Shenhao: The little widow became the richest woman in Beijing

Zhou Xuanyin is reviewing official affairs. His father has been in poor health recently. According to the news from his palace,

My father's health is actually getting worse day by day, and coughing up blood is the norm.

Probably because of the previous incident, the father sent secret guards to investigate and find out that the third prince was plotting against the second prince. He was dissatisfied, but did not want to make such a royal scandal public, so he was somewhat alienated from the third prince.

Or maybe it's because the second prince has lost power, and the father does not allow the third prince to take the opportunity to develop and threaten himself. The art of the emperor lies in balance, so today it seems that he is deliberately supporting himself to compete with the third prince.

Zhou Xuanyin's eyes were dark. His father knew that the second prince was being harmed, but he still imprisoned him.

Originally, his purpose was to target the third prince, but his father only cared about his own throne and face.

Father, he originally suspected that the poor health was caused by several princes. After all, he had done this before, so how could he trust himself and others now.

When he was young, he also learned about it from his mother and concubine murmuring worries when she was alone. However, how his mother and concubine knew it was unknown to him. He was still young at the time, so he might have guessed it from his father's nightmares and dreams.

After all, if something happens to the father nowadays, the second child is most likely to get the position. But the imperial doctor couldn't find anything wrong with his father's body, so his father knew that the second prince was wronged, so he still used the topic to his advantage and got angry, just for his own throne.

However, I am quite confused about this matter. Is my father's body really related to the second and third sons? If so, why couldn't the imperial doctor find out the cause?

He called Ying Wu and asked in a deep voice: "The Poison Medicine Pavilion that you mentioned before is rising in the world. Are there colorless and odorless poisons that poison people but the cause cannot be found."

Shadow Five respectfully replied, "As far as my subordinates know, there should be some."

Zhou Xuanyin's eyes darkened, "Maybe we can find out who bought this poison?"

"I'm afraid this can't be found out." Ying Wu looked embarrassed.

"The Poison Medicine Pavilion is too mysterious. It is an organization that emerged suddenly. It is said that their pavilion leader is an expert in medicine and poisoning. He has a weird temper. He sells poisons not based on price, but only on preference. Nowadays, even the location of Poison Medicine Pavilion in the world is No one knows where it is.”

"Then find a way to buy two of these poisons from the Poison Medicine Pavilion." Zhou Xuanyin muttered and then ordered coldly, then lowered his eyes and continued to look at official duties.

Not long after, Ying San came back, hesitating whether to report what happened today or not.

Zhou Xuanyin did not raise his head and said, "Why are you hesitating?"

Ying San hesitated for a while, but still reported the incident of Bai Xueru accompanying Xue Qing to read the list and ride in the carriage together.

Zhou Xuanyin paused slightly with the brush in his hand and his eyes darkened slightly. The man still had some ability, but let alone not winning the first prize, what if he did?

There is only one number one scholar in a few years. To ordinary people, this may be climbing to the top, but what you want to do is to be the number one scholar and have to bow down to someone who is above the top.

What annoyed me was that she didn't mind at all that he knew and actually accompanied that person to look at the list. Where did she put herself?

He casually balled up a piece of crumpled rice paper on the desk and threw it on the ground.

Ying San stepped forward to pick it up and throw it away, but Zhou Xuanyin shouted angrily, "Get out!"

Ying San had no choice but to take the paper ball away and exit the door.

"Get back."

Ying San's eyes were filled with surprise. What happened to his master? He would let him go and come back. But I heard the stern-faced man next to the desk say again:

"Leave the paper ball, you, get out."

Ying San was silent, put the ball of paper in his hand on the table and exited the door.

Zhou Xuanyin stared at the ball of paper with deep eyes. After a moment, he raised his hand and threw the ball of paper on the ground. He didn't want to pick it up and see it, but he also didn't allow others to throw it away.

When Bai Xueru returned to the house, she saw Zhou Lingxing at the door of the house, seeming to be waiting for her, "Is something wrong?"

In the past few months, because he lived close by, Zhou Lingxing often came over to sit in his mansion, occasionally playing chess with him and asking for advice on his chess skills.

Now they are like good friends who have known each other for many years and get along naturally.

Zhou Lingxing looked at the woman opposite with his calm eyes, "Nothing, I'm just passing by here. Do you have time today? Do you want to play chess together?"

Bai Xueru raised her eyes and glanced at the man in regular clothes, passing by?

When his carriage came from the alley, he saw him from the window. When he arrived at the door of the house, he still had not left. It was a coincidence that he passed by.

Nodding lightly, "Okay."

inside the hall,

The two of them were going back and forth, and his chess game was much better these days. He must have studied it carefully after going to court on weekdays.

Zhou Lingxing placed the chess pieces in one place and looked at the woman opposite who was randomly placing the pieces with his calm eyes.

"It's your turn." Seeing that he was hesitant to take the next step, Bai Xueru raised her eyes and looked over.

Zhou Lingxing turned his attention to the chessboard and asked seriously in his magnetic voice.

"You gave me a jade pendant before. I was blind before. That's what I have always wanted. Can you give it to me again now?"

Bai Xueru frowned slightly, "That one is no longer there." He had already given it to someone else, didn't he know that?

"You can give it as a gift, but I will definitely not return it this time." Zhou Lingxing pointed out.

Bai Xueru frowned. She no longer needed the points to upgrade, so naturally she didn't need to give them jade pendants.

"The 'Jianyu Pavilion' in Beijing belongs to me. If you like jade pendants, you can choose them as you please, and it will be my fault."

Zhou Lingxing remained silent, saying that he did not like jade pendants. His calm eyes fluctuated, and he seemed to have gathered some courage. He took off the jade pendant from his waist and gave it to the woman.

"Do you like this jade pendant?" Shen Jing's eyes seemed to be mixed with some different emotions.

Bai Xueru raised her eyes and said calmly: "The color is high-grade, it should be a good product."

"Then give it to you?"

Bai Xueru's eyes fell on the jade pendant, and she said with a faint smile: "That's not necessary. Thank you to the magistrate for your kindness. I have a suitable jade pendant, so I don't want to wear it anymore."

Zhou Lingxing frowned slightly. Did she mean what she understood?

"It's nice to have a peaceful and indifferent day playing chess like this, right?"

"Yeah. It's really a good time to play chess with like-minded friends."

friend? Zhou Lingxing squeezed the chess piece in his hand and finally asked:

"Have you thought about the future? If you don't give up, can you let me take care of you and spend this life together? I can promise that I will never let you down. You are the only one in this life."

Bai Xueru's eyelashes twitched slightly, never expecting that he would say such words to her so solemnly.

I believe that his character can definitely do it. In this era and his status, it is indeed extremely rare for him to choose to marry a widow and promise to be her alone in this life.

He raised his eyes and looked at the man who was looking at him deeply at the moment, holding the chess piece with his fingertips and turning slightly white, with a calm and uneasy face.

He pursed his lips and replied, "I'm not planning to get married again."

Zhou Lingxing's thin lips tightened. Was she rejecting herself?