Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen

The maid led the way cautiously, as if she was afraid that the sound of footsteps would wake up the silent courtyard.It's early summer, and there are no plants, trees and scallions in the courtyard, only a faint smell of decay. The door was closed deeply, and Madam Murong stopped in her tracks. In less than half a year, her hair was completely white, and she changed from a dignified Mrs. Madam to a dove-shaped old woman with chicken noodles. "Go in." Her voice was as old as stagnant water. The maid pushed open the door, and Shen Zhenzhu and Changsun E stepped into the room one after the other.

Still in the outer room, I heard Murong Linzhi's gentle and tactful voice, "You have a little heat, so you should use Liuyisan, fresh lotus leaves, honeysuckle, ageratum, perrin, mint leaves, almonds, forsythia, fresh reed root , decoct it with water." The curtain between the inner and outer rooms is thin, and seeing Murong Linzhi wearing a plain homely dress, slender and graceful, sweeping the crescent eyebrows, standing up from the small carved window, holding the hand of the maid in front of him, "Come on, I'll write the prescription for you, and you can go and get the medicine according to the order." He walked closer to the table and sat down, took out a small note, adjusted the ink, and began to write meticulously.The scent of orchids wafted from the inner room, and Murong Linzhi looked elegant and composed, with a smile on his lips while writing the prescription.

Shen Zhenzhu approached slowly, faintly feeling that something was wrong, the maid saw Shen Zhenzhu through the curtain, the corners of her mouth cracked, revealing a wry smile. "It's finished, let's take it." Murong Linzhi put down his pen, checked the prescription carefully, and handed it to the maid. "Miss Xie." The maid smiled happily. "Lin Zhi." Shen Zhenzhu called her.When Murong Linzhi heard the reputation, a pair of bright eyes were clear and innocent, he happily agreed, and lifted the curtain and came out.Shen Zhenzhu stepped forward to shake her hand, but unexpectedly she ignored her, her skirt fluttered and she passed by.

"Master!" Murong Linzhi slammed right into the arms of the eldest grandson E, coquettishly: "Why are you willing to come and see me?" Changsun E contained thousands of pity in his love, raised his arm to gently stroke Murong Lin Zhi's hair, and forced a smile: "Zhi'er, do you miss Master?" His hand has already caught her pulse calmly. Murong Linzhi nodded with a smile: "Lin Zhi has read all the books that the master asked me to read when he returned to Luoyang last month, and he even wrote a lot of notes. Luoyan, quickly find the notes and show them to the master." The maid Embarrassed, Wei Wei agreed, standing at a loss, Changsun E winked at her, and she walked back to the inner room.

Only then did Murong Linzhi see Shen Zhenzhu standing beside him, nodded and smiled at her very politely, and said to Changsun E: "What a beautiful woman, master, you have recruited a new student?" Shen Zhenzhu was full of bitterness, holding back tears with a smile.At this time, I knew what Li Chu meant by "big abnormal person". "You are getting smarter and smarter. This is the newly recruited disciple of the teacher. His surname is Shen and his name is Pearl. He is older than you, so you have to call him sister." "Shen Zhenzhu?" Murong Linzhi recited the name, his eyes flickered with hesitation, "This name is so familiar, I seem to have heard of it somewhere." Resting his forehead on his hand, he thought hard, but he seemed to be unable to remember anything. , Gradually eyelids twitched, covered his mouth and yawned, smiled very wearily and said to Changsun E: "I don't know why these days, it seems that I don't get enough sleep, I always feel sleepy..." The person who was speaking was crooked Falling down, Shen Zhenzhu rushed forward to support her.Changsun E frowned deeply, and tried to relax his tone: "It's not surprising to be sleepy in summer, go to sleep for a while." Amidst Murong Linzhi's "hmm" promise, the maid had already come up to help her into the inner room, with her head next to hers. Pillow, already fell into a deep sleep.

