Inquiry

Author: Loeva

Inquiry

Zhao Mo didn't know that the King of Liao and his wife had come to Beijing before. Although he had guessed that even the King of Shu had returned to Beijing to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday, it was very likely that the King of Liao would also come. There were also some rumors about his father, Zhao Shuo.

But there was no definite news from Zhao Shuo, so he thought that the King of Liao and his wife would not go to Beijing.

In previous years, the King of Liao and his wife rarely came to Beijing specifically to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday. It is not surprising that Zhao Mo would infer this. If they really came, Zhao Shuo would inform his son. Furthermore, it is not a secret that the vassal king comes to Beijing.

, the news will definitely spread, and he will definitely hear about it.

Zhao Mo never expected that the King of Liao and his wife were already in the capital, but no one had told him about it. If Princess Shu hadn't mentioned it when she came to visit, how long would it have taken for him to know about it? Maybe it was because Qin Bai and his wife were both in the capital.

Not in the city, Qin Ping was still working as an errand in the palace, and Wu Shaoying lived in Longfu Temple and studied hard, so there was no one to help him find out the news?

However, this is still a strange thing. No one in the Chengenhou family had heard of the King of Liao's visit to Beijing before. It can only be said that the trip of the King of Liao and his wife was probably quite low-key.

However, no matter how low-key they were, they had already entered the capital. Even the Princess of Shu knew about it. There was no reason for Zhao Shuo not to know about it. He didn't send a message to his son. Was it an oversight or Zhao Shuo had completely ignored it?

Did you know the existence of this son?

Zhao Mo lowered his head, pursed his lips, and remained silent.

When he didn't speak, Qin Hanzhen spoke for him and asked Yao: "Did Princess Shu ever say when did King Liao and Princess Liao arrive in the capital? Are they living in the palace of King Liao now? Cousin Zhao's father

But have you been to the Liao Prince's Mansion to pay your respects? It's really strange. I didn't hear that the Liao Prince and his wife were coming beforehand. Seeing that it was the Queen Mother's birthday in a few days, they suddenly arrived, which is really surprising."

Yao laughed and said: "Isn't it? I was also surprised. We had never heard about the King of Liao and his wife coming to Beijing before. When we heard that this time, they also brought their two sons over and stayed there.

At the Prince of Liao's Mansion. According to Princess Shu, they arrived the night before and were rushing to enter the city before the city gate closed. The eldest son of the Prince of Liao's Mansion got the news at noon yesterday and took his newlywed wife to see him.

He was in the living room for a long time. But his wife asked Princess Liao to welcome Princess Liao into the inner house for tea, and she never suffered any grievance." At this point, she paused, with a half-smiling expression, "It seems that because the palace of Prince Liao is so large,

There was a quarrel between the young master and his wife, and Princess Liao still protected her daughter-in-law and scolded the eldest young master. Now the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are getting along very well."

Qin Hanzhen raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhao Mo. Zhao Mo narrowed his eyes.

Regardless of why Zhao Shuo and Xiao Wang had a quarrel, they were husband and wife, and they were supposed to have an antagonistic relationship with Princess Liao. As a result, Princess Liao acted to vent her anger on Xiao Wang, and Xiao Wang stood by her.

Did you watch her reprimand her husband? It seems that the relationship between Zhao Shuo and his new wife has reached a very bad point.

Seeing the change of expression on Zhao Mo's face, Yao said kindly: "Brother Mo, do you want to go back to Prince Liao's Mansion first and say hello to your grandparents? You and your father don't live in the same place. It's possible that we got the news late."

Yes. But as long as you go, it doesn't matter if you go a little bit at night. I'm afraid if you don't go, outsiders will find out and say you are disrespectful. Now that time has passed, I just need to tell the truth. I didn't know that King Liao had arrived in the capital before, or

You only found out about it when Princess Shu came to our house to talk about it."

Zhao Mo understood what Yao meant, and by saying this, he first explained that he was not disrespectful and put the responsibility on his father, Zhao Shuo, and Zhao Shuo could just blame his step-sibling, Xiao Wang, for a sigh of relief. Furthermore, Zhao Mo understood what Yao meant.

