Boom boom boom!
Chun Zhi knocked on the door, and said softly: "Master, it's time to eat, you didn't eat lunch, you should have some dinner, the dining room made your favorite sea bass."
grunt~
Qiao Wei's stomach growled inappropriately. After sleeping in the cabinet for so long, she was also very hungry.
Fortunately, Chunzhi's voice was loud enough to cover the growling in her stomach.
Qiao Wei opened Wangshu's small purse, almond cake, five kernel cake, chestnut cake, peanut milk candy...
Qiao Wei raised her eyebrows, squeezed a piece of peanut lactose into her mouth, it was so sweet!
"Master, are you asleep, master?" Chunzhi didn't wait for Ji Shangqing's response, and boldly continued to ask a few more words, "It's cold, can I add a quilt for you?"
Why don't you just say that the servants will warm your bed
Qiao Wei yawned. The two maids beside her little stepmother, Qiuping, were plain-looking, honest and loyal to her little stepmother without any second thoughts. The face of the people's heart, the dress is not ostentatious, but she is cautious everywhere, and knows how to be gentle and considerate. If she is a man, after a long time, I am afraid that she will not be able to escape the gentleness of this little girl.
But her father-in-law is as incomprehensible as a piece of wood, which really failed the kindness of the little stepmother.
Chunzhi knocked on the door a few more times: "Master, I'll bring you a quilt, I'm coming in."
Ji Shangqing didn't speak, Qiao Wei looked at his back, and could vaguely feel the coldness on his body, and Chunzhi didn't know all this.
Haruka opened the door.
There was only a small oil lamp in the room, and the light was dim. Ji Shangqing sat under the oil lamp with a stern face.
This is a middle-aged man. The years have left traces on his face, but it doesn't make people feel old, but adds a bit of maturity.
Just looking at it, Chunzhi's face turned red.
She spread the quilt on the bed behind the screen, and walked out slowly. That elegant and gentle appearance, in Qiao Wei's opinion, was actually a bit like a little stepmother.
It seems that this girl is not too stupid, knowing that Ji Shangqing is good for this one, but although her appearance is considered excellent, compared with the little stepmother, it is still more than a star and a half behind.
It's fine if she doesn't imitate, once she imitates, she becomes a mere imitator.
"Master, what are you looking at?" She stepped forward gently.
But when he was a few steps away from Ji Shangqing, Ji Shangqing stopped him coldly: "Go out and call your master over."
Chun Zhi was startled for a moment, then lowered his head in disappointment: "Yes, master."
Qiao Wei's eyes lit up, a good show is about to begin!
Xun Lan probably didn't know why Ji Shangqing called her, so she walked in lightly, with a gentle look on her face: "Shang Qing, did you call me?"
Just listening to the voice made Qiao Wei's heart melt. She is a woman and she really wants to suppress her. No wonder her father-in-law is so fascinated by this woman. But since he is so obsessed, if something like this happens, will the father-in-law believe it or not
Ji Shangqing glanced at her indifferently, the coldness in his eyes made Xun Lan pause slightly: "Shang Qing, what's wrong with you?"
Ji Shangqing pushed the letter on the table to her hand.
The envelope was written personally by Xun.
The familiar handwriting somehow made Xun Shi think of Sun Xun. The bookcase was facing the little stepmother. Qiao Wei looked at the little stepmother's expression from the crack of the door. She calmly picked up the envelope, took out the letter paper, and read it slowly. From the beginning to the end, his expression didn't change much.
Qiao Wei was overwhelmed with admiration. It is not without some ability to win the trust of everyone in Ji's family for so long.
"What do you want to say?" Ji Shangqing asked solemnly.
Xun Lan folded the letter paper, stuffed it back into the envelope, and said in a low voice, "Are you asking my teacher to ask me for a crime just because of a letter?"
Ji Shangqing said in a deep voice: "Why didn't you say that you and Sun Xun had been in a relationship? When I went to visit you...you didn't say a word!"
Did father-in-law go to Suzhou to visit his little stepmother? Hearing father-in-law's gnashing of teeth tone, it seems that in Gusu, what happened to the two of them? It is impossible to do something that is too out of the ordinary, and there should always be some eyebrows.
