Chapter 16: Zhao Kaizhong returns to Beijing
When he walked towards the front banquet, the Suihua County Lord smiled and whispered in Qin Zining's ear, "Why do I see that you like that Chen Wan'er very much." ”
"Doesn't A-Niang like Sister Wan'er?" Qin Zining asked with a smile.
Lord Suihua smiled helplessly, "I just saw her, and my mind was on you just now, so I didn't pay special attention to her at all, so why don't you like it or not?" ”
Qin Zi smiled inwardly, "Ah Niang, I really like Sister Wan'er, and besides, I think she and the eldest brother should be very compatible." ”
"What's wrong with your big brother? If your eldest brother returns to Beijing this time and really wants to show your eldest brother, then the first thing you can't consider is her. ”
The county lord of Suihua said lightly, although she also wanted to show her sons a daughter-in-law, but no matter how anxious she was, she immediately regarded her as a daughter-in-law when she met a girl.
"Although Sister Wan'er is still in the filial piety period now, she will always have a time for the filial piety period, maybe when the eldest brother returns to Beijing, Sister Wan'er will already be filial piety?"
Qin Zining didn't continue to talk after he got here.
After entering the hall, she called Zi Su and whispered a few words in her ear, asking her to inquire about Chen Wan'er's situation.
Since Chen Wan'er lives in the Marquis Mansion of Changping, she is the best to inquire about her details by asking the people in the mansion.
Eating noodles in a big house is the most boring, in the last life, Qin Zining's least favorite thing to do in Beijing was to go to various banquets.
All of them are wearing masks, so it's boring.
However, in this life, she really wants to come to it, because this boring banquet is often the place where the most news is transmitted.
No, she just sat in the middle of the banquet with a numb leg, and under the pretext of changing clothes, she heard something interesting around the corner of the corridor when she left the banquet.
"Sister Zhuhong, where are you going? Don't you have to wait at the front table? ”
"The second son has returned home, and Mrs. asked me to go and have a look."
"Ah, the second son has finally returned home, and he has been traveling for a long time."
Hearing the news of Zhao Kaizhong's return to Beijing, Qin Zi's hand hidden in his sleeve clenched tightly, and his body became a little stiffer.
Yelan, who was holding her, immediately noticed the change in her, and asked in Qin Zining's ear in a low voice, "Miss, what's wrong?" ”
Qin Zining took a deep breath, "It's okay, let's go first!" ”
It wasn't until he left the corridor and walked to a wide place to make sure that there was no place to hide around that Qin Zining said in a cold voice: "Zhao Kaizhong returned to Beijing, why didn't the secret guard send the news back?" ”
"This ...... The subordinates don't know, and the subordinates will go to inquire after a while. Night Blue replied nervously.
The general sent a secret guard early in the morning to keep an eye on the second son of the Marquis of Changping, and the news that came back before was that he was still traveling.
It's only been two days since the last news was sent back, but the second son of the Marquis of Changping suddenly appeared in Beijing, and something must have happened.
"Zi'er, why is the cold wind blowing here and not going into the hall to use the banquet?"
The princess walked over from the corridor in the distance.
Qin Zining hurriedly collected the look on his face, "Princess, I was bored at the banquet, thinking that I couldn't enjoy the beautiful scenery in the garden in the morning because of my physical illness, so I took my maidservant and walked away in the garden. ”
"I see, it's just that the wind is blowing now, my sister shouldn't stand here for a long time, lest she feel uncomfortable again for a while."
The princess asked with concern.
Qin Zining responded softly, "Yes, Zi'er will return to the table, will the princess also return to the table?" Why don't we go back together? ”
The princess explained with a smile, "I just heard a report from the next person, the second brother has returned home, my mother remembers him, and I went to see if there is anything in his yard that needs to be added, and I have to go there at this time, and I can't accompany Sister Zi'er."
I'll let the maid take you back to the banquet!" ”
"Don't bother the princess, I remember the way back to the banquet, you can go back by yourself, you have something important to do, just go quickly!"
"In that case, I'll go first."
As she spoke, the princess led the maids to leave first, looking at her distant back, Qin Zining fell into deep thought.
In the last life, for some reason, the prince of Changping suddenly died, and the brother born by the princess also died of smallpox, and he lost his husband and son for a while, and the princess's body also collapsed.
There was no follow-up to the son, and in the end, the position of the son of the world was passed to the second son Zhao Kaizhong.
Come to think of it, Zhao Kaizhong should be inseparable from the death of the Hou Shizi of Changping.
Qin Zi thought about it and instructed Ye Lan: "Go and inquire with the maid in the house, what is the relationship between the prince and the second son?" ”
"Yes, my subordinates will go."
After Ye Lan sent Qin Zining back to the banquet, she retreated to the place where the people were resting and waited, and took advantage of this moment to chat with the maid in the Changping Marquis's mansion......
Night.
Qin Zining sat on the floor in her bedclothes, and Ye Lan stood in front of her and talked to her about her harvest in the Changping Hou Mansion today.
"Miss, I heard from the subordinates of the Changping Hou Mansion that the relationship between the Hou of Changping and the second son is quite good, and the most important thing is that although the second son is not from Mrs. Changping Hou, Mrs. Changping treats him no different from the prince."
Qin Zining frowned and thought about it, Mrs. Marquis of Changping was a well-known fierce woman in Beijing, and when she was young, she could do things to sell the concubines of Marquis Changping at every turn.
How could such a person regard Zhao Kaizhong, who was born as a concubine, more important than his own son?
Moreover, in the previous life, after Zhao Kaizhong inherited, the ending of Mrs. Marquis of Changping was not good, but she was sent to the family temple to think about it when she was old.
If Mrs. Changping Marquis really regarded Zhao Kaizhong as her own, would Zhao Kaizhong treat her like this?
Could it be that Mrs. Changping Hou is killing Zhao Kaizhong?
However, Mrs. Changping Hou is recognized as a straight person, and she does not seem to be a person with such scheming.
"Night Blue, did the Dark Guard reply? Why did Zhao Kaizhong suddenly appear in Beijing? ”
Qin Zi asked incomprehensibly.
"Miss, since the news came from the last time the secret guard, Zhao Kaizhong is in Jiangnan, far from Beijing, and it is absolutely impossible to return to Beijing in two days.
There must be other variables in this, and I have written to inquire about it, but I have not yet received a response. ”
Hearing this, Qin Zining looked at Ye Lan fiercely, "Ye Lan, you just said that Zhao Kaizhong would never rush back to Beijing within two days, right?" ”
"Yes, returning to Beijing from Jiangnan is to ride the fastest thousand-mile horse, day and night, and it is impossible to return to Beijing within two days."
Qin Zining narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this, the secret guard in the Flowing Shadow Guard, it was absolutely impossible to make a mistake in tracking this part.
They said that Zhao Kaizhong was in Jiangnan, so he must have been there two days ago, so how did Zhao Kaizhong return to Beijing within two days?