Yesterday, it took Xiao Mutou and Li Heng a whole night to escape from the capital, and it was just noon when He Linwan and his party returned to the capital.

When they arrived at the city gate, they found that the capital was also under martial law, and pedestrians and vehicles had to be checked before they could enter or exit. This time, He Linwan did not follow the convoy of the five princes, so naturally he did not have the privilege of being exempted from inspection.

He Linwan asked Li Heng to come over and asked him to sit outside his carriage with the coachman, so that he could deal with emergencies in time.

Xiao Mu lifted the curtain and looked outside, and asked worriedly, "Will Brother Heng be discovered?"

He Linwan looked at Li Heng's appearance of leaning on the car door and dozing off, and couldn't help laughing.

"Don't worry, it won't. ”

Sure enough, when He Linwan's carriage passed, the guards at the gate of the city only glanced at it and let him go, not looking at Li Heng, who was sleeping fluently, at all.

After entering the city, Xiao Mu breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that Li Heng would not sit steadily and fall out of the car, so he quickly shook him awake.

"Brother Heng, you are so amazing, they didn't recognize you at all!"

Li Heng wiped the corners of his mouth with sleepy eyes, and before he could react for a while, he couldn't help but fall asleep when he was queuing up to enter the city, and besides, it was normal for him to be afraid of the people in the Punishment Division, and he really didn't pay attention to these guards guarding the city gate.

Seeing Xiao Mu's adoring gaze, Li Heng proudly straightened his chest.

"Hmph, the pot is like a hammer?"

Just as the two of them lifted the curtain and spoke, there was a sound of horses' hooves behind them.

"The carriage ahead stops!" a voice came from afar.

He Linwan's face changed, and Li Heng almost fell off the carriage unsteadily.

"The one in front is the He family's carriage! If you don't stop, you will be punished for obstructing official business!"

"Girl, what should I do?" He Gui, who had come over to catch the car for He Linwan, hurriedly whispered for instructions.

Listening to the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer, He Linwan frowned and motioned to He Gui: "Pull over and stop." ”

"Sister!" Xiao Mu looked anxious.

He Linwan touched the head of the little wood and whispered to Li Heng: "Listen to the voice, there are only three horses chasing after you." If they are recognized, I will try to stop them, and you will take the opportunity to escape and hide in the plum garden, and I will go to you afterwards. ”

"What should you do?" Li Heng was a little moved, he was not without a conscience, and he was worried that He Linwan would be affected.

He Lin said lately: "I have a way to get out, shhhhhh ”

As soon as He Linwan's words fell, the rider behind him caught up first.

"Huh-" The man on the horse tightened the reins, dismounted with a dashing and neat movement, and pointed at He Linwan's car with his horsewhip and said proudly, "All the people in the carriage will get off for me!

He Gui hurriedly got out of the car and said with a smile: "This adult, is there any misunderstanding? There are my girls and little sons sitting in the car, where will there be any fugitives." ”

"Hmph! You said no, no, all the people in the carriage came down for me! Did you hear that!" a man dressed as a guard strode over and stretched out his hand to lift the curtain.

Little Tiger jumped off his horse, and the whip in his hand rolled fiercely at the guard's wrist, and the guard was forced to take a step back.

"Ho!

Xiaohuzi ignored him, he held the horsewhip and blocked the door of the carriage, with the momentum of a husband.

At this time, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and He Linwan got off the carriage.

Xiaohuzi turned around and gestured: You go back!

He Linwan gently knocked on his head, looked at the guard who was blocking the way, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few years, Brother Yuan is getting more and more majestic. ”

The guards who were still fighting with them just now suddenly burst out laughing, and the deliberately pretended arrogance disappeared, and Yingting's facial features were only hearty, "He girl, it's really you! If the second child and Ah Xiang knew that you were back, they would definitely be very happy!"

"When I get back and settle down, I'll go to the house to see them. He Linwan said with a smile.

Seeing the old man, He Linwan also had a little real joy in her heart, she looked at the guard clothes on Yuan Yan's body a few times, and asked with a smile: "I heard Sister Zhao say that Brother Yuan is now on an errand in front of the emperor, why shouldn't he be on duty today?"

Yuan gradually touched his nose a little embarrassed when he heard this, "I made a little mistake and was sent to guard the city gate for a while." ”

Yuan gradually waved his hand, letting the two soldiers who came with him leave, and then said to He Linwan: "Have you heard about King Kangjun?"

Li Heng, who was hiding on the side of the carriage and eavesdropping, couldn't help but prick up his ears when he heard his name.

He Lin glanced at Li Heng without a trace, and said, "I heard some on the way back." Is there any news of King Kangjun now?"

Yuan gradually shook his head and sighed, "If there is news, the guards at the city gate will not be so strict." I don't know where that kid ran, with his little brain, don't run away with your own life, the situation in the capital is ...... Hey, don't talk about it. ”

Li Heng was naturally unconvinced when he heard this, but he couldn't jump out to refute it, so he could only hide aside and hurt himself internally.

He Linwan's heart moved when he heard Yuan Yan's words, and asked: "I have been away from Beijing for many years, and I don't know the current situation in Beijing, Brother Yuan is now well-informed, can you mention a little bit about it?"

He Linwan's words were not deliberately elevating Yuan Yan, as a royal guard who could enter and leave the palace, and he was a disciple of a high family, Yuan Yan's sources were not comparable to ordinary people.

"What to mention or not, if you want to know, let's talk about it casually. Yuan gradually waved his hand and said heartily.

He looked around, and saw that there was no one around here except them, so he whispered: "I won't tell you anything else, I'll mention you, if the elders in your family want you to enter the palace, you'd better find an excuse to refuse." ”

"Enter the palace?" He Linwan was a little confused.

Yuan gradually bowed, "Recently, there has been news in the palace that there will be a draft soon, but this year there will be no election, but a small selection among the ladies of the big families in the capital, and your identity should be within the scope of being selected." ”

He Lin was late, and she joked: "Isn't it good to enter the palace?"

I didn't want Yuan gradually to put away the smile on his face and became serious, "It's said that it's a draft, but in fact, to put it bluntly, it's a secret battle between Concubine Xian and Concubine De." The year before last, Concubine De selected a junior from the family to enter the palace in order to consolidate her favor, and this new daughter of the An family was named a pure nobleman, and the pure nobleman was very popular with His Majesty in the past two years, and she was pregnant a few years ago. Concubine Xian proposed the draft at this juncture, the purpose was just to share the favor of the An family's daughter. ”

He Linwan raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "I remember that the two mothers of Concubine Xian and Concubine De used to be very kind on their faces no matter what happened in secret, why are they fighting so hard now?"