Concubine Xiao didn't look at her, but just glared at Su Li fiercely. After a while, she squeezed out a word from between her teeth: "I don't want to see you, get out of the palace!"
Su Li remained calm and composed, performing the proper ceremony of taking her leave: "Your Highness, I'm leaving."
Then he took Xiao Wu and Xiao Ye out of Yaohua Palace.
Just like yesterday, there was no palace maid to lead them back.
The master and his two servants returned along the same route and left the palace smoothly.
"Madam, you are truly formidable! Look how angry Concubine Xiao is! She can't even speak clearly. Let's see if she dares to embarrass our Madam again in the future! Humph!"
"That's right!"
On the return carriage, Xiaowu chattered excitedly.
Xiao Ye also had a smile on her face. She echoed everything Xiao Wu said.
Su Li couldn't help but shake his head and laugh. It was a pleasure, but he had to bear the consequences of the pleasure.
After what happened today, it was estimated that Concubine Xiao had completely hated her, although she might have hated her for a long time because of Princess Rongfu.
After all, she is a royal concubine with a noble status. If someone wants to make things difficult for her, there will always be a time when she can't defend herself. She has to find a way to bring her down quickly.
Regarding the incident of the cat replacing the prince, since we have doubts about Prince Chun's identity today, let's start with him.
The prince was not someone who anyone could see, and she had no friendship with him.
She had to find a way to find an opportunity for Taoist Kongxu to see him, to see if he had purple energy and whether he was a lucky star...
Before we knew it, it was early autumn and the hot summer had quietly passed.
Although the weather is still a bit hot, there is no need to put ice cubes in the Zhuangyuan Mansion.
In the afternoon, when Su Li was looking at the account book of the shop she rented last month in the study, Jinzhu, who was beside the old lady, came and said that the old lady asked her to come to the house.
Su Li responded naturally, and after packing up, he took a carriage to the Duke's Mansion.
The main courtyard of the Duke's Mansion.
When Su Li arrived, the old lady was giving instructions to the servants.
She waited aside, and only after the old lady had finished her instructions did she bow and greet him, "Grandma."
The old lady said, "Ali is here, please sit down."
"yes."
As soon as they sat down, the old lady said, "In a few days there will be the royal autumn hunt. The concubines of each palace and the wives of the ministers of the noble families will go. You should also get ready and come with me."
"Autumn Hunt?"
"Well," the old lady nodded, "let Jinzhu tell you about the royal hunting."
Jinzhu replied yes and began to talk about the hunting in detail.
The emperor holds four hunting activities every year, namely spring, summer, autumn and winter, once in each season.
Among them, the autumn hunt is the largest, and only the concubines and wives of ministers can participate in the autumn hunt.
The autumn hunting activities include hunting competitions for the princes and ministers, sword dances, and bonfire parties in the evening...
Su Li raised his eyebrows.
All the princes will participate.
Isn't this just an opportunity?
At that time, we can let Taoist Kongxu sneak in to see if there is purple energy on Prince Chun and whether he is a lucky star.
Do what you say.
After returning from the Duke's Mansion, Su Li asked Xiao Sanzi to invite Taoist Kongxu.
"Madam Pei, are you saying that Princess Rongfu might be Concubine Xiao's daughter, and Prince Chun is Empress Renxuan's biological son, the true lucky star?"
In the hall, Taoist Kongxu was shocked after hearing Su Li's guess: "Tsk tsk! If that's true, then Concubine Xiao is truly audacious."
"This is just my guess. Whether it's true or not, I need to see it first."
Taoist Kongxu nodded and said, "How can I meet Prince Chun?"
"Six days from now will be the day of the Royal Autumn Hunt, and the families of the ministers will also participate. When the time comes, you will come with me and sneak in..."
Taoist Kongxu was a little worried: "Is it feasible? Will it be discovered? Has the emperor ever seen me?"
Su Li said: "Of course not in your current appearance. When the time comes, I'll have my servants disguise you, and you can just pretend to be a servant and follow me in..."
Taoist Kongxu's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly: "It's okay with me, then it's settled."
Su Li looked at the long white beard on his face and felt a little embarrassed: "It's your beard, maybe you need..."
She was also a little puzzled. Taoist Kongxu looked to be around forty years old, but why did he have such a long beard, giving him the appearance of a young man with white hair.
Taoist Kongxu was stunned for a moment, then stroked his beard and chuckled, "The beard is easy to deal with, you can take it off."
“…”
Taoist Kongxu was very satisfied with Su Li's surprised look, and said with a smug look on his face: "I stuck it there, hehehe..."
Isn't this just to appear a bit like an immortal when cheating people so as to gain their trust?
"Okay, then I'll let Xiao Sanzi pick you up..."
After Taoist Kongxu left, it was already dark.
Su Li was about to have dinner when Xiao Ye hurried in to report, "Madam, Brother Zhitang has sent a message that Ji Jingxu is afraid that the assassination attempt on the master will be exposed, and has prepared to poison the Duke and the old lady with soup tonight."
"Are we going to do it tonight?"
"Yes, Brother Zhitang said that he would secretly watch Ji Jingxu and come out to stop him if he made a move. He asked Madam, do you want to go to the Duke's Mansion now?"
Ji Jingxu really wanted to use the trick of cutting off the source of the problem.
He knew that the secret guard had been captured by Pei Ji. As long as the secret guard returned to the capital to identify him, he would never have the chance to become the Duke and might even face the Duke's wrath.
Pei Ji has not yet officially recognized his ancestral home. As long as the Duke and the old lady die, Ji Jingxu will certainly not recognize Pei Ji's identity. In this way, Pei Ji will naturally be unable to return to the Ji family, nor can he inherit the title of Duke.
Then the position of Duke would naturally belong to Ji Jingxu.
"Have the third son prepare the horse and go to the Duke's Mansion."
"yes!"
Xiao Ye ran out in a hurry.
Su Li went to the study, took the creed that Pei Ji had given her that day, and hurried out of the house.
When they arrived at the Duke's Mansion, the gate guards were a little surprised to see Su Li.
Didn’t the young lady just go back not long ago? Why is she back again?
But he didn't dare to ask, as that was his master's business, so he quickly opened the door and let Su Li in.
When they arrived at the main courtyard, Jin Zhu was surprised to see Su Li coming back: "Young Madam? Why are you back again?"
Su Li asked directly: "Where is grandma? Is she in there?"
Jin Zhu saw that Su Li's face was a little strange and she was a little confused, but she quickly replied: "The Duke and his wife are having dinner in the hall. The Second Master just came in and brought soup to the Duke and his wife."
Soup!
Su Li was startled and ran in quickly.
Zhitang, who was in secret, saw Su Li coming and breathed a sigh of relief, putting away the hidden weapon in his hand that was ready to smash the soup bowl at any time.
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