Capture the Jade:

It was nearly dusk when we went up the mountain.

Lishan Palace has limited residences, and there are many officials and female relatives accompanying them. The residences are allocated. Except for the princes and ministers above the third rank, the officials below must at least two people live in the same room, or father and son brothers share the same room, or even A room for four or five people.

As for the female relatives, the young ladies of Xiangxiang Academy were placed in the Xiangluan Pavilion. Teng Yuyi and her cousin lived in the innermost room of the east corridor. Du Tinglan packed up her luggage and went to the window to look outside. In the garden leading to the hot spring pool, the maids meandered among the flowers. At this time, most of the flowers in Chang’an City are withered, but Lishan Mountain is still a beautiful scene. The lungs and the heart seem to be able to think clearly and calmly for a moment.

Suddenly I heard Teng Yuyi whisper: "Sister, help me close the window."

Du Tinglan only thought that her younger sister was going to change clothes, and closed the window casually, but she saw her younger sister sneaking around in front of the bed. It is tied to the bed.

This strand of hair is made up of at least a dozen long hairs connected in series with a knot in the middle.

"What is this going to do?" Du Tinglan didn't understand the reason at first, but she understood immediately, and quickly lowered her voice, "Do you want to guard against the person who assassinated you?"

Teng Yuyi first looked around to make sure the doors and windows were closed, then listened carefully to make sure there was no one outside the corridor, then tore off the strand of hair and tied one end in front of the bed and the other end to the crossbar of the screen , and then whispered: "I've thought about it, that night I went to Zhixu Pavilion to block the path leader on a whim, even if that person broke my silk tie in advance, I can't predict who I will meet on the way, if I want to It seems meaningless to tarnish my reputation, so you might as well change your mind about what happened that night, maybe this person didn't think so much, she just wanted to steal my sachet at that time."

"Steal your sachet?"

"I use the same kind of incense for all my personal items. In addition to roses, there are two other prescriptions added to it. It's roses, smelled carefully and mixed with other exotic fragrances. The person probably wanted to know the formula of my spices, but he couldn't ask in person, so he had to steal it. Chunrong and Biluo are used to tie my clothes with wishful knots. This knot is extremely difficult to untie. That night, that person approached me calmly on the advantage of being seated at the same table, but he couldn't untie the knot on the silk sash. Fearing that it would fail after a long time, he cut it quietly with a sharp object instead, but it didn't work. I will leave the banquet after she cuts the silk cord."

Du Tinglan was shocked for a moment, nodded and said: "No wonder you said that this matter has nothing to do with your personal servant girl. If Chunrong and Biluo have different ideas, why should that person do it himself? The second maidservant has already told Fang Zi to the other party Thankfully, I didn’t succeed. Tell this person to know the detailed formula in your incense block. You can do a lot in the future. You only need to throw the small things that are stained with your usual fragrance to men, and you can tarnish your reputation. ...No, apart from these boudoir tricks, there may even be other unexpected dirty tricks.”

Teng Yuyi took out a pack of medicine powder on her own, and said with a smile: "That person is so thoughtful, if I don't pay her back, wouldn't it be in vain to disappoint the other party's love for me."

Du Tinglan: "What is this?"

Teng Yuyi weighed the embroidered pouch with a pleasant face: "This is called Baihua Remnant. I got it from Duanfu a few days ago. As long as I get it on my face and body, itching will continue. After one month, the appearance will become much uglier, because the medicine has hidden properties, and the poisoned area looks similar to ordinary eczema, even Feng Yu from Shangyao Bureau can't even try to diagnose it."

Speaking of this, she smiled slightly: "Tonight, if she dares to sneak into my room and steal my things, I will tell her to taste the power of the flowers. As long as she gets close to my bed, she will touch this root system. The hair in front of the bed, once the hair is cut off, the small machine behind the screen will pour out the medicine powder in the small sachet, and the medicine powder will float in the air, and she will be poisoned without knowing it.”

