Chapter 44: Taken hostage
Yuan Ying didn't know, and Wei Yan didn't plan to ask more, so after some freshening up, she directly asked Yuan Ying to take a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Since her father was imprisoned, she had thought about a thousand words to say to her father, but when it came to paper, she couldn't write a single word.
Wei Yan looked at the pen under her hand and said in a trance, "Yuan Ying, if you want to write a family letter, what will you write?" ”
Yuan Ying shook her head and said, "Those people don't care about the maid, and the maid naturally won't write a family letter, if you want to write a family letter, it must be written to the young lady." ”
Wei Yan thought about it, Yuan Ying was sold into Beijing by her family since she was a child, and she didn't know where her relatives were.
Simply raised the pen and wrote a little content on the letterhead, and after writing, he picked up the letter and went out and handed it to Guiyuan, who knew the location of the dormitory, but was announced by a public that Guiyuan was not there.
When Wei Yan was about to go back, the father-in-law stepped forward to block her and said, "Your Highness explained it before, saying that you can take the girl to visit." ”
These words made Wei Yan completely stunned, and she couldn't help but feel a little ecstatic in the depths of her heart, being able to write a letter to her father was enough to make her happy, not to mention seeing her father who had been absent for a long time.
Wei Yan was overjoyed, but she still glanced at the little eunuch vigilantly.
The little eunuch had been following Gui Yuan before, and he was a familiar person.
The little eunuch also noticed Wei Yan's gaze, and hurriedly explained, "Originally, I asked Father-in-law Gui Yuan to take the girl there, but who knew that His Royal Highness had something to do today, so he took Father-in-law Gui Yuan away, and ordered the servants to wait for the girl here." ”
At this time, the time of the last dynasty has long passed, according to the past, Qi Zhaojin should have returned to the East Palace a long time ago, since he is not in the East Palace at this time, then maybe he is really busy.
It is unreasonable to go to the imperial prison to visit, but Qi Zhaojin is the crown prince, which is not ordinary, but Wei Yan still couldn't help but look at herself and said, "Do I need to change my clothes?" ”
The father-in-law raised his hand and said, "No need, Your Highness said it, and others don't dare to ask more." ”
This was also in line with Qi Zhaoji's temperament, so Wei Yan took Yuan Ying and followed the father-in-law to a carriage at the side gate of the East Palace.
The carriage was different from when it came, and it was extremely low-key. Then as soon as they got into the carriage, the door of the carriage was closed tightly, and when Wei Yan heard the sound of the door closing, she vaguely felt that something was wrong in her heart, but after thinking about it, after all, it was to visit the imperial prison, and it was normal to be strict.
After leaving the palace gate, the carriage turned to a path, and then it became more and more remote.
Wei Yan's hand on her knee squeezed her skirt and called Yuan Ying, "We may have been fooled." ”
Her voice was extremely low, but it still made Yuan Ying pinch a cold sweat.
In fact, when looking at the increasingly unfamiliar wilderness outside the carriage window, Yuan Ying also felt that something was wrong, and she said a little nervously, "Miss, don't worry...... If they dare to come nonsense, I will fight with them! ”
Wei Yan was also flustered at this time, and she even flashed the figure of the queen in her mind, after all, there are really not many people who dare to attack the East Palace.
She and Yuan Ying, the weak woman, are now like being slaughtered.
Although Yuan Ying was comforting her, she was obviously more scared, Wei Yan pursed her lips and forcibly calmed herself down and said, "Take out all the sharp things on your body." ”
Her voice was low, but it gave Yuan Ying some confidence.
Yuan Ying nodded, and immediately searched for sharp objects on her body with her, but the two of them came out in a hurry, except for a few hairpins, there were no self-defense equipment.
Wei Yan saw that Yuan Ying was a little anxious, so she took a hairpin and put it in her palm, and lowered her voice, "Hide it, turn around and act when you have the opportunity, if they come nonsense, they will attack the eyes." ”
Yuan Ying's hand trembled a little and took the hairpin, followed Wei Yan's example, hid two of them around her waist and clenched one tightly.
"Shhh
Suddenly there was a sharp sound of whipping outside, and the horse neighed, and it ran faster.
Wei Yan glanced at the fields that quickly swept by outside the window, and there was a hint of indifference in her eyes.
At this moment, in the imperial study in the palace, Emperor Jing leaned back on the chair, he threw the fold on the table, and said in a deep voice, "Prince, the cabinet case you handled was investigated before, why didn't you release it?" ”
Qi Zhaojing, who was wearing a dark court robe, was indifferent, "There are still some doubts that need to be sorted out." ”
There was also a man in blue clothes standing next to Qi Zhaojing, the man was about the same height as Qi Zhaojin, and his facial features were also somewhat similar, if there was any difference, it was that his expression was slightly slack.
If it weren't for being in the inner courtyard of the palace, he would really have a little bit of an idle boy, looking at the slightly closed eyes, it seemed like he was about to fall asleep.
"What's the doubt?" Emperor Jing asked Qi Zhaojin directly.
Qi Zhaojin didn't think twice, "Since the cabinet members are not guilty, if they don't find out the people who caused it, they will be extremely afraid to think about it." ”
The prince's reply Emperor Jing was satisfied, and even looked at the prince with a little more praise in his eyes, thinking of this, Emperor Jing couldn't help but glance at the person beside Qi Zhaojing.
I saw that the man's body was slightly swaying and drowsy.
Emperor Jing narrowed his eyes, picked up the fold on the table, smashed it down heavily, and said angrily, "Qi Qing! ”
"Huh?" Qi Qing was yelled at by Emperor Jing like this, and then he suddenly realized, and looked at his brother beside him in a panic.
However, the elder brother did not squint, but looked straight ahead, and did not give him any hints at all.
In this case, he didn't dare to look directly at Emperor Jing, who was angry, so he had to pull the hem of Qi Zhaoji's clothes, "Brother Huang, where did you just go?" ”
Although Qi Qing's voice was low, it happened to enter Emperor Jing's ears word for word.
Emperor Jing's face sank suddenly, "Qi Qing, come on, how to deal with the affairs of the cabinet?" ”
The matter of the cabinet can be regarded as settled, but at this time, Emperor Jing talked about it again...... However, Qi Qing still didn't know why he was at all, so he pretended to think about it seriously and said, "Erchen thinks that it is definitely not advisable to torture or something, so let's take my time, father, you say yes." After speaking, he smiled flatteringly, but Emperor Jing's face darkened, "Get out of here!" ”
Qi Qing was a little dazed by the yelling, he rubbed his ears, and nodded hurriedly, "Erchen knows." ”
Emperor Jing was a little angry with Qi Qing, but fortunately, Qi Qing was also aware of current affairs and didn't really get out, so he turned his head to Qi Zhao and said, "How many days does the prince think he can find out who is behind the scenes?" ”
"Within three days." Qi Zhaojin directly bears the hand.
Emperor Jing seemed a little skeptical of this answer, "What if it can't?" ”
Qi Zhao bowed his head, "Let my father punish me!" ”
Emperor Jing seemed to be waiting for Qi Zhaojin here, "If you can't, it means that you are not up to the current position." ”