Chapter 50 City-wide vigilance

"Mother, is there any lady in Beijing whose surname is Xin?" Lanzhi jumped towards Mrs. Xing Yong, and her light cherry-colored dress made her look very delicate and cute.

Hearing her daughter's call, Mrs. Xing Yong raised her head and paused, "Xin? The surname of Liu's daughter-in-law's eighth niece is Xin. Why do you ask this?

Lanzhi shook her head and said, "I'm not asking this. I mean, do you have any nobles in Beijing or ministers of the imperial court surnamed Xin?"

Mrs Xing Yongbo glanced at her and said, "Why do you ask this?" Lanzhi took out a purple purse from her arms. At first glance, it was not very special. Mrs. Xingyong took over and asked curiously, "When did you do this? The color is a little plain."

Lanzhi immediately became interested, and her eyes flashed. "I didn't do it. I stole this from my brother." Mrs. Xingyong stared at her, and Lanzhi spit out her tongue and said, "A few days ago, I found that my brother was always in a daze with this purse. When I asked him, he refused to say anything and mysteriously said that someone else had taken it wrong. A Niang, although this material is plain, this is new from Hongxiufang. I have seen it from Yanniang's sister.

Mrs. Xing Yong handed the purse back to Lanzhi, and said in a reproachable tone, "If he refuses to say it, let him go. You sneak out to do something, and he will come back carefully to scold you."

Lanzhi shrugged her shoulders indifferently. She just changed it. She didn't think that Yan Kaizhi would be careful enough to recognize that the purse had been transferred. "Mother, it doesn't matter. I'm curious about which lady took the wrong purse. Maybe she can get a good marriage. That's why I opened it to see what it was, and then I found this. Lanzhi opened the sachet and took out a concentric knot. She carefully opened the concentric knot and unfolded it into two white strips of cloth. From her skillful methods, it can also be seen that this is not the first time she has done this kind of thing.

"Mother, look, one here writes his brother's name and the other's name."

Mrs. Xing Yongbo looked confused. When she took it from Lanzhi again, she was stunned by the words on it. Lanzhi didn't notice her mother's expression and said to herself, "I asked Yu's mother. She said that people in some places would write their names and birthdays on silk, and then tie them into concentric knots and bury them in the ashes of the Yuelao Temple, and Yue Lao will help them lead the red thread. Although the eight characters of the date of birth are not written on it, it is also a meaning, so I am, huh? Niang, what are you doing?" Lanzhi saw Mrs. Xing Yongbo get up and find the scissors and decisively crushed the white cloth.

"Lanzhi, listen, no one is allowed to say anything about this. If your brother asks, you don't know." Mrs. Xing Yongbo's serious expression shocked Lanzhi.

"Why?" Lanzhi looked at a table with a broken cloth and cried. Originally, she wanted to take this back and blackmail Yan Kaizhi to tell the truth. Now she really has to keep it a secret.

Mrs. Xing Yong sighed, "There is no official surnamed Xin in Jingli. He insists on calculating that he is Li Gelao's eldest grandson's daughter-in-law, that is also the eldest daughter of General Dingxi, Xin Zixuan." After thinking about it, she suddenly felt that her heart was beating fast and a little breathless. Xin Zimo is the youngest daughter of General Dingxi. He was just betrothed to the prince not long ago.

Lanzhi woke up, covered her mouth incredulously and whispered, "Hasn't she passed away?" A pair of eyes turned flexibly, and his little hands nervously clenched the dress, "How could the princess's purse be here, no! This satin is just out, but..."

Mrs. Xing Yongbo went over with sharp eyes, twisted the purse a few times and threw it on the table. "No, but, just think this purse doesn't exist, and wait for a while to burn it. No matter who this thing belongs to, it can't be known, especially the people of the Three Kings Mansion. If it is known that someone makes the name of the imperial concubine and the name of Yan Kaizhi into a concentric knot, it is simply equivalent to the provocation of Xingyongbo Mansion like the Three Kings Mansion, and the other party is still the newly passed away concubine.

The camp of the eldest son of the emperor and the second prince in the court is fighting happily, and there will inevitably be many people, comparing Hongfang and Yan Kaizhi. One is an uncle and brother who grew up with the emperor's eldest son's childhood sweetheart, and the other is a good assistant who is deeply liked by the second prince. They are both of good status and are the four gentlemen in the capital.

It's sad enough that the Three Kings Mansion lost the world's concubine. If it is found that someone took Yan Kaizhi and the world's concubine, I'm afraid that even if the Three Kings Mansion doesn't care about it, the people around will be more trouble.

It has nothing to do with Mrs. Xing Yong's nervousness. Now that Yan Kaizhi has just been pushed to the top of the waves because of the failure of the soldiers and horses, I'm afraid it's not easy to calm down. Lanzhi didn't know that her mother was thinking so far. Looking at the broken purse, Lanzhi cried and didn't know what to do. Originally, I was only worried that if Yan Kaizhi found the bag, I would have to come back to find her to settle accounts, but now it's completely over.

Just when Lanzhi was thinking about how to pretend to be stupid and cheated Yan Kaizhi, suddenly a strong man ran in and knelt down on one knee.

"Madam, the young master asked you to enter the palace as soon as possible." The man said seriously.

