It turned out that Song Chengming was extremely tired after leaving the palace. When he returned home, he did not enter the inner house and slept in the study outside the second door.
The Marquis sent people in to report to the old lady and his wife, but His Majesty did not reprimand them again.
The whole family breathed a sigh of relief.
Cao Xiwan looked at Qin Meng and sighed: "Qin Baihu is very lucky."
——Only one year after taking office, he can spend his days leisurely.
Just like when she went out to inquire about news and find spies, she also bought a basket of vegetables. Qin Meng looked at her speechlessly, and she dragged in a basket of vegetables, which were bacon and salted fish at a discounted price after spring.
After all, the servants in the house also went out to look for her, so she had to give them gifts.
From now on, Qin Meng can live like this.
She didn't plan to sleep at midnight. She had to go to various houses to deliver food early in the morning. She squatted down wrapping gifts in red paper while chatting with Qin Meng. He was startled and asked, "Isn't it like this?"
She thought, being young is good.
I don’t know the difficulties that Mr. Hou and Mrs. Hou will face after they get married.
Inner house.
Light up the lanterns and report to Yongxi Hall.
The old lady was old and did not know the details of the court affairs. She only knew that the shrewd third concubine Song Chengming had failed to handle the errands for the past two months.
While inspecting the Jinyi Yamen, two high-ranking officials from the palace died.
Now, at last, Your Majesty is not blamed.
In the inner room, the light shines on the silver-haired man.
The old lady was sitting on the lacquered bed with a screen frame. Heshi recited the Buddha's name and said that she wanted to go to the temple to fulfill her vows. She then asked: "The third uncle of Xiao Si'er is from Duke Xu's mansion. I vaguely heard him giving gifts to various houses.
,What are you asking for?"
The fourth lady is the old lady’s biological daughter, the direct descendant of the Hou family, and she married into the Duke of Xu’s family.
Mrs. Fan took advantage of this coincidence and came to report the safety of the Marquis in the middle of the night. At this time, she hurriedly said in front of the bed: "The third master of the house over there also helped the Marquis to intercede in front of His Majesty. Now it seems that the eldest sister of her family is...
Princess Yan, Prince Yan wants to return to Yanjing City. She said that King Yan is ill. A while ago, I went around looking for relatives and friends to help intercede in front of His Majesty."
"Hey. Since we are relatives, we should help. I don't know about this yet."
The old lady thought she could sleep peacefully that night, but she didn't know that after Song Chengming inherited the title, he didn't talk about family ties very much, and persuaded your majesty to detain the crown prince of Yan, and he was having a falling out with his daughter's husband, Xu Guogong.
The old lady said: "It's just that something went wrong in Chengming's affairs, and it has just stabilized. I'm afraid it will be difficult to intercede for Prince Yan."
"Who says it's not the case? The fourth lady didn't come back to ask for this, so she's just worried."
Madam Fan knew that the old lady was more worried that the Nankang Hou Mansion would not be able to help at this time, and that the Fourth Miss would be in trouble there. Madam Fan also didn't know that Prince Yan had left the capital overnight, so she thought about it and looked at the old lady.
He wanted to sleep, so he stepped forward and whispered an idea: "How about asking the empress in the palace how to express this matter in front of His Majesty?"
"Don't alarm Liangdi. Just ask Xiuyun."
"Don't worry, old lady. Ask Xiaowan to go. She and Xiuyun are the best. Xiuyun's father is lame, and now Xiaowan is taking care of him."
Madam Fan was right, but she didn't know that both Cao Xiwan and Liu Ruhai had been to the Lu family.
Cao Xiwan went to inquire about it.
Liu Ruhai went to hypnotize Father Lu. He claimed to be the country nephew of Eunuch Niu's family.
East Palace.
The East Palace Pavilion Group is located in the east of the Imperial City, close to Donghua Gate. It is not far from the main gate, Chengtian Gate.
In the dark tunnel, the female official Xiuyun's figure was thin. She turned the mechanism and came out from the secret door in the palace wall.
She quietly walked around the corridor, with light steps, and quietly arrived at Song Liangdi's palace.
There are many shadows of leaves in the flowerbed, and the clear spring moon is hanging in the sky, illuminating the ground with a light golden color.
Outside the palace, the prince's entourage and chamberlain were still taking turns.
She waited quietly. At the fourth watch, the stars started to rise and the prince set off.
