But She’s So Charming

Today's sun is covered by dark clouds, and the flowers and trees in the yard seem to be stretching their necks waiting for a heavy rain, but this rain just hangs in the sky and does not come down.

The sultry heat and dampness in the air is really breathtaking.

Today, the eastern courtyard of Chengguo Gong's Mansion is surprisingly quiet, and even the female envoy who is sweeping in the courtyard can't see one.

Lin Xiu wore a azure blue moiré veil-seeking skirt and pulled up a bun near the clouds. Not only did he rub Fu powder, smeared vermilion lips, and even put a piece of scented tea oil cake between his eyebrows. Hua Tian, ​​who didn’t know, would think she was going to attend the lantern festival of Qiqiao Festival.

As always, she said softly to Chun Yao: "Where is the eldest sister?"

Chun Yao was not as enthusiastic as usual, but respectfully said: "Madam is waiting for you in Fu Shou Tang."

Fu Shou Tang? Where does the old lady live?

Lin Xiu clicked the corner of her mouth, making an "um" sound, and holding her waist with her left hand, she walked towards Fu Shou Tang step by step.

As soon as he opened the door, Wang Ying and Mrs. Cheng were sitting on the high hall. Lin Fu was standing with him, and there were two men in official uniforms sitting beside them.

Co-author, this is waiting for her.

The old lady looked at her deliberately dressed-up appearance. She was so angry that she scolded her angrily: "Lin Xiu, you have the face to come to my Cheng Guo Gong's mansion!" The old lady was already angry after learning about the causes and consequences the night before. Called the doctor twice.

Lin Xiu raised the corners of his eyes and whispered softly, "Don't get me wrong, old lady, the eldest sister invited me."

Since she knew that the Tang family had been detained by King Ying, she knew that there were some things she couldn't hide. Recently, a lot of city guards have been added to the gate of the city, and people who enter and leave are strictly checked. They are all like this. , How could she not know who they were guarding against.

Although King Ying was invited to be the presiding judge, this matter was a scandal at the Palace of the Kingdom of Cheng. After all, King Ying was not good enough for the old lady to speak. He bowed his head and took a sip of tea, listening to the old lady saying every word: "Lin Embroidery, let me ask you, when you secretly changed the eldest daughter of Cheng Guogong's mansion, do you recognize it?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiu couldn't help sighing.

For so many years, she has always been afraid that these things will be discovered. When she dreamed back at midnight, she did not rarely see a child floating in front of her and asking her: Why did my aunt treat me like this.

She thought that if it were discovered, it would be a situation where the earth would fall apart.

But at this moment, she realized that even if it was discovered, it was just like that.

However, it's okay to tear her face. In this way, what she is going to say today is also easier to speak up.

Seeing Lin Xiu bowed his head and said nothing, Cheng Yu threw Yang Tianwang in front of Lin Xiu.

Yang Tianwang was **** by the big five flowers. He started crying when he saw Lin Xiu, "Sister, save me, younger sister, save me."

At first Lin Xiu didn't recognize who this person was. After all, in her eyes, her brother had already walked far away, but when she heard this sister, she took a closer look, and she realized that they were already holding back. A death certificate.

"Lin Xiu, the evidence is solid, so you can't help but deny it." Then, King Ying gave a gesture to the judge on the side.

The investigator held Lin Xiu's guilt in his hand, and then passed it to her and said, "If you can see it clearly, you can sign it and put it in custody."

Then, the investigator tapped the blank space in the lower left corner of the charge with his hand. After handing her a pen and inkstone, he said: "According to the Dayan Law, a man uses his left index finger and a woman uses his right index finger to sign. After pressing, the guilt takes effect immediately."

Lin Xiu looked at the words and sentences written on the rice paper, sneered and threw it on the ground.

Lin Xiu gently looked at King Ying and said, "Since your Royal Highness is here, my concubine also asks one more question, when did the State of Yan change the law?"

