Seeing that the mother-in-law didn't know anything else, Su Ningxin waved her back.
Just as he was thinking about whether he should wake up the princess and ask her to order the city gates to be cordoned off and send people to search for assassins in the city, he heard the neighing of horses from the stables on the other side.
Su Ningxin frowned slightly and listened quietly. The more she listened, the more wrong she became, "Why does this voice sound so much like Xiao Hong?"]
Thinking about it, Su Ningxin got up and walked towards the stable. Hongzhu, who was following her, said, "Prince Princess, the stable is dirty and a fire has just broken out. It is very dangerous. Please don't go there."
Su Ningxin smiled casually at her, "It's okay, I'll just go over and take a look."
Seeing that the Crown Princess persisted, Hong Wa did not dare to stop her. She just cursed in her heart that this Crown Princess was too high-ranking. She had to rush to deal with affairs as soon as she entered the palace. She was afraid that others would not know that she could manage the house.
Naturally, Su Ningxin didn't know what Hong Zhu was thinking. She walked at the front, followed by several maids, Shuang Hua and Shuang Bai. At this time, there were still some fire-fighting servants in the stable, dealing with follow-up matters.
When they saw the Crown Princess approaching, they all stood on either side and bent down to salute. Su Ningxin just raised her hand slightly to signal them to get up, and then walked straight in the direction of the horse's barking.
When the bay horse in the stable saw Su Ningxin coming this way, it screamed even harder, and from time to time it would pave the ground anxiously with its hooves.
When she saw Su Ningxin looking at it, she immediately neighed and couldn't help but let out a cheer to show her joy.
Su Ningxin also looked surprised, "Why are you here?"
The maid who was following her also looked confused. Didn't she say that the bay-red horse had been stolen? Why are you still in the stable
The coachman on the side followed Su Ningxin and was surprised when he saw the bay-red horse. The thief had obviously stolen the Crown Princess's horse, and the stable next to the bay-red horse was on fire. What if the bay-red horse was with them? I didn't see it.
"How strange is it? If the Crown Princess's horse is here, then which horse did the thief steal?" the coachman said, scratching his head in confusion.
Su Ningxin stepped forward and touched the bay red horse's head, and the bay red horse nuzzled her affectionately. Su Ningxin said softly, "How did you escape? Unlocked the reins by yourself? What a clever little guy you are." "
Su Ningxin knew about the bay-red horse's ability to untie the reins on its own. She could untie ordinary knots tied to posts.
The bay-red horse neighed and held its head high, showing a proud look.
[A moment of silence for that assassin. He still steals horses with his IQ? Even a horse can make him spin around. ] Su Ning felt a little sorry for the horse thief.
In fact, the real situation was even more amazing than Su Ningxin imagined. When Helian Fu came into contact with the bay horse, the bay horse didn't show any abnormality, but when he turned around and left, the bay horse immediately untied the knot.
In a stable, the coachman tied up three horses. The bay horse not only untied its own reins, but also ran to the other side and untied the knot of the brown horse next to it.
Then he knocked over the oil lamp in front of the stable with a stick in his mouth. After the fire rose, all the horses panicked. The brown horse that was let go ran to the place farthest from the flames, which was where it was originally. In front of the trough where the bay horse sits.
At this time, the bay horse jumped to the stable next door, found a corner and curled up, reducing its sense of presence.
The brown horse's coat looked much brighter under the firelight. Helianfu had just seen a maroon horse, and its coat looked much darker in the dark, so he did not become suspicious and comforted the brown horse. Left with it.
On the other side, Helian Fu, who had just left the city, was not aware of this. He was galloping and laughing, as happily as a child.
Instructing the groom to take good care of the bay horse, Su Ningxin took a look at the situation at the scene and then returned to her yard.
When they entered the courtyard, they saw light coming from the window of the main room. The princess must have woken up. As expected, when they entered the house, they saw the princess sitting at the table with her clothes on, drinking water.
"Why are you awake, concubine? I want you to sleep a little longer." Su Ningxin said while untying her cloak.
The princess put down the tea cup and smiled, "When I woke up, I saw you were not in the house. I asked the maid and found out that there was a fire in the stable. How is it over there?"
The princess did not doubt Su Ningxin's intentions. If it were someone else, the princess would really have to consider whether the other person wanted to fight for power in the family.
But if it was Su Ningxin, the princess would not doubt it. After all, she knew that Su Ningxin had been a favored concubine in the palace. With Su Ningxin's scheming skills, if she wanted to plot the housekeeper's power, she would never let herself He noticed something. After all, he really had no power to resist Concubine Chen.
Su Ningxin handed the cloak to Shuanghua and said to the princess, "Nothing happened over there. It's just that a horse was stolen. There is no other loss."
Asking the maids around her to retreat, Su Ningxin sat opposite the princess and said seriously, "Mother concubine, I heard from the gatekeeper's description that the horse thief seems to be the assassin we met at the city gate today."
"Assassin?" the princess asked in surprise, with a puzzled look on her face, "Why did the assassin come to steal a horse?"
Su Ningxin covered her mouth and laughed, and told the princess about the bay-red horse that deceived the horse thief. The princess was also amazed. She didn't expect there to be such a smart horse in the world.
After the two of them laughed together for a while, Su Ningxin said, "Concubine, I came back and wanted to wake you up. If it is really an assassin, it would be too dangerous. Why don't we send some people to check at the city gate. That person It’s not that easy to escape from the city if you bring a horse with you.”
The princess nodded in agreement, "It won't take much trouble to have someone search the city. It's just that I can't mobilize the officers and soldiers of the government office now, so I need the prince's seal and handwriting."
Saying this, the princess called out, called Hong Wax in and asked, "Is the prince back?"
"He's back and resting in Concubine Li's yard." Hong Wax replied truthfully.
The princess didn't care about anything, "You and Hong Wax go and wake up the prince, ask him to come over, and tell him that you have something important to see him."
"Yes, slave, come over right away." Hong Wax said and then left.
Su Ningxin watched this scene dumbfounded and couldn't help but said, "Concubine, are you going to go to another courtyard to ask for someone like this?"
"Anyway, I must call someone. Should I send someone to ask the prince for a handwriting or call someone over? Concubine Li will inevitably cause a scene anyway. It would be easier to call over directly."
The princess said nonchalantly, as if she didn't think Concubine Li's commotion was a big deal.
(End of chapter)