Looking for Zuzuo
Many people were choked when they heard it, and some people quietly turned back to look at Xie Xuanji. Xie Xuanji did not speak with a sullen face, and the people below did not move.
After Mu Mingtang finished speaking, no one moved. She was a little angry, and was about to question Xie Xuanji, when Xie Xuanchen suddenly said lightly: "Why, I can't command you now?"
After Xie Xuanchen spoke, the atmosphere was obviously different from before. Now everyone's faces changed, and even Xie Xuanji became tense without knowing it: "Second brother..."
"If you know to call me second brother, just do as she says. If you ignore her, you ignore me." After Xie Xuanchen finished speaking, he lowered his head and coughed. His cough was soft and long, and he looked weak. But everyone present did not dare to treat him as a patient.
Don't look at Xie Xuanchen looking thin and weak now, but even if he is ill, he can easily break a strong man's neck. Xie Xuanchen coughed in a low voice, and the people around didn't dare to move or make a sound, waiting for him silently.
Mu Mingtang supported Xie Xuanchen's arm and gently calmed down for him. Because of the cough, his lips were dyed an abnormal bright red, and even the corners of his eyes were faintly red, and the tear mole at the corner of his eyes was gorgeous and scary.
Mu Mingtang did not shy away from the movements of her hands in front of everyone, she asked softly, "Is it better?"
Xie Xuanchen shook his head, indicating that he was fine. He managed to stop coughing, his face was pale and pale, but his lips were red, and there was a faint redness at the end of his eyes. This kind of color is a bit bright on a man, but when Xie Xuanchen looked at him one by one, no one dared to look up at him: "Didn't you hear what the princess said, why don't you go?"
When Mu Mingtang spoke, everyone was watching. Xie Xuanji didn't nod, and no one took any action. But at the moment when Xie Xuanchen spoke, the attendant didn't dare to look up at Xie Xuanji, he quickly saluted and turned away.
Mu Mingtang let out a stern breath in her heart, raised her eyebrows and glanced at Xie Xuanji, and snorted triumphantly.
Although Mu Mingtang's voice was not loud, it was silent at the moment. Everyone heard Mu Mingtang's provocation to King Jin, and there was still some contempt.
The people who waited around sighed like a toothache, and took a step back silently, for fear that they would hear the inside story of the royal family again.
The status of the two palaces in Anjin and Jin is very delicate. One is the direct son of the first emperor, and the other is the direct son of the present emperor. No matter whether these two princes are real or fake, they cannot be mixed by outsiders.
After Mu Mingtang and Xie Xuanchen came, Jiang Mingwei's existence was a bit embarrassing. She really didn't want to cause bad luck in front of the dead, but Mu Mingtang insisted on seeing the dead body, and Xie Xuanji accompanied them to the front. Now the three of them gathered around the front, talking to each other, while Jiang Mingwei was thrown at the back, as if excluded.
Jiang Mingwei gritted her teeth, but in the end she still came over. When she approached, a few attendants happened to be going out. Jiang Mingwei glanced back, stepped forward and asked, "My lord, second brother, second sister-in-law, what are those people doing out?"
When Jiang Mingwei asked, Mu Mingtang didn't want to answer at all, and Xie Xuanchen didn't even mean to speak. Back then, when his father asked him, he would ignore him, so what face did other people have for him to answer
As for Xie Xuanji's thinking, it is even simpler. He is a husband inside, and he is a prince outside. Only the people below him give him a summary report. How could Xie Xuanji explain the current situation to Jiang Mingwei? Xie Xuanji also held his hands behind his back as he should, and did not answer.
After Jiang Mingwei asked, there was silence, no one responded, and the scene was very embarrassing for a time. The smile on Jiang Mingwei's face was stiff, and she was very unable to come down to the stage. At this time, the young servant next to him saw that something was wrong, and quickly replied: "Reporting to the princess, Princess An's house is kind-hearted and cares about human life, so let the young people go to Dali Temple to invite you to do the work. went."
Jiang Mingwei was about to step down at this point, and she couldn't get over her face, so she concentrated all her unhappiness on Mu Mingtang: "Although this maid is a slave, she is also a pure and innocent girl, so let him touch the body image. What does it look like? Second sister-in-law, please act so disrespectful to the deceased. The deceased is the greatest, so let the lonely soul get on the road, and don't sully the name of the girl's family. "
"Disrespect the deceased?" Mu Mingtang sighed when he heard this, without concealing his contempt, and said, "To touch the corpse is to disrespect the deceased? In my opinion, letting the truth be revealed is the greatest thing for the deceased. Respect. Let the murderer go free, and I'm afraid she won't be able to get on the road well."
