Is the emperor cremated today?

Chapter 9

The medicinal soup that Xu Miaoyin drank at lunch had the effect of calming the nerves, so she felt sleepy after lunch and planned to take a nap.

After Fang Shuhuai and others fell asleep, they went to the guest room to see if his good nephew was awake.

After entering the guest room, Xiao Duo was gagged and lying on the bed as if he was tied up.

He made a whining noise, and it didn't take much to guess that he was cursing him.

Fang Shuhuai snorted coldly, sat on the armchair by the window, leaned back leisurely, and watched Xiao Duo's hopeless struggle with cold eyes.

It is estimated that Fang Shuhuai had struggled for a long time before Fang Shuhuai came, and with his weak body, he gradually stopped struggling and only glared at the person in front of the window.

Seeing that he had struggled to the point of loss of strength, Fang Shu motioned for someone to remove the cloth covering his mouth.

Xiao Duo was helped to sit up, and the resentment in his eyes became more intense, "What do you want to do?"

Fang Shuhuai smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, "Guess what I want to do?"

Xiao Duo looked at Fang Shuhuai coldly, thought for a moment, and said, "I know you want to kill me, and I also know that someone brought me to Yangzhou on purpose, but I didn't know their purpose until I saw you. That guard, I knew that their purpose of bringing me to Yangzhou was for you."

"So you want to live?"

If he wanted to live, he would confess to him everything he knew, but he guessed wrong on one point, they brought him to Yangzhou not for Xiao Qi, but for Xu Miaoyin.

He can be sure that this is his good uncle's handwriting, and he wants to test him, well, then he will not kill Xiao Duo, let's see what other tricks he has!
A flash of excitement flashed in Fang Shuhuai's eyes, he wanted to see who would win in the end.

Xiao Duo saw that Fang Shuhuai's eyes were unfathomable, but he had a careless look on his face, he was a little uncertain about the meaning of his words.

"If I want to live, are you willing to let me go?" Xiao Duo asked tentatively.

Fang Shuhuai raised his eyes and glanced at him casually, the corner of his mouth hooked, with a hint of mockery, "Your life and death are up to you now, good nephew, but I really don't want to kill you now, but you can't leave here , During this period of time, if you are obedient and obedient, maybe I will consider it."

Hearing this, Xiao Duo pursed his lips, thinking that his uncle would think that he could still threaten his throne. To be honest, he had no intention of the throne when he was the crown prince, and even less now.

"Uncle, I don't care about the throne, just let me go." He licked his lips and tried to persuade.

Fang Shuhuai snorted coldly, and looked at Xiao Duo with disdain, "It's up to you? I don't care about it, but you should thank your father. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't kill the grass."

Seeing that he still wanted to say something, Fang Shuhuai didn't want to talk to him any more, "I advise you to stop saying anything, otherwise I can kill you right now, after all, killing you doesn't cost me anything. "

As soon as Fang Shuhuai finished speaking, he heard Qin Zhan's voice guarding the door, as if to remind the people in the room.

"Ma'am, why are you here?"

Xu Miaoyin took a nap for a while, then wanted to come over to see how the young man was doing, but seeing Qin Zhan guarding the door, she knew that Fang Shuhuai was also there, but a trace of doubt flashed in her heart, the voice he called her just now was loud, as if It's a general reminder.

I don't know what the hell this master and servant are doing?

"Why, can't I come?"

Hearing this, Fang Shuhuai in the room gave Xiao Duo a warning look, opened the door, and said with a smile, "Miaoyin, why are you here?"

Seeing this scene, Xiao Duo who was sitting on the bed curled his lips and rolled his eyes, how quickly he turned his face!
Immediately Xiao Duo saw a stunning woman in a crimson dress walking in.

She glanced coquettishly at his uncle Xiao Qi, and asked casually, "What are you master and servant doing, you are so mysterious."

Then when he turned his eyes and saw him being tied up by Wuhuada, he disapproved and said: "Quickly let him go, how can you tie someone up?"

Fang Shuhuai said helplessly: "This young man is dangerous, what if he hurts you again?"

Xu Miaoyin shook her head and insisted: "There are so many people now, what can he do as a thin boy."

After finishing speaking, she signaled Yuchun who was following behind her to release her.

Yuchun answered yes, lowered her head, not daring to look at the two of them, and came to the bedside to untie the rope for Xiao Duo.

Fang Shuhuai had no choice but to compromise. Anyway, Xiao Duo can't be killed now, and he can keep under his nose, and can monitor him at any time, so he followed Xu Miaoyin.

Xu Miaoyin stepped forward and asked, "Good boy, what's your name? Why did you come to our house?"

Xiao Duo looked between Xu Miaoyin and Fang Shuhuai playfully, seeing his uncle looking at him warningly, he snorted coldly in his heart, thinking that he was so cold and ruthless that he had no weakness, so it turned out that his weakness was the woman in front of him!

"My name is Xiao Duo. As for how I came to your residence, you can ask the person behind you."

Xiao Duo deliberately threw the question to Fang Shuhuai again, and he could see that this woman did not know his uncle's true identity.

