Chapter 154

Xiao Deyin was helped back to the yard by the servant girl.

She didn't know anything, only vaguely echoed in her ear, "the mysterious man doesn't know his identity, and he can't see anyone every time. Someone said that he is not human at all, otherwise he won't see his true face.".

She closed her eyes.

These days, she lied that she was cold and locked up, but that was because she heard the familiar sound of the piano in the Shen family that day, and was worried and panicked all day, so she hid in the house. Who knows, as soon as I went out today, I heard these news again. For a moment, I just felt that it seemed to be entangled with me, everywhere, and I couldn't escape?

The servant girl didn't know what had happened. She thought that Xiao Deyin's cold was getting worse, and she made arrangements to go to the doctor for medicine. Xiao Deyin leaned on the bed and felt that she was getting cold.

Who is that man? Is it a person or a ghost? Is it the dead Xue Fangfei or the living mysterious man? Why don't you play anything but Guan Shanyue? What if everyone knew about the change of master of Beiyan's first zither player? She gave up marriage and fame and fortune in order to become the best one. Everything is just for the word "first". For this word, she did not hesitate to conspire with others to kill her close friends. For this word, she betrayed her heart. However, now, she can't even protect this one?

Somehow, in front of Xiao Deyin's eyes, Xue Fangfei's face reappeared in the past. She saw Xue Fangfei for the first time, but it was not because of the beauty that Xue Fangfei praised. It's just that Xue Fangfei is happy to have a good connection with her about her piano skills. She was glad to find a bosom friend, but the more she studied, the more she felt shocked. Xue Fangfei's attainments in playing the piano were far higher than her.

Although Xue Fangfei has the name of a talented woman, what the world can see is only a small part. Xue Fangfei married to the Shen family. Shen's mother didn't let her appear in public and asked her to take care of the housework. She couldn't play the piano and read books all day. Therefore, Xue Fangfei can't show her piano skills, except playing a song when she is with Xiao Deyin by chance. Xiao Deyin secretly rejoiced that Shen's mother stopped her. If Xue Fangfei played the piano in front of others, I'm afraid her reputation as the first zither player would look like a joke.

When jealousy, unwillingness and anger quietly grow up in the bottom of her heart, Xiao Deyin is not clear. She just felt that she was more and more concerned about Xue Fangfei. Whenever Xue Fangfei attended the banquet, she followed, afraid of what would happen if Xue Fangfei played the piano? Knowing that Mr. Ji Luo of Mingyi hall secretly admires Shen Yurong, she often provokes the relationship between Ji Luo and Xue Fangfei. She didn't know why she wanted to do this. She just felt that the existence of Xue Fangfei always made her nervous.

Once close friends have now become an existence that makes them uneasy, and this uneasiness has reached the extreme after Shen Yurong's top player.

Xuefangfei, the No. 1 student in shenyurong high school, will be the official wife. At the Party of the official ladies, they occasionally play the piano and talk about the way. Xue Fangfei's talent can't be hidden. She is like a gem. People even see a corner and feel radiant. If they all see it, they can't see anything else in their eyes.

Xiao Deyin is not jealous of Xue Fangfei's husband with both talent and beauty, nor of Xue Fangfei's stunning appearance. She doesn't care about anything, but she can't compete with anyone in her piano skills.

She desperately wants to destroy Xue Fangfei.

It's not without hesitation. After all, in the past ten years, only Xue Fangfei knows her piano skills best. Jinghong fairy was born in a brothel. The music of the piano was mostly decadent, and she didn't look up to it. Only Xue Fangfei's piano sound, clear and free, is what she most appreciates.

Moreover, Xue Fangfei treated her sincerely with the heart of a bosom friend. She is gentle and kind. Whenever she sees Xue Fangfei's real eyes, Xiao Deyin can feel her darkness and madness.

Until one day, someone came to her and asked her if she would like to put something in Xue Fangfei's cup.

At first, Xiao Deyin thought that she was too obvious. Her jealousy had already been seen by others. But later I realized that the other party only found her because she was a good friend of Xue Fangfei and it was easier to start.

She pretended to refuse, not to be moved by gold and silver, and threatened her family with knives and swords for convenience. Xiaodeyin pushed the boat with the tide, pretending not to accept humiliation.

She has never allowed her reputation to leave a stain. Even if something happens one day, she can say that she is forced by others, rather than jealous in her heart.

