The door was still closed.

This time, my heart became a little panicked, and I hurriedly grabbed the bronze knocker and slapped it twice hard, and the sound of clattering was even more harsh in such a night.

However, the door remained closed.

At this time, the two guards stood behind me, and when they saw this scene, they were also a little shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward: "Madam, this is-"

My hands were still clutching the bronze knocker, biting my lower lip and not speaking.

The two of them glanced at each other and hurriedly said, "I'm afraid that the gatekeeper inside will see that it's getting late, so I'll go to bed in advance." ”

"Madame, don't worry, let's help Madame wake him up."

After speaking, the two of them stepped forward, banged on the door vigorously, and said loudly: "Open the door, open the door quickly!" ”

"Open the door, Madame is back!"

"Open the door!"

I stood in the middle of the door and listened to them slam the door, and the two doors kept shaking, and the sound became more and more harsh, even alarming, but no matter how they slammed the door, and the door rattled, the door remained closed, and there was no sign of opening.

A cold wind blew from behind me.

I subconsciously looked back, the entrance of the house was pitch black, only two white marble carved stone lions stood on both sides of the steps, and the spacious street in front of the door was empty, only the empty long street left by the wind.

I was silent for a moment, and when I looked back, I saw that the two guards were already a little anxious, and even one of them kicked the door so hard that the door door boomed, and it seemed that the latch inside was a little loose, but still no one came to open the door.

The two of them became more and more anxious.

At this time, I said softly, "Forget it, don't knock." ”

The two of them were stunned for a moment, and then looked back at me: "Madam." ”

"It seems that the doorkeeper has gone somewhere else, and if he had fallen asleep, he would have woken up by knocking on the door like this."

"Then we-"

"Go down first."

"Huh?"

Both of them were startled, and immediately looked up at the dark environment around them, and hurriedly said, "Madam, we don't dare to go down like this." Gongzi also ordered before, if Madame does not return to Jinling safely, our head will not be saved. ”

I smiled faintly and said, "But I'm not back safely now?" ”

"But—"

"The door won't open."

"But we would never dare to leave Madame like this."

I can't see that they are very loyal, or rather, Pei Yuanxiu's words before made them dare not be disloyal, I thought about it, and said: "I don't want you to leave me, but I crossed the river to see the emperor today, and I have a lot of worries in my heart, and I want to take this opportunity to think about it." It's so lively inside, I'm afraid that the son and they haven't slept yet, and after a while he will go back to the inner courtyard, and when he sees that I am no more, he will naturally come out to find it. ”

"But this—"

Without waiting for them to say anything more, I smiled and said, "What I said won't even be useless." ”

The two of them were still a little hesitant, but looking at my slightly chilling eyes, they seemed to feel that the door was closed and I was shut out, which made me angry, and the two of them were not staying now, nor leaving, and hesitated for a long time, after all, they were intimidated by my gaze, so they could only clasp their fists and say: "Then, we will listen to Madame." ”

I waved my sleeves: "Go down." ”

Then the two of them turned and walked away.

This time, at the gate of the entire Jinling Mansion, I was the only one left, and the two cold white marble lions.

The night breeze blew from one end of the long street, carrying fine sand and fallen leaves, and flew to the other end of the long street.

I stood at the foot of the long street and paused for a moment before saying, "Come out." ”

The wind stopped.

The surroundings were so quiet that there was no sound at all.

At this moment, a tall and slender figure slowly walked out of the night and walked in front of me.

The man looked at me and said, "Meet the eldest lady." ”

I said with a faint and somewhat tired smile: "Xiao Gongzi, meet again." ”

He raised his head and looked at me with a smile, it was the gentle, jade-faced boy, the number two person in Xishan Academy-Xiao Yusheng.

I wasn't surprised that he would appear here, but before he spoke again, he smiled and said, "It seems that this time, it's really going to be hard for Xiao Gongzi." ”

He said with a smile: "The eldest lady commanded, don't dare to say bitter." ”

As I spoke, I smiled at him too.

A few days ago, on the night of Pei Yuanzhen and Liu Qinghan's wedding, on the red boat, I saw him follow Pei Yuanfeng to attend the wedding, and he said to me inexplicably, if you are sent, you can speak at any time, I also thought it was just a joke, but I didn't expect that it should be today.

I said, "Xiao Gongzi said that sentence to me on the boat that day, did Xiao Gongzi expect these things to happen?" ”

Xiao Yusheng laughed and said, "The eldest lady has been promoted, and even if she cultivates for a few decades, she will not be able to foresee the future like this." ”

"Then why did you say that to me?"

