It was daybreak, and the two carriages left the Wen family's gate in a leisurely manner.
Inside the door, Wen Qingfang, who was dressed exquisitely, stared at the leaving carriage with her eyes as if they were quenched with poison.
Wan Shi next to her sighed: "Why don't we go to the prince and ask?"
"Forget it." Wen Qingfang flicked her sleeves and turned back to the house.
Wan looked outside, then at Wen Qingfang, and finally could only sigh.
When she was about to leave, a servant called her.
"Madam, wait."
Wan stopped, turned to look at him, and asked quickly: "Have you found the second young master?"
"Hmm..." The servant in front of him nodded slowly, his eyes looking hesitant.
Wan was impatient and shouted coldly: "If you have anything to say, hurry up and take Mingyu to the Xia family to discuss marriage tomorrow!"
The servant standing at the bottom of the stairs lowered his head and said: "Back to Madam, the second young master is here, in Wanhua Building!"
Wan felt that the name was a bit unfamiliar: "Wanhua Tower? How could I—"
Halfway through his words, he suddenly understood where this place was. His face suddenly froze and he said angrily: "Hurry up and call a few people! We have to drag the second young master back!"
"Yes Yes Yes!"
Half an hour later, Wen Qingzhu got off the carriage dressed in fine clothes.
Wen Qinglan, who was behind, had already come down. She came forward with a smile and looked up at the palace gate in front of her: "Is this the palace?"
Wen Qingzhu responded without saying much. He said a few words to the father-in-law who was escorting him, and then led everyone in.
For this annual banquet, not only hundreds of officials were invited, but also the family members of each official, and relatives from all walks of life were invited to honor and honor their families.
Not long after they entered the palace gate, the voices of many people talking appeared in front of them.
Wen Qingzhu had appeared in the royal enclosure, and many people knew her.
But no one dared to come and say hello.
Wen Qingzhu was not there either. He led Wen Qinglan, Lu Tao and others, following Eunuch Jie Yin, and walked inside.
When the others saw her, they all moved out of the way.
Before she could walk over, there was a pointing voice behind her.
"Is she that Miss Wen Qi?"
"No, I heard that she was colluding with King Shou."
"Then why was she not punished by His Majesty?"
"I overheard it outside my father's study. He said that she turned against her brother in battle and tried to atone for her sins. His Majesty then forgave her."
"Then how does she qualify to attend this banquet?"
"I heard it was a post from Princess Dejia."
"She's pretty awesome. Princess Dejia even posted a message for her!"
"Humph! It's not like Princess Dejia was deceived by her!"
"That's right! I also heard that Prince Ning plans to ask His Majesty to grant a marriage this time!"
"What! Forget it about the fifth prince, His Highness Prince Ning -"
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The farther you go, the more you can no longer hear the sounds behind you.
Wen Qingzhu's expression did not change, but Wen Qinglan couldn't hold it back and stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "His Royal Highness Prince Ning also wants to marry you?"
"Is it related to you?" Wen Qingzhu looked over and found that Wen Qinglan's expression was actually very nervous.
Wen Qinglan felt depressed and gritted her teeth for a long time before saying: "Prince Ning is not a good person! You can hide if you can!"
These words actually came from Wen Qinglan's mouth.
Wen Qingzhu was very surprised and looked at her up and down.
Wen Qinglan smiled stiffly: "After all, we are all members of the Wen family. If there are no conflicts of interest, I always hope that you will be better."
Seeing that there was sincerity in her eyes, Wen Qingzhu pursed his lips and smiled, without comment, withdrew his gaze and followed his father-in-law forward without squinting.
When he arrived at the Royal Garden, the first person Wen Qingzhu met was Li Qing.
When he saw her, Li Qing couldn't help but want to speak to Wen Qingzhu.
However, the maid next to Li Qing seemed to have been prepared. She grabbed Li Qing, whispered a few words, and then took Li Qing away with half a push and half a pull.
