Wanshou Mountain has green mountains and lush vegetation. Several palace maids wearing light spring clothes are walking through the green grassy hillside to the path next to it. The light steps, lively posture, and the rich spring spirit are coming to the face.

Cao Xuan stood on the steps of Yiyun Pavilion, looking casually at the scenery in the distance. Thinking of what he was about to say to Empress Dowager Cao, his nervous mood could not relax.

Min Chuan came out.

Since Empress Dowager Cao sent Cheng Dehai to serve Fang, there has been no capable eunuch by her side. Min Chuan stood out and won her favor. Now he has become the eunuch of Wanshoushan, the title of the fourth rank.

He diligently helped Cao Xuan to tamp the curtain and said, "The Empress Dowager knew that the Duke of the Kingdom is coming, and I don't know how happy he was. She also specially ordered me to wash the plate of plums for the Duke of the Kingdom."

Cao Xuan smiled at him without answering, and walked into the West Palace quickly as he quickly walked into the west palace.

Empress Dowager Cao closed her eyes and leaned against the big kang next to the window to nourish her. Two eight or nine-year-old palace maids knelt beside her and beat her shoulders.

When she heard the movement, she opened her eyes and said, "Here's coming."

The expression was faint.

Cao Xuan has long been used to Empress Cao, who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside.

He respectfully greeted him, sat on the kang opposite her at the signal of Empress Dowager Cao, and greeted Empress Dowager Cao with concern: "...The weather is getting hotter and hotter now, and Wanshou Mountain is full of flowers and trees, and there are many mosquitoes. Don't always follow the rules in the palace. Just ask the eunuchs to light moxa incense as soon as possible."

"I understand." Empress Dowager Cao was not used to such family matters. After dealing with a few impatiently, she asked Li Qianlai, "I read the letter he wrote last time and said that they had settled down and Hu Yiliang had dealt with him. He wanted to go to Sichuan before the spring. Are you interested in going with him?"

The Tartars invaded the capital eight times in ten times because the weather was bad and there was no food. And the spring, which was in trouble after winter, was the most difficult time for them to endure, and the war between the two sides was mostly at that time.

Cao Xuan was slightly stunned.

He was worried about finding an excuse to talk about Li Qian, so Empress Dowager Cao took the initiative to mention him. Is this considered someone sending a pillow when he was sleeping?

Min Chuan personally brought the refreshment in.

Cao Xuan looked at the half bowl of plums in the small sweet white porcelain high-foot bowl, each of which was only the size of a wine cup. He saw that he was bought from an ordinary market. It was obviously not a tribute. But at this time, not to mention plums, even cherries were on the table. He felt very sad and sad, and he became more determined to hide the relationship between the Li family and the Jiang family from Empress Dowager Cao.

Cao Xuan passed on what he wanted to say in his mind again, and then said, "Auntie, I was just about to tell you about Li Qian!"

Empress Dowager Cao was a little surprised, but did not rush to ask. Instead, she waited for Min Chuan to command the palace maids to serve Li Zi and other tea and sent off the serving people beside her. Cao Xuan then said, "Auntie, Jianan was kidnapped by Li Qian and returned to Shanxi!"

"What did you say?" Even a person as capable as Empress Dowager Cao was shocked when he heard this and said in a lost voice, "When did this happen? How could Li Qian kidnap Princess Xinan? Does Duke Zhenguo know about this? What did he say?"

Cao Xuan suddenly showed an angry look and said, "Auntie, we treat him so well, but he acted without caring about the Li family at all, and he did whatever he wanted..." Then he told Empress Dowager Cao about how Jin Xiao invited them to the farm, how Jiang Xian disappeared, how Jiang Zhenyuan found that something was wrong with Jin Xiao, how Jin Xiao answered, Bai Su's inference, etc.

Empress Dowager Cao could hear the cold sweat and said for a while: "How are you sure that Jiang Xian didn't elope with Li Qian?"

Cao Xuan looked regretful and hated, and said, "At that time, I thought that the emperor had kidnapped Jianan. I thought that if this matter was really done by the emperor, let the Jiang family and the emperor fight, and we stood by and watched the fun, maybe we could make a good decision. We didn't tell you or think about it.

"It was only when Jin Xiao insisted that Jianan had eloped with Li Qian that I felt something was wrong.

"I thank you for your respect, and let Li Qian serve as the deputy commander who protects Wanshou Mountain. I have eaten and lived with him these days, and I know him quite well.

"He is unruly and wild in daily life. Because Jianan defeated his face at Shuimu's dock, he was always worried. In order to win him over, I did not stop him. I occasionally echoed him when he was angry, so that he gritted his teeth whenever he talked about this, and even threatened to look good at the Jiang family.

"This time Jin Xiao invited us to travel together. It happened that a guard from the Li family was ordered by Li Qian to send me some Shanxi land arts, so I mentioned it casually. As a few days later, he wrote a letter and asked me about this matter specifically. Not only did he ask me who Jin Xiao had invited, but he also said that Jin Xiao's young hero, his father was the general of Taiyuan, Jin Xiao also served as a guerrilla general in the Yulin General's Office, and was a family friend of the Shao family of Yulin General. It would be great if he could meet Jin Xiao, and he could take care of anything in the future. Unfortunately, he was not in the capital, otherwise he would have to attend such a grand event no matter what. He also said that if he had the chance, I would definitely recommend Jin Xiao to him.

"How could I know that guy was exploring my words! I not only promised to recommend Jin Xiao to him, but also comforted him that this was just an ordinary party. In order to curry favor with the Jiang family and Zhao Xiao, Jin Xiao also invited Jiang Lu and Princess Jianan..."

Cao Xuan lowered his head in embarrassment.

"Auntie, I'm wrong with this. You have reminded me before that the Li family is just a butcher knife in our hands, just to win over it. There is no need to get so close. I... But I want to impress him with my brotherly righteousness, let him obey my words, devote myself to it, and cover up everything in front of my aunt, but I stabbed him so much." He said, suddenly excited, and a panic between his eyebrows, saying, "Auntie, Jiang Lu and Wang Zan have rushed to Shanxi, and they also brought Jiang Zhenyuan's official seal and prayer letter. When they met, they would find that Jin Xiao was also fooled by Li Qian. What should we do then? Everyone knows that Li Qian is from our family. Will Jiang Zhenyuan think that Li Qian was under our command?"

Empress Dowager Cao was also very panicked.

But her panic was not because Li Qian had a big mess on her back, but because she was worried that things would be as Jin Xiao said, Jiang Xian and Li Qian eloped to Shanxi.

Then what the Li family calls surrender is a joke.

Not only did she believe in the wrong person, but no one was available, and she became a piece of meat on the Jiang family's chopping board.

Empress Dowager Cao leaned tiredly on the big welcome pillow behind her, and then she realized that her underwear was soaked.

She closed her eyes, and her mind was like flipping through a book, thinking about countermeasures.

Cao Xuan looked at Empress Dowager Cao with a long eye and worshiped all the Bodhisattvas in the sky, hoping to hide it from his aunt and not discover the relationship between the Li family and the Jiang family.

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