"Didn't Eighth Sister let me stay by the Empress Dowager's side, why did she insist on me coming out?" After walking out of the Chaolu Hall, Qin Wan couldn't help but say a few words, and looked back at the entrance of the Chaolu Hall, still feeling weird in her heart.
At first she was not allowed to enter the palace, but later she was changed to let her stay by the Queen Mother's side, but right now, she was pulled out again, just now Feng Lingsu deliberately talked about stepping on the snow to find plums, and the Queen Mother let go, Later, Feng Lingsu sent her out again, Qin Wan subconsciously felt that it was inappropriate, but neither the queen nor Qin Chaoyu stopped her.
Qin Chaoyu only knew that the queen said that Feng Lingsu and Yan Qi were going to attack the queen mother's illness, but she didn't know anything else. However, she didn't have a clue about how to act today. At this moment, it was Zhao Shuhua who said that she What to do according to the order, although he was a little puzzled, but Qin Chaoyu still said, "What are you worried about, the empress is inside, when you listen to the opera later, the empress is far away, so you can stay by the empress's side alright."
Qin Chaoyu thought that the queen probably wanted to give Feng Lingsu and Yan Qi a chance to do something, and then catch their evil deeds. Although this made the queen mother very risky, Qin Chaoyu had no affection for the queen mother.
She is the one who will be the crown princess, so naturally everything is for Yan Che's consideration.
Qin Chaoyu's statement is not unreasonable, but Qin Wan is still worried, she just wants to quickly break the plum blossoms and go to the Hall of Lu.
Seeing Qin Wan walking fast, Qin Chaoyu said, "Go slowly, there are many people here today, you must always pay attention to your manners, don't lose your identity..."
Qin Wan didn't care about this, and continued to move forward. Qin Chaoyu watched Qin Wan walking forward, and suddenly said, "How do you know where Mei Lin is?"
Qin Wan paused slightly, her heart trembling slightly. She was anxious for a while, and even forgot that this should be Miss Jiu's first visit to Chaolu Hall. She shouldn't be so clear about the layout around Chaolu Hall. Qin Wan snorted slightly, "Can you smell it?" Is it smelling?"
Qin Wan turned to look at Qin Chaoyu for a moment, and Qin Chaoyu finally realized that Qin Wan is a person who knows medicine and is familiar with medicinal materials, so he is very sensitive to the scent of these flowers. There is indeed a scent of plum blossoms around Chaolu Hall, but the scent is scattered and very faint. She couldn't smell it herself, Qin Chaoyu was noncommittal, and took two steps forward to lead the way.
After walking not far, Qin Chaoyu's footsteps faltered. Mei Lin was already close in front of him, but there were suddenly more people. When he looked up, he saw Yan Che, Qin Yan, and others in the octagonal pavilion on the side of Mei Lin. Five or six teenagers were standing among them. Qin Wan glanced over and saw Chen Zhaowen and Zhao Jing, the sons of the Marquis of Wu'an.
Today's palace banquet, the selection of Yan Che and Yan Qi's concubine is the highlight, and Qin Wan feels that these have nothing to do with her, and doesn't care about the existence of Yan Che and the others at all. Seeing Qin Chaoyu stop, Qin Wan walks away on his own Going to the side to Zhemei, Qin Chaoyu stood there for a while before following.
Because Yan Che and the others arrived in the pavilion, there were a lot of ladies from aristocratic families who came to appreciate the plums in the plum grove. As soon as Qin Chaoyu and the others came, they attracted a lot of attention. Qin Chaoyu raised his jaw slightly, but he didn't look too much into the pavilion , it seems that this is the only way to show her identity, but she folds the plums very slowly, as if she must choose carefully.
Qin Wan quickly folded five flowers. Seeing that Mo Yi next to Qin Chaoyu had only one in his hand, he lost the patience to wait any longer, so he stepped forward and said, "Eighth sister, let me go and see if His Highness the Ninth Prince is there." Where, go back later by yourself."
The queen mother asked Qin Wan to find Yan Sui and Qin Chaoyu heard it, and there was no reason to stop her for a while, so she nodded. Seeing this, Qin Wan walked out of Mei Lin without looking back.
On this side, Yan Che watched Qin Wan disappear outside Mei Lin.
