Mrs. Ji has been in the palace since the morning, and there is no news at all.

Mrs. Ji has not eaten tea for a day, and the girls and aunts outside have come and gone, and she has only closed the door. If the old lady can't go through the road of entering the palace to ask the queen, then she has to think of another way. It's just that the officers and soldiers outside are guarding day and night, and it is difficult to fly with wings.

Fortunately, when they went out now, the officers and soldiers only searched their bodies and sent people to follow and monitor, but they had not really imprisoned them. The Yang family couldn't help but hate, Yihuai, brother, you have done these "good things", and the family of the woman who harmed her was worried so much, and the family house was not at peace, and her life was on the verge of death.

Empress Wei pulled Mrs. Ji to chat for an afternoon, and prepared a lot of noble gifts.

When it was time to Shen, Mrs. Ji said goodbye to the queen and left Changchun Palace. Empress Wei sent the grandmother in the palace to send Mrs. Ji all the way to the palace gate.

The secret guard was already waiting at the gate of the palace, and when he saw Mrs. Ji coming out, he got into the carriage, followed the carriage of the Ji family all the way to the Ji Mansion, and watched the old lady Ji enter the gate of the Ji Mansion before turning around and leaving.

As soon as Mrs. Ji entered the door, she went to Moyun Hall.

Mrs. Ji looked expectantly at Mrs. Ji who entered the door, hoping to hear the words of the queen mother's rescue. Old Madam Ji shook her head helplessly. The glimmer of hope in Mrs. Ji's heart was also shattered.

"Isn't it okay for the queen mother?"

Mrs. Ji's face was as earthy as earth.

"Niangniang didn't let me mention Yihuai's matter for half a minute, and always talked about him left and right. If it weren't for the fact that she didn't want to help me because of Yihuai and Nie Chengxiang, it would be because she had scruples. ”

Mrs. Ji is kind to the queen, and she will definitely not care about the life and death of the Ji family. But thinking of the battle for the throne of the government and the opposition, the momentum of assigning sides is getting more and more serious, and nothing is as important as her son's ascension to the throne, so it is not surprising that the queen mother behaved like this.

"Niangniang doesn't care about your mother's kindness at all?"

"No matter how great the kindness is, it can't be more than the Holy Providence......"

Mrs. Ji immediately stood up from her chair, "Mother, are you saying that the Holy Lord is manipulating behind his back?" ”

Old Lady Ji sighed, "The Holy Lord has always been cautious and careful in doing things, how can people know." It's just my old woman's guess. The queen has always been benevolent and charitable, and if it weren't for this, I wouldn't have done anything for her. I could see that in the face of my pleading questioning, the queen mother was still guilty in her heart. Who else in the world can make her like this? ”

"The Holy One wants to do righteousness?" Mrs. Ji was terrified, if it was really the mind of the saint, then no matter how much they fluttered here, it would be useless.

Old Lady Ji shook her head, "As the king of a country, the Holy Lord cares about the people, if there is really corruption and bending the law and mutilating loyal people, it must be investigated." But who really wants to harm our Ji family is, I don't know. ”

Listening to Mrs. Ji say this, is there still hope?

"As a harem woman, the queen mother can't speak. Prime Minister Nie Cheng estimated that he was also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it was difficult to protect himself, so he could have done it earlier, and it was useless to beg him. Mother thinks about it again, but there is still someone to ask for? ”

Mrs. Ji thought for a while and said: "When the old lady was alive, she had some friendship with Zhenguo Houye, but Zhenguo Hou was old and had no business with the court, so I don't know if I could ask him to help." ”

Mrs. Ji seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, "Whether it can work or not, I only know when I try." The daughter-in-law will come to visit tomorrow when she prepares a gift. "Let me go with you." Although I am a man who has been half-cut into the ground, I still have two thin noodles. Without me, I guess you won't even be able to get out of the Ji Mansion. "Mrs. Ji has a token in her hand, and with the token, she can enter and exit the palace gate at will, as if she has received the will of the saint.

Mrs. Ji nodded, so she had to do it.

Mrs. Ji got up early in the morning, and someone hurriedly came to report that Zhao Shi had been arrested by officers and soldiers last night.

Mrs. Ji was stunned: "How was she arrested?" "Then Zhao Shi hid in the market after leaving the Ji Mansion yesterday. During the day, there were officers and soldiers guarding the city gate to investigate, and he didn't dare to act rashly, he just wanted to wait until the night, the officers and soldiers relaxed a little, and escaped from the city overnight. "Do you know who sent the officers and soldiers who captured the people?" "I don't know about this little one, it must be that the Criminal Department took over the meaning and came out to arrest people."

It's not going to be easy. "Okay, you go down, prepare two more carriages, and the old lady and I will go out of the house." "Yes."