"Although Zhi'er's life is hard, but she looks like this now, it is a blessing in misfortune." Mrs. Murong has entered the room at some time, and her daughter is sleeping peacefully on the bed. Second Miss Murong, everything has never happened, nothing has never been experienced, if everything in the world can be reversed, it would be great. "She has lost her soul, and she doesn't remember anything related to Tan at all. She still thinks this is the old residence in Luoyang." "Have you ever visited her?" Shen Zhenzhu asked. Mrs. Murong sneered coldly, "Don't mention that unlucky person, if he hadn't been so heartless, Zhi'er wouldn't have come here, and the master wouldn't have come here..." Her voice choked up, "You know, An Qingxu sent Zhi'er back On the night of Jianning Prince's Mansion, Li Tan expelled her and sent her back to her mother's house. My poor child, when Fang stepped into the gate of the mansion, he fell down and fell unconscious. After finally waking up, he became what he is now."

Shen Zhenzhu felt cold in her heart.About Murong Linzhi's humiliation, An Qingxu and Li Yu will definitely keep it a secret. Why is Li Tan like this? If he really loves Murong Linzhi, how many people will know her experience?If the wife is out of integrity, even though she can no longer raise the case, why bother to force her to die?The so-called friendship, the so-called love, is so sad, so fragile, so the love between Murong Linzhi and Li Tan is just like a gold-plated vase in a palace, noble and gorgeous but vulnerable, falling from a height In addition to being amazed, the onlookers only regretted its value, not why it fell.Compared with Lin Zhi, how lucky I am.Sighing, "Lin Zhi's sufferings all come from me. Pearl must find out who is behind the scenes, and return Lin Zhi justice."

Mrs. Murong shook her head, "My Murong's family is already like this, right and wrong, no matter what is right and wrong, it's just..." said to Changsun E, "Sir, I just saw that Zhi'er is fine, just not in good spirits , besides being able to read and write in the morning, I spend most of the time sleeping. This worries me quite a bit.” "It's not a big deal," Changsun E withdrew his hand from Murong Linzhi's pulse, with a look of worry on his face, "It's just one layer, I wonder if Madam thought about it?" "what?" "There are usually two reasons for the onset of soul-loss disease. One is that the head is injured by a severe impact; the other is that it arises from the heart. The reason is that it is possible to restore her memory. If Zhi'er arrives on that day, she doesn't know how to deal with herself? Madame, how will you deal with yourself? Besides, how can you protect her forever, and she can't stay in this room for the rest of her life? In the house." The affairs of the world can always be escaped for a while, but cannot be escaped for a lifetime.

"This, sir, do you mean to help Zhi'er recover her memory?" Mrs. Murong hesitated for a moment, but then shook her head resolutely, "No, I'd rather she be like this now, every day she can be happy is a day." Changsun E sighed slightly.Such a situation is indeed not easy to persuade, not to mention that if Murong Linzhi really recovers his memory, how can he know that he won't collapse again in the face of repeated blows and Li Tan's infidelity?I only hope that time will make her more mature and smooth her trauma. Shen Zhenzhu's heart moved, and suddenly came up with an idea.

Coming out of Murong Mansion, Li Chu took Shen Zhenzhu onto his shoulders and asked, "How is it?" Shen Zhenzhu said: "I persuaded Mr. Changsun to take Lin Zhi back to Hehe, Mrs. Murong has already agreed." Li Chu saw that Shen Zhenzhu was still unhappy, so he smiled and comforted him: "This is the best way now. If Lin Zhi can inherit Mr. Changsun's mantle, he might become a famous doctor of a generation, and he will reverberate the past and the present." Shen Zhenzhu frowned and replied: "If this is true, it may reduce the guilt in my heart. I owe Lin Zhi, and it will be difficult to repay it in this life. Lin Zhiyuan hides his name from the outside world. I don't know when we will meet again after this time." See."

