Bao Garden was originally a garden owned by a family named Bao, but it was sold because they planned to move to Chengdu.
Li Xia originally thought that Yan Rong would change the plaque after moving in, but she did not.
Occasionally, after making love to death, she would ask Li Xia if she was his sweetheart.
Li Xia's treatment of her was far from the level of "playing with the princes in a beacon fire", it was nothing more than a joke to add more interest.
There seemed to be a certain pattern to the time of his arrival, usually every four or five days.
After passing through the path of the bamboo garden, Li Xia stopped when he saw Wang Cui coming out of the inner courtyard. Although his expression was not obvious, he was slightly defensive in his heart.
Wang Cui ignored him, walked around in a circle, and walked out of the courtyard.
The way she avoided Li Xia seemed like Li Xia was going to assassinate her.
…
"Why don't you send your female guard back to Lin'an? She won't find a chance to kill me if she stays here."
After entering the main room, Li Xia said something casually. Before she heard Yan Rong's reply, she turned around the screen and saw her sitting there crying with her back turned.
"What's wrong?"
Yan Rong twisted his waist, threw himself into Li Xia's arms and burst into tears.
"Woo... My Zhao Jin was killed... Help me, send people to Lin'an to investigate, kill them all, and kill everyone who dares to touch her... Wuwu... You send Jiang again
Go to Lin'an, dig out their hearts, and help me, okay? Ugh..."
Li Xia patted Yan Rong's back gently, but did not express his position immediately.
But Yan Rong was really heartbroken, tears streaming down his face, staining a large area on his front.
"There were rumors in Lin'an that she died of illness, but that's not true...she was killed by someone. Xiuhuan even realized something was wrong..."
After Yan Rong had cried for a long time and recovered a little, Li Xia wiped her face with the back of his hand and said, "Why do you say she was killed?"
"Zhao Jin occasionally suffers from cardioarthritis, but Xiu Huan stays with her and always prepares Musk Baoxin Pills. In the past, she was cured every time she took them..."
Li Xia now understands the common hereditary diseases in the Zhao family, such as Yingzong, Ningzong and the current emperor in terms of spirituality, as well as the fact that he often has no heirs or cannot support his children.
In addition, Zhao Yun probably suffered from severe cerebral hemorrhage due to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular issues.
At this time, he heard Yan Rong say "heart numbness", and he guessed that Zhao Jin probably had some symptoms of coronary heart disease.
"I see that she is so active, so the paralysis of the heart is not serious enough?"
"After Ren Mei disappeared, every time Zhao Jin took medicine, he breathed heavily... Xiu Huan was also stupid, and it was only later that he suspected that someone had changed the medicine..."
“Perhaps it’s just because of a serious illness that the lesions show up and the effects of the medicine are incompatible?”
"No." Yan Rong shouted, shook his head, and said bitterly: "Even if someone harmed her, otherwise Xiuhuan wouldn't send someone to find me. She would have to find no one to help her so she could travel all the way to spread the word.
Come to Hanzhong...wuwu..."
Li Xia hugged her again, patted her, and asked, "Where is Xiuhuan?"
"It's gone, and Xiuhuan is gone too."
"What exactly happened?"
"Look at this." Yan Rong then remembered to hand a letter to Li Xia to read.
That was supposed to be a letter written by Xiuhuan, the maid in the princess's palace, to Wang Cui. It said that Ren Mei was missing, Zhao Jin was ill, and she noticed that the Musk Baoxin Pills in the princess's palace had been replaced, and asked Wang Cui to go back early.
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That's all the letter said.
Yan Rong said: "Xiu Huan gave this letter to a trustworthy servant. The servant was still preparing and booked a boat to set off in two days. As a result, the next day, he learned that the princess was dead and Xiu Huan could not be found.
He didn't dare to stay in Lin'an for too long, and only dared to take a boat when he arrived at Wujiang by land... He didn't know anything else."
Li Xia knew as soon as he heard that something was wrong.
Of course, it is also possible that Zhao Jin died of illness and the maid around him ran away for fear of being punished.
"This matter will be known once we find the remaining Musk Baoxin Pills."
"Can you check it for me?"
Li Xia stroked Yan Rong's hair and comforted him for a while, then said: "But I have withdrawn all my men in Lin'an. I will investigate this matter later when Lin'an is captured. Whoever did it will be killed and no one will be spared. But
Okay? It’s never too late for a gentleman to take revenge.”
