After taking a photo, Lu Nianjin embarrassed and politely invited Cai Hun into the hall.

"Ah Yuan, serve tea." After sitting down, she looked at the little maid who had come from the brothel a few days in front of her, and commanded lightly.

The little maid grew up in the hands of her aunt since she was a child, and her hands and feet were very sharp, and she soon scalded a pot of tea, and said respectfully to Cai Hun respectfully, "Please drink tea." ”

"Ah Yuan, you step back first." Cai Hun took the tea, and Lu Nianjin looked at the little maid and said.

Ah Yuan let out a "hey" and retreated.

At this time, there were only two people left in the room, Lu Nianjin pointed to the tabletop, looked at Cai Hun and raised his eyebrows and asked, "How did you find me?" ”

"Miss Meng knows that you are in Wuxi."

Cai Hun pondered for a moment and said.

When Lu Nianjin heard that it was because of Meng Qingting, his face immediately sank. It was she who was careless, why did she forget about Meng Qingting's bug! She was reborn in a lifetime, and what Xiao Xun couldn't find out with all her might, she could easily know!

Cai Hun looked at Lu Nianjin's expression, sighed, and tried to comfort her, "Now it's better for your subordinates to find you first than for the people of the four princes to find you first." ”

Lu Nianjin: "......" She was speechless.

"Then the subordinates will arrange a carriage to escort you back to Beijing?" After a pause, Cai Hun said again.

When Lu Nianjin heard this, he immediately objected, "No, there is no hurry to return to Beijing." ”

"You are not in a hurry, but the prince ......is in a hurry" Cai Xun accidentally told the truth, and it was rare to overtake it once.

Lu Nianjin raised his eyebrows, glanced at him coldly, and said, "No matter how anxious you are, you have to wait until I give birth to the child, otherwise you want me to give birth on the road?" ”

Cai Hun hesitated for a moment, "This subordinate can't be the master, why don't you ask the prince if you don't have a subordinate Feixin?" ”

Lu Nianjin estimated the time for Feixin to pass the book back and forth, and then generously agreed.

Cai Hun breathed a sigh of relief, he hurriedly sent a message to the capital, leaving more than a dozen dead soldiers to guard Lu Nianjin's small courtyard, and then returned to the place where he stayed.

After Cai Hun left, Ah Yuan came in to serve, Lu Nianjin thought she would ask something, but the little maid didn't ask anything, just silently packed up the tea tray, and then changed the honey water and came in.

Lu Nianjin took the honey water, drank it in small sips, and asked, "Is Aunt Wu back?" ”

Aunt Wu is an official slave bought from the tooth shop after she placed the small courtyard, with good appearance, praise for cooking skills, and outstanding character than appearance and cooking skills.

She went out today to buy New Year's goods. In a few days it will be Chinese New Year's Eve, this is Lu Nianjin's first New Year Festival in the Yun Dynasty, and she still values it very much in her private heart.

"If Mrs. Hui is back, Aunt Wu is back, and there are guests here, so the maid didn't let her in, at this moment she should take stock in the kitchen, and ask the maid to call out?"

"No," Lu Nianjin shook his head, "Aunt Wu has strict rules, and she should come over after taking inventory." ”

As the two were talking, a quiet and steady female voice came from outside, "Madam, the slave is back, is it convenient to come in now?" ”

Lu Nianjin put down the sweet white porcelain bowl in his hand and raised his voice, "Auntie come in." ”

The next moment, Aunt Wu opened the curtain and walked in from outside, and stepped forward to say with a good fortune, "The slave maid meets Madame." ”

"Auntie doesn't have to be polite," Lu Nianjin smiled at her, and motioned for her to sit down and speak, "How is the purchase of New Year's goods now?" ”

Aunt Wu dipped a corner of the brocade in vain, straightened her back, and said softly, "If Mrs. Hui is concerned, everything that should be purchased has been done today, and from tomorrow, some steamed vegetables and braised vegetables should be made, and sea cucumbers and the like should also be sent, this is the account book of the slave maid, you see." As she spoke, she took out a ledger from her sleeve and handed it over.

Lu Nianjin took the account book and took a look, using double-entry bookkeeping, and the handwriting was also beautiful and easy to recognize.

She believed in Aunt Wu's personality, so she didn't look closely, only turned two pages at random, and handed it back.

