In the study room, Zhuge Huai's face was solemn, and he said to Zhuge Yue in a deep voice: "Fourth brother, what do you think of this matter?"
The room was silent, without any sound. Zhuge Huai frowned, and softly called to Zhuge Yue who was frowning as if thinking about something: "Fourth brother?"
"Huh?" Zhuge Yue raised his head and said absent-mindedly, "Prince Yan's mansion is doomed, Yan Xun is in danger."
"Well, I think so too." Zhuge Huai nodded and said, "The King Yan's mansion is so attractive that it is a thorn in the eyes of the big clans. The Batuha family in the western fiefdom has been coveting the land of Yanbei for a long time. Eighty-nine will be thrown on Prince Yan's head. In addition, the master in the Shengjin Palace has always preferred to trust outsiders rather than trust his own brother."
At this time, I suddenly heard the voices of people outside, noisy and noisy. Zhuge Huai frowned, and said loudly, "Zhu Yong, what's going on outside? It's so noisy."
"Reporting to Eldest Young Master, it was the voice from the Taoran Courtyard. It seems that the Seventh Madam and the singing girl Tao Xiang had quarreled, and the third and fourth wives rushed away."
Zhuge Huai's eyes sank, and he said impatiently: "I don't know what it means to refuse to stop for a day."
Zhuge Yue acted as if he hadn't heard of it, and didn't speak to him, he took a sip from the tea cup and bowed his head in silence.
"Eldest Young Master, Third Madam invited you and Fourth Young Master to Tao Ran Yuan, saying that there is something urgent for you to deal with."
Zhuge Huai was slightly angry immediately, and said: "Why do you want me and my fourth brother to go, isn't it shameful enough? Tell them, I don't have time."
"Eldest young master, the third lady has asked for a family law to... kill Miss Taoxiang from Taoranyuan."
Zhuge Yue put down the teacup, stood up, and said, "Brother, let's just go, maybe there is something urgent."
Zhuge Huai let out a long sigh, and followed him out of the study.
There was a sound of cursing in Taoran courtyard, and the wives of each room will come on stage after you sing, and the quarrel is extremely enjoyable. It's just that there was a hint of schadenfreude in the anger: this little slut who confused the master so much that he didn't know the north, south, east, and west, finally has today.
Mrs. Seven stood proudly in the middle of the yard, sneered at Tao Xiang, who was disheveled, and said, "I really can't see that this kind of corrupt family style will also happen in our Zhuge Mansion. The master has always treated you well, but you reciprocate like this, really shameless!"
The third lady is dressed in brocade firefox. She is in her thirties and has been well maintained. She looks graceful and luxurious. She said with a regretful face: "Taoxiang, when the master left, I said that I would let you into the room after I came back, but you did such an outrageous thing, even my wife can't tolerate you today."
"Sister, why are you talking nonsense to her? In my opinion, I can beat him to death with a stick, and there is no need to dirty our Zhuge's place."
Tao Xiang's face was pale, she knelt on the ground with her hands folded over her chest, her clothes were disheveled, her eyes were dull, her whole body was trembling constantly. From time to time, she glanced at the man next to her, only to see that the man was shaking like chaff, his face was blue, and he was worse than herself.
What Zhuge Yue saw when he entered Tao Ran Yuan was such a chaotic scene. After listening to Mrs. Seven's narration like asking for credit, the fourth young master of Zhuge's family frowned suddenly, his eyes flashed sharply, and his mind started to work rapidly.
"Young master!" Seeing Zhuge Huai, Zhu Shun saw Zhuge Huai immediately as if seeing a life-saving straw, crying and rushing forward, snotting and crying loudly, "She was the one who seduced me first, she was the one who passed on the message to me. Let me come here. As soon as I came in, she took off her clothes to seduce me. The slave remembers the kindness of the master and the young master to the slave, and his mind is full of devotion to the Zhuge family. How can he do such a rebellious act? The matter? The slave resisted desperately, so he didn't follow this bitch's will. The slave was wronged, and the slave didn't know it beforehand!"
"You! Do you have a conscience? It's obviously you..."
"You dare to quibble!" With a crisp slap, Mrs. Seven slapped Tao Xiang's face, and said with a sneer, "A bitch is a bitch, and she dared to use the following tricks to assassinate me, and finally lifted a stone and smashed it. Your own feet are to blame!"
"Fourth brother! Why are you going?" Zhuge Huai was stunned for a moment, seeing Zhuge Yue turn his head and leave, he quickly called out in doubt.
"Brother, I have something urgent to do, and I will come back to you later."
After hastily saying a few words, the young Zhuge Yue left the Taoran Courtyard and hurried towards the Qingshan Courtyard.
He pushed open the gate of Qingshan Courtyard with a bang, Huan'er and a few maidservants were watering the orchids in the flower garden, seeing Zhuge Yue, he hurriedly stepped aside and saluted respectfully. Zhuge Yue didn't even look at them, he kept walking towards the lower room, and asked as he walked, "Where did Xing'er go? Who watched it?"
"Xing'er said she was not feeling well, so she went back to her room and lay down." A little maid said.
Huan'er next to her was afraid that Xing'er would be punished, so she hurriedly said: "She bought us a new tea for a day, and she just went back."
With a gloomy expression, Zhuge Yue strode towards Chu Qiao's room. Yue Qi followed and said in a low voice: "Xing'er has indeed been busy in the small kitchen all day, and my subordinates didn't see her go out."
