After a simple greeting between Zhao Shicheng and Ye Qing, who were flattered, Tang Wan was very tactful and took the servants and the maid left the front hall. Even though she was quite worried about Zhao Shicheng, she knew that she was completely unsuitable for her to appear in the front hall at this time.

For the sake of the present, I could only wait to see off the three people in the front hall and discuss with my husband the purpose of their coming here and their next plans.

Ye Qing did not ask Zhao Shicheng too much in the front hall. Instead, Han Tuozhou was asking, and Ye Qing and Shi Miyuan were listening.

Ye Qing's purpose was actually very simple. He didn't want Li Fengniang to be attacked by others because of Concubine Huang, which implicated all his plans to return to the North. So he had to sit here and listen to Zhao Shicheng's "true" narration: Concubine Huang died of sudden illness, not because he was murdered.

Han Tuozhou was obviously not satisfied with Zhao Shicheng's answer. From time to time, he slammed Zhao Shicheng indirectly during the inquiry process, or used words to guide Zhao Shicheng, linking Huang Guichen's death to the direction of Queen Li Fengniang.

Every time at this time, Ye Qing would cough at the right time, or interrupt Han Tuozhou's inquiry, questioning Han Tuozhou's motives.

Zhao Shicheng naturally knew the death of Concubine Huang and knew what was going on.

Not many people know that the reason why Concubine Huang was murdered or died of sudden illness last night was entirely due to the tense confrontation outside the Donghua Gate and Jiahui Gate last night.

The tense confrontation between Ye Qing and Han Tuozhou at Donghua Gate and Jiahui Gate was like blocking the connection between the palace and the outside world, so it also made outsiders not clear about the situation in the palace, and the palace also knew very little about the situation outside.

Li Fengniang, who seemed impulsive, saw this rare opportunity and attacked Concubine Huang, so that she could fabricate the cause of Huang Guifei's death at will. Even if outsiders suspected that she was killed by her, without any evidence, everything was just speculation.

Ye Qing's purpose of coming to Zhao Shicheng's mansion was clear at a glance, and Han Tuozhou's purpose was naturally clear. One was to protect the queen from the incident of Concubine Huang, and the other was to use Concubine Huang to pull Li Fengniang into the vortex.

The relationship between the Han family and Li Fengniang began to be clearly distinguished after Ye Qing returned to Lin'an. Before Han Cheng resigned from his position, he saw this, so he made a quick decision, retreated as advance, and resigned from his own initiative in exchange for Han Tuozhou to succeed as the left prime minister.

So it is not difficult to understand why once Concubine Huang's death spread, Ye Qing, Han Tuozhou and Shi Miyuan would run to Zhao Shicheng's mansion at the same time. After all, as a royal family and a minister of Zongzheng Temple, no one knows more clearly about Concubine Huang in the palace than he did.

It was because Ye Qing was sitting next to him, as if he was supporting him, that Zhao Shicheng was able to continue to insist on leaving the palace before leaving the palace, and the cause of death explained in the palace by the sudden illness.

Shi Miyuan seemed to be the most irrelevant person, and even the questions asked had nothing to do with the cause of Huang Guifei's death, but Ye Qing and Han Tuozhou still felt a vague feeling that a layer of dark cloud was covering their heads from Shi Miyuan's mouth.

Today, the emperor has one son and two daughters. The eldest son born to Qian was said to have died prematurely, but Ye Qing always believed that this matter was also inseparable from Li Fengniang.

Seeing the night falling and falling in the Prince's Mansion, Ye Qing and the other two still had no intention of leaving the Prince's Mansion. At this time, Zhao Shicheng was exhausted physically and mentally. After all, facing such three important officials who were full of scrupulous eyes, no matter who they were, they would probably feel very stressed when dealing with it.

If Han Tuozhou doesn't leave, Ye Qing won't leave, and Shi Miyuan won't choose to leave, because he had an appointment with Ye Qing to spend time in Yongjin Tower today, so there is even more reason to see Ye Qing and Han Tuozhou, one of whom is to protect the queen from being implicated, and the other is trying every means to pull the queen into the water.