Although it was not very obvious, he saw Qin Chaoyu and Qin Wan as soon as they came, and he saw it clearly. Qin Wan never looked at them from the beginning to the end. Not only that, even if she knew that they were Therefore, he didn't have any intention of staying longer, he understood that what she said that day was true, and she didn't have any intention of entering the East Palace!
Yan Che's face was gloomy, and he ignored the others who were joking. Zhao Jing, who was at the side, sensed something wrong with him, and stepped forward, "What's wrong, Your Highness? The eighth miss of the Qin family is still there, do you want to invite her?" Come and talk?"
Zhao Jing knew that his elder sister intended to make the eighth miss of the Qin family a crown princess, and he was happy to see it succeed, and because he had just returned to the capital, he didn't know whether Yan Che had any objections to this decision.
Yan Che shook his head when he heard the words, but he didn't look in Qin Chaoyu's direction. He withdrew his gaze, but what lingered in his mind was the figure of Qin Wan. Most of them came here for him, but Qin Wan is different from everyone else. The more he can't get it, the more precious he feels. Yan Che doesn't know what is in his mind now, but what is certain is that after the last time in the Hou's house, This matter, Qin Wan has been able to disturb his usual calm thoughts.
Just thinking about it, suddenly, He Yin walked in quickly from the outside with a dark complexion.
"Your Highness, something has happened—"
Having said that, Yan Che raised his brows immediately, there is nothing serious today, where did the word "change" come from
Yan Che took two steps outside, He Yin immediately whispered something in his ear.
With just one sentence, Yan Che's complexion changed drastically, "Really?!"
He Yin nodded and said in a low voice, "Really, the brochure has been sent to Qin Tianjian, and there is indeed the name of Nine Girls on it, and King Cheng actually put Nine Girls in the position of concubine..."
Yan Che immediately took a deep breath and clenched his fists in his sleeves.
On the other side, Zhao Jing realized something was wrong and took two steps to follow, "Your Highness, what's the matter?"
Yan Che shook his head, his eyes flashed brightly, and He Yin asked, "Do you want to tell the empress?"
He Yin wanted to discuss this matter with Zhao Shuhua, but Yan Che shook his head, "No, the empress mother is with the emperor's grandmother now, and the noble concubine is also there. Right now, the noble concubine must know that we want to stop them."
Yan Che didn't know, this was what Yan Qi wanted him to know... and he subconsciously didn't want Zhao Shuhua to know about it, because he guessed that even if Zhao Shuhua knew, he probably wouldn't intervene now. She planned to use Qin Wan as a bait, she didn't value Qin Wan's safety in her heart, and if King Cheng really wanted to marry Qin Wan, even if Zhao Shuhua destroyed Qin Wan, she would not let King Cheng do what she wanted, but this, but Not what he wanted to see.
Although Qin Wan's behavior annoyed him, if it really ruined it for nothing, it would be wrong both emotionally and rationally.
Thinking like this, Yan Che suddenly said, "Have our brochures been delivered too?"
He Yin nodded, "That's right, I'll send it over. After the Qintian monitoring is finished, I will show the result to the empress dowager and the emperor—"
Yan Che hurriedly asked again, "Have you started divination?"
He Yin shook his head, "Not yet—"
Yan Che narrowed his eyes, and suddenly gave He Yin a command in a low voice. Upon hearing this, He Yin's complexion changed drastically, "Your Highness? I'm afraid this is inappropriate! The Empress will not agree!"
The corners of Yan Che's lips were tightly pursed, "But right now there is no other way, if he wants to threaten with the position of concubine, that's all I can do."
He Yin looked helplessly at Qin Chaoyu in the distance, "But Your Highness, I'm afraid that the Houfu will not like it, and the emperor and queen mother probably won't agree."
Yan Che raised his eyebrows, "I didn't ask them to agree, I just let Cheng Wang's plan fail!"
"But... this will also make the emperor dissatisfied with you..."
Yan Che frowned, his eyes darkened, he stared at He Yin for a moment, He Yin immediately didn't dare to say any more, even though he knew that Zhao Shuhua would not agree to this, but his master was Yan Che, and the master of the Great Zhou in the future would also be Yan Che, it is clear at a glance who to listen to, He Yin cupped his fists, "The villain will arrange it immediately, Your Highness can rest assured."
