Chapter 369: Ah Xiu (Second Shift)
His father's hands were wide and heavy, but he couldn't calm Han Youning's uneasiness.
"That dream is very real, my father was captured by King Chengjun and beheaded at the noon gate. Father, I'm very unsure. Think about it, what is your reason for killing the king?"
Han Jun had no choice but to answer her seriously, so that her daughter could feel at ease, "My father will definitely not do that kind of rebellious thing, and the Dingguo Mansion has been loyal for a hundred years, how can I ruin this reputation in my hands." Don't worry, even if the emperor is suspicious of me, I will do my duty as a courtier and will not do that kind of murder."
Han Youning hoped that her father could tell the reason, and she and Zhao Chengyuan would prepare in advance.
Han Jun saw that his daughter was still unhappy, so he laughed loudly, "I still want to ensure your happiness for the rest of your life, and I am still waiting to be my grandfather, how can something happen casually, you can rest assured!"
Han Youning held her hand back, "Father counts when he speaks."
Han Jun laughed, "Silly girl, naturally count!"
Han Jun easily coaxed his daughter, and when he saw that she was smiling and groaning again, he left the house.
As for staying for lunch, forget it. That son-in-law, he didn't want to see that much.
At noon, Han Youning woke up from a nap, and Ling'er came in to pass the word, "Princess, the prince asked you to go to the outer study."
Han Youning was a little puzzled, if Zhao Chengyuan had something, he usually went back to Yongxitang directly to say it, and he had never passed on like this.
She got up and freshened up and went to the outer study.
Huo Shan is in.
He didn't have any contact with Zhao Chengyuan on the surface, it was unusual to come over during the day, especially when Zhao Chengyuan specially called her over......
Han Youning's eyes flashed with joy, "Uncle Shi is here today, but there is news from the eldest cousin?"
Huo Shan clasped his fists and saluted, "The grass people have seen the princess. I don't dare to be the princess's uncle, the princess still calls the grass people like the prince."
Han Youning didn't insist anymore, and took a few steps forward, "Mr. Huo, but you found your eldest cousin?"
Huo Shan took two steps back and kept his distance, "Grand Master Chen...... There is no news yet, and the grass people have sent additional manpower, not only in Jiangnan, but also in other places in the Great Zhou, but there is no trace of him at all."
Speaking of these, he was very frustrated, it is said that a scholar is not good at hiding traces, and it is not difficult to find it. But there was no trace of it, which was a very strange thing.
The brilliance in Han Youning's eyes dimmed, "Haven't you heard any news yet......?"
In his previous life, his eldest cousin fell into the water in a boat and died in February, on the way from Jiangnan to Beijing.
She walked up to Zhao Chengyuan and sat down, "In the spring of March, if the eldest cousin doesn't know the news of the Chen family's extinction, he will definitely come to the capital for a scientific expedition. You send people to keep an eye on the passenger ships along the way from Jiangnan to Beijing, especially the Wuzhou River section, which is the most prone to accidents in that generation of fog. Send more water-savvy men to patrol the area."
Huo Shan is very strange, the princess said too surely, from the south of the Yangtze River to Beijing, there are water and land routes, why is the princess sure of the waterway?
Zhao Chengyuan said on the side, "You just do what the princess tells you."
Huo Shan arched his hand and said, "Yes!"
Zhao Chengyuan pushed a plate of peeled and cut apples to her, "I asked you to come over to talk about another matter."
Huo Shan stood with his eyes down, secretly surprised.
The prince was talking to him just now and peeling apples, it turned out that he was peeling for the princess?
"What's the matter?"
Han Youning naturally stuck the apple in a skewer and ate it. Recently, I was fed by Zhao Chengyuan, and my appetite is getting better and better, and the meat that is easy to lose is slowly coming back. Zhao Chengyuan was happy, and every time she watched her eat, she was relieved, but she felt that she looked better when she was slender.
Zhao Chengyuan said, "Yu Niang's daughter, I found it."
"Really? Where is it? Are you alright?" Han Youning didn't swallow a mouthful of apples, so he puffed out his cheeks and asked three times in surprise.
"Swallow it first." Zhao Chengyuan waited for Han Youning to slow down, and said, "After she escaped from killing people in the Qinglou that day, she was rescued by the three princes, changed her name and surname in the mansion and became a maid, and later became the concubine of the three princes."
Han Youning couldn't help but think of the concubine mentioned by his father
, asked, "Did she go to the Dingguo Mansion yesterday?"
"Back to the princess, exactly." Huo Shan answered and gave a detailed account of the investigation of the secret agent.
The three princes only have one concubine.
To be precise, she is no longer Zhao Yin's concubine - when General Cen was detained a few years ago, Zhao Yin found a head to drive Ah Xiu out of the Three Princes' Mansion, sent her to a small town hundreds of miles away, bought her a field property, and made up the identity of a widow.
After the year, she should have received the news of the detention of the third prince, and rushed back to the capital yesterday. She first went to the prince's mansion to ask to see the prince, kowtowed at the gate of the mansion and fainted, and the prince did not see her, and was later carried to the Three Princes' Mansion by the people of the prince's mansion.
She probably knew that the third prince had some personal relationship with the Duke of Dingguo, and after waking up, she went to the Mansion of the Duke of Dingguo. After coming out of the Dingguo Mansion, she guarded the gate of the Dingguo Mansion without eating or drinking, which should have some hope for the Dingguo Mansion.
In the first month of the year, the night was bitterly cold, and she was a weak woman, huddled under the root of the wall and carried it all night, kowtowing when she saw people coming out.
Han Youning frowned.
No wonder my father was soft-hearted. Ah Xiu is about the same age as her, and she has a true temperament, and her father already has a sympathy for Zhao Yin, so he moved his heart of compassion and started to enter the palace to intercede for Zhao Yin, right?
My father came to the Jin Palace's mansion today, and I am afraid that he also wanted to explore the meaning of her and Zhao Chengyuan before making a decision.
It's just that how can it be so coincidental that Ah Xiu is Zhao Yin's concubine? If Zhao Yin is executed, how can Ah Xiu live if he is so fierce?
Zhao Chengyuan looked at Han Youning with a sad face, "After Duke Dingguo left the palace, he rejected Ah Xiu when he went back. Ah Xiu came to the gate of the Jin Palace, kneeling, and now in the gatehouse, I want to ask, what do you think?"
In her previous life, Yu Niang died tragically in order to protect Ning Ning's innocence. He knew the weight of Jade Niang in her heart. Now that Yu Niang's daughter has been found, it is a happy thing, but once something happens to Ah Xiu, I am afraid that Yu Niang will be completely defeated.
So even if he hated Zhao Yin, he couldn't deal with this matter privately, and he still had to ask You Ning what he thought.
Han Youning was silent.
There are three paths ahead.
The first way, I recognized Ah Xiu and didn't save Zhao Yin. Yu Niang found her daughter, but it is hard to say whether she may be able to keep this fierce daughter. Then the rest of her life is very likely to be a tragedy.
The second way, don't recognize Ah Xiu, don't save Zhao Yin. Everything is the way it was, and Yu Niang has some hope in her heart, even if she is lost, she will not collapse.
The third way, recognize Ah Xiu and save Zhao Yin. It's just that the third prince has now been detained, and there is no turning back from the bow, and I am afraid that many things will not be able to turn around. Zhao Chengyuan seems to have exerted his strength in it, if he goes back on his word, Emperor Qingming will be jealous of him, but will it be up to his will?
She said, "I'll see her first."