Chapter 69: Birthday Day
"When this is done, I will send you back and resume your old life."
Tian Qi didn't answer her question, but just gave her such a promise-like sentence.
On the way back to Cuiyuxuan, Tang Lu'er turned her face to look at the person beside her, only to see that he was always so upright, calm and calm, unhurried and unhurried, and always that expressionless face and indifferent eyes. But when he spoke, his tone was always unexpectedly gentle, and she had never seen him in a hurry, let alone a time when he spoke unclearly. Maybe it's a habit, or it's a character, but this kind of speech and behavior can make people feel that they are well-educated.
There is a subtle tenderness hidden under the cold appearance, and the feeling of being so self-disciplined and rigorous on weekdays makes Tang Luer sigh secretly, no wonder she can charm those little maids, and even her strange aunt's heart can't help but ripple a little.
"Seventh brother." When he returned to the gate of Cuiyuxuan Courtyard, Tang Lu'er called Tian Qi and suddenly asked, "Can I trust you?" β
Tian Qi was stunned, looked at Tang Lu'er for a while, and then nodded, the expression on his face was still indifferent, but his eyes were very serious.
Tang Lu'er smiled: "Thank you, Seventh Brother, see you tomorrow!" β
Tian Qi stood at the gate of the courtyard, and after watching the delicate figure run in, he sighed softly in his heart, ...... tomorrow
King Dingnan finally gave him an answer yesterday, and as soon as the birthday banquet was over, he gave him the other half of the Xiangtian map, and then helped him return to the Xinghai Gang to regain the position of the gang leader.
Early in the morning of July 15th, before dawn, Princess Dingnan got up, today is the prince's birthday banquet, and the people who come to the banquet are either rich or noble, she naturally needs to dress up more grandly. The clothes are just a few days ago sewn by people with red satin colorful phoenix cloud pattern embroidery and hem embroidered Jiangya sea water round-necked robe, scarlet satin multicolored ripple embroidered pleated skirt, hair comb Lingyun bun, wearing five tails wings beads gold phoenix hairpin, earlobe gold gourd inlaid with ruby pendant, forehead appliquΓ©, eyebrows lightly swept, face with thin powder.
After everything was dressed up, Princess Dingnan looked at herself in the mirror steadily, and she didn't come back to her senses until Mu Miaoyi came in, and after a long time, she said softly: "Time is not forgiving, I am really old." "No amount of fat powder can cover the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, no matter how luxurious clothes are, she can't keep her lost face, she is getting older day by day, but that woman is forever young and beautiful.
Mu Miaoyi smiled and stepped forward to say: "The princess doesn't know how many ladies outside envy your skin for good maintenance, a few days ago, a few official wives specially asked me how the princess maintained her on weekdays, so that they could learn to be beautiful." β
"What good way can I do, no matter how much I pay attention, I can't compare to those young girls Shui Ling, besides, I'm also a grandmother, and if I pay attention to these, I'm afraid it's going to make people laugh." Princess Dingnan turned around and sighed softly, "Has the prince arrived?" β
"It seems that there is a delay on the road, and it is estimated that I will arrive in the afternoon, so I can catch the dinner." Mu Miaoyi stepped forward to hold Princess Dingnan's hand as she spoke.
"That Tang girl, but someone invited you?" Princess Dingnan nodded and asked again.
"I just sent someone over there to take a look, I haven't gotten up yet, I guess it's just gotten up, in the end, Mrs. Liu is taking care of it, and the concubine is not easy to ask too much, so I only let people come back after a few words of greeting." Mu Miaoyi said as she quietly observed Princess Dingnan's face.
"It's a good fate." Princess Dingnan shook her head with a smile, and then explained, "There will be a lot of guests today, you pay more attention, I'll go to the prince to have a look, if the Tang girl gets up in a while, you can invite her to my trip." β
"Yes." As soon as Mu Miaoyi responded, Princess Dingnan said again: "By the way, how is Mrs. Wen doing there?" I don't seem to hear anything these days. β
"Brother Yuan'er has been getting worse and worse these days, I heard that Mrs. Wen has been guarding all night and night in the past two days, and in the morning the concubine went over to take a look, and saw that she had lost weight all over, her eyes were sunken, and she looked quite crazy." Mu Miaoyi said, just sighed, "The concubine still wanted to go in to see Brother Yuan'er, but she didn't let her, saying that Brother Yuan had just fallen asleep and couldn't make people quarrel, so the concubine had to comfort her a few words, and then came out." β
"But I asked the doctor? What did the doctor say? After listening to this, Princess Dingnan frowned, Mrs. Liu's move was really good, it looks quiet over there now, but it is even more annoying, looking at Mrs. Wen like that, maybe she will go crazy at some point.
