After going out early and returning late for several days, Su Zhenzhen was stubborn, and she didn't think about tea and dinner, but she didn't have to find out. During this period, Wei Han heard that Su Zhenzhen had returned to Beijing many times to have a good chat with her, hoping to restore the old friendship, but he pounced again and again, and couldn't help but be a little discouraged.

When the Qingge had news, Su Zhenzhen hurriedly entered the palace to analyze the truth of the news with the emperor and discuss the next action. Although the clues are still scattered, fortunately, with the patchwork of several parties, the matter seems to be gradually gaining an eyebrow. When the emperor and Su Zhenzhen finished discussing, it was getting late, and the emperor asked Su Zhenzhen to stay at Concubine Xian's place temporarily, and meet the child by the way.

When Concubine Xian saw Su Zhenzhen, she took her hand and scolded her distressedly: "You kid is stubborn, those things are ordered to be done by your subordinates, why are you so tired and haggard!" Su Zhenzhen knew that Concubine Xian really loved her, so she had to admit her mistake again and again, and slept with the child after dinner.

When she woke up the next day, it was already three poles in the morning, Su Zhenzhen opened her eyes and was stunned for a moment, she had gone out early and returned late in the past few days, and she had not slept so well for a long time. Turning around and not seeing the child, Su Zhenzhen summoned the palace maid to serve and freshen up, and asked, "What about Heng'er?" Did you play with the Ninth Princess? ”

The palace maid said: "Back to the county lord, a few days ago, Fanbang paid tribute to some fresh varieties, and the prince and the ninth princess went to the imperial garden to watch." In the morning, Concubine Xian said that the county lord would live in the palace these days, so that she could accompany her son. Su Zhenzhen nodded to indicate that she already knew, and after using some pastries, she went to the Tai Hospital to find a female doctor to help her dress up as a man and retouch it.

In the end, I finally heard a very important news. When the sun came out of the palace gate, Su Zhenzhen went straight to the largest green building in the north of the city, Qingyi Tower. Su Zhenzhen asked for a private room, and since she entered the door, she has noticed something unusual. The style of this Qingyi Building is different from the general Qinglou Chu Pavilion, and there are many people coming and going in the blue sky and day. The girls are lukewarm, just right, even the mother is in her twenties, which is not simple.

Only then did he pick up the teacup, and behind the soft smoke-like veil, there was the sound of the Lingling piano, like mountains and flowing water, which made people forget about it. At the end of the song, Su Zhenzhen stroked her hands and praised: "Miss Lanqiu's piano really deserves to be the best in the world, but why does the sound of the piano change from tranquil to poignant?" ”

The girl suddenly lifted the curtain, "Lan Qiu saw that there seemed to be a gloomy color between the son's eyebrows, and she was afraid that she was bored, so she felt that the piano song was poignant." Su Zhenzhen smiled: "The girl is really understanding, so guess why I'm depressed?" Lan Qiu looked up and down a few times, and then said: "I see that my son's clothes are extraordinary, and he can understand my piano sound, he must be a scholar, and his family is rich." But worried about your career? ”

deliberately made the appearance of being expected, Su Zhenzhen continued along the way: "The girl is really discerning. My family is also one of the top merchants in Jiangnan, but now in this world, Shinong industry and commerce, businessmen are the cheapest. It's just that if you have money and nowhere to go, what if you study, you can't even participate in the imperial examination. He sighed.

Hearing this, Lan Qiu took another step forward and chuckled, "Childe is worried about this matter?" Then I have a way, but I don't know if my son is willing to spend money. Su Zhenzhen sensed that there was something in Lan Qiu's words, suppressed the doubts in her heart, and asked happily, "I don't know what the girl can do?" My family doesn't have anything else, but a lot of money. I am still the only son in the family, and as long as I open my mouth, my father is willing to take as much as I want. ”

Seeing Su Zhenzhen like this, Lan Qiu's smile became more and more genuine, and Qianqian Su took out a piece of paper from her sleeve, folded it a few times, and stuffed it into Su Zhenzhen's chest. "Childe went back and took a good look at this note, if he didn't understand it, he would spend more money to inquire, if he couldn't inquire...... Gongzi still broke off his mind about being an official early, and his lack of ability can still be made up, and his lack of financial resources is wishful thinking. ”

Dropping these words, Lan Qiu left with the qin, Su Zhenzhen opened the note, and there was only one sentence of poetry on it, "The autumn clouds do not disperse, the frost flies late, and the dry lotus is left to listen to the sound of the rain." Looking at the word Tingyu and raising his eyebrows, it was drizzling outside the window, and the pedestrians who were blown by the autumn wind shrank their necks, and couldn't care much, Su Zhenzhen hurriedly rushed to the imperial study.

