Like Fuyi and Citron, it is difficult to adapt to the summer of the capital, as well as Yao Nian. Compared to her mother, Princess Min, who had been in the capital for nearly 20 years before she got married, she was born in Jizhou, and she was almost overwhelmed by the scorching heat of the capital.

Because Princess Min asked the imperial doctor to diagnose her daughter's pulse, she had to alarm the palace, and the queen sent people to visit again and again.

It happened to be the second day of the accident in the Taishi Mansion, and not long after the carriage of the palace went out, it was blocked in the middle of the road, and there was a government in front of it to close the road, and the officers and soldiers were escorting the subordinates of the Taishi Mansion to walk by the side of the road.

Soon, the people in front found that the car of the Kishu Royal Mansion was here, and someone immediately came to open the way to guide the way, Yao Nian inadvertently raised the curtain, but saw Mu Kaijiang's face in front of him.

Kaijiang knew that it was the carriage of the Kizhou Palace, so naturally he would not be surprised by the person sitting in the car, but Yao Nian didn't know that the person in front of him was Mu Kaijiang, which was very unexpected.

But seeing that the scars on his face had faded a little more, although I didn't know if there were any scars, the previous bruises, redness and swelling had subsided.

"County Lord!" Kaijiang dismounted and stood up, bowed and said, "I disturbed the county lord, and the lower official will guide you the way." ”

Yao Nian glanced at the people of the Taishi Mansion who were blocked aside, they all trembled and frightened, and she asked: "I heard about the Taishi Mansion selling people, why do you want to arrest all the subordinates, is it their sin?" ”

Kaijiang was only ordered to be on an errand and did not participate in the lawsuit, but he always understood the truth in it, and responded: "One is to investigate and collect evidence, and the other must be an accomplice, which must be found out one by one." ”

"Master Mu is responsible for the defense of the forbidden palace, and he is the one who guards the palace, how can he take care of the affairs of the criminal department?" Yao Nian asked, "I haven't heard that you have been transferred." ”

Kaijiang responded: "If you go back to the county lord, this case will alarm the saint, Long Yan will be furious, and the emperor will personally investigate thoroughly." ”

Yao Nian bowed his head and said meaningfully: "I didn't expect that there was really a big commotion." ”

Kaijiang's thick eyebrows trembled slightly, raised his head, and looked at the little county lord with a magnificent face, his lips opened slightly, but some words came to his mouth, and he still swallowed them.

Yao Nian could see that Mu Kaijiang was aware of the inappropriateness in her words, but these inappropriateness were precisely Yao Nian's deliberate desire to convey him.

"Don't delay the Mu's errand." Yao Nian lowered the curtain and commanded outside, "Let's go." ”

Kaijiang watched the carriage of the palace leave, and his heart became heavier and heavier.

Just this morning, the emperor ordered him to investigate the origin of the group of bandits involved in the case, but at that time, the local government messenger arrived at the place where the incident occurred, and the bandits had already fled in all directions, and even their figures were gone.

According to Kaijiang's analysis, the emperor seems to realize that someone may have secretly made a move, deliberately making this matter clear, and forcing him to intervene.

Although it was the emperor's duty to enforce the law and protect the people, he did not need someone to teach him what to do under his nose.

At this moment, listening to the county lord's emotion, Kaijiang can almost determine that the group of "bandits" who came suddenly and scattered without a trace are likely to come from the hands of the county lord of Anguo.

But he would not tell the emperor, let alone provide any clues to the emperor, he had already made a decision in his heart.

Unconsciously, they "got along" from spring to summer, and suddenly didn't see the little county lord go out these days, and learned that she fell ill due to heat stroke, and inexplicably followed the worry for several days.

always thought that if the county lord could recover, even if she was "led" around the capital again, he would be willing.

At this moment, he realized that Yao Nian was likely to be involved in the Taishi Mansion case, and although his heart was shocked, he firmly believed that the county lord had done a good deed.

The carriage of the palace gradually moved away, and Kaijiang continued to lead the troops to escort the subordinates of the Taishi Mansion forward, and deliberately looked back again, as if he felt in his heart that someone was looking at him.

Indeed, not long after the carriage left, Yao Nian lifted the curtain to look back, but his vision was limited, and he could only see a silhouette, and when he was farther away, he couldn't see anything.

Lowering the curtain, Yao Nian's gaze became heavy again.

She shouldn't have trusted that person, obviously in her eyes at first, she was just the emperor's lackey.

But "getting along" for so long, she was in Mu Kaijiang's eyes, Mu Kaijiang was also in her eyes, and when she became conscious, someone had already run into her heart.

When he learned that the emperor was assassinated, Yao Nian was worried about the safety of Kaijiang, but also thought of the future, if one day she wanted to take revenge on the emperor with a sword, where would Mu Kaijiang stand at that time?

Thinking about it, the carriage and horses have arrived at the gate of the imperial city.

