On the day Liu Miaoqing returned to Beijing, Zhongshuling hurriedly left the palace and returned home, and when he saw his daughter in front of him, his eyes were red.

Liu Miaoqing also had red eyes, and her voice was choked, "It's the daughter's unfilial piety, which makes the father worry about his daughter." ”

went to Xuzhou, and several times she thought that she would not be able to return to the capital.

First ran into gangsters, and then went to take care of those infected victims, and he also had a few fevers and almost didn't survive.

In the past, I also knew that there was no prosperity in the capital outside, and many people were not well fed and clothed, but now that I have followed it, Fang Jue was just an empty imagination in the past, and the reality is far more cruel than imagination.

Zhongshuling wiped his tears, "It's good to come back, it's just that I'm thin, and I'm making up for my body at home these days, but I can't leave anything wrong." ”

Liu Miaoqing couldn't cry or laugh, "My father has lost weight, and his hair is grayer." ”

"Looking old?"

"Not old."

The father and daughter laughed, and the housekeeper next to them looked at it, which was also reassuring.

During the girl's absence for more than half a year, the old man couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, was sick twice, and invited the imperial doctor to come and see.

Now it's okay, I have to tell the kitchen to prepare a few more dishes tonight.

He was still thinking about asking if he wanted to let the people in the back kitchen make a soup, but he didn't expect that the father and daughter had already gone to the study to discuss the matter, which was not at all like the father and daughter of ordinary people.

Liu Miaoqing said some things she had seen and heard in Xuzhou, and when she said that she hid for a while, she didn't even dare to go out, and it wasn't until the yamen posted an announcement and the news spread, so she dared to come out.

When talking about the Su family's coaxing of the price of rice, Zhongshu Ling smiled, "The government and the opposition have spread it all over the country, and the prefect of Xuzhou comes with an excerpt every five days, and His Majesty is tired of it, so he urgently ordered you to return to Beijing." ”

In fact, he also knew more or less that the prefect of Xuzhou came to this letter of excerpt because he was afraid that the family in Beijing would worry about the two girls in Xuzhou, so he often sent excerpts, and His Majesty also knew the intention of this move, so he would read the excerpts to these courtiers.

After all, there was news from Xuzhou that day, saying that his daughter was missing, and everyone else fainted, and then the Su family ran to Xuzhou, and sent him a letter as soon as he found someone, so he felt better.

Liu Miaoqing smiled, "No wonder, Governor Zeng originally wanted to keep us in Xuzhou for the New Year." ”

When she was in Xuzhou, she remembered that the pattern in the painting was very similar to the jade pendant that Lin Xizhi gave to Su when she first met Su Huan at the banquet at home.

She knew her father and would not leave useless things in her study.

"Father, I saw a painting on your desk before, it seems to be a special pattern, I don't know what it is?"

Zhongshu Ling was slightly stunned, painting?

He smiled, "That's something that a friend of my father's asked my father to help him find, why did he suddenly ask about it?" ”

Liu Miaoqing suddenly wondered, how could the things that his father's friend was looking for be in Su Xuan's hands?

"I think I've seen the pattern on that painting."

Hearing this, Zhongshu Ling was startled and stood up from the chair suddenly, "You've seen it!" ”

"Miaoqing, have you really seen it!? Where did you see that? ”

Seeing that he looked so excited, Liu Miaoqing was stunned for a long time and nodded, "It was the banquet held at home two years ago, when Lin Xizhi gave Su a piece of jade pendant, I saw it at the time, and I thought that the texture of the jade pendant was very good, and the pattern was quite special, and I had some impressions." ”

At that time, I couldn't remember it when I saw it in the study, I only felt some impressions, as if I had seen it somewhere, until I saw Su Yan in Xuzhou, and then I remembered it.

"Su Xuan?" Zhongshu Ling looked stunned, how could he be there with her?

"Tell me what her jade pendant looks like. No, no, no, you draw that jade pendant now. ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly pushed his daughter to sit down, put pen, ink, paper and inkstone in front of him, and let her draw.

