On the night near early summer, the temperature was quite comfortable and pleasant, but Shu Yao felt a little cold, perhaps because she was worried. Looking out the window, there were only a few lonely stars scattered on it, and in the distance opposite them was a quiet and sad first quarter moon.

There was no wind outside, the trees were still, and the insects chirped softly and played a serenade, sometimes soft, sometimes intense, sometimes slow, sometimes unrestrained...... It makes people feel more and more silent.

Lan Jin came in and reported: "The master and the uncle are back, and they went to the old lady's ......"

Before the words fell, Shu Yao, who was in a daze in front of the window, lifted her skirt and flew out, and Mother Liu and Lan Jin Zijin didn't dare to delay, so they hurriedly followed.

The old lady's courtyard was brightly lit, whether it was Mrs. Jin, Mo Niang, Nangong Miao, and Shuwen, they didn't sleep, they were all waiting. Prince Yong is Shu Yao's quasi-father-in-law, the in-laws of the Two Marquis Mansions, and now his life and death are unknown, how can he not be worried?

Jin Xida sighed and comforted: "Although there is no news about the prince who has been missing for three days, the personal guards and secret guards around him are all following, so it should be fine." "The people around Prince Yong, especially the secret guards, are all top masters.

The old lady and the others looked at Jin Xida and Shujie and did not seem to have any sadness on their faces, but more tired, and they could be regarded as relieved. There are some things and some things that they can't ask, but the father and son don't wear masks when they face their families in the house, and they can still see something on their expressions, and that's enough.

"Everyone is tired today, go to bed early, we will come back as soon as there is news, Yao'er, you come with us." Jin Xida patted the back of Mo Niang's hand and asked her to rest first, and she and Shujie took Shu Yao to the study.

Once you enter the secret room. Shujie asked, "Yao'er." Did you remind Prince Ning'er that there were spies around him? This time, it was really that big Liu. It turned out that he was really bought. ”

Shu Yao nodded and said strangely: "Isn't the prince already prepared?" And how can it be ......? ”

Jin Xida said with a smile: "Don't worry, the prince is fine, it's just a plan, the news sent by the deputy general and the secret guard around the prince arrived in the capital almost at the same time." In order to guard against the meticulous work of the gang in the capital, the emperor immediately made public the share on the surface, and urgently summoned a few of us into the palace to make a show, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the enemy. Influence the plan on the prince's side. You see, the good news of the prince's victory will come soon. ”

Shu Yao breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, I thought those people had a lot of back-ups." "Fortunately, it was a false alarm.

"By the way," Shu Yao paused suddenly, "Is the emperor going to arrange for someone to rush to the southwest?" And Brother Ning? ”

Shujie nodded approvingly: "Exactly, the army can't be without generals for a day, according to normal logic, whether it is open or secret, the emperor naturally has to arrange people to go over." "For example, last time General Fan of the Northwest Pass was seriously injured, didn't the emperor send reinforcements from Mingli and Yun Deqing, who pretended to be the eunuch of the supervising army, to rush over?" It just so happened that Ning'er was going to go to Qizhou. In the name of going to the southwest, it passed. ”

Bandits are rampant in Qizhou, and the emperor is ready to send Ke Yixiu over to suppress the bandits. Because the bandits in Qizhou are very cunning. Occupy the mountains as kings, but often live on the river, and are truly amphibious. And the Jinchuan River on the edge of Qizhou has nine bends and eighteen bends, the water is turbulent in many places, and there are whirlpools, Qi Haoning, who is familiar with water nature and water warfare, went over together, and Ke Yixiu is really a combination of two swords.

In order to catch the bandits off guard, Qi Haoning was still thinking about how to quietly bring his people over to cooperate (Ke Yixiu's suppression of bandits has always been elusive). Well, the "mutation" in the southwest gave him a justifiable reason, who made things so coincidental, Qizhou happened to be halfway to the southwest.

Shujie took out a letter from his arms and said: "Ning'er gave it to you, because the situation was 'urgent', he didn't want to come over to say goodbye to you, so he wrote a letter, saying that he hadn't said a happy birthday to our little birthday yet, hehe." ”

Shu Yao's little face flushed, snatched the letter and went out, making Jin Xida and Shujie laugh, girls are outgoing, the baby girl (sister) they hold in the palm of their hands has really grown up.

……

Prince Yong's Mansion, Qi Haoning cleaned up and was about to go out, Concubine Zhao hurriedly came with Qi Yuexin and Qi Haoxiang, as well as Concubine Tian, Qi Haoming's little couple, two concubines and a bunch of other people.

Concubine Zhao cried out with tears on her face: "Ning'er, Ning'er, has he encountered an accident?" Are you rushing to save the prince now? Woo woo, if you want to see people in life and see corpses in death, no matter what, Ning'er, you must bring the prince back, you can't let him die in a foreign land. ”

She had already received a letter from Mrs. Wu, and the prince was dead, not missing. They were all shot into a hornet's nest and fell off the cliff, are they still alive? Wu Pozi also said that as long as Qi Haoning, who was physically and mentally exhausted, and his party approached the southwest, the ambush over there would definitely make him go and not return, and he would not miss this time, because in addition to the killers sent by the "lord", there are also allies in Myanmar who are good at using poison.