When this sentence came out, everyone was silent, Jiang Mingwei looked around, wondering: "This...Second sister-in-law, she just accidentally drowned and drowned. There is no evidence and there is no real thing. How can you open your mouth and say that she is a victim? People were killed?"
"That's why it's called Zuzuo." Mu Mingtang explained smoothly, "There is no evidence to prove that she fell into the water and drowned by herself. In case she was killed by someone, she was thrown into the water. How about pretending to drown? Don't talk, listen to me first. You think she drowned by herself, and I also think she may have been killed by someone else, so please come over and look at the body and check her How did he die?"
After Mu Mingtang finished speaking, he glanced at Jiang Mingwei in disgust: "Do you know whether the elders are superior or inferior, and the elders speak, and you just interrupt like this?"
Jiang Mingwei was choked for a moment, and she was blocked when she was ready. For a while, she didn't know whether to refute the maid's drowning death, or to refute Mu Mingtang that she didn't understand the seniority and inferiority.
Jiang Mingwei blocked herself. She didn't know which aspect to talk about. From the outside, it seemed like she couldn't speak. Xie Xuanji sighed in his heart and said, "sister-in-law calm down. Mingwei is impatient and acts recklessly, but she didn't do it on purpose. Sister-in-law is older than her, and she did something wrong in some areas. She also asked her to teach her."
Xie Xuanji didn't intend to get involved. It was two women arguing before, and Xie Xuanji disdain to join the women's verbal dispute, but now Mu Mingtang's words "I don't know the seniority and inferiority" have already involved Xie Xuanji, and Xie Xuanji can no longer do it. wall view.
As soon as Xie Xuanji opened his mouth, he characterized the matter as Jiang Mingwei was wrong. Jiang Mingwei glanced at Xie Xuanji in amazement. After all, he did not dare to refute him in front of outsiders, so he could only endure the humiliation and shut up.
Mu Mingtang won a big victory and asked the husband of the other party to make amends in return, which was really refreshing. She took the air of an elder and said generously: "For the sake of the third brother who is still sensible, I, the sister-in-law, will forgive you this time. But there is something wrong with what the King of Jin said. Although I am older than you, when Not older than her. Speaking of which, I'm still the youngest among you."
Xie Xuanchen has been away from the battlefield, just listening, neither speaking nor expressing his position, he couldn't hold back when he heard this, he smiled and glanced back at Mu Mingtang.
"Listen to you, are you despising my age?"
"No, no." Mu Mingtang quickly denied. Mu Mingtang was also exhausted. She smiled softly on the surface, but in fact she secretly twisted Xie Xuanchen's arm with her hand. This person is endless. Every time she fights with others, the enemy can't scold her, but Xie Xuanchen often brings her down.
Mu Mingtang smiled more and more tenderly, and said, "Your Highness, you are a young hero, and you are an extraordinary talent. How can anyone dislike your age? This is wrong, you are very young, how come you are? When you're older?"
Xie Xuanchen felt the heavier and heavier force on his arm, and also said with a smile, "Mrs. Miaozan, if I hadn't experienced it myself, I would have believed it."
"What I say is the truth, every word is true, please don't wrong me, my lord."
Xie Xuanji and Jiang Mingwei felt very speechless when they saw that they had a disagreement and started flirting. Xie Xuanji's teeth were sour, he didn't want to watch any more, and silently looked away.
However, he couldn't see it, but his ears could hear the two people talking over there. Xie Xuanji tried it, but he couldn't bear it any longer. He excused himself to see the scene in front of him and left.
As soon as Xie Xuanji left, Jiang Mingwei thought about it before and after, and went after Xie Xuanji. Xie Xuanji and his wife both left. After Mu Mingtang waited for no one, he lowered his voice and asked Xie Xuanchen, "Why did they leave? Are they disgusted by us?"
Xie Xuanchen originally maintained his arrogant and indifferent image of the former God of War, but when he heard Mu Mingtang's words, he wanted to laugh. He glanced at Mu Mingtang with a cold face, but when he touched her eyes, he couldn't help but smile.
The absence of Xie Xuanji just made it convenient for Mu Mingtang to observe the corpse and the surrounding environment. Although he couldn't get too close, it was undoubtedly much more convenient without Xie Xuanji beside him.
The two of them watched here for a while, and Zuzuo came. When Zuo Zuo saw Xie Xuanchen, he immediately knelt down and saluted: "See King An for my humble post, and I greet King An and Princess An for the little ones."
"Get up." Xie Xuanchen stretched out his hand and gestured to the other side, and said, "Let's see the body first."
"Honestly obey orders."
