winter solstice
Preparations for the New Year’s Eve dinner have begun.
Before this, Ren Hui and the Imperial Master, who were on a diplomatic mission in the north, had returned to Beijing for a whole month. After receiving the letter yesterday, the two of them rushed to the official post station outside Xianyu City overnight. If nothing goes wrong, they will arrive today.
The power to manage the general's mansion is now in Pinyue's hands.
Gui Yao is personally sealed.
Pinyue was originally the General's Mansion on Nanchang Street - now it should be the Li Mansion. Since Ren Zhong left, she has followed the Lady Dowager and Lan Fang for many years. From small things like organizing the attendants to big things like keeping track of the accounts, no one is more suitable than her.
Compared to before, she now always keeps her sword with her, and occasionally stares at the tabby cat picked up by Lady Gui in a daze.
The housekeeper Pinyue is in charge of the internal affairs, and the guard Ren Hui is in charge of the external affairs.
That’s what I originally thought…
The man in red was lying in a rocking chair, kneading the fat cat's ears in his arms with one hand and holding a book tightly in his right hand.
As if he noticed Gui Yao's arrival, he looked up and his peach blossom eyes narrowed.
"Who are you looking for? Xiaoyue has just left with someone to take over from Hui." Jiuchong's voice was lazy. "You know, it's not convenient for me to go out. I can only help her organize some paperwork and take care of her cat."
"Excuse me, this tabby cat may be very attached to you, but it is my cat."
Gui Yao is very principled. Now this system is not called system, nor Ren Zhong, nor Chong Chong. She doesn't want to give the cat a new name, so she just calls it Lihua Lihua.
The tabby cat jumped down very cooperatively, walked clumsily to Guiyao and stretched.
"Why does the air smell like vinegar?" Gui Yao took advantage of the situation and lightly tapped the book that Jiuzhong was holding upside down. After a while, she suddenly pulled it away and replaced it with a cookbook she had brought with her. "The menu has changed. Let Pinyue know when she comes back."
Gui Yao really didn't understand why all these people came to Xianyu City to join in the fun.
Jiuchong is even more ridiculous. He even let Xiaojiu go on such a serious matter as going to the north. But then he thought, Jiuchong has been in Chaochun Tower in Xianyu City for so many years. In terms of office ability, he may not be as good as Xiaojiu.
Just as she was about to leave the courtyard, she heard a familiar voice outside.
"Try this! I brought back some mangoes from the capital. They're perfectly ripe. Eh? You'll get a rash if you eat this... What kind? Let me see."
Ren Hui looked at Pinyue curiously. After not seeing her for a year, she seemed to have grown taller, but Pinyue just pushed the door open.
“…”
"Why are you here?!"
"Ahem..." Gui Yao pushed Ren Hui, whose eyes were red, away. As soon as she arrived at the main hall, she saw Ren Beixi walking towards her.
The man had his hair tied up neatly, and wore a black robe. His eyebrows were deep and his eyes looked like a scholar. Only when he frowned did his heroic appearance vaguely reveal itself.
Gui Yao patted Ren Hui's back heavily and said, "Look, my dear, Xiao Hui has become much stronger."
Ren Beixi's gaze then shifted from Gui Yao's smiling face to Ren Hui standing beside him. Seeing him about to kneel, he took the initiative to help him stand steadily, nodded slightly, and then took Gui Yao's slender hand from Ren Hui's back, squeezed her palm, and said in a deep voice: "I made some tea for you, shall we go back to the room?"
Everyone in the general's mansion is busy with their own things.
But when Gui Yao was led back to the courtyard by Ren Beixi's hand, she suddenly looked up and saw Gao Shun sitting steadily on the eaves, smiling at her.
He was dressed in plain clothes, which always reminded people of the time when Gui Yao first saw him write carefully in the diary in Xianyu City. The word "Jiaojiao" was written in particularly beautiful small characters.
The days of investigating the case seemed to last forever.
Gui Yao saluted Gao Shun, and for a while, looked at Ren Beixi, who also seemed to be hesitant to speak.
To be honest, she was a little scared.
Under such a serious situation in the palace at that time, she carried out all the secret plans without any mercy. She abducted the queen and ran away. Later, she thought of an excuse on the way back to Xianyu City.
Seeing this, Guiyao really covered her chest and started coughing.
"It's snowing heavily today. My lord, please come down first. I'll ask my husband to make you a cup of hot tea." Gui Yao leaned on the table. Behind her, Ren Beixi gently put the cloak on her, tied the rope, and moved a stool to the yard, about to boil water in a kettle.
Li Cong looked at Guiyao's pale face, turned over and fell back into the yard.
"No need to be polite, come in and talk."
Looking at the loving couple, his face darkened for a moment. Over the years, he had sent people to Xianyu City to investigate many times, openly and secretly. It was not that he was determined not to trust the two of them, but the timing was too clever.
Just as he was about to go look for Li Jiao, Ren Beixi was captured. When he was about to go, Gui Yao, whom he had promised to meet, was nowhere to be seen.
He didn't dare to look at the court situation a year ago for even a second.
His voice was a little hoarse.
Gui Yao glanced at him furtively. He looked slightly sick, which was much more serious than the excuse she had given for her illness. The first words he spoke, also initiated by Li Jiao, were simply, "The end of the year is almost here, and there's still no news from her."
It would be strange if there was any news. There was no one from Ren Beixi in Xianyu City. Even if they were disguised well, Gui Yao's mind reading would be able to detect something.
Ren Beixi seemed to have some feelings. He looked at Guiyao's red face after she came into the room. Finally, he got up and went to the yard to get a bowl of milk tea frozen in the snow.
Gui Yao was actually quite curious. Normally, under such circumstances, wouldn't the court officials put pressure on the emperor to marry a new concubine? No, ever since the demon beast appeared, who in the entire An Dynasty dared to pressure the emperor? Were they afraid of not having enough necks to chop off, or not having enough wealth to confiscate?
How long can Gao Shun's love for Li Jiao last after a few years?
The descendants of the previous emperor were all killed by Gao Shun, so what about the descendants of An Chao? This is too far-fetched...
Why is it that when Li Jiao is around, she only hopes that she can be happy every day, but when she sees Gao Shun, those impure thoughts will come to her mind. Gui Yao wants to go to the yard to get wet in the snow. When she lowers her eyes, she sees a chubby cat coming in through the thick windshield.
"Little hawksbill?"
Guiyao touched the head of the cat that came over.
She suddenly raised her eyes, and for a moment her gaze fell on the hand that was holding the thick curtain.
It was Jiang Gu's voice with a muffled smile.
“…Wait a minute!”
Guiyao tried her best to make her movements not seem so abrupt.
She wanted to glare at Ren Beixi in grievance. Who told you to do everything yourself and not let guards and maids into the yard? Now what if Gao Shun recognizes that Xiao Gu is Li Jiao!
The man killed him single-handedly.
With a "bang", Gao Shun was knocked unconscious.
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