The daughter-in-law's mind was not on her mother-in-law. After hearing her words and seeing her closing her eyes and concentrating, not knowing what she was thinking, she continued talking in a low voice to her confidant next to her:

"Originally, I thought there was no rush at this moment, so how could the whole family have thought that we would be blocked before we even left the city gate today, and it would be mid-afternoon, right? I thought we were early, but it turned out

The road is full of cars! Over there in Gyeonggi Province

It's not blocked. After all, it's an official road and there's no one there. I didn't expect it to be blocked again when we got to this mountain town. Fortunately, there is such a side road. The road is not easy to walk, but it's better than not being able to walk.

, I think I can get to Zhuangzi before evening."

"No!" The confidant nanny has been following the old lady, and she thinks that she has learned some discernment from her over the years. However, when she told her to quickly pack up her belongings last night and said she was going to Zhuangzi, she still felt a little disapproving. I felt that I

People are a little too cautious, so it’s okay to stay in Zhuangzi for a while. Now that the autumn weather is crisp and the fruits are ripe, it is indeed a good time. In previous years, I would come and stay for a while.

It's just that now is the period of national mourning. It would have been reasonable for the elderly and children to come out quietly, but the old lady said to take all the important belongings with you. To put it bluntly, this is the capital, not a border city and fortress. With such precautions, this

Are you ready for the third princess to break into the city and even settle the scores after the fall?

But that would only be aimed at the Queen and the Empress in the palace, right? Why would the female family members in their own palace go out of the city to escape danger in such a panic? Moreover, they are so delicate and have so many people in the palace, which attracts people's attention.

.

As a result, I never expected that all the carriages in the house were used early this morning. The old lady took the madam, several young ladies and a few young gentlemen out of the house. Just as the madam said, she just walked around the alley.

When I got to the street, I was surprised to find that there was a lot of traffic on the street, as if everyone had made an appointment, and it looked like they were all leaving the city.

For this reason, grandma also lamented:

"When I came out in the morning, didn't I ask someone to buy the 'Tangguan Steamed Buns'? I thought it would be used as dry food on the road, and several young masters also liked to eat it. But it turned out that the young master had to wait for half an hour to buy it, and he came back

I was sweating profusely,

He said that there were people outside the store, and buying steamed buns was like fighting. His waiters were so busy that they carried the steamer all the way out of the kitchen, and it was all sold out before it even reached the counter. It was a big steamer

I bought a large basket and threw the money directly on the counter."

"And there's this thing! Alas, I think they are all people who are rushing out of the city," the lady sighed, patted the grandma's hand and said: "Thanks to grandma, you are careful in your work. Later, there were some food sellers on the road.

, It’s just that the price is expensive,

It seems that we are trying to make some dirty money. Seeing that we can only eat lunch on the road, that "Tangguan Baozi" tastes really good, let alone a few kids who know it and get greedy.

It’s almost noon, and I’m already craving for something to eat.”

After hearing this, the grandma quickly started to get the food box next to her. Unexpectedly, the old lady who had her eyes closed opened her eyes and said briefly and concisely:

"You can eat and leave a layer."

These words made the other two people look at each other, but the old lady closed her eyes again, not knowing what she was thinking...

The carriage gradually went away. On this side, the group of people who returned to the house learned from the maid who cooked for them that because there were too many carriages coming from Gyeonggi Province, this main road of Tangquan Town

It’s not wide enough and there are many people on the roadside

While watching the excitement, someone accidentally got run over by the wheel of the carriage. Then a horse behind him was frightened for some reason, causing the person on the horse to fall off and get injured. So in the chaos, the carriages

They were blocked on the street.

Seeing that the main road was blocked, people from the Yamen came to hear the news and finally came up with a way to guide everyone to take the path by the stream. However, you have to walk slowly on the path, so there are still horse-drawn carriages on the main road.

Waiting.

So that’s the case, could it be that Jingzhong already felt something was wrong? Zhou Heng tentatively asked the old lady:

"It's just passed the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it's still during the national mourning period. Ordinarily, the nobles in the capital shouldn't come over at this time?"

"No!" The mother-in-law heard some gossip on the way here, and she was worried that no one would share it with her. Seeing that Chunying had already taken the young master to change clothes, and several guards also went to work separately,

Pulling Zhou Heng to the corner of the kitchen, he lowered his voice and said to her:

"Miss Wu, even if you stay here for one day, I can earn a day's wages, but I see that in this situation, you have a child, so you still have to make plans early."

"Why? Did something happen in this town?" Zhou Heng looked shocked.

"Hey, Miss Wu, it's not that something happened in this town. It would be great if something happened in this town." The woman took a look and saw that she was indeed a pampered young lady from a wealthy family. She must have turned a deaf ear to her on weekdays.

Anyway, there are people below to worry about external affairs. In the past few days, she has also noticed that among the several tall and powerful guards, there is still a leader who is in charge of things.

However, Miss Wu had a good temper and was generous, and the wages she paid were much more than others. He had to remind her, so he patiently explained to Zhou Heng:

"There should be something going on over there in the capital. These noble people have all come here from the capital to go to the hot spring village on the other side of the mountain."

"Those hot spring resorts are generally not needed at times like this, and the nobles didn't often go here in the past. When I came here just now, I listened to some of the comments from the people on the roadside, and they all said that they must have taken a detour on purpose.

, in this case, something must be wrong!"

"Miss Wu, think about it, the emperor in the palace has just died, and now these nobles are swarming to come to Zhuangzi in the mountains. What is the reason? I think, old lady, it must be a fight between several princes for the throne.

got up,

The people here don't know which one to follow or which one to persuade. Some of them may have offended some prince before. I don't think it's right. Oh, that prince may be on the throne this time. Come on, hurry up.

Rub oil on the soles of your feet and slip away first!”

"Anyway, those villages outside are just like ours, with high mountains and dense forests. If we really want to fight, if we hide in the mountains, we won't be able to catch anyone for a while!"

What's all this? There is no prince. Zhou Heng couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this, and he was too embarrassed to explain the truth to her, so he had to pretend to be taught, and nodded in fear to express his gratitude.

After thinking about it for a while, I called the guard boss over to discuss:

"When we have time, let's go outside and listen to what everyone is talking about..."
Chapter completed!