Happy Little Scholar

Zeng Mansion, in a courtyard.

Xiao Cui held her chin with both hands, looked at the direction of the stone table in the courtyard, and murmured: "Xiao Zhu, do you think that Master Li will not get tired of eating osmanthus cakes?"

Xiao Zhu rolled her eyes at her and said: "Do you think Master Li is you? He is fickle and fickle. He used to like eating more than anyone else, but now he has Xu Fuji's candied fruit and doesn't touch osmanthus cakes..."

Xiao Cui turned around and glared at her: "That's better than you always snatching my candied fruit!"

Xiao Zhu didn't continue to pay attention to her. She held her chin with one hand and whispered: "It's good not to get tired of it, just like Master Li likes your lady for so long, but he doesn't get tired of it..."

After that, she continued leisurely. She sighed and said, "Mr. Li met my young lady first. At that time, he and Sister Zui Mo were not that familiar with each other, but now..."

Xiao Cui glanced at her and said mysteriously, "You don't understand this."

Xiao Zhu rolled her eyes at her again, "I don't understand, do you understand?"

"I don't understand?" Xiao Cui looked at her with some disdain and said, "I tell you, if it weren't for me, my young lady and Mr. Li wouldn't have gotten together so quickly..."

...

Li Yi sat at a stone table with a plate of osmanthus cake on it. He looked in a certain direction with an unfocused look, and habitually reached out to pick up a piece and put it into his mouth.

It is not clear whether the powerful officials who are under surveillance will make any moves next. The key figures in the case are missing. Qin Yu, this little bastard, has no other skills, but he ran very fast. Even the Secret Service could not find him. I really underestimated him before...

It is the easiest and most convenient way to solve this case through Qin Yu. Although it is not direct enough, sometimes directness often means trouble. In fact, the most direct way is to send the list to the sloppy old man. Old Xu is still angry. The anger of the master is definitely not something that those who are used to living a life of luxury can bear. A whole set of tricks will come down, not to mention a case, but also the bad things done by the ancestors for eighteen generations.

These powerful officials should be the last trump card of the Cui family. If this case is handled in this way, the Cui family will be isolated and helpless in Kyoto. Moreover, once the Cui family is really related to this case, the Chu family will be their role model.

The advantage of doing this is that the Cui family has committed such a serious crime before. Although they will not be exterminated, they will inevitably be confiscated. There is no need to use the Shu King incident to deal a fatal blow to the Cui family. The Shu King’s affairs can be handled by the royal family as internal affairs.

The problem is that although this method is direct, it involves so many powerful officials at the same time. I am afraid that there will be a big earthquake in the whole capital. The safety of the powerful officials cannot be guaranteed, which will definitely cause panic and shake the court.

Why is there no way to have the best of both worlds? It’s a headache...

Wan Ruoqing walked out of the door and took a look. He saw that there were only a few pieces of osmanthus cake on the stone table. He walked into the kitchen, took out another plate, and replaced the empty plate on the table.

Li Yi was thinking about something in his heart. When he habitually put what he touched into his mouth, he found that something was wrong. Osmanthus cake... It doesn’t seem to taste like this.

He came back to his senses, lowered his head, looked over, and found that he was holding a white and slender hand, and what he put into his mouth was not osmanthus cake, but green jade-like fingers.

Wan Ruoqing stared at him blankly, her mind was blank, so she forgot to pull her fingers back.

Li Yi put down her hand, embarrassed: "Sorry, I didn't notice it just now..."

"No, it's okay, I should have told you..." Wan Ruoqing said with a red face, and left in a hurry.

On the other side, after listening to Xiao Cui's words, Xiao Zhu suddenly realized and murmured, "So that's how it is..."

Xiao Cui said with some pride, "Of course, our young lady is a piece of wood. If she has to rely on herself for this kind of thing, she doesn't know how long she will have to wait!"

