The maid of the red house

The emperor's death was expected by Xueyan and others, but the emperor's death and the whole city's martial law, I'm afraid they can't leave the city.

Daiyu also understood this truth. Before entering the palace, she ordered Runzhu to go back to Mrs. Zhou, and at the same time ordered Qinghe to take her own plain clothes and silver noodles and put them on for Xueyan. However, because Xueyan was newly married for more than a month, she dressed up very brightly, and asked Qinghe to send someone to tidy up the guest house, leaving Xueyan and Zhao Yun to stay there, and then go back in a few days.

Xueyan changed into the red coat and pomegranate skirt she wore in Daiyu's room. Daiyu had already tidied up and entered the palace with Mrs. Zhou.

Xueyan lived in the guest house, and when she saw Zhao Yun coming, the husband and wife had a discussion, Zhou Yuan entered the court, Zhou Hong didn't return for several days, and they both felt that they would stay for a few days and go home. Tight, not good.

Daiyu followed Mrs. Zhou all the way into the palace, and sure enough, she saw that there were guards everywhere.

The emperor's mausoleum, coffins, etc. are all ready, just follow the rules, and the mountain on the head of Emperor Changqian is removed, so he ordered the world: no feast and music for one year in the family of nobles and officials, and no marriage for half a year.

When Xueyan heard the news, she thought that Mother Jia must be very happy, because she didn't need to pay attention to Yuanchun and Mrs. Wang's happy marriage.

Jia Baoyu is 17 years old, and Baochai is 20 years old. After another year's delay, Baochai will be [-] years old. She has really become an old girl. I'm afraid I still want to delay Bao's marriage. When it gets to Xue's family, I have to discuss marriage for Baochai first. After all, Baoyu is a man, and he has not yet been crowned at the age of eighteen or nine.

Thinking of this, Xueyan unconsciously thought of Zhang Hui again. Zhang Hui's husband's family was established earlier than Daiyu's, but it happened that her husband kept filial piety for three years, and it was a national filial piety. It was so easy to make filial piety in April, but the emperor passed away again. Still have to wait a year.

Daiyu and Mrs. Zhou went to the palace at five o'clock every day, and returned after holding the lamps. Every time they came back, they were extremely exhausted.

During these days, Zhao Yun was often called by Zhou Yuan to discuss official affairs at night, and Xue Yan asked Qinghe Runzhu and the others to prepare hot water for Daiyu to relieve her fatigue. They were very meticulous in their diet, and they cried in the palace. They didn't use it at noon. not good.

Daiyu went to the palace every festival to celebrate, so she also met Yuanchun, but she didn't speak. When she met Yuanchun when she was crying, she saw that although she was pregnant, she was not as plump as before, and her face was clear. She couldn't help but feel very worried, and soon heard the Queen Mother's decree that childbearing people don't have to cry to send their souls away. Seeing Yuan Chun return to Fengzao Palace with the support of the maid, Daiyu felt slightly relieved.

Although I only saw her when Yuanchun was visiting relatives, and during the Dragon Boat Festival, Yuanchun was happy to neglect her, but Yuanchun was Daiyu's cousin after all.

When she came back and told Xueyan, Xueyan didn't take it seriously, and said: "Miss forgot that the old concubine passed away, and there was no one in the two mansions to take care of the housework, so she asked the grandma in the East mansion to report the childbirth? It can be seen that she is not alone. I heard that the eldest concubine of Prince Zhongshun has a body now and has not entered the palace to cry."

Mentioning that Zhao Yanran was pregnant, Daiyu smiled and said, "Exactly, I haven't seen her in the palace these few days."

Yuan Chun was not the only one who didn't cry because of childbirth, but she was the only one who was sent back to Fengzao Palace by the empress dowager. Seeing this, the concubines in the harem inevitably felt sour and even more jealous. Yuan Chun smiled wryly and acted. Be more cautious.

Daiyu said: "Your Majesty is thinking too much, and it's a bit of a war."

Xueyan was stunned, and then said: "At the beginning, the lady knew what she said. It can be seen that the lady didn't want to enter the palace, but she was burdened with the honor and disgrace of the family, so she had to live in the palace every step of the way. After so many years, she was in her twenties How could she not attract attention if she became a concubine in one leap and returned to her natal family to visit relatives? You should be more careful in the palace."

