Chapter 25 Lead the snake out of the hole
It had been raining intermittently for half a month, and it was early August in Chang'an before he knew it. Li Sui was sitting leisurely under the propped up window, listening to the sound of the light rain outside passing through the leaves, and pressing his hand
Holding a stack of paper, he held a pen with his back square and practiced calligraphy. Niannu approached with a warm agarwood drink and handed it to Li Sui softly.
"Princess, please take a rest——"
Smelling the faint fragrance of agarwood, Li Sui raised his head and put down his pen, picked up the hibiscus-shaped sapphire cup and took a sip.
"The princess has not always copied Wang Xizhi, but the calligraphy she has recently practiced is different from her usual ones——"
Looking sideways, he saw Nian Nu's eyes falling on his own handwriting. Li Sui glanced at it. On the snow-white tissue paper was the small regular script with hairpins that the girl in the boudoir loved so much. It was thin and clean. The gentleness around her fingers was what she saw.
What I like is indeed very different.
"Maybe it will come in handy in the future."
After that, when she was finishing the agarwood drink, she saw Yu Nu and Qing Zhi walking in, bowing quietly, and when she nodded, Yu Nu took the lead to step forward, leaned close to her ear and lowered her voice.
Said: "Princess, the matter has been investigated clearly."
When Li Sui heard this, he raised his head and glanced at Nian Nu. Nian Nu immediately understood and walked to the entrance to guard. Yu Nu then cautiously said: "Qing Zhi has been found out. There are four shops in Chang'an selling Tianzhu tea. They are in Xingyefang.
, Pingkangfang and Anqingfang, Jiashang Palace has also been ordering people to pay close attention to the imperial doctor's order these days. It was discovered that in the past few days, several slaves from the imperial doctor's order went to these four shops respectively.
This tea also happened to be among the items purchased. However, Xu was worried about being exposed, so the quantity purchased by these four people was not large, and I'm afraid it wouldn't last long."
Breaking it into parts does not attract attention and leaves a way for oneself to escape. It sounds indeed meticulous. Li Sui holds the small sapphire lamp in his right hand, gently rubs the hibiscus pattern drawn on it with his thumb, and speaks calmly.
: "In this case, they must be considered regular customers, and they will inevitably have to go there in a few days."
"It's a pity that Imperial Physician Sun has never come forward. This Tianzhu tea was originally a common thing. I'm just worried that even if a few servants of Imperial Physician Sun's house are captured, it won't be considered as evidence. On the contrary-"
"It doesn't matter."
Before Yu Nu finished speaking, Li Sui smiled, raised his head and met Yu Nu's eyes, dispelling her worries.
"If money can solve it, it won't be a big deal."
After saying that, Li Sui looked at Nian Nu beside him and said, "Go get two drawers of money."
When Niannu took the sealed silver coin, Li Sui raised his jaw towards Yunu, and Niannu handed it to Yunu. The next moment, Li Sui told him: "Let Jiamo still stare at Sun Zhong.
You think of a way to take back all the Tianzhu tea in these four shops at a high price. No matter how much it costs, we can afford it."
"The princess wants to——"
When he saw the helpless Yu Nu's eyebrows turning into temptation, Li Sui smiled and nodded, then waved. When Yu Nu came closer, he whispered a few more words in her ear.
"My slave understands. Princess, don't worry."
After finishing the instructions, Li Sui imitated the process of making a cup of tea again. Just as he stretched his arms a little tiredly, his eyes suddenly dim with tears, he heard Baoying's voice.
"Aman, can you rest?"
When Baoying opened the curtain and came in, Li Sui was slowly arranging the words he had copied all afternoon and handed them to Niannu to put them away.
"Can you see who's coming?"
When Baoying came forward with a smile, before she could ask, the next moment a slender man's figure had already followed him in. Li Suifang met him, who could it be if it wasn't Yang Yan whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
"Why are your eyes misty with tears?"
Upon hearing Baoying's question, Li Sui noticed a movement in Yang Yan's eyes and looked at her steadily.
"I just practiced calligraphy for a long time, and I was yawning twice and planning to take a nap, and you guys happened to come -"
Li Sui smiled, took a silk handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and then ordered Nian Nu beside him: "Send tea."
When the three of them sat down, the room seemed to suddenly become silent. Li Sui naturally noticed that Yang Yan was in a different kind of embarrassment than before. In fact, he knew without even thinking about it that the Jiu Ge incident had happened before, and she had entered the palace immediately.
, now she and Yang Yan have not seen each other for more than a month, and she is afraid that her aunt may not be anxious on her face, but she should be anxious in her heart, so Yang Yan looks for the reason.
"Today I came to the palace to visit on behalf of Aniang and the others. I just went to see the eldest sister, so I came to see you -"
In the silence, Yang Yan finally spoke first. At this moment, when he met Li Sui's eyes, he was silent for a while and just said: "You guys are okay."
Li Sui smiled when he heard this, and Nian Nu, who came in with tea, broke the deadlock.
"I used to miss my sister all the time, but now I am with my sister with Baoying every day. There is nothing wrong with that."
After that, Li Sui asked Li and Yang Chongyuan in the mansion again. When the atmosphere was a little better, he remembered something. He took a sip of tea and asked casually: "Sister Hongying's injury can be healed better now."
Already?"
Yang Yan's face changed slightly when he heard this, and then he calmly said: "It's almost done——"
"That's good."
Li Sui heard this and said: "Your Majesty plans to hold a Qujiang Banquet in the next few days, so my sister Hongying can go and have a look."
When the two of them chatted a few words about home affairs in Bao Ying's company, Yang Yan finally stood up to say goodbye. After leaving, he asked his personal attendant Chang Sui Xigu to bring in a food box, which contained all her usual food.
He seemed to remember all his favorite local snacks clearly.
Seeing the dazzling array of snacks being pulled out and placed in front of him one by one, Li Sui couldn't help but feel a little sad.
"Brother Yan treats you differently than others -"
Hearing Baoying's somewhat envious sigh at the side, Li Sui looked sideways. Thinking of the previous incident, he couldn't help but become more worried, but his face remained silent, and he just smiled and handed a snack to his mouth.
Bian pretended to be joking: "You will definitely find someone who treats you like a treasure in the future. Until then, don't look at me in anger."
Hearing Li Sui's words, Baoying immediately blushed, noticed the narrowing in her eyes, and refused to speak any more.
Yang Yan indeed treated her differently.
Li Sui thought quietly, after all, they had grown up together, and the friendship during those years was not in vain. If the insurmountable gap between the two of them was put aside, Yang Yan was indeed a man worthy of a woman's trust, but that woman was absolutely
Instead of her, someone like Yang Yan might be more suitable for a woman like Jiu Ge, who is considerate and gentle, with fragrant red sleeves. And her fierce and unwilling temperament is destined to run counter to him.
"Originally, Mrs. Taiwei planned to execute Jiu Ge secretly because of what happened that night, but because Mr. Erlang refused to give in and begged him repeatedly, although Mrs. Taiwei was furious, she was also worried that Mr. Erlang would make such a fuss again.
If the matter spread, it would be even more difficult to contain it. In the end, Jiuge was spared his life and ordered to be sent out of the house secretly."
Chapter completed!