"Princess Consort Yu, thank you... thank you..."
"You should take good care of yourself. You just had surgery, so you should stay at Ji'an Hall to recuperate for the next couple of days. It's not advisable to move around too soon."
Xing Sisi was too weak, so Su Luo suggested that they return to the manor in a couple of days.
"Alright, I'll have someone send a message back to the Second Prince's residence in a bit, saying that I've taken the Princess Consort back to her parents' home for a couple of days."
Madam Xing didn't want to put Su Luo in a difficult position, nor did she want the Second Prince to be unable to find a Princess Consort.
"The imperial physician prescribed medicine for the Second Prince's wife. You can take it to the pharmacy in the front to get the medicine. There is a medicine-decocting stove in the backyard for your use."
Su Luo made arrangements for them as much as she could; for the rest, they brought their own maids and servants.
"Okay! Princess Consort Yu, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, the Second Prince's wife really wouldn't know what to do."
The two thanked Su Luo again before stopping.
Back at the Prince Yu's residence, Su Luo told Nangong Chiyu about her treatment of the Second Prince's wife, fearing that her actions might affect him.
Nangong Chiyu didn't say anything, but just smiled indulgently, took Su Luo's hand and placed it on his heart.
"It's just treating an illness, it has nothing to do with matters of the court. If anyone dares to spread rumors, I'll protect you."
Su Luo looked at his hands and saw that they had many more small wounds. These small wounds could not have been caused by practicing martial arts.
"What have you been doing lately? Why do you have so many wounds on your hands?"
Su Luo turned her large hand over, looked at it again and again, frowned, and looked at it with heartache.
"Wait here, I'll put some medicine on you."
Su Luo turned around and went to her medicine cabinet, took out a bottle of iodine, and carefully disinfected and applied medicine to Nangong Chiyu.
"Tell me? I've been busy with cotton lately and haven't had time for you. What have you been up to?"
When Nangong Chiyu had time, he almost always carved the Three Lifetimes of Love Bracelet for Su Luo, but he also did some other things during this time.
"Reporting to Your Highness, I recently received His Majesty's decree to strengthen the defenses of the Ministry of War in the capital. If nothing unexpected happens, there is a high probability that something unexpected will occur in the capital."
The locations where His Majesty ordered me to set up defenses are known only to the three of us: the Imperial Advisor and myself. I wonder what His Majesty is trying to guard against.
It seems the calamity in Nanning that the Imperial Advisor spoke of is not far off.
"If that's all you've done, you shouldn't have ended up like this with your hands, right?"
It seems this man is hiding something else from her.
Su Luo glared at him, her eyes cold, as if to say, "If you don't tell me, I'm not done with you."
"Okay, I'll tell you. I've prepared a surprise for you recently, but I'll take you to see it after you finish eating."
The way he managed to make his hands look like that is almost like something carved, but he said it was a surprise, so I didn't ask any further questions.
After lunch, Su Luo couldn't wait to follow Nangong Chiyu to see the surprise he had prepared for her.
In a small courtyard nestled in a bamboo grove on the outskirts of the capital, Su Luo and Nangong Chiyu rode together on a horse.
He held her close the whole way, unwilling to let go.
After dismounting, Su Luo finally saw what the surprise Nangong Chiyu had mentioned was. There were about three hundred homing pigeons in the small courtyard.
There were four or five people inside feeding these pigeons. These pigeons were well-trained and not something that could be trained overnight.
"Luo Luo, these are my surprises for you. Since you like doing business, I'm giving you a carrier pigeon. You can use it to send messages in the future, and it will make things much easier."
Su Luo approached, and the thought of so many pigeons being given to her was incredibly timely.
"These...are all pigeons you trained?"
Nangong Chiyu was no match for taming fierce flying animals like eagles, let alone training carrier pigeons.
"I guessed you'd need this, so I trained some for you. How about it? Do you like it?"
Su Luo's expression was bright, her eyes sparkling with boundless light, and her heart pounded. A heartfelt surprise had moved her deeply.
"like!"
She took Nangong Chiyu's arm, stood on tiptoe, and kissed him on the cheek. Afterwards, she ran shyly into the courtyard.
Kissed by his wife, Nangong Chiyu smiled broadly, his doting gaze fixed on Su Luo.
Su Luo looked at the carrier pigeons; most of them were usable, but the first thing she thought of was writing letters to Yan Chuan and Yi Huan.
Using carrier pigeons is faster and more convenient than manual labor. I just don't know if carrier pigeons can find Yan Chuan and the others, given how far apart the capital is from Yongle County.
"Nangong Chiyu, can these pigeons carry messages for our son and daughter?"
Nangong Chiyu pulled Su Luo to another spot, where there was a large cage on the right side of the courtyard containing more than fifty large pigeons.
"That's all. I trained them using portraits of Yan Chuan and Yi Huan, and I've also prepared the route. You can write to them anytime you want."
Nangong Chiyu had thought of all the problems Su Luo could think of, and Su Luo felt that she had nothing to worry about in front of him.
“Then I’ll take this whole cage of carrier pigeons back with me, so I can contact Yan Chuan and Butler Shi.”
With these carrier pigeons, Su Luo can manage her business remotely.
No matter where she is, she can receive messages from various places.
"Okay, these pigeons are yours. They're yours to use as you please."
Su Luo looked at Nangong Chiyu and smiled sweetly.
"Thanks……"
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Zegan Garden!
It was late at night, and Ye Beihan still hadn't received any news from the Second Prince's residence; it was too quiet.
Ye Qianning sat in the hall, one hand supporting her chin, the other hand idly tracing the rim of her teacup with her index finger.
“Cousin, I smeared all the poison you gave me on Nangong Jingyao’s body. Is it because he doesn’t want to see that sickly princess that he hasn’t heard from me?”
This morning, Ye Qianning accompanied the Second Prince on a boat trip and extracted a lot of useful information from him.
"Wait a little longer... Even if Nangong Jingyao doesn't go to see the Second Prince's Consort, he should at least go to see the child."
"If a child comes into contact with this powder, the Second Prince's Consort will die just like him."
Ye Beihan never doubted his poisons, as he and Shuang Shuoshi shared the same origin.
Both of them were tormented by poison since childhood. He learned how to make poison, while Shuangshuo learned how to raise poisonous insects.
On the surface, the two are master and servant, but in reality, they are also fellow disciples.
Shuangshuo was rescued from a pile of poisonous insects by him and had recognized him as his master since childhood.
"I hope so, cousin. Today, Qian Ning heard from Nangong Jingyao that the Emperor of Nanning wants to entrust the supervision of the reservoir construction to the Third Prince."
If this is done well, it will be legendary, and he's been trying to take it over and do it himself.
Ye Beihan sneered. This Emperor of Nanning was afraid that Nangong Jingyao and his father-in-law would sabotage things behind his back, so he wanted Nangong Qing to supervise the construction.
“This is to our advantage. If you whisper a little more in Nangong Jingyao’s ear, I don’t believe he won’t take action against Nangong Qing.”
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