As soon as He Yin left, Zhao Jing showed even more doubts. According to his seniority, he was Yan Che's uncle, so he naturally wanted to be more concerned about Yan Che's unspeakable things, and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, what happened?"
Yan Che took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Prince Cheng wants Miss Qin's Ninth Lady to be his concubine."
Zhao Jing stared at him, "What?! You said—"
Zhao Jing was born as a martial artist, and with a loud roar, he immediately attracted the attention of Qin Yan and the others. He realized that something was wrong, and suddenly stopped speaking, but Qin Yan and others quickly surrounded him.
"Your Highness, what happened?"
Looking at Qin Yan, Zhao Jing hesitated to speak, but Yan Che's expression faded, "It's nothing, the queen mother wants to marry the little general, but the little general doesn't want to, it's just a moment of excitement."
As soon as the words came out, everyone laughed and made fun of Zhao Jing. The corners of Zhao Jing's lips twitched into a wry smile, but he looked at Yan Che anxiously. Although he had only met Qin Wan three times, once he came The Hou Mansion and the prince were already on the same boat, and he came here with Qin Wan as his own. He admired Qin Wan very much in his heart, and he also had some inexplicable affection for him. Before that, there was no other The girl gave him such a feeling, because of this, how could he watch King Cheng beg Qin Wan to go.
After joking for a while, Yan Che turned towards the plum grove, Zhao Jing was the closest, and whispered to Zhao Jing, "Don't worry, I have already made arrangements..."
Zhao Jing was a little anxious, "How did His Highness arrange it? King Cheng is willing to take the position of concubine this time, it seems that he has a plan, unless someone also asks to marry Miss Nine at this time, otherwise..."
"I know what you mean." Yan Che's tone was light, he paused and said again, "So I ordered someone to add the name of Nine Girls to the booklet of the East Palace."
Zhao Jing paused and looked at Yan Che in disbelief.
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Leaving Meilin, Qin Wan walked along the path west of Chaolu Hall. She remembered that there was a side garden on the left side of Chaolu Hall. If Yan Sui wanted to play in the snow, it would be the best place there, and Madam Su led him out just now. It was time to go to the west, so thinking about it, when Qin Wan got to the west, there was no one from Yan Sui.
Qin Wan frowned slightly, and Bai Ying said, "Miss, is it possible that His Highness the Ninth Prince has gone back?"
It's not impossible, Qin Wan nodded, "Let's go back and have a look."
Qin Wan turned around and walked towards Chaolu Hall. Halfway there, she saw Chen Nanny and Su Nanny approaching this way anxiously. Qin Wan frowned. Su Momo asked first, "Miss Ninth, have you seen His Highness Ninth?"
Qin Wan's heart sank, and she shook her head, "I didn't see it. Didn't His Highness the Ninth Prince follow Mammy?"
Madam Su let out a long sigh, "Your servant is guilty. I was playing with the snow in the side garden with His Highness Jiu just now, but not long after, two ladies came over and wanted to talk to His Highness Ninth. If you don't pay attention, the maidservant responded with a few sentences, and in just a few sentences, as soon as I turned around, His Highness Ninth Prince disappeared."
Qin Wan turned around, "You mean the side garden over there?"
Nanny Su nodded quickly, "Yes, it's the side garden over there..."
Chen Momo smiled wryly, "Just now, this servant has already searched around with Su Momo, I don't know if His Highness the Ninth Prince has gone to another place, and was afraid that he would come back by himself, so he went back to have a look, but His Highness Didn't come back at all."
Chen Nanny thought the same as Qin Wan just now. Hearing this, Qin Wan hurriedly handed the plum blossoms in Bai Ying's hand to Chen Nanny, "Take this back first, I will take Bai Ying and follow Mammy Su went to find His Highness the Ninth Prince, Mammy went back first to reassure the Empress Dowager..."
Nanny Chen took the flowers and nodded, "Okay, then please trouble Miss Nine."
Qin Wan didn't say any more, and followed Nanny Su all the way to the west, "Mommy, where were you playing just now?"