As he spoke, he covered his mouth and nose with a veil, and said to Du Tinglan: "Sister, you hide, I took the antidote and you didn't take it, be careful of being splashed by the medicine powder."

While talking, he tore off the silk ribbon that tied the embroidery bag a little, walked to the back of the screen and tiptoed to put the packet of medicine powder on it, and found out a small wooden mechanism from nowhere, and connected the mechanism to the screen. Between the hair strands and the embroidered capsule.

Du Tinglan stared dumbfounded at her younger sister after all this: "Where did you learn these tricks?"

Teng Yuyi was silent, turned around and looked at Du Tinglan: "Sister, do you want to talk about me?"

When Du Tinglan looked at her sister's dark eyes, she couldn't help crying and laughing: "How could Sister say you? Sister thinks, feels..."

Suddenly remembered that my aunt passed away too early, my aunt and cousin couldn't replace A Niang no matter what, and my uncle was busy with military affairs, Ayu has long been used to dealing with everything alone in his own way.

Du Tinglan's heart softened, and her tone also softened: "You just remember, no matter what you do, sister will always stand by your side. Although this method... as long as it works, let this wicked person be brought to justice as soon as possible. If you find out, you won't be worried all day."

Teng Yuyi pulled Auntie to the table and sat down: "Taking advantage of the opportunity of living together in Lishan this time, that person will definitely not be able to resist. Tonight, the female relatives will go to the hot spring pool, Xiangluan Pavilion There is no one around, that person may come back sometime, the palace people are not familiar with us, and it is night, as long as the person looks similar to me in appearance, even if he enters my room, he will not arouse suspicion. I think See if that man has any accomplices."

"What do you think? Do you want to keep an eye on it, but the guards on the mountain are strictly guarded, and Duan Fu can't follow the female relatives."

"I had no choice but to come here in person. I've already figured out the solution. Sister, look, this is the disguise-mask I asked Cheng Bo to prepare for me before going up the mountain. Just stick it on your face to change your appearance. The warm pool of Hanyao Palace has a pavilion for female relatives to rest. When I come out of the hot spring pool tonight, I put Chunrong on my cloak. She pretends to be drunk to rest in the pavilion by the pool and covers it with a handkerchief. With a straight face, I just said I was going to sleep, and I came out in spring velvet clothes, and when the time comes, my sister will help me cover it up."

Du Tinglan thought for a while, Chunrong's body shape was similar to that of her younger sister, and with her as an older sister taking care of her, no one else would be suspicious, even if there were any changes, it would be a big deal to adapt to the situation.

I heard someone from the palace outside say: "Ms. Du, Mrs. Teng, the empress ordered dinner to be served at Yixiaxuan, let's get in early."

***

The dinner for the women's relatives is hosted by the queen herself.

When the little ladies came forward to worship, the queen's gaze stayed on Teng Yuyi intentionally or unintentionally for a moment. Later, when eating, Teng Yuyi could feel the kind gaze from the head.

Teng Yuyi quietly raised her eyes, only to find that the queen was serving the meal in front of the maids, with a dignified and gentle expression, as if she had never looked down.

Looks like it's just her illusion.

After the banquet was over, the palace people passed a message on behalf of the queen: "The journey into the mountain is tiring, and the ladies are tired after thinking about it. After the meal, you can go to the spring forest to bathe to relieve fatigue. If you don't want to go to the hot spring immediately, you can take a bath at any time." The queen went to Danlin Hall to watch the character dance performed by the actors of the Nanzhao Kingdom. Besides, there is also a dance hall in the palace. Later, all the young gentlemen who went up the mountain this time will go to the dance hall to play horses. If you are interested in equestrianism and equestrianism, ladies and gentlemen, you might as well go and have a look. In short, there is no need to stick to one place to have fun tonight."

All the female relatives bowed down and responded.

