"Really?" Zhao Jingyu raised her eyebrows slightly, looked back at Zhao Jingping who was splashing in the water, and shouted in surprise: "Brother, is it really you?"
Zhao Jingping was choked by the water and could not speak. He could only wave his hands desperately to ask Zhao Jingyu to pull him up quickly.
Zhao Jingyu suppressed laughter and asked Xie Nanjia in a leisurely manner: "Do you want to save him?"
Xie Nanjia knew that this man was pretending. It was not that he didn't recognize Zhao Jingping. He clearly wanted to take this opportunity to tease his brother.
"Whether you want to save me or not, it's none of my business." She walked away with a cold face.
Zhao Jingyu: "..."
This woman is so angry that even heroes who save beauty have no effect on her.
He ordered Wei Jun to stay and rescue Zhao Jingping, and he ran off to chase Xie Nanjia.
"Xiu'er, look at you, you've been angry for a few days. Women tend to age when they're angry. What should you do if you get sick when you're angry?"
Xie Nanjia just walked away without even looking back.
Zhao Jingyu sighed, caught up with her in three steps and two steps, stretched out his hand and grabbed her clothes: "Xiu'er, listen to my explanation."
Xie Nanjia stopped and glanced at him coldly: "As expected of brothers, the same color!"
Even the methods of attracting people are exactly the same.
Zhao Jingyu said sternly: "I am different from him. He is innocent, but I am sincere."
"Sincerely?" Xie Nanjia sneered and teased, "There are so many beauties in your courtyard, which one are you not sincere to?"
When she said this, she only thought that she was older than Zhao Zhao Jingyu, and thought that there was nothing wrong with what she said. However, she did not know that she was only fifteen years old now. No matter how stable she was on the inside, her appearance was inevitably a bit childish, especially when there was a person who seemed to be behind her. With her angry and resentful eyes, she looks like a sour and coquettish little girl.
"..." Zhao Jingyu laughed, raised his hand to hold her chin, and looked at her with interest, "Are you jealous?"
Xie Nanjia was stunned by his question, then blushed, knocked his hand away, said "inexplicable" in shame, then turned around and ran away.
Zhao Jingyu caught her wrist in time and smiled like a fox that had eaten two old hens. "Why are you running away? Are you angry because I told you what I meant?"
Xie Nanjia's heart was pounding and she struggled desperately to break free from his grasp.
Zhao Jingyu became more and more sure of his guess, and took her into his arms with force, wrapping his hands tightly around her waist: "It's not shameful for me to like the young master, so why don't I dare to admit it?"
"I didn't." Xie Nanjia defended in vain, "I'm just angry that you treat me like an object for your woman to admire. You already have so many beauties, why bother bothering me anymore, let me go quickly..."
The two of them were too close, and the ambergris on Zhao Jingyu's body penetrated her nose in strands. He was as domineering and unreasonable as he himself, causing her to be in chaos.
Zhao Jingyu not only refused to let her go, but also kept challenging her bottom line: "If you don't like me, why don't you stab me with a hairpin? Just now you were planning to stab Zhao Jingping to death."
He spoke provocative and teasing words, but his peach-blossom eyes held infinite affection. Under his gaze, Xie Nanjia's blush spread from her cheeks to her ears and neck, burning deep into her collar, and he held her waist. The hands on her body were like soldering irons, sending scorching heat into the seams between her skin and bones.
Xie Nanjia had difficulty breathing and felt like she was about to suffocate. She didn't like this feeling, so she lay on Zhao Jingyu's shoulder and bit her hard.
Zhao Jingyu felt pain and subconsciously let go of her hand.
Xie Nanjia pushed him away and ran away.
Zhao Jingyu did not pursue him, but looked at the slender figure holding up the train of her skirt and running away like a frightened little rabbit, covering her shoulders and laughing.
He's just a little rabbit. He bites people when he's anxious. Last time he bit his left shoulder, this time he bit his right shoulder. It was quite symmetrical.
Zhao Jingyu was in a good mood and went to find Cheng Zhiye happily, completely forgetting about her brother who was thrown into the water.
When Wei Jun saw that the second young master was gone, he hurriedly handed Zhao Jingping to the guard who was following him in the dark and asked him to send him back. He put on his wet clothes and chased the second young master.
He is a personal bodyguard and must be with the Second Young Master at all times.
Zhao Jingping soaked in water and was frightened. He fell ill when he returned home. He had a fever for several days and talked nonsense. He almost scared Qin to death. He invited an imperial doctor to diagnose and treat him. He drank more than a dozen decoctions before he got better.
At first, Zhao Jingyu's people sent Zhao Jingping back and only said that the prince had slipped and fell into the pool. Although she had doubts, she did not think much about it. After Zhao Jingping recovered, she accidentally let it slip and she realized that her son had been killed. Zhao Jingyu threw it in.
Qin was furious and asked Zhao Jingping about the cause and effect. Zhao Jingping did not dare to tell the truth, so he lied and said that Zhao Jingyu was playing tricks on him.
When Qin heard it, it was no longer just a joke. She thought that Zhao Jingyu wanted to kill her brother and replace him, so she immediately went to the front yard to make a big fuss with the Marquis of Dingyuan, asking the Marquis to punish Zhao Jingyu no matter what. crime.
