After the prince enters the play

Yan Qiongsi couldn't think of it for a moment, and Su Xinyi's shadow suddenly popped up in his mind, but he subconsciously denied it.

Su Xinyi is only the Crown Princess of the East Palace now, how could His Majesty entrust her with such a matter?

Not Concubine Li, nor Su Xinyi, only one of Concubine Ruan Ming and Concubine Qi Xian. After King Jing and King Wu got married, the relationship between the second concubine and the queen gradually became closer. If you want to please the queen, it is reasonable to sell the queen.

The princess of Guangping County looked very ugly, and wanted to say something, Yan Qiongsi reached out and grabbed her mother, and said softly: "Mother, let's go out of the palace."

"Just leave like this?" The princess of Guangping County felt that this marriage was not reconciled to just retiring like this. If the marriage with the Jiang family was resigned again, it would be even more difficult for her daughter to choose a better family in the future.

She still wanted to ask the queen to help her.

Even if Mr. Jiang sued His Majesty, but the empress and His Majesty have been husband and wife for so many years, don't they still have this kind of affection?
She doesn't believe it.

It's just that the queen refused to help.

The more she thought about it, the more annoyed the princess of Guangping County became. She waited until she left the palace and got into her own carriage, then said to her daughter: "I don't think your aunt is protecting us like she used to. In the final analysis, In her heart, King Rong is more important."

Yan Qiongsi turned her head to look at the slightly shaking car curtain, still thinking about what to do next, and didn't bother to talk to her mother for a moment.

Isn't it right for an aunt to protect her son more?
How can a niece be compared to her own son, she has already known it clearly.

The princess of Guangping County didn't notice the strangeness of her daughter, she was still chattering, "Your father's errand has not been settled yet, and I don't want to do my best when I look at the queen, so what should I do if it drags on like this? I should mention it today, In the end, I was so angry that I forgot about the divorce."

Hearing this, Yan Qiongsi thought in her heart that her aunt was in favor back then, and His Majesty valued her, so her aunt asked for an errand for her father.

For so many years, my father has done nothing wrong with this errand, and he has not moved where he is. I am afraid that His Majesty has long wanted to vacate his father's place, but there is no suitable opportunity.

Last time, taking advantage of Shang Junyan's affairs, His Majesty took her father's official position, which happened to kill two birds with one stone.

There is no need to think about her father's reinstatement. With her father's temperament, if she is given a job with a low official position and no real power, she will not be willing to do it if she is afraid that she will not be able to face it. In the end, she will only bear the title of a county king. .

That being the case, why bother to make trouble with my aunt because of this matter?
Thinking of this, Yan Qiongsi looked at her mother and said: "Mother, now you and your aunt are not just sisters, you are still the princess of Guangping County, and your aunt is the queen. They are different after all."

The princess of Guangping County was taken aback by her daughter's words, "What do you mean by that? When will the queen and I be sisters? How can it be different?"

"Of course it's different. Mother, if today's incident happened to my cousin, what would my aunt do?"

"How to do it? Of course I want to vent my anger for King Rong..." The princess of Guangping County was taken aback when she said this, and then glanced at her daughter, she seemed to understand a little bit, and then her complexion became even worse.

Yan Qiongsi didn't seem to care much, and said slowly: "People's hearts are the same. In Mother's heart, my brother and I are more important."

The princess of Guangping County opened her mouth, and finally sneered, "Yes, what you said makes sense. If it is the same as before, the queen empress will not force us to agree to withdraw from the Jiang family. Do you really want to withdraw?"

"Retire." Yan Qiongsi said casually, "This marriage is not what I want. It was just a stopgap measure at first, but my aunt said that I want to retire with dignity. It is okay to be decent, but the Jiang family made me lose face. That's all."

The princess of Guangping County knew that her daughter had always had ideas, but now it was different from before, she quickly said: "Don't mess around, since you want to retire, then do so in a kind way, and the future mother will choose another one for you." It's a matter of family."

Yan Qiongsi smiled, "I know it well, you just go talk to the Jiang family about retiring. My aunt is worried that we will cause trouble to Prince Rong, and besides, my cousin is really good to me, so let's do it for my cousin."

The princess of Guangping County was silent when she thought of her nephew, Wang Rong, and she really cared for her daughter, "Then let's do this first, I will go to Jiang's house tomorrow."

Yan Qiongsi nodded slightly, then chuckled, "Mother, you don't have to worry, your daughter can always get married."

The princess of Guangping County felt very uncomfortable when she heard her daughter say this, and she said after a long while: "Of course, my daughter's marriage must go well."

Before the carriage reached Guangping County Prince's Mansion, Yan Qiongsi got out of the carriage halfway, looked around calmly, and then quickly walked into a small alley.

The alley was narrow and long, walking on the bluestone road, until it reached the end, and then pushed open a wooden door and stepped in.

Cao Qing was sitting in the opposite restaurant, his eyes flickered, he was taken aback for a moment, then he stretched out his hand to beckon the people beside him and said in a low voice: "Keep staring here, I'll go out for a while."

"Brother Cao, where are you going?"

Cao Qing wasn't sure if he read it wrong, so he said softly: "It's urgent, you remember, when the people from Youchu Zengye come back, you follow them, and you know what to say and what to do when you go there, right?"

"You know, don't worry."

Cao Qing patted him on the shoulder, "Work hard, you came from Master Zeng, it's not easy to find a dignified background, this is a good opportunity, don't miss it."

Cao Qing left behind these words, keeping his eyes on the alley.When he got off the restaurant, instead of following the same path, he took a detour, leaned over from the other end of the alley, and bought four or five palm-sized sesame seed cakes at the street corner, wrapped them in oil paper and carried them in his hand. Stained a little plaster on the corner of the wall, rubbed his hands on his face, and his eyes changed, like a man from an ordinary family.

Not far along the alley, I saw a house with its door half open, an old woman scolding her grandson, and there were broken tiles lying on the ground not far from her feet.

With a simple and honest smile on his face, Cao Qing stretched out his hand and knocked on the door twice. The old lady who was cursing raised her head and squinted her eyes to look over. Seeing that it was an unfamiliar face, she didn't recognize her, so she shouted and asked: "Who are you and which one are you looking for? Why haven't I seen you in this alley?"

Cao Qing watched the little grandson of the family staring at the biscuits in his hand, with saliva dripping from the corner of his mouth, so he hurriedly opened the oil-paper bag and took out one, and the child stuffed it into his mouth as soon as he took it.

The old lady wanted to snatch it back as soon as she saw it, scolding as she snatched it, "I haven't eaten good food in eight lifetimes, and a single sesame seed cake will drop your greedy eyeballs on the ground, such a worthless thing..."

"Ma'am, I just want to ask for directions. A sesame seed cake is worthless. I gave it to you. Don't scold the child." Cao Qing scratched his head and said with an embarrassed look on his face.

The old lady looked a little better when she heard this, and asked, "What do you want to ask for? Which one are you looking for? No wonder you are here to visit relatives? You have to say, your relatives are not reliable, why? You still can't touch the door?"

"A few years ago, we had a disaster at home and we changed places. We also lost the letters from relatives, so we had to rely on our memory to find someone. I muttered to you that I might have found the wrong door, so I kept asking you, you must know a lot at your age."

"That's right. I've lived here all my life. There's no one in this area that I don't know. Which one do you want to ask?"

Cao Qing was delighted to hear the old lady, so she hurriedly stuffed the other biscuits in her hand to the child, but the old lady tried to stop her, so Cao Qing said: "Ma'am, I can't ask you for nothing, I will ask you for valuable things." Take it out too, give the children a few biscuits, you just accept it."

"It's just a matter of one sentence, how can it be worth so many biscuits. You have grown up to be kind, so you can ask." The old lady said with a smile.

Cao Qing rubbed his hands and pointed to the other side of the alley, "It's the one five or six households away from your house. I came here with my father when I was young, but the alleys here are all similar in shape, and they are not the same. Knowing whether I was going to the right door, I took a look through the door. The faces of the people in the courtyard were so strange that they looked nothing like our parents. I was timid, so I didn't dare to ask. It's not because I was afraid of finding the wrong door. We country people are afraid of getting into trouble when we go to the city.”

The old lady looked at Cao Qing's honest and honest look, and thought about how knowledgeable farmers in the countryside are. They are not afraid of causing trouble when they enter the city, so they thought about it and said: "The family you are talking about is really not the same as before. The family who lived in this house originally lived in the house with the surname Sun, are your relatives surnamed Sun?"

Cao Qing was pleasantly surprised, "Old lady, how did you know that our family name is Sun."

"You're really good, if you're both surnamed Sun, you're right. But you're not very lucky. The family surnamed Sun is also unlucky this year. The good-looking son is addicted to gambling while studying. You say our raised How much money can ordinary ordinary people have to gamble? It would take a lot of trouble to provide for a scholar, and they owed a lot of debts. When the gambling house came to the door, they took the house, and someone bought the house not long ago."

Cao Qing's heart trembled when he heard this, and Zhanqiao mentioned it to him, saying that the Crown Princess suspected that there was a shadow of the king behind the historian's involvement in gambling, and that the house that moved away now also lost its house because of gambling, that's all. skillful?
Moreover, the person he saw entering the door looked like Princess Lanyi, if he read correctly, what is Princess Lanyi doing in this kind of place?
This is not a place where nobles like her would come.

Cao Qing thought about it, a shocked expression appeared on his face, and he stammered, "Gambling? How can people like us gamble? This is terrible, terrible. Auntie, the relatives of my family who moved away are fine Bar?"

The old lady's face became better when she heard that Cao Qingxian was concerned about the safety of her relatives, "It's okay, it's just that the student who made such a incident might feel ashamed and wanted to hang himself with a rope, but he is a Life is long, it just so happened that his mother couldn't sleep that night and went to see him, so this life was saved. It's a crime, give me a good child, and she always greeted me when she saw me."

Cao Qing patted his chest, "That's good, that's good, life is still alive, and the rest can be earned back slowly. Auntie, do you know where they moved?"

"I don't know about that. I was in a hurry when I left. Our old neighbors woke up in the morning and saw that the door was empty." The old lady shook her head while talking.

Cao Qing's heart sank, and then he said with a melancholy face, "Auntie, do you know who bought the house? How about dealing with it? I want to come and ask my relatives where they are. I don't know if they know. Since We are in trouble, we have houses in the countryside, there is always a place for them to stay, I am worried that they don't even have a place to live now."

The old lady glanced at Cao Qing in surprise. Such kind-hearted people are rare these days, and there are more rural people who fight the autumn wind, and fewer people who help others.

Thinking about it this way, looking at Cao Qing became even more pleasing to the eye. The young man gave several big sesame cakes before, and she thought about it and said: "Young man, I advise you not to come to the house, the family you moved here is not easy to mess with." Yes, no one in our alley has any dealings with them. Just live in a small courtyard. There are at least five or six people in it. They are all big and round. They don’t look like good people. You should hurry up Go home, forget it if you can't find anyone, don't really cause trouble."

Cao Qing looked worried, "Auntie, although I am also afraid, but I still want to go over and ask, my relatives also have several people in their family."

"That family doesn't look like our locals in the capital. They don't have an accent. It sounds weird. The old lady advises you to go home quickly."

Cao Qing nodded helplessly, "Auntie, you've already said that. If I don't listen to you, I'll let down your kindness. I'll go home first and discuss with my father what to do."

"Yes, go home and discuss with your father. This kind of matter is still up to the elders in the family. Young people have good hearts, so don't do bad things, go back quickly."

"Hey, I'm going out of town right now, thank you, aunt, without your few words, maybe I'd really be reckless."

The old lady waved her hand, and Cao Qing left her house.

However, Cao Qing didn't really turn around and leave. Instead, he pulled his collar and bent slightly. Coupled with his face, he looked like a very frustrated person with an unsatisfactory life.

He walked along the long alley against the wall with his head lowered and his hands clasped. When he passed the door, he glanced slightly out of the corner of his eye. The two wooden doors were half-closed, and he couldn't see the situation in the courtyard clearly. He could only hear a man talking and laughing faintly in the courtyard. voice came.

Indeed, as the old lady said, it wasn't the accent of the locals in the capital, the old lady didn't recognize it, but Cao Qing recognized it with one ear, it was the accent of Suizhou.

He quickened his pace slightly, didn't dare to stay longer, and slipped out of the alley against the wall.

After leaving the alley, Cao Qing didn't change his appearance immediately. He still kept his original posture and appearance, and walked along the busy street for a long time until he really disappeared into the crowd and felt that the gaze staring at him disappeared. Only then did the figure turn around and disappear in a flash.