After Wu Houde heard Princess Roudan’s conditions, he did not agree immediately.

He said cautiously, "Princess, I need to discuss this with several other partners. Can I promise you something in a few days?"

Princess Roudan pinched her nails and said, "Okay, you two can discuss it carefully."

Wu Houde returned to private room No. 1.

The rich young man who led the group, Dong Qin, saw that he looked confused and asked, "Why? Didn't the deal come through?"

Wu Houde shook his head, signaled the guards to stand guard at the door, gave Dong Qin a thumbs up, and whispered, "She is so conceited! If I didn't agree to her, she would probably go to Wei Shixun's concubine to ask."

Dong Qin said, "Let her ask whatever she wants."

The Wancheng Wu family, the relatives of the great grain merchant Wu Zhaohui, really had a Wu Houde who was doing business abroad, but he had nothing to do with the Silk Road.

That day, Dong Qin was reviewing memorials in the Baiyue City Lord's Mansion. Xin Xun delivered a letter to him. Yuanyuan said, "Princess Yurong wants to kill the young lady..."

He dropped everything and rode a fast horse to Kyoto. He killed two horses and arrived in Kyoto in ten days.

Even when he was on the road, even in his dreams, he was thinking about how to kill Princess Yurong.

However, when he arrived in Kyoto, he did not go to Qingpu Garden.

He was afraid that Xie Zhaozhao would be exposed.

The royal family has secret guards. A few people just ate delicious food and wine in Chaoyang Pavilion and left without mentioning any cooperation.

After leaving Chaoyang Pavilion, Lao Wu lived in the most luxurious and expensive inn in Kyoto, and Dong Qin returned to his courtyard in Kyoto.

I walked to the porch, looked at the robin in the cage, wrote a small note, stuffed it into the bamboo tube on the robin's leg, and let it fly away.

Qingpu Garden, the island in the middle of the lake, Xie Zhaozhao's yard.

Gu Shaoyu spread a piece of rice paper on the felt, dipped the brush in ink, and wrote three big characters "Peony Garden".

He said to Nanxing, "Send it and have it carved into a plaque."

Xie Zhaozhao said: "We don't distinguish between courtyards, so it doesn't really matter what we call it."

"The peony is truly the most beautiful flower in the world. It refers to you."

"If someone with ulterior motives hears this, they will definitely impeach you."

"We have so many apricots planted outside our yard, how about we call it the Red Apricot Garden?"

Xie Zhaozhao hit him and said with a smile: "If it's called Hongxing Garden, it must be because you are here."

"Well, this is your boudoir, and I am the one lying on the wall, craving for red apricots."

Xie Zhaozhao stopped talking about this topic. When men become bad, women can’t compare to them because they can never be thicker-skinned than them.

Let’s call it the Peony Garden.

Xie Zhaozhao hugged his arm and said casually: "Gu Shaoyu, if I kill people and set fires, will you think I am cruel and hateful?"

"No, you must have killed someone who deserves to be killed." Gu Shaoyu said, "When you are in a high position, you should have kindness, but not too much. What? Who do you want to kill?"

Xie Zhaozhao sat up straight and said seriously: "I killed Xie Xiangxiang."

"Well done. How many things has she done to you? You let her off time and time again. She thinks there is no price to pay for harming others, and she is becoming more and more reckless."

"I killed her because she said, without any basis, that there was a secret letter in my father's study, and she wanted to steal it and present it to Wei. After Xu died, she actually told Princess Yurong about this matter."

"How did she know there was a secret letter in her father-in-law's study?"

Xie Zhaozhao asked Gu Shaoyu: "Do you believe in rebirth in this world?"

"I haven't seen it, maybe there is. After all, the world is so big that there are all kinds of wonders."

"I went to see her a few days ago, and she actually said that she was reborn, and in her previous life she got a letter that wiped out her entire clan."

"Then she deserves to be killed!" Gu Shaoyu's face turned cold.

Regardless of whether there is a letter in the study that could destroy the entire family, the fact that she has spread it everywhere will make people with ulterior motives think that they have an opportunity and they will definitely come one after another to explore Xie Anfeng's study.

