"Girl, tomorrow is the young master's birthday..."
Akui whispered: "Young master must have just been testing whether you take his birthday to your heart."
Fortunately, she has read a lot of scripts and her brain is not slow at all.
"Mingshi's birthday?"
Xu Mingyi's feet froze, and his eyes changed.
"Yes, have you forgotten? Last year when the young master was born, Mr. Yao made a plan for the young master, saying that the coming year's birthday should not be extravagant. That's why there has been no movement in the house this year, and the servants just came to see the young master.
When I reacted, I remembered that it would be tomorrow."
Xu Mingyi was slightly shocked.
It's really not appropriate to mess around...
Although she was a little careless in this regard and could not remember the specific day of Mingshi's birthday, she clearly remembered that on the day of Mingshi's birthday this year, something big happened in the palace.
Xu Mingyi subconsciously glanced at the clear sky above his head.
It's sunny today, but it will be thundery and rainy tomorrow.
And there was a thunder, and I don’t know what kind of coincidence it was, but it struck firmly above the palace. Most of the Fengtian Hall, which had just been repaired not long ago, was burned down by the thunder and fire.
Since ancient times, natural disasters have been regarded as warnings from heaven, and the lightning strike at Fengtian Temple was a top priority. Various rumors secretly arose for a while.
Even though Emperor Qingming worked hard to suppress the rumors that were unfavorable to him, subsequent facts still proved that this incident was always remembered by the world - a few years later, the world was in turmoil, and this old incident was mentioned again among the people. Emperor Qingming was completely crowned
Because the king is unkind and his virtue is not worthy of his place, God will not bless him and everyone will get the reputation of a tyrant.
Although the natural disasters were mostly just coincidences, and the palace was struck by lightning, and there was no such unfortunate precedent in the previous dynasties, it is indeed difficult to disagree with this interpretation of Emperor Qingming's unkindness.
At least for now Xu Mingyi thinks so.
"Girl, when we come back later, shall we bring a birthday gift to the young master?" Akui said from the side.
Xu Mingyi nodded.
This is natural.
When business has to be done, of course the children also need to be coaxed.
Of course, the more important thing is that there is really no way to explain it without preparing a gift.
Zhu Xiu has prepared the carriage and is waiting at the back door.
Xu Mingyi had just led Akui onto the carriage, and then a black shadow followed him in.
Aoi was stunned.
Birds are supposed to fly, right? How could they follow them in the carriage so confidently?
Xu Mingyi sighed silently.
Sure enough, the older she got, the lazier she became, and she was still the lazy bird she knew that could sit in a nest without standing, and could rest without flying.
But this kind of lazy arrogance must not be encouraged.
Xu Mingyi threw the big bird out without mercy.
The big bird quickly retreated and flew to the carriage seat, sitting together with Zhu Xiu who was driving the carriage.
Zhu Xiu hesitated for a moment, but did not push the bird down.
It's not that he can't bear it, but he's worried that the other party will settle for second best again and sit on their roof.
And a vulture squatted on the top of the carriage...
That picture may not be too eye-catching, and it doesn't fit in with his girl's original intention of traveling in a low-key manner, avoiding the public eye.
Thinking like this, Zhu Xiu moved towards the big bird again, blocking the bird behind him.
But it can only be roughly blocked. After all, this bird is not an exquisite and petite object.
In the Xuesheng Tea House in Chengnan Alley, a young man in white robe sat by the window on the second floor, glancing out the window and downstairs from time to time.
The waiter who came to change the tea saw that his young master was looking out the window again, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart - This is not the same young master who was cold and talkative when he first arrived in the capital. Now he is just a big white goose.
Well.
If the young master came here every day to pay homage to Miss Xu, he would have to stretch his neck.
Faintly aware of the strange look in the waiter's eyes, Wu Chao looked back, frowned slightly and asked, "Is this street always so deserted even in the morning?"
The waiter hurriedly responded: "Sir, yes."
And as we all know, when the masters chose this land, didn't they just think it was deserted enough?
It doesn't make sense that the young master seems to be worried that the teahouse business will not be successful.
When will a young master who is so accustomed to duplicity marry a wife?
The waiter suddenly became worried.
The life-long events of the young master are not only the concerns of the prince, the prince, and the prince's wife, they are also concerned about them.
At this time, there was a sound of carriages and horses outside the building.
Wu Chao didn't look again, but he didn't know what was going on. His eyes were fine, but his ears were not working, and he always wanted to pay attention and listen for what was going on outside the building.
Soon the sound of someone coming upstairs was heard.
Wu Chao turned around and looked.
A girl in an ordinary white shirt and yellow skirt appeared in front of her, like a cluster of spring flowers blooming in the morning, fresh and pleasing to the eye.
She always walks faster than ordinary ladies, but she doesn't give people the impression of being impatient or reckless.
Wu Chao's eyes stayed for a moment on the maid who was following behind the girl.
This is not the maid that Miss Xu usually takes out, and from the sound of footsteps, it seems that she does not know Kung Fu.
What to do with a maid who doesn't know kung fu?
The young man thought worriedly.
"Master Wu."
Xu Mingyi sat down opposite him, his expression and movements showing a hint of familiarity.
"Ms. Xu, have you made any progress in the past two days?" Wu Chao did not mince words, and the way they talked with each other was always direct and clear.
"I went to see Miss Xu last night and learned some of Xia Han's weaknesses, as well as an old incident worthy of further investigation——"
Xu Mingyi selected the important points from the conversation with Xu Ying last night and told him.
Wu Chao nodded thoughtfully.
Just when he was about to say something, a figure came up to the second floor.
"Son."
After Xiaoqi saluted Wu Chao, she looked at Xu Mingyi, raised her hand to salute and said with a smile: "Miss Xu."
Wu Chao frowned slightly.
As a secret guard, shouldn't you be calm and steady? What kind of behavior should you wear with a smile?
Seeing the girl smiling and nodding to Xiao Qi, Wu Chao felt extremely displeased and asked Xiao Qi with a cold expression: "What's the matter?"
Xiao Qi lowered her head and replied: "The second young lady of the Xia family, Mrs. Lu, was a bit unusual this morning. She went out early in the morning, and the carriage seemed to be heading in the direction of the Lu Mansion, but it changed direction midway and left the city for Qingyang.
Watch."
"Qingyang Temple?"
Wu Chao's eyes moved.
He first went to the direction of Lu Mansion and then left the city to go to the Taoist Temple. It can be seen that he was mostly covering up his trip to the Taoist Temple under the guise of going back to his parents' house to visit.
"And the carriage stopped at the back path of Qingyang Temple. Lu did not get off the car, but a maid wearing a curtain and hat entered the temple." Xiao Qi said again.
Wu Chao and Xu Mingyi, who also noticed something was wrong, looked at each other for a moment, and then confessed: "People must find out clearly the purpose of Lu's trip today, and report back as soon as possible if there is any news."
Xiao Qi agreed and left immediately.
"Ms. Lu just met Miss Xu yesterday. This trip may be related to Xu Su's incident." Xu Mingyi said seriously.
