Chapter 827: What awaits these people is a dragnet
Madam Xu...
Sang Zhixia and Xu Yu have been married for many years. Xu Yu is called the Young Master and the General, but only a few people call Sang Zhixia the Young Madam.
Sang Zhixia couldn't hide her playful expression as she curled her lips. Sitting in the main seat, the woman dressed as her own princess looked just the right amount of surprised. "Is everything settled with the general? Can we go back now?"
The visitor didn't notice anything wrong and said with a smug smile, "Don't worry, Madam. The general has taken care of everything."
"The criminals whose property was confiscated and whose heads were beheaded have all been executed. What remains is just some finishing work, which won't delay anything. The general was worried that the young lady and her family would be uneasy here, so he specifically ordered us to come and meet them early."
Diancui was so happy that she kept saying "that's great" several times.
The visitor's smile widened. "The carriages and horses for the reception are already prepared. Madam, all you have to do is invite the other ladies and the young masters and young ladies out. We can leave immediately."
Diancui quickly stood up and said yes. As she was about to leave, she suddenly remembered something and turned around to ask, "By the way, have they sent anyone from the Nan family?"
Without waiting for the visitor to respond, Diancui said worriedly, "When I came here before, I said it would be better to merge the two families into one place so that it would be convenient when I return. Now they are separated into different places, and I don't know what the situation is like over there."
"When the general asked you to come and pick her up, did he arrange for someone to pick up the old lady from the Nan family?"
Diancui asked without hesitation. The visitor smiled and nodded, "Of course."
"Old Lady Nan is a highly respected person, and the Nan family's women are all meritorious officials of Prince Yu's palace. Naturally, they have arranged for someone to pick them up."
Diancui smiled brightly and nodded repeatedly with great joy: "That's good."
"Wait here for a moment. I'll go get everyone out."
"Lingchu."
Lingchu responded: "I'm here."
Diancui said with a smile: "Since it is someone sent by the prince, he is not an outsider and does not need to wait outside."
"There are many women inside, so it will probably take a while. Go and invite all the people this gentleman has brought into the outer courtyard to rest for a while. Once everything is packed, we can leave immediately."
Ling Chu nodded in response and made a gesture of invitation to the visitor: "Sir, please follow me."
Diancui was already happily walking towards the inner courtyard, holding the painted fan in her hand.
A ruthless look flashed across the visitor's eyes, and he smiled calmly, "When I came here, the prince instructed me to return as soon as possible to avoid any more trouble along the way. Please help me hurry up so that it's not too late."
Ling Chu chuckled and said, "It won't be too late."
"Every moment we stay here makes us more anxious. Our host has been looking forward to going back for a long time. They will definitely be out in less than a quarter of an hour."
The visitor felt relieved upon hearing this. Seeing that Ling Chu had indeed let all the people he brought into the outer courtyard without any precautions, a sneer quickly appeared on his lips.
Behind the screen, Sang Zhixia and Nan Weiwei exchanged glances silently, and saw an indescribable coldness in each other's eyes.
The person who came was indeed not the right one.
Nan Weiwei held her breath and peeked out through the crack in the screen. She lowered her voice and said, "These people were not sent by the prince and Brother Xu."
Although the women of the Nan family did not set out with the Xu family, they lived in a villa from the first day and stayed there day and night.
The person who came obviously didn't know this detail and started telling lies. Was he trying to fool someone?
Sang Zhixia murmured, "As expected," and thought to herself that someone must have been forced into a corner.
Perhaps the villa was heavily guarded and difficult to break into, so those who had evil intentions behind the scenes simply took a risk.
Led by the prince's former close ministers, they gained his trust and went straight into the villa hoping to succeed.
As long as we can trick the person out of the villa and hold him in our hands, it will be much easier to do whatever we want then.
If I hadn't noticed something was wrong in advance, it would have been a difficult outcome if I had bitten the hook.
Before Sang Zhixia could say anything, Nan Weiwei bit her lip and said, "Sister, go to the inner courtyard and stay with my grandmother and the others. As for those people in the outer courtyard..."
