Cao was in Baihua Hall at night, sniffing the air for strange smells as he walked around, and staring at the corridor to see if there were any snakes.
She ordered Songbi to double Liu Ruhai's yard. She also asked Sister Huo to keep an eye on the back alley.
He had been prepared for it, and the snake basket had been sent away long ago.
She found no snakes in the Luoyuan, and there was nothing suspicious in the back alley yard. She stopped on the porch and asked Liu Ruhai: "You know, there is a bitter, light, aroma of mugwort and bitter chrysanthemum. Yes.
It still has a hint of cypress wood. Have you smelled it?"
Liu Ruhai was secretly surprised. Her sense of smell was not like a human being, but like a ghost.
He replied: "Snake scent."
"...?"
"Have you ever seen the snake charmers in Yanjing City? They raise snakes." He was very cautious, half true and half false, "You need to use this kind of incense to tame snakes."
He only added two other unique secret herbs to his own snake incense.
"Do you have any anti-snake scent?" She shrugged her nose. Liu Ruhai secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She had obviously smelled the anti-snake sachet on her body. Thanks to his lack of ambiguity, she said, "Well, do you want a prescription?"
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"No." She looked curiously at the round bag with white cloud patterns on the blue brocade around his waist, "Is this made? It's so beautiful."
"...Hmm. It's very expensive." He said politely.
"Do you have to spend money to buy it?" She was shocked, "We are so good."
She used the method of "our friendship is so good" to snatch the snake-proof sachet from Liu Ruhai.
Qin Meng watched the whole process of her negotiation with him, and unknowingly became her accomplice in the robbery. He knew that she was extremely wary of spies, but Liu Ruhai was under the eaves and had to bow his head.
But Qin Meng was also puzzled. After waiting for many days, she didn't come to him to learn his master's authentic Buddhist Arhat mentality. Didn't she often say "We are good like this"?
——Of course this is her excuse to take advantage, but she has never used it on him? Is she alienating him, or is she particularly close to him?
The first thing Cao Xiwan was wary of was Liu Ruhai. She didn't want his personal sachet.
In the second one, she used snake to guard against Nanzhi.
Because of the snake attack, she thought that she couldn't sleep with Mother Chen every day. One night, she used a trick to lure the enemy. To be lazy during the shift, she hid in the pit in the west wing and squinted to sleep for a while.
The third watch was over, but before the fourth watch was over, I heard her closed door creaking slightly and being quietly pushed open.
She grabbed her dagger and glanced at the person.
There are assassins.
There were two assassins, one in front and one behind. She jumped up with a whoosh, and shouted:
"Help--!"
Nanzhi was startled when she just entered the door, and then she realized there was someone behind her. She turned around instantly and saw the moon hanging high in the sky, Lou Xiliu's crazy eyes, and the kitchen knife in his hand.
Mother Luo and Granny Song had ventilated her long ago. They had planned that Lou Xiliu would be sick tonight, and they were here to guard Lou Xiliu as ordered by the Marquis. Qingluo naturally did not miss this opportunity to talk to them.
Discussing luring the assassin.
Hearing Cao Xiwan's screams, they arrived in a blink of an eye, but did not see Nanzhi fleeing.
Only Cao Xiwan knocked Xiliu unconscious and sneered secretly: Someone actually wanted to kill her in the Hou Mansion.
Of course she had to teach her a lesson.
The news of the accident in Baihua Hall in the middle of the night reached the fifth master's room.
Mrs. Hou asked Mother Luo, and Mother Luo replied that there was an assassin, and it was actually Xiliu who was sick.
When the Taoist priest Xiao Feng was taking a walk in the afternoon, he listened to a few servants discussing among the bamboo paths, but he still returned to the sutra room. He chanted sutras every day, wrote Qing Ci, and prayed to God for blessings and longevity for the fifth master.
He had expected that it would not be easy to deal with Cao Xiwan. His flying pigeon message had already arrived at the Prince of Qin's palace.
After receiving the news, the Crown Prince of Qin discussed with several worshipers: "Please read the letter from Master Feng."
The worshipers all know that Master Feng is a confidant of the Crown Prince of Qin, and he was sent to the capital to inquire about the major issue of reducing the vassal state. Now reading the letter, it is written that Master Feng's clever plan to replace Nankang Hou, the governor of Jinyi, does not agree with him?
"It's just that I heard that Governor Song has two close confidants. I wonder if they can be bribed?"
