Shangguan Hong retreated from Yue Yunze's room. After he left, Mr. Zhao quietly walked out of the dark room like a ghost and stood in front of Yue Yunze.

Yue Yunze asked softly: "This time the Qiyang Imperial Court appointed the Qingning guard general is different from usual, and the new guard general also brought soldiers and horses to take office. After the turmoil subsided, the Qiyang court simply raided the home of the Marquis of Qingning and escorted his family to the capital for trial. After that, there was no punishment for the king of Qingning, and not only that, but he also accepted the request of the king of Qingning to reduce the garrison. Uncle, do you think that this Qiyang court wants to be lenient on the surface and continue to investigate the turmoil secretly? ”

Mr. Zhao was silent for a moment and said, "The Marquis of Qingning and other related people have already been killed in the turmoil, no matter how the Qiyang Imperial Court interrogates the other people in the Marquis of Qingning's mansion, it will not ask for anything useful." As for the King of Qingning, although he is mediocre and incompetent, he is not stupid enough to say things that are not good for him. Besides, with Aoba watching him, I'm not afraid that he will make any trouble. What I am more worried about is whether Prince Qiyang found any clues in the coup d'état in the Qiyang palace. ”

Yue Yunze said: "The third prince of Qiyang and the abolished prince are dead, Shangguan Hong has destroyed all the evidence, no matter how much he doubts, he will only suspect the head of the Northern Barbarian." ”

Mr. Zhao said with a solemn face: "Prince Qiyang was able to quell the palace coup d'état in such a short period of time and suppress the turmoil in Qingping County, which shows that he has extraordinary wisdom and extraordinary means of doing things. ”

Yue Yunze lowered his eyes and looked at the light on the table, and said, "We underestimated the prince who was sent to guard the border pass before. What had been planned for a long time was so easily destroyed by him. Uncle, we have to be more cautious in the future. ”

"Speaking of which......" Mr. Zhao paused and looked at Yue Yunze, "If you don't want our secret to be discovered by others, shouldn't we clear out the unrelated people in the Yue Mansion as soon as possible?" ”

"Mr. Zhao refers to Xiao'er?" Yue Yunze raised his eyes and looked at Mr. Zhao.

"Exactly." Mr. Zhao replied crisply. "Today, His Highness took her to Qingning County, went to the tea house, and said in front of the county king that she was your cousin, and being so close to a strange woman of unknown origin is not beneficial to Your Highness or our plans."

Yue Yunze said lightly: "I don't want others to know about it, even if that person stays by my side every day, I won't be aware of it." Besides, haven't you been secretly watching Xiao'er's every move? Xiao'er, whether we stay in the Yue Mansion or not will not have an impact on our plans. ”

Mr. Zhao asked in a deep voice, "Your Highness is attracted to her?" ”

Yue Yunze was stunned for a moment, then smiled sadly, pointed to his heart and said, "I can't feel joy, anger, sorrow and joy here, how can I be tempted?" I'm just a little nostalgic for the face similar to my mother. ”

Mr. Zhao's face was cloudy, and he said: "Niangniang had a deep love for the emperor back then, and what happened in the end, His Royal Highness probably hasn't forgotten it, right?" ”

"How could I forget?" Yue Yunze's gaze suddenly turned cold.

Mr. Zhao lowered his voice and said, "That's very good. People who have achieved great things should not have feelings at all, His Royal Highness has worked hard to plan for so many years, just to win Qingning County and regain the emperor's sacred heart to seek justice for Niangniang and himself. After so many years, I have carefully walked step by step, but I can't make any mistakes. ”

Yue Yunze's eyes darkened, and he lowered his head and whispered, "Uncle, if you find anything wrong with Xiao'er, send her out of Yue's Mansion again." However, please don't hurt her life and send her away. ”

Mr. Zhao said coldly: "Your Highness, if she really has a secret dissent, then as long as the dead will not pose any threat to us." ”

"No, you can't!"

Yue Yunze stood up with some excitement, his fists clenched. After a while, he let go of his fists, took a breath, and said slowly, "If that face similar to my mother is ruined, I can't bear it." ”

"Your Highness, she is not a mother!"

Yue Yunze wanted to say something, but coughed violently.

Mr. Zhao hurriedly stepped forward to help him, asked him to sit down, and helped him calm down. After a long while, he relieved himself, took Mr. Zhao's hand and said weakly: "Uncle, promise me not to hurt her life." ”

Mr. Zhao hesitated for a moment, and finally said helplessly: "Okay, I promise." It's not early, it's time for Your Highness to rest. ”

After that, Mr. Zhao helped Yue Yunze walk back to the inner room, untied his cloak for him, let him lie on the bed and cover the quilt, and then blew out the lights before leaving.

Listening to Mr. Zhao push the door and go out, Yue Yunze got up from the bed, took the cloak hanging on the side of the bed, got out of bed and walked out, gently pushed open the door and looked at the closed door opposite, the dim light burning in the courtyard shone on his face, showing a pale and desolate.

After a long time, he took a step back with no expression on his face, closed the door, and blocked out the light from the outside, leaving only endless darkness and dead silence in the room.

The next day.

Du Xiaomeng, who had a good night's sleep last night, got up early in the morning to freshen up, and then moved a stool to sit in front of the door while drinking tea while waiting for Yue Yunze to come out of the door.

