"Princess, please speak."

"Please give me back the sword."

Ever since she stabbed Nie Xingji at the post station, the Shocking Sword has been taken into custody as a murder weapon, and it has not been returned to her. It was the only relic Chu Li left her, and she couldn't do without it.

"His Royal Highness also mentioned to me about the Amazing Sword." Ming Chenyuan pondered for a moment and said: "As the world knows, the Shocking Sword is a thing of Chu, and the last time he assassinated him in the post house, His Royal Highness also pushed it on the heads of the Chu people. If you take the liberty of returning the sword to you now, it will be harmful to you. Your Highness said that he would keep this item for you, and when the rumors subsided in a few years, he would return it. ”

"I hope he does what he says." Qingcheng also guessed that Nie Xingji would not immediately return the Shocking Sword to himself, so he stopped pestering and saluted again: "Farewell." ”

With that, she sat back in her chariot and walked away.

Most of the people on the road have dispersed, and the chariot has reached the foot of Qianxia Mountain smoothly. Xuanji Palace is on the top of Qianxia Mountain, Qingcheng intended to relax, so he got out of the chariot and planned to walk back to Xuanji Palace on foot.

After walking slowly for a full hour, she arrived at the palace gate, but saw a little Taoist girl standing at the palace gate looking around, as if waiting for someone.

Qingcheng didn't care about it originally, but the little Daoist aunt breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her, and hurriedly trotted to her side: "Master, a male benefactor just came to give you this brocade box, and it didn't take long to leave." ”

Qingcheng found out that Xiao Daogu was holding a straight brocade box in her hand, and she only glanced at it and knew what was in the brocade box. Remembering that Ming Chenyuan had mentioned to her today that Nie Xingji had returned to Fengyi, she guessed that this thing should have been sent by Ming Chenyuan on her behalf.

"It was sent by a young male benefactor?" Qingcheng asked again.

Xiao Daogu shook her head: "It's an older male benefactor." She compared the figure and appearance of the person who came, and Qingcheng understood that the person who came was Ming Chenyuan's coachman, and it seemed that he was also Ming Chenyuan's henchman.

Qingcheng had no choice but to take the brocade box from Aunt Xiaodao's hand, and instructed her: "You go and see if the coachman has come back, let him have lunch, and send me to Yongyefang." ”

*****

Two hours later.

Qingcheng's chariot stopped in front of the side door of Yongye Fang, Ming Chenyuan's private residence. She had heard earlier that Chenyuan did not get along with her family and moved out of the Ming Mansion to live alone. Standing in front of his private mansion at this moment, she knew that the rumors were true.

And it's no wonder. The eldest son of the Ming family married the queen's daughter Princess Jincheng, and the eldest daughter of the Ming family married the prince and became a good di, which shows that the Ming family and the prince are close; Only Ming Chenyuan, the second son of the concubine, has a close relationship with Nie Xingji. He is naturally an outlier in the Ming Mansion.

Originally, when Mingchen met in the palace today, she was reluctant to come, but she didn't expect the other party to force her to come.

Qingcheng sighed, and was about to report his home to the porter, when he saw a man in his forties waiting at the door, it was the coachman he had seen this morning, Mingchenyuan.

"The slave greets the princess." The coachman seemed to be waiting for her, leaned over with a smile, and hurriedly led her inside.

"People outside the party dare not accept this great gift." Qingcheng was holding a brocade box in his arms, and he knew that it was inconvenient to talk outside the door, so he had to follow the coachman into the door.

At first glance, this private residence is not very large. However, Yongye Fang is full of powerful ministers, and Ming Chenyuan, as a concubine, is not easy to buy a private residence alone in the workshop.

Qingcheng was led by a servant through the living room, and there was an exquisite garden in sight. Quiet and elegant, the water is clear and muhua, she asked as she walked: "This thing was sent to Xuanji Palace by the donor?" ”

The coachman glanced at the brocade box, bowed and nodded: "Yes!" The general ordered the servants to send it, saying that it was handed over to the people of Xuanji Palace, and there was no need to present it to you in person. ”

This was the same as Qingcheng guessed, and she asked the coachman again: "Is General Ming here?" ”

The coachman shook his head: "The general went out on an errand." ”

Hearing this, Qingcheng stopped, pondered for a moment, and handed the brocade box to the coachman: "In this case, please tell General Ming that this thing is not mine, and I can't ask for it." ”

The coachman was a little embarrassed, and waved his hand at her pitifully: "The general has explained, if you come to return this brocade box, no one can accept it." The general also said that whoever dared to accept it in the government did not need to be an errand here. ”