Chapter 207: Shocking step by step
In the middle of the night, everything was quiet, and the lights in the Xuanshi Hall were still on.
In front of the table in the hall, a middle-aged man in a golden dragon robe, who was over fifty years old and had gray temples, looked at the music in his hand by the faint yellow candlelight.
It was an excerpt played by Shen Yifu, and the content was probably about Shen Yuzhang being placed under house arrest in the palace.
When Xiao Yan saw this, he couldn't help but have a headache, now everyone in Beijing couldn't hide it, and everyone was speculating about what had happened in the past month. If it goes on like this, it's not a solution.
It stands to reason that his emperor list has been posted for a while, and it is impossible for Xiao Qingyue not to see it, and he chose a concubine for Xiao Nanfeng. With Xiao Qingyue's temperament, it is impossible to know that these can still sit still.
Which link went wrong, Xiao Yan was a little puzzled.
In the hall, Sun Guihai, who was serving on the side, had been carefully observing, the movements of the people sitting in front of the table, and looking at the hours outside. He cautiously walked over and reminded him loudly.
"Your Majesty, it's not early, do you want to rest, or which lady to go to, and the slave will arrange it"
Xiao Yan heard the voice, closed the music in his hand, thought about it and asked. "I ask you, you went to the Linchuan Mansion before, did you find anything abnormal" Xiao Nanfeng would agree to choose a concubine obediently, he always didn't believe it.
Sun Guihai bowed his body and replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, the servants didn't find anything abnormal."
"I heard that the daughter of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites almost chose the concubine by mistake that day, and it was the fourth prince and the imperial doctor who drove the person to send it in person."
Sun Guihai listened, and paused slightly, it seems that someone reported the events of that day to Xiao Yan in advance.
Unhurriedly stated, "That's true, that day, the carriage of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites collided with the car of the Fourth Highness on the street, and the Fourth Highness personally drove the person over."
"This time the concubine is chosen, the sixth prince's favorite candidate is also the youngest daughter of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, have you noticed anything unusual about the new concubine?"
"The daughter of the Rite Squire's family has also seen it, and it is not unusual. Including the process of choosing a concubine, the minions also saw it, and everything was not abnormal."
Xiao Yan still half-believed, he heard that the concubine was selected that day, and those official women were teased by Xiao Nanfeng.
"Really nothing else has been found?"
"The minions don't dare to deceive, not to mention that there are so many Praetorian guards in the Linchuan Palace, and the Qin guards were also there at that time, if there is anything abnormal, the emperor will know as soon as the Qin guards ask"
Hearing this, Xiao Yan gradually let down his guard, he had already asked Qin Shu in private earlier. Qin Shu also said that there was no abnormality, it seemed that he was really thinking too much. But Xiao Qingyue has not appeared until now, which makes him feel very strange, and he thinks to himself, could it be that Xiao Qingyue has something that he doesn't know?
"Is the new concubine still in the palace now?"
"Back to the emperor, it's still there"
"Is there something wrong with this?" he always felt a little suspicious.
Sun Guihai looked like a person who had come over, and said with a smile, "After all, the sixth prince is young, and there are no other concubines around him in the past two years, so he is in a hurry, but it is also human nature."
Xiao Yan listened and didn't ask more, the emperor's suspicion made him dare not take it lightly, no matter whether Xiao Qingyue returned to Jiankang or not, it was inevitable that he would have a long night and a lot of dreams, he decided to make an order for Xiao Nanfeng to get married as soon as possible, so as to break the possibility of him and Xiao Qingyue.
But he didn't know that his decision was in the hands of several other people.
Xiao Youyu and others, who were guarded in the palace, were also released from the palace with the arrival of the news of the marriage of the six princes.
On the surface, they were free, but soon after Shen Yuzhang took Xiao Youyu out of the palace, he found that someone was following them.
At this time, the two were sitting in the carriage back to the house, and in order to take care of Xiao Youyu's pregnant body, the carriage was moving extremely slowly.
Shen Yuzhang always opened the curtains intentionally or unintentionally to look outside, Xiao Youyu couldn't help but ask, "Yuzhang, what are you looking outside all the way?"
Hearing this, the man lowered the curtain in his hand and told her what he had found, "Someone is following behind"
Xiao Youyu frowned instantly when he heard this, and probably thought of who did this, and only the person in the palace would do it.
"It seems that the emperor wants to find Qingyue's whereabouts through us"
Shen Yuzhang nodded and said, "The emperor first posted a notice that the sixth prince was seriously ill, and then chose a concubine for the sixth prince, but he failed to bring out Qingyue, this time he let us back, I think he wanted to get some clues from us" After speaking, he stared at the carriage curtain in front of him for a while.
Xiao Youyu couldn't help but follow his line of sight, his starry eyes flashed slightly, and his mouth replied, "I heard that Uncle Six Emperors is going to marry the youngest daughter of the Rite Servant's family, and I don't know if Qingyue knows about it, it's been so long, and there is no news from her, I'm really worried."
As the two of them said this, they looked at each other in unison, and then they both looked at the curtain that was hidden in front of the carriage...
At this moment, the little guy sitting outside the car, holding the reins in his hand to drive the car, looks like an ordinary attendant on the surface, and it is difficult for people to find out if they don't look closely, his ears have been moving slightly.
He had already heard the conversation between the two in the car!
After returning to the general's mansion, Shen Yuzhang helped Xiao Youyu to enter the mansion first, and then followed another carriage full of things rewarded by Xiao Yan, and the chauffeur was also left behind to help carry things.