He wanted to see how he would respond.

Seeing Xiao Duo's provocative eyes, Fang Shuhuai twitched his mouth and explained with a smile: "Do you still remember the boy we met at the pier?"

Xu Miaoyin wondered: "Remember, it's just that Qin Zhan didn't say that he had sent someone back to his parents, could it be him!"

Fang Shuhuai's smile deepened, he looked at Xiao Duo meaningfully, and said, "Yes, this kid is in collusion with the kidnappers around the pier, Qin Zhan was deceived by him, he wanted to blackmail Xu's house, and slipped into the chai from the dog hole last night. Fang stayed overnight, and today he was discovered by the nursing home and broke into the Lanyin Academy, do you think I can not tie him up?"

Xu Miaoyin was a little stunned, this young man was able to collude with kidnappers, he must not be a good person at ordinary times, but seeing his rags and tattered clothes, he was also thin, so she persuaded: "You still don't want to be with those wicked people at such a young age. Come and go, you can do anything with your own hands, don’t do anything harmful to others, and we won’t embarrass you, seeing your body is thin, I asked someone to serve you a bowl of noodles, go home after eating!”

Xu Miaoyin is not a holy mother, she understands the truth that it is better to teach people to fish than to give them fish, so she naturally disapproves of a good young man being in the company of bad people.

At this time, Yuqiu came in with a food box and put the cooked noodles on the table.

Xu Miaoyin ordered Yuqiu to prepare a set of clean clothes for Xiao Duo, and said to Fang Shuhuai, "My husband, don't make things difficult for him anymore, send him out of the house after he finishes eating!"

After finishing speaking, he left the guest room and took Yuchun to Lingyuexuan again.

Xiao Duo, who was sitting by the bed, hadn't reacted yet, he thought she could save him, but now he was healed, and after turning around, he still fell into his uncle's hands.

The person who knows the current affairs is Junjie, he walked to the table and started to eat noodles. After all, he hasn't eaten anything for three days, so let's talk when he is full.

Fang Shuhuai sent Xu Miaoyin out, and when he came back, he saw that Xiao Duo was eating with gusto, so he ignored him, and ordered Qin Zhan to watch him, and he left the guest room.

Since Xu Miaoyin lost her temper at Lingyuexuan last time, she didn't care about Xu Jiaoyue anymore. She wanted that girl to think about it. Apart from caring about her food and clothing, she never went to Lingyuexuan again. Thinking about how many days had passed, she might be able to figure out some truths, so she thought about going to see her today.

As soon as she stepped into Lingyuexuan, Yun Xiang greeted her, bowed to Xu Miaoyin, and said, "Miss, please come inside."

Xu Miaoyin was slightly taken aback, how could this scene be so familiar, it seemed that she had experienced it just now.

What surprised Xu Miaoyin the most was when Yun Xiang became so polite.

With doubts, she walked into the house.

Xu Jiaoyue hurt her leg, during this period of time she was either lying on the bed or on the soft couch, the only entertainment was the storybook that Yun Xiang secretly brought her.

At this time, she was sitting on the soft couch, with a soft pillow under her injured right leg, holding a book in her hand, and she was getting excited while reading it, and there were pens, ink, paper and inkstone on the small table on the soft couch.

She felt a little uncomfortable sitting in the same position for too long, so she planned to lie on her side, and she saw someone walking in out of the corner of her eye.

Seeing that it was Xu Miaoyin, she hurriedly hid the scripture book behind her back.

"Don't hide it, I've seen it all." Xu Miaoyin said angrily.

Xu Miaoyin sat on the other side of the soft couch, glanced at her feet, and asked again: "Is it better?"

Xu Jiaoyue looked embarrassed, and laughed twice, "It's much better, why is my sister free to visit me?"

When Xu Miaoyin heard the words, she said expressionlessly: "What? You don't welcome sister?"

Xu Jiaoyue waved her hands repeatedly and said, "No, I just asked casually."

Xu Miaoyin sighed, and said: "My sister lost her temper last time, and my sister apologized to you, but you have realized your own fault, and you can no longer be willful in the future."

Xu Jiaoyue shook her head, her complexion was unprecedentedly gloomy, and even her tone of voice was somewhat depressed.

"My sister, I won't do it in the future, I will be obedient."

Hearing this, Xu Miaoyin was a little relieved, but she didn't want to make her sad because of the etiquette.

Therefore, her voice became softer, "Jiaojiao, my sister will not stop you from doing what you like. Ritual and etiquette are never a shackle, it has always been a boost to your growth, you have to think like this."

Xu Miaoyin looked into her eyes seriously and said, but found that although Xu Jiaoyue was looking at her, her eyes were slightly downward, and it seemed that she no longer acted like a baby with her as before.

In the past, she was always tired of acting like a baby in her arms. Even if she got angry again, Jiaojiao would use it to fool her. Since she came back, she has never acted like a baby with herself.

She couldn't help but began to reflect, could it be that she was really being too strict with her?
She felt a little disappointed, this was not her original intention, and she didn't want to affect their sisterhood because of this kind of thing.

"Jiaojiao, are you still angry with your sister?"

