Chapter 217 The Eve of the Big Wedding
In the early morning, Jiankang City was covered with mist and rain. Today's rain was heavy, just like willow trees on the edge of Acacia Lake outside the city, floating and flying.
In the palace and on the road, whether it was the maids or the imperial guards, they all hurriedly avoided the rain.
In Xuanshi Hall, Xiao Yan, who had just returned from the court, was changing clothes in the inner hall. His face was a little haggard. He had not been asleep all night after returning from the Minister of Rites' Mansion last night.
At this time, Sun Guihai, the chief supervisor who was serving changing clothes, asked inadvertently while observing his face.
"What's wrong with the emperor? I've been frowning when I came back from outside the palace last night." Recently, Xiao Yan's whereabouts are very mysterious, and he doesn't let him follow him, and I don't know what he is planning.
Xiao Yan did not answer this question, but just sighed heavily. After coming back last night, he thought for a long time, and with the news that Qin Su brought back later, he said that Xiao Nanfeng's whereabouts were not abnormal.
Could all this be Yin Jun’s own speculation?
I saw the new concubine in the mansion of the Minister of Rites last night, and there was no flaw. It was completely inconsistent with the news sent by Yin Jun. Yin Jun said that the third lady was Xiao Qingyue and she was pregnant.
But the fact is not the case. Was Yin Jun lied to revenge, or was Xiao Nanfeng and others pretending to be mysterious and setting up suspicious formations?
Xiao Yan couldn't help but have a headache. He heard that there were many foreigners in Beijing recently. I don't know who leaked the news, but the news about the secret of the Resurrection Pill he had repeatedly concealed was still leaked.
At this time, a supervisor in the outer hall hurried into the inner hall and reported in a low voice, "Emperor, the Qin guard is back, waiting outside the hall to summon him."
When Xiao Yan heard this, he accelerated his clothes and said, "Summon him into the palace."
"yes"
After coming out of the inner hall, he saw that Qin Su was waiting respectfully in the hall. Xiao Yan waved his hand and signaled that everyone else in the hall would retreat.
Sun Guihai originally wanted to see this and find out the news, but when Xiao Yan asked them to retreat, he had to go out first.
After everyone left, Xiao Yan asked the people in the hall, "What did he say?"
Qin Su calmly replied, "Report to the emperor, Prince Yin said that the news he found was true and did not deceive the emperor."
"Ha! It's true? Who did I see in the mansion of the Minister of Rites last night? You were there last night, did you notice what was wrong with that woman?"
Qin Su thought for a while and replied, "Forgive my subordinates to say frankly that the Minister of Rites has always performed his duties and is obedient. He should not do such a deception to the emperor. What's more, there was an imperial physician accompanying him last night, and even the imperial physician did not notice anything unusual. That woman must not be the person the emperor is looking for."
"You are right. I decided to leave the palace last night. If there was really something wrong with that woman, it would be impossible to predict the future and prepare in advance in such a short time."
"The emperor's wise, what should we do next?"
Xiao Yan paced back and forth with a serious expression. Although the facts were in front of him, the woman in the Minister of Rites's Mansion was not Xiao Qingyue, but he did not let go of his doubts.
He knew that Yin Jun was just thinking about how to revenge Xiao Nanfeng, and he used this to ask Yin Jun to help him find Xiao Qingyue. As long as Xiao Qingyue gets secret, Yin Jun will lose value. More importantly, compared with Xiao Nanfeng, Yin Jun is of course more effective in keeping the latter!
Thinking of the previous assassination of the Imperial Guards in the Linchuan Palace, he couldn't help but wonder if this matter had anything to do with Yin Jun.
After thinking for a while, Xiao Yan felt that Yin Jun had to be careful and could not let him make a mistake. He immediately ordered Qin Su to pay attention to the situation in the Princess's Mansion in private...
When Xiao Yan was worried about Xiao Qingyue's affairs, there was still no progress in the matter of Xiao Qingyue, waves of smashing and smashing sounds came from a room in the eldest princess's mansion, but they were drowned out by the sound of rain outside.
The man in blue in the wheelchair inside the room was panting, his eyes were red, and his feet were scattered around the table at this time.