Before stepping into the palace gate, Su Zhenzhen was stopped by the big palace maid beside Concubine Xian, saying that the child had a cold and was feverish, crying for A-Niang. Hearing that the child was sick, Su Zhenzhen couldn't care much for a while, and turned her head and ran to the palace of Concubine Xian. Hearing the child's cry from afar, Su Zhenzhen felt guilty and blamed herself, although she lived in the palace, she didn't have much time to spend with the child.

The child's eyes were sharp, and when he saw the corner of Su Zhenzhen's clothes, he rushed over, no matter how well-behaved he was on weekdays, he couldn't help but be squeamish when he was sick. "A-Niang, Heng'er has a headache, it's so hot, Heng'er wants A-Niang to hug her."

Su Zhenzhen's thoughts for many days were pressed in her heart, and when she heard the child's words, she couldn't hold back for a while, and two lines of tears flowed. She touched her son's hot forehead and coaxed: "A-Niang can't stand you, it's A-Niang who is not good and makes Heng'er suffer." A-Niang came back from outside, and her body was still stained with rain, you let go first, and A-Niang changed her clothes and then accompanied you. A-Niang promised never to leave. ”

Who knew that when he heard that he was asked to let go, the child cried even harder, and he couldn't explain at all, so he only shouted: "A-Niang lied to people, A-Niang also said such things a few days ago." But every time I wake up from a nap, my mother is gone, and I can't wait for my mother at night, so I fall asleep. Said okay to pick me up and go home soon, A-Niang is a big liar. ”

Concubine Xian's expression was a little ugly when she heard this, Su Zhenzhen After all, it was for the royal business that delayed the child. turned around and was about to say a few words of relief, but saw that Su Zhenzhen's face was pale, her eyes were red, and the tips of her hair were dripping, and she didn't know what to say for a while. Fortunately, the child's voice gradually lowered, and he should not be able to hold back and fall asleep.

The ninth princess also felt uncomfortable, and hurriedly pulled Su Zhenzhen to apologize: "Zhenzhen, I'm sorry, I didn't take a good look at Heng'er." Heng'er is sensible, don't take what you say seriously when you are sick and confused. You hurry up and take a bath and drink some ginger soup to warm up your body, don't wait until Heng'er is not well, you are sick again. ”

Covering her face and squatting down, Su Zhenzhen didn't dare to cry, for fear of waking up the child, "Ah Jiu, don't blame you, I know that I didn't take good care of Heng'er, and Heng'er didn't believe that I should be." But I can't help it, I can't help it......" Concubine Xian looked even more distressed, knowing that this matter was really helpless, so she had to let the ninth princess help Su Zhenzhen to bathe and change clothes.

After being served by the palace maid and drying her hair and drinking the ginger soup, Su Zhenzhen sat on the edge of the bed and looked at her child motionlessly. Heng'er has been well-behaved and sensible all these years, but at this time she was sick and lay quietly on the bed, only humming a few times occasionally when she was uncomfortable. She held the child's soft little hand, recalled what the child said just now, and couldn't help but make up her mind that this matter must be resolved as soon as possible.

At night, Su Zhenzhen opened her eyes and found that she had fallen asleep on the side of the bed at some point. The child's face was still unusually flushed, and he looked at himself with a pair of big round eyes. Su Zhenzhen reached out and touched the child's forehead, the fever has not all gone down, but it is still a lot better.

"Heng'er is not hungry, does her head still hurt?" Su Zhenzhen asked softly. The child shook his head and whispered, "It doesn't hurt, Auntie, I'm not dreaming." The tip of Su Zhenzhen's nose was sore, but she still held back her tears, hugged the child, and then squeezed out a smile.

"How can it be a dream, doesn't Heng'er recognize A-Niang? You are sick now, you need to rest more and make up for yourself. A-Niang brought you a bowl of chicken soup and fed you to drink, and then told you a story to coax you to sleep, okay? Seeing that the child nodded, Su Zhenzhen instructed the palace maid to serve warm chicken soup, fed a small bowl with her own hands, and then held the child to tell a story.

