Chapter 187 Something is going to happen
"I have to go back to the Yangxin Palace to report. Goodbye." Zhou Yuande put down his teacup and stood up.
Moxiang and Chu Liuzheng saw him off together, bowing: "Goodbye, eunuch."
After watching the group walk away, the two closed the door and went into the house.
Seeing the smile on Chu Liuzheng's face that couldn't be concealed, Moxiang reached out and pinched her cheek, "Take it easy, the wrinkles at the corners of your eyes are showing from laughing."
"Come out if you want, I'm happy." Chu Liuzheng's eyes curved into a smile, the feeling of regaining his lost family fortune was too good to be true.
Moxiang secretly looked at her and asked, "Do you know why His Majesty issued this decree?"
"I don't know." Chu Liuzheng had just checked the system, but couldn't find the reason. She guessed, "Maybe His Majesty is very happy and wants us to have a happy New Year."
Seeing her eyes narrowed into slits when she smiled, Moxiang knew that now was not the time to talk about trivial things.
Forget it, Your Majesty hasn't made up his mind yet. It's not too late to talk about it later.
She raised her hand and pinched Chu Liuzheng's face again: "Don't just be happy, have you calculated your family assets clearly?"
"I figured it out." Chu Liuzheng shook his head. "I calculated it in my mind eighteen times yesterday. If you want to hear it, I can recite it to you now."
"Why should I listen to that? Just make sure you have a plan in mind." Moxiang smiled helplessly and reminded, "Don't miss anything. If you miss this opportunity, you'll miss it forever."
Chu Liuzheng nodded.
Moxiang asked, "Would you like to sit at the table for a while or go back and lie down?"
"Please sit down for a while. I want to watch my sister make lace." Chu Liuzheng sat down next to Moxiang and looked at her seriously with his head tilted.
Moxiang added a few pieces of charcoal into the brazier to make the fire burn more vigorously so as not to freeze her.
The basket was filled with silver charcoal, which was unique in the entire Yiran Garden.
She couldn't help but look at Chu Liuzheng again.
Is this because he is careless and doesn't notice, or is it because he knows it very well?
She asked, "Eunuch Zhou just said that envoys from Xixia and Goryeo will be entering the palace tomorrow. Have you figured out how to apologize to the Second Prince of Xixia?"
[That stingy butterfly, even if I kneel down and kowtow to him, he won't necessarily forgive me. I'm just going through the motions for the tyrant's sake.]
Chu Liuzheng curled his lips and said, "He's a prince, so he shouldn't bother with a little maid like me. I'll just apologize to him sincerely."
【I’m sorry, I didn’t kick you to death! 】
Moxiang didn't know what Chu Liuzheng was thinking, and she felt relieved when she saw that she knew the seriousness of the matter.
She handed the half-finished knotted silk thread to Chu Liuzheng: "Do you like this color?"
"I like it." Chu Liuzheng nodded. "The color combination is elegant and unique. It will look good with either a purse or a sachet."
"I'll give it to you when I finish weaving it." Moxiang took it back and lowered her head to continue weaving.
"That's great." Chu Liuzheng smiled and leaned on her shoulder. "When my hand is healed, I'll do it for you too."
Moxiang glanced at the gauze wrapped around her hands and asked, "Is it still itchy?"
"It's okay." Chu Liuzheng also looked at his hand. "Wounds will itch. Doctor Li changed the prescription for me this morning. It feels better than the past few days."
"I just hope it can really recover as it was before," Moxiang sighed, "so that all the time I've spent carefully nurturing it won't be in vain."
Chu Liuzheng rubbed his face against her shoulder, "Thanks to my sister these days, I can't handle it alone."
"What can't you handle?"
A familiar voice came, and the two looked up at the window, where Xia Qiaoru was standing.
"Nothing, what are you doing standing by the window?" Chu Liuzheng greeted her with a smile, "The door is not locked, come in and warm yourself by the fire."
Xia Qiaoru agreed with a smile, walked to the door and pushed it open.
Moxiang poured her a cup of hot tea and asked her to hold it to warm her hands.
Xia Qiaoru said, "I ran into Miss Chen Xing last night. She said you were all fine, so I didn't come over. I just stopped by Nongyun Garden to take a look. The row of houses you lived in was almost completely burned down. The house across the street was the only one in better condition, but it was also completely blackened and uninhabitable."
"Last night, I was furious. Sister Moxiang and I were able to make it out alive thanks to Chen Xing and Si Yue." Chu Liuzheng told Xia Qiaoru what happened last night in detail. Xia Qiaoru was shocked and felt a little scared. "If I had been with you last night, maybe..."
"What does this have to do with you? Don't take everything on yourself." Chu Liuzheng interrupted her and said softly, "Dong Wu wanted to harm me. Even if it wasn't last night, it would be tonight or tomorrow night. A thief can only steal for a thousand days, but how can you be on guard against thieves every day?"
Seeing that Xia Qiaoru was still blaming herself, she deliberately joked: "If you were here last night, Chen Xing and Si Yue would be too busy to handle it. Your absence was a great help."
After hearing her say that, Xia Qiaoru's brows relaxed: "Fortunately, you are all okay."
"It's called a blessing from heaven." Chu Liuzheng glanced at the medicine box she was carrying and asked curiously, "Where were you delivering the medicine just now?"
"Eternal Spring Palace," Xia Qiaoru said, "I know you've moved to Yiran Garden, so I came over to check it out. I'd always be worried."
Remembering what she said last time, Chu Liuzheng asked softly, "Have you seen the white shadow again?"
Xia Qiaoru shook her head: "Only that one time, maybe I really saw it wrong."
"But..." She frowned slightly, hesitating whether to say it.
Chu Liuzheng asked curiously, "But what?"
Xia Qiaoru thought about it and shook her head: "Nothing, I guess I'm just overthinking it."
Chu Liuzheng: “…”
Speaking halfway through something is damaging to someone's character!
Xia Qiaoru left shortly after. Moxiang escorted her out and when she returned, she saw Chu Liuzheng yawning and said with a smile, "It's time for lunch soon. The imperial kitchen will be sending over medicinal food today. Eat before you go to sleep."
"Okay." Chu Liuzheng stood up, "I'll walk around the house."
Moxiang looked at her and said, "What did you ask about Baiying just now? Could you tell me about it?"
"Nothing. Qiaoru said she saw a white shadow in Changchun Palace, but it disappeared in a flash." Chu Liuzheng stretched his waist as he walked. "I saw that she was a little scared when she talked about it, so I asked her today to relieve her suspicion."
This reminded Moxiang of the strange thing that Yuzhui had mentioned, and she felt that something was going to happen.
Seeing Moxiang frowning and remaining silent, Chu Liuzheng tried to comfort her: "There's never been peace in this palace. Sister, don't worry. We just need to take care of ourselves."
"I've searched the system thoroughly, and there's not a single piece of related gossip. Even if someone is setting this up, it's a long way from being closed. I can still have some peace for a while."
*
The next day, it snowed lightly.
The sky was gray, and the occasional breeze that leaked through the window was so cold that it pierced the bones.
Moxiang put pearl flowers on Chu Liuzheng's head in front of the mirror.
"It's very cold today. If you wait outside the palace for too long, your hands and feet will freeze. Doctor Li has warned you not to let your hands get cold. I can't go with you, so please be careful and don't stretch your hands out."
Chu Liuzheng smiled and replied, "Don't worry, sister, I saved it."
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