Chapter 298: Take Refuge

"It's okay!" Song Mo looked at Dou Zhao with a smile, letting her help him wipe his fingers. "It's just that I received a 600-mile express letter from my father for several days in a row, and I have to tell Lu Ming and Du Weiqi some details."

Dou Zhao paused slightly and whispered, "Have you started delivering the message to the palace?"

Song Mo nodded.

Dou Zhao couldn't help but remind him: "Don't be careless! Look at Gu Yu and you will know that the emperor now understands it in his heart!" As he said that, he turned around, took the robe from Su Xin's hand, and helped Song Mo put it on again.

Song Mo sat on the big kang by the window and drank a sip of tea comfortably. Then he smiled and said, "So this matter cannot be entrusted to others. I must do it myself."

Dou Zhao cleaned his hands, followed and sat down, and said, "Is the marriage between the Song and Hua families settled?"

"Yeah!" Song Mo smiled, "Hua Tang is also a person of some importance. Father sent someone to ask about the reason, but he insisted that it was because a master had calculated that their horoscopes were incompatible. No matter how the people father sent asked, he just wouldn't give in. I don't know who informed father, but then father realized that I had intervened." He added, "Hua Tang is a man of his word, and I won't go back on my word. I have sent someone to take a letter to Hua Tang, leaving one of my three Guards quotas for his eldest son. I also want to let those people know that I will not treat anyone who follows me badly."

There will be many more times when they will be in conflict with Song Yichun in the future, so this can be considered as buying bones for a huge sum of money.

Dou Zhao nodded repeatedly.

Lu Ming asked for an audience.

Dou Zhao wanted to avoid it, but Song Mo smiled and said, "Mostly it's these messy things, you should listen to it." Then he teased her, "It will also prevent you from missing me and being unable to sleep in the middle of the night. You have to be gentle and respectful, keep silent, and torture yourself."

"When did I torture myself?" Dou Zhao listened and said angrily, "You came back so late, and I kept asking you questions. Do you still want to rest? I feel sorry for you, but it turned out to be my fault! Well, next time, no matter when you come back, I will pull you aside and ask you some questions. Don't come back with another set of reasons and think I'm too talkative."

"If you can't sleep, we can do something else!" Song Mo whispered ambiguously in her ear, "Who was it that day who slept so soundly without even turning over? Half of my arm was numb from using the pillow..."

Dou Zhao suddenly felt his ears burning. He knew this guy was getting more and more unscrupulous and could say anything. If he competed with him on this, he would have no choice but to flee. So he pushed him and said, "Lu Ming is still waiting. What are you still doing here?"

Song Mo laughed out loud.

Thinking about how she had been taking advantage of Dou Zhao's love for her these days and had been becoming more and more unbridled in her words and actions, and that Dou Zhao was no longer as at a loss as he had been at the beginning and could only blush all the time, she felt that the days were becoming more and more interesting.

We have to think of a way to make Dou Zhao no longer have the heart to refuse him.

Maybe one day he could spend a few days of extravagant life with Dou Zhao...

Song Mo pulled Dou Zhao's hand and went to the study.

Dou Zhao knew that Song Mo always knew his limits, so he let him hold his hand.

Sure enough, when they reached the door of the study, Song Mo let go of her hand, and the two of them entered the study one after the other.

Lu Ming hurried forward and saluted.

The three of them sat down according to their status.

"That Chen Jia sent a visiting card to the Daxing estate." Lu Ming said, pulling out a visiting card from his sleeve. "It seems that he already knows the details of the Daxing estate." As he spoke, a chilling light flashed in his eyes, and his voice became cold and ruthless. "My Lord, do you want me to take a few people to deal with Chen Jia?"

Dou Zhao was shocked.

I didn't expect that Lu Ming, who usually looks gentle and modest, has this side.

She thought of Xia Lian, who was always polite in front of her, the honest Zhu Yicheng, the cautious Wuyi and Songluo... Since they could be used by Song Mo, they must not be simple people, and they must have a fierce side that she didn't know about, right?

While thinking, Dou Zhao saw Song Mo shook his head slightly. He unfolded the name card and said, "He wants to join me, how can he not show some ability that I admire? He sent a letter to Daxing Farm just to show off his skills. Now is not the time to deal with him..." As he spoke, he read the name card three or two times, and then threw it on the kang with a "pop" sound, and said lightly, "Since he swears that he has something important to see me, you can make an appointment with him to meet at the farm in Daxing."

The farm in Daxing was home to Song Mo's assassins. Unless he brought a dozen muskets to conduct a sweep, he could not leave the house without Song Mo's consent.

This is also a test of whether Chen Jia is sincere.

Lu Ming left immediately.

Dou Zhao stood up: "I want to go too!"

She wanted to hear what Chen Jia would say, and wanted to judge whether Chen Jia's words were credible based on her experience in her previous life.

Song Mo knew that there were many rumors about him, but he was a proud man, and he was too disdainful to explain even to Dou Zhao. But he was also vaguely worried that three people would make a tiger, so he had to lay out all his affairs in front of Dou Zhao so that she could understand him better. With Dou Zhao's intelligence, there was no better way than this. But this did not mean that he wanted Dou Zhao to see those bloody scenes - when Lu Ming took out Chen Jia's visiting card, he had made up his mind that if Chen Jia could not give him a satisfactory explanation, he would not mind cutting off Chen Jia's head and sending it to Jinyiwei in the name of "spying on Citianzhuang", and taking the opportunity to scare those villains, so that they would not think they had something on him if they got a glimpse of him!

