Chapter 66: Return Gift
"Evening light, don't mess around."
Clear sky with a sword in his hand in front of Wan Zhao, what a dangerous place the palace is, he will never agree to Wan Zhao risking his life.
"Don't worry, I won't reveal Xiangjia's identity."
Wanzhao took a step back impatiently, lowering her eyes to avoid Qingtian's eyes, she knew very well that this time it was Qingtian's letter to Mo Xiaohou, and she couldn't say that she was angry in her heart, but she was extremely uncomfortable with his concealment.
"I didn't mean that, I ......."
Qingkong heard that she seemed to have a misunderstanding of her actions, and the scabbard in her hand retreated to the side, and her usually cold face looked flustered.
Wan Zhao arched his hand and said solemnly to Mo Yan, "Although the little marquis commands, it is."
Mo Yan raised his head slightly, glanced at the clear sky with a worried face, and asked loudly with the corners of his mouth, "Who has the best light skills in the Xiang family?"
Clear Sky showed his face, and immediately replied, "Naturally, it's me."
Wan Zhao said sarcastically: "Don't get involved with the young master, it's a harem where the royal ladies live, it's not appropriate for you to go."
Wanzhao clenched the sword in his hand, and couldn't wait to try it with the clear sky immediately, and the clear sky knew that he was at a loss and didn't want to speak.
Mo Yan smiled faintly, he didn't expect this, it seemed that he couldn't help Qingtian, so he had to say to Wanzhao, "Who is better than you and Leader Xiang's light skills?"
Wanzhao patted his chest, and said confidently: "Little Hou Ye, don't worry, I can't compare to Sister Bixiao in the wheel swordsmanship, but I still beat her in light skills!"
"Okay, you go and return this pair of jade ruyi to their original owners."
Mo Yan nodded after speaking, signaling that he was very sure, Wanzhao took the wooden box in his hand, and smiled contemptuously: "Okay, I promise to give her a big surprise!"
The afterglow of the sky reflected the colorful glow, Mo Yan lazily lay on the rattan chair and fell asleep, it was not bad to clear his mind at this time, he faintly felt that the matter in Cangzhou was far from so simple, he was waiting for the return of a person, and that person's words could accurately determine the situation in front of him.
"Lao Li, what time is it?"
Mo Yan half-squinted his eyes and muttered, he had too many things on his mind lately and couldn't sleep well, so he just squinted a little and woke up, but it was enough for him.
"Little Hou Ye is awake! The time has just arrived, you drink a cup of hot tea to go to the cold, it is autumn now, no matter how good the little marquis is, he can't sleep directly in the yard, so he will get sick."
Manager Li handed over the hot tea, Mo Yan nodded slightly, lifted the velvet blanket on his body and sat up, just now he fell asleep unconsciously thinking about things, it seems that this head is indeed tired.
Mo Yan took a sip of tea and said slowly, "Why is it so quiet today?"
Manager Li couldn't help but smile, the little marquis is most afraid of arguing on weekdays, but today is too quiet, this is obviously missing the little lady. It is said that a man who becomes a pro will become clingy, and he misses it so much after the little lady leaves for a day, it turns out that he has never been close to women, and the unruly Mo Xiaohou is no exception.
"What are you laughing at? What's wrong?"
Mo Yan didn't understand what he meant, straightened up and lost his temper, and put the teacup on the table with dissatisfaction. Manager Li hurriedly explained, "Little Hou Ye, you may have forgotten in a hurry. The little lady has returned to the Wen family, and the house will not be lively without the little lady, and besides, without the two girls Wanzhao and Xiaochun, you naturally feel a lot more deserted."
Manager Li's words made Mo Yan's heart tighten, today's Hou Mansion is indeed extremely cold, so quiet that people are not sure, it turns out that he has long been accustomed to the existence of Wen Ye, but for the sake of face, he still lightly reproached him and said, "Just you talk too much, call Qingtian over."
"I didn't see him come back."
