Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 125 Crisis Again
After He Xuan sent Huo Qi back to his house, he rushed back to Shoukang Palace for business.At that time, Queen Mother Pei was having lunch. When she saw He Xuan entering the palace, she put down her silver chopsticks and wiped her mouth: "Has she been sent back to the house safely?"

"The Queen Mother has sent Miss Huo back safely. Many people saw the carriage in the palace along the way. I think what happened last night will not have any impact on Miss Huo's reputation." He Xuan felt blessed.

Empress Dowager Pei said "Yes", others thought that Huo Qi was invited by her to ask questions last night, so he stayed in Shoukang Palace.But the soft sedan chair that was carried out of the palace gate this morning was actually empty, but it was just to cover people's eyes and ears.Thinking of Shen Yuning's effort to be considerate of Huo Qi, and specifically begging her, she felt more and more that the relationship between the two was unusual.It's just that there are some things, and she thinks it's not enough.

Empress Dowager Pei returned to her thoughts, and her eyes flicked to He Xuan: "The thing Ai Jia dislikes the most is people who pretend to be smart."

Only then did He Xuan realize that she was talking too much, and hurriedly said: "My servant is confused, nothing happened last night."

"As long as you are smart, go down." Queen Mother Pei waved her hand.

He Xuan was the best at observing words and expressions. Seeing that Empress Dowager Pei looked tired, she hurriedly withdrew after performing the ceremony.Remembering that the batch of Shu brocades and satins that were tributed by the magistrate in the south of the Yangtze River this spring hadn't been counted, she went straight to the warehouse.He just walked through the second door when he heard someone calling softly, "Lord Si Yi".

He Xuan was preoccupied, and was taken aback by the sudden shout. Looking sideways, she saw a woman dressed as a court lady stepping out from behind the vermilion pillar.

It is red sandalwood.

He Xuan patted his chest, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "Scare me, who am I?"

If the red sandalwood blesses the body, it is regarded as a ceremony.She took a meaningful look at He Xuan's background, and asked inadvertently, "Did my sister just come here from the empress dowager?"

He Xuan was not as old as Zitan, but Zitan was still a second-class maid in the Empress Dowager's palace, but He Xuan was already a high-ranking female official.But He Xuan and Zitan have a very good friendship, and they are called by their sisters in private, so they don't care about these formalities anymore.

When Zitan asked, He Xuan didn't hide anything: "Yes, I just finished my errand."

"My sister's errand, but to send that Miss Huo family?" Zitan said.

"Which Ear God told my sister?" He Xuan said.

The fact that Huo Qi stayed at Shoukang Palace last night was deliberately exaggerated, so this false news had already spread like wildfire, and it was not surprising for Zitan to know about it.However, He Xuan was joking on the face, but she was already a little wary in her heart. Zitan was probably blocking her here specifically to get information from her.

Sure enough, Zitan took over the conversation naturally: "I heard that the Empress Dowager summoned this girl into the palace for questioning last night. From my sister's point of view, is it because the Second Prince kidnapped her?"

There was a look of panic on He Xuan's face. Although the news that Miss Huo was kidnapped by the second prince was no secret in the palace, it was not something that anyone could discuss at will.Zitan in front of her smiled with her lips bent, but it always made people feel a kind of just right sarcasm.

Seeing her like this, He Xuan thought inwardly that something was wrong, so she had to pull her aside and said in a low voice, "Be careful that your misfortune comes out of your mouth."

"It's nothing, I'm just curious, what kind of godlike appearance is this Miss Huo, who can attract the Second Highness like this." Zitan smiled nonchalantly.

He Xuan shook her head. Seeing no one around, she lowered her voice in Zitan's ear and said, "This Miss Huo didn't enter the palace at all last night, but stayed in the largest brothel in the capital city. The Queen Mother is today Someone who sent me earlier.”

"Brothel?" Zitan sneered.

"It's the brothel. This Miss Huo has a weird look all over her body, and she doesn't look like a serious person. Now that the Queen Mother wants to protect her reputation, naturally these things cannot be spread. I know what you are thinking, but can you Don't make the wrong idea." He Xuan's tone contained a hidden warning, and her eyes quickly passed over the glass jade bracelet on the rosewood wrist. A shoddy Ru skirt, but it looks neither fish nor fowl.

