After setting up the charcoal basin, Bai Haqi turned around, held Wen Qingzhu's hand, and handed her a pill.
At the same time, he told Wen Qingzhu: "Miss Wen has worked hard today. The charcoal basin has been delivered. I will leave now."
"Go ahead, everything is fine with me." Wen Qingzhu retracted his hand and put away the pills.
After Bai Haqi and others left, Wen Qingzhu sat down and poured himself another cup of tea.
He tore off the glutinous rice paper on the surface of the pills and put the pills in.
It dissolves instantly when exposed to water and disappears without a trace.
Wen Qingzhu gently lifted it up, took a sip, and then put it down.
The charcoal basin was burning more and more vigorously, but the door was ajar.
The heater rolled outwards one after another. Wen Qingzhu stood up and walked to the door and opened it.
The two guards immediately turned to look at her. Wen Qingzhu said with a smile: "Brothers, it's quite cold at night. I brought a charcoal basin over just now. It's too hot in the room. I'll open the door to let out some heat. You guys How about less cold weather?"
The two gatekeepers looked at each other, then nodded in agreement.
Wen Qingzhu turned around, sat down, and began to wait quietly.
Within a quarter of an hour, the guard outside the door began to yawn and shake his head hard.
Wen Qingzhu felt a little sleepy and yawned. After drinking the remaining half cup of tea, he lay down on the table and fell asleep.
The guard at the door glanced into the room. After a while, he couldn't hold it anymore and leaned against the wall, slowly closing his eyes.
Except for the occasional crackling sound of the charcoal basin, there was no other sound in the room.
Wen Qingzhu slowly raised his head, stood up and walked to the door. He glanced at them and walked out of the flower hall...
Walking towards the back door of the dormitory, Wen Qingzhu noticed that many people were staggering and fainting on the road.
When they were about to reach the door of the dormitory, they happened to see Concubine Wei and Jiang Dejia walking out holding hands.
"Sister!" Wen Mingxuan was wearing a cloak and saw her at a glance.
Wen Qingzhu walked up quickly, stopped in front of Concubine Wei and the others, held Wen Mingxuan's hand, and touched Jiang Yuanhan's face.
"As long as you're okay."
Concubine Wei raised her eyes and looked behind her, and said quickly: "You and Dejia take them and leave quickly. Xiaofeng has sent someone to meet you at Fengyang Pavilion."
"What about the empress?" Wen Qingzhu raised his head subconsciously.
Concubine Wei handed Jiang Yuanhan's hand to her: "I must stay. Mo Feizi is not completely cooperating with the people of the Yue family."
"Mother!" Jiang Dejia suddenly interrupted sharply, "Father can't protect you, but the Wei family and I can protect you!"
Wen Qingzhu's heart skipped a beat as he thought of Mo Feizi's words. Jiang Dejia was also present at that time.
Concubine Wei's eyes showed distress, and she held Jiang Dejia's hand: "Dejia, he is not to blame for this matter. It was me who betrayed my trust in the first place. There must be an understanding of this matter."
"Then what else does he want?" Jiang Dejia said through gritted teeth with tears streaming down her face.
When he thought of his mother and concubine committing themselves to such a person, Jiang Dejia wanted to kill him directly.
"Actually, he is not too much. If he is really cruel, none of you except me will be able to survive." After saying this, Concubine Wei let go of Jiang Dejia's hand and turned back.
Jiang Dejia wanted to catch up, but his hand was held by Wen Qingzhu.
"Princess! Give your mother a chance." Wen Qingzhu could see that Concubine Wei's feelings for Mo Feizi were not just guilt.
Jiang Dejia opened his eyes wide and looked at her in disbelief.
Wen Qingzhu said nothing, only nodded.
She believed that Jiang Dejia was so smart that he would definitely understand what she meant.
As soon as he arrived at the entrance of Jingping Palace, Wen Qingzhu met Wei Lin, who had just dealt with the people here.
"Miss Wen! This way please!"
Although Wei Lin is a scholar, he has the six arts of a gentleman, and martial arts are also compulsory.
