The gambling concubine has an appointment, the prince will come again

Chapter 28
After Situ Yin returned to his residence, he began to take care of everything about the wedding. From the engagement token to the marriage letter to the betrothal gift, he did everything by himself, and never did it for others.

Qin Tianjian's speed was very fast, the imperial edict was issued less than three days ago, and the date was selected. The auspicious day selected was on the fifth day of June, which was less than a month away.

Both Situ Yin's side and Tao Mansion's side were extremely busy.

Situ Yin picked and picked, and after ten days of selection, he finally finalized the betrothal gift and sent it to the Tao Mansion along with his keepsake.

He himself is just an unfavored and penniless prince. Naturally, he can't bring out any valuables. Fortunately, there is a favored prince behind him. Although the dowry gift is not particularly luxurious, at least it is not It will make him lose the prince's face.

Of course, if you don't count the gifts that Situ Yin sent to Tao Mo himself in private, these betrothal gifts can be called simple.

Situ Yin stood by the window, unconsciously playing with a piece of jade pendant in his hand, and looked in the direction of Tao Mansion in a daze, imagining Tao Mo's surprise when he received the gift, with a smile that he hadn't noticed before.

Tao Mansion is a happy place to live.

Tao Mo was lying flat on the folded nanmu hanging style bed, with his right hand raised above his head, the white jade pendant carved with acacia flowers hanging in front of his eyes, his eyelashes moving lightly, covering the deep thinking in his eyes.

The tip of the nose is full of bursts of medicinal fragrance from the jade pendant, it is impossible to smell it unless you smell it closely.Thinking of the man in black who just broke into the room without a sound, his left hand that was put aside was clenched violently, and the light in his eyes flashed away.

This Seventh Prince hides quite deeply, so it's interesting.

"Little green!"

Hearing this, Xiaohong walked around the screen and walked up to Tao Mo to reply, "Miss, Xiaolu was called by Madam just now to prepare things for the wedding." After speaking, she did not forget to take a look at Tao Mo's reaction.

Taking a full view of Xiaohong's cautious appearance, Tao Mo sighed and said, "Forget it, the marriage cannot be changed, no matter how dissatisfied I am, it's useless."

"Just do what you have to do, don't be so careful."

Hearing what Tao Mo said, Xiao Hong quietly breathed a sigh of relief. You must know that her young lady has not had a good-looking color on her face since she received the imperial edict of marriage!

"By the way," Tao Mo got up from the bed, sat up straight, and handed the jade pendant in his hand to Xiaohong, "This, you keep it for me."

Xiao Hong took the jade pendant, looked at it carefully, and asked puzzledly: "Miss, what kind of jade pendant is this? Why does this servant smell a medicinal fragrance?"

Apart from being good at martial arts, Xiaohong's most powerful thing is her nose. Even if it's just a slight smell, she can feel it, and she can accurately tell the source of the smell.

"This is the blood jade pendant."

Xiaohong's hand holding the jade pendant trembled unconsciously, "This is really the blood jade pendant?!"

"Of course, your miss and I are still very accurate in seeing things."

"But miss, why do you have the blood jade pendant? This thing..."

Tao Mo naturally knew what Xiaohong hadn't finished saying.This blood jade pendant is a jade pendant raised with medicine. At a glance, it is just an ordinary white jade pendant. If he hadn't gotten close to it just now and asked about the medicinal fragrance on it, Tao Mo would not have been able to discover the true identity of this jade pendant!
The Blood Jade Hanging Silk Pendant is a rare treasure, if one wears this jade pendant, one will be invulnerable to all poisons, snakes and insects.Because it has been kept with medicine, it can smell a faint medicinal fragrance. Because there are countless red silk threads hanging down inside the jade pendant, it looks like the jade pendant is composed of these thin threads, so it is named blood jade pendant. Spey.

After this thing came out, it attracted people from all corners of the country to flock to it. No one wanted to get it. In the past, because of this jade pendant, the family disappeared. Afterwards, the jade pendant disappeared and the emperor's strong suppression calmed down the turmoil.

However, as far as Tao Mo knew, the number of people secretly looking for the Blood Jade Chuisi Pendant has not decreased over the years, even the one in the palace has sent many people to search for it in the rivers and lakes.

Unexpectedly, what so many people failed to find was in the hands of an unfavored prince!
Thinking of the man in black who claimed to be under the Seventh Prince, Tao Mo frowned slightly, his eyes full of deep thought.

I always feel that man's style is very familiar...

"Xiaohong, you can just leave this jade pendant casually, don't deliberately hide it, it will only arouse suspicion."

"The slaves obey."

Seeing Xiao Hong put the jade pendant in the jewelry box, Tao Mo continued to give instructions, saying, "Remember, you must not tell anyone about the jade pendant!"

"Miss, don't worry, this servant will keep his mouth shut!"

"Well, I'm relieved for both you and Xiaolu."

"By the way, there are too many things these days. You have been back for two days, and I haven't found a chance to ask about the blood toad in detail. It happens to be free right now, so you can talk to me about it."

"Miss, this servant not only found traces of blood toads, but also found live spring water!"