In the mansion, Shen Yifu, Xiao Mingming and Shen Momei waited in the courtyard early, several people greeted each other, Shen Yifu repeatedly asked what happened, and Shen Yuzhang did not tell him the real reason behind this. I found something else and prevaricated in the past.。。。
When Shen Yifu saw that they could come back, he didn't ask any more questions, and after a few words, he went to deal with military affairs.
Seeing Shen Yifu leaving, several people then went to the courtyard where Shen Yuzhang lived...
Outside the courtyard, he was guarded by a few henchmen sent by Shen Yuzhang, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, Xiao Mingming asked anxiously.
"How could the emperor let you come back" Now that Xiao Qingyue's whereabouts, Xiao Yan has not found them, how could he suddenly let them come back...
After Shen Yuzhang helped Xiao Youyu to sit down at the small table in the courtyard, he replied, "Now there are different opinions in the court, and even rumors are rife in the streets, and it is not a long-term solution to trap us in the palace all the time. When we came back just now, we found that we were being followed."
Shen Momei immediately reacted, "Is it the emperor's person?" ”
Xiao Youyu and Shen Yuzhang couldn't help but nod at the same time, Xiao Youyu continued, "The emperor also sent someone to the mansion to monitor our whereabouts" The little guy who drove the car was the person sent by Xiao Yan.
At this time, Shen Yuzhang took over, "How did you find out" He didn't tell her in the car just now that there was something wrong with the little guy who was driving the car.
"When you get out of the palace and get in the car, you look out the window for a while, and then you stare at the curtain of the car, and when you say that someone is following us behind, I will know what you mean."
Shen Yuzhang couldn't help but look at his woman with some pride, she not only understood him, but also was so smart.
"That's right, after I helped you into the car, when I followed up, I passed by the side of the guy and found that the breath of the guy seemed to be there, obviously a master with deep internal strength and strong martial arts. He must be a spy planted by the emperor beside us."
When Xiao Mingming heard this, he interrupted, "I came to tell you that Princess Yue has returned to Jiankang and entered the Linchuan Palace."
Shen Yuzhang replied, "We already knew this when we were in the palace."
"How do you know?" Xiao Mingming couldn't help but wonder.
At this time, Shen Yuzhang walked to his side and continued to answer, "The sixth prince entrusted someone to bring us the news."
Shen Momei also became puzzled, "Who has such a great ability to enter the palace to deliver news to you?"
Shen Yuzhang couldn't help but glance at the people who were sitting, and saw Xiao Youyu nodding slightly at him, meaning that this matter could be told to them.
"It's the eunuch of the Xuanshi Palace, Sun Guihai!"
The two couldn't help but be stunned, thinking that these six princes were really good at it, and even the people around the emperor were bribed.
Xiao Youyu couldn't help but worry about Xiao Qingyue, who had entered the mansion, "In two days, the Sixth Emperor Uncle will marry the daughter of the Rite Servant's family, what will Qingyue do then?"
Now Xiao Yan has chosen a date for Xiao Nanfeng to marry the new sixth princess, where will Qingyue be placed.
Xiao Mingming hurriedly informed the two of them of this second news, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, Princess Yue was able to enter the Linchuan Mansion smoothly at that time, in the name of the second lady of the Lang family of the Ministry of Rites."
Xiao Youyu was stunned, "You mean, it was Qingyue who fraudulently used the name of the second young lady to participate in the selection of concubines?" ”
"Yes, otherwise, the sixth prince would not have left her in the mansion"
This time, Xiao Youyu was puzzled, "But how could Qingyue escape so many pairs of eyes and participate in the selection of concubines!" "Many people in Beijing know Xiao Qingyue, even if Sun Guihai was bribed to deliberately conceal it, but other people will not be able to recognize Xiao Qingyue.
At this time, Xiao Mingming explained, "Princess Yue can't enter the mansion with her original appearance, she has already changed her appearance in advance, and she has completely changed her face, and no one can recognize her."
Hearing this, the two of them suddenly realized...
Xiao Youyu was worried again, "Since Qingyue is fraudulently used, the identity of the second lady of the Ministry of Rites, when the Sixth Emperor Uncle marries, won't it be exposed?" ”
At this time, Shen Momei walked over to the worried person and sat down, and comforted, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, it's a coincidence, the youngest daughter of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites eloped with a folk man who had already been good with her before she wanted to choose a concubine. Princess Yue has just got a chance, even if she is married, as long as Princess Moon does not show her true face, she will marry at that time" This is really not a seamless good strategy.
Knowing this time, Xiao Youyu breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably...
Xiao Ming saw that they had their own thoughts, and couldn't help asking, "What are your plans?"
Xiao obviously knew that Xiao Qingyue's matter was not small, and it was also very big, and he didn't know that Xiao Nanfeng had the intention to rebel.
"The wedding of the six princes, when the emperor will lead the ministers to congratulate in person, we can only enter the Linchuan palace on that day, how to do it, but also from the long-term consideration"
Shen Yuzhang didn't plan to tell them about Xiao Nanfeng's desire to rebel, the more people who knew about it, the more danger there would be. Before we get there, no one knows what will happen in the end...
As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place, how could Xiao Yan have thought that Xiao Qingyue, who he has always wanted to find, married into the Linchuan Mansion under his nose.
Humanity is vast, the future is unknown, the journey of life is always full of accidents and variables, the variables that Xiao Qingyue wants to control, can he control it? . .