Daiyu sighed: "The man in the family does not live up to his expectations, but relies on his daughter to win glory and add luster. No wonder the eldest sister said every word that day with blood and tears."

Xueyan said sympathetically: "If there is no parents to make decisions, how will the empress enter the palace?" In the end, Jia Zheng was incompetent. The daughter of a sixth-rank official can be seen everywhere in the capital. Although Yuan Chun bears the name of the Duke of the State, she has no future in the end. Chunsheng is on the first day of the Lunar New Year, which is a good omen just like the Duke of the State, so how could one not feel that she is very lucky.

Daiyu also knew the reason, so she sighed and said nothing.

That day Zhao Yun came back at night, and said to Xue Yan: "The situation outside is dangerous, the imperial guards have suppressed several disturbances."

Xue Yan sneered and said, "The emperor is gone now, they still can't see who is in power? They still want to make trouble."

Zhao Yun nodded and said: "The sage is very resourceful, he has already sent someone to wait, but if there is trouble during the country's filial piety, regardless of whether it is a high-ranking official or a commoner, they will all be detained."

Xueyan nodded slightly. Emperor Changqian predicted that the enemy would be ahead of him, so it was impossible to do nothing. He sighed and said, "It was over early, so let's go home earlier. Fortunately, when we came, we told the family not to go out, and did nothing." A few days ago, I took off the red flowers and red silk that I hung when I got married, and I am not at home now, so I must be able to live without exception."

Zhao Yun said with a smile: "Don't worry, the martial law will not be over soon, the saint is just guarding against someone's trouble."

Xueyan nodded and slept peacefully without mentioning it.

After three or four days, I heard that the decree of martial law was lifted.

Zhou Hong was still unable to go home at that time, and he lived in the palace every day to protect Emperor Changqian. It is said that the palace has tripled the number of imperial guards, and the guards are very tight. Although the capital is not under martial law, the city gates are closed everywhere. There are also many people guarding.

Xueyan bid farewell to Daiyu, but Daiyu couldn't keep them several times, so she had to let them go back.

Although the martial law is no longer outside, the atmosphere is still very dignified.

Zhao Yun wanted to ride a horse at first, but Xueyan glanced at him and said, "You should ride a car honestly. What's the benefit of riding a horse in the street now?"

Zhao Yun smiled, and sat in the same car with her, reading a book.

Unexpectedly, there were a lot of people going out of the city, and it was finally their turn. Guan Yue, who was driving, had already taken the guide and the gatekeeper.

Although they lived in Bajing Town, Chang'an County, Chang'an City, they were hundreds of miles away from Beijing, and they had to get evidence from the road if they were hundreds of miles away from home.

Xueyan opened the corner of the curtain and watched all kinds of discussions with Zhao Yun outside, because it was getting colder outside, Zhao Yun looked behind her and said: "Nowadays, the dudes of every family dare not go out, and many traffickers and pawns dare not come out. Selling, I am afraid that the excitement will disturb the spirit of the old sage, and the business of restaurants in various places has dropped a lot, but the business of some shops is still the same."

Xueyan smiled and said: "Fortunately, alcohol and meat are not allowed. If it is banned, the business of the restaurant will not be good!"

Zhao Yun smiled after hearing this.

Xueyan turned her head to look outside, and suddenly noticed a person who had landed behind the carriage of her own horse, and had already left the city at that time, there were quite a few people traveling with them, most of them were riding mules on carts, and many civilians were walking, so this person more and more conspicuous.It turned out that this man was fat and fat, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, wearing a maroon satin robe, looking like a rich man, but he neither rode a cart nor rode a horse, not even a mule or a donkey, but walked out panting with a child in his arms.

When Xueyan saw it, he talked and laughed with Zhao Yun: "The common people still have mules and donkeys. Such a rich and noble person walks."

Hearing this, Zhao Yun quickly lifted the curtain and looked behind the car, and saw the person Xue Yan said at a glance, and said: "It's a bit strange, if he really comes from a wealthy family, why is there no servants following him?"

Xueyan leaned over to have a look, and it happened that the man was wiping his sweat with his sleeve, revealing the face of a child in his arms.

Seeing this child Yuxue's cute face, Xueyan was startled, and asked in doubt: "Why does this child look kind to me?"

Zhao Yunqi asked, "Have you seen it?"

