Chapter VIII
I had no dreams all night, and after waking up on the second day, there was no shadow of Wei Xiao around me as usual, and Xu Mianmian had to get used to it.
Her dried clothes were neatly stacked next to the bed, and the bottom was her peach-pink profane clothes.
“……”
There was a basin of hot water on the table, with a clean towel on it, Xu Mianmian opened the door refreshed after washing, and was ready to do something energetically, but just two steps later, he saw Grandma Sun lazily basking in the sun.
Grandma Sun smiled and wrinkled, "The little lady cried really much last night, and my wife made a bowl of soup for you this morning, go to the kitchen to drink it, it's very replenished." ”
……?
Xu Mianmian realized what she meant, and her face instantly turned red, "No, it's not like that." ”
Seeing Grandma Sun's expression that I understand, Xu Mianmian sighed, stomped her feet, and ran away.
I didn't drink that bowl of soup after all.
After having breakfast alone, there was a sound of horses' hooves outside the door, and after a while, Wei Xiao walked in, he also changed back into his clothes, and changed back into the Pianpian Tanhualang, the two looked at each other for a moment and then quickly moved away.
Wei Xiao coughed lightly and said, "Princess, let's go." ”
Xu Mianmian nodded uncomfortably, thinking that there was nothing to clean up, so he walked out with Wei Xiao lightly, and when passing by the yard, Xu Mianmian took off the gold bracelet in his hand and gave it to Grandma Sun, who didn't dare to accept it, and shirked it for a long time to see Xu Mianmian's tough attitude, so she carefully took it.
The two of them went out of the courtyard, Xu Mianmian found out where the sound of horses' hooves was just now, and there was only a small black donkey pulling a wooden cart in front of her, she said incredulously, "Sit on this?" ”
The corners of Wei Xiao's lips hooked, and when Xu Mianmian looked at him, he pressed it down again, and hummed lightly.
Xu Mianmian didn't know how to sit on this board car that didn't even have a carriage, but Wei Xiao reached out and helped her to sit up, guided her to hold the handle, and sat on the other side to take the rope and drive up the donkey.
The little black donkey walked up and carried Xu Mianmian and Wei Xiao in the known direction.
The closer she got to the capital, the more nervous Xu Mianmian became.
"Gongzi Wei, you said that the gang is related to Princess Beidi?"
Wei Xiao: "Well, earlier Princess Beidi's maid accidentally spilled tea on me, I watched her walk steadily, the tiger's mouth has a thick callus, guess she should be a person who practices martial arts, and then Princess Beidi offered a bow to lead the prince to Lin Qingyuan to hunt, although I followed the whole process, but she still took advantage of the loophole, I heard that there was a woman among the people who assassinated the prince, it should be her maid." ”
Xu Mianmian knew that there was still this one on the day of the prince's birthday banquet, and hurriedly asked, "How is the prince?" ”
Wei Xiao glanced at her sitting on the donkey cart, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but want to rise, "It should be more appropriate than the princess." ”
Xu Mianmian heard his ridicule, his calves shook underneath, and he even sat down with a little liking, "I see that this donkey cart is also very good, and I can also prepare a little donkey in my palace to raise." ”
Wei Xiao smiled, Xu Mianmian looked a little stunned, and pointed his finger to poke his dimple, but he held it, and then never let go.
It wasn't until they entered the city and got out of the car that the two let go of their hands as if nothing had happened.
After changing his clothes at the inn, Wei Xiao sent people to the gate of the palace, and watched Xu Mianmian greet the sound of a row of salutes gradually drifting away, and then returned to the mansion.
It's just that today, it seems destined to be unusual.
Wei Xiao looked at the open door of the mansion, and as soon as he stepped in, he was surrounded by a group of guards, and the housekeeper and the servant were tied to the corner, with obvious scars on their bodies.
Shi Haoyan came out of the main hall with a few guards, and when he saw Wei Xiao surrounded in the middle, he directly ordered: "Catch him!" ”
Wei Xiao swept around with cold eyes, and the awe-inspiring momentum made them stop moving, and then looked at Shi Haoyan, Wei Xiao said in a condensed voice: "I don't know where Shi Langzhong's right came from, he dared to break into my Wei Mou's mansion without authorization to arrest people." ”
Shi Haoyan snorted coldly, "Where did the right come from?" Wei Xiu is so bold! You didn't hold a grudge against the princess when you harassed the princess, and now you take the opportunity to humiliate the princess by hunting, what I said is yes or no! ”
After the words fell, Shi Haoyan ordered again, and the long knife that flashed with silver light quickly rested on Wei Xiao's neck.
Wei Xiao's expression remained unchanged, "In this way, is there any evidence in Shi Lang?" slandered the innocence of Her Royal Highness the princess, I don't know what kind of crime Shi Langzhong should be guilty of! ”
He had a vague uneasy conjecture in his mind.
Shi Haoyan: "Evidence? What Her Royal Highness said in person is the best proof of this! Take! ”
At this time, Xu Mianmian was walking on the way to the East Palace, and the assassination of the prince and princess occurred, and the emperor was furious, first ordered someone to investigate the matter thoroughly, and then severely reprimanded the prince's spring hunting.
The prince was grounded in the East Palace because of this, Xu Mianmian changed his clothes and used meals, went to worship the queen, and then went to the East Palace.
Although she is a comfortable princess, she actually relies on the prince's brother to support her in front, the emperor doesn't care about the harem, she is very strict with several princes, but she doesn't care about her daughters.
