While Jiang Fengnian was secretly relieved that he had avoided the disaster, he gnashed his teeth in distress at the same time.
Hu Jue leaned on the back of the chair, his eyes half closed.
"The Nine Kings seldom care about the affairs of the court. How did he know about this matter?"
"Reply to the adults."
Jiang Fengnian ground his back molars.
"It's Luo Jiuli from Duke Yiguo's mansion."
He really hated Luo Jiuli now. He could just open a restaurant and be her second lady. How could he think of using those half-disabled people who came down from the battlefield?
Hu Jue opened his eyes suddenly.
"Luo Jiuli?"
"Exactly."
Jiang Fengnian gritted his teeth and learned from Hu Jue what he had found out.
"If it weren't for her, the Ninth Prince would never pay attention to these little things."
Countless major events happened every day in the court and the army. As a prince, how could he do everything personally?
"Ha! I really didn't expect that girl Luo Jiuli to have such a mind."
Hu Jue sneered and stroked his beard with both hands.
"If she hadn't angered me, I really wish she was an ally of Da Sima Mansion instead of an enemy."
"But it's a pity that no matter how good the enemy is, he is still an enemy after all."
When Jiang Fengnian heard this, his eyebrows were filled with fierceness.
"What do you mean, sir?"
Hu Jue glanced at him lightly.
"I heard that she now travels between the restaurant and the Duke's Mansion every day."
——
"A sneeze, a sneeze!"
In the Nine Princes' Mansion, Luo Jiuli sneezed non-stop. She tried her best to control her hands from shaking while pouring the prepared toner into the porcelain bottle in batches.
"Damn it, who is scolding me?"
After finishing the work in hand, he took off his mask and took a deep breath.
"Master, is it cold out here? I'm suffering from wind chill. Should I ask the butler to find the doctor?"
Nan Zhu and Nan Xing have been helping to make toner these days, and now they are doing it smoothly.
Luo Jiuli waved his hand.
"You don't have to look for a doctor, I am the doctor."
"Where is the prince? He hasn't come back yet?"
Nanxing nodded.
"Well, Qin Yin just returned home, and he and the prince have been talking in the study."
"Qin Yin has returned home?"
Qin Yin returned home, presumably to find some clues.
Luo Jiuli looked outside the door. He was so anxious that he didn't wait for Xiao Mingxuan, but instead waited for Xing Xiyan with a pair of fox eyes.
"Cousin-sister, cousin-sister makes it easy for me to find her."
As soon as Xing Xiyan entered the room, feeling cold all over his body, he rubbed his hands and leaned towards the brazier.
"Mr. Xing, you just came in from outside. Don't bring the cold air to the master."
Nan Zhuxin is outspoken.
"Master, you'd better come inside. You were sneezing just now, so don't really catch the cold."
Xing Xiyan stretched out his hands to warm himself by the fire and was dumbfounded by Nan Zhu's words.
"I said, my cousin pampers my cousin alone, that's the fun of a married couple. You, a maid, do more and talk less. Aren't you afraid that my cousin will be jealous?"
"Besides, my cousin-in-law doesn't seem to be such a weak person!"
"Yes, cousin."
Xing Xiyan said, looking at Luo Jiuli and raising his chin as a sign.
"Mr.
"Therefore, the master is the prince's favorite, and we must not let the master suffer any harm."
Luo Jiuli laughed helplessly.
"Nan Zhu, I'm not a clay sculpture, so I can't be that exaggerated."
Luo Jiuli looked at Xing Xiyan and pointed to another chair next to the brazier.
"Sit down."
"Come to me? Or come to your cousin."
Xing Xiyan sat on the chair.
"Of course I'm here to see my cousin."
"I went to the restaurant first and saw that my cousin-in-law was not there. Then I went to the Duke's Mansion. My wife said that my cousin-in-law had come to the Jiuwang Mansion, so I came over in a hurry."
"Have you met my mother?"
"Um."
Xing Xiyan nodded.
"Everything is well with the Duke and his wife, and everyone in the mansion is also cleaning up. It is said that the Duke and the eldest son will return to Beijing in just a few days."
"real."
Luo Jiuli was happy.
"I estimate that by the time my father and eldest brother return to Beijing, the affairs in the palace will be over."
"Cousin-in-law."
Xing Xiyan glanced at Luo Jiuli and saw that she was not unhappy, so he asked cautiously.
"I heard that the Queen Mother gave my cousin--"
"Well, it's in the west courtyard."
Luo Jiuli pointed in the direction of the west courtyard.
On the side, Nan Zhu said angrily:
"Mr. Xing doesn't know that my master is kind-hearted and wants to give those two women a way out, but he doesn't realize that those two women are wolves in sheep's clothing. They all have evil intentions and evil intentions.
Your Majesty, you still want to get on top of Your Majesty——"
"Nanzhu."
Nan Xing frowned and hit her.
"Please be quiet, the prince only has the master in his heart, and the master is devoted to the prince."
Nan Zhu was hit by Nan Xing and immediately stopped talking.
Xing Xiyan had a stern look on his face.
"With my cousin's temperament, I would never have been so suppressed by the Queen Mother. If it had been in the past, those two women would have become the dead souls of my cousin."
"My cousin was kind enough to leave a way out for them."
Xing Xiyan said, and with a swipe sound, he took out a dagger in a leather sheath from his sleeve.
Luo Jiuli was startled.
Nan Xing and Nan Zhu immediately protected her from behind, one on the left and the other on the right.
"Mr. Xing, what are you doing!"
When Xing Xiyan saw Nan Zhu and Nan Xing's actions, he looked at them as if they were fools.
"You two fools, how about guarding me?"
"This is my cousin-in-law, the person who is the most beloved of my cousin. I don't dare to do anything to my cousin-in-law even if I have eight hundred courages! You two idiots."
Luo Jiuli was amused by his "idiot" on the one hand and stupid on the other.
"Nan Xing, Nan Zhu, it's okay."
She tugged on their sleeves.
Nan Zhu rubbed his nose, and Nan Xing straightened his clothes unnaturally.
When Mr. Xing scolded them, they did not dare to reply.
Who told Mr. Xing to be the prince’s cousin?
Of course, he is also the future cousin of his master.
Xing Xiyan cursed angrily and handed over the dagger.
"Cousin, I gave this dagger to my cousin. I spent a lot of money to buy it for my cousin to use for self-defense."
Luo Jiuli took a look at the jade-carved leather scabbard and saw that it was expensive.
"A few days ago, your cousin gave me some self-defense items."
"My cousin gave it to me. This is my intention."
Xing Xiyan said and handed the dagger into Luo Jiuli's hand.
Luo Jiuli held the dagger, knowing that he sincerely wanted to give it to her.
"If that's the case, then I'll accept it."
"This gift is very much what I want, thank you."
When Xing Xiyan heard this, he was about to speak when he saw the door curtain was lifted and his cousin came in from the outside dressed in black clothes.
"What gift suits you so well?"
"cousin."
"Your Majesty."
Xiao Mingxuan took off his cloak and Nan Zhu took it, placing it on the shelf next to Luo Jiuli's white fox fur and unfolding it.
"It's cold outside. Your Majesty, let's warm ourselves up first."