When she woke up the next day, Xia Chu stretched out comfortably and felt that she was finally alive again.
While Mo Xiang was helping him wash up, he told him that the Ninth Princess had come twice in the past few days but failed and left a letter for him. And Su Qian'an, who had been looking for him for several days, seemed to have something urgent.
Xia Chu waved Mo Xiang back and opened the letter from the Ninth Princess.
There were three sentences in the letter, two were complaints, and the remaining one was an invitation to visit the lantern market during the Lantern Festival. Xia Chu thought for a while, wrote a letter and agreed. Anyway, two are also for shopping, and three are also for shopping. Then let’s make an appointment.
Xia Chu handed the letter to Mo Xiang to send out, and then went to Hengwu Courtyard to find the Marquis.
Seeing that he was refreshed, the Marquis smiled and said, "You look good today."
Xia Chu curled his lips and said: "For other people's fathers, before the children go away, they are loved and cared for in every possible way. It would be better to leave them in our family, which would be ravaged and tortured in all kinds of ways. Do you want me to leave without you?" Coming back."
The Marquis glared at him.
"How are you talking? Sacrifice is such a big deal, how can I allow you to be so presumptuous?" After saying that, he felt that he was really tired these past few days, and his tone softened a bit: "There are only so many days in a year, so it's just a matter of time." Stop complaining."
"I want to eat something good today."
What Xia Chu said is quite true. These days, the sacrifices can only be vegetarian, and the clear soup contains little water. It drove him crazy as a person who had to eat meat every day.
"Okay, I've given instructions to the kitchen. I'll cook everything you like. Let's go for a walk and have a meal."
Xia Chu followed Lord Marquis to the hall, where lunch was already prepared. Sure enough, today the table is full of meat and fish. Xia Chu's eyes shone, and he took Mr. Hou to sit down and began to feast.
After finishing the meal, Xia Chu felt her belly and lay on the chair, feeling very satisfied.
The Marquis couldn't help but laugh at his gluttony. He waited until he had calmed down enough before getting up and going to the study.
Xia Chu went to the study to cook a pot of oolong tea. After drinking two cups of tea, he said goodbye to the Marquis and went to Suyuan.
He was so tired these days that he couldn't even see Su Qian'an, let alone go to Su Yuan.
Su Qianle was very happy to see him coming. After spring, she was able to get out of bed and walk around.
Xia Chu saw the unfinished embroidered handkerchief on the table and asked, "Didn't I ask you to cultivate yourself more? Embroidery can easily make you nervous. It's better not to embroider for the time being. You can continue embroidering after you recover."
Su Qianle's eyes stopped on the unfinished handkerchief, and she nodded.
Seeing that she was not in a high mood, Xia Chu comforted her: "If it delays the speed of recovery just to embroider a handkerchief, it won't be worth the loss. When she is well, Qianle can do whatever she wants."
Su Qianle's eyes lit up, a smile appeared on her lips, and she said yes.
Xia Chu chatted with her for a while before getting up and saying goodbye and returning to Yunqiyuan.
As usual, Xia Chu practiced flying needles in the yard. After sunset, I rested for a while and had dinner with the Marquis, and then took him for a walk in the garden. Until Mo Xiang came to report that Su Qianan had returned home and was looking for him. Xia Chu said goodbye to the Marquis and hurried back.
Su Qian'an breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Xia Chu.
After entering the room, Xia Chu looked at his serious face and couldn't help but ask: "What happened? We are looking for it so urgently, but you are still so nervous."
Su Qian'an took a deep breath and replied: "I haven't been able to deliver Bingwen's notes to you these past few days, and I don't feel comfortable giving them to Mo Xiang."
Xia Chu raised his eyebrows and signaled to him, what next
"Bingwen said there is a big deal."
"Oh?" Xia Chu took the folder and started to read it.
"The buyer is King Mo!" Su Qian'an just finished speaking, and Xia Chu happened to turn it over. Mo Wang Xiao Mubai wants to buy Bai Ruofei's news with half of the palace's property and a token.
