On the Changping long street of Xiliang Dajing, there are many well-known shops, there is no lack of teahouse wine, there are also four treasures of rouge gouache and study, such as the neon clothing bureau that is famous for selling silk and satin and other clothing, this has a foundation of nearly 100 years, it is said that the owner along the clan people and Dalong many famous families are good, get a lot of support, is to buy famous silk from Dalong with a steady stream of talents, the exquisiteness of the pattern and color fabric is not comparable to the ordinary silk shop on the market. It is said that the proprietor is a merchant of Dalong, and there are many skillful craftsmen on hand, and the hairpin ring jewelry style is new and exquisitely carved, which has attracted many noble women.

Changping Long Street is not a place for ordinary people, so although there are many shops, there are only horses or sedan chairs on the road, not the crowd of people.

It has reached the middle of winter, there is little snow in Dajing, the freezing rain is endless, this day is easy to stop a little, the clouds slightly reveal the bright color of the sun, the major markets are immediately lively, just because the West Liang along the important solar terms of Xi Dalong, since the New Year, both the noble and the low have to prepare the rich and simple New Year's goods.

In the hall of three rooms in a row of Zhenshan Pavilion, there are already many noble ladies sitting, selecting the new ornaments presented by the waitresses, and there are also guests who bring their own jewelry and jade raw materials, and communicate with the merchants very seriously, hoping to process them into the ornaments they want, so that they can make people shine at the New Year's banquet.

The hall was a little noisy, which showed that these guests were not actually the ladies of famous families.

The front of the street shop, in fact, only set up the reception counter and the tea case that makes people wait, jewelry and jade jewelry will not be directly taken out here to be picked, compared to the noise of the hall inside, it is not quiet here, the clerk is busy ushering in the delivery of tea and water, there are familiar guests to meet the right, but also smile at the relative gossip, or the road is narrow, in public.

When he saw a steady-topped tulip car parked in front of the door, he took two steps forward to see the words on the emblem, and bent down a few points at the waist, trotting forward to greet him.

The shop also fell silent for a few breaths, and a young noblewoman's dependent lowered her voice and explained to her relatives who came to Beijing from other counties: "It's Princess Donghua's driver." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw the eight white-clothed maids behind the car dismount one after another, waiting to the side.

An Jin held the palace maid's hand down, and listened to the shopkeeper's eloquent auspicious words, and entered without squinting.

Although the ladies immediately got up and saluted, secretly had a lot of envy and curiosity, but they were not surprised, Zhenshan Hall is famous in the capital, the wives and daughters of the three royal families often come and go here, and Princess Donghua is also a frequent visitor, so it is not worth talking about.

With An Jin's identity, she naturally would not deign to buy in the hall, but today she paused here slightly, instructed the big shopkeeper to greet her, and arranged for the clerk to greet the white-clothed maids: "It's almost the New Year, you also pick up two hairpin rings, which are my New Year's gifts." ”

When the white-clothed maids heard this, they were all pleasantly surprised.

So An Jin had only two cronies and maids by her side, and they followed her through the hall and went to a private room for entertaining VIPs.

Du Yuniang had been waiting inside for a while, and when she saw An Jin entering, she hurriedly stepped forward to greet her, and as soon as her knees were about to bend, she was helped up by An Jin.

"You two are here, don't let people in." An Jin instructed his cronies that these two maids who were not from the Dalong court, but "bought" after arriving in Xiliang, were actually arranged by Yu Feng and could definitely be trusted.

This elegant room has a three-story decorative shelf, which is actually a secret door, and at this time Du Yuniang pushed it open and led An Jin out.

Passing through the road, inside the hanging flower gate is Du Yuniang's usual living place, not a place to entertain.

"Brother, did he really come to Dajing in person?" An Jin still couldn't believe it until this time, although she received a letter from home in October, knowing that her uncle was enshrined as the king of En, and her brother went to Chu, she didn't want Yu Feng to sneak into Dajing not long after she arrived in Chuzhou, and sent a letter to her to agree to meet today.

At this time, as soon as I heard Du Yuniang say "yes", I saw a man walking out of the main hall, with an unfamiliar face.

"The first time the princess sees you, this is Jin Qilang." Du Yuniang said.