After walking for a while, Wen Qingzhu met Jiang Yijia.
But this time, she did not attack Wen Qingzhu, but stared at Wen Qinglan non-stop.
Upon seeing this, the father-in-law Jieyin quickly introduced Wen Qingzhu and Jiang Yijia.
Jiang Yijia suddenly laughed, pointed at Wen Qingzhu and said, "Didn't you use Wen Qinglan as your sworn enemy? Today is an opportunity like this, and you actually brought her with you!"
"Reply to the princess, I'm scared to come here alone. The twelfth sister is engaged, so I can only bring the fourth sister here." Wen Qingzhu's attitude was very good, and he didn't care about Jiang Yijia's provocation at all.
Jiang Yijia wanted to say something else, but Prince Ning's voice came from the side.
"Yijia! Don't be rude!"
When Jiang Yuanan came over, Wen Qingzhu and others naturally saluted again.
Prince Ning's eyes wandered wildly on Wen Qingzhu, and he said in an ambiguous tone: "Miss Wen Qi is getting more and more beautiful, but it seems that her body has not been well maintained. When I go back this time, I will send someone to give you some tribute." Take supplements.”
"Thank you His Highness Prince Ning for your kindness. There is no need for supplements. The Wen family has nothing else, so we can still afford to eat." Wen Qingzhu ignored Prince Ning's unsuspecting kindness and answered patiently.
Jiang Yijia got angry when she saw Wen Qingzhu, who was so ignorant and ignorant.
"Wen Qingzhu! Don't be so shameless! Brother, this is—"
"Shut up!" Jiang Yuanan lowered his face and looked sideways at Jiang Yijia, "My mother didn't ask you to go there earlier, why are you still standing there!"
"Brother!" Jiang Yijia couldn't believe it and blurted out, "This woman hasn't entered your mansion yet!"
Jiang Yuancheng didn't speak, but the hostility in his body suddenly emanated.
Jiang Yijia was so frightened that she shrank her neck, endured it again and again, and left with the palace maid and guards.
After finally waiting for Jiang Yijia to leave, Prince Ning was about to invite Wen Qingzhu when Fu Yu's voice came from behind the quilt.
"Miss Wen Qi, are you free now?"
Wen Qingzhu looked sideways and saw Fu Yu and Zhou Yi turning over. There was also a little girl who looked familiar.
Seeing that she kept staring at his sister, Fu Yu introduced her: "This is my...cousin, Fu Shisan."
Looking at Fu Shisan, Wen Qingzhu felt that he looked very familiar.
etc!
Didn’t this Fu Shisan later become Jiang Yuancheng’s concubine
"Miss Wen Qi, what's wrong with Thirteen?" Fu Yu couldn't help but ask when she saw Wen Qingzhu's eyes changing again and again.
Wen Qingzhu raised his eyebrows and smiled: "It's okay, I just think this Miss Fu Fu looks familiar."
Fu Yu felt that Wen Qingzhu was not telling the truth.
But now is not the time to get entangled in this kind of thing: "Miss Wen Qi, can we talk alone."
"It's what you asked for." Wen Qingzhu didn't want to get along with Prince Ning.
Fu Yu turned her head and cupped her hands to Jiang Yuan'an, then gave instructions to Zhou Yi to take Wen Qinglan and Fu Shisan around for a while.
As for the man who picked up the father-in-law, Wen Qingzhu asked him to bring a message to Jiang Dejia, and she would go later.
Jiang Yuancheng could only hold back his anger and watched Fu Yu and Wen Qingzhu turn around and leave.
We arrived at a deserted road.
Wen Qingzhu spoke first: "That Miss Fu is a branch of your Fu family, right?"
Fu Yu looked at her sideways, his eyes deepening: "She rarely goes out, but you actually know her?"