It's indeed a big deal, but why is Xiao Mubai looking for Bai Ruofei
Gan, Bai Ruofei turns out to be so valuable...
"Can it be sold?" Su Qianan asked looking at Xia Chu who was thinking.
Xia Chu read the contents on the folder, burned it and said, "Let's go to Bingwen's place."
On the way, Su Qian'an told Xia Chu that four maids and four boys were now bought in Bingwen's yard and lived in the guest room in the south.
The two of them landed softly in front of Bingwen's bedroom.
Su Qianan gently knocked on the door and called Bingwen.
Bingwen opened the door and saw Xia Chu and Su Qian'an coming together. He let them in sideways and then went out to tell the servants and maids to go back to the house. There was no need to come over to wait on them anymore. He took a pot of tea and returned to the house.
While making tea for Xia Chu, Bingwen asked, "Did the young master come here after reading the book?"
"Yeah. We can't do King Mo's business."
Bingwen was not too surprised and said: "Well, Bai Ruofei is a legendary figure. She has disappeared for more than forty years. Don't talk about us then. My father and the others were all born. .”
Xia Chu was a little surprised, although he knew that Bai Ruofei was quite old. After all, he was already my mother's master before, but I didn't know he was so old? Xia Chu had lived with him for thirteen years and didn't notice it at all. Just that look and temperament, just one stop in the streets of Beijing. If you are tall and tall, you must be the master of Manlou Red Sleeves...
Seeing that he was silent, Bingwen comforted him: "It's natural that King Mo's business can't be done. Master, don't be sad."
"I'm not sad." Xia Chu thought, why should I be sad? It’s not that King Mo’s business can’t be done, it just can’t be done. Now all he could think about was wondering how old Bai Ruofei was and whether she had made antiseptic medicine for herself...
"That's good, let's pick another one." Bingwen felt relieved when he saw his relaxed tone.
"The whereabouts of the disaster relief money from Jiangcheng."
"Where?" Bingwen heard about this.
Floods occurred in Jiangcheng last summer, and the emperor allocated two million taels of silver for disaster relief. Xu Wanjun, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, handed the silver to Zhu Chenlin, the governor of Jiangzhou, and Zhu Chenlin handed the money to Lu Mingxi, the governor of Jiangcheng Prefecture.
Lu Mingxi did not take the official route, but secretly took the money north from the river, colluded with pirates, and embezzled the official silver. He was reported by Lu Lu, the magistrate of Anlu County, and the emperor was furious. He was taken to the capital and Dali Temple presided over the trial.
The case has dragged on for half a year, Lu Mingxi has refused to plead guilty, and the official banknote has not been found yet. Zhu Chenlin asked for dereliction of duty and was fined his salary. The emperor lost patience and sentenced Lu Mingxi to be executed after the Spring Equinox. Counting the days, it won’t be long.
"Lu Mingxi's whole family has been detained. Who will buy it?" Xia Chu said puzzled.
"The visitor is Qiu Zhiting, the well-known branch master of Anfeng Escort Agency in Jiangzhou. He handed over 500,000 taels and a seal of Anfeng Escort Agency."
Xia Chu nodded, thought for a moment and said, "There is an abandoned Guanyin Temple a hundred miles away from the northern suburbs. Zhu Chenlin bought the land at a low price and sent private soldiers disguised as farmers to guard the surrounding area."
"The official silver is under the Guanyin Temple?" Bingwen swallowed and looked at Xia Chu and asked.
"Exactly."
"Then I will contact Qiu Zhiting tomorrow." Bingwen asked for instructions.
"Tomorrow you go tell Qiu Zhiting that this news can be sold. But it won't save Lu Mingxi. The best he can do is to be exiled."
"That's good, at least we don't have to kill everyone."
"In other words, why do you think the people from Anfeng Escort Bureau helped Lu Mingxi?" Xia Chu asked, tapping his index finger on the table.
"This... must be closely related." Bingwen really didn't know. He accidentally learned about this when he was at the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Xia Chu smiled and said: "Because, the so-called pirates are the people from Anfeng Escort Agency."
(End of chapter)