Yi Xin as a concubine

Chapter 116 Who made you not enlightened?

Xin Baoer finally raised her head and looked at Chu Xingchen. The confusion and depression in her eyes flashed away, and then a soft smile slowly bloomed.

"Okay, I'll help you too."

"I will definitely not be the one who holds others back. I will become a very useful and valuable cornerstone that no one can move away and no one dares to question easily." Xin Baoer said to herself.

Mo Xuan Yifan felt a little embarrassed. He didn't know what was wrong with him and why he had to argue with a little girl. He drank a sip of the tea that had cooled quite a bit and suppressed his annoyance.

"Sister-in-law, don't take it to heart. I don't mean anything else."

Xin Baoer didn't look at him, but turned to look at Chu Xingchen, "Second Master, is there anyone else who can be used? There will be a lot of work in the next two years. Master Yifan can't finish it all by himself even if he dies of exhaustion. He still has thousands of miles to go. Even if he is a thousand-mile horse, there is no reason not to let him rest!"

Xin Baoer is good at sensing emotions and observing words and expressions. Having been here for so long, she naturally discovered that it was Mo Xuan Yifan who usually ran errands for Chu Xingchen, and Wang Chuan seldom went out.

Mo Xuan Yifan has the chivalrous spirit and loyalty of a man of the world, but he is not good at strategy and planning.

In the past, Chu Xingchen would consider everything he asked him to do very comprehensively, so he didn't find it difficult to do them. But recently, there have been too many things, and they were all trivial. Chu Xingchen couldn't take all the emergencies into consideration, so he had more things to consider. He was afraid that if he wasn't careful, he would get pregnant with his cousin. It would be strange if he wasn't annoyed.

When Mo Xuan Yifan heard Xin Baoer's joking words, he knew that she was not really angry with him, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He was the kind of person who didn't care about details and was carefree and generous, so he took advantage of the situation and smiled mischievously.

"Yes, cousin, the thousand-mile horse is about to stumble. If that happens, the horse and the people will be thrown to the ground. It will not be worth the loss! How about calling Huang Quan and the others back?"

"Let me think about it!"

Chu Xingchen was a little hesitant. He had been trapped in this garden for so many years and had seen many loyal servants betray him one after another. He was very young at that time, so the older he got, the less he dared to trust others. There were only seven or eight people around him at most, and among these seven or eight people, except Mo Xuan Yifan, even Wang Chuan could not make him feel 100% at ease.

Xin Baoer kept watching the two of them out of the corner of her eye. She clearly caught sight of Chu Xingchen's loneliness and hesitation, and Mo Xuan Yifan's reluctance to speak, so she decisively changed the subject.

"Can I still go out twice this month?" she asked Mo Xuan Yifan.

"In theory, yes. Sister-in-law, is there anything you want to do? If it's not too important, just leave it to me."

"Forget it. The thousand-mile horse is really exhausted. The Second Master will probably hunt me down!" Xin Baoer deliberately and blatantly "secretly" plotted against Chu Xingchen.

Chu Xingchen smiled bitterly, knowing that she was teasing him, but he didn't get angry. He slowly took the cold tea and sipped it, looking a little bored.

Seeing him like this, Xin Baoer stopped joking and said, "I'll let Ayu and Xian'er accompany me. They have been locked up in various palaces since they entered Shengjing, and they haven't had a good look around the imperial city. I'll also ask Lancao to lead the way, so we won't get lost."

"That's fine. The new house will be completed in the next two days. If you see any suitable items, you can buy some as well. Just go to Wangchuan to get the money." Chu Xingchen said lightly.

"Can I ask one more small question?" Xin Baoer hooked her thumb nail on her index finger, leaving a little bit of the tip of her index finger exposed, her eyes wide open, filled with strong curiosity.

Now, in front of people who have no ill will towards her, Xin Baoer is somewhat carried away. Just like now, although there are two men next to her who she has only known for a short time, she can completely relax and chat with them, throw tantrums, or make jokes.

This gossipy little expression was really funny and both men laughed.

"Sister-in-law, what do you want to ask?" Mo Xuan Yifan glanced at Chu Xingchen and asked for him.

"Why should I ask Wangchuan for money? Shouldn't I ask my wife?"

Xin Baoer really didn't understand the relationship between these two masters. The mistress was obviously very concerned about her "stealing" the Second Master. She was always giving her a cold shoulder and even went to her Lancao and Mother Lin to find trouble. Could it be that the Second Master was a scumbag who was fickle and easily bored?