After Zuo Zuo responded, Xie Xuanji and Jiang Mingwei heard the voice and walked back from the other side. Seeing Xie Xuanji, Zuo Zuo could only ask for peace again.
Xie Xuanji gestured for forgiveness and said, "No need to be polite, just look at the dead first. This woman is Princess An's maid, and she was found drowned in the lake today. Princess An couldn't bear the death of her maid and wanted to find out how the maid died. You must be cautious and find out the real cause of death of the maid, so as to reassure Princess An. Do you understand?"
Sweat oozes from Zuzuo's head, Nuonuo should be. Wu made an order and went to the open space to check the body. Jiang Mingwei didn't want to face the direction of the corpse, she turned sideways to avoid it, and sighed: "The innocent girl's house, it's uneasy to walk."
Zuo Zuo may have understood Jiang Mingwei's words, and his movements suddenly became stiff, not knowing how to start. Mu Mingtang frowned. She glanced at Jiang Mingwei and said, "Brother and sister, if you don't want to see it, go back. No one is forcing you to stay. If Zuo Zuo is working, you don't help, and don't interfere with official business."
Jiang Mingwei's eyes widened when she heard this, and just as she was about to refute, Xie Xuanji coughed lightly beside her, and said, "Sister-in-law is very right, you should say a few words less."
Jiang Mingwei was not angry at first, but when she heard Xie Xuanji's words, she was so angry that she was about to explode. Seeing that Jiang Mingwei's face turned green, Mu Mingtang took advantage of Xie Xuanchen's cover to deliberately turn around and smile at Jiang Mingwei, and winked.
Xie Xuanchen felt that the children today are really lively, and looking at their minds, five years old are too many. He lowered his head and coughed, and Mu Mingtang immediately raised his head when he heard the sound, and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Xie Xuanchen shook his head, he seemed to want to speak, but suddenly he clenched his fists to block his lips, and coughed lowly. Mu Mingtang was frightened by his fight, and quickly asked, "What's wrong? Come here, call the imperial doctor."
"No." Xie Xuanchen hoarsely stopped Mu Mingtang's movements. Mu Mingtang was so anxious that even Xie Xuanji and Jiang Mingwei looked this way.
"Second brother, your health is important." Xie Xuanji frowned and turned to ask Zu Zuo, "How long will it take you to find the cause of death?"
Zuzuo looked embarrassed: "Examination of the corpse is a delicate job, I'm afraid it will take a while."
Xie Xuanji frowned and said sincerely to Xie Xuanchen: "Second brother, I know you are concerned about the scene, but you won't be able to find it out for a while. The wind is so strong outside, and I'm afraid your body won't be able to take it any longer. Second brother, go ahead and wait in the attic, and when the results here come out, I will send someone to report to second brother immediately."
Xie Xuanchen had to be brave and say no, but this time many people persuaded him to persuade him to go back to the house. After entering the room, Mu Mingtang immediately let people ventilate, changed the water, changed the charcoal pot, made ginger tea, and turned all the maids around. When there was no one in front of him, Mu Mingtang quickly asked Xie Xuanchen, "How are you?"
"I'm fine." Xie Xuanchen held a cup of hot tea, the sultry heat softened his brows and eyes, and he looked rather handsome, "It's too cold outside, it's better to sit comfortably in the house."
Mu Mingtang was puzzled at first, then at a loss, and even suspected that he had heard it wrong. At this time, someone in the room had returned, and the gap was only for a short moment. Mu Mingtang couldn't keep asking, so he could only bear it.
She actually wanted to ask, after Xie Xuanchen entered the house, no one was staring outside, wouldn't Xie Xuanji and Zuzuo be doing some shit? However, she looked at Xie Xuanchen's quiet and beautiful eyebrows, and finally said nothing.
Although Xie Xuanchen looks very white-faced, when it comes to cheating people, no one can cheat Xie Xuanchen. This point, Mu Mingtang still trusts.
Mu Mingtang and Xie Xuanchen sat comfortably in the warm room. After a while, Xie Xuanji came in with air-conditioning: "Second brother, second sister-in-law."
Xie Xuanchen didn't speak like an uncle, and Mu Mingtang could only say hello: "King Jin has worked hard. Why is Princess Jin outside, why don't you come in to rest?"
Jiang Mingwei didn't want to be in the same room with these two people, so did she deliberately block herself. She forced a smile and said, "I'm not afraid of the cold, it's better to accompany my husband."
Mu Mingtang smiled lovingly: "The relationship between the younger brother and the third brother is really good, and my elder can feel relieved when he sees it. By the way, third brother, have the autopsy results come out?"
