The gambling concubine has an appointment, the prince will come again

Chapter 23 Talk
"What are you guys doing standing here?!" Tao Yuanxi saw a group of people standing in the middle of the road from a distance, and as soon as they walked in, he frowned and reprimanded, "If you have something to say, come into the room and talk to a group of people. How decent is it to stand in the middle of the road!"

Hearing this, a group of people smiled wryly and sighed, "It's been a long time since I saw you, big brother is really getting more and more like a father!"

Only Tao Yuan and he approached Tao Yuanxi with a playful smile like he was not afraid of death, "Brother, don't you see that we are all waiting for you here."

"I haven't seen you, big brother, for a long time. The younger brothers really want to see you as soon as possible. No, we brothers made an appointment to wait for you outside."

Tao Yuanxi raised the corners of his lips coldly, "Really?"

"Of course! Big brother, don't you know me, my eighth brother?" Tao Yuanhe became more and more enthusiastic when he felt that there was something to be said, "I am such an upright person, but I will never lie!"

The people watching Tao Yuan and Shabao rolled their eyes silently, Tao Yuanren made an exaggerated vomiting expression, lowered his voice, and said to Tao Yuanbin: "Second brother, you never think that the eighth brother is getting more and more shameless. ?”

Tao Yuanbin clenched his fist with his right hand, put it to his mouth, coughed twice as a cover-up, and said, "Fourth brother, they are all brothers of our own family, don't talk nonsense!"

"Where is the nonsense? I'm telling the truth!" A truth made the corners of the eyes of several people smile.

Tao Yuanxi looked at the eighth brother who could open a dyeing workshop by giving three points of color, "I guess I remembered wrongly, the person who pretended to be sick and ran out of the house with my little sister to cause trouble last year, it seems that it is not you."

"Hahahaha!" Hearing Tao Yuanxi mention last year's incident, Tao Yuanren and Tao Yuanshu couldn't bear it anymore, laughing so hard that they couldn't straighten up!Several other people also thought of the dumbfounding scene last year, and all of them raised the corners of their lips.

Last year, Tao Mo was found by Tao Yuanxi because he went to the casino again, and Tao Yuanhe found out from somewhere that Tao Mo found a medicine that made people look like they had a cold after taking it, but it was not harmful to the user himself. Eat, Tao Yuanxi is a good businessman, but he knows little about pharmacology, so it's not surprising that he was deceived.He hired a doctor for Tao Mo, and after getting the answer that he needed to rest in bed, he didn't become suspicious. After asking his servants to take good care of the young lady, he rushed to deal with the affairs of the bank.

During Tao Mo's "illness", she refused everyone's visits on the grounds that she wanted to stay in bed. Everyone thought that Tao Mo was still losing his temper because of being grounded. Seeing the meals and medicines delivered every day, she obediently After taking it, she went with her.

Who would have thought that Tao Mo, together with Tao Yuan and Mingxiu, would secretly visit Chen Cang on the plank road, the two of them had already quietly left the mansion, listening to little songs and drinking flower wine every day, meeting this oiran for a cruise today, and spending a lot of money for that actor tomorrow, Have a great time!

Thus, Tao Mo's "typhoid fever" was delayed by her for half a month.

Originally, the two of them kept enough and kept their sense of proportion, and this matter passed without anyone noticing, but they couldn't bear it to kill themselves!Maybe it was because they were having too much fun outside, the two people who hadn't been discovered all this time slowly relaxed their vigilance, and one of them walked into the restaurant that Tao Yuanxi often went to without paying attention!
In fact, no matter how lucky Tao Mo and the others are, they may not be able to meet Tao Yuanxi. However, maybe the good luck of the two of them was squandered. Not only did Tao Yuanxi go to that restaurant that day, but he even wanted Tao Yuanxi. The private room next to them!
When Tao Mo and Tao Yuanhe were discussing what they had seen and heard over the past few days with great interest, it was completely unexpected that Tao Yuanxi had already listened to all the conversations between them in the next room!

With the continuous laughter from the box next door, and the ins and outs of how the two of them hid the truth, Tao Yuanxi's complexion became darker and darker, and his hands on the table were clenched into fists, with veins showing.

Therefore, when Tao Mo and two walked out of the box and saw Tao Yuanxi with a dark complexion coming out of the next box, the look on their faces was quite exciting!

"Brother! My dear brother, you were fined for what happened last year, can't we skip this chapter and not mention it?"

Then he lowered his head and muttered with his mouth curled up: "It's just a small matter, is it necessary to talk about it once?"

"A small matter?" Junmei raised his eyebrows, "Do you think this is a small matter? It seems that the punishment last time was too light, and you didn't take it to heart at all. Before tomorrow, ten times the house rules!" After finishing speaking, he lifted his foot and walked to the restaurant go.

"Ah—brother, we have something to discuss! I know I was wrong, this is not a trivial matter..."

Looking at Tao Yuan and the dog-legged figure from behind, a group of people couldn't help laughing out loud anymore.

It was rare for the whole family to get together, coupled with the playful and cute activities among the juniors, the laughter at the dinner table was endless, and the atmosphere was so lively that it seemed to dispel the dark clouds looming over the Tao Mansion!
After dinner, the family moved to the front hall and talked for a while. Seeing Dugu Yun's slightly tired face, Tao Ran asked Tao Mo to help Dugu Yun go back to the room to rest, but he called his nine sons to the study.

