These events, one after another, made her a little uneasy about accepting his natural help.
Xiao Mingxuan looked at her warm brows and eyes, his heart trembled slightly, and there was an obvious tenderness in his eyes.
This girl is really sensitive. Should he tell her that?
"Master, Miss Luo Er, the Duke's residence has arrived."
The carriage stopped and Qin Yin's voice came at the right time.
Luo Jiuli looked at the indulgent and gentle emotion in Xiao Mingxuan's eyes, and the chord in his mind was suddenly plucked.
Their eyes met in the air.
Bang! Something seemed to have changed at this moment.
"Your Majesty, I, I'm going back to the house first."
With that said, he picked up the medicine box, opened the car door, and jumped out of the carriage.
On the carriage, Xiao Mingxuan watched her flee and the blush on her fair face, the corners of her lips raised, and even her eyebrows softened a bit.
Outside the carriage, the housekeeper finally waited until his second young lady returned home, and hurriedly ran down the steps.
"Second Miss, you are finally back. Madam is waiting for Second Miss in the courtyard."
"Um."
Luo Jiuli responded and walked into the house.
Qin Yin scratched his head, wondering why the second young lady looked so nervous?
"Qin Yin, enter the palace."
"Yes, Master."
Qin Yin retracted his thoughts, jumped on the carriage shaft, and the carriage left the Yiguo Duke's Mansion and headed straight for the palace.
In the Duke's Mansion, Luo Jiuli finally stopped outside Fuqu Courtyard, reached out and patted his hot face, and suddenly felt that his behavior was a bit too much.
But when the string in her mind was plucked, the first thing she thought of was, Xiao Mingxuan liked her? The second thing that came to her mind was that Xiao Mingxuan was the uncle of King Zhao, and she used to be Xiao Mingxuan's nephew-in-law.
.
"This, this seems to be a bit like forbidden love."
Luo Jiuli didn't dare to think anymore, and stretched out his hand to pat his cheek again.
"Second Miss, why are you standing here?"
In the courtyard, Chun Rong walked out, followed by a maid carrying tea.
"Chun Rong?"
Luo Jiuli looked up.
"The injury on your arm hasn't healed yet. Didn't I ask you to go back and rest?"
Chun Rong smiled innocently, feeling glad that she had met a good master. She took a closer look at the slightly red cheeks of her second young lady.
But she also knew what to ask and what not to ask.
"This slave is not that delicate. Besides, the young lady has given me the best medicine. This injury no longer hurts."
"Miss, please come into the courtyard quickly. Madam has been waiting for a long time."
"good."
Luo Jiuli handed the medicine box to the maid behind Chun Rong, seeming to remember something.
"Oh, I forgot one thing?"
Chun Rong was startled.
"What's wrong, miss?"
Luo Jiuli looked at her.
"I promised to treat Qin Yin, the bodyguard next to the Ninth Prince, for a stomach ailment, but I was in such a hurry that I forgot about it."
"Huh, slave, do you think it's such a big deal?"
Chun Rong took a breath.
"There is no rush to see a doctor now. It will not be too late to go when you have time."
Luo Jiuli nodded.
"Let's go and see mother first."
The master and servant entered the yard one after the other.
At the same time, at the palace gate, Xiao Mingxuan and Qin Yin, master and servant, also entered the palace one after another.
"Ninth Prince, I would like to pay my respects to the Ninth Prince."
Outside the royal study, a young eunuch was kneeling on the ground.
Xiao Mingxuan looked at the young eunuch and knew that he was Qi Zui's apprentice.
"Where is your master?"
He didn't ask the emperor directly? Because he knew that where the emperor was, Eunuch Qi Zui was there.
Sure enough, the little eunuch knelt on the ground and said:
"In reply to the Ninth Prince, my master accompanied the emperor to the Jade Palace."
"Concubine Hu's place?"
Xiao Mingxuan raised his eyebrows.
"yes."
The little eunuch nodded.
"The people from the Jade Palace came to report that the imperial concubine sprained her foot when she was admiring the flowers. The emperor took the doctors from the Imperial Hospital to the Jade Palace."
"Well, I understand."
Xiao Mingxuan nodded, turned around and left.
"Qin Yin, come back."
Qin Yin is the protector's brain and cannot figure out the twists and turns here.
"Master, master, don't you see the emperor?"
If you don't see the emperor, how can you report what King Zhao did today?
Xiao Mingxuan glanced sideways at Qin Yin.
"The emperor has gone to Jade Palace. Do you think the emperor will not know what happened today?"
"As for how much the emperor knows? It depends on what the imperial concubine says."
However, death penalty can be avoided, but living crime cannot be forgiven.
If he wants to punish a person, he will never give that person a chance to breathe.
The master and servant did not see the emperor, and after a while they left the palace and returned to the Nine Princes' Mansion.
At this time, the sky was already twilight.
The glazed lamps in the palace complement each other with the various lights outside the palace.
In the luxurious mansion of Da Sima Mansion, the sounds of broken porcelain and a woman's shrill scream of hatred resounded throughout the courtyard. The servants and maids lowered their heads and looked sideways, all of them as silent as a cicada.
"Bitch, bitch, why does she sit at the same table with him? Why does he humiliate me for her?"
"Then Luo Jiuli is just a bitch who lost her child because of her innocence. What qualifications does she have to compare with me--"
"Bingyu, shut up."
At this moment, a group of people came from outside the house. The one walking at the front was an old man who was over 60 years old. He was leaning on a crutch inlaid with gold and jade. His long beard was half hanging down. Although he was old, his eyes were sharp.
He is not old, looks at people with bright eyes, and has a majestic aura that is natural.
There is a middle-aged man beside the old man, and next to the man is a middle-aged woman with her hair in a bun.
And it was this middle-aged woman who just made a scolding voice.
In the room, Hu Bingyu, wearing a long-tailed white dress, was standing in the center, looking back with tears on her face.
At this time, her swollen cheeks had gone away a lot.
"Grandpa, father, mother, you have to make the decision for Bing'er."
Hu Bingyu knelt on the ground and burst into tears.
The middle-aged woman was none other than Hu Bingyu's mother, Mrs. Hu.
And that middle-aged man was Hu Bingyu's father, Hu Hongzhi. He was the commander of the imperial army and was also inspected by the prefect of the palace, and his official position was from the second rank.
And that old man was none other than Grand Sima Hu Jue, the biological brother of the current Queen Mother and the emperor's uncle.
"How many times have I told you to change your temper, especially when you see the waiter of the Luo family, don't rush forward as recklessly as before, but you just don't listen."
Hu Jue was sitting on a chair, with such a rich voice that it was hard to tell that he was an old man who was over sixty years old.
"grandfather?"
Hu Bingyu had resentment in her eyes. When she mentioned Luo Jiuli, her mind couldn't help but think of the scene when the Nine Kings stood up for Luo Jiuli.
It made her jealous and crazy.
"Bingyu, stop talking."
On the side, Mrs. Hu stepped forward to help her daughter up with distress, and looked at Hu Jue.