The next day, news came from the palace that Wu Chengsi proposed that the court stop using troops against Goryeo and instead attack Tibet. The queen had put several states in Hexi on alert and urgently dispatched troops and horses.
The prince and King Pei immediately went to the palace to see the queen and unanimously expressed their opposition. Even Emperor Li Zhi got the news and summoned Wu Mei to Jinluan Courtyard.
In contrast, Liu Rengui, Su Dingfang and other military personnel went to Duke Zhou's mansion after receiving the news.
The Tibetan prince Chidu Chizan also heard the news, and was shocked and frightened. He did not expect that Wu Chengsi actually wanted to deal with them, Tibet.
At this time, it is impossible to successfully attack the Tang Dynasty, and it is not in the interest of Tubo to confront the Tang Dynasty head-on.
The Tubo prince immediately sent people back to Tubo to tell Zamp about the situation in the Tang Dynasty. He hoped that the country would immediately stop its plan to attack the four towns of Anxi and withdraw the border troops to prevent the situation from being irreversible after the Tang Dynasty discovered this army.
In the next few days, he went to Prince Pei's Mansion every day, saying that Wu Chengsi wanted to attack Tubo because of personal grudges, and hoped that Prince Pei would stop this.
Pei Wang Li Xian was naturally opposed to this matter, but he was very happy in his heart, thinking that Wu Chengsi finally showed his true colors and came up with such a bad idea.
But there was something that made him unhappy. Even though the proposal was terrible, the queen actually planned to adopt it, and the generals in the army did not stop it.
Thanks to his persuasive persuasion, the queen was finally persuaded to shelve the proposal.
After this incident, King Pei realized that Wu Chengsi was not only very important in the queen's heart, but also very influential in the army, and he became even more wary of him.
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In the early morning, Mosi felt extremely cold as soon as she got up. When she left the house, she realized that it was snowing heavily outside. The goose-feather snowflakes were blowing in the wind, and the whole world seemed to be covered with a layer of white.
From time to time, laughter like silver bells rang out in the courtyard, and following the sound, it was Yu Mian and Yu Ping who were building a snowman in the yard.
Mosi watched them laughing and playing quietly, and after a long while, she silently turned around, walked west along the corridor, passed through three doors, and came to the courtyard where the kitchen of the Duke's Mansion was located.
She did not enter the yard, but only looked outside the door. At this time every day, the vegetable shop clerk came in to deliver food.
Suddenly, the sound of wheels sounded, and a carriage filled with vegetables came from the direction of the back door.
Mosi's pupils shrank. One of the waiters delivering food today had a red belt around his waist.
She let out a long sigh, glanced left and right, and when she saw that no one was paying attention to her, she turned around and left.
As soon as she turned around, she couldn't help but be shocked and said: "Deputy Butler Cao, why are you here?" It turned out that Cao Qi was standing behind her.
"My father-in-law gave me the responsibility to manage the kitchen. What's weird about me coming here? What are you looking at here?" Cao Qi scolded him with a straight face.
Mosi lowered her head and said, "I want to see what's delicious today."
Cao Qi snorted: "It doesn't look like it to me. Don't think that this butler is easy to fool. Tell me, what are you doing here? Tell me the truth!"
Mosi raised her head and stared at Cao Qi, and said softly: "You don't know, you people in the Tang Dynasty have too many delicious food. When I was in my hometown, I never thought that there were such delicious food in the world, so I couldn't bear it.
I always want to come to the kitchen and have a look."
When Cao Qi saw her seductive eyes, he couldn't help but tremble, and couldn't help but said: "Of course, our Tang Dynasty is rich in products, which are naturally not comparable to yours. If you want to know more, I can take you
Come into the kitchen and have a look."
Mosi whispered: "I would like to go, but it's a pity that I still have to work."
Cao Qi waved his hand and said, "It's okay. I'll just say hello to you later."
"Butler Kewen has ordered that the guests in the mansion are all at the Nuan Pavilion recently, so the Nuan Pavilion must be cleaned every morning and evening." Mosi said softly.
When he heard the word "Guard Wen", Cao Qi shrank his shoulders and said, "That's it, that's fine. You can go ahead. If you want to come to the kitchen in the future, you can come to the kitchen at any time. If anyone dares to stop me, just give me my name."
Mosi smiled sweetly and said, "Thank you, Butler Cao."
After leaving the kitchen, Moss had just walked on the corridor for a while when a servant suddenly chased her from behind and shouted: "Moss, Moss!"
Mosi turned around and saw that it was Song Bei, the servant in charge of lighting the fire. She did not stop and asked as she walked: "What did you tell me to do?"
Song Bei said anxiously: "I just saw you talking to Deputy Butler Cao, right?"
"So what?" Mosi replied coldly.
