It wasn't until he read the whole letter that Jiang Yuanliu slowly folded the letter in his hand and put it back in the envelope, and then said lightly to Yun Yao: "You go back and tell your cousin, just say that when I am free, I will definitely go to see her, so that she doesn't have to worry too much." ”

"Yes." Yun Yao saw that the expression on Jiang Yuanliu's face had returned to his usual calm and indifference, and his hanging heart was slightly lowered.

"Remember to thank my cousin for me. You have been out for a long time today, so I will not keep you any longer. Seeing Yun Yao's calm expression at this time, Jiang Yuanliu said with a light smile.

Then he called Mama Xia and asked her to bring Yun Yao into the inner room from the back of her.

And Yun Yao blessed Jiang Yuanliu with a blessing, and then led a few little girls behind him to leave the mansion.

"Miss, Miss Biao's craftsmanship is really good, look at this mandarin duck playing in the water is so lifelike." Mama Xia carefully stroked the back of the layers with her hand, and her admiration was beyond words.

And Jiang Yuanliu only glanced at the back lightly, and then asked Chun Tao to take the candle flame, put the letter in his hand on the candle flame, and waited until it was burned out, then he said: "My cousin is a real lady, and this skill is naturally not picky." ”

Mama Xia laughed out loud when she heard Jiang Yuanliu's words, and said quite jokingly: "The slave maid listens to Miss's words, but it seems that she is not a lady again. Miss, don't be presumptuous, Miss, you are talented and intelligent, these are not envied by others. ”

Listening to Mama Xia's comfort to herself, Jiang Yuanliu knew that she must have wanted to be crooked, thinking that she was jealous of Wen Rongxian's craftsmanship just now, so she couldn't cry or laugh.

Of course, she knew herself, and if she said that she would be good at holding a scalpel, but if she let herself hold that little embroidery needle, it would be really difficult for herself.

"Mama, you have to be careful to put it away, don't let the insects spoil it." Looking at the brightly colored satin, Jiang Yuanliu's heart couldn't help but tighten slightly, since he didn't let Wen Rongxian go out, let alone let her go out to see him, then he went to visit her in person, and the people of the Fuguo Mansion couldn't turn him away.

Mama Xia saw that Jiang Yuanliu seemed to have something on her mind, so she nodded lightly, carefully wrapped the backs with silk cloth, and then carefully put them into the box, and waited until Jiang Yuanliu's wedding day to take them out and use them.

That night, Jiang Fengmo and his wife accompanied the old lady to dinner, and then they were sent to another courtyard by Liu Guard, and the old lady was very angry because of this incident.

Even the precious porcelain in his house was broken a lot, not only did he clamoring to move to the other courtyard with him, but he also made Mama Ke start to pack up her things, planning to leave immediately.

After hearing these movements, Jiang Yuanliu did not show any signs of going to consol him, but Jiang Fengmao, who had been busy in the study, went there in person, and as soon as he went in and saw the porcelain fragments all over the ground, a trace of anger immediately crossed his eyes, and he couldn't help but sneer on his face: "Mother, why is this now?" Could it be that the son has done something wrong to his mother? ”

The old lady was angry at this time, so naturally she didn't like Jiang Fengmao, especially today when he contradicted himself like this in front of his son, and broke up his reunion with his son again, which made the old lady hate Jiang Fengmao even more.

Stretched out a hand and pointed to the side room and said coldly: "I'm going to move out now, I'm a person who is about to enter the ground, and I can't afford to live in this precious mansion." ”

But the old lady's words caused Jiang Fengmao to laugh for a while, and then sneered: "What my mother said is really ridiculous, it is natural for a son to support his mother, and besides, the matter of moving to another courtyard is also approved by the second brother, why should my mother be so angry." ”

"Momentum? At the beginning, the two of you quarreled so much that you had to break up, I am so old now, I want to reunite with my son to see your face, do you want me to go into the ground with resentment! At this time, the old lady's hand turned, and the finger holding the Buddha bead pointed straight at Jiang Fengmao, and when she opened her mouth, it was an annoyed question.

And Jiang Fengmao just looked coldly at the thunderous old lady in front of him, his eyes were full of hatred, so that the originally domineering old lady couldn't help but tremble when she saw it, but she was unwilling to give in in front of Jiang Fengmao, so she could only stare at this son who could not win her heart.

"Although my son has been busy recently, he has not treated his mother badly, and he has supported his mother wholeheartedly, my son really can't guess his mother's thoughts, is it true that in the eyes of his mother, only the second brother is your son?!" Jiang Fengmao originally wanted to show the old lady a little affection, after all, she was her nominal mother, and he couldn't really tear up his face with the old lady, but recently, the old lady did too much, and challenged his bottom line of tolerance several times, how could Jiang Fengmao not be annoyed or angry?

