Jiaochu

Chapter 524 Meeting
After the carriage stopped outside the palace gate, Mu Qi knocked on the door and asked someone to open the door, saying that the princess was back. The servant who opened the door immediately went to report to the housekeeper. Meng Jingxiu first asked Ye Xingye, Yan Fei, Ye Lingxi and Xiao Yun to be taken to her residence, and she went to the hall first. As soon as they arrived in the hall, King Pingnan and Princess Pingnan came.

At this point, she had to tell her father her true whereabouts. Hearing that she secretly ran away to Qi State, King Pingnan shouted loudly, the volume seemed to make the tables, chairs and benches in the hall shake. She hid behind her mother and concubine. Princess Pingnan asked him to speak carefully and stop yelling. Everyone in the street heard it, and King Pingnan lowered his voice and asked her why she went to Qi State.

"Isn't Princess An Ning going to choose the consort? I heard it was very lively, so I wanted to go and see how lively it was." King Pingnan was about to get angry again, but in the end he held it back in front of Princess Pingnan. Meng Jingxiu hurriedly Changing the subject, he said, "Father, do you know that Emperor Qi passed away?"

King Pingnan's attention was indeed diverted to this. What he heard here was that the third prince forced the palace and made people angry to death. Meng Jingxiu said, "My father only knows one thing but not the other. In addition to forcing the palace, he also poisons." King Pingnan was about to ask clearly. Princess Pingnan said that this was not the place to talk. The three of them came to the study and asked Mu Qi stood guard outside the door.

Meng Jingxiu told the story about Emperor Qi and Yan Lianjue being poisoned at the dinner party, and by the way, Ye Xingye also came. King Pingnan shouted again, and she immediately hid behind her mother-in-law. Princess Pingnan glanced at her. King Pingnan lowered his voice and asked where the person was. Meng Jingxiu said he was at her place.

King Pingnan was going to meet someone immediately. On the way, Meng Jingxiu mentioned that Mr. Xiao was also coming. King Pingnan asked who this Mr. Xiao was. She said that it was the Xiao family, the richest man in Jiangnan. He also just came from Qi State. When I came back, I bought some tea to sell. King Pingnan muttered that he had to go all the way to Qi to buy tea, and he was a little suspicious of the other party's motives. Princess Pingnan said that rare things are valuable, so the tea would become a rare commodity in another place, and it would naturally be sold at a good price. King Pingnan said that there is no business without treachery, but these businessmen are cunning, and he does not like these opportunistic businessmen who steal people's money.

When he arrived, King Pingnan saw Ye Xingye, and without asking a word, he bowed first. Ye Xingye quickly helped him up, and then quickly asked Princess Pingnan to get up as well, so there was no need to be polite. Although it was not the first time they met, Ye Xingye seemed a little shy this time, like an ugly daughter-in-law meeting her parents-in-law for the first time. Meng Jingxiu looked at his bewildered look and pursed her lips and smiled. Ye Xingye smiled when he saw her, I also laughed unconsciously.

King Pingnan didn't know what happened between the two of them, so he saw Ye Xingye smiling, a little strange, and didn't know what he was laughing at. He glanced around and asked why he didn't see Young Master Xiao. Ye Xingye hurriedly replied, "He goes to rest first." ” King Pingnan raised his thick eyebrows, thinking that someone was sleeping here, and his expression turned a bit bad. Ye Xingye thought he had said something wrong, and while he was feeling a little uneasy, Meng Jingxiu said, "If my father wants to see Young Master Xiao, I will call someone over."

Princess Pingnan said: "Since Mr. Xiao has rested, don't let anyone disturb you." She glanced at King Pingnan again, "Your Highness is here, let's talk about business first." King Pingnan nodded in agreement and asked first What is poisoning?

Ye Xingye was not at the banquet that night. Later, when the guards surrounded his residence, they found out that someone had poisoned the banquet. He also described the situation in the palace that night and how he got out of the palace in detail. I am afraid there are some omissions. After I finished speaking, I thought about it for a while and found nothing missing.

After hearing this, King Pingnan was furious and arrested people indiscriminately. He simply didn't take the big emblem in his eyes. He was so angry that he clenched his fists so hard that he could crush an iron walnut in his hand. Princess Pingnan did not dissuade him, and thought calmly, "If they put this debt on His Highness, saying that His Highness fled out of fear of crime, and the new emperor ascended the throne, they would have an excuse to launch troops."

