Chapter 4

Yan Feng's face became more and more gloomy and angry. Everyone is guessing the result: is the girl still a virgin? The emperor was afraid that he could not punish her, so he was angry?

Just for a moment, after listening to the eunuch's whispering, Yan Feng hissed. Murong Zhining is also taken back, still kneeling on the ground.

Yan Feng stares at Murong Zhining with a look of extreme disdain and disgust: "listen to me, you are not only frail but also pregnant. You are a crime of deceiving the king. There is a shameless woman like you in the world. Come, take this cheap maid and the maid who made the false certificate back to the dungeon and wait for her to be released. The girl named Caiqin has reported her meritorious deeds, rewarded her with a hundred liang of silver and returned her freedom. Go out of the palace and make her own way. "

Caiqin's heart was in full bloom. She didn't think of a little plot. It not only let her punish Murong Zhining, but also let her earn a lot of money by the way. However, she doesn't want to leave now. She wants to stay to see the play. She also wants to see Murong Zhining be punished by the emperor. Therefore, Caiqin begged Yanfeng to let her stay in the palace. Yanfeng was happy to be a lady in the water, so she went to a concubine's womb and became a maid.

Murong Zhining and Caisang were thrown into the dark dungeon by several bodyguards. Murong Zhining wants to cry without tears. She is ashamed, angry and desperate.

Caisang didn't complain. She felt Murong Zhining's hair painfully: "Why are you so stupid? I don't know if I'm pregnant? But I'm sure you were forced by the old thief. Don't worry, I won't look down on you, because I've been bullied by that old beast. "

Murong Zhining brings Caisang here and sits on the ground with her. With tears in her eyes, she held Caisang's face: "I'm sorry for Caisang, I'm the one who's involved you. If I don't scold that dog emperor, he won't let people sink me, and he won't hurt you to be involved with me. "

Caisang looked around in horror and whispered, "aren't you afraid to be heard? You don't want to live? How could the emperor sink you? Even if he hates you and scolds him for being a despot, he can kill you directly without splashing a basin of dirty water! " Murong Zhining put her hands around her knees, and her eyes were full of tears: "the dog emperor is a villain who will report."

Caisang loves Murong Zhining very much. She takes out a piece of mung bean cake from her arms. She puts the cake she stole at risk into Murong Zhining's mouth: "eat it quickly, don't think so much. No matter what happens, I will accompany you. " They look at each other with a smile and put their heads together. Caisang's words warm Murong Zhining's lonely heart.

At night, it began to rain. There is no dry place on the ground. The two girls lay on their backs on the wet and cold ground and fell asleep.

Late at night, picking mulberry was frozen awake. In order to get warm, she leaned towards Murong Zhining. She found that Murong Zhining's body was not right, as hot as fire. Caisang woke up and touched Murong Zhining's forehead. The hot temperature burned her palm. Caisang shakes Murong and Zhining. She closes her eyes tightly. There is no reaction. She is in a coma.

Caisang is in a hurry. She grabs the prison door and shakes it desperately. She shouts, "someone is ill. Help!" When the guard came in, he saw through the door: "a criminal woman is ill, and she is ill.". Shout again and let you taste the whip. "

Caisang gave up asking for help. She knew that no one would take care of her if she shouted again. The life of the slave was regarded as a mess. Caisang served Zhuang Cheng's silly son. When the fool had a high fever before, Mrs. Zhuang ordered her to untie the fool's clothes and wipe his body with a wet cloth to cool him down.

Caisang can't care so much. She puts the comatose Murong Zhining flat, unties her clothes, takes the rain from the wall with her handkerchief, and carefully wipes Murong Zhining's body.

Murong Zhining lies there quietly, a pale face lifeless. Under her open clothes, her skin is white, delicate and smooth, like a piece of high-grade silk. When Caisang wiped her abdomen, she saw that it was slightly raised. Picking mulberry nose a sour, thought: this silly girl, still dead do not admit to have a pregnancy, must be afraid I look down on her.

Caisang looks at Murong Zhining in a coma, thinking that she once suffered the same humiliation as herself. Every drop of tears falls on Murong Zhining.

Day will be bright, Murong Zhining back to the hot temperature. She slowly opened her eyes and looked gratefully at the mulberry picking that had been taking care of her. She secretly vowed in her heart: if one day she and Caisang can leave this dark cell, she must give Caisang a good return.

Murong Zhining's condition didn't get better. She fell asleep again soon. Her face was becoming more and more gray, as if life were going to die.

Caisang was in tears. She couldn't control whether she would be punished by the guards. She tried her best to shake the door of the prison room and cried "help" desperately.

