Chu Nian patted Mu Qing's back helplessly, Mu Qing gradually calmed down a little, at this time, she realized that Chu Nian was not the only one at the scene, and when she turned her eyes, she saw Ming Xiu standing quietly in place, and her face was shocked. She had seen Ming Xiu, but all along, the crown prince Ming Xiu was a veritable fool, but at this moment, the moonlight was sprinkled on the standing figure, and he stood with his hands in his hands, and his eyebrows were full of clarity, where did he look like a fool?

Seeing Mu Qing's frozen expression, Chu Nian also knew that this matter had a great impact on her, and she also understood Ming Xiu's thoughts, and quietly stroked Mu Qing's shoulder, "Can you see who grabbed you?" ”

Mu Qing is not an ordinary rich daughter, she has stayed in the military camp since she was a child, not to mention, she has secretly gone to the battlefield, she has seen blood, and she has also seen pieces of dead people, she has long been used to changing everywhere without being surprised, and after a while, she came back to her senses, turned her eyes to look at Chu Nian after saluting Ming Xiu, shook her head and said: "I have been staying in a room since I woke up, and someone will secretly put the daily meal at the door, and I have never seen anyone." ”

Hearing this, Chu Nian frowned, and Ming Xiu on the side spoke: "I'm afraid that the other party's move is to test you, and he is not really hostile." ”

Mu Qinghu looked at Chu Nian suspiciously, "Temptation? ”

Chu Nian raised his eyes, his gaze swept over her, Ming Xiu spoke at the right time, his gaze drifted to Mu Qing, "The lonely person only found Mu Niangzi." ”

Grandpa is still in the hands of the other party? If Mu Qing was caught to test her, then to arrest her grandfather was to ...... Suddenly, thinking of a possibility, Chu Nian suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Ming Xiu, "Your Highness, I'm afraid it's the King of Huainan." ”

King Huainan has been in Huainan Taoguang to raise obscurity, choose to enter Beijing when the court has just begun to turmoil, it is impossible to stay in Kyoto for so long and do nothing, the secretary and supervisor have the history of the entire Daliang Dynasty, which is secret, even the queen mother does not necessarily know, but as the supervisor of the secretary and supervisor, Old Man Chen has all the secret history, and among these secret histories, I am afraid that there is something that the king of Huainan needs.

Therefore, Mu Qing used it as bait because King Huainan heard about Chu Nian's existence and deliberately came to test Chu Nian's bottom, King Huainan wasted so much effort to hide Mu Qing in order to know Chu Nian's ability, and as we all know, Chu Nian only has a smart head that is known to everyone, King Huainan just wants to know if Chu Nian can guess Mu Qing's hiding place, so naturally Mu Qing's guard is relatively weak.

With Old Man Chen's character, once the things that King Huainan wants to know touch the bottom line of his duties, he will definitely not speak easily, if he wants to hurt the court officials, King Huainan will not do such a stupid thing, but if he wants to release people, it will not be so easy.

And now, because of the note left by Old Man Chen to Mrs. Chen, the court will not find out that the secretary and supervisor have been caught for the time being, and after a while, when the Wang family reacts to the disappearance of the secretary and supervisor, the court will inevitably be in chaos, and at that time, the king of Huainan may have other plans.

After figuring out the beginning and the end, Chu Nian had to admire King Huainan in his heart, the whole plan was seamless, but he still missed the relationship between Chu Nian and the Chen family.

At this moment, Ming Xiu probably figured it out, only to see him frown and say, "King Huainan doesn't plan to release Lord Chen before he subdues everyone's hearts." ”

If Old Man Chen is released, with the old man's temperament, he will definitely not give up, and when he tells the court that King Huainan imprisoned him, won't Wang Zixuan use this excuse to suppress King Huainan to the end?

Everyone was silent, in the eyes of everyone, Chu Nian and the Chu family are not close, on the contrary, they are closer to the Chen family, now that the old man Chen has been arrested, Chu Nian is very anxious, but everyone is used to Chu Nian's consistent change of not being surprised, just when she hides her anxiety.

After a while, Chu Nian raised his head and said, "It seems that we need to meet King Huainan in advance." ”

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Mu Qing returned to the Zhenyuan Marquis's Mansion, and Mu Ao was relieved, because he couldn't stand Mu Ao's interrogation, Mu Qing dragged out all the things that happened in Jishitang, but he concealed the fact that the foolish prince was not stupid, only said that Chu Nian rescued her, and didn't know anything else.

And Mu Ao had heard about Chu Nian, and when he heard Mu Qing mention it at this moment, he knew that Chu Nian was hostile to the Wang family, and he was already dissatisfied with the despicable people in the cholera court like the Wang family, and when he heard about Chu Nian today, he immediately said that he wanted to stand on the same front with Chu Nian, even if the current prince is a fool, he will do his best to assist the prince on the throne, as for the king of Huainan who returned to Beijing, because it was the king of Huainan who sent someone to arrest his baby daughter, he was worried for so long, he would not easily forgive.

After that day, Chu Nian went to the Hu Tao Tavern again, and this time he only stayed for less than a stick of incense before coming out, because Tao Jinyan had long expected her to come, and when he was away, he instructed the shopkeeper in the store to give Chu Nian two notes, one of which said where Old Man Chen was being locked up now, and the other on which was where King Huainan was now.

Now Chu Nian is a missing person in the capital, but it is very convenient to listen to the news, she heard two news in Beijing, one is because Chu Nian is missing, and the old lady of the Chu family is inexplicably angry, the old lady doesn't know who said that Chu Nian's disappearance was done by Xiao Chen, and Xiao Chen was imprisoned in the ancestral hall again.

