Chapter 193: Not virtuous
Until the incense inside shouted: "Qiu Di, wash your face with a basin of water for the prince." ”
Qiu Dicai smiled and went in with a basin of water, and then took out the letter after putting the basin away: "Princess, a letter from Beixun." ”
Wanxiang took the letterhead and opened it, and originally wanted to say two sentences on the black ridicule on Xiao Huaijin's face, but after reading the content of the letter, she couldn't laugh at anything.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Huaijin wiped her hands and walked to Wanxiang to take the letter in her hand, and after Qiu Di went out with a basin of water, Wanxiang said: "The girls of the Tibetan Fragrance Pavilion during the Duanyang Festival last month all went to the Xun River, and two maiko disappeared, and they were found in the dungeon of the Zangxiang Pavilion at the beginning of the month. ”
Akika looked indifferent, as if this matter had nothing to do with her.
The last time someone in the Tibetan Incense Pavilion had an accident was more than ten years ago when Wanxiang first arrived in Beixun, just erected the signboard of the Tibetan Fragrance Pavilion was smashed by the local old owner, and the girl walked to death and was injured, and even Aunt Hong was injured.
For the first time, Wanxiang was so flustered that she didn't know what to do, and wrote to Xiao Huaijin who was far away at Eagle's Beak Peak, but those letters went and there was no reply.
She knew that Xiao Huaijin couldn't take care of Beixun because she couldn't take care of herself, and Xiao Huaijin had said that Beixun was very important to him, so Wanxiang secretly told herself that even if she died, she had to stand in Beixun.
But everyone who serves this bowl of rice has some backers, and in addition to that, they rely on money and ruthlessness.
Wanxiang secretly found out the culprit behind it with some means and silver, and took advantage of the dark night and high wind to kill the man's entire family, young and old.
Those people died in a tragic manner, and they were all tricks that they had never seen before. There is no trace of Wanxiang's clean work, and Aunt Hong still has some power in the local area, and someone in the government secretly helps, so she has never found out who did it.
Since then, anyone who provokes the Zangxiang Pavilion will die unexpectedly and the real culprit cannot be found.
The girls trained by Aunt Hong are smart and well-behaved, with their own backers and connections. The complementarity of light and darkness made the Tibetan Incense Pavilion stand firm little by little.
It was probably at that time that Xiao Huaijin began to make friends with Shang Jia Feng to raise the dead, and the people had returned to the imperial city in the heart of Eagle's Beak Peak.
After many years, someone dared to step on the head of the Tibetan Incense Pavilion. Miaoyuan, Qi'er, these names echoed in Juanxiang's mind.
"Are you going back to Beixun?"
"Let's ask Aunt Hong to investigate first." Wanxiang was unusually calm, which was somewhat unexpected by Xiao Huaijin.
Wanxiang picked up the incense burner on the side, lit the letterhead and stuffed it into the incense burner, and watched it burn out before closing the lid: "Behind the Miaoyuan must be Qi'er, and who is behind Qi'er is unknown."
Either Qi Hou, or Xiao Huaiyue. But they are tied together at the moment, and the spearhead is unanimously pointed at you, so it doesn't matter who it is.
This is different from those people who deliberately made trouble when they first arrived in Beixun, and now those people dare to move the Tibetan Incense Pavilion, they must have made all the preparations and figured us out.
What's more, they are not just declaring war on us in the shadows, but weaving a net waiting for us to drill into it. ”
The good-looking little face looked worried, Xiao Huaijin sat next to her and looked at her, reached out and grabbed Wanxiang's hand and said, "I heard that Miaoyuan is also going to recruit vegetarians now, find some evidence to pull it to Mingli." ”
"Yes, it's not easy to do it in the dark, so pull it to the light. That's what I mean, but on the other side is King Xiang Qihou, the evidence must not only be sufficient, but also not give them any chance to bite the Tibetan Incense Pavilion. ”
"What we have to face is Qi Hou and King Xiang, and the evidence must be enough.
