Chapter 177 Falling Flowers Intention
"Miss Su, General, please."
"Og, I'll be right there." Hearing the call outside the door, Jinhua stopped Thrush's hand, showing a trace of shyness and joy of his little daughter, and hurriedly got up and asked Yi Liu to help her find a beautiful dress. It's rare to see Xu Ziang once. Naturally, she will want to see him beautifully, change his clothes, and look for jewelry in a hurry. Yiliu, why are you still stupid? Help me find that piece of cream. I remember I just put it away yesterday. Oh, I found it. Do you think I look so well? Jinhua carefully pulled the corner of his skirt and looked back at Yiliu.
Yi Liu was teased by her nervous and excited look and covered her mouth and smiled secretly. "No matter how beautiful your wife dresses, the general must not be able to open his eyes."
"No nonsense." Jinhua stared at her anxiously, and after carefully examining her makeup again, she went out.
To be speaking, Jinhua is more familiar with the road in this house than anyone else. For more than half a year, she has left her room almost every morning and has been going around the whole house. However, although there are still few opportunities for her to meet Xu Ziang, because in addition to Xu Ziang and the bodyguards who follow him in the house, Jinhua is half a master, and the maids in the house rushed to abatate, which also made her have a lot more grasp of Xu Ziang's whereabouts.
Whether it was Yichen in the past or Youning later, Jinhua did not have the impulse to get close to him. When it was close to Yichen, Jinhua and Su only wanted to rely on the relationship between the world and get rid of Ling's control over Jinhua's marriage. Moreover, Jinhua is at an innocent age. In addition to his three brothers, it is inevitable that he will have a good impression when he sees a strange man for the first time. But later found that Yichen could not choose an opportunity at all. The mother and daughter gave up on him decisively and almost turned to Hongwen. Now that I think about it, Jinhua is still a little grateful to Shaohua. If she hadn't deliberately blocked it that day, maybe she would have been implicated now.
However, Xu Ziang is different. When she first saw him from Jinhua, the masculinity she had honed in the army for many years was unparable to any scholar in her family. In addition, after she figured out the current situation of the house, she immediately affirmed that it was specially arranged by God. Otherwise, as Xu Ziang, Jinhua could not approach it anyway.
Since it is arranged by God, she will naturally obey her destiny and live here again. If Su knew, she would definitely be happy for her.
On the way here, Jinhua has imagined Xu Ziang's appearance countless times and what he would say to her. But when she arrived at the door, she still stopped nervously and took a few deep breaths before walking in gracefully and blessing Xu Ziang, who was sitting in front of the desk.
"I don't know what's wrong with the general calling Jin'er?" Jinhua lowered her head sideways, revealing her slender and white neck under her coiled hair, which was also Li Xunzhuo's favorite Su's appearance. Li Xunzhuo once sighed that no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it is nothing more than the seductive skin exposed by Su's bowing his head, as if even people and souls are going to be hooked away. Su knew his advantages in his heart, and Jinhua almost imitated Su's appearance, and naturally knew how to make himself look more charming.
Xu Ziang raised his head and saw the shy appearance of Yiren. Even though he was used to the beauty of the wind and moon, he had to sigh that the enchanting raised in the boudoir was charming. His eyes swept Jinhua's clothes and could see that she had dressed carefully. She couldn't help raising the corners of her lips and asked, "How long have you been in my house?"
Jinhua thought about countless beginnings, but didn't expect Xu Ziang to ask this. She replied endlessly and gently, "With the help of the general, the maid and I have been in the house for eight months." Xu Ziang said "Oh" thoughtfully. Jinhua was a little confused and quietly looked up. He happened to see his evil and joking smile and lowered his head nervously.
When Xu Ziang saw this, he smiled and said, "I remember it clearly."
Hearing Xu Ziang's laughter, Jinhua was so shy that even his ears turned red. "General dares not forget Jin'er's kindness." Suddenly mentioning the time, is it necessary to correct her name? This idea flashed in his mind, which made Jinhua nervously rub his handkerchief tightly.
