A glance at the spring breeze

After about half a stick of incense passed, Qiao Aifen finally came back, followed by an older man. He had a strong figure, brown skin, and a very honest appearance.

This should be what Qiao Aifen called "brother".

"My lord, this is the little girl's elder brother, Qiao Aiqing."

Qiao Aiqing nodded to Ruan Lan, then began to feel the pulse of Dr. Meng, and then checked Dr. Meng's eyelids and tongue coating, the movements were very skillful.

"Brother... What's wrong with Uncle Meng? Why did he suddenly faint? Could it be that he was seriously ill?"

Qiao Aiqing replied softly, "Uncle Meng just fell asleep."

"Asleep?" Qiao Aifen's face was full of surprise, "Why did you suddenly fall asleep?"

"Since Ah Shan disappeared, Uncle Meng has been worrying and worrying day and night. It must be because he hasn't had a good night's sleep for a long time. That's why he just fainted when he saw the adults." Qiao Aiqing looked down at Doctor Meng and sighed for a while. He took a deep breath, "Hey, let's go out first, and leave Uncle Meng here alone to recuperate."

Qiao Aifen nodded, and then said to Ruan Lan, "My lord, you can go to the place where my brother and I live to rest for a while, and you can also ask my brother some questions I don't know. Our house is next door, very close."

Ruan Lan looked at the two brothers and sisters in front of her, and nodded: "If that's the case, then I'll bother you."

******

At this time, Yin Jian finally returned to the palace and dismissed all the ministers who were physically and mentally exhausted from the long journey.

The huge crowd finally dispersed, Manager Zhang asked from the side: "Your Majesty, the imperial dining room for dinner has been prepared, do you want to eat now?"

Yin Jian raised his eyes and looked towards the other side of the bedroom: "No hurry."

"Then His Majesty now..."

"Let's go to Bihua Palace, I want to see the noble concubine whom I haven't seen for a long time."

"Yes."

When the emperor came to Bihua Palace, everyone in Bihua Palace went out to bow down and greet him.

Immediately after Yin Jian swung the crowd away, two luxuriously dressed little furry children ran over.

"Father!" The eldest prince Yin Xuan was the first to throw himself into Yin Xian's arms, "Congratulations to Father for returning from offering sacrifices to heaven."

"Father! You are finally back." The Eldest Princess Yin Fuyuan pushed Yin Xuan away effortlessly, firmly occupying the best part of Yin Xian's body.She raised her head and pouted, "Father, Father, did you bring back anything delicious... Yuan'er is hungry..."

Yin Jian stroked Princess Fuchang's back, comfortingly said: "Did Xuan'er steal your food again?"

"Royal Father!" Yin Xuan immediately stared into a pair of clear eyes, "Sister Huang is born with brute force to shock the heavens, how could this son-in-law beat her..."

Even though he already knew that the eldest princess was born with infinite strength, Yin Jian still pretended to lower his face: "Don't talk nonsense, the strength is not as strong as that of a woman, you should blame yourself for not working hard to practice martial arts."

"That's right! Father!" Yin Fuyuan excitedly clenched her small hands into fists and punched Yin Jian's waist and abdomen twice, "Look, father, Yuan'er's brute force is so shocking..."

Yin Xian suddenly felt a pain in his abdomen, so he quickly took the eldest princess's hand and said, "Cough...Yuan'er, you can go play with the emperor first, and I will go to see your mother and concubine."

"Yes! Father!" Yin Fuyuan took Yin Xuan's hand and easily dragged it to the side: "Yin Xuan, let's go play hide-and-seek..."

After the two dolls ran away, the smile on Yin Jian's face quickly disappeared, and he returned to his usual calm and serious expression.

The imperial concubine held a teacup, handed it to the maid next to her, and called out: Your Majesty..."

Yin Jian walked into the house and waved away the palace servants of Bihua Palace.

He turned around, glanced at the imperial concubine, and said, "Yuan'er looks more and more like Ruan Lan."

The imperial concubine paused for a while when she heard it, and the emerald and golden steps on her head also stopped.

"Of course they do... Master Ruan is Yuan'er's biological father after all."

Yin Jian let go of the fan in his hand with downcast eyes, and slowly shook it, his eyes were dark and quiet, filled with an expression of unknown meaning.

"What do you have to say to me?"

The noble concubine looked at the red mark on the fan, was startled, and asked, "Could it be that... Your Majesty found Lord Ruan?"

Yin Jian raised the corners of his lips, and said with a half-smile: "Of course."

The imperial concubine's eyes were bright and dark for a moment, she lowered her head and said respectfully: "Congratulations, Your Majesty."

"..."

"Lord Ruan will definitely not be the murderer who killed Concubine Wei. I hope His Majesty can restore his innocence."

Yin Jian turned his eyes to one side, and hummed: "Don't bother the noble concubine, I will take good care of him. Since that day you took the liberty to secretly save Ruan Lan's maid and the child in her belly, you should You know, Ruan Lan can't escape from my grasp."

"Your Majesty forgive me, the concubine has no other intentions, but I just don't want to see Mr. Ruan wronged."

"Of course not."

After finishing speaking, Yin Jian walked away in a huff.

Director Zhang followed closely, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, does this matter have something to do with the imperial concubine?"

Yin Jian glanced at Bihua Palace from the corner of his eye, and his face was a bit unfriendly: "She should not know about this."

"That……"

Yin Jian continued: "I have been sending people to secretly observe the Bihua Palace, how could she be so easy to quietly meet people outside the palace? I checked that night, and no assassin came to her palace. "

"Your Majesty is wise."