Coupled with the corruption in the imperial examinations a few years ago, the Wei family began to focus on martial arts. Wei Lin was not as good as the young and promising Wei Yu, but he was more than enough to lead the Wei family army to rescue people.
Under the cover of Wei Lin and others, Wen Qingzhu and his party rushed to Fengyang Pavilion.
As soon as he walked into the courtyard, Wen Qingzhu saw Ning Xiu. He looked very nervous and was arranging people from the Hanlin Academy to rest in the side courtyard among the crowd.
What surprised Wen Qingzhu was that Zhang Ke was also here.
The difference between him and Ning Xiu is that he is very calm and is helping Li Wu of Yushitai deploy the troops of Fengyang Pavilion.
Wen Qingzhu let go of Jiang Yuanhan's hand, and when he was about to pass, he found Jiang Yuanhan chasing after her and holding her hand again.
"Sister." Jiang Yuanhan raised his little head, his big eyes clearly flashing with uneasiness.
Wen Qingzhu instantly softened his heart and found that Jiang Dejia had taken Mingxuan to Ning Xiu's place.
She held his hand again: "Don't worry, I won't leave you."
"Yes." Jiang Yuanhan finally felt at ease.
Arriving in front of Li Wu and Zhang Ke, Wen Qingzhu first said hello to Li Wu, then looked at Zhang Ke and said with a faint smile: "Master Zhang, long time no see."
"Miss Wen, it's been a long time indeed." Zhang Ke arched her head.
Then, his eyes moved to Jiang Yuanhan next to Wen Qingzhu.
After staring at Jiang Yuanhan for a while, Zhang Ke bowed again and said, "Wei Chen has met the Eighth Prince."
Jiang Yuanhan looked at Zhang Ke and found that Wen Qingzhu seemed to be very unusual towards Zhang Ke.
He also straightened his expression and raised his hand in a decent manner: "Forgive me."
"Thank you, Eighth Prince." Zhang Ke stood up and found that Jiang Yuanhan's demeanor was completely different from that of the other princes.
He has been in the capital for a while, and he has met several princes, including Prince Jing, who has been kept in Qingning Palace and rarely goes out.
Jiang Yuansheng is mediocre and selfish, Jiang Yuanan is ruthless and arrogant, Jiang Yuancheng is scheming, and King Jing is stubborn and cautious.
Only the Jiang Yuanhan in front of him made him feel that he was the most suitable person to be emperor.
Just by looking at him, Zhang Ke felt that he had the aura of a wise king.
Although it is difficult to detect, Jiang Yuanhan is still so young and already has this kind of temperament, and he will definitely be extraordinary in the future.
At this moment, Zhang Ke made a decision.
He raised his head and looked at Wen Qingzhu: "I have considered everything Miss Wen asked me to consider before, and I promise you."
Wen Qingzhu was extremely surprised. It was obvious that Zhang Ke had made a temporary decision.
"It's because you saw..." Wen Qingzhu turned to look at Jiang Yuanhan.
Zhang Ke also looked over and nodded: "Well, the Eighth Prince is different from others."
Unexpectedly, there was such an unexpected surprise, and Wen Qingzhu was naturally very happy.
She solemnly introduced Jiang Yuanhan: "He is Zhang Ke. He is currently serving in the Hanlin Academy. In the future... he will be our friend and your minister."
Wen Qingzhu wanted to support Jiang Yuancheng's succession, but she didn't hide it from him from the beginning.
So Jiang Yuanhan knew all these things.
"Hello, Mr. Zhang." After hearing Wen Qingzhu's words, Jiang Yuanhan's expression became serious.
"Okay, okay, you all know each other. Let Zhang Ke come over and help me with something." Li Wu waited for a long time and finally got the chance to intervene.
After Wen Qingzhu and Zhang Ke said goodbye, they took Jiang Yuanhan to the house.
Not long after I sat down, news came from outside.
"Girl, the Imperial Guards from Qianyuan Palace are here! They say they are looking for Concubine Wei and the Eighth Prince!"
