"Your Highness, Princess, what do you mean?!" Early in the morning, the door of Furui Palace was smashed open, and the chamberlain guarding the door was beaten.
After receiving the news, Palace Maid Hu stepped out when she saw the ashen-faced Princess Anji rushing in with a large group of people.
She only had time to question him before she was slapped so hard by the strong woman behind Anji that she became dizzy.
Princess Anji asked coldly: "Where is Qingxin?!"
"His Royal Highness is in the bedroom!" After all, Palace Maid Hu was the person left to her daughter by the deceased Gu family. At this moment, she still wanted to be tough and try to trick Anji's purpose. But the little palace maid who came out with her was already frightened to the point of weakness by this scene. Seeing Anji asking, she said without thinking, "My maid is willing to lead the way for Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
"Don't ask this bitch to make noise!" Anji didn't even look at Hu Gongnu, who was frightened and angry and scolded the little palace maid, trying to remind Qingxin. She dropped this sentence and turned around to leave.
The next moment, Palace Maid Hu was gagged and tied up tightly.
In the dormitory, before Princess Qingxin could get up, someone suddenly opened the curtain and dragged her to Anji wearing only her obscene clothes. She was so frightened that she screamed repeatedly - until Anji held a gold hairpin against her cheek. Then he fell silent in shock and looked at Anji with fear in his eyes.
"What news did you send to Shen Shuming last time?" Anji was too lazy to talk nonsense and said straightforwardly, "To be honest, if you dare to lie even one word, I promise to skin you!"
Qingxin trembled and said: "That letter...that letter...sister, haven't you read it?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly felt a chill on her body - but her clothes were torn by Anji, and Princess Qingxin screamed in fright again.
Anji waited for her to shout a few times, then slapped her face with his backhand, and said indifferently: "You know what? People outside only know that Princess Qingxin is extremely beautiful, but they don't know what you really look like." After a pause. , she said, "There has been a shortage of prostitutes in the camp outside. Now that the Wei family is like this, the sudden death of a princess, do you think it will be a big deal?"
"I really don't know!" This threat was obviously more serious than being skinned. Qingxin cried loudly, shaking her head desperately, kneeling forward and grabbing her sleeves, pleading, "I just want to find someone to rely on! I... I I'm just afraid that if I can't meet Shen Shuming, he... he will forget me! That's why..."
An Ji sneered and said: "Are you confused? Even if Shen Shuming is confused by your appearance, can he respect you? His second aunt is our fourth sister-in-law!"
"So what?" Princess Qingxin shouted fiercely, "Can I still care so much now? I am already eighteen years old! If I delay any longer, I will become an old girl. What will happen to me by then? Besides, let's talk about the past and present. There’s nothing more ridiculous than this!”
She wiped her face hard, suddenly woke up, and looked at Anji in horror: "Sister, why did you suddenly come to ask me about the letter you read? Could it be that Shen Shuming...?"
"He is missing." Anji said coldly, which made Qingxin almost collapse to the ground. "Shen Lengshi and Shen Zangning are going crazy now! They are staring at my prince-in-law for someone - the prince-son-in-law. He suspects that this is what the Xiliang army wants." Stay in Gyeonggi. All in all, the imperial capital is in chaos now!"
Although the imperial capital was in chaos, the courtyard where Wei Xinyong was housed by Chuncao Lake was still peaceful and peaceful.
Wei Xinyong was finally able to stand up on his own in the past two days.
It's just that no one can say the word "Gu" to him.
Even more, no one dares to say the word "Naizheng".
Even Gu Xinian asked the servants in the courtyard to call him without his last name.
In order to relieve Wei Xinyong's loneliness, and to test whether Wei Xinyong was involved in this matter, Gu Xinian, after receiving the news from Huo Zhaoyu, personally went to Nuange where Wei Xinyong was recuperating and dismissed him. The servant told him everything.
Finally, he asked for advice: "Mr. Wei, please look at this...?"
"The Grand Master probably won't do this." After Wei Xinyong heard this, his cold expression for the past few days finally showed a hint of interest, "The Grand Master hopes that the Xiliang army will break out of the camp as soon as possible. When going to Xiliang to pick up the bride, the grand master even hopes that the Xiliang army will not come at all. I think Brother Ziyang has the same wish. After all, the defense of the capital is empty now, and the Xiliang army is on the side, which makes you worry. "
Gu Xinian sighed: "Of course it's not us..."
"No, no, no." Wei Xinyong said, "It just shouldn't be the case, but it may not necessarily be the case. If the benefit of this matter to you outweighs the Shen family's pursuit, tell me, even I will do it."
"So Mr. Wei, you...?" Gu Xinian's heart skipped a beat!
But Wei Xinyong smiled and said: "I am here every day, what can I do? It's just a metaphor."
He said lightly, "Now it seems that the most likely thing is that the Shen family's thieves shouted to catch the thieves. Maybe the grand master also doubts this. But I think this is unlikely."
Gu Xinian asked in surprise: "Why did Mr. Wei say that?" In fact, he and Huo Zhaoyu both suspected the Shen family - you know, Shen Shuming even went to the brothel with people cheering and hugging him, but the Shen family now said that he A person is missing! Who can believe it
But the Shen family insists that they are still chasing Huo Zhaoyu for someone because the person disappeared on Huo Zhaoyu’s territory!
