Chapter 931: The Forbidden City
Luo Jinyan knelt in the Buddhist hall to the first watch, she called Guan Sanping, she explained a few words to Guan Sanping, and Guan Sanping walked out of the Buddhist hall lightly.
Half an hour later, a carriage stopped at the corner gate of Mingyuan Hall, and Kongshan commanded loudly: "Uncle is back, hurry up and drive the green oil car over!"
Menzi didn't dare to hesitate, and shouted to the driver woman, and the lights in the door were all lit.
Lichun came in quietly and said to Luo Jinyan: "Grandma, the uncle has returned to Mingyuan Hall, and the eldest young master went to Ermen to pick it up, you should also go back." β
Luo Jinyan nodded, and let Lichun walk out of the Buddhist hall with his arms.
The next day, as usual, she didn't get up until three o'clock in the morning, and was dressing up, when Xia Zhi hurried in and whispered in her ear: "Mrs. Ye is here." β
Luo Jinyan asked, "What happened last night?"
Last night, Mingyuan Hall was closed, and it was as quiet as ever.
Xia Zhi lowered his voice and said: "Last night, the palace was flooded, and many people in the capital saw the fire, and it was spreading the ...... at this time."
Luo Jinyan forcibly suppressed her emotions, asked Yan Hong to give her a random handicap, put on a homely jacket, and went to see Ye's.
If it weren't for hearing the wind, the Ye family would not have come to the Qin family.
Sure enough, when he retired from serving in the house, Ye asked Luo Jinyan, "What about Yuzhang? Did he come back last night?"
Luo Jinyan shook his head: "He didn't return overnight, I asked the staff at home to pretend to be him back last night, mother, don't worry, he will be fine." β
There was a birdsong outside the window, it was the little girls feeding the birds under the porch, accompanied by a light laugh or two, this Mingyuan Hall was the same as usual.
Looking at her daughter-in-law's calm and usual expression, Ye Shi suddenly felt a little ashamed, she patted Luo Jinyan's hand, and said softly: "You did a good job, thanks to Yuzhang for marrying you." β
Luo Jinyan smiled but did not speak.
She won't let Ye know how worried and scared she is, but the more she worries and fears, the more she can't let people see the clues.
Seeing off the Ye family, the third and fourth wives came, and when they saw Luo Jinyan, they said: "There was an accident in the palace, just now the eldest master of the second room sent someone over, and asked the heads of each room to take care of the children and subordinates, and if they can not go out, they will not go out, what about Yuzhang, did he say anything?"
Luo Jinyan said with a smile: "When he went to the Yamen, I was still asleep and didn't know anything. Then I commanded them to go and see it. β
The third wife and the fourth wife had no intention of leaving, both of them were in Mingyuan Hall all morning, Luo Jinyan knew in his heart that they were waiting for news, of course, it would be better if there was news brought back by Qin Jue.
Qin Jue is already the head of a sect, and his every move concerns the whole clan.
Soon, Guan Sanping came, he was an older man, and he didn't need to shy away, he came directly to Han Cuixuan, seeing that the third wife and the fourth wife were also there, he did not hesitate, and said to Luo Jinyan: "The old slave went out to see it by himself, and now the Forbidden City can't be approached within three miles, and even Tianxianglou can't go, many officials in the yamen are blocked out at this time, and they can't go to the yamen. The old slave saw the old man of his in-laws, and his old man said that the old slave brought a message to the eldest grandmother, saying that it was not peaceful for a while, and he should not go out if he could not go out. β
Hearing this, the faces of the third and fourth wives all changed, and this was really a big deal.
They are all from big families, and they have married into the Qin family for many years, and the current thing is clearly that something happened in the palace, and it may be the emperor.
Otherwise, it would not be under martial law within three miles outside the Forbidden City, let alone only officials above the third rank approached.
"Although they are not allowed to get close, but so many people are watching the excitement outside, and the people of Jinyiwei and Jin Wuwei are not blown away......?" the fourth lady did not dare to continue.
Luo Jinyan said: "It's okay, there are no outsiders here, the fourth aunt means that there is chaos inside and outside the palace, this is a big incident, right?"
"Well, yes, that's what it means. The fourth lady said, and then, she lowered her voice, "Last night there was water in the palace, you said, the emperor should not ......"
The third lady hurriedly interrupted her words and said, "It's a pity that we still have to take the child, let's not make trouble here, let's go back." β
The fourth wife's face turned red, and she didn't say anything more, and followed the third lady out of Mingyuan Hall.
Only then did Luo Jinyan look at Guan Sanping and asked, "Did you only hear about these news? Did you say that you were arresting assassins, or finding out the cause of the water?"
Guan Sanping said: "The old slave also felt strange, so he also asked Guan Xing to go to Shuntian Mansion, and Shuntian Mansion did not receive any news, Xiao Lao'er is thinking of coming to ask you, do you want to send someone to Jianming Hou Mansion to inquire." β
Luo Jinyan nodded, and without saying a word, he sent Xia Zhi to Jianming Houfu to see Luo Qi's wife Huang.
When it was almost noon, there was still no news of Qin Jue, and Xia Zhi was also disappointed, Huang was so anxious that he was like ants on the hot pot, but she sent someone to find Luo Qi, but she couldn't even get close to the palace gate.
Luo Jinyan was not in a hurry, she asked people to send letters to the third and fourth wives, saying that there was no news from the Jianming Marquis Mansion at this time, people's psychology is like this, if they are worried, they will feel a little more relaxed when they see that others are also worried, after all, this worry is not their own.
Luo Jinyan could almost imagine what the situation was. Several pavilion elders were locked in the hut to discuss matters, and the people from the Zongren Mansion must have already gone, and at this time, I am afraid that they are arguing endlessly about whether to mourn or not.
Sanpin officials like Qin Jue are not qualified to discuss this kind of topic for the time being, they should all be waiting for news in another room.
Luo Qi is the commander of Jin Wuwei, and at this time, he has to stay an inch, and he can't send letters outside the palace.
Luo Jinyan knew that Qin Jue would definitely have nothing to do, she was more worried about the Luo girl, the woman who was the same as her, was she alive or dead now?
Guan Sanping sent someone quietly to the street to turn around, there were discussions outside, saying everything, but did not see the shadow of Jinyiwei, he let people go to Qingwangfu to inquire about the news, I thought that Qingwangye would enter the palace, but I didn't expect Qingwangye to hear that the palace was walking this morning, and hurriedly wanted to take a look, one was careless, fell from the steps, he was old, this fall was not light, Qingwang Shizi and the gentlemen in the house were all waiting on the side, but at this time I couldn't invite the doctor, at this time half of the capital's bone-setting doctors were in Qingwangfu, and the car and sedan chair at the door were parked all over the alleyγ
However, the clan camp is very lively at this time, those who are of enough grade have entered the palace, and those who are not of enough grade are also waiting near the Forbidden City, obviously they are the most well-informed.
Luo Jinyan smiled and said to Guan Sanping: "There are few people in the clan camp who can be on errands in the palace, and this news came too quickly. β