Yuan Jiawen, the third son of the Shangshu, was working on his concubine when he smelled a faint smell of smoke at the tip of his nose, which made him cough a few times.
He stopped and shouted impatiently, "Jinbao! What happened outside? Why is it so choking?"
This matter could not be made public, so every time Yuan Jiawen took action, he would send the servants away from the courtyard and only leave Jinbao to guard the door.
After shouting three times, no one answered from outside. The concubine, who was indulging in pleasure, finally came to her senses and clung to her arm softly: "You are choking me to death. Is Jinbao being lazy? My husband, please go out and take a look."
Yuan Jiawen always let her call him that in bed. After kissing her on the lips, Yuan Jiawen got out of bed wearing a cloak.
He opened the door and a figure fell straight down. Yuan Jiawen dodged sideways and his pupils dilated after seeing the face of the person on the ground!
The person lying on the ground was Jinbao. His eyes were open and the blood on his neck had already coagulated.
Yuan Jiawen looked outside the yard with a grim expression. The fire was raging and was gradually spreading towards this side.
The concubine lying on the side of the bed saw Jinbao dying with his eyes open, and screamed in horror. Then she saw the raging fire outside, and crawled off the bed, trying to run outside, but was caught by Yuan Jiawen.
This scene happened to be witnessed by the crowd who came over.
Things had come to this point. What else could Yuan Jiawen not understand? He was being plotted against!
His clothes were disheveled, and the ladies who came over covered their eyes with fans and handkerchiefs, but there were also some who loved to watch the fun and secretly looked through the gaps. Jiang Zhiyu was one of them.
[Oh, she has a nice figure. No wonder she dares to cheat on her own father.]
Jiang Sulan's mind flashed with the fat figure of Zuo Shangshu, and she nodded silently.
[But after all this time, hasn't anyone else noticed their adultery? I'll go check it out.]
The fire was not big, and it had basically been put out when she turned the plot. The concubine kept her head buried in Yuan Jiawen's arms, and everyone thought she was just a maid and didn't care.
With the Crown Prince and the Fifth Prince present, Yuan Jiawen naturally didn't dare lose his temper. He said stiffly, "Your Highness the Crown Prince and everyone else, please excuse me. I'll go change my clothes first and then come back to entertain you."
Before Xiao Lingyu could say anything, the Shangshu's wife hurried over, her face covered in tears.
"My son, my son, are you hurt anywhere?"
It's broken! Yuan Jiawen's men hugged the concubine tightly, avoiding his mother's pulling hands, and said through gritted teeth: "It's okay, mother, let me go in and change clothes first."
The Shangshu's wife refused to do so. Her heart was in her throat, and her son repeatedly defended the woman in his arms. She grabbed the concubine's arm and hit her: "Where did you come from, you vixen! Don't you see your status? You act so dissolutely!"
The concubine kept her head down and refused to look up no matter how she was beaten or scolded.
Xiao Lingyu's eyes were deep.
[Oh my god, no wonder no one noticed, Minister Zuo and his three sons are all lovers of this concubine!]
[Wow, you guys are still hanging out together at night sometimes? I'll get mad at anyone who says the ancients were feudal!]
Jiang Sulan, Xu Youran: Ah?
The Shangshu's wife had the anger buff, and after a few grabs, she made Yuan Jiawen let go of her hand in pain. She grabbed the concubine's arm and lifted it up suddenly - the concubine's face was exposed to everyone.
The Shangshu's wife was stunned for a moment, and then there was a sharp explosion.
Minister Zuo was well-known for favoring his concubine over his wife. Except for very formal occasions, he would basically bring his concubine with him. Almost everyone present recognized her face.
Considering that the two of them were now in dishevel, everyone had an idea of what they had been doing before.
Everyone felt awkward and a little excited after being caught off guard by a scandal.
The concubine knelt on the ground, her body trembling in her underwear, and kept begging for mercy.
The Shangshu's wife's face turned red and blue, and the nails of her hands, which were hidden by her sleeves, pierced into the flesh.
It's her again! Ever since she entered the mansion, there has been no peace in this mansion. First, she bewitched the master, and now she has set her sights on her son?
The Shangshu's wife became more and more angry as she thought about it. She ignored the group of people standing outside the courtyard, pushed the concubine down, and then shouted angrily: "Come here, drag this shameless whore out, strip her naked and parade her through the streets!"
Yuan Jiawen still had some feelings for his concubine. Seeing her frightened and helpless look, Yuan Jiawen glanced at Jinbao's body on the ground and came up with an idea.
"Get out of here! Don't touch her! Don't touch Ye Chu!"
He pushed away the servant who was holding his concubine with a frantic look on his face, and kept shouting "Ye Chu."
Ye Chu was Yuan Jiawen's former concubine. She died of a cold years ago. Seeing him so crazy, the Minister's wife didn't care about being angry and just stood there in horror.
Everyone was also in doubt. Someone whispered, "Could it be that he was poisoned?"
Jiang Sulan and Xu Youran were also a little uncertain.
That's right, what young man from a good family would have an affair with his father's concubine knowing that his family was going to hold a banquet? This must be a mental disorder.
Just as the two confirmed their thoughts, they saw Jiang Zhiyu leaning leisurely on Jiang Sulan, looking at her with shining eyes, almost holding a handful of melon seeds in his hand.
Xu Youran: “…”
There must be something else going on!
Sure enough, the next second, they heard Jiang Zhiyu's thoughts.
[Wow, I don't think you deserve an Oscar for Best Actor. Look at how crazy you are, you acted so well.]
Although they don't know what Oscar winner means, it doesn't stop them from understanding the meaning of this sentence.
[The next step should be to return to normal, dazedly push the concubine away, and then guide everyone to see Jinbao's body.]
As soon as she finished speaking, Yuan Jiawen over there suddenly let out a strange cry, pushed the concubine away, looked around blankly, and finally his eyes fell on the Shangshu's wife: "Mother? Why are you here?"
Then, he stood up while rubbing his temples. His eyes caught sight of the body lying on the ground. His pupils dilated and his voice trembled: "Jinbao?! Who is it? Who did this?!"
[Great! The performance was so moving and sympathetic! Where are the applause?! Where are the cheers?!!]
The two people who were watching his performance and listening to Jiang Zhiyu's inner thoughts: "..."
As soon as everyone came in, their attention was attracted by Yuan Jiawen and his concubine. In addition, the Shangshu's wife made a fuss, and no one noticed that there was a corpse lying below.
Now that Yuan Jiawen said this, everyone's faces couldn't help but become serious.
The death of a servant was not a big deal, but the problem was that judging from the wounds, the servant was murdered.
To murder a servant of an imperial official, and this servant had an unusually close relationship with the young master...
Everyone's eyes were turned to the person with the highest status present - Xiao Lingyu.
In the original plot, Xiao Lingyu found out that it was Song Shiwei who did it, but because of his curiosity about her, he let her go.
But now that she is here, she can't let the same thing happen again.
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