Li Xiaoqi crooked on the couch, slowly drinking a cup of red date soup, savoring the letter that had just been sent over for a long time, the eldest prince put the snake in a box and sent it to Prime Minister Lin's mansion, so it seems that the eldest prince and Prime Minister Lin have contact from time to time, so what is his intention in sending this snake to Lin Mansion? Tell Prime Minister Lin that he was assassinated again, and then what? Is it for Prime Minister Lin Cheng to investigate the assassination and the people behind the scenes? Could it be that Prime Minister Lin is already his thing? No! Li Xiaoqi sat up straight, and intuitively denied his thoughts, if Prime Minister Lin Cheng is really attached to the eldest prince, then at this time, it is the most advantageous way for the eldest prince to cover up and conceal this tacit understanding with Prime Minister Lin Cheng, this assassination matter, it is impossible to tell Prime Minister Lin Cheng with evidence like this, even if he wants to pass this matter to Prime Minister Lin Cheng, he can't send it over so blatantly! Besides, this great prince is pretending to be a corporal of Lixian and a benevolent and righteous lord who loves the people like a son, and he has not yet ascended to the throne, so he must not be arrogant to investigate such a thing, and there are people around him who do this kind of thing!

Li Xiaoqi seemed to think of something, and suddenly turned his head to look at Haitang and ordered: "Let's see if Xi'an has come back, if he comes back, let him come to see me." Begonia went out to spread the word, and it didn't take long for Xi'an to report in, Li Xiaoqi retreated from Begonia, looked at Xi'an and asked, "Your snake, is there anything special?" If someone saw the snake, what would they probably guess? ”

"There is nothing very special, the snake is a kind of snake born at the foot of the snow-capped mountains in the far north, there are two benefits, one is to bite people very quickly, and the other is more cold-resistant than ordinary snakes, in the weather of Taipingfu, if it is an ordinary snake, although it is not stiff, and its action is much slower, but this snake is flexible as usual." Xi'an explained in detail, and Li Xiaoqi hurriedly asked: "Are there many people who can recognize this snake?" This snake makes people look like it is from Beiping? ”

"It's not much, but it's not a lot, there are many people around the prince, you will be able to recognize it, this snake is only born at the foot of the snow mountain, the snow mountain is under the rule of Beiping, of course there will be more in Beiping, but there are not a few people who sell it outside, the gallbladder of this snake has a particularly good effect of clearing heat, and many people have bought medicine." Xi'an hurriedly explained, Li Xiaoqi breathed a long sigh of relief, retreated from Xi'an, and leaned back on the pillow, it seems that the eldest prince sent the dead snake to Prime Minister Lin Cheng, and he took it to sue! It must be like this, Li Xiaoqi shook his feet excitedly, this snake came from the snowy mountains under the rule of Beiping, in the court of Wu State, Wu Guifei is Su Zicheng's mother-in-law! He sent this snake into the Lin Mansion to tell Prime Minister Lin that Wu Guifei had used the despicable method of assassination again, in addition to this, he also had to tell Prime Minister Lin that Wu Guifei and Beiping were colluding together! What a scheming!

In the evening, Mrs. An sent a mother-in-law to come over to see Li Xiaoyi, Li Xiaoqi half lay on the couch and thanked Mrs. An gratefully, the mother-in-law took the heavy purse, and went back to convey Li Xiaoyi's gratitude with satisfaction, and the next day, Li Xiaoqi asked the shopkeeper Sun to go to Yanfu with a generous gift to thank him, as a sick and weak orphan girl from a remote border town, every drop of care for Yanfu must be reported by Yongquan to do the right thing.

When the sun was setting and the twilight was thick enough to envelop the Taiping Mansion, he hurriedly came in and inquired about the letter of the wild goose, when Li Xiaoqi gave him three days, he had to come back and talk back no matter how late it was today.

"•••••• first went around the courtyard for more than a day, the servants and mother-in-law on duty outside were hired by the tooth people, I don't know, the mother-in-law in the inner courtyard did not come out, and she was in a hurry, Miss Luoyan took people out of the city and went to Caiyunfang to make clothes, the girl knew that there were our people in Caiyunfang, which was easy, but I lost some food and tea, and I set a lot of words out, Miss Luoyan had a mother-in-law next to her, surnamed Du, Miss Luoyan brought her out with a little girl named Jinhuan when she was good, followed Qian Fuze to this Taiping Mansion again, this Du Pozi is old, her mouth is very broken, I heard her say, when Luo Yan just followed Qian Fuze, Qian Fuze treated her like a thousand obedient, even when she first arrived in Taiping Mansion, it was also good, Miss Luoyan said that she would not enter the house, Qian Fuze also followed her will, and accompanied her to live in the courtyard for seven or eight days before going home, and went home for one night, and rushed back to the courtyard early the next morning, but the second trip back changed, until eight and a half days, Qian Fuze arrived at the courtyard and threw fifty taels of silver, didn't say a few words, immediately rushed back, from then on, I haven't been to the other courtyard much, saying that Qian Fuze's wife gave him a new concubine, only fourteen years old, is a stunning Qingqi person. ”

