Mrs. He took a deep breath. She had always been extremely concerned about the affairs of the Song family. At this moment, she hurriedly stood up and looked at Su Rong and Su Yao with a solemn expression. She pursed her lips and finally controlled her emotions before repeating, "The wife of the Marquis of Guangping went to Baihe Temple."
Her face looked very bad. Su Yao stepped forward to support her. She calmed down a little and sat in the chair looking at Su Yao: "When Guangping Hou brought Song Heng back, he first placed him in Baihe Temple to raise him for a while, and then went with Guangping Hou's wife to bring him back to Guangping Hou's mansion. Now the Crown Prince's wife went to Baihe Temple at this critical moment. I am afraid that she has become suspicious, or knows something and went to investigate this..."
Old Madam Su sighed deeply, and had the same worry: "Although the Song family is good, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs. Even family members fight to the death for the family property, not to mention Song Heng's background is so special? The wife of the prince and her children have always been at odds with Song Heng. This is an open secret in the capital. This time Song Shiyi is dying, and bad news keeps coming out. I think... the wife of the prince goes to Baihe Temple at this time, which is indeed very suspicious."
"We have to think of a way!" Mrs. He was so anxious that she was spinning around and felt dizzy. She couldn't drink the tea she had been holding for a long time. "We can't just sit there and wait. What if there is something fishy going on at Baihe Temple?"
Although the emperor has mentioned the late crown prince several times and his attitude is ambiguous, in Mrs. He's opinion, the time is not yet ripe. After all, the late crown prince was assassinated before he could prove his success and his identity was not restored at all. There is absolutely no benefit in exposing Song Heng's life experience at this time - not only does a big tree attract wind, but if his identity is exposed in advance, how could the people who dealt with the late crown prince back then let Song Heng go now
Su Rong was very calm. He thought for a moment and then shook his head: "My dear, this is inappropriate."
Seeing that Mrs. He was anxious to speak, he said gently: "Your identity is also very special. If it is really related to Song Heng's life experience, everyone's attention will be drawn there when you appear. Moreover, the matter of that year has not been investigated clearly. If you are also involved, someone with ulterior motives may take the opportunity to frame you and the Su family for harboring evil intentions. Did you really collude with the late crown prince back then?"
There are too many hidden dangers and things to consider.
Mrs. He knew that Su Rong's worries were justified, so she could only ask, "What else can we do? We can't just sit there and wait for death."
Su Rong and Su Yao looked at each other.
"Wait a moment." Su Yao finally whispered. Seeing that Mrs. He and Old Lady Su were a little excited, he repeated what Mrs. Shen said, lowering his voice even lower: "Song Heng controls half of the Jinyiwei forces. He is much more informed than us. I have asked Chen Dong to inform him. He must have been prepared. We must not ruin his plans."
Mrs. He hesitated, but she was already convinced by Su Yao. After hesitating for a while, she finally said hesitantly: "Okay, then wait a moment..."
Old Madam Su held Madam He's hand and said, "What Yaoyao said makes sense. I saw Song Heng a few days ago and he is a very mature and cautious person. Besides, there is no point in worrying about these things. We have survived all these years. Do we really need such a short time like now? Just be patient for a while."
Mrs. He smiled, trying to relax, and asked Su Yao how her preparations for the banquet at Duke Cheng's mansion were going. She then said, "Although the Xu family is prominent, they don't necessarily have to be servile. If they make things difficult for you, you don't have to bear it."
If it was someone else, such as Princess Mingchang or Prince Fenyang who were also equally arrogant, Mrs. He would at most advise Su Yao not to be too impatient, but when it came to the Xu family, she was extremely rude.
Firstly, it was because of what happened to Zhang Linghui back then, and secondly, Duke Cheng was the Prince’s Guardian back then, but when the Prince got into trouble, he just stood by and watched. How could such a heartless and ungrateful person become a good person
Besides, she felt that the Duke Cheng’s Mansion had bad intentions in inviting Su Yao.
But the invitations were so sincere and came one after another. If Su Yao didn't go, he was afraid that there would be few noble ladies in the capital who would send him invitations in the future, so he had to go only once.
But if you want to swallow your anger, there is no need to do so.
Su Yao understood what she meant and smiled to reassure her.
With this interruption, the atmosphere finally became much better, and Mrs. He felt much more relaxed than before.
At the same time, the Song family's carriage slowly drove out of the main gate of Guangping Marquis Mansion and headed towards Taiping Gate.
On the second floor of the Changjie calligraphy and painting shop next to the Guangping Marquis's Mansion, Xu Ying opened the window and took a look, then waved his hand and told the people below: "Let's go!"
Although he said that he was just going to gather some information, Xu Rui was still worried and asked him to bring along a few former retainers of the Duke's Mansion.
As soon as he gave the order, the others followed quickly.
The horses had been prepared long ago. Among the people led by Xu Ying, there were some who were former scouts. They followed closely all the way and finally arrived at Baihe Temple.
It was already dark when they arrived at Baihe Temple. The road up the mountain was long and winding, and it was difficult to walk. The scout advised Xu Ying to wait at the foot of the mountain: "The road is long and there are few people. The Song family is also a military family. They must have guards with them when they travel. We must be very careful along the way. Don't arouse suspicion at this time."
He was the elder of the family, so Xu Ying gave him face and nodded. She found a place and waited for a long time. She estimated that the prince's wife would be almost there before she started to set off.
But when they finally arrived at Baihe Temple, they heard that the Crown Prince's wife did not enter the main Yuxu Palace, but went directly to Taoist Xiuyuan's Lingxu Palace. She raised her eyebrows in surprise.
Taoist Master Xiuyuan has already taken over as the abbot...
After a brief moment of surprise, he immediately became excited and realized that he had made the right decision to follow along this time. The Crown Prince's wife must have come here to learn about Song Heng's background!
Thinking of this, he could hardly conceal his inner joy and was about to turn around.
Several other people stopped him in time and said in a low voice: "We still need to think about it carefully..."
It is totally unreasonable for them to appear here so late at night and be in Baihe Temple with the Song family. Even if the Song family members are stupid, they will be suspicious.
Xu Ying finally held back and nodded reluctantly, and said to the Taoist priest as they had agreed: "Master Song asked me to come here, so I'll go in and wait. You go and inform Master Song that I'm here. Thank you for your help."