Chapter 42: The Dust Settles
And King Cui's situation is not much better, and he is also wondering about the contents of this secret letter, but the father and son have thought about it for a long time, and they have no clue.
After thinking about it for a long time, but still had no clue, King Cui and Cui He, father and son, also put this matter down, after all, no matter what the process was, but the final result was the same as they expected, the prince was abolished, the queen was also abolished, and Mu Guifei and Ji Chen, although they looked majestic, they had been suspected by his emperor, and their future use was very slim.
After putting this matter aside, King Cui and Cui He pondered for a while, only to hear Cui He say: "Now that the crown prince has fallen, then. And Ji Chen was also suspicious of the emperor and lost the ability to compete, so what we should do now is to go to the Xu Palace, I think this time it should be very smooth. β
King Cui repeatedly brushed his beard and said: "This is natural, this time even if that King Xu is cunning, he can also see that now in the entire capital, the most powerful person is King Xu, and King Cui, the combination of strong and strong can go to the end, he will definitely not refuse." β
Just when King Cui, as well as Cui He's father and son, were planning to continue to think about their son's marriage, Ji Chen on this side also began to deal with himself, the angry fiancΓ©e.
Because later the emperor knew that it was the prince who blocked the palace during his serious illness, resulting in no one being able to visit, so later the emperor also figured it out, Ji Chen was not because he didn't visit him, but was blocked by the prince, and even more, the prince's nonsense after he woke up was also figured out by the emperor, and he was being used, so later the emperor didn't continue to urge Ji Chen's marriage, but I don't know why, but the emperor didn't decree to abolish the marriage.
And this move couldn't help but make Ji Chen even more disappointed and angry.
However, Ji Chen has been completely disappointed in the emperor, and now his disappointment is only more disappointed, since the emperor did not decree to abolish his marriage, and he naturally cannot go to the daughter of the person on the prince's side. Since this is the case, then Ji Chen can only do it himself.
Sure enough, seven days later, the daughter of Lord Yushi went to a banquet between women, but Yushi's daughter unfortunately fell into the water at the banquet, and after returning home, she had a high fever, but in three days, she had already died and lost her life.
And what's even more strange is that I don't know when a rumor began to circulate in the capital, saying that it is the current fourth prince Ji Chen, although it is said that he has a good future, but he is a fierce star, and his hit is extremely hard.
No matter who marries the four princes, there will be no good ending, unless the four princes can find themselves, the one who really belongs to the heart, will have a good ending.
And as soon as this news came out, coupled with the mysterious death of Lord Shi's daughter before, in an instant, the people in the entire capital who wanted to propose marriage to the fourth prince stopped and held a wait-and-see state, and the emperor, because he had misunderstood Ji Chen before, even the girl with the Lord Shi also died, and he was not too embarrassed to get involved in Ji Chen's marriage, so for a while, Ji Chen's marriage was not forced by anyone.
By the time all these things have landed, more than a month has often passed, and Xu Wangfu has been closed for more than a month, and no one has come up to visit, but the things that should be known in Xu Wangfu are not falling.
For example, Xu Lan has been paying attention to Ji Chen's dynamics. And Xu Lan has been secretly worried in her heart, after all, Xu Lan can completely see Ji Chen's current situation, which seems to be strange and dangerous, and the most important thing is that as a prince, he does not have an extremely stable foundation, but he no longer has the emperor's favor.
A prince, the most important thing is the emperor's favor, if there is no emperor's favor, no matter what you do, it will be in vain.
But all Xu Lan can do is worry, after all, since Xu Lan last made her own opinion, although Prince Xu has eased the relationship with Xu Lan, he has also been very strict with Xu Lan and has never let her go out of the house.
Therefore, Xu Lan has been imprisoned for a month, he was originally lively and active, but now he only feels that his whole body is going to be moldy.
"Miss, Miss, the swing outside has been repaired, you can hurry up and play now!" I saw Bai Shu running in from the outside in a hurry, and said to Xu Lan with a happy face.
