Chapter 231: Farewell
Seeing him outside the palace gate, she was both happy and at ease. In the palace, she fought back against Xiao Jingsheng and was a little scared afterwards. After all, he was a prince and the emperor favored Concubine Qi. Even if Xiao Jingsheng had no memory of what happened for half an hour, Concubine Qi could not have been missing. She must have guessed that she did it. Will she blow the pillow wind in the emperor's ear at that time, so that the emperor believed in her. It doesn't matter that she was punished. She was afraid that her aunt and Xiao Jingxuan would be retaliated by the mother and son.
Then he told Lin Chenyao what he thought in his heart. Lin Chenyao patted her shoulder and comforted him: "Don't underestimate your aunt. Over the years, although she is not as reliable as her parents' family and has no contact with the ministers in the court, she still lives in Fengzao Palace. In the coming years, Concubine Qi is favored and dare not do anything to her blatantly."
Chu Xinyu remembered the rumors she heard a few days ago, saying that Concubine Kang had moved into the cold palace a few years ago, but she could return to Fengzao Palace intact without relying on anyone, which shows that she is not an ordinary person either.
In the harem, except for the Yongshou Palace and Yikun Palace where the Empress Dowager and the Empress live, Fengzao Palace and Chaoyang Palace are the largest and most gorgeous palaces in the palace. Concubine Kang can live in the same palace as Concubine Qi. In the coming years, Concubine Kang did nothing, which made Concubine Qi fear. It is indeed not someone who can be dealt with just a few words of pillow style.
Chu Xinyu shook her head gently, "I don't like Concubine Qi. I feel that she is not a generous person. She will definitely not give up today's affairs."
"Not only you don't like her, many people don't like her, but even if you don't like her, don't show it on the surface. Apart from her family background, the methods and scheming of those who can sit in this position cannot be ignored. If you meet her in the future, it's best not to face her head."
Lin Chenyao felt it was very dangerous for her to do this today. If she didn’t have a ecstasy powder in her hands and would be so easy to get out when she met Xiao Jingsheng. Besides, after this, although Xiao Jingsheng found no evidence, when asked about the palace maids, he would definitely guess that it was made by Chu Xinyu.
Xiao Jingsheng looks cynical on the surface and is friendly to everyone, but he is very revenge in private. Chu Xinyu caused him to suffer a secret loss this time, and he will definitely not give up.
"Don't worry, I'm not that stupid, I won't be unprepared for them."
"There are many people in this world who like to play conspiracies. When you go out, you must bring Lan Yi and Wu with you. One is in the light and the other is in the dark. Don't let something like this happen today."
Chu Xinyu nodded, "Of course." As he said that, he glanced out the window accidentally and found that the carriage was not heading towards the Marquis' Mansion, so he asked: "The carriage was not heading towards the Marquis' Mansion, have we gone wrong?"
"No." Lin Chenyao said: "Take you to a place."
“Where?”
Lin Chenyao smiled without an answer.
After a cup of tea, the carriage stopped in front of an exquisite courtyard. Chu Xinyu saw it out of the window. There was no servant at the door. It was quiet inside, with doubts in her heart. She looked at Lin Chenyao.
"It's here, go down." Lin Chenyao said, lifting the curtain and going down.
Lan Yi helped Chu Xinyu get out of the car and faced the courtyard. She joked: "Girl, this courtyard is so unique. Could it be that Mr. Hou wants to give it to you as a dowry, right?"
Chu Xinyu smiled and said, "Of course not, but this courtyard is good!"
She likes the tranquility of this house and the trumpets climbing on the walls.
Lin Chenyao took the lead in, and Chu Xinyu followed him.
Two tall and straight kapok trees were planted in the yard. As they were near the end of the flowering period, there were a few orange-red flowers blooming on the bare branches, and a few flowers were lying sporadically on the ground.
When a servant dressed as a housekeeper saw someone coming in, he ran out of the main room, saluted Lin Chenyao respectfully, and then led them into the main hall to have tea.
Seeing the servant's respectful attitude towards Lin Chenyao, was he the owner of the Siheyuan? When he was curious about the purpose of bringing him here, he saw Xiao Jingxuan coming in from outside.
At that time, Chu Xinyu was picking up the tea bowl. When he saw him, he quickly put down the tea bowl and stood up, "Why are you here?"
Lin Chenyao said: "I asked him to come. He has something to do to you, so you can talk."
After he finished speaking, he walked out.
Chu Xinyu looked at Xiao Jingxuan in confusion, not understanding why these two people asked to meet outside, and it was mysterious. Has the person who monitored Xiao Jingxuan not withdrawn yet?