"I'm not a gentleman, I want to avenge her now..."
"In that case, I'll write a letter to ask Jia Sidao first."
"Maybe it was Jia Sidao who did it. He killed Ren Mei and he wouldn't admit it."
"I don't think so. Jia Sidao still has a true temperament." Li Xia said, "Don't worry, let me ask him first."
Yan Rong thought to himself and said: "Then we have to send people to Lin'an to investigate. I want them to pay the price...help me, okay? She has helped us too, and she has helped you."
Li Xia wiped her tears, thought for a while, and finally responded: "Okay. I have sent the Public Opinion Department to Jinghu. I will send some more good people to Wang Cui to follow them to Lin'an to find the murderer.
You avenge Zhao Jin."
Yan Rong cried again, hugged Li Xia, buried his head in his arms, and cried softly.
"I knew you would stand up for me."
"You are quite loyal this time, so let me seek justice for you."
Li Xia also planned to educate Yan Rong and let her know that he would not agree to unreasonable demands.
But Yan Rong cried so much that it was obviously not the time to talk about this.
"Okay, stop crying. Why are there so many tears?"
"She never wanted to harm anyone. Even a wicked woman like me didn't die."
Yan Rong was different from usual. He had been leaning on Li Xia's arms and pouring out her grief.
It wasn't until it got dark that she asked: "Do you want to come over today? But I'm in a bad mood..."
"That's not the only thing between us. You're sad and I'm sad too. Are you here just for that?"
"Really?" Yan Rong raised his head and asked, "Don't you just like my body?"
"real."
Yan Rong felt sad and satisfied at the same time. He squeezed into his arms and closed his eyes like a child.
"It's so kind of you……"
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Li Xia was no longer interested in Lin'an affairs at all, and agreed to Yan Rong purely out of favor.
In addition, he couldn't tell whether Zhao Jin's death had any indirect influence on him...
The fierce internal fighting in the Song Dynasty is not surprising.
Wu Qian had expected it.
Weak rulers have happened in every dynasty, so there are always scholar-bureaucrats who think that it is enough for the emperor to rule from the top, and the courtiers will naturally be able to rule the world.
It's not that simple. The current situation in the Song Dynasty makes it difficult for a regent like Huo Guang to appear.
Even if there is, he still has to go through the most brutal battle.
There will be victims in this kind of internal fighting, and maybe this time the little girl is involved.
Who knows?
After all, it won't be difficult to send more people there.
At night, Li Xia put Yan Rong to sleep, got up, sharpened his ink, and wrote a letter to Jia Sidao.
Cars and horses are slow these days, and it must be another two months before I receive a reply from Jia Sidao.
It's beyond our reach, so that's all we can do...
~~
The next day, the Prince's Mansion of Pingling County.
Han Qiaoer slept until noon before getting up.
She is living more and more comfortably now. Her father and grandfather have the highest status among the officials in the palace, and no one in Hanzhong dares to embarrass her. Gao Mingyue in the palace is already on good terms with her, and Zhang Wenjing is the closest to her because of her relationship with the Yuan family.
Li Xia was also doting on her, letting her do everything he wanted, as if he wanted her to make up for all the suffering she suffered when she was a child.
I rubbed my eyes and walked out of the house. I didn't even eat anything, so I went to the yard to get some bamboo to feed the bamboo bear.
Squatting there and watching the bamboo bear eating with gusto, she looked around and whispered: "It will be September 20th in a few days. I will marry Brother Li, and I have to move back to the Han family first."
Day, you have to be able to pick bamboo yourself."
After whispering with Zhuxiong like this, she turned back to the hall, took Nian'er's hand and talked about some interesting things she heard yesterday.
"Have you heard? There are also tile houses in Hanzhong City now. How about we go watch a variety show together in the afternoon?"
"Okay, okay, oh, no, my girl has caught some cold, and I have to stay with her."
"Sister An An is sick? Then I won't go either. I've heard some stories recently. Let's talk in her room..."
Han Qiao'er and Nian'er walked into the hall and saw that the food was already on the table.
Li Xia had been eating at home recently and was walking around the hall with his child in his arms. Gao Mingyue followed beside him, as if she wanted to take the child from his arms.
People say that a gentleman should embrace his grandson but not his son. Many people in the palace advised Li Xia to be stricter with his son and not to be too close to him. In short, Li Xia ignored him.
