Everyone in the Xue family had just finished eating in the old lady's house, and before they all went back, they heard from the mother-in-law outside, "Someone from the yamen wants to see the Hou Ye." ”

Xue Chongyi and the second wife looked at each other.

The old lady groaned, "Let Mingrui's personal servant find it." ”

The woman was just about to receive the order, Xue Mingbai stood up, "The subordinates don't say good things, and they can't ask anything when they meet the people in the ya, so I'll go out and ask." ”

The old lady thought about it slightly, and remembered that Xue Mingbai was also steady, and it was indeed much more convenient to have an official position in his body, so she bowed her head.

Xue Mingbai hurriedly went out to see the people in the yamen, everyone was waiting for news in the old lady's house, and after a while, Xue Mingbai came back from outside, "It's a person from the yamen of the Criminal Department, I said it for a long time, and the person was willing to reveal a few words, only saying that there was some progress in the case of the Ministry of Works' embezzlement of ink, so he came to report to Mingrui." ”

The old lady raised her eyebrows slightly. She knew in her heart that Ming Rui went to Prince An's Mansion just for those greedy silver, it stands to reason that the news came seriously and it should be that Ming Rui found out the clues and led the people of the Criminal Department to handle the case, but now the Criminal Department came to the door first. The old lady looked at Xue Chongyi thoughtfully.

Xue Chongyi was also nervous, and his face sank, "Otherwise, let people go and ask Mingrui to come back, I'm afraid there will be a change in this matter." ”

Xue Mingbai looked at the old lady and said, "Otherwise, let the little guy next to the second brother quietly go to the palace to find the second brother, and I will go outside to inquire about what the situation is." ”

The old lady pondered for a moment, "It's okay, it's always safer like this, but you have to be careful not to let people see anything." ”

Xue Mingbai said: "Grandmother, don't worry. Qian hurriedly followed Xue Mingbai to change clothes. Brother Run, however, sat beside the old lady and fiddled with the maids' newly tied knots.

The nurse stepped forward to hug Brother Run, but Brother Run's calves were cocked, and he hugged the old lady's arm with both hands, refusing to let go tightly.

Second Mrs. Xue falsely reprimanded: "This child, let go of the great grandmother." ”

Brother Run refused to do anything.

The old lady said: "What do children know, let Brother Run play in my room, you go back first, and then come to pick up Brother Run." ”

The second wife said: "Brother Run is here, my mother is not resting." ”

The old lady waved her hand, "Where can I rest at this time, Brother Run is not a naughty child." ”

Qian obediently followed Xue Chongyi and left, leaving only the old lady, Li's mother and Brother Run, who was playing with Xue Yu, in the house.

The old lady half-leaned on the couch and watched Brother Run playing on the side, "I couldn't help sighing."

Mother Li was busy relieving the old lady, "It should be fine." ”

The old lady said: "Mingrui hasn't come out of Prince An's mansion yet, something happened over there, and he was really hit by the second child." She has already made some preparations in her heart, if the second child can hear it, others will naturally know about it, and this matter will be revealed sooner or later, which is not a secret.

Mother Li said: "In this situation, the old lady should not think too much. ”

Brother Run showed his favorite knot to the old lady, the old lady smiled and bowed her head, and Brother Run ran to pick the knot with Xue Yu in the basket.

Mother Li talked to the old lady, and Xue Yu led Brother Run to play in the suite.

"Which dynasty and which generation is not like this, the princes are-for-tat, there is only one position, who is willing to be willing to break the blood of the indisputable head?" The emperor also came over, but now he has changed his role" "No matter who you can't avoid it." "This is the heavenly home, that is, the ordinary home, when the children grow up, how can they be disciplined, teach with the words of the saints, obey the words of their parents, and inevitably educate some inconsistencies, resentment, and then there will be disasters.

After some time," Xue Mingbai returned to the house and said: "The Criminal Department has received a secret report, the silver of the Ministry of Industry's embezzlement of ink has been found, and it is afraid that it will be transferred overnight, and the Criminal Department has sent soldiers and horses to check." ”

The old man asked, "Did you say where to go?" ”

Xue Mingbai said: "It is said that it is on a Zhuangzi in Gyeonggi, but it is not said whose Zhuangzi it is." ”

The old lady said, "Have the people who went to the palace come back?" ”

Xue Mingbai said: "I haven't come back yet." ”

The old lady nodded.

Xue Mingbai said: "I'll arrange for someone to go outside to investigate, and I have other news to report back to the house." ”

Prince An stood up suddenly.

