The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 381 Dog Man

Zhou Shao was stunned again. Shi Mingwei was dead?

Could it be that the brother and sister teamed up to deceive him and ran away together?

Zhuzhu has been a proud person since childhood, the only one favored by the whole Shi family, and he can't tolerate any ingratitude in his eyes. He is very jealous. He firmly believes that Shi Mingzhu couldn't bear to see him marry someone else, so he faked his death and ran away.

Only by thinking this way can he hold on.

Zhou Shao had known about Zheng's death for a long time, and he knew that the Duke of Zheng was just using this incident to give Zheng a reasonable excuse for her death.

Thinking of this, Zhou Shao's languid spirit perked up: "I didn't know about this. Brother Mingwei and I were once close friends. Now that he is gone, I will go to pay my respects. Duke Zhenguo, take me to see him for the last time on behalf of Zhuzhu."

The Duke of Zhenguo knew that he suspected the Shi family, so he took him to see Shi Mingwei's body.

When Zhou Shao saw the body and confirmed that it was Shi Mingwei, his slightly lifted spirits suddenly disappeared.

Shi Mingwei is really dead!

So, what about Zhuzhu?

Next to Shi Mingwei's coffin was Zheng's coffin. It was hot in June, so several buckets of ice were placed in the makeshift mourning hall.

Faced with the two coffins, Zhou Shao had no intention of searching them carefully. He just quickly searched any corners where people could be hidden, then hurriedly left with the imperial guards.

The imperial guards also spread the news of Shi Mingwei's death.

As for the Imperial Palace Guards, their people come from all sorts of places, so when they search the house of someone they know, revealing a few gossips is just a casual thing to say, and it can also cover up the embarrassment of searching someone's house.

Therefore, the stories about Shi Mingwei's death became more and more outrageous.

Some people laughed at him, saying that he died from peeing, which was too funny. People in Beijing laughed at this joke for ten years.

Some said he abused his maids and was killed by them;

Some people said that the ghost of the maid who was tortured to death was still lingering, and that she was pushed into the well by a ghost and drowned;

Some said he forced the maid, who killed him in the resistance, deliberately not pulling up his trousers;

Some people also said that the Shi family took advantage of the flood in Fengzhou to make a fortune, and this was retribution, and their descendants were unlucky one by one...

When the wall falls, everyone pushes it. The Shi family has offended too many people.

Especially recently, the emperor has been vigorously cracking down on officials and their wives doing business privately. No one dared to scold the emperor, so the anger was directed towards the Shi family.

The Shi family was already the target of public criticism, and now they became even more of a target.

Shi Mingwei's death became a complete joke in the capital, and the Shi family's reputation became increasingly bad.

Even Shi Yao couldn't avoid being accused of being unkind.

Compared to the ridiculous death of Shi Mingwei, the death of Shi Mingzhu caused more sensation. After all, the Fourth Prince asked the Emperor to seal off the city in order to find her.

The last time the capital was sealed off was when the emperor and his three brothers were fighting for the throne, and one of their brothers forced the emperor to abdicate.

Romantic scandals always spread faster, wider, and more bizarrely than other news.

Some even speculated that the Fourth Prince would take the opportunity to launch a coup and compete with the Crown Prince for the throne.

People closed their doors and dared not go out.

This rumor first reached the ears of the newly promoted Princess Cheng, Lin Zhiwu, who then told Zhou Shao with red eyes.

Zhou Shao had been running around all day and was exhausted. He broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this.

He did have ambitions for the throne, but the commander of the imperial guards was only loyal to his father, and had an ambiguous relationship with the crown prince in the past two years. No matter how crazy he was, he would not dare to order his father's subordinates to force his father to abdicate!

The emperor values ​​the crown prince, but among his brothers, he favors him the most. The father and son have a deep affection, so it is impossible for him to kill his father and the emperor.

However, when he thought that Zhuzhu ran away from him because of the woman in front of him, no matter whether she escaped from him alive or died, he couldn't help but vent his anger on her. The more he looked at Lin Zhiwu, the more he disliked him.