Xu Jiaoyue was stunned when she heard the words, then smiled and replied: "No, why did my sister ask such a question?"

"I always feel that Jiaojiao is a lot stranger to me, and she doesn't act like a baby to me anymore." Xu Miaoyin sighed.

Xu Jiaoyue saw her sister's expression was a little sad, and her heart thumped even more when she heard the words, she could only smile and said: "My sister, you think too much, it's not convenient for me to hurt my leg, and my sister also said , I have to learn to grow up, if I keep acting like a baby with my sister, isn't that putting the cart before the horse?"

Xu Miaoyin looked at Xu Jiaoyue, the strange feeling passed in a flash, but it made her feel an inexplicable panic in her heart. She quickly grabbed Xu Jiaoyue's hand, trying to calm down her heart, but found that she was in a tiger's mouth. Her skin was a bit rough, and when she was about to flip through it, Xu Jiaoyue withdrew her hand.

"My sister, can you speak to Qin Zhan for me?" Xu Jiaoyue's face turned red, and her voice seemed soft because of shyness.

"Hasn't he come to see you recently?" Seeing that she changed the subject, Xu Miaoyin asked indifferently.

"Well, he hasn't visited me since you lost your temper last time." She hesitated.

"Okay, tell me, what do you want to say?" Xu Miaoyin asked with a smile. If you look carefully, you will find that her smile doesn't reach her eyes.

As soon as Xu Jiaoyue's eyes lit up, she picked up the pen on the small table and began to write. After finishing writing, she blew on it, folded it up carefully, and handed it to Xu Miaoyin.

And Xu Miaoyin looked at Xu Jiaoyue's handwriting, and it was indeed Jiaojiao's handwriting, which made her feel a little more at ease when she had been suspicious.

Seeing that there was nothing transgressive in the letter, she just asked Qin Zhan to make a horsewhip for her, and she didn't say anything.

"Okay, you have a good rest, I'll go back first."

After finishing speaking, he smiled at Xu Jiaoyue, as if to comfort him, and left the room.

Yun Xiang sent the master and servant to the door of Ling Yuexuan, but saw Xu Miaoyin stop slowly, turned around and asked: "Yun Xiang, why is your master's hand calloused, what is she doing recently?"

Yun Xiang lowered her head and said respectfully: "Young lady has been fiddling with a whip recently, probably because of this, her hands are callused."

Xu Miaoyin lowered her eyes, didn't ask any more questions, only glanced at Yunxiang again, then turned and left Lingyuexuan.

Seeing that the person had gone far away, Yun Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and entered the room, saw that Xu Jiaoyue was still practicing calligraphy, and said, "Be careful next time, don't be suspected by Madam again!"

Xu Jiaoyue looked at Yun Xiang expressionlessly, said yes, then lowered her head to practice calligraphy again.

Xu Miaoyin stopped at the flower wall in the yard, looked at the most beautiful rose blooming on the flower wall and said, "Yuchun, go tell Uncle Song to invite a female teacher who teaches six arts to come to my house." Give the second girl a lesson."

Yuchun said hesitantly: "But, girl, you are alone..."

"It's okay, you go, I'll go back to Lanyin Academy." Xu Miaoyin still said gently.

Yuchun thought for a while and thought that this place would be just across the corridor from Lanyin Academy, so she took orders to go.

After Yuchun left, Xu Miaoyin stood here for a long time before moving back to Lanyin Academy.

But when he returned to Lanyin Academy, he saw a person who should have been sent away.

Xiao Duo changed into a clean servant's clothes, which were probably found on the spur of the moment. They were a bit too big, and his sleeves and trousers were rolled up several times, making him look even thinner standing beside Qin Zhan.

The two of them stood under the porch and saw Xu Miaoyin entering the courtyard gracefully, they saluted each other.

Xu Miaoyin saw that Xiao Duo saluted in a dignified way, and asked Qin Zhan who was standing aside.

"Why is this boy following you?"

Qin Zhan looked at Xiao Duo, seeing his excited face, but he had a headache, but he still replied with a blank expression: "This young man didn't want to leave, he said he wanted to be a dignified man, so my uncle left him. Let him learn some boxing from me in the future."

It turns out that this is a way to correct evil and return to righteousness. Fortunately, this young man is kind-hearted. As long as he is sincere, she is willing to give him a chance.

She looked at Xiao Duo, the young man was thin and thin, but only half a head shorter than her, her words were gentle but also somewhat solemn, "Xiao Duo, since you want to stay, you must study hard, if you are not sincere, you will be kicked out." out, you know?"

Seeing him nodding in a daze, he returned to the room with a smile.

At the same time, in Yujing, in Rongguo Duke's mansion.

Holding the secret letter he just received in his hand, Zhang Yan hurried to the study.

Zhang Yan entered the study and handed the secret letter to Fang Zhiyuan respectfully.

Fang Zhiyuan read the secret letter, and then burned the secret letter with a candle beside him, with a confused look on his face, he told Zhang Yan: "The people have already been inserted in, let them prepare!"

　earlier today

　　
　
(End of this chapter)