"What's going on? Didn't he go out of town?" Mrs. Xing Yong covered her chest and felt that her eyebrows kept jumping, which made her very uneasy.

The man shook his head, "The second prince came to report that the young master asked you to enter the palace and accompany the imperial concubine." Seeing that Mrs. Xing Yongbo's face was ugly, she hesitated for a moment and whispered a few words in Mrs. Xingyong's ear. The carriage is ready for you, right at the door.

Suddenly, Mrs. Xing Yong felt that her heart seemed to stop, and Lanzhi was so scared that she hurriedly supported her. She recovered and stopped talking. She said to Lanzhi, "Stay at home obediently and keep an eye on the door. I'll go into the palace and have a look."

Lanzhi was in a hurry: "I'll go too!"

Mrs. Xing Yongbo said harshly, "Nonsense, stay at home!"

If you don't look at Lanzhi, who is scared to tears, get up and follow her out.

Although the emperor got an emergency at night and the matter of his life did not spread, he summoned all the imperial doctors into the palace early, and he did not go to the early morning, and any person would be suspicious. However, Yan Kaizhi was not in the city, and Mrs. Xingyong didn't like to go out early, so she delayed for so long and waited for the palace to leave.

There was no news all morning, and all the informed, guessed and hearsay waited nervously.

When Li Sinian and his party entered the city, they accidentally found that the street was terribly cold and even prepared for the worst.

just got out of the carriage. Immediately, someone came to invite Li Sinian to Taihe Garden, and everyone else went back to their own room to take it. Hearing the people speak seriously, everyone couldn't help taking a breath. Yan Sui was a little worried and followed Yichen to Xuyuan, and the remaining three girls returned to Xiyuan tremblingly.

"Why did you come back?" Ling was a little surprised by their return home.

The three looked at each other tacitly and did not say anything about Li Sinian. "Brother Yichen was not feeling well. The second brother was afraid that Zhuangzi would be too cold, so he came back to make the decision. Niang, is something going on in Beijing? Wanhua sat next to Ling, and the other two girls were nervously waiting for Ling's answer.

Ling glanced at them and sighed, "I heard that something had happened in the palace. I called the imperial doctor into the palace early in the morning, but there has been no news so far." Suddenly, he sighed and said, "It's okay for you to come back, so that you don't have to send someone one more trip. Your uncle has entered the palace, and your father went to Taiheyuan to accompany your grandfather. He will probably come back as soon as there is news. I asked the Cui family to open the warehouse and get the white cloth. If you are bored, come and help.

"Is it really so dangerous?" Hearing that the Ling family actually asked Cui's mother to open a warehouse to get white cloth, Shaohua suddenly felt extremely nervous.

"Who knows, there is no news in the morning. It's already noon. If there is no more news..." Ling suddenly sighed, "Your grandfather is still sophisticated. We just stay and obey. At this time, I don't know how many people are going to die in a hurry."

Shaohua understands the meaning of Ling's words. In case the emperor dies, in addition to dealing with the funeral, the most important thing is the new emperor. Originally, the matter of the crown prince was **, but now it is simply a hot potato, and you can't escape. The city began to enforce martial law, and as soon as the news came out in the palace, the palace gate was closed immediately. It's just that whether the eldest son succeeds to the throne or the second son of the emperor succeeds to the throne, I'm afraid it's not easy to make people submit. No one can guarantee whether anything else will happen at that time.

Thinking that Yan Kaizhi also followed him into the palace. In case the emperor's eldest son succeeds to the throne and eradicate dissidents at that time, Xingyongbo's house will suffer for the first time. But if the second son succeeds to the throne, it is hard to say whether the eldest son of the emperor will be angry.

Shaohua suddenly understood why Li Sinian refused to make her like Yan Kaizhi at the beginning. But in other words, Xingyongbo Mansion can only be preserved, which means that the second prince can succeed to the throne. Xingyongbo Mansion is definitely the most popular place.

"I heard that not long after the eldest prince entered the city, the second prince also came back. I'm afraid it's hard to say." Ling was somewhat glad that Li Xunzhuo was not a person in the court, otherwise she would have circled around the room like Liu at this time.

"Why did the eldest prince come back?" Shaohua was stunned.

Wanhua said angrily, "Can't you come back for such a big thing?"

Shaohua frowned and couldn't say that he was embarrassed. "No, I mean that Guo'an Temple is not close to the capital, and even if he comes back all the way, it can't be faster than the second prince."

Ling glanced at her and didn't care, "How do you know it's impossible? Maybe she left last night."

Although the direction of Yan Shangju and Guo'an Temple is not the same, it is divided into two roads less than ten miles outside the city gate. However, Yan Shangju is more than ten miles closer than Guo'an Temple. At least Hongyi had a mother of the imperial concubine in the palace. He must have sent someone to come immediately, and Hongyi came back with little hesitation. If it is said that people rush to two places at the same time, and Hongyi and Hongwen both left immediately, it is impossible to arrive at the same time. Even at the same time, Hongwen could not be ahead of Hongyi.

Unless Hongwen knows about it, he will not be in Guoan Temple at all.

Seeing that Ling and others had changed the topic and did not stay on this heavy matter, Shaohua did not say this idea. It's just that she has a vague ominous feeling. I hope Yan Kaizhi can be safe, and I hope this disaster can survive.