After discussing with the prince and concubine, Prince Miao Jiang decided that the King of Ten Thousand Gus had a serious matter and could not be left in the hands of others, so he decided to go to the capital to investigate in person.
The two disguised themselves and rushed to the capital, because the Ninth Prince had mentioned earlier that Mr. Qi had seen the King of Ten Thousand Gus, so they first went to the Qi Mansion to visit Mr. Qi.
Because they didn't want to publicize the matter, the prince and princess did not reveal their identities when they informed the servants at the gate of Qi's mansion, only saying that they were the eldest son's old friends.
Although Mr. Qi was surprised when he heard about it, he didn't know which old friend came to visit suddenly, but he still asked his servants to invite them to the hall to talk, and he came out of the study to greet them. Due to his eye disease, Mr. Qi had never seen the appearance of Prince Miao Jiang and his concubine before, and now they were dressed as Han people, so he was stunned for a moment, and when Prince Miao Jiang opened his mouth, he recognized the slightly southern face. The accent came, so he asked the two to sit down on the left, and said in a gentle and modest manner: "The prince and the prince's concubine are visiting, and I am far away from welcoming you. Please forgive me."
The concubine was taken aback for a moment, and looked at the prince in a daze. The prince knew that Mr. Qi was blind and not blind, and when he was in Miaojiang, he had visited Qi's mansion many times, so it was considered that Mr. Qi recognized him. Reasonable.
"Prince?" Young Master Qi called out.
Seeing that he recognized his identity, the prince gave back the courtesy and said: "Xiao Wang and his wife came in a hurry and took the liberty to disturb each other. The eldest son should forgive me." Then he sat on the right side with the prince and concubine.
Prince Qi asked the maid to pour tea for the guests, Fang smiled and asked him why he came: "I don't know why the prince and princess are here in the capital this time?" asked.
The prince said earnestly: "Xiao Wang heard that the King of Ten Thousand Gus appeared in the capital. This matter has a great relationship with our internal affairs in Miaojiang, so Xiao Wang and his wife came all the way to seek proof. They also wanted to find the Gu King. whereabouts of... ”
Seeing that her husband was too late to get to the point, the concubine was a little impatient, so she went straight to the point and said, "May I ask the eldest son if he knows where the King of Ten Thousand Gus is now?"
Prince Qi's smile paused slightly when he heard the words, and he hesitated for a moment before he said: "I don't know, I have only heard about this King of Gu Gu, and I have never seen it in person, so I can't help it. It's a pity that the prince and the prince's concubine came here for nothing." Glancing outside the pavilion, he said again: "It's getting late at this time, you two are not familiar with the capital when you first arrived, why don't you just stay in the humble house and rest, and in the early morning of tomorrow, go to other people's places to inquire, how about it?"
The concubine thought to herself that the ninth son would not lie to her, so she looked at the eldest son Qi suspiciously, and wanted to ask something more, but the prince touched her arm casually, and she had no choice but to keep silent.
Although the inquiry was fruitless, the other party offered to entertain him to stay. As the royal family of Miaojiang, the prince must not lose face, so he signaled the prince and concubine to stand up together and thanked him: "Thank you, eldest son, for taking care of me."
So Young Master Qi ordered his servants to go to the West Wing to tidy up a clean and spacious guest room so that the prince and princess could live in it. Now it was time for dinner, so he invited the two to have dinner together first.
After dinner, the prince and concubine were led by the servants of Qi's mansion to the guest room to rest.
After the servants left, the concubine immediately closed the door tightly, and blamed her husband, "His Highness thinks what Mr. Qi said is true or not? Why didn't I allow my concubine to ask questions?"
The prince shook his head at her: "You are too impatient. Judging by his demeanor just now, he must know the truth, or at least the clue, but he just doesn't want to tell us."
The concubine sat down on the bed in frustration: "Then what should we do? This eldest son is an important figure in the Qi family, and his status is far different from that of regret, so we can't force him to ask. Are we just going to let go of the hard-won clues like this?" ?”
The prince was silent for a long while before speaking: "Since it is confirmed that it is in the capital, it will be much easier to handle. We will go out and search carefully tomorrow. You need to be patient. I will do everything."
The princess has always believed in her husband's words, now that she has an idea, she sleeps peacefully and gathers enough energy to look for the king of ten thousand gus tomorrow.
And Mr. Qi was leaning on the soft chair with a lot of thoughts on his mind. How could Prince Miaojiang ask him if he knew the King of Ten Thousand Gus, and also asked him if he knew where the King of Ten Thousand Gus was? Who told Prince Miaojiang
"Come here." Young Master Qi said softly.
"What are your orders, Young Master?" The servant stepped forward and asked, Young Master Qi frowned slightly, and said with some uncertainty: "Did Prince Miao Jiang and Princess Wang not bring anyone?"
"Yes." The servant nodded.
"Well, I see, you have watched Prince Miaojiang and the others, and the people monitoring Huixin, can any news come back?" Mr. Qi asked after a moment of pondering, and the servant shook his head and said, "Where is Huixin?" There is no movement, but the eldest son, after investigating the death of the guard, we found that it must be related to Huixin. I heard from the cook that the night before the guard's death, Hui Xin went to make tea for the guard to drink. , I also asked the patrol, only Huixin went to the big guard that night, if it is said that the death of the big guard has nothing to do with regret, son, I don’t believe it.”
The servant thought for a while and continued: "Besides, Huixin's behavior after the death of the big guard is really a bit strange."
"I see, you go down first." Mr. Qi said softly.
There have been many major incidents in the capital recently, especially the riots in the west of the city. Most of the people don't know the details. They only heard that there were many casualties there, and that a group of unconscious people were responsible for it. What's more, they spread rumors that the scourge of heaven has come, the imperial power is about to run out, and the country is about to change hands.
Although people of insight scoff at this statement, many ordinary people believe in such inflammatory words. The guards in the capital have been ordered to warn the people many times not to believe in non-existent things, but they just can't suppress this unhealthy trend. , Those remarks that are unfavorable to the Yang family's court spread like wings.
The emperor also heard these rumors in the palace, and was extremely disturbed apart from indignation. The eunuch looked at the uncertain emperor and reminded: "Your majesty, the marriage of the little prince and the little princess should also be held. We are marrying princesses one after another, and the little prince's marriage has not yet been fixed."
The emperor narrowed his eyes, and said meaningfully: "Yes, the marriage between the little prince and the little princess has indeed been delayed for a long time." After a little thought, the emperor decided to put the marriage of the little prince and the little princess on the agenda. Let the Ministry of Internal Affairs do it with all its heart, so as to be happy and suppress the rumors.