The reborn girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent marquis hugs her and coaxes her!

Chapter 211 I'll borrow your house for a while

Mu Rong returned to Xinghui Hall very late.

These days, because Xu Rongrong was ill, he left many things outside to Mu Yi.

The matter of the imperial farm had been well prepared, so there were no difficulties in the process.

Every step of development was just as he expected.

But next, Chang Jing will die soon. His fate is determined, and a new round of fighting will begin in the court.

He was determined to bring down the crown prince in one fell swoop to eliminate future troubles for the Great Zhou.

So, tonight, after Xu Rongrong had finished taking the medicine, he went to the Third Prince's residence. Having not seen him for over half a month, Third Prince Wu Tianxiao was somewhat surprised by his late-night visit. However, after hearing him explain that the unrest in the capital over the past two weeks was all driven by his cousin, he was speechless with astonishment.

He glared at Mu Rong and asked, "Did you ask me to persuade Father to reopen border trade at the New Year's Eve family dinner? Was that also the reason?"

Mu Rong didn't hide it. He nodded and said, "That's right. Don't you, Third Brother, hope that those people who were trafficked abroad can return to the Great Zhou?"

Wu Tianxiao paced back and forth in the room, with a variety of feelings churning in his heart.

This time, he truly believed that Mu Rong was determined to push him into the East Palace...

His cousin is really brave!

He stopped and looked at Mu Rong. "But why are you only telling me now? On the 16th day of the first lunar month, when the court opened, Duke Ningguo almost couldn't resist the pressure from the emperor. If I had known about this at the time, I would have definitely helped him."

Mu Rong shook his head. "That's why I can't tell my third brother about this anytime soon. After all... the Crown Prince is deeply favored by His Majesty. If he discovers any trace of your involvement, even if the Crown Prince falls in the future, His Majesty would rather use the Fourth or Sixth Prince than you."

"What's more, there is a queen in the harem..."

This is also the reason why Mu Rong himself also wanted to distance himself from the matter. Neither he nor Wu Tianxiao could allow others to see any clues about the downfall of the crown prince. After all, they were not in the upper hand in the current situation.

After analyzing the current situation with Wu Tianxiao, it was already late at night.

Mu Rong returned to Xinghui Hall with a chill.

He stayed in the tea room for a while, dispelling the chill from his body, and called Mu Lu over to give him detailed instructions:

"Send someone to Puyang County. I heard that the whole family of Magistrate Lu died while burning charcoal on a winter night. Send someone to check whether it is true." "Yes," Mu Lu replied.

Then he continued to ask: "In terms of identity, County Magistrate Lu is the uncle of the Crown Princess. Your Majesty, do you suspect that there is something else strange about his death?" Mu Lu asked.

Mu Rong sneered, "Although burning charcoal in winter is not a good idea, it is the first time in history that the entire family has died from charcoal fumes."

Upon hearing this, Mu Lu immediately responded, "I understand!"

Only after the chillness in his body completely dissipated did Mu Rong change into his regular clothes in the mansion and quietly push open the door of the main house.

Because the poison in Xu Rongrong's body had not been completely eliminated, the room was still a little cold.

Two charcoal basins were placed in front of the bed, emitting warm warmth.

Mu Rong opened the curtain and saw the girl sleeping soundly on the bed.

Her sleeping face was peaceful and gentle, not full of pain like before.

Her hand outside the quilt was still cold. Mu Rong placed her hand in his palm as usual and slowly injected his internal energy into it.

I don’t know how long it took until a faint light appeared outside the window.

Mu Rong slowly released her hand.

He leaned over and gave Xu Rongrong a reluctant kiss on her forehead before quietly leaving.

As soon as he went out, he ran into Wen Yao head-on.

Afraid that her young lady would be too cold while sleeping, she got up early and came to change the charcoal basin for her.

Who would have thought that he would run into the Marquis head on.

"My Lord." She bowed hurriedly.

Looking at the charcoal basin in front of her, Mu Rong nodded. "I'm going to attend the morning court. Thank you for taking care of this. If there's anything missing, just go to the outer courtyard and tell Mu Yi. He'll take care of it."

"Yes."

After watching Marquis Weiyuan leave, Wen Yao entered the room with a hint of doubt. Xu Rongrong was still asleep, but her hands and feet were no longer as cold as before. Recalling the Marquis's pale face just now, Wen Yao wondered: Marquis...if he wasn't using his internal energy to ward off the cold for his young lady again?

When Xu Rongrong was poisoned before, Wen Yao saw Mu Rong almost fainting due to excessive consumption of internal energy.

When I saw that he looked unhappy just now, I already had some doubts in my mind.

Thinking that his young lady now has a way to detoxify herself, and that the Marquis is still willing to expend his internal energy to relieve her pain, Wen Yao is happy after all.

……

Since the 16th day of the first lunar month, the air pressure has been quite low during the morning court sessions these days.

The Crown Prince is implicated in a human trafficking case at the Imperial Estate and is currently under house arrest and unable to attend court.

Meanwhile, Minister of War Lin Zhihen had also been absent from state affairs for several days due to the injury of his eldest son. The new atmosphere brought about by this Spring Festival was truly difficult to accept.

Fortunately, there were not many matters to attend to in the morning court, so the emperor let everyone leave early.

As soon as he walked down the stairs, the Minister of Works Lu Zhi was stopped by someone.

"Brother Rong? Do you have something to talk to me about?" Lu Zhi raised his eyebrows.

"Does Lord Lu have a Bamboo Fragrance Garden?" Mu Rong said straight to the point. "I'd like to borrow it for four months."

This surprised Lu Zhi. "Your mansion is already one of the finest in the capital. I heard a while ago that you bought a house next door to the Princess of Ping'an. How come... all this isn't enough for you? Are you planning to take over this little courtyard of mine?"

Zhuxiang Yayuan is an independent house in the Lu Mansion.

The owner of the house was the former Grand Secretary of the Hanlin Academy. After taking office, he moved south with his family and the house became vacant.

Because the Grand Secretary loved bamboo, and his wives and concubines also admired elegance, the mansion was elegant and captivating. Lu Zhi had long coveted the house, and when he heard that the Grand Secretary was selling it, he cleared out his life savings and bought it, renaming it Zhuxiang Yayuan.

In order not to affect the scenery and layout, he even retained the wall between the two mansions and only opened a door in the middle to connect them.

Now seeing Mu Rong asking to borrow it, he was naturally very surprised.

"I want to lend it to Rongrong to live in." Mu Rong didn't intend to hide it from him.

"Rong? ...Princess Ping'an?" Lu Zhi almost didn't react, and was even more surprised by what he said. "But isn't her father, Xu Chaoqian, in the capital? If her father is still alive, wouldn't it be criticized if his daughter left the mansion to live separately?"

"Why don't you kick him out of the capital?" Mu Rong looked at Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi: “…”

He was the Minister of Works, and Xu Chaoqian was the Counselor of the Ministry of Works. It would not be difficult for him to assign him an external mission to send him away.

Just... why?

He thought so in his heart and said so out loud.

Mu Rong said coldly: "My father is not kind, and my sister is not good. I want to clean up the Xu Mansion."