It's easy to be a villain, but hard to be a princess

51 New Year's Eve 1

Han Zixiao ordered Zhuxiao to continue to look at Zhang Zhu. He went to the Yushitai and explained the reason to Liu Chengqing, the doctor of the Yushi.

Han Zixiao went to the Lin Mansion with the people from the Ministry of Criminal Justice to arrest people, but unexpectedly, all the money in the mansion was taken away.

When Chu Ruihong learned of this, he became furious and dispatched five hundred Imperial Forest Army to search for Lin Manxu's whereabouts.

Zhang Zhu was thrown into the prison and sentenced for murdering an official of the imperial court. He was executed after the beginning of spring.

The culprit and mastermind behind Liu Qinghe's murder have been found out, and Han Zixiao finally settled his mind.Liu Qinghe's wife and daughter have long since moved out of Liu's residence and settled in an old house in the south of the capital.This was bought by Liu Qinghe when he first came to the capital as an official.

Liu Qinghe's death was more or less related to Han Zixiao, and he felt guilty.There is no way to make up for it, so I can only visit their mother and daughter often and try my best to help.

One month ago, Han Zixiao wrote a letter to his father in Suzhou. Han Yunyin sent someone to send 2000 taels of silver. After Han Zixiao received the silver, he gave it all to Mrs. Liu, and lied to her that it was a pension issued by the imperial court. .Mrs. Liu believed it and accepted it.After the beginning of spring, I plan to use this money to start a small business and open a silk shop in a place in the capital.

Mrs. Liu can live in peace of mind, and Han Zixiao is also relieved.The matter of tracking down Lin Manxu's whereabouts was out of Han Zixiao's control. Han Zixiao brought some New Year's goods to Mrs. Liu's residence the next day, and gave them some New Year's goods for the two mothers and daughters. One of them was a couplet written by Chu Muqing The second reason is to come over and burn some incense candles for Liu Qinghe, and tell him that the mastermind behind the scenes has been found out, so that he can rest in peace under the Nine Springs.

Han Zixiao planned to resign his official position after Lin Manxu was brought to justice, and the disturbances of the court in the future would have nothing to do with him.

But he didn't expect that Lin Manxu was not the mastermind behind the scenes.After Zhang Zhu was rescued that day, Lin Manxu knew that the matter had been exposed, so he hurried back to the house to pack his things, and hid in Fan Youcheng's house.

When Fan Youcheng learned that Lin Manxu had been exposed, he had murderous intentions, but Lin Manxu held his hand and said to Fan Youcheng: "My lord, this official has already left the ledger and your and my criminal evidence to one person. If this official dies, that person will I will definitely go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to file a complaint with the account book and evidence.”

Although Fan Youcheng hated it in his heart, he put on a smile on his face, "Master Lin seems to be distrusting me by doing this."

Lin Manxu is a cunning person, so he knows that if he is as cunning as Fan Youcheng, he will definitely not cause any trouble for himself, "My lord, it's a matter of necessity for me to do this, as long as my lord gives me a place to temporarily avoid the limelight, I will naturally not I'm sorry my lord."

"Lord Lin, just put your mind at ease, no one here will dare to come to your door."

Lin Manxu also knew that Uncle Guo's house was the safest place, so this was the first place he thought of.Lin Manxu cupped his hands, "Then thank you sir."

Fan Youcheng glanced at him from the corner of his eye, "I would like to know how Mr. Lin was found out."

Lin Manxu frowned with hatred in his eyes, "It's all to blame for that Han Zixiao, he secretly sent someone to follow the subordinate, and when the subordinate wanted to kill Zhang Zhu and Tian Yushan, Zhang Zhu was followed all the time The officers rescued him."

Fan Youcheng glared at him bitterly, "Master Lin has always been able to do things effectively, but I didn't expect that there would be times when he was confused."

"It's because the martial arts of the follower is too strong, so I didn't notice it all the time." Lin Manxu sighed regretfully, looked at Fan Youcheng and said, "Han Zixiao is not a simple person, my lord should be on guard against him on weekdays." point."

Fan Youcheng snorted softly, "Now that Han Zixiao has lost the trust of the emperor, it will not be difficult for me to get rid of him."

"Oh? My lord has already thought of a way?"

Fan Youcheng took two steps, with a sinister smile on his lips, "I have secretly sent someone to investigate his details. He was able to sit in today's position because he bribed the examiners in the imperial examination. When the evidence is conclusive, he will not be afraid of him." I can still escape."

Unexpectedly, Han Zixiao still had such a clue, Lin Manxu said: "From this point of view, Han Zixiao is an upright official on the outside, but he is actually no different from a low-ranking official on the inside. Fortunately, he still has the nerve to flaunt his reputation as a clean-fingered man! "

The smile on the corners of Fan Youcheng's lips deepened, "If he wants to show off, let him show off. After a while, there will be a good show. I'll see how arrogant he is."

Lin Manxu answered, "Unfortunately, the lower officials are not blessed to see this good show."

Lunar New Year's eve.

Han Zixiao got up early in the morning, helping to paste couplets and hang lanterns, he was extremely busy.I didn't worry about this personally when I was in the Han Mansion in Suzhou before, but this year when I got interested, I followed the servants to work together.

Han Zixiao stood on the chair, rolled up his sleeves to paste the couplet, Ye Qing commanded not far away, "My lord, move a little further to the left."

Han Zixiao followed suit, moved a little to the left, Ye Qing said again: "It's over, move a little to the right."