Xie Xuanji lowered his head slightly, lowered his eyes and said, "Reporting to my sister-in-law, it was Zuzuo who gave the results." He glanced behind him and motioned for Zuzuo to step forward.
When Wu Zuo received the order, he didn't dare to look up at Mu Mingtang's face at all. He took two steps and knelt down and said, "Please be safe, Wang Ye, Wang Fei."
"What is the cause of death?"
Many people in the room couldn't help but fall on Zuzuo, who still lowered his head, his forehead closer to the ground: "Reporting to the princess, it was drowning."
Drowning? Mu Mingtang frowned upon hearing this answer, how is that possible? At this time, Xie Xuanchen sat next to him and asked unhurriedly, "Did he drown by being pushed into the water, or was he drowned by himself?"
Tsukune was startled when he heard this, and his back tightened even more. Sure enough, he was the top figure back then. Even if he was sick and had been silent for so many years, he still had a sharp insight. Zuo Zuo pressed his face deeply to the ground and said, "There is no trace of outsiders. It should be that he accidentally fell into the water and died of drowning after exhaustion."
Xie Xuanchen nodded and didn't ask any more questions. At this moment, his expression was really not very good, and it was like paper under the light, as if it would break with a poke. Mu Mingtang felt that Xie Xuanchen's illness today was half-truths, but at this moment, his face was astonishingly pale, but it was true.
Mu Mingtang looked at the troubled people in front of her, and she knew that she would have nothing to ask for, so Mu Mingtang didn't want to waste time with these people, and directly supported Xie Xuanchen and asked, "You spent a lot of energy today, and you have no idea what to do. The wind has been blowing outside for a long time, shall we go back to rest first?"
This time Xie Xuanchen did not refuse any more, but nodded in response. At this time, anyone with discernment could see that Xie Xuanchen was in a bad spirit, and no one dared to stop him. Xie Xuanji and Jiang Mingwei stepped aside to clear the way, and saluted: "I respectfully send my brother and sister-in-law."
Mu Mingtang nodded slightly and said, "Today, King Lao Jin and Princess Jin are busy, running for us all afternoon. The prince is not in good health. I have to accompany the prince back to drink medicine first, so I won't send the two of you."
Xie Xuanji bowed his head more and more and said, "I dare not. The second brother's condition is critical, and the younger brother and his wife retire."
Mu Mingtang snorted and instructed Xiang Nanchun: "You will send King Jin and Princess Jin out later. The road is dark, so be careful to drop the two."
There is no need to expect good words from Mu Mingtang's mouth. Xie Xuanji is used to it, and he still respectfully sends Mu Mingtang and Xie Xuanchen out. After the two of them left, Xie Xuanji glanced at Zuzuo, who immediately bowed and said, "Don't worry, King Jin, the villain understands the importance and will never gossip."
"It's good if you understand." Xie Xuanji warned coldly, and took someone back to the next door.
And after Mu Mingtang and Xie Xuanchen returned to the room, they kept ignoring them, as if nothing happened in the afternoon. Mu Mingtang called the imperial physician over as usual, and after examining Xie Xuanchen's pulse, he turned his back and took out the aroma ball at noon to show the imperial physician.
In Mu Mingtang's hand is a copper incense ball with flower and bird patterns, which looks the same as before. Mu Mingtang asked, "The imperial physician, what spices are in this?"
The imperial physician took it and smelled it, and said, "Princess Qi, there is incense of agarwood in it, which has the effect of invigorating qi and relieving pain, absorbing qi and relieving asthma."
Mu Mingtang snorted and asked, "Is there any harm in hearing it for a long time?"
"This... Wei Chen has never heard of it. However, this kind of spice is very precious. It is often used by the public and officials, and it is also available in the palace all year round. Wei Chen has practiced medicine for many years, and I have never heard of anyone having any discomfort with agarwood incense."
Mu Mingtang showed a relieved look, smiled and gave the imperial physician a reward, and then asked the maid to come in and send the imperial physician back.
After the maid sent the imperial doctor out, the room was empty and silent. Mu Mingtang lowered his head and slowly turned the copper incense ball with flower and bird patterns in his hand.
The pattern is exactly the same, but this one is too new.
Mu Mingtang raised his eyebrows slightly, Xie Xuanchen guessed that person's mind, and sure enough, he guessed it right.
In the evening, after Mu Mingtangyu washed, he quickly pulled up the outermost tent. Xie Xuanchen was sitting at the table looking at something, but suddenly he felt that the light was dim. He looked up and saw Mu Mingtang's movements, with a smile that was not a smile: "Madam, what do you want to do in such a hurry?"
Mu Mingtang glared at him and said hoarsely, "Stop talking nonsense and go to bed."