Following his young master out of the inn, the secret guard whispered: "Why don't you stay at another inn later?"
He knew that the young master wanted to avoid suspicion, but if he and Miss Xu pretended not to know each other, there shouldn't be any rumors in this small town, right?
"No need."
The young man's tone was not serious but it was clear that he could not hold his tongue.
He didn't want any chance to cause any trouble that could have been avoided. This was the attitude he always carried out.
"Then my subordinate will go to the nearby town to have a look?" the secret guard said hesitantly.
There were four of them in total, Xiao Qi was looking at the corpse in the forest, and the other two were secretly sent by the young master to guard Miss Xu. He was the only one with the young master at the moment. He could not and did not dare to leave the young master easily unless necessary.
"No need to go to such trouble, the city gate will be opened in two hours."
Wu Chao strode towards the pavilion in front for pedestrians to rest, sat on the pavilion railings, folded his arms and closed his eyes.
The secret guard sighed in his heart that the young master was really easy to take care of, so he stood aside silently and rested against the pavilion pillars.
About half an hour later, Wu Chao, who was not sleepy, opened his eyes.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the food box placed on the stone table by the secret guard, and the young man suddenly felt a little hungry.
He subconsciously glanced at the secret guard beside him.
If it were seen, it would be a loss of dignity, wouldn't it?
Fortunately, the other person seemed to be asleep leaning there.
Wu Chao hesitated for a moment, stood up, walked to the stone table, and opened the food box.
It was not very bright, and he couldn't see clearly what snacks were in the food box. The boy picked up a piece with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth, and then one piece after another.
Maybe it was because I was hungry, but it tasted surprisingly good.
Trying to make his breathing sound even enough, the secret guard quietly squinted his eyes into a thin slit and secretly looked at the scene of his young master sitting there eating snacks. He couldn't help but feel complicated - the young master was just eating, and he was still there alone.
Why are you nodding your head in satisfaction at the snacks?
Is it that delicious?
Wu Chao stopped chewing and looked back as if he was aware of it.
Inexplicably, he always feels like someone is spying on him——
The secret guard quickly closed his eyes, not daring to move even if there were mosquito bites on his face.
Is it easy for him to let the young master eat with peace of mind?
Compared with Xiao Qi who stayed in the woods, I don’t know who has it more difficult.
After finishing everything in the food box, Wu Chao returned to his original position and sat back with satisfaction.
However, mosquitoes were everywhere, and even with the help of secret guards who pretended to be awakened by mosquitoes to drive them away, Wu Chao still couldn't get a good night's sleep.
When the sky got brighter the next day, a young man who was originally handsome had been bitten with red spots on his face and hands.
"Sir, Miss Xu has already stood up and left."
A secret guard who was guarding outside the inn where Xu Mingyi was staying last night came to report.
"Miss Xu asked her subordinates to send a message to the young master, saying that it was still early, so she would not disturb the young master's rest. She would formally express her gratitude to the young master the next day."
It's just that his young master looks like he's sleeping on the street?
Wu Chao glanced at the clean face of the messenger.
Could it be that Xu Mingyi gave each of them those small porcelain bottles that repel mosquitoes?
Suddenly feeling a little unbalanced in his heart, the young man got on his horse.
"Go back to the city."
"yes."
The horse's hooves raised dust and smoke, and the young man's tall figure quickly disappeared into the thin morning light.
…
Xu Mingyi returned to Zhenguo Duke's Mansion. After washing and changing clothes, Cui came over as soon as he had breakfast.
"Zhaozhao...did you really rest at the eldest princess's residence last night?" Ms. Cui asked with a smile on her face but uneasiness in her heart.
The eldest princess's mansion is not an ordinary place to go. After all, in terms of the number one person in the capital raising a face, it must be the eldest princess Jingrong, the mother of Princess Yufeng.
Princess Jingrong was the late emperor's only daughter, and she was so favored by the late emperor that as soon as Princess Yufeng was born, the late emperor made an exception and made her the princess.
But less than a month after the imperial edict was issued, the late emperor died of illness before he had time to take a good look at his only granddaughter.
The eldest princess Jingrong was grieved because of this. At that time, her husband-in-law fell in love with a folk girl and was caught and raped in bed. The prince-in-law was punished and demoted to a commoner. The eldest princess lived in depression from then on, until soon there was news that in
News about raising noodle heads in the mansion.
Princess Yufeng has been influenced by this since she was a child, so she inherited her mother's business.
His Majesty was very helpless about this. He tried many times to persuade me to no avail, but he could not bear to be too harshly criticized.
Day after day, year after year, Princess Jingrong and her daughter closed the door and concentrated on raising their reputations, ignoring other things. Even the censors were too lazy to do more impeachment.
Thinking of the nightly singing and dancing in the eldest princess's residence, Ms. Cui couldn't sleep last night.
Although Zhaozhao had promised her that he would not follow the trend of raising faces, but after all, he was inexperienced in the world and lacked determination. What if he couldn't resist the temptation of those charming men?
"Mom, actually I didn't stay at the princess's mansion last night," Xu Mingyi said.
Ms. Cui was stunned when she heard this.
Before he could even take a breath, Panasonic became more and more worried because of a sudden guess in his mind - if he didn't stay at the princess's mansion, he would spend the night outside!
Could it be that he stayed with Princess Yufeng in the waiter's tavern?!
Seeing the nervous look in his mother's eyes, Xu Mingyi quickly explained: "I took Azhu out of the city last night and found Qi Lin's body outside the city."
"..."
Cui's mood went back and forth between relief and horror.
"Qi Lin's body?!"
Xu Mingyi nodded lightly.
"Mother can now send a message to Yong'an's Mansion and ask the Mansion to send someone to identify the body outside the city."
She informed Cui about the location of the forest.
Ms. Cui suppressed her inner surprise and nodded.
In the middle of the night, Zhao Zhao got the clue from nowhere and ran out of the city to find a body?
Then he stayed outside the city for a night and went home early in the morning to have breakfast. Now he was sitting here talking to her about this matter like a casual conversation?
God, how could she have such an unusual daughter!
A quarter of an hour later, Ms. Cui left Xiyuan, and Xu Mingyi turned around to enter the inner room.
Akui walked out of the room holding a few books that Xu Mingyi had read.
"etc."
"Girl, do you have anything to tell your servant?" Akui stopped in confusion.
Xu Mingyi walked up to her and pulled out an invitation from among the books.
A'Kui took one look at it and said, "Girl, this is the birthday invitation sent by the second girl of the Zhan family earlier. The birthday gift will be delivered later."
But the girl has always been reluctant to pay attention to the girl Zhan Er, and it is absolutely impossible for the girl to go to the other party's birthday party.
At most, I asked them to prepare a birthday gift to send over, just to give the other person face, which was often the case in previous years.
Xu Mingyi closed the invitation gently.
"There's no need to ask someone to send it off. I'll just take it with me when I go to the banquet in the evening."
She happened to be going to Zhanjia to confirm something.
It's better to go sooner rather than later, so let's go there tonight.
