The ninth and twentieth chapters turned out to be like this
Zeng Mansion, in a courtyard.
Xiao Cui held her chin with her hands, looked in the direction of the stone table in the courtyard, and murmured: "Xiao Zhu, tell me, Mr. Li really won't get tired of eating osmanthus cake like that?"
Xiaozhu rolled her eyes at her and said: "You think Mr. Li is you, half-hearted, inconsistent, and used to like eating more than anyone else. Now that I have Xu Fuji's candied fruits, I won't touch the sweet-scented osmanthus cake anymore..."
Xiaocui turned back and glared at her: "That's better than you always grabbing my preserves!"
Xiaozhu, however, did not continue to talk to her. He held his chin with one hand and whispered: "It's good that you don't get tired of it. Just like Mr. Li likes your lady, he still doesn't get tired of it after so long..."
After saying that, she sighed again and said: "The person Mr. Li met first was my young lady. At that time, he and Sister Zui Mo were not that close, but now..."
Xiaocui glanced at her and said mysteriously: "You don't understand this."
Xiaozhu rolled his eyes at her again, "I don't understand, do you understand?"
"I don't understand?" Xiaocui glanced at her with some disdain and said, "Let me tell you, if it weren't for me, my young lady and Mr. Li wouldn't be so fast..."
…
Li Yi was sitting at the stone table. There was a plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake on the table. His eyes were looking in a certain direction with no focus. He habitually reached out to pick up a piece and put it into his mouth.
I won't say whether there will be any further movement from the powerful officials who were being closely watched. The key figure in that case has actually disappeared. Qin Yu, a little bastard, has no other abilities and can run very fast. Even the Secret Service can't find him.
, I really underestimated him before...
Going through Qin Yu to resolve this case is the simplest and most trouble-free way. Although it is not direct enough, sometimes directness often means trouble. In fact, the most direct way is to give the list to the sloppy old man, and Mr. Xu will be angry.
No, the Grandmaster's anger is definitely not something that those who are used to living in comfort can withstand. A whole set of splitting muscles and bones, let alone one case, the bad things done by the eighteen generations of ancestors can also be provoked.
These powerful officials should be the Cui family's last trump card. If the case is handled in this way, the Cui family will be isolated and helpless in Kyoto. Moreover, once the Cui family is really related to the case, the Chu family will be their role model.
The advantage of this is that the Cui family has committed such a serious crime first. Although the family will not be exterminated, they can't escape the confiscation of the family. There is no need to use the King of Shu incident to give the Cui family a fatal blow. The matter of the King of Shu is the royal family's own responsibility.
Just handle internal affairs.
The problem is that although this method is straightforward, it involves so many powerful officials at the same time. A big earthquake may occur in the entire Kyoto. The safety of the powerful people cannot be guaranteed. It will definitely cause panic and shake the court.
Why isn’t there a way to get the best of both worlds? It’s so nerve-wracking...
Wan Ruoqing walked out of the room and took a look, and saw that the plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake on the stone table was missing a few pieces. She walked into the kitchen, took another plate out, and replaced the empty plates on the table.
Li Yi was thinking about something in his mind, and when he habitually put the things he touched into his mouth, he realized that something was not right. Osmanthus cake... didn't seem to taste like this.
He came back to his senses, lowered his head, looked over, and found that he was holding a white and slender hand. What he put into his mouth was not an osmanthus cake, but green and white jade-like fingers.
Wan Ruoqing stared at him blankly, her mind so blank that she forgot to pull her finger back.
Li Yi put down her hand and looked embarrassed: "Sorry, I didn't notice it just now..."
"No, it's okay, I should tell you..." Wan Ruoqing said with a blushing face and left in a hurry.
On the other side, after listening to Xiaocui's words, Xiaozhu suddenly realized and murmured: "So that's what it is..."
Xiaocui said with some pride: "Of course, our young lady is just a piece of wood. She has to rely on herself for this kind of thing. I don't know how long it will take!"
