Chapter 12: Breach of Contract
It's just that there are so many things in the past few days, and Mu Ruoxue, who is busy, has forgotten one thing.
She made an appointment with Li Luo to meet her in the Zuixian Tower on the second day during the palace banquet, but because Nanfeng kept looking for her for the past few days, she forgot to do it for a while.
Li Luo waited for her in the Drunken Immortal Building for a long time, but Mu Ruoxue didn't show up for a long time, thinking that something was delayed, but the subordinates who went to see came back: "Master, it was the Nan Gongzi of Shangshu Mansion who went to find Miss Mu, and it took time, so he must have forgotten." β
When Li Luo heard this, the blue tendons on his forehead burst out, his eyes fell on the guard, the porcelain cup that was originally turning in his hand was crushed raw, and he didn't care if his palm was pricked and bleeding, and he was extremely angry in his heart: "Why did Nan Gongzi go to her?" β
The guards bowed their heads and said nothing, everyone knew in their hearts that they were afraid that it was for Xie Mu Ruoxue to save his life, Shang Shugongzi has always valued friendship more than anyone else, not to mention such a life-saving grace, I am afraid that he will have to go to Mu Ruoxue for many days in a row.
Li Luo also knew this in his heart, so he was even more displeased, and took care of the wound casually, and then got up, his face was extremely gloomy: "That's it, don't wait, let's go early." β
That day, in the palace banquet, I saw Mu Ruo applying needles to treat Nanfeng, and it was certainly not the first time that he was so skillful, but the position of the needles was different from that of the Tai Hospital, and it seemed to be unique.
In addition, Mu Ruoxue's original poison was also solved by Mu Ruoxue, although it was not a strange poison, but it was the first time he could be cured in three or two clicks, and it was difficult to leave no residual poison, such a domineering method, how could an ordinary doctor do it?
I am afraid that the only one who can have such confidence to perform acupuncture without harming others is a witch doctor.
But the witch doctor is not something that can be decided by speculation, everything can only be seen when Mu Ruoxue saves people again, but Mu Ruoxue has not been out in the past few days, Li Luo has no other way but to send someone to keep an eye and wait for the next opportunity.
"Has there been any change in the Prime Minister's Mansion these days?" Li Luo lowered his head to look at the file in his hand, and his fingertips fell on the table, and his crisp voice made people's hearts tremble.
"There seems to be a little maid on Miss Mu's side, it should have been sent to the mansion a few days ago," the guard said in a deep voice, with a little doubt in his tone, "Although Miss Xiangfu is vigilant by nature, she seems to like this girl very much, maybe she may start with her." β
Mu Ruoxue's identity is really a mystery, how many backhands there are, even Li Luo is not sure, even if Mu Ruoxue stands on the same line with him for the time being, it is difficult to guarantee whether she will find a way back.
"If you can, it's naturally good to start from the maid, but you just have to be careful not to be discovered." Li Luo put down the file with an indescribable emotion.
What I have to do now is to wait for Mu Ruoxue to go out, only in this way can I do the future, if I just ask like this, even if I ask for ten days and a half months, I can't ask anything.
This is more than a month, and finally when Mu Ruoxue goes out, the direction should be south of the city.
"Outside the south of the city is a barren mountain, Yi, you go." Li Luo said in a deep voice, he had seen Mu Ruoxue in the south of the city, and that day he saw her disguise with his own eyes, Mu Ruoxue had more and more confusion on her body, so that people couldn't see her clearly, if he could, it would be best to tie her back.
Yi got the order, his head left, the master seemed to be very interested in this eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, if she was a virtuous person, it would be a good thing to use it for herself.
Mu Ruoxue took someone out for the first time, where did the little maid go out of the house, everything was very novel, and she was even more puzzled when she heard that Mu Ruoxue was going to the south of the city: "Although I haven't been to such a place, but I heard that the south of the city is a barren mountain, what is the young lady going to do there?" β
"A barren mountain land is not necessarily without good things." Mu Ruoxue looked at the maid with a smile, after more than a month of getting along, she could basically be sure that this girl was really naΓ―ve, not deliberately pretending, since she was going to stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion, she naturally wanted a credible person, and it was indeed impossible to be suspicious all day long.
