Fair Lady

At night when it was approaching early summer, the temperature was still comfortable and pleasant, but Shuyao felt a little cold, maybe it was because of worry in her heart.Looking up at the curtain-like sky outside the window, there are only a few lonely stars scattered on it, and facing them far away is a quiet and sad first quarter moon.

There is no wind outside, the trees are still, the insects sing softly, and the serenade is played. The music is sometimes weak, sometimes strong, sometimes slow, and sometimes unrestrained... It makes people feel more and more silent.

Lan Jin came in and reported back: "The master and the uncle are back, and went to the old lady..."

Before she finished speaking, Shuyao, who was in a daze in front of the window, raised her skirt and flew out. Mother Liu and Lan Jin Zijin didn't dare to delay, so they quickly followed.

The old lady's yard was brightly lit, no matter it was old lady Jin, Mo Niang, Nan Gongmiao, and Shuwen, they were all waiting.Prince Yong is Shuyao's quasi-father-in-law, the in-laws of the Two Marquis's Mansion, and now his life and death are unknown, so how can we not make people worry?

Jin Xida sighed, and comforted: "Although the prince has been missing for three days and there is no news, but his personal guards and dark guards are following him, so it should be fine." The people around Prince Yong, especially the dark guards, are all top notch. master.

The old lady and the others saw that Jin Xida and Shujie's faces did not seem to have any worries, but more tiredness, so they were half relieved.There are some things and some words that they can't ask, but the father and son don't wear masks when they face their family members in the mansion. They can still tell something from their expressions, and that's enough.

"Everyone is tired today, let's go to bed earlier, we will come back and tell you when there is news, Yaoer, come with us." Jin Xida patted the back of Mo Niang's hand and let her go to rest first, and Shujie and himself Take Shuyao to the study.

As soon as he entered the secret room, Shu Jie asked: "Yao'er, you are the one who reminded Ning'er that there are spies around him? This time it really was that big Liu who caused the trouble. It turns out that he was really bought."

Shuyao nodded, wondering: "Isn't the prince already prepared? How could...?"

Jin Xida smiled and said: "Don't worry, the prince is fine, he's just planning. The news from the deputy general and the hidden guards around the prince arrived in the capital almost at the same time. In order to guard against the spies in the capital, the emperor immediately disclosed the obvious part. Calling us into the palace is also for acting, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the enemy and affect the plan of the prince. Just wait and see, there will be good news of the prince's victory soon."

Shuyao breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, I thought those people had arranged a lot of countermeasures." Fortunately, it was a false alarm.

"By the way," Shuyao paused suddenly, "Is the emperor going to arrange for people to rush to the southwest? And Brother Ning?"

Shu Jie nodded approvingly: "Exactly, the army cannot be without generals for a day. According to normal logic, whether it is overtly or secretly, the emperor will naturally arrange for people to go there." Didn't the emperor send Mingli's reinforcements and Yun Deqing who was pretending to be an eunuch to oversee the army? "It just so happened that Ning'er was going to Qizhou. She went there under the pretense of going to the southwest."

Qizhou bandits are rampant, the emperor is going to send Ke Yixiu to suppress the bandits.Because the bandits in Qizhou are very cunning, they occupy the mountains as kings, but they often live on the river, which is really amphibious.And the Jinchuan River on the edge of Qizhou has nine bends and eighteen bends.In many places, the current is fast and there are whirlpools. Qi Haoning, who is familiar with water and water warfare, went there together, and Ke Yixiu was truly a pair of swords.

In order to catch the bandits by surprise, Qi Haoning was still thinking about how to quietly lead his people to cooperate (Ke Yixiu has always been elusive in suppressing bandits).Well now, the Southwest's "mutation" gave him a justifiable reason, who made things so coincidental.Qizhou happened to be halfway to the southwest.

Shujie took out a letter from his bosom: "Ning'er gave it to you, because the situation is 'urgent', he can't come to say goodbye to you, so he wrote a letter, saying that he hasn't said happy birthday to our little birthday star yet. Well, hehe."

Shu Yao blushed.They snatched the letter and left, making Jin Xida and Shujie laugh out loud. Girls are extroverted. The precious girl (sister) they hold in their hands has really grown up.

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Qi Haoning tidied up Prince Yong's Mansion.Just as he was about to go out, Concubine Zhao hurried over with Qi Yuexin and Qi Haoxiang, Concubine Tian, ​​Qi Haoming's young couple, two concubines and a bunch of other people.

Concubine Zhao cried with tears all over her face: "Ning'er, Ning'er, did something happen to the lord? Are you going to save the lord now? Huh huh, life is about seeing people and death is about seeing corpses, no matter what , Ning'er, you must bring the prince back, you can't let him die in a foreign land."

She has obtained the letter from Mrs. Wu that the prince is dead, not missing.They were all shot into hornet's nests and fell off the cliff, still alive?Mrs. Wu also said that as long as the physically and mentally exhausted Qi Haoning and his party approach the southwest, the ambush over there will definitely make him go and never return. This time, he will not miss, because in addition to the killer sent by the "lord", there is also the Burmese country who is good at using Toxic ally.