Wanxiang lowered her eyes and saw the incense rafters on the side of the case, and she didn't know why she remembered Qi'er's smiling face, so she was upset, and waved her hand and called Qiu Di: "Take this away." ”
Whether it was an assassination or an expedition or a lone sneak into the Yupu camp, Wanxiang was never afraid. It's just that when I think of Ji'er today, I feel panicked.
Probably because she has been with herself for too long, knows herself too well, knows how to make herself the most painful, how to blindfold herself.
At the beginning, it was also in this house that Qi'er and herself roasted chestnuts on the stove. Wanxiang peeled it for her one by one and put it on the plate, feeding each other.
Now touching his lower abdomen, the child who didn't have the chance to meet, and the three poisoned arrows are really heartbreaking.
After that, Wanxiang was easy to be suspicious, and sometimes even Aunt Hong would be suspicious, so Xiao Huaijin had never questioned it. Because of Xiao Huaijin's betrayal, Wanxiang didn't dare to think about it at all.
But those things happened in the end, and Qi'er is not the same as before, and her presence makes Wanxiang realize that she is not as smart as others think, and she is simply stupid.
The incense stroked the green cloud carvings on the tea tray, the copper furnace still scattered the smell of freshly burned letterheads, the clouds outside the window were thin, and there was a touch of golden yellow tightly wrapped around the clouds, and the rain was about to stop completely.
As soon as Xiao Huaijin raised his hand, Wanxiang saw that the silver lines on Xiao Huaijin's dark cuffs were a little familiar: "The prince has been wearing this robe for many years, right?" ”
Looking at the two more silver stripes on both shoulders, he asked, "Isn't this the one I made for you in the first place?" ”
"yes."
The two silver strips are probably the traces left by repairing clothes, thinking of this silk incense hugging Xiao Huaijin from behind: "The prince has a lot of clothes, this is not easy to wear and throw away, why bother to find someone to repair it?" ”
"The princess is not virtuous, and she has only made me one set of clothes over the years. You can only wear it. ”
"I'm not virtuous?!" Wanxiang asked in disbelief: "You say I'm not virtuous?!" ”
Xiao Huaijin glanced at her and asked, "Are you virtuous?" ”
"Oh." Wanxiang threw the pen aside and leaned on the armrest, her eyes glaring at the boss: "Yes, I'm not virtuous." The virtuousness of Qionghuatai is like a kitten.
The prince thought that the clothes made outside were not good, so he asked her to make them for you. Why bother me with my clumsy fingers? ”
Xiao Huaijin also leaned back: "I don't know if Qionghuatai can make clothes, but I know that the Qiu Di female worker next to you is very good, or I will take her in, right?" ”
"The prince is a dignified regent, what kind of woman do you want in the world? Why covet the people around me? The prince is really good at it.
I'm afraid that after people know that the prince has this thought, they can't stop sending people to the house. When the time comes, it will be a lot of expenses, and I will have to find a few more account rooms.
You, it's better to find a few more people who have read and can read the accounts, and read the accounts in the house for me. ”
"That doesn't seem like a good deal."
"How so?" Wanxiang raised her eyes, and there was a cunning light in her eyes: "The Pingnan Wangfu family has a big business and can afford it." ”
Xiao Huaijin asked tentatively: "Then I really accept it?" ”
"Na!" Wanxiang slapped the table: "When the time comes, I will personally write an invitation for the prince, hang red silk and light firecrackers, and set the best banquet in the Lion Tower to entertain the entire imperial city."
It's best for the prince to enter the door together, so that you can set up a table. ”
Xiao Huaijin stared at Wanxiang like this for a long time, and couldn't help but tease her when she looked happy: "It's okay, just do as you say." ”
Seeing Wanxiang smirk at Xiao Huaijin, she suddenly picked up her pen and pointed at him and asked, "You dare?" ”
Xiao Huaijin hurriedly hid back, for fear that she would draw her face black again with a wave of her pen. Pressing down Wanxiang's hand, he held the white porcelain cup on the tea tray with peace of mind and said: "The good news has just arrived, Liang Cuo and his troops have slowed down a little, and it will be time to enter the city in three or five days to resume their lives." ”
Wanxiang just nodded in response, but Qiu Di, who was standing at the door, kept wringing her fingers and staring at a corner of the eaves for a long time.
