Chapter 254: Steady as a Rock
Let's talk about Xin Nian, when he came to the front yard with the children, he only saw that the Imperial Forest Army was already busy inside and out.
In the courtyard, Gu Yunxian stood in a daze, his face was as white as paper, and he was supported by two girls on the left and right, if it weren't for this, he would have fallen softly.
In front of her were several eunuchs, Xu didn't know how to face this county lord, they were all looking left and right, and suddenly saw Xin Nian, and the leader was puzzled: "Are you ...... You're ......."
"I am the concubine of Prince Duan, and now I am in charge of this mansion, and these are the sons and daughters of the prince. Yes, you haven't asked your father-in-law's name yet?"
Xin Nian gave a salute, and the eunuch knew about Prince Duan's mansion, and when he heard this, he hurriedly smiled and said, "It turned out to be Aunt Xin. The miscellaneous family's surname is Liu."
"It turned out to be Gonggong Liu. On the way I first came, I heard that our prince had been sent to prison, and the Imperial Forest Army came to the palace to search for incriminating evidence. This is strange, our prince has always been loyal to the emperor and the court, today I heard that the emperor was unwell, so he rushed to the palace to serve sick, how could he be detained with such a big hat? I also hope that my father-in-law will tell us in detail about the situation for the sake of our old and weak women and children."
Gonggong Liu looked at Xin Nian's calm and sassy appearance, and couldn't help wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, and said secretly: Others are just fine, such a catastrophe of the sky, everyone has to be scared, how strong the county lord used to be, I also know, don't you lose your soul at this time? But Aunt Xin, you, the tiger girl, spoiled the concubine and killed the wife, and now you are back in charge of the backyard of the palace, do you look at your hair-to-heel spirit, does it have anything to do with the old and weak women and children? You're more manly than a man.
Thinking about it in a mess, but he didn't dare to slack off on his face, although Prince Duan was sent to the prison of the Zongren Mansion, but the emperor still regretted it a lot, and he also told him that the Imperial Forest Army was not allowed to practice the palace, and he was not allowed to alarm the concubine Niangniang, and it was far from the time to worship the high and step on the low.
So he respectfully said, "I'm waiting outside the Heart Cultivation Palace, what is the situation inside? I don't know much, but I heard that it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who exposed it, saying that Prince Duan was suspected of rebellion, and he also brought witnesses, saying that he saw weapons and armor and other things being transported into Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, and the emperor immediately sent people to search, and sure enough, thousands of sets of prohibited things were found. But don't worry, auntie, the emperor specially told not to alarm the concubine, not to mention the brotherhood of the former king, even if the prince Duan is in a catastrophe, it will not be widely implicated."
Xin Nian's body shook a few times, Gu Yufeng hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and then the girls also rushed over. At this time, someone came to ask for instructions that the warehouse in the backyard was locked, did it smash it open? Xin Nian hurriedly took out a bunch of keys from his bosom and handed them to Xinghua and said, "You and the house manager took them over to open the warehouse...... Search it."
"Yes."
Xinghua burst into tears, took the key, and the head of the house went straight to the warehouse with a team of royal forest troops.
Here Xin Nian instructed Chunyu and said: "You take a few little girls, go to the backyard immediately, and tell Yiying people and others, this matter is not allowed to be discussed, especially near Shouning Palace, not to mention a word, the ancestor can hide it for a day, otherwise such a catastrophe, how can her old man hold on?"
"Yes."
The spring rain also took people away in a hurry. Here Xin Nian saw that Gu Yunxian was helped by the girls to sit down on the stone chair, so he opened his mouth to persuade: "Sister Xian also has to take care of herself, if you can't stand it, it's better to go back to the room first and wait for news." This time, our palace is afraid that it will be difficult to escape, and you and I must work together to tide over the difficulties. If you fall ill at this time, what will you do with me?"
Gu Yunxian glanced at Xin Nian with complicated eyes, turned his head with a cold snort, and said secretly: At this time, do you think of working with me? Why didn't you want to share half of my stewardship when you were majestic before? Now that the palace building is about to collapse, what do you want to trap me here to support, what kind of dreams do you have? I'm from the Anguo Mansion, and I said that I can walk with my legs raised, but I want to see where you can go.
Thinking about it like this, I felt that my heart felt as if I had a bad breath, and then I felt ashamed: it was clear that her brother's life and death were uncertain, but she was here because of a little personal vendetta in the past. But after thinking about it: Gu Changting didn't defend her sister to anything, not to mention that this monstrous disaster was caused by him, and he was affected by him, so he needed to feel guilty.
Gu Yunxian sat here and was distracted, and he had already begun to plan the way back in his heart. Here Xin Nian took the children to wait quietly, and suddenly heard Gu Yufan ask, "Siniang, does Daddy really know how to do these things?"
"No, of course not."
Xin Nian's voice was like cutting gold and jade, and he said word by word: "He is the most upright and loyal and reliable man in this world, even if he is occasionally presumptuous, he will never commit such a heinous crime, this must be someone framing him......
"Aunt is cautious." Gonggong Liu hurriedly reminded: "It's not fun to say this, the thing was searched from Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Duanwangfu, this is ...... Who can frame this?"
Xin Nian's neck stiffened, and he said toughly: "Anyway, I don't believe that Gu Changting will do such a thing that loses his conscience, he is a prince, and a few people are above 10,000 people, can he use it to rebel?" Not to mention that he and the emperor are like father and son......
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps, and then more than a dozen royal forest soldiers ran over with various boxes and account books in their hands, and reported loudly: "This is all incriminating evidence found in the study and treasury of Prince Duan, and we strictly obey the emperor's instructions, we did not alarm the concubine."
Xin Nian's eyes almost popped out, staring at the things that these people were holding in their hands, there were some she knew and some she didn't know, so she couldn't help but secretly say: Damn, what's the matter...... How do you turn out so much? I haven't seen several of them, it seems that the prince and Tan Feng still don't dare to put all the treasures on me, there are also their people in the Royal Forest Army, and they have added some crimes to Gu Changting for no reason.
After the search was completed, Gonggong Liu said goodbye and left, and only Xin Nian and Gu Yunxian were left in the huge courtyard, the strong and calm children, and the panicked subordinates.
"You have heard, now it is only a search, not a raid. What will happen to the prince's safety? What will be the future of the palace? All need to be decided by the emperor's sacred heart. But at this moment, this is still Prince Duan's Mansion, and you are still the servants of Prince Duan's Mansion, and all the deeds are in my hands. I advise you to do what you should do, and if I know that there are rumors spreading and disturbing people's hearts, do not blame me for not showing mercy."
Xin Nian took a deep breath, glanced at the people present with a heavy gaze, and after finishing word by word, several servant women who were so frightened that they sat on the ground hurriedly got up. I don't know when the emperor's will will come, but this murderous Aunt Xin is close at hand, and if she provokes her at this time, she may be dragged out and killed.