The door was closed and silence returned to the corridor.
Chun Ling got up from the ground, covered her kicked arm and let out a cry of pain, calling Madam Zhu back to her senses.
"Why are you so careless?" Another maid complained dissatisfied.
"I, I'm not in a hurry." Chun Ling cried.
"It's okay, be careful next time." Miss Zhu said, raising her feet and taking a step forward.
Chun Ling hurriedly followed.
"Madam, look at Qin Langjun, he is still speaking for you." She whispered, "Don't let the high-ranking officials talk about you."
he….
Madam Zhu's footsteps stopped slightly.
"He's not speaking for me." She said, "Stop talking nonsense."
He only stepped forward when he heard a senior official say, please speak kind words in front of your benefactor, but don't let me be struck by lightning.
The wife of the Cheng family worked hard to verify the lightning in front of the world. Is it just to prove that Prince Ping is not a heinous person struck by thunder from heaven? In fact, it is to prove that it is not that easy to trigger the thunder. She can hit anyone without thinking.
of supernatural powers.
But Gao Xiaoguanren said not to let her kill him. How could Qin Langjun tolerate others talking about her like this?
He was speaking for her and defending her.
Miss Zhu lowered her head and smiled.
From beginning to end, he never looked at himself.
"...until now, the Prince of Jin'an County has not written a letter asking to go out. Even some of the royal relatives have gone out to find spiritual temples in various places to pray for His Majesty..."
Listening to a scholar's talk, the high-ranking official nodded.
"Thirteen, you still feel comfortable talking here." He smiled at Qin Hu beside him.
"Are you comfortable?" Qin Hu glanced at him, "Should the young official go with Master Gao? Or should he go first with his family members?"
The young official's face darkened.
"You don't feel comfortable talking to me," he said.
Qin Hu ignored him and looked at the field.
"Since everyone is talking about the two emperors of Sima, and they are saying that the ministers are exercising power and the country is in danger, why do we see the ministers and their relatives exercising power, but not the princes and clans?" he said.
People present nodded.
"Emperor Jin'an succeeded to the throne with the support of King Kuaiji." A scholar said.
"In today's situation, King Kuaiji is no longer willing to be held hostage behind his back, and he also has the opportunity to replace him." Another sneered.
Gao Xiaoguanren stabbed Qin Hu with his arm again.
"Who are you talking about?" he asked.
Qin Hu ignored him.
"So, since the Prince of Jin'an County refuses to invite him out, then you and I should jointly submit a letter asking him to go out," he said.
When Gao Xiaoguan heard this, he touched his chin and smiled.
The people here drank and said a few words and then dispersed.
The high official stopped Qin Hu.
"Thirteen, come on, it's so easy to meet each other. It's better to meet by chance than to invite us. Let's sit down and talk." He smiled and said, "I'll treat you. I'll treat you."
"Am I so poor that I can't even afford the food at Desheng House?" Qin Hu said in a nonchalant tone, "Not to mention inviting us to dinner, I can afford to hire a good actress."
The young official laughed and crossed the threshold.
"Come, come, please, Linglong, let her play the pipa to entertain you," he said.
The Zhike outside the door looked a little panicked.
"Ms. Linglong has already made an appointment." He said tremblingly.
What a bad luck, why did this happen again? Zhike's heart trembled.
"However, Madam Linglong really has an invitation, it's not..." He couldn't help but say.
Before he finished speaking, the high-ranking official's expression changed drastically, and he raised his hand and slapped the wise guest.
"Fuck you bastard!" he cursed.
Zhike was so dazed by the slap that he fell to the ground. Before it was over, the followers on both sides came forward to pick him up.
"It's not what?" Gao Xiaoguan raised his eyebrows and shouted.
He doesn't hit people in the face, he doesn't expose his shortcomings when he scolds people, and Zhike, who was stunned by the slap, finally woke up.
After that incident, although Gao Xiaoguan still came to Desheng Building as usual to show that he didn't mind, he just wanted to show others that he didn't mind, and it wasn't that he really didn't mind others mentioning this in front of him.
thing.
"Young official, I'm making a mistake, I'm making a mistake." Zhike was so frightened that he almost peed his pants and shouted repeatedly.
This movement attracted everyone around to look over, and some people in the box also poked their heads out to peek.
"Okay, what's the trouble? Do you want to leave Beijing tomorrow?" Qin Hu said with a frown.
Of course it has nothing to do with him that he will leave the capital tomorrow, but this stupid bastard high-ranking official will definitely hate Cheng Jiaoniang even more after being humiliated like this.
See, that's it, she obviously didn't do anything, and in the end all the faults will be added to her body, those who deliberately took advantage of her, those who vented her anger, those who joked and joked...
"I'm leaving Beijing anyway, so why should I be so arrogant? I'm not afraid of being bitten by lice if I have them." Gao Xiaoguanren said coldly.
"High-ranking official."
A delicate female voice sounded.
Everyone turned around and saw Miss Zhu returning from piano practice.
"Sister Linglong is not here, I wonder if A Heng can show his shame?" she said with a salute.
The high-ranking officer narrowed his eyes.
"Mrs. Zhu, I can't afford you." He said in a long tone.
Madam Zhu saluted again, raised her head and smiled.
