() When Qin Niang led Qiu Tao to Yuehua Tower, Song Huai was already sitting in the private room.

After seeing the ceremony, Qin Niang asked straight to the point: "I don't know what is important for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to ask me to come?" ”

She thought that she had nothing to talk about with Song Huai, and besides, Gu Chen was detained in the palace at this time, and she didn't know what the situation was, and she didn't have the heart to run out to listen to Song Huai say something inconsequential.

"Mrs. Gu, please sit down, what kind of tea do you want to drink?" Song Huai didn't mind her detached attitude, and didn't pay attention to her posture of being ready to leave at any time, so he politely made a gesture of "please" and handed over the sign, "Let's see what you want to eat, this palace is in for a treat." ”

Although Qin Niang was extremely reluctant, she also knew that Song Huai was unwilling to get straight to the point with her, so she also sat down opposite Song Huai as she said: "It's okay to come to Hulongjing casually." ”

Anyway, she didn't plan to order anything for a short time.

Xiao Er withdrew with the menu, and after a while, he came in with the Longjing that Qin Niang wanted.

There was silence in the private room, Song Huai personally poured a cup of tea for Qin Niang, and then poured himself a cup, took a sip, and praised: "The tea in Hualou this month is good, no wonder the location here is so difficult to make an appointment, if the palace doesn't show its identity today, I'm afraid that the shopkeeper will let me wait in line!" ”

Qin Niang didn't talk, and she had no intention of greeting Song Huai.

She took a sip of tea and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't need to gossip about homely things, just say anything directly." ”

The reason why she sat patiently and didn't leave until now was because she had an intuition in her subconscious, feeling that Song Huai asked her out today and what she wanted to tell her might have something to do with Gu Chen.

She can't enter and leave the palace gate at will, so she doesn't know what Gu Chen's situation is so far, and it would be good if Song Huai could reveal something to her.

Sure enough, Song Huai smiled: "It seems that Mrs. Gu Shao is not very willing to chat with me." With that, he put down the teacup and sighed, "Okay, then I'll just say it, this palace is pleased with you, I think you also know this." ”

Qin Niang furrowed her brows, looked at him for a moment, and then stood up directly, ready to leave.

Song Huai grabbed her hand and said, "Don't be in a hurry to leave, I haven't finished my words yet!" ”

He didn't call himself "Bengong" at this time, he called me directly, it can be seen that he really tried his best to put himself in a position equal to her to talk about this matter.

However, as the crown prince of the East Palace, some things can never be equal.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please respect yourself!" Qin Niang said righteously, ripped his hand away, and her face was a little unpleasant, "If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to come out just to say this, then that's it, I, Yang Qinyan, already have a husband's wife, how can I do such an unethical thing?" ”

"However, Gu Chen is now suspected of colluding with foreigners, as long as Bengong says a word, he will never recover, does Miss Yang still want to talk to Bengong about morality?" Song Huai didn't mind her attitude at all, he smiled, filled himself with a cup of tea again, handed it to his lips leisurely, and sniffed it, "Sure enough, it's a good spring tea, and I was hooked by this fragrance before I drank it." ”

Qin Niang's face changed, and she asked, "What does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mean by this?" ”

Don't you want to use Gu Chen's matter to force her to commit it?

Qin Niang's heart is indescribably complicated.

In her first impression, Song Huai was humble

A gentleman, and a good prince who loves the people, even if he didn't succeed in recruiting Gu Chen, he never really attacked them.

However, his words at this moment really refreshed her cognition.

"Miss Yang is a smart person, don't you understand what this palace means? This palace is happy with you, as long as you are willing to enter the palace, this palace will let Gu Chen go. Song Huai no longer went around the bend with her, and directly said his purpose.

Qin Niang clenched her fists, suppressing the anger and humiliation in her heart: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is doing this, aren't you afraid that Your Majesty will put your beak in this way?" If the Yan family knows, then where does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince plan to put Miss Yan in? If the prince can have such a status now, he should not be such a willful and reckless person. ”

Song Huai chuckled, looked at her with bright eyes, the corners of his lips hooked a good-looking arc, and said in a leisurely voice: "This palace naturally will not let the Yan family catch the handle and let you enter the palace, nor will you be the side concubine of this palace, you can rest assured that this palace will never let you seize the handle in this matter." ”

Qin Niang's face was distorted for a while, she wasn't worried that Song Huai would be criticized because of this, but if she was allowed to enter the palace, where would she be placed?

Is he going to keep her in the palace as a pet? Or be a lover who can't see the light?

But she is still Mrs. Gu Shao, she and Gu Chen have not yet reconciled, if she enters the palace with him like this, Gu Chen comes out in the future, how should she look at her Yang Qinyan? How should Yang Qinyan be discussed in the capital in the future?

"The prince is threatening me?" Qin Niang narrowed her eyes and said.