Xiao Deyin didn't know what the powder was. She guessed it was a deadly poison. I don't know who Xue Fangfei has offended, but this purpose also coincides with her.

That night, Xiao Deyin waited and looked at the paper bag for a long time.

She has never killed anyone, and her hands have never been stained with blood. How can her hands that have touched Qin hurt people?

But she also thought that as long as Xue Fangfei died, she could end this jittery day. She didn't always have to worry about that day when Xue Fangfei's piano skills showed up and compared her. Otherwise, people will say, look, that man refused to marry and gave up the opportunity to enter the palace. He just wanted to be the first zither player, but he was still compared by others. He really didn't know the height of heaven and earth, daydreaming.

She doesn't want to be laughed at. She is willing to be the first zither player forever.

So Xiao Deyin put something in Xue Fangfei's drink. Everything was done according to the way the mysterious man told her, but she didn't expect that the powder was not a poison at all, but something more toxic than a poison. Even compared with Xue Fangfei's subsequent experience, death is a relaxed thing.

Xue Fangfei's reputation was ruined when she was found to have an affair with others. She mingled in the crowd and looked at her friends with confused eyes. She was despised and despised by others. Xiaodeyin thought she would feel guilty about it, but she was surprised to find that at that moment, her heart was only happy.

She suddenly understood at that time, yes, she hated Xue Fangfei, she was jealous of Xue Fangfei, jealous of everything she had, and her piano skills. Envy her for being a person she can never be.

She turned and left.

Since then, xiaodeyin has no longer stepped into the Shenjiamen. Others said it was because Mr. Xiao was noble and didn't want to be with filthy people, but only Xiao Deyin knew that she was just guilty.

Xue Fangfei is extremely intelligent and will soon want to understand her suspicions. She didn't want to confront Xue Fangfei face to face, which would make Xiao Deyin see clearly that she was such an ugly villain in her heart.

Time gradually passed, until one day, the news of Xue Fangfei's death came, and Xiao Deyin's heart was greatly relieved, so that no one would find out that it was Xue Fangfei who had given the medicine. Her darkness and jealousy will disappear into the world with Xue Fangfei's death. She is still the gentle and noble first zither player, and won't worry about becoming a joke one day.

Xiao Deyin didn't care who ordered her to take the medicine at the beginning. Now that the other party has succeeded, he will not be investigated again. The matter is known by heaven and earth, and the dead Xue Fangfei knows it. No one knows it anymore.

However, the Shen family's "GuanShanYue" and today's "GuanShanYue" remind her of the facts she deliberately forgot. Reminding her of what she had done in those years, the anxiety that she would be taken away at any time reappeared. Different from the past, she is still carrying a life debt.

For a moment, she was in a daze and didn't know what to do.

……

At the beginning of the new year, most people in Yanjing city are happy. Few people frown and sulk. Xiao Deyin is one, and the master of Princess mansion is also one.

Princess Yongning was sitting in the hall, and the maid on one side was playing the piano, and the sound of the piano was also beautiful and clear. But Princess Yongning asked to listen, and the more bored she was, the more she could not help showing a little depressed expression on her face. Seeing this, Mei Xiang motioned the maid to stop playing and hurried out. After the maid went out, the hall was quiet again.

There are fresh fruits and snacks on the table, but Princess Yongning is lack of interest. She went to the Shen family for a dinner a few days ago, thinking of taking the opportunity to get closer to Shen Yurong. Unexpectedly, Shen Yurong not only didn't look happy, but also faintly accused.

She knew that the rumors of the Tongxiang case had not been completely quelled, but it was really not the temperament of Princess Yongning to be tied up. The more careful Shen Yurong is, the more atmosphere Princess Yongning has. If he really loves himself, he won't care about these. Naturally, he has to be with himself despite all difficulties. But now looking at Shen Yurong's appearance, it is clear that he will not decide to go through the door by himself until everything is safe.

He can't help it. Princess Yongning's eyebrows showed impatience. She wanted to tell Princess Liu about it, but Princess Liu didn't value Shen Yurong very much, and she was afraid she wouldn't agree. Only tell King Cheng that he appreciates Shen Yurong very much. If there is king Cheng on one side, it should be possible.

Thinking of this, Princess Yongning stood up and said, "I'm going to Chengwang mansion."

Mei Xiang hurried to follow up.

……

Tong'er came back in the afternoon, while Bai Xue came back in the evening. The two servant girls went out of the house one after another. Afraid of being suspicious, they only said to buy what the girl needed.

