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Lu Shiqing said "Let's talk about it in a few days" and left, saying that he was going out of the house and would be back at noon.
Yuan Cixian pouted at him and climbed out of bed. With an empty stomach, she smelled the fragrance of zongzi leaves and remembered that today was the Dragon Boat Festival. She hurriedly ordered the servants to send some zongzi to Yuan Mansion for her brother to eat, and then went to the courtyard to pay her respects to Xuan. Lu Shuangyu was also there, and she excitedly asked her if she wanted to go to Qujiang River to watch the dragon boat race together.
When she was young, she liked to attend such crowded and lively places, but now she felt bored. In addition, she did not rest well last night and was really exhausted, so she declined the invitation.
Xuan also said to her daughter: "Today, the palace is holding a Dragon Boat Festival banquet, and your brother even declined the invitation of the saint, just to accompany your sister-in-law to celebrate the festival. You are so tactless."
Lu Shuangyu had no choice but to pout and quietly look for her friends in Beijing to go to Qujiang for fun.
Yuan Cihan was talking with Xuan in the yard. It was almost noon and Lu Shiqing still hadn't returned. She couldn't help feeling worried, fearing that something had happened to Cai He.
Xuan saw that she was talking to her but her eyes were glancing outside from time to time. She understood everything very well and asked a servant to go to the gate of the mansion and watch to see when Lu Shiqing would return.
Yuan Cixian smiled embarrassedly, and could only let her misunderstand that she had hurt Xiangsi. After all, Lu Shiqing had not told his mother anything about what he did in the court, so she naturally had to cover for him.
When it was time for lunch, the servant reported that Lu Shiqing had returned, but he did not enter the mansion. He only asked Yuan Cihan to go out.
Confused, she went outside, lifted the curtain and entered the carriage parked in front of the door. When she entered, she heard Lu Shiqing explain, "I won't be back for dinner. You stay with mother."
She was puzzled: "If you are not coming back for dinner, why did you come here again?"
Lu Shiqing had told her that he would be back at noon before leaving in the morning, and he didn't want to break his promise to her, so he made a special trip back. However, he didn't admit it, and only said, "I'm passing by, you go back, I still have things to do."
Seeing his calm and composed appearance, Yuan Cixian thought that things were going smoothly, so she didn't ask any more questions. Before leaving, she asked, "What are you going to eat for lunch? I'll bring you some rice dumplings."
He shook his head to indicate that it was not necessary: "I'll go to the West Market to eat."
When Yuan Cixian heard this, he sat back down again, saying, "Don't you want to eat outside?"
When he went to Xishi with her last year, he just sat there and watched her eat two big bowls of wontons, and then threw the Hu Bing she gave him directly on the side of the road.
Lu Shiqing found that when she really cared about people, she was particularly clingy. He was happy and said calmly, "I just dealt with a few officials."
Unexpectedly, she frowned when she heard this: "You want to go to Hu Ji Tavern?"
Lu Shiqing choked.
Seeing him choke, Yuan Cixian knew that she had guessed right. One has to drink a little wine when discussing matters with officials, and as for going to the West Market, one cannot avoid going to the wine shop where the beautiful Hu Ji danced and danced.
She immediately got upset and said, "Why did you choose a place like that to discuss things? Don't you mind if people's makeup drips into your wine cup? And the whole room is filled with the stench of spices, which can't be washed away even after an hour! Besides, those dancers who sit in your arms at the first sign of disagreement..."
Lu Shiqing shuddered and made a "stop" gesture. He couldn't even bear to hear such a scene of being defiled. He originally wanted to bring his own wine utensils to have a few drinks over there, but after hearing what she said, he got goose bumps and said, "It's not a place I chose. I will stay away from them."
Yuan Cixian looked at him with disdain, said "OK", stood up and was about to leave, hesitated for a moment, suddenly turned back and grabbed his arm and said: "How about I go with you."
Lu Shiqing's mouth twitched slightly: "Have you ever seen anyone go to a place like that and bring a principal wife?"