The moment Yue Yunze pushed open the door and came out to see Du Xiaomeng, a look of surprise clearly flashed on his face. Before he could react, Du Xiaomeng had already trotted up to him and greeted him warmly: "Yunze, good morning!" ”

Yue Yunze raised his eyes and looked at the sky, and after making sure that he didn't get up late, he smiled back at Du Xiaomeng and said, "Why is Xiao'er so early?" ”

Du Xiaomeng smiled and said, "I'm waiting for you." ”

"Wait for me?" Yue Yunze was a little puzzled, "Is there anything wrong with Xiao'er?" ”

"That's right." Du Xiaomeng walked to his side and almost took his arm, "I've been living in your house for a few days, so it's really not very good." So, I decided to do something for you to cover the cost of living in your house. ”

Yue Yunze looked at her with interest and asked, "What is that Xiao'er going to do for me?" ”

Du Xiaomeng said seriously: "I have thought about it, you don't need a maid ring who carries tea and water, and there is no shortage of servants who take care of the house and do housework, but I can write, read and count, or I can go to your tea house to be a chorre or errand or something." ”

"That's ......" Yue Yunze frowned lightly, as if he was considering, and after a while, he smiled and said, "Okay, Xiao'er will follow me to the tea house for an interview." ”

"Thank you!" Du Xiaomeng happily shook Yue Yunze's arm.

"Don't thank me yet." Yue Yunze glanced at Du Xiaomeng, "The guys in the tea house have to pass Mr. Zhao's interview, and they can only work if they are qualified." Although I am the boss, if Xiao'er can't pass Mr. Zhao's level, I can't let you enter the tea house. ”

Du Xiaomeng said confidently: "Don't worry, I'm also a highly educated person, how can such a trivial matter as an interview stump me?" ”

Half an hour later, in Yue's Tea House, a group of guys downstairs stood in front of the stairs and curiously stretched their necks to look upstairs.

At this time, Du Xiaomeng, who was full of confidence before, was looking at the abacus in front of him with a bitter face. Although she is a highly educated person who can write, read, and arithmetic, she forgets for a moment that this is an era when she still needs to use abacus to calculate.

She could only helplessly spread her hands and said, "I don't plan to plate." ”

Mr. Zhao took the abacus away, pointed to the paper, pen and ink on the table, and said, "Then write a few words and take a look." ”

Du Xiaomeng rolled up his sleeves, picked up a brush, dipped it in ink, and wrote the words "Yue's Tea House" on white paper.

Yue Yunze and Mr. Zhao's eyes fell on the wild ink characters on the paper, and their faces showed expressions that were indescribable.

Du Xiaomeng smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "In our place, we usually don't use a brush to write. Although my handwriting is a little ugly, at least I can still write. ”

Mr. Zhao asked people to put away the paper, pen and ink, glanced at the lively group of guys downstairs, and then said slowly: "Xiao'er, if you feel bored, I'll give you some silver to go out and buy something." ”

"Zhao ......" suddenly remembered that when he was outside, his identity was Yue Yunze's cousin, Mr. Zhao's niece, Du Xiaomeng hurriedly changed his mouth, "Uncle, what do you mean, I failed the interview?" ”

Mr. Zhao nodded: "Exactly." ”

Du Xiaomeng cast a pleading glance at Yue Yunze, Yue Yunze touched his nose helplessly and said, "Cousin, you still listen to your uncle's words and go outside to relax." ”

Originally, he planned to mix up a position in Yue's Tea House, so that he could walk out of Yue's Mansion openly and casually in Qingning County to find out some news, but now this wishful thinking can't be done.

Just when Du Xiaomeng was thinking about whether there was any other way, he suddenly heard a commotion downstairs, and someone was shouting urgently: "Let go, be careful, don't touch it!" ”

Hearing this, Yue Yunze and Mr. Zhao both walked downstairs quickly.

Du Xiaomeng followed, and when she walked downstairs, she saw a middle-aged aunt with a painful expression sitting on a chair, and the guys from the tea house surrounded her and asked, "What's wrong with Aunt Chen?" What happened? ”

The old woman holding the middle-aged aunt said loudly: "Aunt Chen just fell on the street and couldn't get up for a long time, scared me to death!" ”

Mr. Zhao hurriedly walked up and bent down to ask the middle-aged aunt, "Aunt Chen, what's wrong with you?" ”

The middle-aged aunt's face was pale, her forehead was sweating, and she said weakly: "My hand hurts, and I can't straighten it." ”

Mr. Zhao immediately instructed the two men: "You should hurry up and send Aunt Chen to see the doctor in a carriage." ”

"Yes."

The two guys and the old lady carefully helped Aunt Chen out to find the doctor. After they left, calm returned to the tea house, and one of the men said to his companion next to him: "Aunt Chen doesn't seem to have fallen lightly, I'm afraid she won't get better if she doesn't recuperate for a while." So who's going to cook these days? ”

Hearing the guy's words, Du Xiaomeng immediately raised his hand and said, "I can cook." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes turned to her.

Yue Yunze asked in surprise, "Cousin, do you know how to cook?" ”

Du Xiaomeng nodded affirmatively and said, "Not only can it be burned, but it is also very delicious." She turned her head to look at Mr. Zhao, "Uncle, do you want to interview me for cooking?" ”

Mr. Zhao hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

Du Xiaomeng, a highly educated person, finally has to rely on the most basic survival skills such as cooking rice to mix positions in Yue's Tea House, although it is a bit of a failure, but as long as he can achieve his goal!