Rouyao County Lady said fiercely: "I'm also putting this in front of you. If you dare to be fickle, and be with your cousin here and Su Qing there, I will not let you go."
Zi'an looked at her, a little confused. What did she mean by that? She actually asked her to be with Murong Jie? Didn't she like Murong Jie
"Please explain yourself more clearly." Zi'an said.
Rouyao County Lady looked angry, "Isn't it clear enough? I know the methods of a daughter of a noble family like you. You are coquettish and scheming. Su Qing is simple-minded and can be easily deceived by you, but I am not. I have seen through your tricks a long time ago. If you want to deceive Su Qing, you have to get past me."
Zi'an finally understood, "Don't you like your cousin?"
County Lady Rouyao was stunned for a moment, "Who told you that I like my cousin?"
"Su Qing!"
"Bah, that was in the past. I used to like my cousin, but I was young and ignorant at that time. After I knew his personality, I changed my mind." said County Lady Rouyao.
"What's wrong with his temper? Isn't he quite good?" Zi'an couldn't help but defend his sweetheart.
"Very good? You said he has a good temper?" Princess Rouyao seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world.
"It's quite good, wise, intelligent, and meticulous..."
"Stop it first," Princess Rouyao stretched out her hand to block him, "I need to ask clearly, the cousin we have been talking about is the Regent Murong Jie, right?"
"It's him!"
Rouyao County Lady was confused. "But the wise, intelligent, and careful person you mentioned is not him. He is overbearing, cruel, rude, vicious, and always has a stern face. Are you sure you are talking about Murong Jie?"
Zian laughed, "That's occasionally, but most of the time it's still very good."
Rouyao County Lady glanced at her and said, "You like him very much? Then what you said just now about him proposing to you many times and forcing you to marry him was all false?"
Zi'an slumped his shoulders, looking a little dejected, "That's fake, I thought you liked him, so I said that just to scare you."
Rouyao County Lady burst out laughing, and all hostility disappeared. "I like him, but that's asking for trouble."
"No," Zi'an was not so easily dismissed, "Su Qing said that you became hostile to me when I mentioned Murong Jie's fiancée."
"That's because I saw Su Qing holding you up, and you just drank a pot of wine with him..." Rouyao County Lady said without any shame: "I like Su Qing."
Zi'an exclaimed, "Does Su Qing know?"
"Do you think this idiot knows? I've hinted several times, but he just doesn't understand. Or maybe he understands, but he doesn't like me and thinks I'm despised because I've been married before?" Princess Rouyao said, but she didn't look sad at all.
"Why don't you just confess directly?" Zi'an asked.
Rouyao County Lady shook her head. "Isn't this bad? If he doesn't like me, I won't be able to face him in the future."
Zi'an knew that this dynasty was still relatively conservative. It was not uncommon for women to confess their love to men, but they were relatively rare.
It's not uncommon to see people like Xia Wan'er being so persistent, but that shouldn't be considered a confession, right? It can only be considered as a stalker.
But when Zi'an learned that Rou'er was not a threat to him, a huge stone fell from his heart. He had been worrying about Rou'er these days, and his life was not easy.
As for what happened between her and Su Qing, that was their business alone and she had no right to interfere. As long as it didn't pose a threat to her, that was enough.
"I have been away from the capital for more than half a year, and I don't know his current situation. Does he have a lover now?" County Lady Rouyao asked, pulling her aside.
"Probably not? But Chen Liuliu did say that Su Qing is willing to marry her."
Rouyao County Lady frowned, "Chen Liuliu? Chen Taijun's granddaughter? This person is not easy to deal with."
"It's her, but she actually has someone she loves. She likes Xiao Tuo."
"Isn't that easy? Let Xiao Tuo marry her!" County Lady Rouyao said immediately.
"She dreams about it, but Xiao Tuo is not interested in her."
"Knock him out and throw him on the bed. We have to force this stupid ass Xiao Tuo into submission." County Lady Rouyao said immediately.
Zi'an looked at her in surprise, and had a feeling that Chen Liuliu and County Master Rouyao were the ones who came from the modern era.
Xiao Tuo, who was far away in the General's Mansion, had fallen asleep, but he sneezed several times in a row in his dream. After waking up, he felt a little dazed, and then continued to sleep with the quilt rolled up.
Zi'an was very happy that the crisis with County Master Rouyao was resolved. He did not sleep that night. He held mugwort in one hand to repel mosquitoes and a wine pot in the other hand, and sat down to chat with County Master Rouyao.
We chatted all night.
Inside the prime minister’s residence.
"Madam, your noble concubine sent someone to tell us that Xia Zian, Murong Jie and Ni Rong were looking for something in the grass outside the city, and they also brought back a lot of herbs." Cui Yu reported.
"Grassland? Looking for herbs?" The old lady's eyes flashed. Although Xia Zian entered the epidemic area under the threat of a military order this time, she always felt that things were going too smoothly. With her temper, wouldn't she make a fuss first
"It should be." Cui Yu replied.
The old lady thought for a moment and said, "Tell someone to burn all the grass they found."
Cuiyu asked, "Is the old lady afraid that she will really find a cure for the zombie disease?"
The old lady said, "I have to make this assumption. I've been thinking about it all night and I feel that Xia Zian got in too easily this time. She even went in without making any noise. Moreover, someone from the noble concubine's side once reported that there was a stench of zombie disease coming from the Chen family's courtyard. I suspect that there are zombie patients hiding in the Chen family's courtyard. Xia Zian may have been living there for five days, and she may have been developing a prescription."
"But there shouldn't be any herbs in the grassland outside the city. They're just ordinary grasses."
The old lady pressed her hand and said, "We can't take any risks. We must do everything we can to stop Xia Zian from finding a cure for the disease. Otherwise, she will have made such a great contribution this time that it will be almost impossible to kill her in the future."
Cuiyu nodded, "Okay, I'll send someone to do it right away."
The next day, Zi'an left the epidemic area and went to the grassland to search again, only to find that the grassland had turned into a scorched earth.
Su Qing accompanied her. Seeing this, Su Qing said angrily, "Someone has taken action. It seems that the person behind this can no longer hold back. He is afraid that you have really found a good way to cure the zombie disease."
Zi'an was not angry. He squatted down, picked up some grass ash, picked up some soil, rubbed it carefully, and then continued searching forward.
"What are you looking for? There is no grass here." Su Qing said.
Zi'an didn't say anything. He kept pushing aside the grass ash along the roadside to look for it. After a long time, he stood up and asked Su Qing, "Do you remember the first time Ni Rong was bitten, when he went back, was there dirt on his wound?"
Su Qing thought for a moment and said, "I don't remember."
Zi'an grabbed a handful of soil and put it in a bottle, then said, "Let's go back to the Chen family compound. I have something to ask Ni Rong."
(End of this chapter)