Liu Mingzhi smiled faintly and raised his finger to point to the decoration in the room: "Good sister, do you really think there are no flaws or loopholes in your room?"
Tao Ying subconsciously raised her eyes and glanced around the boudoir that she was already very familiar with, but still shook her head blankly.
"Didn't find anything wrong? It's just a normal boudoir decoration. Many ladies' boudoirs are decorated like this!"
"Oh! You still want to assassinate me. I don't know where you got the courage."
Liu Mingzhi sighed and laughed a few times, drank the cold tea in the cup in one gulp, then played with the cup and handed it to Tao Ying's eyes.
"If you don't talk about it far, let's talk about the teacup in my hand first.
Dear sister, since this tea cup belongs to you, do you know where the porcelain was produced from?"
"The colorful glazed moiré cup produced by the Shunguan Kiln is what I use to drink tea. How could I not know where the porcelain was produced?"
"That's right, tea sets and porcelain from Shunguan Kiln.
Do you know that as soon as the porcelain comes out of the Shunguan kiln, it is directly escorted back to the palace by the imperial guards and taken to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for storage, only for the use of the palace or the emperor's relatives?
Something?
This is the royal weapon of the palace."
Tao Ying's puzzled expression suddenly froze, and her body couldn't help but sit down.
"This kind of royal porcelain in the palace, let alone the concubine of a small businessman, even a world-famous wealthy businessman like my old man Liu Zhi'an, would not dare to show his face until I, my younger brother, entered the palace as an official.
Use this imperial porcelain.
If the master of your family really existed, he wouldn't dare to use it openly, let alone you, who is just a concubine he raised as a foreigner.
Even if ordinary wealthy businessmen and gentry accidentally get this kind of porcelain, they will only secretly collect it as a family heirloom and be reluctant to use it.
Only then can you tell the name and place of origin of this set of porcelain with a familiar expression on your face.
Explain that you have often used this kind of royal weapon in the palace before.
There are only a few ways this kind of porcelain can flow into the people.
First, those princes or princesses who were not favored after living in secluded mansions were sold at high prices on the market in order to support their families.
Secondly, they are the rewards that officials with outstanding merits receive from the emperor.
Third, the eunuchs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs secretly took money out of the palace and exchanged it for money.
However, those who dare to use this set of porcelain openly and openly outside the palace can only use it in front of outsiders without any taboo after receiving a reward from the emperor.
Dear sister, which one do you think you belong to?
Is it a reward received by the possible master of your family? Or is it a reward received by you?
Or something else?
No matter which one it is, since you dare to use this kind of porcelain openly, it means that your previous identity has the status and qualifications to use this set of porcelain openly.
Even if someone finds out, he will be fine.
Could this kind of background be that of a merchant's concubine? Could it be that of a commoner?"
Tao Ying looked at Young Master Liu with a panicked expression and her breathing was disordered. She wanted to break away and get away, but was tightly restrained by Young Master Liu and couldn't move: "I...I..."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Tao Ying's helpless look, took the initiative to loosen his arms holding Tao Ying's waist, stood up and walked towards the screen.
Under Tao Ying's bewildered eyes, around the time of tea, Young Master Liu returned with a stack of books and the Four Treasures of the Study.
He gently placed the books and the Four Treasures of the Study on the bedside table.
"If you were raised by a merchant, there wouldn't be any traces of the merchant on the bookshelves and desks in your boudoir.
There are no account books for these books, and these four treasures of the study are all used by women.
Even if you say that the owner of your family can only come here three or five times a year, he should at least prepare some accounting pens, abacus, and blank account books, which are suitable for a businessman's status, in case of emergencies.
need.
But tell me, among these things, apart from things used by women like you, are there any things used by men and businessmen?"
Looking at Tao Ying's speechless appearance, Young Master Liu stood up and walked towards the closet. He opened the closet in front of him. Looking at the closet filled with various women's clothes, Young Master Liu turned around and left.
go back.
Regardless of whether Tao Ying struggled or not, she directly picked her up through the quilt and walked towards the double-door wardrobe again.
"You have told me more than once that the owner of your family is away doing business all year round.
For those who are doing business, it is common for them to be dusty and sweaty.
After he returns to Beijing, if he doesn't even have time to go back to his house to bathe and change clothes due to a whim, he comes directly to you and wants to be affectionate with you.
Why don't you prepare some clothes for changing?
He won’t leave this house wearing your clothes and return home in a swaggering way!”
After Liu Mingzhi finished speaking, he hugged Tao Ying and returned, placing the stunned beauty on the bed.
"These are the most direct doubts."
"ah?"
