The whole room was quiet, some people were watching Rong Xia, and some people were watching Ban Hua.
Ban Hua just glanced at Rong Xia, then lowered her head and continued drinking tea.
Rong Xia raised her brows slightly, "Me?"
Shi Feixian smiled bitterly and said, "If it wasn't for you, why would I have to go to that ruined temple?"
"But Miss Shi, I have never written any note for you, and it is impossible for me to write a note for you," Rong Xia looked at Shi Feixian calmly, "I wonder if you can show the note to the next one?"
Shi Feixian sneered: "Now that something like this happens, you will naturally never admit that you wrote me a note." Although she is a little vain by nature, Rong Xia is the only person in this world who can make her voluntarily do this kind of behavior. That's it.
Now in front of so many people and Li Chengkai, who belongs to the Shi Dang, was present, Shi Feixian was not worried that Rong Xia would destroy the evidence, so she took out the note hidden in her arms without any hesitation.
Rong Xia didn't reach out to pick it up, Liu Banshan looked at Li Chengkai, Li Chengkai hesitated for a moment, and reached out to take the neatly folded note. He had also seen Rong Xia's calligraphy and painting, so when he opened the note and looked at it, he felt that the word was indeed written by Rong Xia.
But Li Chengkai didn't dare to say it directly, he just held the note in front of Liu Banshan: "Master Liu, look at this..."
Liu Banshan only glanced at it, then smiled and shook his head: "This word was not written by Lord Rong."
"What?" Shi Feixian suddenly looked up at Liu Banshan, "Impossible!"
It is impossible for her not to recognize Rong Xia's handwriting, which is clearly Rong Xia's handwriting.
"Miss Shi, the lower officials also like the handwriting of Lord Rong very much, so I have collected several pieces of Lord Rong's calligraphy over the years, but..." Liu Banshan turned to look at Rong Xia, "In fact, Lord Rong's calligraphy is rarely reported outside. Many of the so-called original works of Master Rong are copied by others."
"Although this handwriting is very similar to that written by Master Rong, as long as you ask the old gentleman who appraised the handwriting to look at it, you can prove that it is not the handwriting of the same person," Liu Banshan said to Shi Feixian, "Miss Shi, Dali Temple has it. The official who appraised the handwriting, his eyesight has been praised even by His Majesty, the lower official will call someone to appraise it."
Seeing that Liu Banshan's attitude was so positive, Shi Feixian had already believed half of it. She looked at Rong Xia in a trance, and her mind gradually woke up. Rong Xia has such a cold attitude towards her on weekdays, so how could she write a contract to meet her
She shook her body and sat weakly on the cold ground.
The old man who was able to identify the handwriting soon came. He still held the handwriting that Rong Xia had written in his hand, and after only a few glances, he shook his head with certainty: "This is a handwriting written by two people, and Uncle Rong's handwriting is vigorous and powerful. , and at the end of the writing, there is a habit of slightly hooking, giving people a sense of surprise like a dragon and a phoenix. And the words on this note are only similar in shape rather than in spirit, and when this person wrote it, it may be because The wrist strength is insufficient, and the writing is a little vain."
"The person who wrote this kind of character is either a relatively weak scholar or a woman," the old man put down the note, and said to the three adults, "This is the word of the old man's family, but in order to make the case clearer, I would like to invite you all. Your lord, please ask a few more gentlemen to identify it again."
"Mr. Youlao," Liu Banshan bowed to the old man, turned around and said to Shi Feixian, "Miss Shi..."
"No need," Shi Feixian raised his head expressionlessly, "I believe your words."
Liu Banshan said with a smile: "In that case, can Miss Shi prove that you just happened to meet someone in a ruined temple?"
Seeing Shi Feixian's speechless appearance, Li Chengkai shook his head secretly in his heart. I'm afraid the girl from the Shi family can't explain clearly. No one in the entire capital knew that the second girl of the Shi family was good at writing, and perhaps this note was copied on purpose as an excuse.
And many people know that she has some kind of friendship with Lord Rong. She can use this excuse to cover up the truth of her murder and silence. Who can tell the truth
"Miss Shi, until the matter is cleared up, I can only temporarily grieve you for staying here for a few days." Liu Banshan turned to look at Rong Xia and Ban Hua, "But please rest assured, we will not let you go. A bad person will not wrong a good person."
Shi Feixian did not speak. No wonder she saw the note sent by someone else, so she thought it was written by Rong Xia, and she didn't even recognize the font carefully.
