The marriage was imminent, and the number of people coming in and out of Princess Chang'an's mansion kept coming in and out. After discussing with Nanny Yuan and listening to Chu Jingxing's reply, Princess Chang'an seemed to remember something and asked Nanny Yuan, "Is Mr. Bai gone?"
This morning she went to the palace to pay her respects to the Queen. She was still a little worried, afraid that Prince Zheng would say something intentionally or unintentionally in front of the Queen, so she also went to the palace.
As soon as he came back, he went to the meeting room in the mansion to handle some matters. Only now did he have some free time.
Nanny Yuan agreed, "We set out early in the morning and blended in with the crowd. No one could tell us apart."
Princess Chang'an nodded, summoned the guards from the palace in, and asked them to patrol more carefully. Then she remembered another important thing.
She rubbed her wrist, which was already a little sore: "Where is Yuan Heren?"
Over the years, the people around the princess have changed again and again, but Yuan He is always the first one. Nanny Yuan has already deliberately inquired about his news. Now that the princess asked, she also had something to say: "I heard that he went to Tianxiang Garden in Fenghuangtai..."
Going to support Baohui again.
Princess Chang'an stopped rubbing her wrist, a cold smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and soon she returned to normal and asked calmly, "Where is the second wife?"
The Princess's Mansion and the Yuan family's residence are only separated by a street, but usually they seem to be two unrelated families. They basically have no contact with each other, and everything between the two families is separated.
Unless necessary, the princess never set foot into the Yuan family. When the late emperor was alive, she didn't dare to be so blatant. But after the late emperor passed away, Emperor Longqing didn't care about these things, so she naturally didn't even bother to do the favor.
Now she suddenly asked about the second wife's news. Qin Sang and Luzhi didn't know how to respond for a moment. It took them a while to react, and they stammered and couldn't say anything.
The eldest princess didn't seem angry.
She had never really cared about the people there before. As her superiors set the example, her servants also looked down on the people there, so it was normal for them not to pay attention. She paused and ordered Nanny Yuan: "Go find Yuan He for me when the time comes. It's not decent for him to stay in that kind of place all day!"
His own brothers have not disciplined him yet...
Her Royal Highness the Princess is really being inhumane on this point.
After all, Yuan He is a married man, and his children are almost of marriageable age. Logically, those unnecessary things should have been completely discarded long ago.
Nanny Yuan sighed in her heart and said nothing more.
After Princess Chang'an finished her instructions, she also told Nanny Yuan: "Tell the people below to keep an eye on it at all times and report any disturbances to the higher authorities."
Nanny Yuan was startled and quickly came to her senses and accepted the order.
Mr. Bai had already mixed in with the crowd and left the city. He was a cautious man, and in order to avoid being targeted, he actually followed the convoy to Baoding, intending to stay there for one night before setting off again.
He was accompanied by only three inconspicuous servants, and looked like an ordinary tea merchant. It was not until dark that he separated from the group of people who really wanted to see the farm.
The servant asked him in confusion: "Sir, since we are going south, why do we have to go around to Baoding first?"
Mr. Bai laughed and ignored him: "What do you know? Just do what the teacher says."
He led the servants to an inn in Baoding Prefecture to stay the night.
After staying in the inn for one night, they rented a carriage and continued their journey without stopping.
The money given was sufficient and the rented carriage was spacious. He sat in it, pointed at a place name on the map, frowned, touched his beard thoughtfully, and sighed deeply.
The princess's move was indeed brilliant. She destroyed the enemy and then established them. It was extremely bold. She led Liu Biping to deal with the Wei family and the King of Zheng, and took the lead in holding the chips that would lead them to a desperate situation... ...
No matter which side wins, she will still hold the power in her hand in the end.
He slapped the table and was about to ask the servant to bring some cooked beef when he heard a loud bang outside, as if something had fallen in front of the carriage.
When you go out, you have to be careful and cautious. He frowned and asked the servant to go down to check the situation. But before he could get off the car, the driver jumped out of the car and opened the curtain and came over: "Sir, there are two brothers outside. The elder brother is very sick..."
They must be asking for help. Mr. Bai has seen this kind of thing many times before. He didn't want to get involved in this matter. He waved his hand and glanced at the servant: "Go down and get some silver to send them away. We still have to hurry..."
The servant went down as he was told, and came back up soon after. He urged the driver to continue on his way, while replying to Mr. Bai: "They are indeed two brothers. The elder brother is seriously ill and dying. The younger gave him one tael of silver, and they were so happy that they have never seen the world."
Mr. Bai didn't take it to heart. These were just trivial matters. He nodded heavily, and then he felt the fatigue from the journey coming up. He leaned back on the couch and fell asleep soon after.
Behind them, on the wide official road, Tan Xi, who had just been sick and dying, quickly got up, brushed off the dirt on his body, breathed a sigh of relief, and spat fiercely on the ground: "Damn it, I finally caught up with you!"
They were responsible for following the people leaving the princess's mansion all the way. After watching for a while, they found that some of the people who came to hold the carriage had left early and rented a carriage. They became concerned and followed them all the way to now, but were afraid of chasing the wrong person, so they used this method to see if the person sitting on the top was wrong.
Now that it was proven to be true, Tan Xi winked at He Xing who had just pretended to be his younger brother and said, "Write back to the young lady and tell her that we have caught up with him. Please tell me what to do next."
He Xing did not delay and immediately wrote a letter and asked his disciple to deliver it back to the capital.
There are too many risks in using carrier pigeons. They have finally trained a few apprentices, all of whom were orphans and brought up by their side. Wei An also hired a teacher to teach them some principles. Recently, they no longer send messages through post stations, but use their own apprentices to travel thousands of miles. Although this method takes a lot of time and money, it is much more reliable.
Baoding is not far from the capital, so Wei An received the news in the evening of the next day and gave it to King Zheng who came for dinner.
Prince Zheng and Princess Zheng were allowed by Emperor Longqing himself to visit the Wei family, so the Wei family gave them a very grand reception. The Third Lady and the Second Lady had already invited a troupe to perform, and they also specially invited the Lady of the Earl of Qinghe and the Lady of the Earl of Huairen to accompany them.
Earl Qinghe and Earl Huairen were both good people, and they did not refuse such a favor. Prince Zhennan also came because he was a relative, and the second, third and fifth masters were also adept at entertaining him.
The backyard was not very harmonious.
The wife of the Earl of Qinghe had never liked this distant relative. Now when they met, she had to bow to Miss Ding and call her "Princess", which made her feel inferior to her.