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In the dark of night, two fast horses came to the gate of Zhudong Wangfu.

When the water was dripping into ice, the two horses were steaming hot because they had traveled a long way.

"It's the Seventh Prince who is back!" The gatekeeper recognized the person as Yan Kentang and his entourage, and greeted him overjoyed.

"How are you at home?" Yan Kentang has not returned for many years, and he feels very kind when he sees the old family servant guarding the door.

"It's all good, and the Seventh Son is good? It's been a hard journey! The servant took the reins of the horse and said, "The prince and the princess do not know the news of your return!" ”

"Then don't talk about it yet, I'll go in and talk about it." Yan Kentang has a lovely smile, although he is covered in dust, his demeanor is still heartbreaking.

"Well, the little one will take the horse away and feed the fodder first." The servant smiled and said, "Go in!" At this point, it's time for dinner. ”

The palace was indeed preparing for dinner, and as soon as the dishes were served, Qi Yankentang walked in.

Yan Tingzhen happened to raise her head, and saw that he was stunned at first, and then dropped her chopsticks and ran over.

threw himself into his brother's arms and cried with a wow.

Yan Kentang hugged his sister and coaxed softly: "How old are you still crying?" It's been so long since I've seen you grow taller again. ”

The prince and the princess were very surprised, but they hadn't seen their son for too long, so they didn't care to ask the reason, only asked about the warmth and coldness of the road.

At this time, the people in the other room of the Yan family also heard that the seventh prince had returned, and they didn't care about eating, so they all came here.

Seeing each other, they were happy and sad, Yan Kentang didn't see Yan Yuntang, so he asked, "Is the eighth brother staying in the palace?" ”

Everyone was a little embarrassed, and the youngest Yan Qingtang spoke: "Brother Starling has already resigned from his position as a guard, and now he doesn't live in the mansion. ”

Although Yan Kentang was surprised when he heard it, he didn't ask deeply, knowing that there must be something here.

He and Yan Yuntang have always been on good terms, but the other party didn't tell him about this matter, obviously because they were not very happy with the family.

After the others dispersed, the food was reheated, and everyone didn't have much of the heart to eat, so they only used a simple mouthful. The prince of Zhudong called his son to the study.

"Why didn't I know that you were going back to Beijing?" The prince asked, "But the emperor ordered you to come back?" ”

"I received the decree six days ago, and because I was in a hurry, I immediately set out. I didn't have time to write a letter to my family, and even if I didn't write a letter as fast as I did. Yan Kentang said.

"Then what did the Holy Decree say called you back to Beijing?" The prince asked.

"I didn't mention it." Yan Kentang replied.

The prince couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and he pondered for a moment before saying, "You are far away in Baizhou, and you don't know that the situation in Beijing is very different from when you left.

Now the queen has been deposed, along with the crown prince and the second prince, the crown princess has died. I mentioned these in my letter to you, but I didn't go into too much detail.

The previous Concubine Zeng Li has now become an imperial concubine, and the emperor wants to appoint five princes as the crown prince, but is opposed by the courtiers. And the emperor has not been in court for a month, and the civil and military officials have not seen the emperor for more than 100 days.

What is even more worrying is that King Duan was assassinated a few days ago, and the murderer has not yet been caught.

The people of the government panicked, and they didn't know what would happen next.

Summoning you back to Beijing at this time is really unpredictable! ”

"I've heard a little about the capital in Baizhou, but I'm not as detailed." Yan Kentang said: "But just listening to it also knows that there are huge changes in the court, and I can't help but worry. ”

"You're going to the palace tomorrow, aren't you? Be careful with what you say and do. The prince of Zhudong advised: "Look at it, many dignitaries in the capital have been degraded and abolished countless times in this year. King Lianduan's life is still not guaranteed, let alone us. ”

"Father's words, children take them to heart." Yan Kentang said.

"I know your character, although you promised it well in front of me. But when the time comes, as soon as the cow's temper comes up, I am afraid that I will have to fight again. The prince smiled bitterly: "Your mother and I are both easy-going people, and somehow gave birth to such a stubborn child as you." ”

"Naturally, the father, the queen and the mother have a good education." Yan Kentang said: "I want to argue right and wrong since I was a child, and I know honor and disgrace." ”

"You, go back and rest! The journey was really hard enough, and the weather was cold. I have to go to the palace early tomorrow morning, don't stay up too late. The prince smiled.

"Then the son will retire, and the father will go to bed early." Yan Kentang bowed and retreated.

Then he came to his mother's side, and at this time, Princess Xu and Yan Tingzhen were not sleeping waiting for him.

The princess knew that her husband had already told her son what was important, so she didn't say much, only about some trivial matters at home.

Yan Kentang asked about Yan Yuntang again, and said, "Why did Barty quit his errand and move out of the house again?" ”

"What can I do because V is not the second girl of the Wei family." Princess Xu sighed: "Because of this matter, your uncle and aunt are angry, your aunt has been sick for several months, and she has only recently recovered."

The reason was that the imperial court implemented a mercenary order, asking these families with titles to give up some of their fiefs and cultivate them for those displaced people.

When he returned home, he lied about the number of land and paid for moldy grain, which angered the emperor, so he was expelled from the knighthood. You also know that Yuntang and the second girl of his family have been unable to break off all these years, so they quit the errand in the palace and went to protect her. ”

"The eighth brother is finally willing to let go," Yan Kentang didn't think there was anything wrong with Yan Yuntang's move: "I want to congratulate him." ”

"Thanks to the fact that you weren't at home at the time, your uncle and aunt would have thought you were the one who picked it up." Princess Xu glanced at her son and said, "I can't see where the second girl of the Wei family is good, even if she looks good, her temper is not gentle at all." Yuntang is a tendon, that is, he recognized her.

At the end of last year and the beginning of this year, the boy of the Wei family was lost, and he accompanied the second girl of the Wei family to the south to find it! It's just that the kid hasn't been heard from yet. ”

"What? Wei Yingjue lost? Yan Kentang was also surprised when he heard it, no one had mentioned this matter to him.

"Not only him, but also Yining's younger brother Hongan," Yan Tingzhen's eyes turned red again when she said this: "These two children were lost almost at the same time, Yining went out to find her brother, and she hasn't come back yet." ”

"Hongan is also lost?!" Yan Kentang couldn't help but stand up when he heard this.

You must know that Wei Hongan can be regarded as his apprentice, and he is very optimistic about this child.

"I haven't written to tell you about this matter since I thought about it, for fear that you would worry about it in office." Yan Tingzhen said: "I begged my father, the queen and the princess to send someone out to look for it, but I didn't find it. ”

"Okay, let's leave other families alone." Princess Xu said: "It's really not early, your brother has been on the road for a few days in a row, let him go and rest!" Otherwise, if you enter the palace tomorrow and have no energy, it will be a big trouble to provoke the emperor to anger. ”