When she got back to the yard, tong'er first closed the doors and windows tightly and said, "girl, everything is going well. Mr. Xiao was as expected. After hearing what passers-by said, he immediately returned to the house and didn't come out anymore. The maidservant hid in the dark and saw the maidservant girl of their house coming out to find the eldest husband for medicine, as if Mr. Xiao had suffered from the cold."

Jiang Li said with a smile, "you did a good job."

She asked tong'er to pay several strangers with money, and let someone play "GuanShanYue" at the place where Xiao Deyin had to go out, and then let people pretend that they had no intention of talking and were heard by Xiao Deyin. There is a ghost in Xiao Deyin's heart. Naturally, he will be surprised and afraid, revealing his horse's feet. To provoke the relationship between Xiao Deyin and Princess Yongning, she must first let herself collapse.

However, now it is confirmed step by step that Xiao Deyin really helped the tyranny in his previous life and death, and Jiang Li still has some unspeakable feelings. After all, she thinks she has nothing to be sorry for Xiao Deyin. She kills her friends just because she wants to compete for the title of the first zither player. Xiao Deyin is really hard hearted. Moreover, for Xue Fangfei himself, he never thought about fighting for any name.

Although tong'er did what Jiang Li said, she was a little puzzled. Jiang Li and Xiao Deyin didn't seem to have any trouble, so she asked, "why did you do this, girl? Has Mr. Xiao done anything?"

"She once harmed a person," said Jiang Li. "What I did was just to help her recall her sins. Otherwise, after a long time, she forgot herself and thought it was a pure and good life."

Tong'er was surprised: "Mr. Xiao has hurt people?! it really doesn't seem like it!"

Yes, who can tell? After all, a person who has no desire and no desire takes the initiative to harm others. No one believes it when he says it. As a close friend, Xue Fangfei didn't see it, let alone an outsider.

Just after saying this, someone knocked on the door outside, and the voice of snow white sounded, "is the girl in the house? The maid is back."

Tong'er hurriedly opened the door and Bai Xue came in. She ran for about a day. In winter, there were some thin beads of sweat on her forehead. Just looking at Jiang Li with an apologetic look, he said, "girl, the maidservant has run all over the famous medicine shops in Yanjing City, and there is no such medicine." She said and added, "in the end, it's eye-catching. The maid still covered her face with a hat, and she didn't dare to go directly back to the house. She didn't come back until she circled outside for a long time."

This was expected by Jiang Li. She said, "it's so hard for you."

"Girl, why don't you go somewhere else? There's no medicine in the drugstore. Maybe this medicine is in the hands of some famous doctors. After all, it's a folk prescription..."

"The folk prescription has not been verified, so there is a guarantee. If there is a worry about your life, someone must thoroughly investigate it. If it is found on our head, it will be inappropriate." Jiang Li shook her head, "it's all right. I'll think of another way about it. That's it first. Snow white, you've been running all day. Hurry to have a rest."

Bai Xue nodded. Tong'er looked at Bai Xue curiously, and then at Jiang Li. She didn't know what Jiang Li told Bai Xue to do, but she didn't ask much, and soon left the house with Bai Xue.

Jiang Li stayed alone in the room and sighed. Tong'er's side is very smooth, and Bai Xue's side is very difficult. That's right. It's not easy to do these things. The strength of Jiang's house, she can't move at will, otherwise Jiang Yuanbai will find out what she has done, and she doesn't know how to answer after questioning.

Jiang Youyao hasn't found her whereabouts yet, and Jiang Yuanbai is in a bad mood. She can't add trouble to Jiang Yuanbai at this juncture, which will be detrimental to herself.

Thinking about it, I didn't realize that it was dark. Jiang Li looked at the sky. It was already night. There was no voice outside. She wanted to close the window. The provincial wind blew out the lights on the table. Suddenly, she heard someone's footsteps.

In the silence, the footsteps were neither light nor heavy, neither fast nor slow, and people couldn't help looking at them like magic.

A haunting face appeared in front of the window, and his red clothes were covered with black gold butterflies, gorgeous and gloomy.

"Lord of the kingdom?" Jiang Li looked at him in surprise, but in this surprise, the initial panic was no longer there. It's like finding a beast that broke into the house by mistake at night, and it passed in a flash of surprise.

He walked to the window, and the next moment, he appeared in the room. Jiang Li couldn't even see his movements clearly, but felt that the red clothes flashed in front of him. She subconsciously stretched out her hand to close the window, for fear that others would see and hear the movement here and cause suspicion.