On the other side of the house, a man and a woman stood quietly by the side and watched. When the man had smashed enough and had vented enough, the woman walked over and silently cleaned up the end of the ground.
At this time, Yin Xu called out, "Young Master..." Seeing that he has become like this now, he was heartbroken and helpless.
Yin Jun slowly calmed down his excitement. It was a coincidence that Xiao Qingyue could escape this time. He had already arranged people to monitor every move of the Minister of Rites' Mansion, but he did not expect that he was about to capture Xiao Qingyue back to the mansion alive. On the other hand, Xiao Yan suddenly came to visit in disguise. What he did not expect was that the three ladies left in the Minister of Rites' Mansion.
Even though he had no calculations, Xiao Qingyue still had such a trick. Last night, all the people he sent to capture Xiao Qingyue were killed, and no one of them was left behind. He invited swordsmen with great martial arts skills in the world, so it was impossible to miss it. It seems that there were other people helping him in the middle, but it is unknown who he was.
After calming down his mood, he spoke, "Did you spread the news to the Northern Wei Dynasty?"
"The news had been circulated a few days ago. If nothing unexpected happens, someone will come from the Northern Wei Dynasty in the past two days."
The news about Sexin was spread by Yin Jun. Now there are many people from other places, even people from neighboring countries gathered in Beijing. Everyone is making the idea of Sexin.
He just needs to see the more chaotic the current situation is, the better, so that it will help him get rid of Xiao Nanfeng, and for this reason he contacted the people from the Northern Wei Dynasty in private.
During the battle that year, Tuoba Han, the fourth prince of the Northern Wei Dynasty, had long been resentful of being abducted by Xiao Nanfeng to the Daliang military camp. As a powerful minister of the Great Wei Dynasty, he was captured and held hostage by the enemy. What a shame and humiliation! The assassins sent before were unable to poison Cheng Daliang's prince and failed to kill the sixth prince, which made him very angry. He was suffering from the opportunity to avenge his previous shame, and now he would not refuse the olive branch that Yin Jun had sent. The emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty had always been unwilling to fight with Daliang again, but now he had a legitimate reason.
The world's most amazing medicine reappears, not only what all dignitaries dream of, but also what royal families in various countries are trying their best to get.
Now, a battle to seize medicine in Jiankang City is inevitable.
The sky is covered with dark clouds and the black clouds are surging. I don’t know when this heavy rain will stop, and a storm has begun...
Under such heavy rainy weather, a carriage came from outside the Minister of Rites' Mansion early in the morning. It turned out that the Sixth Prince came to pick up the third lady to Tianjiang Tower to listen to the opera.
The people outside are already familiar with the intimate relationship between the two. They just laugh at the sixth prince for being so pure and weak for too long that they can't even wait for these two days.
The spies who were surveillance did not dare to relax when they saw any movement and followed them all the way.
Who knows that Xiao Nanfeng is hoping that they will do this so that they will not have to worry about another accident on the way.
These spies are monitoring their movements, but also protecting them, which saves a lot of trouble on the way.
But the spies knew that they had been used. Until dusk, they followed the carriage back to the mansion of the Minister of Rites, and found no abnormalities.
Xiao Nanfeng came here to pick him up, and now he sent him back in person. However, the one who picked him up in the morning was Miss San himself, but the one who sent him back that night was Xiao Qingyue who had changed his favor.
Inside the carriage, Xiao Qingyue was leaning against the man's arms, gently rubbing the man's injured arm with her fingers. She only realized that his arm was injured when she was wearing a loose dress last night.
He still asked with some concern, "Does the wound still hurt? Why are you so cruel..." In order to dispel Xiao Yan's suspicion, he seriously injured himself.
The man couldn't help but hug the person in his arms, "It's not a problem, it's just a skin injury, and it will be better in a few days."
"Do you think I'm a child? Such a serious injury... You said I don't want life, I think you don't want life..."
As she said that, she stroked the arm with some pain. If she hadn't asked repeatedly, she wouldn't have known that he had stabbed him with a sword.
He held the caressing little hand and put it on his lips and kissed it, coaxing, "I promise that there will be no next time."