"However, since it's not her... then who could it be? I heard from Ruan Lan that he saw two people who could disguise themselves that day, so could it be that they had already disguised themselves as noble concubines?"

Hearing this, Manager Zhang frowned: "If this is the case, it will be difficult..."

******

When Ruan Lan came out of Qiao's house, the sun was almost setting in the sky.

"My lord, please help us find Ah Shan!"

"My lord, go all the way."

After bidding farewell to the Qiao brothers and sisters, Ruan Lan decided to find someone before it was dark.

This person was Ah Shan's only friend, Cui Hong, as the Qiao brothers and sisters had said just now.

It is said that this person is extremely arrogant and doesn’t get along with others very often, and for some reason, Cui Hong suddenly started talking nonsense before Ah Shan joined the troupe. Everyone thought he was a lunatic. Been in bed for a few days.

According to the route indicated by the Qiao brothers and sisters, he quickly found Cui Hong's residence.

It was already dark, but there was a candle in the window that was not used for lighting.Ruan Lan thought to herself, could it be...Cui Hong isn't at home?

He first reached out and knocked on the door.

No one answered.

He raised his voice and said to the door: "Is anyone at home?"

Still no answer.

"I'm here to investigate the disappearance of Meng Qishan. If you disturb me, please..."

At this moment, an angry voice suddenly came from the house: "Get out of here! Don't ask me! Get out as far as you can!"

The people in the room sounded extremely irritable, but Ruan Lan was still very patient, and continued to raise her neck and shouted to the door: "I am ordered by His Majesty to investigate this matter..."

Suddenly, with a "squeak", the door was pushed open from the inside, and a strong and unpleasant smell of alcohol rushed towards her face, Ruan Lan immediately took a step back.

A man with blue stubble was standing crookedly by the door, holding a wine gourd in his hand, wearing a shabby brown thin shirt, his black hair was messily scattered on his forehead, revealing a pair of bloodshot eyes, very frightening .

"Hi... the emperor ordered you to come here?!" He squinted his eyes and looked Ruan Lan up and down, and said "tsk" in his mouth, disdainfully, "the official... there is no good thing!"

Ruan Lan was very calm: "The reason why I came here this time is because of Meng Qishan's disappearance. According to what the Qiao brothers and sisters said, you are a good friend of Meng Qishan, so I would like to ask you something."

"Ask what?" Cui Hong brushed the messy hair on his forehead, and sneered, "Ask why Ah Shan disappeared? How would I know?"

"It's not..." At this moment, Ruan Lan suddenly noticed that Cui Hong was standing in a very strange posture. His shoulder was leaning against the door, one leg was bent, and the other leg was not supported on the ground at all. Standing like this on purpose, but—the bent leg was broken.

Ruan Lan continued: "The next question I want to ask is, do you know why Meng Qishan went to work in a theater troupe?"

After listening, Cui Hong's sarcasm smile became even worse. He said contemptuously, "My lord, if I tell you, would you believe me? Everyone thinks I'm a lunatic, and no one believes me."

Ruan Lan looked at Cui Hong and said, "Tell me, as for whether you believe it or not, I will deduce it myself."

Cui Hong raised his head and took a sip of wine: "Oh? My lord, did I say it?"

Ruan Lan responded, "Speak."

Cui Hong pointed down with the tip of the wine gourd: "My lord, do you see that my leg is useless?" Then he punched it twice with his fist, "Do you know how it was broken? It was broken by us. The magistrate there called him."

Ruan Lan glanced at the bent "waste leg" and asked, "Why is this so?"

"Because it hinders the magistrate's son's success."

"How to say?"

"Mr. Academy assigned an article for all of us before the start of the rural examination. Unexpectedly, that article was the topic of the rural examination. The county magistrate took the essays written by dozens of people from the academy in our county and translated the text into it. Kneading and mixing, taking the subtleties and finishing touches of each article, making several articles, and asking his son to copy them down and participate in the tribute. His son really got to know Yuan, but those of us who have studied hard for several years in the poor window, but Because my husband cheated for personal gain and leaked the questions in advance, he was permanently banned from taking the scientific examination and locked up, but... I would like to thank the magistrate of the county for being merciful and not sending us to the frontier and all of us into the army!"

When Cui Hong was halfway through speaking, he couldn't calm down anymore, and instead became ferocious, gnashing his teeth, as if he wanted to eat the "county magistrate" alive.He went on to say: "Later, I sneaked out and fled overnight to Linzhou. I wanted to report to the magistrate, who knew that the magistrate colluded with the county magistrate, beat me up, and interrupted my speech." Legs, imprisoned me, so I found another good opportunity to run out, and happened to run into my childhood friend Meng Qishan. Although I haven't seen him for many years, he can't speak for some reason, but after hearing what happened to me, he actually Still willing to help me. He told me that he knew a theater troupe in the capital, and that theater troupe would come to the palace to set up a stage every year on the emperor’s birthday. As long as he finds an opportunity to report this matter to the current emperor, everyone in our academy will be able to get revenge. It's snowing..."

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Some friends reported that they thought the eldest princess was Ruan Lan's baby, no!As I clearly wrote earlier, Ruan Lan and that maid did nothing.The child in the servant girl's belly belongs to Old Wang Chaifang. Because Lao Wang was timid and afraid of getting into trouble, he told Yin Xian's subordinates that the child in the servant girl's belly was Ruan Lan's child...