Chapter 108 Chapter 108: A Clear Conscience

Qing Chuan bit her lips hard and looked at Concubine Liang without saying a word.Concubine Liang smiled, leaned closer to her, and said in a low voice: "You are a smart person, you know what to do, right? Come on, come back to the palace." After speaking, he took the maid and left. Qingchuan didn't want to cry in front of everyone, so she raised her face to look at the sky, but tears kept pouring out of her eyes.She has already fallen in love with the eighth elder brother, she doesn't want to deceive herself anymore, but Gu Xiaochun is so kind to her, she can't implicate their family, is this fate?God always gave her a slap in the face after giving her a taste of sweetness just now, telling her to suffer honestly and stop harboring any delusions...

Qingchuan was a little dazed, she got up and walked towards the backyard with her head down, when she just passed the gate, she bumped into a person, she subconsciously said "I'm sorry", when she was about to leave, that person grabbed her Qingchuan looked back a little dullly, only to realize that it was the fourth elder brother. The fourth elder brother grabbed her arm and asked in a low voice, "I turned around and went to Xinzheku, why bother?" Qingchuan smiled lightly, "It's good to have a clear conscience, it's the same anywhere." "Haha...what a clear conscience," he sneered, turned to her, stared at her and asked, "your clear conscience is to torture yourself, by the way...do you hurt the one who loves you?"

Qingchuan only felt exhausted, lowered his eyelids, and asked him indifferently: "Is Si elder brother okay? If there is no servant, I will leave first." The fourth elder brother grabbed her arm and refused to let go, saying word by word: "If you were with me, I would not let you suffer like this." "Let her go!" Suddenly someone at the courtyard gate said coldly, Qingchuan turned her head, and saw Eighth Brother standing gently leaning against the courtyard gate, although there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, but his eyes were very cold .For some reason, Qingchuan suddenly felt a soreness in her eyes. She hurriedly lowered her head to hide, gritted her teeth and made up her mind. Then she held the hand of the fourth elder brother with her backhand, raised her head and said to the eighth elder brother: "The eighth elder brother , since you have seen it, I can no longer hide it from you..."

The fourth prince's body froze slightly, and he stood there silently. The eighth elder brother stared at Qingchuan for a long time, and then asked: "Do you still want to be with him?" Qingchuan took a deep breath, and replied against his will: "Thank you for being kind to me during this time, I am very grateful in my heart, and I have always wanted to force myself to accept you, but...but I can't control myself..." "Enough!" Brother Eight suddenly stopped her words, only stared at her and asked, "Qingchuan, tell me, what happened? Did Fourth Brother force you?"

Qing Chuan looked up at Si elder brother who had been silent all this time, shook his head, and replied: "Si elder brother didn't force me, everything is my own will." The eighth elder brother looked at Qingchuan quietly, and suddenly smiled softly, "Qingchuan, I have been wrong all along." After speaking, he turned and left.Qing Chuan stood there watching his back disappear by the door, the tears in his eyes suddenly blurred his eyes.The fourth elder brother at the side glanced at her and shouted, "Qingchuan..." Qingchuan quickly wiped away her tears, and said, "I'm sorry, those words just now..."

"I'd rather believe those words just now are true." Brother Si said. Qing Chuan turned around and looked at him, and said, "I've already gone to Xinzheku, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get close to the emperor again in the future, so you don't need to waste your thoughts on me." The fourth elder brother smiled bitterly, and asked: "Even the Buddha said that the sea of ​​suffering is boundless, and if you turn around and see the shore, you won't believe it again?" Qing Chuan lowered her eyes, and replied flatly: "I believed it once, and I hurt myself deeply, now I have no strength to believe it anymore, and this servant will leave." After finishing speaking, she bent her knees towards Si Age , retreated.

The fourth elder brother stood alone on the spot for a long time, until the pain in his heart passed, he turned around and left slowly. Back in Prince Yong's mansion, Jin Zhi was startled when he saw his pale face, hurriedly helped him to sit on the chair, and asked anxiously: "Fourth Master, what's wrong with you? What happened?" The fourth elder brother shook his head slightly, and said: "I'm fine, I'm just a little tired from doing sacrifices to heaven these days, you can go down, I'll be fine by myself." Jin Zhi didn't dare to disobey his words, so he backed out full of worry, and when he went out, he winked at the servant who was serving the fourth elder brother, called him aside, and asked in detail what the fourth elder brother had been there today Where, who have you met.

The boy thought for a while, and told the story about the fourth elder brother who went to Xinzheku to see Qingchuan.When Jin Zhi heard this, he was so angry that his heart ached, and he twisted the handkerchief in his hand for a long time, then slowed down his voice and told the boy: "Don't tell Fourth Master about my questioning, and you will be smarter in the future." Come on, if Fourth Master needs anything, please send me a letter immediately." The servant nodded in agreement, and Jin Zhi went back to the inner courtyard. She sat down and thought about it for a while, and she always felt that the entanglement between the fourth elder brother and Qingchuan was not the way to go. I know I won't let her go.She thought about it for many days, and one day, taking advantage of the fact that the fourth elder brother was not in the mansion, she sent someone to invite the thirteenth elder brother.