It just so happened that when Okra came over with a basket of peaches with all her might, she saw her in reverie, and shouted with a frown: "Sister Qiudi, what are you doing?" ”
Qiu Di came back to his senses and saw okra, so he came to his senses and went over to help: "Why didn't you call someone to help?" ”
"I thought I was moving, but I didn't expect it to be so heavy."
The two men carried the basket into the small kitchen and struggled to put it aside. There was not much to go, but the two of them were sweating, sitting aside and pouring some cold water to drink, Qiu Di took the bowl and asked, "Are the peaches in the backyard?" ”
"It's not." Okra drank two sips of water fiercely: "Mrs. Yingguo of Baifu sent it to the princess." ”
"Someone should send something from our East Courtyard."
"The porter was going to send it to me, but I owed it, and said that I could just bring it back by myself. Halfway through, the little guy saw that I didn't help and snickered at me, so I had to move back and show them one! ”
After hearing this, Qiu Di shook his head, and couldn't help but smile in the face of the stubborn and cute okra.
Suddenly, she asked Qiu Di as if she had thought of something: "Sister Qiu Di, neither of us is waiting at the door anymore, what should I do if the princess can't call someone?" ”
"Autumn tea is outside."
"Oh......"
"Okra."
"Huh?"
"I heard that General Liang defeated Fengyang, and he is going to return to the court."
"yes, I know."
Qiu Di poured the bowl again and handed it to Okra, pretending to ask unintentionally: "Do you say that General Liang will go back to our palace or his own mansion this time?" ”
"I don't know, since he has his own mansion, he can't always live in the palace and empty his own home, right? Okra turned around and asked with two big eyes open, "Why are you asking this?" ”
"I'm just asking." Okra clenched the bowl in his hand: "I'm just curious, General Liang is the personal guard of the prince, who will protect the prince when he leaves?" ”
Okra squatted on the ground and picked out two peaches that were not very good-looking, put them in the scoop and washed them: "What do you care about him?" Don't say anything else around the prince, it's enough to have a princess.
What's more, the prince is excellent in martial arts, so naturally there is no need to worry. Let's just serve these two masters. The princess treats her subordinates well, as long as the one in Qionghuatai doesn't make her angry, our life will be very good. ”
Saying that, okra couldn't stop patting Qiu Di's shoulder, and Qiu Di shrank back in fright: "What's the matter?" ”
"Besides, didn't you offend General Liang? It's better if he's gone, and no one bothering you anymore. He is the prince's right-hand man, in case he remembers that you tore you apart like an enemy, the princess may not be able to protect you. ”
"How can you say it's so terrible?"
"You don't want to think about why he didn't marry at this age, he has four big characters written on his face."
"What?"
Okra stretched out her little hand and handed over the peaches, and then counted her fingers one by one: "Tyrannical temperament!" ”
If Liang Cuo moved out of the house like this, wouldn't it be difficult for him to see him? But what if you can see it?
In the past, he was just the prince's guard, and he was the princess's maid, so he was a good match. But he is now a hussar general appointed by the emperor himself, and he is the same as the three fairs and the second grade.
It is not an exaggeration to say that he is marrying a township lord and county lord, how can he look back at a hairy maid?
Sudden worries, covered with Qiu Di's little face.
She suddenly regretted giving birth to these thoughts that she shouldn't have, otherwise she would have been able to gnaw peaches as heartless as okra.
"But be careful." Okra suddenly said: "He will still come to the palace." ”
"Oh, yes."
Seeing Qiu Di's face suddenly realized and surprised, Okra took the peach and stepped back: "Why are you ...... Don't you look scared at all? Scared crazy? ”