The Guangping palace is as majestic and majestic as before, and Li Chu stepped into the gate steadily with Shen Zhenzhu's hand. The mansion is so quiet and peaceful.The patrolling guards bowed and saluted, as if the two masters just came back from leisure time, without any surprise; the servants pruned the flowers and branches, and the maidservants were busy carrying around with the trays, and when they met Li Chu and Shen Zhenzhu, they just bowed and saluted as usual. Shen Zhenzhu looked at Li Chu hesitantly, Li Chu said with a smile: "Look, are we going home now? Everything is as usual, the same as when you left." While speaking, he had arrived at Qingyi Pavilion, and there were already maids bringing food Dim Sum, quietly closed the door and retreated. "Come on, you've been hungry all day, eat a snack first." Li Chu casually picked up a small snack from the plate and put it into Shen Zhenzhu's mouth.Shen Zhenzhu took a sip slowly, her expression slightly stupefied, Li Chu saw it, and asked, "What? It doesn't suit your taste?" He picked up the remaining half and ate it, and he understood a bit, and called out "" Come," a maid came in, and listened to his order: "Take away all the snacks." Shen Zhenzhu hurriedly stopped: "Why bother, it's her wish after all." Li Chu said: "You If you don’t like to eat, why force it, all will be withdrawn.” Seeing that the servant girl removed all the desserts, Shen Zhenzhu smiled wryly: "I am so intolerant, if you spread the word, you will be laughed at." Li Chu smiled, "I want to let the people in the world know that King Guangping loves his wife like his life, so he fears her like a tiger. Let those rumors in the market be destroyed!" "I'm afraid it's easy to attack a city, but difficult to attack rumors." Shen Zhenzhu said suddenly. Li Chu closed his eyebrows and said softly, "Pearl, are you afraid?" Shen Zhenzhu was silent, a pair of bright eyes glanced at the crimson carpet, tea kettle and cup, pearl and jade door curtain, and elegant curtain.She recalled that on the day of their wedding, he took her hand and boarded the car, "There is me, don't be afraid." The voice echoed over and over again, experiencing life and death parting, the past and the past, and confusion.If, if, if you have never loved, never put your heart into it, and have no heart and lungs in your life, just like the newlyweds at that time, knowingly sharing him with others, you can just deal with it calmly, without complaint or empathy, and she will still be herself, watching the world. pearl.However, after all, it is love and resentment.Has her heart never been shaken?Silently taking a sip, he will protect her in the palm of his hand, pamper and care for her, but when he returns to Chang'an, there will be endless wind and rain to weather together with him.It turned out that whether I was angry or angry, I had already forgiven him in the deepest part of my heart. It was as long as a century.Li Chu's heart was in suspense, suddenly she raised her eyes and smiled, and said, "I believe in you." These three words were like the sounds of nature, Li Chu was overwhelmed with surprise, and held her hand in disbelief, "Do you believe me? You don't want to be angry with me anymore?" There was a deep smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he couldn't control it any longer. will burst out. Shen Zhenzhu's eyes were as soft as water, she gently stroked Li Chu's brow with her hand, and said with a smile: "Everyone says that Wang Guangping is wise and deep, quick-witted and knowledgeable, so it turned out to be a misconception... My husband is so stupid. " Yes, he is so stupid, just because he is so afraid of losing her, he found her from Huihe, and then went home all the way, so cautiously, like walking on thin ice, afraid that in a blink of an eye, she disappeared from his sight, afraid She was angry and annoyed, and treated him indifferently, from far and near. At this moment, it seemed that all doubts disappeared.She is so close to herself, not only because of her slender fingers caressing her forehead, not only because of the faint fragrance of her sleeves, not only because of her ears rubbing against her temples, but also because of her heart. Li Chu's heart, at this time, is like the light and wind after the rain, leaving only comfortable tranquility, warm happiness and more ardent love. He cuddled close to her.The breeze blew the curtains, and the rays of the sun lingered, and the room seemed to be flooded with light blue mist. Everything seemed to be covered in floating and overlapping tulle, seemingly clear, vague, dreamlike , as smooth as a little drunk... The next morning, Li Chu Fang Yunsuci, Cui Caiping and Dugujing came to see Shen Zhenzhu. When Shen Zhenzhu reunited with Suci's master and servant, and thought of the dead Hongrui, she