If this is the case, the little stepmother is undoubtedly committing suicide.
Stepping on two boats, which man can bear it
Xun Lan's eyelashes trembled, she squeezed the envelope tightly and said, "I have no affair with him."
"It's written clearly in the letter that he will meet you privately every night!"
Xun Lan said: "Is it my fault that he comes to bother me every night?"
"You can say it!" Ji Shangqing clenched her fist.
There was a hint of grievance in Xun Lan's eyes: "Who are you telling? Is it you, the Ji family, or my uncle and aunt? Didn't you also want me at the time? What's the use of me saying it? My uncle and aunt only I want to get the betrothal gift from the Sun family earlier, so I don't care if Mr. Sun has come to bother me day and night. Let me say, I am a weak woman, how dare I say it?"
Ji Shangqing was choked speechless.
Qiao Wei shook her head, Oscar owed her little stepmother a queen, this just right grievance almost hurt her heart.
Father-in-law, hold on!
Ji Shangqing said: "Then you shouldn't hide it from me!"
Xun Lan said: "I thought about telling you, but the deceased is already dead, why should I discuss his rights and wrongs?"
"It's good to discuss his right and wrong?"
Ji Wan's sarcastic voice came from the corridor, Qiao Wei glanced sideways, and saw Ji Wan stepping gracefully across the threshold, her noble head was raised up, like a proud peacock, she swept lightly She glanced at Xun Lan, snatched the letter from Xun Lan's hand, opened it, and said sarcastically as she read it: "A girl from a scholarly family can't even understand a few sentences? It's clearly written on it. , "Appreciate the moon and go boating, hold the hand of the son, the scenery of the lake and the mountains is not as good as Qing, I don't know when I can swim with you again." They all kissed me and went on a boat, and said that Sun Gongzi was entangled with wishful thinking? He ran into You Xianggui, you are powerless to stop him, how can you go out with him, and you will be tied out by him?"
Xun Lan's perfect expression finally froze for a moment, but soon, he said calmly: "I have never gone out with him, the Xun family knows that I have been back to the mansion for two years, and I have never stepped out of the mansion. .”
"Really?" Ji Wan looked outside the door, "Mr. Kang, some people are stubborn and refuse to tell the truth. Why don't you tell me whether Mr. Sun and my stepmother ever went out together?"
Kang Min walked in, and bowed first to Ji Shangqing who was sitting on the seat. He is a martial arts practitioner, and he noticed a person hidden in the bookcase at a glance, but the other person's breath was familiar, so he did not act rashly. Then, he saw Xun Lan turned to the side.
This was the first time he saw Xun Lan's real face. He always heard Mr. Sun praise how beautiful his fiancée was, but he never believed it. Now that he saw him, he understood why Sun Xun was fascinated by her.
Ji Wan is also beautiful, but too sharp. Qiao Wei's beauty has a domineering arrogance that looks down on the world. Men still prefer this kind of woman who is as gentle as water and can treat herself like an emperor.
Kang Min lost his mind for a moment, but soon he came back to his senses, and said to Ji Shangqing: "I am a friend of Mr. Sun, and I can prove that the contents of the letter are true. Mr. Sun once chartered a Yangzi ship. It was the only time the two of them came out for a private meeting on the painting boat at the river. We all wanted to see Miss Xun's true face, so we quietly rented a small painting boat and followed them. It wasn't until midnight that Mr. Sun sent Ms. Xun back to Xun's mansion. He entered through the wall, so the Xun family didn't know about it.
In the middle of the night, Mr. Sun was so excited that he couldn't sleep, so he called the rest of us onto the boat and drank and had fun all night. That was the last time Mr. Sun saw Ms. Xun, and it was also the last time we saw Mr. Sun. After that night, Mr. Sun went back to Sun's house and waited for the wedding in peace. "
Ji Wan frowned suspiciously, and a flash of light flashed in her mind: "Didn't you say that Mr. Sun and some of your friends had smallpox strangely? Could it be that they caught it on the boat that night?"
