Mrs. Chen had been pestering the old lady for half a day in the Ronghua Courtyard, but she never got the result she wanted. As a last resort, she had to drag Mr. Chen to find Xie Wu.
However, by the time she finally arrived at Hengzhiyuan, Xie Wu had already taken Miyue and Suiyu out.
"Out? Where did she go?" Mrs. Chen asked half angrily, half unwillingly, covering her chest.
"In reply to my uncle, Madam, the girl has gone to Zhennan Prince's Mansion." Aunt Luo lowered her eyes and replied respectfully.
"Prince Zhennan's Mansion? Then, did she ask the princess for help?" Mrs. Chen suddenly felt a burst of hope in her heart.
"I don't know, slave." Grandma Luo lowered her eyes and replied expressionlessly.
"I don't know? How could you not know!" Mrs. Chen was angry.
Grandma Luo finally raised her eyes, but there was still no expression on her face. She said, "The girl only said that she went to Zhennan Palace to find the princess. As for whether she went to ask the princess for help, the girl did not explain."
"You wouldn't ask if she didn't explain it?" Mrs. Chen was about to be pissed off by Nanny Luo's desperate expression.
Finally, the corners of Mammy Luo's lips moved coldly, and she said, "Madam, this slave is just a servant. I really don't have the ability to ask the master to explain the slave's whereabouts."
"You! How dare you talk to me like that!" The anxiety of her daughter being in jail and the successive obstacles she came to the Hou Mansion for help finally pushed Mrs. Chen to the edge of collapse. She pointed at Mammy Luo, her red eyes almost
Want to bleed.
"Mother." Seeing that Mrs. Chen was about to lose control, Chen Jiayan hurriedly stepped forward and hugged her. She said in a calm voice, "Mother, please calm down. Since my cousin is not here, let's go back and wait for news! I
Didn’t he also promise to help find out the news?”
"Sister Rou, she..."
"Mother, if you are making such a fuss, can Sister Rou come back?" Chen Jiayan's face was cold and stern, and his eyes were fixed on Mrs. Chen.
Not to mention whether Xie Wu went to Zhennan Prince's Mansion for Sister Rou, even if not, at this time, the only one they could rely on was the Hou Mansion!
"Ayan..."
"Mother, I believe that the old lady is true to her word, and she will definitely not stand by and watch this matter!" Chen Jiayan held Madam Chen's hand firmly and spoke every word in a calm voice.
Looking at her daughter's firm eyes, Mrs. Chen finally wavered.
"Sister-in-law, Ah Wu must have gone to help me find a way. Otherwise, why don't you go back first?" Mrs. Chen finally found a chance to interrupt. When she saw Mrs. Chen looking towards her, she quickly added:
, "When there is news from Ah Wu, I will send someone to tell you immediately."
"No need, since Ah Wu is not here, then I will wait in Cuizhu Courtyard! Didn't Grandma Liu say that she has sent people to invite her brother-in-law? Then I will wait in the courtyard for brother-in-law to come back!" Mrs. Chen gritted her teeth and dropped this sentence.
, regardless of Mrs. Chen's ugly expression, she took Chen Jiayan's hand and walked towards the direction of Cuizhuyuan.
She didn't notice that she just stepped out of the gate of Hengzhiyuan with her front foot, and Xie Wu, who said she was going to Zhennan Prince's Mansion, walked out of the house leisurely with her back foot.
"Girl." Seeing Xie Wu come out, Grandma Luo hurriedly stepped forward and blessed Xie Wu with a smile, "Girl, I have asked Mother Liu to deliver a letter to her nephew. I believe that by now he will have stopped the prince.
"
After hearing what Grandma Luo said, Xie Wu smiled lightly.
Since Mrs. Chen is willing to wait, let her wait well!
"By the way, is there any news over there with grandma?" Xie Wu raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at Grandma Luo, and asked again with a smile.
"The old lady has sent someone to invite the second master to come back to the house." Aunt Luo replied hurriedly and respectfully.
