Yelu Zongxiao was about to step into the hall when he suddenly stopped and immediately turned around and walked outside.
"Lanying, send another carriage from the mansion to take Lan Caihua back."
After finishing speaking, he strode towards the palace gate.
"Yes, Your Highness" Lan Ying nodded with red eyes. When Yelu Zongxiao walked away, Lan Ying looked at his retreating back infatuatedly. At this moment, her heart was as sharp as a knife.
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At night, Yelu Zongxiao walked around the suburbs of Beijing before returning. If Zi Qian hadn't said that the weather would change tonight, he still wouldn't want to return to Tianjiao Mansion.
For him, although Tianjiao Mansion is luxurious and magnificent, it does not make him feel the slightest real feeling. Only the quiet woods at the foot of Feidu Mountain on the outskirts of Beijing can give him some comfort in his painful heart.
When the carriage arrived at the main entrance of Tianjiao Mansion, Yelu Zongxiao got out of the carriage, and a female voice sounded sweetly behind him,
"Your Highness, have you just come back? Caihua has met His Highness the Third Highness."
After Nalan Caihua was blessed, her beautiful eyes looked at Yelv Zongxiao with a mixture of shyness and joy. The lust in her eyes seemed to be that she wished Yelv Zongxiao could favor her tonight.
Yelu Zongxiao paused slightly, turned around and glanced at Nalan Caihua lightly.
She had already changed out of the shabby long dress worn by the palace maids of the Huanyi Bureau, and instead wore a new lotus color and pink gauze dress. The chest area was pulled very low, and the spring light on her chest was looming, and her white collarbone was sexy and seductive.
There was even a thin layer of white fragrant powder sprinkled on her shoulders. As she walked up to her, the scent of pollen filled her nostrils.
Zi Qian, who was standing behind Yelu Zongxiao, blinked unconsciously and felt that the scent of pollen was too pungent.
Yelu Zongxiao raised his hand and touched his nose, and looked away from Nalan Caihua, laughing at his own naivety in his heart!
It's not her, it's not that Nalan Caihua is still very similar to that woman without any modifications, and under this deliberate dressing up, there is no trace of Nalan Muliang at all.
He is irreplaceable, he knows it well, but before in the palace, he agreed to the Queen Mother's suggestion by some strange combination of circumstances.
At this moment, Nalan Caihua carefully raised her eyes to look at Yelu Zongxiao. Seeing his uncertain expression, Nalan Caihua unconsciously took a step forward deliberately, causing Lan Ying behind her to look full of jealousy and hatred.
"Your Highness, I have heard that Your Highness likes to play the piano. I also know a lot about chess, calligraphy and painting, and I have always had a good relationship with my fourth sister. The fourth sister's mother once played a piece of music that was the best in Kyoto. Your Highness
If you don’t mind it, I will play it to His Highness later, okay?”
Nalan Caihua had a gentle and considerate look on her face. Since Yelv Zongxiao liked Nalan Muliang, she had to put aside her body and give in to him. Only in this way was the fastest way to get close to Yelv Zongxiao.
Lan Ying's face was as pale as paper at this moment.
Zi Qian was still blinking his eyes calmly, but deep down in his heart, he was extremely disgusted with Nalan Caihua's coquettish appearance.
Yelu Zongxiao raised his eyes and glanced at Nalan Caihua again. A gloomy light flashed quickly in his eyes. If Nalan Caihua didn't say so, he hadn't noticed yet. Nalan Caihua seemed to be able to imitate that woman.
, the style of the bun, and the lotus-colored dress, aren't they similar to that woman's usual dress?
However, that little woman had her hair pulled up in a bun so loosely, with a mutton-fat white jade hairpin inserted sideways, which gave her a somewhat cold and aloof temperament.
But this Nalan Caihua added a touch of gaudiness with her glittering golden steps. It seems that her mother was very kind to her and rewarded her with many good things.
As for this long lotus-colored hazy dress, against the thin and slender figure of the woman, it exudes an unworldly aura of clouds and smoke for no reason, which is ethereal, yet unruly and cold.
But Nalan Caihua was smart enough to put on a pink brocade cloak, which looked nondescript and turned him off.
A clear gloomy look flashed through Yelu Zongxiao's eyes again. The next moment, he frowned slightly, turned around and said to Zi Qian behind him,
"Where did it come from? Where to send it back?"
"Yes, Your Highness." Zi Qian quickly understood what Yelu Zongxiao meant.