Most of the young ladies from Xiangxiang Academy are going to watch the bamboo shoots. The queen waited expectantly for a long time on the first floor, and accidentally saw Teng Yuyi choosing to go to the hot springs without hesitation. She couldn't help but have mixed feelings in her heart. It is true that this child has no interest in You'er at the moment, but fortunately, at least in this way, she can at least be sure that Mrs. Teng has no other sweethearts, otherwise she will not have no interest in the place where all the children of the aristocratic family will go tonight.

Out of Yixiaxuan, there are only a small half of the students who are willing to go to Quanchi. The leader is Wu Qi, and the rest are sisters Teng Yuyi, Li Huaigu, Liu Siniang, Zheng Shuangyin and others. There are also a dozen or so.

All the girls linked arms with each other and went back to Xiangluan Pavilion together to get their clothes.

Du Tinglan and Teng Yuyi had made up their minds to go to the hot spring pool a long time ago, so the things in the room were ready-made, and they went back to the room to make a show, and then they came out with Chun Rong and Hong Nu and other personal maids.

As soon as she came out, she met Wu Qi's master and servant.

"Why don't we go first." After waiting for no one else to come out, Wu Qi took the initiative to say.

"Also."

People can be seen everywhere in the palace tonight. Apart from the maids and eunuchs, there are also many female family members passing by talking and laughing. There are a few young princes from aristocratic families who are busy preparing for the fight later. Let the servants examine the tools.

When passing a pavilion, Wu Qi's feet suddenly sprained.

"Ouch." She screamed, and fell down on the railing.

Du Tinglan and Teng Yuyi glanced at each other, Wu Qi's expression changed, it seemed that she was seriously sprained.

"Are you okay?" Du Tinglan lowered his head to help her check, and asked with concern, "Do you want to find Feng Yu?"

Wu Qi shook her head and wanted to speak, a young man happened to pass by over there, and heard Wu Qi's cry of pain, she looked at it and hurriedly walked towards this side.

This well-dressed young man, Teng Yuyi, had only seen her in the afternoon, and he was the one who looked at her scorchingly on the way into the mountain.

Guo saw that Wu Qi curled her lips aggrievedly: "Brother, I sprained my toe."

Wu Yuanluo squatted down and took a look, thinking that her younger sister was too old to inspect it herself, so she put one arm on her knee and looked down at Wu Qi's feet: "You are too careless , does it hurt?"

Wu Qi looked anxious: "It hurts like hell. Brother, think of a way, I still want to have fun on the mountain for a few days. If I don't rub the blood, it will swell up tomorrow."

Wu Yuanluo paused for a moment: "Yu Fengyu is also in the palace, but it's too impolite to send his subordinates there, you wait here, brother will invite him for you in person."

Speaking, he got up and made a bow to Teng Yuyi with his crossed hands: "I would like to ask the two ladies to take care of my younger sister."

He lowered his eyes and saluted, and his demeanor was unassuming. Compared with the annoying gaze in the afternoon, this meeting was much more polite. Teng Yuyi searched her brains, and vaguely recalled that she had heard the name of this young master Wu in her previous life.

At this moment, another group of people passed by, and Lin Chengyou was among them. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but stop.

He first looked at Teng Yuyi, then at the little lady who was suspected of having "sprained her feet", and finally at Wu Yuanluo, and quickly guessed what happened.

Lin Chengyou thought to himself, Wu Yuanluo didn't deliberately use his head to talk to Teng Yuyi, or it would be too coincidental, Wu Yuanluo appeared when Lady Wu sprained her foot.

Teng Yuyi didn't answer Wu Yuanluo's criticism, but Du Tinglan didn't think about how to answer it. Wu Yuanluo's request was reasonable. People come and go in this place. After all, Wu Qi is an unmarried girl. It seems that it is not good to ignore it, Du Tinglan was thinking about it and was about to answer when Wu Qi said: "Brother, she is the lady Teng who led us to escape in the peach forest last time."

