after awhile.

Huizong came out of Master Li's room. Everyone saw that his face was very bad, and no one dared to say anything and they all lowered their heads.

"Come here." Huizong said to Li's mother.

Mother Li walked up to him cautiously and asked in a low voice: "What orders does your Majesty have?"

Huizong said: "Hua Qing must have told you about Li Aiqing's situation. I hope that Li Aiqing can spend these last few days happily. Therefore, you are not allowed to tell her the real situation. If you dare to tell her the real situation,

I will put you to death in Lingchi. Do you hear that?"

Faced with Huizong's threat, Li's mother was so frightened that she trembled and said: "I heard it, I heard it, I must be tight-lipped."

Then Huizong said: "You must serve Li Aiqing well these days. You must try your best to satisfy her with whatever she wants. If you serve her well, after she leaves, I will give you many rewards."

But if you dare not serve her with all your heart, then I will let you be buried with her."

"Your Majesty, don't worry. I will do my best to serve her. I promise to serve her well."

Huizong nodded slightly, turned to look at Hua Ju and said: "Hua Qing, you have to come and see her every day these days to ensure that Li Aiqing won't have any pain in the past few days and let her go easier."

"Yes, I have noted it down."

Huizong sighed sadly and said, "Let's go."

Huizong took Wang Zhong and others downstairs first. Hua Ju took a step slowly and said to Li's mother: "Mom, Miss Shishi's body is very weak now. Don't let her catch a cold, otherwise she will be even worse.

Come on, your Majesty won't be able to spare you if he finds out."

Mother Li said: "Okay, now that I know about it, I will definitely take care to keep her warm."

"Okay, I'll go then and I'll come back tomorrow."

"Lord Hua, walk slowly."

Hua Ju caught up with Huizong and returned with him to the private house through the secret passage.

Seeing that Huizong looked bad, Wu Chenghai did not dare to ask him. He looked at Hua Ju, who shook his head slightly. Wu Chenghai understood that Li Shishi's illness must have not been cured, so he did not ask any more questions and followed Huizong out.

When they arrived outside, Huizong got on the carriage without saying a word. Wu Chenghai said goodbye to Hua Ju, and also got on the carriage and left.

Hua Ju looked up at the sky and saw that it was already close to two o'clock. Yang Jian should have returned to his house by now, so he decided to go to his house first and then go to the military camp.

When he arrived at Yang Jian's house, his servants took him into the house and saw Yang Jian receiving guests in the front hall.

"Wenshan is here."

"Master."

Yang Jian smiled and said hello to Hua Ju, then looked at the person who arrived first and said, "You two don't know each other yet. Let me introduce you two."

Then he introduced the person to Hua Ju: "This is Li Yan, the chamberlain who is in charge of the back garden in the palace."

It turned out that this person was Li Yan, who later succeeded Yang Jian and destroyed one of the Six Thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Naturally, Hua Ju didn't have a good impression of this big eunuch who was even more greedy and cruel than Yang Jian, who was causing harm to the country and the people, but on the surface he didn't show it and gave a greeting.

Then Yang Jian introduced Hua Ju to Li Yan: "This is the emperor's newly appointed Marquis of Yongning, a bachelor of the Hanlin Palace, and the deputy commander of the protective army, Hua Ju."

"It turns out it's Mr. Hua Hou who has been favored by the Holy Spirit recently. Our family is very polite." Li Yan said with a smile and cupped his hands.

"You're welcome, father-in-law." Hua Ju said with a slight smile.

Yang Jian said: "Come on, let's sit down and talk."

Li Yan said: "There are still many things in the palace waiting for me to go back and deal with, so I won't disturb the Taifu. I will come to visit the Taifu another day."

"If that's the case, then I won't keep you. Let's meet again another day."

Yang Jian asked a servant to escort Li Yan out. Li Yan bowed his hands towards Hua Ju and followed the servant.

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The servant left.

"Wenshan, sit down." Yang Jian pointed to the chair and said.

Hua Ju sat down, Yang Jian opened the lid of a food box on the table, took out a piece of exquisite pastry and handed it to Hua Ju, saying: "This is the eight-treasure Jinzhen cake that Li Yan just sent. The imperial dining room has just made it."

The new pastries are delicious, try them.”

