South Zhili, and the Prince's Mansion.
Because of Zheng's childbirth, it took several days for Li Zixun to notice Li Ziting's little moves.
Immediately afterwards, I anxiously began to deal with the aftermath and try to erase the traces as much as possible.
This also made Li Zixun feel more and more that he was really short of capable manpower.
Most of these people have been trained since childhood, and they are completely different from ordinary people in terms of ability and loyalty.
But compared with Prince Ren's Palace and Prince Rui's Palace, Prince He's Palace's foundation is too weak.
He has now begun to look for various opportunities, hoping to recruit a few available people.
However, this matter also depends on fate, which can happen but cannot be sought.
While cleaning up the traces, Li Ziting also asked people to keep an eye on Li Zian's every move to make sure he had traced him. Unexpectedly, he learned that Li Zian had taken people to Juzhou.
Li Zixun received the news and was quite puzzled. What were he doing in such a wild place? Why would he have to lead the team there in person? Could it be that he wants to make a deal with the Xie family?
However, he soon read the news in the Di Bao issued by the imperial court that the Wuman invaded Juzhou and occupied the city, which made him even more puzzled.
It's okay to want to do business with the Xie family. After all, everyone is Han and it's easy to communicate.
But the Wuman people? We don’t even understand each other’s language, so what are we going to do?
Prince He Qing's Mansion has no intelligence network in Juzhou, so what did Li Zi'an go there and why he hasn't come back for so long? Li Zixun couldn't get any news at all.
Originally, he would go to Li Ziting to discuss this kind of thing, but what Li Ziting did last time made him feel quite chilled, and he had not contacted him for a long time.
There is no time to delay in finding manpower.
Just when Li Zixun was worrying about this in the study, the door was suddenly knocked on several times.
In the outer study, apart from the personal servant, only his wife would come occasionally, so Li Zixun was not prepared at all and said directly: "Come in."
The study door was gently pushed open, and the sound of unfamiliar footsteps came.
Li Zixun looked up and saw a strange young lady coming with a tray in her hand.
This young lady looks to be about fifteen or sixteen years old. She is pretty and charming. She is dressed in a goose-yellow dress, which makes her look even more youthful and delicate.
She carried the tray and walked towards Li Zixun. As she walked, she said softly: "Thank you for your hard work, Prince Xun. I made rice dumplings and brought you a bowl."
Li Zixun's face instantly turned dark, he pointed at her and said, "Stop, don't go any further!"
He then shouted outside: "Here comes someone! Where is Cheng An?"
After a while, Cheng An ran in a little embarrassed and asked: "Master, what are your orders?"
"Are you a dead person? Why aren't you guarding the door? Is my study now a city gate building? Can cats and dogs of all kinds come in at will?"
"Master, it's all my fault. I suddenly had a stomachache just now, and I just walked away for a while..." Cheng An said, looking at the girl in a goose-yellow dress, and asked sternly, "Which room are you from? Don’t you know that no one is allowed to enter my study at will? If anyone dares to break the rules, he will be slapped with a blackboard at the least and executed at the worst!"
The girl was not afraid at all. Instead, she raised her chin and asked, "Do you know who I am? Tell you, I am the niece of Concubine Zheng, not a servant of your family!"
"No matter who you are, no one is allowed to enter the study!" Cheng An said, "Don't say you are Concubine Zheng's niece, not even Concubine Zheng herself!"
Li Zixun said impatiently: "Why are you talking to her so much? Why don't you just kick her out quickly!"
"Prince, please try my craftsmanship. The fermented glutinous rice dumplings I make are particularly delicious..." The girl still wanted to put the tray on the desk.
Seeing Li Zixun's face as dark as the bottom of a pot, Cheng An was so frightened that he almost lost his soul. He didn't care whether it was rude or not. He stepped forward and grabbed the tray with one hand, grabbed the girl's wrist with the other, and dragged her out. .
"Ah -" the girl screamed, "What are you doing? Let me go. I'm going to tell my aunt and beat you to death, you bitch slave -"
Cheng An was scratched several times, kicked several times, and torn apart in embarrassment.
Just at this time, Chunzhu came here to find someone. When he saw it, he quickly stepped forward and separated the two of them and asked, "What are you doing!"
As soon as she saw Chunzhu, the girl immediately sobbed and cried in grievance. She pointed at Cheng An and complained: "He bullied me. Not only did he yell at me, he also touched me."
Although Chunzhu did see Cheng An grabbing the person's wrist just now, Cheng An was Li Zixun's personal servant after all, and she was not someone she could scold casually.
"There must be some misunderstanding here!" Chunzhu said, looking at Cheng An, waiting for his explanation.
Unexpectedly, Cheng An looked even more angry and said: "Sister Chunzhu, since you know this girl, please take good care of her. We have no control over what she does in Concubine Zheng's yard. But once you get out of Concubine Zheng’s yard, you still have to abide by the rules of the palace. After all, this is Prince He’s palace, not Zheng’s house!”
Cheng An's words were so serious that not only the girl's expression changed, but even Chun Zhu's expression became a little uneasy.
"Girl, I'm new here. I'm not very familiar with the rules in the house. I hope you'll forgive me."
"It doesn't matter if I forgive you or not, it just depends on whether the prince can forgive you!" Cheng An snorted coldly, "When I first arrived, I would bring food to the men. It seems that the tutors of the Zheng family are of the same origin!
"If you dare to break into my study without permission in the future, you won't be able to let her go so easily!"
The information contained in these words was so great that Chunzhu was startled and turned to look at the girl.
Originally she was just pretending to cry, but now she was so embarrassed that she couldn't help but shed tears.
Chunzhu also felt shameless. After apologizing to Cheng An and promising to clarify the rules of the palace to the girl, he quickly took the person back.
When Ms. Zheng saw someone coming back crying, she would have to ask: "Xueqi, what happened to everything?"
Zheng Xueqi only lowered her head and wiped her tears without speaking.
Mrs. Zheng had no choice but to turn her gaze to Chunzhu. Seeing that Chunzhu looked ugly, she immediately understood and said, "Come here, take the girl down to freshen up."
Immediately, a maid came over to coax Zheng Xueqi to leave.
Seeing that the person was gone, Mrs. Zheng asked: "Chunzhu, what happened? Why is Xueqi still crying?"
"Master, we are afraid that others have taken advantage of us." Chunzhu said, "You listened to your mother's words and brought Miss Xueqi in, hoping that she would help you keep the prince's heart, but you didn't know that her heart did not follow. Let's work hard in one place!
"Just now, Baba made fermented glutinous rice dumplings and sent them to the front study, but was kicked out by the prince. He felt shameless, so he cried!"