Song Bei glanced behind him and said mysteriously: "Deputy Housekeeper Cao is not a good person, you'd better be on guard against him."
"Really?" Mosi's pace quickened a little.
Song Bei glanced behind him again and said, "Really! I'm not lying to you. Deputy Butler Cao is famous for being a womanizer in our house. Many girls in the house have been frivolous by him!"
Mosi said nothing, lowered her head and walked quickly.
Song Bei followed up quickly and said sternly: "Don't think that I am telling you this because I have any intention towards you. Butler Cao has an extraordinary background. It will be too late to regret it by then."
Mosi's expression finally changed and she asked, "Does Butler Cao have a good background?"
"Of course, you don't even think about it, his kind..." Song Bei glanced behind him mid-sentence, and then continued: "If he didn't have some background, how could he be the Duke of the country?
Deputy Housekeeper?"
"What is the background of Butler Cao?" Mosi asked impatiently.
Song Bei put his hand on Mosi's shoulder and said with a smile, "Do you want to know?"
Moss suppressed her disgust and nodded.
Song Bei laughed and said: "Not many people in the government know about this matter. After I tell you, you must not tell others."
Moss nodded repeatedly.
Song Bei said in a low voice: "Deputy Housekeeper Cao used to be someone close to the master. He was a servant of the Wu family before he was born, so..."
Moss glared at him fiercely, clapped his dog's paws off with her hands, and left quickly.
Song Bei stopped where he was, and after Mosi's back disappeared, he turned around and saw a maid in blue clothes walking over with a dog in her arms.
"Sister Qinghe, it's done, the spices have been put on." Song Bei said with a smile.
Qinghe said quickly: "Thank you." and chased in the direction Mosi left.
Around 1:00 p.m., Qinghe discovered that Mosi did not return to her room as usual after finishing dinner, but instead headed toward the back door.
Her nerves instantly became tense and she followed closely.
Soon, Mosi left the house through the back door. Qinghe hurriedly found Ding, a famous servant nearby, and asked him to help pass the news to Qiu Chan, and then chased him out with Mao Gu in his arms.
Outside the door, the Golden Crow slants to the west, and the setting sun is like blood.
Qinghe followed Mosi all the way out of Pingkangfang and headed south of the city.
She followed her very far, and sometimes even lost sight of the person. Whenever this happened, she would pat Maogu's head, and the white puppy would immediately bark in a certain direction, and Qinghe would head in that direction.
Chase after.
This is why she asked Song Bei to apply perfume on Mosi's body. The perfume was very small and ordinary people couldn't smell it, but Mao Gu could smell it within a mile.
This was an idea she just thought of last night, and she didn't expect it to come in handy so quickly.
The chase lasted for more than an hour. Qing He frowned secretly. Mosi had been sneaking out for so long. It would be difficult to explain when she returned. Aren't she afraid?
At this time, the sky was very dark and tracking was even more difficult. Fortunately, there was a hair drum that could point out the direction at any time.
After another quarter of an hour, Qing He was slightly surprised that Mosi actually entered Xuandu Temple through the back door. Qing He hesitated for a moment and followed her in.
After entering the observation area, the dog's barking easily attracted attention, so Qinghe put the hair drum into a cloth bag. As long as the dog entered the cloth bag, it would fall asleep quickly.
Without the help of Mao Gu, Qing He was afraid of being embarrassed, so he had to stay closer. Fortunately, after Mosi entered the Taoist temple, she seemed to be afraid of being discovered, so she kept walking unhurriedly.
Soon, Moss came outside a house, looked around, and then entered the house.
Qing He quietly came to the window, poked a hole in the window with his finger, and looked inside.
She is a martial arts practitioner and has always been extremely courageous, but after seeing this, she almost screamed.
There was a dim oil lamp in the room. Under the light, Mosi was seen sitting on a chair, staring coldly in her direction.
There seemed to be a figure lying at Mosi's feet.
What was even more horrifying was Mosi's next move. She stood up, bowed three times to the south, then took out a dagger, thrust it hard into her chest, and then shouted.
"Ahhh!"
Qing He had never seen such a weird thing in her life. The shrill scream made all the hairs on her body stand up. Moreover, after Mosi stabbed herself, she sat back on the chair, her eyes still staring in her direction, and she seemed to be
Smiling.
The bag Qing He was carrying moved. It seemed that Mao Gu was awakened by the noise and turned over.
When Qinghe came back to his senses, he found that he was surrounded by a group of Taoist priests who heard the sound.
"Who are you? Why are you here?" asked a Taoist priest.
Another Taoist priest quickly entered the room, and then a heartbreaking cry sounded in the room: "Master, master is dead!"
Just as Qing He was about to explain, there was a sudden burst of footsteps, and a group of officials rushed into the Taoist temple, surrounding her and all the Taoist priests.