Xiao Qingyue curled her lips and said, "You have to take good care of your body. Your body is not as good as before. If you continue to waste it, wouldn't I be a widow?" As she said that, she lowered her head and looked at her belly, thinking to herself, she didn't want her child to have no father when she was born.
Because of this sentence, the man's kissing action couldn't help but stop, and his face became gloomy like the weather outside.
Xiao Qingyue noticed the sudden quiet atmosphere, and raised her eyes and bumped into the man's dark eyes... It's over, she said the wrong thing again...
The man just stared at her for a moment, lowered his head suddenly without any warning, and kissed the person in his arms...
The kiss ended until the carriage stopped outside the Minister of Rites' Mansion...
Xiao Nanfeng stared straight in his arms. Although he was holding a strange face, his familiar big eyes were blurred and moving, and his abdomen tightened, and he could hardly control himself.
At this time, the voice of the servant came from outside the car, "Master, here"
The man stroked his bright red lips with some reluctance and said softly, "Don't worry, I not only want to watch our children born, but also see all the great rivers and mountains with you..." As he said that, he couldn't help but put it on his already red ear and whispered, "As for my body, don't you know it long ago... How could you let your wife be a widow..."
The woman's face was already blushing under the mask. She quickly pushed away the person in front of her and said, "I got out of the car." She quickly got out of the carriage. She was afraid that she would stay any longer and not go back to the Minister of Rites' Mansion today...
Haitang, who had been waiting at the door, quickly walked over with an umbrella, carefully helped the people in the car get out of the car, and looked around carefully as he walked.
Although Xiao Qingyue was still shy, she became cautious as soon as she touched the ground.
Holding her skirt and looking at the road beneath her feet, she entered the mansion and saw the people beside her looking around. She couldn't help but hold her hand tightly and whisper.
"Don't look around, someone is watching"
Haitang suddenly stiffened when he heard this, and quickly withdrew his gaze and did not dare to look around.
On the carriage behind him, Xiao Nanfeng left after watching the mansion.
When I passed by the side of the road, my pleasing smile just now had been replaced by coldness, and a sneer appeared on the corner of my mouth...
At this time, the spies were hiding on both sides of the road outside the mansion. Seeing the carriage slowly passing by, the two spies couldn't help but communicate...
"Would you like to go back to the palace to report?"
"What are you reporting to me? The Sixth Prince and the New Concubine have an open private meeting?"
"..." Another spy fell silent.
"The emperor said that it is useful. Go back and tell the emperor about this. Do you guarantee that the emperor will not be angry?" What's more important is that on this heavy rainy day, they followed them all the way and found nothing. They were drinking tea and having fun in the house, but they were soaked outside for most of the day, and they felt really frustrated.
"..." The spy thought about it, so he had to give up.
In the mansion, Xiao Qingyue didn't let go of her heart until she entered the mansion and returned to the room.
As soon as she entered the room, Haitang closed the door and then slashed the door for a while and waited carefully. Only after she confirmed that there was no one outside, she dared to speak.
"I was so scared to death last night." Thinking of Xiao Yan who was suddenly visiting fiercely, she was scared and sweating on the spot.
Xiao Qingyue smiled comfortingly, "It was a coincidence last night. I also met a group of men in black on the way back."
Haitang was shocked when he heard this, "Mrs. Is it also attacked last night? Do you know who it is?"
"Well, if you guessed correctly, it should have been sent by Yin Jun."
"Why hasn't you given up yet?"
When Xiao Qingyue heard this, her eyes couldn't help but look at the little girl who was a little wet in her clothes.
"Do you know what Prince Yin has to do with us?"
After the words came, Haitang was obviously stunned for a moment and replied calmly, "When I was in Yangzhou, I heard some of it in Xiaozhaiyuan."
Xiao Qingyue stared at those innocent and ignorant eyes, and looked again and again, as if she wanted to verify the authenticity of this statement.
It’s not that she is suspicious. At this time, you must not be careless. Besides, she has not spent too long with this little maid.
Xiao Qingyue did not continue to ask more questions, but she also had a more thoughtful mind...
Chapter completed!