I Am This Type of Woman Chapter 77: City

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"Master Shi, you are joking. Princess Fule is still in her filial piety period. How can I talk about this issue when she is grieving?" Rong Xia smiled and said, "I love the princess, how can I let her go?" Be wronged."

When Shi Chonghai heard this, he smiled and said: "It's very true, I actually forgot that Princess Fule is actually in the period of filial piety. I feel wronged to become Amber, who has been waiting for a beautiful woman for a long time."

"I am lucky enough to be able to marry Princess Fule. No matter how long I have to wait, I will be happy to do so."

When Shi Chonghai heard this, he almost got goosebumps. This was a nice thing to say, and he took advantage of all the justice and moral principles, yet others still wanted to praise him.

Originally, everyone wanted to joke with Princess Fule about Rong Xia, but considering that Princess Fule was still in the period of mourning, they, who are familiar with poetry and etiquette, could no longer use this as an excuse, otherwise they would No rules.

As a result, Shi Chonghai, who first brought up this topic, seemed a little embarrassed. Fortunately, the person at the same table changed the topic and the atmosphere was pretty good.

However, Rong Xia didn't seem to want to let Shi Chonghai go just like that. He seemed to have said unintentionally: "Master Shi has a pair of outstanding children. I wonder who will be lucky enough to marry into Mr. Shi's family?"

Shi Jin is about the same age as Rong Xia, and has not gotten married in these years. Miss Shi Er is also seventeen or eighteen years old, so it is not too early to talk about marriage now.

Shi Chonghai chuckled and said: "Marriage is an important matter, so don't be careless. Take your time and don't be in a hurry."

Rong Xia said thoughtfully: "Master Shi is right."

The others at the same table suddenly realized that it was rumored that Shi Chonghai intended for his eldest son to marry Princess Anle, but for some reason, this failed to happen. Looking at Shi Chonghai's behavior, I'm afraid this is really not a rumor.

Although His Majesty has several daughters, the only one who is really valued by the emperor and empress is Princess Anle, the daughter of the empress. Although Princess Anle once had a consort, the emperor's daughter does not have to worry about marrying. Although Princess Anle is a few years older than Shi Jin, she is a third-year-old girl holding a gold diamond, not to mention this is a golden phoenix. Not to mention only a few years older, even if she is ten years older, it would be a good thing to marry someone back.

At this moment, everyone looked at Shi Chonghai, and their eyes became a little subtle. Buying children to seek glory is indeed not a matter of high or low.

Outside the palace, a group of dandy boys had no intention of enjoying the spring scenery after watching the excitement. The first thing they did when they returned to the capital was to share this shocking secret with their relatives and friends. But if a lot of people know something like a secret, then it is no longer a secret, but a rumor that everyone knows well.

Within a day, the news of the second prince’s secret meeting with Mr. Shi’s second daughter on his wedding day spread throughout the upper class circles in the capital. The dandy is not like those gentlemen, who also pay attention to not speaking ill of others. Besides, it’s not like they were saying bad things, they were telling the truth.

As soon as this incident spread, the second prince, the Shi family, and the Xie family were all affected. Especially for Shi Feixian, this incident simply put her face on the ground, but she couldn't stand up yet. explain.

If she explained, others would say she was angry. If she didn't explain, others would think she was acquiescing. Originally, the best solution to this problem should be with the second prince Jiang Luo, but Jiang Luo has not been a considerate person since he was a child. After he returned to the palace, he felt that his feelings seemed to have been hurt by Shi Feixian, no matter what the outside world The flood is raging, who cares what the consequences will be after Shi Feixian falls into rumors.

The news of this matter was unpleasant. At most, the emperor would punish him. He would accompany Xie Wanyu on several more important occasions, and the topics about him would naturally turn into the ignorant romantic affairs of men before they get married. , as long as the prodigal son comes back after getting married, he is a good man.

What's more, he is still a prince and has no shortage of women around him, so why should he care about what others think of him?

Rumors like this always spread more and more fiercely. By the time they reached Banhua's ears, they had turned into Shi Feixian seducing many men in the capital, but he still had to pretend to be cold and noble, attracting those stupid The scholar wrote poems and paintings for her, as if he had made a fool of himself.