Wu Yuanluo turned his eyes along the trend, and put two clear eyes on Teng Yuyi's face: "It turned out to be Mrs. Teng. Last time I heard Mrs. She talk about this, Wu was very impressed by Mrs. Teng's intelligence."

Lin Chengyou sneered in his heart, and then he should say that Mrs. Teng saved her sister's life, and Wu will definitely report it in the future.

Unsurprisingly, Wu Yuanluo said again: "Ms. Teng saved the life of her younger sister——"

Tsk, so cheap. Lin Chengyou raised his eyebrows, and suddenly said with a smile: "Isn't this Mr. Wu? It's about to kick off. Why doesn't Mr. Wu come over?"

Teng Yuyi heard the prestige and looked over, and saw Lin Chengyou looking at him with a half-smile.

Wu Yuanluo answered: "Sister She sprained her foot accidentally, and Wu is going to invite Yu Fengyu."

Lin Chengyou untied the jade token from his waist and handed it to the palace man behind him: "Go and ask the old man to come and see."

Wu Yuanluo's smile faltered, there were no more than five people in the world who could ask Yu Fengyu to be a doctor with just a jade card, and unfortunately this one in front of him was.

Lin Chengyou smiled brightly at Wu Yuanluo: "You don't have to thank Mr. Wu for the effort."

Teng Yuyi took Du Tinglan to leave. Although Wu Qi tried her best to cover it up, she was obviously a little guilty. She had already seen that she was not really sprained, and she did this to help her elder brother connect with her.

It's easy to say when Lin Chengyou comes, at least she doesn't have to hesitate to wait and see what happens, or just refuse.

When Lin Chengyou passed by, Lin Chengyou still hadn't left. Teng Yuyi wanted to salute Lin Chengyou, but he stopped when he saw the Chun'an County King coming over from the other end.

She thought to herself, was this person attracted by someone when he appeared in Zhixu Pavilion that night? Could this have something to do with her? I just wish I couldn't ask around, if only Lin Chengyou, at least she could ask him face to face.

After thinking about it, they forgot to continue the salute just now. The two sisters walked a few steps forward and saw Nanzhao Crown Prince Gu Xian head-on.

Although Gu Xian has only dealt with Teng Yuyi a few times, the incident of jointly resisting the corpse evil at Chengwang Mansion that night seemed to have left a deep impression on him. The etiquette of Nanzhao Kingdom.

"Miss Teng."

As soon as Teng Yuyi saw Gu Xian, she thought of Wu Yingying, but after having a deep chat with her father that night, she decided to trust her father once, so she knew where Wu Yingying lived, but she never once troubled Wu Yingying.

Gu Xian is different. Wu Yingying is his aunt in name, Gu Xian must be very aware of Wu Yingying's details during these years in Nanzhao Kingdom, and she must tactfully ask for the opportunity.

Because of this thought, she was very cautious when returning the gift.

After returning to the ceremony, he and Du Tinglan went to the hot spring pool of Hanyao Palace.

***

Lin Chengyou was joking on the face, but his heart was sore.

He originally thought that Teng Yuyi must be tired after sitting in the calf for a day, so let her have a good rest tonight, and then go to her tomorrow. He has already memorized the three principles, and he will definitely use them when he sees her freely.

Looking at the posture just now, it seems that they can't wait for tomorrow.

Only when Wu Yuanluo was pushed away from Teng Yuyi's side did the Uncle Huang come head-on. Teng Yuyi looked at the Uncle Emperor patronizingly, but didn't even say hello to him. Also, Gu Xian was disgusted to see him tonight.

That's right, Teng Yuyi is good, and he is not the only one who can see it, and he doesn't feel surprised at all if someone likes Teng Yuyi.

No, it seems that tonight we can't just focus on beating horses, there is a lot of excitement everywhere tonight, who knows if there will be a second Wu Yuanluo, no matter what happens, we have to see Teng Yuyi, at least implement it in front of her Back to those three.

