After seeing He Xiaoqiao and confirming that she was really safe and sound, Xiangyang Wang and his wife left together after eating.

He Xiaoqiao spent a while writing down the materials and steps for making a Buddha jumping over the wall, and called Ying Tong to tell him to invite Steward Du of Taibai Building tomorrow.

When she came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, she found that the night was dark, and after drying her hair, she arched to Jiang Fenghao, who was leaning on the bedside and reading, and slept contentedly with his arm like an octopus.

Jiang Fenghao sat alone for a while, and when he saw the person beside him frowning in his sleep, he knew that he was making the child in his belly make a fuss again, so he put down his other hand holding the book and gently rubbed her towering belly to comfort her.

He Xiaoqiao's tightly furrowed eyebrows finally loosened, and he subconsciously moved his stomach to the pillow, found a comfortable position and fell asleep again.

Jiang Fenghao lay on his side with his elbows against the bed board, held his chin and lifted the hair on her face one by one with his hands, looking at her defenseless and sleeping, the corners of his mouth hooked up a gentle smile, and waved his hand to extinguish the light.

Outside the window, the moon shadow slanted westward, sprinkling a quiet silver white.

On the other side, the mansion of Wang Cong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who was also in the capital, was in chaos, and the small maid and the courtyard were all shuttling around the mansion with hurried expressions, and many people were about to go out with torches, and the women's mournful cries were heard from time to time in the flower hall in the backyard.

"I said sister, don't worry about crying." A slightly mean-looking woman said with a gloating smile on her face, "Maybe the second lady in our house just forgot to come back because she was having fun elsewhere, and it doesn't necessarily mean that people were kidnapped......

"Shut up!" Wang Cong, who was sitting on the main seat waiting for the news, slapped the table heavily and shouted, "Don't you think it's not messy enough here?" ”

The woman pursed her lips, looked at the princess who was gritting her teeth and glaring at her, snorted, and turned her head to say no more.

"Master," Mrs. Wang wiped her tears with a handkerchief and sobbed, "You must find Zi'er back, Zi'er has already suffered a lot outside, how long has it been since she came home, how can she ......?"

Before he could finish speaking, there was another whimper.

Wang Cong made her cry so upset, she wanted to scold the concubine with Fang Cai, but in the end, she had followed her without regrets for many years, so she eased her tone and said in a low voice, "Zi'er is our daughter, and I, the father, will naturally get her back as soon as possible, so don't worry too much, madam." ”

"What Daddy said is," the eldest lady standing next to Mrs. Wang responded, and whispered comfortingly, "Mother, don't worry, Zi'er Ji people have their own natural appearance, and this is the foot of the imperial city, presumably the thief doesn't have the courage to attack the second sister." ”

"Yes, no one dares to attack her, maybe she is going to go with someone!" The mean-faced woman laughed again, and the words that came out immediately made everyone in the flower hall change their faces.

Mrs. Wang was so angry that her chest rose and fell violently, and she almost lost her breath. The eldest lady glared at her hatefully, "Zi'er is the second lady in the house, and my aunt is also from the Wang family, how can she talk such nonsense?" ”

"Where am I talking nonsense?" Aunt Zhu, who had a mean face, waved her handkerchief and glanced back with a look of indifference, "Now there is no one in the capital who doesn't know, the second lady of our Wang family wants to be the side concubine of Changning Palace, and she goes around and tells people that King Ning will not marry in this life, maybe people will be in other people's palaces at this time!" ”

"What?!" Because he was busy with court affairs and was a standard machismo, Wang Cong, who had never asked much about the affairs of the inner court, heard this, his head immediately buzzed, and the whole person stood up from the chair, and the green tendons on his forehead were about to pop up, "What the hell is going on...... Say it again, tell me everything you know! ”

"Old man......" had known about this for a long time but had been suppressing it and not saying it, as soon as Mrs. Wang heard her husband's questioning, she immediately felt weak in her heart, and she couldn't care about crying, so she quickly wanted to explain out loud, "This matter is actually ......"