The carriage was getting farther and farther away from the man, after a while Xue Yan hurriedly said: "I remember, there are seven or eight points like the young master of Ning'an County, and the same age, tell me, what's going on? Could it be a kidnapper?"

Zhao Yun's face was very serious immediately, and he said, "Are you reading that right?"

Xueyan thought for a while, and said: "Since you and I were engaged in the old year, I didn't go out much. It was the last time I met last year when I went to Ning'an Princess's mansion with the girl. Change is a matter of course, I'm not sure if it is true, but Princess Ning'an's mansion has countless servants, with dozens of people following her around, how can someone abduct their children?"

The last time she talked about the abductee with Zhao Yun, she knew that every household was very careful, especially the big ones, they would never let their brothers and sisters go out alone. This is the case in other families, let alone Ning An, who loves her son like a treasure. Princess.

Zhao Yun suddenly reached out his hand to stop her from continuing, and while telling Guanyue to stop the car and wait for the person to catch up with him to take a closer look, he said, "If I remember correctly, Princess Ning'an and Ma and his wife of County Ning'an are at odds, and they are divided into separate houses. Living here, I heard that the horses in Ning'an County are very fond of the second wife, and it is not uncommon for someone in the palace to reach out when the emperor dies and cries for his soul."

Xueyan was taken aback. She knew that the dispute between wives and concubines was almost life and death. The second room seemed to be pregnant, and I laughed and said that Princess Ning'an is the chief princess of Prince Zhongshun's mansion. Why didn't Prince Zhongshun support Princess Ning'an, but swallowed his anger instead? Mother Rong said that Ma Nai of Prince Ning'an is the empress dowager My nephew, the empress dowager is also in charge of this marriage, even if she is dissatisfied with the marriage given by the saint, there is nothing she can do about it, Princess Ning'an can only live alone in the princess's mansion, and she can't see what's going on in the mansion."

The Empress Dowager came from a low family background. Later, when Emperor Changgan came to the throne, she was honored as the Empress Dowager. Her father jumped from a fifth- and sixth-rank official to a third-class official. Her elder brother Hou Xin was granted a third-rank idle position. The status of the family was in the capital. A rising tide lifts all boats.

However, the foundation of their family is not obvious, most of them are short-sighted, and the daughter-in-law who married into the family is not a daughter of a famous family. Princess Ning'an was chosen as the only grandson's daughter-in-law, and she approached the Empress Dowager to ask Emperor Changqian for a marriage.

Princess Ning'an is the eldest daughter of Prince Zhongshun, and Jiji made her the princess, and her status is second only to the princess. The third-class princess knew that there was no suitable princess in the palace, so she turned her mind on Princess Ning'an.

The empress dowager naturally favored her natal family, and she also knew that her nephew had no skills, only knew how to fight chickens and run dogs, so it would be better to marry the daughter of the royal family and enjoy the glory and wealth for a lifetime, so the old mother asked her to come to her, and she immediately agreed, and then invited Emperor Changqian Give marriage.

Emperor Changqian knew that Prince Zhongshun's mansion was well-behaved, and hadn't caused any troubles for himself these years. He wanted to treat him kindly, but the Empress Dowager insisted on doing so. Before bestowing the marriage, he even called Prince Zhongshun to ask him what he meant. Prince Zhongshun knew Ning'an. Junma's temperament is fundamental, so he is unwilling, but Princess Ning'an saw the look on the Empress Dowager's face, persuaded her parents, and agreed to marry him.

Prince Zhongshun is the younger brother of the emperor. The emperor is very suspicious, so he lives absurdly, ignoring government affairs, playing and drinking constantly every day, and raising many beautiful little opera actors. Jiang Yuhan is one of them. After Emperor Changqian ascended the throne, he became even more absurd .

Princess Ning'an knew that Emperor Changqian didn't want their family to marry a powerful family, so the eldest brother married his cousin Zhao Yanran. He might as well marry someone who is incompetent, so that he won't get jealous.Not long after they got married, Princess Ning'an knew that the county horse of Ning'an already had a cousin from his childhood, she was the daughter of the side branch family of Rong University scholar, and also the daughter of Mrs. Hou Xin's natal sister, and she was very partial to her. At that time, Rong University scholar was very powerful. , Ning'an County Ma soon married her as the second wife, and Ning'an County Master simply took his son to live in the Princess House.

