Chapter 165: Is It a Punishment Station?
The candles in the room crackled, and Hu Acai and Magu sat on one side, hanging their heads and saying nothing.
Because her son didn't come back to live for some days, Ah Cai Niang specially arranged for herself, Caiyu and a few maids to take care of Magu's children to sleep, thinking that the couple would get together and talk about the pillow.
No one spoke first for a long time, and the atmosphere was slightly awkward. Last time, she was almost forced by Hu Acai, and Magu seemed a little vigilant.
"Where have you been today?" Magu finally broke the awkward atmosphere. The two of them had to stay in the house for several days, sleeping together in the same room, so it was not a problem to sit down like this.
"Oh, I went to inquire about the uncle of the Marquis of Anqing." These were ordered by Magu to do it during the day, Hu Acai picked up the tea and took a sip, "I happen to recognize a person who is in the Anqinghou Mansion, that Uncle Yan is the head of the horse in the stable of the Anqinghou Mansion, and he has been in the mansion for some years. Uncle Yan told me that there was an uncle in the Anqing Hou Mansion who passed away at an early age, so few people mentioned it. ”
It turned out that the uncle of Anqinghou Mansion had already passed away, no wonder she went to Anqinghou Mansion to live for a while, and she had never heard of any other grandfather besides Anqinghou.
"That uncle gave birth to a son named Cao Shouzhi, who was supposed to be the eldest young master of the Marquis of Anqing, but unfortunately, after the uncle passed away, he was raised in the old mansion. That young master set up his own door, and he had nothing to do with the Anqing Marquis Mansion anymore. Hu Acai said carefully, took a sip of tea, and said: "However, I heard that the current Marquis Anqing still loves this young master very much, not only did he change a four-entry mansion to live in the capital. Nothing worse than the Anqing Marquis Mansion is used for food and drink. But ......"
"But what?" Magu was very interested, as if there was an important turning point in this. And that twist might be what she wanted to know.
"But it's also a matter of recent years, around last year, Cao Shouzhi began to have frequent contact with An Qinghou and Cao Shouyi. Also last year, I heard that the teenager had started to study trees. ”
Last year? It seems that they are eyeing those trees for a maximum of a year.
"What do they do with those trees?" Magu asked anxiously.
Hu Acai shook his head, "No one has seen where the tree ended up. ”
The tree is gone? Here's the problem, if the business is just and bright, it won't be so mysterious.
"Then you can inquire, these trees are the Marquis of Anqing's mansion. It's still Cao Shouzhi's request. For this, Magu actually already had the answer in her heart.
If that Cao Shouzhi just wanted to make a fortune from these trees. Don't be so protective of others. When Magu and the villagers of Pinghu Village approached the forest, they expressed such rejection.
This matter, as for alarming Cao Shouyi to come? That day, she only saw Cao Shouyi. I have never seen that Cao Shouzhi from beginning to end.
Today's Cao Shouyi is the son of the Marquis of Anqing, and this little thing is as good as for him personally?
"I haven't heard of this yet, but it has been rumored outside that Anqinghou's nephew wants those trees, and everyone naturally thinks that it is the meaning of Anqinghou's mansion." With the name of An Qinghou, it must have something to do with An Qinghou.
Magu thought about it, An Qinghou's nephew, everyone's name for this Cao Shouzhi has always been An Qinghou's nephew. Everyone has never even heard the name Cao Shouzhi. Have you seen that man?
"That Cao Shouzhi can be in the capital?"
Magu's question made Hu Acai's eyes widen, "Naturally, I heard that I was raised in that four-way yard." Rarely go out. ”
Rarely goes out? Magu frowned, what's wrong? She always felt that something was wrong.
Before I knew it, it was late at night, and Magu yawned, "You sleep on the bed, I sleep on the couch." ”…
It's not a problem to sit down like this.
Hu Acai was willing to agree, and sat down on the couch with a thin quilt. "You sleep on the bed, I sleep on the couch." That's how they slept all the time. Hu Acai hadn't thought about going to bed and sleeping with her.
Because he knew that the Magu in front of him was no longer the one he could say with confidence, I slept with my own mother-in-law, that person.
Magu has changed, maybe not, but he doesn't want to force her to do something.
Seeing that spring is about to pass, it is just right to cover a thin quilt at night.
Magu was lying on the bed, turned over and faced in, "Ah Cai, I'm sorry, I've been disappointing you." ”
She didn't know what she meant, but he seemed to understand, "It's all right, silly girl, I never blamed you." After a pause, he said, "It's not early, go to bed quickly." ”
Hu Acai got up and extinguished the candle and lay back on the couch. In the dark room, the moonlight shone through the window lattice, and the people under the moonlight could sleep for a long time.
The next morning, while it was still dark, everyone was woken up by a deafening knock on the door.
Everyone suddenly fell asleep, Hu Acai hurriedly got up and threw the thin quilt on the bed, and quickly put on his clothes, "I'll go out and see the situation." He said to Magu, who was already sleepy-eyed.