"That guy is too dangerous. I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of you." He persuaded Dou Zhao to give up the idea. "I'll tell you everything he said when I get back."

"If it were somewhere else, I'd be a little scared," Dou Zhao said with a smile, "but in the farm in Daxing, I'm not afraid!"

Song Mo was speechless.

For the first time, I had the thought that “sometimes it’s not necessarily a good thing for a woman to be too smart”.

Dou Zhaoyi smiled and asked him, "When did you guys agree to meet? I'll go tell the driver to prepare the carriage."

Looking at Dou Zhao, who seemed as excited as if he was going on a spring outing, the countless reasons that could be easily mentioned seemed pale and powerless.

Song Mo told the truth somewhat helplessly: "I have an appointment for tomorrow night..."

"Okay then!" Dou Zhao was afraid that he would go back on his word, so he immediately said, "I'll ask someone to prepare it right away." He hurried out of the study.

Song Mo couldn't help but smile.

Dou Zhao was a calm person, and rarely acted like a child. So let her go with him. At most, I could just avoid her when dealing with Chen Jia...

Once you make up your mind, you will feel at ease.

A servant hurried in and said, "My Lord, this is an invitation from the Marquis of Jining's Mansion."

Song Mo said "Oh" and let the person in.

The person who delivered the invitation was a steward from the Jining Marquis's Mansion. He stood in front of Song Mo and started sweating before he spoke.

"Madam's title has been granted, and the Marquis has been appointed as the Deputy Commander of the East City of the Five Cities Military Department. I would like to invite you and Madam to have a drink."

Song Mo said "I understand", sent away the person who delivered the invitation, and returned to the inner room.

Dou Zhao was talking to Su Xin. When Song Mo came in, Su Xin quickly retreated.

Song Mo gave the invitation to Dou Zhao.

Dou Zhao took a look and said with a smile, "There are so many things going on at home, how can you leave? If the prince wants to go, I can go on his behalf to say congratulations, or we can just send some gifts."

Song Mo hesitated a little and said, "It's a big deal..."

"If it weren't for the sake of face, I wouldn't even send a gift." Dou Zhao said, "Why should I use my reputation to flatter Dou Ming when she doesn't come to my banquet? Even if it's unfair to myself, it shouldn't be this unfair. From now on, I will treat her the same way she treats me!"

After all, Dou Zhao had been engaged to Wei Tingyu since childhood. Song Mo always felt that if it weren't for some strange coincidence, Dou Zhao would have married Wei Tingyu. He hoped that Dou Zhao would turn a blind eye to the Jining Marquis' Mansion from now on. Hearing what Dou Zhao said, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and said, "That's fine! Just say that there are too many things to do at home and you don't have time to drink, and prepare a generous gift to send over." Then he said, "Then let's go to the farm in Daxing early tomorrow morning? We can also take the opportunity to go shopping in Fengtai. Last time you were disappointed, and this time without Chen Jia, maybe we can pick out some good flower seedlings!"

"Why should we change the schedule for Dou Ming?" Dou Zhao said, "We should do the same thing as before. If someone asks me why I'm not going, it will just get to Dou Ming's ears." She insisted, "We will have lunch tomorrow and then go to the farm in Daxing. If we want to visit Fengtai, we can go there in the afternoon."

It’s better this way, so that no one would say Dou Zhao is arrogant.

Song Mo nodded.

The next day, one of them met several people who came to the Duke of England's mansion to receive awards in the outer courtyard, while the other took care of some household chores in the inner courtyard. Just as they were preparing to have lunch, Gao Sheng came over breathlessly.

"Fourth Aunt, Fourth Aunt," he wiped the sweat from his forehead, "everyone is waiting for you two to start the meal!"

"The prince and I have urgent business to attend to at the farm in Daxing, so I'm afraid we won't be able to go." Dou Zhao said with a smile, "Fortunately, we have already sent a gift, so it's not considered rude. Please help explain a few words."

"Is there anything more important than the banquet at Fifth Aunt's house?" Gao Sheng knew that this was Dou Zhao's excuse. Since he came here on the orders of Dou Shiying, he had to bite the bullet and persuade her, "Last time, it just happened that Fifth Aunt was going to stay at her parents' house. It's not Fifth Aunt's fault..."

Dou Zhao smiled and interrupted Gao Sheng: "If she really didn't have time, she could have explained it to me afterwards, and I would have happily given her this honor today. Unfortunately, she hasn't said a word to me until today. In this case, it's better to be polite and not to be polite." Seeing that Gao Sheng wanted to persuade her again, she simply said: "I am the elder sister, I should have given in to her, but I have given in to her for more than ten years, and I have never seen her be kind to me. Don't persuade me anymore." As she said that, she suddenly asked, "Have Fifth Aunt and the others gone?"

Gao Sheng didn't know what she meant, so he replied respectfully, "They all went!"

Dou Zhao smiled and said, "Then when you go back later, tell your father what I said in front of all the relatives at home. It will also let them know that I will not tolerate any grain of sand in my eyes. I will treat others the way they treat me!" He also reminded Gao Sheng, "Mr. Chen and his men will be coming to Beijing in a few days, so it's a good opportunity to remind the people of Dong Dou!"

Otherwise, when she and the Dou family settle the dowry, the people of Dongdou will treat her as a soft persimmon to be easily manipulated.

Gao Sheng understood what was going on and was deeply shocked. He said nothing more and retreated respectfully.