忠顺王爷和王妃自觉委屈了长女，又因世子徒墨尚未添子，便对外孙侯保爱若至宝，私底下忠顺王爷也带着徒墨悄悄痛揍过宁安郡马几回，只是上头皇太后Protecting him, there was nothing he could do. Seeing this, Ning'an County Ma acted more and more recklessly, spoiling Erfang Rong's lawlessness.

The reason why Xueyan knew everything about their family was because Zhao Yanran and Daiyu Zhou Yan had a good relationship, and they often took the two of them to the princess mansion to accompany Ning'an princess to relieve boredom, and they also became friends with each other, Ning'an princess Su Xidai Jade has a good character and bearing, and often communicates with her.

Zhao Yun glared and said: "I have no knowledge! If something happens to Princess Ning'an's son, the entire family will die."

Princess Ning'an has a strong temperament and is also smart. Emperor Changqian felt guilty for this niece, and he made Hou Bao a third-rank noble early on. Princess Ning'an has swallowed his anger all these years because Emperor Changgan has also endured the Rong family. Emperor Changqian saw in his eyes that Hou Bao was the rebel of Princess Ning'an, and Emperor Changgan would not know that he would definitely help Princess Ning'an, not the Hou family.

Xueyan watched the man getting closer and closer, but when she looked closely, she couldn't see the man showing the child's face, and said worriedly: "I can't see it."

Zhao Yun looked at it quietly for a while, and said: "I'll go and see and find out who they are. If it's a kidnapper, I'll bring the child back and send it back to Prince Zhongshun's mansion. Let them tell if it's true or not. If we are doing our best.”

Xueyan heard this, and hurriedly said: "Didn't you say that many kidnappers are not alone?"

Zhao Yundao: "It's okay, I'll take Guanyue with me, first investigate quietly, if it's a kidnapper, ask Guanyue to ask someone from the yamen for help."

Xueyan nodded and said: "Then you must be careful. Let's take a car first to see where he is going."

Zhao Yun gave Guanyue this order, and Guanyue drove slowly, sometimes overtaking that person, sometimes falling behind him, because there were many people on the official road, no one paid attention to them.

Xueyan said: "This man looks good and well-dressed, I don't know if he is."

But Zhao Yun said with a smile: "Don't you think that the kidnappers in the world are all dressed in rags? People like this abduct the children out of the city. They are dressed differently from the children, and they will be questioned immediately. Therefore, most of the kidnappers are gorgeous and handsome. It is to abduct the children of rich and noble families so that it will not be easy to cause doubts, and the appearance is naturally so that people will not think that they are bad people."

Xueyan sighed: "This is too much thought."

Unexpectedly, that person would go on the same road with them, entered Chang'an County, and walked to a secluded place, Zhao Yun hurriedly got out of the car, followed quietly with Guan Yue, the carriage stopped near a crowded place, and Xueyan was waiting in the car.

Guan Yue followed Zhao Yun with a lot of kung fu, and the two followed the man openly, without arousing suspicion. Seeing him approaching a private house, he knocked on the door, and someone poked his head out immediately. Seeing that he was an acquaintance, Fang opened the door and let He went in and quietly checked to see if anyone was following him, and was startled when he saw Zhao Yun and Guan Yue.

Zhao Yun didn't seem to notice, and led Guanyue past their door and out of the alley.

The person who opened the door really felt relieved and closed the courtyard door.

Zhao Yun walked out of the alley and said to Guanyue: "I'll go to Tantan, look at my hand gestures, if it's a kidnapper, you should hurry up and ask the magistrate to bring someone over and catch them all, if not, I naturally ignore them Nothing is dangerous."

Guan Yue agreed, and said, "Master, you must be careful."

Zhao Yun saw that he was wearing a blue satin robe, which was the same color as the bricks and tiles. It was not very conspicuous, so he returned to the house and sneaked in quietly. He had fought in the battlefield, and he had the ability to hide himself. Near the main room where people were talking, there were wooden couches with paper windows at that time, and their voices could be heard clearly.

I only heard someone say: "Third brother, won't you leave any future troubles?"