I bought a bunch of sugar gourds from the hand of the sugar gourd seller on the street and handed it to the maid, who waved his hand again and again: "I can't help it, it's already a blessing for Miss to be willing to take me out, how can I ask for Miss's things again!" β
Mu Ruoxue was silent for a long time, and then stuffed a string of red into the maid's hand, the girl seemed to be burned by a sugar gourd, she didn't hold it, she didn't lose it, she wanted to cry and stood there without tears and didn't know what to do.
"You don't need to be so restrained, just a reward." Mu Ruoxue looked at the girl's reaction and felt a lot happier, Xu was suffering in the hands of human teeth in the past, and knew that some things could not be held, so he became the well-behaved appearance now.
The little girl was amused, her face was full of emotion, and she stopped making a sound, followed behind Mu Ruoxue, taking a small bite of the sugar gourd, and taking a bite was like a pain for a long time, Mu Ruoxue couldn't help laughing.
Since this girl came to her side, she naturally couldn't let others bully her, and when she was about to open her mouth to ask, she suddenly realized that she hadn't named her for more than a month: "Has the steward who brought you here ever named you?" β
"No, the steward said that the name can only be made by the master, and if the master is not famous, he will not be famous." The maid said that she was a little aggrieved, and her eyes fell on Mu Ruoxue, as if she was looking forward to it.
"In that case, then it's called Lotus Ming, there is no need to be like this by my side in the future, your monthly money is enough to buy a hundred strings of sugar gourds." Mu Ruoxue raised her hand and patted He Ming's shoulder as she spoke, looking at the south gate of the city not far away, and was about to speak, but her face suddenly froze.
He Ming liked the name and nodded heavily, but seeing that Mu Ruoxue's feet were getting faster and faster, she knew in her heart that Mu Ruoxue was afraid that she would find something, so she didn't ask much, and she honestly accelerated her steps to keep up.
Mu Ruoxue went all the way to the south of the city, and after passing the city gate, she took the lotus tea and hid behind a rock: "Don't make a sound." "If the man is just going home, but follow all the way to the south of the city, I'm afraid it's not so simple, the nearest house at the south entrance of the city has passed a quarter of an hour ago, and the others don't know what is in the south of the city, so they naturally don't want to come.
He Ming bowed his head, and even the sound of breathing became smaller, but the two waited for a long time, Mu Ruoxue didn't see the man, looked around, and then came out with He Ming.
Could it be that she was really wrong?
It's just that after the master and servant walked for a while again, Mu Ruoxue felt the sense of sight again, and with a sigh in her heart, she took the lotus tea around a few corners.
The mountains south of the city are steep and the terrain is complicated, and it will take half a day for the man to find him again, not to mention that they have been moving.
"Miss, don't mess around, what if you don't pay attention and bump into that person?" He Ming was not familiar with the south of the city, pulling Mu Ruoxue's sleeves, her eyebrows were full of worry.
Mu Ruoxue's eyes bent when she heard this, and her gloomy face now became extremely gentle: "There is only one way." She had chosen this path, and if the man wanted to find them, he had to follow it, and there was the south gate of the city, unless the man went back and waited for them.
But as Mu Ruoxue said, until the master and servant came out of the south of the city, the man did not find them.
He Ming looked frightened, patted her chest slowly, looked back from time to time, and made sure that the man really didn't catch up, so she relaxed and continued to follow Mu Ruoxue.
"What I say to you today, don't tell anyone else, you know?" Mu Ruoxue's face was serious, and her fingertips fell on He Ming's face, looking threatening, but this girl was really bold, and she just nodded with a smile.
"He Ming naturally won't talk nonsense with outsiders," He Ming bit the corner of her lip and walked behind Mu Ruoxue, "The only one who is willing to be so good to He Ming is Miss." β
Mu Ruoxue was stunned, then bent her eyes and bowed, and stuffed some silver into He Ming: "It's not a lot of silver, I usually have nothing to do to buy some snacks, and others will say that I am harsh on you in a while." "This girl is pure-minded, and if she doesn't say a few words, it's hard to say when she will be deceived by others.
