When he woke up, Shi Tuo was no longer around, and Xu had already entered the palace.

Although she didn't understand the situation in the palace, she could vaguely guess that it might be related to the competition for the crown prince.

At noon, Steward Wang came to report, saying that Jingzhao was under martial law, and now people outside are panicking, and they don't know what happened in the palace, so everyone doesn't dare to go out.

Shuangzhi was a little worried in his heart, could it be that the assassin ran away?

"Steward Wang, command to go down, so that everyone in the family is not allowed to go out for these two days." Shuangzhi told in a cold voice, a little worried that something would happen to the second room not to be reckless, this martial law is not trivial, and anyone who is not careful will die on the spot.

Steward Wang replied and hurriedly went down to explain.

Not long after the martial law began, I heard that the officers and soldiers were searching for people in Hakka households, but those officers and soldiers did not dare to enter the general's mansion to search, and Shuangzhi was not worried or nervous, but asked Steward Wang to lead the courtyard and check in various hidden places at home to see if there was anything suspicious.

The chaos outside seems to have little to do with the inside of the General's Mansion, Shuangzhi is still leisurely embroidering her little clothes and drinking her tea, but he is inevitably a little worried about Shi Tuo, I don't know what is wrong with him now?

In the afternoon, martial law had not yet been lifted, and the whole sky was dark and oppressive, and I felt depressed when I looked at it.

Shuangzhi just got up after a while, and heard that Aunt Mei was coming, she was a little surprised, this Aunt Mei has not been to the room for a long time, why is there so leisure today?

When she came to the flower hall, Aunt Mei who was standing on the side hurriedly got up and saluted Shuangzhi, "Madam." ”

Shuangzhi sat down and looked at her with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a while, but you have lost a lot, is the meal unappetizing?" ”

Aunt Mei smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, the concubine, the meals are very pleasant." ”

Shuangzhi said with a smile, she didn't continue this topic, she still couldn't see through Aunt Mei, this woman didn't spend all her time trying her best to get close to Shi Tuo, and she didn't send any supplements to flatter her during her pregnancy, she knew how to advance and retreat and protect herself, which made Shuangzhi feel at ease.

Aunt Mei glanced at Shuangzhi and said with a smile, "I heard that there is martial law outside today, and the concubine is unstable in the house, so I came to Mrs. You to drink tea." ”

"Well, it's been a lot quieter in this house these days, and I'm really not used to it." Double to whisper.

"It's good that the house is quiet, and you can raise the baby with peace of mind, madam." Aunt Mei's eyes flashed slightly, knowing that Madame was referring to the matter of the second master and others leaving the general's mansion.

Shuangzhi looked straight at Aunt Mei and said softly, "Aunt Mei, you said that you have been with your master for five years, right?" ”

"Mrs. Hui, it's been five years." Aunt Mei was alarmed, and she lowered her eyebrows and said with a smile.

"You said that you were promised to Shi Tuo by Old Lady Lin, so is there anyone else in your family?" Shuangzhi asked casually, she was not disgusted with Aunt Mei, and her attitude was very gentle.

"There is also a brother in the concubine's family, but they haven't seen each other for many years...... "When she was young, her father was seriously ill and bedridden, and her family was poor, and her mother had to sell her as a dancer, and later became Shi Tuo's concubine, she also tried to find her family, and learned that her parents had already died, and after her brother married his daughter-in-law, he went to work elsewhere and did not stay in his hometown.

After listening to Aunt Mei's words, Shuangzhi sighed a little about her life experience, "You haven't seen your brother yet?" ”

"I only heard that it is a long way to go to the country of Li, and it is necessary to pass through the border, how can I find it." Aunt Mei smiled bitterly, even if she wanted to reunite with the family, she had no chance.

Li Guo? It was a small country that was quite wealthy, making a living from textiles, agriculture and animal husbandry, and Shuangzhi had heard of it, but the people there were said to look very different from the Great Qi country, and the people of Li were barbaric and closed, and the border was very tightly guarded, so it was not easy to enter the Li country.

"The crown prince of the Li Kingdom will visit the Great Qi Kingdom in person in the near future, and the two countries are friendly, so it is convenient for you to find your eldest brother." Shuangzhi said softly, I had heard that the crown prince of Li was going to meet the monarch of Great Qi before, and once the two countries had economic exchanges, it would be good for both sides.

Aunt Mei heard this for the first time, and stood up in surprise, "Is what you said true?" Madam. ”

"It's true, you'll find out in a few days, but now that martial law is outside, I don't know if there will be any accidents." If the palace is not safe, the emperor will not dare to invite the prince of Li Guo as a guest, no, if what Shi Tuo said before is true, then at this time, the prince of Li Guo has already set off for the Great Qi Kingdom.

Aunt Mei smiled with her eyebrows, and it was difficult to hide her joy.

Shuangzhi looked at her with a smile and suddenly asked, "Aunt Mei, are you literate?" ”

Aunt Mei suddenly froze, a streamer flashed in her eyes, and she hurriedly restrained her expression, "Mrs. Hui, the concubine is illiterate." ”

"Oh, that's a pity."