I don't know what was said, Zhao Yun didn't hear the beginning, and heard another person say: "Don't worry, brother, I took this child out of the city immediately, I was dressed richly, who would have thought that the child did not belong to our family? Let's hide here." After a few months, when there is no news outside, they all went to other places to find, and we will take these children away. These children are all good-looking, raised for a few years, and sold to no one's place, it is a few thousand taels of profit , we will be rich by then."

The first person said: "Is there no tail left?"

The latter person hurriedly said with a smile: "Nothing is left behind. The child was sent out by their own people. It turns out that their family already had a good human trafficker. I heard that the woman who carried the child out told the trafficker to sell the child. If you don’t want to stay far away in the capital, the mansion immediately noticed it, and when people were in chaos, I took advantage of the chaos to bring the child back, and no one saw it.”

The first person listened to it, laughed loudly and said: "This child is worthy of being raised by a rich family. He looks really beautiful and can be sold for a good price."

When Zhao Yun heard this, he almost burst into anger.

He hated these abductees the most in his life. He did not know how many parents and children had experienced heart-piercing pain. He heard that they seemed to have abducted more than one child that he saw today. After a while, Fang heard the elder brother say: "This time there are more than a dozen children, we have to take care of them and be more careful."

The fat man who came back with the child today smiled and said, "It's all locked in the cellar. Even if someone comes to check, they won't find anything."

Zhao Yun thought to himself: "No wonder I didn't hear the children crying when I came in. I only thought that I wronged them. They were all hidden in the cellar. I just don't know where the cellar is. I have to find out before I call the yamen servant." It’s good to come here.”

If they can't see their children, they deny it, and they will be charged with a false accusation of harassing a private house.

Zhao Yun was not arrogant or impetuous, he waited quietly, listening to them spit out all kinds of obscenities, and talking about the process of abducting and selling children, he was very proud. When the sun set, Zhao Yun saw two people coming out of the main room, one was today. The one who opened the door was very wretched, about forty years old, the two carried lanterns and each carried a food box, the person who opened the door said with a smile: "These children are usually well-clothed and well-fed, but today they have to eat food." Eat my leftover bones!"

The middle-aged man said with a smile: "Who said everyone is full of rich clothes and fine food? The two children brought back by my ex-son are children of ordinary people, but they are very neat and can be sold for a good price."

Zhao Yun hated even more in his heart, followed them to the backyard, the two moved away a few flowerpots, and lifted up a stone slab, and immediately heard the sound of a child whimpering and crying, the two went down, and then there was a sound of beating and scolding, very fierce.

Zhao Yun glanced at it, remembered where the cellar was, and left quietly, giving Guanyue a few words.

He originally said to let Guanyue watch his gestures, but it was too late to see clearly, so he had to come over in person, Guanyue hurriedly said: "Don't worry, sir, I will go to the county magistrate, even if he is already asleep, he will wake up." Grandma is still waiting there, I will tell grandma too, so that grandma won't worry about it."

Zhao Yun nodded, and returned to the house, fearing that they would take the child away.

Guanyue hurried back, Xueyan was waiting anxiously, after hearing this, she hurriedly said: "You go to the Yamen on horseback first, and you should go faster."

Although Zhao Yun didn't ride a horse when he went out of the city, the horse followed behind. Guan Yue hurriedly got on the horse and went all the way. , I have a great contribution to my grandfather."

As soon as the county magistrate heard this, he asked Guan Yue to go in. He was the magistrate who dealt with Zhao Qi's family last time, and said, "What great achievement?"

Guan Yue said with a smile: "Our uncle came back from the capital, and ran into a kidnapper who kidnapped many children from wealthy families."

One sentence made the county magistrate smile. Since he is a child of a wealthy family, when he rescues him, he will not only make a great contribution, but also get gratitude from all the families. Thinking of this, he quickly asked, "Is what you said true? Where is it hidden?"

Guanyue said: "Really, don't dare to lie to Grandpa, our grandpa is watching over there to prevent them from leaving."

As soon as the county magistrate heard that Zhao Yun was there, he ordered all the yamen servants and rode over.

When we arrived at the house, we surrounded it first, and then made people knock on the door. The kidnappers were all seven or eight points drunk, and when they saw the situation, they woke up and denied it. Xiang Guanyue was full of displeasure.

Guanyue said: "Our uncle said that there is a cellar in the backyard."

As soon as he said his words, the county magistrate immediately brought people to the backyard, and sure enough, he saw Zhao Yun waiting there.

