In early October, two carriages entered the city gate of Hangzhou.

The wind and rain in the city gradually stopped, but the dark cumulonimbus clouds in the sky indicate that there will be a rainstorm that will not be long before.

The rivers in the city rose a little, and Zhu Qufei's small pleasure boat was tied to the river berth. There were some broken wood and thatch accumulated under the boat. I don't know which house was washed away.

The carriage stopped at the stone bridge. Cao Hua turned over and got off the horse and asked Han'er to take Li Bairen and others back to the palace first. He jumped onto the carriage and lifted the curtain.

Li Shishi sat quietly by the car window, perhaps with too much boredom, so she opened the curtain with her green jade fingers and looked at the street outside. When she heard the sound, she quickly put it down.

“Go to the place.”

Cao Hua took out the big box in the corner of the car, opened the lid, and showed his eyes.

For some reason, Li Shishi had a strange expression. He stood up, thought for a while, turned around, folded his white wrist on his waist, and whispered softly: "Mr. Cao, don't tie me up, I won't move...ah——" Before he finished speaking, his arm was pulled, his legs bent against the edge of the box, and his center of gravity was unstable and he fell into it.

"Lying down."

Li Shishi lay in the narrow box, and after all, she felt strange. She put her hands on her chest with a red face, put her embroidered shoes in, and curled up in a regular manner. Perhaps she felt like a child in a cradle, so she turned to her side and hugged her knees, blinked her beautiful eyes:

"Okay."

Bang—

Cao Hua closed the lid, picked up the box and jumped out of the carriage, and walked towards the small pleasure boat along the stone stairs on the street.

Xie Yijun was also holding a box with a ring inside, and she was walking behind her for a little inexplicable:

"Just find a hat to carry with you, why bother with me?"

"There are many people on the street, and there are many people who know Li Shishi just in case."

Zhu Qufei followed her and held an umbrella for Xie Yijun. Her mature and beautiful cheeks were relaxed. She looked at the box in Cao Hua's hand and spoke seriously:

"Little Langjun, the pleasure boat can be opened with her. With her fame, she will not be able to make money every day."

Cao Hua's face was slightly dark.

Zhu Qufei suddenly became a little scared, pursed her lips and turned her head, muttering softly:

"Just kidding, what's the point... hiding here is not for nothing to eat or live, you have to give money..."

Li Shishi in the box was obviously listening, and a muffled sound came from:

"I dare not bother Mr. Cao, I have money..."

Zhu Qufei especially likes to nag with others. When she heard this, she smiled and said with a smile:

"You girl, you are sold and pay for someone. He tied you up. He didn't invite you to visit, maybe on a whim..."

"Ahem."

Xie Yijun couldn't bear to listen and hit her with her elbow.

Zhu Qufei shut up in disappointment and turned to chuckling.

Open the small pleasure boat and put the two boxes in the cabin.

Xie Yijun didn't want to live with Cao Hua very much, so she supported the bamboo pole on the deck and supported the pleasure boat out of the city.

Zhu Qufei was packing up the place in the house. When she saw Xie Yijun leaving the cabin, she felt a little relieved. She held the bedding and stuck out half of her body, and spoke in a low voice:

"Little Langjun, I heard that she has a relationship with the current emperor. If you tie her up and tell her secretly, do you want to..."

Cao Hua was about to open the box, but when he heard this, his brows frowned slightly, feeling that Concubine Zhu Qu had become more and more presumptuous these days.

After thinking a little, Cao Hua got up and walked to the rear cabin, raised his hand and pushed Zhu Qufei in.

Zhu Qufei was stunned, then she smiled completely, her face turned red and took two steps back, holding the bedding in her arms, standing in the aisle between the two beds, dodging her eyes and biting her lower lip.

Cao Hua walked forward, and Zhu Qufei retreated until she leaned against the cabin and could not hide. She was squeezed against the wall by the bedding in her arms. She turned her head and looked embarrassed, and she weakly signaled outside.

Cao Hua looked cold and arrogant, staring at her condescendingly, without any intention of getting out of the way.

Zhu Qufei gradually couldn't stand it. After thinking about it, she stood on tiptoe and kissed Cao Hua's lips before licking her lips:

"Langjun, I...I'm wrong...I won't talk much..."

Cao Hua nodded and turned around and left the pleasure boat.

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In the afternoon, Cao Hua returned to Baima Mountain and went to meet King Kang to learn about the recent situation.

King Kang was quite satisfied with Hangzhou's defense and was in a good mood. Recently, there were some floods near Hangzhou. Some refugees gathered near the Shuimen to the east. Various gentry built house porridge shops. Of course, there was one for the royal mansion, and Zhao Huai was specially asked to prepare porridge to accumulate reputation.

After arguing with the situation, Cao Hua also came to the water gate to see the situation.

The rain has been slightly less for days. Under the city wall outside the Water Gate, more than a thousand refugees gathered in place. The governor Zhao Ting brought a group of officials to appease the people. There are also many great scholars and talents who personally donated porridge, cotton coats and other items. Most of them were the components of show off. But at least they did things. Because of the recent rebellion in Muzhou, the government also kindly built some sheds under the city wall for people to shelter from the rain.

At the entrance of the inland river, because of the turbulent water, many literati still stood in front of them and watched, whispering to each other or brewing some suitable poems, or coming up to control water and sand.

Zhao Huai was still naughty and asked him to come and serve porridge. When the princess left, she threw the work to the butler cleanly and went to talk to the literati and talented people in Hangzhou.

The topic between men is naturally inseparable from women. The news that Li Shishi was tied up in Jiangning has reached the ears of these beauty-loving people. Everyone is heartbroken and cursing the thief with courage:

"I am really lawless. Miss Shishi has always been indifferent to the world. Nothing happened when traveling to the Song Dynasty. But we were tied up in Jiangnan. If it spread, we would not be considered that we Jiangnan people are all barbarians who are harsh and slap in the flowers..."

"Oh... I heard that Fang La has a tyrannical personality and likes beautiful women. If he has not passed the whole place, he will rob the women. If he is beautiful, he will give it to his subordinates for the harm. If he is a little worse, he will directly give it to his thieves. Miss Shishi is afraid that there will be a lot of danger..."

"Miss Shishi is as beautiful as a fairy. She was captured by the thief for so long. I'm afraid...ah... Beauty has been so poor since ancient times..."

Zhao Huai also looked sentimental, caring about Li Shishi's rebellion more than Fang La, comforting many fellow practitioners:

"Don't worry, Prince Cao has already gone to rescue Miss Shishi..."

"Ahem—"

When Cao Hua heard this, he coughed softly, walked up to him and patted Zhao Huai on the shoulder.

Zhao Huai looked happy, then realized that he had made a mistake, and smiled awkwardly, raised his hand and knocked away his friends, then raised his hand and said:

"Brother-in-law, when did you come back?"

"just."

Cao Hua looked at the surging river water under the water gate, and several corvets were cleaning up the broken wood and vines that blocked the waterway, and it seemed that there was no problem.

Zhao Huai followed and thought for a while: "I wonder if Prince Cao has found Miss Shishi?"

"No, I was taken away by Fang Qifo. The Black Feather Guard is patrolling. I came back to inquire about Fang La and others to find out the whereabouts of Miss Shishi..."
Chapter completed!