As for the person who secretly helped him, in fact, he had already vaguely guessed in his heart.

Sure enough, early in the morning of the second day, before dawn, Zheng Rui personally took someone to send Zheng He to Nanshan, and did not set off and come back until twilight. And Gu Qingwan, who is like an arrow, has already begun to pack up her things and prepare to return to Beijing.

Before coming to Zhuangzi, Gu Qingwan planned for the worst, so she loaded the important things and brought them back to the capital, and let the housekeepers in the palace take the rest away.

is not as bustling and prosperous as before, and at this time there is a solemn atmosphere everywhere in Beijing. The officers and soldiers at the city gate were several times as many as usual, and it was the carriage process of the Ruiwang Mansion, and it took a quarter of an hour to check before they were released. Except for Zheng Rui and Gu Qingwan, everyone in the Rui Wangfu got out of the carriage and checked.

The carriage entered King Rui's mansion, and Gu Qingwan almost couldn't recognize her mansion.

The stone lion's head on the right side of the gate is missing half of it, and the corner gate on the west side is probably set on fire, and the door frame is a little blackened. The yard was better, except for some damage to the trees and plants, but it was not serious.

This is still what the palace chief has looked like after he rectified it.

Hearing that Gu Qingwan was back, the housekeepers and grandmothers in King Rui's Mansion waited outside the second gate as if they had found the backbone, waiting for Gu Qingwan's summons.

Only a few housekeepers came in to appease them, and Gu Qingwan explained that they were doing their jobs. I was about to check the storeroom, when I saw Fu Man panting into the yard. He bowed head-on and said, "I have seen the princess, and the palace sent someone to pass the word and let the princess enter the palace immediately." ”

Gu Qingwan's eyebrows jumped, and her face changed slightly: "Can you inquire about who is the messenger?" ”

Fuman smiled and said: "I asked, and I said that it was the Song servant in Yongyan Palace." It's just that the slave maid inadvertently glanced at it, but she felt that a grandmother in the crowd was a little familiar, but if she thought about it carefully, she had seen it in King Jing's mansion, and it seemed to be surnamed Yang. ”

Gu Qingwan had always known that Dao Fu was a clever person, but now it seems that it is even worse.

Although she has not yet performed the enthronement ceremony, she heard Zheng Rui mention it when she came back. As soon as Princess Jing returned, she entered the middle palace. Now it's Queen Xiao. Yongyan Palace is where the successive middle palaces lived, and this time it was the old people of Jingwangfu who came to spread the word, and I think it was the decree of Queen Xiao.

Gu Qingwan's heart gradually calmed down, Zheng Rui had already been summoned to the palace half an hour ago. She picked it up. So he also rode to the palace.

After a palace change. There was an atmosphere of slaughter everywhere, and it was like Gu Qingwan who should be edicted into the palace, and he was also carefully interrogated outside the palace gate for a long time.

Gu Qingwan got out of the soft sedan chair. walked inside without squinting, and Mama Yang found an opportunity to speak in her ear: "Please forgive me, Niangniang, the princess rushed back, and I didn't want to summon you into the palace in such a hurry." She paused, and her voice was lowered, "However, the Queen Mother and the princess are close to the princess, and they always have to see it with their own eyes to feel at ease." ”

It turned out that the Queen Mother and the eldest prince of Huihe were going to see her, and Queen Xiao was afraid that the comer would not be good, so she reminded her privately.

Gu Qingwan thought for a while, smiled at Mama Yang, and then turned her head to look at the road ahead.

She didn't enter the palace many times, and most of them went straight to Yongyan Palace to ask for peace, but this was obviously not the way to Yongyan Palace.

"The Queen Mother and Princess Huihe are now in the Queen Mother's Ci'an Palace, and this is the way to Ci'an Palace." Mama Yang whispered in Gu Qingwan's ear again.

Gu Qingwan still didn't squint, and entered Ci'an Palace all the way without incident.