There were also various rumors surrounding Banhua at the beginning, but she didn't care about them at that time, but Banhua didn't know whether Shi Feixian could be as careless as she was. What Banhua can be sure of is that from now on, the words "high moral character" will no longer be applied to Shi Feixian.

Various rumors about Shi Feixian spread a lot, but few people paid attention to the murder of Zhao Jia. Even Banhua had never heard of it. Banhua didn’t know about the Zhao family until officials from Dali Temple came to visit. Someone was killed.

The Shaoqing of Dali Temple is a gentle man in his thirties. Although he came to inquire about a case, his attitude towards Banhua was very respectful. Every word he said was carefully considered, lest Banhua would have any trouble. Half dissatisfied.

In fact, he didn't want to come to Jingting Duke's Mansion at all. He had long heard of Princess Fule's reputation of flogging the unfaithful man Tanhua. He was very afraid of such a fierce woman because he had no power to restrain the chicken. However, the other people in Dali Temple do not have enough status. If they rashly go to Jingting Palace to ask questions, they will be suspected of offending. His boss, the Minister of Dali Temple, was not suitable to come because it was too solemn. Originally, it was just a simple question, but it alerted the Minister of Dali Temple. No matter how simple the matter was, it would become anything but simple.

He stayed up all night and tossed and turned in bed for several hours before he summoned the courage to visit the legendary tough and unreasonable Ban family.

What he didn't expect was that the concierge of the Ban family was very ordinary. He neither looked at him askance nor attacked him with bad words. Instead, he took him in politely. The inside of the mansion is indeed more refined and elegant, but this is the Duke's mansion, so it should be more elaborate.

The servants and maids are all very well-behaved, and no one is looking around or running around. They seem to be more energetic than his servants, and even the clothes on their bodies are better than those of his servants.

"Master Liu, please come this way." Guan led Master Liu into the main hall and saluted him, "Please."

Master Liu saw Duke Jingting and his wife sitting above them, with the crown prince and the princess sitting on both sides. There was no look of arrogance on the faces of the four of them, but more of curiosity and confusion.

"I have met the Duke, the wife, the prince, and the princess." Mr. Liu saluted Ban Huai, and Ban Huai smiled and asked him to sit down. Seeing this bright smile, Mr. Liu felt even more uneasy.

After a few words of greetings, Ban Huai finally asked about serious matters: "Master Liu, I don't know why you have such important things to do when you come to my humble residence today."

"I don't dare, I don't dare. The official came here rashly because of the murder of Zhao Jia, a doctor from the Ministry of Industry."

"Who, who?" Ban Huai almost thought there was something wrong with his ears, "Who was killed?"

"The returning father-in-law is Mr. Zhao Jiazhao, a doctor in the Ministry of Industry." Mr. Liu observed Ban Huai's expression. His eyes were slightly open, and he looked dumbfounded. It didn't look like he was pretending. It seemed that he really didn't know about this. He turned to look at Princess Fule again. Her face was even more confused, as if she didn't even know who Zhao Jia was.

Ban Huai was stunned for a long time before he said in disbelief: "Who did he offend outside?"

Why else kill him? Zhao Jia's status in the Zhao family was not high, and he was just living a life of eating and waiting for death in the Ministry of Industry. He was neither civilized nor military, and he only drank wine and gambled for money. What was the value of killing such a person?

Ban Huai's look of disgust was so obvious that Master Liu could not even pretend not to see it. He explained in a low voice: "Master Zhao's body was found outside Yanliu Lane after his death. The discoverer was a failed scholar. ."

Hearing this explanation, Ban Huai suddenly understood. Could it be that he was jealous of the singer and the oiran and was killed in the end?

"According to the confession of this failed scholar, we learned that a guard from your mansion once passed by with a knife, so as a formal official, we came to your mansion to ask." Mr. Liu had already inquired clearly about the two guards who happened to pass by. He is from Princess Fule, and the main person he is questioning today is Banhua.

"Madam, I never go to a place like this," Ban Huai quickly turned to look at Yin, "You have to believe me."

In front of outsiders, the Yin family would never embarrass Ban Huai. She smiled softly and said, "I trust my husband."

Ban Huai twisted his butt, feeling uncomfortable all over, but in front of Yin's smiling face, he didn't dare to say a word.