Aunt Wu put away the account book, paused for a moment, and said, "By the way, madam, the slave maid went out today, and also inquired about a few stable women in the town, and went to their homes to see them, the best Yang Wenpo, Zhang Wenpo and Liu Wenpo all received the deposit of the county commander's family, which is not very reliable, and the slave maid took it upon herself to give a deposit to Xu Wenpo, who was closest to the family, and Xu Wenpo promised that when Mrs. gave birth, she only cared about our family." ”

"My aunt is very thoughtful." Lu Nianjin's due date is two months later, and he hasn't started to think about Wenpo recently. At this moment, when she heard Aunt Wu mention this stubble, she sighed again at the thoughtfulness of the other party, worthy of being a maid from a wealthy family.

After Aunt Wu explained what she should have explained, she withdrew.

In the next few days, Lu Nianjin roasted the fire in the house, and instructed Aunt Wu on cooking skills by the way.

Aunt Wu and Lu Nianjin got along for half a month, and it was only at this time that she realized that her wife's cooking skills were so outstanding, and she treated Lu Nianjin more humbly for a while.

On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, Lu Nianjin suddenly wanted to eat skewers, so he asked Aunt Wu to give birth to a few long stoves, marinated beef and mutton skewers, whole fish, and some vegetarian dishes.

In the evening, the three masters and servants drank wine and grilled skewers in the four corners of the courtyard......

The fat and thin lamb is grilled on the outside and tender on the inside, the pork belly is grilled until it is oily, and there are grilled shrimp and eggplant with garlic vermicelli, and thinly sliced potatoes are grilled until crispy...... Sprinkle with the secret cumin peppercorn paprika, it is simply a fairy delicacy.

Lu Nianjin ate a full mouth, and it was very enjoyable.

It's a pity that she is pregnant and can't eat more. Aunt Wu stared at her and ate a few skewers, but refused to let her eat again.

Lu Nianjin was gluttonous, she tried to be coquettish with Aunt Wu.

But Aunt Wu, don't look at her usual smile, it looks like she is the best to speak, but once she decides something, let alone one Lu Nianjin, even ten can't shake her.

Lu Nianjin also knew that she was for her own good, so she could only purse her lips and compromise, and let Aunt Wu help her tie her cloak and strap, and help her walk inside.

Here, she just came out of the Four Corners Pavilion, and on the other side, Cai Hun broke in from the wall next door, he hurriedly walked to Lu Nianjin's side, and asked with a smile, "What does Madam do to make it delicious, so fragrant?" ”

Lu Nianjin glanced at him lightly, ignored him, turned his head and instructed Aunt Wu directly, "Auntie grilled the remaining meat skewers and vegetarian skewers, give him all to take away, if it is not enough, prepare more." "Those dead soldiers have been guarding her outside for the past few days, and it has been very hard.

"Yes, madam," Aunt Wu agreed, paused, and said again, "The slave will send you back and come out to entertain the master." ”

Master!

As soon as these two words came out, not only Lu Nianjin, but also Cai Hun who had always been indifferent, couldn't hold back.

The two of them looked at Aunt Wu at the same time, their eyes were extremely complicated.

Aunt Wu noticed the eyes of the two, and her eyelids jumped slightly, "Could it be that the slave and maid recognized the wrong person?" ”

Lu Nianjin didn't speak.

Cai Hun explained, "It's not a master, it's just a servant of the wife's husband's family." ”

Aunt Wu: What kind of high-ranking family is "......", even domestic servants have such a style?!

"Auntie help me in!" Lu Nianjin didn't want to reveal her identity in front of Aunt Wu, and when Aunt Wu was distracted, she suddenly opened her mouth to urge.

When Aunt Wu heard this, she hurriedly agreed, she nodded politely to Cai Hu, and then helped Lu Nianjin to walk inside.

After entering the house and sitting down, Lu Nianjin asked Aunt Wu to wait for her to sleep, and then sent her out.

The month is old, people are always easy to get tired, Lu Nianjin went to bed, he didn't plan to rest, but leaned there, and fell asleep unconsciously.

In a daze, I don't know how long it has passed, suddenly there was a sound of weapons colliding outside, she immediately woke up, held her stomach, sat up slowly, took advantage of the lights in the room, got out of bed, walked to the lampstand, blew out the candle with a pop, and touched the darkness, and slowly walked behind the screen to hide.

Behind the screen, her heart rose to her throat, and even the exhalation and inhalation were long and long, and she didn't dare to be heavier.

