I just felt a "buzzing" in my ears, and my whole body was frozen there.

"What?!"

"Did you see Li'er? Has Li'er come back?"

I hurriedly walked up and grabbed her arm, staring at her hard: "What did you say? What's wrong with Li'er?"

"Today Li'er said he wanted to cross the river and see. I thought it was nothing, so I took her over, but who knew-" Han Ruoshi was a little breath. When she said this, she couldn't even make a sound. After barely taking a breath, she continued: "When we crossed the river, we found that there were many people on the ferry crossing over there, and it seemed that something big happened. As a result, when we crossed the river and as soon as we got on the road, we heard from people from Yangzhou that the prefect of Yangzhou would go out to sea today."

"What?!"

I was shocked.

The prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture went to sea?

Liu Qinghan, did he go out to sea today?!

I suddenly felt a mess in my mind, and my whole body was in chaos at this time.

He is going to go to sea?!

Yes, that's right, of course he's going to sea.

The Folang Machinery and Cannons have been made public. With Pei Yuanhao's personality, it is impossible for him to give up such a powerful weapon, and it is even more impossible for him to let them fall into the hands of others. Therefore, it is inevitable to go out to sea to find it.

But why is it him?!

He was just a minister and the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture. No matter how powerful he was, he was just a civil servant. He snatched Yangzhou back in Pei Yuanxiu's hands. It was already a life-threatening death. Why did he go out to sea to find the Folang Ji cannon? Isn't that put him in the most dangerous situation?

But, that's fine.

After all, he himself said that he would eat the king's fortune and bear the worries of the king.

But - Li'er?!

I grabbed Han Ruoshi's hand and tightened it, and my fingertips forced a few blood marks on her snow-white wrist.

Han Ruoshi moaned slightly in pain, but she couldn't break free from my hand. She could only grit her teeth and said with pain: "As soon as she heard about that, she was anxious to go to the dock to see it. I had no choice but to take her there, but there were too many people on the dock, and we were dispersed by the crowd as soon as we got there. I couldn't find her everywhere, and I was worried that she could not find me, and I came back by myself - after all, I heard from the young master that she had been crossing the river by herself last time..."

Before she could finish her words, I had already let go of her hand and rushed out the door.

"Sister Qingying..."

Han Ruoshi's voice sounded behind her back, and one of my legs had just stepped out of the door, but stopped again.

"Sister Qingying?"

She was still standing there looking at me, but saw me turning around with a pale face again and walking towards the mansion.

She seemed to be unable to keep up with my pace at all, and she was even more difficult to walk a few more steps. She couldn't stop me, so she could only panic and shouted at the maids who were rushing over from a distance, asking them to follow me.

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I walked quickly in the mansion.

Actually, I haven't fully figured out this huge mansion. Before, Pei Yuanxiu only took me and Li Er and walked through some places like a trip, but I still secretly went to several of the more important locations, including the front, passing through a long corridor, and saw a quiet small courtyard. A few budding plum branches emerged on the wall at the corner of the courtyard. There was the place where Pei Yuanxiu was busy every day.

Courthouse.

However, at this time, it was very quiet.

I walked over quickly and pushed open the door, but saw that it was empty inside, not even a single person.

"Yuan Xiu?"

I walked into the room and looked at both sides. Although there was a side hall, which was covered by bead curtains, the curtains were quiet and did not even move.

Strangely, didn’t he say that there are still some things to do today, why aren’t he in the Court House?

Moreover, Han Zitong is not there either.

I was so anxious that although the weather was cold and cold sweat came out - if they had one of them, they could send people immediately. After all, there were so many people coming and going to the dock. Even if I brought Han Ruoshi with me and brought a few maids around me, it would not be enough to find them.

But, where have they been?

I was anxious and couldn't help but reach out and hit the table hard, and hurriedly turned around and walked out.

At this moment, a mountain of documents and books fell off on the table, and it landed at my feet with a clatter. I squatted down and picked it up.

And the words on it are clearly reflected in my eyes—

Yuan of Runan urgently told the crown prince.

Yuan Family in Runan?

These words pierced into my eyes like a needle tip.

Runan, Yuan family? If I remember correctly, Yuan family is a famous family in Henan Province, which is almost equivalent to the Han family's status in Jiangnan Province. However, Henan Province is closest to the important place in the capital, and it is also the first place that the royal family took down. Although they gathered them together, they did not seize the opportunity like King Jiangxia and sought a title of king.

But their status is no different from that of King Runan.