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The news of Zhao Shi's arrest spread in the Ji Mansion, but the strange thing is that the officers and soldiers outside the Ji Mansion still did not retreat, and Master Ji had not returned to the house for a day and a night, which could not help but make everyone speculate. Could it be that arresting Zhao Shi is only the first step, and sealing the Ji family is what the boss really means?

Some sharp-eyed minions had already secretly packed up their baggage and planned to go out of the door, but they didn't expect the officers and soldiers at the gate to guard them strictly, and after a check, they drove them back. One gate and three side gates of Jifu were firmly guarded by officers and soldiers, and it was impossible to fish in troubled waters.

Jingzhu can't sit still now, if something really happens to the Ji family, she can't be left alone. "Mother Yu, what's going on outside? This officer and soldier have been on guard for two days, when will we be released? “

Yu's mother is also in a hurry, she ran to Moyuntang and asked the girl who served her wife, all of them were silent, she only guessed that Zhao Shi had committed something, but Zhao Shi was arrested, and the officers and soldiers did not retreat, could it be that Zhao Shi's matter implicated Ji Fu?

Although she thought so in her heart, Mrs. Yu was still relieved: "The girl Mo Duo thought, there are still old ladies and old ladies above, if there is really something, they will still be so calm?" "Although Yu's mother said this, she heard that Master Ji hadn't been back home for almost two days, and he had something to go out, or what's wrong, that is unknown." Mother Yu, don't frame me, I already knew, Master Ji has never come back since he went to court, and then Zhao Shi was arrested again, and Mrs. suddenly said that she was not in good health and closed the door, and even Mrs. Ji entered the palace, if nothing really happened, why is this? “

Jingzhu had already sent the little maid to inquire, these things were strange, if something really happened to the Ji family, she was just an orphan girl who came to take refuge, although she recognized Mrs. Ji as her godfather, but she was not surnamed Ji, and when the time came, she was really unlucky with the Ji family, but she was not wronged to death.

Mrs. Yu didn't expect Jingzhu to have so many eyes, so she avoided her eyes and inquired about many things.

Mrs. Yu glared at the little girl beside Jingzhu, and the little girl looked at Mrs. Yu aggrievedly and shook her head.

Jingzhu said: "Mother Yu, don't blame Qingcui, she was just coerced and lured by me to help me inquire about something." “

Mrs. Yu listened to Jingzhu's words, she was choked and speechless, she was quite sincere, she said it so brightly and fairly, without any fear. This Ji family's backyard is her world, she can inquire about whatever she wants, and she doesn't take her seriously. Mrs. Yu thought that when this matter passed, she went to her wife to see that she was still so unscrupulous. But even if she didn't look for her wife, her wife made up her mind to send Jingzhu away. Thinking of this, Mrs. Yu didn't get angry with Jingzhu, and told Qingcui to take care of the girl, and went out by herself.

As soon as Mrs. Yu left, Jingzhu began to think.

She immediately ran to the dresser and opened the drawer, in which were placed four or five hairpins for the headdress that Mrs. Ji had rewarded. opened the makeup box, and there were seventy-seven eighty-eight jewelry bracelets and the like that she had obtained in the past few months, some of which were rewarded by Mrs. Ji and Mrs. Ji, some were given by my sister and aunt, and some were the regulations of the month.

Jingzhu glanced at the little girl beside her and said, "I'm a little tired, you go down first, if something calls you, you come in again." “

Qingcui nodded, and was about to retreat, Jingzhu commanded again: "Remember to close the door, the noise outside gives me a headache." “

Qingcui walked out of the house, Yu Pozi glanced at her, still thinking about what Jingzhu had just said, and muttered in her mouth, Xiao Nizi, don't give me any more moths.

Jingzhu opened the bed and took out the silver taels that had been stored for a long time. It is a monthly case sent by the inner government every month, and she doesn't need to pay money for food and clothing every month, so this monthly case will naturally be saved.

Count it, no more, no less, exactly fifty taels of silver. Ten taels is a monthly example, and the other forty taels are the money that Mrs. Ji gives her every month, which will come to think of it, Mrs. Ji treats her well, at least she doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, and she has jewelry and clothes every month, but once these are compared with the girls of the Ji family, everything is worlds apart.

The outermost layer of the makeup box was some broken silver and some copper coins, as well as thick silver beads for embroidery, and the Jing beads were also packed into a small cloth bag.

Jingzhu moved another bench, stood on the bench, put the cloth bag on the top of the cabinet, and then covered it with a cage, so that she couldn't see anything. She set up the bench, wiped the dust off the stool, shook her dress, and felt quite proud, if something really happened then, she could sneak away with a small cloth bag.

