When Qi Ning led Gu Qinghan back to the capital, it was already dusk.

According to Gu Qinghan's original plan, she was to go to the East China Sea under Mrs. Tian's arrangement, and then temporarily settle down in the East China Sea, she had already discussed everything with Mrs. Tian in advance, and she was going to wait for Mrs. Tian's arrangement near the capital, and she did not enter Beijing, but Qi Ning was naturally unwilling to let Gu Qinghan stay outside the city alone.

Gu Qinghan entered Beijing, only worried about being discovered, but fortunately, Qi Ning had a few masks given by the thousand-faced fox Zhong Ya, this mask has special workmanship, it is by no means comparable to ordinary masks on the rivers and lakes, and it can be changed arbitrarily according to the different face shapes of the users.

Therefore, when Qi Ning returned to Beijing, he was accompanied by an inconspicuous middle-aged man, which naturally did not make people suspicious.

It was already dusk, and Qi Ning planned to arrange Gu Qinghan in an inn when he arrived in the capital on the way, and then went to inform Mrs. Tian in person, but Gu Qinghan had a soft spot for the fish noodles in Liufangzhai in the capital, this fish noodles are a famous snack in the capital, Gu Qinghan also let people buy them from outside and eat them in the house, and the taste is really good, but when they bought it back to the house from Liufangzhai, the taste has decreased somewhat, and Gu Qinghan can't go out of the house easily on weekdays, so she has always hoped to go to Liufangzhai to taste the fish noodles that have just come out of the pot.

Gu Qinghan was about to part, Mo said that he was just eating a bowl of noodles, even if it was a more difficult thing, of course Qi Ning would do his best to do it for her.

When Qi Ning returned to Beijing, he had already changed into ordinary clothes, because he was worried that he would be too conspicuous and be seen.

Liufangzhai is actually not too far from the Tian Zhai, three or four streets apart, after eating the fish noodles of Liufang Zhai, and settling down with Gu Qinghan, you can go directly to the Tian House.

At dusk, Liufangzhai has a lot of guests, Liufangzhai has two floors, there are all kinds of snacks, Qi Ning originally wanted a separate private room, but this time-honored snack bar, really will not be a separate private room, there are seven or eight tables on each of the upper and lower floors, open to sit, if there are many people, usually many people do not mind sharing tables.

Several tables in good positions were already occupied, Qi Ning could only sit down with Gu Qinghan at a table in the corner, two bowls of hot fish noodles were sent up, Qi Ning saw Gu Qinghan's beautiful eyes showing joy, but his heart was also happy, secretly thinking that Houmen was as deep as the sea, although Gu Qinghan's status in the Qi family's mansion was not low, but he worked day and night, and he was not necessarily happy, at least it was rare to see such a joyful light in Gu Qinghan's eyes in the mansion before, and an ordinary bowl of fish noodles could make this beautiful lady happy.

The taste of the fish noodles is good, and the few side dishes ordered by Qi Ning also have their own characteristics.

This kind of market life is very real, and it makes people really feel the charm of life.

When eating noodles, Gu Qinghan saw that Qi Ning had been staring at him, and couldn't help but stare at him, and the foot under the table stepped lightly on Qi Ning's foot, and then he snorted to the side, and Qi Ning immediately understood what Gu Qinghan meant.

Gu Qinghan is now dressed as an ordinary middle-aged person, and when he eats noodles, if one man stares at another man all the time, if he is seen by others, he will inevitably feel strange.

Qi Ning retracted his gaze and glanced to the side, but there were three or four people sitting at the table next to him, and he didn't pay attention to this side, one by one, leaning forward, and was talking in a low voice, Qi Ning didn't pay attention to these people, so he naturally ignored them

What did you say, but at this time, I heard a man with a beard say: "There is a good saying, there is no wind and no waves, since this matter is rumored everywhere in the capital, it will not be groundless." ”

"Zhou Laosan, where did you say this came from?" A thin monkey-like man on the side said: "That King Yiheng is almost twenty years old now, why have there been no rumors in the past twenty years, but this time there are rumors everywhere." ”

Qi Ning couldn't imagine that these people were talking about himself, and frowned, Gu Qinghan couldn't help but pay attention to this side when he saw Qi Ning's face change.

"Wang Monkey, you have only been in Beijing for a few years?" That week, Lao San looked triumphant: "Your old son and mother only entered Beijing seven or eight years ago, and my grandfather's generation can live in Beijing..... 1 After speaking, he tapped his brain.

Another person smiled and said: "This is true, Brother Wednesday is a native of Beijing, and those strange things that happen in Beijing, as long as you ask the third brother, one question is accurate, there is nothing you don't know." He said: "Third brother, you said that King Yiheng is really not the species of the Qi family?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Qi Ning changed even more, but he turned his head to cover it up, Gu Qinghan also lost his face, and looked at Qi Ning.