The heavy drum sound at the Jiahui Gate slowly spread out in the night, and Han Tuozhou finally sighed long: "I'm thankful for the prince, Han thanked the prince for helping him."

"Since ancient times, beautiful women are so poor, alas... God is jealous of beauty." Ye Qinggai's final conclusion and did not give Han Tuozhou any chance.

"I should be fine. In front of the three adults, I dare not have a lie. Everything I say is true." Zhao Shicheng saw the three of them getting up at the same time, and finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then stood up and said.

The four of them walked outside the mansion. Under the bright lantern, Han Tuozhou glanced at Ye Qing and Shi Miyuan faintly, then saluted Zhao Shicheng, and left alone.

Ye Qing, like Shi Miyuan, watched Han Tuozhou leave and saluted Zhao Shicheng. Then Ye Qing took Shi Miyuan's carriage and the two went to Yongjin Tower together.

Seeing the three of them leaving, the door suddenly became much quieter, Zhao Shicheng couldn't help but sigh and looked up at the starry sky. There was no need to guess the sound of footsteps behind him, and everyone knew that it was Tang Wan who had been worried about him.

The prince's mansion was shrouded in dark clouds. After Ye Qing and the other two left, everyone in the mansion felt relieved, and felt a sense of rebirth of clearing the clouds and seeing the sun. They no longer felt as suffocating and nervous as before.

"Did you really die of a sudden illness?" Tang Wan asked worriedly after signaling her servants to go down in the flower hall in the backyard.

Zhao Shi

Cheng nodded with a complicated expression, then sighed again, looking at Tang Wan and said, "We cannot participate in this matter. You see all this today. Now, no matter whether it is inside or outside the palace, there is a slight disturbance, and people in the court will be panicked."

Tang Wan didn't dare to ask too much. Since Zhao Shicheng said that he died of a sudden illness, then if he asked more details, he might be more likely to cause trouble.

So how did Concubine Huang die, who has something to do with, and who has a great harm to his interests, is obviously not something that their couple should worry about.

Zhao Shicheng continued to sigh, and then took the initiative to say: "Today, Lord Ye is determined to make this matter not involved with the queen, while Lord Han is... hopes that this matter is involved with the queen."

While saying this, he took out a wrinkled piece of paper from his sleeve bag, spread it on the table and said, "This was specially handed to me before Lord Shi left when others were not paying attention."

"This is..." Tang Wan looked up at Zhao Shicheng with a complex and solemn expression, and then set her eyes on the wrinkled paper.

"The birth date of the little lady in the house of Zongzheng Temple Han Xiangzhou, the doctor of the Ministry of Works Yang Huili, the judge of Huzhou Cao Fang, and the grandson of Guanwen Hall Yan Keji, the birth date of the little lady in the mansion." Zhao Shicheng saw Tang Wan frowned and squeezed out a smile and said, "Mr. Ye, Lord Han's purpose is to protect the queen and the other to pull the queen into the water. Lord Shi's purpose is to have already focused on the British Duke. These four people are the future Duke's wife whom Master Shi has chosen for the British Duke."

"Han Xiangzhou?" Tang Wan continued to frown. Han Xiangzhou and Zhao Shicheng were in Zongzheng Temple, so she was not unfamiliar with this name. She even heard of Han Xiangzhou's beautiful and intelligent daughter, but she really didn't expect that someone had started to make up their minds now.

"Yes, I brought his daughter to our mansion last time. But... we don't know whether the birth dates and horoscopes of the four people on this list were recommended to Lord Shi, or was it the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was secretly given to me today. I guess I hope to use Zongzheng Temple's dispatch to give advice to the British Duke." Zhao Shicheng said with a headache.

"Whether the four of them took the initiative to recommend their little wife to Lord Shi, or the character Shi was screened, what do you plan to do?" Tang Wan's eyes were bright and intelligent, but the worries inside made Zhao Shicheng's heart even more helpless.

How could he not know that once he participated in this matter, it would be equivalent to sending Shi Miyuan. Then, let alone whether he could have a perfect explanation on Shi Miyuan. At least once he made up his mind, it would be equivalent to standing in a opposite direction with Ye Qing and Han Tuozhou.

