Chapter 693: Thunder
"…Miss Baoqin just wanted him to pass on a few words to the queen. She has absolutely no other intentions."
Lin Daiyu and Zijuan, the master and servant, had just arrived at the Xiaoxiang Pavilion when Xiren hurriedly caught up with them, explaining in a gentle and smiling manner.
Daiyu just listened silently. After Xiren finished explaining, she asked calmly, "Am I such a petty person in his eyes? Why did he send my sister to come and explain?"
Seeing that her face was still expressionless, Xiren couldn't help but secretly groan in her heart. These two little enemies were having a quarrel, and she was caught in the middle.
Fortunately, she was also very smart and eloquent, and she smiled and said, "Young lady, you don't know his character. He is a careless and lazy person. How often have you seen him pay attention to other people? But he only pays attention to you. He is always worried about you at the slightest sign of trouble."
These words finally made Lin Daiyu's expression ease a little, and she said calmly: "Then please wait for him to come back and tell him that I really am not feeling well, and I don't mean anything else."
Although Xiren saw that she was not being sincere, she could not press her to ask for details, so she had to temporarily say goodbye and go back, waiting for Jia Baoyu to come home before explaining it to him.
But Zijuan sent Xiren out of Xiaoxiang Pavilion and came back to the room, where she saw Lin Daiyu sitting on a spring stool, fiddling with her handkerchief over and over again, obviously looking uneasy.
Zijuan couldn't help but complain, "Young lady, you are the same. Master Bao has already decided that you won't let go, so why not tell him those nonsense? He can't understand what you are saying, and young lady is also very upset."
It turned out that when everyone in Rongguo Mansion was celebrating yesterday evening, Lin Daiyu and Zijuan inadvertently heard a lot of gossip.
The general content is: Now that Jia Yuanchun is pregnant with a dragon seed, if she can successfully give birth to a prince, it is possible that the Jia family will become royal relatives in the future, and Baoyu will be the legitimate brother-in-law of the emperor.
With such a noble status, he should at least find a marriage partner who is well-matched with him.
As for the women in the mansion now, especially Miss Lin whom the Second Master likes, they are probably far inferior in market value.
Then, he started talking about a broken stone, praising Baoyu to the point that there was nothing on earth but in heaven, and even the fetus in Jia Yuanchun's belly was the result of Baoyu's blessing and help.
From the sound of it, if Emperor Guangde had not had no daughter, he would have been the only one who could be the imperial consort!
The master and servant did not know whether to laugh or cry when they heard this, but they did not take it too seriously.
But after coming back, Lin Daiyu felt more and more uncomfortable the more she thought about it.
At the beginning, the saying of "a perfect match made in heaven" was first spread among the servants, and judging from Mrs. Wang's later behavior, it was probably not groundless.
Who knows if these remarks today are not another omen?
Thinking of this, Lin Daiyu couldn't sleep well all night. She went to Yihong Courtyard today with some emotions.
Otherwise, even if in the book, she did not reconcile with Xue Baochai because of reading The West Chamber and giving her bird's nest, and she did not love Xue Baoqin as well, she would not leave the table in jealousy just because she saw them chatting and laughing.
After hearing Zijuan's advice, she was slightly moved and drew circles on the table with her two spring onion-like fingers.
But after thinking for a while, she shook her head and said, "It's not right. You know his temper. During such a happy occasion, if I make the whole mansion restless because of a few gossips from the servants, it would be my fault."
"where……"
Zijuan was about to say something, but Lin Daiyu waved her hand and said, "I'm a little tired. I'll go to the inner room and take a nap. If any sisters come to see me, please wake me up."
Having said that, he stood up and walked into the inner room like a willow swaying in the wind.
Zijuan stared at the closed door, frowned for a long time, and suddenly bit her cherry lips hard, as if she had made some important decision.
…
It turns out.
In ancient times when feudal superstition dominated mainstream consciousness, it was extremely difficult to popularize science to people.
Especially since Sun Shaozong had never seen it in person and only heard the prince's verbal description, he naturally lacked confidence in his popularization of science.
So he tried his best to persuade the prince, until his throat was almost smoking, but he only managed to make the prince half-believing and half-doubting and slightly cheering up.
Moreover, Sun Shaozong was very suspicious. The reason why the prince only half believed it was because his reputation of "judging the Yang during the day and examining the Yin at night" was so great that he believed that he had done a lot of research on this.
In short, this job of awakening ignorant men and women is really a thankless task!
Also, because he had to go to the palace to submit a badge for an audience in the afternoon, Sun Shaozong really didn't have the time to continue chatting with him.
Therefore, around noon, Sun Shaozong tried his best to say goodbye and leave the Prince's Mansion.
However, he did not go straight to the palace , but went to the Dali Temple government office - to see if Wu Shuigen and his wife had found out anything through interrogation.
If Sun Shaozong had Yang Hancai's confession, he would have been able to stand up more confidently when he reported the matter to the emperor.
There was no conversation along the way, and when they arrived at the Dali Temple, Wu Shuigen really gave him a surprise.
Outside the interrogation room.
"grown ups!"
Wu Shuigen, who came out upon hearing the news, bowed and reported: "Yang Hancai has agreed to confess."
Agree to confess?
Sun Shaozong frowned when he heard this: "Why, did he propose any other conditions?"
This so-called promise to confess obviously means that he has not confessed yet - either he wants to delay time, or he has some other demands.
"He didn't mention any other conditions."
Wu Shuigen said respectfully: "Just say that this case is of great importance. Unless you interrogate me in private, I would rather die than confess."
At this point, Wu Shuigen asked cautiously, " In fact, I still have many tricks that I haven't used yet. If you are busy, I will continue to interrogate him until he..."
"No need."
Sun Shaozong shook his head slightly, pushed the door and walked into the interrogation room, only to breathe in a sour, smelly and rotten odor.
He shrugged his nose subconsciously, and Wu Shuigen beside him immediately explained in a low voice: "This guy sweated repeatedly yesterday and urinated several times in a row, so the smell is inevitably a bit strong - how about I go and ask for some sandalwood?"
I'm afraid it's not just "some sweat". Yang Hancai, who was hanging on the wall, looked like he was fished out of the sea and dried with his body temperature. He was wrinkled, his head was covered with greasy sweat, and he seemed to have shrunk a circle.
But when Sun Shaozong took a quick look, he couldn't tell where the injuries were on his body.
It seems that Wu Shuigen really has some skills, and it is no wonder that the Northern Pacification Office recommended him.
"No need for sandalwood."
Sun Shaozong waved his hand and ordered, "Go guard outside the door and don't let anyone get close."
Wu Shuigen responded respectfully, turned and walked out of the interrogation room, closing the cell door behind him.
Sun Shaozong took a few steps forward and stared at Yang Hancai's pale horse face. Just as he was about to ask a question, Yang Hancai suddenly raised his head and said word by word: "The person behind me is the emperor!"
"What?!"
Sun Shaozong didn't react for a moment.
Yang Han showed a ferocious smile and said word by word: "It was the Emperor who asked us to collect the hearts and livers of young boys and girls as medicine!"
