The ex-husband doted on his concubine and killed his wife!The princess turned around and remarried t

After hearing this, Mrs. Cao sneered, "How dare you come to Cao's house to get Qiao from such a poor household? She doesn't like what we give you, so don't give it to her!"

Mrs. Cao had spoken, and the maids took the order and went back.

When General Liu was washing, he sent his people to investigate. After he washed and finished, the guards who were investigating came back.

"What did you find out?"

"Back to the general, my subordinates found out that the eldest princess and Mr. Liu have come to Xiagong City and are living in the Cao family."

"what?!"

General Liu stood up from the table in shock.

Taking a deep breath, General Liu narrowed his eyes and said, "The Cao family didn't respond?"

"It was the fifth master of the Cao family who personally welcomed the eldest princess to the Cao family and treated her warmly. Today, the servants of the Cao family accompanied the eldest princess to visit Xiagong City. The eldest princess is safe and sound so far."

General Liu's fists clenched unconsciously, and he gritted his teeth and said, "What a Cao Jian! Go notify the Cao family outside the hospital and tell them that I, the general, want to see Cao Jian now!"

The Cao family's study room was brightly lit, but the atmosphere was tense and awkward.

General Liu looked coldly at Cao Jian who was sitting on the throne, "So, General Cao doesn't want to do this favor for Liu?"

Cao Jian smiled lightly and said: "How can General Liu say that? I received the letter from the Regent two months ago. I don't need to listen to your transfer. The Regent didn't say anything, how can I help General Liu privately."

General Liu's face became distorted, "Then please General Cao to transfer the guards in the eldest princess's courtyard! I will lead someone to kill the eldest princess personally!"

"This is the Cao family. The Cao family's guards are here to protect the Cao family. How can they be transferred away so easily? General Liu, don't you think so?"

"Cao Jian! How dare you protect the eldest princess! Do you want to betray His Highness the Regent!" General Liu was furious.

Cao Jian stroked his short beard and said, "General Liu, Cao's loyal heart can be seen from the sun and the moon. But if you want to do such things in my Cao Mansion and implicate my Cao Mansion, how can I, Cao, respond to you? I The Cao Mansion has a large population, unlike General Liu who is alone!"

"Okay! Cao Jian! Just wait! I will definitely write back to Beijing to inform His Highness the Regent of your rebellious intentions!"

After saying these harsh words, General Liu left the Cao family's study with a gloomy expression.

After General Liu left, the old servant, who had been standing behind Cao Jian with his head bowed, frowned and worried: "General, if General Liu really writes a letter back to Beijing, how should we deal with it?"

Cao Jian sneered, "Is the money our Cao family sent to Beijing for free? Someone will defend us in front of the regent! Last time, General Liu said that Mr. Luo Chu was rebelling, and now he is saying that our Cao family is rebelling." , Does he have to report everyone there wherever he goes? From my point of view, it’s not that everyone is rebelling, it’s General Liu who wants to rebel!"

Gu Yufei did not get new clothes or jewelry in exchange for Qiao. The two maids who were sent to serve her seemed to have become mute. No matter whether she scolded them or not, they always stood aside and said nothing.

Gu Yufei suddenly felt that she had been greatly wronged. She heard from the guard that General Liu had gone to talk to General Cao about something, so she stood guard at the door of the guest courtyard, waiting for General Liu to come back, and prepared to complain to General Liu as soon as possible.

Facing the cold wind, I finally waited for half an hour to get the person back.

Gu Yufei hurriedly smoothed the hair around her ears and hurried forward to greet him.

"General, you're finally back! You don't know how harshly the Cao family's servants treated me when you were away. They didn't even give me a decent piece of clothing. You are the Regent's most trusted General Liu! How dare they? I'm treating you like this! You..."

It was too dark at night, and General Liu came out of the darkness. Gu Yufei didn't even have time to look at the expression on his face before she anxiously spoke out the words she had been brewing for a long time.

But before she could finish her words, Gu Yufei was pushed away by the angry General Liu and fell to the ground. She collided with the paving stone and Gu Yufei screamed in pain.

The next moment, I heard the only word "Go away" from General Liu's mouth!
Thinking of what General Liu had done along the way, Gu Yufei still dared to approach him with a look of disdain. She shrank to the side, not daring to look at General Liu again.

General Liu ignored Gu Yufei and left quickly.

It wasn't until General Liu left that Gu Yufei stood up tremblingly and limped back to the room.

This time she was much more honest. She ate the dinner brought by the maid, applied frostbite medicine herself, and climbed into bed to sleep.

General Liu returned to the guest house and summoned his men.

Then he arranged for his men to assassinate Qin Shuhuang in the courtyard where he lived.

In the end, he did not go in person, but waited in the room for news from his subordinates.

Half an hour later, one of his men came back in a hurry.

General Liu couldn't help but ask, "How?"

The subordinate shook his head solemnly, "General, the courtyard where the eldest princess lives is tightly guarded. We searched for half an hour and couldn't find a chance to attack..."

General Liu:...

"The eldest princess doesn't have so many people around her!"