"I inquired yesterday, and when I heard what the doctor meant, it seems that I can't get through it, and it depends on when I am young." Mu Miaoyi whispered, Princess Dingnan frowned again, and then ordered: "You arrange a few more people to go over there to watch, don't let her make anything happen, especially today, there are a lot of guests, don't let the palace lose face." β
Mu Miaoyi nodded: "The concubine knows that in the morning, she had already sent two old women with sharp hands and feet to watch over there, and she couldn't come out on this day." β
At the same time, on an official road from Jingzhou to the south, a group of rushing cars and horses raised countless smoke and dust, and pedestrians on the road were in a hurry to avoid it.
Such an anxious atmosphere and a large bump made the wife and a pair of children in the car panic, the four-year-old daughter leaned on her mother's arms and cried, and the six-year-old son next to her was also pale. It's just that the couple has an eight-year-old eldest son, but he is not in the car at the moment, nor is he in any of the carriages of the convoy.
"Master, can you make the car slower down, the children are frightened!" The princess couldn't bear it, and hugged the two children and said.
"The entire palace is going to be destroyed, and you still take care of these." Yang Shizi yelled a little angrily, then got up and opened the curtain to look out, according to this driving speed, it would take half a day to reach Xiangzhou at the earliest. I hope that he is in such a hurry now that he can attract the attention of those people and delay some time for his cronies. Be sure to have someone deliver the regent's handwritten letter, i.e., the military horse transfer token, to the father, otherwise ......
Just as he glanced forward, he was about to lower the curtain when his pupils shrank sharply, and then the coachman was busy pulling the reins. The horses suddenly neighed, and the whole carriage shook violently a few times, and the princess and the two children in the car suddenly screamed in fright.
"Lord Shizi, in front, it seems to be an officer and soldier!" On the official road filled with smoke and dust, the guard who drove the car turned around and said, about ten zhang away in front, it was faintly visible that there were several ropes stretched horizontally on the official road, and there were two neatly dressed officers and soldiers on both sides of the official road, which was obviously prepared.
So fast!
Yang Shizi's eyelids jumped, and a drop of sweat slipped on his forehead.
After their carriage stopped, a person who looked like a team leader kicked his horse in front of him and shouted, "Is it Yang Shizi in the car?" β
After the man approached, Yang Shizi squinted and glanced at it, and his heart was shocked again, the person who came was actually the right deputy capital Yushi!
"It turned out to be Chen Yushi." Yang Shizi didn't get out of the car, only opened the curtain, and pretended to be shocked and puzzled to look at the visitor: "I don't know what Chen Yushi means by this?" β
"Without him, I just want to ask Yang Shizi to come with me."
"I hurried back to my home to celebrate my father's birthday on this trip, I'm afraid it won't be as Chen Yushi intended." As he spoke, he gestured to both sides, he had made preparations for leaving the capital this time, and he brought a lot of guards with him. When he talked to Chen Yushi just now, he had already seen that the other party did not bring many people, and if he wanted to keep him, he was afraid that he would not be able to. He is not afraid of conflict, this is a very moment, and it is he who occupies the geography at this time.
However, before Yang Shizi could give the order to break in, Chen Yushi gestured back, and then saw two officers and soldiers escorting an eight-year-old child and a man dressed as a farmer out.
"If I'm not mistaken, this little boy should be the eldest son of Yang Shizi." Chen Yushi smiled, "I just happened to meet it on the road, so I helped Yang Shizi bring it over, oh, I also found something, Shizi Ye should know what it is." β
Yang Shizi's face was pale, and his hand holding the curtain of the car trembled, it was impossible to be discovered, he had obviously made preparations, and he had already contacted the people from Chuanshanzhai, and the people sent out were planning to pass through the Sichuan Valley, how could he be caught here! Could it be that something has happened in the palace? Impossible, according to the news he received, the people sent out by the palace passed through Liuzhou on this trip, and counting the time, they could only go to Xiangzhou at the same time as him at the earliest, and it was impossible to be faster than him.
"Autumn !!" After the princess in the car looked at her son, she was frightened and panicked, and she was about to get out of the car with a miserable shout, Yang Shizi hurriedly turned around and drank, and Chen Yushi asked people to come forward and take people.
The sky was still sunny just now, but at some point, dark clouds gathered, the sky was dark, the wind was about to rise, and the rain was coming!
When Feiyan came in for the third time to tell Tang Lu'er to get up, Tang Lu'er squirmed and got up from the bed and yawned, then rubbed his eyes and said vaguely: "The prince is his old man's birthday, call me this little shrimp a magic horse, and I don't have money to give gifts." β
"Girl, the washing water is ready, and Mrs. Liu has just sent the clothes to be changed today." Feiyan automatically ignored her words and stood aside and said respectfully.