When the bodyguard finally arrived, Caisang knelt down and begged him, "even if it's a transgressor, the law has rules. She's pregnant, and even if it's a capital crime, she'll have to wait for her child to be born before she can be executed. "

The bodyguard was unable to be the master, so he went to inform Yanfeng.

Although Yan Feng hated Murong Zhining, he was not sincere. He sent the doctor to treat her.

Someone moved Murong Zhining out of the prison room, carried him to a dry room, and put him on a stone bed paved with straw. Supreme doctor Gao Dehong is here to diagnose Murong Zhining.Gao Taiyi carefully for Murong Zhining pulse, his face more and more dignified. Caisang anxiously asked, "is it serious? Please, can't give up, help her, she is still so young! " Gao Taiyi shook his head and sighed, "it's not easy to cure, it's delayed.". Besides, her illness requires precious herbs. A criminal woman, who will give her such good medicine? "

"If you want any medicine, just bring it to her. If she died here, how can others talk about me? " The cold and heartless voice of the flaming beacon sounded behind him. Gao Taiyi and Caisang are kneeling on the ground to salute each other.

Yan Feng only wanted to see Murong Zhining's embarrassed face. Unexpectedly, she was so ill, which made him feel a little compassion.

Yan Feng glances at the woman on the stone bed. This is the first time he can see the face of Murong Zhining clearly. The woman is very beautiful. Although the little face was gray and lifeless due to illness, its outline was perfect. Her curved eyebrows are like smoke and mist. Her long and dense lashes cover her closed eyes like a small fan. Occasionally, she flutters like a frightened butterfly and casts two shadows on her small face. The bridge of her nose is high and straight, the nose is slightly cocked up, the two soft thin lips are pale, and the sharp chin outlines the beautiful curve of her face.

For a moment, Yan Feng was shocked: the eyes under the eyelashes must be watery, and the delicate little lips must be very soft. Thinking about it, Yan Feng, who had come back to God, was angry. How could such a beautiful face grow on such a dirty woman? He brushed his sleeves hard and turned angrily away.

Gao Taiyi made a prescription and sent a special person to get the medicine back. He fried it himself and let Caisang help Murong Zhining to pour it down. Gao Taiyi has been a Taiyi in the palace for 30 years. The doctor is kind-hearted. He tries his best to diagnose and treat Murong Zhining. He is a kind-hearted and respected doctor, who has always spared no effort in treating patients regardless of their status.

Gao Taiyi looks at the mulberry picking and pours down the medicine. He tells the mulberry picking something to pay attention to and leaves.

Caisang is very pleased that Murong Zhining has been treated. She keeps by Murong Zhining's side and reaches for her forehead from time to time for fear that her condition will worsen. She looked at Murong Zhining gently, and her thoughts drifted away: when Murong Zhining and Caisang were in the villa, they were often bullied by the servant girls around the villa lady. The same situation made them feel sorry for each other.

Once, picking mulberry to send fruit to Mrs. Zhuang's room. Mrs. Zhuang was taking a nap. Her maid Caihe stole Mrs. Zhuang's favorite pair of pearl earrings and took the opportunity to rely on Caisang. She told Mrs. Zhuang that only Caisang had come in the whole afternoon, and she was very flustered when she saw Caisang leaving.

Mrs. Zhuang has Caisang hanged and tortured. Caisang can't stand beating, so she confesses. But she couldn't tell where the earrings were going.

Murong Zhining gets along with Caisang for a long time. She understands Caisang's character and believes in her innocence. In order to clear Caisang's name, she asked her wife to give her three days to get back her earrings. If not, she would like to be punished together with Caisang. Finally, the mean madam Zhuang gave Murong Zhining two days.

Murong Zhining has a close look at the villa house and soon has an idea.

The next morning, Murong Zhining went to Mrs. Zhuang's room. She pretended to be mysterious and said to Mrs. Zhuang that a fairy had entrusted her with a dream last night: "the fairy told me that he was the pagoda tree fairy in the yard. The night before yesterday, a thief dug a pit under the root of his tree to hide the stolen goods, which hurt his root. The tree fairy told me angrily not to dig up the stolen goods in a hurry. Before seizing the stolen goods, you must go to Xianlu temple to ask for some ashes, or you will hurt his vitality. If he doesn't do what he says, he will bring disaster to the villa. "

Murong Zhining approached Madame Zhuang and then said, "Shuxian is very angry. He also told me that he would show his spirit and engrave the thief's name in this place." Murong Zhining looks around vigilantly, and then uses her hand to block her mouth and whispers a word in Mrs. Zhuang's ear. Then she goes back to work in the kitchen.

That night, a dark shadow with a mask appeared stealthily in the back garden of zhuangfu. He drew a knife on a rockery stone and soon disappeared in the dark.

