Song Tao took the sandalwood box handed over by Liu Jiaren, pressed the buckle, and clicked.
Opening the lid of the box, there were two round and white pills like pearls inside.
"What is this? Tangdouer?" Liu Jiaren looked over.
Song Tao's heart suddenly moved, and he quickly closed the box.
"This is a good thing..." Song Tao looked at the direction she left, but there was a wall blocking his sight, so he couldn't actually see anything.
Liu Ziye also chased him down from the attic.
"So, she knows you are helping her behind her back?"
Song Tao smiled and said nothing.
Liu Jiaren said: "That's not necessarily true, right? Maybe it's because this courtyard belongs to Young Master Song, so she specially left a gift for Young Master Song."
Song Tao's fingers gently stroked the sandalwood box, "If so, this gift is too valuable."
"Even if she guessed that it was me and that I didn't show up behind my back... this gift is still too expensive."
Song Tao turned around and looked at Liu Ziye, "Brother Liu said that she didn't know that I contributed and didn't know how to acknowledge my affection... In fact, it was me who owed her favor. It was I who should acknowledge her affection."
Liu Ziye was slightly startled, his eyes falling on the sandalwood box in his hand.
Song Tao held the box with both hands, caressing it and couldn't put it down.
"Because of this?" Liu Ziye raised his eyebrows. How precious is this thing?
Song Tao's face was pale, but his cobalt blue eyes became more and more serious, "Don't you keep asking me why my grandmother is getting better and better now, and I don't suffer from poisonous hair anymore?"
Liu Ziye was slightly startled... and took a sharp breath of air.
"Is it her medicine?"
Song Tao curled up his lips, held the sandalwood box like a treasure, and turned around to leave.
How can one tell clearly who owes whom?
But the harder it is to explain, the deeper the entanglement will be, right?
…
The carriage of Wen Jin and his entourage was walking quickly and quietly on the night road.
Suddenly several people on horseback came towards me.
The carriage moved aside and slowed down.
The men on horseback also pulled on the reins and stopped even before the carriage came towards them.
The few people behind them all got off their horses.
Only the leader was still sitting on the tall horse, staring at the carriage of Wen Jin and his entourage.
The driver was Que Ye's man, holding the reins tightly with one hand and holding the riding crop in the other hand - ready to whip out the riding whip at any time.
Just when the carriage and horse met.
The man on the tall horse suddenly stepped on the stirrup and stood up on the horse.
He jumped into the air and landed firmly on the carriage.
"Pa--" The coachman's horsewhip also swung hard at him.
He raised his hand and held the riding whip, "Jin'er, it's me!"
Xiao Yuchen's voice came.
Wen Jin immediately said: "The coachman has work to do and he is one of our own."
The coachman took back his riding crop and raised his hand, "I'm sorry."
He stopped the carriage.
Xiao Yuchen opened the car door and was about to get in, but found that Wen Jin was not the only one in the car.
In addition to the woodcutter played by Wen Jin, there was also a woodcutter and a hunter, sitting on either side of her.
"I have something to say to the princess." Xiao Yuchen lowered his voice.
Banxia and Yu Fei glanced at Wen Jin, a little worried.
Wen Jin nodded, "It's okay, I'll talk to the prince."
The two of them got out of the car and went to sit in the car behind them.
The carriage was on the road again. Xiao Yuchen's horse was very smart. It was following outside the carriage. No one was driving it, but it could move forward side by side.
The few soldiers who followed also guarded both sides of the group of carriages and horses.
In the carriage that started moving again, it was unusually quiet.
Xiao Yuchen lit up the candle on the low table and stared at Wen Jin's decorated face.
"Come back from where?" he asked in a low voice.
Wen Jin glanced at him. This man had made great progress... and became more and more expressionless.
Wen Jin could hear his deep voice, but couldn't tell whether he was happy or worried.
"I heard it's Song Tao's other courtyard." Wen Jin said.
Xiao Yuchen glanced at her and said, "I heard?"
"Well, I heard what the envoy from Song State said." Wen Jin said.
Xiao Yuchen's face showed nothing, and Wen Jin didn't know how much he already knew.
Adhering to the principle that the more you speak, the more likely you are to make mistakes, she chose silence as golden.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yuchen also fell silent.
But his hands didn't stop, and he sat opposite Wen Jin.
There was warm tea on the short table. He poured the tea on the handkerchief and carefully wiped Wen Jin's cheek.
Wen Jin subconsciously hid.
He stretched out his hand to hold her chin, "Don't move. The disguise technique has been on your face for a long time and it will irritate the skin. Your skin is already delicate."
With this sentence, the car fell silent again.
There was only the sound of Xiao Yuchen carefully tearing off her mask and removing her makeup.
After the mask was removed from his face, Wen Jin felt that his stiff face felt much more comfortable.
This time, although Xiao Yuchen was "jealous", he did not make any accusations as soon as he came up. Although his face was not relaxed, he was very calm.
This made Wen Jin look at him with admiration. As for him, he was not jealous at all, he completely understood... Wen Jin had no extravagant expectations at all. After all, humans are not gods, how can they have no emotions?
"I didn't see Song Tao, I only saw the Song envoy Liu Jiaren who was disguised as a man." Wen Jin took out the white paper from his sleeve pocket, "She gave me this."
Xiao Yuchen took the paper and glanced at Wen Jin again, "It's not that I don't trust you... I just blame myself. It seems that whenever you are in danger, I can't protect you. As a man and a husband, I feel like..."
His voice was thick and he couldn't speak.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to belittle oneself." Wen Jin smiled and said, "If I want to be a person who is protected and will never encounter danger, I should stay in the inner house and not do anything that seems to be 'deviant' and dangerous."
"Since I have chosen this path, I have anticipated all risks and bear full responsibility. How can I say 'women are self-reliant and self-reliant' and at the same time put all the blame on the prince?"
Xiao Yuchen was slightly startled.
Wen Jin put the white paper on the lamp.
The heat from the lamp quickly made the writing on the paper appear, and at the same time, the paper also turned slightly yellow.
Xiao Yuchen opened the paper and looked at it carefully. He quickly frowned and raised his eyes, "People from Qi State? Did the envoy from Song State tell you? Did they also get this news?"
Wen Jin chuckled, "It's just a reference, I haven't completely believed it. The person who kidnapped them has been captured and will be interrogated."
From Daliang's point of view, Song and Qi had a competitive relationship.
The envoys from abroad in the Song Dynasty proved that the Qi people were the murderers, but they should not be fully believed.
Xiao Yuchen pondered for a moment and analyzed slowly.
"The people of Song want to make good friends with you, and even ask you to be an envoy to Song. They will not fabricate things to blame Qi or deceive you."
"If the lie is exposed, they will offend you. It's a thankless effort."
"The State of Qi must be involved in this matter, and the handle fell into the hands of the envoy from the State of Song... I will go to the palace tomorrow. Since the people of Qi have this idea, I am afraid they will interfere with my father and cause chaos. combine."
Wen Jin nodded, "The more resistance I encounter, the greater the impact of this matter. I will not give up. On the contrary, I have more fighting spirit to complete this matter!"
