On June 23, Xiao Fu returned from Nanyang.
Rongzheng met him in private.
Xiao Fu presented a basket of pears that Tongxu brought from Zhuangzi along the way, and said: "I have already completed what the young lady ordered.
Mrs.
Liao really believed what Master Fan said.
Young lady, please rest assured." ” With Xiao Fu's words, how could Rong Zheng be uneasy?
She smiled and nodded: "You have worked hard these days.
I will give you two days off.
You can go back and rest for two days before coming in."
Xiao Fu promised.
"Okay, nothing's wrong, you can go down."
Xiao Fu withdrew, still confused.
How did his young lady know that there is a Jiejie Temple in Nanyang, and there is a master named Fan in it?
How could he predict that Mrs.
Liao would definitely go to that temple to offer incense on the 19th day instead of going elsewhere?
He spent a lot of money It took a lot of effort to make Master Fan believe his words, but everything seemed to be as expected by the young lady.
I heard that the young lady has never traveled far before, which is surprising.
Here Cui Shangzhou also returned from Nanyang.
He was delayed for more than a month in Nanyang.
When he came back, he brought someone to Mu Xuan.
When Cui Shangzhou led a woman in her thirties wearing plain clothes and skirt to Mu Xuan, Mu Xuan glanced at Cui Shangzhou in confusion: "This person is" Cui Shangzhou said to Mu Xuan: "Junhua, this is the person you asked me to find."
Mu Xuan was horrified.
He looked at the woman in front of him.
He had no impression of this woman anymore and asked: "What is your last name and where are you from?"
The woman replied: "Mr.
Zhong, from Nanyang."
Cui Shangzhou said impatiently for Mrs.
Zhong: "Junhua, she is the Luqiao you are looking for."
"What?"
Mu Xuan was extremely shocked.
He stared at the woman with her head hanging on the ground, and then glanced at Cui Shangzhou.
Asked: "How did you find her?"
Cui Shangzhou said: "Aunt Lei told me."
Mu Xuan remembered the last time he saw Aunt Lei, but she didn't say anything to him.
Mu Xuan is used to being able to endure his temper.
He said to Cui Shangzhou: "Take her down to change into clean clothes and have a meal."
Cui Shangzhou said to Lu Qiao, "Let's go."
"Wait a minute, does the princess know about this?"
Cui Shangzhou said hurriedly: "I took her here as soon as I found her.
Because I didn't know what your plan was, I didn't dare to take her to the villa rashly."
Mu Xuan nodded and said, "You did a good job."
Cui Shangzhou took Lvqiao to eat elsewhere.
Mu Xuan slowly sat on the kang.
I feel thirsty in my throat.
There happened to be a cup of tea on the table.
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He picked it up and tried to bring it to his mouth, but his hands shook very badly.
The tea soaked the front.
He had to put the tea bowl down again, suppress his emotions and calm down.
What was he afraid of?
He finally met the key person from back then.
The truth will be revealed soon, and he should be happy.
There is nothing to be afraid of.
"Uncle, the third master of the mansion is here," Baokang called outside the curtain.
Mu Xuan was a little confused as to what he was doing here at this time, but still said: "Let him come in."
Soon, Mu Rong opened the curtain and walked in.
Smiling, he held his hands to Mu Xuan and said, "Brother, how are you doing these days?"
Mu Xuan nodded and said, "You're here."
Mu Rong sat on the edge of the kang generously.
When she lowered her head, she saw the tea spilled on the kang table.
And Mu Xuan's clothes were also wet.
Mu Rong made fun of her: "Hey, brother, what are you doing?
Why is the tea spilled everywhere?"
Mu Xuan's whole mind was on Lu Qiao, and he couldn't listen to a word his brother said.
"Brother, my father asked me to ask you if you want to go back to worship your ancestors during the Ghost Festival."
Mu Xuan finally calmed down.
Hearing what his brother said, he frowned and said, "You can see that I have gone back before."
Mu Rong thought that his eldest brother didn't even go back for the Chinese New Year, let alone the Ghost Festival, so the result was already expected.
"It's not surprising.
I thought that this year the princess princess came back, and my eldest brother would also go back with her.
Brother, I have a few good friends who made an appointment to go hunting on the Double Ninth Festival.
I praised my eldest brother's riding and shooting skills to them.
They all want to see their eldest brother.
Would you like to come with them?"
Mu Xuan didn't even raise her eyes, but her tone was quite gentle.
"Have fun."
Mu Rong knew that it was appropriate to say this, but he also wanted to earn back face in front of his friends, so he couldn't help but praise Haikou, and felt a little ashamed at the moment.
Mu Rong sat in front of him for less than a quarter of an hour before leaving.
Mu Xuan nodded.