"roll!"

Zhou Shao scolded, and then he became even more annoyed when he remembered that he slept so soundly last night and missed the opportunity to save Zhuzhu.

The people below said that the princess put out the fire and gave proper command, but he did not believe it.

He grew up in the imperial palace. His biological mother was a favorite concubine. The mother and son had to avoid many attacks. He knew best how terrible a woman's jealousy could be, and he also knew best how cruel a woman with a weak appearance could be when she used her tricks.

Lin Zhiwu shrank her neck in shock, but then she remembered that she had the support of her imperial concubine, so she straightened her back and asked timidly, "What about tomorrow's return visit——"

"Lin, you are courting death!" Zhou Shao laughed in anger, stood up suddenly, grabbed Lin Zhiwu's neck, his eyes bloodshot, and said viciously, "Zhuzhu's whereabouts are unknown, and we don't know whether she is alive or dead. As a princess, you only want to return home. You wish Zhuzhu would die soon, right?"

Yes! Lin Zhiwu didn't dare to speak out her true feelings. She slapped Zhou Shao's hand hard, her face flushed red: "I didn't start the fire. Woohoo, I helped put out the fire. Is that wrong?"

The palace maids and eunuchs hurried forward to plead for mercy, and mentioned the emperor and Concubine Ning. Zhou Shao had some reservations, so he released Lin Zhiwu.

"Get away! I don't want to see you again! From today on, I will move to the study! Come on, prepare the horses, I want to continue searching the city!"

After drinking, Zhou Shao strode out.

Lin Zhiwu collapsed on the ground, coughing violently, tears slowly falling down his face.

This dog man!

He didn't respect her as a princess at all, and he has been slapping her in the face from yesterday to today.

Now, she must be a laughing stock in the whole capital, right?

How will you go out in the future?

Lin Zhiwu wiped away her tears and murmured, "You are so affectionate, why don't you go and die for Shi Mingzhu? You are so hypocritical, who are you doing this for? You bastard!"

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On this day, the gates of the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion were closed.

Yesterday the city was decorated with red and green and lights, but today it is filled with fluttering white banners and a gloomy mood.

After the imperial guards left, the Duke of Zhenguo collapsed.

The Shi family was in chaos again. Fortunately, Fu Nanjun managed the backyard, Shi Mingzhen and Shi Mingying managed the front yard, and Shen was in charge of the overall situation.

As the steward of the Duke's Mansion, he had a keen eye. Seeing that the master's family was about to fall, people were in a panic, and this panic spread to the lower-level servants.

Everyone in the Duke's Mansion felt insecure.

As for Shi Mingwei's death, Shi Mingzhen and his brother were the first to suspect Shi Mingkui. They started with the people around Shi Mingkui, investigated openly and secretly, and finally found some clues by all means.

At midnight last night, someone entered the Shenmao Pavilion, and later Shi Mingkui sent someone to escort that person out of the Duke's Mansion!

The two brothers looked at each other and said nothing.

Both of his wives divorced him and ran away with their children. The two of them were holding their breath and hoped more than anyone else that the Shi family would make a comeback and make Tao Ziyi and Qi Wan, who had escaped from the Shi family, regret it and come back crying and begging them to remarry.

Therefore, the news of the Shi family brothers killing each other must never be spread.

Not only did the two of them plan to conceal the truth, they also quietly dealt with the people who knew about it, and then came to the Subaru Hall.

Shi Mingkui was making tea, and sitting opposite the tea table was the little boy Shi Yunfan.

The father and son looked relaxed.

Shi Mingkui was only wearing a thin half-sleeved shirt, waving a fan in his hand, slowly pouring tea for the third and fifth brothers, and said with a smile:

"Did you find out about me? Don't worry, sit down and have some tea first."

Shi Mingying lost his temper, picked up the teacup and threw it out of the window, not shying away from Shi Yunfan, and angrily said, "You can still laugh! That's our second brother, the one we grew up with!"

After he finished speaking, his voice choked slightly and tears were about to fall from his eyes.