Zeng Mansion, in a courtyard.
Xiao Cui rested her chin on her hands, looked in the direction of the stone table in the courtyard, and murmured: "Xiaozhu, tell me, Mr. Li won't get tired of eating sweet-scented osmanthus cake like that?"
Xiaozhu gave her a white look, and said: "You think Mr. Li is you, he is half-hearted, gossips, likes to eat more than anyone else in the past, but now that he has Xu Fuji's candied fruit, he won't touch the sweet-scented osmanthus cake..."
Xiaocui turned her head and glared at her: "That's better than you always snatching my candied fruit!"
But Xiaozhu didn't continue talking to her, she put her chin in one hand, and whispered: "It's good if you don't get tired of it, just like Mr. Li likes your young lady for so long, and he hasn't gotten tired of it..."
After finishing speaking, she sighed leisurely again, and said, "Young Master Li met my young lady first. At that time, he was not that familiar with Sister Zui Mo, but now..."
Xiao Cui glanced at her, and said mysteriously, "You don't understand this."
Xiaozhu rolled her eyes again, "I don't understand, do you understand?"
"I don't understand?" Xiaocui looked at her with some disdain, and said, "Let me tell you, if it weren't for me, my lady and Mr. Li would not be so fast..."
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Li Yi was sitting at the stone table, and there was a plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake on the table. His eyes were looking in a certain direction, his eyes were out of focus, and he habitually reached out and pinched a piece into his mouth.
Let’s talk about whether the powerful officials who are the focus of attention will move next. The key person in that case has disappeared. Qin Yu, a little bastard, has no other skills. He runs so fast that he can’t even find the spy , I really underestimated him before...
It is the easiest and most trouble-free way to resolve this case through Qin Yu. Although it is not direct enough, sometimes directness often means trouble. In fact, the most direct way is to give the list to the sloppy old man. Xu Lao is still angry. It's okay, the anger of the grand master is definitely not something that those who are used to being pampered can bear. A whole set of disjointed hands, not to mention a case, can also bring out the bad things done by the eighteen generations of ancestors.
These powerful officials should be the last cards of the Cui family. If this case is handled in this way, the Cui family will be isolated and helpless in the capital. Moreover, once the Cui family is really connected with this case, the Chu family will be their role model.
The advantage of doing this is that the Cui family has such a serious crime first, although it will not exterminate the family, but the family cannot be escaped, so there is no need to use the matter of the king of Shu to deal a fatal blow to the Cui family. The matter of the king of Shu, the royal family itself Internal affairs can be handled.
The problem is that although this method is straightforward, it involves so many powerful officials at the same time. There may be a big earthquake in the entire capital. The safety of the rich and powerful cannot be guaranteed. It will definitely cause panic and shake the court.
Why is there no way to get the best of both worlds, it's nerve-wracking...
Wan Ruoqing walked out of the room and took a look, and saw that the plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake on the stone table was empty, went into the kitchen, took out another plate, and replaced the empty plate on the table.
Li Yi was thinking about things in his heart, and when he habitually put the things he touched into his mouth, he realized that something was wrong, osmanthus cake... It didn't seem to taste like this.
He came back to his senses, lowered his head, looked over, and found that he was holding a white and slender hand, and what was put into his mouth was not sweet-scented osmanthus cake, but fingers like green onion and white jade.
Wan Ruoqing stared at him blankly, her mind was so blank that she forgot to pull her finger back.
Li Yi put down her hand, showing embarrassment: "Sorry, I didn't notice just now..."
"No, it's okay, I should tell you..." Wan Ruoqing blushed and left in a hurry.
On the other side, after listening to Xiaocui's words, Xiaozhu's eyes suddenly changed, and she murmured: "So it's like this..."
Xiao Cui said proudly: "Of course, our young lady is just a piece of wood. This kind of thing depends on her. I don't know how long it will take!"
"Our young lady is also a piece of wood..." Xiaozhu showed a thoughtful look, and after thinking for a while, she asked, "Did you say last time that Mr. Li can't drink well?"