Tang Wan looked at Zhao Shicheng with some distress. The originally peaceful life was instantly pushed to the forefront because of the Huang Concubine Huang.

Looking at Zhao Shicheng, Tang Wan calmly analyzed: "If this matter has not happened before, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction from Lord Shi. If... even if you just simply hand over the birth date to the palace, even if Lord Ye and Lord Han don't say anything,... in the court in the future, you will inevitably make things difficult for you because of other things."

"Not bad." Zhao Shicheng frowned and smiled bitterly: "The only hope is that Lord Ye and Lord Han will not know what happened today..."

"This is impossible." Tang Wan immediately retorted: "Whether it is Ye Qing, Han Tuozhou, or Shi Miyuan, being able to have a place in the court at such an age is enough to show that they must have something that others cannot reach. And in the court, there must be no lack of their own eyes and ears in the palace and outside the palace. Today's affairs are an example. You just entered the palace and came to our mansion. Isn't this a problem? It's too difficult to hide the other two for one of them."

Tang Wan shook her head unconsciously. Today's affairs were like a disaster. No one was disturbed. She was careful to do her duties as a royal family, but she didn't expect that even if she acted so cautiously, she still brought disasters that were difficult to get rid of.

"I don't know it's too difficult, but can we have any better solutions right now?" Zhao Shicheng looked at the paper on the table. At this moment, in his eyes, it was like a death talisman, which made him feel nervous.

"Mr. Ye, even if we are forced to stand in a row, we should look for Master Ye. Maybe... Maybe Mr. Ye can help us couple solve it..." Tang Wan bit her lip and said with some difficulty.

Zhao Shicheng continued to smile bitterly. If he had known that there would be today, he would have been the first time that Ye Qing had just returned to Lin'an, and the couple would have visited him in person, instead of waiting until something difficult now before he remembered to ask for help from Ye Qing.

In fact, Zhao Shicheng has to admit that Ye Qing is indeed the best candidate to help them and their husbands solve their current difficulties. Since he came to protect the queen today, it is enough to show that he has always followed...

Zhao Shicheng sighed again. He was a little unsure for a moment. Was Ye Qing always standing aside with the royal family, or was he actually the powerful minister with the greatest ambitions!

After all, although he was protecting the queen today and not being implicated by Concubine Huang, he showed his loyalty to the royal family, but don’t forget that he dealt with another royal family last night, Duke Yi, Zhao Ruyu.

What's more, in the court, there are many people talking about Ye Qing's statement that he is now a vassal king in the northern region.

In addition, a few days ago, he was half-forced and half-threatened to take the two royal families of King Qing and Duke Chong to the distant Jingzhao Mansion.

It is precisely because of Ye Qing's previous actions that Zhao Shicheng and Tang Wan and his wife did not dare to get too close to Ye Qing anymore and had to keep a certain distance. This also made them feel unaware of it and unwilling to visit Ye Qing, who had helped them, who had helped them.

"Do we couple still have the face to see Ye Qing?" Zhao Shicheng looked solemn, and after a long time, he asked.

Facing Zhao Shicheng's problem, Tang Wan, who is both talented, has a rare embarrassment on her face. Today, when she saw Ye Qing at the first time in front of the mansion, she was a little embarrassed. Fortunately, Ye Qing did not mention the friendship back then, just like... she didn't care about the couple at all, and she had never visited them since he returned to Lin'an.

Involuntarily, the scene of Ye Qing beating Han Tuozhou's servant in front of the mansion today appeared in her mind. She didn't know how that servant provoked Ye Qing, but Ye Qing was on the street, regardless of her identity and status, and punched and kicked a servant from the Han family.

Han Tuozhou stood by and watched silently from beginning to end, without any intention of stopping him.

Tang Wan believed that this was definitely not Han Tuozhou was afraid of Ye Qing, otherwise they would not have been attacking each other after entering their mansion.

"How about I go to see Lord Ye first?" Tang Wan bit her teeth and said with a firm look.

"You?" Zhao Shicheng was startled and said with some uncertainty: "What are you planning to...?"