After a quarter of an hour, the fighting outside finally stopped, and then three footsteps stacked on top of each other in the direction of the dormitory.

Lu Nianjin didn't know whether the comer was friend or foe, so he had to hold the sharp golden hairpin in his hand tightly.

"Madame, are you alright?"

After a few more breaths, a familiar voice came in.

Lu Nianjin heard that it was Cai Hu's voice, and the whole person breathed a sigh of relief, as soon as she let go of the hand holding the golden hairpin, the next moment, the golden hairpin fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.

At this time, Aunt Wu and Ah Yuan had already entered the bedroom, they lit the lamp with a fire fold, and called softly, "Madam, where are you?" ”

"I'm here." Lu Nianjin said in a low voice, crossed the screen, and walked towards the two of them with sore legs.

Aunt Wu and Ah Yuan hurriedly helped her and asked with concern, "Madam, are you okay?" ”

"I'm fine," Lu Nianjin shook his head lightly, paused, and asked the two again, "Is Cai Hun still waiting outside?" ”

Aunt Wu didn't know Cai Hu's name, but thinking that Mrs. should be the servant of her husband's family, she nodded, "It's still outside, he hasn't seen Mrs.'s situation, and he doesn't dare to leave." ”

"Aunt Lao is still serving me to change clothes, I have to go out to see him."

Aunt Wu felt more and more that Lu Nianjin's identity was unfathomable, so she responded respectfully, and together with Ah Yuan, she served her and dressed her.

simply put on his coat, and tied his hair in a bun with silver hairpins, and the two of them walked out together with Lu Nianjin, who was facing the sky.

When he got outside, Cai Hun was really waiting there, his clothes were stained with blood, and in the dim light, Lu Nianjin couldn't see it, but he could smell it.

After she sat down, she waved her hand at Aunt Wu and Ah Yuan with a pale face, "Auntie, Ah Yuan, you go down and rest first, you don't need to serve tonight." ”

"Yes, ma'am!" Aunt Wu knew that Lu Nianjin had something to say to Cai Hun and pulled Ah Yuan and retreated.

After the two left, Lu Nianjin looked at Cai Hun , frowned, and asked straight to the point, "The person who is going to assassinate me just now...... Who is it? ”

Cai Hun said with a solemn face, "If you go back to the crown princess, it's the tiger guard." ”

"Tiger Guard......" Lu Nianjin muttered these three words, and his face turned even paler for a while, "In other words, Lu He, the general of Zhenguo, also knows my whereabouts?" ”

Cai Hun shook his head, paused, and said, "The incident happened too suddenly, and now the subordinates can't be sure whether Lu He knew the news from the prince's side or the fourth prince's side." ”

"Let's check it out first." Lu Nianjin said.

She closed her eyes tightly, and said in a low voice, "If it's a rumor leaking from the National Teacher's Mansion, it's fine, but if it's the fourth prince's side, I'm only afraid that Concubine Jing and Concubine Lu Guifei have already united." ”

Cai Hun heard Lu Nianjin say this, and immediately became a dignified.

Meng Qingting can predict the future, and he knows it.

If Concubine Jing and Concubine Lu Guifei join forces, they are only afraid that the master of his family will ...... Jeopardy!

No way! It must be determined right away where the Tiger Guards got the news! Thinking like this, Cai Xun arched his hand at Lu Nianjin with a solemn face, "Crown Princess, my subordinates will go back to business first." ”

"Well, go ahead." Lu Nianjin waved his hand, watched him leave again, and then got up and went back to the room to rest.

That night, she had a nightmare, she was stabbed in the stomach by the tiger guard, and she was arrested and executed by Ling Chi...... When I woke up in the morning, the dark circles under my eyes were as heavy as those of a panda.

Aunt Wu used two hot eggs to help her put it on.

In the next few days, until Chinese New Year's Eve, Cai Hun did not appear again.

Because of the assassination of Tiger Wei, Lu Nianjin's spirit has not been good, even on Chinese New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, he has no spirit, but it is a pity that Aunt Wu carefully cooked two tables of family banquets.

In the capital, Xiao Xun did not receive Cai Hu's flying pigeon biography until the fifth day of the new year.

He only glanced at it, and his face sank.

Cai Hun 's IQ, how could he be Lu Nianjin's opponent of that woman.

