Chapter 249: The letter from Suzhou is uneasy

A dark horse, driven straight from the west gate of the city, came to the royal street and entered the palace.

This is a horse from Suzhou, and many people have been waiting for this result for a long time.

The news came out very slowly, the woman who had been waiting to listen to the gossip news in the vegetable market was dragged back home by her husband who had been hungry for a long time, and the minister who was staring at the matter couldn't wait for the news for a long time and then went to the minister's house to wait together.

On this day, Shen Ke did not go to the mountains and rivers with Lu Xiangxue, he stayed in the mansion and waited for news.

In the palace, the emperor saw the letter that took six days to run and die, and four horses had traveled thousands of miles to reach him.

Rao Su recounted his investigation in Suzhou, and finally concluded that Shen Ke was not guilty.

On the way back, Ren Zheng and Rao Su are expected to arrive in two days.

This is not the result that the emperor wants, Rao Su's decency is well known in the court, Rao Su chose the latter in front of Dahe and personal justice, and the emperor was a little relieved and very irritable. It is gratifying that Dahe still has some people like Rao Su who are working hard for justice after all, and the irritability is that Shen Ke is about to be reinstated.

Shen Ke's credit to Dahe is undoubted, but the emperor no longer needs a general with high merit, and now that Dahe dominates the Quartet, what he needs is stability.

"Zhu Ge, did you say the statue of Shen Ke and An Guogong?" After retreating from others, the emperor sat on the soft couch and slowly folded the letter in his hand neatly.

"Not like that!"

Zhu Ge was the closest person to An Guogong except for Duchess An Guogong before his death, and he knew the most about An Guogong's temperament, but Shen Ke didn't look like him, and his temperament was even less like An Guogong.

"Do you think I'm too suspicious?" The emperor tilted his head and fell onto the soft couch, after all, Mr. Yan Liudu couldn't be sure whether Shen Ke was the queen of An Guogong.

"The emperor has the world in his heart, and it is not something that mortals like me can speculate!" Zhu Ge always stands behind the emperor, and in the past few days, because of the aggravation of the task of the Jinyi Guard, he has also become a little tired when he becomes the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

"What has Shen Ke been doing recently?" The emperor smiled, he couldn't afford Zhu Ge's words to the world.

"He took Mrs. Shen to play around the capital, and there was no movement!"

"I heard he went to the foot of the West Mountain?"

"Sitting there for a day!"

"Do something for me!" The emperor slowly closed his eyes: "Go to the West Mountain to see An Guogong for me, dig up the coffin and see, the body is buried for me!" ”

He wanted to see what Shen Ke would do if he was the son of An Guogong, if he knew that his father's grave had been stolen and dug up?

Zhu Ge's yellowed face stiffened, and his knife-like brows furrowed: "Yes!" ”

A rain at dusk brought the capital into the scorching summer in advance.

In the Rui Wang's Mansion, Du Yiyi, who had been anxiously waiting for a day, finally learned the news brought back by Qin Huai in the mouth of Forsythia, Rao Su launched an investigation into the case in Suzhou, with the rich experience of others, it was determined within four days that Shen Ke collaborated with the enemy, although the palace has not yet let Shen Keguan reinstate the news issued, but Rao Su's letter will be enough to help Shen Ke get rid of the current predicament.

"Amitabha, God has eyes, God has eyes!" Mother Xu excitedly bowed deeply to the gloomy sky outside the house, and cursed angrily the person who provoked right and wrong to slander Shen Ke.

Receiving this news, Du Yiyi, who had been waiting in the room for a day, fell down on the soft couch with strength, and recited a few Amitabha Buddha in his heart with relief, the emperor intended to suppress Shen Ke, but Rao Su went against the sky and sent such a letter against the holy will, what kind of struggle Rao Su did and how much pressure she withdrew, she was glad that Dahe could still have such an upright minister, otherwise this time, Shen Ke would really be dead.

But this time there is Rao Su, next time who can stand on the side of truth so righteously?

Shen Ke's road back is even more difficult to walk!

"Princess, the prince is back!" Forsythia came from outside the house, walking in a hurry, and was stained with rain.