"Come here, take Miss Nalan Liu back to the Huanyi Bureau!" Zi Qian said in a deep voice to the two guards behind him.
Nalan Caihua's gentle smile froze on her face for a moment. Lan Ying, who was standing behind her, was startled at first, and then looked at Nalan Caihua's dazzling back with hatred, a gloating sneer in her eyes.
flash by
"Three... Your Highness, this... Your Highness... you... what do you mean by this? Your Highness!" Nalan Caihua felt as if he was struck by lightning at this moment. He was obviously so close to flying up a branch and turning into a phoenix. Why?
Yelu Zongxiao suddenly wanted to send her back to the Huanyi Bureau?
In the clothing bureau, she had to be beaten and insulted by some perverted old ladies all day long, and bullied by other old palace ladies. Some palace ladies would often touch her body and take advantage of her, and at night they would
He would touch her bed and pinch her body. For Nalan Caihua, this was a nightmare!
Even if she dies, she doesn't want to go back to the clothes bureau every night.
Seeing Yelu Zongxiao walking towards Tianjiao Mansion, Nalan Caihua suddenly panicked, his eyes turned red, and tears couldn't stop falling.
"Third Highness, you... you are... wuwu, Caihua did something wrong, Third Highness! Besides, Caihua was given to His Highness the Third Highness by the Empress, so His Highness can't... Wuwu, can't
Ah! Caihua is willing to serve His Highness the Third Highness wholeheartedly, even if he is a bull or a horse!"
Nalan Caihua cried out in tears. Seeing Yelv Zongxiao's steps without any pause, Nalan Caihua became even more anxious. He immediately pulled off his cloak and crawled towards Yelv Zongxiao in a few steps.
Most of his back and chest were exposed, shivering in the autumn wind. His flawless white back and shoulders suddenly reminded Yelv Zongxiao of Mu Liang's scarred hands that made people couldn't bear to look at them again, and his heart strings fiercely
It trembled for a moment, and the next moment, he waved his hand and said coldly,
"Prince! Why are you still standing there?! Your Highness will explain to you when your mother is there!" After saying this, he walked away with a wave of his sleeves, leaving Nalan Caihua with a resolute and cold back.
In the hearts of everyone in Bei Liao, His Highness the Third Highness, who has always been gentle and clear, with a temperament like a banished immortal, turned out to have such a ruthless and indifferent attitude.
"Yes, Your Highness!" Zi Qian didn't waste any more time and waved his hand for the guards to drag Nalan Caihua down. Where did he come from and where did he go?
Lan Ying also hurriedly took a few steps forward to follow Yelu Zongxiao. The disappointment and jealousy in her heart had now been covered up by the rekindled fire of hope.
Nalan Caihua was dragged away from the gate of Tianjiao Mansion. Lan Ying followed Yelu Zongxiao to the east courtyard, only to see Yelu Zongxiao wave his hand lightly and his voice was cold and indifferent.
"You also step down and let Zi Qian serve outside. No one is allowed in without His Highness's permission."
After speaking, only a hint of deserted sapphire blue robe was left in Lan Ying's eyes. The fire of hope that Lan Ying had ignited a moment ago was once again ruthlessly extinguished by Yelu Zongxiao. Lan Ying blushed and whispered,
"Yes, Your Highness"
She stood there and watched quietly as Yelv Zongxiao locked her up in the east courtyard. It was only a step away, but she had no right to step into his east courtyard. The master was the master, and the slave was the slave. No matter how hard she worked and devoted herself, in Yelv Zong
In Xiao's heart, she has always clearly distinguished her status from Yu Fu. What's more, what she wants now is to drive away Nalan Muliang, that unintentionally cold woman, who is beyond her reach.
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At the same time, the General's Mansion and Liuli Courtyard
Mu Liang has been reading the account books of Mipu and other shops in the past few days. Fortunately, she can read at a glance and has a photographic memory of this mountain of account books. Now she can also read seven or seven hundred and eighty-eight, and the situation of each shop is also in her mind.
Have a general impression
She was looking at the account book of a silk shop in the suburbs of Beijing. Feifeng was reporting quietly from outside,
"Fourth Miss, Fourth Madam needs to see you for something."
Mu Liang lazily raised his eyebrows, without putting down the account book in his hand, and said casually,
"Let her in"
"Yes, miss." After Feifeng finished speaking, there were messy footsteps. Mu Liang lowered his head and smiled coldly. It seemed that the fourth lady was in a hurry.