As long as the prince and Qi Haoning are both dead, hum, the Southwest side will soon find evidence of Qi Haoming's "collusion" with the Burmese government.By that time, Prince Yong's Mansion will belong to their mother and son.As for who is the emperor, what does it matter to her?

Concubine Zhao's "excessive" performance not only caused Qi Haoning's face to change drastically, but Mrs. Wu even shook her head secretly: This woman is usually quite shrewd, why is she so easily carried away?She quietly tugged on Concubine Zhao's back skirt: "Master, our concubine is very worried about you, you must take care of yourself and be safe."

Concubine Zhao suddenly came to her senses, and was about to speak, but was preempted by Qi Haoning: "From Concubine Zhao's tone, it seems that the father is no longer here? Now the news we have received is that the father is missing, right?"

Concubine Zhao was stunned, her face turned pale, she could only use tears to cover her uneasiness: "I... I'm just worried, Ning'er, how could you wrong me like this? The prince is my husband!... Wuwu Woohoo, when did the prince disappear like this? How did he disappear?... Ning'er, hurry up and save the prince, woooooo, bring more people, the emperor will send an army over there, right?" Mrs. Wu asked her to sound out, See how many reinforcements there will be.She brought so many people here (mainly Qi Haoming and Concubine Tian), firstly because Qi Haoning was wary of her and feared that he would ignore her, and secondly, what will happen in the future is also a case of Qi Haoming spying for Myanmar. "evidence".

Qi Haoning snorted coldly: "Will you send a large army? Hmph, is it something that you, a concubine of the palace, can inquire about important affairs of the court?"

"I...I..." Concubine Zhao gritted her back teeth with hatred, "I don't care about military affairs, I just hope that more people will save the prince."

Qi Haoning snorted coldly again, and the moment he turned around, he saw Qi Yuexin who was standing behind Concubine Zhao looking straight at Concubine Zhao, with a kind of...uh...disappointment and hatred in her eyes.How is this going?

Qi Yuexin seemed to feel the gaze falling on her body, and lowered her head in panic. She knew that the direction of gaze was from Qi Haoning, but she didn't have the courage to look at him.There was a voice in her heart crying: The one who killed the father and king is probably the mother and concubine.No, no, this can't be true!Concubine Mu, she won't really be cruel.

Qi Yuexin felt that she was about to collapse.

Fortunately, Qi Haoning didn't stare at her all the time, and he still had to "hurry on his way". As he walked out, he told the big housekeeper: "Uncle Gui, keep an eye on the palace. If there is anything, you or Mama Luo can go to see the imperial grandmother. Even if I I also disappeared, and there is nothing to be nervous about, it is not so easy for those ghosts and snakes to take the lives of our father and son."

After thinking about it, he turned to Qi Haoming, who was open-mouthed for a long time: "Second brother, if you want to know the news about the father, you can wait for us to come back and then plan to move out of the palace. No one is in a hurry to chase you away, except for the father. And me, no one is qualified to drive you out of the house."

Concubine Tian was indeed restless. After the death of the eldest son, her son became the eldest son of the concubine, and indeed he became ambitious.However, she is timid and hesitates to do things. Before she can do anything, she is suspected of murdering the former princess. How dare she do anything?

Qi Haoning was able to confirm this after he returned to Beijing this time. As for the cause of the concubine's death, because an important person's life and death certificate was unknown, he couldn't be sure that it was Zhao's side concubine who killed him, but he could already confirm that it wasn't Tian. side concubine.

Since Qi Haoming's mother and son hadn't done anything, there was no need for Qi Haoning to hate them as the side concubine Zhao instilled them.Although he will still be on guard and won't get too close, but no matter what, they are all brothers in the same line. For the sake of his father, he can't treat his brothers and sisters as strangers. The children of Prince Yong's mansion are not special. many.

Qi Haoming didn't seem to have expected that Qi Haoning would suddenly say these words to him, and even called him "Second Brother", looking a little flattered, and replied repeatedly: "Well, I see, third brother, you should be more careful along the way. Send us a letter as soon as you have news of your father. You don't have to worry about things in the house, the second brother is useless, but he will still take care of his family and his younger siblings. If there is anything I will discuss with Uncle Gui."

Qi Haoning nodded: "Well, I'm going to drive all night, you all go back." After finishing speaking, he left without looking back, without even looking at Concubine Zhao, who was pale and had trembling hands.

Concubine Zhao forced herself to hold her breath so that she didn't vomit the fishy sweetness in her throat. She intuitively felt that what Qi Haoning said to Uncle Gui was for him, and the sudden closeness with Qi Haoming was also for her to see... …

This night was destined to be unsettled, and Yu Zhengran in the secret room of the Yu Mansion was about to go crazy. He sent someone to watch him, and there was nothing unusual about it. Why did the royal father suddenly disappear?

Just as he was considering whether to go to Prince Yong's mansion immediately to find Qi Haoning, Zuo Qing knocked on the door.

Zuo Qing handed over a small bamboo knot: "Young Master, the information received by Dumb Zhang."