Cao Guozhang looked around to make sure the palace doors were closed and no one was spying. Then he said in a low voice, "Has Niangniang heard about the big fire in North Juxian Market?"
The Empress shook her head blankly.
With her temperament and position, if she didn't intentionally spy or someone else deliberately told her, how could a fire that seemed normal to the outside world reach her ears?
Cao Guo Zhang then said, "Last night, the residence where we arranged for those people caught fire. The Water Dragon Bureau's people went to put out the fire, but the water sprayed out from the waterwheel turned into oil. The fire grew bigger and bigger. Just as the Five Cities Warden's Office and the Water Dragon Bureau's people rushed to put out the fire, the people living in the residence ran out of the door and disappeared."
"Disappeared?" The Empress's slightly hoarse and delicate voice was full of disbelief, "This was clearly set up by someone! Who is targeting our Cao Family! "
Cao Guozhang nodded and said, "The Tatan Princess was furious. This subject urgently investigated and interrogated everyone in the area who might have been in contact with the residence. In the end, I got some clues from Xu Mao. A few days ago, the Fourth Young Miss of the Family Qin passed by here and said that she lost a gold bracelet inlaid with jade. It was picked up by someone in the residence and she asked Xu Mao to help her search. Xu Mao sternly refused. Other than the Fourth Young Miss of the Qin Family, there was no one else. "
"That wild hussy of the Family Qin?" The Empress narrowed her eyes, "That wild hussy is not simple. She has a foxy appearance and charmed a barbarian of the Zhou Dynasty. He even gave her the large Huichun Garden. This empress looked carefully. That wild hussy looks very much like Qin Meng. Maybe she has as many wicked ideas as Qin Meng. "
Speaking of this, the Empress frowned and said, "Father, Qin Meng is not an easy person to deal with. This empress has been by the Emperor's side for so long and hasn't found any useful information about Qin Meng from the Emperor. But my sister is so useless. She only thinks about love all day and can't find anything!"
Cao Guozhang saw that the Empress was going off topic, so he said: "It's good that your sister only treats Qin Meng wholeheartedly. Qin Meng is now my virtuous son-in-law. If we can grasp the relationship well, it will be a great help."
"Then why would his daughter be suspicious when she passed by that house?" The empress paused for a moment before reacting. "Father suspects that she is in contact with people from Da Zhou? Is Prince Zhongshun trying to trick us? "
"That's possible, but we can't rule out the possibility that she was instructed by Qin Meng."
The Empress sneered: "I don't care about other things, but this wild hussy dared to be disrespectful to me, so I will settle the score with her. It doesn't matter if she's helping her father or her lover, ben gong will make sure that she doesn't have the life to care about these things! That day, she dared to look down on this consort and even stood to the side to laugh at this consort! How many years has it been since this consort has suffered such vexation? How could this consort lose to a little girl? Father, don't worry, Qin Yining's life is in this consort's hands! "
Seeing the Empress like this, Cao Guo Zhang didn't say anything and just smiled.
After Cao Guo Zhang left, the Empress acted coquettishly in front of the Emperor that night. She said that she had been having nightmares for the past few days, and because she was worried about the health of her husband and her family, she wanted to go to Xian Gu Temple to perform rituals and pray for her family. As she spoke, she even shed tears.
When the Emperor saw her crying like a pear blossom in the rain, he couldn't help but feel distressed: "Little darling, don't cry. You're crying until my heart is broken. I'll give you whatever you want."
The Emperor held the Empress' waist and swayed. He muttered to himself for a moment and said: "It's not a big deal to go to the ceremony. Prince Zhongshun will return to the capital in a few days, leaving their envoys to continue handling the compensation and handover. Once Prince Zhongshun leaves, there won't be any hard bones left. The handover will be easier to handle. When the time comes, I'll be free. I'll accompany you, okay?"
