In the hazy drizzle, a figure came out of the princess mansion.
A maid wanted to hand the girl an umbrella, but Zhou Yao just shook her head and looked towards the roadside, where a bullock cart drove over at that moment.
"This is here to pick me up, please go back."
"Yes, Miss Zhou." The maid bowed to Zhou Yao, returned to the princess mansion, and closed the door again.
The current Princess Xinping is very different from the arrogant girl in the past.
Except for the people she wanted to see who came to the door, no one else was seen.
People in the palace seemed to let her change of temperament go unnoticed. However, although her imperial favor seemed to be worse than before, it had returned to normal levels. The dignitaries in the capital still remembered how she was favored by the emperor in the first place. For This imperial daughter who was once highly praised by the emperor did not want to really offend her.
Who knows whether Princess Xinping will be favored again one day?
Things between father and daughter are connected by blood, how can outsiders know clearly?
Besides, there is no danger in associating with a princess, no matter whether she will be favored again or not.
A princess who is not and cannot hold power has nothing to do with fighting for the right to be the heir.
Now that the grandson has been established, she seems to have a good relationship with the grandson. Many ordinary dignitaries who don't know how deep the water is here are increasingly trying to capture Princess Xinping.
The dignitaries who noticed the strange relationship between the emperor and the grandson, although they wanted to sit on the sidelines, did not prevent them from making contact in a roundabout way.
Unfortunately, she saw no one.
But Zhou Yao came to the princess mansion without any trouble.
Even if someone saw her coming out of the princess mansion, they wouldn't take it seriously. Isn't it normal for a woman to interact with a woman?
Moreover, Zhou Yao's background can withstand scrutiny. She had a history with Princess Xinping in the past, so it was normal for her to appear in the princess's house.
Seeing that Miss Zhou got into an ordinary oxcart as soon as she left the princess's mansion, the few people who were sent to stare at the princess's mansion took a lazy look and then withdrew their gaze.
"A woman is a confidant. How can she change herself except for the person she hopes for?" Zhou Yao looked back and thought to herself.
"But, who doesn't?"
Even that cunning and hateful fox will be shocked to realize that she has changed too much if she really looks back on the past.
The fox, who was originally wild and running in the wilderness, later died of depression. It took three years for her to learn the news.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Your Highness, my Lord Ji said that if you don't look back, why should you swear an oath? Since we are not destined, why should we meet each other? Since we have met, why should we not forget."
"It's better to forget each other than to stay together." Qing Hu, who came to report the news, sobbed.
"She's such a fool."
The Dragon Palace has many towers and pavilions, with white jade as pearls, sapphire with dragon patterns, and slanting corals. It is strange and beautiful, deep and fragrant, and the fragrance is fragrant. But Long Ji, who was sitting at the top, was silent for a long time, uttering these words.
It was only after she heard that the fox had left without a trace that she decided to enter the realm of death, intending to use her soul to ascend to the nine heavens and sink to the nine springs to find his whereabouts.
"But there is no miracle in death."
There was a layer of mist in Zhou Yao's eyes, and she looked very confused. In the oxcart, the wild Taoist who came to pick up Zhou Yao in person did not dare to look too much and drank tea with his face turned sideways.
After taking a sip of tea, his face returned to calm, but his heart was actually not as calm as he looked.
"Could the Zhou family already belong to the Lord?" The wild Taoist thought subconsciously.
He has recognized this girl as the daughter of the Zhou family, and he knows how to recognize her. Even though she seems to be a few years younger and her temperament has changed, it is not to the point where he cannot recognize her at all.
Zhou Yao represents not only herself, but also the Zhou family behind her.
The lord asked him to pick up the woman who came out of the princess's mansion. No matter how hard the wild Taoist thought, he couldn't figure out that this woman turned out to be her.
"Such a beauty may not be a great grandson's blessing."
In the opinion of a wild Taoist, the concubine in the family is just right, not the most beautiful, but the most suitable. He supports it from the bottom of his heart, but both Zhou Yao and Xinping are too enchanting.
Fortunately, there is a secret code for picking up people, and they are paired with each other.
At this moment, Zhou Yao, who got on the bullock cart, didn't seem to know that the wild Taoist was quietly looking at her. In other words, she knew, but she didn't care.
She only glanced at the wild Taoist Dandan and said, "His Highness has given orders to begin."
The wild Taoist's expression straightened, he suppressed all distracting thoughts, and nodded solemnly: "In that case, then go to the Prince of Shu's Mansion."
Prince Shu's Mansion·Street
Some trees fell down in the heavy rain. When the rain stopped, servants came out from the corner door, carried the fallen trees aside and cleaned up the traces on the ground.
No trees should be planted within fifty meters of the palace. However, if the scenery on the street in front of the palace is too ugly, people from the palace will clean it up. After all, if there are withered and yellow trees next to the palace, it will be an eyesore and affect the atmosphere of the palace. transport.
In terms of Feng Shui, any powerful person in a high position probably doesn't believe it at all.
Anyway, you are not the one doing the work. If your subordinates care about this, there is no harm to the superiors.
"Manager Zhang, do you have free time today?"