"Shut up!" It is definitely a big deal to provoke Jiang Fenghao, Wang Cong is now as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and he can't care about thinking about the old feelings for a long time, he glared at Mrs. Wang viciously, and said angrily, "It's all the good daughters you taught!" What is the identity of King Changning? Who are we? I sent her out to save her life, but I didn't expect her to come back this time and obsessively provoke others! Look at it, if King Changning doesn't care, it's fine, if he is unhappy, our Wang family will be all finished! "The fate of the Lou family is obvious to everyone!

As soon as these words came out, the flower hall was immediately as silent as death, Mrs. Wang looked at her husband in a daze, her mouth opened, and she couldn't say a word for a long time, but Aunt Zhu immediately called out, "What? For the sake of the second lady, you have to bet on the entire Wang family? So what should we do with Brother Qing'er? He is not yet ten years old...... Master! Master, you've got to think of a way to do it! If you really can't do it, you will cut off the relationship with the second lady and expel her from the house......"

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she immediately exploded, and she rushed forward and slapped Aunt Zhu with all her senses, and scolded hoarsely, "Zhu Liniang, do you dare to expel Qianzi from the mansion again, believe it or not, I tore your mouth first?" ”

"How dare you hit me?"

Aunt Zhu was beaten so that half of her face was swollen, but she was not easy to mess with, and immediately rushed up to grab Mrs. Wang's hair after coming back to her senses, knocked her to the ground, turned over and pressed her, and slapped Mrs. Wang's back and face like crazy, "Let you beat me, you slut!" ”

For a moment, the two were entangled together, scuffling on the ground to the point where there was no image. There were exclamations in the flower hall, and in the midst of the commotion, the eldest lady Wang Yanhong wanted to go over and pull away the two several times, but she didn't expect that in the end, she would kick her in the stomach, and at the moment she was holding her stomach and shrunk aside and shouting pain, and she didn't dare to step forward again.

"Enough!" Wang Cong's face turned blue with anger, and when he saw this, he slapped it on the table again, and when he withdrew his hand, he also dropped the teacup, "Shut up for me!" While instructing the maid outside, she came in and separated the two people who were scuffling on the ground, "Come on, pull them both down for me!" ”

When a few sturdy mothers-in-law heard this, a few bold ones immediately stepped forward to pull the person away, whispered a few words of reassurance, and finally put the two ladies back into the room.

Wang Yanhong shouted that her stomach hurt, and Wang Cong couldn't care about her, so she was sent back to the room together, but she didn't forget to find someone to ask for a doctor.

After all, she is also old, and she will marry into the Hou Mansion in a few days, and if something really happens at this time, it will be difficult to explain.

Thinking of this, Wang Cong's face sank a little more.

I forgot that there was such a thing as being angry just now, if I really annoyed King Changning this time, I am afraid that the marriage of the eldest daughter of his Wang family will also be ruined.

No matter how favored and powerful Guanlin Hou is, he is no bigger than the real royal relative of the King of Changning - if Jiang Fenghao really makes a move against the Wang family, needless to say, the Guanlin Marquis Mansion will definitely be the first to rush to withdraw from his relatives.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that there was a breath of air in my chest, if Wang Qianzi was in front of him at this moment, I would not be kicked out by him.

Stretching out his hand to summon a few family members, Wang Cong commanded with a calm face, "You go and find out, see if the second lady has been to Changning Wangfu today, and it is best to know what happened...... Don't startle the snake. ”

Several housekeepers answered, and soon rushed out the door.

Wang Cong sat alone in the room, his face sinking as if he could drip water under the candlelight, trying to think about how to deal with the possible impending catastrophe and protect the foundation of the Wang family to the greatest extent.

Time passed in a flash, and soon it was time for the sky to light up.