, Zhao Shuo must be the one who knows best what kind of plans the Prince of Shu is planning now. Since it was the Princess of Shu who took the initiative to inform Zhao Mo of the news that the Prince of Liao and his wife came to Beijing, she must have some hidden purpose. After figuring this out

Before, Zhao Shuo would not blame his son or anything, and maybe he would protect Zhao Mo a little, so as to prevent the King of Shu from accusing him of being an unkind father.

Yao took the initiative to give Zhao Mo an idea just to show his kindness. Zhao Mo knew this well, smiled and thanked her, saying: "I will go to the palace in a moment to pay my respects to the prince and princess."

When Mrs. Yao heard him calling her grandparents like this, she seemed to be used to it. She couldn't help but sighed secretly and said with a smile: "I'll have someone prepare a gift for you. You haven't seen Prince Liao and Princess Liao for a long time. As a junior,

You still have to follow the proper etiquette. Go early and come back early. If someone makes things difficult for you, don’t be afraid. You are now a junior that the emperor cares about, and no one will be able to take advantage of you. I will send two people to follow you later.

It also saves you from not being familiar with the roads in the capital, not being able to find the palace, and being late."

Qin Hanzhen secretly admired Yao's thoughtfulness. With the servants of Chengenhou Mansion following Zhao Mo, neither the King of Liao nor the Princess of Liao, nor their two sons, dared to do anything to Zhao Mo.

It was too much. Moreover, Zhao Mo stayed to study with Marquis Yongjia, which was originally mentioned by the emperor's imperial edict. If the King of Liao asked his grandson to move back to the palace, Zhao Mo had reason to decline.

Zhao Mo thanked Yao again and accepted her kindness. On this trip to the palace, he did not plan to bring any of his servants who were from the Liao palace, so as not to cause unnecessary problems. Yao was willing to lend him some people, which was just right.

It helped him a lot.

Mrs. Yao was very satisfied with Zhao Mo's attitude. After saying all she needed to say, she left the west wing and went to the main house where her daughter Qin Jinhua lived.

As soon as Yao left, Qin Hanzhen said to Zhao Mo: "Cousin Zhao, hurry up and go to the Liao Prince's Mansion. Really! Your grandfather is also a prince after all, and he is on an equal footing with the King of Shu. Look at the King of Shu's family coming to Beijing.

What a pomp. Your grandfather came to Beijing but kept silent. We didn't know about it until Princess Shu mentioned it, and we almost cheated you!"

Zhao Mo frowned and said, "That's strange. I didn't hear that they were coming before." Qin Hanzhen didn't know what was going on in the Prince of Liao's Palace, so he didn't feel suspicious. However, Zhao Mo grew up in the Palace of the Prince of Liao and knew that his grandfather was

The King of Liao always had a knot in his mind and did not want to see the emperor sitting on the dragon throne in all his majesty, so he came to the capital as little as possible and was not very respectful to the emperor on weekdays. In the past few times, he had celebrated the Queen Mother's birthday.

The reason is that he came to the capital with his wife, children and grandchildren when the emperor called him that year. It seems that the emperor did not summon him this year, but he took the initiative to come to the capital to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday. There must be another reason.

What could be the reason?

Qin Hanzhen reminded Zhao Mo: "Although you were at peace with your grandparents before, you are now in a state of semi-exile. Even if the King and Princess of Liao were angry about your father, they would not be able to blame you. But since Princess Liao

If she intends to make friends with your stepmother, I don’t know what her attitude will be towards you. If she tries to win over your stepmother, she will be cruel to you and use secret tricks, wouldn’t you be able to guard against her? "

Zhao Mo smiled slightly: "It's okay, I know it well and I'm not afraid of them."

Qin Hanzhen thought for a while and whispered: "Grandpa and grandma are not here, can I find someone to help you find out the news? Let's see why your grandfather came to Beijing, and what is his attitude towards you now?"