"Are you talking about the night before yesterday?" Seeing his father's restless look, Banhua didn't want him to be blamed, so he spoke, "Mr. Liu, the two guards you mentioned were probably sent by me. ."

Master Liu secretly complained in his heart, you are a good princess, why would you send guards to a place like that? Now he doesn't even ask, nor does he not ask. It's really embarrassing.

"That day I met a woman named Yun Niang. I was worried that something might happen to her on her way back, so I sent a guard to see her off." Banhua thought for a moment, "Cheng Amber and his guard were also present that day."

Hearing the name Cheng Anbo, Mr. Liu believed a little bit in his heart. He also saw that Banhua was not as mean and unreasonable as the rumors, but was very reasonable, so he felt relieved: "Princess, please forgive me for the offense. Who is this Yun Niang and what is her relationship with you?"

"She..." Banhua thought for a while and didn't know how to describe the relationship between her and Yun Niang, "She was the person that Mr. Xie eloped with back then."

Master Liu:? ? ?

Who is the second young master Xie eloping with? In other words, the woman who stole Princess Fule's corner and seduced Second Young Master Xie to elope was the Yun Niang that Princess Fule spoke of? If that's the case, why is Princess Fule still worried about her having an accident and sending guards to send her back? Shouldn't she and that Yun Niang be enemies?

Shen Yu was whipped by Princess Fule because she broke off her engagement with Princess Fule. That Yun Niang caused Princess Fule to lose such face, but she didn’t take revenge?

Seeing that Mr. Liu was obviously very troubled but still pretending to be nonchalant, Banhua couldn't help but laugh out loud. She said: "Mr. Liu, Yun Niang is just a promiscuous woman. She is stuck in the quagmire. If a hand is extended to her, she will naturally grasp it tightly, and I am not even familiar with her."

Master Liu smiled dryly and said: "The princess has a bodhisattva heart, and the lower officials admire her."

Ban Heng rolled his eyes, what a Bodhisattva-hearted thing, it’s just that his Ban family has always been very particular about the principle that every wrongdoer has his own debtor. What's the use of venting your anger on someone? The real evil person is Xie Qilin.

"Princess, my official still has something unclear. Please help me clarify my doubts."

"Master Liu, please speak frankly." Banhua nodded slightly, "I know that there is nothing I can't say without saying anything."

"I heard that the princess has been trained by General Ban for many years and is involved in riding and shooting weapons. I wonder if you know whether the sharp edge that caused such a wound was a knife or a sword." Mr. Liu never understood it from beginning to end. Ban Hua was regarded as the murderer. Let’s not talk about the good relationship between the Ban family and the Zhao family. Let’s talk about the identity and status of the Ban family. What is the purpose of killing Zhao Jia? Is it fun to kill and bring bad luck to the second prince’s wedding?

Even if he really wanted to cause trouble, he wouldn't use such stupid means.

He took out two pieces of paper. On one piece of paper were several murder weapons simulated by a Dali Temple painter. On the other piece of paper was a drawing of the front and back of a man's upper body, with the location and shape of the wound on it.

Banhua took the paper, carefully looked at the several simulated murder weapons on it, then looked at the wounds, slowly shook his head and said: "I haven't seen the real wounds, so I don't dare to be really sure. I'm not afraid of telling Liu. It's a joke, sir. Although I did gain a lot of knowledge from being with my grandfather, it's just talk on paper. If I make any mistakes, Sir Liu, please don't laugh at me."

When Mr. Liu heard this, he had a better impression of Banhua. Who was the one who smeared the reputation of Princess Fule? Isn’t she a very good little girl?

"Princess, please feel free to speak, I am all ears." Mr. Liu looked at Banhua expectantly.

Banhua asked him a few more questions, such as how the blood spattered, the color of the wound and flesh, whether it was everted, etc. Finally, Banhua shook his head, "Mr. Liu, I'm afraid these weapons are not ."

Master Liu suddenly became energetic: "I wonder what the princess has to say?"

Ban Hua asked his servants to bring a pen and paper and drew a picture himself, "I think it looks a bit like the weapons used by foreigners."

Master Liu took the paper and looked at it. Looking at the crooked picture on it, he couldn't tell whether it was a sword or a whip. He asked politely: "I don't know what the name of this weapon is?"