Tao Mo looked at the group of people suspiciously, always feeling that something happened in this family that she didn't know about.But looking back, since they don't want her to know, then she won't think about it, anyway, father and the others won't harm herself!
Yiyan helped Dugu Yun back to the room, the mother and daughter said some more personal words, and Tao Mo retreated back to Yiranju.

Tao Mansion study.

The clear moonlight is soft and faint, covered with a layer of floating clouds as thin as a veil, the air is extremely comfortable, and there is no sound of grass and insects in summer and autumn outside, it is peaceful and peaceful.The moonlight shining on the window bier will not dazzle people's eyes with white flowers.

Tao Yuanbin walked to the window, held the window coffin with his hands, looked at the peaceful scene outside, and sighed, "Hey—I don't know how long our Tao Mansion can maintain the peace."

"..." Everyone knew in their hearts that the Tao Mansion was about to usher in a real war that could not be avoided!A battle of happiness related to the beloved sweetheart of their Tao family!
"Father, you only said in the letter that the emperor is going to marry our family, but you didn't mention anything else. What does this palace mean?" Tao Yuanren took the lead in provoking the topic.

"Our Tao family is still too eye-catching." Tao Ran said with his hands on his forehead.

"A wood that is beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind." Tao Yuanming said.

"For my father, I asked Eunuch Hai for some news today." Eunuch Hai is the emperor's servant. He has served the emperor since he was a child, and he has been trusted by the emperor. Tao Ran helped Eunuch Hai once before, so he can get some information from him. "Eunuch Hai only said that this marriage is imperative."

"Why did the emperor suddenly propose marriage?"

"Why else, isn't it just because of our family property?" Tao Yuanshu rolled his eyes, holding an orange in his hand and kept throwing it back and forth.

"The big tree attracts the wind. In the past few years, we have expanded too fast and almost grasped the economic lifeline of the entire southern country. Naturally, the higher-ups are not at ease."

"...Do you have to let the younger sister enter the palace?"

"Your mother and I thought about it just now. With our family's situation, we can definitely recruit a son-in-law!"

"What does father mean?" Tao Yuanxi answered.

"If it's the seventh prince, our family can definitely recruit a son-in-law!"

"Prince marrying?" Tao Yuanbin asked, "This is unheard of, is it possible?"

"The other princes might not be able to, but if it's the seventh prince, they might succeed!"

Tao Yuanqing nodded, and said: "The Seventh Prince has never been favored by the Emperor. It is indeed a good way to keep my little sister away from the disputes in the imperial city."

Tao Yuanhe frowned, "But the seventh prince's body..."

"That's right, that's what your mother and I were worried about." Tao Ran nodded, took a sip of tea and continued, "The Seventh Prince's chronic disease has been with him for so many years, and it has already penetrated into the bone marrow. It is not easy to cure it." More accurately Said that unless there is a miracle, there is no possibility of cure.

"Your body is not a problem," Tao Yuanxi said firmly, "as long as you can prevent my little sister from entering the palace, you can talk about anything."

"What's more, with my Tao Mansion's ability, it is still possible to help the Seventh Prince hang his life."

Tao Ran nodded, "Yes, this is the only way to prevent Mo'er from entering the palace. No matter what, I must try it as a father."

Seeing Father Tao's firm expression, Tao Yuanqing knew in his heart that the conversation had come to an end, so he stood up and bowed to leave, "It's getting late, father has important things to do tomorrow, and needs to rest early, so my son will leave first."

"Alright, you guys should rest early too, let's go."

"Yes." Several people got up and left one after another.

Yiranju.

As soon as Tao Mo returned to the house, Xiao Lu greeted him, "Miss, there's news from Zilou."

"How? Did you find something?"

Xiaolu handed over a scroll, "This is Xiaohong's Flying Pigeon Passing Letter."

Tao Mo reached out to take the note, stopped in front of the oil lamp, and carefully looked at the note in his hand by the light.

"Blood Toad."

Lit the note in his hand, and watched it burn to ashes little by little, Tao Mo suppressed the turbulent thoughts in his heart, and ordered Xiaolu, "Let Xiaohong come back. Tell the deputy landlord, and let him keep an eye on it all the time. The movement of the blood toad."

"Yes."

Rubbing between his brows, Tao Mo continued, "It's getting late today, Xiaolu, you should go to bed earlier."

"But……"

"It's okay, I can do it by myself here."

"The slaves obey."

Xiaolu exited the room lightly and closed the door.

Hearing the sound of Xiao Lu's footsteps going away, Tao Mo lowered his face, and shot his gaze towards the big locust tree outside the window like a sword, "Come out! Sneaking around is not a gentleman's way!"

The yard was quiet, not even the chirping of insects, only the rustling of the leaves as the night wind blew through them.

Tao Mo's glazed eyes became darker, and his crisp voice was already stained with anger, "Don't blame me for being rude if you don't show up again, Your Excellency!"

Looking at the still quiet courtyard, Tao Mo turned around, stepped on the window and jumped onto the branches of the locust tree.

Looking at the empty pagoda tree, Tao Mo stared at a place suspiciously for a long while, and returned to the room after not finding anything strange.

It wasn't until the lights in the house were all extinguished, and half a stick of incense passed, that Situ Yin emerged from the darkness, looked complicatedly at the quiet room, turned around, jumped over the wall and disappeared into the night.

(End of this chapter)