Startled Meng

Yu Fangzhi was dealing with Xiao Mo at the pawnshop, and caught sight of Ru Kuu's figure under the window. He expected that the matter had been completed, and he packed up and was about to leave.

"Okay, then I'll take these two shops, Xiaoqing, pay the bill."

Xiao Mo smiled and said, "Boss Yu is straightforward, and I won't play tricks with Boss Yu, so I'll cut the price for you." He also didn't forget to sell other things, "The shop is open, do you want it? He's smart, quick-spoken, honest and capable. There are, look, what do you want?"

Yu Fangzhi waved his hand: "No need for the time being, Boss Xiao, I'll go first, next time we have time to have a drink together."

After leaving the pawn shop, Yu Fangzhi found an excuse to dismiss Xiaoqing and let Ruku follow him to report.

"Master, my subordinates have been sending people to follow me all the time, and I saw with my own eyes that Lady Ying's maid, Bi'er, has brought cloth into the palace." Ruku continued, "When the inner guard sees the Shu brocade worn by Lady Ying, I won't leave it any longer." The merchants recommended by Zhang Shaoqiu will not be considered."

Ruku has a well-thought-out plan, but he knows the language but remains silent, thinking about Yan Cijing's actions in the palace.

When Yan Cijing bumped into the inner servant in the palace, he took the opportunity to drop a letter in the other's sleeve, which read: Centipede, dead but not stiff.

Hu Ge, Ying noble's father, was guilty of passing off as a good one. The brocade clothes that Ying noble was wearing were the same as the cloth that was presented for selection.

Yu Fangzhi asked, "Did you find the place?"

Ruku nodded: "It has already been guarded. After the emperor agrees, he will immediately reveal the secrets under Cangshan Mountain to Zhang Shaoqiu."

As soon as he remembers to invite you into the urn, he knows that the arrangements are in order, and he just waits for everything to develop in the direction he expected.

Was it really that smooth?

Yan Cijing realizes that things are not going the right way.

Due to the palace regulations, Yan Cijing was not allowed to freely enter and leave the inner court, but with the second prince, there were many places where he could walk around, and he could see some empresses walking outside from a distance.

The country is as beautiful as the other, with brocade clothes and extraordinary temperament. Yan Ci's mirror image looked stunned, and it was the eunuch next to the second prince who reminded him in a low voice that he knew how unscrupulous his eyes were.

After apologizing to the second prince and leaving, Yan Cijing almost bumped into a tree with a crooked neck.

"Master Yan suffers from snow blindness?"

When Yan Cijing looked up, his eyes were covered with a vast expanse of whiteness, and he saw people only when he turned his head.

"Bi Xiuzhuan."

Bi Shouyan smiled: "The lower official watched Lord Yan standing still from a distance, as if he was snow-blind and couldn't see clearly, but now it looks like he is snow-blind, like he can't recognize the way?"

Yan Cijing took advantage of the situation and continued: "Yes, there is continuous snow in Ye City in winter, and it was covered with a thin layer as soon as it was cleared. There is a vast expanse of whiteness everywhere. I just came out of the palace, and I really can't tell the direction."

He asked again: "Bi Xiuzhuan, why are you here..."

"The next official is going to the Wenhua Palace, so don't bother me." Bi Shouyan could see that Yan Cijing was busy with something, so he asked to leave.

When Bi Shouyan left, Yan Cijing reached into his sleeve and touched the second prince's longevity lock.

Afterwards, he ran towards a familiar man walking in the distance.

"Thank you Commander, I have lost the second prince's longevity lock, can you please send someone to look for it in various parts of the palace?"

The Longevity Lock is on Yan Cijing's body, how could it be found in the palace, the guards' wanton search gradually aroused other people's ideas, Yan Cijing can't enter the inner palace, but the news can spread into the inner palace.

Concubine Hui was of course the first to know.

Concubine Hui was furious, pointed at Yan Cijing, and cursed: "You can lose the second prince's things? It was given by the emperor himself! Find it! Find it immediately!"