What I didn't expect was that they had secretly interacted with Pei Yuanxiu, and in the letter, they even called Pei Yuanxiu the "Crown Prince"!?

My heart suddenly stumbled, and I didn't have time to open the document and read it carefully, so I hurriedly stood up.

The other documents on the table—

I picked up another letter with the title "The Marquis of Jin urgently told the Crown Prince."

And - the lords in Yunzhong call His Highness the Crown Prince.

...

Looking through one by one, all the documents come from different regions and famous families, but they all call each other a name-

Your Highness the Crown Prince!

Your Highness the Crown Prince...

I looked at these words, and I was so familiar, and I had called them countless times in the palace. But at this time, behind the simple black and white words, a blood suddenly surged, as if it was about to dye the whole world red in an instant.

A familiar voice sounded in his ears, and he said with deep worries—

"...These powerful and nobles only have interests in their eyes and do not have courtesy and morality. They will not be loyal to the emperor. Whoever gives them benefits and protects their interests will support whoever they support."

"...But what about other places? Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi... Although there are no kings in those places, they also have the power of powerful gentry like the Han sisters. The emperor is now bullying and weakening them. If their interests are infringed, will they still regard the emperor as the king..."

"And, just Jiangnan can cause such a big chaos, if the powerful and powerful gentry in other places are—"

"If, then these people join forces..."

My heart suddenly felt a palpitation, and my fingers holding a book were almost spasm-tightened.

The document was kneaded into a ball in my hands.

Wei Ningyuan's words, his concerns... seem to be about to become a reality!

Pei Yuanhao implemented a new policy in the Central Plains, including a large part of the reform of the tax system, which did violate the interests of the powerful and powerful gentry. As he said, these people did not have the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor, but only pursued greed for interests. If the imperial power could not guarantee their interests and instead seized benefits from their hands, then their final choice would be...

I lowered my head and looked at the four words written on the documents scattered on the table, all over the place—

Your Highness the Crown Prince!

At this moment, the door that was originally covered by the wind opened with a bang and hit the walls on both sides. I suddenly raised my head and saw several servants walking in in a hurry. When I saw me standing by the table, my face changed.

"lady?!"

"Why did Madam come here?"

"The young master has given the order, Madam, please go back to the inner courtyard to rest."

...

I calmed down and put the documents in my hand that were already rubbing a little undesirable on the table. I turned around and looked at their somewhat stunned expressions, and said calmly: "I want to come over to find him. Where is Yuan Xiu? Where is others?"

"The young master is not in the Chamber of Commerce."

"Is that true?"

They had already made a "please" gesture at the door, and I walked out in a good manner, but my mood was not relaxed because I walked out of that room, but instead I became even more depressed: "Li'er is gone, I want to find Yuan Xiu or Miss Zitong, and ask them to send someone to the dock quickly and cross the river to find it."

"Miss Li is gone?"

Those who looked at each other were also startled. Obviously, the previous time Li'er left a deep shadow on them.

I took a deep breath: "Where is Yuan Xiuren?"

They glanced at each other, and one of them said, "When you say that, today is the day when Yao Lao's ship is going to go to sea, so the young master and Miss Zitong have also gone to the riverside."

"What? Yao Lao's ship went to sea today?"

"Yes. Early in the morning, the young master and the others all passed by."

“…”

"Madam? What's wrong with you, Madam?"

"Madam, are you uncomfortable?"

They were completely frightened by my sudden pale face and walked up one after another. At this time, the maids who had been following Han Ruoshi's orders also came over. When they saw me like this, they all came forward to support me and said anxiously: "Madam, are you uncomfortable? Let's go and invite the doctor."

"Go quickly!"

I gritted my teeth, barely stood firm with their support, and raised my hand: "No."

"lady?"

"Madam, how are you?"

I subconsciously wanted to push their hands away, but found that I was still losing my hands and feet, and I had no way to support my shaking body, so I could only stand up to them.

I bit my lower lip hard, almost breaking my lips. I struggled for a long time before slowly raising my head and said to two of the maids: "You go to the inner courtyard immediately and pack up a few pieces of my clothes, the thicker the better."

"Madam, what is this for?"

"No need to ask. After packing up, take it to the dock immediately."

“…”

The two of them looked at each other, not knowing what was wrong, but they immediately leaned over and said, "Yes, madam."

After saying that, he turned around and hurried towards the inner courtyard.

I raised my head again, looked at the other maids, and spoke in a bit dumbfounded: "Send me to the dock."

“…”
Chapter completed!