She knew that her only way out now was to wait for her father and brother to save her, but when she thought of her father's silent gesture of turning his back on her when she was taken away, she felt ridiculous for her thought. The girl of the Shi family was born to sacrifice for the family.
The only extravagant hope she ever had was to marry the man she liked, but this extravagant hope was also dashed, because the man didn't like her.
"I see, you guys can go." Shi Feixian's lips curled into a mocking smile, "There's no need to show this hypocritical face to me."
Ban Hua, who had been sitting beside him without speaking, suddenly stood up and said to Rong Xia, "I should go back."
"Wait," Rong Xia stood up, "I'll take you back."
"Rong Junpo," Shi Feixian stopped Rong Xia and looked at him seriously, "Can you tell me why you would rather marry a woman like Ban Hua than look at me more?"
Ban Hua stopped when she heard the words and looked back at Shi Feixian, the expression on her face was not very good.
There are always some people in the world who consider themselves affectionate. Even if others don't like him, they must insist on asking for an answer for their feelings. If the other party doesn't answer, they are indifferent. Even if this person already has a lover or a wife, these people will not feel that their questions will be difficult to answer, and the other party must answer to be considered polite.
They hadn't thought about it at all, it was impolite to ask questions regardless of the occasion, no matter what the purpose was.
And the world is always moved by some inexplicable efforts and deep feelings. For example, now, Ban Hua can see that some people present are already moving.
Yes, what a wonderful thing is a beautiful weak woman falling in love with a man, it is even worth writing a biography and expressing her love. If a man doesn't sigh with emotion, how can he be considered a romantic talent
"Miss Shi," Rong Xia stopped, "In Rong Mou's eyes, you are the same as other girls in the capital, but the Princess of Fule is different."
"I hope you don't ask this kind of question in the future, let alone ask this kind of question in front of your fiancée. Asking such words will only make people feel embarrassed, and it will make the next fiancée unhappy." Rong Xiawei Lifting his chin, "Farewell."
Until Rong Xia and Ban Hua left, everyone gradually recovered.
That's right, this girl Shi knew that Master Rong and the Fule County Master had already engaged, and she asked this kind of question in front of people. Isn't it inappropriate? Princess Fule and Lord Rong had a good relationship, but when she asked this, everything went wrong.
Li Chengkai secretly complained in his heart, what is this all, he is now in a dilemma, between a rock and a hard place.
He has never been reused in Shi Chonghai, and he has some opinions about the Shi family.
After walking out of Dali Temple, Ban Hua looked up at the sky and saw that the sky was still a little gloomy, so he said to Rong Xia, "Are you going back to the manor now?"
"I'll take you back first," Rongxia climbed the mountain, "I just want to tell you something."
"What about Miss Shi Er?" Ban Hua raised her eyebrows, "No, I believe you have nothing to do with her."
Rong Xia looked at her in surprise.
Seeing his surprised appearance, Ban Hua couldn't help laughing: "The way a man looks at a woman is different from the way a woman looks at a woman. In my opinion, the way you look at Miss Shi Er is the same as the way you look at Li Shilang. Looks the same."
Rong Xia was stunned, and after a while, she laughed and said, "Why do you believe me so much?"
Ban Hua nodded seriously.
Rong Xia looked at her black and white eyes and couldn't help but chuckle a few times.
The news that Xiangye's daughter was brought into the prison of Dali Temple quickly spread throughout the capital, and even some people began to describe the whole case vividly. What Miss Shi, because she was jealous of the beauty of the Fule County Lord, invited a killer to assassinate the Fule County Lord. After the incident was revealed, Cheng Anbo rushed to the crown and became angry, and sued the second girl Shi to the front of the royal family, and would rather offend the powerful Shi Xiang. Lord, you should also put Miss Shi Er in jail.
The final conclusion is that Miss Shi Er is really bad, and Cheng Amber is infatuated with the master of Fule County. And the poor Princess Fule must be envied because he looks too good-looking.
In this story, there is no such thing as Ban Huai.
Some people also say that Miss Shi is the most beautiful woman in the great cause, how could she be jealous of Fule County Master? It's just that this statement was quickly slapped in the face. The reason is that when Prince Aipo heard that Miss Shi was the number one beauty, he wanted to ask to marry her as a princess, but he actually called Miss Shi to the master of Fule County at the banquet.
What does this mean
It means that in the eyes of Prince Aipo, the real number one beauty is Princess Fule, not Miss Shi.