"We don't have real evidence in our hands, so we can't talk nonsense." Zhou Laosan said in a low voice: "But when this King Yiheng was born, something strange happened to the Qi family, you may not know, as far as I know, after King Yiheng's mother gave birth to King Yiheng, it was rumored that her mother died because of dystocia, although the child was saved, but the adult left." ”

The questioner nodded: "I also heard my father talk about this back then, but no one knows what is going on." ”

"If it is said that he died in childbirth, it is not a big deal." Zhou Laosan said: "There are more women in the world who die every year because of dystocia, but it's weird what happened before and after that lady gave birth." ”

"What happened?" Wang Monkey asked anxiously.

Zhou Laosan swept around, and saw that no one was paying attention here, so he said in a low voice: "Some old people in the capital know that before that lady gave birth, some monks came from the Great Guangming Temple, and those monks stayed in Jinyi Houfu for several days, and after they left, the news of the lady's death in childbirth soon came out, but there was no mourning for the Qi family. ”

"Not bad." The man asked, "I've heard about this too." The people in his house reported that Mrs. Qi was pregnant, and then everyone often inquired, and when the birth was imminent, everyone knew the approximate date from the mouths of the people in their house. But the strange thing is that when the baby is about to give birth, when everyone inquires again, the people in the house do not mention it, and then someone saw some monks enter the house, and know that it is the high monk of the Great Light Temple, those days are just the day of production, after a few days, and the door will leave, and the next few days, I heard that Mrs. Qi died of dystocia. ”

Zhou Laosan nodded and said: "The Jinyi Qi family is the hero of Da Chu, and has made great contributions to my Da Chu, Mrs. Qi passed away, and everyone was waiting for the funeral, so they gave her a ride, but they never saw the Qi family do the funeral, everyone was strange in their hearts, but after all, it was the Qi family's business, everyone didn't know the inside story, and it was inconvenient to say more." Later, I asked them what was going on with the subordinates in the house, those subordinates

As soon as he heard the mention of Mrs. Qi, he turned a deaf ear and asked in a hurry, that was to beat people. ”

The king monkey said, "This is weird. Touching his chin and said: "This monk came to the door, just to do the practice and surpass the undead." But according to what you said, before Mrs. Qi gave birth, the monk came to the door, so what did they do when they went to the Hou Mansion? After all, they didn't know that Mrs. Qi would definitely die, so they went to do it in advance? ”

"Houmen is as deep as the sea, what happened, who knows?" Zhou Laosan said: "It's been almost twenty years, and suddenly someone says that the prince is not the Qi family's species, this thing is unusual, if someone really knows that the prince is not the Qi family's bloodline, why did it take so long to spread it?" ”

Wang Monkey said: "I see that someone deliberately wants to embarrass the prince. You think, since the founding of our Great Chu, there is no precedent for a different surname to be crowned a king, and the one in the Qi family heard that he was less than twenty years old, and he was named a king with a different surname, which is an unprecedented thing, and it is inevitable that there will be people in the court who are jealous and hateful, so they spread rumors and make trouble. ”

"If it weren't for the prince who kept the emperor, it would be interesting to say whether the country of Dachu was unstable." Zhou Laosan lowered his voice even more: "With his merits, it is natural to be crowned king." But if it weren't for the strange things that happened before and after Mrs. Qi's birth, no one would believe these rumors. But the problem is that those things were too strange back then, although everyone didn't dare to say it, but at that time, things were circulating everywhere in the streets and alleys of the capital, more than ten years have passed, if no one mentions it, it's okay, but when it comes up, everyone still remembers the things of that year, and now these rumors are spreading, and everyone thinks of the things of the year, even if they don't fully believe it, but there will always be something strange in the middle. ”

Wang Monkey smiled: "It's just that I have nothing to do to eat, it's just to amuse." I don't believe it's true. What happened back then, we don't know what happened, but don't the people of the Qi family know what happened? The Qi family knows everything about the inside story, if that prince is really not the Qi family's species, how can the Qi family raise him? Don't forget, he also inherited the title of Jinyi Hou, and no matter how confused the Jinyi Qi family is, it is impossible for an outsider to inherit their title. ”

"What the king monkey said makes sense." Another humane: "This is the important point, whether the prince is the blood of the Qi family, outsiders don't know, the Qi family knows, the Qi family will never let outsiders get the title." ”

A few people said with relish, and suddenly heard a cold snort from the side, this cold snort suddenly startled the three of them, looked left and right, and no one paid attention to this side, but the third child of the week still laughed dryly twice, and said: "Come, eat, eat, monkey, you have a treat today...... But he didn't dare to continue.

Qi Ning and Gu Qinghan both listened to it clearly, naturally they were not in the mood to continue eating noodles, after checking out and going out, Qi Ning had been silent, on the street, Gu Qinghan was inconvenient to say more, seeing that the sky had darkened, Qi Ning found an inn nearby and asked for an upper room, after entering the house, Gu Qinghan tied the door, saw that Qi Ning had walked to the bedside, pushed the window to breathe the air outside, walked over lightly, glanced at Qi Ning, and said softly: "It's just some boring people talking nonsense, don't take it to heart." ”

Qi Ning was silent for a moment, and finally looked at Gu Qinghan, just those beautiful eyes, and said word by word: "I am indeed not the bloodline of the Qi family!" ”