Yong Xing left for about a stick of incense before he came back. Thanks to the hot weather, the meal had not yet cooled down, but he still took off his chopsticks and his face didn't look very good.
Hejia drank the soup and said, "Brother Twelve, why don't you eat, and what were you doing out just now?"
"It's nothing, it's just a small matter." After saying that, Yongxing put down his chopsticks and said, "I'm full, you two eat more."
He Jia took the last sip of the soup and said, "I ate a whole bowl of rice and drank a bowl of soup, but I really couldn't eat any more." As she said that, she bent her eyes and smiled and said, "If I could use it at Huang's place every day,
Eat, within a month, I will turn into a little fat pig."
While talking, Yongyan also finished eating. He couldn't wait to wipe his mouth, then pulled He Jia's sleeve and said, "Third sister, let's go play diabolo again."
In comparison, He Jia wanted to know what Yong Cang was doing just now, but seeing Yong Cang's attitude, he couldn't get anything out even if he asked again, so he agreed to Yong Yan's request and went outside to play with him.
After watching them leave, Xianyue said: "What happened?"
Yongxun whispered: "It's the news from Tongzhou. They were guarding the Amethyst Jade Lotus and finally waited for Master Fang and a few people, but they only captured two pawns. Master Fang escaped. They are now
We are searching in Tongzhou and will send a message as soon as there is any news."
Xianyue nodded and said: "Master Fang is the most important person in the whole matter. He must be captured alive."
"Don't worry, Queen Mother, I know how to do it." After a pause, Yongxing took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and said: "This is the recipe for the medicine they gave to Queen Mother. From those two pawns
It's a pity that they know nothing about witchcraft."
After Xianyue read the prescription, she handed it to Zhichun to put away. Seeing Yongcun frowning, she smiled and said, "Don't worry too much. Your Majesty Ama will be fine." After Yongcun nodded, she said again
: "Okay, you are very tired today, go back and rest early."
"Well, Huang'e Niang also rested earlier." Shortly after Yongxun left, He Jiayi returned to her Kuai Xuexuan. Just as Xianyue was sitting in front of the mercury mirror and Zhichun was removing her makeup and washing herself, outside
Suddenly there was a knock on the door.
"It's strange, who else is coming so late?" Zhichun whispered, put down the hairpin in her hand and went to answer the door. After a while, she turned back and said, "Master, this is Qi Kuan, he said he has something to report."
"Let him come in." Following Xianyue's words, Qi Kuan walked in, holding a piece of clothing in his hand, "Master, after I returned to the house just now, I found that someone had entered the house."
Xianyue raised her eyebrows slightly, "What's missing?"
"Nothing is missing, except that one piece of clothing has been tampered with." Hearing this, Zhichun joked: "This thief is quite interesting. He didn't steal gold and silver, but he only searched through your Eunuch Qi's clothes. Is it possible?
Are you attracted to me?"
Xianyue laughed at her, and then said: "This thief is really strange. Seeing you coming here with this piece of clothing, I must have touched this one."
"Yes." As he said this, Qi Kuan shook out his clothes and said with an unusually solemn expression: "This clothes was worn by the slave when he accompanied his master to the cold palace to execute the Xia family that night. After changing it, he washed it and put it away.
Until this time I went to the palace and prepared to take it out
When I came to change it, I just discovered that there was a gap at the bottom. It must have been accidentally hooked, or... it was torn off by Xia. Because I had something to do before, I didn't have time to throw it away. Unexpectedly, when the slave went back, he found that someone had moved it.
Passed."
When He Jia was looking through this piece of clothing, Yongyan was coming back and was shouting outside. In a hurry, she stuffed the piece of clothing back without returning it to its original state. She thought that no one would notice such a small abnormality.
Unexpectedly, Qi Kuan was careful and saw the problem at a glance.
Hearing this, Zhichun, who originally took it as a joke, suddenly changed his expression, "You mean, someone came here specifically for this piece of clothing?"
"That's right." Qi Kuan responded, looking at Xiayue and said: "I suspect...someone doesn't believe that Xia committed suicide, so they investigated secretly, and they have already found us."
Zhichun frowned and said: "The only ones who care about the Xia family's life and death are Liang Concubine, Li Concubine and Lan Guiren. However, none of them have been to Zhaoyang Palace today, and there are people guarding Zhaoyang Palace everywhere.
, how could they sneak into Qi Kuan's house without anyone noticing?"
Xianyue stared at the gauze lantern on the table and said slowly: "Maybe... there is a fourth person."
"The fourth one?" Zhichun frowned tightly, but she couldn't figure out who the fourth person was. Just when she was about to ask, her eyelids suddenly twitched and she said anxiously:
"Princess Hejia was playing there with her fifteenth brother today. Could it be... that she was Princess Hejia?"
Qi Kuan was startled by her words and blurted out: "No way, I have never heard her ask about the Xia family."
When Zhichun opened his mouth to speak, Xianyue's voice could already be heard in his ears, "Sometimes the more you don't ask, the more firmly you will remember it in your heart."
"Now..." Before Zhichun could ask further, Xianyue had already said: "Whether it's He Jia or not, you just pretend you don't know anything for the time being and don't show any trace in front of He Jia."
After the two agreed, Xiayue got up and went to Yongyan's room. Although the latter had changed into her pajamas, she was still playing with the diabolo and was enjoying herself. When she saw her coming in, she hurried over and said, "Empress Huang's mother-in-law."
, I can shake the diabolo now, you can watch."
The diabolo danced up and down between Yongyan's small palms. Although he was not yet proficient, he was already good at it. After he stopped, Xianyue hugged him and said: "It's shaking very well. Next time, Huang'e Niang
On my birthday, would you like to perform?"
"Okay! Okay!" After Yongyan happily agreed, Xianyue began to tentatively ask about his and Hejia's whereabouts today. When Yongyan answered, Xianyue clearly noticed several pauses, and her expression
There was something wrong, obviously he was hiding something.
Xianyue didn't ask further questions. For her, Yongyan's concealment was enough to explain the problem. She stroked Yongyan who started to yawn and said, "It's very late. Go to bed and play diabolo tomorrow."
Yongyan nodded and fell asleep quickly after going to bed. Looking at his sleeping face, Xianyue was not sleepy at all. After tonight, in addition to Hongli, Libin and others, she had one more person to ask for.
People who are worried and wary.
He Jia... Thinking of her being intimate and coquettish with him while secretly searching Qi Kuan's house, Xianyue felt a chill in her heart. Since when had this child started to become so scheming?