Xu Jing took out the small porcelain bottle from the jewelry box and held it in her hand, her expression confused.
Scenes of what happened today are replayed in his mind. His brother-in-law Du Siyin once had a marriage contract with Lu Zhilan, a lady from the Household Minister's family, and was later bestowed by the emperor to Xu Ting.
A blessing in disguise, Du Siyin was abandoned by a woman who didn't love him, but married his sister, the best sister in the world.
What if Du Siyin and his ex-fiancée still have an affair? Sister would never tolerate this kind of humiliation, she would never love him again!
The more Xu Jing thought about it, the darker it became. He finally made up his mind and felt complacent that he had come up with such a good idea.
Yesterday's activity was just the prelude to the autumn hunting, and there will be many scattered small huntings in the future. Anyone who wants to experience the charm of hunting can participate in this paddock.
The emperor will travel alone, or hunt with her closest ministers, or go deep into the mountains with the princesses. In short, in the next few days, the emperor will fully enjoy the fun of autumn hunting.
The paddock was very large, except for the area set aside for the emperor to hunt and closely guarded by the imperial guards, the rest of the space was free for others to hunt.
That is to say, you can make an appointment with three or five friends, and bring the guards to go hunting by yourself.
If the lords want to experience the fun of hunting, the paddock will also specially organize experiential hunting with less difficulty.
The female official will instruct the servants to surround a flat field, and then put in harmless prey, mostly hares, pheasants and the like, for the lords to enjoy.
The last day will be a large-scale hunt, the emperor's home court, and all ministers will participate.
The people in the paddock will drive the prey out of the mountains and forests, and the generals will take this opportunity to show themselves in front of the emperor as much as possible. Even if the civil servants don't know how to ride a horse and a bow, they have to stand by and cheer and support the emperor.
If there are ferocious beasts, such as tigers and wolves, the emperor will personally lead the imperial guards to kill them, so as to demonstrate the majesty of the emperor.
It's just that in most cases, it is the imperial guards who control the beast. The beast is already dying, so as to ensure that there is no danger at all, and then let the emperor make up the knife and finally kill the prey.
Even these ferocious beasts are most likely raised in paddocks, not real beasts at all, but just for auspiciousness.
Of course, all officials are tacit about this.
So most were free until the last great hunt.
The lords and sons took advantage of this opportunity to organize various parties, large and small, tea parties, and enjoyed themselves.
Wang Nishang did not participate in this autumn hunt. After the first day, Du Siyin had a problem with the Crown Princess Zhengjun and was unwilling to get together with him.
As a result, Du Siyin took Xu Mei, Xu Yue and Xu Jing to visit the older lords most of the time, led by He Rongrui.
When he came out of the house, Han Zhi told Du Siyin to take his three younger brothers to see the lords more often. Xu Mei and Xu Jing were all old, and it was time for them to see each other.
The three younger ones were friendly to him and reciprocated, and Du Siyin also cared for them.
He Rongrui is the same as Du Siyin, and Lu Qiqi has also reached her age. No matter how much you love, you can't stay for two years. It's better to see each other early.
Furthermore, He Rongrui also wanted to find a lord for her little daughter, no matter what Lu Zhilan said about her love for Mo Zian, he was not He Rongrui's ideal son-in-law.
After frequent contact, Du Siyin didn't know when Xu Jing and Lu Qiqi became good friends. It wasn't until Lu Qiqi went directly to their camp to ask Xu Jing to play together that Du Siyin realized it later.
Du Siyin was a little surprised, but didn't object. Xu Mei and Xu Yue were brothers, and Xu Jing was more or less excluded. Du Siyin always felt that Xu Jing was relatively silent and it was good to make friends.
As everyone knows, Xu Jing made friends with Lu Qiqi entirely on purpose. If he didn't use Lu Qiqi as a bridge, how could he get Lu Zhilan caught.
On Du Siyin's side, Xu Jing was going to do it herself. It's just that Du Siyin really treats him as his younger brother, it's ridiculous!
"Qiqi, I have a way to make your second sister not like that annoying Mr. Mo."
Hearing Lu Qiqi complain about her second sister insisting on marrying an ugly and uneducated son from a wrong family, Xu Jing said suddenly.
"Really?" Lu Qiqi was pleasantly surprised when she heard that, "Xiaojing, tell me what you can do, I don't want him to be my second brother-in-law at all."
