In the pear garden, the dishes were fragrant, and the sound of cooking came from the kitchen. The servants ran off to nowhere, and there was no one in the courtyard.
Ji Mingxiu walked up the corridor.
Xun Lan came out of the kitchen with a plate of fried dishes. When she saw Ji Mingxiu, her eyes paused for a moment, and her eyes lit up a little: "You're here? It's just right, lunch is ready, let's go inside sit down."
Ji Mingxiu looked at her indifferently.
She brought the dishes into the house, and there were seven or eight dishes on the dining table, including meat, vegetables, and soup.
Xun Lan took off her apron and smiled slightly: "Come in."
When Ji Mingxiu entered the room, Xun Lan pulled the stool away and motioned him to sit down. Seeing that he didn't move, he asked, "What's the matter? It's just a meal, nothing else."
Ji Mingxiu changed seats and sat down.
A rare smile flitted across Xun Lan's face, a hint of inadvertent charm was revealed in the greenness, like a slim girl, two beautiful blushes appeared on her cheeks, she lowered her head and gave Ji Mingxiu cloth Picking up the chopsticks: "It's all your favorite food. After so many years, I don't know if my craftsmanship is still there."
Ji Mingxiu looked at the exquisite and delicious food on the table, and said lightly: "What gave you the illusion that I like these dishes?"
Xun Lan said: "When the princess was around, I was always cooking. Every time you said it was delicious, you ate it all up."
Ji Mingxiu said cruelly: "That's because my mother is watching me, and I ate it for my mother to see."
Xun Lan's eyelashes trembled in an irregular rhythm, sat down opposite Ji Mingxiu, picked up chopsticks, and gave him a piece of mushroom: "It's a mushroom picked from the mountain of Rhinoceros Village, this You always like to eat."
Ji Mingxiu said unabashedly: "It's not this dish that I like, but the person who cooks it. If she doesn't cook it, whoever cooks it will taste nothing to me."
Xun Lan slowly put down her chopsticks: "Do you have to speak so heartlessly?"
"Why did you come back?" Ji Mingxiu asked coldly.
"You know why." Xun Lan said, looking up into his eyes, and found that his eyes were indifferent, and he was completely different from the man standing under the osmanthus tree looking at Qiao Wei tenderly. Stinging, the hands buried under the wide sleeves were tightly clenched into fists, "What's so good about her?"
Ji Mingxiu said, "Anywhere is fine."
Xun Lan sniffed and stood up: "The dish is cold, I'll go and heat it up."
Ji Mingxiu said: "I give you two choices, move out of Ji's house now and never come back; or you can stay in Ji's house, dangling under my nose until I lose my patience completely, Xun Lan, yours It's going to end badly."
Xun Lan resisted the soreness on the tip of her nose, and went to the kitchen with the dishes.
... a wide street with few pedestrians, a luxurious golden carriage slowly driving on the street that is distorted by the sun, perhaps because of the hot weather, there are fewer people setting up stalls and even fewer shoppers , The carriage was unimpeded and arrived at the destination soon.
This is a study, and there is nothing unusual about it on the outside. There are many more luxurious and larger studies than it, and there is no need to travel so far.
The leader couldn't help but muttered: "Why do you always come here to buy books? Do you want anything from Shuji's? Do you need to spend money to buy it outside?"
Although he enjoyed the process of hanging out with her, it was really maddeningly hot to be stuck in the carriage! It's better to find a cool place and enjoy the cool air!
Fu Xueyan said: "I told you not to let you follow."
The leader choked and was dumb for a while, then snorted and said, "Aren't I afraid that your brother will come to catch you again? If it wasn't for me last time, you would have been taken away by him!"
Fu Xueyan stopped arguing with him and took Xiuqin out of the carriage.
The leader got out of the carriage right after him, followed Fu Xueyan swayingly, as if following him like a shadow, Fu Xueyan stopped in his steps, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and he turned to him and said: "Is there a person on this street?" A seller of chestnut cakes?"
"Is there? I haven't seen it before..." The leader blinked innocently, "You want to eat chestnut cake? Then you wait here, I will look for it."
Fu Xueyan nodded, and the leader turned around immediately.
The coachman looked at his young master running around under the scorching sun, and his heart ached so badly, he said to himself that you are stupid, you are really stupid, didn't you see me sitting here? Don't know let me buy it
The master and servant entered the house.
