Summer wraps autumn, water keeps wind

Chapter 109 Luo Zhi'e Gives Wine to Shock Prince Bixin to Drink Lu Siqing

At this time, it was the beginning of autumn in July, and the emperor had been in seclusion for nine months. Qin Tianjian finally let go, saying that the celestial phenomenon had passed, and the emperor could meet everyone again.A month or two ago, the cabinet began to enter the palace to report to the government. Now that the emperor is in court, many government affairs have to be discussed again, and the bones of the ministers are naturally tighter.

There has long been a rumor in the capital about the past of the three masters.For more than half a year, the uncle and the second master didn't show up much, and the scenery of the capital city was left to the third master.Gradually, fans brought up the old things, and those with a discerning eye will know that there may be deep meanings in them.

"It turns out that it is Miss Luo's cousin who kept you waiting for a long time. Are the servants not serving you well?"

A nanny in charge entered the wing room from the inner hall to answer questions, and hurriedly greeted Luo Zhi'e when she saw Luo Zhi'e.

Seeing that it was Miss Gao's personal nanny who came out, Zhi'e knew that the words just sent in had some effect.Since Liu Dutong's death, Miss Gao didn't like to socialize very much, although she didn't make it public, she recognized her identity as a widow.It has been three years, and she has refuted all family discussions at home, and she has never stood side by side no matter how outside, Zhi'e came to her several times but nothing came up.

"Mammy is here. I've only been here for a while. Seeing how you speak so well, I have been friends with your young lady since we were young. If it weren't for the help of the Gao family for the sake of looking after distant relatives, the Luo family would not be where we are today." Family business, why do you mind these things?" Zhi'e put down the three refills of tea, stood up and said with a smile.

The nanny led the way and said: "Miss is not feeling well and has been resting all the time, I asked you to sit for a while, I think Miss Biao will not blame you."

"She is my younger sister, and I love her the most. You also watched me grow up. If it weren't for today's important matters, you wouldn't bother my younger sister."

Nanny smiled without saying a word, led Zhi'e into the young lady's room, and retreated.Zhi'e saw a person sitting in front of the vanity mirror, dressed in a jade white dress, with a silver hairpin adorned in a bun, and when she turned around, she had a plain face. It was Qiong Lang, the eldest daughter of the Gao family.

"Sister, sit down." Qiong Lang raised his hand to signal, and gave another look to tell the girl beside him to go down.

Zhi'e sat down at the table and put down the jug in her hand, Qiong Lang opened the teacup with his own hands, poured a single cup of tea for her, and sat down opposite her.

Zhi'e touched the teacup, and said kindly: "My sister hasn't moved around for a long time and doesn't know what's going on outside..."

"If you have something to say clearly, I know what you think, and you don't have to try me."

Seeing Qiong Lang go straight in, Zhi'e smiled and said: "I also know what my sister is thinking, you disdain to meddle in matters like ours, but it concerns Liu Dutong, and my sister has to say something to my sister. "

"I don't care what you do, but one thing, if someone stirs up the situation with Brother Ahu, I will never tolerate it." Qiong Lang looked resolute and somewhat vigilant.

"It's been three years, and this matter has suddenly come to the fore again. Don't my sister think there's a reason?" Zhi'e asked Qiong Lang, but she didn't answer, and she said, "No matter how thorough the investigation of the old master and the second master were, there is no reason." The clue, it is said that Liu Dutong was assassinated carefully, where is the evidence, has anyone caught it, and has anyone mentioned this after the war? Think about the weirdness of this."

"If you want to say that there were other secrets back then, you can present the evidence. If you want to take the opportunity to slander someone, you should write a crusade." Qiong Lang opened a cup, poured a cup of tea and ate half a cup.

Zhi'e let out a long sigh, and then said: "Think about who will benefit the most from Liu Du's unification? If you don't want to believe it, let me tell you, whoever is eager to send troops needs an excuse, and someone who can mobilize the army to fight Only the apprentice of General Zhang, the governor of Shizifu, and Prince Xuan’s brother were killed by foreigners, so he has a real reason to send troops. Those ministers and families don’t care how many people died and how many small border towns were lost. Only when a person of weight dies for no reason in the heavily guarded Prince's Mansion will they be afraid and realize that such a crisis may affect each of them. And Liu Dutong, a man of extreme loyalty, is willing to serve the imperial court. Whether it is his style to sacrifice himself, but whether it is worth it or not, only future generations will know."

Qiong Lang couldn't help shaking while holding the cup, she tried her best to calm down the panic in her heart.

"If you want to say who benefits the most, I think it should be the family that occupies the court and holds a large army."

"Do you think the Yi family is so stupid as to let Liu Dutong die in their heir's mansion? What's more, how can He De of the Yi family force Liu Dutong to death? It is even more difficult for ordinary people to touch the Liu family with Prince Xuan. Unless It's him, in a word, no one dares to disobey."

Zhi'e grabbed Qiong Lang and frowned and said, "Who else can threaten Liu Dutong? The evidence leaked from Yin Li of Jingzhao Mansion belonged to Liu Dutong himself. He could never have been assassinated. It can only be a pretense of suicide. Why did he do it, who instructed him to do it, don't you have any doubts in your mind?"

"The rumors that brother Ahu committed suicide have become more and more popular recently, but I don't believe that he is such a happy person that he will never commit suicide."

"So, he can only be forced. Why there is such a rumor recently, because the third master is in power, and only he treats Liu Dutong sincerely. Only he can avenge Liu Dutong."

Seeing Qiong Lang's trembling lips, Zhi'e's eyes blushed.

