A carrier pigeon landed quietly in Tang Zibo's house without disturbing anyone.
A door in the courtyard was pushed open with a "squeak", and Tang Zibo came out with a birdcage in his hand.
"Cuckoo."
The carrier pigeon on the ground raised its head and called twice. Tang Zibo looked at the snow-white carrier pigeon, and slightly hooked the corners of his mouth.
"I thought for a long time that the daughters of the Liu family should not conspire with each other, and Xue Mu should be killed first."
A person behind him looked at Tang Zibo for a while and asked, "What did the prince say?"
Tang Zibo burned the note drawn from the carrier pigeon's leg, and replied: "He told us to leave Liu Qinghuan alone and kill Xue Mu first."
The people behind did not speak again, as if they were waiting for Tang Zibo's instructions. Tang Zibo narrowed his eyes slightly after watching the note being burned to ashes: "Notify Jingshu to act."
"yes."
Since Xue Mu had a cordial conversation with Liu Qinghuan at the Lotus Pavilion that day, Liu Qinghuan hadn't seen Xue Mu for a long time.
At noon that day, Liu Qinghuan had accepted Ning's invitation to go to her place for dinner, but as soon as she stepped into the door, she saw Xue Mu also sitting inside. Immediately understanding Ning's thoughts in her heart, Liu Qinghuan blessed Ning and asked with a smile: "Did you sleep well last night?"
Ning also laughed: "Recently it's not as hot as before, and I can sleep a lot at night."
Liu Qinghuan said: "This is good, Auntie needs to take care of her body."
Ning smiled and nodded repeatedly. To be honest, she was very satisfied with Liu Qinghuan as her daughter-in-law, except for one thing - she and Mu'er hadn't consummated their marriage yet. It may be that she is really old, and she feels that she can't understand the thoughts of young people at all.
As for her Mu'er, Liu Qinghuan is the only thing she has been thinking about all these years, but why did she finally marry someone into the family, yet refuse to touch her? Besides, Liu Qinghuan, she could tell that she also had feelings for Mu'er, as long as she lured her a little, Yi Mu'er would definitely not be able to control her feelings for her.
But both of them stood still and respected each other as guests.
Ning sighed softly, and asked Liu Qinghuan to sit down beside Xue Mu. Liu Qinghuan walked over, smiled at Xue Mu, and did not speak.
Ning's brows were slightly frowned. Some time ago, the relationship between the two had obviously grown by leaps and bounds. She thought that the time for her to hold her grandson was not far away, so why did she return to the original point
She ordered someone to serve the food, and the three of them did not speak during the dinner. Seeing that the meal was about to end like this, Ning finally couldn't bear it and asked: "Mu'er, what happened between you and Qing Huan?"
Xue Mu and Liu Qinghuan paused at the same time, Liu Qinghuan glanced at Xue Mu, and swallowed the ball that was put to his mouth—it wasn't her who was asking anyway, so he continued to eat.
Seeing Liu Qinghuan's appearance of staying out of the matter, Xue Mu had no choice but to put down his chopsticks and apologize to Ning: "Aniang, there is nothing wrong between Hai'er and Qingqing."
"Nothing? Is this nothing?" Ning Shi was so angry that she chuckled, "Since you don't like Qinghuan, then mother can help you find another concubine."
Liu Qinghuan almost choked on the ball in his mouth.
She covered her mouth and coughed a few times. Although her voice was extremely low, Ning's eyes still fell on her: "Qing Huan, what do you think of this proposal?"
There was a faint smile on the corner of Ning's mouth, which made Liu Qinghuan get goosebumps all over her body. She swallowed the ball in her mouth, and smiled at Ning Shi: "I will obey what Auntie wants."
Ning's smile froze slightly, Xue Mu squinted his eyes, and stood up from his seat: "Mother, children don't know how to take concubines."
If you don't know how to take a concubine, hurry up and consummate the house!
Ning's eagerness was beyond words. Liang Chen next to him saw her, and hurriedly stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Madam, you are not in good health, so don't get too excited."
Ning exhaled a few breaths to calm down her emotions. She felt that sooner or later she would be pissed off by these two brats.
"I'm tired, I'm going back to the house first." Ning Shi said, stood up with Liang Chen's support, and before leaving, she did not forget to explain, "Mu'er, send Qing Huan back later."
"Understood." Xue Mugong responded respectfully, watching Ning's walk away. He let out a little breath, and turned around to see Liu Qinghuan still sitting on his seat and continuing to eat. Knowing that she would not leave until she had finished the food on the table, he sat down again and tore a piece of mutton into the bowl.
After Liu Qinghuan finished eating the food in the bowl, she finally turned her head and took a look at Xue Mu: "Master Hou, I'm done eating, so I'll take my leave first."
"Wait." Xue Mu followed her to stand up and walked outside, "I promised Aniang to take you back."
Liu Qinghuan looked at his back and followed him with the corners of her mouth pursed.
Along the way, the two of them were only focused on their journey, and neither of them spoke. Even Chitao Qingzhi, who was following behind, sensed something was wrong.
Seeing that the courtyard where Liu Qinghuan lived was close in front of him, Xue Mu finally asked: "Qingqing, you really don't mind if I take a concubine?"
Liu Qinghuan glanced at him sideways and said, "I don't mind."