The Empress pouted her red lips and tears were about to fall again: "I'm naturally overjoyed. It's just that I've been anxious these past few days and haven't been able to sleep well. Look at the wrinkles at the corners of my eyes. If Your Majesty is worried about me, you can arrange for someone to escort me there. I'll go to Lady Mother of the Chariot's statue and kowtow a few times to feel at ease. "
Her white fingers slid across the Emperor's lapel, and then gradually moved downwards: "When Your Majesty is free, I'll accompany Your Majesty to go again, okay?"
The Emperor's heart was about to melt from her coquettish behavior and her white hands constantly moving around. He immediately threw away his helmet and armor and agreed to whatever the Empress wanted.
The next day, the Empress, under the escort of the Emperor's arranged guards, went to Xian Gu Temple to see Fairy Liu.
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At the same time, Qin Yining was nestled on the soft couch in Shuoren Temple's reception pavilion. She was holding the soft and furry Er Bai with one hand and reading an account book with the other. Suddenly, there was the sound of hurried footsteps approaching from the corridor.
"In response to Miss, someone from the Second Gate has come to pass a message saying that Prince Zhongshun's attendant is asking for an audience."
Qin Yining was stunned. She handed the account book to Qiu Lu, who was now in charge of managing her finances, and carried Er Bai to the ground.
Bing Tang and Ji Yun hurriedly followed and went straight to the reception pavilion in the outer courtyard.
Just as they reached the door, they saw Huzi, who was wearing a dark blue outfit.
"So it's you." Qin Yining's bandaged hand reached down and played with Er Bai's drooping ear.
Huzi hurriedly bowed to Qin Yining. His eyes moved from her injured hand to Bing Tang, and he grinned, "Potato Spirit, you're here too."
Bing Tang's face turned red from Huzi's greeting, but she didn't want to be rude in front of her Miss, so she rolled her eyes at him.
Huzi rubbed his nose from the glare and cupped his hands, "Fourth Miss, our Wang Ye's old injury has relapsed, causing the poison from the last time to act up again. Therefore, he specially instructed me to invite Bing Tang's Miss to treat him."
Qin Yining's heart skipped a beat. Pang Xiao's shoulder was pierced by an arrow in order to protect her. That day, his robe was stained with blood as he broke the arrow and fought again. The image of him standing in front of her and fighting against the Tatan was still engraved in her mind.
Being poisoned was not a small matter. Bing Tang's medical skills were good, and she was well-educated. However, she was still too young to be able to handle Bing Tang. What if there was something wrong with her? Qin Yining frowned worriedly.
Bing Tang's Miss didn't care and curled her lips, "Is Wang Ye's poison really acting up?"
Huzi's face couldn't help but turn red when Bing Tang's big round eyes stared at him. He grinned even more happily, "Yes, yes, it's acting up. Therefore, I'll have to trouble Fourth Miss to bring Bing Tang's Miss to him." He put his palms together and begged.
Qin Yining was confused by Huzi's behavior.
She looked at Bing Tang inquiringly.
Bing Tang glared at Huzi and said, "Miss, don't listen to his nonsense. Although Wang Ye suffered a lot of injuries during the years of war, the poison had been cured at that time. Now that he is talking nonsense about his poison acting up, there must be something fishy about it!"
Qin Yining nodded slightly when she heard this.
But Huzi said, "Fourth Young Miss, in any case, seeing our Prince's sincerity towards you, let's go."
Qin Yining's face turned red.
Pang Xiao had saved her several times. Even if the Sun Clan was beheaded by the Emperor, Pang Xiao did save her. In order to support her and boost her reputation, he didn't hesitate to offend people and gave her such a valuable house.
This person was a little overbearing and never asked her what she liked. However, she owed him.
"Forget it, I'll go with you."
Qin Yining handed Er Bai to Ji Yun, "I'll go with Bing Tang. You go and tell my mother that I have something to do outside. You stay in Xing Ning Garden and take care of my mother. If Madam Dowager invites my mother, you can go with her. Don't make things difficult for her."
Ji Yun smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, Miss." She left with Er Bai in her arms.
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