was clearly still in the well just now, and I recognized it as Xiliu!"

Xue Li stared at the two of them with buckets to fetch several buckets of water in the well, and they were able to get out the water easily. They didn't see Xiliu's body at all, so she was a little anxious: "Did it sink to the bottom of the well? Do you want to find it?" A boy come over with a long bamboo pole to try?"

Hongyu panicked, and immediately ran to find the servant.

She quickly ran over with Lin Yu's personal servant Zhu Fu.

Zhu Fu took a long bamboo pole and poked it into the well, but after poking it for a long time, he still couldn't find Xiliu's body.

Now Hongyu and Zizhu panicked a little, and Xueli's face turned pale.

At this moment, Hong Ping, Huang Xing and others came over, surrounded by King Xingping and Princess Li.

Hongyu Xueli and the others looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to do anything, they could only walk over to salute together: "I have seen the prince and concubine!"

Princess Li looked at Sydney: "What happened?"

Xueli glanced at the prince, saw that the prince was expressionless, and hurriedly said timidly: "My lord and concubine, the maidservant brought Huang Xing here just now, Zi Zhu and Hongyu in the eldest son's room called the servant girl and Huang Xing over , Said that he saw Xiliu in the second son's room in the well..."

Concubine Li was overjoyed, and deliberately brewed a look of worry: "Xiliu... is the maid I gave to the second son some time ago, she was quite beautiful... Even if Ajia doesn't like Xiliu, she doesn't have to... Hey, where is her body? Hurry up and salvage it!"

Lin Tao smiled, listening to his concubine's performance.

Xue Li looked at Concubine Li, then at the prince, the expression on his face changed again and again, and finally bit the bullet and said: "I haven't found it yet..."

Princess Li was startled, and hurriedly said, "What's going on?"

Hong Ping is Princess Li's confidant, hurriedly came out and said: "My lord, my concubine, slaves and servants, let's go and have a look!"

She took the long bamboo pole, tied a sickle to the long bamboo pole, reached into the well and fished again and again, but still nothing came out.

The surrounding area was extremely quiet, only the "click" sound from the chattering teeth of Hongyu and Zizhu kneeling on the ground.

At this moment, a beautiful servant girl ran over with a terrified voice: "Someone is dead! Someone is dead!"

Xueli hurriedly stepped forward to stop the maid, and saw that it was Zhu Lingling, the maid in the eldest son Lin Yu's room, and hurriedly said: "What's going on? Who died?"

Zhu Lingling's face was full of tears, she knelt down with a "plop", she looked at the prince and concubine with tears all over her face, and said in a trembling voice, "To my lord and concubine, it's Xiliu! Xiliu is dead! The servant found it under the Arhat's bed in the eldest son's inner study. Xiliu!"

Princess Li's complexion changed a few times, and finally she glared at Zhu Lingling and said sharply, "What's going on?"

Lin Tao narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly and looked at Zhu Lingling.

Zhu Lingling wiped the tears off her face with her sleeves, and then said: "My servant got up in the morning and went to the eldest son's outer study to clean, who knew that when I was kneeling on the ground to wipe the floor, this servant found that there seemed to be something under Luohan's bed, so I got down to have a look. , and found that it was Xiliu... The servant touched it and found that Xiliu had died a long time ago..."

Lin Tao looked at Princess Li expressionlessly.

Concubine Li looked worried, and said: "My lord, go to Lin Yu's room to have a look!"

Even if Lin Jia can't be brought down temporarily, it's good to bring down Lin Yu first!
Lin Tao said lightly: "Let's go!"

The crowd surrounded the princes and concubines and walked to Lingfeng courtyard not far away.

(End of this chapter)