It turned out that Jin Qilang and Xiao Man and his wife went to Chuzhou to do business with the secret help of Yu Feng, and by chance met the rich businessmen of Xiliang along the clan, and was moved, as early as the seventh year of Yuanqing in Dajing opened an embroidery workshop, these years of cooperation with the Yanshi, the business has also done well, and also got acquainted with a lot of Xiliang dignitaries, Yuanqing eight years An Jin and relatives, under Yu Feng's entrustment, Xiao Man is more consciously familiar with the noble women, with her four arts since childhood and the eight sides of the cultivation of the eight exquisite, and even with many female monarchs with the surname have become "confidants", The status of merchants in Xiliang is not low, and with the introduction of the Yan family, Xiao Man has also become a guest at many aristocratic banquets.

Yu Feng understood the grievances and grievances between the nobles of Xiliang, partly relying on the Wei Ran brothers and sisters, and partly providing them by Jin Qi and his wife.

Although An Jin knew that there was such a couple, it was the first time to see a real person, she was deliberately suppressed by Xiao Xie's family in the Chu Wangfu in those years, except for the Weiguo Mansion, she rarely had the opportunity to go to the banquet, neither Jin Qi nor Xiao Man had ever seen it, only knew that Xiao Man was a friend of Yijing's boudoir, and the twists and turns of their husband and wife's affair.

Then followed Du Yuniang into the tea room behind the door in the main hall, and An Jin saw Yu Feng, who was talking to the woman in the next case, with the black-faced guard Gray Du behind him.

"Brother." An Jin only had a sense of realism at this time, and the corners of her eyes were already red when she stepped forward to salute, and as soon as she bent her knees, she was helped up by Yu Feng.

The woman also stood up and bowed: "Concubine Xiao asked Princess Jin An of Donghua." ”

"Sister, don't be polite, An Jin came to Xiliang, and my sister and Jin Lang secretly helped each other, and I haven't had a chance to express my gratitude." An Jin hurriedly helped Xiao Man up.

At this time, it was not the time to relate to the old days, everyone sat down in turn, Yu Feng immediately asked An Jin and Yi Jing about the details of the last meeting, Du Yu Niang and Xiao Man were naturally full of attention, when they heard that Yi Jing called himself "Qian Pan", and they didn't seem to know the princess, their expressions sank.

"At first, I also thought that it was inconvenient for my sister-in-law to recognize each other because of Jiyu's presence, but later, because of Jiyu's vicious words and provocation, my sister-in-law splashed her with tea, and when Jiyu left, my sister-in-law should have no scruples, but she also left, and it seemed that I was secretly surprised by the intention of letting her see the guest because of curiosity...... I became more and more worried, brother, could it be that there was an accident, sister-in-law didn't remember the past, was deceived by the monarch, I really thought she was Qianpan......" An Jin was worried: "The expedition of the monarch, I wanted to visit again, but then I heard that Mrs. Xue San was in the Maharaja's mansion, and she came forward to entertain, and even if she went, it would be useless, and my brother specially told me not to interfere, so I had to give up." ”

After these words, there was a moment of silence in the tea room, and An Jin saw his brother's solemn expression, and only sighed secretly, and couldn't bear to say anything more.

"It's also possible that Yijing pretended to have amnesia, trying to make the Maharaja relax his guard so that he could find a time to get out." Yu Feng said.

"The prince did not relax his guard because of this, and the concubine also inquired, and none of the female relatives who came to please him could see the princess." Xiao Man frowned slightly.

Since Yanzilou was deliberately exposed by Yu Feng, Zhenshan Pavilion has become a secret liaison office, Du Yuniang has already been advised not to act rashly, so although she was anxious after learning that Yijing was abducted, she didn't dare to inquire privately about the traces, and then hurriedly asked: "Can the prince think of a way, how should he rescue the princess?" ”

"It's definitely not okay to be strong, even if the princess has the opportunity to travel in the future, she can set up a robbery on the way, and it is impossible to get out." It was Gray Du who spoke, and during this time he deliberately secretly inspected the city defense of Dajing and the Xiliang border defense corresponding to Tongling Pass, and knew that brute force would not work.