But Xu Lan didn't have any smile, she stretched lazily and said without interest: "It's swinging again, I don't want to play at all, I've been swinging almost every day for the past month, it's really boring." β
"But Miss, if we're not playing on the swing, what are we playing? Do you want to kick the shuttlecock? Or go kite flying? Unexpectedly, when Xu Lan heard this, her face was even more annoyed: "Don't play, don't play, these games, I play them every day, no matter how fun they are, it's not interesting anymore, I just want to go out of the house every day, take a good look at the outside world, even if I don't do anything, just go to the street for a turn, and I'm very happy." β
When Baizhu heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little melancholy, after all, Xu Lan was taking care of them in King Xu's mansion, and as maids, it was impossible for them to go outside to play crazy.
"It's a pity, Miss, the master has given a death order, no one can go out of the house recently, the only one in the entire mansion who can go out of the house, except for those grandmothers who buy food, the people, there is no one else at all."
When Xu Lan heard Baizhu's words, his eyes lit up, and he tentatively asked Xu Baishu: "Then you said that those grandmothers who buy food, as well as the people, when do they usually go out?" β
Baizhu didn't doubt him, and Xu Lan's expression was too careless, and Baizhu didn't think of going anywhere else, so he said obediently: "When can I have it, that is, every morning, when the sky is still dark, I go out to buy something, and then come back and close the door." β
When Xu Lan heard this, the excitement at the moment was even more obvious, she only went out in the early morning, and it was not dark at that time. Even if you put on the clothes of the grandmother who bought the food, or get into the car, you will definitely not be recognized, this is really God help me.
It's just that you can't be too hasty now, Xu Lan thought like this, raised her eyes and quietly glanced at Baizhu, seeing that the girl still looked innocent, Xu Lan couldn't help but blush, he coughed, and said, "Okay, okay, it's useless to say this, let's go out and play on the swing." β
Baizhu was naturally happy, and when he heard Miss say this, he hurriedly followed Miss out, and after a while, there was a cheerful laughter in the entire courtyard.
In the early morning of the next day, I saw a sneaky figure suddenly appear in Xu Lan's small courtyard, and that black shadow, dressed in black, looked slender, like a woman.
The ghost looked around, especially paying attention to Baizhu and the room of the maid where Bai Qi and they lived, and seeing that no one woke up, the black shadow obviously exhaled a long breath.
The black shadow didn't linger long, and directly quietly opened the name of the courtyard, looked around, and saw that it was still silent outside, after all, it was too early, and no one had gotten up yet, and the guards who were looking for it had just not patrolled Xu Lan's yard.
Speaking of which, I'm afraid I can see it, that black shadow is Xu Lan in disguise, Xu Lan really can't stand the atmosphere in this mansion, he has been locked up for a month, and he has to run out today no matter what, take a look at the world, otherwise he feels that he is about to get moldy.
When Xu Lan saw the scene in front of her, she couldn't help but be overjoyed, God really helped me.
Xu Lan didn't dare to stay longer, walked a few steps quickly, and walked to the kitchen of Xu Wangfu, where there were only two cooks, wearing clothes, muttering: "These days, Xu Wangfu is not allowed to go out, every day to buy food, you have to buy a lot of things, but it is really tiring." β
"That's not it, the whole house is pointing to these to buy and eat, let's just work hard for a few days, but after all, the monthly money in the last few days is still quite a lot, Princess Xu has never treated us badly, and there is no need to nag more, earn a few more money, and buy a few more pieces of candy for the little grandson of the family a month!"
When the other mother-in-law heard this, she also nodded and said, "That's right, forget it, let's go, if it's almost dawn today, we can get a fee for going back and forth." It's been a long time. β
Just when the two mothers-in-law were about to leave, they suddenly heard a "pop", and there was a crisp sound from the kitchen, the sound of plates falling on the ground, and then a few more cat meows, and the two mothers-in-law looked at each other and shouted: "Oh no, the wild cat is here again!" β
After speaking, the two of them hurriedly ran to the kitchen, and as soon as they entered the kitchen, they smashed a few plates on the ground, and the wild cat could not be found, they couldn't help but be furious, and carefully searched the kitchen, and scolded in their mouths: "Damn, fortunately, there is no greater loss in the kitchen, but a few dishes were broken." β
The two of them put their minds at ease, "If you want me to say, these dead cats deserve a good beating." Every day, I either broke the dishes, or stole the food, I was really angry, all these damages were counted on the two of us, how much money did the two of us make, where is there enough for these stinky hairs to spoil! β
Another person also echoed and said: "No, but there is no way, this cat runs and goes quickly, and there is no trace in a blink of an eye, hey, it is also sad." β