After two days like this, the child's illness slowly improved. Su Zhenzhen stayed with her all day, only waiting for the child to fall asleep before she took the time to listen to her subordinates report on the news they had discovered recently. Until one time when the emperor came to visit the child, Su Zhenzhen's eyes were black and she fainted when she got up.

Only then did the emperor know how strong Su Zhenzhen was, and he felt guilty in his heart, so he hurriedly took the initiative to draw a few reliable people from the royal family to temporarily replace Su Zhenzhen. After a few days of recuperation, Su Zhenzhen recovered.

Looking at the child's increasingly happy smiling face in the past few days, Su Zhenzhen thought for a long time and finally couldn't help it, "Abi, tell Manager Li, I have something to report to Your Majesty." Hearing this, Abi went to the imperial study, and soon there was a reply, and the emperor summoned Su Zhennan to the study.

It seems that because the matter of listening to the rain building is going well, the emperor is in a good mood these days, and Su Zhenzhen also feels a lot more at ease. reported the news that had been confirmed in his hand, and then asked again: "Does Your Majesty know about the Qingyi Tower in the north of the city?" ”

The emperor's face stiffened slightly, and his tone was a little unnatural: "What are you asking for?" ”

Su Zhenzhen thought to herself that it seemed that the emperor not only knew, but also maybe had been there, and it was not good to investigate further at this time, so she had to take out the note and present it with both hands. "Your Majesty, on the day Heng'er got sick, I got some news, so I disguised myself as a woman and called a private room in Qingyi Tower in the north of the city. Miss Nalanqiu thought that I was a rich boy who had an unsatisfactory career, so she gave me this note, I have some guesses today, but I dare not say anything. ”

The emperor took the note and read: "The autumn clouds do not disperse, and the frost flies late, leaving the dry lotus to listen to the sound of the rain." The emperor subconsciously frowned when he read the word Tingyu, and then asked, "In your opinion, this matter is related to Tingyulou?" ”

Su Zhenzhen bowed, "Your Majesty can think about it, with the favor of the prince and the princess and His Majesty, how many people in the capital have been able to see the county lord?" Listening to Yulou, it was easy to know the identity of the county lord, and who gave them the courage to take the initiative against the county? The emperor asked with some confusion: "But didn't you say some time ago that Yulou is an organization of rivers and lakes, and it all depends on your mood?" ”

After taking a sip of tea, Su Zhenzhen spoke again: "So I guess there is a lot of entanglement behind Yulou, and it is suspicious to collect intelligence in the name of the Jianghu organization. In addition, these people actually have the ability to meddle in the affairs of the court officials, but I am afraid that the plank road is dark, and the ambitions of the people behind the scenes are not small. ”

Then Su Zhenzhen unfolded the map in her hand and put it on the table, which was a map of Tingyulou's stronghold drawn according to reliable information from her subordinates in recent days. These include green houses, teahouses, gambling houses and other places, which are distributed in various towns within a radius of 50 miles from the capital, which are very hidden and enclose Kyoto. According to Wei Que Xuanwu's information, it seems that there is still a secret stronghold in the capital.

"Bang", the emperor slapped his palm on the case and scolded angrily: "This dynasty has set rules since the beginning of Taizu, and it is not allowed to treat the ministers harshly. Therefore, they are greedy and dirty, and as long as they are not too excessive, I will turn a blind eye. Unexpectedly, there are such 'talents' in this court, who dare to collude with the forces of the rivers and lakes to collect intelligence and buy and sell officials, right under my nose! ”

was really angry, the emperor's palm slapped down, and Su Zhenzhen felt pain when she heard it. Hurriedly comforted: "Your Majesty, don't be angry, now that you have a direction, the rest of the things can't be simpler, and it will definitely come out in less than half a month." Your Majesty, why should you be angry with such a shameless villain who will take revenge. The Emperor pinched his brows and nodded with a long sigh of relief.

Suddenly, he remembered that Su Zhenzhen fainted a few days ago, and the emperor cared a few words: "Zhenzhen, is she well?" Don't be so reckless in the future, if there are difficulties, I will talk about it. Su Zhenzhen took the opportunity to propose to divide part of the information management in her hands, and the emperor was worried that others were not as loyal as Su Zhenzhen, so he hesitated for a while.