But Xu Ziang didn't think about it at all. Jinhua was so nervous that his eyes bent down with a little coldness: "Do you remember the name Li Jinhua?" When he spoke, Xu Ziang's eyes did not leave Jinhua for a moment. Seeing her figure flash slightly, his heart suddenly rose.
Jinhua was very panicked: "General... Jin'er doesn't understand what the general is talking about."
Inexplicably, Jinhua was naturally guilty when she heard Xu Ziang mention her name. Because in order to fabricate an identity that made Xu Ziang have to take her in, she has forgotten the name Li Jinhua. Standing here is a woman named Su Jin.
Xu Ziang ridiculed, "Don't you understand? Then do you still remember your family?
Jinhua was so nervous that he was at a loss: "I don't remember much after the injury on my head heals. Why did the general ask these questions for no reason?" Because from the beginning, the whole house regarded her as a poor woman who was lucky enough to escape by mountain thieves. No one asked her in detail, so that Jinhua didn't expect Xu Ziang to mention it again.
Xu Ziang saw that Jinhua was hesitant. He raised his head and his eyes fell on Yiliu behind him: "Your wife said she doesn't remember. How much do you remember? Don't tell me. You also hurt your brain and forgot something. There are so many people in the world who hit their heads, and they haven't heard of those who hit things together. Obviously, his attitude towards Yiliu was not so polite, and a cold hum at the end of the words made Yiliu immediately kneel softly.
Looking at a pair of big footsteps approaching him, Yiliu was even more panicked, "I...I, I..."
Xu Ziang roared, "Look at what your master is doing. I'll ask you!"
I have never seen such a irritable Xu Ziang. Jinhua was also shocked. He covered his face with Pa and whispered, "General, but what did Jin'er do wrong? It angered the general. Jin'er is willing to be punished. Please calm down. I came from a low-door small family. Only when the general does not give up can I stay in the house. If there is gossip outside, it will make the general unhappy. The general can drive us out and will never stay here shamelessly. If Su's tears are beautiful and touching, then Jinhua can only be more than that.
Seeing that Xu Ziang was no longer angry, Jinhua sobbed, "I know that the general is noble and extraordinary, and he is willing to take us in. I often told the maid not to cause trouble to the house. I saw that there were many guests in the house, and I was afraid that outsiders would talk about the general's right and wrong, so I never appeared in front of the guests, let alone step out of the door. I didn't think that there was no wall in the world that didn't leak, and the general was criticized. Jin'er asked to leave and not let the general in trouble.
This move was to retreat, which really made Xu Ziang suffer a muffled thunder. The reason why he was angry was not because others said that he had taken them in, but that Jinhua deliberately concealed something from him. Fortunately, he was relieved to throw the whole house to her to take care of.
Thinking of this, Xu Ziang couldn't help smiling and looked at Jinhua's tearful face, "Let you finish your words. Can you tell me?" Xu Ziang's anger was suppressed by Jinhua's tears, but his heart was still full of displeasure. He looked at Jinhua fiercely and said, "I, Xu Ziang, have never been a timid and afraid of things, and I don't care about gossip. If you are really just an ordinary woman as you said, who was taken away by mountain thieves and escaped by chance, then I will not take you back to Pingzhou. But you are not. I asked people everywhere. There has never been a person named Su Jin, let alone a woman with some family background. It's just a coincidence that a little lady in the Li family is missing, but I heard that she is 14 years old. You said you are 16 years old. Li Qiniang, you have lived in my house for so long, and you should know that what I hate most is that others hide it from me.
He has never doubted Jinhua's words. Except because he was never surprised, another point is that he didn't expect Jinhua to be Li Ge Lao's granddaughter.
Listening to Xu Ziang's words, Jinhua's pupils widened, and his face gradually disappeared. "I didn't..."
Seeing that she still refused to admit it, Xu Ziang stepped on Yiliu's hand, and Yiliu immediately screamed: "Say, what's the conspiracy you sneaking into my house! Did Li Ge ask you to spy on me? He had heard that the civil servants in Beijing complained behind their backs about the kings from Pingzhou, but he didn't expect to hide one at home.
