Chapter 100: The Little Twelve of Troubles
After Chi Xiaoman confirmed that he was in good health, Fang Qi excused himself and left the Huai'an Palace. As soon as Fang Qi left, Du Qingyang hurriedly ran to find Wei Chimu, saying that he had something important to report.
In fact, whether it is the matter of the Shadow Pavilion or the affairs of the court, Wei Chimu feels that there is no need to hide it from Xiaoman, but Chi Xiaoman himself always avoids it.
First, she has always been a person who will only intervene unless trouble finds her, otherwise she is happy to be her rice worm.
Second, she was not interested in the bullshit in the court, and she didn't understand the affairs of the Shadow Pavilion, if there was really something that needed her advice, she believed that Wei Chimu would take the initiative to sue her.
Based on these two points, she didn't bother to listen to the reports of Wei Chimu's subordinates, she was bored to death, so she might as well go to take a nap.
Therefore, when Du Qingyang met Wei Chimu in person, she happily went back to her room to take a nap.
"Du Zuo, why are you in such a hurry?" Walking into the study, when Du Qingyang closed the door with his backhand, Wei Chimu asked.
Originally, he planned to take Xiaoman out of the city to play, but these days Xiaoman is bored in the house, and he has to be pricked with needles for two hours every day, I am afraid that he will be suffocated for a long time. But before he could tell Xiaoman, Du Qingyang hurriedly came to find him.
"Pavilion Master, it's about Mr. Fang. The subordinates are only suspicious of this matter, and if there is anything wrong with it, I hope that the pavilion master will not blame his subordinates. Du Qingyang knew that the matter was important, so he said these words first.
"Say it. Wei Chimu couldn't figure out what it was, but he had been aroused curious.
"Yes. Du Qingyang slowly said his guess that the martial arts moves he saw Fang Qi were similar to the assassin who came to the Huai'an Palace's palace that day and killed all the palace guards with one move.
"Are you sure the moves are the same?" asked Wei Chimu with a somewhat ugly face after hearing this.
Du Qingyang nodded firmly. "Not only the moves, but also the body shapes are similar. ”
"I see. Go down, and let it not be preached. Yu Chimu closed his eyes. Rubbing his forehead as if he had a headache.
"The subordinates understand. Du Qingyang looked at Wei Chimu with some concern, but he didn't know what to say, after all, he just said these four words, and then left the study.
After he left, Wei Chimu opened his eyes, and there was a trace of sadness between his eyebrows.
Was the Assassin really the Master? The letter was clearly deliberately written by the Assassin, and if so, was it to help him, or was it to harm him?
Master has no reason to harm himself. Can you help yourself...... Besides, the master has never been involved in the affairs of the imperial court, let alone the faction of which prince he is protimate.
But although he believed in Master. But he also did not doubt Du Zuo's eyesight.
If it really has something to do with Master, then the matter is quite complicated, and he will not be able to stay out of it.
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On the streets of Beijing, when it is past noon these days, you will always see a figure.
Since Ji Minzhi listened to Princess Chi Xiaoman's words and asked him to find a strange thing with a "diamond-encrusted ring" as a marriage between him and Xiaolian, every day after noon, he would go to the jewelry and antique shops of all sizes in the capital.
One comes. Many shops in the capital didn't open until noon, and secondly, his right hand had to be soaked in Mr. Fang Qi's special medicinal herbs in the morning, so he could only come out after noon to look for it.
Mr. Fang Qi said that he would continue to break the tendons. It would be impossible to get him back to what he used to be, but after soaking the special potion for a long time, it was still possible to let his right hand do some daily activities.
In fact, he didn't have much hope for his right hand. Now that he can have such results, he is very satisfied.
So the right hand. It's not a problem he cares about anymore, it's what he's most worried about right now. It is the "diamond ring".
It's a pity that I have visited all over the capital and asked all over the city, but there is no such thing as a "diamond ring".
He wondered if the princess was playing tricks on him, after all, this kind of thing had not happened before.
But because she said it, every woman will like that thing when she sees it, and if she asks to make a ring for the woman, if the woman is willing to wear it, it is to accept his proposal.
He has been separated from his relatives since he was a child, and after worshipping under the Qishan faction, he has been with the sword every day, and he doesn't understand some love things at all, let alone asking for marriage and marriage, and he doesn't know who to ask about this kind of thing, so it's not good to bother the pavilion master with this little thing, right? That's why he believes the princess's words and looks for it so actively.
It's a pity, not to mention that I can't find it, and I haven't even heard of it.
Seeing that tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, all the shops in the capital are only operating until today, and from tomorrow the businesses will be closed for the New Year, it is even more impossible to find the diamond ring, and once the New Year is over, it is the day when Xiaolian becomes the princess's righteous sister, and it is also the day when he and Xiaolian set a family relationship, so he has no time, at this moment he is like an ant on a hot pot, and his heart is that anxious!