The person who came in was Li Wu. He had always been calm, but this time his expression changed.
Wen Qingzhu stood up immediately: "What happened?"
Li Wu said in a calm voice: "The King of Chu brought Qiaoyu to His Majesty, and also produced the ironclad proof that Qiaoyu is a descendant of the Yue Kingdom. Wei Feng was quarreling with the Emperor in the front hall!"
"This..." Wen Qingzhu almost lost her balance, but Jiang Yuanhan supported her.
"How could this happen? I reminded the Wei family before that Jiang Yuancheng was going to use Qiaoyu's identity to cause trouble. Why was Qiaoyu still caught by Jiang Yuancheng?"
Wen Qingzhu stood up again and tried to calm his mood.
Li Wu looked at Jiang Yuanhan: "Now that Concubine Wei is in their hands, I'm afraid His Majesty will be even more suspicious. The Imperial Army is coming soon, saying they are bringing the Eighth Prince for questioning."
"No wonder Jiang Yuancheng is so confident, he has such a trick! It seems that he has a share of the credit for Prince Ning's incident!"
Wen Qingzhu's chest was rising and falling, and there was anger building up in his heart.
It seems that she still underestimates Jiang Yuancheng. He doesn't even look down on a mere Prince Ning!
"Let's go! I'll go there with the Eighth Prince. I want to see if King Chu can kill two birds with one stone today!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a noise outside.
After a while, two rows of forbidden troops came in, led by the emperor's trusted secret guards.
He stared at Jiang Yuanhan and said directly: "Eighth Prince, Your Majesty invites you!"
Jiang Yuanhan let go of Wen Qingzhu's hand and walked forward alone: "I know, I will let you go!"
Wen Qingzhu frowned and was about to speak, but the leader interrupted her directly and said: "Miss Wen, His Majesty said, you don't need to go there!"
There were footsteps at the door, and Jiang Dejia and Ning Xiu appeared at the door.
"What about me? I am the sister of the Eighth Prince, can't I go there?" Jiang Dejia knew that they were coming with bad intentions and would not let Wen Qingzhu pass. It must have been Jiang Yuancheng's plan.
The leader cupped his hands and said, "Of course it's okay, Your Royal Highness."
"Yuanhan, come here." Jiang Dejia raised her hand, and Jiang Yuanhan walked to her side.
He left Fengyang Pavilion surrounded by the Forbidden Army.
Wen Qingzhu chased them out, looking at their leaving figures, and clenched his fists fiercely.
"Jiang Yuancheng! You did a great job!"
After all the forbidden troops left, Yang Liu and Yang Jiu returned quietly.
After confirming that Wen Qingzhu was okay, they breathed a long sigh of relief.
"By the way, this is the token Luo Fei asked her subordinates to give to the lady!" Yang Liu took out the token from his waist and handed it directly to Wen Qingzhu.
Looking at the token in his hand, Wen Qingzhu frowned slightly.
this is not-
In a blink of an eye, she saw the nervous Ning Xiu, and suddenly thought of Jiang Yue's character.
Jiang Yue would doubt her, but Jiang Yue trusted someone like Ning Xiu who obviously had no scheming intentions.
Sometimes, a word from people like them can very much influence Jiang Yue's decision.
"Ning Xiu!"
As soon as Wen Qingzhu spoke, Ning Xiu was so frightened that he quickly raised his head: "Yes! I'm here!"
"Take this, go directly to Qianyuan Palace, and ask Jiang Yue, for the sake of the reputation of the Qi Dynasty, to ask the emperor not to care about Concubine Wei's life or death, and arrest her directly!"
"What!" Ning Xiu's eyes widened, and he felt that the waist card in his hand was extremely hot.
"You have to do this. You are saving the Wei family and Concubine Wei, you know!" Wen Qingzhu grabbed his shoulder, actually not wanting to worry about it.
After all, Ning Xiu had followed Wei Lin for a short time, and he hadn't even scratched the surface of his ability to read people's words and plot people's minds.