After the letter was delivered, Ren Yaochi waited for news in the courtyard, but she waited from morning to afternoon, and there was still no news from the Yanbei Palace's side until it was dark, and Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but become more and more worried.

"Miss, it's heavy outside, let's go back to the house, be careful not to catch a cold." Mulberry put a heavy crimson cloak with cotton on Ren Yaoqi's shoulders and persuaded softly.

Ren Yaoqi always felt that the room was stuffy, and after practicing the sword, he stood under the verandah outside for a long time, and he didn't think that he hadn't moved for a long time at this time, and it was really a little cold when Mulberry said this, so he nodded.

At this time, there was a sound of flapping wings from an old locust branch in the yard, and the mother-in-law in the yard was surprised: "Huh? How can there be crows? That's bad luck. ”

Ren Yaochi couldn't help frowning.

Sang Yu noticed it, and said lightly to the mother-in-law: "What nonsense? It's not an unusual bird, you can still see one or two in the winter, it's a fuss! ”

The mother-in-law knew that it was taboo to say unlucky things in front of her master in the mansion, so she hurriedly smiled and said: "Miss atonement, the slave owes her mouth, nonsense, don't mind." ”

Although Ren Yaochi didn't say anything, the uneasiness in his heart became more and more obvious.

Early in the morning of the second day, Ren Yaoqi asked the people below to prepare the carriage, and she was going to visit the princess in Yanbei Palace.

I don't know what Lu Dao is for, she is always a little uneasy in her heart, although Princess Yanbei may not have the time to meet her at this time, she still wants to take a look, even she herself doesn't know where Lu Dao's uneasiness comes from.

Is it because he is worried about the situation in Ningxia, worried that the Zeng family will come to Yanbei, worried that Fang Yacun will be implicated in collusion with the Ren family, or is he just worried about Xiao Jingxi's safety at the moment.

As soon as she entered the Yanbei Palace, Ren Yaoqi felt that something was wrong, and she couldn't say what was wrong for a while, but it seemed that even the faces of the mothers-in-law and maids walking on the road were solemn.

When Ren Yaoqi came to Jiuyang Palace, he didn't see Princess Yanbei. It was Mama Xin who received her.

Mama Xin asked Ren Yaoqi to sit down, asked the maid to serve her tea, and said with a smile: "Miss Ren Wu sat down for a while, the princess just went to visit the old princess, and the slave maid asked her to report that you are here." ”

Mama Xin has been very friendly to Ren Yaoqi since the last time she saw her save Mrs. Xu, coupled with the relationship between Ren Yaoqi and Xiao Jinglin, every time Ren Yaoqi came to Yanbei Palace, she would order the people below to greet her.

Ren Yaoqi hurriedly said: "I don't have anything important, I came to the palace today to ask the princess for peace." If the princess has something to do, it's better not to alarm her. ”

Mama Xin said: "The old princess is sick, and the doctor is taking the pulse. The princess went over and guarded. ”

"Old princess, is she all right?" Ren Yaochi was just right to care.

Mama Xin sighed: "It's not for the sake of General Wu, Mrs. Wu is still young." ”

Wu Xiaohe died violently, Xiao Wei became a widow, or a widow without children, no wonder the old princess fell ill urgently.

However, Ren Yaochi felt that Mama Xin had a touch of worry in her eyes, but judging from the relationship between the princess and the old princess, Mama Xin might not be worried about the situation of Xiao Wei's mother and daughter.

Could something else be wrong?

Ren Yaoqi sat in the side hall of Jiuyang Hall for a while, talked to Mama Xin for a while, and intentionally or unintentionally heard that Xiao Jingxi had not come back yet.

The princess never returned. Ren Yaoqi didn't want to stay for too long, and after a cup of tea was in his mouth, he planned to leave first.

didn't want to wait for her to leave, so the princess sent the big girl Su Jin over.

"Miss Ren Wu, the princess, please stay a little longer. She's coming back. And now it's almost noon, the princess asks you to stay in the house for dinner. Su Jin said to Ren Yaoqi with a smile.

Ren Yaochi glanced at the sky outside, she came early today, and she didn't sit in the palace for long. It's still early for lunch.

However, Su Jin's words are just a guest's rhetoric, Ren Yaoqi naturally won't be more serious with her, she is more curious about what the princess is going to do if she stays here.

It's not that the princess never kept her to eat. But that was when Xiao Jinglin was still in Yanbei Palace, she dined with Xiao Jinglin, after Xiao Jinglin left, she rarely came to Yanbei Palace, and the princess also had a lot of things every day, even if she came, she might not be able to see it.

And now deliberately leaving her to eat, it must be useful.

Ren Yaoqi waited for about a cup of tea in the side hall of Jiuyang Hall before the princess came back from the old princess.

Seeing that the princess was coming, Ren Yaoqi hurriedly got up to salute, and was held by the princess with her hand, and the princess smiled and said kindly: "Have you waited for a long time?" Sit down, no outsiders don't have to be formal. ”

Ren Yaoqi helped the princess to the seat first, and then sat down and said with a smile: "It hasn't been long since Mama Xin and several sisters have been talking to me. ”

"Oh? What are you talking about? The princess asked with a smile.