Magu snorted, and when she saw him open the door and go out, she didn't feel sleepy, sat up and rubbed her eyes, and then raised her eyes to look out the window, it was still early, and she came to knock on the door so early, but what happened?
Magu also lost her sleepiness, got out of bed and put on her clothes and prepared to go out to see the situation.
I only heard the voice of the eunuch in the courtyard, "King Qin said, let the lady go over quickly, King Qin has something to ask." ”
King Qin? Is it for her to pass? Magu, who was about to open the door, shrank her hand. At this moment, her whole body was awake. It was King Qin who sent someone to summon her, why did he summon her so early?
Could it be that they were the ones who knew about spreading the arrest plan?
No, Hu Caiyu followed her plan and did it almost seamlessly. No, nothing is perfect in this world, but it won't be revealed so quickly.
Magu rubbed her hands and paced around the room, pausing for a moment, "Calm, you must be calm." Magu muttered to herself, taking deep breaths to adjust her feelings.
The door was opened, and seeing Magu's back, Hu Acai was stunned and closed the door, "What's wrong with you?" He saw that Magu was uneasy.
Magu was taken aback by his sudden movement, and even after adjusting her state, she opened the door and called Chunxi to come in to help her groom and dress.
"If you don't want to go, I'll help you get back." Hu Acai asked tentatively.
"He is the prince and the prince, how can he push it off." How can they, ordinary people, be qualified to say no to these kings and nobles.
I don't know what the second prince wants to tell her this time, there should be no substantive evidence, otherwise how could she let her go to the Qinwang Mansion. If there is evidence that she is spreading the news, it should be Dali Temple who came to arrest her.
"I ...... If you really don't want to go, I'll go out and beat the eunuch away. Hu Acai's face turned red and his fists clenched.
After Magu finished freshening up, she stood in front of Hu Acai, "Don't worry, King Qin came to me just to ask about something, and I will be back soon." ”
Asking about things, asking about things need to go before dawn? Why not wait for dawn? What's so in a hurry?
"Second sister-in-law, I'll go with you." Hu Caiyu also heard that the second prince summoned Magu to go to Qinwang's mansion, and she felt that something was wrong.
"Yes, let Caiyu accompany you." Hu Acai agreed.
"Okay, it's King Qin's Mansion there, you were in the market at the time, whoever wants to go can go." Magu rebuked them.
Hu Acai and Hu Caiyu are anxious at the moment, and their anxieties are different. Hu Acai didn't want to admit that he was jealous, but he was jealous, and he didn't want Magu and the second prince to meet in private. And Hu Caiyu is worried that the leakage of the arrest plan was found out by the second prince because they did it, and she did it, and she has to take responsibility for it. …
Magu didn't have time to pay attention to Hu Acai's little thoughts.
She just walked up to Hu Caiyu and said solemnly: "Don't mess up your own position, even if you call me over, it's not necessarily for something." Xuan even laughed, "We two weak women, where can we do anything to anger others, you don't have to worry." After speaking, he patted Hu Caiyu on the shoulder, walked out of the door, and got into the carriage with the eunuch who came to deliver the message.
Hu Caiyu understood what Magu said, and she wanted her to be sure that they didn't do anything.
"Caiyu, what happened to your second sister-in-law?" The second prince came to pass on the people before dawn, either something happened or he had other intentions.
Hu Acai thought about it, anyway, the second prince had bad intentions towards Magu, no matter what it was, his purpose was not pure.
Hu Caiyu let out a long sigh and showed a hint of a smile, "Second brother, you don't have to be nervous, maybe it's because of the teaching." Or the emperor is urging the second sister-in-law to implement something, and these Qin kings naturally want to discuss with the second sister-in-law. "Hu Caiyu's affairs about Magu are clear, and the whole family knows about the fact that they have seen the emperor.
This reason makes sense, Hu Acai just thinks that this time will not be early.
Wait, the second prince is in the palace of King Qin at this hour?
After Magu got out of the carriage, a palace maid came up to greet her, "The lady is here, please come inside." The palace maid made a blessing and walked in with Magu.
"The prince got up so early?" Magu wanted to find out something, but the palace maid just smiled and didn't say anything.
The palace maid led her into the main hall, and the entire hall was empty, and there was no one in the hall.
"The prince asked the lady to stand here and wait for him to come back." After leading Magu to the middle of the main hall, a few more palace maids came in and extinguished all the candles, closed the doors and windows, and left the main hall.
Magu wanted to ask where King Qin had gone, and what it meant to stand and wait for him to come back. But those palace maids didn't give her a chance to speak at all, and they didn't even look at Magu when they left.
There was not a glimmer of light in the hall, only a glimmer of light coming through the cracks. At this moment, there is only Magu left in the entire hall, although the hall is splendid, but there is no popularity at all, which can't help but make people shudder. (To be continued)