Jinhua was really scared to cry, "I didn't."
Xu Ziang crushed Yiliu's hand hard, which made her little face white: "Say it or not?"
His ears were full of Yiliu's screams. Jinhua finally couldn't help but plead for Yiliu: "General, I really didn't lie to you. General, please let Yiliu go. I really didn't lie to you. I really don't know what the Li family and Qi Niang. For the sake of what I have done for the general in the past six months. Please let her go." After saying that, he kowtowed to Xu Ziang, and Yiliu was surprised by a muffled sound.
Xu Ziang did not move his feet, but bent down and pinched Jinhua's chin. His handsome face came to Jinhua, as if he had become a Rasha: "People have come to the door, and you still want to deny it. If you don't remember them, they can remember you."
I have never seen such a terrible Xu Ziang. Jinhua was so scared that he could only open his eyes wide and tears kept falling from his eyes.
Yi Liu, who was scared by Jinhua's behavior, came to his senses, gritted his teeth and admitted the matter pain: "General, I said, I'm willing to say it." Xu Ziang proudly loosened Jinhua's chin, tilted Yiliu, stood up straight and took a step back. Yiliu couldn't care about the injury on her hand and bowed her head to plead guilty: "Please beg the general to forgive my wife. She really doesn't remember anything. If you want to blame me, blame me. I deliberately lied to her. At that time, we met the fifth lady and met a horse thief. The fifth lady pushed us out of the carriage in order to escape for their lives. We finally escaped and were rescued by the general. I don't think the Seventh Lady can remember the past. I'm afraid that if we go back, the Fifth Lady will definitely not let us go. Simply make up a story to lie to her, so all this has nothing to do with my wife. Please don't blame her.
After listening to Yiliu's words, Jinhua and Xu Ziang were shocked. One did not expect Yiliu to take the initiative to admit it, and the other did not expect that the matter behind it was very important.
Xu Ziang asked Jinhua again, "Is everything she said true?"
Without waiting for Jinhua to answer, Yiliu robbed the words: "If the general wants to punish me, punish me. I think the seventh lady is infatuated with the general and is afraid that she will be abused by the second wife and the fifth lady when she goes back to Li's house, so she lied. If the general doesn't believe it, please go back, because we are still alive, and the fifth lady will never let us go. I just hope you don't blame my wife. She is sincere to you.
Jinhua was so surprised that he didn't know what to say, so he had to look at her in a daze: "Yi Liu..."
Yi Liu knelt around, kowtowed to Jinhua, and cried, "Seven Lady, it's not my fault. I shouldn't lie to you. You used to be the wife of Li Ge's old family, just because you were a concubine and suffered aggrieved at home. My aunt has been driven away by the second wife, and the second master has a new aunt. I think you will not have a good life if you go back, so I dare to lie to you. Seventh Lady, please hit me and scold me.
Seeing that Yi Liu raised his red and swollen hand to slap himself, Jinhua immediately rushed over and hugged her, and the master and servant cried.
Xu Ziang didn't know whether what Yi Liu said was true or not. First, he was upset by Hongfang's coming to please people, and then he thought that he had been deceived for so long, and his anger suddenly rose. However, when he saw the performance of Liu and Jinhua, it seemed that things were not what he had imagined.
"Go back, and I will ask the Li family to pick you up." Xu Ziang couldn't stand the crying of his daughter's house and let them leave impatiently.
Now, when the new emperor succeeded to the throne, the great prince party in those years can be demoted and catch up. Although the second prince party is in the limelight, the emperor did not give a name. On the contrary, the group of royalists in those years met everywhere, and the leaders were the old ministers such as Li Ge and Fang Youxin. The Xu family is also the leader of the Qin Wangjun, which was the most credited, but the He family relied on the empress dowager and the queen's mother's family. If they can get along with the Li family, maybe the Xu family can still win the game.