“Selling candied haws! Delicious candied haws!”
In the general's mansion, Feng Qiyan, who was practicing martial arts with a dagger in the front garden, suddenly heard the shouts of a vendor selling candied haws outside the courtyard wall. She stopped practicing martial arts and stretched out her hand to call her personal maid.
"Ningyu, go out and buy me two strings of candied haws!" Feng Qiyan turned the short sword in the sheath with a very neat and graceful movement.
"But Miss, it's almost time for lunch. If you eat two strings of candied haws, you won't be able to eat later!"
"Who... who said I was going to eat it by myself? Didn't I buy this for Sister Qingcheng on behalf of my brother? It's her first time in the capital, so of course I have to buy her some authentic snacks to try."
"Then please wait a moment, Miss."
Nongyu was ten years old this year and was Feng Qiyan's personal maid. She was plump and charming, and like Feng Qiyan, she was a lively and lovely girl. After receiving the instructions, she left the front yard and walked to the street outside the General's Mansion.
“Selling candied haws! Delicious candied haws!”
Nanyue followed the sound and found the vendor selling candied haws not far from the gate of the general's mansion.
"Give me two strings of candied haws!"
"Okay! Little sister, are you buying these for yourself or as gifts? The candied haws are really good today. Buy three and get one free. Do you want to buy a few more? Even if you can't finish them all yourself, you can give them to friends."
The vendor selling candied haws was a woman in her twenties. She had her almond-shaped eyes slightly narrowed and a kind smile on her face.
"Two skewers are enough. Miss Qingcheng probably doesn't like to eat such sweet things." After thinking for a while, Nanyue rejected the vendor's suggestion.
"Okay! Here are the two strings of candied haws that you asked for, little sister. Are you going to have a wedding? I seemed to have seen the owner of Linglong Pavilion going in and out of your house several times before! Congratulations, congratulations!" The peddler's eyes flashed slightly, and her face was full of smiles, but the smile on her face did not reach her eyes.
"What's it to you! Just sell your candied haws!" Nanyue looked at the vendor warily, then took the two strings of candied haws and ran back to the general's mansion.
After Nongyu left, the peddler, carrying a straw target filled with candied haws, turned left and right, and finally arrived at a quiet alley not far away. Inside was a low-key and luxurious sedan chair, and beside it stood four strong and powerful sedan chair bearers dressed as guards.
"Meet the Master!"
The vendor selling candied haws threw the straw target filled with candied haws aside, and then knelt down to salute the person in the sedan chair.
"how?"
A majestic voice came from inside the sedan chair.
"My lord, the General's Mansion is heavily guarded. Our men can't get in, and we can't get any information. I just used a candied haws to lure out Miss Feng's personal maid, and I actually got some useful information."
"Say~"
"According to what the maid said, there was indeed a Miss Qingcheng who came to the General's Mansion, and the maid went out to buy the candied haws for her."
"Oh……"
"I'm afraid these candied haws will end up in Miss Feng's stomach!" The person in the sedan sneered disdainfully.
Even if Feng Qiyan is favored by her mother, she is still just a child who is still wet behind the ears and has a childish heart.
I really don't know what her mother sees in Feng Qiyan. She is so partial to that little brat, even to the point that she loves her more than her daughter.
Last year, Nalan Yunzhi ordered people to use black iron to forge a short sword that could cut through iron like mud. Nalan Junxue had always wanted it, but in the end Nalan Yunzhi gave the short sword to Feng Qiyan as a birthday gift.
Nalan Junxue's eyes were sinister, and she clenched her fists tightly until her nails almost dug into her flesh, only then did she manage to suppress the resentment hidden deep in her heart.
"Do you know who the 'Miss Qingcheng' that the maid is talking about is?" Nalan Junxue asked indifferently.
"My lord, the investigation is still ongoing. This morning, a carriage from the General's Mansion left for the city."
Nalan Junxue looked disdainful upon hearing this: "Feng Cailan is a high-ranking official in the imperial court. It's nothing unusual for him to attend the morning court at the imperial palace."
"My lord, the person in the carriage is not General Feng. The time doesn't match. Moreover, the carriage returned only an hour after leaving."
Nalan Junxue glanced at the subordinates outside through the curtain of the sedan chair and said leisurely, "Keep watching. If there is any news, report back to the Xianwang Mansion immediately."
"As you command!"
After Nalan Junxue's sedan chair left, he disguised himself as a guard selling candied haws, then changed his clothes and continued to gather information.
"Miss Feng, what are you doing hiding in the tree? Come down now!"
In Furong Courtyard, Feng Qiyan, who climbed up a tree to secretly eat candied haws, was caught red-handed by Si Chengfeng.
"How did you know I was up there?" Feng Qiyan held two candied haws in her hands, curled her lips, and jumped down from the tree nimbly.
"You sent Nanyue away, you must be doing something bad, so I came to take a look." Si Chengfeng raised his hand and pinched Feng Qiyan's little face, his fox eyes seemed to be smiling.
"I... I just wanted to taste this candied haws for Sister Qingcheng to see if it was delicious..."
Feng Qiyan pushed Si Chengfeng's hand away with a little embarrassment, but her words were spoken with a hint of guilt.
"It's okay to have a few snacks, but you can't just eat anything from outside that comes from unknown sources. Have you had it checked by the court doctor?"
Si Chengfeng snatched the candied haws from Feng Qiyan's hand, handed it to Jucai, a servant beside him, and signaled him to take the candied haws to the palace doctor for poison testing.
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