Dong Gong Mei

Back in Youhuangli, the sky is almost fully bright.As soon as Zhao Xiwei entered the door, he went straight to the bed. He didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he just said to the maids: "Don't call me if you have nothing else to do. Wait until you wake up when the sky falls."

The boulder that weighed on my heart suddenly disappeared, and I slept soundly for most of the day. When I woke up again, it was already noon.

It was her first time sleeping in her new home, and it was a surprisingly good experience.

Because this place belongs to her completely, she no longer has to think about those rules and etiquette, and she doesn't have to think about those fights.

The room was quiet, she simply got out of bed with bare feet, opened the window, and her eyes suddenly brightened.

Outside the window, a pool of green lotus reflects the sun, and the red lotus in the pavilion is facing the wind. Take a deep breath, and the fragrance comes to your nostrils.

For the first time in her life, she felt so relaxed and free.

Li Xuanye promised to give her time, and promised that she could go in and out of Taichang Temple, and her sense of urgency became a little better.

Ask the servant girl to bring water, bathe and change clothes, and then have lunch.The dishes were cooked by Jinxiu and a few little girls, a dish of lotus root with flowers, a dish of rose tofu, a dish of stir-fried green beans, a stewed yellow croaker, and a soup of barley and red dates.

Because it was the first time I made it, the appearance was not very good. When the dishes were served, Yinbao murmured: "I think it's better to invite a cook. I made these lotus root slices, and the mud inside has been washed for a long time!" Master, you can eat it first to see if it’s okay, if it’s not tasty, slaves will redo it.”

Zhao Xiwei picked up the chopsticks, picked up a sliced ​​lotus root and tasted it. It wasn't bad, and it definitely wasn't delicious.But fortunately, she is not picky about food, so she nodded and smiled and said, "That's it, it will be fine when the cook tomorrow is settled." While scooping up the soup, she asked again, "Is there anyone looking for someone? You tell people, I don’t have any special requirements, only two points, first, you need to be responsible, and you can’t ask for a smooth tongue; High points are easy to say."

"Yes, there is." Jinxiu hurriedly arranged the dishes, and said: "According to your request, miss, there is really one person who is very suitable. But we can't invite this person."

Zhao Xi was slightly surprised: "Who?"

"It's a widow, surnamed Huang, named Siniang, who lives in the family next to the rice shop."

"Huang Siniang?" At the first hearing, Zhao Xi was slightly puzzled, but thought the name sounded familiar, and suddenly remembered: "Did her husband's name be Deng Fulai, who died in a rice warehouse fire?"

"Yes, Miss, how do you know?"

Zhao Xi frowned slightly, but did not speak.

This Deng Fulai was the murderer of the Mipu arson case last year, and it was precisely because of this incident that she married into the East Palace by accident...

Jinxiu didn't know what was going on, and only sympathized: "This Huang Siniang is also a hard-working person. Last year, her husband died and a child under two years old was left behind. Her father-in-law and mother-in-law are sick in bed, and the whole family depends on her... The servant wanted to invite her to cook, but she saw that the doors and windows were closed, and after inquiring, she found out that she hadn't gone out for several days, and she didn't know what happened."

"What's going on?" Zhao Xiwei was even more surprised.

She remembered that when Li Xuanye executed Deng Fulai, he also said that there were other uses for keeping the Huang family. It couldn't be because Li Xuanye silenced him, right?
"I think she's probably hiding from someone." Jinxiu looked outside the door and said in a low voice, "I've inquired about it. Fayan Temple wants to invite her to do something. Since that day, Huang Siniang has been shutting herself out. Already!"

Fayan Temple, that is the place where the Empress Dowager prays for blessings. It is called praying for blessings, but it is actually under house arrest.What would you ask a folk woman to do?
"I guess I'm going to invite you to cook. I heard that the Queen Mother thinks the vegetarian food is not delicious."

Zhao Xiwei didn't care if the Queen Mother was eating well or not, she only cared about one question: "You mean, the Queen Mother is looking for Huang Siniang?"

Things are definitely not that simple.

Zhao Xiwei paid attention: "You go to Huang's house again. Anyway, bring someone here, I want to see you."

"Row."

After dinner, Yulan brought tea.Zhao Xiwei just took a sip, and suddenly heard a shout from outside the courtyard: "Where is your master? Tell her quickly, I have a new discovery!"

Accompanied by the shout, several blue shadows descended from the sky: "Your Highness, what an offense!" After speaking, he dragged the man out of the door.

"Hey, hey, you guys are being unreasonable! You're not working in the East Palace, why are you running into other girls' yards!"

The master and servant looked at each other, and they all saw speechlessness in each other's eyes - Li Fengyi was the only one who dared to yell at the guards of the East Palace like that.

No, what did Li Fengyi say?

He has a new discovery?

Zhao Xiwei suddenly got up, rushed into the yard and said, "Stop it!"

Yuan Ce paused, and hurriedly said with a sneer: "Princess, Your Highness has ordered that your subordinates protect your safety."

Zhao Xiwei was expressionless: "If you don't let go, you will strangle him to death."

"...Ah!" Yuan Ce looked down, and lost him with a trembling hand.

"Ouch!" Li Fengyi was defenseless, and threw his face on the ground, and he coughed several times because of choking.

Yuan Ce rushed to help, but he slapped him away: "Get out! This son's demeanor has been ruined by you!"

When I looked up, my mouth was full of grass.

Yuan Ce wanted to laugh but didn't dare to: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my son..."

Li Fengyi couldn't bear it anymore: "The person who brought you, give me immediately, immediately, disappear in place right now!!! Otherwise, don't blame me for smashing your master's door!!!"

"Yes!!!"

With a flash of "咻", several figures disappeared immediately.

Li Fengyi laughed out loud.

After laughing, he closed the door and turned around with a cold expression on his face: "Zhao Xiwei, I made a terrifying discovery, listen carefully—"

"What did you find?"

Li Fengyi walked to the desk, took out a roll of paper from her sleeve, unfolded it, laid it flat, and put it on the desk: "Look carefully, there are words on it."

On the white paper, the words "Li Fengyi" were clearly visible.

Zhao Xiwei glanced away and nodded.

Then he took something out of his sleeve.

It was a porcelain bottle, very small, about the thickness of a finger.

Then pull out the stopper, gently tip the mouth of the bottle against the white paper—the dark red liquid medicine drips down, gradually blurring on the white paper.

Zhao Xi held his breath slightly, seeing the words "Li Fengyi" disappear from the white paper.

"How is it? I'm efficient, right?" Li Fengyi picked up the paper and held it up to the sunlight, a little bit proudly, "I've been up all night thinking about this, and the handwriting will disappear when you dilute it with this potion. However, as soon as the effect of the medicine wears off, the handwriting will reappear—this is the so-called cryptography!" (End of this chapter)