Chapter 345: Ministry of Rites
After about half an hour, the two guards returned. Under the faint moonlight, the faces of the two showed an extremely rare softness. Seeing this, Xu Shizi knew it in his heart.
Xu Shizi raised his eyebrows, and the two of them hid into the night. After waiting for a long time, Cheng Fang still didn't come back.
"That's it for tonight, let's go back first." Xu Shizi looked at the sky and said.
"My subordinates think we should go to a place first." One of the guards said.
Xu Shizi raised his eyebrows and asked, "Where are you going?" ”
"The subordinate just followed a man, and he sneaked out into the mountains. The subordinates followed, and found that he had entered a very hidden place, and the subordinates followed up and found that there was something strange about the structure inside, and there was a special smell. The Dark Guard said.
Xu Shizi pointed to the sky on his finger and said, "Let's go back first." ”
"Yes." The Dark Guard replied.
At this time, Cheng Fang still did not come back, so Xu Shizi left with two secret guards first. Back at the Liwang Mansion, Cheng Fang still didn't come back, and Shen Yafei had already fallen asleep, so Xu Shizi went to the study to rest by himself in order not to disturb Shen Yafei's rest. Before going to bed, he asked the guard guarding the door to tell him to come to him immediately if Cheng Fang returned.
After sleeping for an hour and a half, there was a knock on the door outside the study, and Xu Shizi woke up in an instant, got up and put on a coat, lit the two candlesticks on the table, and said in a hoarse voice, "Come in." ”
Cheng Fang pushed open the door and came in from the outside: "Shizi." ”
"Well," Xu Shizi nodded, pointed to the chair next to him, and motioned for Cheng Fang to sit down, and after Cheng Fang sat down, Xu Shizi continued to ask, "How is it?" Did you find anything? ”
I'm afraid this matter is related to a wealthy family in the capital. Cheng Fang said.
Xu Shizi looked at him, and when he continued, Cheng Fang swallowed his saliva and said, "Can your subordinates drink saliva first?" ”
Glance at the teapot on the table. Cheng Fang walked over, reached the full teacup, and poured two cups with a grunt. After drinking enough water, he sat back in his chair, took a breath, and said, "My subordinates followed that man to the foot of a mountain near the capital, where there was a very spectacular mountain villa. There are usually no people at the foot of that mountain, and if you can build such a luxurious mountain villa in this kind of place, there must be a backer at home. ”
Xu Shizi knocked on the table: "How can someone who dares to kill people near the capital have no backers in the capital!" They can hide under Fu Yin's nose, maybe the backers behind them are not small! ”
"Didn't you wait there until dawn to see what people were in?" Xu Shizi continued.
"The subordinates thought so, but after waiting for a while, the subordinates found that there seemed to be a person with strong internal strength guarding the vicinity, so the subordinates didn't dare to act rashly, so they decided to come back first." Cheng Fang replied.
"You go down and rest first, and when it is dawn, you will start to investigate the news of that mountain villa." Xu Shizi commanded.
"Yes." Cheng Fang replied.
Xu Shizi then said: "But it must be done in secret, and don't let others know." ”
"Yes."
"Let's go down." Xu Shizi waved his hand and motioned for him to withdraw.
"Yes."
After Cheng Fang left, Xu Shizi climbed back into bed.
After another two hours, the sky began to brighten, and the golden morning light rose from the east, paving the flowers, trees, and paths in the yard with a faint golden yellow, and everything shone brightly, rekindling people's expectations and motivation for life.
Shen Yafei got up and opened the door and saw the scene in front of her, a bright smile bloomed on her face, and the whole person also melted into the golden morning light. When Xu Shizi entered the courtyard, he saw this scene, and his eyes were almost unable to take his eyes off.
"Princess, where are you going to eat later? Do you want me to call Shizi over, I heard the housekeeper say that Shizi had already returned to the house late last night, and now he should be resting in the study. Dabao came out of the house with a basin.
"You can ask someone to go to the study." Shen Yafei paused for a moment, then turned his head and said.
"Okay." Dabao replied, but as soon as he turned around, he saw Xu Shizi standing not far away, and Dabao called out in surprise, "Shizi! ”
Xu Shizi nodded at her and looked at Shen Yafei without squinting.
After Dabao screamed, Shen Yafei also looked over, and her cheeks were slightly hot under the gaze of Xu Shizi's fiery gaze. Suddenly, Shen Yafei heard a pop next to her, and Shen Yafei glared at Dabao angrily.
"I know where breakfast should be." Dabao lowered his head and snickered. Finally, under Shen Yafei's angry eyes, he retreated.
"I'm back," Shen Yafei glanced at Xu Shizi with a little embarrassment, and said, "Let's have breakfast together, right?" ”
"Hmm." Xu Shizi came to Shen Yafei's side in response. He stretched out his hand and rubbed his thumb gently back and forth on Shen Yafei's forehead. Then, he attached his other hand to Shen Yafei's stomach and asked gently, "Did he listen to him last night?" ”
"He was very well-behaved last night, probably because he knew that you were not at home, so he didn't dare to make trouble, and he didn't make a fuss until this morning." Shen Yafei also put her hand on her stomach and stared at her stomach gently, as if she could clear the child inside from her gaze.
