Who would raise a villain as a wife?

Soon Jiang Li was sweating profusely from eating, and had to take off her outer robe and pick up the wine glass that was warming on the brazier, the wine in it was hot.

Hotpot is spicy to begin with, and it becomes even more spicy after drinking a glass of warm wine. Jiang Li blinked and tears came to her eyes because of the spiciness.

He Yunjing found it funny and handed over a handkerchief and the plum juice he had prepared long ago.

The plums are sour, and the taste is reduced after washing with water, but it can relieve the spiciness.

Jiang Li drank a lot before she recovered. She wiped away her tears with a handkerchief and looked up at the person opposite her. Through the mist rising from the pot, she couldn't see He Yunjing's face clearly and felt very confused.

He Yunjing was also looking at Jiang Li. There was no guard in his eyes anymore. He was just simply sizing him up.

This change is good. He Yunjing took a sip of wine and said, "If you can't eat spicy food, eat less. Be careful not to get angry. Eat some clear pot."

Following He Yunjing's words, Jiang Li looked at another pot, in which wolfberries and red dates were boiling, made with chicken broth.

Jiang Li hummed and scalded some of her favorite food.

He Yunjing said, "I'll take you out to see the lanterns on the Lantern Festival."

Jiang Li looked up in surprise, "Can I go out?"

"Nothing is impossible. It just depends on whether I am willing or not." He Yunjing said calmly. The Wu'an Marquisate is a family of military generals with great military achievements and are absolutely loyal to the emperor.

Even the current situation of Marquis Wu'an was planned by the emperor in order to make Marquis Wu'an's Mansion stand on the side of the prince.

But for some unknown reason in the plot, the emperor actually deposed the crown prince in the end, and the queen was also gone.

Or the system is useless. It all revolves around the perspective of the male and female protagonists. There is no explanation for these minor details. He doesn't even know why the original body was poisoned or who poisoned him. He can only start with He Yunxing and Aunt Huo later.

Jiang Li lowered his eyes and said nothing more. He knew the status of Wu'an Marquis Mansion in Wu State, which was why he started with He Yunjing.

But now he has to think carefully, He Yunjing is too smart, he can't reveal any clues.

The two of them didn't say anything more and went to rest after eating hot pot.

New Year's Eve soon arrived. Marquis Wu'an and his wife went to the palace for a banquet and took He Yunxing with them, leaving Aunt Huo as the only master in the house.

New Year's Eve is lively from morning till night, and it is the time when many people are talking and many gossips are going on. He Yunjing arranged for people to keep a close eye on Aunt Huo early on, and soon got the news.

He Yunjing was writing calligraphy in the study. After practicing for a few months, he had completely learned the handwriting of his original owner, and his style was even better.

The secret guard said, "A maidservant beside Madam Huo left the house after lunch today and went to the jewelry store. She said that the hairpin she bought some time ago was broken and needed to be repaired. When she left, the owner of the jewelry store also left in a hurry. However, the man was too vigilant. The subordinates were almost discovered and did not dare to follow him, for fear of alerting the enemy."

"I see." He Yunjing put down his pen and looked up to ask, "Which direction is he going?"

"Over at Jinxiu Pavilion in the east of the city."

This was just an approximate location. He Yunjing spread out the map of the imperial city and looked at it carefully, and soon locked his eyes on one place.

He pointed his finger at it and quickly thought of something. He said nothing and let the people go first.

He Yunjing sat quietly for a long time before he looked up at the flowerpot on the corner of the table. He had placed it indoors during the severe winter and basically took it with him wherever he went, hoping that the small leaves would grow bigger and bloom soon.

But it was obvious that this thing could not be raised by him alone, so he had to trick Jiang Li.

The next day, He Yunjing took the snack box back to his room first. He opened the box and looked at the patterns on it.

He had seen it several times before, and the difference was not particularly obvious. Most people would not care, after all, it was just food.

But now it seems that it is not as simple as he thought. A hostage who had been trapped in an enemy country for eight years took only one year to seize the throne after returning, and without the support of his mother's family. No matter how He Yunjing thought about it, it was impossible.

What's more, Jiang Li is the main villain. Although he turned evil for love, he also has to have the capital to become a villain. He can't be as weak and easy to bully as he appears to be.

Although he always had some suspicions, Jiang Li was under his nose every day, so it was very difficult for him to pass on the message.

It was also his fault for having a preconceived idea that Jiang Li liked pear blossom cake so much because she liked Lin Shuiyuan. She couldn't eat it in the palace before, and now she was trapped here with him, so she wanted to see the cake and think of her.

Feelings are used to convey messages. When you can't take immediate action, make a reasonable and simple request to him, and it must be something only he has. He really wants to praise Jiang Li for being smart.

Of course, there is also Jiang Li's acting skills. If he guessed correctly, the person who collaborated with Aunt Huo to poison the original body was most likely Jiang Li.

Even if Jiang Li didn't take direct action, he would definitely know it. But he didn't have any flaws at all. He pretended to be ignorant and afraid of him. It was natural for him to use his hand to convey information to the outside world.

Of course, it’s useless for him to know that there is something wrong with these pastries now, because he doesn’t have the cracked code and has no way of knowing what’s on them.

So now he had to find a way for Jiang Li to pass the message out. After all, the person who went to buy the cakes was his man and it was impossible for him to pass the message to Jiang Li. So it could only be other people in his yard, or people who could enter his yard.

He Yunjing thought about it seriously. He took Jiang Li out of the palace suddenly, so Jiang Li could not have expected this.

So the first time Jiang Li asked for pear blossom cake was to convey the news of his safety to the outside world. The people who received the message would definitely think that he was unable to convey the order.

It just so happened that the marquis's mansion was being reorganized during that period, and a new batch of servants were replaced, so not many people could enter his yard.

It happened to be around that time, and Jiang Li and I had confirmed each other's identities...

He Yunjing quickly locked on the candidate, but to confirm it, it would depend on how useful this box of pastries could be.

He Yunjing took the food box and the flower pot and went to Jiang Li's room. He put the food box on the table. He Yunjing pressed the lid and began to negotiate with Jiang Li.

"I can give it to you, but you have to promise me one thing first."

Jiang Li raised her eyes, "What's the matter?"

He Yunjing pushed the flower pot towards Jiang Li and said, "Water my flowers with a few drops of blood every three days."

Jiang Li was speechless. He had seen He Yunjing watering the flowers with blood, and he would drip a few drops every day without fail. Moreover, the two small leaves grew very slowly. It took almost five months before the third small leaf grew.

"Why do we need to use blood to nourish it?" Jiang Li asked truthfully. He really found it strange and couldn't understand it.

He Yunjing raised his eyebrows, "I'm poisoned. I need to use blood to feed big flowers to detoxify."

Jiang Li's heart trembled. He thought He Yunjing's poison had been cured. But even if it hadn't been cured, he should have asked the imperial physician to treat it. How could it be so unbelievable to use blood to nourish flowers to cure the poison?

He Yunjing tapped the table, "What? I've been raising you for so long, but you can't even get a few drops of blood? Did I eat the cakes in vain?"

Jiang Li didn't want to say anything. She silently picked up the dagger on the table, cut a small cut on her finger, and dripped a few drops into the flowerpot.

The blood was quickly absorbed, and the little leaf also trembled, looking visibly happy.