The subtle fragrance of cotton needles

After two days in the general's mansion, Xia Yanxiang had cleared the area outside her house and planted some medicinal herbs. In order to prevent Tu from discovering that she was researching poisons, she also planted some flowers and plants.

Knowing that she liked white jasmine, Xia Zhibai had someone transplant a top-quality white jasmine in this yard since he built the mansion, just to make Xia Yanxiang happy when she came to stay for a while.

Xia Yanxiang has been living in the General's Mansion these days, and she is obviously much more cheerful than when she was in the Xia Mansion. The fear she felt when she was just reborn has completely dissipated, and her constant vigilance has also been reduced a lot.

Today, Mo Yuchen came to the general's mansion to discuss military affairs with Xia Zhibai. Originally, Mo Yuchen is in charge of military affairs in the court, so it is legitimate for him to come to the general's mansion.

It was just that today Mrs. Li went out and did not bring Xiao Yuner with her, so Xiao Yuner ran to the garden by herself.

Xia Zhibai and Mo Yuchen were walking and chatting in the garden when they saw Xiao Yuner rushing out from the rockery behind them. She fell down with a thud. The nurse behind them followed them breathlessly, "Girl!"

"Daddy!" Xiao Yuner seemed to have fallen hard and called Xia Zhibai like a spoiled child.

When Xia Zhibai saw that it was Xiao Yun'er, he picked her up distressedly and coaxed her, "What's wrong? Why did Yun'er run here? Don't cry, don't cry, Daddy will take a look, have you fallen anywhere?"

"Daddy! It hurts!" Xiao Yun'er is still young, just over two years old. He is very active and often bumps into things. He can't tell where he fell and just keeps crying.

"Okay, okay, daddy will take you to see it, okay?" Xia Zhibai was so distressed that he quickly coaxed him a few times, then said to Mo Chen, "Your Highness, I will leave you first. Why don't you invite Your Highness to the main hall to have tea first?"

Mo Yuchen nodded: "General, please go first. The safety of your daughter is more important. I think your garden is really beautiful. Why don't you let me walk around in the garden alone?"

"Thank you for your consideration, Your Highness. I will take my leave now." Xia Zhibai hurriedly took Xiao Yun'er away.

Mo Yuchen took a look, then took Yizhu deeper into the garden.

"Miss, your hand is injured!" Xia Yanxiang was in the garden at this time. The peonies in the garden were blooming, and she couldn't help but want to pick two to take back to make medicine, but she accidentally cut her hand.

"It's okay. It's just a slight scratch on the skin. It doesn't hurt much. Why worry so much?" Xia Yanxiang didn't care. She just wanted to pick more to make medicine and give it to Tu.

Tinglan was still worried: "Miss, why don't I go back to your room and get you some medicine?"

Tinglan is a person who loves to worry. Even if Xia Yanxiang can't use it, she will insist on it. It is precisely because of this that Xia Yanxiang agreed: "Okay then!"

Tinglan then went back to her room.

Mo Yuchen walked to the depths of the garden and saw Xia Yanxiang standing alone among the flowers from afar.

Xia Yanxiang was thinking about picking more flowers, but suddenly she smelled a hint of agarwood. She stopped abruptly and turned around. She didn't see anyone, but she was very sure of her sense of smell and asked vigilantly, "Who is it?"

Seeing that he could no longer hide, Mo Yuchen signaled Yi Zhu to wait behind and walked out.

Xia Yanxiang didn't know that Mo Yuchen had come to the general's mansion, nor did she know why Mo Yuchen came to the garden alone, but her nose told her that there was another person: "Who else?"

"Miss Third, don't panic. The other one is the prince's guard." Mo Yuchen looked at Xia Yanxiang not far away, with a barely perceptible surprise in his eyes.

Xia Yanxiang didn't like heavy colors, so she was only wearing a goose yellow dress, with a simple jade hairpin on her head, and no makeup on her face. But Xia Yanxiang was good-looking, and her fair face gave off a sense of coolness, not to mention that Xia Yanxiang was always calm and composed, and had a detached temperament.

Xia Yanxiang frowned, but still took two steps forward and saluted Mo Yuchen: "Your servant greets His Royal Highness Prince Luo."

Mo Yuchen bowed slightly and said politely, "Miss Third, there is no need to be so polite."

Xia Yanxiang stood up, not wanting to have anything to do with Mo Yuchen, and said casually: "Your Highness is in a good mood, I don't want to disturb you, I will take my leave now."

"Wait a minute, Miss Third." Seeing that she was about to leave, Mo Yuchen hurriedly called her, "Xiao Wang saw that Miss Third's hand was injured. I wonder if it's serious?"

Xia Yanxiang raised her hand and saw that her right finger was cut. There was some bleeding, but it didn't hurt much. "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I'm fine."

"Miss Third, do you suspect anyone of anything regarding your poisoning a few days ago?"

Xia Yanxiang didn't know why Mo Yuchen brought up this matter. She thought that Mo Yuchen suspected her: "I don't know. Maybe it's just bad luck."

Mo Yuchen smiled silently. I don't know? Is she really that indifferent to foreign affairs?

"Miss Third is really careless! I wonder if she really doesn't care about this matter, or if she knows that she will be fine if she is poisoned?" Mo Yuchen asked with a smile.

Xia Yanxiang became alert when she heard this: "What does your highness mean?"

"The note was given by Xiao Wang. Xiao Wang can naturally guess something about the Third Miss's affairs." Mo Yuchen smiled and told Xia Yanxiang about the note clearly.

"Note?" Xia Yanxiang suspected that Mo Yuchen was trying to trick her, but since Mo Yuchen had no reason to trick her, Xia Yanxiang said half-believingly, "Your Highness is really thoughtful."

"Don't be suspicious. I just don't want the Third Miss to fall into Prince Yuan's evil scheme." Although he said so, Mo Yuchen was actually still somewhat resigned. When he received the secret letter saying that the Emperor had already decided on Xia Yanxiang as Prince Yuan's principal wife, he almost couldn't help but lose his composure in front of Concubine Su.

Xia Yanxiang still didn't completely believe what Mo Yuchen said: "Really? Is His Royal Highness Prince Luo thinking about me, or does he also want the power of our General's Mansion and Right Prime Minister's Mansion?"

Mo Yuchen chuckled, his eyes firm: "What does the Third Miss think?"

"Do you want to wait for the emperor to make plans for the third young lady and hand over the power of the General's Mansion and the Right Prime Minister's Mansion to an unknown prince, or do you want to choose a prince to support yourself?"

Mo Yuchen had already mentioned a sensitive topic, so Xia Yanxiang did not dare to let down her guard and said cautiously, "Of course, matters of marriage are decided by the elders in the family. As for matters concerning the royal family, they are not something we can influence."

In the past, Mo Yuchen might have thought that Xia Yanxiang was telling the truth, but now, Xia Yanxiang's unusual behavior clearly showed that she was just trying to fool him.

"If Miss Third doesn't mind, why not join forces with Xiao Wang?" Mo Yuchen said boldly and arrogantly, not disguising the ambition in his eyes.

Since Xia Yanxiang came from her previous life, she knew that Mo Yuchen was just acting for her: "Your Highness should just do your job properly! You don't want to be the emperor at all, so there's no need to use these words to test the attitudes of the General's Mansion and the Right Prime Minister's Mansion."