Fu Xueyan walked to the counter, the shopkeeper was still lazily flipping through some books, with a nonchalant expression on his face, and he didn't raise his eyes to say hello when someone came, until Fu Xueyan handed over a piece of white paper with the title of the book Putting it in front of him, he suddenly raised his head and took a deep look at Fu Xueyan.
Fu Xueyan asked: "Do you have this book in your store?"
The shopkeeper said solemnly: "Yes, do you want a manuscript or a rubbing?"
"Manuscript." Fu Xueyan said.
The shopkeeper looked at her fixedly and said, "Is it from a literati or a master of calligraphy?"
"Everyone's calligraphy." Fu Xueyan said.
The shopkeeper said: "The price is not cheap."
Fu Xueyan took out her purse from her wide sleeve: "Talks of gold are worse than condensing one."
The shopkeeper opened the purse to have a look, his eyes moved and said: "Miss, please follow me."
Fu Xueyan and the shopkeeper went up to the second floor and entered an elegant and unique wing room. The shopkeeper went to another room. When he came out, he had an extra tray in his hand. There was a manuscript on the tray. He put the book on Fu Xueyan's desk. Without saying anything, he backed out respectfully.
Xiuqin closes the door.
Fu Xueyan opened the manuscript, and there was a bookmark lying inside. Fu Xueyan picked up the bookmark and looked at it, frowning slightly.
Xiuqin came over and asked in a low voice, "What did you write?"
"Meet you." Fu Xueyan shook the bookmark with his inner strength and turned it into powder.
"Now?" Xiuqin asked.
Fu Xueyan hummed lightly.
Xiuqin said distressedly: "Second Young Master Ji is still buying chestnut cakes for you, what if he comes and finds you're not here?"
Fu Xueyan said: "You hold him back."
When Xiuqin thought about that guy's troublesome peeing, she really regretted coming out with him today, she knew how many things she had to deal with when she went her own way.
Fu Xueyan quietly left the study through the back door.
Unfortunately, the leader asked about chestnut cakes all over the street. He didn't ask any questions on the street, so he walked through the alley and came to a fairly lively alley. There were many vendors and shops in the alley, all of which sold snacks. He asked one by one. In the past, at the end of the question, he finally bought it. He tasted one and it tasted good, so he bought the whole basket in one go!
When I looked up, I saw Fu Xueyan coming out of a door, he waved at her, but she didn't see him, he was about to call her, at this moment, a small cart filled with oranges came towards me: " Let it go! Let it go!"
The leader hurriedly stepped aside, and when the small cart passed by, there was no shadow of Fu Xueyan over there.
"Strange, where did you go?" The leader frowned strangely, and walked towards the direction where Fu Xueyan disappeared. That door should be the back door of the study. There is a secluded alley directly opposite the back door. The leader thought about it. After a while, he stepped into the alley. When he reached the entrance of the alley, he looked around and saw Fu Xueyan's figure on the right. He opened his mouth: "Mother..."
Before she finished speaking, Fu Xueyan entered a shop. Above the shop, there was a big "Shou" character hanging, and there were several gaudy wreaths below. This was clearly a wreath shroud shop. It was even more strange. do what
The leader swaggered into the shop with a basket of heavy chestnut cakes in his arms.
In the backyard of the shop, in a tea room, Fu Xueyan sat on the floor with a man in a gray robe. There was a one-foot-high small table between them. Not much, but better than exquisite.
The gray-robed man poured tea for himself and Fu Xueyan: "Why is it so late?"
Fu Xueyan said lightly: "It's inconvenient to come out, I've been delayed for a while."
The gray-robed man said: "Qin Bingyu is dead, I don't know how much he said, what can Ji Mingxiu gain?"
"No." Fu Xueyan answered quickly.
The man in the gray robe couldn't help but glanced at her: "Is there anything unusual?"
Fu Xueyan's expression remained unchanged and said: "No, we had dinner together last night, and he is no different from usual."
"I didn't ask you anything?" the gray-robed man asked.
"No." Fu Xueyan said.
The man in the gray robe said thoughtfully: "So, he doesn't know your identity yet."
Fu Xueyan lowered her eyes and said: "He knows about Mu Wangfu, and the wizard of the Wangfu was captured by him. He asked Mu Shizi to prepare a ransom of 100,000 taels, and trade it today."
