Mrs. Cao sneered after hearing this, "It's embarrassing to take Qiao in my Cao Mansion like this?" If she doesn't like what we're sending, don't send it! ”

Mrs. Cao has spoken, and the maids have been ordered to go back.

When General Liu was washing, he sent people around him to investigate, and when he finished washing and eating, the guards around him came back.

"What's the matter?"

"Back to the general, my subordinates found out that the eldest princess and Lord Liu have come to Xia Gongcheng and live in this Cao family."

"What?!"

General Liu stood up from the table in shock.

Taking a deep breath, General Liu squinted and said, "The Cao family didn't react? ”

"It was the fifth master of the Cao family who personally welcomed the eldest princess to the Cao family, and treated her with hospitality, today the servants of the Cao family also accompanied the eldest princess to visit Xia Gong City, and the eldest princess is safe and sound."

General Liu's fists clenched unconsciously, and he gritted his teeth and said, "What a Cao Jian!" Go and inform the Cao family outside the hospital and tell them that General Ben is going to see Cao Jian now! ”

The Cao family's big study was brightly lit, but the atmosphere was tense and awkward.

General Liu looked at Cao Jian on the throne coldly, "So, does General Cao not want to help Liu?" ”

Cao Jian smiled faintly and said, "How can General Liu say that, I received a letter from the regent two months ago, so I don't need to listen to your transfer." The regent didn't speak, how could I help General Liu privately. ”

General Liu's face became distorted, "Then please General Cao transfer the guards in the eldest princess's courtyard!" General Ben led someone to personally finish off the eldest princess! ”

"This is the Cao family, the Cao family's guards are to protect the Cao family, how can they be easily transferred, General Liu, do you say?"

"Cao Jian! You dare to protect the eldest princess! Do you want to betray His Royal Highness the Regent! General Liu was furious.

Cao Jian stroked his short beard, "General Liu, Cao's loyalty can be seen by the sun and the moon, but if you want to do such a thing in my Cao Mansion and implicate my Cao Mansion, how can you let me Cao respond." My Cao Mansion has a large population, but it's not like General Liu who is alone! ”

"Good! Cao Jian! You wait! I will write back to Beijing to inform His Royal Highness the Lord Regent of your rebellious intentions! ”

Putting down this cruel sentence, General Liu left the Cao family's big study with a gloomy face.

After General Liu left, the old servant who had been standing behind Cao Jian with his head down and no sense of existence frowned and said worriedly: "General, if General Liu really writes a letter back to Beijing, how should we deal with it?" ”

Cao Jian sneered, "Are the silver that our Cao family sent to Beijing for free?" Someone will speak for us before the regent! Last time, General Liu said that Mr. Luo Chu rebelled, and now he wants to say that our Cao family rebelled, does he have to denounce the people there wherever he goes? In my opinion, it's not everyone who rebels, it's General Liu who wants to rebel! ”

Gu Yufei's Naqiao did not exchange for new clothes and jewelry, and the two maids who were sent to serve her seemed to have become mute, no matter whether she scolded or not, she always stood aside and bowed her head without saying a word.

Gu Yufei suddenly felt that she had been greatly wronged, and when she heard the guards say that General Liu went to General Cao to talk about something, she stayed at the door of the guest house, waiting for General Liu to come back, and was ready to complain to General Liu as soon as possible.

Facing the cold wind, I finally waited for half an hour to wait for someone to come back.

Gu Yufei hurriedly smoothed the emanation of her ears and walked up quickly.

"General, you're back! You don't know how the Cao family's subordinates treated me harshly when you were away, and they didn't even give me a decent dress, but you are the most trusted General Liu of the regent! How dare they do this to you! You ......"

It was too dark at night, General Liu came from the darkness, and Gu Yufei didn't have time to look at the expression on his face, so he hurriedly said something that had been brewing for a long time.

But before he finished speaking, Gu Yufei was pushed away by General Liu, who was angry, and fell to the ground, colliding with the paving stone slab like this, Gu Yufei screamed in pain.

The next moment, I heard the only word "roll" from General Liu's mouth!

Thinking of what General Liu did along the way, Gu Yufei dared to lean up with her face on her face, she shrank to the side, and didn't dare to look at General Liu again.

General Liu didn't care about Gu Yufei at all and left quickly.

It wasn't until General Liu left that Gu Yufei stood up tremblingly and limped back to the room.

This time she was much more honest, ate the dinner brought by the maid, smeared frostbite medicine on herself, and climbed into bed.

When General Liu returned to the guest house, he gathered his men.

Then he arranged for his men to go to the courtyard where Qin Shuhuang lived to assassinate him.

He didn't end up going in person, but waited in his room for news from his men.

Half an hour later, one of his men hurried back.

General Liu couldn't help but ask, "How?" ”

The subordinate shook his head solemnly, "General, the courtyard where the eldest princess lives is tightly guarded, and we haven't found a chance to start for half an hour......

General Liu: ......

"The eldest princess doesn't have so many people around her!"

The subordinates laughed miserably, "Not only the people around the eldest princess, but also the guards of the Cao family, there are more than 100 guards of the Cao family patrolling the courtyard of the eldest princess alone, not to mention that there are also guards of the eldest princess in the inner courtyard." ”

General Liu angrily kicked the chair next to him down.

