The old lady looked at Rong Hua for a long time before closing her eyes. Rong Hua is right, she should be more calm in life and death, and leave the outside affairs to Rong Hua and the fourth child for the time being.

Xue Chongjie stepped forward and said, "Mother rest assured that I will send more people and will not let people from outside enter the house." ”

The old lady nodded lightly, then opened her eyes and looked at Rong Hua.

Rong Hua said: "Don't worry, old lady, there is me in the inner house." ”

The old lady pointed to Mother Li and Steward Yu.

Rong Hua bowed his head, "If there is anything unclear, ask Mother Li and Steward Yu." The old lady closed her eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.

As soon as the room was quiet, Xue Yi from outside came in and said, "Su Chang's family wants to see the old lady outside." ”

The old lady looked at Xue Yù.

Rong Hua said: "The old lady has a good rest, I'll go out and have a look." ”

The old lady shook her head.

Xue Yiyi willingly went out and called Su Changjiu's family over.

Su Changchang's family is not the mother in charge, and she is not qualified to see the old lady on weekdays, and now in this situation, everything is because of Su Changchang, and she can't manage it so much.

Su Changchang's family took Su Yougui to kowtow to the old lady, and he didn't dare to raise his eyes in front of everyone, "The old lady, the fourth master, and the young lady, it was Su Changjiu's bad heart, and he actually caused trouble outside, and our family couldn't atone for his sins even if he was cut with a thousand knives...... If you can die because of this, you will not be wronged. ”

Su Changjiu's family continued: "Su Changjiu is gone, and everyone says that the father and son repay the debt", "Saying that, he grabbed Su Yougui's clothes," and let Yougui go to the yamen to ......" The voice suddenly choked, "This can be regarded as an explanation." ”

Su Yougui was caught by Su Chang's family, and the whole person kowtowed to the ground, "The little one is willing to go to the yamen." ”

Rong Hua looked at Su Yougui who was kneeling on the ground, although his shoulders were a little shaky, his voice was firm, and there was no half-truth.

The two of them had already made up their minds before they came, otherwise Su Changjiu's words would be fast and anxious and he didn't want to have a chance to regret it, after all, he wanted to send his son out with his own hands. Rong Hua's heart was relieved, she didn't look at the wrong person, this family didn't think about shouting grievances or hiding, but wanted to bear it as much as possible. As subordinates, "they have nothing in their hands that they can hand over, only their own lives."

The old lady's gaze softened.

If Su Yougui is handed over, the yamen will no longer be able to say that the Xue family protects his subordinates. Su Changjiu's family at least has this kind of thought, Su Changjiu is an honest person in the mansion on weekdays, and when this kind of thing suddenly happens, maybe someone is using Su Changjiu as an excuse, and the real purpose is to harm the Xue family. Su Changjiu was just a victim. Thinking about it like this, it is even more logical, first arrested Su Changjiu, and then blamed Su Changjiu for murder, and used this as a reason to find the Xue family.

The old lady looked at Rong Hua.

Rong Hua saw the old lady's meaning clearly, and instructed Su Changjiu's family, "You guys should step back first, if there is an order, you will naturally be summoned." ”

Su Changjiujia cautiously picked up his head and glanced at Rong Hua, and immediately took Su Yougui and kowtowed a few more times before retreating.

Wait for the next person to bring the boiled medicine" Rong Hua fed it to the old lady, and then let Xue Yiyi come forward to serve, Rong Hua instructed the maid in the house, "Don't tell the old lady about her serious illness." "If Second Mrs. Xue knew that the old lady couldn't speak at this time, maybe she would have other thoughts in her mind. After all, Second Mrs. Xue has been in charge of the house for a long time, and she will not watch her arrange the affairs of the mansion single-handedly. Everything is imminent, and she has no time to deal with Second Mrs. Xue, after all, Second Mrs. Xue only values the interests of the inner house, and does not care about any political affairs.

Xue Chongjie, Rong Hua, Steward Yu, and Mother Li went to the side room to talk.

Xue Chongjie sat down calmly and listened to Steward Yu explain the situation outside again.

"I heard that Prince An recommended a Taoist priest to the emperor."

Xue Chongjie was stunned, the emperor's health was deteriorating, and he was becoming more and more dependent on Jinshi Pill, could it be that Prince An catered to the holy will and sent a Taoist priest who was good at alchemy?

In the electric light, Rong Hua suddenly remembered, "Is it a very famous Taoist priest in Gyeonggi some time ago?" The last time it rained in the capital, he predicted it first. ”

Steward Yu said: "It's that Taoist priest." In the past two days, it has been secretly rumored in Beijing that the emperor dug up a box in the capital to pray for rain, and then the Taoist priest was beheaded. ”

Is the emperor praying for rain in the capital related to the Taoist priest? Why was the Taoist priest beheaded when he dug up the box? Prince An, who recommended Taoist priests, sent his family out of the capital, Prince Zhuang deliberately hid in the capital, and Prince Zhuang's mansion was heavily guarded as if he was guarding against anyone......

