The person who followed Du Xiaomeng was Zhan Qi, after he came out of the General's Mansion, he took a shortcut to Longfeng Teahouse, and arrived at his destination one step earlier than Du Xiaomeng who was in the car. After he entered the teahouse, he sat in a very inconspicuous position, watched Du Xiaomeng go upstairs to the wing, and also saw Yu Tianzheng coming in a hurry.

When he saw Yu Tianzheng appear in the Dragon and Phoenix Teahouse, he understood Du Xiaomeng's purpose for coming here. Seeing that Yu Tianzheng entered the wing room and closed the door, he suddenly remembered what Du Xiaomeng had told him the night before the expedition, and he almost couldn't help but rush upstairs, but he thought that the Yu Tianzheng he knew was not a beast, and besides, this was a teahouse where people came and went, if the two couldn't get along, Yu Tianzheng should not do anything to Du Xiaomeng here. He fidgeted downstairs and stared at the closed door of the upstairs wing room until he saw Du Xiaomeng coming out of it intact, and followed her out of the Longfeng Teahouse.

Zhan Qi followed Du Xiaomeng to the vicinity of Lin Xinru's house, hid in a dark corner position and watched Du Xiaomeng enter the house, after the door of the Xiao family was closed, he was not at ease, and he left quietly after guarding outside for a while to see that there was no other movement.

Du Xiaomeng's appearance surprised Lin Xinru and his wife. They all knew that Du Xiaomeng went out to pick up things at the General's Mansion today, but why did he appear outside his house so late when he picked up things? At this time, she shouldn't have returned to Rui Wangfu earlier?

Xiao Gongzi looked at Du Xiaomeng, who had a smell of wine on his body, or felt that it was not so appropriate for him to ask questions, so he glanced at Lin Xinru. Lin Xinru, who also had a stomach full of questions, understood, and she pulled Du Xiaomeng into the house and asked anxiously: "Xiaomeng, why did you come to me at this time?" Do you drink a lot of alcohol? What's going on? Do you want me to inform His Highness to send someone to pick you up? ”

Du Xiaomeng rubbed her heavy head and said, "No need to go, I don't have anything to do with His Highness anymore." ”

"What?" Lin Xinru and his wife were so surprised that they screamed in unison.

Without waiting for them to continue to ask, Du Xiaomeng then said: "Miss, I'm drunk and uncomfortable, and I want to rest for a while." ”

She didn't lie, not long after she came out of the Longfeng Teahouse, she had the feeling of being drunk, and now her face was hot, her head was dizzy, her steps were a little unsteady, and she wanted to vomit but couldn't vomit and was very uncomfortable.

Seeing her like this, Lin Xinru couldn't ask anything more, so she had to help her go to rest.

Du Xiaomeng couldn't understand why she was drunk, obviously the plum wine in Longfeng Teahouse didn't smell strong, and she didn't feel much choking when she drank it, she just drank three bottles, according to her previous amount of alcohol, she wouldn't get drunk if she drank ten bottles or eight bottles of non-lethal wine.

Lin Xinru brought a basin of hot water for her to wash her face and wipe her hands. Lin Xinru frowned while busy and said, "Xiang'er, you never drink, why did you go to drink today?" If you can't drink it, don't drink it, a girl who is drunk and has to run around at night, how dangerous! ”

Hearing Lin Xinru's chatter, Du Xiaomeng realized that it was not that she was poor, it turned out that Xiang'er, a body that had not been cultivated by various banquets, was not good, but just drinking a little wine was not enough.

Lin Xinru stared at Du Xiaomeng, who was dumbfounded, and continued to chatter, Du Xiaomeng, whose head was getting more and more groggy, didn't listen to a word, and soon fell asleep quietly in the chatter.

When she woke up, Du Xiaomeng sat up with her sore head. She looked at the somewhat unfamiliar surroundings around her, and it took her a moment to remember where she was. She lifted the quilt and pulled the fox fur that was on the head of the bed and draped it over her body, stepped out of bed to the bedside, pushed open the window and looked out, the bright light pierced her eyes involuntarily.

The sun has climbed up to the middle of the sky, and it is quiet outside, Lin Xinru and Xiao Gongzi should have already gone to work in King Rui's mansion.

Du Xiaomeng got dressed and walked outside to fetch water and wash her face. She didn't bother to boil hot water, and when the water came up from the well, she slapped it directly on her face, the cold water was biting, but it could make her drowsy head wake up a lot. After washing her face with cold water, Du Xiaomeng was thinking about leaving Lin Xinru for her breakfast and putting it back in the pot to steam, when there was a knock on the door outside. Thinking that the people outside should be looking for Lin Xinru and his wife, Du Xiaomeng didn't go to open the door and continued to fiddle with his breakfast.

The knocking on the door became louder and louder, and after a while, the knocking stopped, and a familiar voice shouted loudly outside: "Miss Du, are you inside?" ”

Hey? That voice sounded a lot like Steward Yang. Du Xiaomeng hurriedly put down the things in his hand, answered "I'm here", and ran out to open the door.

The door opened, and the person standing outside was really Steward Yang.

Du Xiaomeng was surprised why Steward Yang found this place so quickly, she obviously hadn't gone to the General's Mansion to inform her whereabouts.

