Chapter 251: Catch them all
"I'm just expressing my opinion, and you can do it yourself." Gu Changting waved his hand: "Go back, it's cold outside, wait for me to finish interrogating her, and then come and report to Madame."
"Phew!" Xin Nian smiled and took a sip, "It's rare for you to talk so sweetly." After watching her husband leave, I thought of the three children in Aunt Qiu's yard, and I didn't feel melancholy.
Because he returned to the house to do needlework, he could not calm down in his heart, and after thinking about it, he called the golden needle and instructed: "It's getting dark now, you go to Aunt Qiu's courtyard, and say that I will eat a pot at night here, and bring the fifth young master, the second girl, and the third girl."
"Yes."
Jin Zhen agreed, and here Xin Nian instructed Chunyu to clean out the two rooms, light a charcoal fire to warm them first, and find a new cover. Chunyu is very familiar with doing these things, and by the time the three children arrive, she has almost cleaned up.
Xin Nian just asked two sentences of Gu Yushu's homework, and then heard the sound of footsteps outside, and then Aunt Gu broke in, and she didn't know what she encountered, but her face turned pale with horror, and she just shouted: "Sister, can you know that the backyard is turned over today, Aunt Qiu and Yao Niangzi ......" Suddenly seeing Gu Shengxia, Gu Chengqiu, and Gu Yushu's three sisters and brothers, she hurriedly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and swallowed the rest of the words into her stomach.
"Erniang, what did you just say...... What's wrong with my mother?"
The third girl, Gu Chengqiu, looked at Aunt Gu with wide eyes, and saw her smile reluctantly, "No...... It's nothing, maybe I'm wrong."
Xin Nian sighed, got up and touched Gu Chengqiu's head, and said softly, "Aunt Qiu has something, your father is about to ask her, don't go back tonight, don't you like Siniang to be warm here?" Sleep with me after eating the pot, the bedding is all new, and the sun is full in the autumn, so you can sleep hot in the bed until dawn."
Gu Chengqiu blinked, and wanted to ask again, but Gu Shengxia held her hand, and listened to her whisper: "Thank you Siniang, in this case, you and Erniang talk, and my younger brothers and sisters will go to play with the fourth sister."
Xin Nian was a little surprised, looking at the child's reaction, as if he knew something, Yin Wen said, "Go ahead." Brother Feng and Liuzai are also in the house, Brother Shu'er, you go to them, I heard that they are going to have a writing competition today, and you will also compete with them."
"Yes."
Gu Yushu agreed, and the three children rushed out. Here Xin Nian listened to the footsteps and went away, but it was not as stable as before, and he came to Aunt Gu in three or two steps, and said in a deep voice, "Who are you talking about? Aunt Qiu and Mrs. Yao? What's the matter with Mrs. Yao?"
"How do I know? Brother Chen'er came back, I said that I would bring him to you to eat pot, it will be more interesting. Unexpectedly, halfway through, I saw a few guards breaking into Yuehua Pavilion, and then Yao Niangzi called a few times, and was tied up and pushed out by Wuhuada. Oh, my God! I'm scared of the six gods here, we are the backyard of the palace, when will the guards be able to break into the courtyard and take people except for patrolling? So I hurried to you, this ...... Is this going to be a rebellion?"
It's no wonder that Aunt Gu was so frightened that even Xin Nian was shocked when she heard these words. After a long moment, as if she remembered something, she suddenly sat down in her chair and muttered, "Could it be ...... Could it be that Mrs. Yao is ...... Yes......"
"What is it? Sister, what the hell is going on? You...... Can you quickly take charge of the overall situation? The ancestors and the eldest aunt and grandmother are afraid that they are still in the dark, if they know, in case they scare people out of a bad ......
"Don't worry." Xin Nian barely calmed down, pulled Aunt Gu to sit down, and said in a deep voice: "It's not a rebellion, the prince is in the mansion at this time, this matter is ...... It should be the king's order."
"What the prince ordered? The prince asked the guards to break into the backyard to take people? This...... What heinous crime did this Yao Niangzi commit? You can't be suspected of rebellion, right? Otherwise, she is a delicate woman, and a few mothers-in-law take her enough, how can she ...... Why did you use the guards?"
"You are right, the use of guards to take people must be because Yao Niangzi committed a heinous crime."
Xin Nian sighed, instructed the girls to serve tea, and then said to Aunt Gu, "Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. Drink a cup of tea and suppress the shock, we're here to wait for news."
Aunt Gu heard that Gu Changting was in the house, so she was not so afraid, and for a while, the two people in the house drank tea quietly, but no one made a sound
。 After a long time, seeing that the sky was already dark, Xin Nianfang asked, "Where is Brother Chen? Didn't you come with him?"
"When we entered the courtyard, I went straight to you, thinking that he should have gone to find Liuzai and Brother Feng."
As soon as Aunt Gu's words fell, she heard someone outside say that the kitchen had sent a pot and asked if she wanted to set the meal? Xin Nian put it on the table, then got up and said, "Let's go to dinner, don't talk about it, not only can't you talk about it for a while, but even in the future, it's not necessary, don't mention it."
"I know that this must be a big deal, and I don't ask for anything else, as long as the house is safe, we can enjoy the flowers in the spring, watermelon in the summer, the moon in the autumn, and the pot in the winter, I will be content."
Xin Nian chuckled, "Don't worry, don't dare to say anything else, this can still be guaranteed to you."
While speaking, the two came out, only to see that the children were also brought by their respective girls and wet nurses, and the six girls laughed and said, "Mother, it's snowing."
"Is it snowing again?"
Xin Nian came to the porch, and sure enough, she saw snowflakes fluttering by the lantern, she was stunned for a while, Fang turned around and smiled: "Okay, let's eat the pot, it's steaming, just go to the cold."
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"His Royal Highness the Prince, it's not good, the few chess pieces we planted in Prince Duan's Mansion, Zhang Yang, Aunt Qiu, and that Yao Niangzi, were all uprooted by Gu Changting."
Hearing the report of the henchman guard, the prince and Tan Feng in the study were shocked, the prince asked carefully, and only listened to the guard: "We have only two people left in the palace now, both of whom are not qualified to serve closely, I heard that Aunt Qiu was tied up from Qingliang Pavilion first, and then Prince Duan thought that he personally went to interrogate her, but somehow, when it was about to get dark, he suddenly went to tie up Yao Niangzi, Zhang Yang took turns at home today, and the informant didn't have time to report the news, and saw that he was also tied in......
Tan Feng and the prince didn't speak for a long time, and after a long time, the prince said in a deep voice: "This Aunt Qiu was tied up from the Qingliang Pavilion, could it be that the Na Xin clan confessed to her?"
Tan Feng hurriedly said, "This is impossible. She just contacted Yao Niangzi, and the Xin family, she knew Xin's identity, Xin didn't know her, you listen to what this report said, it was she who went to Qingliang Pavilion to find Xin's, but was tied up, I didn't allow her to recognize Xin's, she would never suddenly be stupid, and Yao Niangzi and Zhang Yang were arrested later, this must have been tried by Aunt Qiu, and it should have nothing to do with Xin's. It's just that I don't know what kind of joint is between her and Xin, so I'll ask Xin about it."
The crown prince nodded, and said in a deep voice: "I must ask clearly, make sure that the Xin family is not lying, this matter is very important, and you must not be cautious."
"I understand, please rest assured that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."