The gray-robed man said: "I will investigate the result of the transaction myself. Don't ask around at Ji's house, lest you show your feet."
"I know." Fu Xueyan took a sip of tea.
The gray-robed man opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but the door was slammed open, and the handsome face of the leader, wearing a jade mask, appeared in front of the two of them without warning. His face changed completely, and the man in gray robe held down the hilt of the sword under the table.
Fu Xueyan's eyes fell on his hand holding the sword.
The leader cast a displeased glance at the gray-robed man and said, "Who is he? Why are you sitting with him and drinking tea?"
Fu Xueyan was at a loss for words.
The leader thought of something, his eyes widened, and he suddenly realized: "I know! He was sent by your elder brother to arrest you!"
Fu Xueyan: "He..."
The leader placed a basket of chestnut cakes in his hand on the ground. Fu Xueyan looked at the cakes that were almost melted by the scorching sun, and there was a wave in his eyes. The leader stepped into the room, grabbed Fu Xueyan, and blocked her behind him , looked at the gray robed man on the ground with a stern look, and said unceremoniously: "I warn you, this is the capital, not you Yeluo, if you dare to mess around, I will ask my elder brother to deal with you! Who is my elder brother?" Do you know? Today’s prime minister, relatives of the emperor, if you are not afraid of death, you can try! See if you can get out of the capital alive!”
The gray-robed man squinted his eyes, and pulled out the sword from the bottom of the table. Fu Xueyan frowned, and knocked the teacher unconscious with a knife in his hand.
The man in the gray robe said sharply, "What are you doing?"
"What are you doing?" Fu Xueyan asked back, biting down on the word you.
The gray-robed man said: "He broke something that shouldn't be broken, we can't keep him, otherwise our plan will fall short."
Ji Mingxiu said, "He didn't hear anything."
The gray-robed man said coldly: "He didn't hear it, but he saw it."
Fu Xueyan said coldly: "So what if I saw it? He thought you, Mu Qiuyang, sent it!"
The gray-robed man sneered: "He thinks? Does he think it's useful? Do you think that if he tells Ji Mingxiu what he saw today, Ji Mingxiu won't be able to guess what you're doing? When Ji Mingxiu and his younger brother as stupid?"
Fu Xueyan said seriously: "He won't say it."
"How can you be sure?" The gray-robed man seemed in disbelief.
Fu Xueyan said calmly: "I have my own way."
"I'm really sorry, future queen, I'll let you do other things, but this person can't stay." The gray-robed man raised his sword and stabbed at the leader's heart.
Fu Xueyan hugged him, performed lightness kung fu, and retreated to the wall: "He is Ji Mingxiu's younger brother, if you kill him, Ji Mingxiu will find out about you soon, and then you and I will be exposed faster! "
The gray-robed man was in vain, and his face became more and more gloomy: "It would be quicker for him to go back and tell Ji Mingxiu that you met a man at the shroud shop today, and that Ji Mingxiu will arrest you tonight!"
Fu Xueyan was not a talkative person, and was the most impatient to argue with others, so he gave the gray robe a cold look: "I'm too lazy to talk to you."
After saying that, he walked out with the leader in his arms.
The gray-robed man said coldly: "You can go and leave the person behind."
Fu Xueyan said indifferently: "It depends on whether you have this ability."
The gray-robed man gritted his teeth and said, "Don't blame me for not reminding you, a sword has no eyes!"
Fu Xueyan went back to the house without returning the cigarette butt. A fierce sword energy struck from the man in gray robe. Fu Xueyan pushed the leader to the corner of the wall. The sword energy brushed against her body, and all the hairs on her body were frozen Stopped, she covered her belly subconsciously, a murderous intent flashed in her eyes, the man in gray robe still didn't give up, he slashed at the leader who was crooked in the corner with his sword, Fu Xueyan pulled out the dagger in his sleeve, using his internal strength, shot To the man in gray robe.
The gray-robed man only felt a strong internal energy, mixed with the coercion of the scorching sun, attacking him head and face.
He stopped his moves in time and swung his sword towards the dagger. The sword in his hand was made by the number one swordsmith in Yeluo. It cuts iron like mud. A mere dagger is not a problem at all. He thought so confidently in his heart, but Unexpectedly, the moment the sword hit the dagger, not only did it fail to cut off the dagger, but was cut in half by the dagger. It seemed that the dagger had pierced a paper window, and its strength was not weakened at all, and it hit his heart. !
