The matter was settled. Xiao Mingyu looked at Chu Jingxing's face in the mist, paused and said, "According to the time, it's about time for King Jin to return to his old nest. Has any news been sent back from Xue Changshi?"
Chu Jingxing hummed and answered him concisely: "The news has been sent back all the time. The King of Jin is exhausted. A large number of Jinyiwei and pursuers are chasing him. His resentment towards his superior is growing day by day, and it is almost time for him to get angry."
He looked at Xiao Mingyu and said, "When Xue Changshi sends back another message, I will order him to win over officials in the Jiangnan area in the name of the King of Jin, and provoke the conflict between him and his superiors again. When the superiors are extremely angry, they will naturally kill people to achieve the purpose of deterrence, and then the King of Jin will never look back."
In this case, the Prince of Jin would rebel, and there would be endless fighting in the court over the issue of the succession. Emperor Longqing would certainly be exhausted from dealing with internal and external troubles.
Many things can be done smoothly.
Xiao Mingyu clapped his hands, brushed off the non-existent wrinkles on his collar, and then stood up slowly: "In this case, I know what to do. Tomorrow I will ask my fellow villagers to go find him. When the matter is done, I will arrange for Feng Yuan and the others to respond. Once they respond, there will naturally be many people in the court who want to fish in troubled waters. The matter will become a big deal."
Chu Jingxing also stood up and agreed: "I shouldn't have anything to do with this matter, so you will be fully responsible. You don't have to worry about me. Since you have placed all your bets on me, I will not let you lose everything."
Xiao Mingyu hummed, slowly tied the belt of his cloak, and quickly disappeared from the secret passage.
Chu Jingxing went up to the ground through the secret passage, returned to the study and sat for a while, then received a message from his subordinates saying that a family letter had been sent from the Linjiang Palace.
This family letter came along with the memorial from Prince Linjiang to Emperor Longqing to report his safety, so it was delivered by someone sent from the palace. Chu Jingxing respectfully agreed and threw it into the fire without even looking at it, and it burned to ashes.
Xianrong County Lady was a little surprised. She glanced at him and asked nervously, "Are you really not going to watch it?"
There was nothing to hide from his wife, so Chu Jingxing no longer concealed his indifference and alienation towards King Linjiang: "What difference does it make whether you watch it or not? It's just the same old stuff anyway."
"You don't have to worry about these things." His brows were cold and indifferent. "It is important to take care of the affairs of the mansion. If there is anything you don't understand, ask Madam Fu and Madam Yuan. You must be careful when dealing with the affairs of the palace and don't anger the two palaces."
Although Princess Xianrong has never been very rational when it comes to Wei An, she actually knows her limits in other matters.
What's more, she has Nanny Yuan by her side to support her all the time, so Chu Jingxing is not worried about her.
Xianrong County Lady understood and quickly agreed, then asked him, "How are we going to explain this to our father?"
"I'll arrange for someone to write a letter." Chu Jingxing's expression remained unchanged, and he was not impatient. He glanced at her and asked her to go back and write a letter to Princess Linjiang: "Tell mother that our family is fine, and so is Jingwu. He just wants to go to Fujian. That's all."
Princess Xianrong did not dare to delay, and responded again before asking the question she had not dared to ask: "So, this time Wei An..." She lowered her head and poured a cup of tea for Chu Jingxing, and asked lightly: "So this time, if you can solve it, you don't plan to wait until they go to Fujian to take action, right?"
Seeing that Chu Jingxing made no secret of the fact that the palace was now under his control, Lady Xianrong could guess something.
She felt a little excited. The fact that she had been plotting against Wei An but had failed had gradually become a source of worry in her mind. She really hated Wei An to the extreme.
Now that Chu Jingxing can personally deal with Wei An, she is extremely happy.
Chu Jingxing noticed her excitement, and after a pause, he didn't say anything to her. He just said, "That's about it. You don't have to worry about these things. I will always help you vent your anger."
Princess Xianrong's wish was greatly fulfilled and she nodded repeatedly with excitement.
Wei An and Shen Chen on the other side also realized that they had become someone else's prey, so they left the city in a low-key manner.
After all, Baoding Prefecture has a thousand households, and Dong Siyuan has many people under his command, so Shen Chen brought a lot of people with him. Before coming, he went to Emperor Longqing and told him without hiding anything, saying that he wanted to investigate the assassin.
He is a nosy person and loves to stand up for the weak.
So when he said this, Emperor Longqing did not find it strange. He just reprimanded him for making trouble and said that the Ministry of Justice and the Embroidered Uniform Guard were both investigating and there was no need for him to get involved.
But Shen Chen persisted and insisted on getting to the bottom of the matter, so Emperor Longqing did not refuse to let him go.
He came as a matter of course.
This was to give Emperor Longqing a heads-up in advance, in case his identity was discovered and someone took advantage of it to cause trouble. It was also to block Chu Jingxing's chance to take advantage of him.
Xuesong looked at the group of people following behind him and felt a little headache: "With so many people, we will definitely attract a lot of attention when we go to Baoding Prefecture..."
Han Bo was quick to speak and immediately said, "What's there to be afraid of? No one knows us anyway, so why don't we just say we are going on a business trip?"
As he spoke, he looked at Shen Chen. Seeing that Shen Chen was frowning, he couldn't help but look forward in the direction he was looking.
There was a teahouse in front. It was already evening and the sun was setting. The teahouse was dilapidated, but it was still very lively inside. People were pushing and shoving, and some were cursing. The noise was so loud that it almost deafened people on this road.
What attracted the most attention was not the people who were pushed out from time to time, but a woman holding a child, sitting next to the dilapidated wooden pillar of the teahouse.
Wei An and Shen Chen simultaneously tightened the reins and slowed down. They could see the woman's face clearly when they got closer. She was about 20 years old, with dry hair and dull eyes. She was holding a child about one year old and singing.
The songs they were singing were incomprehensible, and there was still a lot of fighting going on inside. An old man who had just been pushed out almost stepped on a child.
Han Bo quickly picked up a stone and accurately pushed the old man away. He scratched his head in shock, got off the horse and shouted loudly that he wanted to buy tea.
Although they had dressed up, they were riding horses and didn't want to look too shabby to attract attention, so they were dressed neatly and elegantly. The fat hostess of the teahouse quickly came over and smiled and led them outside: "I'm sorry, my guests, it's so noisy in here, why don't we set up a few tables outside?"