The young man seemed to be very familiar. He sat down in front of the small table in the room, poured tea, drank tea, and asked by the way, "I heard that your servant girl is full of Yan capital today looking for a drug that can cause pseudopregnancy. Why, who are you going to use it on?" He looked at Jiang Li and said in a teasing tone, "I'm afraid you can't use it yourself."

Jiang Li paused and said in her heart, "how fast!". It was only a few hours after Bai Xue came back, and Ji Heng's men immediately knew it again. In this world, it is clear that it is easiest to use Ji Hong's power. Why should she have to do it by herself. But there was nothing she could do. She was ashamed to ask Ji Heng to help herself again and again.

"It's used on Princess Yongning." After a pause, Jiang Li said.

Ji Xuan stopped drinking tea and looked at her, "do you know what you're doing?"

"I know." Jiang Li smiled and said, "I know better than anyone. I think the time has come, and I can't wait to delay like this. I really want to end this matter quickly. Princess Yongning loves Shen Yurong deeply. Even if she is dissatisfied, she will finally shrink back for Shen Yurong, or say that Shen Yurong can trick her to this. It will take several years to go on like this."

"It's not good. I have to help them." Her voice was calm and gentle.

Ji Xuan looked at her. She had hidden much before, but now she hardly hid much from him. Except for the secret in her heart, she told almost everything else, as if she trusted herself.

"Oh, have you found the medicine you are looking for?" Ji asked

Jiang Li shook her head, "no, it's not easy."

"Even if you find it, it's not easy for you to get close to Yongning and let her take medicine."

Jiang Li smiled: "I naturally know, so I'm still thinking about countermeasures."

"You should know," he said with a smile, playing with the folding fan, "I can help you."

Jiang Li was slightly stunned, then smiled, shook her head and said, "the Duke of the country has helped me a lot, and this is also a risk. Behind Princess Yongning is Cheng Wang, if the prince of the country is found..."

"Then you underestimate me," he said with a faint sneer, "if I do it, no one will find it."

"What price do I have to pay?" Jiang Li smiled sincerely, "I thought for a moment, there is nothing worthy of the Lord's plot all over my body. This transaction is not cost-effective for the Lord. If the Lord helps me, I will pay more than I get. I really have no face and take advantage of you again."

This was so high sounding that Ji Heng couldn't find anything to refute. He stared at Jiang Li's eyes, and his beautiful eyes narrowed, "I found that you are not suitable to be a profiteer. Your conscience is really useless."

"Am I a man without conscience in the eyes of the Lord?" Jiang Li also laughed.

"At first I thought so. Now it seems that I was wrong." Ji Yong said, "you are a good man."

At the beginning, when he met her, he was in the nunnery in Qingcheng Mountain. He looked at her well arranged, fooled everyone, leaned back on a harmless face, said a few words softly, shed a few tears, and achieved his goal. The teenage girl's scheming was not bad, like fighting out of the shadow of the sword. At that time, he knew that the little girl was not a good kind.

Then everything went wrong and went back to Yanjing. She saw her dealing with her stepmother, her concubine, and her sinister fiance. Fearless, he always breaks others' chess with a smile. She went back to Tongxiang to deal with the Xue family's case. In the face of Feng Yutang's interrogation and Princess Yongning's pursuit, she just lured others into the trap.

He could see her cold heart under her gentle appearance, but sometimes Ji Xuan thought that Jiang Li was not an ungrateful girl. She can help Xue Huaiyuan, fight for others' affairs, bless and protect her quietly on New Year's Eve, and at the moment, she retreats because of guilt and is unwilling to let others pay blindly.

Sometimes Ji Heng can feel her kindness. Her tenderness and her coldness are combined, which makes her contradictory and attractive, and people can't help noticing. She seemed to try her best to get rid of some things and make herself grow into another person, but the imprint in her bones remained deeply.

She may not have noticed the changes in herself.

"The Duke of state said so, which coincided with my idea." She looked at Ji Heng and smiled, "at first, I also thought that the LORD was very ruthless, but now it seems that I was wrong."

"No one in the world said I was a good man." Ji Xuan raised her eyebrows.

"Then I'm the first." She responded with a smile.

Somehow, she seems to be calmer now than she has been since. Ji Heng's surprise flashed in his heart. He said, "situ refined medicine, which no one can match. She can make the fake pregnancy medicine you said."