Prince Zhuang first used the death of the eighth prince to hit the imperial concubine's faction hard, "Now are you going to use the Taoist priest to ...... Prince De'an and rebel...... Thinking of these two words, Rong Hua suddenly sweated.

As we all know, Prince An does not have the conditions for rebellion, although he is the eldest son and mother of the emperor, his status is low, and Prince An himself is not particularly liked by the emperor.

What's more, in order to rebel, in addition to the support of civilian officials, it is also necessary to have the military power of military attachés.

Military.

Something that had been clueless suddenly brightened up in front of her eyes.

Prince An wanted to force the Xue family to rebel with him.

Since Mrs. Xue Shangxiang met the Taoist priest, the second master Xue took Xue Mingbai to accompany the third master and his family, and Xue Mingrui temporarily took over the Ruijian camp.

Now that the time is calculated, Xue Mingrui left Beijing to welcome the saint back to Beijing, and most of the Xue Mansion is fù widow......

After a while," Rong Hua took a deep breath and asked Xue Chongjie as calmly as possible, "Fourth uncle, how many family members are there in the mansion that can be used?" ”

Xue Chongjie thought for a while, "I just ordered someone to check, there are a few people in the house who don't have much strength, and they all followed the second and third brothers to accompany the capital, and now there are only more than 30 people left." ”

With the status of Prince An, there are more than dozens of shì guards who can be used in the mansion, plus the official errand of the Shunya Mansion......

The courtyard in the mansion that had just been repaired a few days ago, the old lady instructed the craftsman to increase the wall a few points higher, but the courtyard in the mansion was too big and there were not so many manpower, in case people came in......

Xue Chongjie frowned, "Are you afraid?" ”

Rong Hua nodded, "Shuntianfu will not bring so many people to the door to handle the case, and the people I sent out have not returned, I'm afraid I'm ......"

Steward Yu said: "The people who the young lady ordered to go out are not like I know that there is a door in the small courtyard in the south that can lead to the mansion, I am afraid that they are stopped by the people in the yamen and care about the outside of the mansion." ”

Rong Hua said: "Even the imperial doctor who diagnosed the old lady's pulse was not allowed to enter the mansion", "After a pause, he paused and looked at Xue Chongjie, "Didn't the fourth uncle just say that the people from the yamen wanted to go to the lower room to search."

Xue Chongjie's eyes widened, "You mean they want to enter the mansion?" ”

Rong Hua nodded. I started to want to enter the house logically, so that no more people would know. Once the goal is not achieved, maybe you will have to forcibly enter the palace, "Hou Ye has military power in his hands, I'm afraid someone will coerce Hou......"

Wait until those officers and soldiers come in, take the old lady as a threat, or send the old lady out of Beijing like Prince An" The final result is likely to make the emperor mistakenly think that the Xue family is rebelling with Prince An.

There was a sudden silence in the room.

Xue Chongjie said: "Let the family members be divided into several teams to patrol the house. Avoid people from entering over the wall and light all the lights in the yard......"

The officers and soldiers extinguished the torches, most likely because they didn't want too many people to know, and if they found out that the Xue Mansion was aware, they would definitely find a way to enter the mansion as quickly as possible.

Rong Hua's calm expression gradually took a little resolute, "I still handed the letter out, and said that the old lady agreed to let the people from the yamen go to the next person, but the house needs to make some preparations, after all, there are too many family members to avoid." ”

Xue Chongjie was a little surprised, "That won't be hidden for too long." ”

Steward Yu didn't care too much and said: "If you want to leave the house, it's not impossible" From the small courtyard in the south around the hills, you really know that the road will not take too long. It only walks narrowly and can't accommodate too many people. ”

Too many people are also noticeable when they are gone at once.

The officers and soldiers outside should still have some patience," she was worried about, "......" the old lady's illness, but she was afraid that she would not be able to withstand such a toss.

Li's mother said: "Even if you use your shoulder, you will inevitably bump. ”

Rong Hua's heart moved, "Can the courtyard in the south be cleaned up, protect the old lady first, in case you can't stop the people outside, the south courtyard can also find a way to get out." "You can't just wait for a fluke, in case the family can't stop people from entering the house", there is no room for turnaround.

