The emperor, empress dowager, empress, Mrs. Su, the prime minister's wife and other people came out of the greenhouse and kept praising the crabapple blooming well.
Su Fengnuan took Sun Qingxue's hand and said to her, "Go, Sister Sun, I will take you to have a look. If you like it, I will remove a plant from your prime minister's residence."
Sun Qingxue smiled and was dragged into the greenhouse by Su Fengnuan.
The rest of the ladies also followed into the greenhouse.
Ye Chang and Xu Yunchu did not go in, but waited outside.
The emperor glanced at the two of them and said, "Didn't you accompany me to enjoy the crabapple flowers? Why are you standing there? Why don't you go in and have a look?"
Ye Chang smiled and said, "We are here to accompany you, the emperor, and today we are just accompanying guests. If you want to enjoy the crabapple flowers, you can come to enjoy them anytime."
The emperor pointed at him with a smile, "That's right, I forgot, you're almost treating Su Mansion as your home."
Ye Chang smiled and said, "Naturally."
Madam Su smiled and said, "Your Majesty, go to the living room and have a cup of tea."
The emperor asked, "Where's Su Che?"
Mrs. Su smiled and said, "He was in the backyard and didn't hear anyone shouting. He probably didn't know you were coming, Your Majesty. He didn't come out in order not to disturb the wives and ladies admiring the flowers."
The emperor said, "I won't drink tea anymore, go find him. You can take the queen mother, empress and ladies to the drawing room to drink tea."
Mrs. Su smiled and said, "Then I'll ask the butler to guide you."
The emperor nodded.
Mrs. Su looked at the housekeeper, who quickly led the way for the emperor. Ye Chang and Xu Yunchu glanced at each other and followed the emperor.
In the warm shed, Su Fengnuan took Sun Qingxue to admire the crabapple flowers, and all the ladies and ladies praised them, saying that the crabapple blooms so well in the winter, and asked Su Fengnuan whether the charcoal fire under the crabapple tree was always After placing it, Su Fengnuan nodded again and again, saying that someone would take care of it day and night.
Sun Qingxue admired the flowers for a while, and said to Su Fengnuan, "It's a pity that sister Shen has passed away. She likes to appreciate flowers the most. This begonia blooms in winter. If she is here, she must be full of praise."
Su Fengnuan looked at her and said, "Sister Sun is talking about Shen Yan?"
Sun Qingxue nodded, "It's Shen Yan, did Sister Su forget her? You met her at the flower viewing banquet hosted by the Queen Mother."
Su Fengnuan nodded, "I've seen it before. She is very lively and has a great personality. I remember she said she likes to drink."
Sun Qingxue said, "She likes viewing flowers, drinking, painting, and juggling. Unfortunately, at such a young age, she died just like that. I begged my father to protect her, but my father said that Ruiyue Da The eldest princess saved Shen Zhilan with the gold medal for avoiding death. The emperor has been extraordinarily merciful. If he came forward to protect Shen Yan, he was afraid of causing trouble. After all, An Guogong's mansion and Jingyanghou's mansion are crimes of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country. Ye Shizi even Third Young Master Shen is not insured, let alone Shen Yan."
Su Fengnuan reached out and patted her hand to show her stability.
Sun Qingxue said, "I want to visit her in the prison, but my brother is not accommodating. He took over Uncle Xiaoguo to investigate the case, and he doesn't want me to pollute that filthy place. So, I didn't even see her for the last time. "
Su Fengnuan said, "I'm very puzzled. Why did the eldest princess save Shen Zhilan? Not the son of Jingyanghou's mansion?"
Sun Qingxue said, "She lost her mother since she was a child, and grew up beside the eldest princess. She has a deep bond with grandparents, which is not as good as others. Maybe this is the reason." After she finished speaking, she whispered, "I heard from my brother that the emperor intends to mention If the Eldest Princess protects Third Young Master Shen, he can be merciful for Ye Shizi's sake. But the Eldest Princess shook her head and said that the gold medal for avoiding death was given to her by the late emperor, so she naturally wanted to protect her favorite granddaughter."
Su Feng warmly sighed.
Sun Qingxue sighed, "Sister Shen Yan is not blessed, if she is favored by the Eldest Princess, she will be the one to save."
Su Feng warmly said, "Now Shen Zhilan is in Hongfenlou."
Sun Qingxue nodded, "I still saw her today."
"Huh?" Su Fengnuan looked at her, "Where did Sister Sun meet her?"
Sun Qingxue said, "Today is the fifth day of the lunar new year. She went back to Jingyanghou Mansion to pay respects. I met her on the road. I thought about my old friendship. I got out of the car and talked to her for a while. That's why I was too late. Otherwise, I would have come a little earlier. gone."
Su Fengnuan said, "Sister Sun and I came to the mansion almost, but I didn't meet her."
Sun Qingxue said, "The streets are different. You came from the front street, and I came from the back street."
Su Fengnuan smiled and said, "That's right." After finishing speaking, he said, "Jingyang Hou's mansion has long been confiscated, how can she worship?"
Sun Qingxue said, "She is the only one in Jingyanghou's mansion. The family grave is quite a distance away from the capital. It is inconvenient for her to go there. She must have worshiped at the gate."
Su Fengnuan said, "She is also a man of integrity. In the past, Xu Lingyi invited her to the mansion of the head of the state, but she just didn't go."