"Our young lady is also a piece of wood..." Xiaozhu looked thoughtful. After thinking about it, she asked, "Did you say last time that Mr. Li has a bad drinking ability?"
Speaking of this matter, Xiao Cui showed a smile on her face and said: "What's wrong? He simply doesn't have the capacity to drink. Not to mention our young lady, Mr. Li's capacity for drinking is not even as good as mine. You didn't see it last time."
, he became dizzy after just one drink, and fell unconscious after three drinks..."
After the embarrassing incident just now, Li Yi was not so absorbed in thinking about things, and finally noticed a line of sight looking over him from time to time.
When Xiaozhu walked past him for who knows how many times, Li Yi finally couldn't help but asked: "Why do you always look at me?"
"After eating so many sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, are you thirsty? Let's drink some grape wine." Xiaozhu said with a smile and handed over a wine flask.
In fact, he really had a cough. Li Yi took the wine bottle, got a glass, brought it to his mouth and smelled it, and said in surprise: "Isn't this grape wine?"
Xiaozhu picked up the wine bottle, smelled it, and said, "It seems I picked it up by mistake. It's all wine, so it's about the same. Let's make it work..."
Li Yi shook his head, "There are still important things today, so you can't drink..."
He got up and walked into the house. Miss Chen San was teaching Zui Mo to embroider a wedding dress. More than half of the wedding dress had been embroidered and was about to be completed.
After sending Miss Chen San out, no trace of Chen Chong was seen. Li Yi casually asked: "Why haven't you seen Mr. Chen today?"
"Went to Cui's house for a banquet." Miss Chen San looked at him and asked, "I heard that His Majesty summoned the King of Shu back to the capital?"
Li Yi nodded and asked again: "Master Chen is going to a banquet to celebrate the return of the King of Shu to Beijing?"
"Judging from the invitation sent by the Cui family, it should be like this." Seeing his expression changed, Miss Chen San asked again: "Is there any problem?"
Li Yi dismissed the servants around her and helped her get into the carriage. When he lowered the curtain, he lowered his voice and said: "The King of Shu will return to Beijing this time. Many, many people will die. Probably... I went to attend the banquet today."
Choose among those people."
Seeing that there was no movement inside the carriage for a long time, a maid stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Miss Third, shall we go back?"
The car curtain opened a gap, and then a voice came: "Go to Cui Mansion and tell the second master that I have a headache..."
"Yes." The little maid responded and hurried forward.
Jingzhao Yin Mansion.
A servant handed over a post and asked: "Sir, the post sent by the Cui family, are you really not going?"
Zeng Shichun didn't even read it, threw the post aside and said, "If I don't go, if they ask, they will say I have a headache..."
Cui family.
Cui Qingming, who has taken charge of all affairs of the Cui family, stood at the door and personally greeted the guests.
"Master Qin, please come inside, please come inside."
"Master Han, please go in first, we will talk about it later..."
"Mr. Zhao, you are here too..."
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All the guests were also smiling, and after giving gifts, they returned the gifts.
"I have also heard that His Royal Highness the King of Shu is about to return to Beijing. Congratulations to Mr. Cui..."
"The significance of His Majesty calling His Highness back to the capital at this juncture is self-evident. I am here to first congratulate Mr. Cui..."
Although the news that the King of Shu is about to return to the capital has not spread widely, the officials in the capital naturally have channels to learn about it. No matter how suppressed they are in Kyoto, as long as His Highness is still there, their hope will still be there.
.
Now, their hope is back.
In front of Cui Mansion, a carriage stopped. Cui Qingming stepped forward to greet him and said with a smile: "Brother Chen..."
A maid ran over panting and whispered a few words in Chen Chong's ear. Chen Chong's expression changed and he asked: "What did you say, Miss Third is sick?"
Cui Qingming was stunned, then took a step forward again, "Brother Chen, please..."
Chen Chong simply turned around, jumped on the carriage again, and urged: "Hurry back home!"
Cui Qingming stood there, staring blankly at the carriage going away, "Please come in..." As soon as he uttered these two words, they disappeared in the wind.
