Chapter 149: I don't know each other when we meet (2)
Mr. Cao was in the old lady's room in name only, and no one really expected him to do anything.
Aunt Wu was going to go to the night room to cancel her vacation, but Lou Shuluan sent someone to stop her: "Ms. Wu, my wife is calling you to Baihua Hall."
Aunt Wu listened to what she said, and it seemed that her wife intended to arrange for her to do things in the main room.
There are thousands of green bamboos in front of the hall, which are green and cool.
The cicadas were chirping loudly on the old tree behind the house, and there were no people on the painted green corridor. They all hid in the house to rest and cool down. Mrs. Wu was anxiously waiting in the corridor. Yanzhi quietly stuffed a fan into Mrs. Wu's hand and said: "
It's okay, aunt, Xiaowan will be back soon."
Inside, Wenxue reported to his wife: "She is used to doing things outside. And I heard she is too honest. If she is bullied here, she will make Sister Cao angry. Why bother to touch her? Let her spend the night at the second door."
Lou Shuluan had already made arrangements, but she looked at Wenxue, was silent for a while, and finally nodded.
Wenxue lowered her head and smiled.
The madam must know that this was not something she, a girl, made on her own, but was ordered by the Twelve Young Masters who were practicing Taoism outside the house.
Mother Chen was standing by, watching with cold eyes and frowning in her heart. If anyone wanted to say who among the girls had followed her the longest and who was the most loyal, it was definitely Wenxue.
Wenxue entered the government a few years earlier than Mrs. Chen, and has been following the Sixth Miss since Yanjing City.
But Mother Chen was not at ease. She heard in the mansion about the origin of this girl. Wen Xue was a gift from Duke Liang.
Miss Six had served in the army when she was a child. After meeting Miss Six when she was a child, Duke Liang liked her very much. Wen Xue was one of the gifts given to Miss Six by Duke Liang.
Aunt Wu was happy to go back to Ermen to spend the night. She was used to doing the old job.
While patrolling at night, the second steward passed by with a lantern and saw the steward of Su Cai's family entering the ladies' night room. He knew for sure that the Cao family had no relatives, and the Wu family had no caring members. Qing Niangzi's parents were confused.
, she is not confused. What are the benefits of going out?
What's more, isn't it good for the female officials in the prince's palace of King Qin? They get the rank and then get sick and quit.
If you want a royal decree, you have a royal decree, and if you want money, you have money. Isn’t the Marquis hers?
Liancheng had not expected it, but Cao Xiwan felt that Mr. Hou's life would not be long.
If the old enemy takes the opportunity to retaliate and dies unexpectedly, what will happen to the Nankang Marquis Mansion? Like the Duke of Liang's Mansion and the Twelve Dukes' Mansion, they will be raided sooner or later. At that time, wouldn't all the slaves in the Marquis' Mansion be wanted?
Being sold?
She is not afraid, but she should let her parents leave to avoid overturning the nest without leaving any eggs.
Besides, Taizu Xingwu had only been in power for thirty years after the Great Rebellion, and the whole family in Jinling City had died and many people had no relatives. Could she still rely on her relatives to survive?
Aunt Wu's errand did not change. Even after the second manager had spoken, the couple did not return to their home in the back alley. Cao Xiwan thought for a while, specially carried a can of fruit drink, and went to the small wing where her mother lived to give instructions:
"Don't be left alone. Just do whatever others do. Even if it's gambling and drinking, we'll all be together. If something happens, I'll come find someone to intercede for you. Remember?"
"...I don't know how to gamble."
"Then let's have a drink together and don't get drunk. It's fine. You can spit it out like this." She wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and taught her mother seriously how to take a mouthful of wine and spit it out on the handkerchief. Aunt Wu
Laughing non-stop.
"Do you have any enemies? Xiao Wan." Aunt Wu hesitated and thought for a moment, "You are in the house, and others don't dare to bully me."
"...Well, I don't know yet. There must be a spy. He must be transferring me out of the house. Then you will..." She and her mother murmured for a while. Her mother heard that the spy might want to get money and benefits.
After buying the whole family, he suddenly felt loyal. After thinking about it, he nodded and said, "That's easy." After thinking about it for a while, he said, "Then I won't go to your uncle's house for the time being."
Don't go there. She was stunned and didn't expect this unexpected surprise. Her mother was more calm when something big happened, right?
She wanted to see who would fall into her trap.
From now on, naturally no one will come to trouble her mother.
As for her father? Her father lives in the Marquis Mansion and likes to be lazy. It is not easy for spies to deceive him.
"By the way, Xiaowan, do you want some pocket money? I saved some money."
