Chapter 36: When I Was a Fool
Mu Chenghuang has forgotten how long it has been since he received news from the capital, the current situation in the capital is not satisfactory, and he has been blocked by Mu Xiangbai's people so much that no news can be revealed at all, let alone something as important as a letter. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Mu Chenghuang was originally lying on the chaise longue with his eyes closed, his mind was full of Mu Qinyi and this Xiyi, and suddenly listened to Red Sleeves' words, brushed the ground and opened his eyes, sat up, stretched out his hand to Red Sleeves and said, "Give it to me." β
Mu Chenghuang carefully opened the envelope and asked Red Sleeves, "Where did you come from?"
"This morning, a person said that he came from Lingnan to do business, and someone asked him to bring it, and when the slave and maid wanted to chase him out and ask, the man had already gone away, but I heard from the porter that the man was tall and had a vulgar language, but he spoke with confidence, not like a servant of a family, but like a ...... "Red Sleeves paused, and then said truthfully, "It's like a robber from some door, but the person is good, he entered the door, stepped on the mud, and dealt with it himself silently, and cleaned up the mud at the door, and the porter was embarrassed." β
This is a strange person, Mu Chenghuang shook off the letter in his hand, but found that there were two pages here, but one page of the letter was more yellow, and it was obvious that the handwriting on the two pages of the letter was very different, obviously, this was written by two people to himself, but why, it was sent in an envelope?
Among them, this page, obviously, is used in the imperial paper sold exclusively in the capital, Mu Chenghuang took the lead in looking at this one, although there were not many words on it, but just a glance, Mu Chenghuang knew who wrote it.
"Sister Queen. After reading it, Mu Chenghuang read it sneeringly, and then read the letter from beginning to end, to make sure that she was not mistaken, she took a deep breath, but it was still difficult to suppress the excitement and injustice in her heart.
Red Sleeves originally thought that this was an extremely confidential matter, and wanted to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Mu Chenghuang, just because when she hurriedly scanned the two pages of the letter just now, she clearly saw that the second page had the words Xiang Jia and Xiang Old Lady in it, Red Sleeves was born to serve Xiang Old Lady, and must have a deep friendship with Xiang Old Lady, and she thought that she was also very concerned about the news of her grandmother.
Red Sleeves paused slightly, and asked tentatively, "Is this the news of the eldest princess?"
"Well," Mu Chenghuang nodded, "It's better than you imagined, and it's worse than you imagined." β
Mu Chenghuang didn't deliberately go around the bend, but it was true, it could be seen that it was not easy for the eldest princess to spread the news, although there were not many words, but each word was carefully considered, so as to describe things clearly in the least language.
Now, the eldest princess is pregnant with the child of the British prince Li Su, and she is almost six months pregnant, which is originally a very gratifying thing, but it coincides with this troubled era, and the new life conceived in this belly is like a burden at some times.
At least, the eldest princess didn't escape from the capital because of this pregnancy.
It's not that Li Su didn't want to save the eldest princess, but on the way to escape, the eldest princess was suddenly taken away by a strange team of people and horses, and suddenly disappeared without a trace.
And in the letter from the eldest princess to Mu Chenghuang, she revealed an extremely shocking news.
The eldest princess was actually taken away by Mu Xiangbai, and the reason why Mu Xiangbai took the eldest princess away was very simple, it turned out that he had been in love with the eldest princess for many years, and he just wanted to keep the eldest princess by his side, even if the eldest princess was pregnant with other men's children, he was willing to wait patiently.
The eldest princess and Mu Xiangbai?
Mu Chenghuang shook his head, the eldest princess is indeed like a concubine, born calmly, dignified and quiet, and treats people as gently as a spring breeze, but every time the eldest princess comes into contact with Mu Xiangbai, it is just a New Year's holiday, a banquet in the palace, and a hurry, she can plant such a deep love root in Mu Xiangbai's heart.
Mu Chenghuang felt that this was both good and bad news, that is, at least, Mu Xiangbai had a deep affection for the eldest princess, and he would definitely be able to save the life of the eldest princess, and only when people were alive would there be hope, but the more this was the case, it would not be so easy for the eldest princess to break free from Mu Xiangbai's control.
Mu Chenghuang put the first letter paper in the palm of his hand and crumpled it into a ball, and then took the second one, this trace is Shen Ke's, the letter between the two will come together, it must be the eldest princess who first finds a way to spread the news to Lingnan, and then let Shen Ke pass the news to Xiyi, after all, it is much easier to go from the capital to Lingnan than from the capital to Xiyi.
Mu Chenghuang frowned slightly after reading the news, last time, Shen Ke told her that the Xiang family's actual power was no longer her grandmother, but the distant relative of the Xiang family who was picked up by her grandmother from Lingnan, Xiang Yunshan.
But now, Shen Ke has been investigating in Lingnan for a long time, but there is no news of the Lingnan Xiang family at all, this family is like disappearing, which is very strange.