The second one, Shen Ruan, who was locked up and confined again, came out again, but became a lot more honest, she became friends with Princess Mingyue, and she often entered the palace in the name of Mingyue, and her obedient appearance pleased the Queen Mother.

Chu Nian didn't have to think about Xiao Chen's imprisonment in the ancestral hall to know that it was the handiwork of the Liu family, the Liu family was just soft-hearted, and not stupid, how could he easily let go of such a good opportunity? However, Shen Ruan's actions made Chu Nian quite concerned, for no reason, what did she do to please the Queen Mother?

However, Chu Nian didn't have time to think about Shen Ruan now, she had more important things to do.

The King of Huainan entered Beijing ten days ago, but he has been silent, according to Tao Jinyan's note, the King of Huainan is now living in the Yihong Mansion in the north of the city, if you want to hide people's eyes, the Qinglou is a mixed place is safer.

So Chu Nian dressed up as a man again and prepared to sneak into the Qinglou, but this time it was not Mei Xiang who accompanied her, but because of the proposal of "sneaking into the Qinglou", she was dressed up as a maid again.

At this moment, Dark San was standing beside Chu Nian bitterly, and Chu Nian pushed away the old bustard with a cold face.

The old bustard felt that he was a man and would not refuse himself, and when he saw that the young man with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes in front of him was surprisingly indifferent, he couldn't help but change his face.

I saw that she didn't post it anymore, but just stood not far away and raised her eyebrows and said, "This son, what are you doing in the Qinglou?" ”

Chu Nian's gaze fell on her face covered with rouge gouache, and her brows furrowed slightly, "I'm here to see your master." ”

Hearing this, the old bustard's face was stunned, but after a while, he became serious, "Please come with me, two of you." ”

So Chu Nian and Dark San followed the bustard towards the back door, and when the two entered the back door, the bustard bowed down with a serious face, closed the door and turned to leave. Chu Nian turned his eyes to look at the courtyard in front of him, only to see that this courtyard was not big or small, but it was full of red flowers and green trees, and there was even a pavilion, where a middle-aged man was drinking tea calmly in the courtyard.

Chu Nian squinted, it seems that King Huainan already knew that she would come? Or rather...... Did you bring her here on purpose?

Quietly glancing at each other with Dark San, Chu Nian lifted the hem of his clothes and walked towards that place, at this time, a figure flashed on the side to block Chu Nian and Dark San's way, the person who came was a young man, his face was dull, and he looked like he had a fight with Zhu Qing.

"Stop, who are you?"

Dark San frowned and was about to block in front of Chu Nian, but at this time, the middle-aged man who was quietly drinking tea spoke up: "Don't be rude, let this son in." ”

The person was ordered, and he disappeared again, Chu Nian asked Dark San with his eyes, if you are sure that you can beat that person?

Dark San raised his eyebrows, and the disdain in his eyes almost flew into the sky. Chu Nian smiled soothingly, it seems that what Ming Xiu said about him to deal with the King of Huainan was already confident.

When he got close to the pavilion, Chu Nian saw the middle-aged man clearly, he looked like he was thirty years old, with a dignified appearance, and there was no lack of grandeur on his body, but he restrained it well.

Yao Yao bowed slightly to the middle-aged man who was sitting, "I've seen the prince." ”

King Huainan looked a little surprised, "I have long heard that Chu Sanniang is resourceful, I didn't expect you to be able to find here, and now Sanniang's intelligence is really an eye-opener for this king." ”

Chu Nian shook his head and said: "Some little cleverness, not enough to worry about, it should be the prince's wisdom and resourcefulness." ”

Seeing that he was boasting about himself, but Chu Nian was not complacent, King Huainan couldn't help but look up to Chu Nian a little higher, and said with a smile: "Don't stand and talk, sit down." ”

Chu Nian nodded, and as soon as he sat down, he saw the King of Huainan quietly filling the empty teacup in front of Chu Nian, "Sanniang taste, this is the Huainan Yunnan red brought back by this king's subordinates, and the capital has not been sold yet." ”

Unsure of King Huainan's current attitude, Chu Nian had no choice but to say respectfully: "Thank you, Lord Wang." ”

After greeting for a while, the two of them got to the point, "Lord Wang, I heard that the secretary and supervisor Chen are here?" ”

King Huainan turned his gaze, fell on Chu Nian's face, and said with a smile: "Why did the third lady say that? How could Lord Chen be here in this king? ”

Chu Nian saw that King Huainan liked to play Tai Chi so much, so he had to smile and said: "That's the courtier's abruptness, because her best friend was invited by the prince to be a guest, and the courtier's grandfather disappeared at this time, and the courtier's preconceived idea was that the prince took it away." ”

King Huainan put down the teacup, "I invited Mrs. Mu to meet the third lady, and now I have got what I wanted, but Lord Chen is an official of the imperial court, how dare this king do anything to the official of the imperial court." ”

As he spoke, he picked up the tea cup in his hand and took a sip again, "Well-good tea, the tea in your capital, this king is really not used to drinking it, why not go back to the territory with the king next time?" The mountains and rivers of Huainan are famously good. ”

Chu Nian's eyes flashed slightly, in such a short period of time, his grandfather had been sent to Huainan by the King of Huainan? Is this a warning to her not to act rashly?

But he was clearly showing goodwill to her, and he took away her relatives and friends again and again, but when she was so bullied?

As soon as the tea went down, the king of Huainan raised his hand to refill the cup for Chu Nian, but he didn't want to, and was stopped by Chu Nian's hand halfway through the teapot, Chu Nian took the teapot from the hand of the king of Huainan and put it down, and then said with a light smile: "The little girl can't afford this tea, the prince." ”