The next day, the house was as busy as the Spring Festival, and there were tables and chairs in the courtyard. Zhuang Cheng listened to the story of the tree fairy's dream, and also wanted to see the bustle. The next people even passed on this new thing to the gods. No one wanted to miss a good play. The yard was full of servant girls and young men.

Zhuang Cheng and his wife drink tea and ask Murong when will Zhining start? Murong Zhining replied that only when the boy who went to Xianglu temple to get the ashes came back could the land be moved.

About half an hour later, a young man handed a pack of incense ashes to Murong Zhining.

Murong Zhining respectfully handed the incense ash to Madam Zhuang's close maid to collect lotus: "you are the close maid of Madam, and also an important evidence for reporting. You are most qualified to command people to dig up the stolen goods. Later, madam will reward you well. "

Caihe listened to Murong Zhining's words, and her face was happy. She happily took the ashes, went to the East under a big locust tree, sprinkled the ashes, and instructed the servants to excavate. After a while, I dug out Mrs. Zhuang's earrings. The rockery in the back garden is also engraved with the name of picking mulberry. All of them sighed with relief that there was something wrong with the immortals. They waited for Mrs. Zhuang to send Caisang to the government for punishment.Caihe pleasantly holds the earrings dug out in front of Mrs. Zhuang. She is thinking about how Mrs. Zhuang will reward herself. She almost laughs proudly.

Mrs. Zhuang didn't reach for the earrings. Her face became darker and darker. She glared at Caihe's eyes and braved fierce light. She seemed to swallow her up: "Caihe, I treat you well! Why are you guarding against theft and polluting others? " Caihe knelt down on the ground in fear: "when something is found, the immortal also shows his spirit to identify the thief. Why does the lady say this about the maidservant?"

Murong Zhining takes a step forward: "I'll answer for your wife. Yesterday, I pretended to tell my wife about the fairy's dream in front of the people, and then I deliberately didn't let you hear the place where the spirit was revealed. I expected that someone would ask my wife after I left. I whispered to my wife that the tree fairy would appear on the rockery stone in the back garden. After I left, you pretended to be curious and asked my wife. But my wife would not defend you and tell you about the tree fairy appearing on the rockery stone in the back garden. This is exactly what I want. You will go to the stone in the backyard at night to engrave the name of picking mulberry, whether you are guilty or for the sake of sitting down and picking mulberry. It turns out that someone saw you slip out of the bedroom in the middle of the night last night and cover your face to go to the direction of the back garden. "

Caihe quibbled: "if you know I can engrave, why don't you take someone to catch me on the spot? How do you want to sink me now without any evidence? "

Murong Zhining's expression was calm: "I left after whispering with my wife, and deliberately left some time for you to inquire about her. Then I asked someone to set you free and went back to see my wife. I told my wife that I was wrong just now because of my nervousness. What the immortals carved on the rockery stone was a wronged person. I just recalled a detail in my dream. The tree fairy said that the earrings were hidden under the small locust tree in the West. This is a chance. No one but my wife can know it. "

"I admit that I quarreled with Caisang over trifles. I have a grudge and want to revenge her, but she did steal the earrings." The lady stamped her feet and snapped, "are you sophistry when you're dying? Murong Zhining told me yesterday that the thief hid the stolen goods under the small locust tree in the West. Today, no one told you where to dig. You had your own commander dig things out under the big locust tree in the East. You didn't bury them. How do you know where they are? "

Caihe fell down on the ground and said to himself: "it's impossible. Since there is no fairy to dream, how does she know that things are hidden under the locust tree? Why don't you have someone dig it out in time? " Murong Zhining stares at Caihe: "I believe in Caisang's character. She can't steal her wife's goods. I guess the person who stole the earrings didn't have the chance to take the things out of the house because of the hurry of time, but hid the things in the house. It's also good luck. When I was looking for clues everywhere, I came across a leaf half inserted into the soil under the big locust tree in the East. It's impossible for leaves to fall into the soil unless Someone has turned over the mud of the lamp. I need to sprinkle incense ashes on the excuse that Huai Xian hurt the root. In fact, I am deliberately delaying time. I have calculated that it will take a day for Xianglu temple to come back, and this day's time is just left for thieves to dig pits for themselves. Do you understand now? All arrangements are for you to expose your crimes to the public. "

Caihe cried excitedly, "bitch, how do you doubt me?" Murong Zhining stared into her eyes: "as long as you do something bad, you will show your horse's feet. You report picking mulberry. Naturally, you are the most suspect in my heart."

Murong Zhining by virtue of intelligent mind and careful observation, easily for mulberry acquirement. Caisang was beaten all over because of this. If it wasn't for Murong Zhining, she really didn't know if she could survive. Murong Zhining not only saved her, but also admired her wisdom and ability. They became the most sincere pair of good sisters in trouble.