"Last night? I seemed to hear the ringing of bells coming from the east. Could it be the emperor..." He made an expression of rolling his eyes and sticking out his tongue, which scared Baitao and reached out to hit him.
"Don't talk nonsense. Be careful. The walls have ears. The officers and soldiers will arrest you!"
After all, Baitao was born in a small place. She had only been in Beijing for a few months, so she was naturally cautious, fearing that she might offend someone and lose her life in a place full of nobles.
Yong'an has lived in Tianfu for three years. Although he has stayed behind closed doors, he has finally come into contact with his husband who has studied. In addition, the teacher Tian Lanqing hired for him is really knowledgeable, and he has also studied in the school these days.
book, so he is quite open-minded about this matter.
"Although the affairs in the palace are complicated, they can't affect us ordinary people. Today we just do whatever we have to do. As long as we don't jump around in front of the officers and soldiers, who can take the fault of small people like us."
Yongan waved his hand, picked up the empty bowl, and took a spoon to scoop the porridge himself.
"At least I can eat now. I woke up hungry once in the middle of the night."
Baitao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly felt that she was really making a fuss. She stretched out her hand and touched her temples sheepishly: "That's right. Besides, we are in Tian Mansion now, and the eldest young master is here, why are we afraid?
what."
Hua Xiaogu was initially shocked by what Baitao said, but when she heard what Yongan said, she felt it made sense. Besides, she had the honor to meet the emperor a few days ago. At that time, the emperor was still in the spirit of a dragon and a tiger.
Yes, how can it be so easy to die?
After eating, Yongan hurriedly packed his things and went out to the academy.
Hua Xiaogu went to the study room, took with her the purchase orders and ledgers that she had not read last night, and went out when she was ready.
After getting on the carriage, Hua Xiaogu left a small crack in the window and looked out with one eye. After leaving Tian's Mansion, there were indeed fewer people on the street, and many merchants had closed their doors. On the street, the officers and soldiers seemed to be like
There were two or three times more people than before, and they were all walking around with serious faces and swords.
Before I turned into the alley of Ruyizhai, I heard a commotion.
"Girl, there's a traffic jam ahead. I'm afraid I won't be able to get through for a while!" After a long time, the driver outside said something to the carriage.
Hua Xiaogu was confused, stretched out his hand to lift the door curtain, pushed the door open and took a look outside.
Not far from the door, there was an old woman kneeling on the ground, holding a seven or eight-year-old boy in her arms, kowtowing to a group of officers and soldiers in front of her.
In the hands of those officers and soldiers, they were holding a man who looked like a scholar, and they were dragging him away menacingly.
"My lord! My lord! My son is a scholar and will not harm anyone! He did not write whatever words you said!" The old woman knelt on the ground and cried, but the officials did not listen at all.
, just holding on to the scholar and going out.
"Several officials, I really don't know who wrote these, let alone why they were posted on my doorstep!"
"Don't talk nonsense. The emperor has just passed away. Now the whole country is in mourning and the whereabouts of the prince are unknown. To have such a limerick posted on your doorstep is obviously disrespectful to the grand master!"
"Master..."
Hua Xiaogu frowned in confusion, and her heart skipped a beat.
Normally, whenever something trivial happened, people would gather in a circle to watch the excitement, but now there was no one to watch. It seemed that something big had really happened.
