The door is still closed.

This time, I became a little panicked when I was frightened. I hurriedly grabbed the bronze door knocker and slapped it twice. The clanging sound seemed even more harsh in such night colors.

But the door was still closed.

At this time, the two guards stood behind me. Seeing this scene, they were also a little shocked and hurried forward: "Madam, this is-"

My hand was still holding the bronze door knocker, biting my lower lip without saying a word.

They looked at each other and said hurriedly: "I'm afraid the doorkeeper inside will go to bed early when it's late."

"Madam, don't worry, let's help him wake him up."

After saying that, the two of them walked up, slapped the door hard, and shouted: "Open the door, open it quickly!"

"Open the door quickly, the lady is back!"

"Open the door quickly!"

I stood in the center of the door, listening to them slamming the door, and the two doors kept shaking, the sound became more and more harsh and even shocking. But no matter how they slap the door, they slammed the door and clanged the door, and the door was always closed with no sign of opening.

A gust of cold wind suddenly blew from behind me.

I subconsciously looked back and saw that the door of the mansion was pitch black, with only two white marble stone lions standing on both sides of the steps. There was no one on the spacious street in front of the door, only the empty long street left by the wind.

I was silent for a moment, and when I turned around, I saw that the two guards were already a little anxious. One of them even kicked the door hard. The door roared, as if the bolt inside had loosened a little, but no one came to open the door.

They both became anxious.

At this moment, I said softly: "Forget it, stop knocking."

They both were stunned and looked back at me: "Madam."

"It seems that the person who is guarding the door has gone somewhere else. If he falls asleep, he should have woken up like this."

"Then we-"

"You guys go down first."

"ah?"

Both of them were shocked, and immediately looked up at the dark surroundings, and hurriedly said, "Madam, we dare not go on like this. The young master also ordered that if Madam returned to Jinling without safely, our heads would not be kept."

I smiled faintly and said, "But I'm not back safely now?"

"Can--"

"The door is not open."

"But we must not leave our wife like this."

I couldn't tell, they were very loyal, or in other words, Pei Yuanxiu's previous words made them dare not be unfaithful. I thought about it and said, "I'm not asking you to leave me, but I crossed the river to meet the emperor today. I have a lot of troubles in my heart. I want to take this opportunity to think about it. It's so lively inside, I'm afraid that the young master and the others have not yet slept. He will go back to the inner courtyard after a while. When he sees me no longer, he will naturally come out to find it."

"But this-"

Before they could say anything, I smiled and said, "What I said won't be useless."

The two of them were still hesitant, but looking at my slightly cold gaze, they seemed to feel that the door was closed and closed outside, which made me angry. They were not staying or leaving now. After hesitating for a long time, they were finally intimidated by my gaze and could only clasp their fists and say, "Then, let's listen to the lady."

Then I waved my sleeves and said, "Go down."

The two of them turned around and walked away.

This time, I was the only one left at the gate of Jinling Mansion, and the two cold white marble lions.

The night wind blew from one end of the long street, rolling up fine sand and fallen leaves, and flew to the other end of the long street again.

I stood under the long street, stopped for a while before saying, "Come out."

The wind stopped.

There was no sound around it.

At this time, a tall and slender figure slowly walked out of the night and walked in front of me.

The man bowed to me and said, "Greetings to the eldest lady."

I said with a faint, somewhat tired smile: "Young Master Xiao, we're meeting again."

He raised his head and looked at me with a smile. It was the gentle and kind young man with a gentle and gentle face, Xiao Yusheng, the second person in Xishan Academy.

I was not surprised that he would appear here at all. I just smiled and said before he spoke again: "It seems that this time, I really have to work hard for Mr. Xiao."

He smiled and said, "Miss, I dare not speak of pain."

As I said that, I smiled at him too.

A few days ago, on the night of Pei Yuanzhen and Liu Qinghan's wedding, on the red boat, when I saw him attending the wedding with Pei Yuanfeng, he inexplicably said to me, "If you have any invitation, you can speak at any time." I thought it was just a joke, but I didn't expect that it should be today."

I said, "Mr. Xiao said that to me on the boat that day. Did Mr. Xiao expect these things to happen?"

Xiao Yusheng laughed and said, "Miss, I have been polite. Even if I practice for a few decades, I will not be able to predict the future in this way."

"Then why did you say that to me?"

Xiao Yusheng smiled and said, "The bride is His Highness, the eldest princess who was named Princess Anguo. The groom is the emperor's favorite minister. He recaptured the most capable senior brother Liu in the south. How many people would like to see such a wedding?"