"I'm going to find the second master, find the second master." Qiong Lang muttered and was about to get up, but Zhi'e held her down.

"If the second master doesn't know, you will hurt him if you go to him, but if he knows, you will keep your mouth shut."

Qiong Lang shook his head and said, "Impossible, you have no evidence, I don't believe it!"

"There are people from us in Jingzhaoyin's mansion, and what he has in his hand is the evidence. Liu Dutong seized the dog Rong's knife at the border. It has been kept by his side and has not been given to anyone. This matter is related to the border with him The guard knew about it, but that person was killed shortly after the third master found him, including other people who might have known about it, all of whom were silenced one by one, this cannot be a coincidence."

Zhi'e said this, and said in a low voice: "And you and I know the relationship between the two brothers. If the elder has such a plan, how can the younger one not know, it is his. From the beginning, Liu Dutong sent the dead son's mansion for a purpose, otherwise, according to common sense, why would that little guy not keep Liu Dutong by his side, you will know when you think about it."

Qiong Lang bit his lip, tears couldn't stop falling, and he said bitterly: "This kind of world kills only good people, and those who are loyal and righteous rarely get good results, but those who are corrupt and clique enjoy themselves. I'm tired of it, but I can't change it."

Qiong Lang looked at Zhi'e coldly and said: "The Holy Majesty is an ambitious and suspicious person. It is not in line with what he did to say that he gave such an order to send troops to clear obstacles, but I can't see your party either. Those who are above are impure as ministers, and those below commit crimes against superiors, who do not know what courtesy, justice, integrity and shame are."

Seeing that Qiong Lang's heart was ashamed, Zhi'e knew that she believed her, so she didn't get annoyed, and just said: "My sister thinks whoever comes to sit in the world is a jerk, but just one thing, who do you think is likely to give to your brother Ahu?" Redress?"

Zhi'e stroked the jug and murmured, "It's been a long time."

Even though it was autumn, the weather was still very hot. After spending some free time in the palace, he read back and forth with the [-]-character letter from Jinling. It was really not enjoyable. He went to the table and wrote He wrote a [-]-word letter home.

The master was diligently writing on the table, and Li He brought a mung bean lily porridge to his hand.Bi Xin looked at it for a while, but he didn't intend to eat, and finally finished writing the whole masterpiece, Bi Xin leaned on the armrest, and touched a cup of tea to drink.It was already hot, but the tea did not become hot after being left for a while, but it felt even more bitter, so he frowned and put it down.

Qian Yu just opened the bead curtain and came in, and saw Bi Xin drinking tea with a bitter expression on his face, and didn't drink the mung bean lily porridge on the side, just knocking on the table with his pen.

"I think the emperor is tired of eating this, so go and get some watermelon dew." Qian Yu said to Li He.

When Bi Xin heard this, he said: "Is there still watermelon dew now? I'm afraid I won't be able to eat it after the season."

"Going back to the emperor, there are no more ready-made ones. The servant asked the imperial dining room to ask." Li He said.

"Back to the emperor, there are ready-made ice mirrors in the palace, it would be faster for us to make our own than the imperial dining room." Qian Yu said.

"If he's not here, the imperial dining room can't learn how to draw cats and tigers for a while, so it's better to do it by yourself in Zichen Palace." Bi Xin said.

"Master Xuan's method is good, but the servants have learned a little bit secretly, why not give it a try." Qian Yu said blessedly.

He got up and said, "I'm tired too, so I should take a rest and see what you do."

The servants saluted and promised, and led the feather to the small kitchen.Bi Xin doesn't like to go to those dirty places on weekdays, but Na Liufu likes to make some food, and occasionally watches him make it at the door.

Qian Yu asked someone to move the stove to the yard, set up a chair for him, and then wrapped his arms around to do it.

Qian Yu took the pectin that had been boiled before and threw it into the pot, and the little girl next to him filtered the watermelon juice with a fine gauze, and when it was ready, he rushed into the watermelon juice, the little eunuchs dragged the ice mirror over, skimmed the watermelon juice The juice is frozen in.

While doing this, Qian Yu said: "Back to the emperor, the slaves have also made glue a few times, but it is not as good as Master Xuan's. It is obvious that I watched him do it, but I can't learn it."

"Who knows where he learned this, it's better than those flashy ones before." Bi Xin said this, but he was very proud of himself.

"The servant is looking at Master Xuan, who knows that the emperor likes watermelon juice when it's hot, so he thought about making it. It's not as good as others can't do it. It's really hard for him to be more careful than the servants." .”

While talking, Qian Yu used the pot to boil the sugar lollipop again, mixed it with water and stirred it in the pot.

Qian Yu was a little embarrassed and said: "This glue is not sticky, and I don't know what went wrong."

Bi Xin said, "Just do it again, and I'll see."

The little girl also put the saccharified water on the ice, and Qian Yu asked someone to take the fruit and cut it into pieces, throw it into the pot, add rock sugar and water to stew.

Qian Yu said: "My servant, look at Master Xuan boiled the fruit to rotten, collected the juice, added shochu, stirred it evenly and spread it outside to dry, the glue will be very sticky. The servant did the same, but the glue is still glue, that is. Not that sticky."

Bi Xin watched the servants cutting fruit there, so he got up and came over, picked up one to have a look, and said with a smile: "You are using ordinary fruit, but he is using frozen fruit. He still has his reasons."

There was no frozen fruit in the ice mirror for a while, so people went to freeze it in the ice cellar.After a while, the watermelon dew is also frozen, poured with sucrose juice, and sat in the shade of the tree to eat happily.

The sound of the cicadas gradually weakened, and the taste of this watermelon dew was also the last.