"Live spring water! Seriously?!" Hearing the unexpected surprise Xiao Hong brought back, Tao Mo stood up excitedly, his eyes fixed on Xiao Hong.

Being stared at by her master all the time, Xiaohong expressed that she was still very stressed, swallowed, and continued: "That's right, on the way to Zhu Mufeng, we heard that there is a very strange spring in the Xiguo Palace. Spring water, so I thought about going to the palace with the deputy landlord to find out."

"Who knows that the guards in the Imperial Palace of the Western Kingdom are extremely strict, especially the Zilong Palace, which is rumored to have a spring, and there are layers of guards, without a single gap. The servants and the deputy landlord couldn't find a way to get in. They had already given up and planned to go back to the inn. At that time, I overheard the plot between the prince of Xiguo and the prime minister."

"It turns out that the living spring water is not a spring, but a bottle of water. There is only one bottle in the world. It is said that it is the national line of the Western Kingdom. Generations of emperors do not recognize the jade seal of the country, but only recognize the living spring water!"

Hearing this, the corner of Tao Mo's mouth curled up into a smile, "So, the prince of Xiguo conspired with the prime minister to steal the living spring water, and is planning to force the palace?"

Xiaohong nodded, "That's right, I heard them say that the empress has already applied poison to the emperor's daily necessities, and within half a year, the emperor will definitely die!"

"I didn't expect this queen to be cruel, even the people next to her pillow will not be spared."

"Isn't that right? I heard that the Empress of the Western Kingdom is very favored, so why would you drug the emperor?"

"Heh~ people's hearts are not enough." Looking at Xiaohong's still blank expression, he kindly explained to her: "The emperor of the Western Kingdom has always been fickle, and there are countless concubines in the harem. Even if the queen is favored again, she will inevitably be wronged. The grievances accumulated over the years are now provoked and touched by his son," Tao Mo exaggeratedly made an explosive gesture, "It exploded."

"What's more, when the crown prince ascends the throne, she is the empress dowager, and the harem will be her all-out house from now on, instead of being constrained everywhere in the palace as it is now."

"Oh~" Xiaohong suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."

"But if the matter is exposed, won't the Queen and the others be killed?"

"Hey, you, you and Xiaolu have experienced too little." Tao Mo pinched Xiaohong's cheek and said helplessly.

"The group of people in the palace care most about the rights in their hands. For the supreme rights, even if there is only a little bit of hope, they will risk their lives for it."

Seeing Xiao Hong's still confused face, Tao Mo waved his hands helplessly, "Forget it, I'm telling you this now, you haven't experienced it, so naturally you don't understand it, and you will know in the future."

In fact, Xiaohong really wanted to refute her own lady. Although she said she hadn't experienced it, when did the lady experience it?

"Let them worry about the matter of the West Country. You continue to talk about the living spring water and the blood toad."

"Yes."

"The servant girl heard outside the house that the prince of the Western Kingdom was going to steal the sky and exchange the sun, and sent someone to replace the real bottle in the Zilong Palace with a fake spring water, and then, taking advantage of the emperor's deadline, holding the real spring water and the prime minister, forced the palace together. "

"Turning the sky and changing the sun," Tao Mo bit her finger, which is her habit, she always asks for her finger when thinking about things, "Did they say when to do it?"

"This servant didn't hear it."

"Well... the emperor will die in half a year. No matter what, they will definitely find a way to get the living spring water within this half year. However, since the emperor has been poisoned, why should the prince take the risk of forcing the palace? Once the emperor dies , can't he be enthroned justifiably?"

"This servant heard it." Xiaohong paused, and continued: "The emperor of the Western Kingdom seems to be extremely dissatisfied with the crown prince because of certain things, and he seems to have made a will in private."

"Widow?"

"That's right, abolish the will of the former prince and let the second prince ascend the throne!"

"Hehe, the West Country is not peaceful either!"

"Go on, how about the blood toad? Have you seen it?"

Speaking of the blood toad, Xiao Hong suddenly became serious, "We did see the blood toad on Mount Zhu."

"where is it?"

"Inside the iceberg!"

"Inside the iceberg?" Tao Mo thought for a while, then looked at Xiaohong in shock, "You mean, the blood toad lives inside the iceberg, not on the iceberg as we guessed?!"

"That's right!" Xiaohong nodded with a heavy expression on her face, "We originally wanted to bring the blood toad back, but..."

Tao Mo took the words, "However, if you want to bring back the blood toad, you must break the ice. On the snow mountain, this kind of behavior can easily lead to an avalanche."

"Yes, therefore, the deputy landlord asked the slaves to rush back to the Tao Mansion and listen to the young lady's arrangements."

This question stumped Tao Mo. Zhu Mufeng was originally a famous mountain, and the ice and snow on the top of the mountain that never melted is also one of its characteristics. If she wants to break the ice and take out the blood toad, it is estimated that the blood toad has not yet arrived. Once you get it, you will be buried in the snow first.

After thinking about it, Tao Mo said, "Let's put this matter aside for now. Anyway, we already know the whereabouts of the blood toad now, so we are not in a hurry."

(End of this chapter)