Tao Shi'an has been living in the officialdom for many years, and he has never seen any kind of people.
Today, Tao Yaoyao may have ulterior motives, but her purpose is also obvious. But Aunt Zhao, if she was not guilty, why did she stand up again and again to stop her servants from counting the dowry.
Could it be...
"Come here, take Aunt Zhao aside." Tao Shi'an turned to look at the housekeeper, "You continue to count. If you encounter any of the wrong quality or few, use a pen to mark them out first, and report to me for the next piece."
The people who were watching originally just wanted to watch the fun, but they didn't expect that someone from the Tao family actually touched Mrs. Tao's dowry. For a moment, everyone didn't care about going home for dinner. They all stretched their necks and stared with wide eyes.
After Aunt Zhao and Tao Yanyan were taken aside, they were very anxious, but no matter how anxious they were, what they were worried about happened after an hour.
"Oh my god, this aunt of the Tao family has such a big appetite that she stole enough items from Mrs. Tao's dowry list. I think everything written on it is good.
No wonder she is a concubine, and her concubine is dressed more luxuriously than the eldest lady, the flirtatious lady. "
"Just now she had the nerve to say that she had been wronged and had stolen so many things. How could she say those words with such confidence?"
Everyone said, Tao Shi'an, with a dark face, asked the mother and daughter to be invited over. Aunt Zhao already knew the result on the way here, so as soon as she came over, she knelt directly at Tao Shi'an's feet.
"Master, I really didn't mean it. It's really because of family difficulties..."
"Shut up. Are you trying to say that I am a noble prince, but I still need my wife's dowry to support me?" Tao Shi'an used to think that Aunt Zhao was exquisitely dressed and beautiful, but he never thought about where the money came from.
Now looking at the entire dowry list, he wanted to beat her to death.
"Madam's things, I give you three days to return them. Also, if you think life in the Hou Mansion is difficult, you can leave."
Tao Shi'an was so angry that he even said something about driving people away.
After saying that, Tao Shi'an kicked Aunt Zhao away and turned around to go to the next yard.
Now thinking about how stupid he was when he asked his servants to open the door of the Tao family in the first place. After such a fuss, it was confirmed that the Tao family had seized the wife's dowry.
It's all this bitch's fault.
"Butler, why are you still standing there? Hurry up and put your things away and close the door."
Before Aunt Zhao left, she glared at Tao Yaoyao fiercely.
Tao Yaoyao got the result she wanted. It was no big deal to be looked at like this. She was humming a little tune and was about to go back to the other courtyard when Guizhi ran over to remind her.
"Miss, you promised King Dingbei before that you would go to the palace before noon to detoxify the prince."
It's almost noon now.
Oops.
Tao Yaoyao didn't have time to go back to the house to change clothes, so she went to Dingbei Prince's Mansion in a carriage wearing her plain clothes.
Xie Lan had just had lunch and was about to ask his servants to go to Tao's house to give Tao Yaoyao a heads up when he saw her running in in a hurry, with sweat still hanging on her forehead. She must have come running here.
"Your Highness has just finished eating." Tao Yaoyao saw that something was wrong in the atmosphere in the room and took the initiative to find a topic, "Having just eaten is not conducive to diagnosis, so we have to wait a moment."
Xie Lan sat at the table and remained silent.
Tao Yaoyao wiped her sweat and sat down nearby, "Isn't the prince busy today?"
It was just past one o'clock in the afternoon and he had finished eating. She originally wanted to come here to eat, but now she could only starve.
Hey, why is she so busy?
"Everyone in Kyoto City knows that His Majesty asked me to come back to cultivate." Xie Lan reminded her to find a flawless excuse when making excuses. It would be better not to say such gossip that could easily be seen through.
She just wanted to find an excuse for being late. Did he really not understand?
Sarcasm? She must be more forceful when waiting for the needle to be inserted.
After a cup of tea, Tao Yaoyao began to detoxify Xie Lan. The poison this time was easy to detoxify, and she was able to detoxify it without much effort, but the side effects of this poison were relatively long.
"In the next period of time, the prince will occasionally feel weak all over, and his eyes will sometimes be unable to see clearly. At that time, you only need to take this pill and wait for a quarter of an hour, and the symptoms will be relieved. .”
Chang Geng frowned, "Isn't there a permanent solution?"
Xie Lan didn't say anything, took the medicine bottle and put it on his body.
Tao Yaoyao said while packing her things, "The best way is not to deliberately seek death."
Hearing this, Chang Geng said displeasedly, "Miss Tao, I don't want to do anything to you because of how many times you saved my master's life, but I would like to ask you to be careful with your words."
"Why, you think my words are ugly?" Tao Yaoyao kept looking at Xie Lan when she spoke. Seeing that he was still expressionless, she became more and more curious, "I've seen a lot of people who want to survive, but I've seen many people who want to die. It’s the first time I’ve seen him.
Prince, if there is nothing in this world that can make you nostalgic, please speak earlier and don’t waste our mutual time. "
After packing his things, Tao Yaoyao turned and left.