Ye Xingye's eyelids twitched when he heard this, and he was worried. He felt that he had gotten into trouble, and he was so anxious that he couldn't keep his head clear. He said that he wanted to go back and prove his innocence. Meng Jingxiu said that he had thrown himself into a trap, and there was no reason to accuse him. If he went back, he would not be beaten by others, and then he would not be able to prove his innocence by making a false confession. Those people had better leave early and those people did not respond. Come here, if you leave two days later, you probably won’t be able to leave. Now that you have finally come back safely, are you going to send someone to your door again to be used as a hostage?

Ye Xingye sobered up a lot after these words, and gave up the idea of ​​going back. He was also worried about what to do next, whether he should rush back to report to his father.

Princess Pingnan thought for a while and asked Ye Xingye if the people accompanying him had sent any messages back. He didn't know very well. Long Yingwei did everything quietly, and Yan Fei was not around. All Long Yingwei reported to him on the way was Where did he reach the frontier and where should he change ships. Other than that, no one discussed with him whether he should send a message back. Long Yingwei always took orders directly from his father, so he couldn't get involved, and Yan Fei wasn't here. He and Ye Lingxi also went to rest first. It was inconvenient for him to tell their identities, and he didn't want to have such a big incident. Regarding the matter, Long Shadow Guard must have sent a message back. After thinking for a while, he nodded and said that he must have sent a message back, his tone still a bit uncertain.

Princess Pingnan thought for a while and asked him to stay here temporarily to wait for the emperor's order.

Ye Xing also had this plan in his ambition, and also had the idea of ​​atonement for his crimes. Although he was innocent, if he was used as an excuse to provoke a war, then he was not innocent either. Qi State would have to go through the Red Army to mobilize troops. He, he can still kill the enemy if he stays here.

Meng Jingxiu didn't know his last thought, and she was happy that he could stay for a few more days.

Princess Pingnan asked people to prepare another place for Ye Xingye. After Ye Xingye left, King Pingnan was still a little worried and asked about Mr. Xiao again. Meng Jingxiu called Tong'er in and asked, and Tong'er reported that Mr. Xiao Yun, Yanfei and Ye Lingxi led them to Haitang Garden to rest.

King Pingnan heard that there was a young master and a girl, and asked who they were. Meng Jingxiu said that they were Ye Xingye's personal guard, and that the girl was his wife. King Pingnan was puzzled and muttered why the emperor sent such a person here and brought his family with him? Princess Pingnan said, "Your Highness is back safely now, isn't he?" King Pingnan muttered as he was speechless.

"Jing'er has just come back. She has been running around on the road and talking for a while. She is also tired. Let her rest early."

King Pingnan gave a few more instructions, and then left together with Princess Pingnan. Meng Jingxiu was sent to the entrance of the courtyard, then washed briefly and rested.

On the way here, King Pingnan asked Princess Pingnan if she wanted to call Meng Tianlan over. Princess Pingnan said that everyone had gone to bed. If she woke up the Tuanjie and was tired and made the child cry, she would have to be coaxed tomorrow morning. After the meal, he called people to the study to talk alone. King Pingnan nodded in agreement and talked about Sister Tuan again. He looked very proud and doting, and his heart was filled with smiles.

Tuanjie'er is the first child of Ye Yuyao and Meng Tianlan. Ye Yuyao was diagnosed with pregnancy when she was in Xiuzhou City. She was pregnant in ten months. Meng Tianlan stayed with her in the house, drinking and drinking, except when she went to the military camp to handle military affairs. She is very attentive to food. She never paid attention to temple fairs and lantern festivals before, but now people are paying attention to them and will accompany her to see them whenever they have free time.

Tuanjie is now two years old. She looks like a snow dumpling and is very cute. She has been nicknamed Tuanjieer. She is the real favorite of everyone in the palace. Prince Pingnan’s voice has also changed to She spoke softly, for fear that her loud voice would frighten her little granddaughter who was like a dumpling in the snow. She also picked on Meng Tianlan's serious face, and often told him to smile more, so as not to frighten the granddaughter with such a pretentious face. . Meng Tianlan was just used to being restrained, so his smile was not obvious.

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