A group of kidnappers all have earthy faces. I don't know when this person came in.

Opening the cellar, Zhao Yun went down with the county magistrate, and sure enough, there were a dozen or so boys and girls lying here and there, crying out of breath. The oldest one was only six or seven years old, and the youngest was only three or four years old. , some are covered in silk, and some are dressed in common clothes, all of them are beautiful and lovely people.

When the county magistrate saw it, he immediately ordered people to bring all the children up, scaring the children into trembling.

Zhao Yun looked at the kidnappers who had been detained, grabbed the fat man he had seen during the day, and asked, "Where is the child you brought today?"

Zhao Yun had never seen the child's face, and he couldn't tell it apart, so he tried this, but the fat man didn't know, pointing to one of the children whose eyes were red and swollen from crying, he asked, "Isn't it there?"

Zhao Yun looked over and saw that the child was about three or four years old, which was similar to what Xueyan said.

He walked over and looked carefully, and saw that the child was wearing upper-grade python satin, which was different from other children's silk and satin, and the color was not something ordinary people could wear. There is a red mark on the neck, presumably the collar and valuables on the neck were taken off by the kidnappers.

Zhao Yun said softly, "What's your name?"

Seeing the scars on Zhao Yun's face, the child looked very ferocious under the firelight, and immediately cried out in fright, "I want mother, I want mother! I want grandpa, I want grandma!"

Zhao Yun was helpless, Guanyue hurriedly stepped forward and smiled and said: "Little son, our uncle is not a bad person, so I come here to save you and send you home. I just need to know your names and family members. What's your name? Where do you live?" where?"

Guanyue has delicate features and looks very pleasing, the child choked and said: "My name is Bao'er, my mother said, I am the one who protects the family and the country, and I live in my mother's house."

Guanyue glanced at Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun nodded, Hou Bao didn't live in Ning'an County Lord's Mansion, and Ning'an County horses were rarely seen.

Zhao Yun turned to the magistrate and said, "Grandfather, these children will be settled by Mrs. Lao. Only this child is the son of our husband and wife. I came here to inquire after seeing this child and felt something was wrong. Therefore, we have to take this child with us. Take it back to his home, and ask the grandfather to make it easier."

The magistrate of the county has already asked about the origins of several children, and one of them is the daughter of the county's garrison mansion. She is overjoyed and knows that the time has come for her to be promoted and make a fortune. Hearing Zhao Yun's request, he immediately remembered Zhao Yun's wife's extraordinary status, and said quickly: "Then you take it with you, but you have to remember how to say it."

Zhao Yun understood and said with a smile: "Everything is due to the grandfather."

The county magistrate nodded in satisfaction, and Zhao Yun asked Guanyue to take away the child named Bao'er and send it to their car.

Seeing Bao'er, Xueyan embraced Bao'er quickly, took a photo with the lantern Zhao Yun brought from the yamen servant, and saw a small black mole on the back of her neck, and said softly to Bao'er: "Brother Bao , do you still remember Sister Xueyan?"

When she followed Daiyu to the princess mansion, she naturally met Hou Bao and took him fishing in the garden.

Hou Baowu wept unceasingly, hiccupped when he heard the sound, looked up at Xueyan, but couldn't remember, but Xueyan looked gentle and spoke kindly, and Hou Bao heard her keep saying to send him home, so he believed it.

So it was getting late and the city gate was closed, so Xueyan and Zhao Yun had to take Hou Bao home.

Xueyan bathed Hou Bao, but they didn't have children's clothes at home, so she asked someone to ask Doumu for a set of clean Douzi clothes for him to change into, and then asked someone to starch Hou Bao's clothes.

Xueyan hugged him in her arms, fed him, and said, "Brother Bao, will you sleep with me today? Tomorrow morning, I will take you to find your grandparents and mother." She recognized Hou Baofang and became suspicious , What is it to save a dozen children?The world does not know how many children were abducted and trafficked, and they were separated from their parents. Thinking of this, Xueyan sighed.

Hou Bao was frightened, sobbing and eating two mouthfuls of porridge, he fell asleep.

Xueyan had no choice but to put him on their bed, but drove Zhao Yun to sleep on the beauty couch opposite.

