The imperial concubine's weakness was caused by me. It's strange that I would be worried.
After the analysis, Chen Qing felt at ease, and even had a feeling that he was in the wrong line of work. He should be working in the Ministry of Punishments.
Xie Boting walked back with Su Tang in his arms. A secret guard came over and said, "Sir, the prince and Mr. Su knew that you and the prince's concubine were safe and sound, so they went back first because they were afraid that the princess and Prince Xin's family would be worried."
Go back. Su Tang doesn't want to meet the prince and her father now. It would be too embarrassing.
Xie Boting held Su Tang in his arms and was pulled up the cliff with a rope by the secret guard. The carriage was already waiting there. After getting on the carriage, Xie Boting said, "Find a place first, have breakfast and then go back."
Chen Qing was sitting on the shaft of the car. It looked like he had encountered an assassin and escaped from death. Did the prince and his concubine take a day trip to the bottom of the cliff?
The prince and concubine did not take the assassination seriously, but they were frightened half to death.
After leaving the trail, there was a roadside noodle stall a few miles away. Xie Boting wanted to carry Su Tang out of the carriage to eat noodles, but Su Tang refused to get off. She no longer had the strength to hold chopsticks, so she opened the curtain and saw
There was a scone seller, so I ordered a scone.
Xie Boting ate pancakes with her. Eating pancakes did not hinder her journey, and Chen Qing drove a carriage back to Beijing.
After entering the city, Xie Boting once again realized the power of Fuxi Bone. Su Tang refused to eat noodles, and he could turn the tide with less time.
When the carriage was passing through a busy street, it happened to encounter several groups of officers and soldiers passing by. The carriage stopped to give way. Su Tang opened the curtain and heard the passers-by cursing, "If you don't do your job well, you deserve to have your house ransacked!"
Su Tang and Xie Boting immediately looked at each other. Why did they rush back to the capital? They were afraid that the emperor would be forced by Prince Ning's party to severely punish Marquis Zhongyong to calm down the public anger.
Don't tell them that these officers and soldiers are just going to raid the Zhongyong Hou Mansion!
This thought flashed through his mind, and the next second, Su Tang opened the car curtain and called to the man, asking, "Uncle, whose house is ransacked for not doing things well?"
"Who else can it be? Lord Zhongyong!" the man replied with an angry look on his face.
The man wanted to talk again, but Su Tang had already lowered the car curtain and told Chen Qing, "Quickly go to Zhongyong Hou Mansion."
Chen Qing felt that it was useless to go to the Zhongyong Hou Mansion. To search a marquis' mansion, the emperor must issue an order. No one except the emperor could take back the imperial order.
But if the Crown Princess wants to go, she just needs to take a detour, since it's not far away anyway.
Chen Qing turned the carriage and ran towards the residence of Marquis Zhongyong.
As soon as the carriage arrived at the street where Zhongyong Marquis' Mansion was located, Su Tang smelled a stench while sitting in the carriage. The stench made her stomach feel extremely uncomfortable. This smell was too familiar. It was the same smell when she broke the stinky duck eggs at Qiu Niang's house that day.
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The closer the carriage got to the gate of Marquis Zhongyong's Mansion, the stronger the smell became, and Su Tang's eyes turned white from the smoke.
When the carriage stopped, Su Tang happened to see two large stone lions in front of the gate of Zhongyong Hou Mansion. The majestic stone lions in the past were as embarrassed as they could be, with rotten vegetable leaves hanging on them and half an egg shell stuck to their foreheads.
The black egg liquid solidified on the stone lion's face, and when a gust of wind blew, it smelled bad.
Officers and soldiers surrounded Zhongyonghou's mansion. The old lady of Zhongyonghou's mansion and Mrs. Zhongyonghou were being escorted out by the officers and soldiers. Wooden shackles were hung around their necks and tied with a rope. They came out one after another.
Xie Boting got out the moment the carriage stopped, stood on the shaft of the carriage and said to the officers and soldiers, "Go and ask the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue."