A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 253 What If Gu Zhan Can't Come Back?

Yang Pan'er went back to the palace overnight, and Wei Feng soon got the news.

After the spies came to report, it was already the second watch.

Luo Zhang, another guard who was temporarily attached to Qi's house with him, came over, and was also very worried about his way of obeying Qi Huan's orders without authorization: "Should I write to report these things to the prince? He treats Miss Qi as a It's like eyeballs, if you make a mistake in acting rashly, you won't be able to explain it later."

main--

This is no small matter.

Competing against the Yushi Mansion of Youdu as an enemy, there is a powerful official from the first rank and an imperial concubine joining forces, even if Gu Zhan is in Beijing, he will find it difficult.

"Aren't you afraid that my little aunt might get away with it if you treat me as me?" Wei Feng was at a loss and gave him a look, "But the situation in the southern border is unstable now, and the situation of the prince there is not optimistic at all. Even if you report to him In such a situation, if others do not come back, they will be distracted and anxious, and the gains may outweigh the losses."

Luo Zhang scratched his head: "Then what should we do?"

Wei Feng sighed: "Just do your best, and pay close attention to everything. It's really not possible..."

He gritted his teeth and thought: "It's really impossible, isn't there still the empress? No matter how much trouble happens, the empress will finally support Miss Qi's life. As long as she is fine, I will wait for the son to come back to deal with it." That's it."

This is to appease your companions, but in fact, why not cheer yourself up?
Gu Zhan deliberately left them in Beijing to take care of Qi Huan, so no matter what, they had to do their best and dare not be negligent or slack.

Can--

Everyone has selfish intentions, after all they are Gu Zhan's confidantes cultivated by himself, if they had to choose between Gu Zhan and Qi Huan, they would have to take sides, and they had to take care of Gu Zhan's safety first.

Therefore, at this juncture, no one in the capital dared to report the news to Gu Zhan casually, lest he would be distracted thousands of miles away.

Wei Feng knew how much Gu Zhan valued Qi Huan, and because he had such selfishness, he would feel unworthy of him from the bottom of his heart, so he could only listen to Qi Huan's orders more wholeheartedly and do things for her.

Luo Zhang saw that he was going out of the courtyard to the direction of the backyard, so he hurriedly called him: "It's already this hour, what are you doing?"

Wei Feng said: "Since the eldest lady has given special instructions, I will inform her when I get a reply."

"But it's already this hour..."

Before Luo Zhang finished speaking, seeing that Wei Feng had gone far away, he shut up resentfully.

After nightfall, if there is no urgent matter, the guards will usually be confined in the front yard, and the back yard is strictly controlled.

Wei Feng passed by, and was stopped by the woman who guarded the gate at night at the gate of Qixia Garden.

He didn't go in, he only said he wanted to find Xingluo.

Most of the people in Qixia Garden are Yang's own people, so they are very dedicated to the people and things related to Qi Huan. The woman sent someone to call Xing Luo without saying a word.

After Wei Feng relayed the news, he went back to the front yard to rest.

Qi Huan washed her hair at night, and now her hair is still dry, so she just dawdles and hasn't rested yet.

When Xing Luo came back, Yun Xi had already gone back to the study next door to make a bed and was ready to go to bed. Seeing that there was no one else in the room, she truthfully relayed Wei Feng's news: "Wei Feng said that the spies who were following the Yushi Mansion in Youdu sent a message. The fifth young lady of his family, named Yang Pan'er, rushed back to the palace overnight. He felt that the other party acted in such a hurry that it was very likely that he had received some orders from the family. The spies will continue to watch for the follow-up movement, and will report to you if there is any progress. .”

Qi Huan twisted his hair with a handkerchief, and smiled softly: "He is very careful about this matter."

Xing Luo couldn't hide his worry, he hesitated and said: "Miss, are you really not going to discuss it with Madam first?"

Qi Huan shrugged his shoulders: "There is nothing to discuss. If someone wants to use dirty tricks, will he discuss it with his mother in advance? Besides, I am also a rich official, and they are not thieves. They can't just kill me with a knife. If you want to overthrow me, you have to follow the official path, no matter what crimes you accuse me of, with the empress here, you won’t be able to let them take people’s lives without giving them a chance to prove their innocence, right?”

"That's what I said..." Xing Luo knew he couldn't persuade her, so he had to give up after hesitating a few times.

It rained a little in the middle of the night that day, and there was no wind at all the next day, and the sun evaporated the moisture on the ground...

It was really hot and stuffy.

As soon as Qi Huan woke up, she was sweating again. She was so uncomfortable that she didn't even go to Anxue Tang for breakfast, so she asked someone to go to the ice cellar to dig ice to cool off.

Here she just put the ice basin on, and took some crushed ice cubes to fiddle with trying to freeze some fruits, but Qi Yuanchen came in from outside the courtyard on two short legs.

Still no one is allowed to hug, and walked over by himself.

Followed by Mother Liu and a maidservant, carrying a food box in their hands.

Qi Huan quickly put down the fruit and waved at the little thing: "It's so hot, why are you here?"

Qi Yuanchen stepped over the high threshold, leaned on the door frame to enter, and came directly in front of her obediently.

There was sweat on the small face as if washed with water.

In this scorching hot day, Yang shi had tried to wear as little clothes as possible, but for the sake of decent appearance, she still wore two layers.

At this time, the collar of his robe was wet.

"Look at the sweaty face." Xing Luo took out a handkerchief and wiped his face.

Qi Huan had already unbuttoned his shirt and went to take off the round neck robe he was wearing outside.

"No." Qi Yuanchen pretended to be chaste, and immediately stepped back to protect himself.

"Children, what are you afraid of?" Qi Huan forcibly carried him back, or took off his coat, "Just wear a middle coat in the room, and be careful of heatstroke."

Qi Yuanchen should and indeed was uncomfortably hot, seeing that she didn't strip himself naked, he didn't put on a show anymore.

Qi Huan picked up the round fan on the table and fanned him while wiping his sweat.

At this time, Mama Liu and the two had already come in with a food box, and said with a smile: "When the weather is hot, Madam guesses that you will hide from the heat, and you don't even bother to eat. It happened that the young master was clamoring to come over, so Madam asked me to clean up the food." Food box, if you don’t have a good appetite, you should take two bites, don’t starve your stomach.”

Qi Yuanchen didn't even eat the meal, so Qi Huan reluctantly offered it up.

In such weather, Qi Yuanchen's appetite was not very good, so the siblings just made do with it.

As soon as Yunxi took the people away from the table, Weifeng outside the courtyard reappeared.

It was hot today, so Qi Huan drove everyone in the courtyard back to escape the heat. Now there are only two servants in her room, Xing Luo and Yun Xi.

"Miss..." Wei Feng, who Xing Luo saw first, reminded Qi Huan in a low voice.

Qi Huan followed her line of sight, nodded and signaled outside: "Come in."

Wei Feng got the summons, so he entered the courtyard.

After walking all the way, he was also sweating profusely. He still followed the rules and didn't enter Qi Huan's house, only standing on the porch at the door.

"Is there any news from over there?" Qi Huan asked him casually while wiping Qi Yuanchen's hands with a wet handkerchief.

Wei Feng glanced at Qi Yuanchen hesitantly, thinking that he was just an ignorant child, immediately regained his mind, cupped his hands and said, "Yes. Concubine Wen told the empress when she went to Fengming Palace to pay her respects this morning, saying that it was yesterday. Mrs. Yang was unable to return home to celebrate her birthday, so she begged for grace from the empress... I have just sent someone to the Yushi Mansion to pick up Mrs. Yang for a reunion in the palace."

Qi Huan smiled and pursed his lips, expressing that he knew: "It's good that they make some moves, otherwise I would have missed yesterday's trip."

Wei Feng looked up at her, waiting for her follow-up orders.

Qi Huan said: "Just keep watching their movements, and let me know if you have any news!"

Wei Feng also wished that she would not cause trouble.

Seeing that she was still just telling him to follow her, he was relieved and retreated respectfully.

Qi Huan withdrew his gaze, gave Qi Yuanchen some iced fruit, and coaxed him: "Don't eat too much, you child, your stomach is not working easily."

Qi Yuanchen put his head down and ate quietly and obediently. He probably didn't care what she and Wei Feng said at all.

When Ning entered the palace, she only stayed for lunch that day before leaving the palace and returning home.

Afterwards, both Concubine Wen's bedroom and Youdu Yushi's Mansion were as quiet as a chicken, and there was no further movement after that.

The climate heat wave only lasted for two days, and then a light rain came with the first solar term of autumn.

During the Great Hajj Dynasty, there is a custom of offering sacrifices to the Five Emperors on the day of Liqiu.

The ceremony was held in the previous dynasty, and although the harem did not participate, the queen would preside over a ceremony to welcome the royal family with the female family members, which was a echo of the previous dynasty.

Originally, this matter had nothing to do with Qi Huan, but Empress Gu took extra care of her recently, so she made a special order to announce her into the palace.

Qi Huan understood her intention——

First, to show the family's position, and second, it probably helped her broaden her horizons and gain insight into the meaning.

Qi Huan was fine staying at home, and it happened that the weather wasn't so hot, so he dressed up.

This day was still the person who was picked up by Empress Gu in a ready-made car, this time Qi Huan learned his lesson and went out alone without a maidservant.

The ceremony of the previous court and the ceremony of the harem started at the same time, and they were both auspicious times calculated by Qin Tian's monitoring.

Qi Huan's carriage was going to the harem, and he had to pass near the front gate of the palace. It was a coincidence that he was squeezed together with those officials who were stepping a little bit into the palace to participate in the ceremony.

When the carriage turned a corner, another carriage that just overtook them came from another street.

The street ahead is the main street, even if two carriages run side by side, they will not collide.

The person in the carriage next to him saw that Eunuch Jia was personally leading the team to guard the carriage. He was very curious, so he poked his head out of the window and asked, "Eunuch Jia, today is the beginning of autumn, and there are ceremonies in the harem. Why don't you help the queen mother in the palace?" Hurrying to leave the palace at this hour? Who is sitting in the car?"

Qi Huan was sitting in the carriage, and he didn't intend to show his face, but——

The voice was so familiar that she was instantly irritable and frowned.

Outside, Eunuch Jia answered coldly and simply: "It's the wife of the son-in-law of Pingguo's mansion, and the empress ordered the slaves to take her into the palace to participate in the ceremony."

Then--

The person on the other side immediately fell silent, without further words.

Qi Huan did not expect to meet Yun Zheng on a narrow road, but by coincidence, they met again.

But today's ceremony in the former dynasty is a big event, praying for good weather, prosperity and people's peace, for the sake of auspiciousness, has nothing to do with the government.

The emperor punished Yunzheng to contemplate his mistakes behind closed doors, saying that he was temporarily restricted from participating in government affairs, and that it would not be considered a breach of his promise to release him during a ceremony.

No matter what, he is still a prince, if he is not invited on such an occasion, the courtiers will instead speculate that he has committed some serious crime that offended Long Yan, and it will be more likely to cause disputes at that time.

Qi Huan didn't show up either, he just pretended that he had never encountered this episode before.

The two carriages walked side by side, approaching the gate of the palace...

Yun Zheng continued to move forward, heading towards the palace gate, Qi Huan turned to another road along the palace wall, and went to the other side to go directly to the palace gate of the harem.

Yun Zheng's carriage stopped near the palace gate, and when he got out of the carriage with the corner of his robe in his hand, he glanced around and saw Qin Song who had just arrived right after him.

Qin Song is still the same, with only Jian Xinghai as a guard, and the master and servant are one person and one horse, simple and capable.

He turned over and got off the horse with a blank expression, and threw the rein in his hand to Jian Xinghai.

When he saw Yun Zheng, he couldn't pretend not to see him, so he cupped his hands perfunctorily, and then went straight around the other party and entered the palace gate.

"I haven't seen you for a few days, why is Wu Chenghou's complexion not as good as before?" Unexpectedly, Yun Zheng took the initiative to strike up a conversation, chatting casually looked him up and down, and said in a half-truthful tone: "I don't know if it's because I'm feeling unwell, or ... Feeling unwell?"

Qin Song didn't pay attention to him at first, but his last sentence obviously meant something!
Qin Song's eyes darkened slightly, and he stopped in his tracks.

Marquis Wucheng's Mansion is in the same direction as Prince Ning's Mansion, and he was stuck behind Yunzheng's carriage the whole time he came this way.

At first he thought it was a coincidence that including Yun Zheng's encounter with the horses and horses in the palace to pick up Qi Huan, but now it seems——

But obviously not!
Qin Song secretly suppressed his temper, his face remained expressionless, "Your Highness seems to have something to say? I am a warrior, so I don't have such twists and turns. You have to speak straight."

Yun Zheng pulled the corners of his lips into a smile.

He shifted his gaze to the path next to him.

At that time, although there was no sign of Qi Huan's carriage...

But Qin Song followed his gaze, but he knew exactly who he was referring to.

Yun Zheng smiled with deep meaning on his face: "The Gu brothers and sisters all value the girl in the Marquis of Changning's mansion. It's ridiculous to say that, but I don't know if it's their bad eyesight that treats fish eyes as pearls, or your mansion There is a problem with your eyesight, and you missed a good marriage. I heard that your Qin and Qi houses are still walking around with each other, is it true that Qin Xiaohou is so wide-chested, and doesn't feel a bit uncomfortable?"

What he said clearly still had a deep meaning.

If it was just because Qin Shuo had withdrawn from Qi Huan's marriage, he would rush to ridicule——

This matter has long since passed, and Qin Shuo himself has let go of it. It is really ridiculous for Yun Zheng to provoke this matter in front of him!

Can--

But the other party was clearly certain that this was his pain point and death spot, and they used this matter to stimulate him.

Although Qin Song thinks that he can hide and restrain his feelings in front of others, but there are indeed some contacts between him and Qi Huan that are inappropriate in the eyes of others. If someone insists on digging hard, revealing his short...

It's not entirely impossible, either.

His tail was stepped on by someone, but he wasn't annoyed at all, and he retorted without hesitation: "That younger brother of this Marquis is a fool, and the third girl from the Ye family, who had shown her love in a high-profile way before, was married back by your Highness!" ? Your Highness, you are magnanimous, and you don’t care about it...the things about this Marquis are all trivial matters."

Ye Xunyi is definitely not a suitable candidate for a wife. There are too many scandals about her, and anyone who marries her will become a laughingstock.

only--

This was the first time someone dared to stab him face to face with this matter.

Yun Zheng's face darkened instantly.

Qin Song glanced at him coldly, and was about to continue walking around him towards the palace gate.

"Qin Song." Thinking of his purpose today, Yun Zheng had no choice but to put aside his suspicions, and stopped him again.

Qin Song stopped in his tracks, but didn't take the initiative to look back.

Yun Zheng reluctantly stepped forward.

He stood still in front of Qin Song, finally revealed his true colors, and didn't bother to keep hiding, and said bluntly: "As far as I know, you Wu Chenghou has always been arrogant and arrogant, and you are not someone who would like to be beautiful. Speaking secretly, in fact, the reason why you agreed to ask Lingdi to withdraw from the marriage of the Qi family was because you were interested in that girl at that time, right? As a result, your Qin family endured the humiliation and became a bad person who voluntarily retired from the marriage. Others make the wedding dress, but Gu Zhan is fulfilled..."

Qin Song didn't like being mentioned about this matter very much.

He interrupted Yun Zheng irritably: "So, what does His Royal Highness Prince Ning intend to do? Are you here to sow discord today?"

The news about Yun Zheng was figured out by Ye Xunyi and him during the days when he was locked up in the mansion.

Ye Xunyi said at the beginning that she found that Qin Song, an unkind and cold-faced god, had a different attitude towards Qi Huan. He must have an affair, but he didn't believe it. Later, the other party gave him a little bit of clues to find out It was only through the flaw that he gradually moved him.

However, when he came to Qin Song, he still had the mentality of giving it a try.

At this time, Qin Song acquiesced, which was a surprise!
A gleam of light flashed in Yun Zheng's eyes. In order not to lose his momentum, so that he could control the other party, he quickly restrained himself, and only said inscrutablely: "What's the point of sowing dissension? That seems too insincere. I just want to Complete you."

The corner of Qin Song's mouth twitched, the arc was contemptuous and arrogant, obviously he didn't believe it.

Yun Zheng didn't care about his attitude, and just took a deep look at him and said, "Isn't Gu Zhan going to work in Beijing? What if he doesn't come back this trip?"

(End of this chapter)