Speaking of this matter, Xiaocui showed a smile on her face, and said: "What's wrong, it's just that you don't have the capacity for alcohol, not to mention our lady, Mr. Li's capacity for alcohol is not as good as mine, you didn't see it last time , he became dizzy after only one drink, and passed out after three drinks... "
After the embarrassing incident just now, Li Yi thought that things were not so preoccupied, and finally noticed a line of sight that looked over from time to time.
When Xiaozhu didn't know how many times he walked past him, Li Yi finally couldn't help asking: "Why do you always look at me?"
"After eating so many sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, whether you are thirsty or not, let's drink some grape wine." Xiao Zhu said with a smile, and handed over a flagon.
In fact, he really coughed a little. Li Yi took the jug, got a glass, put it to his mouth and smelled it, and said in surprise, "Isn't this made from grapes?"
Xiao Zhu picked up the flagon and sniffed it, and said, "It seems that I have taken the wrong one. It's all wine, and it's about the same. Let's make do with it..."
Li Yi shook his head, "I still have important things to do today, so I can't drink..."
He got up and walked into the house. Miss Chen San was teaching Zui Mo to embroider wedding dresses. A wedding dress had been embroidered more than half and was about to be completed.
After sending Miss Chen San out, he didn't see Chen Chong, so Li Yi asked casually, "Why didn't you see Master Chen today?"
"I went to Cui's house for a banquet." Miss Chen San looked at him and asked, "I heard that His Majesty summoned the King of Shu back to Beijing?"
Li Yi nodded, and asked again: "Master Chen is going to a banquet to celebrate King Shu's return to Beijing?"
"Judging from the invitation sent by Cui's family, it should be like this." Seeing his expression changed, Ms. Chen San asked again: "Is there any problem?"
Li Yi waved away the servants around her, helped her into the carriage, and lowered his voice when he lowered the curtain, "The King of Shu will die many, many people when he returns to Beijing this time, probably... those who went to the banquet today People choose."
Seeing that there was no movement in the carriage for a long time, a maid stepped forward and asked softly, "Miss San, shall we go back?"
There was a gap in the curtain of the car, and then there was a voice: "Go to Cui's mansion and tell the second master that I have a headache..."
"Yes." The little maid answered and hurried forward.
Jing Zhaoyin Mansion.
A servant handed over a post and asked: "Master, the post sent by the Cui family, you really don't want to go?"
Zeng Shichun didn't even look at it, he threw the post aside and said, "No, if they ask, just say I have a headache..."
Cui family.
Cui Qingming, who was already in charge of all the affairs of the Cui family, stood at the door and greeted the guests in person.
"Master Qin, please come inside, please come inside."
"Master Han, let's go in first, let's talk later..."
"Old Zhao, you are here too..."
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All the guests were also full of smiles, and after presenting gifts, they bowed their hands in return.
"His Royal Highness the King of Shu is about to return to Beijing, I have also heard about it. Congratulations, Mr. Cui..."
"It's self-evident that His Majesty summoned His Highness to return to Beijing at this juncture. I'm here. Congratulations to Mr. Cui..."
Although the news that the King of Shu is about to return to the capital has not been widely spread, the officials in the capital naturally have channels to know about it. No matter how suppressed they are in the capital, as long as His Highness is still there, their hope is still there .
Now, their hope is back.
A carriage stopped in front of Cui's mansion, Cui Qingming went up to meet him, and said with a smile, "Brother Chen..."
A maid ran over panting and whispered something in Chen Chong's ear. Chen Chong's expression changed and he asked, "What did you say, Miss San is sick?"
Cui Qingming was startled, and took another step forward, "Brother Chen, please..."
Chen Chong simply turned around, jumped into the carriage again, and urged, "Hurry up and go home!"
Cui Qingming stood where he was, staring blankly at the carriage going away, "Please come in..." Just after uttering the words, they dissipated in the wind.