Xiao Yusheng smiled and said: "The bride is Her Royal Highness the eldest princess who was canonized as Princess Anguo, and the groom is the emperor's favorite minister, and the most powerful senior brother Liu in the south is recovered. ”

“……”

"Since many people don't want to see it, and these people are not little-known people, it is only a matter of time before something happens."

“……”

"If something happens to the eldest princess, Senior Brother Liu will inevitably be implicated; If something happens to Senior Brother Liu, the eldest lady will definitely not sit idly by. And the eldest lady is in this Jinling Mansion, and she is constrained everywhere, no matter what she wants to do, she is actually more than willing and not enough, so-" He looked at me with a smile: "Students should be driven." ”

Hearing him say that, I sighed.

There are some very simple things that outsiders can see through at a glance, but unfortunately, the authorities are confused.

Xiao Yusheng continued: "Actually, the students have been wanting to visit the eldest lady for the past two days, but the eldest lady is fortified in the inner courtyard, and it is not even easy to get close to deliver the news silently. Fortunately, now, there is a lot of trouble in them, and the gatekeeper has also been explained by his master, so that the student has the opportunity to show up and meet the eldest lady. ”

They're making a lot of trouble inside?

I only frowned, but didn't ask much, after all, business was not done yet.

I said, "Well, you should know what I mean." ”

Xiao Yusheng nodded: "Students understand." ”

"The emperor's meaning is very clear, he can't allow someone to rob the prison, because if he doesn't say it clearly, it will cause dissatisfaction among those princes and princes, and he doesn't want to make the situation strict, so if you want to do it, you have to do it in a righteous and bright way."

"Students understand."

"It's best to show who you are—" I glanced back at the closed door, sighed softly, and then said to him, "Those princes and princesses, there is no room for trouble. ”

"Students understand."

"Now that you understand, you have to prepare well." As I spoke, I asked, "Does Yuanfeng know about this?" ”

"Pei Gongzi knows, tonight the student came out to see the eldest lady, and he also knew that he would fully cooperate with the eldest lady's actions."

I nodded: "The day after tomorrow is the day after tomorrow, and you only have one day tomorrow." ”

"Miss, please rest assured."

“……”

Although his answers were simple and clear, and it seemed that he only appeared to come to me after he was mature in thought, but he reassured me, but I was never so easy to rest assured, after all, it was not an ordinary thing, but Liu Qinghan was going to the guillotine, if he couldn't be saved in time, it was really possible-

I couldn't believe it.

I can't let that happen!

Moreover, not only to save him.

I said again, "You get him back to Xichuan, in case he is dust-"

Xiao Yusheng smiled faintly, and then said, "Miss, please rest assured." ”

“……”

"The students of Xishan Academy have always listened to the head of the Yan family."

Listen to the tune or not?

I am not unfamiliar with this, but it came out of Xiao Yusheng's mouth, and it was the relationship between Yan Qingchen and Xishan Academy, which made me feel a little subtle, but if I think about it carefully, I thought about the qiē we experienced in Xichuan before, including Yan Qingchen's desire to let the students of Xishan Academy go to sea instead of him, and it was called the top three students, but in the end, only Xiao Yusheng, who was the second in line, Nan Zhenyi and Zha Bixing both shirked for some reason, and it can be seen that the Yan family's control of Xishan Academy is not complete.

Xiao Yusheng said that "listen to the tune and don't listen to the announcement", which is a very appropriate summary.

"Therefore, the eldest lady can rest assured that if there is anything wrong with Senior Brother Liu's return to Xichuan, Xishan Academy will definitely not sit idly by. Besides-" He glanced at me and said, "The eldest lady seems to have forgotten about it, and Senior Brother Liu has also received a generous gift from the Yan family." ”

"Generous gifts?"

I was stunned for a moment, before I could react, looking at his shallow and restrained eyes, thinking about it again, and immediately remembered.

What he said was the jade wrench finger that Yan Qinghan gave Liu Qinghan before he died.

That's not an ordinary jade wrench, what it represents is Yan Qinghan's family business! Although I still don't know how big Yan Qinghan's family business is, I heard that there were two mines that were handed over to him back then, which was already an amazing wealth, not to mention some other industries, with Yan Qinghan's ingenuity, after operating for all these years, his family business can only be bigger, and it is impossible to shrink.

So—

Xiao Yusheng laughed: "The eldest lady shouldn't worry about this for Senior Brother Liu. ”

I nodded slightly.

And then, he said: "The eldest lady should really worry about herself. ”

“……”

My eyes twitched, and I looked up at him.

Xiao Yusheng didn't look at me, his eyes looked behind me, the closed door, and then his gaze slowly moved upwards, to the sky above Jinling Mansion, which was slightly illuminated by the bright lights in the mansion.

My heart couldn't help but clench.

At this time, I asked the doubt that had been lingering in my mind just now-

"What the hell are they doing inside?"

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