Outside the palace, Zhou Mansion.
The light in Zhou Zhiyuan's study was on all the time, and two figures were reflected dimly on the window. Xu, the eldest lady of the Zhou family, stood at the gate of the yard and looked at them coldly. She turned around and went back to her own yard without saying a word.
"Madam, aren't you going to give this stewed ginseng soup to the young master?" The maid behind Xu asked in a low voice.
Xu walked slowly and steadily, with her back straight and her manner elegant. She only spoke after she returned to her room.
"He and the future Crown Princess have important matters to discuss. Why should I bother them? Ginseng soup is very nourishing. If I don't nourish him, can't I nourish me?"
When Xu's mother, who came with her as a dowry, heard this, she stepped forward to serve Xu the ginseng soup and said indifferently, "This young lady was not like this before. She has become arrogant since the marriage was granted. How can we know whether it will be good or bad?"
Xu paused with the spoon in her hand, "Mom, be careful what you say! No matter what my sister-in-law does, she still has to go to the palace. I will tolerate her for a while until she gets married."
Seeing that no one was around, the old woman quietly leaned over to Xu's ear and whispered, "I heard from the housekeeper that the mistress went out to buy a maid but she didn't bring her into the mansion. Instead, she bribed the pawnbroker to send her to the Cao Gang."
"Cao Gang? Isn't the eldest young master helping the prince to clean up the Cao Gang? But mother is buying maids for the Cao Gang? This is really strange!"
Xu stopped drinking the soup, stood up and paced twice, "You must never mention this to anyone else. Go get close to your fellow villager and see if you can find out, then come back to me."
Zhou Lanqing on the other side looked frustrated, with a layer of worry on her pretty face, "Brother, what does the prince mean? Can you let the prince marry me sooner?"
Zhou Zhiyuan snorted after hearing this, "Sister, you can just say this to me and forget about it when you go back. Is this something you, a young lady, can say?"
"Hmph! Why are you pretending to be such a sanctimonious gentleman? As long as I don't marry the prince, aren't you worried about the long night and the dream?"
"The prince now has great trust in me. I heard that the prince reprimanded the officials of the Ministry of Works that day and said that he hired me because I was diligent and hardworking. I never thought that I, Zhou Zhiyuan, would be able to achieve what I have today."
Zhou Lanqing was still unhappy. It was her elder brother's business to be valued by him. The most important thing was for her to please the prince. But now the prince had not said a few words to her. She didn't know if he remembered what she looked like.
Song Ruiyang really didn't care what Zhou Lanqing looked like. As long as she was decent and behaved properly and didn't bring disgrace to the royal family, that was enough.
At this moment, he tried his best to remember the appearance of the man in black in front of him, "Who is coming?!"
The black-clothed man's martial arts skills were not particularly outstanding, but he was pushed two meters away within ten moves. However, he had a resolute determination to fight to the death, which made Song Ruiyang curious.
I have not committed any unjust, false or wrongful convictions, and I have only been working in the Ministry of Works for more than half a year. The Ministry of Works is not like the Ministry of Justice or the Dali Temple. What could have happened that could make people have such a deep hatred for me
Liu Yue saw the inquiry in Song Ruiyang's eyes, and she encouraged herself, "It's better to lose the battle than the person. I didn't expect this guy to be so good at martial arts! I guess I can only use some tricks!"
Having made up his mind, Liu Yue immediately raised the sword in his hand, jumped a few feet high with a light touch, and with a sinking of his wrist, the sword went towards Song Ruiyang's chest.
"What a great martial art!" Song Ruiyang exclaimed in his heart. He calmly protected his heart meridian and waited for Liu Yue to get close to him so that he could give him a fierce blow.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Liu Yue came into Song Ruiyang's attack range, he suddenly moved away as if by magic and turned to attack Song Ruiyang's abdomen.
The change came too suddenly, and Song Ruiyang was shocked. He hurriedly swung his sword downwards to block the insidious and vulgar attack.
Xiao Luzi just happened to come in with some people carrying water, so he shouted those three words for the second time today in a shrill voice, "There is an assassin!"
(End of this chapter)