Xiao Jingxuan sat down and said, "I will set out to Hongzhou tomorrow. Some things I have to tell you to do."
Seeing that he had a serious expression, Chu Xinyu knew the importance of the matter. She sat down and poured him a cup of tea. Hearing him say, "I will go back to the capital at least at the end of June or more. When I am not in the capital, you must be careful of the people of the King of Jin and the Jiang family, as well as the King of Yu. Like today, Concubine Qi summoned you to the palace, and you should not meet them alone, let Xuanhui accompany you, or find someone to notify your mother after entering the palace."
Chu Xinyu nodded.
Xiao Jingxuan continued: "Miss Fu Er has been given a marriage to Xiao Jingsheng by the emperor. If she wanted to become the princess of Jin, she would definitely plan for the future. What she is best at is to win people's hearts. I suspect that she has long colluded with the King of Jin. If you want to stop her and expose her conspiracy, you have to take the initiative and stop her all plans.
As you said, she is related to shadows. At a young age, she cannot go so far. It is very likely that someone from the Fu family secretly helps her. Fu Guanzhang loves his sister like his life, so he will not believe that his sister is inclined to rebel. Unless evidence is found, we will not take his chess piece."
Chu Xinyu listened quietly.
"Xinyu, leave the evidence to you and Xuanhui. Remember, no one should believe it except Xuanhui. If you have anything to discuss with him, don't act without permission."
As Xiao Jingxuan said, he took out a tip and handed it to her, "I have asked someone to report to the emperor to rebuild the refugee camp in Pangniwan so that they can settle down and build a family in Jianye there, and there is no need to rob passers-by. But who knows what will happen in the future? You can keep this tip. During this period, I will send people to pay attention to the situation inside and outside the capital. After the Dragon Boat Festival, if you find a large number of victims entering the capital, please tell you that you can open it and see it. If there is no, you don't have to pay attention to it and return it to me when I come back."
In the last life, after the Dragon Boat Festival, a plague broke out in Dingzhou, the closest to the capital, causing a large number of victims to come to the capital. However, the gates were closed and a fly was not allowed to come in, which caused the riots of the victims. Many people died at that time, which affected the fate of many people, and even involved the prince. He was framed, saying that he caused the riots of the victims, and the evidence was complete, so the emperor banned him in the Eastern Palace. In the end, his illness worsened and he went there in less than two years.
He didn't want this kind of thing to happen again, so he was prepared a year ago, but if he was prepared, nothing else would happen. He was reborn, but what he did would change according to the fate of some people. I don't know if something else would happen, so he dared not take it lightly.
But he didn't expect that before the riot, he would be sent away from the capital by the emperor. He was not easy to interfere in some things, and was about to find someone to come forward on his behalf, but now he just gave this matter to Chu Xinyu.
At first, she was not considered because he didn't want her to come. Now she is engaged to Lin Chenyao and is about to become the wife of the Marquis of Peking. Taking advantage of this, she will only benefit and not harm her.
Chu Xinyu was a little surprised when he heard this. Why did he think Xiao Jingxuan seemed to know that something big would happen after the Dragon Boat Festival? Can he predict the future or understand the mysterious technique?
"Can you open it in advance to see it?" Chu Xinyu took the tip of the bag and was curious about what it said. In the past, people who could understand astronomy and geography like Zhuge Liang would prepare the tip of the bag in advance. Could it be that my cousin was actually hiding it?
Xiao Jingxuan frowned slightly and said seriously: "It will only add to the trouble or pressure now. Let's look at it again then. Maybe nothing happened at that time."
"It seems like you can know the future in advance." Chu Xinyu looked down at the secret bag and smiled, "Okay, then I'll listen to you, I won't read it now."
Xiao Jingxuan stretched his eyebrows and raised his hand to rub the hair on her forehead. "I have handled the ban on Xiang, and no one will find out the Marquis' Mansion again. As for the Xiang family, I also have someone report to the emperor to find out the unjust case back then and give them a clear idea."
"I'll thank you for Lan Yi." Chu Xinyu was very happy. Finally fulfilled his wish and did not disappoint Lan Yi's expectations. "By the way, you must be careful and protect yourself when you go to Hongzhou this time."
Xiao Jingxuan nodded, "I know, but you, leave the shadow matter to Xuanhui. You are also the one who is about to get married, concentrate on preparing the dowry."
"When it comes to marriage, why didn't the emperor give you a marriage?" The emperor gave marriage to King Jin and King Yu, four princes who had not yet married until the age of the same year. Princess Yu was Shang Chunhua. King Jing refused to give marriage on the grounds that he was still young. King Jing was actually seventeen years old.
"I refuse for the time being."
"Why?"