"I'm taking people there."
Tian Ying'er, who had been following him, didn't say a word, but silently drew out her sharp scimitar, the cold light shining brightly.
The guards outside the high wall of the villa are indeed difficult to break through, but few people know that the defense beyond the high wall is even more strict.
The way out there is not survival beyond that high wall.
After all, Xu Yanran, Chen Yun and others have been really bored these days, so they took their guards to set up countless poison arrays in the outer courtyard. All of them were the life's work of Old Qi, and they were just waiting to test the effects.
Sang Zhixia lured people into the outer courtyard, where a tight net awaited them.
Sang Zhixia trusted their martial arts skills, but still couldn't help but remind them: "Don't be careless."
"You can go out and vent your anger, but remember not to hurt yourself."
The ladies and elders in the inner courtyard are all calm and composed. They can sit here for another three to five months and feel very safe.
However, young people are different.
I feel very restless and irritable.
Nan Weiwei and Tian Ying'er have been forced to stay here these days, feeling uncomfortable like birds in a cage. They are ready to make trouble everywhere, so it wouldn't hurt to let them out to vent.
Tian Ying'er grinned, showing her white teeth, and said, "Don't worry, sister, I can handle it."
"That bastard who just lied about horse racing, I'll catch him alive for you and make sure he doesn't get away."
Sang Zhixia rarely showed a comfortable smile, walked around the secret passage and returned to the quieter flower hall.
Xu Yanran and Chen Yun have already run away with Song Liu.
Hua Shan suppressed a smile and said, "After learning that there was a visitor to the outer courtyard, Miss Yanran was eager to test whether the poison prescription given by Elder Qi was effective and said she wanted to go and see for herself."
As a military advisor, Chen Yun was determined to fight back and followed him, unwilling to show weakness.
Sang Zhixia was pleased to see this happen. She smiled and said, "If you like to watch the excitement, go and have a look. This kind of scene is rare."
As she spoke, Sang Zhixia reached out to take the steaming tea. Aunt Xu, who couldn't stop laughing, saw this and quickly tried to stop her: "Oh, you can't drink tea."
Sang Zhixia looked at her empty hand in confusion. Madam Nan coughed and explained, "Tea is good for refreshing. You haven't been sleeping well these past few days. Drinking too much tea will be bad for you."
"I prepared some red date tea for you. Drink this to calm your nerves."
Sang Zhixia had no objection to what to drink, and changed the water soaked with red dates with a normal expression. Aunt Xu breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this, but her eyes couldn't help but wander to Sang Zhixia's flat belly.
Seeing that she was looking too obviously at it, Aunt Xu held back her laughter and poked her, then naturally changed the subject.
"Xia Xia, I heard that you have opened quite a few shops in Kyoto. When you return, can you help me find a few shops in suitable locations so I can open my embroidery shop?"
In recent years, Sang Zhixia's business has been expanding, and Aunt Xu's embroidery shop and Aunt Xu's winery have also expanded to a considerable scale.
Although I may not be making a fortune every day, there is still a lot of money in the account, which is very pleasing.
Even after returning to Kyoto, business still needs to continue.
Sang Zhixia smiled so hard that the corners of her eyes curved up: "Great."
"Even if Second Aunt doesn't mention it, I've been keeping an eye on it. I also bought a farm outside Beijing a while ago. It's the best location for making wine. Third Aunt, you can go over and check it out. If it doesn't work, we can make some changes."
Aunt Xu let out a cry of joy and said, "That's great! It saves me from having to speak."
"but……"
"Boss."
Diancui came out of the door with a sullen look on her face. She quickly walked over to Sang Zhixia and whispered a few words in her ear. Sang Zhixia took a breath with a strange look on her face: "Is it done?"
"So soon?"
Diancui, still wearing Sang Zhixia's clothes, opened her mouth repeatedly and said delicately, "The poison array that Miss Yanran set up earlier was truly... too effective."
“It’s very strong!”
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