Lin Jingmo was stunned for a moment, looked at Shang Shixu blankly, and asked: "So... you were actually always there on the night of the Qiqiao Festival?"
"Yes." Shang Shixu nodded and continued: "I saw you here begging Empress Qiqiao to grant us a marriage, and I also saw you tying a red rope next to the statue of Empress Qiqiao."
Lin Jingmo pouted angrily and said, "But you said that even if you hold me in your arms, you won't feel anything at all!" After that, he turned around angrily.
"How could it be?" Shang Shixu hurriedly hugged her from behind and said, "That night, when I held you, my heart was beating so fast. You just didn't listen carefully."
Lin Jingmo then chuckled, turned around, put his hands on Shang Shixu's neck, and said, "How to prove it?"
Shang Shixu raised his eyebrows slightly and slowly approached Lin Jingmo, but Lin Jingmo naughtily pushed him away and said, "Humph, you want to take advantage of me again?"
He said something and then ran away.
Shang Shixu shook his head helplessly and chased after him.
……
Han Zilan was sitting alone in front of the dressing table. She looked at the eyes full of hatred in the mirror, picked up the gold hairpin on the dressing table and stabbed it at the bronze mirror!
"Lin Jingmo..." Han Zilan read out these three words fiercely, then broke the eyebrow drawing pen in her hand, and couldn't help but said angrily: "Why? Why? Why are all my efforts in vain? I have lost my innocence.
Why did I lose my cousin's love in the end when I lurked in the fireworks alley for three whole years? I obviously worked so hard, but why did Lin Jingmo get everything!"
After saying that, she angrily pushed all the rouge, gouache, hairpin rings and jewelry off the table.
"Obviously my cousin is mine!" Han Zilan slapped her chest and said angrily: "We were childhood sweethearts and grew up together. How could he not like me? I thought I had been the top girl in Ruixiang House for the past three years, how could I lose to him?
Where is Lin Jingmo! Why am I obviously the victim? I was kidnapped by bandits and managed to escape death. Now I am asked to forgive those thieves? Cousin, why are you doing this to me? The name I want
When will the points be given to me?"
Suddenly she remembered something, rearranged the bronze mirrors neatly, then simply dressed up and slipped out of the back door of the Shang Mansion.
Han Zilan was secretive along the way, and finally detoured a few streets and came to the back door of Zhongshu Ling Chen Mianzheng's government office, and knocked lightly three times.
Someone inside the door asked: "Who is it?"
Through the crack in the door, Han Zilan raised the token and said, "Please tell Zhongshu Ling that Miss Zilan from Ruixiang Tower wants to see Mr. Zhongshu Ling."
The person inside immediately opened the door to collect the token, then closed the door again and said: "Wait here."
Han Zilan waited at the door for a while before the people inside came back and said: "Girl, please come with me."
Han Zilan followed the guide at the door to the hall of Zhongshu Ling's Mansion, where Zhongshu Ling Chen Mian was teasing her thrush.
Han Zilan bowed and saluted: "Greetings to Zhongshu Ling."
Chen Mianzheng glanced in the direction of Han Zilan intentionally or unintentionally. After all, he was the Secretary of the First Dynasty. Scholars can't stand the women in Fengyuechang, so he said coldly: "Why is Miss Zilan here? Isn't she already with me?"
Has your cousin returned home and become a good man?"
Han Zilan replied: "Even if I leave Ruixiang Tower, many things cannot be changed, just like what happened when I was sent to Zhang Shangshu's mansion that night."
Chen Mian was continuing to tease Huamei. When he heard her mention this matter, he lazily raised his eyes and said, "Today, Miss Zilan came to see me. What is the reason?"
Han Zilan hurriedly knelt down and said, "I'm here to ask Mr. Zhongshu Ling to do something for me."
"Help you?" Chen Mianzheng put down the ladle, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, and said: "Is there anything else that your cousin, the minister, can't help you with? Just go and tell him, why bother begging me?
What?"
"Master Shangshu...the daughter of the people..."
Just as Han Zilan was about to speak, Chen Mianzheng continued: "Now, even your cousin doesn't listen to me, how can I help you?"
"That's not the case." Han Zilan said: "In my cousin's mind, Zhongshu Ling's matter is as big as the sky. If Lin Jingmo hadn't instigated it, how could he not listen to you!"
Only then did Chen Mianzheng realize that Han Zilan and Lin Jingmo were at odds with each other. How could they get along well with each other?
Chen Mianzheng said with a smile: "In that case, what exactly does Miss Zilan want to ask me for?"
Han Zilan replied: "Zi Lan has two things to ask Mr. Zhongshu Ling. There is a village on the outskirts of Beijing called Tielong Village. They burn, kill and loot. They do all kinds of evil. They often do things like robbing government money! I know Tielong Village.
The location of Longzhai can lead passers-by and officers and soldiers to catch them all at once, which can be regarded as eliminating harm for the government!"
Chen Mianzheng chuckled lightly and asked: "It's just a den of thieves. There have always been some refugees who were poor and self-reliant. Why did Miss Zilan want to kill them all?"
Han Zilan replied: "They once bullied me, kidnapped me, and almost killed me. How could I not take revenge?"
Chen Mianzheng nodded when he heard this. Zhang Yiqian wanted to kill Lin Jingmo a while ago. He heard that Lin Jingmo and Shang Shixu hid in this stronghold. Wouldn't it be quick to eliminate such a stronghold? So he asked again
: "What about the second thing?"
When Han Zilan saw that Chen Mianzheng did not refuse the first thing, she felt that she had a chance to win, so she said more confidently: "I want to ask Mr. Zhongshu Ling for someone."
"Asking for help?" Chen Mianzheng looked at Han Zilan and asked, "Who is he?"
Han Zilan said: "That's the girl with two tones."
Chen Mian was stunned for a moment and almost dropped the tea bowl in his hand. Then he regained his composure and said, "I'm afraid... I've never heard of this girl."
"How could it be?" Han Zilan showed the token in her hand again and said, "Didn't Master Zhongshu Ling notice it? How come I have the token from your residence in my hand?"
Chen Mianzheng smiled and asked: "Isn't the token your cousin Shang Shixu?"
"This token does not belong to my cousin!" After saying that, Han Zilan presented the token and said: "This is what she gave me when I let her go behind my cousin's back. At first, I didn't know it was
The token of Zhongshu Lingfu. I am just guessing who in this world has a grudge against the Queen and a deep grudge against Lin Shangshu, and would not hesitate to place a cancer next to them. As expected, it is Zhongshu.
Your Majesty, please.”
"Insolent!" Chen Mian was furious and threw the tea bowl down. Han Zilan's embroidered skirt was immediately stained with tea leaves.