On this day, Ning Zhiyuan stayed in the cabinet and waited for the news, which was good but could not be happy too early, he already knew the news, that is, because Shen Ke was temporarily safe, he could come back to see Du Yiyi with peace of mind.

Since Du Yiyi's illness, the conversation between the two in the past half a month has not exceeded twenty sentences in total, he can feel that Du Yiyi has despaired of himself under the coldness, but if he wants to save, he seems so powerless in any action, his father is persecuting her brother, his concubine is eyeing her, in such a situation, he and her can't live together.

When this drizzle turned into a pouring rain, he left Penglai Pavilion, walked from the palace to Liudong Street with an umbrella, and returned to the Rui Wangfu.

The breeze and rain wet his clothes, and he had always been afraid of the cold, stepping on the stagnant water with the depth of his feet, and strolling all the way back to the Rui Wang's Mansion, he thought that if he behaved more pitiful and down, he might be able to win some of her sympathy.

But when he entered the house, he didn't even see a contemptuous and indifferent look, Du Yiyi was in the house, standing by the window, and she had already heard his deliberately aggravated footsteps, but she didn't look back.

"It's raining so hard today!" He shook his shirt and brushed his wet hair, making the clean wooden floor rainwater.

Du Yiyi looked at the rain curtain intently, as if there was a fatal attraction there.

"Get me some dry clothes!" He didn't call anyone, he wanted to see Du Yiyi's reaction.

Du Yiyi turned a deaf ear, as if she was stupid and deaf.

Mother Xu and Bai Wei, who were worried about the two of them, pouted and motioned for her to get clothes for Ning Zhiyuan.

"Prepare hot water, I want to bathe!" Ning Zhiyuan flicked the sleeves of his dripping rain irritably, and several drops of rain fell on Du Yiyi's body by the window.

Du Yiyi was wearing a tender green skirt and a white gauze coat, the rain fell on the gauze and seeped into the satin skirt and spread, Du Yiyi raised her eyebrows in displeasure and turned back, but there was no word.

"You all get out!" Ning Zhiyuan was full of joy when he saw this sharp and angry eyes, and his mind was that whether he was beating or scolding, it was an opportunity to start a conversation.

Bai Wei put the clothes on the table, all the maidservants retreated, and Mother Xu closed the door with her hand, and whispered back to the two maids who were curiously lying on the door and looking in.

In addition to keeping a distance, Du Yiyi really doesn't know how to face Ning Zhiyuan, who is already on the same page as herself, if she can't regain the emperor's trust, the relationship between the emperor and Shen Ke will inevitably deteriorate, how can she, Shen Ke's sister, and the emperor's son, be a happy couple?

"General Shen is fine, you can't eat or sleep during this time, you can rest assured!" Ning Zhiyuan picked up the dry cotton towel on his clothes to wipe his wet hair, avoiding Du Yiyi's sharp gaze at this moment.

"But that's just the beginning!" She is habitually aggressive, and she will not show any mercy to Ning Zhiyuan.

"Something will always get better." The holy will is unpredictable, Ning Zhiyuan doesn't know what the emperor thinks in his heart, this kind of trick of flying birds and hiding the bow, if he was in the past, he would have objected, but now it is different.

Shen Ke is indeed a great help for him to balance Ning Chaoge, but Shen Ke's identity, he can't be sure what the result of Shen Ke, who will subdue the heart of the three armies of Dahe in seven years, if he wants to change the dynasty, then he, as a descendant of the Ning family, must not be connived up, he can't do this multiple-choice question in front of him, is his throne important, or is the Ning family's country important? Or is the person in front of him the most important?

"I want to go outside!"

In this place of Rui Wangfu, she can't stay anymore.

"I'll accompany you!" Ning Zhiyuan stopped moving.

"Where can you go with me? Walking around town? Or go for a walk in the suburbs? You might as well go to the backyard and walk more! Otherwise, the emperor will blame him, and I, the princess of Rui, will be guilty! ”

Du Yiyi turned around angrily, walked to the soft couch and sat down, now the emperor wants to use Qinglan to open the relationship between them, but Ning Zhiyuan also wants to stand on Qinglan's side, what can she do? Qinglan is now the county lord of Xiu'an, and she already has an identity to be able to enter and exit the hall and enter the palace, what else can she do!