He was still thinking about Lu Qiao, so he didn't care about Mu Rong.
Mu Rong came out of Mu Xuan's Zen room and saw Cui Shangzhou talking to Heping Kang in the yard.
Cui Shangzhou smiled and greeted Mu Rong: "The third master is here."
"It turns out Master Cui Qi is here too."
The two just met each other.
When Mu Rong was about to leave, he saw a person standing under the paulownia tree.
The reason why Mu Rong caught Mu Rong's attention was that the clothes on that person looked very uncoordinated.
The empty monk's robes hung on the man's body.
The man lowered his head and couldn't see clearly what she looked like, but Mu Rong could see clearly at a glance that it was a woman with a bun and a silver hairpin.
Mu Rong was shocked and wondered who this person was.
Why was there a woman here?
He and Cui Shangzhou only met each other and did not talk in depth.
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He left in a hurry, and when he walked to the courtyard gate, he looked into the courtyard again and saw Cui Shangzhou leading the strange woman to Mu Xuan's room.
Little did he know that Mu Rong's curiosity caused several major events that disturbed the peace of the palace, but these are things for another time.
But when Cui Shangzhou led Lu Qiao to Mu Xuan's room, Mu Xuan was much calmer.
Cui Shangzhou smiled awkwardly: "There are no women's clothes here.
I only found relatively clean monk robes."
Lu Qiao lowered her head, unable to see her face clearly, and bowed respectfully to Mu Xuan.
Mu Xuan nodded.
He said to Cui Shangzhou: "Cui Qi, you go out first.
I have a few words to say to her alone."
Cui Shangzhou said yes and withdrew.
Mu Xuan took out her handkerchief, wiped away the spilled tea on the kang table, and slowly poured another bowl of tea.
Thinking that Lu Qiao was the one who served her mother, she said to Lu Qiao: "Sit on that embroidered pier.
Bar."
Lu Qiao then took her seat.
He returned to his usual state of calmness and said slowly: "I heard that you have been serving my mother and concubine for ten years.
When you arrived at my mother's side at how old you were, you started to take care of things."
Lu Qiao suddenly felt like she was sweating, and replied tremblingly: "Sir, I came to serve the empress at the age of seven.
At first, she was just a little maid responsible for taking care of flowers and plants."
"Oh, so you passed by Chai's house."
"Yes, the slave has been in charge of the flowers and plants for two years.
The princess saw that the slave was diligent in taking care of the flowers and plants.
Then she was slowly promoted from a young maid to a third-class maid.
A second-class maid.
Later, by chance, she went to the palace with the princess."
Mu Xuan still had a vague impression of the maid next to her mother, so she added: "After arriving at the palace, what will you be responsible for in my mother's room?"
Lu Qiao said: "I am in charge of my wife's clothes and jewelry."
"Where's the green sandalwood?"
Lu Qiao heard the name of this friend from the past.
His body couldn't help but tremble, his head lowered, and he said respectfully: "Sister Lutan is responsible for the money of the empress."
"Oh, so Lu Tan is more proud in front of his mother and concubine."
"Yes.
Sister Lutan is a child of the Chai family and has been with my mother-in-law since she was a child."
Mu Xuan asked again: "Where is the green sandalwood?
Do you know?"
Lu Qiao couldn't restrain her panic, her tone trembled, and she said inarticulately: "She is dead, she disappeared ten years ago."
Mu Xuan was not surprised.
Said: "No wonder I sent people everywhere to inquire about her whereabouts but no news, but why is she missing?"
The sweat on Lu Qiao's face rolled down into her clothes, and her palms were also covered in sweat.
Duoduo said tremblingly: "It is said that he lost his footing and fell into the water."
"You raise your head and look at me."
This was the first time Mu Xuan ordered her.
Lu Qiao slowly raised her head, and then she saw Mu Xuan's face clearly.
I thought to myself, after all these years, Uncle Xuan has grown so big, but his appearance is neat.
His eyebrows look like the prince's, but his eyes look like the princess's.
But the cold light bursting out of Mu Xuan's eyes at this moment made Lu Qiao shudder, and she only glanced twice before lowering her eyelids.
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"Why don't you dare to look into my eyes?"
"Slave, I don't dare" Mu Xuan sneered, took a slow sip of tea, and gradually clenched the hands on the kang table into fists.
"Let me ask you, did my mother-in-law leave anything behind when she left?"
Lu Qiao hurriedly said: "The empress is thinking about the uncle and the princess, and she keeps shouting your names."
Mu Xuan said playfully: "That's right."
"This slave dare not tell even half a lie."
"That's good.
Of course I don't want you to lie to me.
Then I'll ask you again, what was the situation in the house when my mother-in-law left?"
Lu Qiao was a little confused and didn't know how to answer.