Xu Shizi attached his hand to the back of Shen Yafei's hand, and slowly moved as Shen Yafei's hand moved on his stomach. After a while, Shen Yafei's stomach gently bulged a few times, all of which rubbed against Shen Yafei's palm.
Shen Yafei and Xu Shizi couldn't help but laugh when they saw this, this child is about to become a sperm, and he knows how to be coquettish in his belly!
The morning light shone on the faces of these two people, and the happy expression was about to warm the entire Liwang Mansion, and the butler who was about to report stood not far away, stopped, looked at the two of them with satisfaction, and was reluctant to step forward to disturb half a minute.
Xu Shizi and Shen Yafei could both feel the presence of the housekeeper, and Xu Shizi touched Shen Yafei's head again before turning around. Shen Yafei was embarrassed to look at the housekeeper, so she hid behind Xu Shizi's shoulder.
The housekeeper couldn't help but laugh, quickly wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, then stepped forward and greeted the two of them, and then said to Xu Shizi: "Shizi, before going out in the morning, the prince asked the old slave to wake up and tell you that he asked you to go to the Ministry of Rites after breakfast." ”
"Okay, I got it." Xu Shizi nodded to indicate that he already knew, and then waved his hand to let the butler go down.
"The old slave went out first." The butler bowed and withdrew.
After a while, Dabao and Zhiyu came in with breakfast, and Dabao asked, "Shizi, Shizifei, where do you want to set up your meal?" ”
Xu Shizi turned his head to look at Shen Yafei, waiting for her to answer.
Shen Yafei pointed to the stone table in the courtyard and said, "It's outside." ”
After breakfast was set, Xu Shizi sat down with Shen Yafei in his arms, and then he sat down next to Shen Yafei. Dabao filled a bowl of bird's nest porridge, and Xu Shizi reached out to catch it, stirring and blowing with a spoon. After confirming that the porridge was hot and ready to eat, Xu Shizi dug up a spoonful, put it to his mouth and blew it again, and then handed it to Shen Yafei.
Shen Yafei opened her mouth, and Xu Shizi fed her into her mouth. After Shen Yafei took a bite, she nodded involuntarily: "Hmm." ”
Xu Shizi's eyes and eyebrows lit up, and he continued to feed the second bite. After feeding a bowl of porridge, Xu Shizi picked up the bowl and began to eat. And, Shen Yafei took the breakfast on the side and ate it by herself.
After breakfast, Shen Yafei began to feel sleepy again, and Xu Shizi helped her lie down on the bed and accompanied her until she fell asleep before going out.
For his late arrival, the prince frowned dissatisfiedly: "Why did you come?" ”
"Isn't that because your little grandson doesn't want his son to come?" Xu Shizi sighed twice and said with a look of disgust.
"Stinky boy, isn't that your son?" The prince slapped it over, but was dodged away by the prince of Xu, and the prince glared at him unhappily and said angrily.
"No, it's still your precious grandson!" Xu Shizi jumped to the side and laughed.
"Not serious." A man in a navy blue official uniform was probing outside the door, and the prince glared at Xu Shizi and stopped messing with him.
"Lord, prince." The man in the navy blue official uniform walked in, saluted the two, and then handed a pile of materials to the prince of Li, and said, "Lord, this is the list given by the Ministry of Internal Affairs." Please take a look. ”
"Put it on the table." The prince said.
The man put the information on the table next to him, and the prince waved his hand at him and said, "You go down first, this king will see it later." ”
"Yes."
After the man went out, Xu Shizi grabbed the information on the table with one hand, flipped through a few pages, and shook his head a few times.
The Lord couldn't help but glare at him again. Xu Shizi smiled, raised the information in his hand, and said: "It's really good to be a prince, and life is really extravagant!" ”
"Don't make a fuss, hurry up and sort out the information here." The prince snatched the information from Xu Shizi's hand, and then pointed to another pile of information on the table.
Xu Shizi looked at the dense words on the paper, his head was big, and he said speechlessly: "Father, isn't there someone below who does this kind of thing?" Is this little thing for you to call me over? ”
"What nonsense? This is something that the Holy Decree will reward when it arrives at General Shen's Mansion. The prince directly greeted Xu Shizi with the information in his hand.
"What's my business?" Xu Shizi was confused.
"The prince wants the two of us and King Ning to go together to issue the holy decree, this king is reading the holy decree, and you are announcing the reward." The prince said.
"It's good to have you and King Ning, what else do you want me to do?" As soon as Xu Shizi heard this kind of courtesy, he was annoyed. The crown prince wants to give Miss Shen dignity, it's good to have two princes to go, what is he going to do? He was already tired, and he had to worry about this kind of.
When the prince saw Xu Shizi's face, he knew what Xu Shizi was thinking, and he felt helpless, so he slapped it with a palm.