She lowered her head at the foot of the jade steps and saw the shadow of the chariot driver passing by the bluestone path in front of the steps. Song Liangdi was calling someone inside, and she quickly entered the palace to wait on her.
The silver candles and palace lanterns are clear. After Song Liangdi accepted the favor, she and the prince took a nap until the fourth watch. At this time, she got up and was about to take a bath. Her eyebrows were plain and she was beautiful.
When she saw Xiuyun, she ordered the palace attendants to leave first. Xiuyun followed Liangdi into the bathroom.
Song Liangdi sat in the big bathtub, surrounded by mist and heavy curtains. Then she called Xiuyun closer and asked carefully: "How is it?"
"It's hard to get through down there. These days, the patrols along the palace walls are too strict. The servants can't get out, and they haven't met the Marquis's confidants in the patrol department to send messages to the palace." In fact, she clearly saw the patrol in the corridor.
There are several Jinyi guards in the city, but judging from their body skills, they should be from Biying Palace, and they are probably Su Jintian's junior disciples.
Lu Xiuyun was cautious by nature. Every time she entered the palace wall, she made an appointment with Cao Xiwan to come to meet her personally. Occasionally, she would also meet Sister Murong from the Double Gun Sect. Today, she saw neither Qingluo nor Qingluo when she walked along the corridor.
Murong.
Although she knew that Su Jintian had taken over the city inspection department in the past year, Lu Xiuyun knew that leaving the palace without permission was a serious crime. Without seeing her old friends, she refused to come forward and could only come back in a hurry to report.
She took a soup ladle and poured water on Liangdi's back. Amidst the sound of water, she whispered: "My Lady, now I can only spend money to prepare food, and ask Madam Hou to come to the palace to visit, and then I can send a message back to the house."
.The prince’s intention is to advise the marquis not to say anything and wait and see for the time being?
"...Hmm. When Xiao Wan got sick, everything went wrong." Song Liangdi frowned and washed her face with water, with beads of water in her hands. "This is not a long-term solution. If we don't talk about it today, it may not be possible tomorrow."
You shouldn't open your mouth. It's so troublesome to spend money to summon your mother's family all the time and beg the Crown Princess again. How can I explain it in front of the Crown Princess?"
"I have a plan." Xiuyun thought for a while and felt that she couldn't let this bastard Cao Xiwan go. "Why don't we let Xiaowan enter the palace as a female official and accompany Liangdi like me? Because she is different from me, she
If she wanted to enter the palace wall, it would be a serious illness, but in her mind -" Xiuyun pointed at her head, "she has been patrolling the secret underground river tunnels under Jinling City for more than ten years. No one can stop her.
Stay with her."
She and Cao Xiwan entered the Yamen at the same time. She was deceived and went to the palace. She wrote a letter cursing Qing Luo and wanted to break off the relationship with her.
What made Xiuyun even more angry was that Cao Xiwan's reply was even more abominable and arrogant, accusing her of Lu Xiuyun's improper drugging and ruining the relationship between sisters. The letter also boasted that she had learned a lot from the old astrologist from the city patrol department.
According to the astronomical theory, the Qingluo female ghost must be an evil star, and she will appear to be in trouble when she enters the palace. What if Ziweixing is attacked by her evil star?
Xiuyun is not too lucky and is suitable for entering the palace.
If the letter hadn't been written by a potion and disappeared in the blink of an eye, Lu Xiuyun thought, she would have sent the letter to Jinyi Yamen, accusing this bastard Cao of wanting to rebel. How dare he write such nonsense that Ziweixing was attacked by her?
Does she want to plot regicide? Is she worthy of it!?
Song Liangdi got up, wiped water and changed clothes, and suddenly sighed: "Third uncle is also in trouble."
"Empress..."
"In my opinion, Xu Guofu has always valued the kinship between each government. Third uncle will not help Xu Guogong's house. The old lady will be anxious if she finds out."
Lu Xiuyun couldn't help but say: "At the beginning, it would have been nice if Mr. Hou married another daughter of the old lady's clan. Why must he marry the daughter of the Lou family? I think the old lady was unhappy. She just didn't say it.
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In fact, it would be good for the Marquis not to marry anymore and to stay with Cao night and day.
The Cao family belongs to the eldest master's room, that is, the empress's room.
But Lu Xiuyun thought about it again, she was right! In what way does that bastard Cao Xiwan look like a loyal domestic slave?