"Name?" Banhua looked at Mr. Liu in confusion, "This is a kind of knife commonly used by the Aipo tribe. It has no name. Isn't that prince of Aipo still shamelessly staying in Daye? Go and ask He should know better."

Master Liu suddenly understood, stood up and bowed to Banhua: "Thank you very much, Princess, for clearing up my doubts. I will take my leave."

Banhua said hurriedly: "This is just my guess, it can't be accurate. If something goes wrong, don't blame me."

Seeing Princess Ban's expression of "I helped you, but don't cheat me", Mr. Liu solemnly said: "Princess, please don't worry."

"That's good." Don't blindly shoulder the responsibility if you have nothing to do. This is one of the rules of conduct taught by her grandmother, and Banhua has always remembered it well. Seeing that the man named Liu was so knowledgeable, Banhua asked several times, "What's your name?"

"Back to the princess, my surname is Liu, my given name is Banshan, and my courtesy name is Qingfeng." Mr. Liu bowed respectfully to Banhua.

Banhua nodded: "I've written it down, go and do your work."

He took up the post of Shaoqing of Dali Temple in his early thirties, and he also pays attention to rules in speaking and doing things. For such a person, even if the dynasty changes in the future, his life should not be too bad.

Although Liu Banshan didn't understand why Princess Fule looked at him with a look of relief and admiration, thinking that this was his uncle's fiancée and future wife, he still bowed respectfully and then Withdrew.

After Liu Banshan left, all the seriousness on the faces of the four members of the Ban family collapsed. Ban Heng said with a look of shock: "The Zhao family was actually killed with foreign weapons, and on the eve of the second prince's wedding. , is this someone deliberately trying to sow discord between the cause and the subordinate countries?"

"I just said that eating, drinking, whoring and gambling is not a good thing," Mrs. Yin glanced at her husband and son, "Look what's so good about this, it's not honorable to die. When others mention him in the future, they will think of him dying in You'll be embarrassed until you die outside the fireworks display in Willow Alley."

"You're dead, why should you care about being embarrassed?" Ban Heng whispered, "Besides, Zhao Jia is not a famous person. How many people in the capital know him?"

"Based on what you said, do you still think he did it right?" Yin raised her eyebrows and glanced at Ban Heng with a pair of beautiful phoenix eyes. Ban Heng couldn't help but trembled, "No, no, I am It is said that such people are meaningless to live and die in vain, and they deserve our vigilance."

"Human, if you can't even die a good death, then you can die with your eyes open," Banhua said with emotion, "Brother Heng, you are still too young."

"Don't talk about your brother, you don't use your brain much when doing things yourself," Yin Shi glared at Banhua, "You are a girl, even if you don't trust other people, you should let the guards in the house take care of you. . Is it nice to send the personal guards around you over so that others can see and gossip about you?"

"Anyway, people outside always like to gossip about me. If you want to talk about it, just talk about me. Why bother the whole family?" Banhua felt that it was a good deal for him to do this. "How can I do it because of a small matter? , hurting my own family."

"Since you and your brother were young, have you and your brother done many things that have affected the whole family?" Yin said lightly, "Don't give me this nonsense. If you don't think so much about things next time, you and your brother will Let’s all kneel down at the memorial tablets of our ancestors.”

Ban Hua and Ban Heng all kept silent and secretly looked at Ban Huai. As the head of the family and the father of two children, Ban Huai lowered his head silently at this moment, adhering to the fine style of being silent even to death, and resolutely not saying a word to his children.

Even if his wife decides on such trivial matters at home, it would be better for him not to get into trouble.

Banhua Banheng:......

The rumors outside the palace eventually spread to the palace. After hearing what happened, Xie Wanyu bent a silver hairpin, especially after hearing that her second brother's eyes broke it because she gave Shi Feixian a collection of poems. After that, Xie Wanyu's expression became even more gloomy.

It turns out that there is a connection between the second brother and Shi Feixian, and she is the only one who is foolishly worried about the second brother, and even hates Banhua.

She felt betrayed, betrayed by her friend, betrayed by her brother. This kind of blow was too much for her to bear. Looking at his pale self in the mirror, Xie Wanyu threw the bent silver hairpin onto the dressing table. With trembling hands, I opened the lipstick box and put some lipstick on my lips.

No one in this world treats her sincerely, the only one she can rely on is herself.