Elder Brother Thirteen asked, "What's the matter with Fourth Sister-in-law? You are in such a hurry to find me." Before Jin Zhi could speak, he wiped away his tears, handed a bloody handkerchief to Elder Brother Thirteen, and said, "This is what your Fourth Elder Brother coughed up yesterday..." Brother Thirteen was startled when he saw the blood on the veil, and asked anxiously, "How could this be?" Jin Zhi cried and said: "He has been having nightmares since he came back from the palace, calling Qingchuan's name incessantly, and working desperately after waking up, his health is getting worse day by day, even the imperial doctor told him to rest. Listen, tell me, what should I do if this continues?"

"It's Qingchuan again..." Elder Thirteen said harshly. He had previously used means to drive a wedge between the concubine and Qingchuan when Eighth Elder Brother was away from Beijing to inspect the river. Chuan was sent to Xinzhe's treasury because of the theft of Jubilee's jewels. He only thought that Jubilee deliberately framed Qingchuan, thinking that since Qingchuan had already entered Xinzhe's treasury, he had achieved his goal, so he didn't Pay more attention, who knows that Qingchuan will pester the fourth brother after entering Xinzheku. Jin Zhi secretly took a look at Elder Brother Thirteen, saw that his face was very gloomy, and said sadly and angrily: "I don't know what kind of poison this woman put on him? She turned all good men into this." Then he let out his voice. burst into tears.

The thirteenth elder brother hurriedly withdrew his emotions, and comforted her: "Fourth sister-in-law, don't be sad, I will slowly persuade him from the fourth brother's side, as for that Qingchuan... Evil people have their own grind, and the cycle of heaven and nature will definitely have it." retribution." Jin Zhi just nodded, looked at the thirteenth elder brother and begged: "Thirteenth brother, you have to persuade your fourth brother well, he is fascinated by Qingchuan, as long as I talk about him, he will treat me as a I am narrow-minded and can't tolerate people, for fear that I will kill those vixens." Brother Thirteen nodded and said, "Sister-in-law Si, I know how to do it, don't worry." The two talked a few more words, and Brother Thirteen resigned from Jin Zhi.As soon as he returned to the palace, he sent people to check Qingchuan's situation in Xinzhe's library, and in the evening, he got a reply, the little eunuch told all about Eighth Prince protecting Qingchuan from making her work, and then He mentioned a strange thing he saw at the gate of Xinzheku today. The little eunuch said: "Master Thirteen, for the past few days, a poor boy who claimed to be from the Qingchuan family wanted to visit Qingchuan in the palace, but he had no money to honor the guards who guarded the gate. This one, seeing that he has no money, not only refuses to let him go in to meet people, but also refuses to bring him a message." The thirteenth elder brother heard his heart move, and ordered: "Is that so? The master will also go to see the excitement tomorrow." On the second day, Brother Thirteen changed into an ordinary person's attire, and asked someone to drive the car to stop outside Xinzheku, while he hid in the car and waited. When it was almost noon, he saw a somewhat downcast man The young man came and begged the guard at the door: "Master, let me in. I haven't seen Qingchuan for so long, she must be very anxious. I will remember your filial piety. Will it work?" Several imperial guards glanced at each other, pushed the young man aside, and said with a laugh: "Then let's see each other next time, hahaha..." Brother Thirteen smiled softly, and whispered to the old Zhao who was driving the car: "Let's go, pass by him." Besides, the young man who was shoved and shoved away by the imperial guards was none other than Gu Xiaochun whose house suddenly caught fire.A fire that fell from the sky not only burned down the shop, but Gu's mother was also in critical condition due to inhalation of thick smoke in her lungs.Gu Xiaochun didn't even have the money to pay for the doctor and medicine for his mother, so how could he have the money to honor these imperial guards? Gu Xiaochun saw that the imperial guards were being unreasonable at all, and was about to argue with them again, when a person jumped out of a passing carriage, pulled him into the carriage without any explanation, and told the driver: " Old Zhao, hurry up and drive the car." Gu Xiaochun was taken aback, looked at the man warily, and asked, "Who are you and what are you going to do?" The man looked at Gu Xiaochun with a smile, and asked, "Who do you think I look like?" Gu Xiaochun looked him up and saw that the clothes and materials he was wearing were all very expensive, so he replied: "You must be a noble person." The man laughed when he heard this, and said, "I had no money like you a month ago, but it's different now. I want to make a fortune with you. I wonder if you would like to?" Gu Xiaochun looked at him suspiciously, and asked, "How do you get rich?" The man smiled and did not answer, but asked him: "Do you know how many nobles there are in the palace? How much clothes and food do they need to wear every day?" Gu Xiaochun shook his head. The man continued: "The emperor, concubines, elder brother, Gege, plus the old concubines, there are estimated to be around a hundred people, but there are tens of thousands of things paid to them from various places, many of which they only use once. Wear it once and throw it away, and most of it was burned through Xinzheku, how wasteful it is.” Gu Xiaochun asked subconsciously: "You mean..."