Someone else asked, why did everyone assume that Miss Shi was the most beautiful woman in the world before
Witty people said that it must be because Miss Shi will attract men. It is said that even the second fiancé of the Fule County Lord was seduced by Miss Shi.
So in this version of the story, there is no such thing as the brothel girl Yunniang.
All kinds of love, hatred, and bloody grievances, in the mouths of the people of the capital, are enough to make up a million-word script, and the plot is not repeated. It is said that in some teahouses, storytellers have already made adaptations based on this incident, and relying on these stories, they have earned a lot of reward money.
Shi Chonghai was unbearable by these rumors, so he ran to Emperor Yunqing and complained to the emperor. However, not everyone can be like Ban Hua, who can get benefits just by complaining to the emperor.
This time, the emperor did not take the crown prince's face to protect the reputation of their Shi family, but scolded him in front of the ministers.
Said that he was not strict with his son, his attitude was lax, etc. Although he did not directly condemn him, his face was completely lost.
Shi Chonghai has not lost such a big face for a long time. When he went down, his legs were shaking, and he was supported by two colleagues before sitting in the sedan chair.
Xie Wanyu listened to the palace servants talking about the embarrassed appearance of the Shi family, and smiled and sat in front of the bronze mirror and lightly traced his raised eyebrows: "What's so exciting, your majesty also prefers the prince, even if it embarrassed the Shi family for a while, It won't touch their roots, we can just watch the fun at most."
The palace servant saw that although her words were cold, but there was a smile on her face, she immediately understood, and continued: "Princess, you don't know, the words of Second Lady Shi outside are disgusting. People who arranged it like this would have died of shame and anger."
"Oh?" Xie Wanyu put down her eyebrows and turned to look at the palace servant, "What are the people outside talking about?"
The palace servant picked out some gossips that were suitable to be told in the palace. After speaking, Xie Wanyu seemed to be in a very good mood, and added: "I heard that she also asked in front of Cheng Anbo why she would rather marry a woman like Princess Fule. , but I don't want to look at her more."
Xie Wanyu half-smiled, "How did Cheng Anbo answer?"
"Cheng Anbo said that in his eyes, Miss Shi is the same as other women in the capital," the palace servant frowned. "Is this saying that Miss Shi has no special meaning?"
"No," Xie Wanyu chuckled softly, "I'm saying that, he didn't have her in his eyes from beginning to end."
Cheng Anbo is very estranged from women and has never seen him particularly close to any woman. The only time she saw him was in the snow of His Majesty's Wanshou ceremony. He walked side by side with Ban Hua. The atmosphere between the two, Make her feel that if she goes out to destroy them, she has made a huge mistake.
She has never been so fortunate as she is today, that day she chose to remain silent instead of telling Shi Feixian the matter.
Doesn't Shi Feixian think that she is very attractive, and all men in the world will bow down for her? She has to see, at this point, how many men are really willing to bow down for her. She took out a delicate flower from the thin china vase, reached out to pinch off the petals on the corolla, and giggled.
"What are you laughing at?" Jiang Luo walked into the room, saw Xie Wanyu sitting in front of the dresser, and leaned back on the chair lazily, "In a few days, it will be Duke Cheng's birthday, remember to prepare birthday gifts."
Xie Wanyu let go of his hand, the petals still fell to the ground, then wiped the flower juice in his palm with a handkerchief, lowered his eyelids and said, "Your Highness, since it's your grandfather's birthday, you have to go in person to be sincere."
"I know this, I don't need you to teach it," Jiang Luo said impatiently, "Just prepare the birthday gift and go out with me when the time comes."
He likes beauty. After marrying Xie Wanyu, he always felt that her face was not beautiful enough, so the two of them didn't share the same room very often. Seeing Xie Wanyu's long hair and shawl now, he suddenly became interested again, so he walked up to her and said, "Wanyu is very beautiful today."
"Really?" Xie Wanyu looked up at Jiang Luo and said with a smile, "Maybe it's because I'm in a good mood."
"Then you should smile more on weekdays." Jiang Luo stepped forward and gently grabbed her hand.
Seeing this, the palace people who were serving them bowed their heads and retreated silently.
Three days later, the four assassins who killed Duke Jingting were sentenced to beheading, while Shi Feixian was still locked up in the Dali Temple prison.
