"Anyway, I will confess to her after I return to Beijing."
"But while getting her forgiveness, I also hope to get the consent of the Duke."
"After all, she regards you as her relatives as her life. I don't want the family relationship that she has finally repaired to be broken again because of me."
When the Duke heard this, he looked a little relaxed.
As a prince, it is indeed commendable that he could think of these things for Jiu'er, but when he thought about his Jiu'er the night before the wedding--
After entering Prince Zhao's Mansion, he was treated inhumanely by Prince Zhao and Yan Tinglian. As a father, he even wanted to die.
If he had been patient, if he had not said those harsh words, if he had not left Beijing for half a year, Jiu'er would have been less hurt.
The Duke said nothing and his eyes were dim.
Xiao Mingxuan didn't say anything. He knew that the Duke was weighing the pros and cons. At this time, only waiting quietly could get the result he wanted.
I don't know how long it took, until the shouts of soldiers being drilled came from outside the door, and the Duke raised his head.
"I only have one thing to ask the Ninth Prince."
"My lord, please speak."
"The Duke's Palace of Yiguo and the Palace of Prince Zhao are already at war with each other. If one day, my sword is aimed at Prince Zhao, what will happen to the Ninth Prince?"
Xiao Mingxuan was not surprised at all that Duke Guo asked this question.
"The Duke of Guo and Luo Jiuli are indeed father and daughter."
"What do you mean?"
The Duke of the country doesn't know why.
Xiao Mingxuan smiled lightly.
"Because, Luo Jiuli also asked me the same question."
"If one day she kills King Zhao to protect herself, what will I do?"
Xiao Mingxuan said while looking at the Duke.
A trace of surprise flashed across the Duke's face, but he did not ask immediately, but listened quietly to his answer.
"I told her."
"She kills someone, and I hand her the knife."
"Whoever it is? If you offend Luo Jiuli, you will offend me."
Inside the camp, the air seemed to suddenly condense.
The palms of the Duke's hands behind his back slowly loosened, and his eyebrows gradually became clearer.
——
Luo Jiuli didn't expect that Butler Zhang would act so quickly. On the evening of the fourth day, Butler came back to resume his duties.
"Second Miss, there is news."
At this time, Luo Jiuli was asking Donglian and other maids to prepare porcelain bottles to collect dewdrops every morning and evening.
"Donglian, you go out and get ready first."
"yes."
Donglian and several maids came out of the house.
When no one was around, Luo Jiuli looked at the housekeeper with calm eyes.
"Say it."
The steward said:
"The man with the scabby head is called Lai Bajin. He was a blind drifter from the outer city, but he is already dead."
Luo Jiuli's expression changed.
"Dead? What happened?"
The butler shook his head.
"The specific details are not very clear."
"I also learned from the other blind people who hung out with him that on the 12th day of the twelfth lunar month two years ago, someone saw Lai Bajin's corpse in a mass grave outside the city."
"It was freezing cold and there were swarms of wild dogs. Within a few hours, all the bones were gone."
"Twelfth lunar month? Mass grave?"
Luo Jiuli lowered his eyes and his expression changed slightly.
The twelfth lunar month was the wedding day of King Zhao and her. If that man was really Lai Bajin, how could he die? Who killed him? And who could quietly throw people into chaos?
Burial mound?
Once doubt opens a gap, it is like the water of the Yellow River bursting its banks. Only the truth can completely block it.
The housekeeper was also puzzled when he saw the second lady's face turning green and white.
"Second Miss, what's wrong with you?"
Luo Jiuli came back to his senses and waved his hand.
"It's okay, go and do your work."
"yes."
The butler took one look, lowered his head and bowed his eyebrows, and then left.
Just now, her mind was in a mess, her thoughts were confused, and she even had an impulse to call Qin Wu into the house to ask him clearly, but in order not to arouse suspicion, she held back in the end.
He stood up, washed his face, patted his cheeks vigorously, pushed the door open and went out, taking Donglian and others to collect dewdrops.
Although she looked calm as usual, she had already planned what to do next in her heart.
"Miss, what's the use of collecting dewdrops?"
At this time, the winter lotus is collecting dewdrops with stamens on the lotus petals.
Luo Jiuli spoke calmly.
"Make skin care lotion."
Donglian didn't understand what skin care lotion was? But she could hear that the lady from home was a little worried in her tone, so she stopped in time.
For three days in a row, Luo Jiuli took the maids to collect dewdrops in the morning and evening as usual. During the day, he locked himself in the house. Chunrong and Donglian collected all kinds of dewdrops with different colors, fragrance and elegance.
Wash the flowers and bring them in.
When the Duke's wife came to Fuquyuan, she saw flowers of different colors picked all over the yard, as well as various large and small porcelain bottles and jars.
"What, what's going on?"
Aunt Xu supported her wife and looked at Chun Rong opposite.
Chun Rong was washing the petals, straightened up and pursed her lips toward the room.
"The lady said, what kind of skin care lotion should I make?"
The Duke's wife and Aunt Xu looked at each other.
"What is that?"
Chun Rong shook her head.
The Duke's wife frowned. Since the divorce, her daughter has changed a lot compared to before, especially the hot pot she was asked to try a few days ago and the skin care lotion she is trying now. This one after another is too strange.
eccentric.
"I'll go in and take a look."
The Duke's wife climbed up the steps.
At this moment, the door of the house opened with a creak.
Luo Jiuli walked out with the fragrance of flowers all over her body.
"Why is mother here?"
At this time, Luo Jiuli's features were clear, his eyes were lively, and there was a smile on his lips.
The Duke's wife looked her up and down.
"There's nothing wrong. It's just that in a few days, Xie Yushi's grandson Man Yue will hold a full moon banquet. I sent an invitation to the mansion today. My mother thought about it and asked you to accompany her."
"Xie Yushi? Concubine Xie Liang's father?"
It is also the ancestral home of the fifth prince Xiao Zhuchen.
The Duke's wife nodded.
"That's right. The Xie Mansion has sent an invitation, and it's hard for us, the Duke of Yiguo, to refuse."
"Okay, I'll go with my mother that day."
Luo Jiuli agreed.
I took the initiative to hold my mother's hand and walked around the garden with her for a long time, talking for a long time until the sun went down.
After returning to Fuquyuan, Luo Jiuli stood in the yard and looked at the big tree with yellow leaves not far outside the yard.
"Qin Wu."
She called out.
Qin Wu, who was leaning against the tree trunk with a leaf stalk in his mouth, was bored for a moment.
"Second Miss."
With a little tip of his toes, Qin Wu landed firmly in the yard.
In the past few days, he was still a little nervous, but after a few days, the second lady's life was as usual and she never called him, so he relaxed.
Luo Jiuli smiled and hid the doubts in his heart very well.