Chang Geng was unhappy and wanted to chase him, but Xie Lan stopped him.
"No need to waste time on her, go get busy."
Chang Geng felt strange. Normally, if someone dared to talk to his master like this, his master would have killed him long ago. But today, he actually didn't say a word and even allowed Tao Yaoyao to enter and leave the palace freely.
Weird, really weird.
Tao Yaoyao stood at the gate of the palace, staring at the plaque of Dingbei Palace over and over again.
The brain circuits of the royal family are all strange, and King Dingbei is the strangest.
He clearly knew who poisoned him and deliberately took it, but you can tell that he didn't care about his life, and he also wanted to detoxify.
This man is really contradictory, as unpredictable as his temper.
Forget it, cure him quickly and walk around him when we meet next time. That day, she lost her life.
On the way back, Tao Yaoyao's mind was filled with delicious food. She had no choice but to make her hungry for most of the day. Even if she was given a bowl of steamed buns, she could eat them all in one go.
Hey, she's already so busy before she even starts her career. When she becomes more famous, won't she be even busier?
She had to plan carefully. Making money was important, but her life was even more important, but she couldn't make money but lose her life in the end.
When she was dreaming about a better life, the wheel of the car swayed, and she was shocked and opened her eyes.
It's strange, the whole way back is flat ground, why is the carriage so unstable?
Tao Yaoyao reminded the coachman to slow down and opened the curtain to look outside. She originally wanted to see where she was going, but she found that the carriage had arrived at a deserted place.
This is where?
Why did the coachman bring her here?
Both the carriage and the driver belonged to the Tao family. Could it be that Aunt Zhao wanted to take revenge on her because of what happened just now?
Thinking of this possibility, Tao Yaoyao clenched her purse and looked warily in the direction of the coachman.
"Your Majesty, it's not good, Miss Tao was taken out of the city."
Chang Geng accidentally saw it when he came back, and he had already sent people to follow him.
"Did someone from the Tao family do it?" Xie Lan asked while reading the file, as if he had already guessed about this result.
After Chang Geng heard this, he shook his head and said, "It doesn't seem so. Although the coachman is wearing the clothes of a servant of the Tao family, he looks like a trainee."
Lianjiazi? Could it be the virtuous concubine or the third prince?
"Ready your horses immediately."
Xie Lan put down the file, stood up and walked out. Chang Geng thought that his master just listened and would not care about her at all. Now, he regretted telling his master.
"Master, your poison has just been cured. Miss Tao said that there are still many side effects of this poison. If...this happens, I will just bring someone there. Master, you don't have to go there in person."
"no."
Yesterday, Tao Yaoyao made the third prince embarrassed in front of everyone. With the third prince's character, he will definitely come back with revenge today. Although Tao Yaoyao is smart, she is definitely not his opponent.
Moreover, he also wanted to know if the third prince had other motives besides revenge when he took Tao Yaoyao away.
If so... Xie Lan's eyes flashed with a hint of evil, and then his steps became faster.
A quarter of an hour later, the carriage stopped at the edge of the cliff. The driver jumped off the carriage and ran away. Tao Yaoyao jumped off the carriage and wanted to chase her. At this time, several men in black flew out and surrounded her. Just as Tao Yaoyao guessed When they came, the third prince came out with a folding fan and a smile.
"Tao Yaoyao, you didn't expect us to meet again so soon."
"It's you." Although Tao Yaoyao thought that the third prince would find an opportunity to deal with her, she did not expect that the third prince would actually do it in broad daylight, let alone that he would bring her to such a place.
Behind is a cliff, and in front is the Third Prince and the men he brought. For him, the current situation is a dead end, and there is no way to survive whether he advances or retreats.
Tao Yaoyao once again regretted his impulse that day, but it was useless to think about it now.
"Third Prince, you see clearly that although the Tao family doesn't care about me, the Chu family loves me very much. If anything happens to me, the Chu family will definitely avenge me.
The third prince doesn't like me, but he has been unwilling to break off the engagement for so many years. I guess the third prince wants the power of the Chu family.
As long as I'm alive, even if we don't get together in the end, the Chu family will not embarrass the third prince. But if I die here today, it will not be of any benefit to the third prince. "
Tao Yaoyao reminded the third prince, "If your purpose of coming here today is just to avenge those two slaps, I can let you fight back now."
She has always been able to bend and stretch, and in the face of survival, a few slaps are nothing.
"You are quite capable of bending and stretching." The third prince did not expect that Tao Yaoyao, who was so arrogant yesterday, would say such words today, and the third prince suddenly felt much better.
But his good expression did not last for a moment, and when he raised his head again, there was murderous intent in his eyes.
"Unfortunately, it's too late. I'm already showing mercy by letting you live to this day." The third prince sneered and stepped forward, "You are so brave, how dare you join forces with the beauty to plot against my mother and concubine?
Tao Yaoyao, seeing you looking for death like this now, this prince has begun to miss your previous cowardice and incompetence. After all, at that time, you could at least be alive and well.
Tell me, why do you want to die even though you know how important you are? "