Shuangzhi said lightly, I originally wanted to use her.

Aunt Mei smiled, she came today to inquire about the things outside, but it seemed that Shuangzhi didn't know, she sat for a while, chatted about some marginal topics, and when it was almost dusk, she saluted and went back.

Shuangzhi smiled at her, "Aunt Mei went to the upper room more often, I heard that your female celebrity is good." ”

Mei Niangniang was stunned for a moment, and replied, "Yes, madam." ”

Leaving the upper room, Aunt Mei stepped back into the house with broken steps, and exhaled a long breath, this lady's words were very tight, there was martial law outside, there was no reason why Mrs. didn't understand the reason, this Jingzhao was going to be under martial law, Shi Tuo, who was a general, didn't know the reason, wouldn't he tell Mrs. the reason?

However, does the prince of Li really want to come to the Great Qi Kingdom? There was no announcement for such a big matter, so she sat down at the table, staring blankly, and after a long time, she came to her senses, got up and went to the closet, took a new garment, and tore it hard, and a letter sealed with wax fell out of the garment.

She dissolved the wax on the candle flame before she opened the letter, and looked at the powerful words on it, and her eyebrows tightened together.

After reading the letter, she pursed her lips, and a complicated look passed through her eyes.

How can Li Guo make friends with the Great Qi State, so can she cross the heavily guarded border, go to her brother, and reunite with the family......

However, she glanced at the contents of the letter again.

Ah, with a sigh, burned the letter to ashes.

When it was time for the first drum, he heard that martial law had been lifted, and the assassin hid in a common man's house and was captured, and now he was in prison.

After nightfall, she couldn't wait for Shi Tuo, she couldn't help being tired, so she fell asleep until she woke up the next day, and Shi Tuo didn't come back.

As soon as she got up in the morning, she felt a little tightness in her chest, as if something was about to happen.

At noon, Shi Tuo didn't come back, Shuangzhi was a little worried, if Shi Tuo didn't go home for dinner, he would make a little girl come back to talk to her, why didn't there be any news today.

"Parsley, let Xiangxing go and see if there is something delayed somewhere." The assassins have been caught and have been imprisoned, it stands to reason that this is also a matter of the ministry, what else is there to do with Shi Tuo?

Xiangqin went immediately, Shuangzhi waited worriedly for half an hour, and then heard that Xiangxing was back, and Shuangzhi didn't care about the rules, so he directly let Xiangxing come in and reply.

"Is Ye still in the palace?" Shuangzhi asked, knowing in his heart that Xiangxing couldn't enter the palace to find Shi Tuo, but he could always inquire.

"Mrs. Hui, Master...... He is not in the palace. Xiangxing's eyes were a little evasive, and he replied.

Shuangzhi was anxious, and he didn't notice Xiangxing's strangeness for a while, "Not in the palace?" Where did that go? Did you send someone back to say it? ”

Xiangxing raised his eyes and glanced at Shuangzhi, and said, "Master let the little one come back and talk to Mrs., he will come back in a few days, and there is official business to be busy in the barracks." "Actually, as soon as he went out, he was taken by the little servant in Feng Junshi's house, where can he go to the palace to inquire.

Shuangzhi's eyes are stagnant, what official business can the military business have at this time? She looked at Xiangxing with bright eyes, "Xiangxing, tell me the truth, where is the master?" ”

Xiangxing didn't know how to answer, and there was a message from Xiao Yahuan outside, saying that the king had an urgent matter to return to his wife.

Shuangzhi glanced at Xiangxing coldly, and asked Xiao Yahuan to bring Steward Wang in.

Steward Wang hurriedly came in, and after saluting Shuangzhi, he didn't have time to say more, so he said, "Madam, I heard from people outside that when I caught the assassin last night, an official was injured, and I am afraid that it is ...... when I heard those people describe it."

Shuangzhi was startled, his cold eyes swept towards Xiangxing, and his voice couldn't help but tremble a little, "Xiangxing, where is the master space?" ”

"Madam, don't worry, the master is fine, it's just a small injury, the master is afraid that you will be worried, so he didn't let the little one tell you." Xiangxing was sweating profusely, if he let his wife run to see the master with a big belly, he would have ten heads that were not enough for the master.

"Take me to him!" Shuangzhi held his stomach, his heart was flustered, but he still forced his composure, since Shi Tuo could still let Xiangxing come back and hide it from her, it proved that his life was not in danger, but she could not feel at ease without seeing his injury.

"Madam, listen to the little one, the master is really fine, this kind of injury has not been suffered by the master before, but this time it is different, the master doesn't want to scare you, if you go to the master like this, the master will not spare the little one, madam, the little one begs, you must not go, let the little one go and talk to the master, let the master come back to heal, madam, do you say okay?" When Xiangxing heard that his wife was going to find Shi Tuo in person, he was so frightened that he knelt down and kowtowed.

Shuangzhi took a deep breath, "You get up and speak, tell me, where is the master?" ”

Xiangxing paused for a moment before he whispered, "At Feng Junshi's." ”

Shuangzhi slowly sat down and said to Xiangxing, "You go to Feng Junshi's place and tell the master that if the injury is stable, go home." ”