"Yiyi, I've been with you for so long, don't you know who I am? Qinglan's matter is not handled properly by me, but don't worry, no matter what, there will only be you, Princess Rui, in the Rui Palace. ”

Qinglan is not Ziyue, he can't give her a letter of resignation to drive her out of the house, he feels guilty about Qinglan, and even more guilty about Du Yiyi, in the end, as a man, he is a failure.

"Sooner or later, I will have to give way to Qinglan, today the emperor failed to let Shen Ke sit on the crime of collaborating with the enemy, and Shen Ke will always be disposed of by the emperor for other reasons in the future, he regards Shen Ke and me as a thorn in his side, how can he tolerate us? There is a careless father, and the son is not much better! ”

The position of Princess Rui, Du Yiyi has never valued it, Qinglan has today's ability, she can't complain, the most important thing for her now is Shen Ke, Ning Zhiyuan's silence in this matter makes her even more annoyed, even if she wants to draw a clear line, Ning Zhiyuan doesn't have to be so ruthless.

"I am only a prince, how can I be greater than my father, and how can I oppose his decision? I married Qinglan because she covered it up for you at the beginning, I can't be irresponsible, what's wrong with me doing this? You are Shen Ke's sister! I am also the son of my father! You can stand by Shen Ke's side, but I can't. Ning Zhiyuan gasped indignantly, the hand holding the cotton towel trembled slightly because of the hard grip, he also wanted to lose his temper at this time, but he couldn't. You're in a bad mood, I won't quarrel with you, have a good rest, I won't come back tonight! ”

Dropping down the cotton towel, Ning Zhiyuan turned around and walked to the door of the house and pushed the door open, the maids who also heard the quarrel between the two outside the door were like frightened birds, Xu's mother opened her mouth to persuade but couldn't find the right words, Forsythia desperately squeezed her eyebrows with Qin Huai outside the house, Qin Huai nodded understandingly, opened the umbrella for Ning Zhiyuan, and walked out of the courtyard.

Mother Xu waved her hand and motioned for the maids to stand in the corridor and enter the house, Du Yiyi, who was standing by the window, had already seen Ning Zhiyuan's master and servant leaving, and it was only a moment of work to wet clothes and wet clothes.

She was a little irritable, but she no longer had Fang Cai's anger, Ning Zhiyuan said yes, he was the emperor's son and Shen Ke's brother-in-law, and it was even more difficult for him to do it.

But even if it's hard to do, it's a must.

She stood on Shen Ke's side, if he chose to stand on the emperor's side, there would be no more possibilities for them to coexist with each other, and the title of Princess Rui would no longer be worn on her head.

"Princess!" Mother Xu picked up the wet cotton towel on the ground and reminded in a low voice: "The rain is coming in!" ”

The heavy rain slapped on the window, the wide open window was like a big fish with a big mouth open and was frantically sucking the seawater, the rain knocked down Du Yiyi's body, and the rain that Ning Zhiyuan threw on her skirt before was already wet, and the gauze that was as thin as a cicada's wings was clinging to the skirt, as if a transparent film was wrapped in a layer of transparent film for the skirt.

"Princess, you're sick! You can't get cold! Seeing that Du Yiyi didn't move, Xu's mother stepped forward and reminded again.

The trees in the yard swayed in the wind, sprinkling countless raindrops, leaving countless raindrops on the rainwater accumulated in the yard.

She and Ning Zhiyuan are now in a situation where water and fire are blended, can her fire burn the water dry, or can his handful of water extinguish his own fire?

"Mother Xu, prepare hot water, I want to bathe!"

Looking at the dress that was already wet, I felt even more chilled under the coldness.

Mother Xu answered, but she only ordered the other maids to do it, Ning Zhiyuan and Du Yiyi continued to stalemate like this, it would not be good for Du Yiyi, Mother Xu looked anxious in her eyes, this time the two can quarrel, next time the two can do it, she knows the temper of the two.