"… "
So angry.
Yuan Cixian glared at him hatefully, gritted her teeth and walked away without looking back. After having lunch with Xuan, she felt very itchy in her heart, and could not help but asked Shi Cui to dress her up in men's clothes, and then took Jianzhi with her to the West Market of Chang'an.
There is more than one Hu Ji wine shop in the West Market, but there are not many officials that Lu Shiqing cannot refuse. If you count up, there are only those senior officials, so the place he goes to must be the most luxurious.
Yuan Cixian asked Jianzhi to pick two families and found the one.
This Hu Ji Tavern, as the name suggests, is a tavern opened by foreign Hu people. It is filled with people of all kinds, with guzheng and five-stringed pipa and sheng playing in the air. The dancers serving the wine are all graceful and charming.
Yuan Cixian dressed up as a man and was warmly received by the wine master as soon as she entered. He asked her where she wanted to sit. She glanced at the room on the second floor where Lu Shiqing was and pointed to the room next to him.
Jianzhi followed her upstairs. After they entered the room and closed the door, he saw her open the window that was not facing the street to communicate with the next door. Then she pressed her ear against the wall, as if listening to what Lu Shiqing was saying.
Unfortunately, the wall was too thick and the music from next door was too loud, so Yuan Cixian couldn't make out any voices at all. She could only vaguely hear bursts of low conversations and laughter.
She leaned over the window sill and looked over there, then sighed when she found nothing. She couldn't hear or see anything, so what was she doing
She was just about to turn around and find another way to spy when she suddenly heard the sound of wheels rolling under the window. The driver seemed to be whipping the wheel while shouting into the car in a panic, "Hold on!"
Yuan Cixian was slightly stunned when she heard the familiar voice and looked down.
This is a small alley not facing the street, and usually only common people would pass through here. But the carriage that is galloping towards this direction has intricate carvings on the walls and a spacious shape, which is obviously owned by a wealthy family.
She subconsciously felt strange and began to recall the voice she had heard somewhere before. Her mind raced and she suddenly raised her head.
It was a dream.
In an earlier dream, she heard Zheng Zhuo's subordinates salvaging her body on the bridge.
The driver was from the Prince's Palace. In other words, the person in the car was most likely Zheng Zhuo.
What did she just hear? Hold on
Her eyes flickered for a moment, and seeing that the carriage was about to pass by her window, she turned around, quickly picked up an empty jade cup and threw it down.
The driver reacted quickly. Seeing the alien object, he tightened the reins with one hand and subconsciously grabbed the jade cup with the other hand.
In this way, the young man driving the carriage followed the direction from which the "hidden weapon" came and saw Yuan Cixian.
He narrowed his eyes at first, and when he saw Yuan Cixian's face clearly, he was shocked as if he had found a savior.
Yuan Cihan saw his expression change and guessed that something had indeed happened to Zheng Zhuo. She raised her chin towards Jianzhi and hurried downstairs to the alley.
The young man was Zheng Zhuo's confidant Chen Zan, who was waiting for her downstairs. When he saw her about to speak, he was stopped by her eyes.
She glanced at Jianzhi, motioning her to guard the entrance of the alley, then looked at Chen Zan, pointed towards the closed window of the room where Lu Shiqing was, implying that there was someone upstairs and it was not appropriate to talk, and then silently lifted the curtain and went inside.
Chen Zhan understood what she meant. After she sat down firmly, he whipped the horse quickly and continued to rush into the alley.
Yuan Cixian was really shocked by the scene in the car.
The room was filthy and messy, the medicine box was overturned, and the gauze was scattered all over the floor. Zheng Zhuo was lying on his side on the couch with one leg bent, almost half of his body was covered in blood, and fresh blood was still trickling out of his waist and abdomen, which he was holding tightly with his hands.
Her expression tensed, and she hurriedly took a step forward, half-knelt down in front of the low couch, frowned and asked, "Your Highness, what are you doing?"