"I already have some ideas about this, but if it's not feasible, I have to think about the details, and at the moment, the key is to determine what the situation is, because no matter what the plan, she needs to take the initiative to cooperate." Yu Feng groaned slightly, and suddenly asked An Jin again: "Jiyu's provocation is because she covets the position of the Lady of the Great Monarch, so what about the Hu family, what have you done recently?" ”

"The Hu family has been suppressed by the Qing family in recent years, and their power in the court is not as strong as before, and they are the head of the family and a drunken man, and they are now in decline, but the eldest son Boyang Jun is not worthy of his father, quite stable, he has two sisters-in-law Zheng Yang and Tongyang, both of whom are to be married, that is, the female monarch who visited Long with Princess Jin Yuan, and he has also seen his sister-in-law." An Jin shook his head: "My father Lan Jianggong doesn't like to associate with the Hu family, in order to make him feel at ease, I have no friendship with the Hu family's female monarch." ”

"The head of the Hu family wants to compete with the Qing family, but his son Boyang Jun has reservations." Xiao Man said: "Zheng Yang has a hidden disease, she accidentally fell from a height when she was young, she had epilepsy at this time, and the concubine had witnessed it with her own eyes, this matter is not secret, many people have learned that the royal family will not accept such a lady of the monarch anyway, so even if the Hu family wants to marry the monarch, the candidate can only be Tongyang." ”

"The lady said that Boyangjun has reservations, what does it mean?" Yu Feng asked.

"The concubine is good friends with Mrs. Hu, and often goes in and out of the Hu family, knowing that this Mrs. Hu has been very proud since she was young, and she is very concerned about the rumors that the monarch favors the concubine, Tongyang is the pearl of her palm, and she has a childhood sweetheart friendship with Mrs. Hu's nephew Gong Lang, whether Mrs. Hu or Tongyang actually don't want to marry the monarch, influenced by this mother and daughter, Boyang Jun also thinks that the possibility of his sister marrying into the Maharaja's mansion is very small, and he is as delusional as the Qing family, so it is possible to reinvigorate the family reputation. In the future, he will hold the power again, but although the head of the Hu family, Jun Jianggong, is good at wine and has no ability, he is extremely greedy and competitive, he has no ability, and he still holds on to the power of the family, and he does not focus on the overall situation at all, just for the sake of the momentary anger and the Qing family repeatedly disputed, he wants Tongyang to marry into the Dajun Mansion, completely to compete with the Qing family. ”

In this way, the Hu family seems to have only the head of the family who is bound to win the monarch, Tongyang itself is not willing, and the plan of the Hu family and son is to please the monarch and the surname Wan, not to compete with "Qianpan" or Princess Jinyuan for the future throne.

Yu Feng raised his eyebrows slightly: "An Jin, the Qing clan should have eyes and ears for jade turns, right?" After receiving An Jin's affirmative reply, Yu Feng smiled lightly: "Use them to spread the word that Jiyu was humiliated." ”

In this way, Hu's Tongyang can further understand the degree of favor of "Qianpan", and he has dispelled the idea of competing with him more and more, but he will not let go of this opportunity to suppress Qing's.

"There is a lady Lao, who has often gone to the Qing family's house recently, and admonished Mrs. Hu that this is an opportunity to suppress the Qing family, and she should communicate with the Dajun Mansion and find a way to get acquainted with the" Qianpan ", and the lady can bluntly say that she wants to take over the embroidery work of the Dajun Mansion, and hopes that Mrs. Hu and Tongyang will introduce it on her behalf." Yu Feng said.

This is to use the Hu family, so that Xiao Man has the opportunity to contact the beautiful scenery, although Yu Haoxi knows Jin Qilang, but should not have seen Xiao Man, Xiliang is not like Dalong, there are excellent embroidery maids in every house, in fact, most of the embroidery workshops in Xiliang are embroidery girls hired by Dalong, in order to tailor dresses for the nobles.

Xiao Man's embroidery workshop is hung under the banner of the Yan family, and the identity of the two of them who are not natives of Xiliang has not spread, as long as Jin Qilang does not come forward, Xiao Man will not arouse the suspicion of the Dajun Mansion.

"If you can meet the beautiful scene, be cautious, don't say much, just test whether she really has amnesia." Yu Feng instructed.

After calculating this matter, Yu Feng asked An Jin again: "Because of the Maharaja, the King of Xiliang is only afraid that he will shake the idea of establishing Jin Yuan as the prince, according to the third sister, what is Princess Jin Yuan's plan?" ”