The busy servant heard footsteps. When he looked up, he saw a steward in his thirties walking out of the corner door and talking with a smile.
Manager Zhang had a kind face, mediocre facial features, and a slightly chubby figure. But it was this fat richness that made him look sparse, making him look like a good-tempered person.
Manager Zhang saw ordinary servants cleaning the gate in the rain. He looked at the sky, paused, and reminded: "The rain should stop after a while, so you don't have to clean it in the rain now, otherwise, it will be done soon." If it rains again, I'm afraid some fallen leaves and branches will fall again, so why bother?"
Then he said: "Well, you go back later and go to the big kitchen in front. Say that I invited you. Each of you will have a bowl of ginger sugar water and a piece of food. Once it is warm, wait until the rain stops before working." This way you won’t work in vain and you won’t get sick easily.”
Such warm-hearted management naturally received the gratitude of several people and thanked them profusely.
He just smiled, held an umbrella, and walked toward the distance along the road to the gate of Prince Shu's Mansion.
After hearing this, the few people behind put the garbage that had been swept back into the pile, put the brooms neatly, and prepared to drink ginger syrup. Someone said with emotion: "Manager Zhang is really kind-hearted. It would be great if we could work under his hands." "
This was said in a lower voice. After saying this, the man also felt a little regretful.
Except for Manager Zhang, few of the managers in the mansion, including their immediate superiors, were easy to get along with.
If what he said were known to his boss, he would probably be left in a miserable state.
Fortunately, several people also looked in agreement, and some nodded. He was relieved and quickly changed the subject: "However, Manager Zhang is only one person. I heard that he had a daughter-in-law a few years ago, but... He died of illness, and he was still confused. Many people wanted to introduce him to another one, but he didn't like them, and he didn't know what kind of woman could be worthy of Manager Zhang..."
Another person said: "To marry a virtuous wife, in my opinion, as long as you know the cold and the hot, it is good. It is best to have a good childbirth. If you can also have the unique skill of cooking, that is very good. Like Manager Zhang , I have always liked the food in restaurants, if I have such a wife, wouldn’t I be able to save money on going to restaurants?”
Others laughed and booed: "Is this for Manager Zhang to find a wife, or is it for you to find a wife? Could it be that you have fallen in love with the little flower in the big kitchen?"
Everyone laughed immediately, and no one noticed that a bullock cart was parked in front of the shop dozens of meters away, and there were people entering and selling, which was very normal.
Zhou Yao glanced at it and then looked back at the wild Taoist: "Is this the person?"
"It's this boat."
The wild Taoist pointed and smiled: "The royal palaces all take no time to accept outsiders. They all know the basics. It's child's play to send outsiders in."
"Some even have several generations of adopted children before they are willing to accept it. One generation is simply not close to them."
"But after all, he is still a human being, made of flesh and blood. This person was still won over by Prince Qi's Mansion. To put it bluntly, there are only two ways."
"First of all, he was attracted by women. He said it was the proprietress of the silk shop who seduced him."
"Then I don't make any noise or embarrass him. Instead, he feels sorry for me and often gives me some subsidies."
"Then a year later, when she was told that she was pregnant, he was skeptical at first, but then the child's eyebrows grew and he believed it."
"Then he had a child. For the sake of the child, he naturally started to make some moves in the business of the house. This man, with every move, his small mistakes gradually turned into big ones."
"It was just greedy at first, but then I was coerced into doing things that the King of Shu could not tolerate, and then I couldn't get off the ship."
"Became one of King Qi's hidden secrets."
The wild Taoist shook his head: "This small mistake turns into a big mistake, and the guilt piles up and gets bigger and bigger. It can be said to be the basic method of dragging people into the water. There are no ways to escape from this."
"After I found out, I specifically alerted the people in the house to be dragged into the water like this."
Zhou Yao was not very interested and asked: "Then the target is him this time?"
"Yes, he is the steward of the Prince of Shu's Mansion, and he was pulled down by the King of Qi. He was asked to make trouble. When the Imperial City Department investigated, the traces could not be wiped clean, so the King of Qi was immediately involved."
"Dragging people into the water is a crime, and the same goes for clues. It's a clue that leads to a clue, and it gets bigger and bigger, until half of the capital is dragged into the water."
The wild Taoist sneered slightly: "The clues not only point to the demon clan, but also implicitly point to the military and ministers - if we are asked to get ironclad evidence, we can't get it at all, and the ones we get are full of flaws."
"But if there are some clues, if there are no, there is not much actual evidence, if there is no, there is some vague evidence. If you say that the Imperial City Division has found these, what does the Imperial City Division think, and what does the emperor think?"
This is something made out of nothing. If there is actual evidence, both the parties involved and the emperor can find out clearly.
On the contrary, this kind of vagueness could not be found out no matter how hard it was checked, and no one dared to say that it was not there. The emperor could not believe it, but had to doubt it.
"Alas, your Majesty's methods are indeed becoming more and more sophisticated." Zhou Yao's beautiful eyes were confused. His Majesty was not good at it at the beginning. At first, he only used the "I specialize in ruining state affairs". Later, as his experience and experience grew, his methods became more and more sophisticated. He is seasoned.
"Follow me, this game of chess has just begun!"