He Ming and Mu Ruoxue have not been around for a long time, but they also know that their master is not afraid of other people's gossip: "Yes, thank you, Miss." "This money is entitled to be saved for the young lady, and if there is a need in the future, even if it is not much, it can come in handy.
The two returned to the mansion, but the hall was full of people, Mu Ruoxue frowned, and her eyes fell on Mu Hanyun who was on the main seat: "Father, what's wrong?" β
Mu Hanyun sighed, and his eyes fell on a man: "This is the personal guard of the second prince, the second prince has a chronic illness, and I want you to take a look." "If there is any chronic disease, I am afraid that it is just a little illness and pain.
Mu Ruoxue has been too flamboyant these days, from the prince to the courtiers, they have already been eyeing her, and now that the second prince is the first to take the lead, there will definitely be more people coming.
"Second prince? I heard that the second prince's body has always been stable, when did he have a chronic illness? Mu Ruoxue looked at the man with a smile, and the latter was stared at uncomfortably by her, coughed lightly, and smiled again.
"The prince is unwell, so he naturally can't say it, but now he really can't help it, so he came to find the eldest lady," the man arched his hand, his eyes were full of fox-like light, "First His Royal Highness the King, and then the South Wind Prince, the eldest lady can't say that these are all coincidences, right?" β
Mu Ruoxue tugged at the corners of her lips, her eyes were a little impatient, and she didn't know if it was her illusion, the man seemed to deliberately bite those four words when he talked about Nanfeng Gongzi.
"It's best for the second prince to find a doctor if he is sick, if I miss, I'm afraid I'll end up with a whole house," Mu Ruoxue said and lowered her eyes, "It's better to ask the second prince to ask Gao Ming." β
Coincidentally, how could it be that there was a "chronic disease" at this time? If so, why didn't you say it at the palace banquet earlier? After more than a month, her condition worsened, and then she remembered to look for her, which was too much to say.
The man seemed to expect Mu Ruoxue to say this, but he just smiled and bowed his head, but he didn't mean to leave: "Miss Mu, can you take a step to speak?" β
Since she came, she naturally couldn't go home empty-handed, not to mention today's errand, Mu Ruoxue had to deal with it no matter what.
"Why not." Mu Ruoxue lowered her eyes and signaled Mu Hanyun not to worry, so she followed him out.
It was extremely quiet outside, and the man was not as polite as inside, but it was a little casual to look at it like this, and his fingertips fell on the saber on his waist, and he nodded lightly and heavily: "Miss Mu is so smart and transparent, how can I not know what I want to say?" To put it mildly, you have to go if you don't go today. β
Mu Ruoxue sneered, the hand in the cuff gently rubbed the medicine bottle, and raised her eyes to look at the man, as if she didn't know where his thoughts came from: "To be able to say such a thing, there must be some handle, if I guessed correctly, it should be Mu Ruofei's poisoning." β
Look at the cause and effect of this, I'm afraid that a fool knows that Nanfeng's glass of wine was not drunk by mistake, even if Mu Ruofei didn't plan to poison it in the end, but the wine was indeed prepared by her.
"Miss Mu is really smart," the man sighed in admiration, and out of nowhere he took out a folding fan, and knocked it lightly and heavily in the palm of his hand, "If this matter is poked out, don't say what will happen to Ling Ci Lingmei, the entire Prime Minister's Mansion and even the Queen Mother will be implicated." β
Mu Ruoxue's fingertips curled up slightly, stuffed the medicine bottle back without a trace, and then straightened her cuffs and curved her eyes: "It is worthy of being the person in front of the second prince, since this is the case, then I will go with you, but I want to bring the personal maid over, how about it?" β
The man's brows furrowed slightly, and then he stretched out: "Naturally, it's okay, Miss Mu will clean up for the time being, please?" β