Wen Qingzhu lowered his head and laughed, and asked Fu Yu: "What is her relationship with you? If the relationship is good, for your sake, I will save her life."
Hearing this, Fu Yu stopped and stared at Wen Qingzhu's back.
Wen Qingzhu stopped and did not look back. Instead, he looked around and saw that there was no one around him. Then he said in a voice that only two people could hear: "This Miss Fu has a close relationship with the fifth prince. If I guess correctly, She is here for the Fifth Prince, and if you think it’s okay, just pretend I didn’t say this.”
"How do you know?!" Fu Yu chased after him.
The two of them continued to walk forward, and Wen Qingzhu stopped explaining: "Fu Yulang, who is world-famous for his tricks, is not a big deal. You will know if you check carefully."
Fu Yu was silent for a moment: "Thank you very much."
"You're welcome. After all, I have something to ask of you." Wen Qingzhu looked over with a smile. Fu Yu's heart skipped a beat, feeling that she was going to be unlucky again.
Half an hour later, Jiang Dejia's maid came over.
Wen Qingzhu said goodbye to Fu Yu and followed the palace maid.
After walking for less than half a quarter of an hour, Wen Qingzhu found that no one appeared around him.
Wen Qingzhu glanced around cautiously. This was the road leading to Leng Palace.
She stopped, and the palace maid in front suddenly turned back and urged her: "Miss Wen Qi, Her Royal Highness is still waiting for you."
Wen Qingzhu prepared the poison on his wrist, and faced Lou and said sadly, "I'm a little tired, please help me walk."
When the palace maid saw what she said, she breathed a sigh of relief and walked over and said, "This servant is not taking good care of me. Miss Wen, please come here."
When the palace maid came up to her, Wen Qingzhu raised his sleeves and said with a smile, "Sorry to trouble you."
"No trouble, no trouble." The palace maid suddenly felt a little dizzy, but she still forced herself to move forward.
Wen Qingzhu deliberately slowed down and counted silently in his mind.
…Three two one!
The palace maid who was supporting her suddenly rolled her eyes, fell to the ground, and fainted.
Wen Qingzhu looked around. Fortunately, she hadn't gone far and hadn't reached Leng Palace yet.
She was already familiar with which way to reach the palace.
Even Wen Qingzhu knew the underground palace that few people knew about.
After turning around in a circle, Wen Qingzhu chose a direction, pushed aside the grass and walked towards the grain terrace.
Wen Qingzhu just looked around and saw that no one was taking care of this road yet.
As she walked along, she was almost walking through the weeds and bushes.
There are many evergreen trees and evergreen grass in the palace. The dead leaves did not rub against the body, but it was dyed with a green and cold feeling.
Just as she was about to push aside the last bush, she suddenly noticed that the grass in front of her moved.
Wen Qingzhu stopped instantly and listened carefully to the movement on the other end.
Usually no one comes to this place!
Just as he was thinking this, a figure suddenly stood up in front of him.
Wen Qingzhu looked up and could only see a messy top of the head.
Without any hesitation, Wen Qingzhu rushed forward and grabbed the hair of the person in front of him.
Unexpectedly, this man turned around and knelt down, holding up a half-eaten chicken drumstick in his dark hands, crying and begging: "I don't dare to do it anymore! I don't do it anymore!"
Wen Qingzhu stared at the little boy in front of him, feeling very surprised.
He was wearing tattered clothes. Looking at the pink and black color, it looked like the clothes had been altered by a woman.
His hands were as skinny as wood, and his whole body was thin and small.
"Who are you?" Wen Qingzhu let go of his hand and spoke as gently as possible.
The kneeling little boy was shaken all over, and he raised his head slowly. His dark eyes looked particularly big on his face without any flesh.
His whole face was dirty, his hair was like a chicken coop, but between his eyebrows—
It actually looks a bit similar to Jiang Yue!
The boy was still stunned, looking at Wen Qingzhu intently, as if he had lost his soul.