Zitan didn't reveal anything to He Xuan, but He Xuan accidentally saw Zitan having a private meeting with His Highness the Second Highness in the palace.There has never been anything new in the palace, and she has no idea what the relationship between these two people is.Zitan has a paranoid temperament, she also understands to some extent.The reason why she was willing to reveal Huo Qi's whereabouts last night to Zitan was because she wanted to remind Zitan, don't think about things that Xiao shouldn't think about, just like the bracelet on her wrist, so as not to kill herself.

"Thanks for the tip, sister." Zitan understood He Xuan's words and laughed softly, but her eyes seemed to be quenched with poison.

……

There have been several spring rains in the capital, and when the rain stopped, the case of the second prince's collusion with the remnants of Wohaizhuang finally came to an end.The second prince was secretly executed in the inner palace prison by Emperor Xiaowen's order. He Qi and the rest of the party were all imprisoned in the prison, waiting to be executed in the autumn. The huge Hongtong cabinet fell apart overnight.After learning the news of the second prince's death, Concubine Shun hanged herself in Zhongcui Palace with a white silk.

All of a sudden, people in the court were panicked, and the situation changed suddenly.

When these stories got to the Yuan family's ears, both the first and second families of the Yuan family went to their own village in Tongzhou to soak in the hot springs, so as to escape the cold weather of the capital.

When Jiang heard that the second prince was ordered to be executed, he felt that the news was more soothing than any hot spring.She picked up a chopsticks of bird's nest and duck for Yuan Xianzhi, and said happily: "The second prince refused to make the Yuan family feel better before, isn't the retribution coming now?"

Jiang's words are still concerned about the Guanyin statue. Yuan Xianzhi knew that Jiang's choking with Princess Ming Yuanchang in front of Emperor Xiaowen that day.He glanced at Jiang with an unyielding look: "You! When will you be able to control your sharp mouth!"

However, although he was blaming on his face, his mood was visibly good.Originally, the second prince and the fifth prince were fighting against each other, and the fight was back-and-forth.Now that the second prince has fallen, the fifth prince has a vague tendency to dominate the family. As the fifth prince's biological uncle, his status will naturally rise.

Yuan Xianhe on the side was not so cheerful: "Brother, in my opinion, there is something fishy about this matter."

Yuan Xianhe is a dull gourd who can't hold back a word for a long time, but once he speaks, he must say something very insightful.When Yuan Xianzhi heard what he said, he asked, "How can my second brother say this?"

"The reason why the second prince ended up in such a complete defeat is that the blood letter reveals the relationship between him and the rest of the gang in Wohaizhuang. Otherwise, based on the corruption of Baotan Temple, even if the inner guard finds out that it is him So what if Xue Chang was instructed to do it? That’s why it’s so strange, they clearly know that Huixuan is a scourge, and it’s fine if they don’t silence them in time after Baotan Temple’s accident, why did they give him a chance to leave a blood book?”

Yuan Xianhe's words hit the bull's-eye, and Yuan Shao, who had been silent by the side, listened to the words, and a thought flashed in his eyes.

Yuan Xianzhi was reminded more and more that this matter was unusual.He guessed: "Could it be that someone moved faster and got ahead of the second prince and forced Huixuan to leave the blood letter?"

"It's very likely that the eldest brother guessed so." Yuan Xianhe said, "Baotan Temple is the old nest of Wohaizhuang, and Huixuan left a blood book under his nose. With such a thunderous method, and so fast, It must be an insider, I am afraid that he hid in Baotan Temple early, dug a trap and waited for the second prince to jump."

Speaking of this, Yuan Xianhe looked at Jiang: "Sister-in-law, you went to Baotan Temple that day. Did you find anything unusual?"

"Apart from the matter of the jade statue, what else is there that is unusual? Or Huo Qi..." Jiang shi had mentioned it casually, but suddenly thought of something, and even sat up straight, "Yes Huo Qi told me that Huixuan and the Qin family were talking together, otherwise how would I know that it was the second prince's idea to make the jade statue!"

(End of this chapter)