Xue Chongjie looked at Mother Li, "Can the old lady's body stand this arrangement?" ”

Mother Li thought for a moment, "There is also a soft dog in the house, if the time is not tight, let people lift it slowly, there should be no mistakes." Rong Hua nodded, "The small courtyard in the south still needs the fourth uncle to check it out, after all, the backer is far away, and there is no family on weekdays." ”

Xue Chongjie said: "I'll go over there with a few family members to make arrangements." No matter how to ensure the safety of the mother. Saying that, he looked at Rong Hua, "...... here"

"I asked people to go and talk to the second and fourth aunts, and let them pack up their things and go to the South Courtyard to take shelter temporarily."

Xue Chongjie hesitated, "What are you going to do?" ”

Rong Hua's expression was calm, "Time should be enough, I'll wait for the fourth uncle to arrange the South Courtyard, and then leave a few family members over." ”

Xue Chongjie still hesitated.

Rong Hua persuaded again: "Seeing that there is going to be a curfew, I'm afraid I won't have time if I don't arrange it." ”

Except for Rong Hua, no one can sit here, let Rong Hua go to the South Courtyard first, he is not at ease, I don't know if it will be safe over there, there is no better way to think about it, and it can be like this now.

Xue Chongjie stood up, "I'll go and talk to my mother." ”

"Fourth uncle," Rong Hua stopped Xue Chongjie, "only told the old lady that we would all go to the South Courtyard one after another." "It's too clear, the old lady may disagree. She stayed and waited until her family really couldn't guard the gate, so she let the fourth uncle escort the old lady out of the house. As long as the old lady does not fall into the hands of Prince An, it will be easy to make it clear even if there is something in the future, the old lady is the eldest princess after all, and she is different from others in front of the emperor. Otherwise, even if Xue Mingrui just went to meet him, he would not be clear in the future, as long as it involves rebellion, from ancient times to the present, he would rather kill by mistake than let go, Xue Mingrui's identity is special, and he has the blood of King Xuan on his body.

Ren's mother hurriedly entered the house, and Mrs. Xue was lying on the soft couch to let the cuckoo dye Kodan.

Ren's mother accidentally tripped and fell, and the cuckoo was just about to help, but Ren's mother hurriedly waved her hand to let the maids in the house retreat.

Second Mrs. Xue looked at Ren's mother's embarrassed appearance and couldn't help laughing: "I don't know, but you are being chased by ghosts." Hurry up and don't let people see the jokes. ”

Ren's mother was like a tense string, and she could only see that Mrs. Xue's mouth was closed one by one, but she didn't listen to anything.

"Madam," Mother Ren said in a trembling voice, "The young lady said that she wanted Mrs. and Miss to pack up their things and go to the south courtyard for shelter for the time being. ”

Second Mrs. Xue's smile froze on her face, "What are these words?" Let me take refuge in the South Courtyard? What is the South Courtyard? Why did I hide? ”

Ren's mother said: "The young lady said that the people from the government may enter the mansion. ”

Second Mrs. Xue sneered and simply sat up from the soft couch, "What does it have to do with me when people from the official mansion enter the mansion." They are looking for Su Changjiu's master, and the only one they should be afraid of is her, Tao Ronghua. ”

Ren's mother persuaded: "I heard that the old lady's house is already being prepared, and the fourth master took someone to the south courtyard to clean up, and wants to temporarily place the old lady in the south courtyard." ”

Second Mrs. Xue raised her eyebrows at this time, "What the hell is going on?" "Tell the cuckoo," said the cuckoo, "Bring me my coat and put it on, and I will go to the old lady." Rong Hua helped Mrs. Xue pack up the things she was carrying, and instructed Yishuang, "Take good care of your mother, if you hear the sound of firecrackers, follow Steward Yu out of the house." ”

Mrs. Xue was already shocked and looked at Rong Hua, "Then when are you going to go to the Southern Courtyard?" ”

Rong Hua smiled as much as he could, "I'll go over when the fourth uncle comes back." ”

Xue Yishuang next to him looked worried, and took Rong Hua's hand, "Sister-in-law, otherwise I will stay to help my sister-in-law, and I will have a companion." ”

Rong Hua shook his head, "Time is pressing, you accompany your mother to the South Courtyard to take care of the old lady first." ”

As soon as she said this, Gu's mother came in and said, "Madam, Miss, the old lady's side has been cleaned up, and Mother Li came over to ask here." ”

Mrs. Xue nodded, looking at a few panicked maids in the room, "Okay, okay, don't take those things, it's important to go over first." Ru Juan and Ru Mei put down their things like a door g, picked up their baggage, and went out with Mrs. Xue.

Seeing that the old lady, Mrs. Xue, and Xue Yishuang went to the South Courtyard, Rong Hua breathed a sigh of relief, and was just about to ask the fourth lady about the situation, when he took a step and seemed to step on the cotton huā, and his eyes were also black for a while, and he couldn't stand anymore and fell down.