It was about the second room, so the old lady naturally wanted to call Xie Feng back for questioning.
She was also worried that Yang Xiao was doing this to vent his anger on her aunt. But what worried her more than this was whether there was Yang Hefeng standing behind Yang Xiao?
She desperately needed to figure this out.
As for Chen Jiarou...
Since the person has been kidnapped, her reputation has been lost. In this case, it is better not to rescue her. After all, if she does not rescue her, the Marquis Mansion will come forward to persuade her, and maybe she can still be Yang Xiao's concubine.
room, otherwise...
There was only three feet of white silk waiting for her.
Zuiyun Tower.
Lu Zhan opened the door and saw Lu Shen, dressed in a brocade robe, sitting cross-legged on the couch, with a chessboard placed on the black wooden table in front of him.
Hearing the noise, Lu Shen turned around with a smile. He opened his mouth and was about to speak, but the next second, he was so shocked by Lu Zhan's clothes that were full of tea stains that his eyes almost fell off.
"Azhan, you, where did you come from?" After a long while, Lu Shen found his voice.
Lu Zhan didn't even look at Lu Shen. He walked directly into the inner room, took out a set of regular clothes from the closet in the inner room and changed into them, and then walked back refreshed.
"A Zhan, am I not dazzled just now? You are covered in tea. Could it be that you accidentally spilled it yourself?" Lu Shen looked at Lu Zhan and teased him with a smile.
Lu Zhan walked to Lu Shen and sat down expressionlessly. He glanced at the chessboard, then raised his hand to pick up a black stone from the urn and quickly dropped it.
"What are you doing here?" Lu Zhan asked.
"Of course I'm looking for you." Lu Shen suddenly stopped smiling and his face became serious. He picked up the white piece and dropped it solemnly.
Lu Zhan glanced at him, then followed closely and asked, "What happened?"
"A plague has broken out in the south." Lu Shen said concisely and directly got to the point.
Lu Zhan's hand holding the chess piece tightened slightly, and he raised his eyes and looked at Lu Shen.
"Those officials in the south are still suppressing this news." Lu Shen also raised his head and looked at Lu Zhan, and he said in a calm voice.
"Southern... If I remember correctly, the Chief Secretary of Jingzhou is a disciple of Xu Shoufu, right?" Lu Zhan raised his sword eyebrows, and a trace of murderous intent suddenly flashed across his dark pupils.
Lu Shen was naturally aware of Lu Zhan's intention. He frowned and said in a calm voice, "A Zhan, although this is an opportunity, it is not appropriate for us to confront Xu Shofu and the Crown Prince now!"
"I didn't say I wanted to confront the prince..." Lu Zhan looked at Lu Shen, and the corners of his lips suddenly twitched.
Lu Shen's eyes were moved, "Do you want to..."
"Find a way to reveal the news to King Qi." Lu Zhan curled his lips and took over Lu Shen's words.
"Then I'll go down and make arrangements soon." Lu Shen also had a smile on his face.
"No need." Lu Zhan didn't want to, but he directly rejected Lu Shen's proposal.
Lu Shen looked at him in confusion.
Lu Zhan smiled softly and said, "Please forgive me for this, Your Majesty King Duan!"
Seeing the flash of light in Lu Zhan's eyes, Lu Shen couldn't help but chuckle, "You are really more clever than lotus roots!"
Lu Zhan seemed not to have heard what Lu Shen said. He raised his eyebrows at Lu Shen and said, "It's your turn."
Lu Shen laughed twice more. He pinched a white seed from the urn and was about to drop it when he suddenly realized that he had been forced by Lu Zhan to the point where he had no way out.
Seeing that Lu Shen was still holding the chess pieces, trying to find a way out in the desperate situation, Lu Zhan couldn't help but chuckle. He raised his hand and threw the chess pieces back into the urn, and said to him with raised lips,
"Okay, you've reached a desperate situation. No matter how hard you struggle, it's in vain. You might as well just admit defeat!"