Although he was surprised, Du Xiaomeng quickly welcomed Steward Yang into the house. After Steward Yang came in, he didn't say much politely, and directly explained his intentions: "Miss Du, things have been arranged, you prepare, someone will come to pick you up tomorrow morning and leave the capital." ”

"So fast?" Du Xiaomeng was very surprised by the news brought by Steward Yang, she thought that she would have to wait for at least three days and five days, this speed is too fast, right?

Steward Yang nodded and continued: "At this time, it is not suitable for the General's Mansion to come forward to send Miss Du out of the city, and someone from the Zhang Mansion will pick up Miss Du to Fengyang Town tomorrow morning." As he spoke, he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Du Xiaomeng, "This is a handwritten letter written by the old man, Miss Du will hand over this letter to the little girl when she arrives in Fengyang Town, and she will make proper arrangements for you after reading it." ”

Du Xiaomeng took the letter with both hands and said, "Thank you, Steward Yang." ”

After she put the letter away, she asked with some doubts: "Steward Yang, what is the place of Zhang's Mansion?" ”

Steward Yang replied, "Didn't Miss Du and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince go to Zhangfu to visit the lake last time?" ”

After Steward Yang mentioned this, Du Xiaomeng suddenly remembered the beautiful and unforgettable Mrs. Zhang, and even remembered that Yu Tianzheng and Mrs. Zhang seemed to have a deep friendship when they visited the lake last time. She couldn't help but ask with some concern: "Are the people in the Zhang Mansion reliable?" ”

Steward Yang seemed to see what she was worried about, smiled and said, "Miss Du, you can rest assured, compared to His Royal Highness, the general has a deeper friendship with the Zhang Mansion, and since Mrs. Zhang has agreed to help the general, she will definitely be able to send Miss Du out of the capital safely." ”

After that, Steward Yang owed a debt and said, "If Miss Du has no other problems, the old man will go back to report to the general." ”

Du Xiaomeng wanted to ask something, but in the end she didn't ask anything, lowered her eyes and whispered, "There is Steward Lao Yang, you go slowly." ”

After Steward Yang left, he closed the door and the surroundings returned to a peaceful place. Du Xiaomeng was not in the mood to eat, turned around and went back to the room to pack her pitiful luggage, and after a while, she wrapped all her things into a bag, and then sat on the edge of the bed and looked out in a daze.

The next day, as Steward Yang said, a carriage appeared outside the gate of the Xiao family early in the morning. In the solemnity of Lin Xinru and Xiao Gongzi, Du Xiaomeng jumped into the carriage without hesitation and ran towards the unknown road ahead.

On this day, there was no trace of the sun in the gray sky, and the fluttering snowflakes filled the whole world, as if to cover everything in the world.

In the snow, Zhan Qi stood motionless in the empty courtyard and looked at a certain direction of the sky, letting the snowflakes fall all over his body.

In Nianci Garden, Old Man Zhan sat up with the help of Steward Yang and asked, "Old Yang, is Xiaomeng gone?" ”

Steward Yang said: "Back to the master, Mrs. Zhang sent someone to say that Miss Du had been successfully sent out of the capital this morning, and the carriage to be sent back from Fengyang Town was sending someone to report the news." ”

Old Man Zhan sighed and said, "It's good to go." Now in the situation of the General's Mansion, if she stays, she will only be innocently implicated. With that, he closed his eyes as if he were very tired.

On the third day after Du Xiaomeng left the capital, the palace suddenly sent an official and a father-in-law to the general's palace to read the holy decree, to the effect that Zhan Qi's title of general was removed, and he was demoted to join the army to serve in Qingning County, and he would go on a later date; The emperor's grace is vast, remembering that he has made great achievements over the years, so he treated his family leniently and allowed him to stay in the original place.

Although he was demoted several levels and assigned to the land of southern Xinjiang, he did not even affect his family after he died, and of course the Zhan Qi family was grateful for the result of this trial, and shouted long live to receive the holy decree. After receiving the holy decree, the father-in-law who announced the decree said to Zhan Qi again: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered Zhan to join the army to go to the palace, and asked Zhan to join the army and immediately enter the palace with the slaves." ”

After hearing this, Zhan Qi immediately followed the eunuch into the palace. Since he was suspended and stayed at home pending trial, Zhan Qi has not seen Yu Tianzheng. Today's result of such a lenient trial must be the result of Yu Tianzheng's maneuvering, even if there is no will to let him enter the palace, he has to find an opportunity to set off to the south of Xinjiang to meet Yu Tianzheng, thank him and say goodbye.

The eunuch did not lead Zhan Qi to the palace, but took him to the Forgotten Worry Building.

Zhan Qi stood in front of the door of the forgotten small building and looked at the closed door with the words "The proprietor is happy to close the door for a day", he looked at the eunuch who led the way suspiciously, and asked, "Father-in-law, didn't you lead me into the palace to see His Highness?" ”

The eunuch pushed open the door of the forgotten small building and said, "Zhan joins the army, please come in, His Highness has been waiting inside for a long time." ”

There was no one else in sight of the storefront downstairs in the small building, and the row of side rooms upstairs was closed except for the one that he used to frequent, which was frequented by Yu Tianzheng. Zhan Qi glanced at the empty storefront and the side room with the door open, and without thinking too much, he raised his feet and walked inside.

As soon as Zhan Qi entered, the door behind him closed. Feeling that the eunuch who led the way did not follow, he did not look back, and walked upstairs without the slightest pause.