After hearing Cai Wei's intention to say goodbye to her, Liu Rushi lowered her head and thought for a long time before saying: "I know that the princess is worried about the news of His Royal Highness the King of Linchuan, so I want to go to Jingjiang Mansion again, but now the world is not peaceful, and the soldiers outside are panicking, so the princess will take a sweet orange and a maid, and you two women are trekking outside, how can I rest assured?" ”

There was nothing wrong with her words, but Cai Wei always felt that something was wrong. She stared at Liu Rushi's lowered eyebrows, trying her best to see something from her face, but Liu Rushi still refused to raise her head, and still said in a flat voice:

"My lord ordered some people to send a letter back today, saying that he had been ...... Today, the Holy One has appointed me as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he will take me to Hangzhou to take care of his diet and daily life. There are also many carriages sent by my lord, and I want to ask the princess to deign to go to Hangzhou with the women. ”

Cai Wei stopped looking at her, turned her head to look out the window at a begonia tree that had been wilted by the poisonous sun, and was silent.

It's the middle of July, the hottest time of the year, and there's not a cool breeze.

Cai Wei suddenly asked: "Sister Liu, has Qian Shilang ever told others about the fact that I, the princess of Linchuan, are now living in your house?" ”

Liu Rushi finally raised her head slowly, "I have repeatedly told my lord that without the permission of the princess, the princess's whereabouts must not be leaked." My lord has always been a gentleman who keeps his promises, and I don't want to tell others about the whereabouts of the princess. ”

Cai Wei finally understood that something was wrong, she held Liu Rushi's hand, looked directly at her with a pair of beautiful eyes and said, "Sister Liu, should you sincerely ask me to go to Hangzhou with you?" ”

A smile tugged at the corner of Liu Rushi's mouth, looked back at the open door, held her hand and said, "That's natural, I'm also thinking about the princess's safety." No matter what, Hangzhou Mansion is now the new capital, which is much safer than Jingjiang Mansion by the sea. As for the news of His Royal Highness King Linchuan, I will send someone to Jingjiang to inquire for the princess. ”

"The princess followed me to Hangzhou, if you don't want to reveal your identity, then you will still live in my mansion and be a guest of our mansion. If you are willing to show your identity, you will definitely be courteous to Emperor Hongguang. If it is a fluke, His Royal Highness the King of Linchuan is still in this world, and he knows the news that the princess is in Hangzhou and has been brought into the palace by the saint, then wouldn't your husband and wife just be able to reunite? ”

Cai Wei was already bright in her heart at this time, and finally changed her name to Liu Rushi when she spoke again, "Then thank Mrs. Qian for planning so hard for me, I will order Gan Tang to pack a few bags and go to Hangzhou with Mrs. tomorrow morning." ”

It is about 400 miles from Zhenhai to Hangzhou, and I think that Qian Muzhai was anxious to see his wife, and the carriages sent to pick up people were equipped with good horses, and they could drive 70 or 80 miles a day, so on the sixth day, the carriage carrying them and his party had arrived outside Hangzhou.

Outside the Yongjin Gate in Hangzhou, there were already people waiting there to greet them. In addition to Liu Rushi's husband and the new secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Qian Muzhai, there was another noble man sitting in a light gauze soft sedan chair, looking impatiently at the carriages coming in the distance.

"Qian Shangshu, the carriages that came ahead belonged to your wife and that distinguished guest? If not, the palace will have to go back to the palace first! ”

A little eunuch standing next to the sedan chair hurriedly said: "That's it, this day is so vicious, the concubine has always been delicate, how can she withstand it, if you stay any longer, what if you get heat stroke?" ”

Qian Muzhai wiped the sweat that came out of his forehead, if this Tong Guifei Niangniang flicked her sleeves and left like this first, when that distinguished guest came, wouldn't everyone be ugly.

He had to quickly ask his family to run over to see if it was the carriage in his house, if not...... Qian Muzhai glanced at the light gauze soft sedan chair and couldn't help but have a headache.

Fortunately, the family ran back and said happily: "Back to the master, it is our wife's carriage that comes ahead." ”

Qian Muzhai hurriedly asked, "In addition to Madame's carriage, can Madame's distinguished guest be in another car?" ”

Seeing that the subordinate nodded yes, Qian Muzhai breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly told Tong Guifei Niangniang to know, and then straightened out his clothes.

As soon as she heard that the distinguished guest whom Emperor Hongguang ordered her to pick up had finally arrived, although the concubine Tong in the soft sedan chair was a little reluctant, she still sat up straight, waited for the carriage to stop when it was near, and took the hand of the little eunuch and came out of the sedan chair, intending to see the appearance of the distinguished guest.

Who knew that Mrs. Qian had already gotten out of the carriage and greeted her and Qian Shangshu, but the distinguished guest was still hiding in the carriage and did not come out.

