Since Aunt Shang Jinhua fainted last time, Su Qing has not allowed her to work too much and has left all the affairs of the house to Lu Zi.
Luzi has been with Su Qing for four years, and Su Qing has taught him a lot during these four years.
He is more mature than when he first came here. Now he basically knows everything about the house and can handle it.
Xiangyun's food was particularly delicious, so Su Qing asked her to take care of the kitchen.
"Miss, an invitation has come from Prince Pingnan's palace. It's Prince Pingnan's birthday at the end of next month. Miss, I would like to invite you to come over."
Lian'er said with a bitter face and a little unhappy.
The last time the Liu sisters made things difficult for her young lady, she saw it with her own eyes.
This time Prince Pingnan invited the young lady to the banquet again, and he must have bad intentions.
"It's a blessing, not a curse. You can't avoid it. Don't worry, Lian'er. Your lady, I'm smart, and my eyes are sharp."
Su Qing blinked her bright, watery eyes, which were clear with a hint of aura, like a playful little elf.
She looked at Lian'er and knew that she was worried about herself.
But for the banquet at Pingnan Prince's Mansion, she had to go even if she didn't want to.
If the invitation was sent in the name of the two sisters Liu Yao, she could refuse it.
But the invitation was sent in the name of Pingnan Prince's Palace. Even if she knew it was a Hongmen Banquet, she still had to go.
Although she is now the richest man, if the people do not fight against Guan, she will always be weaker.
Although Bailiyu will take care of her, she can't rely on others for everything.
"Lian'er, pack up. I'm going on a long trip. I'll be back before the banquet."
Xiao Cheng came to see her last night. There were some things in Anle City that she needed to handle personally.
Anle City is located at the junction of the Three Kingdoms. It takes at least half a month to get from the capital to Anle City.
Moreover, it is only the beginning of the month, and there are still two months until King Pingnan's birthday, so it is not a problem to travel back and forth between the two cities.
"Miss, Madam's side..."
"Don't worry, I've already said hello to my aunt. During my absence, you can help me take good care of her."
Aunt Jinhua has always wanted to hide her at home since she was fourteen years old and not let her show up.
Su Qing understood that her worry was simply because she was afraid that her appearance would attract the attention of bad people and she would lose her reputation.
But why is she so easy to bully? Although her internal strength is not strong enough, she can still deal with a few minions.
If she meets a master like Bai Liyu, she will only be abused.
But if she can't fight, why can't she hide? Her ability to escape is unmatched by anyone.
Her Qinggong, she said she was second, but no one dared to call her first.
Su Qing came forward in women's clothing this time, but she put on a Wei hat to hide her face.
Su Qing took his sweaty horse and chased the wind to the home of Da Ru in the capital. He entered through the back door and found the residence of the two Ping An brothers.
This great scholar was a very good friend of the master. Every time the master came to the capital, he would bring her to the great scholar's house.
So Su Qing is very familiar with this mansion.
She told the two Ping An brothers to stand out from the many students of Da Ru by the end of this year.
Because at the end of this year, Emperor Yihong will hold a national talent competition, and anyone regardless of age can participate.
The talent competition is mainly about knowledge and understanding of people's sentiments.
During the exam, the examiner will ask a political question for the talented students to answer.
Those who are on the list will be exempted from participating in the imperial examination next spring.
To take part in the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty, one must be at least eighteen years old.
But the two Ping An brothers were only ten years old, and Su Qing couldn't wait that long, so he let them participate in the talent competition.
After everything was explained, Su Qing gave them some silver coins and asked them to take good care of themselves before leaving.
Su Qing left the capital and walked east. There was a Laifu Inn on the road over there.
The inn is ten miles away from the capital and is a hidden pillar of the Shadow Tower.
Su Qing and Xiao Cheng made an appointment to meet there.
But what she didn't expect was that since she left Beijing, a little tail would follow behind her.
Su Qing also knew that she was being targeted, but the opponent's martial arts skills were superior to hers and she couldn't defeat him.
But she was 100% sure that that person was not from Bai Liyu's side.
So she rode her horse all the way to Laifu Inn, and after receiving the secret code from the shopkeeper, the waiter took her to the secret room of the inn.
After Su Qing took over Shadow Tower, he asked them to learn Morse code. He also taught them modern simplified Chinese characters.
Simplified Chinese characters were used for sending letters, while the Ming Dynasty used traditional Chinese characters, so no one except her and the people in Shadow Tower could understand the simplified Chinese characters.
Even if a letter is cut off halfway, they can't understand it and it's still a piece of waste paper.
After preparing for the round with Xiao Cheng, Su Qing stayed at the inn for one night and prepared to fish out the little tail that was following her.
…
Night fell quickly, and what should have been a peaceful sleep time was destined to be a bloody storm.
At ten minutes in the middle of the night, Laifu Inn was eerily quiet, and a figure quietly walked in.
The floorboards creaked with every step he took, but after taking a few steps, he felt something was wrong again.
But in order to complete the task, he still moved towards Su Qing's room and touched it.
He blew some Ecstasy incense into Su Qing's room, climbed in through the window, and slashed toward the bed with a knife.
But he didn't know that from the moment he stepped into the inn, he fell into Su Qing's trap.
"Catch them alive."
Su Qing gave an order, and the assassins who were ambushing around the room all appeared. The assassins were quickly captured.
At first he wanted to commit suicide by taking poison, but Su Qing removed his jaw.
Xiao Cheng searched his body and found a token from the Three Princes' Palace. He also found a snake-shaped totem on his body.
He has the same totem as the man who killed the old widower that night.
"Take it down and cut off the tendons of your hands and hamstrings to make my medicine jar."
Su Qing turned his back to them and ordered, his voice without any warmth.
This man is a dead soldier. Even if he is tortured, he will not be able to get anything useful out of him.
However, there are many medicines prepared there, but no one has tried them yet.
Some are extremely painful, some can make you lose your mind, and some can make you sleepy. Anyway, there are all kinds of weird medicines.
The assassin just had his gun muzzled. If he wasn't unlucky, who else would be?
Even if he doesn't say anything, she can still make him talk.
It may be cruel to let a living person make a medicine jar, but he is going to kill her, should she still be generous enough to forgive him? Should she still be merciful to him?
As the saying goes, kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself, so you must be ruthless.
The assassin was named Zero One by Su Qing. She believed that the person behind the scenes would definitely send her a few more medicine jars.
By then she will have zero, two, three, and four...
Su Qing and Xiao Cheng rushed to Anle City early the next morning.
But she never expected that she would meet in Anle City...