The princess cried and begged in front of the prince for a few days, and even her eyes were swollen. She repeatedly stressed that this was definitely not the work of her own sister. The Shi family was loyal to His Majesty, and it was impossible for him to be involved in the old department of King Hui, let alone arrange for such a gangster to assassinate Duke Jingting. This must have been framed by someone else.
The prince was soft-hearted by her crying, so he went to Dayue Palace to plead with the Shi family in front of Emperor Yunqing.
"Prince," Emperor Yunqing looked at the prince with disappointment in his tone, "You are the prince of our great cause, the future emperor, not the son-in-law of the Shi family."
Even if the prince is a little gentle, he knows that what Emperor Yunqing said is not very good, and he quickly pleads guilty: "Father, my son has no other intentions, but I think this case is very suspicious and should be carefully reviewed. Please think twice."
"How can you be sure that this kind of omission is not intentional by the Shi family?" Emperor Yunqing said with a blank expression, "They deliberately invited the thugs to do something. If the matter is exposed, it can also make people think that it is someone with a heart to frame the Shi family. How could the government not even be able to hire a killer, so they need to find a few thugs to do it?"
"But don't forget, even if these are just a few gangsters who can't stand on the table, if it wasn't for the Lord Jingting who happened to turn around, they would have succeeded now," Yun Qingdi threw the red pen in his hand and cursed angrily. " In order to save me, the eldest princess lost her life, and now these people still want to plot against my aunt's only son, why did they take me seriously?!"
Seeing that Emperor Yunqing was so angry, the prince lifted his robe and knelt down: "Please calm down your anger, my son doesn't mean it."
"Quiet your anger?" Emperor Yunqing looked at the crown of the crown prince, only to feel his anger was even heavier, "How can you let me calm down? That is your aunt's only son, you don't care about them, but go to intercede for the Shi family, When you say this, are you sorry for your great-aunt?"
"Imperial Father," the crown prince threw his head on the ground and said in panic, "My son is not dissatisfied with Duke Jing Ting at all. In my eyes, Duke Jing Ting is half a relative of my son, how could he be so ruthless, ask my father Emperor Mingcha."
"As the crown prince, you actually listened to the words of the woman in the back house, how can you make me feel at ease to hand over the country to you?" Emperor Yunqing waved his hand sullenly, "Go back and think about it, should you come today? The Shi family begged for mercy."
After the prince was accused of the crime, he retreated in panic, and did not dare to mention the Shi family again.
Seeing that the Crown Prince flinched like this, Emperor Yunqing was even more disappointed. If the prince fights for the Shi family, he will look down on the prince. However, after being reprimanded for a few words, the crown prince backed down. How could he become a king of a country without such courage
But thinking of the reckless second son, Emperor Yunqing was even more upset, the crown prince was indecisive at best, and the second son was simply mindless.
In the early years, because the father and emperor favored the concubines, he suffered a lot, so after he ascended the throne, he gave up the thoughts of the concubines. Who knew that these two direct sons would be so unsatisfactory.
Emperor Yunqing shook his body, his eyes were a little dark, and he barely supported the imperial case, so that no one could see the difference.
Recently, he has been experiencing dizziness from time to time. Even if the imperial doctor came to check the pulse, the imperial doctor could not say anything, only that he was exhausted and needed to rest.
Rest
As an emperor, how can he achieve rest
Thinking of those things in his early years, and thinking of his aunt who died for him, Emperor Yunqing sighed. Could it be that this is God's retribution for him
Although the news that the prince was reprimanded by the emperor did not spread, the atmosphere in the East Palace was not very good. The Crown Princess was in a bad mood, and the Crown Prince stayed in the study all day, not going to the Crown Princess's room, nor to the concubine's room. How could they be at ease as servants
The princess didn't think that she just asked the prince to help him to intercede. After the prince went to the Dayue Palace, he ignored her. The indifferent husband and the troubled mother's family, the distress of both parties made her very tormented, and she slept with tears in her pillow almost every night.
If it was just a matter of being jealous, it would be fine, but it also involved the old department of King Hui. People outside the palace didn't know, but she knew very well who sent the assassin who stabbed the eldest princess to death. If their family could not be cleared of their crimes, in His Majesty's eyes, it would be tantamount to colluding with King Hui.
What good could their family get involved with a prince who wanted to rebel but was unsuccessful
"Did the Prince still stay in the study last night?" The Crown Princess looked at herself in the mirror and carefully rubbed the corners of her eyes, feeling that she seemed rather haggard.