Ask the Qingke who is kneeling on the ground" "This king asks you, where is Du Tao?" ”

The Qingke said: "I was eating and drinking with him in the house just now, but then I don't know where he went." ”

Prince An slapped his palm on the table, his face turned pale, and he said sharply: "I raise you in the mansion on weekdays, so I know how to eat and drink and have fun" said and paused, "Come on, fork out all those people in the West Courtyard for me." ”

As soon as the door rang, someone came in, and the Qingke panicked even more, "Wang Cha......,... The prince was angry. ”

"Lord Wang", Xue Mingrui, who was sitting on the side, said, "Now is not the time to rectify the palace." ”

Prince An turned his head to look at Xue Mingrui, "Then you say, what should this king do?" ”

Prince An and Xue Mingrui were talking in front, and Prince An was sitting in the backyard.

The county lord stepped forward from time to time to comfort, but Princess An kept a straight face and didn't say a word to her daughter, Yongsheng can run out of the small courtyard, and he must have something to do with his daughter. blames her for being too arrogant and indulgent of these children on weekdays.

The county lord personally brought tea to Prince An and Rong Hua, Rong Hua hurriedly took it, and just about to say thank you, the front yard sent someone to say, "The prince and the marquis have entered the palace." ”

Prince An was very surprised, but Rong Hua's heart was put down.

The man said again: "When the prince was leaving, he also said that the princess should properly send Mrs. Wu Muhou back to the Xue Mansion. ”

Prince An nodded and looked at Rong Hua, "It's not too early, I'll immediately ask someone to prepare the carriage and horses, and then send someone to escort Madame." ”

She originally came with Xue Mingrui, but now that Xue Mingrui and Prince An have entered the palace, it is useless for her to stay in the palace, so she can only go back and wait for news.

Rong Hua got up to say goodbye, and Princess An said a lot of face-saving words, but she didn't pick up the box on the table and hand it to her.

Rong Hua smiled in his heart, he had never found it so difficult to refuse a gift from others.

The county lord's expression was a little sincere, "Madame must come and sit often when she has time." ”

Before Rong Hua walked out of the huā hall, a mother-in-law hurriedly entered the courtyard, saw Prince An and Rong Hua hurriedly saluted, and then stepped forward to talk in Prince An's ear.

Prince An's face became more and more ugly, and she was a little panicked when she heard it.

Ignoring Rong Hua by his side, he asked, "What about others?" Where are the people? ”

The mother-in-law said, "It's in the front yard." ”

Prince An said: "The prince and the prince are not at home" So what should I do? Then he said to the woman, "Let him wait in front of him, and I will ask him later." ”

The mother-in-law nodded and came down.

Rong Hua walked out of the door and got into the carriage of the Xue family, and as soon as the carriage left, Prince An and Princess An hurried back to the house with the county lord.

The carriage walked on the road, and Xu Da outside replied in a low voice: "Young lady, the house sent someone to see the Hou Ye, and it happened that the Hou Ye entered the palace, and the lady was not good at reporting in the inner courtyard just now, and now ......"

Rong Hua didn't wait for Xu Da to finish, "What about people now?" ”

As soon as Rong Hua's voice fell, a voice immediately said outside: "Young lady, little Gao Yue." ”

Rong Hua asked Gao Yue, "What did the mansion ask you to bring to Master Hou?" ”

Gao Yue hurriedly replied respectfully, "The people from the Criminal Department came to find Hou Ye and said that it was a matter in the Yamen, and the uncle went out to find out the news and said yes", and told Rong Hua Xue Mingbai's original words, "The Criminal Department has received a secret report, the silver of the Ministry of Labor's embezzlement of ink has been found, and it is afraid that it will be transferred overnight, and the Criminal Department has sent soldiers and horses to check." ”

Just now, Prince An said that something happened to Zhuangzi, and it must have been the Zhuangzi under Prince An's mansion that the Criminal Department went to check.

The Gyeonggi flood has not seen such a fast action in the imperial court, and I don't know if these people from the Criminal Department dare to enter Prince An's Zhuangzi to search, "I'm afraid that Prince An and Princess An are afraid of being convicted, and they don't dare to admit that Zhuangzi belongs to the palace, so those people took advantage of the loopholes to break in."

I don't know if Prince An has seen the emperor.

Rong Hua asked Xu Da again, "How many people did Master Hou bring to the palace?" ”

Xu Dadao: "When the Hou Ye leaves, let us all stay, and send the young lady back to the house properly, and I didn't bring anyone with me." ”

Xue Mingrui didn't even bring anyone.

Rong Hua said: "Xu Da, you have been by Hou Ye's side for a long time, you should know how to wait for Hou Ye's news, you take Gao Yue to wait for Hou Ye, I have so many people by my side, it will be fine." ”

Gao Yue responded, Xu Da hesitated for a moment, and hurriedly asked: "Young lady, Master Hou instructed the little one to send the young lady back, and the little one really didn't dare to disobey." ”

Xu Da has been following Xue Mingrui, who can understand Xue Mingrui's meaning better than Xu Da, Xue Mingrui's orders at that time must have no room for turnaround, just like he insisted on letting Xu Dalai be her coachman. Rong Hua could only say: "Gao Yue will go first, and when he arrives at the mansion in a while, Xu Da will go again." ”

Rong Hua's carriage entered the alley, and in front of it was Xue's mansion.