Princes who have always wanted to take office have used political marriages to gain more external forces or supporters, but Xiao Jingxuan gave up this method that can quickly accumulate various strengths. What exactly did he think? Or was he really not interested in the throne?
"I'll tell you later."
Since Xiao Jingxuan said this, Chu Xinyu did not continue to ask.
Lin Chenyao came in and told Chen Guang to send Chu Xinyu back first. He stayed and had something to discuss with Xiao Jingxuan, but Chu Xinyu didn't ask much.
When I returned to the Hou Mansion, I saw a group of people coming out from the main entrance, and the housekeeper came out to see him off in person. There was also the most trusted mother Yang around the second wife. Seeing her full of smiles, I asked curiously: "Mom Yang, who are these people? The mansion seems very lively today."
There is a long red blanket at the door, and there is a thick layer of firecrackers on the surface. You can tell at a glance that there is a happy event in the mansion.
Yang's mother smiled and said, "The Rong Mansion has sent someone to send a betrothal gift."
"Send it so soon?" Chu Xinyu was surprised at the speed of Rong Mansion, but it was also true. A girl with a good family and good character like Chu Jiapeng, there were many people in the capital who wanted to marry her. Of course, the sooner she came down, the better she felt at ease.
"No, the Rong family values our girls. In addition, there are not many good days this year, so we must send them to the marriage date soon."
Speaking of Naceli, Yang's mother smiled on her face.
"Fifth Sister, you just came back and didn't see the show, it was lively." Chu Jiayun came out from somewhere and stood beside Chu Xinyu and said, "You were not here when you gave the gift, maybe you didn't know. There were ten pieces of Yunjin alone, and twenty night pearls..."
She told her what she knew and saw one by one, like counting the treasures of her family, "You know, it is already very respectful for ordinary wealthy families to have sixty-eight gifts. Now the Rong family gives them twenty extra gifts, which shows how much weight the third sister has in the heart of the mistress of the Rong family. By the way, why hasn't the Rong Duke's Mansion sent you a gift of gifts?"
Her words were obviously mostly provoked, implying that Chu Xinyu's status as the mistress of the Rong Duke's Mansion is not as important as Chu Jiapeng in the heart of the head of the Rong family. If Chu Xinyu is a narrow-minded person, he will definitely be jealous of the third girl because of this.
Obviously, Chu Jiayun didn't know her and thought that words would arouse her jealousy, but she didn't expect that her words would reveal her concealed nature. Yang's mother frowned immediately, and the eyes of others who looked at her changed a little.
Chu Xinyu smiled and said, "I am not a roundworm in the Duke Rong's mansion. If you are curious, you might as well go to his mansion to ask someone."
Chu Jiayun immediately had nothing to say and stood aside with her pouting lips.
Chu Xinyu ignored her again and turned to Yang's mother and said, "I'm so happy for the third sister!"
Although the Rong family is a scholarly family and has a noble family background, the Rong family's grandson is married and has 88 tributes. The things that Chu Jiayun counts are not light, which shows how much the other party values this marriage. Chu Xinyu is really happy for Chu Jiapeng.
Yang's mother said: "The Rongguo Duke's Mansion will send you a gift to you in the past two days. The number of gifts you will pick is definitely not inferior to the Rong family."
Chu Xinyu grinned and did not continue to discuss the topic. She went to Anshantang to invite An. When the old lady Chu saw her coming back, she couldn't wait to ask her about the matter in the palace.
Chu Xinyu didn't want them to worry, so he simply said that Concubine Qi had told her about painting in the palace, and did not tell her about Concubine Qi's mother and son's design. She would come back so late because Concubine Kang kept her in the palace to chat.
Seeing that she had no harm, Old Mrs. Chu's worry finally fell down. Seeing that her face was tired, she did not leave her to chat and asked her to go back and rest first.
After Chu Xinyu came out, she went back to Biyun Pavilion. Tomorrow was the day when she invited Yang Qianjun and others to play in the mansion. She needed a lot of things to prepare. On this day, everyone from all over the country was very happy and was discussing the matter of Na Caili today.
Chu Jiapeng, who lives in Yusheng, looked at her mother counting the gift list and was nervous. Rong Bin was unfamiliar to her. His temperament was all listened to outsiders' evaluations of him. He was humble and gentle, as gentle as jade. I wonder if the real person was like this?
The mother said that the Rong family was a scholarly family. The Rong family’s mistress was kind and polite. The couple had deep affection and were humble and friendly between brothers. Such a family relationship would not be very complicated. It would be the best for her to marry.
In her life, she just wants to marry a man who treats her sincerely. Will Rong Bin be her beloved?
Chapter completed!