Zhao Mo thought for a while and nodded with a smile: "That's fine. I will also send people to find out the news. The more inquiries I have, the more confident I will be."

He left quickly. It was already late, and he had to prepare gifts. Besides, he didn't want to leave too late, lest the King and Princess of Liao would find an excuse to stay for dinner and then leave him directly in the palace.

Hit. He guessed that his grandfather would not be unfavorable to him.

But the two little uncles born to his stepmother are not fuel-efficient lamps. He has no interest in getting himself into trouble. His uncle Qin Bai is not in the city. If he is really trapped in the palace, there will be no one in the palace within a day or two.

If you go to save him, you can imagine his fate.

Qin Hanzhen sent Zhao Mo away. After thinking about it, she took Qingxing and Xia Qing out of the second door and went to Qingfeng Pavilion. There she summoned Zhou Xiangnian, the current housekeeper of the third room, and ordered him to send someone to

His father Qin Ping sent a letter, asking his father to inquire about the news in the palace. In addition, he also asked Li Zi to go to the Shejia alley. Qin Han really didn't know that Zhao Mo

Whether there is time to give instructions, but there are many people in Shejia Hutong, and most of them are from the Liao Prince's Palace. Even if there is no information at all, they can go out to inquire. There is no way that there will be no news when the Liao Prince and his wife enter the capital. The people they brought with them

There must be a lot of them. It shouldn't be very difficult to pry open the mouths of these people and get some inside information, right?

After the order was given, Qin Hanzhen stayed in Qingfeng Hall to wait for news. There was also a study room there, and there were pens and ink. Whether it was for practicing calligraphy or memorizing, it was very cheap. But Qin Hanzhen couldn't calm down and couldn't help it.

Worry about Zhao Mo.

Zhao Mo's trip to the Liao Prince's Palace went quite smoothly. He came back before the sun went down. Judging from his appearance, he probably didn't suffer much, and he could still smile on his face.

Qin Han's real friend invited Zhao Mo, who had just returned home, to the Qingfeng Pavilion. Behind Zhao Mo came another Qin Jian. Qin Jian was also caring. He heard the news from his mother Yao and went out to find friends.

After asking around, he actually found out something surprising.

Before the King of Liao and his wife came to Beijing, they did submit a memorial saying that they wanted to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday, and the emperor approved it. But after the King of Liao and his wife entered the country, for some reason they kept a very low profile, and they never made any big show in the name of the vassal on the road.

Publicity. Perhaps because they were too low-key, others did not know the origins of their group, and they just thought they were ordinary wealthy people.

When they were passing through the outskirts of Beijing, they happened to encounter the carriage of the Wang family's female family members that got stuck in a mud puddle. The carriage was broken and could not move. The step-concubine of the Liao Dynasty was a caring person. When she learned that the person who was in trouble was Miss Sun, a direct descendant of the Wang family, she immediately invited her to her house.

Come and sit in the car. Miss Wang declined politely, saying that Wang's Villa was nearby and she was going out of town to go to the temple.

Those who burned incense in the temple and prayed for their elders had long planned to live in a villa, so they could not return to the city with the Prince of Liao's palace. When the step-concubine of the Prince of Liao learned about it, she dispatched two carriages and ordered her eldest son to escort the young lady and her

The attendants went to the Wang family's villa, while the younger son stayed where he was, leading people to help get the carriage out of the mud pit and deal with the aftermath.

Just because of this delay, the Liao Prince's Palace and his party entered the capital late, and they arrived before the city gate closed. When they arrived at the Capital Palace, it was already dark, so how could they have time to do anything else? The next day

It was quite a hectic time to pack up the luggage, send messages to the palace to pay respects, inform relatives and friends, greet visitors, etc. However, the step-concubine of the Liao King had already sent messages to the Wang family, and seemed to plan to visit on a different day.

In-laws, this is also the proper etiquette. But in terms of dignity, the Wang family should have taken the initiative to visit the Prince of Liao's mansion. The step-concubine of the Prince of Liao obviously did not want to see Zhao Shuo, but she was unexpectedly polite to his wife's family.
Chapter completed!