"Right here, the maidservant turned her back to His Highness and was talking to the two ladies. When she turned her head, His Highness disappeared. The two ladies were blocked by the pillars, and for a moment they didn't see where His Highness was going."
Qin Wan glanced around, and only saw a corridor heading west. Although there are small paths on both sides of the corridor, they all lead to the courtyard, and the courtyard is full of snow. If Yan Sui walks through the snow, After leaving, he disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye. Qin Wan walked straight along the corridor, and soon, three forked roads appeared in front of Qin Wan.
"Madam Su hurriedly said, one of them goes to the deep part of the inner palace, the other goes to the imperial garden, and the other one goes to the Tianyintai where the opera is listened to. Just now, the slaves have already gone to the direction of the imperial garden. I've looked for it. Your Highness also likes to go to the Imperial Garden to play on weekdays, but I didn't find His Highness just now."
Qin Wan frowned slightly when he heard Su Nanny's words, "Then let's go separately now. There are so many people today, and His Highness may have other fun thoughts. I'm wondering if His Highness will go to the inner palace?" I will run to the place where I used to live, and I will go to Tianyintai to have a look... "
After Qin Wan made such a distribution, Su Nanny's eyes also lightened up. Among other things, Yan Sui might indeed go to the place where Concubine Jin once lived. Thinking of this, Su Nanny didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly left.
Qin Wan stepped onto the corridor leading to Tianyintai.
The Tianyintai is the place where the masters of the inner palace usually listen to operas. Qin Wan came here once, but just after turning a corner along the corridor, Qin Wan saw two black chess pieces on the ground with sharp eyes.
Bai Ying's eyes lit up even more, "Miss, this is in the hands of His Highness the Ninth Prince!"
Saying that, Bai Ying picked up the chess piece and gave it to Qin Wan. Qin Wan took the chess piece in his hand, and saw that it was indeed the chess piece in Shoukang Palace. Qin Wan felt that he had found Yan Sui's trace, but soon Yes, she noticed something was wrong, the black pawn in Yan Sui's palm had a light scent, although it was weak.
Qin Wan didn't smell this fragrance in Shoukang Palace, nor did he smell it on Yan Sui and Madam Su, but this chess piece was somehow contaminated. Qin Wan put the chess piece on the tip of his nose and sniffed it for a few moments, and a flash of lightning flashed in his mind. After a flash, she suddenly remembered!
This is the smell of lotus seeds, the unique fragrance of lotus seeds.
For a split second, Qin Wan took a step back subconsciously—
The fragrance of lotus seeds was stained on the chess piece, which shows that the person holding the chess piece has just touched lotus seeds. There are no fresh lotus seeds in this season. Among them, Feng Lingsu said that she was late because she made lotus seed soup for the emperor.
With a slight chill on her back, Qin Wan felt more and more that today's facts were too weird. She looked at the end of the corridor, and it was not far from Tianyintai. Tianyintai is an independent palace. If Yan Sui He really ran over by himself, so how did this chess piece stay? How did it become infected with the fragrance of lotus seeds
Feng Lingsu wanted to make lotus seed soup for the emperor. Naturally, someone would pick and wash the lotus seeds for her. This person must be someone close to her. Besides her, who would easily contaminate lotus seeds in the palace servants? It's even more impossible.
Qin Wan took a step back, and took another step back. Bai Ying noticed the abnormality, and looked around quickly and alertly. After this look, Bai Ying saw a hollowed-out flower wall not far away, and then a figure flashed past.
"Miss, there are people behind the flower wall in the northwest direction..."
Qin Wan held the black chess piece tightly in his palm, and frowned tightly.
Something was wrong, it was too wrong, according to what Qin Chaoyu said, it shouldn't be like this at all.
The person Feng Lingsu and Yan Qi want to attack is the Queen Mother, not herself. What are they doing this for
It's impossible to frame her and lose Yan Sui...
Looking forward again, Qin Wan frowned tightly.
She was looking for Yan Sui, but this chess piece just appeared, it was a guiding stone, trying to lead her to Tianyintai.
Qin Wan didn't say much, she just pretended to look at the black chess piece carefully, and then walked towards the Tianyintai, whispering as she walked, "Look at that person—"
Knowing that things had changed, Bai Ying had already become vigilant, and responded with a low voice.