The bright red lipstick, pink rouge, dark eyebrows, and layers of makeup concealed the emotions in her heart layer by layer.

She is not only Xie Wanyu, but also the second prince's concubine.

When the flowers fall and spring comes, the climate in the capital becomes weird. It is suddenly warm and cold. You wear thick clothes in the morning, but it is too hot at noon. Therefore, at this time of year, the nobles pay special attention to fear of catching the wind and cold. .

The Ban family takes medicine to prevent colds every day. Whether Banhua and Ban Heng like it or not, they have to be watched by the Yin family and drink a bowl of it every day, otherwise they will not be able to go out.

After finally swallowing a large bowl of medicine, Banhua almost covered her mouth and spit it out. Even though she rinsed her mouth several times, the smell of the medicine did not dissipate from her mouth.

Although the period of filial piety has long passed, Banhua has never worn red or purple clothes since the death of the eldest princess. When she went out today, she wore a green lake-colored dress, and she avoided bright hairpins on her bun, but her beauty was not concealed in the slightest.

Beautiful and elegant, the most important thing is to look at the face.

Prince Akqi, who had just come out of the restaurant, saw Banhua from a distance. Although he had only met Banhua a few times, he was very impressed by her because she was a person who made him realize that she was a noble person. A woman whose aesthetics are different from those of the Aipo people.

Having been in Daye for almost half a year, he still felt that the princess was prettier than the girl from Mr. Shi's family, but he was afraid of being laughed at, so he kept this in his heart. But when he saw Banhua today, he was still a little excited and couldn't help but ran to Banhua.

"Princess, I am Tu Aqi, do you still remember me?"

Seeing that this curly-haired young man was calling himself "I" and "I" at the same time, Banhua tilted his head and looked at him for a moment while riding on horseback, and asked with a smile: "Are you the prince of Aipo Kingdom? ”

"The princess has a good memory. I haven't seen you for many days, but you still remember me." Tu Aqi scratched his head in embarrassment, and his curly hair bounced, "Are you also here to watch Cuju?"

"Cuju?" Banhua was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that every April and May, some noble children in the capital would go to Cuju or play polo, which often attracted the people to watch. Strange to say this, I am afraid that there are some noble children playing ball today.

"No, I just came out to have a look." Banhua shook his head, "Prince wants to watch a game?"

Tu Aqi said embarrassedly: "Yeah, I just didn't find the place."

Ai Po Country was a small and not very wealthy country. In order to make Emperor Daye trust them and to learn Daye's advanced knowledge, he shamelessly tried his best to stay in the capital. However, in order not to offend Daye people, he did not dare to keep too many people around him. The total number of people accompanying him now is less than twenty.

He heard from people that a nobleman with a high status in Daye was surrounded by dozens of people waiting on him, not to mention the rough servants and various guards at home. After hearing this, he was filled with envy. In their country of Aipo, even his father would not have such a luxurious life.

For example, the princess he saw now was followed by more than ten people, all of whom should be her followers.

After staying here for a long time, he found that Daye had too much culture. Even if he stayed here for ten years, he would not be able to fully learn it. There are also various ways of having fun among the nobles, but he seems to understand it, and he can't even find a way to watch the excitement.

"Okay, then I will take you there." Seeing Tu Aqi's pitiful appearance, Banhua felt a rare kindness, "Let's go, follow me."

Tu Aqi's face was filled with joy and he thanked her repeatedly: "Thank you, Princess."

The two guards following him also saluted repeatedly, but the way they saluted was a bit weird, as if they were not used to Daye's etiquette.

"Master Shangshu, the case at Dali Temple has been closed," said an official from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. "Master Zhao Jia had a dispute with someone. The murderer had a grudge, so he hired two foreigners who did not have household registration in the capital to assassinate him. Zhao Jia."

There are many loopholes in this case, but since His Majesty said that the case will be closed, Dali Temple can only find a reason to close the case.

Everyone knows that two foreigners who do not even have household registration do not know the shift rules of the patrol army, and it is impossible to avoid the patrol army. However, the emperor wants to protect the people behind the scenes, and they, as ministers, also I can only pretend not to know.

The official wanted to say something more, but suddenly he paused and couldn't help but said: "Ahead...is this Princess Fule?"

After saying this, he realized that the princess was the fiancée of Lord Shangshu, and he immediately shut up.