Seeing her nodding in agreement, Luo Yuanjia also breathed a sigh of relief.
He has a good relationship with Du Qilin. The Du family is also a famous Qingliu family in the capital. Mr. Du Heng and Du are honest and upright officials. Even the old lady of the Du family is charitable. He hopes that his sister can save the old lady.
"Okay, today then."
Luo Jiuli nodded and stood up.
"I'll go get ready, change my clothes, and then go out with my second brother."
Luo Yuanjia also stood up.
"Okay, I'll send someone to Du Mansion to deliver the message."
With that said, he turned around and left the house.
An hour later, the carriage stopped outside the gate of Du Mansion. Luo Yuanjia, dressed in a white gown, jumped neatly from the carriage to the ground. His already graceful appearance, coupled with his slim figure, made him look even more extraordinary.
Luo Jiuli also got out of the car carrying the medicine box.
"Brother Yuanjia, Miss Luo Er."
Luo Jiuli looked up and saw a man in Tsing Yi standing opposite her second brother, cupping his fists and saluting, with a clear face and a gentle voice. He was Du Qilin, the legitimate son of the cabinet scholar Du Heng.
"Little sister, this is Mr. Du's legitimate son, my classmate and friend, Du Qilin."
Luo Jiuli smiled like a professional lady and saluted slightly.
"I've met Mr. Du."
Du Qilin said:
"Thank you for the help of the second lady who came to visit me in person. Du is very grateful."
Luo Jiuli smiled lightly.
"Master Du and my second brother are classmates and good friends, and Master Du and my father were officials in the same court. Master Du said this, but he is being polite."
Du Qilin did not expect that Luo Jiuli was neither arrogant nor impetuous, and was polite and courteous, so he admired her a little more.
Even Luo Yuanjia didn't expect that his little sister's temperament had not only changed, but her polite words would also make people feel comfortable.
"Okay! We are not outsiders. Brother Du, come into the house."
"Okay, please."
Du Qilin made an invitation gesture and led the two Luo brothers and sisters into Du Mansion.
At the same time, in the Nine Princes' Mansion, Qin Yin also hurriedly entered the mansion.
"Butler, where is the master?"
"Master said that when you return home, go directly to the school grounds to find him."
"good."
Qin Yin nodded and without stopping, walked straight towards the school field at the northwest corner of the backyard of Jiuwang Mansion.
The Jiuwang Mansion covers a vast area. The school yard in the northwest corner is an independent and secretive house. A three-foot-high wall separates all the scenery in the school yard.
Except for the Ninth Prince and the secret guard commander, this is a forbidden area for everyone inside and outside the mansion.
Because there are no elegant and leisurely pavilions, no sparkling lakes, and no colorful gardens. Instead, here is a spacious and strict school grounds, as well as secret underground chambers and torture halls.
On the school grounds, Nine Kings Xiao Mingxuan was dressed in shorts today and was conducting martial arts training with his secret guards.
Seeing Qin Yin coming in a hurry, Xiao Mingxuan calmly stopped his hand, and the sweating secret guard opposite also put away his sword and stood aside respectfully.
"master."
Qin Yin stepped forward, took a clean soft towel from his attendant and handed it to Xiao Mingxuan.
"How's it going? Have you found anything?"
Xiao Mingxuan took the soft towel and wiped the sweat from his forehead and neck.
Qin Yin nodded and said:
"I found out that Sun Ting had contact with Hu Bingyu from Da Sima Mansion a few days ago."
Xiao Mingxuan's movements froze, and his eyes instantly turned cold.
"Hu Bingyu?"
"Yes, although Hu Bingyu did not directly give Sun Ting an order to deal with Miss Luo Er, his words were full of dissatisfaction with Miss Luo Er."
"In addition, the Sun family wants to attach themselves to the Grand Sima Mansion, and Sun Ting is a cousin of the Luo family, and he covets the beauty of the second Miss Luo, so he shamelessly went to the Yiguo Duke's Mansion to propose marriage, but failed to propose marriage and was very close to him outside.
Humiliate Miss Luo Er’s reputation--"
Snapped!
Before Qin Yin finished speaking, the soft scarf in Xiao Mingxuan's hand was thrown to the ground.
"In this case, let's change the Minister of Civil Affairs to someone else."
"Whether the Grand Sima Mansion is wooing the Sun family intentionally or unintentionally, I will cut off one of his legs first."
"Don't the Sun family want to attach themselves to the Grand Sima Mansion? I will not participate in such a lively matter."
"Go and get the evidence that Shilang Sun accepted bribes and leaked the test questions, and you must quietly leak it to the wise king."
Qin Yin lowered his head, not quite understanding the dispute in the court, but his master asked him to leak the evidence to the wise king, which made him mutter again.
"Master, the emperor has not appointed a prince yet, and the princes and princes of various palaces are wooing the courtiers. The wise king has evidence, how can he guarantee that he will not embezzle it for himself? Use this evidence——"
Xiao Mingxuan glanced at him sideways and walked towards the front yard, with Qin Yin following behind.
"Don't forget, that wise king is the queen's son. On the surface, he is very handsome, but in fact he is an unfathomable master."
"He behaves very well with others. He is polite to everyone, but keeps a certain distance from everyone. His temperament seems to be easy to get along with, but he always keeps others thousands of miles away."
"With such a temperament, do you think he doesn't know how to make a choice? Should he win over a young servant who is under the government officials for his own use, or should he let the emperor take a high look at him, leave a good impression on him, and lay the foundation for his future fight for the crown prince's position?"
"Which one is important?"
Qin Yin knew which one was important without thinking.
"Of course the emperor's consideration is the most important."
Xiao Mingxuan nodded.
"This is the game between the former dynasty and the harem, the queen and Concubine Hu, the emperor and the queen mother."
"One is the son of the queen, and the other is the son of a noble concubine. The royal family and courtiers in Changning have to compete with each other in order for the emperor to secure his throne."
"Instead of just listening to one person's words, let alone feeding a tiger into trouble."
Xiao Mingxuan murmured and raised his head, looking at the clouds floating in the wind on the horizon. His deep pupils seemed to recall some long-ago events.
Qin Yin nodded.
"Yes, my subordinate will do it right away."
——
Dufu, backyard.
The two brothers and sisters of the Luo family followed Du Qilin into a courtyard of the Du Mansion's back house. Since Du Heng was still in the palace and had not returned to the mansion, the Du family's mistress, Du Qilin's mother, personally greeted them.
When meeting their elders, Luo Jiuli and Luo Yuanjia were naturally extremely respectful and polite.
After exchanging polite words, they followed the mother and son into Mrs. Du's yard.
As we got closer to the door of the house, a strong and long-lasting medicinal smell filled the air, and it didn't smell very pleasant.
Luo Yuanjia glanced at his little sister.
Luo Jiuli frowned slightly.
"What's wrong?"
Luo Yuanjia changed from walking in front to walking side by side with her. He caught her fleeting look and asked.
Luo Jiuli shook his head slightly and did not answer.
When the maids and servants of the Du Mansion saw the mistress and the eldest son coming, they hurried out of the house to greet them respectfully.
"Get up, is grandma sober today?"
Du Qilin looked at a woman in her thirties, thinking that the woman was someone who was serving Mrs. Du.