"Jubao Zhai" This is the last jewelry shop in Beijing, the shop is not very large, but the layout is very simple, but unfortunately the result is still disappointing.
He was about to leave in a lonely step, but the shopkeeper suddenly stopped him. "This little brother, what are you talking about for that thing?"
"Make a ring and ask for a kiss. Ji Minzhi stopped and replied happily.
"Is the bride ring required by the woman's house?" asked the shopkeeper curiously: "Where is the person in the woman's house? I have been running Jubaozhai for 20 years, and that thing is really unheard of." ”
Ji Minzhi was a little irritable and didn't want to pay attention to the shopkeeper's question, but thinking that there was no place to go, if he went out of the city at this juncture, it would be too late to rush back tomorrow. Besides, if you can't find something in the capital, the chances of finding it in other counties are even slimmer.
Thinking of this, he told the shopkeeper what Chi Xiaoman told him.
"Oh? It's funny, is it decided that the woman is willing to wear a ring or not?" The shopkeeper touched his mustache and said with a smile: "In this way, I don't have anything you want in this treasure house, but I also have a rare thing here, and it has been made into a ring, do you want to take a look?"
"It's fine. "The princess didn't have any requirements for him and Xiaolian's family affairs, so she only mentioned the diamond ring, and now that the diamond ring is not available, she still has to come up with something.
"This is something brought back from overseas, it is called sapphire, this kind of ring is only worn by their nobles, and the price is naturally a little higher, I don't know if you ......" The shopkeeper asked people to take the ring.
"How much?"
"A hundred taels of silver. ”
Ji Minzhi picked up the ring and looked at the blue gem on it, looking left and right, he couldn't see anything special. He didn't care about the silver, a hundred taels was a lot, but the task that Shadow took over in the past two years also allowed him to accumulate a lot of silver. So what he cares about is this ring called sapphire, will Xiaolian like it?
He found it difficult to understand the girl's thoughts.
"The color of this sapphire is quite pure, one hundred taels is definitely not expensive, you see that the carving on this silver band is also very detailed, it is a rare top grade!" The shopkeeper thought that he cared about the price, and tried his best to persuade him.
"This gem is so dark, it's not as bright as gold, will the girl's family like it?"
"The sapphire is to be so deep blue but not black, it is the best grade, the girl you want to marry, she actually knows the strange thing when drilling, maybe she also knows this sapphire, if she knows, she must know the value of this gemstone. ”
Hearing what the shopkeeper said, Ji Minzhi suddenly felt that there was some truth. The princess always knows some strange things, maybe she really recognizes this gemstone, but I don't know if Xiaolian will like it, this is a lot different from the kind of crystal that the princess said, which is a diamond that women will like......
"This little brother, the girl you want to marry, but she is also interested in you?"
"Should...... It should be...... "Ji Minzhi's ears are slightly red. He could feel that Xiaolian and he were in love with each other, but it was really embarrassing to say this.
"Then it's no problem!" The shopkeeper smiled: "Since you are Lang and the concubine is interested, then no matter what you give, she will like it." On the other hand, whatever she gives you, you will definitely treasure it, right?"
When Ji Min heard this, he suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment.
"Thank you, shopkeeper, I want this ring. Although it is no longer the point of what kind of ring to buy, this sapphire ring is special, and he hopes that not only Xiaolian likes it, but also let the princess see his sincerity.
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A bright moon hangs high in the sky.
In the study room on the second floor of the stargazing tower, Yu Chixin stood by the window, he was waiting, waiting for Fang Qi to arrive.
However, nearly half an hour has passed since the agreed time, and Fang Qi's figure is still missing, but the national teacher Zichen has appeared in this study.
"Fifth Highness, Master won't be coming, you can go back for the time being. Zichen's voice was very cold, and he couldn't hear the emotion.
"Why?" Wei Chi Xin frowned, he was half dead of anxiety in his heart, Fang Qi didn't come? Didn't he keep claiming that he was his own father and wanted to help him win the crown prince?
Now that the crown prince was already suspicious of him, why didn't Fang Qi hurry up and find a way for him?
"You've got people stalked. ”
Yu Chixin took a slight breath, "Someone is following me?
"There is more than one stalker, maybe they belong to two forces, in short, Master asked me to tell His Highness that I must not contact him for a while. Zichen has always said indifferently.
"Damn!" Yu Chixin cursed and hurriedly left the stargazing tower in anger.
Zichen quietly looked in the direction he left, and sighed faintly for a long time.
The five princes are not sages, let alone Ming Jun, does the master really want to let the five princes ascend to the throne for his own selfishness?
This is a great worry for Yasukuni!
He looked up out the window, and a dark cloud obscured the moonlight. (To be continued......)