Yan Ci mirrored the ground: "Your Majesty, I have searched everywhere, including the snow on the long street. Maybe someone took it by mistake."

Concubine Hui said sharply: "There is a name on the Longevity Lock, how could it be possible to take it wrong? If someone really picked it up, how could they not hand it in?"

Concubine Hui wandered around in the palace, anxiously said: "If we can't find out, it will be heard by the emperor..."

"It must have been hidden by a little hoof that sees money!" Concubine Hui said that the wind is like rain, "Come on! Let me search! I have searched every inch of the harem carefully!"

Concubine Hui's actions even alarmed the Queen Mother, she didn't care about the others, she heard that it was related to Mrs Yan, she snorted coldly, and cursed: "You bastard, you're used to making trouble!"

In addition to the Queen Mother, other concubines were also alarmed. The low-ranking concubines did not dare to say anything. Seeing their houses being messed up, the higher-ranking ones sold their own palaces and sent people to help Concubine Hui find them. , Not only out of people but also out of ways.

The harem is used to looking after the dishes. Those who are protected by the mother's family dare not provoke them, and those who are favored dare not provoke them. Then those who are not protected and favored by no one will become the target of public criticism?

The spearhead was quickly pointed at Mr. Ying, whose sister and father had just been convicted.

Mrs. Ying is not welcomed by people nowadays, she even sold decent jewelry for the sake of saving money, and it is not impossible to steal the Longevity Lock and sell it, and some people say that seeing Bier walking around in the palace, maybe the Longevity Lock will be sold. It was she who stole it.

The place where nobleman Ying lives is no different from the place where Leng Gong lives. Suddenly, a group of eunuchs and nuns squeezed out to hurl insults at her. She couldn't take it anymore and burst into tears.

The incident in the harem reached the emperor's ears and turned into a big deal. It was only when he saw Xie Xuan leading people patrolling the long street that he called over to ask what happened.

No one dared to speak for nobleman Ying, nobleman Ying said it himself, kneeling in front of the emperor and crying.

"Your majesty, the concubines are not thieves! The concubines know who they are! They bully the concubines and even snatch their new coats for the winter! Now they are here to frame you again! They did it on purpose!"

……

Yan Cijing was just outside the imperial study room, and when he heard nobleman Ying's crying, he knew that the matter could be settled here.

The snow had stopped, and Yan Cijing secretly dropped the Changshou lock in the thin snow under the tree.

Behind him, Bi Shouyan saw everything.

But Bi Shouyan couldn't figure out why Yan Cijing directed and acted in the case of the loss of the longevity lock.

Outside the palace, Yu Fangzhi sat in a sedan chair and waited.

When people come or not, he calls Ruku in.

"I heard that my empress dowager is not involved in secular affairs, so I must have a gentle and friendly temperament. Why do you insist on the matter of Mr. Yan's trespassing in the inner court, and punish him by kneeling? You even want to ruin his face?"

"It's unreasonable for Mr. Yan to be humiliated by Wei Cheng, and to be humiliated by Wei Cheng's sister after entering the palace. This old woman has not cleared her bad debts, so it's easy for others to trip her up."

"Ruku, you go and check the details of the queen mother, let me also hear the secrets of the deep palace."

Ru Ku took the order to retreat, and when he lifted the curtain, he happened to see Yan Cijing, and called out to Mr. Yan.

Yan Cijing didn't hear the conversation between the two in the sedan chair, and was still thinking about things in the palace.

Yu Fangzhi changed his gloomy expression, pulled Yan Cijing to sit beside him, and said, "Look at your expression, things are going well?"

Yan Cijing smiled: "The palace is very lively. I was worried that the internal servant would not see the cloth that Bier brought back to the palace, but now not only the internal servant, but even the emperor can see it clearly."

The author says:

I said the queen mother is jealous of Xiao Yan's appearance, believe it...