Only one old man in the same village said that there were four people in the Xiang family, and one was a small maid bought by the two elders of the Xiang family for their daughter, and the life of the family was already very poor, but these two people were people with good faces, thinking that in the end it was the clan relatives of the Xiang family in Jiangnan, and they couldn't have no inside outside, and they had no face, so they gritted their teeth and spent two dollars of silver to buy a little maid of unknown origin from Ya Po, who served their daughter specifically, and gave a household registration, and they also grew up with their daughter since childhoodγ
Later, Xiang Yunshan received news from the capital, and he took his little maid on the road together, the two are of the same age, and they are generally handsome, and they can also be companions along the way, but later, the two have no news for a long time, and the parents were still anxious for a while, but then they sent a message from their daughter from the capital, saying that they were going to take them into Beijing.
Shen Ke wrote at the end of the letter: "Do the fifth princess know what is the surname of the little maid who sold this little maid of unknown origin to this Xiang family? β
Mu Chenghuang repeatedly read the last few sentences for a long time, and she saw that she was a little unclear, surnamed Lu, she Mu Chenghuang always remembered that back then, the fifth princess was really seriously ill, and it was Mama Lu who was beside Concubine Ru who hugged the little princess to see the doctor, and then, this Mama Lu never came back.
The reason why my grandmother chose to let Xiang Yunshan marry into Beiliang instead of herself was because Xiang Yunshan's birth date was almost the same as herself, and when the time came, she would not say anything inappropriate, after all, if she didn't agree with Xiang Yunshan, she would inevitably be at odds with herself.
In other words, the birthday of this little girl is almost the same as herself.
The more Mu Chenghuang thought about it, the more chaotic her mind became, she silently exerted force on her fingertips, and the letter written by Shen Ke also turned into a ball of waste paper, and the red sleeves asked cautiously on the side: "Fifth princess, but there is news of Xiang Jia?"
Mu Chenghuang looked up at Red Sleeves' expectant eyes, what should she say to Red Sleeves?
Mu Chenghuang pursed his lips, and just said to Red Sleeves: "Red Sleeves, are you willing to risk going back to Jiangnan Xiangjia once?"
Speaking of returning to Jiangnan, Red Sleeves is a hundred willing, but she is afraid that there is no one around Mu Chenghuang who can protect her, although the situation in Xiyi is stable for the time being, but the overall situation of the world is to affect the whole body, and Red Sleeves does not dare to leave easily.
Mu Chenghuang seemed to know Red Sleeves' worries, and comforted her: "Recently, Luo Ping and the county lord of Lingxi have a very strong relationship, and if they go in and out together, Lingxi can accompany me every day, as well as Chunliu, although the two of them are not as good as you in martial arts, but their fists are hard to beat with four hands, and there will be no accidents, take 10,000 steps back and say, with the prince here, what are you worried about." β
Red Sleeves suddenly realized, yes, Prince Su personally protected the five princesses, how could there be any mistakes.
"If this can be done, the slave and maid must obey the orders of the fifth princess. β
Mu Chenghuang nodded, it was dusk at this time, the orange warm sunlight spilled in from the window, and there was a white white snow outside, the weather in Xiyi was much colder than that in Dashun Beijing, even if it was a day out of the sun, it was biting cold, and the snow would not melt a little, the old man in this courtyard was experienced, looking at the weather, he prepared a lot of silver carbon early, just because this coldest time was not when it snowed, but when the snow melted.
Mu Chenghuang watched that it was getting late outside, and the orange light gradually faded from the sky, thinking that Mu Qinyi would have to rest for a while today, so he got up and put on a dress and walked towards Mu Qinyi's study.
She hadn't seen Mu Qinyi in person for several days, and every time she asked Luo Ping to send in the prepared food and snacks, although she could hear Mu Qinyi's voice talking inside, but as long as Luo Ping said that the prince was discussing important matters, I was afraid that it was not very convenient, and there was no extra time, so Mu Chenghuang obediently went out of the courtyard.
It's been ten days, Mu Chenghuang counted with his fingers, he hadn't seen Mu Qinyi for ten days, no matter how busy he was, it was always okay to see each other, and he also wanted to be the sensible and lovely woman behind Mu Qinyi, but he was also a sensitive girl, even if he couldn't have a long talk, it would be okay to say a sentence or two.
Thinking like this, Mu Chenghuang unconsciously walked outside Mu Qinyi's study, Luo Ping was guarding outside, and took out the empty plate from the house, this is the ginseng black chicken soup, eggplant pot, and celery roast beef that Mu Chenghuang asked Luo Ping to send in at noon, all of which Mu Chenghuang is good at.
Mu Chenghuang glanced at the plate, and said in a light tone: "It's all finished, what did the prince say?
Luo Ping pointed to the empty plate and said, "The fifth princess looks at it herself, the prince naturally likes it." β
Mu Chenghuang snorted coldly, and asked firmly: "Are you sure, this is what the prince eats?" Friends who read books, you can search for "", you can find this site as soon as possible.