"ah--"

“Help!”

Screams rang out one after another.

In the end, the three concubines rolled and crawled, and ran away in panic.

"Tsk, nothing more than that!"

[He came to block me in the middle of the night, and kept saying witchcraft. I thought he was very brave! ]

That's right, she seriously suspected that the three people just now were waiting here on purpose, otherwise it would be too coincidental, right? "Princess, how did you do it?"

Ah Shi looked at the small glowing figure in front of him with admiration.

"I didn't do anything either. They just felt guilty."

Chu Yaoyao pouted and turned to look at her helplessly.

Ah Shi immediately gasped and took a step back quickly, looking frightened.

If it was really as the princess said, then she would feel guilty.

Seeing her look like a ghost, Chu Yaoyao belatedly looked down.

Uh... okay, I forgot to turn off the flashlight.

There was another 'click' sound, and everything fell into darkness again.

Ah Shi calmed herself down and felt more and more that something was not right. She glanced towards a corner covertly.

"Princess, let's go back quickly."

Chu Yaoyao glanced in the direction where the three people disappeared, snorted, then reached out and shook off the drooping hairband, raised her head, and said proudly.

"Let's go!"

When the two returned to Qionghua Palace, Chu Yaoyao was already drowsy on A Shi's shoulder.

After the Imperial Concubine and Chunshi helped her wash up, they sent her back to her room.

Ah Shi slowly recounted what had just happened.

The Imperial Concubine lowered her eyes and looked at the small object in her hand, which was the size of a palm and made of a special material.

Chunshi once mentioned to her that Yaoer had an object in her hand that could provide lighting without the need for fire and was easy to carry.

I think this is what I'm talking about.

"Therefore, I think it is no coincidence that the three concubines appeared there."

After saying that, A-Shi looked at her.

However, I saw someone playing with a flashlight with a 'clicking' sound.

"My lady, how do you plan to deal with this matter?"

Hearing this, the Imperial Concubine coughed lightly and put away the flashlight seriously, "Leave it to the Emperor to decide."

Although she was the Imperial Noble Consort, she could only take charge of the affairs of the harem, but it was not her turn to take charge of the court officials.

"What is it that requires my help?"

Emperor Qixuan strode into the palace.

Ah Shi had no choice but to repeat the entire thing again.

When Emperor Qixuan heard Yaoyao's weird behavior and scaring people, he shook his head and chuckled.

"That little fellow is really clever."

Then his face became serious and he called Su Maowen over, "Go and report this to the Queen Mother."

After receiving the order, Su Maowen ran out in a hurry.

…

Ci'an Palace

After hearing Su Maowen's report, the empress dowager opened her closed eyes, a cold light flashed across her eyes, and she put down the Buddhist beads in her hand.

"I know. Go and tell him. If he does find out anything, tell him not to worry about me."

After Su Maowen left, Nanny Gu presented a cup of calming tea. Seeing that the empress dowager was frowning, she comforted her softly.

"Please be at ease, Queen Mother. I think the Emperor will not make it too difficult for you because of your appearance. Besides, you have already done enough."

The Queen Mother took the teacup, took a sip, and then said sadly: "I am not worried, but disappointed."

…

Wei Mansion After Wei Cang returned to the mansion, he just walked into the main hall and saw Wei Yuelang's family of three and Qiu Shi waiting for him.

"The master is back!"

Qiu quickly stood up, walked quickly to his side, and wanted to reach out to pull him, but when she smelled the scent on him, her hand stopped in mid-air.

Seeing this, Wei Cang sneered in his heart.

Didn’t he look extremely disgusted during the day?

Why are you pretending to be virtuous now?

It was unknown whether Qiu had thought of something or not, but she put on a smile and continued to pull him.

Wei Cang stepped forward inconspicuously and dodged her hand.

What happened to Wei Cang today? Doesn't he usually like me to be close to him?

"I'm going to take a shower and change. You guys eat first."

Hearing this, Qiu's smug smile returned to his face.

It turns out that he was afraid that I would dislike him.

He's sensible, so I'll let him stay overnight today.

Then, she pinched her throat and smiled and replied, "Okay, you go ahead and do your work. We'll wait for you to have dinner together."

Half an hour later, Wei Cang returned to the main hall.

"Master, Linlin is sleepy and wants to sleep, so let the nurse take him back."

Linlin is the nickname of Wei Yuelang's son.

Hearing this, Wei Cang nodded nonchalantly, then sat down to prepare for dinner.

As soon as he picked up the chopsticks, he heard:

"Father, I ran into my uncle on the street a few days ago, and he told me that the business in the store seemed to be slow."

Wei Cang put down his chopsticks and looked at him expressionlessly.

"So what? We don't have much money. If you want to help him, you can only use your wife and mother's dowry."

Wei Yuelang lowered his head and smiled awkwardly, "My uncle mentioned that he wanted to sell colored glaze. I thought that since my father is familiar with the Second Prince, maybe he could help him?"

After he said this, Qiu also looked at him with longing.

Wei Cang had a blank expression on his face, but he was actually sneering in his heart.

He was wondering why Mrs. Qiu would wait for him to have a meal together? It turned out to be for this!

He pretended to think for a while and said, "That's right. After all, he is my brother. I can't just watch him lose everything."

"Yes!"

Mrs. Qiu picked up the wine jug with a look of joy and poured wine for him.

Wei Cang finished his drink and thought for a while.

"How about this, the Second Prince is preparing to go south and is in need of manpower, so I can help introduce him."

Almost the entire court knew about this matter, it was not a secret.

"Go south?!"

“That’s absolutely not possible!”

When she heard these two words, Qiu couldn't help but shouted them out loud.

Her two calls really made Wei Yuelang sweat profusely.

“Ahem!”

Wei Yuelang coughed a few times and kept winking at her.

Wei Cang looked at her in a strange way, "Why are you so excited?"

"I……"

Facing his suspicious gaze, Qiu's eyes were vague and her expression was a little flustered.

She racked her brains to come up with an excuse.

"I was thinking, my eldest brother and his family have lived in the capital for decades, how could they be willing to go to a place where they are unfamiliar with the place?"

Wei Cang nodded in agreement, "Well, you are right, let's just leave it at that for now."

It seemed that she had something to hide, and now Qiu didn't dare to speak again.

Seeing this, Wei Cang picked up his chopsticks with satisfaction. Just as he was about to pick up some food, he heard:

"Father."

Wei Yuelang poured him another glass of wine.

"I see you have hardly had time to rest in the past two days, but is the task very difficult? You must take care of yourself."

Wei Cang had no choice but to put down his chopsticks again and pick up the wine glass.

He pretended to be very confused and had a headache, and sighed, "The weapons your majesty wants to make are completely unheard of by us. We really don't know where to start."

When he heard the word "weapon", Wei Yuelang was so excited that he choked on the wine.

“Cough cough cough…”

Wei Cang looked at him helplessly, in a fatherly tone.

"You still have the nerve to remind me, you are such a fool, you should take care of your health on weekdays."

"Otherwise, how can we pass on our family line?"

Then, he mentioned it casually.

"Speaking of which, Linlin is almost four years old. When are you going to give him a younger brother?"

Wei Cang: What we are asking is, when can I have my meal?

Author: It’s almost there.