"Back to the Crown Princess... The Crown Prince didn't go to other concubines last night."
Hearing this, the Crown Princess smiled bitterly. It would be better if he went to the concubine's room, but he slept in the study. Is he blaming her, or is he showing his attitude towards the Shi family
"Arrange someone to prepare a generous gift and send it to the palace of Jingting." The Crown Princess stood up and looked at the trees with a little sprout emerging from the window. If the Ban family was willing to let go, the Shi family still had room to turn around. The Ban family is arrogant and reckless, and I am afraid they don't even know that the Hui family is trying to rebel. As long as the Ban family relaxes, even if the family is dissatisfied, His Majesty will not clearly embarrass the Shi family.
In this way, the Shi family can at least get a moment of respite.
Soon the generous gift prepared by the East Palace was sent to the Ban family in the name of the prince.
The Ban family looked at the house full of jewelry, medicinal herbs, calligraphy and paintings, and felt a little inexplicable. Is Donggong planning to move the warehouse to their house
Originally, they wanted to ask a few more questions, but they didn't know that the people in the East Palace put down their things and left, and they didn't even dare to accept the purses they sent. The look of sincerity and fear made the Ban family unable to help but wonder, are they the beasts of the flood
"I'm afraid this thing was not given by the prince." Yin Shi looked at the gift list, "Although the prince is careful, it is not for the sake of being careful."
Some things are only noticed by women in the back house, so how could the prince think of preparing these things
"Is it the Crown Princess?" Ban Hua suddenly reacted, "The Crown Princess wants to take this opportunity to show affection to our family?"
"What's the use of her showing goodwill to our family?" Yin Shi put down the gift list, "Now the matter is not just a grudge between the Shi family and our family, but a dispute between the parties in the imperial court. The Crown Princess thinks our family is a fool or we haven't seen each other. If you have good things, you will beg the Shi family when you take these things?"
"Then what should I do with these things?" Ban Heng said, "Should they be sent back to her?"
"Since this is a shocking gift from the crown prince to your father, then we will keep it well," Yin Shi chuckled, "What does this have to do with the Shi family?"
Take things as they go, as for the rest
I'm sorry, the people in their family are not very smart, and they can't understand things that are too complicated.
"Tomorrow, when you go to the palace to thank the prince, just say thank you for the shocking gift," Yin Shi said to Ban Heng, "Do you understand?"
Ban Heng suddenly realized: "Yes, my son understands."
Even if this gift is not from the prince, they want to make it a gift from the prince.
After hesitating for a long time, Ban Hua looked up at Yin Shi: "Mother, is this... Really the Shi family did it?"
"It doesn't matter whether it's the Shi family," Yin Shi sighed and gently touched the top of Ban Hua's head, "What's important is that Your Majesty thinks this was done by the Shi family."
Ban Hua fell silent, and said after a moment, "But, I don't want to let go of the person behind the scenes." Thinking that her father almost had an accident, her heart ignited without a name.
The affairs of the court are other people's affairs, but the affairs of the Ban family are her affairs.
Yin Shi sneered: "Who said to let it go?"
These people treat the Ban family as fools, but who can really bully them
into Amber House.
A middle-aged man in extremely ordinary clothes strode into the study and came to Rong Xia, "Uncle, I've found it out!"
"Say."
"Xie Family Dalang, Xie Chongjin!"
"He?" Rong Xia's brows moved, "When did the Xie family become so capable?"
The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment: "My subordinate found out that another spy team of His Majesty seems to have intervened in this matter and helped Xie Chongjin cover up some traces."
"Before Jingting Gong was attacked, or after?" Rong Xia wanted to know how much Emperor Yunqing had true feelings for the Ban family.
"After Lord Jingting was attacked."
Rong Xia snorted softly when he heard the words, "It seems that his heart has not yet reached the extreme."
It seems that the emperor pulled the Shi family into the muddy water only after the attack of Duke Jingting.
"Uncle, do you need your subordinates to bring their doubts to the fore?"
Rong Xia stood quietly in front of the window and said after a long time, "No need."
He put his clean and white hands on the window lattice, and listened to a bird chirping outside the window: "Arrange a man and a horse to protect Princess Fule, and don't let her have the slightest accident. In addition, don't let the Ban family get involved. among these things."
"Left and right... they can't help much either."
"Yes!" The middle-aged man had a strange look on his face, but quickly lowered his head.
The former military commanders behind the Ban family are all rare contacts, how could they not help
Uncle, what does this mean