Chapter 11: The Maniac
"By the way, your Yun family's desire to enter the palace for a while, right?" The Queen Mother suddenly changed the topic again and said with a smile, "She was left in the palace by the emperor's 'name', and it seems that the emperor has a good impression of her." ”
"To be favored by the emperor is the blessing of the Yun family." I smiled. When a woman enters the palace, if she wants to be favored, she depends on her own ability, and the Yun family can't help much, at most she can help her in terms of silver. But the old man's attitude was a little strange, when he didn't enter the palace, he was very concerned, and he helped her with everything very thoughtfully, but as soon as he entered the palace, he didn't pay much attention to her. I originally thought that the old man wanted to have a princess in the family to shine on the lintel, and he would definitely bother to help Xiang Rong move in the palace, a few days ago I made a special trip to ask the old man if he wanted to allocate a sum of money to Xiang Rong in the palace, but I didn't expect the old man to let me not have to say anything about the ideal appearance in the future, and the attitude that this matter has ended, makes it unpredictable what he is thinking.
"Well, the draft is over, those ministers in the court have written many times, let the emperor stand up as soon as possible, but I don't know what the emperor thinks, none of the show girls who stayed in the palace have not been promoted to the title, and this matter has been dragged on after the election." The Queen Mother's tone was a little annoyed, "I really don't let this palace worry." ”
This, as if I'm still not fit to give an opinion. To tell the truth, I feel a little apprehensive every time I come to see the Queen Mother, dealing with this lady is more difficult than dealing with her emperor's son, what does she want? I am a widow, not to mention that I am innocent with the emperor, even if I really have something with the emperor, it is impossible to enter the palace and become his woman, not to mention that I am not an ordinary widow. I smiled bitterly in my heart, why does she need to guard against me, my heart has already died with Yun Zheng, or is it that the Queen Mother doesn't believe the rumors that Mrs. Ronghua is crazy about her husband, right? Yun Zheng, I'm so tired, what should I do?
Seeing that I was silent, the Queen Mother smiled: "Ye girl, in this draft, your family wants to be virtuous and outstanding, I have seen her eight characters, and the emperor is also the most compatible, the palace likes her very much, Yongle Hou has such a well-behaved grandniece, it is really a blessing." ”
"That's not as good as the blessing of the Queen Mother, such a good girl is now the Queen Mother's daughter-in-law." I smiled, is this a favor to the Yun family? Or do you want to hint that you want to be admitted to the main middle palace? Grandpa must be happy to find out, right?
"You girl would say." The Queen Mother smiled slightly, and I smiled without saying a word. The Queen Mother has said so much, in fact, what I want to know most is what I said to the emperor today, right? But the emperor kept this matter a secret, for fear of startling the snake, and I can't say it. The Queen Mother didn't know what she was thinking, and she didn't want to ask openly, so I pretended to be confused.
Coming out of the palace, I went straight to find Yi Shenchen, who knew when I went in, and when I saw him packing his luggage, I was stunned: "Shenchen, where are you going?" ”
"I have long wanted to travel to the four directions, but I have always been haunted by mundane things before, and I have no chance." Shen Chen served me tea, "Mrs. Sister-in-law came just in time, I won't go to the house to inform you anymore." ”
"Why are you leaving all of a sudden?" I frowned and stared at him, "Because of Miss Sai?" ”
Shen Shen was quiet for a long time, and said lightly: "How come, I don't know Miss Sai well." ”
"Not familiar?" I smiled, "Shen Chen, I'm from here, you don't have to lie to me." ”
Shen Shen was silent, and I sighed: "Since you have decided, I will not persuade you anymore, but can you tell me who Miss Sai is?" Why did she marry General Lone? ”
"Mrs. Sister-in-law, Miss Sai and I are just ordinary friends, and I don't know anything about her." Shen Shen still insists on this set of statements. I looked at him quietly for a long time and nodded: "Okay, then I wish you a smooth journey." ”
After all, I don't have a deep friendship with Yi Shenchen, and I can't force him to say something he doesn't want to say. He returned to the Hou Mansion with a heavy heart, and as soon as he got out of the car, Yun Yi greeted him, his face was worried: "Young lady, you can come back, Hou Ye has just been sick again!" ”
I was shocked: "Grandpa is okay, right?" "The old man's body is not as good as a day, and the frequency of attacks has increased recently.
"Mr. Fu is helping him with treatment." Yun Yi hurriedly said, "Go and take a look!" ”
Xiaohong hurriedly grabbed me and walked in, hurriedly stepped into the old man's room, and saw An Yuanxi and Yun De standing by the bed, and Mr. Fu was giving the old man an injection. I hurried to the bedside and saw the old man with his eyes closed, as if he had fainted. Raising his eyes to look at An Yuanxi, he said softly, "How is grandpa?" ”
"I just got sick, and now Mr. Fu is administering the needle, and the condition has stabilized." An Yuanxi said in a low voice. As soon as the words fell, I heard the old man coughing, I quickly turned my head to look over, saw the old man's eyelids tremble, and slowly opened his eyes. Mr. Fu sighed lightly and said softly: "Master Hou, your body needs to recuperate, don't be in a hurry." I'll go out and prescribe a prescription for you. ”
The old man nodded tiredly, Mr. Fu went out, and I quickly squatted on the side of the bed: "Grandpa, how are you?" ”
"It's an old problem, just rest and rest." Seeing that An Yuanxi and I were both by the bedside, the old man smiled slightly, "I'm scared of you." ”
"How did Grandpa get sick?" I frowned and said worriedly, "Mr. Fu told you not to be angry, who is angry with you?" ”
"It's just a business thing." The old man shook his head, "It's nothing. ”
"In business, grandpa should have less snacks." I sighed, "Isn't there an uncle watching with me?" Isn't Grandpa still at ease? ”
The old man just smiled and suddenly reacted, couldn't it be that he was responsible for those things himself? What was it that made him so anxious that he had a heart attack? Why did the old man refuse to reveal this mysterious business?