During the night, Hou Bao woke up several times, and each time he had to be comforted by Xueyan in his arms. She was not safe all night, and Zhao Yun was like that. Before dawn in the morning, the husband and wife hurriedly cleaned up. Take Hou Bao to Zhongshun Palace by car.

Traveling all the way in a hurry, when they arrived at the capital city, the city gate just opened wide, and many people hurried out of the city, including guards and servants, looking at their clothes, there were those from Ning'an County Lord's Mansion, and some from Zhongshun Prince's Mansion, all of them looked anxious, Zhao Yun quickly Getting out of the car, he cupped his hands and said, "May I ask you, are you the Chief Historian of Prince Zhongshun?"

The man was riding a tall horse and was in a hurry, seeing this, he said displeasedly: "I have something important to do, I will talk about it later."

Zhao Yun said bluntly: "My wife and I rescued a child from the kidnapper yesterday. He looks very similar to the young master of Ning'an County Lord's Mansion. He is also called Bao'er. He is planning to send it to Zhongshun Prince's Mansion to be taken care of by the prince. Princess recognized."

Upon hearing this, the chief historian jumped off his horse, pulled him and asked, "What did you say?"

Zhao Yun repeated his words, and the group of people all looked at the carriage Xue Yan was riding in, and quickly surrounded him.

The Chief Historian suddenly narrowed his eyes and said, "How could it be such a coincidence? We just went out of the city to find someone, and you sent it?"

But Xueyan recognized the Chief Historian, and she had seen it before when she was a maid, so she lifted the curtain to reveal Hou Bao's sleeping face in her arms, and said, "Master Chief Historian, I am the girl of Lin Shu from the Zhou family, and my uncle is from Juren , is also the staff of Mr. Zhou's family. If the chief historian doesn't believe it, you can ask someone to inquire. It turned out that I recognized Brother Bao. My uncle followed the kidnappers and rescued more than a dozen boys and girls. Those kidnappers are now He was imprisoned in the Chang'an county government office, and the county magistrate also made great efforts yesterday, so you will know as soon as you go."

When the Chief Historian saw Hou Bao's face, he immediately recognized him as the son of Princess Ning'an. Looking at Xueyan again, he hurriedly said: "So it's a girl, look at me, the flood almost washed away the Dragon King Temple. Brother Bao What's going on here?"

When people from the two prefectures saw Hou Bao, they celebrated with their foreheads and hands in unison.Princess Ning'an came back crying last night and disappeared from her son. She was so anxious that she went crazy. Prince Zhongshun was furious. He had surrounded the third-class mansion and killed countless people. I heard that Princess Zhongshun gave Mrs. Hou Xin a few He slapped and slapped Ning'an County Ma and Rong's in front of everyone. At that time, he had to take off his buttocks to hit the board. It was extremely embarrassing and caused a lot of trouble. Then let the whole third-class mansion be buried with him.

Emperor Changqian also knew the news, promised King Zhongshun and Princess Ning'an not to go into the palace to cry today, and also sent guards to search overnight, but the kidnapper had already left the city, so there was no news.

Xueyan pulled the cloak and wrapped it around Hou Bao's body, then put down the curtain, and said softly, "Brother Bao was frightened yesterday. When I was taking a bath, I saw some bruises on his body and finger marks on his face. Those who were taken out of the city with their mouths covered, or beaten by kidnappers, didn’t sleep well all night, and haven’t woken up yet.”

After hearing this, the chief historian and others became more and more grateful to Zhao Yun and his wife, so the chief historian apologized to Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun hurriedly said: "Everyone is also in a hurry to find someone, but it's important to go to the house right now."

The chief historian repeatedly said yes, and while sending people to report to the mansion, he ordered people to go to the Chang'an county government to bring back those kidnappers, and at the same time led people into the city in a carriage surrounded by snow geese. , when they arrived at Prince Zhongshun's mansion, they saw Prince Zhongshun and Prince Zhongshun's son Tu Mo were waiting outside the door.

Zhao Yun hurriedly jumped off the horse, saying that he didn't dare to do it, and was about to help Xueyan get out of the car, Prince Zhongshun waved his hand and said: "Go in first and then talk about it." He asked someone to carry the carriage directly in, and put it down after entering the second door. He stopped at the second door and didn't go in.

Seeing this, Prince Zhongshun asked Tu Mo to entertain Zhao Yun, and went in by himself.