"Oh, I'm sorry for you, hehe......" Tang Lu'er reluctantly got out of bed and started a new day of dressing.
"Are there many guests coming here now? When does the prince's feast begin? After washing, when she sat in front of the dressing mirror and asked Feiyan to help comb her hair, Tang Lu'er asked as if chatting.
"I didn't go to the front yard, I don't know, but according to previous years, there will not be many guests who come over now, and if there are, there will be more people who have friends with the palace in advance to talk to the princess and princess. The feast only started in the afternoon, but now there are also a few small tables in the flower hall, which are specially prepared for those who come from afar to give birthday gifts. Feiyan helped Tang Lu'er comb a simple double screw bun, and then put on a headdress for her, and continued, "Just now, the princess sent someone over, and when she saw that the girl hadn't gotten up yet, she left a message, saying that when the girl got up, she would ask the girl to go to Manxiangyuan." β
"The princess is looking for me, what's the matter?" Tang Lu'er was stunned.
"This, the person who came didn't say it." Feiyan shook her head.
Tang Lu'er pondered for a while, and then asked, "What about Mrs. Liu, are you in Xuexiangyuan now?" β
"Mrs. Liu just went out."
"But where are you going?"
"Madame didn't say anything."
Alas, this maid is too incompetent, why don't you have the heart to gossip at all, Tang Lu'er sighed in her heart, spat lightly, and then stood up and said, "Okay, I'll go out and take a look." β
In this blue sky, Mrs. Tang is afraid that she will not be able to get in for a while. Princess, let's wait, let's go to Tian Qi to see first, I don't know if he has any content today.
Tang Lu'er was planning to do so in her heart as she walked, but as soon as she got out of the hospital, an old lady came over there and smiled at her and said, "Miss Tang is early, the girl slept well yesterday, and the princess asked the old slave to come over and invite Miss Tang to go." β
I also specially sent someone to guard this!?
Tang Lu'er glanced at the grandmother quietly, thinking in her heart, could this be the hidden grandmother that Mrs. Liu said? It's very likely, look at this guy who hides a knife in his smile, how can it be a bit of a bad person.
"What is the princess looking for me so early in the morning?" Tang Lu'er grinned, and also showed an innocent and innocent smile.
"I said that I suddenly remembered something and wanted to ask Miss Tang."
"Things? What's up? Tang Lu'er was really puzzled now, and she didn't know if what this grandma said was true or false, "What else can I do to get the princess to come and ask?" β
"This old slave doesn't know, the girl should go with me, and the princess will have some leisure today, don't delay the princess's time." The grandmother said politely, but there was a bit of toughness in her words.
Tang Lu'er opened a pair of big eyes and said innocently: "But I still want to go to my seventh brother." β
"The girl has a whole day to spare, but the princess does not, and the princess gets up before dawn this morning." The grandmother still had a smile on her face, but her words were unceremonious.
Meow, I didn't let her get up early, what's the matter with me! Tang Lu'er sneered, then secretly glanced at the grandmother, looked at the thick waist and arms of the people, and thought forget it, send people under the fence, I will reluctantly bow my head for embarrassment.
"Hehe, please ask Mama to lead the way." Tang Lu'er smiled brightly.
Girl, please. The grandmother smiled attentively.
Mrs. Liu walked to Yaochi Garden, and was about to go in, when she suddenly saw two more well-dressed grandmothers outside the courtyard, so she stepped forward and said hello with a smile: "Why did the two grandmothers get here today, isn't the princess busy?" β
One of the grandmothers said with a cold face: "Madame just take care of her own affairs, there is no need to inquire about anything else, and besides, the princess has explained, Mrs. Wen is in a bad mood these days, and the people who come to visit it had better not stay in it for too long." β
Receiving such a cold reception, Mrs. Liu did not have a trace of embarrassment on her face, but smiled: "Thank you Mama for reminding me, I know." β
After she finished speaking, she turned around and walked into Yaochi Garden, but as soon as she crossed the courtyard gate, she slowed down her pace slightly, and then looked back and looked out, and happened to look in the direction of the two grandmothers.
The two grandmothers were stunned, but before they could think about it, they suddenly felt a dull pain in their backs, and then their eyes went dark, and then they lost consciousness.
Madame Liu nodded slightly in that direction, then turned her face back and walked briskly towards Madame Wen's bedroom.
Brother Yuan died in the arms of Mrs. Wen in the middle of the night last night, and until now, except for Mrs. Wen and her personal maid, no third person knows about it. Before dawn today, Mrs. Wen asked her maid to quietly deliver a word to Mrs. Liu.
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~I wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival~
A big chapter of more than 4,300 words, ask for pink tickets, children's shoes, don't let me eat zero eggs for two days in a row~~~ (To be continued...... οΌ