Chu Muqing happened to pass by, seeing Han Zixiao busy pasting couplets, she was in a good mood.However, seeing the couplets in his hand clearly, Chu Muqing said helplessly, "The couplets are pasted upside down."

Han Zixiao turned around, "Huh?" He looked at the couplet in his hand, the top was the top, and the front was the front, "What's wrong?"

Chu Muqing said: "Paste the couplets on the top, left, bottom and right. What you have is the couplets in your hand, so you should stick them on the left side of the door."

Han Zixiao really didn't know there was such a saying, Ye Qing over there said: "My lord, what the lord said seems to be right, the family used to post it like this."

Han Zixiao smiled awkwardly, "I see."

Chu Muqing raised her eyebrows, "Or, you can't even tell the upper and lower lines?"

There are servants here, Han Zixiao really doesn't want to admit this fact, "Hehe, why can't we tell, the prince is joking."

Chu Muqing had a smile on her lips, "Since we can tell the difference, why not post it quickly."

"Oh." Han Zixiao handed the first couplet to Chu Muqing, "Please trouble the prince to pass the second couplet to the next official."

Originally, there was a servant waiting for him to paste couplets, the paste and couplets were all ready, but Han Zixiao called Chu Muqing.So Chu Muqing also posted the couplet with him.

Several doors in the house needed to be pasted with couplets, and Chu Muqing accompanied Han Zixiao to paste up the rest of the couplets.With Chu Muqing around, I'm not afraid of pasting the upper and lower couplets wrongly.

After a busy morning, the couplets were pasted up on the mansion, and the red lanterns were hung up. There was always a feeling of Chinese New Year in the palace.Usually, Uncle Song took the servants to post the couplets during the Chinese New Year. This year, Han Zixiao took over the job of posting the couplets, so he took his servants to clean the house.

On New Year's Eve, you can eat as usual at noon, but the meal at night must be hearty, which is called New Year's Eve dinner among the people.

In previous years, when Chu Muqing had a New Year's Eve dinner, even though there were plenty of dishes on the table, he would only eat a little, and he would stop eating several dishes without using chopsticks.But this year with Han Zixiao at the table, his mood was completely different from previous years.

It is the New Year only when someone is with you.

There were a lot of dishes on the table, Han Zixiao called Song Bo and Ye Qing to the table, but Song Bo shied away for a long time, and he sat down when Chu Muqing opened his mouth.

The New Year's Eve dinner for the servants was also very sumptuous, except for those who had reported leave and went back to their hometown for the New Year, the remaining seven people had a table, and men and women ate and drank together, laughing and laughing constantly.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, Han Zixiao distributed lucky money to everyone, ordered them to bring out the fireworks they bought yesterday, and gathered in the backyard to set off fireworks.

Chu Muqing, who usually didn't get along with the people in the house, was pulled over by Han Zixiao to set off fireworks.Everyone in the house privately said that the prince's New Year's Eve this year finally felt a bit like the New Year.

To welcome the new year tomorrow, there is a folk custom to take a bath tonight to get rid of the bad luck of the old year.

After Chu Muqing took a shower and went back to her room, Han Zixiao, who had been waiting in the room, raised her head and smiled at him.Chu Muqing turned around and closed the door, walking towards him.

Han Zixiao got up from the round stool and looked at the hair crown on his head. The hairpin on the hair crown was the Hetian white jade hairpin he gave not long ago, "This Hetian white jade hairpin is very suitable for the prince, but the lower official is I like the way the prince let down his hair." As he spoke, he raised his hand to take off the hairpin, letting his hair hang down on his shoulders.

Chu Muqing said, "Not serious."

"If you are too serious, you will lose a lot of fun." Han Zixiao ran his hands along Chu Muqing's hair, held up a strand of hair and kissed it on the palm of his hand.Raising his eyes, he met Chu Muqing's gaze. His eyes filled with a thousand-year-old deep pool were full of water, and his slightly pursed water-colored lips were somewhat indescribably seductive.

Han Zixiao moved closer and tapped on his lips, raised his hand to put the hair behind him on his left shoulder, revealing a section of his neck like a crown jade on the right, Han Zixiao kissed his neck lightly again, forehead Pressing against his forehead, he called him in a barely audible voice, "My lord."

Chu Muqing pressed against the tip of his nose and kissed him on the lips. Han Zixiao responded immediately, deepening the kiss.

When the kiss was in full swing, Han Zixiao suddenly hugged Chu Muqing horizontally.How could Chu Muqing, who was always proud, tolerate being hugged like this, "Han Zixiao, don't be too presumptuous."

Han Zixiao hugged the person a little tighter, looked down at the person in his arms, "I've done all the more presumptuous things, I don't care about one more thing."

Chu Muqing glared at him dissatisfied, and fell onto the bed, Han Zixiao pressed up, holding Chu Muqing's hands and pressing them over his head, Chu Muqing glared at him again, "You..."

Han Zixiao looked at him from top to bottom, "After the prince puts down his hair, people can't help but want to bully him."

"You think that you can bully me?" Chu Muqing raised her eyebrows.

"Of course not, but if the lord is willing to be bullied by subordinates, it will be easy."

Chu Muqing held his wrist with a backhand, pulled away one hand to wrap around his back, turned over and pressed him under her body, looking at the person under her, the corners of Chu Muqing's lips curled up, "Han Zixiao, I advise you You still don't push yourself."

Han Zixiao raised his hand and stroked his hanging long hair, "Are you sure you want to be on the top? It's not suitable for an official to have fun under his body, maybe he will wake up early tomorrow morning, and he will have a high fever and be sick for several days."

"It's better to be sick, so as not to always be presumptuous in front of this king."