Tibetan beads

Chapter 469
This night is destined to be unstable.

When it was almost Haishi, Xu Yin was about to go to sleep, when there was noise from the front yard.

She ordered: "Go and see what happened."

The servant girl agreed, and came back not long after and said: "Go back to the princess, the son hasn't come back yet."

Xu Yin stood up: "Let's go."

In the front yard, Princess Zhao and Mrs. Xie were both there, and their faces were ugly.

Seeing her, Princess Zhao suddenly remembered something: "A Yin, you came just in time!" Before Xu Yin could greet her, she grabbed her hand and said hastily, "Your elder brother left the city this afternoon and hasn't come back until now."

Xu Yin asked calmly, "Did mother send someone to look for it?"

"Just now I called someone to go. I thought, there are many guards around your eldest brother, and there are not many things that can stop him. I am afraid that there will be insufficient manpower."

Xu Yin understood, and asked, "Mother wants me to send the imperial army to help?"

Concubine Zhao nodded, and Mrs. Xie cast her expectant eyes over.

King Zhao and Yan Ling are both on the march, and Yan Cheng is the backbone of King Zhao's mansion.If something happened to him, not only the Yan family would be in chaos, but the capital would be even more chaotic.From this aspect, no matter how inspiring the teachers and mobilizing the crowd, it is not an exaggeration.

"Does anyone know where the eldest brother went?"

"Outside the city, it is said to be the western suburbs. I don't know which road it is."

Xu Yin ordered people to prepare the horse, and comforted him: "Mother, don't worry, I will take people there right away, and I will definitely bring my eldest brother back."

With her promise, Princess Zhao felt relieved: "Okay, okay."

She thought to herself, this daughter-in-law is married to the right person, and at the critical moment, she will be able to establish a family.

Xie Shi also showed a grateful expression.

Xu Yin turned around and went out, took the cloak prepared by Xiaoman, and went out without changing clothes.

The guards set off first, and when Xu Yin arrived at the city gate, a battalion of imperial guards was already waiting.

So she led people out of the city gate and searched all the way to the western suburbs. On the way, she met the guards sent by Princess Zhao and joined the search team.

After searching for more than half an hour like this, a carriage appeared at the foot of Xishan when it was approaching midnight.

Seeing the long torches, the guards beside the carriage were very vigilant, and asked loudly, "Which battalion do you belong to? Do you have a Shangguan order? What are you doing here?"

"It's me." Xu Yince stepped forward immediately and took off the hood on his head, "I'm here to take eldest brother home."

Seeing her appearance clearly, the guards breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "My lord, it's Princess Yong'an who is here."

After a while, someone lifted the curtain of the car and came out, it was Yan Cheng.His complexion is not very good-looking, but he is in good condition.

"It turns out that my younger brother and sister are here. I think I have not returned for a long time, so the family is worried?"

Xu Yin replied: "My mother was afraid that my elder brother would be delayed, so she ordered me to look for it. Is elder brother alright?"

Yan Cheng shook his head: "It's nothing, we'll talk about it when we go back."

He boarded the carriage again, and the group returned to the city under the escort of the imperial guards.

Xu Yin accompanied him on a horse, when he heard a low voice from inside the carriage, it was vaguely a female voice.Her heart sank, what's going on?Didn't Du Ming follow him?Could it be that Liu Xi'er succeeded?

Back at Prince Zhao's Mansion, Princess Zhao and Mrs. Xie had rushed over to wait after getting the news.

Seeing Yan Cheng getting out of the carriage in good order, both of them showed joy, and then seeing him turn around and lift up the curtain to let Liu Xier get down, their expressions froze.

Princess Zhao reacted quickly, and immediately said: "Just come back, let's talk first."

Yan Cheng agreed yes, and led Liu Xi'er into the mansion.

Xu Yin noticed that Liu Xi'er was covering her face all the time, so she couldn't help but frowned.

A group of people entered in silence, and when they entered the second hall, they retreated and stepped down. Yan Cheng spoke first: "I made my mother worry. I went out of the city in the afternoon to inspect the racecourse. Obeisance to the ancestors, please let me send two escorts for a ride. I thought it happened to be on the way, so I might as well take a look. Unexpectedly, I encountered a little accident on the mountain, and I didn’t come back until now.”

This sentence sounds reasonable at first glance, but it is not reasonable when you think about it carefully, Xie twitched the corners of his mouth and lowered his eyes.

Concubine Zhao still held her breath and asked him: "What accident?"

Yan Cheng turned his head to look over and saw Liu Xi'er slowly put down his hand covering his face, everyone gasped.

One side of her face was swollen into a steamed bun, and two sharp teeth marks were clearly visible.

"This..." Princess Zhao was shocked, "Bite by something?"

"It's a snake." Yan Cheng sighed, "There are a lot of snakes and insects on the mountain, and it's the poisonous moon. I was caught off guard and almost got bitten."

Princess Zhao's liver trembled when she heard this: "A Cheng, are you not hurt?"

"No, Ms. Liu blocked it for me." Yan Cheng's expression was complicated, "It's just that she hurt her face and the snake venom flared up. In order to save our lives, we hurriedly found a doctor nearby, which delayed the time."

"How are you doing now?"

Yan Cheng nodded: "It's fine for the time being, but I still have to see the imperial physician."

Concubine Zhao heaved a sigh of relief, and because of her life-saving grace, she was extremely gentle to Liu Xi'er: "Good boy, thank you very much. Hurry up and rest first, I'll send someone to find the imperial physician."

After Liu Xi'er saluted, she was helped down by the servant girl.

Concubine Zhao said to Xie again: "Since there is nothing wrong, you two should go back and rest. Ah Cheng has been busy so far, and you have been waiting for half the night."

Mrs. Xie hesitated for a moment: "Then Miss Liu..."

Concubine Zhao said with a smile: "She has no worries about her life, and she has nothing to do, but the matter of calling an imperial doctor is for the servants to do."

Only then did Mrs. Xie agree, and looked at Yan Cheng.

Yan Cheng sighed slightly, and said: "It was my fault that I caused my mother to wait until now, and troubled my younger siblings to go out in the middle of the night to look for it on a whim. I will make amends tomorrow."

Princess Zhao forced a smile and said, "Okay, let's go back."

Yan Cheng resigned again and left with Mrs. Xie.

As soon as they left, Princess Zhao's face suddenly darkened.

"This brat! He..."

Princess Zhao was very angry, she looked like she wanted to scold Yan Cheng, but when she thought that Xu Yin was still here, she forcibly held back.

"Go back and rest too." She forced a smile, "Thanks to you today, I worked hard."

"Small things, why not talk about hard work?" Xu Yin bowed his head and saluted, "Mother rested earlier, and my daughter-in-law is leaving."

She went out of the second hall as usual, returned to her yard, and then washed and changed her clothes. It was not until the maids retreated that her face became gloomy.

What the hell, how could this happen?

She always thought that Yan Cheng had no intentions for Liu Xi'er, so she boldly set a trap for Concubine Liu to jump.What is this now?After doing it for a long time, Yan Cheng himself is a cracked egg?That's no wonder Taifei Liu is going to bite a fly.

Alas, how can she explain to Mrs. Xie now?
I hope Liu Xi'er is smarter, she has already betrayed Concubine Liu, and she can't turn back.

Forget it, wait for Du Ming to report tomorrow. Although the plan has an accident, it can still continue.

(End of this chapter)