couldn't help crying and felt very sad. Cui Caiping was still in high spirits and behaved arrogantly. It seemed that although she had suffered a lot, she did not grow her mind and knowledge. At this time, she couldn't hide her complacency, and she said: "My sister is finally back, thank God, Caiping is always worried at home, fearing that her sister will follow Princess Jianning and never return." Li Chu's face darkened, and he was about to attack.Shen Zhenzhu responded with an eye for an eye, and smiled first: "Thank you for my sister's concern. I will only go back to Wu Xing for a few months, but I will let my sister worry about it. Speaking of Princess Jianning, what my sister said is really strange. His Highness is not Jianning." Wang, I am not Princess Jianning, why do I compare it? It’s just—” After a pause, he continued: “If my sister also goes back to her hometown in central Sichuan to live temporarily, I wonder if she will learn from Princess Jianning?” Following behind Dugu Jing stepped forward to salute calmly, lowered her eyebrows and bowed her head, and said nothing. Cui Caiping was silent for a long time before she understood the hidden meaning of Shen Zhenzhu's words. Her jade-like face flushed red with anger, and she stared at Shen Zhenzhu, "You, you—" She spoke clumsily and couldn't think In response, with her pungent nature, she just wanted to make a fuss, and at worst she had to smash a few pieces of jade in the room. However, she was deeply afraid of Li Chu, and seeing that Li Chu was obviously very protective of Shen Zhenzhu, she didn't treat her at all. She didn't mean to help, and she was not a fool, so she stomped her feet bitterly, cried "wow", and shouted to the maid behind her: "Go back to the room to clean up, let's go back to—" Suddenly hearing Li Chu cough heavily, she Shrunken in horror, swallowed the five words "Korean Lady's Mansion" back into his stomach, and ran out with tears in his eyes.Dugujing seemed a little anxious, calling "sister" and going to chase Cui Caiping.Li Chulin said in a loud voice: "Stop!" She was used to obeying Li Chu's orders, so she stopped immediately and turned her face away. Shen Zhenzhu also knew that what she said just now was too vicious, but she deeply hated Cui Caiping's mother and daughter who planned to murder her child with drugs, so she pretended to say this.Although Cui Caiping is blessed by her family background, but in terms of her means, she is really not worthy to be an enemy of Shen Zhenzhu.On the contrary, it is Dugu Jing standing aside, with deep scheming and difficult to see, and also has deep affection for Li Chu, so we really need to take precautions. Although there was no conclusive evidence for Cui Caiping's miscarriage at the beginning, there are all signs that it was Dugujing's method.After Liu Run's death, the only people who could freely enter and leave the Shang Pharmacy, apart from the two maidservants of the Shang Pharmacy, were Dugu Jing, who patrolled the mansion every day.Shen Zhenzhu thought that Dugujing also accidentally discovered that Yin'e had dropped Phytophthora in the medicine that day, and after becoming suspicious, he deliberately exchanged the two medicines.The praying mantis catches the cicada, the oriole is behind, Cui Caiping and Shen Zhenzhu both suffer. Maybe she didn't expect it, but she really directed a good show with her own hands and stayed out of it. Even Li Chu knew the reason, so she couldn't blame her—— Who knew that what Yin'e put was the medicine for abortion?Besides, if she didn't change it, wouldn't Shen Zhenzhu be the one who would suffer directly when the pot of medicine went down? Shen Zhenzhu was secretly thinking about all kinds of possibilities, when she heard the sound of the door creaking, the room suddenly went dark, and the door was closed from the outside.Li Chu's eyes were deep and gloomy, and he looked at Dugu Jing lightly, but Dugu Jing held his breath and lowered his head, not daring to meet his gaze. "Pa—" the thick account book was thrown on the ground, and the title page was rolled away.Li Chu was not angry and prestige: "Tell me, what's going on?" Shen Zhenzhu picked up the account book, opened it and looked, only to see that it was densely packed, from beginning to end, it was full of records "such and such a certain day, such and such a person, how much money was received", the time began three months ago , As of yesterday, the total record has hundreds of pages, and there are many names and surnames of the people who received the coins, and there are many people who are receiving them every month. Shen Zhenzhu was full of doubts, and slowly handed the account book to Dugujing. Dugu Jing flipped through a few pages swiftly and inexplicably, and asked, "Your Highness, what does this mean? Forgive me for my ignorance." Li