Liu Miaoqing thought carefully for a long time before she vaguely drew an outline and pattern, "It's been too long, and my daughter has only seen it once, so I can only draw a rough outline." ”

Zhongshuling picked up the painting and looked at it carefully, half of the jade pendant in the painting, although the pattern was a little different, but roughly looked at the appearance, and the other half of the emperor's hand was right, so excited that the words were almost unclear, "Yes, yes, yes!" That's it, that's it! ”

He pinched the paper and paced back and forth in the study, unable to figure out how the jade pendant could be in the hands of Su Huan, what does Su Huan have to do with the princess?

He suddenly thought, didn't Su Guan live in the Guogong Mansion, and Ping Guogong took care of Su Guan so much. What does it matter if it's true or not?

But if this is the case, why didn't Ping Guogong show His Majesty, is he scrupling about something?

I still have to take a look at the jade pendant with my own eyes to determine if it is the other half.

Seeing her father's reaction, Liu Miaoqing was suspicious, "Father, is that something very important?" ”

Zhongshuling looked at the daughter in front of him, if he wanted to take the jade pendant from Su Xuan's hand, then he could only let his daughter go.

Thinking of this, he pulled his daughter over with a serious expression, "There is something for your father to ask you to do, the stakes are very high, and there can be no sloppiness." ”

Liu Miaoqing bowed slightly, "Father, please speak." ”

"This friend of my father is investigating a very important matter, and this jade pendant is the only clue, so be cautious, my father wants you to see if you can find a way to take the jade pendant from Su Yan and take a look, don't alarm others."

Zhongshu Ling said euphemistically, without using the word "steal", but he felt that his daughter should be able to understand what he meant, so he stole the jade pendant and took a look at it, and returned it after reading it.

After all, nothing is clear, and it can't alarm anyone, including Su Xuan, especially the old puppet of Pingguo Gong.

He even suspected now that Ping Guogong was deliberately hiding something.

Liu Miaoqing nodded without thinking, "I don't know when my father wants to see the jade pendant?" ”

Zhongshu Ling's heart was excited, he had been looking for someone for so long, and now the clue was in front of him, he held back his beating heart so that he could look more ordinary, "If you can see it tomorrow, it will naturally be the best." ”

Liu Miaoqing nodded, "Okay, after seeing Your Majesty tomorrow, my daughter will go to the Guogong Mansion and find a way to borrow the jade pendant for her father to see." ”

Zhongshuling smiled, "Okay." ”

The daughter is steady, and the work must be reliable, look at it, stealing the jade pendant is borrowed, how nice and reliable!

The next day, he entered the palace to face the saint, and the old emperor rewarded the party who went to Xuzhou for their merits.

Promoted Su to be the fourth grade of the household department, Liu Miaoqing was promoted to the fourth grade of Sinong Temple Shaoqing, a should be rewarded by everyone, to the same go to those courtiers who died in the line of duty to the family of condolences, after the New Year's Festival, by the Chinese book to draft the edict issued to the door for execution, then officially posted.

When she came out of the imperial city, Su Miao was holding an umbrella, and before she could go far, she was quickly caught up by Liu Miaoqing, and she said to Su Miao with a straight face, "Ah Xuan, I have something I want to discuss with you." ”

Su Yan blinked, "What's the matter?" ”

Liu Miaoqing held Su Yan's hand, "I remember that you have half a jade pendant in your hand, and Miss Lin returned it to you before, I wonder if you can borrow it from me for two days?" ”

Her expression was sincere, but the alarm bell sounded in Su Yan's heart, and her eyes were puzzled and vigilant, [What does Miaoqing want Yu Pei to do? 】

Liu Miaoqing was also stunned, "? ”

Ah's reaction. Why is it so strange?

Father Liu (whispered conspiracy): Daughter, see if you can bring the jade pendant from Su to show your father twice, don't alarm others.

Liu Miaoqing: Of course you can, don't worry, my daughter will go tomorrow.

—Next Day—

Liu Miaoqing (with a frank face): Ah Xuan, can you borrow your jade pendant from my father to play for two days?

Su Xuan: ?

Father Liu: ???