Xue Mu's face darkened, but she continued to say: "But if I accidentally kill your concubine, I hope you don't mind."
Xue Mu was stunned for a moment, then laughed softly.
Liu Qinghuan's face inexplicably became hot amidst his deep laughter, she glanced at Xue Mu lightly, then turned and walked into the courtyard.
But in Xue Mu's eyes, this is completely fleeing.
Before the smile on his face receded, Nuo Yan leaned over lightly: "Master Hou, General Weiyuan is here, clamoring to find you for a drink."
Xue Mu couldn't help laughing: "Where is he?"
Nuo Yan said: "Sitting at the entrance of the main hall, hugging a wine jar and refusing to leave." After speaking, he added, "I heard that I got drunk in the barracks in the morning."
Xue Mu laughed: "It seems that he feels that he hasn't been trained enough by the emperor." He paused, then walked towards the main hall, "Go and have a look."
Liu Qinghuan went back to her room and took a nap, and when she woke up, she heard two maids muttering something outside the door. She got up from the bed, opened the door and looked: "What are you two talking about, are you talking so happily?"
This frightened the two girls so much that they almost knelt on the ground: "Ma'am, are you awake?!"
Liu Qinghuan looked at the two people whose faces turned pale with fright, and couldn't help but feel a little funny: "What are you doing wrong to be so scared?"
"No!" Chitao quickly explained, "It's General Weiyuan!"
"General Weiyuan?" Liu Qinghuan looked at her suspiciously.
"Returning to Madam, I heard that General Weiyuan was reprimanded by the emperor in the early morning court, and he was very angry, and now he is still dragging Lord Hou to drink."
Liu Qinghuan blinked: "General Weiyuan you are talking about, but General Li Moli?"
Chitao said: "Exactly."
"Oh?" Liu Qinghuan became interested. She had also heard about this Li Mo. It was said that he was the second most capable general in Dacheng - of course, Xue Mu was the first. Because of this second, he has always been dissatisfied with Xue Mu, and finally found a chance to fight with Xue Mu. I heard from the people in Chang'an City that the fight was so violent that the situation changed, and even the dogs kept in the hospital cried several times in fright.
As for the result of the battle, of course, General Xue, the number one god of war that the common people talked about, won. Although Li Mo was beaten to the ground, he was completely convinced. Not only did he get rid of his grudge against Xue Mu, but he also became friends with him. In the end, this incident became a good story in Chang'an City.
However, although this Li Mo was brave, he was addicted to alcohol and often made mistakes because of drinking. The current emperor scolded him many times for this matter, but this general never changed his mind after repeated admonitions.
Liu Qinghuan looked at the two servant girls, a little curious: "What did he do to be scolded by the emperor?"
Qing Zhi said: "What else can happen, it must be because of the wine again." Qing Zhi suddenly smiled when she said this, "I heard that he was still in the camp in the morning and got General Peng Peng drunk, probably tomorrow You have to be trained in the morning."
Seeing the malicious smiles of the two girls, Liu Qinghuan sympathized with General Weiyuan: "Has he not left yet?"
"No, he said that Master Hou will never get drunk after a thousand cups, and he must get Master Hou drunk today before giving up."
Liu Qinghuan: "..."
In fact, it is very easy to get Xue Mu drunk, really.
She curled her lips and said to the two servant girls, "Shall we go and see secretly?"
If you do bad things, you have to drag others along, so that you won't be exposed. Liu Qinghuan sneaked closer to the main hall with two maids, and as soon as he reached the gate of the courtyard, he saw several dancers in light veils also walking towards the outer courtyard.
"It should be going to the main hall to dance." Qing Zhi said.
Liu Qinghuan nodded and followed quietly. The dancers in front walked together in twos and threes, still talking and laughing in a low voice.
"I heard that General Weiyuan is very handsome."
"Oh, no wonder you use lip balm so flamboyantly today."
"How can you smell the fragrance on your body! Alas, I thought that entering the Hou's mansion would get the attention of the Hou Ye, but the Hou Ye didn't even look at us."
"Come on, you still want to be favored by Lord Hou? Didn't you see that my wife is so beautiful, does Lord Hou sleep with her in a separate room?"
"Pfft, do you think Master Hou is... hmm?"
Chitao Qingzhi, who was following them, blushed with anger, and was about to rush up and grab them and shout "Bold and presumptuous!".
But Liu Qinghuan stopped him.
Qingzhi looked at her angrily: "Madam, how dare they say that about you and Master Hou, such servants should be taught a lesson!"
"That's right!" Chi Tao also echoed with righteous indignation.
"Wait." Liu Qinghuan only frowned in thought, the second dancer who spoke, she always felt as if she had heard her voice somewhere.
Where did you hear it
In the main hall, Xue Mu glanced at Li Mo, who was drunk, and shook his head helplessly: "Yongyan, the emperor asked you to quit drinking for your own good."
"Pfft!" Li Mo spit out a few bubbles of wine, squinted at Xue Mudao, "Tell me to stop drinking, it's better to kill me directly."
Xue Mu smiled at him: "Tell this request to the emperor, I believe he will grant you."
Li Mo: "..."
He buried his head and muttered a few words, then held the wine jar and took another sip.
When the dancers came up from behind, Liu Qinghuan finally remembered where she had heard that voice.
Although the tone was much brighter and more pleasant, it was undoubtedly the voice speaking by her window.