The country of Yan is a country with a very distinct hierarchy. Therefore, the sale of children is never a minority.

There is a clear distinction between selling children as slaves and selling them to others as heirs.

For example, if you sell a child of someone else’s family as slaves, you will not only be sentenced to ten years in prison, five years in exile, but you will also have to march in public to show punishment. But if you sell a child as someone else's heir, you will only be in prison for three years.

Lin Xiu sneered twice and said to her heart: If she had nothing in her heart, she wouldn't dare to come today.

Thinking of this, she no longer concealed it, but directly said: "The concubine chose a good family for her concubine. The Tang family in Suzhou is also a scholar, and the eldest wife of his family is still alive. Not out, but my concubine always thought that the concubine would be held in her palm and grew up. As for why the concubine was sold into a lowly citizenship, I forgive her for not knowing."

All those present who have read books know what she means.

Lin Fu had been exposed for this incident, and Lin Xiu had to pretend to be wronged. She did not expect that after this layer of window paper was pierced, she would not even need the last layer of fig leaf!

This confession is not the same as no one is guilty.

Lin Fu shook off Cheng Yanzhi's hand, walked quickly to Lin Xiu, and slapped him down.

This kind of action may be the first time that a gentle and smooth woman like Lin Fu has done it.

"You are ungrateful, deceived, framed others, and your guilt is more than what this guilt says! The child from the Tang family back then, and the waitress in Suzhou, you stepped on their bodies all the way As of today, don't you feel guilty at all?" Lin Fu said angrily.

Lin Xiu's face was slapped to the left by Lin Fu. She laughed lowly, "The child died in the hands of Doctor Cheng, and the maid was killed by the grandfather of the country. Sister tell me, what is this to do with me? Speaking of human life, how about saving my sister's life? Did my sister give me a reward?"

Lin Fu looked at the sisters who were still enjoying flowers and tea together yesterday. Today is completely different. Suddenly, she feels that the last grief in her chest has been exhausted by her.

Lin Xiu looked at Lin Fu's very soft face, gradually becoming cold and sharp. She smiled and raised her eyes and said, "If the eldest sister can't stand it now, what else will my sister do next? Go on?"

The tone of Lin Xiu's speech made everyone's face very ugly.

Mrs. Cheng didn't have much affection for her. Seeing that she was so arrogant in Cheng's Mansion, she said to the waitress on the side, "Put her on the ground for me. Since she is a sinner, she must at least look like a sinner!"

As soon as the voice fell, the waitresses and the old lady who were waiting for the old lady came forward together, shackled Lin Xiu's hands, and just pressed her knees to kick forward, just listening to her sternly: " None of you can touch me!"

"Pregnant women under the Dayan Law must not be tortured. Even if the concubine is guilty, she still has to wait for the concubine to give birth to my child, and it will be decided after a hundred days!" Lin Xiu said every word.

When these words came out, they fell to the ground and shocked the four people.

Mrs. Cheng stood up, frowned and said to her: "You said you are pregnant?"

"Yes, old lady, the concubine has been pregnant for nearly three months. Even if the concubine is guilty, the youngest son is innocent. The Dayan law has always been very forgiving to the youngest son. His mother was involved, so the child in my stomach should naturally be the same."

After hearing what he said, Mrs. Cheng couldn’t help but sneered twice: "Lin, don’t say that you were no longer an An’s wife at the beginning of the year, but when you were an An’s wife, you were also a guardian. Years of widow! This is the end of the matter. You give me some tricks, you are pregnant! Is it possible that you have committed adultery?"

Hearing this, Lin Xiu turned his gaze to Cheng Yanzhi, then looked at him in a daze and said, "Duke Guo, did you say that I had committed adultery?"

Just now, Lin Xiu's tone was not arrogant, but when she said this to Cheng Yanzhi, her tone was completely softened, which can be said to be extremely tender.

The implication is very obvious.