Qian Shangshu was slapped by the concubine Niangniang, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to the carriage and said: "Qian Muzhai, the secretary of the Ministry of Etiquette, has seen Princess Linchuan!" Knowing that Niangniang Yu was coming to Hangzhou, the saint was overjoyed, and specially ordered the concubine Niangniang to go out of the city to greet him. The concubine has been waiting for the princess outside the city for a long time, and asked the princess to move her jade toe and get out of the car to see her. ”

After a while, there was still no movement in the carriage.

Concubine Tong Guifei waited for most of the day, and she was already impatient, seeing that this Princess Linchuan was still putting up a stinky shelf, she refused to come out if she asked for left and right, and glanced at the little eunuch on the side.

The little eunuch understood, and immediately trotted to the side of the carriage, jumped up and lifted the curtain of the carriage, and cried out, "Please come down from the princess."

Not only did the little eunuch not say the last word, but opened his mouth wide, and looked at the man sitting in the carriage as if he was frightened.

Qian Muzhai stretched out his head and took a look, his face was also pale, and he was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground.

When the Tong Guifei saw that they saw the princess of Linchuan one by two, she couldn't help but wonder in her heart, could it be that this princess of Linchuan was really a beautiful woman who was better than Xizi and Rong Sai Diao Chan, beautiful and captivating?

When she walked closer and saw it, she was also stunned, and then laughed loudly, "Hahaha, if you look like this, King Linchuan will also marry her to be the princess?" Is it because she's rich? Ah, hahaha, it's the first time I've seen such a fat woman in this palace, it's really funny, hahaha! ”

Qian Muzhai didn't think it was funny at all, he turned to look at the little wife he had always loved, and trembled with anger, this woman, his wife dared to lie to him!

Liu Rushi didn't take his angry gaze to heart at all, didn't look at him, walked to the side of the car, helped the woman in the car from the other side of the carriage and said: "It's all concubines, I didn't make it clear to the concubine and the lord as soon as possible, so that you mistakenly think that the person sitting in this car is still the princess of Linchuan, and the concubine is really guilty of ten thousand deaths." ”

Concubine Tong finally stopped laughing, looked at her and said, "This woman is not the princess of Linchuan, I said, the king of Linchuan is also the king of the county, how could he choose such a princess?" So who is this woman, dressed so shabbyly, why is she sitting in the carriage of Princess Linchuan? Where is the real Princess Linchuan, where is she? ”

Liu Rushi smiled faintly and said unhurriedly: "Back to the concubine Niangniang, when I went to Yuhang County with the princess, the princess had a dream in the car during the day, and dreamed that the sea goddess Niangniang told her that His Royal Highness the King of Linchuan was in a certain place, and the princess woke up and immediately ordered me to wait for the park, saying that she was going to the place where the sea god Niangniang told her in her dream to find His Royal Highness the King of Linchuan, and she could no longer come to Hangzhou with me." ”

"What kind of identity is the princess, what is my identity, she said she wants to leave, how dare I stop it, and how can I stop it?"

Qian Muzhai glared at her angrily with a pair of old eyes, this woman really didn't change her face when she lied. What does it mean that she can't be stopped? The family he sent to pick her up and Princess Linchuan said that there were also twenty or thirty people, and he repeatedly ordered that he would take Princess Linchuan to Hangzhou, how could he let her say that she could leave without even stopping two women?

It was obvious that he, the pillow person, didn't know what method he used to help Princess Linchuan leave halfway, but he didn't let him know until now.

Liu Rushi suddenly smiled at him, and continued to explain to Concubine Tong slowly, "As for this woman, she is the wife of a post man in the Yuhang County Post House, and because of her husband's new funeral, she wants to go back to Hangzhou City to join her parents' family. I saw that she was heavy because she was pregnant, and because she was pregnant, she still had some edema on her body, and I couldn't bear to see her with a big belly, and walked from Yuhang to Hangzhou with two swollen legs, so I asked her to sit in the car and take her for a ride. It should be regarded as doing good deeds and accumulating some yin virtues. ”

Qian Muzhai was annoyed by his step-wife, and he was still counting on the fact that he could be added to the rank because of his performance on the whereabouts of Emperor Hongguang's Princess Linchuan, but he didn't want to be secretly demolished by his wife. How did he explain to Emperor Hongguang?

But seeing Liu Rushi throwing a flattering eye over, she was beautiful under a smile, and suddenly felt half of her body crisp, remembering that she had not been close to her body for several days, and when she kissed Fangze, her throat was inexplicably a little thirsty.

He gritted his teeth and bowed to Concubine Tong and said: "I also ask the concubine Niangniang to forgive her sins, it is because the subordinates are ineffective, knowing that they are stupid but they didn't explain it to her clearly, so they failed to take Princess Linchuan to Hangzhou. ”

In the end, a husband and wife for a hundred days, he can't watch such a beautiful woman being asked and suffering, or try to take this sin on himself first, if he can save her, it is the best, if Emperor Hongguang is determined to find someone to sin, then he can only kill his relatives in righteousness.