"Don't worry." The prince pointed to Qingluo and Biying in the letter, "Biying Su Jintian is obsessed with sword skills, and Master Feng Xian has already taken him into his palm. The female ghost Qingluo is seriously ill and has a relationship with Song Chengming. Master Feng Xian knows
When she is no longer useful, sooner or later she will have to be eliminated."
"Why not bribe her?"
"Master Feng has a big grudge against her..."
After some discussion, the prince discussed with the prince, and the father and son agreed. The prince personally wrote to his aunt, Princess Ning:
He intended to come to the capital to meet His Majesty on behalf of his father, and also to discuss the marriage.
His Majesty Hui Wen couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard the news. Niu Zijin, who was waiting on the side, also smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the Qin Palace is willing to use the prince as a pledge. This is all due to your Majesty's virtue."
"Order someone to pass on the edict." His Majesty pondered for a moment, then shook his head, "Go to the Marquis' Mansion in person and secretly pass on my oral edict."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
How could the Marquis of Nankang not be happy when he got the news that His Majesty intended to marry his second wife, a good scholar?
The whole family is grateful for the emperor's grace.
The trees wanted to be still but the wind kept coming, and the sound of wind in the palace also came out.
Your Majesty went on a boat ride last night on Xuanwu Lake, listening to the gentle rain of late summer and watching the moonlit lotuses at night. Your Majesty couldn't help but feel sad. Niu Lu was ordered to go to the Prince of Qin's Mansion to persuade the King of Qin to have a close relationship with him. Unexpectedly, he immediately
Such great efforts have not yielded good results.
Niu Zijin was immediately promoted to a higher rank, and was appointed as an envoy with real power in charge of the imperial affairs. Even his adopted daughter Lu Xiuyun was promoted to the eighth rank female official of the East Palace and received rewards.
When the news came, Cao Xiwan learned that Niu Lu had secretly gone to the Prince of Qin's Mansion in Shaanxi under an order before his death.
"He was killed on the way back to the capital from Prince Qin's Mansion?"
Cao Xiwan had expected that when the eunuch left the capital, he would go to the local area to monitor the movements of the feudal king.
But, as His Majesty Huiwen said, Niu Lu succeeded? He persuaded the King of Qin to send the crown prince to the capital as a pledge and get married in the capital?
If so, Eunuch Liu shouldn't persuade Prince Zhao to stay in the capital with peace of mind?
Cao Xiwan calmed down and watched the changes.
When Eunuch Liu - Liu Ruhai heard the news, he sneered secretly, how could King Qin send the prince as a hostage?
Niu Lu must have overheard some treason plot, so he was hunted down and killed in the palace wall.
We are only one step away from His Majesty.
The summer is getting hotter, Liu Ruhai wears light clothes, shakes a folding fan, and walks out of Luoyuan.
On the corridor, he noticed the deep green Hunan curtains hanging down in front of several rooms, well water splashing on the floor, and the shadows of beauties behind the curtains. Cao Xi night discussed with Qin Meng in a low voice in the small duty room, and the number of patrols in the back alleys was doubled.
Liu Ruhai noticed this change and inevitably decided to stay in the Hou Mansion to rest for the next few days. It depends on how Cao Xiwan asks Lou Xiliu for a favor and asks Xiliu to carry Niu Lu's body out of the ice room for her in the middle of the night.
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He also enjoyed watching the joke about her being chased by a madman.
Completely different from Cao Xiwan's vigilance, in the past few days, the Marquis of Nankang felt that in the summer in the capital, fire dragons were flying across the sky, and there were many distinguished guests. It could be said that everything was going as he wished.
First, Prince Tang rested in his palace in the capital, laughing with his guests from time to time, saying that Su Jintian was afraid of Yang Pingcui.
Su Jintian was sensible and waited until Qin Meng from the Marquis Mansion came to him and wanted to send people to Chengfu Temple to prepare for the incense offering by the Marquis and his family. He finally recovered from his illness. The Tang Prince's Mansion immediately sent out a notice and invited Su Baihu to come to the Mansion.
I went to a banquet and met Yang Pingcui.
The Marquis was naturally overjoyed when he got the news.
Cao Xiwan walked around the house every day, thinking about how to manage Nanzhi.
Liu Ruhai didn't like to go out in summer, but he had to go to Li Guogong's mansion. He knew that Xiliu was about to get sick, and wanted to see the results, so he found an excuse to stay at Nankang Marquis.
Song Chengming asked him every few days how he went to Li Guogong's mansion, and usually let him live in peace of mind. Even the ice in the ice kiln in the Marquis' mansion was indispensable for him after he fell into an ambush.