Qin Wan walked forward anxiously, looked forward while walking, and called softly, "His Royal Highness?"
After calling twice in a row but not responding, Qin Wan continued to move forward. Soon, Qin Wan turned another corner. After turning this corner, Qin Wan's footsteps suddenly stopped. Bai Ying turned around to look, and quickly said , "Miss, that man is gone."
After finishing speaking, Qin Wan saw a cold look in Qin Wan's eyes.
The thoughts in her mind turned around, and she quickly thought of a possibility. Feng Lingsu didn't want to attack the Queen Mother's condition at all. her bureau.
If so, it wouldn't surprise her, but if so, what role did the queen and Qin Chaoyu play during this period? The Queen also wanted her to come out, and so did Qin Chaoyu. She thought it was inappropriate, but now that she thought about it, the Queen and Qin Chaoyu seemed to be happy to see it happen. They were very willing to see Feng Lingsu set up a trap harm her.
Thinking of this, Qin Wan's hand holding the chess piece tightened slightly.
Qin Chaoyu said that the queen hoped to catch Feng Lingsu to attack the queen mother, but now she understood that the queen did not hope to catch Feng Lingsu to attack the queen mother, but the queen hoped to catch Feng Lingsu to attack her.
Feng Lingsu will not be stupid enough to touch the Queen Mother, but she will touch her. No matter which way she moves, she will eventually offend the Queen Mother. In this way, the stolen goods came together, and she, the victim, was the best accuser in the queen's hands.
Qin Wan is not sure whether this possibility is true or not, but since she thought of this point, it is absolutely impossible for her to fall into the trap of Feng Lingsu and Yan Qi. Looking around, Qin Wan's eyes flashed extremely quickly. Li Guang, she turned around and gave Bai Ying a few words in a very low voice. Bai Ying's eyes were slightly surprised. When she met Qin Wan's gaze, she found that Qin Wan's usually calm eyes flashed a cold and stern look , Bai Ying's expression became solemn, and she nodded immediately in response.
Qin Wan nodded, and continued to walk forward with Bai Ying, but before taking a few steps, Qin Wan stepped into an inconspicuous narrow alley, and on the other side, a maid walked into the Chaolu Hall. Ling Su whispered a few words in his ear.
When Feng Lingsu heard this, he was somewhat satisfied.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Shuhua looked up at the entrance of the hall, but there was still no sign of Qin Wan. With a flash of light in her eyes, she realized that Feng Lingsu's plan might have succeeded, so she picked up the tea cup in front of her and drank it.
After waiting for a while, Feng Lingsu calmed down and said, "It's almost time, sister, shouldn't it be time to drive to Tianyintai with the Queen Mother—"
Zhao Shuhua looked at the sky and said with a smile, "It's time to go, the emperor should come here now."
The Queen Mother frowned, "Jiuyatou hasn't come back yet, and Xiao Jiu hasn't been found yet."
Zhao Shuhua smiled and said, "Don't worry, maybe we will run into each other halfway."
The queen mother frowned, she was a little worried and didn't respond, but at this moment, Yuan Qing's voice sounded, "The emperor is here—"
As soon as the words fell, Yan Huai walked into the palace door with a loud smile, "Why are you still here? I thought the stage was singing."
Zhao Shuhua didn't wait for the Queen Mother to reply, "I'm about to leave. When the Emperor comes, I will go to Tianyintai with the Queen Mother. I'm afraid the stage over there is ready."
All the people in the hall saluted, Yan Huai waved his hands in a good mood, "I command you to go to Tianyintai." Then he walked up to the Empress Dowager, "Empress Mother, my son will help you over—"
The queen mother was helped up, and said hesitantly, "The children haven't come yet."
Yan Huai laughed, "One or two made you wait, let's go there first, don't care if they don't come, just start singing..." After talking, Yuan Qing glanced at Yuan Qing, and Yuan Qing hurriedly said, "This old slave will make people laugh." Go and inform your Highnesses to go down."
Zhao Shuhua said conveniently, "Xiao Jiu and Miss Jiu also searched for it."
Yuan Qing hurriedly agreed, and the Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief, supported Yan Huai's hand, and slowly walked out of the hall.
Feng Lingsu followed behind Yan Huai, smiling deeply and proudly.