Prince Zhongshun is old and has a high position and authority. He is worried about his grandson, so it is natural for others to say nothing.

Xue Yan waited for the carriage to land, the servants retreated, Fang hugged Hou Bao and got out of the car, and saw Princess Zhongshun and Princess Ning'an stumbling over, before asking why, the mother and daughter went to see Xue Yanhuai first. Hou Bao in the village saw that his son was safe and sound sleeping, Princess Ning'an burst into tears and hugged Hou Bao tightly without letting go.

Princess Zhongshun recognized Xueyan and wiped away her tears, saying: "I only heard that there was a girl who recognized Brother Bao on the way and followed her to save her. How could it be you? Good boy, thanks to you, otherwise our Brother Bao I don't know where I am now!"

Princess Ning'an also thanked Xueyan, her eyes were swollen like peaches, and said: "I am just such a lifeblood, I have tried every means to guard against him, just in case there is something wrong with him, I never thought that someone would take advantage of it, no Without him, I don't know how to live anymore. Xueyan, thank you, if it weren't for you, my brother would be safe and well."

A murderous look suddenly flashed across Princess Ning'an's face, they were loyal to the palace and did nothing, they really regarded them as sick cats.

Xueyan said modestly: "That kidnapper looks rich and noble, and he is surprisingly well dressed. If I hadn't met Baogeer, I would have thought he and Baogeer were family members. Who would have thought that such a kind-hearted person would be a heinous villain?" kidnapper."

After hearing this, Princess Zhongshun gritted her teeth with hatred, and secretly rejoiced that Zhao Yanran was worried about Princess Ning'an's loneliness, so she took Daiyu and Zhou Yan to accompany her, Xueyan met Baogeer because of this, otherwise she really didn't know how to find Bao brothers.

Prince Zhongshun sneered, and said first: "I'll let someone send a message to the sage, so that the sage can rest assured. The princess first asked the child to go in for some breakfast, and heard from the chief historian that they arrived as soon as the city gate opened. We bumped into each other at the door, so we can go out before dawn, breakfast is useless, just leave the rest to me."

After hearing this, Princess Zhongshun hurriedly invited Xueyan in and ordered someone to bring a high-quality meal.

Zhao Yanran waited anxiously in the room, saw them come in, looked at Hou Bao personally, put her hands together and said: "Amitabha, it's really dangerous!"

Princess Zhongshun said: "Xue Yan hasn't eaten yet, you go and accompany her."

Zhao Yanran agreed and invited Xueyan over.

Xueyan knew that Princess Zhongshun and Princess Ning'an had important matters to discuss, so she followed Zhao Yanran to the side hall.

Princess Zhongshun and Princess Ning'an entered the inner room, and Hou Bao was woken up during the action. When he opened his eyes and saw his mother, he was so happy that he hugged Princess Ning'an's neck and shouted: "Mom, some bad guys are choking me!" ,pain!"

Princess Ning'an was looking at the finger marks on his face, feeling extremely distressed, and said: "Don't worry, Brother Bao, Mom will vent your anger on you."

Princess Zhongshun said: "What are your plans?"

Princess Ning'an sneered and said: "The emperor has gone, how can we not touch the Rong family now? Usually they rely on the power of the Rong family, and Rong Kui has repeatedly said in front of the old man that he values ​​his niece and granddaughter very much. , I endured it myself, and now I will give the Rong family a big gift, which also relieves the troubles of the saint."

Princess Zhongshun knew that this daughter was quick and talented, and she took precautions early on, so Hou Baoping grew up safely. She was usually very wary of the Hou family and others. She originally thought of sending Hou Bao to Zhao Yanran to take care of her today, but Yanran was pregnant. I don’t need to enter the palace, but I didn’t expect Mrs. Hou Xin to go out of the palace earlier than their family members yesterday. Before they came back, they were urged to say that they wanted their grandson to pick up Hou Bao. Princess Ning’an was only better than Hou Xin Madam left the palace half an hour late, and when she rushed over, she heard that Hou Bao himself was naughty and disappeared, but the person who served Hou Bao said that he had offended his master and failed to take good care of Brother Bao. He Rong was beaten to death.

So after listening to her daughter's words, Princess Zhongshun hurriedly asked questions.

Princess Ning'an said indifferently: "Holy