If Huo Zhaoyu hadn't thought that he couldn't defeat the Shen family, he would have taken action long ago!
For the sake of the tens of thousands of troops who were bringing them to marry, Huo Zhaoyu could only hold back his temper and talk nicely to Shen Lianshi and Shen Zangning.
Of course, Huo Zhaoyu still hopes to find flaws in the Shen family, so that he can cross-examine the Shen family without being low-key and reasonable.
But now Wei Xinyong seems like a helper hired by the Shen family...
Gu Xinian cursed in his heart, could it be that Wei Xinyong saw through that she wanted to take advantage of him and deliberately talked nonsense
But I heard Wei Xinyong smile and say: "Because the missing person is Shen Shuming, not Shen Lianshi, Shen Zangji or Shen Liankun. I think if this matter was designed by the Shen family, the person most likely to be responsible for the missing person must be It’s Shen Liankun, definitely not Shen Shuming!”
He didn't wait for Gu Xinian's questions or retorts, and said, "Shen Shuming is Shen Zangli's only son. He is both emotional and reasonable. The Shen family will not let him take this risk. In addition, I met this Shen Shuming a few years ago and said That's not a good word, but he's just a playboy..."
"But if the Shen family hides him in the Xiliang army, what danger will there be?" Gu Xinian interrupted him and asked with a frown.
Wei Xinyong smiled lightly and said: "People disappeared in the imperial capital. How many people did Shen Lianshi's uncle and nephew bring into the city? If the Shen family sent Shen Shuming back to the army and Huo Zhaoyu didn't notice, It’s not him who did this Grand Master.”
Gu Xinian hesitated and said: "Mr. Wei is saying that someone else did it? Who could it be?"
"I don't know about that." Wei Xinyong said lazily, "I'm here as a guest, not to solve your problems."
Gu Xinian looked at him deeply and stood up to leave.
Xiliang, Mingpeitang.
study.
Wei Changying hurried in and saw Shen Zangfeng correcting the official document with a calm expression. He was slightly surprised: "I heard that Shu Ming is missing?" The people Shen Liankun sent almost crawled to the backyard. Look at the formation. , she thought the study room would be demolished by her husband. Unexpectedly, what I saw after I came over was as if nothing had happened.
"No matter who did it, the living are always valuable." Shen Zangfeng looked up at her and said calmly, "Now that no one has come out to identify him, and we are not in the imperial capital, there is no point in hurrying."
Wei Changying's face heated up at what he said, and he immediately said, "Don't you have any clue?"
"Most likely it's the Liu family or the Su family." Shen Zangfeng kept writing and said calmly, "We'll find out later."
He was so calm that the words of comfort he thought of when he came were useless, so he had no choice but to say: "Then you should be busy."
He exited the study and went outside to see Shen Liankun waiting.
"Third sister-in-law? How is third brother doing now?" Seeing Wei Changying coming out, Shen Liankun hurriedly came up to ask.
Wei Changying scolded lightly: "You are so sinister as you say, how come I see that nothing is missing or changed in the study, and your third brother is also very calm?"
Shen Liankun said with a sad face: "That's why I feel troublesome. After the second brother's letter was brought up, the third brother frowned at first, as if nothing happened. Third sister-in-law, do you think the third brother is so understated? Is it possible? "
"Now that your third brother is being looked at from top to bottom, do you want him to be as arrogant as you?" Wei Changying pondered for a moment and said, "You! Please change your ways in the future and stop being so impetuous!"
After saying this, Shen Liankun returned to the backyard and called Huang to him. However, Wei Changying also darkened his face: "This time the trouble is really big!"
"Madam, why should you worry? Isn't the Valve Master not in trouble yet?" Huang said softly, "Maybe things will get better?"
"If no one can be found, how can we get better?" Wei Changying asked, "My husband suspects that it was the Liu family or the Su family who did it. How can the demands made by these two families be trivial?"
But Huang said: "But does the clan leader have to agree to them?"
Wei Changying was stunned and said: "I also know that my husband has always taken the overall situation into consideration, but he does not care about the reputation of his eldest brother's only heir..."
"If the Valve Master can achieve great things, those are just small details." Huang said a little disapprovingly, "Madam, you cherish the Valve Master too much, so you have to worry about everything. In fact, those who have achieved great things throughout the ages have done things that are unethical and evil. Didn’t he do a lot? There are not one or two people who kill their nephews and relatives and finally achieve the title of hero."
This is reasonable, but as a woman, she always hopes that her husband will go well with everything, that his talents and conduct will be flawless, and that he will not be criticized in any way. Wei Changying complained a little about Shen Lianshi: "Why can't my second brother look down on such a big man?"
Just as he was talking, a servant came in and reported: "The fifth lady sent someone to send jade, saying that some good ones were mined in the Mengshan jade mine a few days ago, so I will send some to the madam first. If the madam thinks it is good, I will come back to the fifth madam." Just pack a special one.”
Wei Changying and Huang looked at each other: The people over at Su Yuyin may not be sending jade!
"Bring it in." Wei Changying said calmly, "Let me see what the condition is." (To be continued)