Mr. Li's face was embarrassed, he saw that the Kun guard and the little marquis entered the mansion and did not see the young master follow, guessing that maybe he was worried that Wanzhao stayed in the Wen Mansion and did not come back.
"You think too much, he is the young master of the Xiang family, and he doesn't have so much time for children to be long."
Mo Yan said disdainfully, he naturally knew where Clear Sky was going, because he had already arranged for Clear Sky to go out of the city to pick up people today. Manager Li shook his head in disbelief, Mo Yan didn't bother to explain to him, and blew the bamboo flute to summon his golden eagle.
"Optane, go find the clear sky
Come back!"
The golden eagle steadily caught the jerky thrown by Mo Yan, flapped his wings and flew to the east of the city, Mo Yan shook his head when he saw it, it seems that Manager Li really guessed, he was really useless, and his hard work was in vain.
Not long after, Ao Teng and Clear Sky flew down to the roof one after another, this Xiang Jia Qinggong was really as light as a swallow, and Manager Li was stunned.
"Little Marquis, I don't worry about going to the evening."
Qingkong bowed and saluted, Mo Yan played with the jade wrench on the index finger of his right hand, and glanced up at Qingtian, who was standing in front of him deflated, presumably hopeless persuasion. This young master of the Xiang family is really as infatuated as the head of the Xiang family, if he is asked to kneel down and beg for himself now, he should not refuse.
"Are you marrying a lady or an adoptive daughter?"
Mo Yan didn't answer him directly, there was more disappointment in his eyes, he has always been clear about priorities, the matter of Cangzhou is imminent, even Wen Ye He didn't go to accompany him, he concentrated on returning to the Hou Mansion and waiting for that person to appear, Qingtian has been thinking that Wanzhao did not go to pick up people outside the city, he can't tolerate Qingtian's behavior this time.
"I ......"
Qingtian was dumbfounded by the question, he didn't want to risk his life by looking at the evening light, and at the same time, he didn't want to delay the business, so he begged Ming's guard to let him go on his behalf. Qingkong knew that he had done something wrong, so he had to lower his body and say, "I went out of the city to pick up people today, I asked the Ming guards to go, and now I should enter Beijing."
Mo Yan nodded, and then said, "I'll go to the west of the city to the mansion, and you let the Kun guards guide the way for me." As for you, if you don't feel at ease, follow from afar, don't say I didn't have the heart to remind you, don't be found by her, otherwise you won't want her to smile at you this month."
Mo Yan sighed secretly after speaking, Qingtian thanked him, stepped on the big tree in the courtyard, and jumped out of the courtyard wall of the east courtyard.
"The laughter gradually fades into silence, but the affection is ruthlessly annoyed."
Mo Yan reluctantly chanted the verses, and couldn't help but shake his head slightly, originally felt that he was not very good at chasing his wife, but he didn't expect that the young master of the Xiang family was even more useless, and suddenly there was a sentimentality that he was also a fallen person at the end of the world.
In the evening, she took advantage of the moonlight eaves to walk the wall into the Empress Dowager's Ciming Palace, and carefully lifted the tiles on the roof, and Chu Tianjiao was bathing and changing clothes at this time. Wan Zhao shook his head with a pout, this shriveled figure was not as strong as hers, fortunately he didn't let the clear sky come today, wouldn't it pollute his eyes.
A screen blocked the heat wafting out of the bathtub, and the queen mother, who was dressed elegantly, was looking at the books at the table, and heard the sound of "banging" water and dressing, she anxiously walked over and whispered: "Jiao'er, let's go to Jingshan Temple with the mourning family tomorrow to burn incense, the mourning family has been bored in their hearts for the past few days, is there going to be an accident?"
Chu Tianjiao couldn't help but roll her eyes, and secretly laughed in her heart, she was annoyed by the problem of being a soldier again. The palace maids dressed Chu Tianjiao, and she came out from behind the screen and replied to the queen mother: "Don't go, where is the accident, it's not that the queen mother always thinks about it, it's not bad to go to the Jingshan hunting ground to play around."
