Chapter 369 Scratches
“Mistress, the Marquis is back.”
The maid lifts the curtain, while there is indeed light and shadows showing outside the window, and a line of footsteps ring out in the stillness of the sky.
Lu immediately gathered her mind and welcomed her to the door of the room.
Sure enough, it was Marquis Jingnan who returned, entering the door and glancing at her, the surprise in his eyes flickered but quickly faded, excepting his robes as he asked, “Why aren’t you asleep yet?”
“Waiting for you. With all the chaos this evening, I couldn’t sleep anyhow.”
Lu made a cup of tea for him with her own hands.
He didn’t take it, except for the outer robe, and then the middle garment, Lu looked at it and said, “Where have you been so late?”
He still didn’t say anything until he had removed his clothes until only his middle garment was left, then he returned, “Don’t you all know that it’s a mess outside? I went to Huo’s house. By the way,” here he twisted his head a bit, “Remember to send word to the stewards that the family banquet scheduled for the Mid-Autumn Festival night to host Marquis Wei Yuan and County Lord Yanping will not be held for the time being.”
Lu was stunned: “Banquet? Why didn’t I know before?”
“Now you know.”
Marquis Jingnan stood under the curtain bar, his broad back revealing that he did not want to talk much. After a slight pause, he said towards the outside, “Bring water in for a bath.”
As the maid outside answered and left, he also lifted his step and entered the inner room.
Lu stared blankly at the beaded curtain in the middle of the messy swaying, her hands clenched for no reason. After ten years of living together, she could hear that his words only meant to explain that she had to do so and so, as for whether there was a banquet or not, it was unimportant. What does he mean by this? Is he trying to hide something? Or did he intend to invite the siblings to a banquet, so he didn’t even need to tell her as his wife?
Lu clenched her fists, looked at the curtain, pursed her lips and sat down.
The maids carried water into the ear room, Lu’s capricious sitting for a moment, or get up to find out clean clothes, sent in. A lift curtain, but see Jingnan Hou leaning in the tub, frowning tightly, looking at his right hand. The ringing of the curtain seemed to startle him, he subconsciously buried his hand in the bucket, and cast a dissatisfied glance over.
Lu’s prepared, his movements even faster, a few scratches on the back of his hand was still seen by her. She accelerated a few steps forward: “What’s wrong with your hand?”
“Nothing.” Marquis of Jingnan look ahead, seems to think so cover up has been too deliberate, not a moment and raised his hand, resting on the edge of the barrel. “Nothing, go out.”
“I’ll go fetch some medicine, you don’t move.”
Lu turned around and fetched the wound medicine, also brought a pad. To the side, picked up his hand to look closely, but two two-inch long scratches, not a sword injury, but like a sharp object hanging broken. She carefully put on the medicine, and then take the cloth to help him wrap up: “How so careless? How did this happen?”
“When the Huo family was in trouble, Qinglian was in too much of a hurry and was scraped twice by a carriage on the street.”
Lu rolled up her sleeve to help him take a bath, and said, “Tomorrow is a holiday, and the Xiangguo Temple is bound to be full of incense in the morning, and I’ve heard that several gentlemen go to the temple every year to enjoy the laurel, so I’m going to take Yi’s sister to go to the temple to enjoy the incense, and the master will go with her, too, and we’ll only have one daughter, so you’ll find her a good son-in-law who’ll also be a good help to you. ”
“You can go, I don’t have time.”
Lu’s looking at him: “How is not free? Tomorrow and do not have to go to court, since the emperor ascended the throne also exempted from the rules of the Mid-Autumn Festival Tribute, that is, there are with the people to enjoy the pleasure, but also at night. It is busy again, not also have to celebrate the festival?”
Earlier, she was interested in Huo Xiu as a son-in-law, he did not agree, she later looked at so many days, the heart of the Jingnan Marquis may be interested in the Princess of that thorn, the heart will also fade, do not make the pleasure of the time to go day to day to see him go to another woman’s son care and consideration. But Yu Qingyi’s marriage can not be delayed, this mid-autumn reunion festival, what a good day, should grasp is. It’s only because of this that she’s patient enough to come in and lobby.
“The Huo family has had such a big incident, I have something to do at any time, don’t bother me with this matter in the inner house.”
“Why is it the Huo family again?” Lu finally said, “If something happens to their family, what does it have to do with us?”
“You’re a woman, you wouldn’t understand.”
“Then tell me, Master!”
Marquis Jingnan glanced at her, took the handkerchief in her hand, and directly did not bother.
Lu was hung out to dry, hands and feet cold, stayed standing for a while, before hitting the curtain to go out.
Marquis Jingnan listened to the curtain gradually quiet, only to the right hand of the handkerchief unraveled, staring at the back of the hand of the wound to.
Under the reflection of the bleak white moonlight, these two wounds where the blood had already solidified looked particularly harsh.
He curled his hand up and looked up at the night outside the window, not knowing when his brows had deepened.
……
Zhao Su was escorted out of the palace by the guards, and halfway there, he saw that there were still a lot of lights coming out of the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion, which is right near the palace, so he folded over to find Zhao Sum.
According to reasoning, Huo Mingyu a golden noble princess, was robbed this kind of thing is not to say to the outside world, but by the Marquis of Jingnan so around looking for Huo Xiu, the news has long been unable to cover up. This kind of thing and spread extraordinarily fast, so the capital has a lot of places in the discussion of this matter. However, the good thing is that the Royal enlightened, Huo Xiu is also a mind only want to save his sister, and will not care too much about these, so that the Da Lisi this side of the act of concern is also much less.
Zhao Su arrived when it seems to have finished the survey, the Da Lisi a few leading officials and Han Jun Han Jun is totaling. The subordinates in the marquis’ residence were all gathered in the courtyard, and it looked like they had only just counted the roster and weren’t missing anyone, so the stewards were sending them off to do their jobs and instructing them to keep an eye on the doors and windows and such.
Zhao Sum sent the Da Lisi people away before walking over to Zhao Su: “What are you still doing here? Why don’t you go back?”
“What’s the result over here?”
“The county princess live in the courtyard did find some clues, so far can be sure that there is no fight, people were taken away silently, may be forced to cover the ears and nose, or cast a drug. It is from the Princess’s house side, there are traces of scuffing under the north wall. The north wall is a marketplace, and it’s easy to hide there. The route this person is looking for is enough to show that he has some knowledge of the Huo family, and he also knows the capital quite well.”
“This person is really bold.” Zhao Su couldn’t help but say.
“Isn’t he?” Zhao Sum looks ahead with his hands folded, “There are quite a few people who fit the bill, it’s just that I can’t understand why exactly he’s doing this.”
“Isn’t it to provoke Huo Xiu so that he can make a move on the Empress Dowager and the Emperor?”
“That’s not what I’m referring to.” Zhao Sumi looks at her, “I mean, he has already achieved success and fame, enough to enjoy his fortune in peace, the Eldest Princess can’t stand in his way, and yet he had to do all this back then, why on earth?”