“…”

"Since many people don't want to see it, and these people are not unknown little people, then it will be a matter of time."

“…”

"If something happens to the eldest princess, it will inevitably involve Senior Brother Liu; if something happens to the senior brother Liu, the eldest lady will definitely not sit idly by. And the eldest lady is in this Jinling Mansion, and no matter what she wants to do, she is actually willing but not capable, so-" He looked at me with a smile: "Students should be driven by it."

I sighed when I heard him say this.

There are some very simple things that outsiders can see through at a glance, but unfortunately, the authorities are fascinated.

Xiao Yusheng continued: "Actually, the students have been wanting to visit the eldest lady two days ago, but the eldest lady has set up layers of defense in the inner courtyard, and it is not easy to get close to silence to deliver the message. Fortunately, there is a big mess inside them now, and the guardian has been told by his master, so the student has the opportunity to show up and meet the eldest lady."

Are there any troubles inside them?

I just frowned, but didn't ask any more questions. After all, the matter has not been handled yet.

I said, "Then, you should know what I mean."

Xiao Yusheng nodded: "Student understands."

"The emperor's meaning is very clear. He cannot allow anyone to rob the prison, because he cannot say this clearly, which will cause dissatisfaction among the princes and princes. He does not want to make the situation serious, so if you want to do it, you must do it openly."

"Students understand."

"The best thing is to show your identity, only in this way-" I looked back at the closed door, sighed lightly, and said to him: "These kings, princes, princes, and ministers have no room for trouble."

"Students understand."

"Since you understand, you must prepare well." I said, and asked again: "Does Yuanfeng know about this?"

"Young Master Pei knows it. He also knows that the student comes out tonight to meet the eldest lady. He will also cooperate with the eldest lady's actions."

I nodded: "The verdict is the day after tomorrow. You only have one day to go tomorrow."

"Miss, please rest assured."

“…”

Although his answers were simple and clear, it seemed that he only came to me after his thoughts were mature, but he reassured me, but I was never so relieved. After all, that was not an ordinary thing, but Liu Qinghan wanted to go to the guillotine. If he could not save him in time, it would be possible-

I can't believe that scene.

I can't let that scene live!

And, not only to save him.

I said again: "You save him back to Xichuan, if Qingchen he-"

Xiao Yusheng laughed faintly, and then said, "Miss, please rest assured."

“…”

"The students of Xishan Academy have always been obedient to the head of the Yan family."

Listen to the tune or not?

I am not unfamiliar with this. I just said it from Xiao Yusheng's mouth, and it was about the relationship between Yan Qingchen and Xishan Academy, which made me feel a little subtle. However, if you think about everything we experienced before when we were in Xichuan, including Yan Qingchen's students who wanted to let Xishan Academy go to sea on his behalf, and called the top three students. But the only one who came in the last place was Xiao Yusheng, who was the second-ranked one. Nan Zhenyi and Shi Bixing both used excuses to shirk it. It can be seen that the Yan family's control over Xishan Academy was not complete.

Xiao Yusheng said, "Listen to tune but not to listen to the preaching", which is a very appropriate summary.

"So, Miss, can rest assured. If there is anything wrong with Senior Brother Liu's return to Xichuan, Xishan Academy will never sit idly by. Besides—" He glanced at me and said, "Miss. It seems that she has forgotten that Senior Brother Liu has also received a generous gift from the Yan family."

"Good gift?"

I was stunned for a moment, and before I could react, I looked at his bright and restrained eyes, and then thought about it again, and immediately began to think about it.

What he said was the jade ring that Yan Qinghan gave to Liu Qinghan before his death.

That is not an ordinary jade ring, it represents Yan Qinghan's family business! Although I don't know how big Yan Qinghan's family business is, I heard that there were two mines handed over to him back then, which was already an amazing wealth. Not to mention some other industries. With Yan Qinghan's intelligence and talent, after operating for many years, his family business can only be bigger and cannot shrink.

so--

Xiao Yu laughed and said, "The eldest lady shouldn't be worried about this for Senior Brother Liu."

I also nodded gently.

Then, he said, "What the eldest lady should really worry about is himself."

“…”

My eyes trembled, and I looked up at him.

Xiao Yusheng didn't look at me. His eyes looked at the closed door behind me, and then his eyes slowly moved upwards and moved over the Jinling Mansion, the night sky slightly illuminated by the bright lights in the mansion.

My heart couldn't help but tighten.

At this time, I asked the doubt that had just been lingering in my heart-
Chapter completed!