Back at Long Shuai's Mansion, Long Chen entered the backyard. Di Lingyi was playing with Bai Tingting and others in the pavilion, while Xiang Ning and Lu He were waiting beside them.
"Where has Sissi gone? Haven't seen anyone for how many days?"
Long Chen didn't see Zhang Qian and felt strange.
Wu Chuchu smiled and said: "She went outside to find a man."
Long Chen smiled and said, "Do you think I believe it?"
Zhang Qian is the first one to follow Long Chen, so there is absolutely no problem.
"Sister Qian has gone to Tai Hospital. She has been there these days. She seems to be using Tianshan Snow Lotus to prepare medicine."
Wu Xiangyun is relatively honest and does not lie.
Long Chen sat down next to Di Lingyi and said: "Third Princess, I heard that the Fourth Princess is coming back soon."
Di Lingyi was rubbing mahjong in his hand and said casually: "I'll come back when I get back. I haven't seen her for a long time."
Several others immediately pricked up their ears, feeling that something was wrong.
"The fourth princess has a bad temper..."
Long Chen kindly reminded her, but Di Lingyi didn't care: "I know, my sister, of course I know she has a bad temper."
Long Chen added: "If the fourth princess finds out that you are living here, I'm afraid she will go crazy..."
Snapped!
Di Lingyi played a card and turned to look at Long Chen: "Long Chengen! You're driving me away, aren't you?"
Long Chen immediately said seriously: "I have absolutely no intention of doing so. The third princess is as beautiful as a flower. I couldn't ask for you to sleep with me..."
Di Lingyi frowned and said coldly: "By the way, I forgot to pay you!"
As he spoke, he reached out and took out a piece of silver from Lu He, and slapped it on the table proudly: "Remember your money for sleeping with me, it's my sister who is sleeping with you!"
Tsk... Long Chen felt that reasoning wouldn't work, so he immediately changed his tone and said, "The Holy Sage said just now that he didn't want the two princesses to have a conflict. If the fourth princess gets into trouble, it would be very difficult for me to do that."
Emperor Lingyi snorted coldly: "Are you making trouble? She can make trouble, but I can't? She has soldiers and horses, and so do I."
Dugu Jiali and Bai Tingting felt that things were difficult to handle.
"Oh well."
Long Chen had nothing to say.
"By the way, I'm going on a long trip during this period. Please help me cover my trip. Just say that I'm in the backyard every day."
Long Chen secretly went to Xixia this time, and Xixia must not let Xixia know that Long Chen was not in the capital.
"Where are you going? Linjiang City?"
Emperor Lingyi suspected that Long Chen was secretly meeting Emperor Luo Xi.
"Princess, you are too small-minded. I am going to Xixia. I have important matters that must be kept secret."
These people around him are all confidants, and it doesn't matter what they say, so as not to make Emperor Lingyi suspicious.
"Are you going alone?"
Di Lingyi stopped playing mahjong in his hand.
"No, there are others. This time we are not going to fight. Things have to be done secretly. The fewer people there, the better."
Long Chen knew that they wanted to go together, but he couldn't take them with him this time.
"I'll go with you."
Bai Tingting was the first to follow.
"No, there are only eight people this time, and there can't be women."
Dugu Jiali asked suspiciously: "Sir, how can you not want a woman? Can you bear it?"
In their eyes, Long Chen doesn't like any girl, so this time he didn't bring a girl with him, which is very suspicious.
"What are you talking about? I'm a serious person."
Long Chen tried his best to act serious, but they didn't believe it.
"This matter is of great importance. I just reported it to Your Majesty. I would like to trouble you to cover it up for me during this time."
These beauties were always unambiguous about big things. Long Chen made it clear and they also cooperated.
After leaving the pavilion, Long Chen immediately prepared things.
Fei Linai came in from the outside and said: "Master, we have almost finished practicing the fan dance. Do you want to take a look?"
During this time, Fei Linai and the island slave girl have been rehearsing the fan dance.
"Okay, let them come in."
It's okay to relax before leaving.
Feirina immediately came in with thirteen female slaves in kimonos, each holding two fans, singing and dancing.
Long Chen leaned on the chair and admired it, feeling extremely refreshed.
"You, and you, come here!"
You can't just watch dancing, the essence is to play when the dance is exciting.
The two women walked over in small steps, bowed their heads and said, "Master, please give me your instructions."
Long Chen ordered: "Kneel down and come here."
The two slave girls knelt down and crawled over...
....
In the pavilion.
Emperor Lingyi heard the noise in the room and complained: "The woman I just said I didn't want a woman is a pervert."
"Fortunately, it's a eunuch. If it were a man, I don't know how many women would be harmed."
Wu Xiangyun defended: "Actually, my husband is a very nice person, but he is a bit of a playboy."
Emperor Lingyi said: "You have a big heart."
....
the next day.
A small caravan set out from the market. Chai Yuguan, the shopkeeper, rode a horse, followed by a plain-looking man and seven other men. They escorted two carriages and slowly left the west gate.
Yingfeng entered Fengming Palace, and the empress was reading the memorial sent by Emperor Luo Xi, saying that Li Chengdao had sent three new generals to reinforce the front line.
"Your Majesty, Long Chen is setting off."
The empress put down the memorial and asked, "Where is your order?"
"While still living in Long Shuai's Mansion, the princess fell in love with playing mahjong and stayed in the backyard all day without going out."
The empress felt a headache and cursed: "This Long Chen, let him handle things well before leaving, but he actually left the mess to me."
The two princesses fought, Long Chen had a headache, and the Empress had an even bigger headache.
Since Long Chen can't persuade him, then let the empress handle it. This is Long Chen's wishful thinking.
"Do you want to secretly coordinate Long Chen's actions?"
Yingfeng was very worried. This time Long Chen only brought seven spies from the West Factory.
"No need, Long Chen is always sure of what he does. We don't know the situation, so it would be bad to intervene rashly."
The empress knew that Long Chen had many tricks up his sleeve, so if he dared to go alone, he would be sure of it.
Jade Buddha Pass is guarded by Wu Jian. If support is needed, Wu Jian will take action.
Outside the west gate, the carriage slowly headed west.
Long Chen was chatting with Chai Yuguan in front of the motorcade.
"Shopkeeper, why do you need to buy the sandalwood from Zhaoti Temple from Nanliang? There are many places where you can make it."
All temples and Taoist temples burn incense, and there are many people who make incense, but Zhaoti Temple has to buy it exclusively from Nanliang, which is a bit strange.
"There are many people who make incense, but there are not many incense like ours that can calm the mind. Sir... you must also know that my sandalwood can purify the mind and is very precious."
"I bought it at Zhaoti Temple only for the senior monks in the temple. I heard that the palace will also use some."
Long Chen looked at the two carriages and said, "Things are rare, right?"
Chai Yuguan nodded and said: "Yes, we sell it all the way from Nanliang to Zhaoti Temple in Xixia. We only have two cars a year because the spice wood used is very small."
An ordinary-looking guy next to him, Zhe'er from Xichang, asked: "Shopkeeper, aren't those monks too lusty and want your sandalwood to meditate?"
Chai Yuguan said quickly: "Just kidding, Zhaoti Temple is full of eminent monks, how can they be too lustful?"
"It should be to make it easier to meditate and improve your cultivation."
Zhe Er smiled and said: "In the final analysis, the mind is still restless, and one must rely on external objects to calm the mind."
Chai Yuguan couldn't say anything else, so he smiled and continued walking forward.
After walking for a few days, we arrived at Xifeng City. There were patrolling soldiers at the gate.
After checking the identity of the goods, Long Chen and his party entered the city.
