When Xue Ruzhen heard the news, his eyes lit up, "Really? When will His Highness return? ”

Gu Yuling shook her head, "I don't know this for the time being, in short, it should be soon." ”

Gu Yuling sent a message to Xue Ruzhen, and chatted with her in Xue Ruzhen's bedroom for a while before leaving.

Early in the morning, Funing Palace.

Qin Shumin woke up after a night's sleep, and when he opened his eyes and saw Xia Qianwei lying beside him, his face immediately looked embarrassed.

Xia Qianwei woke up earlier, and after finding Qin Shumin's embarrassed expression, she hurriedly explained for Qin Shumin.

"Has the emperor been too tired lately? I fell asleep last night before I could say a few words to my concubine. ”

Xia Qianwei handed him a ladder, and Qin Shumin nodded down the donkey, "Maybe." ”

Xia Qianwei got up and personally fetched Qin Shumin's clothes, "No matter what, the concubines hope that the emperor is in good health, as long as everything is okay with the emperor, the future of the concubines and the emperor is still long!" ”

Qin Shumin took Xia Qianwei's hand and said with apology and guilt: "Weiwei, thank you for your understanding. ”

"Where is the emperor's words! The concubines served the emperor and dressed. ”

The two got dressed, Xia Qianwei accompanied Qin Shumin to breakfast, Qin Shumin went to the court, and Xia Qianwei went back to her bedroom.

At noon, the princess regent received a message from Xia Qianwei.

After hearing that the poison on Qin Shumin's body had slowly worsened, the princess regent couldn't help laughing, and then immediately got up to tell the regent.

Because Kong Danqing was expelled from the palace, Xue Ruzhen and Xia Qianwei have stopped teaching female officials.

Xia Qianwei has no one to restrain her for the time being, and she can finally make time for people to check Xiao Dong's situation.

The next day, Xia Qianwei received the results of the investigation.

said that Xiao Dong's condition suddenly worsened, and he disappeared a month ago.

Xia Qianwei frowned, Xiao Dong was fine before, how could he suddenly get sick, and then the person was gone!

"Are you sure, what's in there?" Xia Qianwei asked the palace maid in charge of the investigation.

The palace maid thought about it carefully and said: "Xiao Dong was not completely good before, and the slave maid found out that he had a headache since he was a child, especially when he was eleven or twelve years old. Later, when they were older, they committed less. Xiao Neiguan relied on the two apprentices very much, Xiao Dong was sick, and Xiao Rang sent someone to take care of him. Xiao Dong was gone a month ago, Xiao Neiguan lost a lot of weight, he couldn't hang up his clothes, and he personally returned Xiao Dong's ashes to Xiao Dong's family, and it is said that Xiao Dong's family was given a lot of silver taels. ”

"You go and send someone to ask Xiao Dong's family in private, but this is the case?"

"Yes, slave and maid will do it."

If this is the case, Xiao Dong can only be blamed for his bad life, their affairs are half successful, but he does not have this life to enjoy.

If this is not the case, Xiao Rang definitely has a problem!

Although Xia Qianwei had a keen sense of smell, a few days later, the palace maid sent her the news that everything was true.

It seems that Xiao Dong's life is not good.

The eighth day of April is a good day.

The capital has fully entered spring, and the flowers are red and willow green.

Many people have changed into spring shirts, and after the Dragon Boat Festival, people often come out to go out.

Spring sowing in the suburbs of Beijing has also ended.

After last year's floods, this year's year is not only better, but also the wind and rain are smooth, the wheat in the fields has begun to tassel, the spring breeze blows, and the green wheat waves are rolling.

In spring, everything comes alive.

After a long journey of more than three months, Qin Shuhuang and his entourage finally arrived near the outskirts of Beijing.

Looking at the familiar scenery in front of them, everyone felt an indescribable joy in their hearts.

The journey back to Beijing from Xia Gongcheng was quite smooth, but Liu Renci contracted a cold halfway and was delayed for a few days in Aocheng.

Fortunately, the medicinal materials in Aocheng are complete, Qin Shuhuang's medical skills are good, and Liu Renci did not have an accident.

Otherwise, Liu Renci's old bones are afraid that he will have to explain halfway.

Three days ago, Du Qinglin had already returned to the camp on the outskirts of Beijing with his soldiers and horses.

Now the number of Beidi envoys returning to the capital is small, a total of 500 people, of which 200 are the elite soldiers sent by the Xu family to escort Qin Shuhuang.

The team that returned to the capital was far from the team of more than 1,000 people when they left the capital.

In the suburbs of Beijing, Qin Shuhuang and his entourage first passed by the big gathering that was organized in the four counties on the outskirts of Beijing last year.

The team saw the Beijing suburb Daji in the distance.

It is rare that the weather is good, Qin Shuhuang did not take a carriage, and rode a horse with Liu Renci to enjoy the scenery on the outskirts of Beijing.

The second master of the Xu family, the fourth master, and Xu Xinsong also followed back to the capital this time, firstly, to lead troops to protect Qin Shuhuang, and secondly, Du Qinglin and Xu Siyuan are scheduled to get married in June this year, and the Xu family will always come back with some people to help.

If Xu Zizhang didn't have a heavy responsibility, he should have come back.

It has been almost 20 years since the second master and the fourth master left the capital, and when they left the capital, they were all young people, and now they are middle-aged when they come back.

Xu Xinsong, a junior, was born in Xia Gongcheng, this was the first time he came to the capital, and when he didn't arrive at the outskirts of Beijing, his eyes were full of curiosity.

Now that he saw the big set in the suburbs of Beijing in the distance, he couldn't wait to fly to the big set immediately to see what it was.

He Yutian was happy in his eyes, and said in surprise: "Your Highness, that is the Beijing suburb market that you asked people to set up last year?" ”

Qin Shuhuang looked over and saw that the location was indeed there.

But if you look closely, you can't believe it.

When I came to check it last year, the bazaars in the four counties were actually not big, and they were mostly small traders and hawkers.

Now it looks like it is full of people, and it is not much better than the lively streets in Beijing.

Liu Renci smiled with satisfaction, "Your Highness, all the houses you planned last year have been built. ”

Qin Shuhuang also saw it.

Many of these houses are located in close proximity to the sides of the bazaar, in a uniform two-storey style.

You can live on it, there is a small courtyard in the back, and you can use it as a business façade downstairs.

It is because of these houses, where so many people live, that the scale seems to be much larger than last year.

"Let's go, Lao Yu invites His Highness to visit the market on the outskirts of Beijing again."

Qin Shuhuang nodded happily and looked back at Xie Xuanye behind him.

Xie Xuanye's narrow phoenix eyes raised slightly, and he smiled back at her.

Although the Gu poison on Xie Xuanye's body had been completely removed, in order to prevent accidents, he still disguised the cyan scar on his forehead.

Such a change, even Du Qinglin didn't know.

The group walked in the direction of the Beijing suburb market, and the elite soldiers of the Xu family were all dressed as caravan guards, so their group was not eye-catching.

As we got closer to the bazaar, everyone was amazed.

The markets on the outskirts of Beijing are even more bustling and lively than when they look at them from a distance.

None of the shops on either side of the market are vacant, and all of them open their doors to attract customers.

The streets are crowded with people.

Everywhere there was the cries of vendors.

There is no shortage of "caravans" of hundreds of people like them buying in the bazaar.

The neighing of mules and horses, the mixing of human voices, and the bustling excitement of the city, who would have thought that such a bustling Beijing suburb market did not exist last year!