Zhang Wenjing had just gotten up and was sitting there talking to Tang Anan.
When everyone was present, Li Xia handed the child into the nurse's arms.
There were no outsiders around, so they ate quite casually.
But Han Qiaoer just sat down and exclaimed when he heard what Li Xia said.
"What?"
"Starting from tomorrow, you can exercise with me every morning, run and do gymnastics."
"Run...run?"
"Yeah." Li Xia said: "I recently got news that the Princess of Rui Kingdom in Lin'an passed away from illness. She was only twenty years old, so she was very young. An An is also sick today. It can be seen that your bodies are still weak.
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"I just feel the cold occasionally, it's okay."
"Having said that, exercise is indispensable."
It was rare for Li Xia to be so serious about them, as if strengthening their body was a big deal.
Zhang Wenjing slowly scooped a spoonful of soup into her mouth. She glanced at Li Xia first, then turned to look at Tang An'an, with a somewhat secretive look.
Although Han Qiaoer was puzzled, she always listened to her brother Li and did not refuse.
"OK!"
She was the first to applaud.
"What's the big deal? Back then I traveled north to Kaifeng..."
~~
On the eighth day of September, the sky was twilight.
"annoying."
Han Qiaoer opened her eyes and saw Nian'er standing by the couch pulling her up. She turned over helplessly, lying there and muttering: "I'm so sleepy, can you not go?"
"But the official is already outside."
"I'm sweating every day. Why is Brother Li so busy with work lately? He should be busy as soon as he comes..."
After finally getting up, he changed his clothes and pushed out the door. He saw Li Xia and Gao Mingyue already exercising their muscles in the courtyard.
"Hey, why doesn't Sister Zhang come?"
"She has rest today."
"Sister Tang is fine with the cold, so forget it. Sister Zhang is resting again...but I don't want to run away either."
Gao Mingyue had no choice but to step forward and whisper to Han Qiaoer.
Han Qiaoer couldn't help but stare, and sighed: "She is so smart."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Wen Jing got pregnant because she was too lazy to run. Get active quickly."
"Oh fine."
In the early morning breeze, Han Qiaoer ran around the yard. After her sleepiness disappeared, she became cheerful. In the end, she ran to Li Xia and said something angry.
"Humph, I will move back home in a few days."
"Okay, I will also let Mr. Han and Mr. Yi Ning start training later." Li Xia said seriously.
Han Qiaoer chuckled and stared at Li Xia for a while, not knowing what he was thinking.
"What? You're angry with me."
"No, I'm just complaining."
Han Qiaoer thought for a while, the smile on her face disappeared, and she pulled Li Xia's sleeve.
"Brother Li."
"Um?"
"I was thinking... the princess was born in such a good family, but she died of illness at a young age. I am enjoying such blessings now, will I use up all my blessings?"
Li Xia looked around and saw some childish worry in Han Qiaoer's eyes.
He patted her head and said, "Don't worry about running out of blessings. You have good days because the world is getting better. Just work hard to make the world better..."
Han Qiaoer nodded obediently.
Although she likes to stay in bed now, she has not forgotten the hard days of the past.
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Lin'an.
Jia Sidao took a Musk Baoxin Pill and squeezed it hard, crushing it into pieces.
He smelled it and said to Xiu Huan in front of him: "I checked it and the ingredients are correct. You are too suspicious."
"Impossible, I have been with the princess for ten years, and there is something wrong with this medicine..."
"I said, the ingredients of this medicine are correct. You don't need to think about it anymore. In a few days..."
"Jia Sidao! Sure enough, you were the one who did it, and you were the one who killed Ren Mei..."
Jia Sidao squinted his eyes, looked at Xiuhuan carefully, and murmured: "It's really me? It seems you know a lot?"
He sighed and shook his head.
"Let me out! You..."
Jia Sidao turned around and walked out.
With a sound of "Peng", Guihepu closed the door.
"Alang?"
"checked?"
"After checking, the imperial doctor always said that adding three times the amount of borneol was a normal medication, saying that the matter had nothing to do with him, but the villain found out that two months ago, the queen promised his son a portion in the name of the official family.
future."
"Queen? Contact the people in the palace and teach her a lesson."
"Yes, what about Xiuhuan?"
"Send it to Ren Mei." Jia Sidao thought for a while and said, "This matter is over here..."