Sun Qingxue said, "In the past, her heart was higher than the sky, and she liked Ye Shizi, but now she is as humble as mud, lonely and helpless, which is also pitiful." After finishing speaking, she continued, "But it is said that Hongfenlou is different from other brothels. A woman is very free, she can choose by herself, for her, it is a better place than going to the State Head's Mansion as a slave. After all, when you were not back in Beijing, both of them liked Ye Shizi, and they didn't like each other."
Su Fengnuan nodded and said, "Ye Chang is a scourge."
Sun Qingxue pursed her lips and laughed.
The two had a conversation, enjoyed the crabapple flowers, left the greenhouse, and went to the living room.
When they came to the living room, the Empress Dowager, Empress, Madam Su, etc. were eating melons, fruits, desserts and drinking tea and chatting.
Su Fengnuan sat beside Mrs. Su and accompanied her for a while, then the butler whispered outside the door, "Miss, my son, please come over."
The Queen Mother smiled and said to the crowd, "Look, this Shizi Ye will look for someone if he can't see him for a moment."
Everyone laughed and said, "Miss Su is so lucky."
Su Fengnuan was used to the empress dowager's teasing, so he smiled and confessed to everyone, got up and left the living room.
Seeing her come out, the butler said with a smile, "The emperor and the general are playing chess, Shizi Ye and Uncle Xiaoguo have gone to your study to wait for you."
Su Fengnuan nodded and walked towards her study.
When they came to the study, Ye Chang and Xu Yunchu were indeed waiting.
Su Fengnuan entered the study room, closed the door, came to the table, sat down, and asked Ye Chang, "You come to the mansion today, and you will gain something from meeting them."
Ye Chang said, "Sun Qingxue's body is indeed rubbed with Jade Incense, besides the Jade Incense, there is also some miscellaneous gouache smell, as if it came from a brothel and was contaminated, otherwise a person would not rub many kinds of gouache on his body. "
Xu Yunchu said, "Yes, I specifically mentioned to her that there are other pollen smells, but judging by her appearance, I don't know if she really didn't pay attention to the smell on her body, or she pretended not to know."
Su Feng said warmly, "When she came to Su Mansion today, she passed by the back street and met Shen Zhilan."
"Huh?" Ye Chang raised his eyebrows.
Su Fengnuan said, "Shen Zhilan has been staying in the red powder building. It is normal for her to be contaminated with a mixed smell. According to Sun Qingxue, she stood and talked to her for a while, and she was contaminated by the fragrance powder on her body. Not surprising."
Hearing this, Ye Chang stretched out his hand and pulled Su Fengnuan's sleeve, put it on his nose and sniffed it, then nodded and said, "You have been with Sun Qingxue for a long time, and you have indeed smelled of powder."
Su Fengnuan said, "That's it. This statement is also reasonable. She said that because today is the fifth day of the lunar new year, Shen Zhilan could not go to the ancestral grave of Jingyanghou Mansion to pay homage, so she went to the sealed Jingyanghou Mansion. After paying homage, her carriage passed by and happened to meet her, and they talked for a while."
Xu Yunchu said, "So, both she and Shen Zhilan are suspected of Ding Xiang's death?"
Su Fengnuan nodded, "You can guess like this." After she finished speaking, she said, "However, after returning to Beijing, I have met Sun Qingxue quite a lot. She used to play the piano while I danced with a sword. Today I join hands with her to enjoy the crabapple. I didn't find out that she has the slightest martial arts, could it be that she is just like me, and her martial arts have returned to basics?"
Xu Yunchu said, "You are an innate talent in martial arts. I am afraid that few people in the world can match it. Concubine Yue Gui died in your hands. Sun Qingxue really has martial arts and is extremely powerful?"
Ye Chang was silent.
Su Fengnuan glanced at Ye Chang, and said, "The prime minister's family is noble and has always been loyal to the imperial power. Last year, when the Northern Zhou army invaded the country, the prime minister recommended you to invite my father to lead the troops to fight. For a while, the crisis of the country was resolved. And the prime minister is the disciple of Master Yunshan, Sun Zeyu broke the big case of An Guogong and Jingyang Hou's two houses, and I can hardly believe that she has a problem."
Ye Chang heard the words, "Has Xu Lingyi not spoken yet?"
Su Fengnuan suddenly remembered that she hadn't told him about Xu Lingyi yet, and told her that Liu Wen was the one who told Xu Lingyi to find her.
Ye Chang raised his eyebrows after hearing this.
Xu Yunchu was amazed, "How could he be the eldest son of Prince Jin's Mansion?"
Su Fengnuan looked at Xu Yunchu, "You don't think so?"
Xu Yunchu said, "At the beginning, my father, the eldest son of Prince Jin's mansion, King Rong An, the three of them were very close, like brothers. I thought he would not kill Shizi Ye."
Su Fengnuan nodded, "I also don't think it's him. If he hadn't looked at my face today and reminded me to fold two begonias and send them to her concubine Lily of the Valley, I would have secretly gone back to Su's mansion in advance to crack the greenhouse. Bone-corroding poison, otherwise the bone-corroding poison would infect the air in the greenhouse, and the consequences would be disastrous."
Xu Yunchu said, "If you don't crack it in time, the group of people who entered the greenhouse first will surely die."
Su Fengnuan nodded.