She was worried about her. Mu Liang sat on the Xiang Fei chair with a lazy and casual look, flipping through an account book in his hand. Whether the fourth lady came or not, it had no impact at all.
After the fourth lady came in, she saw that Mu Liang didn't even look at her. She suppressed the hatred in her heart and acted cleverly in front of Mu Liang.
"Fourth Miss, I heard that there is news from the border official road. The general will be back in about seven days. Fourth Miss will send people to prepare to welcome the general back when the time comes! And the backyard of the general's mansion is not there yet.
The repairs are about to start, look..."
The fourth lady deliberately brought up the news that the general was coming back soon, thinking to put pressure on Mu Liang, and then she made her request again, which seemed confident.
Mu Liang quickly flipped through the account books, Han Tong never left the account books in his hand.
"There is no need to repair the backyard. Let dad come back and make his own decision. After all, I am the mistress of the house only temporarily. The rule of the General's Mansion is that if the mistress of the house wants to officially take office, doesn't she have to go through a series of assessments? Before I
I’ve only passed the first level, I won’t make decisions based on my own abilities.”
What Mu Liang said was lukewarm, but the fourth lady was very impressed by what she said. She was afraid that Mu Liang would really be fearless now.
"The Fourth Madam is still talking about business. Couldn't she be rushing here just to remind me of this! If so, the Fourth Madam can go back now. I have already answered you, haven't I?" Mu Liang said, putting down the account book in his hand,
Then he picked up the other side and flipped through it quickly
The Fourth Madam felt a headache when she looked at the densely packed rows of small regular script in the account book. She didn't understand why Mu Liang read it with gusto and at such a rapid pace. The Fourth Madam unconsciously squeezed out a smile and said carefully,
"Hey, I was forced to have no choice. That's why I wanted to trouble Fourth Young Lady. You don't know, Fourth Young Lady... This Caihua girl, I don't know why she annoyed King Tuo a while ago, and she was actually sent to this place by King Tuo.
After entering the Huanyi Bureau, he also said that he would never let her leave the Huanyi Bureau. Later, thanks to the queen, she liked the girl and felt that she was in love with her, so she gave her to the Third Highness. Miss Fourth, the queen arranged this, you won't be angry.
?You have to know that this is not Caihua girl’s problem. The queen liked her so much that she insisted on giving her to His Highness. Caihua girl had no choice but to..."
The fourth lady's voice became softer as she spoke, and she unconsciously raised her eyes to carefully observe Mu Liang's reaction.
Mu Liang flipped through the account books and said calmly, "Why am I angry? Didn't the fourth lady say it, this is the Queen's arrangement, it has nothing to do with the sixth sister. Besides, the engagement between me and the third highness is just a piece of paper, and it can be done at any time
There is a possibility of lifting it, Fourth Madam, keep talking!"
Although Mu Liang's attitude was lukewarm, fortunately she didn't say anything that frightened the fourth lady. The fourth lady thought she mentioned that Nalan Minghui was coming back soon when she first came in. Mu Liang was nervous and didn't want to be here.
Something happened at the critical moment, and the Fourth Madam mentioned the Queen just now. The Fourth Madam felt that Mu Liang would not dare to offend the Queen, her patron.
The fourth lady felt proud of her smart decision.
"Let me just say, the fourth young lady is the most reasonable and reasonable one. I don't know why the third highness's temperament has been so unpredictable recently. Caihua didn't do anything. He didn't even enter the door of Tianjiao Mansion, and he was killed by the third highness.
His Highness sent someone to send it back to the Huanyi Bureau again. Now the Queen is no longer easy to control. To get this flower out of the Huanyi Bureau, the King of Liao still has to ask... As a mother, I really have no choice.
Dare to come over and beg the Fourth Miss to see if the Fourth Miss can help come forward to find the King of Liao, or find His Highness the Third Highness, and give Caihua girl a way to survive. If she stays in the Huanyi Bureau for the rest of her life, this girl... will be ruined.
Fourth Miss, I only have three daughters. Those two are crazy now. From now on, they will point to Caihua to support me in my old age. Caihua girl has always been gentle and kind. She has never bullied Fourth Miss in the house. Fourth Miss, you
Look...you can't make me, a mother-in-law, cry to death!"
As the fourth lady spoke, she took out a handkerchief full of fragrant powder, covered her face, and began to cry.
The pungent smell of fragrant powder made Mu Liang frown and frown.