Seeing that he refused to say, I changed the subject and said with a smile: "By the way, grandpa, tell you a happy event, today I will go into the palace to see the queen mother, listen to her tone, and intend to set up our family to be the queen." ”
"Really?" The old man's reaction was very flat, and he didn't feel happy at all. I was a little surprised, seeing that the old man's face was deep, a trace of waves flashed in his eyes, and after a while, he closed his eyes and said in a low voice: "I'm a little tired, I want to sleep for a while, you go out first." ”
An Yuanxi and I glanced at each other, stood up, Xiaohong helped me out of the room, and An Yuanxi followed. I silently took two steps and stopped to look at him: "How did Grandpa get sick?" ”
"This month, Uncle Tang's account that should be transferred to the 'external expenditure' not only did not transfer, but also used it to make other expenditures, and my grandfather was very angry when he found out, and he fell ill after scolding a few words in the house." An Yuanxi looked left and right and said softly.
What exactly is this mysterious "external expenditure"? Why is the old man so concerned? Not only did a few deacons of the Yun family not know, but even An Yuanxi and I didn't know. What secrets does the old man have that we don't know? I lowered my head and fell into deep thought. An Yuanxi saw that my expression was uncertain, and said softly: "Sister-in-law entered the palace today, are you okay?" ”
"Huh?" I was stunned and looked up at him, "What? ”
"Uh......" An Yuanxi paused, "It's nothing, sister-in-law is fine." ”
What can I do? It's strange for An Yuanxi to ask this. After thinking about it, he said to him: "Uncle, please ask Deacon Yin to check for me what the origin of General Lonely's new marriage to that lady is." ”
After An Sheng disappeared, An Yuanxi begged the old man to let Deacon Yin help find An Sheng's whereabouts, and the old man handed over the power to deploy Deacon Yin to An Yuanxi. An Yuanxi looked at me and didn't ask me why I wanted to check her, but nodded: "Okay." ”
I thanked and went back to the room, thought about it, and asked Yun Qian to call over: "You let people keep an eye on Yi Shenchen for me, and the General's Mansion also arranged for me to keep an eye on Mrs. Shan, and report their every move to me every day, and if there is anything abnormal, come and report it immediately." ”
I don't suspect that Shen Chen has something to do with General Lone, but I also don't believe that he really doesn't know anything about Secamen, and at this time, I can only try to gather as much information and information as possible, and the most important thing is to find a way to cure General Lonely. The emperor already knows that General Lonely has fallen into an evil surrender, what will he do with this matter? With his surname, I am afraid that the real surname of this matter will be verified, who will he ask to confirm?
A day passed, and there was no movement from the emperor and the Silent Mansion. Two days have passed, and there is still no wave. The spies I sent were unable to find any useful information in a short period of time, and I was so anxious that I could not sit still all day. Thirdly, the "wind and cold" of peace was cured, and he came to the house to thank him. The girl looked angry when she entered the door, I didn't know her intentions at first, I was a little weak-hearted, thinking that she had discovered the reason for her illness, and smiled and tentatively said, "Yo, why are you unhappy?" Who messed with our Silence? ”
"Alas, don't mention it, it's angry to talk about." Ping An sat down beside me and said angrily, "I went out today and met a madman, full of nonsense, and I was angry." ”
"Oh? What did he say, so angry with you? I smiled and took the tea from Xiaohong.
"As soon as I went out today, I saw a man sneaking around outside the gate of the General's Palace, and I didn't know what he wanted to do, so I asked the family to catch him and interrogate him. As a result, the man turned out to be a madman, and his mouth was full of nonsense, saying that our general's mansion was shrouded in evil clouds, and the evil spirit was at the head, and someone must have been possessed by an evil spirit and lost his soul. Ping An said angrily, "As soon as I heard it, I became angry, and let people beat that madman, and dared to curse our general's mansion ......"
My hands trembled, and I almost knocked over the teacup, and my heart was in doubt. Who is this man? How would he know that someone in the General's Mansion had fallen for evil magic? Is it someone related to Secarmen? If so, how could they run to the gate of the General's Mansion and talk nonsense? I put the teacup back on the coffee table and chuckled, "How do you know that man is crazy?" Have you seen this before? ”
"He's talking nonsense like this, isn't he a madman or what?" Ping An snorted angrily, "I haven't seen that person before, that person doesn't seem to be from the capital, I saw him dressed like a dirt bun, like a country man." ”
"Oh? Country-based? I pretended not to care, "How do you know?" ”
"I don't know how the man was wearing a very old short cloth shirt, which is probably fifty years old, carrying a shabby package and a ridiculous tiger hat." Ping An burst out laughing, "I've never seen anyone wear such a funny hat, and that hat is worn by a child of a few years old!" ”
"How can you dress up like this?" I smiled, "Is that young guy?" ”
"It's just not small, it's weird, it should be in your early twenties, right? You say, what is not a madman? Ping An probably remembered the man's appearance, covered his mouth and laughed.
"That's interesting, what does that guy look like?" I'm interested in authenticity.
"Looks, it's not ugly, it's a simple face." Ping An tilted his head and thought about it, and said with a smile, "It's just that dressing up is too funny." ”
Quietly talking and laughing with Ping'an, and when she said goodbye and left, my smile immediately became gloomy. Let Xiaohong call Tie Wei into the house: "Yun Xun, you immediately go out for me to find a man in his early twenties who wears a tiger head hat and an old short cloth shirt, and has a simple face, no matter what, you must bring him back to the Hou Mansion for me!" ”
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