Chen Chao coaxed Song Qingwan to sleep and rode straight to the palace in a carriage.

He was very happy and urgent, he couldn't wait to tell Murong Yue the good news, the relationship between the two daughters was very good, if it weren't for the difference in identity, she couldn't wait to stick together all day long, if she knew that Song Qingwan was pregnant, she would definitely be happy.

Maybe in the future, I will pick up the needle and thread in the palace and secretly make clothes for the children in Song Qingwan's womb.

At this moment, the time is close to midnight, and the atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival in the city is gradually reaching its peak, and the horse-drawn carriage comes out of Kui Shou Street, like a crowded and migrating flock of sheep.

The speed of the carriage quickly slowed down.

Along the way, there are lights everywhere.

People flocked to the streets with lanterns to enjoy the joy of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Lifting the curtain and looking out, even the usually deserted street is crowded with people at the moment, and you can't see the edge at a glance.

The carriage was moving very slowly.

Hou Ji's voice came from outside: "Xiangye, congratulations, Madam will definitely give birth to a big fat boy for you." ”

Chen Chao lifted the curtain, looked at the back of Hou Ji's head who was driving in front, and quipped: "To borrow your auspicious words, it is better to be a big fat boy, so that I can have both children and daughters......"

Hou Ji turned his head and said, "This time, I can let my subordinates hug me more, Miss is delicate, Xiangye said that he was afraid that the hug would be broken, and I didn't even have a hand addiction." ”

Chen Chao patted Hou Ji on the shoulder: "Okay, okay, if it's a son, let you hug more." ”

The master and servant chatted a few more words on the topic of children, and Chen Chao changed the topic and asked, "Xu Hongdou, what news is there recently?" ”

Abrupt change in tone.

There is no cheerful atmosphere just now, and only heaviness is replaced.

Hou Ji knew that Chen Chao would ask, took a deep breath, and blurted out: "Xu Hongdou defected this time, all the way to the south, the target is one of the two countries of Wu and Chu, in order to prevent us from tracking, she broke her tail very cleanly, but we still found clues, and now she has fled to Cangzhou, as long as Xiangye gives an order, Long Wuwei is confident that he will arrest her back within a month." ”

Chen Chao thought for a while, put down the curtain, and a voice came from behind the curtain:

"No need, let her go, withdraw the people."

Hou Ji suddenly became anxious, glanced back, and his voice increased a few points: "Xiangye, don't let go of the traitor." ”

Chen Chao's voice was still very low, and he said: "Whether she is a traitor or not, I can't make a conclusion yet, maybe she just went back to her homeland and came back after finishing her errands." ”

At this point, Hou Ji was silent and concentrated on driving.

In the carriage, Chen Chao sat up straight, put his hands on his thighs, closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

This is only regarded as a deception to oneself.

Maybe it was because she had a relationship with Xu Hongdou that she had a relationship between men and women, Chen Chao never believed that Xu Hongdou would betray her, but she did leave the capital without saying hello, the destination is unknown, and in order to prevent someone from tracking her, she didn't even stay in the inn once.

What does she want to do?

Before leaving the capital, who did she meet?

The forces behind Yan Wangfu have not been uprooted, is it a letter from her in advance?

There are no answers to these questions.

Hou Ji whipped up, drove the carriage, and detoured a road with few people, during which he did not speak again, as the commander of Long Wuwei and the most important confidant of the Chen Dynasty, he always put the interests of the Prime Minister's Mansion first.

Xu Hongdou defected, and his first thought was to arrest her back, torture her clearly, and then throw her body into the grave.

But Xiangye let her live, which made Hou Ji very puzzled.

Xiangye is a generation of male masters, but he is too soft-hearted in treating women.

I don't know how long it has been, and I was about to arrive at the gate of the palace, Chen Chao opened his mouth and asked again: "How is the situation in the Yang family these days?" ”

Hou Ji replied: "There is no action for the time being, Xu is afraid." ”

"Scared? It's not our Uncle Yang's style, look at it, when the wind passes, he will still be looking for trouble. I didn't pay attention to the Yang family before, but if I take a closer look in the past few days, the Yang family can marry the Li family of the royal family, not without their uniqueness. ”

"The Yang family started with spices, and now he is the richest man in Daji, Yang Changye is the head of the contemporary Yang family, this person is scheming, sleek and sophisticated, sinister and cunning old fox, many ministers are not half as shrewd as him, the reason why the Yang family's business can be so big is that it is inseparable from the help of the royal Li family, but they themselves have a thick foundation."

Chen Chao squinted his eyes and talked eloquently.

Continued:

"The descendants of the Yang family in this generation have produced several business geniuses, but the one that attracts the world's attention is the Empress Dowager Yang,"

Hou Ji was a little curious and asked, "Empress Dowager Yang?" ”

"Well, it's her." Chen Chao nodded and said, "Now, I understand why the first emperor abolished the new emperor before his death, and insisted on appointing the Murong clan as the queen. ”

"Isn't it because the Empress Dowager Murong is the first beauty in the world, and the first emperor fell in love with the southern cruise ship at first sight, and the position of queen of the Yang family was abolished?" Hou Ji asked rhetorically.

This is the version that the world knows.

Chen Chao shook his head and said:

"Who can be an emperor without 800 hearts? The first emperor has been in power for decades, accustomed to wind and rain, and is getting old, will he really be the so-called number one beauty in the world, just because of Murong Yue's beauty, he will make her the queen? ”

"The answer is obviously impossible, the first emperor had a premonition that his limit was approaching, the crown prince Li Zhaoyang was young, after his death, the prince successfully ascended the throne as the emperor, it is difficult to ensure that this Empress Dowager Yang did not bully the young and control the government, so before he died, he pushed Murong Yue as the queen, just to restrain the Yang family and prevent future troubles."

"The first emperor is laying out, and the bureau after his death."

"In this way, the subordinates seem to understand......" Hou Ji touched his chin and nodded. The first emperor is actually not old and stupid, he did all this for his son Li Zhaoyang, in order not to let his relatives interfere in politics.

Then the Chen Dynasty contemplated other powerful gate valve families in the capital.

These gate valve families have their own uniqueness, the Yang family is rich, the Xu family is a soldier, and the other families are usually inconspicuous, but if they really want to touch their core interests, they will let the world see how powerful their family is.

In short, the era is a pool of muddy water that can no longer be muddy.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the palace, Chen Chao got out of the carriage, and said before entering the palace: "Wait for me for a while, I will come out immediately." ”

Hou Ji was slightly surprised, frowned and puzzled: "Didn't Xiangye spend the night in Fengyi Palace?" I even prepared the clothes of the imperial doctor for Xiangye. ”

As he spoke, Hou Ji took out a box from under the seat of the carriage, which contained a complete set of imperial doctors' clothes, as well as waist tags, medicine boxes and other things.

In order to allow Xiangye and the Queen Mother to meet, he even fabricated an imperial doctor out of thin air in the Imperial Doctor's Office, even if someone went to investigate, they couldn't find anything wrong.

Chen Chao waved his hand and said, "I won't spend the night in the palace tonight, my wife is pregnant, I have to rush back to accompany her, and I entered the palace just to tell the queen mother that my wife is pregnant." ”

"Oh."

Hou Ji nodded, and tucked the box back under his seat.

Chen Chao got up and brushed his sleeves away, and soon disappeared from Hou Ji's field of vision.

Chen Chao is not stupid, today he just learned the news that Song Qingwan was pregnant, so he stayed in the palace and had an affair with the Queen Mother, what is the difference between him and a scumbag?

Chen Chao is not a scumbag!