Ah Mei got into the carriage, opened the baggage, and saw that it was full of her favorite food, and she couldn't help but cry sadly.

Thinking of the task of this trip, Amei held back her tears, packed her baggage, and calmly instructed the coachman: "Take a detour to the British Mansion." ”

The coachman answered, turned the head of the car, and went straight to the British mansion.

The British Mansion, since the British Duke was called to leave, has been shrouded in a tense atmosphere.

Hearing that the queen sent someone to visit the door, everyone was surprised, and thought that something had happened in the palace, so they hurriedly greeted them together.

After seeing the ceremony, I learned that everything was fine in the palace, and Amei just came to ask about some things on the order of Huang Yi'an, and everyone was relieved.

After retiring from Amei's living room, the British duchess asked, "I don't know what the queen sent Amei to ask about?" ”

The words are very respectful.

Amei responded with a humble smile: "Madame is not an outsider, so I'll say it directly." The queen mother ordered me to come to inquire about the fourth son's book. May I ask Madame, do you know what the intention of the fourth prince is, and what are the reasons? ”

The British duchess sighed: "The queen mother has asked me this. We also came to announce the summons of Father-in-law Tian, and we only learned about it. Although Brother Lan'er usually acted very thoughtfully, he had never been so reckless. This time, for some reason, I didn't discuss it with my family, so I made my own decisions, and it's still such a big deal......"

When Amei heard that the British duchess didn't know the reason for Zhang Lan's actions, she couldn't help but show her disappointment.

I can't figure out the ins and outs of the matter, even if the queen mother has the heart to help, I don't know how to start.

After all, there is another Jang Gyu eyeing him! If the mother accidentally makes a mistake, then things will not be easy to handle.

The British Duchess and the others became more and more worried when they saw Amei's solemn face.

At this moment, a report came from the door that Zhang Lan had a messenger coming, and he was now waiting outside the door.

The British duchess hurriedly said: "Let him come in and talk back!" ”

The door went up.

Not long after, a middle-aged man in a green cloth cotton robe and dusty man came in and greeted everyone: "Villain Zhang Hong, I have seen Mrs., Shizi, two sons, and young ladies." ”

The British duchess didn't have time to greet her, so she hurriedly asked, "Brother Lan sent you back to Beijing, why did you do it?" Come on! ”

Zhang Tan and others also looked urging.

Zhang Hong was surprised when he saw that everyone was so anxious, but he didn't dare to delay, so he quickly took out a letter from his arms, presented it to the British duchess with both hands, and replied: "The fourth prince has written everything in this letter, madam, please see." ”

The British duchess hurriedly unfolded the letter to see.

Amei also looked anxiously at the past.

After a while, the British duchess handed the letter to Ah Mei and asked Zhang Hong with a calm face: "The fourth prince sent you back to the capital early, calculate the time, you should have arrived three days ago at the latest, but why has it been postponed until now?" ”

Zhang Hong saw that the British Duchess was full of anger, and hurriedly bowed down and explained: "The villain got the order of the fourth prince, so he immediately rushed to the capital without stopping...... Who knew that the mountain bandits robbed the road on the road, and the villain had to lie dormant for two days for safety, and then took a long detour, which was too late......"

"Mountain bandits?" Zhang Chao frowned and asked, "Which way did you go?" Where did you encounter the mountain bandits? Have you ever met with a mountain bandit? ”

Zhang Hong hurriedly replied: "It's the road you take every day." About 100 miles out of the Northwest Army, I heard that the road was not very smooth, and there were mountain bandits robbing the road, so the villain secretly spied on it for two days, and saw that there were bandits on the road that he often walked, so he took a long detour......"

"That road is the only place for the Northwest Army to return to Beijing and exit the customs, it has always been peaceful, how can there be mountain bandits? Besides, the place where the incident occurred is only a hundred miles away from the boundary of the Northwest Army, which mountain bandit who is not long-sighted dares to rob the road there? Zhang Chao frowned.

Zhang Hong hurriedly said: "The villain doesn't dare to deceive. If the second son doesn't believe it, he can ask the person who returned with the villain, and he will know that the villain is not lying. ”

The British duchess opened her mouth to explain: "The second prince doesn't believe your words, but he just thinks that something is wrong. If I couldn't believe you, I wouldn't have sent you to the northwest to plant cotton in the first place. ”

Zhang Hong is a servant of the British government, and he has always been loyal and diligent, so he is naturally credible.

Zhang Hong hurriedly bowed down and thanked him.

At this moment when the master and servant of the British Mansion were answering, Amei had already finished reading Zhang Lan's letter, folded it and handed it to the British Duchess, and said solemnly: "I have already read the letter of the fourth prince, and I have heard your conversation just now, so I will go back to the palace and report it to the queen." ”

The British duchess hurriedly got up to see her off, and said, "Miss Amei go slowly." If there's any new news, I'll let the queen know right away. ”

Amei nodded, said goodbye to everyone, galloped back to the palace, and reported the matter to Huang Yi'an.

In his letter, the Fourth Prince said that he had written a letter to His Majesty to abolish the decree that all captured rebel officers should be beheaded, and requested that charges be drawn up according to the facts of the rebellion.

However, for the sake of comprehensiveness, the fourth prince first sent the second steward Zhang Hong back to Beijing to inform the British public of the matter, and it took a few days before the presentation of the recital.

"Originally, Zhang Hong was supposed to arrive three days ago, but on the way that had always been peaceful, he encountered mountain bandits robbing the road and was delayed; However, it was quickly sent to the capital and presented to the cabinet, a few days earlier than expected.

"That's why today's British duke was called to the palace without knowing it."

After hearing this, Huang Yi'an's heart moved, and said: "In this way, someone is deliberately creating this coincidence, in order to kill the British government by surprise!" ”

Amei didn't dare to accept this, but she agreed with it in her heart.

And this person who deliberately created coincidences is nine times out of ten Zhang Gui who took the opportunity to make trouble this time.

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In the British Mansion, the British Princess, who returned home angrily, shouted angrily in the study: "I think this matter was deliberately arranged by Zhang Gui, otherwise how could it be so coincidental?" He saw that the Northwest Army couldn't find out anything, and deliberately created an incident to pinch me!

"Humph! I want him to understand this time that I, Zhang Yue, am not easy to bully! ”

Compared with the angry and irrepressible English duchess who heard the twists and turns at first glance, the British duchess seemed much calmer.

"Although you said this well, it is also strange that Brother Lan acted too impatiently, and without waiting for your reply, he presented the recital, which gave others an opportunity. Otherwise, why didn't Zhang Gui move the Liaodong Army, which also didn't find out the greater? The English duchess talked about the matter, and added another sentence in her heart,

"Children don't do things in a proper way, aren't they all influenced by your father? If you are like Brother Tan and Sister Xi, and your temperament follows me, can this disaster happen? ”