"Our young lady is also a piece of wood..." Xiao Zhu looked thoughtful. After thinking for a while, she asked, "Did you say last time that Mr. Li can't drink well?"

Speaking of this, Xiao Cui smiled and said, "How can it be bad? He can't drink at all. Not to mention our young lady, Mr. Li's alcohol tolerance is not even as good as mine. Didn't you see it last time? He was dizzy after only drinking one glass, and he was unconscious after three glasses..."

After the embarrassment just now, Li Yi was not so absorbed in thinking about things, and finally noticed a line of sight that looked over from time to time.

When Xiaozhu walked by him for the nth time, Li Yi couldn't help asking, "Why are you always looking at me?"

"You've eaten so many sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, are you thirsty? Have some grape wine." Xiaozhu said with a smile, and handed over a wine pot.

In fact, he did cough a little. Li Yi took the wine pot, poured a cup, put it to his mouth and smelled it, and said in surprise, "Isn't this grape wine?"

Xiaozhu picked up the wine pot and smelled it, and said, "It seems that I took the wrong one. They are all wine, which is almost the same. Let's make do with it..."

Li Yi shook his head, "There are important things to do today, so I can't drink..."

He got up and walked into the house. Miss Chen San was teaching Zui Mo to embroider a wedding dress. A wedding dress had been embroidered more than half and was about to be completed.

After sending Miss Chen San out, Li Yi didn't see Chen Chong's shadow, so he asked casually, "Why didn't I see Mr. Chen today?"

"I went to Cui's family for a banquet." Miss Chen San looked at him and asked, "I heard that His Majesty summoned the King of Shu back to Beijing?"

Li Yi nodded and asked again: "Master Chen is going to the banquet to celebrate the return of the King of Shu to the capital?"

"From the invitation sent by the Cui family, it should be so." Seeing his strange expression, Miss Chen San asked again: "Any questions?"

Li Yi waved away the servants around her, helped her get on the carriage, and when he lowered the curtain, he lowered his voice and said: "When the King of Shu returns to the capital this time, many people will die. Probably..., they will be selected from those who attended the banquet today."

Seeing that there was no movement in the carriage for a long time, a maid came forward and whispered: "Miss San, are we going back?"

The curtain opened a gap, and then a voice came: "Go to Cui Mansion and tell the second master that I have a headache..."

"Yes." The little maid responded and hurried forward.

Jingzhao Yin Mansion

A servant handed over a note and asked, "Master, the note sent by the Cui family, are you really not going to go?"

Zeng Shichun threw the note aside without even looking at it, and said, "If they ask, I will say I have a headache..."

Cui family.

Cui Qingming, who was already in charge of all the affairs of the Cui family, stood at the door and personally welcomed the guests.

"Master Qin, please come in, please come in."

"Master Han, please go in first, and we will talk later..."

"Master Zhao, you are here too..."

...

The guests were also full of smiles, and after presenting the gifts, they bowed in return.

"I have also heard that His Majesty the Prince of Shu is about to return to the capital. Congratulations to Mr. Cui..."

"Your Majesty summoned His Majesty back to the capital at this juncture. The significance is self-evident. I would like to congratulate Mr. Cui first..."

Although the news that the Prince of Shu is about to return to the capital has not been widely spread, the officials in the capital naturally have channels to learn about it. No matter how they are suppressed in the capital, as long as His Majesty is still there, their hope is still there.

Now, their hope is back.

A carriage stopped in front of the Cui Mansion. Cui Qingming went to meet it and said with a smile: "Brother Chen..."

A maid ran over breathlessly and whispered a few words in Chen Chong's ear. Chen Chong's face changed and asked: "What did you say, Miss San is sick?"

Cui Qingming was stunned and took another step forward, "Brother Chen, please..."

Chen Chong turned around and jumped on the carriage again, urging: "Hurry back to the mansion!"

Cui Qingming stood there, staring at the carriage going away in a daze. The two words "Please come in..." just came out and dissipated in the wind.