Therefore, when he came back from outside this time, the emperor only sent some gold, silver, and nourishing things, and Xu Mianmian sent them to the treasury without even looking at them.
Entering the East Palace, Xu Mianmian unexpectedly found that Shi Haoyan was also there, seeing that he had just straightened his waist, he should have been discussing something with the prince just now. Xu Mianmian thought of what Wei Xiao analyzed for her on the road, and she couldn't help but feel a little vigilant in her heart.
"Brother, don't be too sad, my father is also worried about you."
The prince snorted, obviously not wanting to talk about this, he glanced Xu Mianmian up and down, "Brother is nothing here, but you, Mianmian, don't worry, my brother will call the shots for you." ”
Call the shots for her? Xu Mianmian thought about it for a while, did she mean the assassination? She nodded, "It's all up to my brother." ”
The two chatted a little more, and the prince probably had something to do, and said, "Brother, there's nothing to do here, you're tired for two days, so let's go back and rest." ”
Xu Mianmian was really tired, so he didn't shirk it, "That Mianmian went back first, if my brother is bored, I will send someone to call Mianmian." ”
This was said warmly, the prince smiled and waved his hand to her, and Shi Haoyan on the side hurriedly said when he saw this: "Prince, Weichen also retreated first." ”
The whole capital knew about the princess's heart, not to mention Xu Mianmian's brother, the prince snorted, and watched the two of them go out one after the other with a smile.
Xu Mianmian didn't expect Shi Haoyan to come out and stand away from him, Xu Mianmian said: "Shi Langzhong has something to say." ”
A cold light flashed in Shi Haoyan's eyes, but he quickly hidden, and he stepped forward and arched his hand, "Your Royal Highness the Princess, there is indeed something important to report here." ”
The two of them stood outside the East Palace, Chu Xue was behind her, and there were patrolling guards all around, Xu Mianmian was not so nervous in her heart, so she stood still and motioned to him.
Shi Haoyan shook his head with a look of lamentation, "Her Royal Highness the princess doesn't know, after the assassination of the crown prince, the emperor was furious, ordered everyone to stay in Lin Qingyuan and not leave, the guards checked one by one, and finally found the arrow engraved with the seal of Nanban in Wei Xiu's carriage. ”
Xu Mianmian's face turned white in an instant, Chu Xue exclaimed, and hurriedly supported Xu Mianmian, who was shaking, "Princess, be careful." ”
Shi Haoyan smiled at her shocked look, but continued in a sad tone: "The emperor loves talents, and he doesn't want to believe that the Tanhua Society he appointed is such a sinner who collaborates with the enemy and treason, so he is busy with Wei Xiu, and as a result, Wei Xiu is ......."
"What's wrong with him?" Xu Mianmian looked anxious.
"He fled in fear of sin! The guards only caught two of his boys, who committed suicide in fear of punishment. ”
How...... How could it be...... Xu Mianmian took a step back, and after a short panic, she remembered Wei Xiao's words to tell her to be careful of Shi Haoyan, and regained some calm.
"Have you caught Wei Xiu?" She still had a glimmer of hope in her heart.
"Nature." Shi Haoyan looked humble, but the words he said made Xu Mianmian feel cold. "The princess doesn't have to worry, Wei Xiao has already been taken to prison, and he will be personally interrogated by Shangshu of the Criminal Department in the near future."
The bright spring sunshine sprinkled on his body, but Xu Mianmian didn't feel a trace of warmth, Shi Haoyan saw that he had achieved his goal, and he no longer entangled, and said meaningfully before retiring, "Brother Wei said that he was wronged, but he refused to say where he went in the past two days, if someone can help confirm it, there may be a turnaround." ”
Xu Mianmian ignored him, Shi Haoyan sneered silently and left.
Unable to return to the dormitory, Xu Mianmian hurriedly prepared to leave the palace to go to the punishment department, and when he arrived at the palace gate, he found that he was grounded.
"Princess, please go back, don't let the emperor worry." The round-faced minion stopped in front of her, grinning and saying something unmistakable.
Chu Xue tugged at her sleeve behind her and whispered, "Princess, let's go back first, you haven't had a good rest for three days." ”
The little guards and little eunuchs around him didn't dare to speak, and the round-faced slave stood still in front, there was no way, Xu Mianmian turned around and went back to the palace, his steps were very large, and he didn't have the appearance of the ladies in the past.
Now what? Xu Mianmian forced himself to calm down, Shi Haoyan's words were not credible, and the top priority was to contact Wei Gongzi to understand what the situation was now.
The matter of the Nanban arrows must not have been done by Wei Gongzi, and it is even more impossible to abscond in fear of crime, as for why he didn't say that he was with him for the past two days, Xu Mianmian frowned, is Wei Gongzi afraid of tarnishing his reputation? It's a possibility.
When he arrived at the dormitory, Xu Mianmian wrote a letter, preparing to send someone out of the palace to Wei Xiao, who to call......
Her eyes turned around Chu Xue and Lu Qiao, and before she could speak, she suddenly had an idea, her eyes rolled, and a shallow smile appeared on her face.
First Snow: "......"
Green Warp: "......"
The two of them took a step back in unison and hissed in unison.
First snow: "Gong...... Princess...... The slave suddenly remembered that the table was not wiped! The slave went first! ”
Xu Mianmian's eyes turned to Lu Qiao, who wanted to cry without tears, so she had to cry with a sad face, "Princess......"
Xu Mianmian saw that he was scared, so he hurriedly beckoned people to come closer, and whispered his plan.