After hiding the small cloth bag, he looked left and right a few times, and he couldn't see anything unusual, Jingzhu was at ease, lying on the bed and ready to squint for a while, and then woke up in the afternoon to listen to the situation, everything had to be prepared in advance.

On Mrs. Ji's side, the official blocked the door and didn't let her out. Mrs. Ji's righteous words": My old lady Ji has taught him to read and practice since he was seven or eight years old. Now you have only been ordered to surround the Ji Mansion, there is no prison ban card of the Criminal Department, there is no Holy Supervisor's edict, my master has not been convicted, and no one in the Ji Mansion is at fault, why don't you let us in and out? I'm also the first-class lady of the Holy Seal, so I have to be treated like this? “

The leading official had no bottom in his heart when he heard it, he really had to get the order of the Lord of the Criminal Department, to see the prison Ji Mansion, and he didn't say anything about the Ji family under house arrest, and when he saw that the old lady Ji took out the token given by the saint, he didn't dare to obstruct it more, opened the door, and sent two more people to follow their carriage, all the way to the Zhenguo Hou Mansion.

Jingzhu came together, and planned to go to Mrs. Ji to say goodbye. Unexpectedly, when I arrived outside the courtyard gate, the mother-in-law who watched the door said that Mrs. Ji had gone out of the house, and when I asked later, I learned that Mrs. Ji and Mrs. Ji were out of the house.

There are officers and soldiers guarding the outside of the house, and those who plan to escape have been driven back one by one, how can they get out?

Jingzhu arrived at the side door, and just took a step forward, she was blocked by the long sheath knife in the hands of the officers and soldiers. Jingzhu was startled and hurriedly retreated. If they really ran away, what would she do? By the way, isn't the seventh sister still there, and Mrs. Ji will not leave the seventh sister behind.

The mother-in-law who watched the door of Liuyunxuan was napping, and when the sky fell, she couldn't be pressed against an old woman.

Jingzhu entered Liuyunxuan without being informed by her mother-in-law. "I heard that it is useless for the old lady to beg the queen's mother, how can this be good."

Zitang was also anxious, hour by hour passed, and the family sat like pins and needles, afraid that the holy decree would come down.

Ying Ning thought about it all night last night, but she understood something: "What is the identity of the queen's mother, her mother's identity in the court is also very important, if she doesn't help, then I'm afraid it really can't be done......"

Jingzhu covered her mouth, it seemed that she didn't think about it, something really happened to the Ji family. "Sister Zhu? What are you doing here? Kang Qing made tea and came over, but she didn't expect to see Jingzhu standing outside the door, and shouted angrily to the mother-in-law at the door: "Mother Wang, what are you doing, why don't you report anyone here?" “

Mrs. Wang was startled, fell down from the stone pier where she was sitting, and hurriedly got up and said, "The old slave was sleepy for a while, and I don't know when Miss Jingzhu came in. “

When Yingning heard that Jingzhu was outside the door, she didn't know how much she had heard.

Jingzhu entered the door with a smile, pretending to be nothing: "There are officers and soldiers outside, I just came to ask my sister, but do you know why? "I'm a boudoir woman, how can I know? Besides, my mother has been unwell lately, so I can't bother her. Ying Ning shook her head.

Jingzhu secretly sarcastically in her heart, such a big thing happened to the Ji family, and the seventh sister can still sit still, she is really a pampered daughter, and she doesn't know what is difficult. "Sister didn't ask the old lady? The old lady has always been embarrassed in front of nobles, why don't you ask what the situation is? As a girl from the Ji family, you should also do something. My godmother loves you so much, and now that something happens, you can't ignore what is happening outside the window. “

Yingning was annoyed by Jingzhu, there were a lot of messy things, and now there is a Jingzhu here to say cool words": Sister Zhu is not the Ji family, but she works harder than me, a girl from the Ji family, what can I do? “

Jingzhu listened to Yingning's tone, and it didn't look good on this face, so she shook her handkerchief and said, "It's also my fault that the dog is nosy with the mouse, you don't have to worry about it, what else do I worry about." I can't blame me if something really happened to the Ji family, so my sister should rest well, and I won't bother. I can only bless Master Ji to come back early. “

Jingzhu went straight out of the door, thinking in her heart that she had a good plan, the Ji family must be unreliable, and she had to think about it immediately. Fortunately, his valuables are all packed neatly, and he can leave when he says he can go, and now everyone in the house is in danger, and no one cares about her, a foreign lady.

Ying Ning was so angry that her eyes filled her eyes with tears because of Jingzhu's indifferent tone.

Zitang hurriedly comforted: "Sister Zhu has always been thoughtful, and the girl is not angry with her, it is not worth it." "I'm not completely angry with her, what she said is not unreasonable, it's just that I'm useless." Ying Ning is helpless now, and most of her tears are also anxious about the Ji family's affairs.