Kang Min was slightly taken aback: "When you say that, I do think of one thing!"
It was after Sun Gongzi sent Xun Lan back to Xun's house. Because Sun Gongzi finally kissed Fangze, he was so excited that he wanted to roll on the ground, and called them to the painting boat to show off. Then I went to the bow to blow the air.
At that time, there was a boatman who was wrapped up tightly. Although they thought it was strange to dress like this on a hot day, they didn't bother to ask. They fell asleep on the deck behind, and he vaguely remembered that the boatman carried them one by one. wing.
At dawn, they woke up, but the boatman had disappeared.
But, who would care about a boatman
If Ji Wan didn't ask, Kang Min would probably never think of that boatman in his life.
Ji Wan said firmly: "It's the boatman! The boatman was infected with smallpox, and he infected you with smallpox while you were asleep!"
Qiao Wei rubbed her chin. No wonder the little stepmother, who also had a close relationship with Sun Gongzi, didn't contract smallpox. She did it after she left. In this way, everything has a reasonable explanation.
Ji Wan looked at Xun Lan indifferently: "Now you have nothing to say?"
Xun Lan said: "I don't understand what you are talking about at all."
Ji Wan said: "There are all witnesses and material evidence, so it's useless for you to be stubborn."
Xun Lan said lightly: "Your so-called witness is to find someone I've never met before, and accuse me of something I haven't done?"
Ji Wan laughed sarcastically, and said: "If you really haven't done anything, why should I accuse you? Have you offended me? Have you robbed me of my property? Have you already divided the property that I should have? I got it, I shouldn't get it, even if you die, I won't get a dime, I'm out of my mind, so I will risk offending my father and come to expose your shortcoming?"
What Ji Wan said was right, there was no conflict of interest between the Xun family and her, and the Xun family had always treated Ji Wan kindly. There was really no need for Ji Wan to slander Xun Lan. What good
If it was said that Ji Wan was jealous that Xun Lan had taken the position of Princess Zhaoming, then she shouldn't have waited until Xun Lan's position in Ji's family had been stabilized before coming to Xun Lan to make trouble.
You must know that Ji Wan has had countless opportunities to make things difficult for Xun Lan in the past few years, but she has never done so.
If Xun Lan hadn't really done something wrong, why would Ji Wan be here
Xun Lan clenched her fingers tightly.
Ji Wan chuckled, raised her hand to stroke her temples, and said wantonly: "You deceived my father's feelings first, and then deliberately murdered Mr. Sun and his innocent friends. People like you really don't deserve to be my father." Wife! But my father has too much affection for you, and I'm afraid one thing can't chill him. Fortunately, you cooperated enough to do more than one thing."
With that said, Ji Wan looked outside the door: "Yuejin, Mr. Hu, you can come in now."
Not just anyone can enter the Ji family, even Ji Wan can't bring three or five strangers in and out of the mansion arbitrarily, it is the old lady who is in charge to bring people in smoothly.
Yuejin and Uncle Hu each explained what they knew, which was no different from what they said to Mrs. Ji.
Ji Shangqing's aura gradually condensed.
Qiao Wei could feel his shock and anger, and sighed secretly that the old lady was really afraid of hurting her son's heart, so she only told a small part of the truth, and at the same time rejoiced that although Ji Wan was soft-hearted, she didn't lose the chain at the critical moment.
After Yuejin and Uncle Hu explained all the information, Ji Shangqing didn't know when the brush in his hand had broken into two pieces.
"That's the fact. It's not a coincidence that Mr. Sun's smallpox, Mr. Yuan's elopement with the brothel peony, or Mr. Zhou's sudden death on his wedding night. Before Mr. Sun's accident, he met the Xun family. When Mr. Zhou died suddenly, Mr. Yuan has never seen her, but Mudan has seen someone, even if that person is not the Xun family, he must be inextricably related to the Xun family." Ji Wan said, watching To Ji Shangqing, "Father, that's all I've said. It's up to you to believe it or not. Anyway, I'm married. The affairs of the Ji family have nothing to do with me. At worst, I don't see it for nothing." , I won’t come back in the future!”
Ji Shangqing looked complicated.
