Seeing her shrinking back, Luo Jiuli felt bored, called Nan Zhu and turned around to leave.
Xiao Mingxuan has been waiting for her not far away.
Seeing her coming, he reached out his hand to lift the curtain of the car for her.
The two smiled at each other and got into the carriage one after another.
As the wheel rolled, all that was left to Hu Hanyu was dust in the sky and the arm that she wanted to fight back but didn't obey her orders.
In the carriage, Luo Jiuli gave Qin Yin instructions.
Qin Yin nodded and stopped in front of the teahouse at the next intersection.
Xiao Mingxuan and Luo Jiuli got off the carriage.
Shen Miaoqing, who was in the last carriage, also came to the two men with the help of the maid.
"Ninth Prince, Miss Luo Er."
"Last time in Yilanxiang, thank you Miss Second for saving your life. Luo Jiuli shrugged.
"In that case, Miss Shen, please invite me and the prince to have a cup of tea today."
"good."
Shen Miaoqing knew in her heart that drinking tea was a small matter and it was true that Luo Jiuli wanted to ask questions.
She is cooler, but not stupid either.
There are some things she also wants to understand.
The group entered the teahouse and found a private room to sit down.
While the accompanying maids and guards all stood guard outside the private room, Xiao Mingxuan also deliberately drank tea quietly in a secluded corner without disturbing her.
A table, two cups of tea, two women with different looks and personalities started a conversation.
"Miss Shen, tell me about you and my elder brother."
Luo Jiuli got straight to the point and didn't mince words.
Shen Miaoqing's slender fingers gently picked up the tea cup, and a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes.
"Didn't your elder brother say that?"
Luo Jiuli shook his head.
"My eldest brother has been in the military camp for a year and rarely goes home, let alone talk about his feelings."
"My mother is very open-minded and never inquires into the private affairs of our siblings. Therefore, even if my eldest brother doesn't tell us, we don't know anything about it."
"I only know that you and my eldest brother once--"
Luo Jiuli paused.
"But today, I saw my eldest brother trying his best to defend Miss Shen in front of Princess Wen Ya, and the look Miss Shen looked at my eldest brother was not heartless. Why did you separate?"
Shen Miaoqing clenched her fingers, wondering if she remembered the past, her face turned a little pale, and her eyes were full of sadness radiating from her heart.
But even so, she still bit her lip, with tears in her eyes, and her back straight.
Proud, lonely, and cold, like a wounded hedgehog, wrapping itself up layer by layer.
When Luo Jiuli saw her appearance, he remembered the words about building a fortress in a city to resist invasion by foreign enemies.
This is a woman who is cold and proud on the outside but fragile on the inside.
But often such people are the least evil-minded.
"Miss Shen."
Luo Jiuli spoke again after careful consideration.
Because she knew that the only way to get Shen Miaoqing to open her heart was from her elder brother.
"Last time my eldest brother returned to Beijing, I asked him about you and my eldest brother."
"When my eldest brother heard me mention your name, his face turned black with anger and he didn't even want to hear me say another word."
As she spoke, she paid attention to Shen Miaoqing's expression.
Sure enough, when she mentioned her eldest brother, Shen Miaoqing looked at her nervously.
"I thought something unforgivable must have happened between you to make my honest elder brother so angry."
"But now it seems that my estimate was wrong, or is there really some misunderstanding between Miss Shen and my elder brother?"
When Shen Miaoqing heard this, sadness filled her heart, and she finally spoke slowly.
"It was your eldest brother who broke up with me and wrote a heartless letter. Then I--"
——
At the same time, in the backyard of Hu Mansion.
There were heartbreaking cries.
"Mother, mother, I can't move my arms. What should I do? It was Luo Jiuli, that bitch Luo Jiuli who poisoned me."
Hu Hanyu was lying on the bed, his entire face pale.
At this time, Mrs. Hu was no longer as graceful and elegant as before. In just a few days, most of her black hair was mixed with white hair.
The once smooth skin gradually turned yellow and lost its color.
She hugged Hu Hanyu, who was shouting, and her angry gaze was like a wounded wolfhound, which made people feel cold all over.
"Don't be afraid, Hanyu. Don't be afraid. I've already gone to ask for the doctor. The doctor will be here soon."
"Doctor, what does it matter, doctor? This is Luo Jiuli's poison. My mother is going to die. Kill her for me. Kill her."
Mrs. Hu hugged her frantic daughter tightly, her eyes filled with anger, while she patiently comforted her daughter.
"Hanyu, don't scare yourself. Listen to your mother, this is not poison. If it is poison, how could it be that one arm cannot move."
She has already endured the pain of losing her husband and daughter. Hu Hanyu is her only daughter. She can't let anything happen to her, absolutely.
"Go quickly, go quickly, go and see if the doctor is here?"
The depressed mood made her scream.
The maids and servants inside and outside the house were as silent as a cicada.
——
Luo Jiuli felt that he was a miserable person, so he left the teahouse, saw Shen Miaoqing off, and got into the carriage in a hurry.
"Qin Yin, return to the Duke's mansion."
Before Qin Yin could swing his whip, it stopped in mid-air.
"Second Miss is going back to the Duke's Mansion?"
He looked at his master.
The master finally found an excuse to take the second young lady to the Ninth Prince's Mansion. It had only been a few days and he was about to go back.
Xiao Mingxuan glanced at him lightly.
"Walk."
"yes."
The master spoke, the whip fell, and the wheels rolled slowly.
In the carriage, Luo Jiuli was still immersed in what Shen Miaoqing had just said.
"My lord, do you think my eldest brother can really write that heartless letter?"
Xiao Mingxuan:
"Go back and ask your elder brother. Isn't everything clear?"
Luo Jiuli nodded, almost worried about her elder brother.
"Yes, my eldest brother is straightforward, and Miss Shen is aloof. Both of them are a little passive in their relationship. If Princess Wenya takes advantage of this, wouldn't it lead to more misunderstandings?"
Xiao Mingxuan glanced at her.
"The misunderstanding can be resolved, but I am afraid that the harem will get involved in this matter."
"The emperor is not harsh on Wen Ya. Just now Wen Ya's intention was very clear. Go and ask the emperor. What are you asking the emperor for? It must be a marriage."
"When the time comes, your eldest brother will not only be in a dilemma, but he may even have his future ruined."
Luo Jiuli was shocked.
"What should we do?"
"Don't worry, I have already sent people to the palace to call your eldest brother back to the palace. We will discuss all matters after returning to the palace."
At this time, the Duke's Mansion still didn't know what was happening outside.
Luo Yuanjia had some free time and accompanied his mother to prune red plum blossom branches in the greenhouse.
On the other side, my father, a military general, picked up a book and read it for the first time.
"Your eldest brother has been working as an errand in the palace for some time, and I don't know what's going on?"
The Duke's wife placed the pruned red plum blossom branches on the small table.