"Remember, I'll go back and wait for the letter."
After another drink, He Yuanzheng left.
"Your Majesty, there is a message from Fuxiang Academy, asking you to sleep somewhere else at night." Pai Gow watched He Yuanzheng leave, stepped into the side hall, and said to Yang Shu.
Yang Shu was a little confused, "What?"
"Before I came out, everything was fine. Did you go to the Second Madam to provoke me?"
"Pai Gow, a mere ten cents, actually goes beyond our life-and-death friendship!"
Pai Gow looked at Yang Shu, "Your Majesty, it's eleven pieces."
Yang Shu's eyes twitched, "Is this the point?"
Leaning back, Yang Shu tapped his temples with his fingers.
"Zhao Ci is pestering the second lady." Pai Gow said the reason.
"I stayed with her for a year." Yang Shu sighed quietly, "I can't compare to a girl who entered the house with a purpose."
Yang Shu walked to the window and looked at the moon sadly, "We also have the cutest daughter in the world."
"She clearly promised me..."
"Your Majesty, Zhaoci seems to have been staying with the Second Madam for a longer time." Pai Gow said silently.
"Do you want to take dumb medicine?" Yang Shu said, "My wife has been robbed. I can't complain anymore?"
"Let Zi'er keep an eye on her." Yang Shu lowered his expression. He believed in Liu Yun's vision of people, but he must be on guard.
…
…
"Sister." Zhao Ci sobbed softly and kept digging into Liu Yun's arms.
Liu Yun patted her back gently.
It wasn't until the middle of the night that Zhao Ci's body softened, and the panic in his brows slowly dissipated.
In the early morning, Zi'er walked into the inner room. Liu Yun opened her eyes and looked at Zhao Ci sleeping peacefully beside her. She shook her head at Zi'er.
Zi'er lowered her eyes and stepped back lightly.
"Your Majesty, the second lady is awake, but Miss Zhaoci is not." Zi'er said to Yang Shu who was standing at the door of the courtyard.
"She slept well." Yang Shu said in a resentful tone.
"The second lady is getting up. Tell her that what happened last night is not something to be coaxed." After looking at the door, Yang Shu left.
When it was almost time, Zhao Ci woke up and Liu Yun finally got up from the bed.
Zi'er immediately conveyed Yang Shu's words.
After tying her blouse, Liu Yun pushed back her black hair. As she walked around, her graceful figure made people unable to take their eyes away.
"What did the king use this morning?"
"Millet porridge, three buns." Zi'er took her coat and helped Liu Yun put it on.
"I'm not messing around. I went to the cellar to get some pears and stew them slowly over low heat." Liu Yun explained.
"elder sister."
Hongwen was brought into the room by the maid, lowered her head, and called her respectfully.
"Go and read Zhaoci."
Hongwen nodded. When she saw the girl lying on the bed holding the quilt, she knew that she had been worried in vain last night.
Hongwen walked over and slapped Zhaoci on the butt.
She was brave enough to climb into Liu Yun's bed at night, and she succeeded!
Zhaoci yawned, "Why are you here?"
"Did you sleep well last night?"
Zhao Ci pursed his lips and smiled, pulled Hongwen over and whispered in her ear, "Sister Liu is so soft."
"..."
"Hongwen, I'm not leaving." Zhaoci said seriously, "When I see my sister, I feel like I'm going home."
Hongwen glanced at her, "Are you the one who opened the crack in the door and yelled?"
"There are seventy sentences in total, not one of them is serious."
Zhao Ci blushed, "That would be stupid, and you can't tell the difference between humans and ghosts."
"Can you tell the difference now?"
Zhao Ci shook his head, "But you can't go wrong by following your sister."
"The question is, does my sister accept you? Apart from this face, you have nothing else to offer." Hongwen Youyou said.
Zhaoci's cheeks bulged, "I can write poetry!"
"It's an advantage. Do you want to help your sister maintain her favor?"
Seeing Zhaoci's annoyance, Hongwen held her shoulders and said, "No matter it was before or now, what my sister needs is someone who can do practical things."