As long as the prince and Qi Haoning are dead, hum, the southwest side will soon find evidence of Qi Haoming's "collusion" with the Burmese state. At that time, this Prince Yong's mansion will be their mother and son. As for who is the emperor, what does it have to do with her?

Concubine Zhao's "overdone" performance not only made Qi Haoning's face change drastically, but Mrs. Wu secretly shook her head: This woman is usually quite shrewd, why did she get carried away so easily? She quietly pulled the hem of Concubine Zhao's back clothes: "Lord Shizi, our concubine is very worried about you, you must take care of yourself and pay attention to safety." ”

Concubine Zhao suddenly woke up and was about to speak, but was preempted by Qi Haoning: "Listening to Concubine Zhao's tone, it seems that you are sure that your father is no longer there?" Now we only get the news that my father is missing, right? ”

Concubine Zhao was stunned, her face turned pale, and she could only cover her uneasiness with tears: "I...... I'm just worried, Ning'er, how can you wronged me like this? The prince is my husband! …… Woo woo woo, when did the prince disappear like this? How did it go missing? …… Ning'er, hurry up to save the prince, woo woo, you have to bring more people, the emperor will send a large army over, right? Mrs. Wu asked her to probe and see how many reinforcements there would be. She brought so many people here (mainly Qi Haoming and Concubine Tian), firstly, because Qi Haoning was wary of her and was afraid that he would ignore her, and secondly, what will happen in the future is also a "evidence" that Qi Haoming is spying on intelligence for the Burmese state.

Qi Haoning snorted coldly: "Will you send an army?" Hmph, are the major affairs of the imperial court and military affairs something that you, a concubine of the palace, can inquire about? ”

"I ...... I ......" Concubine Zhao hated so much that her back teeth hurt painfully, "Where do I care about military affairs, I just hope that more people will save the prince." ”

Qi Haoning snorted coldly again, and the moment he turned his head, he saw Qi Yuexin, who was standing behind Concubine Zhao, looking straight at Concubine Zhao, and there was a ...... in her eyes Belch...... Disappointment, and hatred. What's going on?

Qi Yuexin seemed to feel the gaze falling on her, and hung her head in a panic, she knew that the direction of her gaze came from Qi Haoning, but she didn't have the courage to look at the past. A voice in her heart was crying: The one who harmed her father and the king is probably the mother concubine. No, no, it won't be true! Mother concubine, she won't really be ruthless.

Qi Yuexin felt that she was about to collapse.

Fortunately, Qi Haoning didn't keep staring at her, he still had to "hurry", and while walking out, he instructed the chief housekeeper: "Uncle Gui, take care of the palace, if there is anything, you or Mother Luo can go and ask to see the imperial grandmother." Even if I'm missing, there's nothing to be nervous about, it's not so easy for those bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods to take the lives of our father and son. ”

After thinking about it, he turned to Qi Haoming, who had been open for a long time: "If the second brother wants to know the news of his father, he can also wait for us to come back and then plan to move out of the palace, no one is in a hurry to drive you out, except for my father and me, no one is qualified to drive you out of the palace." ”

Concubine Tian was indeed restless, and after the death of her eldest son, her son became the eldest son, and he did have ambitions. However, she was timid, hesitant to do things, and before she had time to do anything, she was detained on the biggest suspicion of murdering the former princess, where did she dare to do anything?

Qi Haoning also asked people to check this point after returning to Beijing this time, as for the cause of the death of the concubine, because the life and death of an important person are unknown, it is really not certain that it was Concubine Zhao who was killed, but he can already determine that it is not Concubine Tian.

Since Qi Haoming's mother and son hadn't done anything, there was no need for Qi Haoning to hate them like Concubine Zhao had instilled in him before. Although he will still guard against it and will not be too close, no matter how he says it, he is a brother in the same lineage, and for the sake of his father's face, he can't treat his brothers and sisters as strangers, and there are not many children in Prince Yong's mansion.

Qi Haoming didn't seem to expect Qi Haoning to suddenly say these words to him, and even called him "Second Brother", a little flattered, and replied in a loud voice: "Well, I know, Third Brother, you have to be careful along the way, and send us a letter back immediately when you have news from your father." You don't have to worry about the affairs of the house, the second brother is useless, but he will still take care of his family and his younger siblings, and I will discuss with Uncle Gui if there is anything. ”

Qi Haoning nodded: "Well, I'm going to travel overnight, you all go back." After speaking, he walked away without looking back, and he didn't even look at Concubine Zhao, whose face was pale and her hands were trembling.

Concubine Zhao held her breath so that she didn't vomit the fishy sweetness in her throat, she intuitively felt that the words Qi Haoning said to Gui Bo were for him, and it was for her to show Qi Haoming when she suddenly got close......

This night is destined to be unpeaceful, Yu Zhengran in the secret room of the Yu Mansion is also about to go crazy, he sent someone to keep an eye on it, there is nothing abnormal, how could his father suddenly disappear?

Just as he was thinking about whether to go to Prince Yong's mansion immediately to find Qi Haoning, Zuo Qing's knock came from the door.

Zuo Qing handed over a small bamboo knot: "Young master, the information received by the dumb chapter over there." (To be continued......)