Her mother took a few sips of the fruit drink, wiped her mouth, and happily took out a blue cloth purse, which contained coins, broken pieces of silver, and one or two small golden beans. Cao Xiwan was also surprised: "
This is?"
"This was given to me by an old eunuch who was passing by to buy a folding fan. There was a seam in his sleeve, so I sewed it up with a needle and thread. I didn't expect it to be so generous. I thought it must be a noble person who gave it to me casually." Now it's all hers.
Private money.
Cao Xiwan blinked her eyes and decisively stretched out her hand to ask for some pocket money. Why didn't she spend it instead of giving it to her uncles?
She has to spend all her money.
Cao Xiwan had pocket money every day, and Liu Ruhai could see her from time to time. She sneaked to the west corner gate of the Hou Mansion to buy fruits and eat them secretly. She felt that the lotus seeds sold by the men outside were fresher and more juicy.
She gave a packet to the woman guarding the corner gate. When she turned around, she bumped into Liu Ruhai who was returning home from the house. She thought about it and gave him a few pills.
"Nanzhi, you haven't been going out in your room lately." Liu Ruhai actually knew what was going on in Nanzhi every day.
She thought about it and thought it was understandable: "The weather is hot. I don't like to move either."
"..." Is this how you investigate cases in Jinyiwei? She said humbly: "No, I'm just lazy."
Liu Ruhai was right when she thought about it. No matter what, Nanzhi was not here to murder her.
"Are you going to Seifukuji Temple?"
"It's so hot." She said what the car wheel said. She didn't want to go out to do errands anyway. She also wore a large fresh green lotus leaf on her head that the porter had given her, which made her look strange. Only her face, engrossed in eating lotus seeds, was exposed.
Liu Ruhai understood this style clearly. She was not trying to deal with him. She was really lazy. She was even more lazy to see the master of Miaolian Temple.
He thought that maybe she did not have the same disease as the master of Miaolian Temple. Instead, she was too lazy and did not care too much about the life and death of Song Chengming, the Marquis of Nankang.
But can she be bribed?
He prepared one hundred thousand taels, and Prince Zhao also said hello to him.
She finished eating a few lotus fruits, her lips and teeth were fragrant, and she smiled with satisfaction. She looked up at him strangely, and asked with concern: "What's the matter? Eunuch Liu, is King Zhao urging you to enter the palace for assassination?"
He wanted to beat her to death. Liu Ruhai cursed secretly.
Seeing that she was not easy to bribe, Liu Ruhai stood still. He had already heard from Yang Pingcui that the remnants of Duke Liang were indeed hiding in Prince Qin's palace.
——Cao Xiwan’s old lover, do you want to fight with a hundred swords? Liu Ruhai smiled, he stood in the underground secret passage and released a more poisonous snake.
I'm afraid the person who really wants to assassinate Your Majesty is the Palace of the Prince of Qin?
On the day when the Prince of Qin entered the capital, the Three Volts of Heaven were coming out.
The prince is on the road in the dog days, and even His Majesty can't help but feel that the phoenix and the grandson are working so hard.
Before everyone else entered the palace, the palace ordered people to give ice, jade mats, gauze clothes, fans, bamboo ladies and various other things to relieve the heat.
He arrived at the mansion in the afternoon, took a shower and changed clothes.
In the evening, the wind is cool, and in front of the water pavilion, I can see willow silk hanging down the water, and the moon hangs low. Sure enough, there are guests.
Fragrant cars and horses came meandering under the moonlight. The prince met his elders, Princess Ning, and then Mrs. Zhongbo. The eldest princess was the sister of Prince Qin and the prince's aunt. Mrs. Zhongbo was the prince's mother-in-law who had married away to the capital.
elder sister.
The next day, as soon as Mrs. Zhongbo's red post came, the old lady decided to go to Chengfu Temple to offer incense.
I heard that the crown prince also wanted to offer incense.
After discussing the matter of offering incense, Lou Shuluan and the other ladies stepped back from the old lady, followed by several girls, including Cao Xiwan. In front of the old lady's room, she raised her head and looked at the thin silver lines outside the green eaves.
The rain is falling.
It's summer time.
In the prince's mansion, Feng Junqing and the prince had a secret discussion in Shuixuan and said: "Don't worry, prince. The female ghost from Qingluo in the Nankang Hou Mansion is ill, and there are more and more flaws. She is not paying attention to Song Chengming.
I am far less cautious than before, so nothing will happen to me if I enter the Marquis' Mansion."
"I was talking to the Marquis of Song in Chengfu Temple. It would be good for you to go to the Marquis's mansion to see her and reminisce about old friendships." The prince actually started joking.