"Before I came to the capital, there was a magical medicine in Suizhou that could make people forget their true love. My father was of low status. Before marrying my mother, he was betrayed by a woman, and then he took this magic medicine Let go of the past and start a new life.”
"Is there really such a medicine?" Lu Qiqi's eyes widened in disbelief.
But what Xu Jing said was well-founded, and his father personally verified it, so Lu Qiqi couldn't help but want to believe it.
When the two became friends, Xu Jing had told him that her father was a prostitute long ago. Lu Qiqi didn't despise him. Instead, she felt sorry for Xu Jing's life experience and treated him better and better. But places like brothels have some magical features. Medicine, it's normal.
For the official son, the brothel is an extremely mysterious place, and Lu Qiqi is so simple that she doesn't know that Xu Jing is deceiving him.
"It's fine if you don't believe me, but I want to help you." Xu Jing pretended to be angry.
Lu Qiqi quickly said: "I believe it! Good Jinger, give me the medicine quickly."
"You have to promise that you can't tell anyone about this, and when your second sister doesn't like that Mr. Mo, we'll treat it as never happened.
If you slipped your tongue, and that Young Master Mo finds out, and finds a way to make your second sister find love for him again, you don't want your second sister to hate you, do you? "
Lu Qiqi immediately promised: "I swear, when my second sister forgets about that annoying Mr. Mo, I will also bury this matter in my heart, and no third person will know about it!"
Xu Jing nodded, "I didn't bring the medicine with me, I will bring it to you tomorrow, how are you going to make your second sister take this medicine?"
"I put it in food for my second sister!"
"No, it's too dangerous." Xu Jing denied.
"so what should I do now?"
"You can grind the medicine into powder and put it in the incense, so that your second sister will forget that she likes Mr. Mo without anyone noticing, and there will be no suspicion at all."
"Good idea!" Lu Qiqi said.
Then Xu Jing hinted at what Lu Qiqi should do while making clichés.
Lu Zhilan is not keen on hunting. She will go back to the camp every afternoon at three or four o'clock, and then rest for a while, waiting for dinner.
Lu Qiqi could sneak into the tent a moment before she came back and put the medicine in the incense burner, and then Lu Zhilan would inhale the fragrance as soon as she came back, unable to control her desire.
On this day, Du Siyin gathered with the lords and princes as usual, and accidentally revealed the news of his elegant small garden.
Everyone expressed that it was very interesting, and asked when it would officially open, and they would definitely join in.
These are potential customers of Qingya Xiaoyuan, and Du Siyin has already advertised initially.
"According to the current progress, the door will be open on the day of winter. When you come, drinks and pastries will be free. I'll just thank you all for your support."
"That's a good deal. If this elegant little garden is not fun, don't expect us to spread word of mouth for you."
"That's natural." Du Siyin said with a smile.
"It's all thanks to Nishang. If he hadn't complained that there is no place in the capital to entertain our men, I wouldn't have thought of building a small elegant garden. The main reason is to find a place for everyone to relax and have fun."
"Master Du has a good idea." Everyone said one after another.
"Hey, the address of this Qingya small garden...isn't it the other courtyard that was sealed off in the previous dynasty? It can be sold, and it will cost a lot of money."
"No, even if ordinary people have money and no connections, they can't buy this house."
"The world's daughter helped with the arrangement." Du Siyin said.
"No wonder!" Everyone joked, "Xu Shinu is so kind to you."
After the game was over, the lords and princes were about to go back. Du Siyin took Xu Mei and Xu Jing and said, "You don't have to follow me all the time. Like Xiao Jing, you can play by yourself."
The lords who are worth seeing have already walked around, and Du Siyin is not willing to hold them back. The young master should be more lively.
On the way, Xu Jing suddenly ran out and said anxiously to Du Siyin: "It's not good! Brother-in-law, Qiqi, he..."
At this time, several lords suddenly came forward and said to Du Siyin, "Master Du, we are going to go hunting tomorrow, will you come?"
Du Siyin could only go back to them first, Xu Jing was extremely impatient, but there was nothing she could do.
After finally waiting for Du Siyin to finish talking with them, he asked Xu Jing: "What's going on?"
Xu Jing put on a fake expression for a moment, "Brother-in-law, I was with Qiqi just now, Qiqi suddenly felt unwell and had a severe headache. I don't know where Lord He is, so I can only come to you."
"Where is Qiqi now, take me to see."
"In the tent!" Xu Jing wiped away the teardrops hanging from her eyelashes, and led the way.
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