"I say these are the most direct doubts. The indirect doubts are still related to the layout of the room.
A person's living habits can best indicate a person's character.
Don't you think that such an elegant and quiet boudoir is a bit incompatible with a woman who has a carefree personality, speaks unabashedly, and even behaves a little loosely, and wants to have sex with her?
Why does she feel so out of place? Of course it's because this woman is pretending to be so on purpose.
Why does she pretend to be dissolute? Of course it's because she has an ulterior motive.
Moreover, the maids who serve you all have middle-level or third-level kung fu, which further proves that your status is extraordinary.
Good sister, what else do you want to say?"
"Ah? Huan'er, Lu'er and the others have kung fu?"
"Yes, and the strength is quite good, don't you know?"
Tao Ying shook her head blankly, obviously not pretending.
Liu Mingzhi wanted to ask about the situation, but Tao Ying looked at Young Master Liu with a sudden realization: "This is after you were worried that the food and wine were poisoned, so you ate them all with me.
Even after knowing that I am not a spy, what is the fundamental reason why you are still wary of me?"
"Yes, although I already understand that you are not a spy of the spy, you must have other purposes for deliberately approaching me like this.
Until I fully understand your identity, I naturally dare not completely let go of my grudge against you.
After all, you know my identity well, and many seemingly ordinary little things will not be ordinary with me!
But you..."
"But what?"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Tao Ying with complicated and melancholy eyes. He picked up the poisoned dagger on the stove and sighed.
"But the way you showed your true feelings just now made me have some lucky thoughts in my heart.
I think everything between you and me may be just a misunderstanding, and maybe you are just a pawn being used.
You shared the wine and food with me without hesitation, which made me feel wary of you, but it was reduced to the lowest level.
That's why after confirming your identity, I hesitated to stay at your request and have sex with you.
Firstly, it is true that you got drunk after drinking, and secondly, I want to confirm that you are indeed just the good sister that I hope for in my heart, and all the previous suspicions are just misunderstandings.
I want to get along with you without any grudges from now on.
I am more willing to believe that it is because of what happened with the poisoned dagger that Liushenwuzhu wanted me to stay with you.
I don't want to see you, a helpless woman, calmly thinking about how to kill me after experiencing this kind of thing.
pity"
Liu Mingzhi shook his head, bent down and pulled out the dagger on the floor tile, blowing on the ash on it.
"It's a pity that the scene I wanted to keep playing with you didn't come true after all.
In the brief moment before I stayed, I hoped that the matter between us was just a misunderstanding.
I even thought about many reasons for you to approach me, but I never thought that you would assassinate me.
Again, you let me down, and I let you down."
Seeing Liu Mingzhi's suddenly lonely expression, Tao Ying's eyes flashed with complex regret, and she sighed sadly.
"Yeah, we both let each other down.
I originally thought that I had completely gained your trust through a seamless plan, but I never expected that you had never believed in me."
Liu Mingzhi closed his eyes and raised his head in silence for a long time. When he opened his eyes, his expression returned to calm, he poured another cup of hot tea and sat on the stool.
"Brother, I have answered your doubts for you, now it's your turn to tell me your origins.
What kind of sworn hatred exists between us?"
I have never met you before, but you know my identity clearly. What kind of relatives of yours have I hurt before?
Staring closely at Young Master Liu's frowning eyes, full of confusion, Tao Ying bit her red lips with complex eyes and was silent for a long time before saying four words coldly.
"Revenge for murdering husband!"
Liu Mingzhi suddenly stopped when he wanted to lower his head to drink tea. He looked at Tao Ying who was staring at him with hatred in his eyes in astonishment. His words were a little stuttered: "Kill... the revenge of killing your husband? Or the revenge of killing your father?"
"The revenge of killing your husband is your husband's husband!"
Young Master Liu looked at Tao Ying's appearance in confusion and made sure that she was about the same age as him.
"Killing...the hatred of killing one's husband is indeed a life-and-death affair, and is no different from the hatred of taking away one's wife.
It's just, it's just me...you said I killed your husband? Are you sure?"
Tao Ying gritted her teeth: "Everyone knows it, so what's the uncertainty?"
"And... the whole world knows that I killed your husband? Are you making a mistake?
Who are you? Who is your husband?
You made enemies with me, and then you died in my hands, and finally the trouble became known to the whole world. I don’t have such enemies at all, okay?
Are you sure you're not mistaken? Or are you being taken advantage of? Or maybe your brain is... well, you can just tell me who your husband's name is.
Besides, I’m going to be driven crazy by you soon.”
Liu Mingzhi lowered his head and drank the tea in confusion. He really doubted whether there was something wrong with Tao Ying's brain.