Marquis Dingyuan was so annoyed by her that he could do nothing, so he had to call Zhao Jingyu to the front yard, beat him up a few times without any pain, and punished him to stay in Xikuoyuan for three months.
The Qin family was very dissatisfied with this. She believed that Marquis Dingyuan favored Zhao Jingyu and insisted on increasing the punishment. Unexpectedly, this angered the old lady. The old lady did not defend Zhao Jingyu openly. She only said that the reason why the prince was not upright all day long. , he just needed a powerful wife to take care of him, so he asked someone to find a matchmaker to marry Zhao Jingping.
The Qin family was completely panicked now. If the old lady interfered in the prince's marriage, it would be even harder for Wanru to marry her.
She had no time to care about Zhao Jingyu's punishment and hurriedly went to discuss countermeasures with Aunt Cao.
As a result, Zhao Jingyu was not banned for three days and began to wander around the house again.
He first went to visit the old lady and thanked her for rescuing him.
Although the old lady loved him, she couldn't help scolding him, blaming him for throwing the prince into the water. Human life was at stake, so how could it be a child's play? Fortunately, the prince was fine. If someone had done something wrong, no one could have saved him.
At that time, Zhao Lanzhi and Xie Nanjia were both at the old lady's place. Zhao Jingyu was scolded by the old lady for half an hour, but she didn't confess to Xie Nanjia.
Unexpectedly, Xie Nanjiafei was not only ungrateful to him, but also didn't even look at him during the whole process, completely treating him as if he didn't exist.
Zhao Jingyu was convinced that she was interested in him, so he was not angry at all and continued to hang out under her nose every day.
The old lady's illness has recovered, but through this period of time together, she developed a relationship with Zhao Lanzhi, and Zhao Lanzhi comes to talk to her every day.
Xie Nanjia sometimes accompanied her here, and sometimes found some excuses to let Suhe accompany her, while he made time to see the painting studio.
She conveyed Lu Liu's words that day to the painting studio, but the painting studio refused to believe it, saying that Lu Liu wanted to use Xie Nanjia to achieve the purpose of becoming the prince's wife. Those words were all lies.
She said to Xie Nanjia: "You have only known her for a few days, and you don't know her at all. I have served the lady with her for many years. I will not misjudge her. You said you would kill her for me, and now because of her After just a few words, I was shaken. Are you going to help her or me?"
Both of them were her most caring girls. Xie Nanjia didn’t help anyone, she was the one who was killed. She was more eager to find out the real murderer than the painting studio. If Luliu hadn’t told her the secret, she wouldn’t have believed it. According to Luliu, her thoughts have changed since she learned the secret.
Apart from anything else, she at least had to trust her mother's vision. Her mother was in charge of the entire general's palace and had never made any mistakes in identifying and employing people. The reason why she told Luliu this secret meant that she was right. Luliu is trustworthy and trustworthy, and Luliu has followed her in the Hou Mansion for nearly three years and has always firmly guarded this secret and never revealed it to anyone, including herself. This alone is enough to prove that she reliable.
Would such a green willow kill her master just to be a concubine for an incompetent prince
She didn't believe it.
Secondly, Hualou said that Luliu had made things difficult for her many times and wanted to drive her out of the house, but Luliu said that she wanted to prevent Hualou from going through this muddy water. She said that Hualou was too honest and there was no need for revenge. It's not suitable for her. She wants the painting studio to go far away and not be involved in this matter. The reason why she doesn't dare to tell the truth to the painting studio is because she is afraid that the painting studio will be reluctant to leave after knowing the truth.
Regarding this matter, Xie Nanjia is also more inclined to believe Lu Liu. Hua Lou is too kind and simple, and is not a cruel person at all. From the day she died, Hua Lou identified Lu Liu as the murderer, but Lu Liu remained alive. Well, this shows that Hua Lou is not a murderer at all. On the contrary, with Lu Liu's character, if she really turns against Hua Lou, it may not be as simple as just driving her away.
But Hua Lou is stubborn. No matter what she says, he just refuses to believe her. For this reason, she can only find a way to find the real murderer first to eliminate Hua Lou's misunderstanding of Luliu.
Of course, everything is possible, and she can't completely believe in Luliu. She still has to be very vigilant until she finds out the truth.
Luliu said she suspected her two aunts and Qin's nephew, so she went to Luliu to discuss strategies and checked the four people one by one to see if Luliu's suspicions were accurate.
Now that Qin Wanru has returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, it is not that convenient to investigate. As Mrs. Hou, Mrs. Qin cannot be easily approached. After discussion, they decided to start the investigation from Aunt Xue.
Just at this time, the old lady was making arrangements to marry Zhao Jingping, and she also claimed that she wanted to find a powerful stepmother who could take care of Zhao Jingping. Luliu was worried about this, fearing that a powerful stepmother would be detrimental to the young master, so he begged Xie Nanjia again, Ask her to help him become the crown prince's wife no matter what.
Xie Nanjia said: "Your suspicion has not been cleared, and Zhao Jingping is not a lifelong lover, so I can't help you. The only thing I can do for you is to prevent Zhao Jingping from getting a wife."
Luliu expressed doubts: "It's the old lady's intention to marry him. How can you, a little girl, stop her?"
Xie Nanjia smiled slightly: "You will know when the time comes."
(End of chapter)