Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Chapter 346: Conspiracy against Jing Shu

Li Xiang entered Jiao Xing's room. Jiao Xing was sitting on the couch picking beans with her maids Xiaomei and Suyue.

When the three masters and servants saw Li Xiang coming in, they all stood up in unison. Xiaomei quickly poked Su Yue at the side and whispered: "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you go and pour tea for the third master?"

Su Yue finally realized what she was saying, agreed and left, and Xiao Mei followed her out of the house.

Li Xiang then walked towards Jiao Xing, pulled her to sit down on the couch, and asked: "Pick these beans, but do you want to make mung bean cakes again?"

Jiao Xing looked at Li Xiang, nodded, and asked, "Why are you here at this time?"

Over the years, although Li Xiang has been thinking about Jiao Xing every day and night, in order to hide his love from others, he only comes here once or twice a month, and he usually catches up with Mu Xiu and has plenty of time. Time will come. If you are on duty during the day like this, and when you return in the evening, you will naturally be by Pingyang's side.

Li Xiang replied to Jiao Xing, "She has gone to her uncle's house and will stay there for a few days."

When Jiao Xing heard this, a hint of joy flashed in her eyes, but it was fleeting. She sighed slightly and said: "Even so, you can't be here with me. There are so many people with so many eyes. If I let Madam know, I still can't." OK."

Li Xiang took advantage of the situation and held Jiao Xing in his arms, murmuring: "I just want to see you so much, please allow me to stay with you for a while."

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On the tenth day after Li Ling left, Jingshu finally received a letter from him. When the doorkeeper brought the letter to Jingshu, he also brought a private letter from Princess Lanling of Zhongshun Hou Mansion.

Jingshu couldn't wait to open Li Ling's family letter. Li Ling told Jingshu in the letter that he had arrived in Fancheng in the northwest and was making arrangements to recapture the city occupied by the rebels soon. Li Ling said that everything was fine with him, so he She didn't need to worry about it, and specifically asked Jingshu to wait at home for his return.

Jing Shu has felt extremely uneasy since Li Ling left. Now that she has received a letter from Li Ling, she finally feels more at ease.

Jingshu finished reading Li Ling's letter, put it away, and then took out the letter sent by Princess Lanling and opened it to read.

Lan Ling didn't say much in the letter. He only invited her to go to Hongyun Tea House tomorrow afternoon, saying that he had something important to discuss with her.

Jingshu read the letter twice and couldn't help but have doubts in her heart.

At first, Princess Lanling wanted to marry the third girl, and she had mentioned this matter to her many times. Later, Zhou Jin rebelled against the decree and was exiled, so the marriage could only be abandoned. Now Lanling invites her in such a mysterious way. It would make sense to say that they went to meet outside to cover up the conversation about Zhou Jin, but the birthday of the old lady of the Zhongshun Hou Mansion was coming soon, and Lan Ling, as the mistress of the house, must be busy organizing the old lady's birthday, and How could he invite her out of the house at this juncture?

Jingshu put away Lanling's letter and called Ziyun to give instructions.

 At noon on the second day, a fancy car left the palace and went straight to the Hongyun Tea House where Lan Ling invited him.

In fact, it was not Lanling who met Jingshu at all. All this was just a vicious plan set by the prince Zhao Bi and Zhou Qing. Zhou Qing used the name of Princess Lanling to trick Jingshu into Fuyun Teahouse, where the prince's plot had already been laid. The subordinates were trying to trap Jing Shu.

Zhao Bi would naturally not come forward for such a matter personally. He coveted Jingshu's beauty and was waiting impatiently in the palace in the suburbs.

But Zhou Qing wanted to see with her own eyes Jingshu's miserable and helpless end after being deceived. She stood on the Hongyun Tea House and saw the government's carriage running over. She saw Jingshu get off the carriage with her own eyes. Zhou Qing was filled with resentment. His heart became excited.

At that time, she wanted to marry Li Ling and even wanted to make him a child, but was flatly rejected by Li Ling time and time again. Zhou Qing always held a grudge for this humiliation. Later, at the eldest princess's house, Li Ling shot Jingshu through her in order to support her. With one foot of revenge, Zhou Qing wanted to eat Li Lingjingshu's flesh alive.

Thinking of Jing Shu falling into the hands of Zhao Bi, and from then on having to be played and tortured by Zhao Bi in the dark. Thinking of Li Ling being plotted in this way, Zhou Qing was so excited that almost all the blood in her body boiled.

She was hiding in the dark and saw Jingshu entering the private room with her own eyes, so she rushed in with a few sturdy waiters. "Ms. Shen, you didn't expect it was me, did you?" The attendant kicked open the door, and Zhou Qing walked into the house with a cold hum.

 However, unexpectedly, there was no one in the house.

 It turns out that the person sitting in this car is not Jing Shu, but Ling Xiao in disguise.

Ling Xiao was originally the little **** beside the eldest princess. He was not as tall and strong as a normal man. He put on a woman's clothes, a cloak, and a gauze hat that women usually wear when traveling in spring. If he didn't step forward and look carefully, No flaws can be seen.

Ling Xiao entered the private room that Lanling had prepared in advance, quickly took off her women's clothes, put on men's clothes, turned out the window, and saw Zhou Qing and others clearly through the peephole.

At this moment, Jing Shu was sitting in the palace. After listening to Liang Xiao's description after returning, she asked, "Can you see clearly? Are you sure he is from the palace?"

Jingshu felt that it was a scam when she received Lanling's letter. She could have ordered someone to go to Lanling to confirm, but Jingshu did not do so. She just wanted to use the trick to find out who was trying to harm her.

Jing Shu originally guessed that this person would be Queen Cao, because Ling Xiao had grown up in a deep palace since childhood and was familiar with the people in the palace, so Jing Shu ordered Ling Xiao to disguise herself.

Liang Xiao listened to Jing Shu's words, nodded and affirmed: "I can see clearly that these people are disguised, but judging from their figures and faces, they must be martial arts servants in the palace."

Jingshu also heard from Liang Xiao that there was a woman who went in with these people. She wondered: "Does this woman look like she is good at martial arts?"

Ling Xiao has never met Zhou Qing, so naturally he doesn't recognize her.

Liang Xiao shook his head and replied: "I originally thought this woman was a palace official in disguise, but when I looked closer, she actually wore a pair of beads in her ears."

 Hands in the palace all wear single beads, while only concubines can wear double beads.

Just now she heard Liang Xiao say that these people were servants in the palace. Jing Shu also suspected that they were people sent by Empress Cao. Now that she heard that the leading woman was actually a concubine, Jing Shu became confused.

If these people were sent by Empress Cao, they would definitely not include concubines.

Jing Shu thought about it for a while, but couldn't figure it out, so she looked up at Ling Xiao and asked, "Have you seen clearly what this woman looks like?"

Ling Xiao is a careful person. He described it to Jing Shu in detail. Jing Shu then suddenly understood. She drew a sketch on the paper and showed it to Ling Xiao: "But this person?"

Ling Xiao looked at the portrait, nodded heavily and said, "That's exactly the person."

 It turned out to be Zhou Qing!

 Is Zhou Qing trying to harm her?

 (End of this chapter)