Mama Xin smiled: "Miss Ren Wu likes the cat raised by the slave, so the slave chatted with her for a while. ”

Then Mama Xin picked out some interesting things about "Bai Xue" and said, which made everyone laugh. Ren Yaoqi secretly paid attention to the princess's expression, but she couldn't see anything, so she couldn't guess the princess's true intention of leaving her.

It wasn't until after some jokes that the princess instructed Mama Xin: "You take someone to the kitchen to take a look, and tell me not to send the food over today, and stay in the Jiuyang Palace to eat during the Yao period, just follow the example of Lin'er when she was at home, and the dishes will be more refreshing." ”

Ren Yaochi couldn't help but say: "The princess is fasting? "When she dined with Xiao Jinglin before, she didn't pay attention to the fact that the princess was fasting.

I don't want Mama Xin to say: "The princess has eaten for more than ten years, and only when the county lord stays in the Jiuyang Palace for dinner, the princess will order the kitchen to send meat dishes, but the princess herself only uses vegetarian dishes." ”

Xiao Jinglin likes to eat, and when she is there, she usually puts a table of delicacies, some of them are too good because the county lord requires high quality, and she can't even tell whether it is meat or vegetarian, Ren Yaoqi and the princess have eaten a few times, and noticed that she uses very little, and only thinks that she has a bad appetite.

Mama Xin retreated, and also brought all the maids in the palace down, leaving only Su Jin and Qiluo as the two attendants.

Ren Yaoqi knew that the princess was going to get down to business with her.

Sure enough, the princess got up and said to Ren Yaoqi: "You come with me." So saying, the princess went to the inner sanctum.

Ren Yaochi didn't ask much, got up and followed her.

Ren Yaoqi, the inner hall of Jiuyang Palace, also came to Xiao Jinglin before, this is where the princess rests on weekdays, and generally does not receive outsiders, only some people who are close to her.

The princess beckoned Ren Yaoqi to sit with her on the soft collapse before saying to Su Jin and Qiluo: "You also go out first, don't let people in without my orders." ”

Su Jing and Kira also retreated.

Ren Yao saw that only she and the princess were left in the inner hall, and she couldn't help but become more and more curious.

The princess looked at her and smiled, and said, "I've been fasting for more than ten years, do you know what Lu Dao is for?" ”

Ren Yaochi thought for a while: "Could it be that the princess has a relationship with the Buddha?" "Ren Yaoqi is naturally nonsense, but this statement is the safest.

The princess shook her head and sighed: "No, in fact, I didn't believe in Buddhism when I was so old as you, and even when I saw the elders in the family in trouble, I knelt in the Buddha hall to ask for the blessing of the Buddha, and I thought it was funny." ”

Ren Yaoqi didn't interject, she knew that she didn't need to intervene at this time.

"Later, I gave birth to Jingxi, and he ...... He was not in good health, and once several doctors said that he would not survive, and I cried to death after hearing this, but there was nothing I could do, and at that time I thought of asking the Buddha for protection. ”

Although the princess's voice was faint, it carried a soft firmness: "I make a wish to the Buddha, if Jingxi can live well, I am willing to devote myself to the Buddha from now on, and I will not kill or do bad things in this life, and I will be a vegetarian all my life." ”

Speaking of this, the princess smiled, looked at Ren Yaoqi and said, "My Buddha is really merciful, and Jingxi still survived after the worst." ”

Ren Yaochi couldn't help but be silent when she heard this, she rarely saw the picture of the princess and Xiao Jingxi getting along before, and the mother and son who occasionally saw once or twice did not have too close words and deeds in front of people. The princess and Xiao Jingxi are both serious people, and their emotions are not exposed. The princess cares about Xiao Jinglin very much, probably because Xiao Jinglin is a daughter.

Now after listening to the princess's words, Ren Yaoqi understands that the princess may not be as concerned about Xiao Jingxi as she is about Xiao Jinglin. It's just that the way of raising a son is different from raising a daughter.

The princess sighed, and the worry in her eyes could no longer be hidden, "Jingxi, he disappeared on the way back to Yanbei, and the Yanbei Royal Mansion sent several passers-by to look for him but didn't find it, and there is no news so far." ”

Ren Yaoqi was shocked when he heard this: "My father said that Xiao Ergongzi was with people when he was separated from them at that time, and those people also disappeared together?" "Ren Yao knew that those people were all masters of martial arts, not to mention the people who followed him in the dark to protect him.

The princess sighed: "Only a few corpses were found, and the horses of the Yanbei Palace, but the rest of the people, including the carriage, were missing, and they couldn't be found no matter how they were found." ”

Ren Yaochi couldn't help frowning, she didn't have time to think about why the princess would keep her down and tell her this, she was also worried about Xiao Jingxi's safety now.

Xiao Jingxi didn't reply to her letter before, and she still thought about whether it would be because she didn't show up, so she didn't come back to Yunyang City, but now the princess said that even the people sent by Yanbei Wangfu didn't have news of Xiao Jingxi, and Ren Yaoqi also felt bad.

Could it be that those assassins have succeeded this time, Xiao Jingxi has already ......

Thinking of this, Ren Yaochi couldn't help but shake his head.

No, Xiao Jingxi won't die so easily.

Although the people in the palace didn't find Xiao Jingxi's people, they didn't find his body either, right?

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The author Jun remembers that he said that he wanted three watches, although it was a little late~〒_〒

This is the first update! The author Jun continues to work hard.

(To be continued......)