In the study.
The man looked at the little monk not far away with a stern look in his eyes. "So, you went to the Shen family for several days, but didn't even see the lady, and you only left a prescription for the maid and came back?"
The little monk Ayu shrank his neck.
Feeling somewhat guilty, he said, "Master, I, I tried my best, but the gatekeeper insisted that men were not allowed to enter the inner house, and I can't climb walls or fly over rooftops, so I had no choice but to come back..."
In fact, he waited at the door for two more days, thinking that after the lady saw the prescription, she would definitely send someone to get the medicine, because there was a very special medicine in it that was not usually kept in the mansion.
But he waited and waited but no one showed up, and because it was too cold, he had no choice but to come back. But he was so unlucky that he ran into his master who had just returned!
The man stared at him.
Ayu felt a chill run down her spine from being stared at by him. She felt uncomfortable all over, then she heard the man say, "Go down and write out a few more prescriptions, noting the efficacy, usage, and corresponding symptoms."
"Yes, I'll go right away!"
He is familiar with writing prescriptions.
The little monk was so happy that he ran away.
The man then asked his subordinates: "What's going on with the Shen family these days?"
Mo Junran's slender fingers tapped lightly on the table, and he could hear his subordinates' reports in his ears.
The subordinates are talking so much that their mouths are dry.
Because he knew that his master seemed to care about the Shen family very much, he had people investigate it in great detail these days. Even the conversation between the old ladies in Muzhaiyuan when they were "interrogating" Yang Zhao was repeated word for word.
"Divorce letter?"
Mo Junran paused tapping the table, and something seemed to flash in his deep eyes.
Chen Ming glanced at his master, and a hint of understanding flashed across his eyes. The master was indeed very interested in Madam Shen. Chen Ming couldn't help but feel a little excited, and subconsciously said:
"Master, that Madam Shen married into the Shen family with a rooster in her arms, and stayed at the Shen family alone for six years. And the young master of the Shen family came back disabled... In fact, if the master likes her, why not just snatch her away..." What he meant was that Madam Shen was still a virgin, so if he liked her, he could just snatch her away. This way, he wouldn't have to avoid His Majesty's urging to get married every day.
But before he could finish his words, he felt a cold gaze.
Chen Ming was so frightened that he fell silent.
Mo Junran's eyes were cold and fierce, and his aura seemed to be able to suffocate people. He frightened Chen Ming so much that he broke out in a cold sweat. He then said coldly, "Tonight, you go to the Lu Mansion."
"Lu Mansion? Where is Mr. Lu?"
"Yes! Tell him to go out more often in the next two weeks, go to the teahouses and restaurants in West City more often, and have more tea and drinks with others."
Late at night, Qinyuan.
"who?"
Yang Zhao suddenly opened his eyes and quickly reached under his pillow to pull out a hairpin.
"It's me, Mo Shiqi!"
A figure appeared outside the curtain.
Compared to last time, this time he deliberately appeared a little further away from the bed, wearing the same black clothes and mask as last time, and the pair of dark eyes under the mask still revealed a natural majesty and alienation.
Yang Zhao's tense body relaxed slightly.
But she didn't put down the hand holding the hairpin. She sat up, looked at the man outside the curtain, frowned slightly and asked, "I wonder what brings you here so late at night, Master? Is there something?"
She was the one who 'invited' me last time.
But this time he came uninvited!
Yang Zhao naturally became more alert.
Mo Junran seemed to notice it, but he didn't show any obvious emotion. He just stepped back slightly until he was outside the screen door, then said simply, "I have a business deal, and I wanted to ask Madam if she wants to place an order."
Business?
Is it so difficult to do business in the Dragon and Phoenix Pavilion that the Pavilion Master needs to climb over customers' windows in the middle of the night to solicit business?
However, when Yang Zhao saw him retreating outside the screen door, her brows relaxed a little. She asked, "What business?"
The man said it simply: "The business of buying and selling official positions."
*
The next morning.
Xia Ying sneaked out from the back corner door, got on the prepared low-key carriage, and slowly headed towards the west of the city.
at the same time.
Lu Mansion.
Facing the cold wind of the early morning, an old man wrapped in a thick gray cloak, supported by his loyal servant, tremblingly stepped into a particularly high-profile carriage.
After getting in the carriage, the loyal servant hurriedly handed the hand warmer to Old Master Lu. He blew on his red, frozen hands and asked, "Sir, it snowed heavily last night, and it's so cold today. Where are you going? The old lady specifically instructed you not to wander around yesterday."
Because it snowed heavily in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, the emperor had already granted this old man grace, and he did not have to attend the morning court these days.
But this old man had someone prepare a carriage early in the morning, and it was the kind of high-profile and luxurious carriage that was only used on important occasions, but he didn't say where he was going.
Old Master Lu was holding a hand warmer, his teeth chattering with cold, but he still looked thoughtful and steady. He said, "Don't ask so many questions. Let's go and take a walk around the west side of the city first."
After thinking for a moment, he said, "Let the carriage go to the crowded streets."
The loyal servant and the groom were stunned.
In the past, the old man in their family was very low-key and never liked to let the carriage squeeze into crowded streets because he was afraid of obstructing pedestrians and wasting time.
What happened today?
But they don't know that for a long time to come, they will have to have many of their 'cognitions' broken.
Old Master Lu was holding a hand warmer, shivering with cold as he looked at the snow-covered scene outside the car window. His mind was thinking about the person who appeared last night, and his heart was not calm at all as it seemed.
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