What a Cao thief! It turned out that he wasn't joking with him, and he really sent someone to protect the eldest princess! What the hell is he trying to do!

"Let people pull back." General Liu, who had vented a little, gradually calmed down.

The subordinate nodded, and was about to leave, but turned back again, "Report to the general, the subordinates just found out a piece of news." ”

"What news."

"Tomorrow, the eldest princess is going to entertain the officials of Xia Gongcheng at the post station, and her subordinates feel that tomorrow is a really good time for the general to make a move!"

General Liu's eyes lit up when he heard his subordinates say this.

General Liu's men had just been withdrawn from the area around the courtyard where Qin Shuhuang lived, and both Cao Jian and Qin Shuhuang had received the news.

The old servant followed behind Cao Jian, "General, General Liu is returning today, tomorrow the eldest princess is leaving our Cao Mansion, how about tomorrow?" ”

Cao Jian didn't care, "General Liu chased here, there are not many people left, since we promised the eldest princess, then we must protect it to the end, at least in this Xia Gong City, we have to make some efforts." You go and arrange it, you must not let the eldest princess have an accident at the post station tomorrow! ”

"Yes, the old slave understands."

In the courtyard where Qin Shuhuang lived, the lights were bright, and he was busy.

Tomorrow's Chinese New Year's Eve will invite the officials of Xia Gongcheng, there must be no leisure, although outside, this year can not be over.

And it was her first New Year after being reborn, which meant a lot to her.

Most of the things I bought in the shop outside Xia Gong City today were prepared for tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

When she returned to the courtyard of the Cao family, she asked Shilan to take people to get busy.

On such a cold day in Xia Gongcheng, there is no dish more suitable for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at night than hot pot.

There are chili peppers brought from the capital in the convoy, and there is not much pork in Xia Gongcheng, but there is a lot of beef and mutton, and the fresh meat is of good quality.

Qin Shuhuang asked Shilan to boil the beef bones, and fried the chili peppers in butter and put them into the beef bone soup that had been stewed for a long time.

Some people don't like spicy food, so they boiled another bucket of old hen soup.

For the rest, you can prepare whatever you want.

Herbs and radishes, frozen tofu, dried vegetables soaked in various colors, freshly marinated beef and mutton, fish fillets, marinated or marinated poultry stored in the cellar, etc.

On the table in the flower hall, there is a steaming mandarin duck pot, a spicy pot of beef soup on one side, and a clear pot of old hen soup on the other, and all kinds of dishes are placed around the pot.

Then blanch a large pot of thick but not intoxicating rice wine, which is a perfect match for this cold winter wax moon.

As soon as the hot pot on the table was set, He Yutian hurriedly came in to report, "Your Highness, Lord Liu, the commander, General Liu's people have retreated." ”

The corners of Qin Shuhuang's mouth raised slightly, "The palace knows, inform everyone to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner." ”

He Yutian smiled and waved his hand at the two subordinates behind him.

The hot pot prepared today is not only the table in the flower hall, but also in the side rooms and side rooms, and everyone in the team has a share.

The guards went to eat hot pot, and Qin Shuhuang also sat down one after another.

Qin Shuhuang asked Liu Renci to sit on the throne, she sat next to Liu Renci, and Xie Xuanye silently sat on the other side of Qin Shuhuang.

Not only them, but He Yutian, Shilan, Long Jia and others also came to the table, and everyone had a hot pot together.

There are a lot of ingredients prepared tonight, and it is a rare hot and spicy hot pot, and after half an hour, everyone is very satisfied.

After eating the vegetables and drinking rice wine, I finally put a bowl of white rice, poured the soup in the hot pot, mixed it, and a bowl of rice was in my stomach, and my whole body was warm.

It's just a rice wine that is not intoxicating, and even if the guards drink a few more glasses, it won't get in the way, and it won't affect the night at all.

But people with poor alcohol consumption are different, such as Xie Xuanye.

When he was in the hot spring Zhuangzi, Qin Shuhuang tested it with plum wine, and Xie Xuanye, who looked tall and straight, often with a straight face, only had three glasses of wine!

Three glasses of plum wine are in the stomach, and the designated pour! It's worse than her!

It's better to drink rice wine tonight.

Despite this, Xie Xuanye's eyes were already a little sluggish, and the roots of his ears turned red.

This is a sign of his drunkenness.

After eating a good meal and drinking wine, Liu Renci breathed a sigh of relief and arched his hand towards Qin Shuhuang, "Thank you for your hospitality tonight, I am old and tired, so I will go back and rest." ”

Qin Shuhuang personally sent Liu Renci to the courtyard next door.

When he came back, he found that Xie Xuanye was already lying on the table.

The mess on the table was withdrawn by Shilan with the maid.

Qin Shuhuang walked to the hanger on the side, took off her big coat, and gently draped it on Xie Xuanye's shoulder, and was about to go out to look for the dragon armor, asking him to move Xie Xuanye to the bed to rest, when his wrist was suddenly grabbed by a warm big palm.

Qin Shuhuang turned around in surprise, "You're not drunk?" ”