She agreed with Cai Hufei's letter to ask him about his meaning, obviously it was generosity, but in fact, it was just delaying time.

From eight months to nearly nine months, at that time, even if he replied to Cai Hun to bring her back immediately, what was the point.

It seems that he still has to go to Wuxi in person.

Xiao Xun thought like this, and immediately began to arrange the affairs here.

When he was almost arranged, he received Cai Hu's second flying pigeon message, and the small courtyard was assassinated by the tiger guard.

When Xiao Xun saw this secret report, his face immediately turned dark, and as soon as he shook his hand hard, the secret letter in his palm turned into powder and was sprinkled on the table.

Lu He, he is really too idle.

"Someone!" He commanded outside, and the next moment, the minister walked in from the outside and arched his hand, "I don't know what the master commands?" ”

Xiao Xun hooked his lower lip coldly, "Send a message to Wuhe immediately, and let him come to Beijing within seven days." ”

"Yes, master!" The minister agreed, and retreated.

And Wuhe, it is Xiao Xun's junior brother in Tiansuanmen, and he is also the fake national teacher who pretended to be him when he prayed for blessings and copied scriptures in the prince's mansion.

Seven days later, there was no way to enter Beijing.

Xiao Xun entrusted him with all the affairs in the capital, and that night, he left the capital with a group of dead soldiers.

Wuxi, small courtyard.

Lu Nianjin didn't recover until the Lantern Festival was approaching.

Cai Hun still hasn't found out the news of Tiger Guard, but the other party has not come to assassinate him again.

On this day, Cai Hun took advantage of the night and stepped into the small courtyard again.

Lu Nianjin sent Aunt Wu and Ah Yuan out as usual, looked at him and asked, "You came here today, but what is the movement of the Tiger Guard?" ”

Hearing this, Cai Hun nodded with an inexplicable expression, and said, "I don't know why recently, the tiger guards here in Wuxi suddenly began to move closer to the capital, and there are less than ten left here." ”

"Less than ten?" Lu Nianjin raised his eyebrows and asked, "Could it be that something happened in the capital?" ”

Cai Hun shook his head, "This side is too far away from the capital, and it will take at least half a month to send a message, and there is no news over there for the time being!" ”

"There is no news, which means that Tiger Guards is an isolated island in Wuxi, and we can take the opportunity to ......" Lu Nianjin made a killing gesture.

"The crown princess means to cut them down and eradicate them?"

Lu Nianjin shook his head, "No, I mean, get rid of all the Tiger Guards in Wuxi, and then you send someone to pretend to be the Tiger Guards and contact the capital." ”

Cai Hun understood what Lu Nianjin meant, and after pondering for a while, he nodded lightly.

After sending Cai Hun away, Aunt Wu came over and asked Lu Nianjin what kind of stuffed dumplings he wanted to eat, Lu Nianjin thought about it and said fruit filling and white sugar lard filling.

Aunt Wu, who had no fruit filling, asked Lu Nianjin how to do it.

Lu Nianjin briefly told her once, and after Aunt Wu wrote it down, she withdrew.

On the morning of the next Japanese Festival, Lu Nianjin really ate the glutinous rice balls filled with fruit and white sugar lard.

Eat glutinous rice balls in the morning of the Lantern Festival, and watch the lanterns in the evening, because the tiger guards have been withdrawn, Cai Hun did not stop Lu Nianjin from going to see the lanterns.

That night, as soon as it got dark, he, Aunt Wu, and Ah Yuan accompanied Lu Nianjin out of the door.

Wuxi here is very attached to the Lantern Festival, at this moment, the street is bustling with people.

Lu Nianjin had to rely on Ah Yuan and Aunt Wu to open the way in front, and Cai Hun to protect him behind, so he could barely walk a few steps.

But just these few steps, she already had a lot of sweat on her forehead.

When Aunt Wu turned around, she saw the sweat on her face, and tried to propose, "Madame is pregnant, so it's not a way to keep squeezing like this, or let's go pick up the star tower and charter a room?" ”

Lu Nianjin was really uncomfortable being squeezed like this, but after thinking about it for a while, he agreed to Aunt Wu's proposal.

It happened that the Star Picking Tower was not far away, and a few people walked for a while.

At this time, there was only the last room on the third floor of the Star Picking Building, and there were many people in the hall scrambling, and the store proposed an auction for the sake of fairness, and the highest bidder would win.