Before she could be informed, she saw a person walking towards her in the hall, Gu Qingwan took a look at it, and recognized that this was Haoyue, the aunt in charge of Empress Dowager Chen's side. When she saw Gu Qingwan, she had a smile on her face, and quickly stepped forward to support Gu Qingwan: "It can be regarded as looking forward to the princess, the queen mother and the eldest princess have been talking about the princess for some time now." Now that the outside is in chaos, seeing the princess in good condition, the queen mother can feel at ease. ”

Gu Qingwan smiled, only thanked Empress Dowager Chen for her concern, and was led into the inner hall by Haoyue.

The inner hall of Ci'an Palace burned the earth dragon, and when the curtain was opened, there was a burst of hot air. In addition to the cloak, Gu Qingwan followed Haoyue into the warm pavilion, and saw Empress Chen sitting at the top, and the eldest princess and Empress Xiao were sitting on the left and the right respectively, but she didn't see the Wanhua county lord who had always been inseparable from the Empress Dowager Chen.

Before Gu Qingwan could salute, Empress Dowager Chen smiled and said, "It's all a family, what are you doing with so many courtesies, hurry up and let me take a look." ”

The eldest princess got up with a smile and supported Gu Qingwan: "Come, come and sit with me, let the queen mother take a good look, whether there is a lack of catties or hair, I am talking in my ear all day long, and my ears will be cocooned." ”

Unexpectedly, he couldn't help but pull Gu Qingwan to the side of Empress Dowager Chen and sit down.

Gu Qingwan didn't know what kind of game the Empress Dowager Chen and the eldest princess were playing, but she smiled and thanked the Empress Dowager Chen for her concern. After listening to Empress Dowager Chen's idle words, she listened to Huihe and the eldest princess say: "Speaking of which, Qingwan and the fifth brother are really lucky, if they leave a few days late, they won't be able to get out of the city." Fortunately, you left in time, a few days ago when I passed by the Ruiwang Mansion, I opened the curtain and took a look, and even the gate was burned to the ground. ”

Gu Qingwan's spirit was shocked, and she knew that the key point of the Dao was coming.

Sure enough, I heard Huihe and the eldest princess immediately say: "Su Yun too, fortunately, you and He'er went to Nanshan early, and the Jingwang Mansion is still in ruins." ”

Empress Xiao's name is Xiao Suyun, and the eldest princess used to call her by her maiden name, but she didn't expect that she is now the queen, and the eldest princess Huihe is still the same.

Gu Qingwan quickly glanced at Empress Xiao's face, and when she saw that she was still smiling, she made a look of horror: "Speaking of this, I still have palpitations in my heart now." The royal sister doesn't know what to do, it's better to be in the palace outside. ”

After listening to it for a long time, Empress Dowager Chen finally asked: "What's wrong outside?" ”

"The Queen Mother. Ari and I almost didn't come back. Gu Qingwan shuddered, "Just a few days after going to Zhuangzi, a group of homeless people almost broke into Zhuangzi, if it weren't for the solid construction of the outer wall of Zhuangzi and the large number of people in Zhuangzi, they would have broken into it a long time ago." ”

"I didn't think much about it at the time, if only I had returned to Beijing that morning. In the days that followed, I was so scared that I slept lightly every day, and Ari was also scared so much that he was always afraid that someone would break in. In a hurry. So I made the decision and asked the housekeeper to bring another team of guards from the palace to Zhuangzi. Originally, Ari and I had wanted to go back to Beijing for a long time. It was only two heavy snowfalls, and the mountains were covered by freezing snow and cold, so I stopped thinking about it, but I didn't expect something to happen. Gu Qingwan pulled up other words.