The man who was far behind the carriage stopped in his tracks.

Zhao Xuanhuan stood in the distance and looked at it for a while, and the little servant next to him came and said, "Mrs. Wu Muhou has entered the Xue Mansion." ”

Zhao Xuanhuan nodded.

As long as he heard the Xue family's turmoil, he was always relieved to come and hear her news.

Unexpectedly, Xue Mingrui went to Prince An's mansion, and she also followed.

How can Xue Mingrui let his female dependents go into danger together.

Zhao Xuanhuan walked back slowly, his steps heavy and a little sad.

She liked that kind of inaction before, will she not get used to her current life?

Thinking of the moment she met him in his mansion in the clothes he gave her, her eyes were stubborn and firm, but she refused and alienated him.

Those eyes appeared in his mind again and again.

She came back to the world but didn't want to return to him, she was willing to marry someone she had never met, and how disappointed she was in him.

Rong Hua entered the house, changed his clothes and hurried to the old lady's house.

Brother Run fell asleep, and the old lady asked her to talk to the Qian family, and left Brother Run to live in the house.

Xue Yu was waiting for Brother Run to sleep, and Rong Hua and the old lady went into the inner room to talk about the palace.

As he was talking, Xue Chongyi, the second wife, and the eldest grandmother Qian entered the house.

Xue Chongyi asked Rong Hua about Prince An's mansion, "What is the situation in the palace now?" Where did Ming Rui go? ”

How can this kind of thing be hidden?

Rong Hua said: "The prince and the prince entered the palace together. ”

Xue Chongyi sank his face, "I said earlier that I would let you be careful, but sure enough, I said it, some rumors are that there is no wind and no waves, how can you understand at a young age?" ”

The second wife hurriedly compromised and said, "Your second uncle is also thinking about the family. ”

Xue Chongyi said: "Mingrui has worked hard outside, and finally there are some results", paused and looked at the old lady earnestly, "The emperor has a reward, if he is implicated because of this case, then how can he get it, Mingrui's reputation that he has worked hard to gain will be ...... What happens in officialdom is child's play. Now there are really people in the Criminal Department who can't hold back, and they want to take this credit first, otherwise they won't besiege Prince An's Zhuangzi. ”

These words are reasonable and unrefutable, not to mention that Xue Chongyi is indeed an elder, Rong Hua can only sit with his head down and listen respectfully.

The old lady said: "Okay, she can't understand what you said even if she is a child, so let's wait for Mingrui to come back and ask clearly." ”

Qian looked at Rong Hua on the side, as if he wanted to help speak, but he couldn't interject.

The second wife's eyes flickered, "That's what my mother said." ”

Xue Chongyi sighed heavily.

Fortunately, the old lady spoke for her, otherwise I don't know when this uncle's reprimand would have been.

Xue Chongyi just took advantage of the unclear situation to suppress her, last time she had to fight with reason, this time it was useless to say more, and it was okay to listen, Rong Hua had been sitting obediently on the side.

The second wife looked at the obedient Rong Hua, and her throat was faintly itchy. Where is the sharp mouth before?

Xue Chongyi said a few more words, Rong Hua didn't interject, he didn't have anything to say, and everyone dispersed.

Rong Hua went to see Mrs. Xue again, and then returned to the house.

Hibiscus had already prepared the bath water, Rong Hua took a bath and then lay on the bed reading a book, and Chunyao tied a bow on the side.

"It's already past a shift, right?"

Chunyao replied: "It's the beginning of the first shift. ”

At the beginning of the first shift, it has not yet quietly.

I don't know if Xue Mingrui's entry into the palace went smoothly, and whether Shi Jinzhou helped find the person who entrusted Shi Mian with his small family.

Today, Shi Er's grandmother brought Shi Jinzhou over, and Shi Jinzhou said that he had been sent to a distant relative's house, and it was this distant relative who drove him out of the door, and also told him where the rice shed of the Xue family Shi Mi who harmed his whole family was.

It's just that Jinzhou is still young, and it was dark when he was sent, and the family hid him in the firewood room and forbade him to come out during the day, and let the evil slaves send him out at night.

This passage, Shi Jinzhou said it intermittently, Shi Er's grandmother shed tears when she heard it, although she knew that Shi Mian deserved the crime of greedy ink, but except for the dismissed subordinates and Shi Jinzhou who ran out, everyone else was buried in the fire, and this end was too miserable.

She didn't want to use a small child to help her, but it was indeed easier to have Shi Jinzhou. So he hurriedly asked someone to call Xue Mingrui back to the house.

It's just that Shi Jinzhou can't quite recognize the location of that person's house, Xue Mingrui said that after nightfall, he will let Dingnan Bo Shizi take Shi Jinzhou to recognize it, and I don't know if there is any result.