She said blankly: "I don't know which one I want to start with."
"What did the doctor say?
What medicine was prescribed?
Who prepared the medicine?
Who delivered it to him?
Who did Concubine Ye meet when she was very ill?
What did Concubine do?"
Mu Xuan knew that he wanted to get it.
The answer is not that easy, so I have to start with these details, hoping to find some clues through these aspects.
Luqiao's head was buzzing, and he could only answer Mu Xuan one by one.
"Because the empress's illness was very serious, the imperial doctor Zeng who usually came to our house for medical treatment was not available, so the empress hired a doctor named Zhang.
The doctor said that the empress's condition was not very good.
The young master was stillborn, and the stillbirth was very serious.
It was difficult to come down.
I was prescribed medicine to induce labor.
After she came down, the condition of the empress was not good, and the doctor prescribed medicine.
As for the specific medicine, the slave didn't know anything about medicine, so she didn't recognize it.
Yes, someone gave me the medicine.”
"The person in charge of decoction is Xiaoque."
At this point, Lu Qiao's voice lowered a few degrees, and she paused for a moment before continuing: "The person in charge of feeding the medicine is Lu Tan.
We were so panicked that night that no one dared to sleep.
The four maids around the empress took turns to be on duty, and no one dared to slack off.
The empress could not stop blushing, and she was not in good spirits.
In addition, the young master died at birth, and the empress was overly worried except for the concubine.
I’ve been here twice and haven’t seen anyone else.”
"Do you still remember what the concubine said?"
Lu Qiao panicked, and continued: "The concubine only said that she would be raised with peace of mind, so don't be afraid.
There will be a chance in the future."
There was no flaw in Lu Qiao's answer.
Mu Xuan couldn't find any loopholes even if he tried to find them for a while.
He was quiet for a long time, slowly twisting the beads, and after a while he asked: "Where is the little bird who made the medicine?"
Lu Qiao immediately became nervous again, her ears turned red and she said, "Xiaoque is gone too.
The empress left.
The concubine blamed the people around her for not being diligent.
Xiaoque couldn't bear the grievance and hanged herself."
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"Hang yourself" Although Mu Xuan was still young at that time, she still remembered things.
There was a maid hanging in the house, but this was the first time he heard about it.
There were a lot of people serving him around him at first, and they probably wanted to hide it from him, so they didn't hear any news.
"Yes, yes."
Mu Xuan went through what Lu Qiao said several times in her mind, nodded and said, "Okay, you can go out first."
Lu Qiao breathed a sigh of relief, stood up quickly and said, "My slave, please leave."
After Lu Qiao left, Cui Shangzhou came in.
"Do you have any plans for this person?"
Mu Xuan asked: "Does she have a family?"
Cui Shangzhou said: "It seems not.
It was Aunt Lei who told me that she lived in an inconspicuous courtyard behind Jiejie Temple.
I heard that she didn't get married after she came out of the palace."
"Then how did she live these years and what did she do for a living?"
"It is said that I bought a piece of land, grew some vegetables and raised some chickens.
I did some sewing and exchanged it for some oil, salt, firewood and rice." mu All the clues are broken.”
"Then I'll find a reliable place to place her.
Or send her to a villa."
Mu Xuan waved her hand and said, "No, I can't let my sister know for the time being."
"I know, I will find a confidential place to put her."
Mu Xuan nodded with relief.
Cui Shangzhou remembered something again and said to Mu Xuan with a smile: "Jun Hua, I found another ridiculous thing when I went to Nanyang this time."
"What's up" "I discovered a boy sent by the third lady of the Rong family to Jieyue Temple.
This monkey is quite clever.
I had someone follow him secretly, and he was discovered later."
"Oh, why did she send people to Nanyang?"
"Yes, I was curious and observed for two days.
I found that the boy was looking for a master in the temple who had a Buddhist name.
After only three or five days, I don't know what method he used.
The master I listened to his words very much.
On the day of the 19th Guanyin Meeting, the master kept Mrs.
Liao to eat and talked about the marriage of the eldest son of Liao. " Mu Xuan frowned and said, "These are all nonsense."
He was not very interested.
"It's a bit messy.
But I heard before that the Liao family sent someone to the Rong family to propose marriage for the eldest son of the Liao family, Miss Rong San.
I don't know what the teacher's wife said later, and Mrs.
Liao regretted marrying the Rong family. , said he would never get married again."
"oh" "I was afraid of delaying your business, so I didn't ask any more.
If you are interested, I will try to find out what Mrs.
Fan told Mrs.
Liao and why the young man from the Rong family went.
I found Mrs.
Fan.”
Mu Xuan waved her hand and said, "Forget it, the Rong family's affairs have nothing to do with me, just let them go
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