Ji Wan looked at Kang Min and the others, then at Xun Lan, and said unceremoniously: "These witnesses were hunted down on the way here. I don't know if it's a coincidence or someone already knew that I was investigating her. The bottom line. If it's a coincidence, it probably won't happen again."
Xun Lan lowered her eyes and quietly tugged at the handkerchief in her hand.
Ji Wan looked at Ji Shangqing again: "Father, what else do you want to ask them? If not, I'll take them down first."
Ji Shangqing seemed to be extremely tired in an instant, raised his hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "Go down."
Ji Wan turned around and left with Kang Min and the others.
When he was about to cross the threshold, Ji Shangqing stopped Ji Wan: "Why are you checking these all of a sudden?"
"Why doesn't it matter?" Ji Wan paused, raised her hand to touch her still flat belly, "I'm pregnant, this time, I don't want to have another miscarriage."
Ji Shangqing looked at Ji Wan in astonishment, but Ji Wan stepped out of Tongyuan without saying anything.
The maids in Tongyuan didn't know what happened, the master suddenly called his wife to the study, and the aunt rushed into the study with a few poor civilians. In the yard, he stared at the study, wanting to know what happened inside.
"Shang Qing." Xun Lan gently held Ji Shangqing's hand.
Ji Shangqing took her hand away with complicated emotions: "What does Wanwan's last sentence mean?"
Xun Lan shook her head: "I don't know."
Ji Shangqing held back and said, "Do you not know or don't want to say?"
Xun Lan said softly, "I really don't know."
Looking at those gentle eyes, Ji Shangqing once couldn't help being indulged, but at this moment, it made people shudder: "You can't do these things alone, who is that person?"
Xun Lan squatted down, touched his leg with one hand, and looked up at him reverently: "I didn't do anything, I don't know."
Ji Shangqing avoided those gentle eyes, turned his face away, looked into the dark corner, and said slowly: "On the way back to Beijing, the group of robbers I met was not accidental?!"
"Shang Qing." Xun Lan looked at him hurtfully, "You don't believe me that much?"
Ji Shangqing said awkwardly: "It was because I believed in you that I married you in. I treated you like Zhaoming, but in the end... only to find out that you have been deceiving me! How many things have you done without telling me?!"
"Shang Qing..."
Ji Shangqing took away her hand on his lap and stood up: "You disappoint me so much."
Xun Lan grabbed his arm: "Shang Qing..."
Ji Shangqing withdrew his arm and looked at her indifferently: "I give you two choices, hand over that person, or leave Ji's house."
Xun Lan's complexion changed, and a trace of panic appeared in her eyes: "Shang Qing."
The little stepmother's complexion finally changed. It seems that she has no weaknesses. She tried her best to marry into the Ji family, and finally got the status she has today. Once she leaves the Ji family, she will lose everything.
But she couldn't easily betray that person, she firmly insisted that she was innocent, if she handed over that accomplice, wouldn't it be the same as admitting that she really made a mistake? So she can't hand it over, but if she doesn't, Ji Shangqing will drive her out of Ji's house again.
What is a dilemma, this is it.
Little stepmother, little stepmother, when I gave my aunt a five-day happy hour, I never thought that I would have today, right
"You have one night, and I want the answer in the morning."
After Ji Shangqing finished speaking, he put the scroll back into the cabinet and left the study without looking back.
Xun Lan remained silent in the room for a long time, then turned off the oil lamp and left the room.
Qiao Wei hurriedly pushed open the cabinet door, stretched her legs, and rubbed them fiercely. After her numb legs regained consciousness, she tiptoed and opened the upper cabinet door.
There are many portraits in the cabinet, but only one still has Ji Shangqing's body temperature.
Qiao Wei opened the portrait.
She is a dignified and gentle girl, smiling shyly among the flowers.
At the age of fourteen or fifteen, like cardamom, there is a hint of inadvertent charm in the greenness.
But the most unforgettable thing is the pair of gentle eyes, so gentle that it is almost beautiful.
Qiao Wei has never met her mother, but she thought, if her mother is the most gentle woman in the world, probably... she should also have such eyes, right