Besides, who doesn’t have some confidential documents in their study?

Exposing her parents' secret collection of documents, confiscating their property and exterminating their entire family, one life is not enough, come back for another! If I don't kill this kind of immoral bastard, am I waiting for her to exterminate her entire family?

Xie Zhaozhao simply told Gu Shaoyu about his plan to trick Princess Yurong.

Gu Shaoyu was a little surprised: "Princess Yurong is not Xie Xiangxiang. She is vicious and violent, surrounded by many experts and counselors. According to the investigation of the Imperial City Bureau, Princess Yurong is not as simple as she seems."

Xie Zhaozhao suddenly had a guess: "Gu Shaoyu, Princess Yurong, could it be that they are His Majesty's people? For example, His Majesty's hidden stakes or trump cards?"

"No, because her biological mother is the Queen, and His Majesty does not like her."

"But she is so absurd and has brought shame to the royal family, but Your Majesty has not punished her." Xie Zhaozhao feels that when it comes to royal family affairs, one cannot just look at the surface.

Gu Shaoyu touched her head and said, "Don't think about it. Let me investigate this matter. Since you want to trick her, then be fully prepared."

Don't try to trick her and end up getting yourself into trouble.

The two talked for a while, and Gu Shaoyu gave her a lot of ideas and planned to join forces with her to help her clean up the mess.

"Madam, someone is coming from the palace." Manman reported outside the door.

Xie Zhaozhao straightened her clothes, walked out of the yard, and saw Liuli coming to Concubine Xi.

"Madam, how are you? The Imperial Concubine hasn't seen Madam for a long time and misses her. Please ask Madam to come to the palace and talk to her." Liuli said politely.

"Yuanyuan, ask Aunt Liuli to go to the tea room and sit for a while. I will go into the palace after I change my clothes."

Liuli went to the tea room to drink tea, and Manman helped her change clothes.

The last time Xie Zhaozhao saw Concubine Xi was in early March, when she faked her death and left the city.

At that time, she brought the Tubo prince and princess into the palace, and she went to Xingning Palace to meet Concubine Xi.

That time, her aunt told her that she had invited Dongqin to Kyoto by means of a carrier pigeon, and that the imperial concubine had asked Dongqin to buy Xie Zhaozhao's palace soldiers.

During that conversation, she felt that Concubine Xi was trying to find out her details...

Gu Shaoyu looked at her in silence, thinking of the last time she came out of Xingning Palace, he also frowned slightly, and asked in a low voice: "Is there anything wrong?"

Xie Zhaozhao thought about it and told him the truth: "Jingchen, I respect the imperial concubine as my mother, but her desire to control me is getting stronger and stronger, and I feel a little uncomfortable."

Gu Shaoyu comforted him, "The Imperial Concubine treats you as her daughter as well. Older people have an inexplicable desire to control their children, and it's not malicious."

Xie Zhaozhao nodded thoughtfully, perhaps she was overthinking it.

Soon, Xie Zhaozhao entered the palace.

When Concubine Xi saw her, she came over excitedly, held her hand and looked her up and down, and the smile on her face gradually faded.

"Liuli, go call Doctor Wen."

Xie Zhaozhao leaned his head on her and said, "Aunt, there's no need to take my pulse. I'm in good health."

"The old lady of the Bo Mansion is useless and doesn't care about your offspring. It's been a year and there's still no sign of pregnancy. What's going on?" Concubine Xi was a little angry. "Have you been secretly drinking contraceptive soup?"

"No, I never drank it once."

As he was saying this, Doctor Wen arrived.

After checking Xie Zhaozhao's pulse, he smiled and said, "Madam is in good health, there is nothing unusual."

Concubine Xi asked, "No uterine cold or physical weakness?"

"No." Doctor Wen knew what she wanted to ask and said respectfully, "If you want to have a child, there is no problem at all."

After Doctor Wen left, Concubine Xi stared at Xie Zhaozhao and asked sharply, "Zhaozhao, tell your aunt the truth. Is Third Gu drinking contraceptive soup?"

Or, he won't give birth at all?

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