Mrs. Cheng hasn't seen anything nasty in her life? Even if she meant something, she had to swallow it back!

So Mrs. Cheng slapped Lin Xiu's face again, "You bitch! Is it possible to think that if you take an unknown child, you can easily blame others?" Everyone knows how big she is. Lin Fumi's son was overwhelmed. If Maozhi did something ridiculous, she would still believe it, but it is impossible to develop it!

Lin Xiu lowered her head and covered her lower abdomen with her hand, and then said to Cheng Yanzhi: "Whether this is a concubine, the grandfather of the country naturally knows. He did a lot on the day of the eldest sister's birth, do I have to say a word? Speak out?" She said, raising her hand and closing her hair again, and said slowly: "Actually, if I want to say it, I can't make it clear. After all, I drank a lot of wine that day."

As soon as the voice fell, everyone in the central hall recalled Lin Fu’s miscarriage in the last few months. At that time, Lin Fu was lying on the bed and couldn’t get up, so Cheng Yanzhi took a leave of absence. Apart from staying with Lin Fu Fu, I'm just sad to drink some wine in Xiyuan...

Everyone in the mansion knew about Cheng Yanzhi's actions.

Lin Fu looked back at him, only to see Cheng Yan walking towards Lin Xiu in a vicious manner, his face was gloomy and scary, this posture was very similar to when he shot the female envoy back then.

Lin Fu's heart jumped suddenly.

Cheng Yanyi pinched Lin Xiu's neck, then slowly lifted it up, and said in a harsh tone: "Tell me the law? Huh?"

"Lin Xiu, if I lynched you today, but this country's father-in-law would not do it." According to the law, an official who beats his wife and has an abortion requires a staff of 70, and is then dismissed and stayed at the border for a year.

Cheng Yanzhi's intention to kill was already up, and when his fingers suddenly tightened, the old lady Cheng on the side stopped him directly.

"Yanzhi, are you going to ruin your own future for this bitch?" Although today's presiding trial is King Ying, the historian and case officer are here!

King Ying knows the temper of his father-in-law, not to mention whether the child in Lin Xiu's belly is his, it is impossible for him to spare Lin Xiu just because of today's matter.

He put down the file in his hand, just about to change today's public trial to a private trial and lynch, when he saw that the door in this room was directly pushed open.

"The so-called dragon begets the dragon, the phoenix begets the phoenix, and the mouse's son will make holes. Poor Xiaoniang Du, that bitch, died early, and I didn't see you today who inherited her mantle! Lin Xiu, you are very cheap what!"

It was the old lady Lin Jiang Si who was talking, and Jiang Si was always different from other old ladies.

Take Mrs. Cheng for comparison. When Mrs. Cheng first gave birth to white hair, she thought of countless ways to blacken it. Black sesame paste is eaten every day, but Jiang Si has just given birth to a few. When the hair was gray, I thought of a way to dye it all white.

Look, Jiang Si is dressed in the wrong gold Xiuhua tuck, with orange-yellow wipes on her forehead, coupled with the shiny white hair, and instantly feels that there is an "old fairy" in this room.

Lin Xiu's face changed completely as soon as she finished scolding.

After Jiang Si stepped forward to greet King Ying, she walked to Cheng Yanzhi's side with a cold face.

Cheng Yanzhi was not afraid of others, but he was even afraid of his mother-in-law. Xu Shi felt that his aura had been suppressed, so she deliberately stood up again.

"Fuer, come here." Jiang Si said.

With a pale face, Lin Fu walked to Jiang Si's side.

Two people in their early thirties stood together opposite Jiang Si, listening to her continue to curse: "You two are so stupid, how did you give birth to such a smart child as Brother Yu?"

It's nothing more than Lin Fu. The old lady Cheng saw that Jiang Si was training her son again, and her heart suddenly became sour, and she mumbled directly, "Stupid, didn't you give birth to one of them too?"