The person sent out to investigate the news had not yet returned, Wang Cong sat in the house all night and was sad all night, but he didn't come up with any solution, and finally had to change into court clothes with a haggard expression, planning to solve the matter in front of him first.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I arrived outside the main hall, I was surrounded by several ministers who were officials of the same dynasty.

"I said, Lord Wang, didn't you hear that Ling Qianjin had a big disaster? Why are you still relaxed at this time, haven't you already found a way to deal with it? ”

"It seems that Lord Wang really has the style of a gentleman, and at this time, he can still respond to all changes with the same, and he is an example for us to learn!"

"Brother Wang, why are you ...... Alas, it shouldn't have been brought back so quickly in the first place, you see this is a big disaster! ”

Although it was still early, through the dim light, Wang Cong could still see clearly the sympathy or schadenfreude on their faces, and his heart couldn't help but be sudden.

Could it be that they all already know about spreading rumors?

A face turned red in an instant, Wang Cong felt that his face was hot as if he had just been slapped a few times by someone crackling, but he still had to reluctantly hold on to a smile and pretend to be stupid, "What are the adults talking about, why can't the lower officials understand?" The little girl has always been out of the door, how could she get into a big disaster......"

"It's not that I said you, Lord Wang, I've worked with you for so many years, and I really didn't know you had such a means." The minister who had spoken sarcastically about him before cut off his words again, squinted and smiled, "There are many people in this capital who want to marry King Changning, but you are the only one who dares to do so." ”

Several other people also laughed when they heard this, and some people who had a good relationship with Wang Cong on weekdays sighed, shook their heads and passed by, without even coming over to say hello.

Wang Cong's heart was up and down, cold sweat was dripping on his back, and the smile on his face couldn't hold it anymore - the current situation was obviously wrong, it seemed that there were other things he hadn't figured out besides rumors.

The most hateful thing is that the person sent out can't find out the slightest bit of news and come back, if he can find out the ins and outs of the matter early in the morning, he will not fall into such a passive situation at this time.

was remorseful, and the crowd over there suddenly dispersed, and those who had good deeds deliberately raised their voices and shouted, "King Changning is here!" ”

Wang Cong's legs trembled, turned around stiffly, and saw Jiang Fenghao, who was dressed in a purple and gold court robe, and the gorgeous and dazzling Jiang Fenghao turned off his horse in a dashing manner, and strode into the Jinluan Hall with an indifferent expression without squinting.

When he passed over him, there was a knife in his eyes that was directed at him, and he was cut to the ground.

Wang Cong was cold, and before he could react, someone stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and said sympathetically, "It seems that the one just now was obviously really angry...... Lord Wang, you can do it yourself. ”

"Wait...... What the hell is going on? Why did he not understand - in addition to spreading rumors and causing trouble, what else did the evil girl in the family do that people and gods are angry about?

"What do you look like, it seems that you really don't know about this?" Someone next to him sneered, although he was gloating, he explained to him in the end, "Princess Changning had an accident before, and I heard that it took a long time for King Changning to save her." It's only been a few days of peace, how could I have thought that your precious girl wanted to be a princess and wanted to go crazy, and she really dared to come to the door to assassinate someone-who doesn't know that King Changning sees the princess as if she is an eyeball, if she has something three long and two short, I'm afraid there will be another bloody storm in Beijing...... Lao Wang, it's not me talking about you, it's better to hurry home and arrange the aftermath. ”

Miscellaneous...... What?!

Wang Cong's mind was buzzing, his knees collapsed to the ground, and he couldn't hear what the people around him were saying.

Assassination of the Princess...... That unfilial girl disappeared for a day and a night, and she actually went to assassinate Princess Changning!

Finished...... This time, the Wang family is really going to lose!

A burst of despair rose in his heart, Wang Cong's eyes darkened, his body shook twice, and then he fell headfirst to the ground.