The queen took pity on Yao Nian, and specially ordered someone to prepare a sedan chair and wait in the palace gate, and after meeting in the palace, she held her hand and looked at it carefully, and said distressedly: "Look at it, I haven't lost weight, I grew up in the cold since I was a child, how can I afford the heat stroke in Beijing." ”

The grandmother in the palace went to fetch cold melons and fruits, to quench the thirst of the county lord, and was reprimanded by the queen: "She is young, and she is as delicate as flowers and bones, and if she eats such a cold thing, will it not hurt her body?" Because you are still an old mother who has accumulated years, you will not hurt your children more and more. ”

Yao Nian didn't care about this, he just obediently obeyed the queen's arrangement, she ate what she was given, laughed when she joked, and answered them one by one when she asked if the family was good.

Later, the eunuch of the main hall sent the emperor's reward, Yao Nian followed to thank him and kowtow, and still dealt with it like this in front of the emperor, but the emperor was busy with state affairs, and after a few simple words, he sent someone to send her back to the queen.

But when he came again, Yao Nian saw the eldest lady of the Zhongguo Mansion standing under the door, I don't know what it was like for her to enter the palace on weekdays, but today it looks like it is obviously not going well.

Yao Nian didn't need to report here, the grandmother inside came out to welcome her all the way to the queen's inner hall, and when she entered the door, Yao Nian glanced outside the door again, and asked curiously: "Why don't you invite the eldest lady to enter the door together?" ”

A few grandmothers are used to seeing the world, and they said indifferently: "There are rules for sitting and lying in the palace, and the eldest lady is just waiting for someone to report it." ”

Yao Nian smiled, didn't take it to heart, as before, entered the door to laugh and chat with the queen, and after eating half a cup of tea in his hand, he took the initiative to mention the eldest lady and asked the queen if she delayed the reunion of the eldest lady and the queen sisters because she was here.

The queen smiled: "It's okay, she's just here to ask for a goodbye, and when you see her, she was about to step down." ”

The grandmother on the side hurriedly made her eyes look at her, reminding the queen that the words of the master and servant were not right, how could the queen know what the mother had just said, but when she turned around and saw that Yao Nian was disapproving, although she knew that this little girl was shrewd, she could only press the anger in her heart for her sister first.

Yao Nian sat for a while, worried that his mother would worry about him, so he would go back to the palace first, and then come with his mother to thank him another day.

The queen said some decent care and personally sent her out, but fortunately, the eldest lady had been taken elsewhere and did not meet Yao Nian again.

After that, it wasn't until the palace people returned to their lives that Xiang Yaonian had left the palace that the queen ordered someone to bring her sister to her, and said coldly: "I sent a message to you, ordering you not to enter the palace, didn't you understand?" ”

The majesty of the eldest lady in the past was gone, and she knelt in front of her sister with a weak leg and said: "Niangniang, if the Chen family confesses me, what can I do, what news can you hear, is it true that the emperor really wants to investigate this matter thoroughly, and there is no room for turnaround?" ”

The queen said coldly: "I have long reminded you that you must do things cleanly, how did you promise me at the beginning, it turned out that I turned my back and colluded with the women of the Taishi Mansion." The three hundred years of family business in the Zhongguo Mansion are piled up with gold and silver, and you can't spend it in a few lifetimes, do you lack a few money to buy a handmaid? ”

"I, I'm just ......" The eldest lady was speechless, she was still thinking about sending the Liu family and the Chu family away these days, who knew that before the person could be sent away, Mrs. Chen had an accident first.

Even if there is no girl from the Zhongguo Mansion in that carload of young women, I am afraid that Chen will not be able to withstand interrogation when he arrives in the court, and he will say everything that should not be said.

The queen asked, "How many people have you sold in your hands?" ”

Where did the eldest lady remember to be so detailed, to be honest, she didn't even have a detailed account with the Chen family, those small fractions of money didn't enter her eyes at all, she just wanted them to disappear if she didn't like it.

The queen sighed, shook her head, and said, "You go back first." ”

The eldest lady hurriedly said: "Niangniang, you really don't want to save me?" ”

The queen is usually moody, but at this moment she is rarely angry: "Are you really confused, or are you fake, can I save you?" You're my own sister, what happened to you, can I get rid of it? You rely on this to have no fear, have you forgotten how difficult and hard I am in this palace? You are almost fifty years old, why do you live more and more confused, the dignified daughter of the marquis, the duchess, and now all the temperament and cultivation are gone, when did you start to become what you are now? ”

The eldest lady looked at the eldest sister in a daze, and then slowly looked down at her clothes and hands, and read blankly: "When?" What has it become? ”

The queen had no patience, ordered the grandmothers to take her sister away, and gave an order even more ruthlessly: "Stay at home honestly these days, and those who are implicated will clinch their tails and hide at home, and you will run out." If you have the bearing to suppress people, others will not dare to gossip about you, but look at your face, and I wish to tell the whole world what has been done. ”