All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Two days later, Tianxiang Pavilion, an incense shop located in the most prosperous area of ​​the capital, opened.

Because the boss died unexpectedly and tragically, the originally appointed shopkeeper and waiter ran away overnight for fear of getting into trouble.

In anger, Mrs. Li transferred the slaves who were originally working in the spice shop from Zhuangzi, where she was dowed.

The spices in the warehouse came from the Western Regions, as well as precious seafood from the East Sea. Li Xiaoqing went to take stock of them in person and found that they were worth 2 taels of silver.

It can be seen that "Zhao Yuanwai" pampered her to the fullest extent of his family's fortune during his lifetime.

In her heart, Li Xiaoqing loved the deceased "Zhao Yuanwai" even more.

Together with this, he became even more resentful towards his brother Li Xiangyang.

She had almost no doubt that the person behind the murder of "Zhao Yuanwai" must be her biological brother.

After all, she had said harsh words to Li Xiangyang the night before, and she knew best that her brother was a man who would do anything to achieve his goals.

Therefore, when the shopkeeper of the incense shop and the boy pretending to be Xu Zhen asked Li to choose the name of the incense shop among the names "Zhao Yuanwai" had chosen during his lifetime, Li did not hesitate to choose "Tian". Three words: Xiangge".

Many years ago, the Li family opened an incense shop called "Tianxiang Pavilion" in the name of the Xu family.

But now, all the old people from the original class are used, and most of the spice recipes are still those that Li Xiaoqing is familiar with.

The difference between the words "天" and "天" is a homophone, which will not only directly open up the business of the incense shop, but also make her brother feel disgusted. Why wouldn't she do it.

On the day the incense shop opened, "Tianxiang Pavilion" was the time-honored "Tianxiang Pavilion", and the news spread like wildfire in the capital.

It is also vaguely rumored that the proprietress of "Tianxiang Pavilion" is the famous aunt in Yiyang Hou Mansion who was divorced these days - Li Xiaoqing.

This was probably because "Zhao Yuanwai" spent a lot of money on Li Xiaoqing, but Li Xiaoqing was dismissive of it.Today's Li Xiaoqing is naturally the object of intense pursuit in the eyes of those literati and poets in the capital who pride themselves on being noble.

As a result, people who came to see Li's style were almost about to cross the threshold of "Tianxiang Pavilion".

It also made Li Xiaoqing, who had lived in the back house for a long time, truly taste for the first time in her life what it was like to be surrounded by stars under such fame.

Opposite Tianxiang Pavilion is the largest restaurant in the capital, Heming Tower.

Shen Lingxi was sitting in the wing where "member Zhao" was killed, looking through the window screen at the crowded Tianxiang Pavilion downstairs.

Then, he calmly looked away and turned to look at Yun Chong, who was sitting opposite, who had taken off his human skin mask and showed his true face.

"You asked Xu Zhen to send me a message just to see this?" Shen Lingxi asked with a half-smile.

"Sister." Yun Chong smiled shyly at her, "Your brother and I, in order to accomplish this for you, gave up more than 2 taels of silver, and also sacrificed our appearance..."

"What did you call me?" Shen Lingxi interrupted him and said quietly, "Call me again?"

Yun Chong subconsciously smiled and opened his mouth: "mei..." Before he could say the word -

He suddenly remembered the last time he was in the East Palace and how the man in front of him looked crazy. He shuddered and hurriedly sat up straight. He respectfully changed his words: "The Crown Princess..."

"If there is another time, let me hear these two words from your mouth, and you won't have to speak again." Shen Lingxi warned casually.

Yun Chong covered his mouth and nodded quickly.

Shen Lingxi lowered her eyes, picked up the tea cup, and asked without much interest: "Tell me, what is your purpose for doing this?" When she asked this, Yun Chong couldn't hide his pride.

He said flatteringly: "I know that now that you are marrying the prince, you must want to do something useful to consolidate your favor. I thought that I must plan for your good life no matter what, so I carefully designed this gift." …”

"If you continue to talk nonsense, believe it or not, I will have someone put on Zhao Long's human skin mask right now and throw it at the door of Tianxiang Pavilion?" Shen Lingxi said impatiently.

Yun Chong knew that she always told the truth, so he put away his flattery and asked for credit, and pretended to be profound: "This matter is a bit long to talk about..."

Shen Lingxi gave him a warning look.

"I'll cut the story short." Yun Chong said quickly, "Do you know that five years ago, your husband's biological father, Emperor Xiaode, died suddenly and suddenly?"

"He was killed by Li Xiangyang!"

"If Li Xiangyang had the guts, he wouldn't be thinking about selling his daughter for glory." Shen Lingxi looked at him mockingly, "Do you think you can deceive me or the Crown Prince?"

Yun Chong's face froze.

He almost forgot that Yun Xi is no longer the ignorant girl she used to be.

It's not easy to fool.

"He was indeed killed by Li Xiangyang."

The play has begun, and Yun Chong can only bite the bullet and try to be the most sincere, trying to make Shen Lingxi believe that what he said is the truth.

"Seven years ago, after he married his sister to Xu Yuanshan, he opened an incense shop in the name of the Xu family, called 'Tianxiang Pavilion'. In just two years, this incense shop was located in the best area of ​​the capital. We opened more than a dozen shops and became the number one incense shop in the capital."

"There is an incense in the incense shop called 'Bihan Xiang'. The Bihan Xiang is made from a variety of precious spices according to ancient recipes. Burning it can avoid the cold. It is the most expensive secret incense in Tianxiang Pavilion. Five years ago This incense was selected by the chamberlain and made into tribute incense. This incense will be burned in the palace during the cold winter and early spring, and the East Palace is no exception."

He said and looked at Shen Lingxi, "Four years ago, before Emperor Xiaode's accident, Li Xiangyang asked me for a medicine from the Medicine Palace called 'Lieyang'. The spice in the cold-warming incense was originally Made of warm vegetation, if it encounters the 'scorching sun' again, you must know better than me what the consequences will be."

Shen Lingxi put down the tea cup in her hand and her pupils shrank.

Although she had already guessed from the account books provided by Cao that the cause of Emperor Xiaode's death must be related to incense.

But when she heard the word "Fire Yang" from Yun Chong's mouth, she was still completely shocked.

"Fire Yang" was created by Da Siming, originally to deal with the most tricky cold poison.Therefore, its medicinal properties are extremely strong. Even if no other medicinal ingredients are added, ordinary people without cold poison will immediately feel burning inside after taking it.

This medicine is the same as 'Zui Xin' in that it is a medicine but not poisonous. Unless the cold poison is used to relieve its properties in time, the patient will be covered in pustules at the mildest condition, and may die of high fever, bleeding from the seven orifices, or vomiting blood.

The scorching sun combined with the warming incense like the cold-proofing incense will only aggravate the effect of the medicine, which will definitely lead to death.

What's even worse is that such a death must be extremely tragic.

Shen Lingxi didn't dare to think deeply about how painful it must have been when Chu Yan's class teacher returned to the court and saw the tragic death of his biological father.

At this moment, Yun Chong did not miss the shock in Shen Lingxi's eyes.

He said quite proudly: "How about I give you this great gift? As long as you catch Li Xiangyang and reveal the truth about Emperor Xiaode's death, from now on, the prince will definitely remember your kindness, no matter how stunning he is in the future. Even if a woman enters the harem, she can't get past you. I've done all this by compensating people and paying money, but it's all for you..."