Menzi, who was illiterate, handed the envelope to the butler. He stood aside and stared at it eagerly, and asked expectantly: "Butler Hou, how are you? Did it come from Prince Rui's palace?"
Butler Hou took the letter and touched it. The envelope was made of fine paper, thick and smooth, and there was a paint seal on the seal.
He leaned under the lantern and took a closer look. What was printed on it was not the emblem of Prince Rui's Mansion.
As the steward of Prince He's Mansion, it was his basic skill to recognize the emblems of the major princely palaces and aristocratic families.
"You're lucky, it's really a gift from Prince Rui's palace." Butler Hou rolled his eyes and said, "If something like this happens in the future, you have to stay at the door and keep an eye on the person, and send someone to call me. Remember not!"
"Yes, this is not the first time that I met someone from Prince Rui's palace to deliver something. I forgot about it in the excitement!" Menzi said with an apologetic smile, "Look, there are two such big boxes. Let me help you move in!"
Butler Hou naturally understood what he was thinking. He just wanted to show his face in front of Li Zixun, and it would be better to get some rewards.
He thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then find someone to look after the door for you and help me move my things in."
"Okay, thank you!" Menzi left happily.
The reason why Butler Hou agreed was naturally not because he wanted to support him.
He was just thinking that although the relationship between Prince Rui's Palace and his family was relatively good, it was only compared to Prince Ren's Palace.
To put it bluntly, it's just harmony on the surface, but everyone has their own agenda behind the scenes!
Now, out of season, Prince Rui's Mansion suddenly sent two boxes of things, which always seemed a bit weird.
Since this man is willing to present himself to the king to ask for reward, if anything goes wrong, he will be the one to take the blame.
After a while, the doorman came back. Not only did he call someone to look at the door, he also called his brothers over to help the housekeeper move things.
"Butler Hou, I saw there were two boxes. It was difficult for me to move them alone, so I called someone to come. This is my brother Qiao Hai."
Butler Hou didn't say much. One was for use, the other two were for use, and it had nothing to do with him.
Menzi and Qiao Hai each carried a box and followed Butler Hou all the way to the outside of Li Zixun's yard.
Butler Hou said: "You two wait here first, and I will go in first to report to the prince."
After he said that, he stepped through the door, leaving two people outside.
Menzi whispered to Qiao Hai, "How about it? As the eldest brother, I didn't owe you anything, right? I won't forget to call you for such a good thing to be able to show my face in front of the prince."
"Brother Peng, look at what you said, even if nothing like this happened today, you always take good care of my little brother. There is absolutely no need to say how good you are to my little brother.
"When I was having dinner in the evening, I told the boy in my family that it's fine for you to be unfilial to your parents in the future, but if you treat your uncle Peng badly, even if I die, I will never forgive you.
"Without the support of my eldest brother, our family would still be living in the northwest wind. Can he have enough to eat? Can he live in a good house with tiles on his head?"
"It's not like that." Menzi felt happy after hearing this, but he still said humbly, "Our two families are family friends, and our friendship was life-changing even after our grandfather's generation.
"My father died young back then. If it weren't for your family's help, I might have starved to death. Our friendship is passed down from generation to generation, so the children should get along well with each other in the future."
When Qiao Hai heard what he said, there was nothing he didn't understand.
To put it bluntly, it wasn't because Peng Hu, the gangster from Menzi's family, had long been eyeing his daughter who was as low-income as Shuicong'er.
Nowadays, people are rushing to mention these things, hoping that he will relent and marry his daughter to Peng Hu as his wife.
Logically speaking, with the friendship between the two families, it is not a bad thing to get closer. Everyone works in the palace together, and they will be able to take care of each other better in the future.
But the bad thing is that Peng Hu is a bastard. He usually hangs out with maids and wives every day. Just knowing that he knows, he has been communicating with several of them secretly. If he nods, that's not the case. Are you pushing your own daughter into a pit of fire?
Just when Qiao Hai was thinking about how to blur this matter, Butler Hou suddenly came out and greeted: "You two, hurry up and bring your things in, behave yourself, don't let your eyes wander around, and be careful with your eyeballs. !”
The two people quickly lowered their heads and followed through the door with eyes, nose, nose and heart, all the way to Li Zixun's study.
Li Zixun let his hair down and put on some homely clothes, sitting behind the desk with an opened letter in front of him.
The letter was indeed Li Zian's handwriting, but he only wrote one simple sentence - prepare a small gift and hope that my cousin will accept it.
Li Zixun said impatiently: "Is this the rule in Prince Rui's Mansion to bring something over late at night and just drop it and run away?"
He went out of town today and was very tired. He lay down early when he came back, but now he was being tossed around again, which made him feel very unhappy.
Housekeeper Hou hurriedly accompanied him and said cautiously: "Sir, the main reason is that the bottom of this thing is covered with ice. I'm afraid it's something new and perishable. The kids don't dare to make decisions. Otherwise, they don't dare to come so late. Disturbing your rest."
"Okay, stop talking so much, just open it and take a look!" Li Zixun waved his hand.
Butler Hou quickly moved things and made a large space on the desk.
Menzi and Qiao Hai were a little at a loss after placing the boxes side by side on the desk.
Butler Hou said hurriedly: "Hurry up and open it to show me what it is."
"Yes!" Menzi and Qiao Hai groped around the box and finally found the mechanism. They pulled out the wooden pins on both sides and lifted the beautifully carved wooden cover.
As the lid of the box is lifted, the contents of the box gradually reveal their true colors.
The first thing to be exposed was the base made of a whole block of ice. It had melted a little and looked wet. Fortunately, the wooden box was made tightly and no water flowed out.
It’s so complicated, what exactly is being sent?
Fresh ginseng? Snow lotus from Tianshan Mountain?
The attention of Li Zixun and Butler Hou was attracted by the wooden box, and they watched closely as the lid of the box was slowly lifted, wanting to see what kind of rare treasures were inside the box for the first time.
However, as the lid of the box was opened, Li Zixun's face suddenly changed color, and his eyes that were originally full of curiosity were now filled with horror.
"Ah——" Butler Hou was one step ahead of him and let out a terrifying scream.
Menzi and Qiao Hai quickly threw away the lid of the box in their hands and looked down. They were all so frightened that they took a few steps back. Menzi even fell to the ground.
What was placed on the ice in the wooden box was some kind of rare treasure. It was the heads of two people.