And after the old lady listened to Jiang Fengmao's series of questions, she originally wanted to curse, but she couldn't say anything at this time.

Jiang Fengmao saw that the old lady was silent at this time, and knew that what he said just now was true, so that the old lady did not dare to answer anymore if she had a ghost in her heart now, so she looked at Mama Ke with frosty eyes, and said coldly: "You hurry up and clean up the house now, and you must take good care of the old lady in the future, don't know what to do here, otherwise you will be the first to be kicked out of the country mansion at that time." ”

Although the words were said to Mama Ke, she was warning the old lady to stay in the backyard in the future, otherwise if she really angered him, wouldn't she let him Jiang Fengmao pinch him at will?

The old lady saw that she had angered Jiang Fengmao because she couldn't hold her breath for a while, and she was worried that Jiang Fengmao would be angry with the two brothers because of this, so she immediately let go of her breath and said with a hint of wanting to make peace: "Son, don't blame your mother now. Your brother's health has always been bad, and now that there are these children at home, I, as a mother, naturally have to bear more. You are the eldest brother, and you must not be angry with your younger brother. ”

After hearing this, Jiang Fengmao strode out of the inner room without saying a word.

Presumably these high-sounding words, Jiang Fengmao must have heard too much, and now he is already immune.

As soon as Jiang Fengmao left, the old lady's face immediately became gloomy, and she directly called the maids around her and scolded, but those maids didn't dare to say a word, so they could only suffer silently.

After the old lady finished scolding, she breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned around and returned to the inner room

The ninth day of October was originally the day when Nanyue and those people left Kyoto, but Wu Jingqi actually explained to Zhao Duqi that he wanted to stay for a while on the grounds that he had never seen Nanyue's imperial examination.

For such an unreasonable request, coupled with the fact that the fourth prince is still hidden by Wu Jingqi in a place where everyone can't find it, Zhao Duqi agreed after discussing with the civil and military officials.

And just when there was only one day left before the autumn test, an urgent report came from Shucheng, thousands of miles away from Kyoto, that there had been a sudden plague in the city, and now it had spread to several surrounding towns, and the number of dead and injured had reached tens of thousands.

As soon as this news came out, people in Kyoto were immediately panicked, which made those inns that received those candidates from other places even more worried, for fear that they would accept candidates from the prefecture or surrounding towns to take the exam.

In the imperial court, it was already busy to meet the imperial examination and Nanyue's envoy group, and now the plague has been added, which makes the officials feel a headache, and they don't know what to do for a while.

"At this time, Zhoucheng has been locked down, and now he can only enter but not exit, but what kind of plague it is, no official has been able to figure it out until now. This group of rice buckets, on weekdays, only learned to scramble to be the first, and began to shirk their responsibilities one by one at the critical moment, sealing these people of mine in a dead city, and these people fled from the state one after another.

Someone came, passed on my decree, and beheaded all the officials in the state who left their duties without permission and disregarded the lives of the people. In the Heart Cultivation Palace, Zhao Duqi looked at the folds in front of him that had been pushed like a mountain, and immediately stood up anxiously, constantly pacing back and forth.

"Father, the top priority now is not to kill the officials, but to send someone to Zhou Cheng to find out the truth of this matter. If we don't find out the source of the plague as soon as possible, I'm afraid that not only Zhoucheng will become an empty city, but even the entire Nanyue, I am afraid it will be difficult to escape this catastrophe. Zhao Jinhuai looked at Zhao Duqi and persuaded him bitterly.

After all, if the existing officials of Zhou Cheng are killed now, I am afraid that some new officials will have to be sent to respond, and I am afraid that everyone will be afraid of life and death at that time, and they will not want to go.

Even if they were forcibly asked to go to Zhoucheng, I am afraid that those officials would have resentment in their hearts, and if it caused unnecessary turmoil because of this, wouldn't it give those people in Nanyue a chance to take advantage of it?

Zhao Duqi listened to Zhao Jinhuai's analysis, and his angry mood gradually calmed down, and he also knew that if all the officials in the state were killed now, then the people inside would really not be saved.

So he calmed down and looked at the group of officials kneeling below and spoke: "All Aiqing have some good methods, now I know everything, and I am allowed for you to speak freely." ”

But even with Zhao Duqi's assurance, everyone still didn't dare to speak.

For this group of officials who have always been pampered, the most important thing is to protect the glory and wealth of themselves and their families at the moment, and the life and death of those people are really not worth mentioning for them.