After hearing what Lu Zhan said, Lu Shen took another look at the chessboard and found that it was indeed as Lu Zhan said, that he had reached a desperate situation. Even if he reluctantly took two more steps, the outcome would still be the same.
He smiled and shrugged, finally threw the chess piece back into the urn and admitted defeat.
"By the way, where did you go just now?" Lu Shen asked Lu Zhan again with a smile.
Lu Zhan raised his hand and started to put away the chessboard. He seemed not to have heard what Lu Shen just said.
"I heard that you planted broken jade in my eldest cousin's courtyard?" The more Lu Zhan didn't answer, the more interested Lu Shen became. He even reached out and picked up the folding fan beside him and started shaking it leisurely.
"If you have some free time, how about I find something for you to do?" Lu Zhan finally raised his head and met Lu Shen's gaze.
Hearing the clear threat in Lu Zhan's words, Lu Shen couldn't help but laugh. However, after laughing for a while, he suddenly seemed to remember something. He stopped laughing and looked at Lu Zhan with a suspicious look on his face and said, "That's not right.
Listening to the tone of your words... the last time I went to Yunnan to escort military pay, could it be that you deliberately set things up for me?"
Lu Zhan raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Aren't you free?"
"No! When it comes to leisure, I can beat you! You are obviously the most suitable candidate!" Lu Shen frowned and interrupted Lu Zhan's words.
Looking at Lu Shen who was frowning in confusion, Lu Zhan raised his eyebrows at him with a smile on his lips.
"Did you send me out of the capital on purpose?" Lu Shen looked at Lu Zhan with squinting eyes and asked.
Lu Zhan curled his lips and smiled again.
"Wait a moment, let me sort it out..." Lu Shen raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows. After closing his eyes and pondering for a moment, he finally opened his eyes with a happy soul, "It's Xie Wu! It's Xie Wu, right?
"
Lu Zhan raised his eyes and smiled brightly at Lu Shen, "I told you a long time ago."
"You told me?"
"Last year, Wu'an Hou Mansion held a party. When I came back, I remembered I told you." Lu Zhan met Lu Shen's gaze with a calm expression.
"I thought, thought you..." Lu Shen couldn't continue.
It turns out that A Zhan was really not joking with him, he really fell in love with Xie Wu!
"But even if you fall in love with Xie Wu, you don't have to send me out of the capital!" Lu Shen frowned and looked at his brother, and couldn't help but say again.
He didn't guard against him!
"Who said you weren't on guard against me? You didn't know what my eldest aunt had planned?" Lu Zhan raised his eyebrows and looked at Lu Shen calmly and said.
Lu Shen was speechless for a moment.
"You're sending me out of the capital just because of this little thing?" Lu Shen was still a little unwilling.
He originally thought that it was his duty to help the Zhennan Palace to rescue the siege, but he did not expect that all this was because his brother was worried that his 'daughter-in-law' would be robbed. Thanks to the impassioned words he said at the beginning, he blushed for him now thinking about it.
"I am also planning ahead, and apart from my eldest brother, there really is no other more suitable candidate for the trip to Yunnan! You were very happy to be able to go out of Beijing for a walk!" Lu Zhan reached out and took the folding fan from Lu Shen's hand.
Smiling and fanning him, he said.
Lu Shen snatched his fan back and said, "You really express these four words so vividly!"
"Both each other, brother, you haven't forgotten how you used me to chase my sister-in-law! I'm following your example!" Lu Zhan raised his hand and touched the tip of his nose, looking at Lu Shen calmly and said.
Lu Shen was completely speechless.
He opened the fan angrily and fanned it hard a few times. Suddenly, he seemed to think of something. He closed the folding fan in his hand and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "So, it was my older cousin who splashed all over you just now."
Tea?"
The corners of Lu Zhan's curved lips suddenly sank.
Seeing Lu Zhan's expression, Lu Shen, who had regained the game, struck with his hands and laughed, "As expected of my cousin! It's really... well done!"