The subordinates laughed miserably, "Not only the people around the eldest princess, but also the guards of the Cao family. There are more than [-] guards of the Cao family patrolling the eldest princess's courtyard, not to mention the eldest princess's personal guards guarding the inner courtyard."

General Liu kicked down the chair next to him angrily.

What a good old thief Cao!It turned out that he was not joking with him, but actually sent someone to protect the eldest princess!What on earth does he want to do!
"Let people withdraw." General Liu gradually calmed down after venting his anger.

The subordinate nodded and was about to leave when he turned back and said, "Report to the general. I just found out some news." "What news."

"Tomorrow the princess will entertain officials from Xia Gongcheng at the inn, and my subordinates feel that tomorrow is a really good time for the general to take action!"

General Liu's eyes lit up when he heard his subordinate say this.

General Liu's men had just withdrawn from the courtyard where Qin Shuhuang lived, and both Cao Jian and Qin Shuhuang got the news.

The old servant followed Cao Jian, "General, today General Liu returns in disgrace, and tomorrow the eldest princess will leave our Cao Mansion. How about tomorrow?"

Cao Jian didn't take it seriously, "General Liu has chased us here, and there are not many men left. Since we promised the eldest princess, we must protect her to the end. At least in this Xia Gong City, we have to contribute some strength. You go Make arrangements, and nothing will happen to the eldest princess at the inn tomorrow!"

"Yes, the old slave understands."

The courtyard where Qin Shuhuang lives is brightly lit and busy.

The officials in Xia Gongcheng will definitely not have time to invite the New Year's Eve tomorrow. Even though they are away, they can't do it this year.

Moreover, this is the first New Year she has celebrated after her rebirth, which is of extraordinary significance to her.

Most of the things I bought at the shops outside Xiagong City today were for the New Year's Eve dinner tonight.

When she returned to the Cao family's yard, she asked Shilan to lead the others.

On such a cold day in Xia Gongcheng, there is no dish more suitable for the New Year’s Eve dinner than hot pot.

There were peppers brought from the capital in the convoy. There was not much pork in Xia Gongcheng, but there was a lot of beef and mutton, and the meat was fresh and of good quality.

Qin Shuhuang asked Shilan to boil beef bones, then fried chili peppers in butter and put them into the beef bone soup that had been stewed for a long time.

Some people don't like spicy food, so they boil another bucket of old hen soup.

For the rest, just prepare whatever dishes are available.

Pork and radishes stored in the cellar, frozen tofu, various soaked dried vegetables, freshly marinated beef and mutton, fish fillets, braised or marinated poultry, etc.

On the table in the flower hall, there is a steaming mandarin duck pot, a spicy beef soup pot, a clear old hen soup pot, and all kinds of dishes placed around it.

Then add a large pot of thick but not intoxicating rice wine, which is a perfect match for this cold winter month.

As soon as the hot pot was placed on the table, He Yutian walked in quickly and reported, "Your Highness, Mr. Liu, Commander, General Liu's people have retreated."

The corner of Qin Shuhuang's lips raised slightly, "I know it, please inform everyone to have New Year's Eve dinner."

He Yutian smiled and waved to the two men behind him.

The hot pot prepared today is not only for the flower hall, but also for the side rooms and wing rooms. Everyone in the convoy has a share.

The guards went to eat hot pot, and Qin Shuhuang also took their seats one after another.

Qin Shuhuang asked Liu Renren to take the main seat. She sat next to Liu Renren, and Xie Xuanye silently sat on the other side of Qin Shuhuang.

Not only them, but He Yutian, Shilan, Long Jia and others also came to the table, and everyone had a hot hot pot meal together.

There were a lot of ingredients prepared tonight, and it was a rare hot and fresh hot pot. After half an hour, everyone was very satisfied.

After eating the food and drinking the rice wine, I finally put on a bowl of white rice, poured it with the soup from the hot pot, and mixed it. After a bowl of rice, my whole body was warm.

It is just rice wine that is not intoxicating. Even if the guards drink a few more glasses, it will not be a problem and it will not affect the night watch at all.

But it's different for people with poor alcohol tolerance, such as Xie Xuanye.

When he was at the hot spring village, Qin Shuhuang tested plum wine. Xie Xuanye, who looked tall and straight and always had a straight face, could only drink three glasses!
After three glasses of plum wine, it’s time to fall down!Worse than her!

It would be better to drink rice wine tonight.

Despite this, Xie Xuanye's eyes were already a little sluggish, and the roots of his ears turned red.

This is a sign that he is drunk.

After eating a good meal and drinking wine, Liu Renren breathed a sigh of relief and cupped his hands towards Qin Shuhuang, "Thank you for your hospitality tonight. I'm tired now, so I'll go back and rest."

Qin Shuhuang personally sent Liu Renren to the yard next door.

When he came back, he found Xie Xuanye already lying on the table.

The mess on the table was removed by Shilan and her maid.

Qin Shuhuang walked to the clothes rack on the side, took off her cloak, and gently put it on Xie Xuanye's shoulders. She was about to go out to find the dragon armor and asked him to move Xie Xuanye to the bed to rest, when a warm big hand was suddenly touched on her wrist. Palm grasp.

Qin Shuhuang turned around in surprise, "Are you not drunk?" (End of Chapter)