He usually watched Cao Xiwan busy and occasionally said a few words to her. He actually learned from Cao Xiwan that when Su Jintian complained of illness, he ate the prescription he prescribed to Cao Xiwan every day, which was of no benefit or harm.
Warm and tonic prescriptions are also a recipe for laughter.
"Xiao Qiao thinks this medicine is good and is taking it too. Do you want to change the prescription?" she asked politely.
"Qiao Xiaoqi?" He thought for a while, "He looks a little bit cold. Did he live in a damp house for a period of time when he was a child?"
"Huh?" She was surprised. She knew this. Xiao Qiao was the first one to escape alone. When they entered Jinling City, they couldn't find Su Jintian. He had lived by the underground river for a year or two. It was her.
found.
"You haven't checked your pulse. How do you know that?"
"You can tell by looking at his face. Taking warm tonic prescriptions is just right for him." Liu Ruhai said with a smile.
"Then I'll ask him to prepare a generous gift, go to the shop to find you, and pay for the medical treatment."
"...He is the landlord, and he is also involved in the crime."
Cao Xiwan sighed and reluctantly persuaded: "He is a small flag officer and Su Jintian's junior brother. If there are more patients like this, we will treat him."
It turned out to be a shill, he thought.
She is still determined to sell her Arhat's Purple Golden Pill to deceive her own people.
In the past few days, the Hou Mansion was busy. She finally caught the flaw in Nanzhi, and she worshiped a mother-in-law as her godmother.
She calmed down and told Granny Mapa to pay attention to what she wanted to do.
No one paid attention to this little thing, because the old lady wanted to go to Chengfu Temple to worship the Buddha, and she was busy with the marriage of the second eldest daughter to the eldest son of Prince Qin.
As the Prince of Qin spoke, he was about to enter the capital.
The female officer who stood before me entered Princess Ning's mansion to say hello, and the eunuch from the royal palace who stood before me was already looking at a house in a prosperous area of Jinling City, and it seemed that she was planning to get married and live there in the future.
"Okay, our family's Jia Shu is destined to have a son-in-law." The second husband and wife heard that their daughter did not have to marry far away. The old couple was so happy that they shed tears. Jia Shu can get married in front of their parents and have children in the future.
, my mother-in-law can take care of me.
The second master diligently went out to the study and got close to his third brother as usual. The second master felt that this marriage was entirely dependent on the planning of the Marquis of Nankang, otherwise why would the dignified prince of Qin have to live in the capital?
The second wife also came to the main room and flattered Lou Shuluan without any excuse.
Song Chengming was naturally satisfied, and even gave his second brother an idea, so that he could meet this noble son-in-law in advance.
For the sake of dignity, Song Weiren, the brother of Mrs. Jia Shu, wanted to find a job in Jinyi Baihu, so they discussed it again.
After all, he is also the same mother and brother of the future princess.
When Cao Xiwan was busy going back to visit Lou Xiliu three times a day, Suyun from her old aunt's side asked the little girl to come and invite her to sit and talk with her aunt when she had time.
She was a little too busy.
She also had to prevent Nanzhi from attacking and plotting against her. So she taught Nanzhi a lesson first.
"mine!"
In the kitchen, Nanzhi looked at Cao Xiwan with anger. She rushed to the small kitchen in the courtyard and snatched Nanzhi's portion of the meal.
Cao Xiwan smashed several bowls of food in the kitchen. In a panic, she put her hands on her hips and cursed arrogantly: "How dare you bully my mother? Do you know who I am?"
Granny Ma and several other ladies who had borrowed it from Mama Chen swarmed in and smashed the kitchen in the musician's yard to pieces.
The arrangement of the small kitchen here was ordered by my wife, and she also wanted to prevent musicians from wandering around in the Marquis's residence.
Nanzhi was caught by the ladies, and there were girls and ladies watching the excitement inside and outside the door and window. No matter how capable she was, she could only endure it.
Cao Xi was on her own two feet before night: "Fox! Don't think that just because you hooked up with Mr. Hou, you dare to step on me! The missing son of Mrs. Ye is my mother's! You dare to recommend someone? You asked me
No?"
Then, she grabbed a pair of scissors and cut Nanzhi's hair into a chicken coop.
She sneered: "Mrs. Kuanhe, I'm not that kind of person! You want to hook up with a man from the second door, I don't care about you. If you want to poach me, I know who your Aunt Cao is!"
After saying that, she dropped the scissors, put her hands on her hips and shouted: "Beat me, beat all these vixens. Teach them the rules of the Marquis Mansion——!"