Within two days, the eldest princess of Xunyang packed up her things and moved back to her princess's mansion. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the same time, Cui Ying, the Duke of Ningguo, who defeated Goguryeo in Liaodong, and Cui An, the son of the Duke of Ningguo, finally returned to the dynasty.

The good news of Liaodong had reached the capital earlier, and it should have been a matter of jubilation and jubilation, but shrouded in the shadow of countless impeachments against the Cui family in the court, it lacked a little bit of enthusiasm.

Relying on this victory, the Cui family's reputation in the court and among the people should have risen to a higher level, but it was indeed because the Cui family was deeply mired in the suspicion of privately made weapons and disrespect for the heavenly family, and this reputation was suppressed.

In short, on a sunny and sunny afternoon, Ning Guogong and Ning Guogong entered the capital quietly with a group of soldiers and horses - I don't know if it was because they were on the cusp of the storm, Ning Guogong and his son deliberately showed a low profile, so this time they didn't bring too many people to Beijing, and those who had just won the battle were only followed by a team of less than 100 soldiers and horses behind them, and even looked cold.

But after all, he won a battle with Waiyi and enhanced the prestige of Da Zhou, which was still very encouraging among the people. Therefore, when Ning Guogong entered Beijing, there were still many people watching along the street. But the Cui family has been used to being outside the country over the years, and their reputation among the people is not very good, so the people stand aside and point at each other, and there are few cheers.

Ning Guogong has been a general in the town for decades, and he has no anger, self-authority and momentum, and he looked at the people on the side coldly without a smile, and immediately frightened the people into silence and did not dare to speak loudly.

And Cui An, the prince of Ning Guogong who followed behind Ning Guogong on horseback, looked lazy, looking at the people next to the street at will, and then suddenly became interested, pulled out the sword on his body with a smile, pointed at a middle-aged Uncle Hu Luo who frowned and said bad things about the Cui family to his companions, and then deliberately made a "snap" sound, as if he wanted to pierce him with a sword.

The middle-aged uncle's companion was so frightened that he hurriedly hid behind the uncle, and the uncle Hu Luo was bold, and his posture was straight in the direction where Cui Anyin's sword was pointing, and he frowned more and more.

Ning Guogong glanced back at his son slightly, and gave him a warning look. Cui An withdrew the sword in his hand with a smile and inserted it back into it.

After Ning Guogong and Cui An entered the city gate, they should naturally enter the palace directly.

The group dismounted in front of Zhenghe Gate, and Ning Guogong ordered the accompanying guards to wait outside the palace, and surrendered the weapons in their hands, and then went to Xuanqing Hall with Cui An.

I don't know if Yu Wenhong deliberately wanted to give the Cui family's father and son a dismissal, Yu Wenhong didn't see them, but he didn't give an order to order them to go back first, enough to let the father and son wait for three or four hours on their knees outside the Xuanqing Palace, and then Ling Wan came out to tell them, saying: "Ning Guogong and the prince go back first, the emperor will not see the two adults today." ”

Cui Jue was not surprised by such a result, and did not say anything, stood up and said goodbye to Wan proudly, and then prepared to leave the palace.

Cui An followed behind Ning Guogong at this time, but said to his father with a smile: "Father, since the emperor is gone, should we go to Jing'an Palace to ask the queen mother for peace?"

Ning Guogong glanced at his son expressionlessly, and warned: "It's an eventful autumn, don't be troublesome, go home first." ”

The father and son went out of the palace together and returned to the Ningguo Mansion, and An Guohou, Cui San, Mrs. An Guohou, and Cui San naturally led their children and grandchildren to greet them outside the Ningguo Mansion.

The brothers met, greeted each other cordially for a while, and then walked to the Ningguo Mansion together.

Cui An looked around the Cui family who greeted them at the door, and asked, "What about my mother, why can't you see it?" ”

Mrs. An Guohou was a little embarrassed, Duchess Ning Guo didn't care about foreign affairs now, she stayed in her courtyard to recite scriptures and worship Buddha, she had already ordered someone to invite her, but Duchess Ning Guo refused to come out on the grounds that "the Diamond Sutra has not been copied yet".

Sometimes Mrs. An Guohou doesn't understand this sister-in-law, her husband and son have just returned from the war, what can be more important than coming up to see her husband and son. But Duchess Ning Guo ignores foreign affairs and ignores foreign affairs, but she is not a person with a weak temperament, sometimes even Mrs. An Guohou is afraid of her, persuading her to refuse to come out, and she does not dare to force her.

Mrs. An Guohou smiled and said to Cui An: "Sister-in-law is instructing the maid to boil water to boil tea and prepare meals in the house, so as to catch you and your grandfather and wash the dust." ”

Cui An naturally didn't believe that it was such a reason, and he knew what the reason was, so he frowned, but he didn't say anything, and followed Ning Guogong and An Guohou and others into the mansion.

When I entered the mansion, I didn't see the shadow of Mrs. Ning Guo, but Mrs. An Guohou beckoned the maid to wait for Ning Guogong and Cui An's father and son to freshen up.

After Ning Guogong's father and son freshened up, Mrs. An Guohou and Mrs. Cui San beckoned the maids to prepare the family banquet in the evening, and the men of the Cui family entered Ning Guogong's study to discuss important matters.

When they entered the study, as soon as a few people sat down, Ning Guogong first cared about and asked An Guohou the most: "What's the matter, how could the armory workshop explode?"

An Guohou said: "It's the carelessness of the people below, who originally used the firecracker workshop as a cover, and set it up in a remote place, no one will find out that the weapons are being made privately, but I didn't expect that people still found traces." The explosion of the armory workshop was deliberately aimed at the Cui family. ”

Since he knew that someone did it on purpose, An Guohou would naturally investigate.

Ning Guogong asked again: "Find out who did it? Is it the Son of Heaven in the palace, or the King of Qinghe?"

The king of Qinghe, the most powerless county king, should not be within Ning Guogong's suspicion, but King Qinghe's impeachment of the Cui family is the most fierce, but Ning Guogong has to be suspicious.

An Guohou shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be King Qinghe, our people found the mark of the Linwang Domain near the armory, I think it's more like King Lin's doing, and even King Qinghe's impeachment of the Cui family is more like being used by King Lin." As for the emperor, I can't guess if he has already discovered some clues about the Cui family's weapons making. ”

Ning Guogong sighed slightly, and then asked: "The aftermath of the armory workshop has been dealt with, don't let people grab the handle." ”

Even if Yu Wenhong suspects that this private armory workshop is the Cui family, it doesn't matter, as long as Yu Wenhong has no evidence, he can't help the Cui family.

An Guohou said: "Big brother, rest assured, the people who manage the armory workshop are all trustworthy and loyal people from the Cui family, after the explosion of the armory workshop, those people have committed suicide, and all the connections between the armory workshop and the Cui family have also been wiped out." In two days, someone will come out and bear the charge of making weapons privately. ”