Since Chu Tianjiao was confined in the princess's mansion, she hated the eldest princess's mansion outside the palace, staying in the palace every day, always eating, drinking and enjoying herself in the name of the queen mother, and the husband chosen by the queen mother for her was also made difficult for her, and in recent days she has become more and more willful.
"The mourning family is tired, and you should rest early."
The queen mother was helped back to the room by the palace maids, Chu Tianjiao hurriedly lowered her head, bowed slightly and said goodbye, "Congratulations to the queen mother."
The palace maids combed Chu Tianjiao's hair, she looked at herself in the mirror and was quite satisfied, her tender face was as smooth as jade, and then she thought about Wen Ye's face for fear that it had been ruined, and she was quite proud when she thought of it.
"Go down, Red stay."
Chu Tianjiao beckoned all the palace maids to retreat, leaving only a personal palace maid to serve her to sleep. The evening care on the roof was carefully watched, and the palace maid named Xiaohong was the palace maid who cooperated with Chu Tianjiao three times and twice to make things difficult for Wen Ye.
"Xiaohong, can the pair of jade ruyi be delivered?"
The corners of Chu Tianjiao's mouth were hooked, with a bit of ridicule and pride, and she knew at a glance that she really did it!
"The slave and maid saw it with their own eyes, and they can't be wrong."
The palace maid named Xiaohong looked flattering, and served Chu Tianjiao diligently to lie down, blowing out the candles in the house, leaving only the bed
A candle on the side.
"Why hasn't there been any news yet?"
Chu Tianjiao was a little excited lying on the bed, Xiaohong stood in front of the bed and carefully lowered the bed curtain, and patiently comforted: "Don't worry, eldest princess, tomorrow the slave maid will go outside the palace to inquire about the news."
"Very well, go down."
Chu Tianjiao laughed angrily, she didn't know what she was flustering about, she had done more bad things in Cangzhou before than this, but at that time she was not as anxious as she was now. Since you have received the jade Ruyi, if you have touched ordinary people, you will be poisoned, but the speed and length of the poison are not easy to control. This drug will be toxic even after four or five days, and it is difficult to say the cause of any induced cause.
Wanzhao gritted her teeth in anger on the roof, and finally managed to survive until Chu Tianjiao let out a slight breathing sound, obviously she had fallen asleep.
Wanzhao put the roof tiles back in place, hung her feet upside down on the eaves, she gently pushed open the window, closed her feet into the house, rolled and stood up, and walked like a cloud in one go. She crept to the dresser, placed the wooden box in the most prominent place, and as she left, she quickly lit the candlelight in front of the table, and in the blink of an eye it flew out of the window, she closed the window lightly, and hid herself in the dark hide.
"Who?"
Chu Tianjiao woke up slightly, and found that the candle lamp in front of the dresser had been re-lit, she hurriedly got up and looked around, and walked to the wooden box, only to feel very familiar and slowly open it.
"Jade Ruyi! It's itching!"
I only heard a frightened scream from inside the house, the door was pushed open, and the palace maids rushed in one after another, "popping" a loud slap, followed by the groans of a palace maid collapsing......
Wanzhao pursed her lips and smiled, it seems that they are very satisfied with the return gift prepared by the little marquis, not only did they return it intact, but also increased the amount of poison powder again, which is really very relieving!
Wanzhao climbed down the palace wall, collected the claw rope, and said to the dark place outside the palace wall, "Come out, I have already discovered you, there is nothing to hide in the palace."
Clear Sky hesitated again and again but still appeared, she was really getting more and more vigilant, and now even his figure couldn't fool her.
The two tacitly did not say a word again, and walked silently in the capital at midnight one after the other. The cool evening breeze blew off the leaves on the trees, and the evening light was a little out of control, she sniffed and raised her head to prevent the tears from flowing from her eyes......