Now Jiang Rong has relied on the forbidden army to control the imperial city, and the capital city separated by a wall is still Wei Guogong covering the sky with one hand.

Mei Xiaoren should not show up, so he could only hide in Jiang Rong's dormitory from morning to night, often sitting by the window and drinking tea on the couch, thinking about what to do next.

Jiang Rong went to visit Emperor Tianhong every day, and when he came back, he nested in the palace, closed the door of the palace tightly, and did not want the palace people to serve him.

Mei Xiaoren was distracted by the window, and he sat behind the bookcase facing her and read the book, trying for her to see how hard he worked.

"Still no news?" Mei Xiaoren suddenly opened his lips and asked as he stared out the window.

"I sent someone to the Wei Mansion, and Wei Taishi inquired about anything." Jiang Rong flipped through the book and said, "Don't blame me for talking too much, he really is, knowing that you will be worried, he is still walking so mysteriously that he won't even tell you where he is." ”

"Too many people know Chu Yu's whereabouts, which is not good for him, I guess there must be someone in the court who knows, but I don't know which adult he is communicating with the news, besides, I am hiding here now, even if others want to tell me, I don't know where to find someone." Mei Xiaoren took a sip of hot tea and sighed, "Forget it, be patient and wait." ”

Mei Xiaoren held his chin with one hand and looked out the window quietly.

She was still wearing the clothes of a eunuch, without a hat, and sat there, at first glance she looked like a handsome boy, and if you looked closely, you could see that she was a heroic girl.

Mei Xiaoren no longer deliberately pretends to be a man now, and his words and deeds are much gentler than before.

Who she is changing for, Jiang Yi knows in her heart, so she is stunned.

The most painful thing is to like it and be close to it, but I have to tell myself a thousand times that she already belongs to someone else, after all, if he thinks about it and hurts her heart, it will be too wolf-hearted.

The Mansion of the Duke of Wei.

Wei Guogong sat on the main seat of the hall, and in front of him stood two groveling people, one of whom was the other deputy commander of the forbidden army.

Five days have passed since Li Qingqing was abducted from the execution ground, and the forbidden army has searched day and night outside the capital city, but still has not been able to find any trace of his absconding.

This deputy capital has always been hiding behind Ye Zhi, and he doesn't like to pick up the big beams, and during the time when Ye Zhi was not in the capital, all the burdens fell on his shoulders. When a person is robbed, he cannot escape the blame; If he can't catch the criminal, he will eventually have to walk around without food...... So much so that when he faced Wei Guogong now, he was terrified.

Wei Guogong looked at the minutes of the search of the city sent by him, and asked, "Have you been to the Hidden Moon Terrace, and the Metropolitan Governor is here?" ”

"The returning father, the last general has brought people there, but the governor is not there, and they insist that the governor is working outside."

Wei Guogong breathed a sigh of relief, although he could conclude that the person who kidnapped Li Qingqing was Liuyue, but he couldn't produce evidence, so it was not appropriate to move the hidden platform, and only when the two people who escaped and the stolen goods were captured could the crime of the hidden platform be cured.

"Send some more people to continue the search, Li Guiren was already ill when he fled, and in just a few days, they couldn't run far."

"Yes."

There was another person waiting in the hall with the deputy capital of the forbidden army, a middle-aged man dressed in splendor, and only after the deputy capital finished reporting did he salute in a sharp voice: "The slave has seen Lord Guogong." ”

"Father-in-law Liu is exempt."

Gonggong Liu sighed: "Lord Guogong doesn't know, the guards have guarded the palace gate quite tightly recently, and if the slave is not the head of the inner government, he has to go out of the palace from time to time to procure, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to step out of the palace gate." ”

"Our Royal Highness the Prince's wings are stiff, and he can't wait to disagree with the old man when he envelops the guards, he is a junior, and the old man doesn't care about him, so he will let him go, but it will hurt you who are on errands in the palace." Wei Guogong immediately instructed the housekeeper standing beside him, "Come and reward Gonggong Liu." ”

The family came up with a plate of silver, and Gonggong Liu took the silver, and his old face smiled: "Thank you for your understanding." ”

"Gonggong Liu is an old man in the palace, claiming to know everything about things in the palace, the old man called you here to ask, has anyone else appeared around the prince recently except for the people who serve him on weekdays?"

Gonggong Liu thought about it carefully and shook his head slowly, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has rarely even been out of the palace recently, and I haven't heard of any more people around His Highness. ”

"Rarely out of the dormitory?" Wei Guogong raised his eyes, stroked his beard and said, "This is not like the prince's temperament, His Royal Highness the prince is naturally fun, and he can't bear loneliness the most, even if there are knives in the sky, he will not stuff himself in the palace and not go anywhere." ”

"But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has really not been out in the past few days, except for visiting His Majesty, but His Royal Highness has prepared two tables of banquets in the dining room."

"Who did he entertain at two tables?"

"One is Han Dutong, who was reported to Lord Guogong by the slave." Gonggong Liu thought for a moment and said, "Another...... It seems that no one is enjoying it in the dormitory by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”

Ji Nanrou happened to come in from outside, and then asked: "My father-in-law is so sure that the banquet is only enjoyed by His Royal Highness, is it because His Highness has asked the dining room to prepare all the dishes he likes to eat?" ”

"No, no, no, His Royal Highness specially instructed the dining room to prepare a table of Jiangnan cuisine that day."

"Jiangnan cuisine?" Wei Guogong frowned slightly.

"That's right, it's a table of Jiangnan cuisine."

Ji Nanrou asked again: "When?" ”

"Three days ago."

"Three days ago...... Ji Nanrou thought in her heart, and she was slightly surprised, "Isn't it the day my father was forced to hand over the talisman?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince shouldn't have prepared a banquet to celebrate his getting the talisman? ”

When Wei Guogong heard this, his face sank a little. He was still holding back his anger, but Jiang Rong was there to raise a glass to celebrate, and he was admittedly not very comfortable in his heart.

Ji Nanrou sat down and said: "But what kind of celebration is it for him to drink and have fun alone, no matter how bad it is, he should invite his cousin to join him and reward the meritorious hero, unless he has another guest." ”

"Miss Ji is right, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has never deliberately ordered Jiangnan cuisine, this is the first time...... Could it be that there are really others in the palace of His Royal Highness the Prince? ”

"That guest hid in His Highness's bedroom and never showed his face, most likely because he was afraid of being seen, especially by his father's ears and eyes." Ji Nanrou pondered and continued, "A person who is afraid of being discovered by his father, but can make His Royal Highness the Crown Prince obey his words, and is still from Jiangnan...... Who does Dad think, who is this person? ”

Wei Guogong's face was slightly cold, his eyes were empty, and he sighed slowly: "There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, it takes no effort to get them, she makes the old man easy to find!" ”

"This is only a daughter's speculation, but it is not difficult to confirm, doesn't my father have a statement she wrote to the prince, she used to be an official of the imperial court, and she always left a handwriting on the file or official documents, and you can see the difference immediately by comparing the two."

Wei Guogong nodded in agreement and instructed people to do so.

Ji Nanrou smiled slightly: "Dad, if it is really her, Dad can't forget what he promised his daughter before." ”

"It's nature."