With a bang, the door was pushed open, and Zhuge Yue barged in with a dark face, only to see the child lying pale on the bed, as if he was really sick.
Zhuge Yue was slightly dazed, he didn't expect her to be in the room, but for some reason, seeing her lying there, he felt relieved, as if he had dropped a big rock, and felt a little more inexplicably relieved .
"Fourth young master?" The child hugged the quilt and sat up in astonishment, his voice sounded like he had just woken up, "Did Xing'er do something wrong?"
Zhuge Yue was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head, a little embarrassed, "No, Huan'er said you were ill, come in and have a look."
"Oh." The child nodded, "The young master brought so many people to see Xing'er, Xing'er thank you young master."
Zhuge Yue's face turned red immediately, he was at a loss, but he didn't know what to say, so he stood where he was, cleared his throat, and coughed.
Seeing Zhuge Yue's embarrassment, Zhu Cheng hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over, "Xing'er, the young master has come to see you, why don't you get up quickly?"
The child was stunned for a moment, showing nervousness, biting his lips lightly, but did not move.
Zhuge Yue's eyes turned cold, and he became suspicious. Today's matter took a lot of trouble. If she wanted to avoid layers of secret whistles, she had to sneak carefully, so the clothes she was wearing would definitely leave traces. He hurried back when he heard the news, so he shouldn't be much slower than those who planned secretly. With her appearance like this, is there anything wrong with this layer of quilt
"Xing'er," Zhuge Yue stepped forward slowly, fixed his eyes on the child's face, and said in a deep voice, "Pour me a cup of tea."
The child looked terrified, bit his lip and said: "Young master, can you go out first, Xing'er will wait... I will get up and serve later."
"No." Zhuge Yue walked to the bedside, grabbed the thin brocade quilt on the child's body with his slender fingers, approached the child's big eyes with his dark eyes, and said word by word, "I want to drink now."
An exclamation of "Ah" suddenly sounded, and everyone was stunned, and shouts of surprise followed one after another. On the small bed, the thin child hugged his knees tightly, buried his face deep in the crook of his arms, his shoulders trembled, his long black hair was scattered on his shoulders, and he was not even an inch. thread!
Zhuge Yue grabbed the quilt and was a little dazed for a moment. After a long time, Zhuge Yue's handsome face suddenly turned red, he turned around abruptly, and shouted angrily at the wide-eyed servants: "What are you looking at? Get out!"
The servants left the room one after another as if waking up from a dream.
Zhuge Yue threw the quilt onto Chu Qiao, his tone was not as calm as before, and he said impatiently, "Put on your clothes quickly!"
It was very quiet behind him, and there was a low sobbing sound slowly. Zhuge Yue frowned, and he didn't know who he was angry with, so he said impatiently, "Forget it, you'd better lie down."
Then he strode out of the room, and the door was slammed shut with a bang. The child in the room raised his head, his face was indifferent, his eyes were calm, and there was no trace of sadness. Chu Qiao lifted the mattress under her body, and she mercilessly threw the soiled clothes on the ground.
Zhuge Yue was really vigilant enough, the speed was so fast that she didn't even have time to get dressed.
But that's good, no one will dare to enter her room this afternoon, so she will have more time to do the next thing.
The child lowered his head and smiled lightly, there was a somewhat gloomy look on his young face.
It's time to pay off the bill.
Just after changing clothes, there was a knock on the door. Huan'er ran in excitedly, said with a smile, "Xing'er, there is good news, do you want to hear it?"
Chu Qiao is small, sitting on a high chair with her legs not touching the ground, she poured a cup of tea and took a sip dignifiedly, "Speak."
"Xing'er!" The little maid pouted unhappily, "Do you want to hear it or not? You don't show any excitement at all."
Chu Qiao pursed her lips and smiled, "You can say it if you want to, and you will say it if you don't want to hear it."
"Hmph, I don't care about you, but this time it's really good news." Huan'er smiled, "The steward Zhu from the outer palace had an affair with a newly favored singer from the inner palace, and was caught by the Seventh Madam. Then, even the third lady and the eldest young master were alarmed. That singer has already been thrown into a well, and Butler Zhu has also been beaten fifty times. How is it, good news, right?"
The hand holding the teacup froze for a moment, Chu Qiao sat on the chair, her eyes narrowed slowly, quietly covering up all her emotions and sharpness, she nodded and said, "Sure enough, it's good news."
Huan'er said angrily: "That's right, Zhu Shun usually bullies others. Which of us servants has never been angry with him? Just say that the reason why your children from the Jing family are sent to the old man is that he can't get rid of them." Relationship. Being beaten up today can be regarded as an eye-opener for us to let out the anger in our hearts."
Chu Qiao's complexion remained unchanged, her voice was soothing, with a few traces of deliberately suppressed deepness, "Having an affair with a concubine singer, such a crime has only been punished by 50 bills, it's too childish."
"Who said it wasn't?" Huan'er said, "Just now the Seventh Madam was so angry that she came to find the Fourth Young Master to comment, but it's a pity that our Young Master has always been unwilling to take care of these matters, and the Da Furen and the Master are not in the mansion, everything is said by the Eldest Young Master It’s up to you. Zhu Shun belongs to the young master again, alas.”
Chu Qiao nodded, and said slowly: "Okay, I understand, Huan'er, thank you for telling me."
Huan'er saw that there was something wrong with her complexion, her voice could not help but slow down, she was a little embarrassed, and said uneasily: "Xing'er, are you feeling unwell, let me go find a doctor for you?"