"Thank you, Master."

I took it and tasted it. It was soft and crispy, sweet but not greasy. It was indeed delicious.

"How does it taste?" Yang Jian asked.

"Yes, it is indeed much more delicious than the pastries sold outside."

Yang Jian smiled and said: "If you like it, you can take it all back and give it to your family to try."

"This is what Manager Li gave to Tai Tu. How can I take it away?"

Yang Jian said: "It's okay. He said he would send it to me every few days in the future."

"Thank you very much."

Hua Ju put down the cake in his hand and said, "Master, do you know what your Majesty wants from me today?"

"What?"

Yang Jian was also about to ask him about this matter, because Huizong was out of the palace today and the insider could not provide him with any useful information.

"Your Majesty went to Master Li today."

"What, your Majesty went to Master Li's place!" Yang Jian was surprised.

Hua Ju said: "Your Majesty sent me here because he wanted me to treat Master Li."

Yang Jian asked hurriedly: "Then you——"

"I don't."

Hua Ju knew what he was worried about and said: "I told your majesty that Master Li was seriously ill and that even the gods of Da Luo could not save him. Your majesty was very sad after hearing this."

Yang Jian was really afraid that Hua Ju would tell Huizong the plan in advance and take away his credit. Now that he heard that Hua Ju did not say it out loud, he was secretly relieved.

"That's good, that's good."

Yang Jian said: "Wenshan, you are doing the right thing. You cannot let His Majesty know in advance. There are too many informants around Your Majesty. As long as His Majesty knows, then Cai Jing, Tong Guan and the others will also know. By then they will

It will definitely be destroyed, and then our plan will fail. Therefore, before Master Li enters the palace, there must be no leakage."

"I know this, so when His Majesty asked me just now, I insisted that Master Li was hopeless."

Yang Jian nodded and said proudly: "Your Majesty has such a deep affection for Master Li. If Master Li enters the palace in the future, Your Majesty will definitely obey her words. As long as she speaks for us at His Majesty's place, there is no need to worry about not being able to move to Cai Jing."

them."

Hua Ju nodded in agreement, then stood up and said, "Master, it's getting late. It's time for me to go back to the military camp and watch them train."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Wenshan."

Yang Jian stood up and gave him the food box. Hua Ju rejected it and had to accept it.

After coming out of Yang Jian's house, Hua Ju looked at the plaque of Yang's house and sneered secretly in his heart: "If you want Master Li to speak for you, it won't be possible in the next life."

Because they came in Huizong's carriage, Zhang Shugen and the others were not allowed to follow them, so they could only walk back to the military camp.

When he came to Cross Street, Hua Ju felt a little hungry. He looked at the pastry in his hand and thought that it was given to Yang Jian by Li Yan and didn't want to eat it. When he saw a sesame cake stall on the roadside, he walked over.

"How much does a sesame cake cost?"

"Two cents each."

"Bring me four sesame seed cakes."

The stall owner made four sesame seed cakes for him. After Hua Ju paid, he took one out and took a bite.

Just when he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly saw Li Yan getting off the carriage at the corner of the street in front and entering a three-story building.

"Didn't this guy just say he was going back to the palace? Why is he still wandering outside?"

Hua Ju walked to the front and looked at the plaque of the building. It turned out to be Hongxiang Restaurant.

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Hongxiang Restaurant is also very famous in Bianjing. It is one of the most famous restaurants in Bianjing. Only those who can eat here are rich.

"Why did Li Yan come to the restaurant?"

Just as he was thinking about it, another carriage came and stopped at the entrance of Hongxiang Restaurant. As soon as the carriage door opened, a man got out. Hua Ju also knew this man, and the two of them had a lot of fun together.

"Cai You, why is he here?"

It turned out that the person who came was Cai Jing's eldest son, Cai You, a scholar of Xuanhe Palace.

Seeing Cai You entering Hongxiang Restaurant, Hua Ju thought that Li Yan was also there, and his heart moved: "Did he come here to meet Li Yan?"

Thinking that these two people are not good birds, nothing good will happen if they meet together.

So, he decided to go in and take a look.

Crossing the street and entering the restaurant, a waiter immediately came to greet him: "Did the young master have an appointment with someone, or are you alone?"
To be continued...