Zheng Zhuo's face was pale and he seemed to be unconscious. Hearing the words, he opened his eyelids with difficulty, but it was unclear whether he recognized her or not. He then closed his eyes tiredly again, and the hands that were originally pressing on his waist and abdomen fell down weakly, losing their will.
Seeing this, Yuan Cixian looked around, calmed down, picked up the gauze scattered on the ground, gritted his teeth, pressed the wound with one hand, picked up a pair of scissors with the other hand to cut his robe, while thinking quickly.
The wound was not in a vital part, but the blood loss was enough to kill a person. Chen Zhan could not have been unaware of this, but he did not treat Zheng Zhuo in time, nor did he send him back home immediately. Instead, he rushed here, which must be to avoid the enemy behind him.
It was the Dragon Boat Festival, in broad daylight under the emperor's feet, and it was difficult for those who wanted to kill Zheng Zhuo to do so openly, so the purpose of chasing him was to delay time. This would be enough to cause him to bleed to death.
Yuan Cixian quickly cut open his robe, stared at the inch-deep knife wound on his waist and abdomen, and quickly picked up the gauze to stop the bleeding and bandage the wound.
At this moment, Chen Zhan outside stopped the carriage.
He lifted the curtain and looked inside, saying anxiously, "County Lady, we have reached a dead end."
Yuan Cixian kept moving his hands and said without turning his head: "Stop here and tell me what's going on."
Seeing this, Chen Zan put away his whip and stepped forward to take over the work in her hands: "Please, County Lady, I will do it." He explained, "Today is the Dragon Boat Festival. Your Highness and the Second Highness went to the Qujiang River to watch the dragon boat race. Because there were many people on the riverside, I squeezed on the outer edge. In the chaos, I didn't know what happened in front. Suddenly, I heard screams from all directions, and then I saw that the two highnesses were stabbed."
Yuan Cixian had already retreated to the back and wiped the blood off his hands. Hearing this, he smiled in disbelief: "Your Highnesses are both martial artists. How could you be injured by such a hidden knife?"
"I don't understand either."
"Who has been chasing you all this way?"
Chen Zhan explained, "Today, both of your Highnesses traveled incognito, each with only one attendant. At that time, the guard of the Second Highness hurriedly helped him onto the carriage, and did not have time to turn back to take care of the Second Highness. I did not pay attention to the Second Highness, and only carried him all the way out. When I was about to treat his wound, I found an ambush nearby, so I did not dare to stay any longer and drove away. Unexpectedly, I was chased all the way."
"Then why didn't you send His Highness back home, but came to West Market instead?" Yuan Cihan continued to ask.
"It was His Highness who told me to do it. Before His Highness got on the carriage, he whispered four words in my ear: Hu Ji Tavern."
Yuan Cixian frowned, and seeing that he had already bandaged Zheng Zhuo's wound, he ordered, "I'll look after His Highness for you, and you quickly go get me some clothes from Hu Ji."
Chen Zan didn't dare to ask more questions and hurried to do as he was told.
Yuan Cixian sat in the car and waited for a while, thinking.
Zheng Zhuo probably knew that Lu Shiqing was drinking at Huji Tavern at this time, but he was definitely not coming for him, but for those senior officials. For some reason, he wanted these people who had a say in the court to see him being assassinated and injured with their own eyes.
But Chen Zhan was in a hurry and only half understood his instructions. Yuan Cixian was also unaware of it and ordered the carriage to leave the tavern. She didn't dare to act rashly at the moment, so it would be best to inform Lu Shiqing to make a decision.
However, it was not appropriate for her to appear in the tavern in public, lest others would become suspicious of her saving Zheng Zhuo. It would be best for her to dress up as a Hu Ji and cover her face.
In Yuan Cixian's mind, the scene of herself spinning and jumping into Lu Shiqing's arms and then perfectly conveying the message has already emerged.
Although she said a lot of bad things about Hu Ji at noon, he shouldn't have failed to recognize her and thrown her to the ground in order to preserve his chastity, right
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