Cai Hun came out to look for Lu Nianjin, and naturally brought a lot of silver with him, and at this moment, before others made a bid, he shouted a thousand taels.

And the star picking building on weekdays is no more than two taels of silver in a room.

His extravagant spending money was calmed down by everyone present at that time.

No one dared to open their mouths to fight him.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper did not delay, walked over in three steps and two steps, and smiled enthusiastically, "Are you four?" ”

Lu Nianjin nodded.

So the shopkeeper took the four of their servants and went upstairs.

When he arrived at the only room left on the third floor, before Lu Nianjin stepped in, a woman's scream suddenly came from next door.

As soon as Lu Nianjin heard this voice, she knew that there was a woman who was going to give birth, and her face changed slightly.

"Ma'am?" Aunt Wu saw that she was not leaving, so she asked beside her in a low voice.

Lu Nianjin waved his hand, looked at the shopkeeper who also changed his face, frowned and asked, "Is there a pregnant woman in the room next door?" ”

The shopkeeper nodded, "Exactly, it's the county magistrate of this county!" ”

Lu Nianjin also remembered when he heard the words Mrs. County Ling, this is the master who ordered the three best stable women in the town in Aunt Wu's mouth to prevent accidents.

However, it is estimated that she herself did not expect that she would suddenly launch it here and now!

She was in a trance, the door next door suddenly opened from the inside, and then, a grandmother ran out of it, she saw that the shopkeeper was next door, and immediately stepped forward and said, "Shopkeeper Zhang, it's not good!" Our wife is about to give birth, and when my wife came out, she only brought a slave and a maid to Xiaokui, and please help invite a stable woman, and then prepare scissors and hot water! If our little son can be born safely, my wife will definitely not treat you lightly. ”

After listening to Mama's words, the shopkeeper frowned, and his face was embarrassed, "Mama Lin, these scissors and hot water are easy to do, I'll let people prepare them now, but please Wen Po...... You also know that today is the Lantern Festival, and the city is full of people who come out to see the lanterns, bustling, even if I have the ability to ascend to the sky, I can't immediately invite Wen Po over! ”

Mama Lin didn't know that she was embarrassed to be the shopkeeper, but the problem was that her wife's amniotic water had already broken, and she really couldn't wait...... If something happens to the lady and the little boy in her womb, the master will definitely kill her!

"Shopkeeper, you can think of a way!" Mama Lin looked at the shopkeeper's pleading.

But what can the shopkeeper do about it, even if the county master will be angry with him in the future, he can't do it now!

He can't conjure her up a stable woman out of thin air.

Just when the two of them looked desperate and at a loss, Lu Nianjin, who was completely ignored by them, suddenly sighed and said in a low voice, "If the two of you can trust it, why don't you let me go in and try it?" ”

"You?" Mama Lin looked at Lu Nianjin, and when she saw that she also had a big belly, she couldn't help frowning, and questioned, "You don't look like a stable woman, you can deliver a baby?" ”

Lu Nianjin told the truth, "I can't hide it, I am a doctor, and I once helped a woman deliver a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses." ”

When Mama Lin heard the words dragon and phoenix fetus, her eyes suddenly lit up, "Really? ”

"It's true, everyone in the capital knows about it."

When Mama Lin heard that it was a doctor from the capital, she suddenly felt a little more trust in her heart, "Madam, please come with me!" She made an inviting gesture towards Lu Nianjin.

Lu Nianjin glanced at Aunt Wu, and Aunt Wu followed her and walked inside.

Entering the house, the county magistrate's wife, Shen Shi, was holding her stomach in pain and crying.

As soon as Lu Nianjin looked at her belly, she knew why Mama Lin let her in after she had delivered the dragon and phoenix fetus.

Because Shen is pregnant with twins.

She wants to get some blessings from Mrs. Wan from her hands!

"Didn't you go to find Wen Po, why did you bring a pregnant woman in?" When Shen saw Lu Nianjin, he frowned suddenly, looked at Mama Lin and asked impatiently.

Mama Lin hurriedly told Lu Nianjin that she was a doctor, and after speaking, she mentioned that she had delivered a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses in the capital.

I have to say that Mama Lin really understands the Shen family.

As soon as she mentioned the dragon and phoenix fetus, Shen's face really changed, and she became kind and kind.

For a while, she looked at Lu Nianjin's eyes, as if she was looking at the mother who sent her child.