Chu said indifferently: "Oh, do you want me to make it clear? What you did yourself, and now the evidence of the crime is convincing, do you still want to deny it?" Dugu Jing thumped and knelt down on the ground, still showing no panic: "I really don't know, Your Highness, please tell me." Li Chu sneered and said: "It seems that you really don't know how to repent... Isn't it your handwriting on this account book?" "This is indeed written by the servant." "What do you remember?" "In the past three months, the servants have paid the craftsmen in the largest silk market in Chang'an City, which was newly built in West Market." "That's really a coincidence." Li Chu looked straight into her eyes without moving his eyebrows, and said slowly: "This king has recently arrested a few people who spread rumors about the princess in the market, and their names are actually the same as those in this account book. A few of them are exactly the same!" Dugu Jing was shaken all over, and shrewd in his eyes, but then he calmed down, raised his head and replied calmly and firmly: "No! I am wronged, I have never done such a thing!" "What's the matter?" Li Chu didn't let her go, but still pressed her closely. "If your Highness suspects that I have bribed others to intentionally spread rumors that are not good for the princess, please ask your Highness to confront the person who was arrested with me, and you will be investigated immediately!" Dugu Jing's eyes recovered calmness. Li Chu looked at her calmly for a moment, then suddenly lifted her up with a flick of his sleeves, and said, "Okay, I believe you!" "Your Highness!" Dugu Jing didn't seem to believe what was happening in front of him, and the misty watery light floated in his eyes. Li Chu turned back to take Shen Zhenzhu's hand, and asked: "Pearl, what do you think?" Touching Shen Zhenzhu's palm lightly with his fingertips, Shen Zhenzhu understood it, and replied with a smile: "Of course I believe it too. Sister Dugu is smart and lovely, How can such a thing be done. It is also said in "Zhang Yi Biography": "All mouths make money, and accumulation destroys bones." It seems that someone intends to frame his sister, but it is a pity that this method is too stupid and straightforward. Don't hide it from the eyes of our Minister of Justice." When she said this, even Li Chu and Dugu smiled on the mirror. "It's just one thing that's very unfair, but I have to say it." As the atmosphere in the room gradually improved, Shen Zhenzhu continued to speak. Seeing that Li Chu and Dugu Jing were both taken aback, Nai Xiaoyu stepped forward to hold Dugu Jing's hand, Li Chu said: "Sister Dugu is now a child, and she still says 'servant' on the left and 'servant' on the right, which makes people feel uncomfortable." Dugu Jing lowered her head embarrassedly. There is no reality of husband and wife, and the shyness of a girl is still there.Hearing Shen Zhenzhu say: "Besides, Your Highness, you let your younger sister show up in public and run around for you, it's really inappropriate!" When did the Silk Market in West Market open, and what kinds of fabrics were available, so I felt relieved and answered them one by one. After Dugu Jing left, Shen Zhenzhu said to Li Chu: "You deliberately tempted her like this, you really suspect it is a dangerous move. If she turns against you and takes away all the business and money you know, you are really rich Both empty!" Li Chu frowned and smiled lightly: "If I dare to try, I will arrange everything well. Just wait and see, her every move after today will never escape my eyeliner. I always know the depth——is she playing behind my back?" What kind of tricks have you had?" "No matter what tricks she plays, she is not for you after all?" Shen Zhenzhu smiled at Li Chu jokingly, Li Chu had never seen such an expression before, he couldn't help but put her waist in his arms, and asked with a smile: " What about you? Will you fight for me like her? " Shen Zhenzhu gave a chuckle, broke free from his embrace lightly, and said: "I just want to know one thing now." Before Li Chu could ask, he deliberately frowned and gritted his teeth hard, but couldn't hide his expression The smile and joy in her heart: "Why did you insist on accepting Dugu Jing as—" Before the word "concubine" came out, her cherry lips were blocked domineeringly. She closed her eyes quietly, immersed in the joy of this moment. In throbbing and tenderness.This kiss was sweet to the bone, lingering on for a long time, for a long time, Li Chu's lips and teeth were attached to his ears, and he whispered: "The clothes are thin and fragrant." She felt ashamed, her ears were hot, and even her neck like jade powder was ashamed It was flushed red, which made him even more fascinated, holding up her soft and slender body, Xia Zihu's gauze clothes silently...