"Zhao Ci, if you don't have this consciousness, you'd better leave as soon as possible."
"In Yihonglou, we have already dragged my sister down."
Zhao Ci clenched his fingers tightly, "I will be obedient, very obedient, very obedient."
"No, I will learn it. I will definitely learn it."
Hongwen took back her hand and said, "Zhao Ci, remember what you said. If you choose this path, don't look back."
"What about you?" Zhaoci looked at Hongwen.
"I don't know." Hongwen smiled. She didn't have the courage to express her words and couldn't speak. Who in Prince Qin's house was not better than her?
Zhao Ci opened her mouth, and when she saw Zi'er coming over, she swallowed the words back.
Hongwen sees things more clearly than she does, so she still takes care of herself.
In the evening, Zi'er looked at the cheerful Yang Shu and lowered her eyes. No wonder the second lady didn't react when she heard Wang Shangliu's words. There was no need to coax her at all.
As the sun rose and set, five days passed in a blink of an eye. Fenghe Mansion opened its city gates and allowed people to come in and out without any interrogation.
Xie Xuxu was afraid that it was a trap and was worried about the situation outside, so he let the dead man leave the city.
The moment the letter reached his hands, Xie Xuxu led the people straight to Huining County.
"Your Majesty, the Wei family has been very generous in recent years," Pai Gow said.
Yang Shu raised his eyes, "It seems that the collusion is not deep and it is not carefully cultivated."
"Take the person to prison and torture him directly." Yang Shu said indifferently, and started to use the Wei family. The people behind the scenes were very cautious and did not give themselves any possibility of exposure.
The person who contacted the Wei family was probably just a little shrimp.
Even if he is caught, nothing can be found out.
Zhao Ci and Hong Wen are just a small line, they won't bet too much, and Yang Shu is too lazy to waste time.
After explaining the matter, Yang Shu got up and went to Haitang Courtyard.
The injury on Xu Yueyao's head has almost healed, and Xu Jingzhou will take her back today.
"My uncle is so anxious, I don't know what he is worried about." Yang Shu took Xu Yueyao's hand and complained.
"I am a very polite person."
Xu Yueyao's ears turned red, was he observing etiquette? It couldn't be someone else who kissed her yesterday?
"I'll go see you." Yang Shu hugged Xu Yueyao's waist and said reluctantly.
"You didn't tell me anything?" Yang Shu lowered his head and looked at Xu Yueyao with a smile.
"The Governor's Mansion is not far from Prince Qin's Mansion." Xu Yueyao whispered with a red face.
"Then what?" How could Yang Shu let her go like this, with teasing eyes.
Xu Yueyao was angry at Yang Shu.
"Be more diligent. You also know that there are many people trying to figure me out. If you don't keep an eye on me, I'll let you go if you don't know." Yang Shu smiled and pecked Xu Yueyao on the lips.
"Your Majesty, Governor Xu is here." The maid said inward.
Yang Shu let go and said, "If you clean it up again, your face will turn red like this. It's obvious that you've been bullied."
"It's not you yet..."
"Well, blame me." Yang Shu said and kissed her again. Seeing that Xu Yueyao's neck was red, Yang Shu laughed out loud.
The little girl is very thin-faced and will definitely blush when teased.
Xu Yueyao was annoyed and pushed Yang Shu out.
This person is so bad!
"Don't worry, I will chat with my uncle for a while." Yang Shu leaned against the door with a casual attitude.
Seeing that there was no sound inside, Yang Shu smiled and left.
"The girl has a lot of stuff at home, let's play a game first." Yang Shu asked Xu Jingzhou to play chess.
"Huining County is not clean, I'm afraid." Xu Jingzhou said slowly, "Fenghe Mansion has been closed for so long, and there is no one outside to pry for information."
"Not anxious, not even caring about my situation, just knowing."
"With more people, there will naturally be confusion." Yang Shu said, "At most, they are colluding with the periphery, and they can't reach the core."
"Don't worry, we won't be slow in our actions."
Yang Shu's cannon pushed forward, "General."