"Princess, princess, do you want the slave to ask Mr. Chang to find the prince back?"

"Go get busy! It's still the same when you get it back, let him go! Du Yiyi took off the hairpin on her wet bun, untied her belt, and loosened her clothes that were close to her skin.

"Princess! Please forgive the slave and maid for saying more, it is very difficult for the general to be caught in the middle, the prince does not look anxious on the surface, but in fact, he is more anxious than anyone else, the princess's current situation, the slave and maid will also say bluntly, if the princess is cold to the prince, it will only make the one in the backyard cheap! ”

Mother Xu simply let it go out and said frankly.

Du Yiyi left the window, her wet clothes dragged the floor, and there was a water mark where she walked by, Xu's mother was sincere, Du Yiyi would not be angry with her, and now in this Ruiwang Mansion, only these handmaidens can treat her sincerely.

"Princess! The prince has never been to the backyard except for that time, and the slave has also heard some gossip, and the prince is even more cold to the one in the backyard after that night, if it weren't for Mr. Chang's intercession for her, maybe the prince would have to be angry, and the things of that night may not be as the princess imagined! ”

Since Du Yiyi got better from her serious illness, Xu's mother's gratitude to Qinglan has also disappeared, and she no longer calls Qinglan the second lady in front of Du Yiyi, but only the one in the backyard, in order to make Du Yiyi feel more comfortable, the maids will never say that Chang's mother is arrogant and domineering now in front of her, and the housekeeper came to talk to Xu's mother a few times, and Xu's mother also found Chang's mother to solve it in a sullen voice.

Qinglan in the backyard has been in and out of the palace these days, and with the support of the queen, she has also begun to gain popularity among the group of women, and she has been busy going in and out of the ministers' mansions these days, which is very different from Du Yiyi's situation of being excluded among these women. was just a concubine who everyone despised before, but with the support of the emperor and queen but turned over on the spot and became a hot person among the wives, Qinglan is laying the foundation step by step for being able to go to the table and stand side by side with Du Yiyi, but Du Yiyi is arguing with Ning Zhiyuan, how can Xu's mother not be anxious.

"In the final analysis, it's still a raccoon dog, the Ning family is the same in their bones!" Looking at the white face in the mirror, Du Yiyi closed her eyes and took a deep breath, in the current situation, she couldn't do anything at all, she didn't care about the position of Princess Rui that Qinglan wanted, anyway, she was already a notorious person.

"The princess's affection for the princess is in the eyes of the slaves, the princess can't give up on herself for the shameless one in the backyard, as long as the princess can change her attitude towards the princess a little, the one in the backyard is not the princess's opponent at all, the prince's heart is still in the princess!"

"Princess, hot water is ready!" Forsythia Bai Wei walked into the house, and was hearing Xu's mother's persuasion to Du Yiyi, and the two, who had been angry a lot recently, glanced at Xu's mother, and then persuaded Xu's mother's words.

"Princess, if the backyard really climbs up, others will look down on the princess and the general, and now the princess and the general are one in honor and disgrace, the princess can't just let the backyard do nonsense!" Bai Wei is young after all, and it is much more inappropriate than Mother Xu's mother to speak properly, Forsythia is different, she has Qin Huai's husband, she knows Ning Zhiyuan's temperament much more deeply than Bai Wei, and she also knows more about Du Yiyi's feelings for Shen Ke, seeing that Du Yiyi's expression does not change and her eyebrows are frosty, she stepped forward and said: "Princess, if the general knows the current situation of the princess, he will definitely be worried, even if the princess is not for herself and for the general, she must take good care of the one in the backyard, then the pair of masters and servants know who is the heroine of Rui Wangfu!" ”

"Forsythia is right, the general has sent someone to inquire about my princess's situation in the past few days, and the general is very worried about the princess's current situation!" Mother Xu had an idea and fabricated some facts, Du Yiyi was responsible for the correspondence between Du Yiyi and the Shen Mansion, and only she knew whether Shen Ke sent someone or not.

Shen Ke, Shen Ke, who is now in danger, Du Yiyi's eyebrows moved, and he frowned gloomily.