It is said to be a teahouse, but in fact it is the private property of the Wu family. Most of the information exchanges between the Wu family's many forces in Beijing and hidden stakes are carried out here.
Of course, this matter is not known to the public. On the surface, it is just a tea house in a remote place with a deserted business.
In her previous life, after she married into the Wu family, she accidentally learned from Wu Chao that the Wu family had such a teahouse in the south lane of the central city of Beijing, but she didn't know the name of the teahouse at that time.
The other party who asked her to meet here today must have deliberately avoided being heard. On the one hand, it was convenient to speak, and on the other hand, he did not want to stir up any more rumors.
Xu Mingyi took Ah Zhu into the teahouse.
"The same young master agreed to meet here."
The girl spoke calmly and calmly to the man who came forward.
"Yes, that young man has already arrived earlier. I will take you up here." The waiter hurriedly led the person to the second floor.
In front of a tea table by the window on the second floor, a young man in dark green robes was sitting there casually, holding an exquisite tea bowl in one hand. His dark hair was half tied, his chiseled profile was soaked in the morning light, his eyes were slightly squinted, making him look...
Warm and relaxing.
Hearing the footsteps, the young man turned his head to look. When Xu Mingyi came to him, he raised his hand and motioned for her to sit down.
"I have kept Mr. Wu waiting for a long time." Xu Mingyi said casually and politely.
Wu Chao did not dare to treat the girl in front of him carelessly, and there was a hint of coldness in his tone: "We have just arrived."
At this time, a waiter walked briskly up to the second floor, holding a teapot in his hand and coming forward with a smile.
"Sir, the tea is cold. I'll give you a hot one."
Wu Chao's temples jumped.
Just change tea, why do you talk so much nonsense?
Do you have to let people know that he has been sitting here for so long that even the tea has gone cold?
He left home early because he had something to explain to the spies in the teahouse!
The young man looked at the opposite side as calmly as possible, and saw the girl holding up the warm tea bowl and taking a sip. Her eyelashes were as thin and slightly raised as small fans, and her expression was extremely calm.
He couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that Miss Xu didn't think carefully about anything, which is really lucky.
The sound of footsteps came again.
Another waiter went upstairs with a tray and placed two bowls of hot porridge, a few side dishes and pastries in front of Wu Chao.
"..." Wu Chao looked at the guy with almost bewildered eyes.
Did he say he wanted these?
The guy smiled honestly.
The shopkeeper said that the grandson came too early and must not have eaten breakfast yet, so he specially asked the kitchen to prepare it.
It is their duty to be considerate to their master, so there is no need for the grandson to be surprised.
"Use it slowly."
The waiter carried the tray and went downstairs with a bang.
Wu Chao clutched the tea bowl tightly.
All of this makes his previous words seem so obvious...
However, things can only be stable now.
"I left early. I went to do errands elsewhere before I had time to eat breakfast." He seemed to explain casually, then calmly picked up the chopsticks to pick up things.
However, just as the chopsticks were about to touch the plate of pastries, a hand quickly moved the plate away.
Xu Mingyi moved the snacks in front of herself.
Wu Shisun couldn't stop thinking about something else in his mind, but he didn't even notice that this plate was peanut and sesame cake?
He can't eat peanuts.
When he first came to the capital, he found that the people in Xuesheng Tea House were no more attentive than the servant girls. He probably didn't know that their descendants would develop red rashes on their limbs and even have difficulty breathing after eating peanuts.
"..." After seeing the plate of dim sum clearly, Wu Chao tightened his grip on the chopsticks.
Xu Mingyi looked at the sky from the bottom of his heart.
Is this because she has carefully inquired about his likes and dislikes?
It's so difficult for her, really.
"Wu Shisun also likes to eat this?"
The girl seemed to be belatedly seeing the chopsticks he extended, and after picking up a piece, she pushed the plate back.
Wu Chao's heart dropped.
It turned out to be a false alarm.
"No, peanuts are too fragrant. I never like them."
The young man took a piece of stir-fried side dish and put it into his mouth without any expression.
Is it wrong for food to be too fragrant?
This excuse sounds really unusual.
Xu Mingyi, who was not hungry, reluctantly ate two pieces of snacks and drank half a cup of tea. Then he saw Wu Chao put down his chopsticks, rinsed his mouth and took a clean wet cloth to wipe the corners of his mouth.
He is not a person who eats very slowly, not to mention that there are people waiting for him to talk about business.
Wu Chao wiped his hands clean and put down the cloth, and said bluntly: "The palace was indeed investigating the matter deeply at the beginning, but rumors spread in the palace. Many people speculated that the person who harmed the prince was Concubine Rong. This news reached Concubine Rong.
The pregnancy caused her to have fetal convulsions, and she is currently in bed."
Xu Mingyi frowned slightly.
"It's okay that the fetus is still moving. It's more like I'm feeling guilty and frightened when I move like this."
Wu Chao looked at her noncommittally: "It was precisely because of the fetal movement that the palace did not investigate further and only pinned the crime on the prisoner."
As for the explanation for the eunuch's framing of Crown Prince Jing - it was just that the eunuch had been grudged against the prince for a long time, and after impulsively pushing the prince into the water, he happened to see Prince Jing and the palace maid having a tryst in the garden, and happened to pick up Prince Jing's wife.
The Crown Prince's jade pendant, in order to leave a way out for himself in a panic, he threw the jade pendant by the pool, and that was the end of it.
No matter how big the matter is, when no one wants to pursue it, there will naturally be many excuses to cover it up.
Xu Mingyi pursed her lips and remained silent.
Is it because Concubine Rong had a fetus, and the palace and court officials were concerned about the dragon heir in her belly, so no in-depth investigation was conducted, or was it because Concubine Rong had a fetus that was just a cover used by some people to hide the truth?
She always felt that it was not Concubine Rong's fault.
But the other party was so frightened that she moved her fetus, and the palace ended the matter hastily because she had a fetal movement. Such a back and forth, even if it wasn't in the eyes of others, it would probably look a bit like her.
"This matter is being investigated by the Internal Justice Department, and Li Ji, the Chief Superintendent of Internal Justice, is investigating and handling the matter. Even my aunt can't intervene, so I haven't been able to find out any useful information."
After Wu Chao finished speaking, he added: "If there are any new discoveries in the future, if I know about them, I will tell you."
Regardless of other things, but she brought it up, so it should have a beginning and an end.
"Then thank you very much, Mr. Wu."
Xu Mingyi thanked him and asked in a low voice: "Do you know how your Royal Highness is recovering?"
Maybe she felt that there might be other clues found in the prince, or maybe she was half a doctor herself, so she always felt something different in her heart about the child who was saved by her own hands.
Wu Chao shook his head and did not hide it from her: "The situation is not good. It is said that the fever has not gone away since yesterday, and the doctors are also helpless."
Xu Mingyi's heart tightened slightly.
With such a weak body, if the fever continues to be unable to be reduced, plus the previous drowning and fainting, even if it is lucky enough to survive, it will probably affect the mind...