Li Xiaoqi looked at the long term and asked, "Didn't you say that Qian Fuze's wife was jealous and fierce, and when the concubine entered the door, she had to beat her temper with twenty sticks first?" Why did you give Qian Fuzena a concubine? He glanced at Li Xiaoqi for a long time, and hurriedly explained: "I asked people to inquire about the affairs of the Qian family, Qian Fuze's wife, is another girl from the Shen family, this jealousy and fierceness, is the reputation of the Shen family in the past, I heard that after the cultivation of Buddhism and enlightenment, the previous bad things have changed, and now the reputation outside is getting better day by day, what filial piety to in-laws, virtuous and generous, benevolence, etc., good words are almost all accounted for, from the enlightenment and repentance of the past four or five years, before and after Qian Fuze carried four concubines into the door. Looking at Li Xiaoqi for a long time, he continued meaningfully: "Don't talk about the things before Shen's repentance, since she began to be virtuous, she first took back the six concubines that Qian Fuze raised outside, in addition to these ten concubines, counting the wild goose, Qian Fuze himself accepted three more concubines, a total of thirteen concubines, and now there are three more in the house, one of them is sick and dying, and there is a falling goose outside. Li Xiaoqi was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he took a few breaths before he spoke: "What about people? ”

"Five died, three ran away, and one became a monk."

"Could it be that Qian Fuze doesn't care about these concubines? What about Shen's in-laws? ”

"Qian Fuze now respects his wife very much, Qian Fuze's mother died early, and his father is also a very amorous person, he has to carry a concubine into the door every year or two, and he suffered a stroke and hemiplegia the year before last, and I heard that he couldn't even speak clearly, and the concubines in the courtyard were scattered."

Li Xiaoqi exhaled softly, speechless for a while, such a Qian family can have such a Shen family. Li Xiaoqi was silent for a moment, and he didn't have time to sigh more, he pondered for a moment, looked at the long term and asked, "Is Luo Yan going to do spring clothes or summer clothes?" ”

"It's all spring clothes, and I haven't made any summer clothes, saying that I don't know what kind of material style is suitable at this time, and I'll look at it in a month or two."

"How many spring clothes did you make? Are they all the latest patterns? ”

"I made three skirts, two short undergarments, and the patterns and styles are all the latest."

Li Xiaoqi breathed a sigh of relief, this falling goose, she really didn't misunderstand her! The corners of Li Xiaoyi's mouth oozed a smile, and while jumping off the bed neatly, he hurriedly commanded the long-term: "Hurry up and get out of the city!" I'm going to talk to Miss Luoyan for tea tonight! Let Xi'an prepare things, this night can not disturb us to drink tea and talk! "After a long period of stunned, the fifth master's thoughts turned too fast, and inexplicable ideas emerged one after another, it was really a moment of east and a moment of west! Slander is slander, or simply agreed, and hurriedly withdrew to pick someone to prepare the car, and drugged and stabbed the lock. Li Xiaoqi called Danyue and Begonia to come in, picked out a green and dark brocade tight-fitting short jacket, a green and green embroidered orchid grass gauze skirt, put it on and looked at it in the mirror, and told Danyue to take the jewelry box over, picked a moist and transparent wide bracelet to put on, Begonia took a dark green silk face gray squirrel cloak for Li Xiaoqi to wear, Li Xiaoqi wrapped the cloak, hurriedly walked out of the hanging flower gate, got in the car and rushed to the city gate.

Xi'an urged the horses to gallop all the way, and finally rushed out of the city gate before the city gate was closed.

Li Xiaoqi got out of the car, looked up at the full moon in the sky that was almost round, the full moon and stars were sparse, it was really not a good day to kill people and set fires, alas, there was no way, I really couldn't wait, Li Xiaoqi put on the black gauze hat in his hand, followed closely behind Nanning, and quietly entered the courtyard where Luoyan lived from the back corner door along the corner of the tree.

The courtyard was quiet and could hear every occasional faint insect chirping, Xi'an flashed out from behind the corner gate, made a gesture, and signaled that it was already appropriate, Li Xiaoqi breathed a sigh of relief, straightened up, Nanning led forward, Xi'an and Changchang guarded left and right, and went straight to the main house where Luoyan lived.

There are very few lanterns in the yard, only a red lantern is hung in the center under the eaves, Li Xiaoqi turned his head to look around, there are no birds, no flowers and plants, this yard is simple and surprising, alas! What a luxury the Red Mansion was back then! Nanning stood at the foot of the steps of the main house, turned his head to inquire about Li Xiaoyi, Li Xiaoqi shook his hand at him, signaled everyone to hide, carried his skirt, went up the steps, raised his hand and knocked on the door twice unhurriedly.

"Come in." The sound of the wild goose is very peaceful, Li Xiaoqi stretched out his hand to push the door open, crossed the threshold with his skirt, turned around and was about to close the door, Xi'an flashed into the door like a wisp of black smoke, and in a blink of an eye, he didn't know where he was hiding, Li Xiaoqi held his hand in the air and froze, blinked, then closed the door, turned his head to look around, the house did not put the light, the curtain in the east chamber hung high, and the light that came out illuminated the main house, but also saw very clearly, the house was fully furnished, and there were bottles of peach blossoms on several cases under the middle hall, there was no ornament else, Li Xiaoqi looked around, Walk slowly to the east chamber.

There is a low couch under the window of the east wing, the curtain behind the couch hangs low, the yellow light gently swayes, it seems that the room is warm and peaceful, Luo Yan is dressed in peach-colored homely clothes, with her hair scattered, she is lowering her head, holding a pen and carefully describing something, hearing footsteps, she does not look up, but asks in a peaceful voice: "Why have you been going for so long?" ”