But that's not right. The look in the Madam's eyes when she looked at the Second Master was not as affectionate as they say on TV. Not only was it not affectionate, but there was also some indescribable feeling. Was it nostalgia? Hatred? A mixture of love and hate? In short, it was quite complicated.

Xin Baoer still has a blind spot in knowledge about relationships between men and women, so it's a bit hard to describe.

"This..." Chu Xingchen didn't expect Xin Baoer to ask this. He didn't intend to hide it from her, but he didn't know where to start for a moment!

"Master, we're done packing." As he spoke, Wangchuan walked in.

"I'll tell you when I have a chance." Chu Xingchen said quickly as if he had been pardoned.

"Is this question difficult to answer?" Xin Baoer looked at Mo Xuan Yifan and asked in a low voice.

Mo Xuan Yifan shook his head, then smiled meaningfully.

"This question is not difficult to answer, but the difficult part is that I can only tell it to his future wife. It's because you haven't figured it out yet!"

After silently complaining in his heart, he turned to Wangchuan and asked in a rude manner: "Are you full?"

"Well, the steamed buns made by Madam Xin are big and soft and delicious." Wangchuan answered foolishly.

"Let's talk business." Chu Xingchen said seriously.

"Oh, okay." Wangchuan returned to normal in a second.

"Has he learned Sichuan Opera?" Xin Baoer put her little head close to Mo Xuan Yifan and whispered teasingly.

"What is Sichuan Opera?" Mo Xuan Yifan was attracted by the new words and followed Xin Baoer's example to get closer and ask her.

"Are you still listening?" Chu Xingchen knocked on the door.

"Tell me next time." Mo Xuan Yifan rubbed his head and looked at Xin Baoer unwillingly.

Xin Beibao also rubbed his head, feeling aggrieved and not wanting to speak, but still nodded slightly.

Chu Xingchen was furious and ordered Wang Chuan in a cold voice: "Speak."

Wangchuan obediently reported in detail.

"Go a little deeper from here, there is a fork in the road, with three tunnels going in three different directions.

The longest one connects directly to the underground river and leads directly to an abandoned manor outside the city. It seems that it has been abandoned for a long time, and the weeds inside are almost as thick as their yard.

There was a tunnel leading to a private house in the city, and the exit was right under the stove. There were people living in that house, apparently a family of seven, both old and young. Fortunately, it was late at night when we went out, and there was no one in the kitchen. The space between the stove and the pot was sealed with yellow mud. They probably didn't know about the tunnel, so when we came back, we left Xiaowu behind and asked him to restore the house to its original state before coming back.

There is another one that leads to the palace. The exit is an underground dungeon, but it should have been abandoned. There are no prisoners inside, but the smell is not very good. I wanted to see where the dungeon is in the palace, but the exit mechanism was destroyed and could not be opened at all. We tried several times but failed, so we had to come back. "

"Baoer, what do you think?" Chu Xingchen asked.

"What time is it outside now?" Xin Baoer asked Wangchuan.

"The sun rises at 5 a.m." Wangchuan replied.

"Thank you for your trouble. Go to the palace again to see if there is any daylight coming in, or if you can hear any sounds. The palace servants should be busy by now."

Wangchuan looked at Chu Xingchen, and when he saw Chu Xingchen nodded, he took the order and left.

"What do you mean?" Mo Xuan Yifan asked.

"If we can see light from inside, it means the dungeon should be outdoors. There will be no sunlight coming in from the sky, and it is most likely next to a lake or pond. It is most likely under a group of rockery." Xin Baoer said thoughtfully.

Mo Xuan Yifan: "How do you know?"

Xin Baoer: "I don't know, it's a reasonable guess, isn't this for them to verify?"

"I'm sleepy. Go back to sleep. I'll give you the hot pot drawings this afternoon." Xin Baoer covered her mouth with her hands and yawned delicately. There were two little tears hanging in the corners of her eyes, which made her look very pitiful.

"Okay, I'll take you back."

"Ah."

After saying that, the two of them left one after the other. Mo Xuan Yifan looked at the darkness in the room alone, feeling hopeless.

"Damn it, this is something a human would do, at least leave the candlestick to me!"

However, no one paid any attention to him, and the only response he received was a gust of cold wind blowing in from the secret passage.

"Hiss, it's so cold!"