Thinking of this, he stopped in his tracks: "Hiss, my head hurts so much, I'm afraid I won't be able to beat the horse tonight."

***

The soup pond in Hanyao Palace is specially used for bathing by ministers and women. The soup pond is hundreds of feet long and runs through the entire palace. The spring water is gurgling, and the fragrance of medicine is steaming with the heat. Teng Yuyi and Du Tinglan arrived early, and she is the only one in the palace The two of them fell right into Teng Yuyi's arms. The two sisters made arrangements according to the original plan. Li Huaigu and a group of young ladies came. It didn't take long for the banquet in Danlin Hall to break up, and there were many more of them one after another. Madam came to take a bath, and now Hanyao Palace was completely bustling.

After a while, Teng Yuyi looked around in secret, and found that there were a few people missing in the soup pool at some point, she was moved in her heart, and hurriedly said to her cousin: "Sister, I have to catch the thief."

There were a lot of people around, but fortunately, they made preparations in advance. The master and servant tried their best to change their clothes. Chunrong pretended to be Teng Yuyi and stayed in the pavilion of Hanyao Palace. come out.

I met a lot of people along the road, but fortunately Teng Yuyi put a natural mask on her face, people who passed by only thought she was a maidservant of a lady, and no one took a second look at her.

Unexpectedly, an acquaintance walked towards him, this person was so eye-catching, even if the light in the garden was not as bright as that in the hall, he could still be seen at a glance.

Lin Chengyou seemed to be looking for someone, he searched the garden, and when he passed by Teng Yuyi, he didn't even look at her.

Teng Yuyi breathed a sigh of relief, she and Lin Chengyou were acquaintances anyway, even he couldn't recognize her, let alone others.

Unexpectedly, when she walked near the Xiangluan Pavilion, footsteps came from behind suddenly, and someone said: "What are you doing sneakily?"

Teng Yuyi was startled at first, then heaved a sigh of relief, it was Lin Chengyou.

This person's eyesight is too good, she looked back at him in shock: "You can still recognize me when I am disguised like this?"

Lin Chengyou listened intently and made sure that there was no one around, so he dragged Teng Yuyi to a secluded corner, thinking, I didn't recognize your face for a while, but I recognized it by the scent on your body.

He tilted his head and looked at Teng Yuyi: "Can this mask be torn off? It doesn't look very pleasing to the eye."

"No." Teng Yuyi subconsciously covered her cheeks.

Lin Chengyou's eyes twitched slightly, and a sentence came to mind: Accommodate her.

Even if Teng Yu wants to do strange things, he still has to obey her.

He smiled and said kindly, "Okay, you can wear it if you want."

Teng Yuyi let out a "Hey" in her heart, Lin Chengyou is so weird, this is not like his usual style, she glanced at him suspiciously, cleared her throat and spoke, Lin Chengyou suddenly made a gesture and sniffed: "Hundred flowers are left? No? , the antidote to the remaining flowers."

As soon as the two of them got close, the faint smell of medicine burst out from Teng Yuyi's breath. The smell of medicine couldn't even suppress her rose fragrance, and it rushed straight to his nose.

Teng Yuyi's ears exploded, she looked down at herself in astonishment, and then looked up at Lin Chengyou, what did this man's nose do, his five senses were too sensitive.

Lin Chengyou also looked at Teng Yuyi in amazement, Hundred Flowers Remnant is a trick to harm people, why is Teng Yuyi doing this.

"Teng Yuyi, you want to harm Baihua -"

Before the words came out, another well-known sentence came to mind: Be extra patient with her.

Hey, I almost lost my patience in front of her again, and called her "harmful" without knowing why, can Teng Yuyi not be annoyed?

Lin Chengyou had no choice but to swallow the rest of the words, nodded with a smile and said: "Tell me, who do you want to play tricks on? I'll help you."