He couldn't bear to look back and didn't go to see her in the east wing. Instead, he secretly thought that because the Qin Palace was so arrogant, he might have thought that Prince Zhao was seriously ill and had gone crazy. Prince Zhao's gentle temper was not a big deal.
His temperament, coupled with the deposed Prince Zhou, the largest among the nine vassal princes is the Palace of Prince Qin.
The curtain squeaked slightly, and he finally turned around with a sigh. Cao Xiwan walked out. In the shadow of the green eaves, her face seemed a little paler.
"Thank you."
"..." He didn't say anything. Looking at her, he didn't think she was deceived. It was actually the same with or without him.
But he hesitated and suddenly asked: "Is it him?"
"maybe."
"You quite like him."
"..." She thought for a moment, seeming to be seriously recalling this old incident, "At that time, the Marquis had a sweetheart, and Su Jintian and I were not allowed to be together. I thought Zhan Baidao was a good idea, but the Marquis said that Duke Liang might not be able to
Steady, don't associate with his servants. I thought, this is so annoying, Su Jintian can also have a lover, why can't I?"
Liu Ruhai subconsciously said: "The lover Su Jintian chooses will not seriously marry him. It's just a casual romance."
"……Um."
When Liu Ruhai heard her just respond like this, he knew that she actually had no regrets.
After all, he could tell that she picked someone at random, and it turned out to be Zhan Baidao, whom she once liked.
He was silent, not knowing what he was feeling, and suddenly sighed: "The Marquis is coming back. I'm leaving."
He turned around and walked down the jade steps and along the corridor.
"I killed him." She said suddenly.
"..." He stopped.
"At that time, he complained that I was ruthless. I thought I was going too far. I wanted to make it clear to him."
Therefore, she hesitated just now. Cao Xiwan murmured in explanation, "Am I too heartless? But I didn't lie to him. I'm not wrong, right..."
"No need to tell me." He said coldly, rolled up his sleeves and left.
She was stunned and looked at his back. Was he angry?
She stood at the foot of the steps, with green eaves and bamboo shadows. It was cold and cold. She stood alone and silently for a long time.
"I'm not wrong." She said to herself.
Finally, the front house became noisy, as if the real Marquis had returned.
She slowly raised her left hand in her sleeve and looked at the faint disguise drug that touched her fingertips. She sniffed her fingers gently and she smelled it. In fact, she smelled it vaguely as soon as Nan Twelve entered the room.
arrive.
More certain now.
This is the scent of snake medicine in the corridors of the palace walls.
A few days ago, there was another scent of snake medicine in the air of the tunnel. Only she noticed it. I am afraid it was the hands and feet of Liu Zongfeng in Prince Zhao's Mansion. Therefore, Nan Twelve must have been to the palace wall. But he must have
There is no way to avoid the inspections of Su Jintian and the City Patrol Division.
Did Liu Ruhai rely on the scent of the medicine to judge that he was not the Marquis?
Liu Ruhai has been in a bad mood these past few days. He gets irritable when nothing happens.
He didn't even bother to pay attention to Cao Xiwan, let alone raise his head to tell the Marquis of Nankang that a fake Marquis had entered the house while you were away.
He was so angry that he realized that no one reported this matter to Mr. Hou. What does this mean?
This implies that when Feng Junqing entered the house, no one saw him.
This person probably just brought a few masters into the outer study through the secret passage and changed into Song Chengming's clothes. Liu Ruhai happened to see him because he shouldn't have come back that day. He should have been in the temple.
On that day, everyone in the Hou Mansion, whether they were the masters in the Jinyi Fanzi who stayed behind or the confidants among the generals, all left the house and went to Chengfu Temple, and they all accompanied them. After all, all the nobles of the Hou Mansion went to the temple.
Cao Xiwan was well aware of the defense of the Hou Mansion. She knew that it was not that the Marquis did not know, he was just tolerating it.
She remembered what Nan Twelve asked her in the east wing: puppet man.
That was Hou Nankang's hidden backhand.
Her knowledge is limited.
Does the Prince of Qin's Palace want to find out this secret? Or does the Prince of Qin's Palace have conditions for this marriage? Cao Xiwan sat in front of the fence, looking at an autumn sweet-scented osmanthus in front of the eaves. In the autumn rain, the fragrance was sweet.
Song Chengming was outside in the study, his eyes calm. Even the second manager didn't dare to say anything for a long time.
"Did people from Prince Qin's Mansion notice it?"
"Master Hou, it is impossible for the news to spread."
"Damn it!" He was furious and threw down his pen. "I didn't realize it. Why did an outsider deliberately enter the study room but nothing was lost?"
"Perhaps I just didn't expect that the Marquis's Fushou Dan prescription and Biying Formation are all outside the study?"
"No, Prince Qin's Mansion doesn't want these two things!"
He let out a long sigh, turned around with his hands behind his hands, and looked at an iron-carved lacquer box hidden in the shelf grid.
The box was opened, and inside was the Fushou Dan prescription, and on another piece of thin silk was written the Biying Heart Technique that Xiliu had learned.
But this thing was not stolen.