"This palace can promise you, before you are unwilling, this palace will not touch you, as long as you enter the palace, this palace will immediately go to tell my father that Gu Chen did not collude with foreign clans, it was the witch of Miao Jiang who deceived everyone in disguise, everything was just a misunderstanding." Song Huai said, showing a smile that he was determined to win, the slender and good-looking fingers slammed the table one by one, his demeanor and demeanor were indescribably noble and elegant, but the words that could be said were shameful, "This palace can give you two days to think about it, but this palace wants to remind you that what kind of treatment Gu Chen will have in the palace is not something that this palace can control." ”

The threat of the red fruit!

said nicely and allowed her to think about it for two days, but in fact, he told her every word that if she hesitated to think about it for a quarter of an hour, Gu Chen would suffer a quarter of an hour more in the palace.

Qin Niang clenched the handkerchief in her hand, almost crushing her silver teeth.

"Miss Yang can go back to her parents' house and ask your father to see if he can find out the news about Gu Chen, if he has a way to rescue Gu Chen, then what he said just now is not said by the palace." Song Huai said, and he didn't mean to ask her to nod and agree immediately, he consciously stood up, took out a silver coin from his sleeve pocket and put it on the table, "If Miss Yang thinks clearly, she can send someone to the prince's mansion at any time to deliver the message." ”

Although Song Huai is the crown prince in the East Palace, he still has his own residence outside the palace, and the emperor will not interfere with whether he lives in the East Palace or the prince's mansion outside the palace, as long as he can go to court on time.

After Song Huai left, Qin Niang was the only one left in the private room in an instant, and Qiu Tao, who was guarding outside, saw that Song Huai was gone, and immediately pushed the door and walked in, looking at her not very good face, and asked worriedly: "Miss, what did the prince say to you?" ”

Qin Niang pursed her lips and only said, "Go back to Yang's Mansion first." ”

Yang Hong is going to get married in two days, and she doesn't want to be in trouble at this time

But if Yang Yuanhai really couldn't find out the news of Gu Chen, then she didn't seem to have any other way than to promise Song Huai.

After all, Song Huai's words in front of the emperor are much more effective than Yang Yuanhai, an unpopular pure minister.

Moreover, today Song Huai is just using Gu Chen to force her, and if he can't get her answer after two days, he can't guarantee that he will attack the Yang family.

Now that the Yang family has just married Cheng'an Houfu, Mu Zhinian has not yet married into the door, so he can't be in a situation at this time.

Fortunately, because there was a happy event in the house recently, Yang Yuanhai specially rushed back from Yao County, and left after Yang Hong's wedding, so he has been in the capital recently.

"Yes." Qiu Tao knew that she couldn't ask anything, so she didn't ask any more, and hurriedly left Yuehualou with her arm, got into her own carriage, and drove all the way in the direction of Yangfu.

When he arrived at Yang's mansion, Yang Yuanhai seemed to have just returned from the palace, and he hadn't even had time to change out of his official uniform.

Qin Niang stepped forward and called, "Dad." ”

Yang Yuanhai was not much surprised when he saw her, and told her directly: "I know that Gu Chen entered the palace yesterday and was detained in the palace, so my father went to inquire today, but I didn't see anyone at all, and I don't know where he was locked up by the saint, alas." ”

When Qin Niang heard this, her whole heart sank suddenly.

Yang Yuanhai couldn't even inquire, which showed that except for Song Huai, the prince, no one really could know what Gu Chen's situation was in the palace now.

"Dad, Gu Chen, he is also Gu Ge Lao's grandson after all, Your Majesty, he shouldn't do anything to him, right?" Thinking of Gu Ge Lao, Qin Niang thought that she might want to go back to the old house to inquire.

"I think Your Majesty is iron-hearted this time, I met Gu Ge Lao outside the hall just now, and his old man is also worried, even he can't see Gu Chen's people, so I think this time it's really a big deal, if the crime of colluding with foreign clans to cause trouble to the people in Beijing is confirmed, I'm afraid that even Gu Ge Lao can't protect him." Speaking of this, Yang Yuanhai sighed deeply, "Everyone knows that His Majesty has always punished him severely for the crime of colluding with foreign clans. ”

Qin Niang's heart sank to the bottom all of a sudden, she never expected that even the respected Gu Ge Lao's face would be bad, it seemed that His Majesty was really angry this time.

Also, now the events in the capital are happening one after another, and those sick people are still lying on the streets waiting for Dr. Xiao to be treated!

Once it involves the foundation of the country, the voice of the people, even if the prince violates the law, it is difficult to forgive, not to mention that Gu Chen is just a businessman.

Qin Niang stood there with a pale face, obviously the spring day was as warm as the sun, but she still felt cold all over her body.

Does she really want to enter the palace with the crown prince under an unknown identity?

If she really did this, how should the people in the capital look at her and the Yang family in the future? After Mu Zhinian marries into the Yang family, she has such a sister-in-law, how should she deal with herself?

For a while, Qin Niang had a lot of thoughts.

"Qin'er, what's wrong with you? Is it unwell? Yang Yuanhai saw that her face was pale, and he couldn't help but persuade worriedly, "Don't worry, if you think of a way with Gu Ge Lao for your father, you will definitely be involved in the law to rescue Gu Chen." ”

Qin Niang smiled bitterly: "It's useless, this matter has been calculated a long time ago." ”