He was stabbed fiercely, and the huge force knocked his whole body to the ground. He looked at the broken sword in his hand in disbelief, and then looked down at the bloody dagger. What did he want to say? He spit out a lot of blood.
"It is Fen Tian." Fu Xueyan pulled out the dagger, wiped it clean with a handkerchief, and inserted it back into the scabbard.
Qiao Wei: "Take your self-defense, I have other daggers."
Fu Xueyan hugged the leader, and under the terrified gaze of the man in gray robe, he took the leader and left.
When Xiuqin arrived at the scene, Fu Xueyan had just walked to the yard, and the gray-robed man had already closed his eyes. Xiuqin ran over to check his breath and pulse, and withdrew her hand in shock: "Miss... you killed him!" ?Miss, do you know what you are doing? Do you want to repeat the mistakes of the princess?"
Fu Xueyan didn't speak, and left the shroud shop expressionlessly.
…
The weather is hot, I don't know if even the horse has suffered from heatstroke, on the way back, the carriage is moving very slowly, the leader is leaning on Fu Xueyan's arms, unconscious, Xiuqin looks at him angrily, wishing to kick him Get off the wagon!
When the carriage arrived at Ji's house, the leader was still in a coma, Xiuqin seriously suspected that this guy was lying in her young lady's arms on purpose.
"I come!"
Xiuqin took the leader from Fu Xueyan's arms angrily, and carried him into Qinglianju. Strangely, no one from Qinglianju was there, and neither Qiao Wei nor Ji Mingxiu came back.
…
After taking the antidote, Ji Shangqing fell into a coma. He didn't wake up slowly until Qiao Wei gave him an injection. He had no memory of what he had done during the period of being controlled. Talking all over the place, they still pieced together the whole story of the incident to him.
Qiao Wei can say these words herself, but it is more or less suspected of being unfair, so it is more appropriate to borrow other people's mouths.
Knowing that he almost drove Qiao Wei and the youngest son out, Ji Shangqing was frightened. He also heard that he was put under house arrest by the eldest son. Although he was quite embarrassed, he was relieved. He was called to cook in the kitchen. Qiao Wei from the medicine said, "It's hard for you."
Qiao Wei said: "It's nothing, my father can't help himself, I can only say that those Yeluo people are too cunning, and they will do everything they can to disturb Ji's family."
"Why do I feel that they are here for Miss Fu?" Ji Shangqing frowned.
The matter has developed to this point, and there is no need to hide it, Qiao Wei said bluntly: "Yes, Fu Xueyan is the future queen of Yeluo, but your son slept with her, and it would be strange if she didn't kill her! "
It was the first time Ji Shangqing heard such an inside story, and she was immediately dumbfounded.
Qiao Wei considered the matter of pregnancy again and again, but still respected Fu Xueyan's opinion and did not disclose it.
A trace of complexity flashed across Ji Shangqing's face, and he looked around: "Where's your mother?"
Qiao Wei looked at the door and said, "Sister Feng, I'm calling you!"
Feng Qingge twisted the waist of the water snake, and walked in with all sorts of flair, the folding fan covered most of her face, only revealing a pair of soul-stirring eyes, this look immediately reminded Ji Shangqing of the painting she had seen before: "Is that you? "
You are obviously not referring to Zhaoming.
Feng Qingge took away the folding fan: "Do you recognize me?"
Ji Shangqing saw her face clearly, and became more and more sure that she was the woman in the portrait: "You are the person Mr. Bai is looking for, why are you in our house?"
Feng Qingge once again covered most of her face with a folding fan, and said softly, "Shang Qing, I want to have a little peony with you~"
Ji Shangqing choked suddenly, and looked at Feng Qingge as if seeing a ghost, Feng Qingge took out the mask from her arms, and put it on her face easily, Ji Shangqing was stunned.
Qiao Wei tugged on her small earlobe and said: "The plan can't keep up with the changes, I never thought that things would develop like this."
Ji Shangqing, who was deceived, was so angry that his heart ached, but what was a hundred times stronger than the anger was Zhaoming's lost and regained loss, he clenched his fists and his body trembled: "What's going on? "
Feng Qingge looked up at the sky: "Don't do my business, I will withdraw first!"