Jiang Li's eyes lit up, and Ji Xuan said, "I can also let someone do it. Yongning can take this medicine. But there is no gift in vain."

Jiang Li said, "it doesn't matter if you say so."

"Cheng Wang will make a big appointment soon. During the introduction, the Jiang family needs to distract part of Cheng Wang's attention."

Jiang Li was surprised, "so fast?"

"Fast?" Ji Heng smiled, "it's very late for him."

Jiang Li replied, "I see. Even if the Duke of the country doesn't explain, once King Cheng raises an issue, his father will also deal with him. King Cheng originally regarded the yuan family as a thorn in the side. Once he succeeded, he must liquidate the yuan family. In order to protect himself, his father won't stand idly by."

"In addition, the Jiang family needs to target the emperor and do all kinds of acts, which makes people think that the Jiang family is not satisfied with the status quo and has ambitions."

This time, Jiang Li was really stunned. She asked, "why?"

"When the time comes, you will naturally understand that now you only need to do so." Ji Heng suddenly smiled. There were more ambiguous things in his smile, but the outline of the whole person was very vivid and handsome. He said, "this time, I invite you to the theater."

Jiang Li stared at him, vaguely feeling that what Ji Heng was going to do next was no more terrifying than what she did to deal with Yongning. But she also knows that she can't ask more. This is not something she can ask.

"Your roast venison is very good." Ji Xuan said, "if you have leisure, you can come to your house and bake more."

Jiang Li: "...."

She really wanted to say no, but she just got the help of others. It was unreasonable to refuse them like this, so she had to frown and say "OK".

Ji Heng seemed to be amused by her attitude. Jiang Li looked at his smile and suddenly remembered another thing. He hurriedly said, "speaking of it, does the Lord know that Jiang Youyao escaped from his house?"

"Jiang Youyao?" Ji Xuan frowned slightly and said, "I don't know, I don't care."

Also, for people like Ji Heng, he doesn't care about things, so naturally, he doesn't have to ask specifically. Jiang Li said, "the servant girl beside Jiang Youyao said that Jiang Youyao escaped to the Ji family. But the Ji family said that Jiang Youyao had not been there - there is no need for the Ji family to lie about this. My father also went to the Marquis of Ningyuan to inquire, and Jiang Youyao was not in the Marquis of Ningyuan. He has reported to the official, although he did not publicize it, but the search has not stopped, but there has been no news for so long."

Hearing this, Ji Heng had understood it with his heart. He raised his eyebrow and asked, "you mean, you want me to help find out the whereabouts of Jiang Youyao." He glanced at Jiang Li, "how are you?"

"Not so," Jiang Li just thought it funny, "Although I'm not a bad person, I've never thought of repaying good for evil. I just want to know the whereabouts of Jiang Youyao. If she's OK and doesn't involve the yuan family, I'm too lazy to look for her. If she may cause trouble for the yuan family, it's better to let her father bring her back quickly. With her ability to cause trouble, I don't think it's wise to let her walk outside."

This is true. Now the situation is complicated. If someone attacks the yuan family with Jiang Youyao as a Feller, it will be a disaster. Jiang Li thought to herself, since Ji Chen has been asked to help with Yongning's business, it's better to ask Ji Chen to help with this matter.

"Yes," Ji Heng nodded, "if there is any news about her, I will let Zhao Ke tell you."

"Thank you, Lord." Jiang Li thanked.

"Don't thank me. By the way," he said, "the servant girl named Haitang has completely recovered her face. This appearance is not suitable for walking outside, otherwise it is easy to be found by Yongning people. If you want to see her, come to the government. If you have anything, let Zhao Kechuan."

Jiang Li was overjoyed at this, which was really a good thing. Begonia has recovered its appearance! The servant girl who suffered such bad luck for her finally found something she had lost. This made Jiang Li feel a lot less guilty.

It was hard to hide the joy on her face. Ji Heng had a panoramic view, and the corner of his lips curled up, "are you happy?"

"Very happy." Jiang Li said, "thank you very much. I want to see Begonia tomorrow, OK?"

Her clear eyes were full of longing for Ji Heng. Ji Heng didn't turn his head and said, "yes."

After pausing for a while, he said, "you can also see Xiaohong."

Little red? Jiang Li was stunned. Who is Xiaohong? She has never heard this name. Is it someone she knows?

Before she asked, Ji Hong stood up and left the window.