He deliberately reduced the guard in the outer study room and spread the news that all the masters in the mansion followed him to Chengfu Temple, just to let Zuowufu take this thing away.
"The Pill of Fortune and Longevity is only half the formula. Xiliu has learned only 20/10 of Biying's Heart Technique."
I originally thought that this would be enough to deal with the Prince of Qin's palace, but I didn't expect that they would pass by without taking any advantage. This made Song Chengming uneasy.
Manager Lian Er was silent, and he did not dare to report the matter to the Marquis. Cao Xiwan hinted that the visitor not only entered the outer study, but also went to the inner house. Liancheng has not yet found a servant who saw this with his own eyes, so he will not risk it.
Then report.
After all, it’s okay for the craftsman sent by Prince Qin’s Mansion to be familiar with the outer study. The outer study is a secret place of the Hou Mansion. Over the years, I’m afraid it has been explored by others. It’s just that no expert dares to come here.
But when entering or leaving the inner house, or entering an uninhabited area, it must be that there is collusion with the masters and ladies of the Marquis Mansion.
Or, it's Mrs. Hou.
Lou Shuluan.
Baihuatang.
After autumn, it gets cooler.
Cao Xiwan felt that the girl Wenxue was very mean.
"Xiao Wan, come and fold clothes together."
"..."
Cao Xiwan looked around and slipped away quietly as soon as he lifted the curtain.
The Crown Prince of Qin arrived at the front hall of the Hou Mansion today to meet with Song Chengming. She sat on the green lacquered corridor outside the main room and watched the drizzle on the eaves. She sat and cracked melon seeds. She heard the girls saying that the master of the second room had also gone out to accompany them.
.
Cao Xi had inquired in the evening, and Yan Zhi and other girls had peeked at your son-in-law at Chengfu Temple. According to Yunzhu, a maid who had read several books, the prince's son-in-law looked like a dragon with eyebrows and a phoenix.
The eyes, Qipang Fuai, look like the blessings of dragons and phoenixes.
She understood it clearly, she just has a chubby face, but she is tall and has clear eyebrows?
Having said that, in terms of looks and background, he is a pleasant husband.
The most important thing is to pay attention to etiquette. After all, the prince's visit today is actually for the birthday of Prince Tang. He wants to discuss it with his future father-in-law and his family. After all, if he gets married in the capital, the person who will preside over the wedding is not only his aunt and princess, but also his younger uncle Tang.
king.
"The King of Qin and the King of Tang are brothers from the same mother. The King of Tang is more than ten years younger than the King of Qin and is his younger brother. He is also his biological uncle." The girls passing by murmured.
Speaking of it, the Marquis of Nankang's Mansion is a relative of the country, and the girls and servants also inquired about the marriages in the various princes' and noble houses, as if they themselves had become relatives of the emperor.
Cao Xiwan knew that the King of Tang was now favored by him, so he quickly withdrew the feudal vassal and returned to the capital. Your Majesty gave you the favor and built the palace. Even his birthday was held at the Shuizhuangzi by Moqiu Lake. He borrowed his Majesty's old palace.
The garden of the residence is so grand.
The most important thing is that Yang Pingcui is the enshrinement of the Tang Palace.
She was sitting outside the small duty room at the second door, discussing with Xiao Qiao: "Don't you want your senior brother to show off his sword skills?"
"It sounds awful."
"Oh, let no one see the dispute between Su Baihu and Yang Zhuang, masters of swordsmanship, in the depths of the village?"
"right."
This is the reason why the Prince of Qin specially came to visit him. He wanted the confidants of Marquis Nankang to give Prince Tang some face.
On the day of his birthday, let the two masters of this gambling game worship him. In the imperial garden where there is no one, they draw their swords from their sheaths and compete for the highest position in the fallen leaves and autumn rain.
As long as there is a result, Prince Tang will be happy.
She was satisfied that the gambling game was reopened, so she asked Xiao Qiao to say hello to Su Jintian. If he went to the Royal Garden to discuss the matter with Yang Pingcui, he must remember to go to her.
He knew very well that she had no good intentions to share half of the gambling money with him, so he wrote a note in reply: [Why.]
She: [I like places with water and want to fish]
He: [Are you going to pretend to be a fat carp spirit again? If you fail once, you will get a hundred-bird feather coat. What a loss.]
she:【……】
But she still got the chance to go along and see what was going on, because she stopped on the roadside.
Su Jintian was ordered to go to Zhenzhu Water Village at a time when the autumn rain was falling. She left the house quietly, wearing a raincoat. Of course she got news from Xiao Qiao Xiaoshuang and other companions, and knew that Su Jintian was going out today.
The cold rain soaked through her clothes. She was sitting in front of Mao Ergou's house. She saw Su Jintian and a group of royal guards riding horses and whipping their whips. They passed by Mao Ergou's house. She jumped up and waved: "——Hey! Su Jintian!"
Su Jintian was startled and suddenly stopped in the middle of the street. When he saw her, he glared at Xiao Qiao Xiaoshuang angrily.
She led her horse and happily blended in with his companions. The group of people chatted and laughed as they rode on, and in a short while they arrived at Mochou Lake near Qingliangmen.