"What happened last time was that A Heng was rude," she said. "A Heng was ignorant and lost his duty. I hope you, a small official, will not remember the faults of small people."
Gao Xiaoguanren was obviously a little surprised and looked at her with some confusion.
Is that bitch Cheng trying to play some trick on her?
"Since Miss Zhu sincerely admits her mistake, please come in." Qin Hu said, interrupting Gao Xiaoguan's speculations.
Madam Zhu didn't look at Qin Hu, she lowered her head and said yes, and she came in first.
"What are you doing?" Gao Xiaoguan frowned and said to Qin Hu, "I'm not interested in other people's leftovers."
"What a joke. Are there any clean ones here?" Qin Hu sneered, "It's just a matter of fun."
"She is from the Cheng family." Gao Xiaoguan said.
"If she were from the Cheng family, she wouldn't have had the embarrassing incident of being a minor official last time." Qin Hu said, looking at Madam Zhu who had already sat down in the hall to play the piano.
What does it have to do with her!
Qin Hu rolled up his sleeves and walked in.
The tinkling sound of the piano echoed in the hall.
"What do you want to say?" Qin Hu and Gao Xiaoguan were sitting and talking to each other.
The young official Gao couldn't help but glance at Madam Zhu.
You really don’t mind?
Does it really have nothing to do with it?
Although the Gao family doesn't like the fact that the royal relatives named Qin always look down on others, my father also said that this boy from the Qin family is still very accurate in his judgment of people and things.
"I'm going to say that you guys have been chatting here for half a day and decided to invite that kid out?" Gao Xiaoguanren said.
Qin Hu glanced at him.
"What other insights does a small official have?" he asked.
The high official smiled.
"I'm not good at reading." He said slowly, "I only know that there is a saying that to cut the weed, you must remove the roots."
The tinkling sound in his ears did not change at all, and remained smooth and steady. It seemed that the person playing the piano did not hear these shocking words.
Madam Zhu was playing the piano enchantedly, with a slight smile on her lips. However, if she looked seriously, there were tears in her eyes, but no one would take a serious look at her.
"It's easy to say." Qin Hu said, smiled, and picked up the tea bowl, "You couldn't get rid of it before, but now..."
"Yes, now we have a helper who can bring the dead back to life." Gao Xiaoguan said with a smile.
"What does it have to do with her? Believe it or not, you are going to die now. If you carry her over, she will bring you back to life." Qin Hu said.
The young official Gao laughed heartily.
Qin Hu stood up.
"Is that true?" Gao Xiaoguan asked, "It seems that I really don't understand Mrs. Cheng."
The music ended at this moment, and the room fell into silence.
The young official looked at Madam Zhu.
"I even forgot that Mrs. Zhu is very familiar with the Cheng family. I wonder if she knows Mrs. Cheng?" he said with a smile.
Miss Zhu smiled slightly.
"The little official was joking. As for familiarity and understanding, I think there is no one who is more familiar with Mrs. Cheng than the official Qin," she said.
As soon as she said this, Qin Hu, who was walking towards the door, stopped and turned to look at her.
He finally looked at himself, and Madam Zhu smiled, although there was cold disgust in her eyes.
"...Qin Guanren's leg was cured by Mrs. Cheng, right?" Her body was frozen stiff, but the words still came out.
When she said this, she felt like crying.
Why did she say this? Was it because she wanted him to look at her, or because she hated him for dragging her in just to excuse the woman?
In the past, he said that he deliberately framed the Cheng and Gao families, but now when he came in, he induced the officials from Gao to say that and discuss that.
If he hears those words about life and death from the official Gao, then he will always be tied to the Gao family, and he will never be able to be free.
How could he do this? How could he be so cruel?
No, there's nothing wrong with what he did. There's nothing wrong with anything he does to protect the people he cares about. What's more, he is the one who treacherously framed the Gao Cheng family into enmity, a bitch...
"Yes, I know what it means to repay a favor."
"But some people just know how to repay kindness with hatred."
I don't know when the door was closed, and Qin Hu and Gao Xiaoguan left the room one after another. Madam Zhu was still sitting in front of the piano, with Qin Hu's words still echoing in her ears. She didn't know how long she had been sitting there, as if she was being whipped.
With all his strength, he bent down on the ground, covered his face and cried loudly.
No matter what he did, how could she blurt out something like that? Yes, she was a bitch.
"Little official, shall we go back or continue our journey?"
In the corridor, I personally asked senior and junior officials.
The high-ranking official frowned in thought.
"I don't know what my father said..." he said, but before he finished speaking, a man rushed out from the side.
The followers immediately protected the high-ranking official, but saw that the man was already kneeling on the ground and kowtowing.
"It's you again?" A personal attendant recognized this person and frowned, "What are you doing?"
Chun Ling raised her head, the redness and swelling on her face had not gone away, her eyes were sparkling with tears, and she looked pitiful.
"Young official, slave, slave, I can bear witness." She said in a trembling voice.
As evidence?
"Why?" Gao Xiaoguan asked with a frown.
Chun Ling came forward on her knees and tried to block her, but the senior officials raised their hands and waved them away.
"I have seen with my own eyes that Mrs. Cheng caused lightning to kill people." Chun Ling lowered her voice and said. (To be continued)