Qiao Wei looked at Feng Qingge's way of sneaking out, and twitched the corners of her mouth in disdain, what about the agreed showdown? Is this the end
Without Feng Qingge, Qiao Wei had no choice but to explain to Ji Shangqing the cause and effect of finding Feng Qingge: "... that's almost the case, and I have no choice but to make such a bad plan."
Ji Shangqing's brows frowned even tighter: "You mean... the last time those fake monks were brought into the mansion by Mrs. Xun for the purpose of arresting Miss Fu?"
"Yeah." Qiao Wei nodded.
Ji Shangqing said: "This is impossible."
Qiao Wei fell down—
What a familiar line, isn't this the exact words of Ji Shuang? As expected of brothers and sisters, they even speak in exactly the same tone, and their thinking logic is exactly the same. Is it really something engraved in the genes
Ji Shangqing said earnestly: "I know you have some opinions on her..."
Qiao Wei thought to herself that I don't have some opinions on her, but I am full of opinions. If you give me his post, I can talk to her until she is completely bruised.
"Father." Qiao Wei sighed, "Why do you protect her like this? Do you really regard her as your beloved woman in your heart?"
Ji Shangqing looked at Qiao Wei fixedly and said, "Am I only protecting her? You know who poisoned me last time, what did I say?"
Qiao Wei sighed, "Father, this is different."
One is using you with all your heart and mind, and the other is doing everything possible to protect you. The former gave you poisonous sugar, and the latter gave you a life-saving knife, that's all.
"Master! Master!"
While the two were talking, Hongmei's scream came from outside the courtyard, "I have something to ask for help! My lord, please meet my servant!"
Ji Shangqing looked outside the door: "Let her in."
The guard at the gate glanced at Qiao Wei, Qiao Wei nodded, the guard let Hongmei go, Hongmei stumbled into the room, knelt down in front of Ji Shangqing's bed with a plop, and cried loudly: "Master! Drive the lady away! Go and have a look!"
Ji Shangqing threw off the quilt, put on his shoes and walked to the door. The guard at the door raised his arm to stop him, and he frowned: "You bastard! Get out of the way!"
The guard said: "I'm sorry, master, you're not feeling well, it's best not to go out to have a shower."
Ji Shangqing exploded in an instant: "I am unwell? How did you know that I was unwell? Did that Nizi order it? You just listen to him! Don't forget, I am his father! I am the Ji family Patriarch!"
The guard looked at Qiao Wei in embarrassment.
This father-in-law is really not willing to give up until the Yellow River, even if he is stopped here today, he will still find a way to escape, he is getting old, he is really more rebellious than a child.
Qiao Wei winked, the guard stepped aside, and Ji Shangqing strode out.
Qiao Wei stepped forward to keep up, not knowing what good show the little stepmother was going to make, I really didn't want to miss it.
When Ji Shangqing arrived at the Ewha Garden, Xun Lan was no longer there, so he turned around and walked to the gate. Sure enough, he saw Xun Lan carrying a lone bundle and being pushed towards the carriage by several guards. She was already thin, and those The guards were neither serious nor serious, as if they were going to break her at any time.
Ji Shangqing's face darkened, and she walked over in three steps at a time, threw off the guards, and blocked Xun Lan behind her: "What are you doing?!"
The guard groaned.
Ji Shangqing turned his eyes and looked at Ji Mingxiu who was not far away: "How could you treat her like this? She is Brother Liu's mother!"
Ji Mingxiu sneered: "You might as well say that she is your heart."
Xun Lan said softly, "I'm the one who wants to leave, don't blame Mingxiu."
Being humiliated by his son in front of so many people is still a bit embarrassing, but what is even more embarrassing is that he threw people out without his permission. He said seriously: "You still speak for him? I I've seen it all! It's clearly this traitor!"
Qiao Wei stood beside Ji Mingxiu.
Ji Mingxiu held her hand, glanced at Ji Shangqing indifferently, and said: "Mr. Xun has decided to leave today. Father will either let her go or go with her."
Ji Shangqing smoked from his seven orifices: "You... who gave you the courage to say this?!"
Ji Mingxiu: "I'll count to three, one."
Ji Shangqing: "Nizi!"
"two."
Ji Shangqing grabbed Xun Lan's arm and walked up the steps to the gate.
"three."
Just as he was about to cross the threshold, the door slammed shut in front of him!