"After all, I am a woman. Even if Lord Ye refutes my face, or sarcastically or scolds me, it is more appropriate than losing my husband's face. Besides... this matter is my fault. If I hadn't stopped my husband from visiting me, we wouldn't have been in such a dilemma as we are today, right?" Tang Wan said with a gentle smile.

Men will never understand women's thoughts. Just like Tang Wan now, she seems to be sacrificing her face to pay homage to Ye Qing in order to protect Zhao Shicheng's face.

But in fact, in Tang Wan's heart, there is still a little selfishness, that is, the two hairpin head phoenixes that have been circulating in Lin'an City in the past two years: Red Sauce Hands and the world are in vain.

Of course she knew that the person who wrote these two poems was Ye Qing, but sometimes in the middle of the night, whenever she read these two poems, she always gave her a kind of poem. These two poems were like talking about her love affairs with Lu You back then.

Chaitou Fenghong's hand was Ye Qing in Lu You's mansion, and was scolded by Lu You after being driven out. Chaitou Feng's love is in the world, so it is said that Ye Qing was in West Lake, in front of several literati.

But even so, Tang Wan still deeply felt that these two poems were more like Ye Qing referring to herself and Lu You, just like... under the occasional sleepless night, sometimes looking at her husband Zhao Shicheng beside her, but what appeared in her mind was Lu You's shadow. The two poems seemed to express her helpless and endless sadness between her and Lu You.

It is precisely because of this that Tang Wan always feels that Ye Qing is more like a person who knows herself, and even knows everything between him and Lu You and Zhao Shicheng, which also makes her more psychologically inclined to believe in Ye Qing and trust Ye Qing more.

"Red and crisp hands, yellow vine wine, spring colors of palace walls and willows all over the city..." The courtesan of Yongjin Tower was singing this poem at this moment, singing with jade and round pearls, and feeling sad.

Shi Miyuan was intoxicated and introduced the wine to Ye Qing from time to time to the courtesan of Yongjin Tower. The great poet with red hands and a frail worldly relationship was the important minister in the court.

Ye Qingsi didn't feel ashamed at all. Until now, he was still angry with Lu You, so he became more and more confident about plagiarizing other people's words. In the face of the courtesan's admiration, Lord Ye naturally enjoyed it very much.

But when Shi Miyuan started to cheer and was at this beautiful time and wonder if Lord Ye could write another poem, Ye Qing woke up from the floating and turned his face to look at Shi Miyuan with rosy cheeks, and said, "So let's talk about the Fujian Chamber of Commerce first?"

Shi Miyuan obviously didn't like to listen to these things, so he immediately lowered his head and picked up the wine glass, ignoring Ye Qing's pouring and drinking.

The two people in Yongjin Tower did not reach any agreement. Although Shi Miyuan did not object to the future merger of Huainan Road, his condition was that when Ye Qing went north, the Transportation Department left him the vacancy that Shi Miyuan left for him, and he would never let go.

Now everyone knows that with the easing of relations with Xia, Liao and Jin, the merchant trade between the Song court and the North is becoming more and more frequent. Whether by water or by land, compared with before the recovery of the North, the number of trades has reached an astonishing number. Therefore, it is obviously impossible to make the greedy Shi Miyuan give up the Transportation Department of Huainan Road.

In addition to the Transport Department of Huainan Road, the Chamber of Commerce of Fujian, and the Maritime Bureau of Huainan Road, the suppression of the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce and various merchant ships on Huainan Road was also a headache for Ye Qing. When he returned to Lin'an from Yangzhou, Yan Qingcheng had talked about these things with him in his mansion.

But at least until now, Ye Qing still cannot come up with the right bargaining chips and reached an agreement with Shi Miyuan.

If he wanted to be transferred to the Transport Department to a tough position, he would definitely not be able to avoid the hurdle of the Ministry of Personnel. After all, unlike other departments on Huainan Road and the northern officialdom, Ye Qing was indeed controlled by Shi Miyuan for seven inches in the Transport Department, and for a moment he could not do anything to Shi Miyuan.
Chapter completed!