Empress Dowager Chen looked thoughtful. Gu Qingwan didn't know when she grabbed her cuffs. Tears fell in an instant: "Speaking of which. The queen mother must be the master of her sons. ”

Glancing at the cuffs that were pulled by Gu Qingwan, Empress Dowager Chen patted Gu Qingwan's hand and said, "Why is it still a little girl's temperament, tears come when you say it." Is there something wronged? Speak out, and the queen mother will call your shots. ”

Gu Qingwan squeezed out a few more tears, and said sadly: "Does the queen mother know what kind of infantry lieutenant Lin Shen has in Lu Dao, on the sixth day of the first lunar month, he actually brought a pair of Praetorian Guards to copy Zhuangzi. Before Ari could get up, he broke into the back room and lifted Ari's quilt.

"Are you sure it's Lin Shen, the lieutenant of the infantry army?" The eldest princess Huihe exchanged looks with the Empress Dowager Chen, asked a few words about the situation at that time, and said, "I think I am looking for something." ”

Gu Qingwan pursed her lips: "It was said that he was looking for a prisoner, who knew that there was something ulterior in Lu Dao." In short, he does not distinguish between dignity and inferiority, and if he slaps Ari's face like this, the queen mother must make decisions for me and Ari. ”

Empress Dowager Chen responded casually, and appeased Gu Qingwan a few more words, obviously thinking about Gu Qingwan's false and real words, leaving only Huihe and the eldest princess to talk to her, and sent Gu Qingwan and Empress Xiao back.

It wasn't until Ci'an Palace was hidden in layers of palaces that Empress Xiao said: "Since you have entered the palace, come to me to sit down, He'er hasn't seen you for a while, but I'm a little worried." ”

Gu Qingwan smiled, and the two of them walked in the direction of Yongyan Palace.

In Ci'an Palace, Empress Dowager Chen sent away the others, leaving only Liu Yi to serve by her side.

The eldest princess Huihe's cheeks were slightly red from the heat, she covered her mouth and yawned, and asked lazily, "The queen mother thinks that girl's words are not credible?" ”

Empress Dowager Chen just looked at the tea cup with green ground and white flowers in her hand, and only after a while did she ask, "What do you think?" ”

"I heard that it's a straight-hearted, no city people, and I look at it too. Even if the third brother has different intentions, the fifth brother has been stupid for so many years, and she can't be involved after all. As for Xiao Suyun...... 'The eldest princess of Huihe paused, and after thinking for a while, she said, "The queen mother also knows what the scene was like when she returned to Beijing. ”

Empress Dowager Chen's eyes flashed.

Empress Xiao has been living under the nose of Empress Dowager Chen since the day she entered Beijing. The people who went to Nanshan to pick up Empress Xiao back to Beijing naturally had Empress Dowager Chen's people, if it wasn't for the timely rescue, I am afraid that Zheng He's life would have been explained there.

Now Empress Xiao still has a few scars on her body, even if she uses the best medicine, she is afraid that those few marks will not be removed.

Empress Dowager Chen closed her eyes and thought for a while, then said quietly: "Is it really that I am too careful?" ”

The eldest princess Huihe sat down next to the Empress Dowager Chen, and pulled the sleeve of the Empress Dowager Chen, at this time she rarely showed a trace of the coquettishness of a child: "I also know that I know that I am careful to make a boat for ten thousand years." It's just the queen mother, over the years, although we have paid attention to Qin Mingyue, we have never completely ignored the third and fifth brothers. From their children to the present, the queen mother is also clear about their temperament. It's just a year or two, but it's been like this for more than ten years, how many people can not show their feet? ”

Empress Dowager Chen nodded slightly: "Maybe it's really me who is too careful." ”

The eldest princess Huihe's expression moved, and she moved closer to the Empress Dowager Chen: "Actually, if the queen mother is really not at ease, the son has an idea." ”

After speaking, he leaned forward and whispered a few words.

Empress Dowager Chen smiled after hearing this, and nodded Hui He's forehead again: "I said, why do you keep talking for the two of them, but it turned out to be such an idea." She pondered for a while before she said, "This matter is not urgent, it needs to be summed up." It would be great if it could have been done. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and then talked about the lieutenant Lin Shen of the infantry army, who naturally wanted to ask someone to take a good look. (To be continued......)

PS: After the change, I feel cute~~~~