Yijuan cloud

Chapter 120 "Heavy Rain" from the Sky

Xu said: "I'm afraid that the emperor doesn't believe it, otherwise why would the prince stay in the border area for so long?"

She spoke in a bad tone and finished quickly.

Immediately he ordered the maid: "Go and tell Lao Han quietly. Try your best to drag the Jin Yiwei people for as long as they can. Prepare the carriage and go to my Xu Mansion immediately. Tell the Cao family separately that if she has a conscience, I still wanted to be the side princess, so I went to her house and asked Master Cao to find out."

As he spoke, he walked quickly outside the house.

This arrangement was decisive, neat and thoughtful. I couldn't help but admire Mrs. Xu for having such talent, and my confidence doubled in my heart.

If Prime Minister Xu and Mr. Cao guarantee it, and then ask Cao Junlei to intercede, even if he is suspected of protecting his relatives, he will definitely be able to get the emperor's understanding.

I also hurried out, asked the maid to find Xing'er, and went out through the corner door.

When I mounted the horse, Xing'er helped me step on the pedals. In the darkness, I still saw something strange on his cheek. I felt sour and thought to myself: "Xing'er suffered this injustice because of me." I couldn't help but blame myself secretly and asked He said, "Who hit you?"

Xing'er helped me get on the horse. As soon as he turned over, he also got on the horse gently and skillfully, patted the horse, lifted the reins, and galloped forward.

The wind whistled loudly, and Xing'er said nonchalantly: "Those bastards got the order and tied me up. They said they wanted to beat me up, so they beat me. How can I be afraid? Then they said there was no need to beat me. What a bastard." You dare to hit me while I'm tied up?! Bah! I'll let him take advantage of this in the palace, son of a bitch, don't come out, come out and see how I treat him!"

"Does it still hurt?" I knew he was trying to tell me not to mind.

"It doesn't hurt, it's just like scratching a chicken with feathers. It's gone. Miss, don't worry about me. Don't worry too much about the prince. Even if we rob the execution ground, we can rescue the prince."

I was startled, and raised my hand to hit him on the arm, "What are you talking about? You are not going anywhere. You still have such a bad temper, and you even robbed the execution ground. You think this is a storyteller!"

Cao's Mansion and Prince Yi's Mansion were only separated by a few streets, and the horses were fast, so they reached the place very quickly.

Because he was afraid of disturbing other people in the mansion, he went straight to the corner gate on the west side of Cao's mansion.

The boy guarding the door was an old man from the Cao Mansion and he knew me. Before I even got off my horse, he came over to greet me and asked in a low voice: "Hey, isn't this Miss Lin? Why are you here at our house so late at night?"

I took out a bag of silver from my sleeve, stuffed it into his arms, and said, "Is Ambassador Cao at home? I have something important to discuss with him."

He had just loaded up the money, and after listening to my words, his expression suddenly changed and he looked nervous.

"What happened to our eldest young master? Why are we looking for him? There are still a few officers from the Jinyiwei inside, saying they are looking for something. The house doesn't know what the situation is now. Anyway, I heard that the master Madam is so scared, for no reason, what are you doing?"

"Where is Ambassador Cao?"

"I haven't come back yet. I've sent people to look for him, but I don't know where he is. I'm afraid I won't be able to find him for a while."

My heart sank. It was obviously the height of summer, but it was like being exposed to nine cold days, and fear arose spontaneously.

It seems that the situation is far more serious than I imagined, and even Cao Junlei is involved.

"What does Miss Lin want from our eldest young master? Why don't you tell me about it first, and when someone comes, I can tell you about it for the girl."

I shook my head and said softly: "If you have a chance tonight, please tell Master Cao. Cao Fu's envoy is in the palace. I'm afraid he won't be able to come back tonight."

The young man was stunned for a moment in confusion, and asked curiously: "Our eldest young master is still in the palace? How did the girl know?"

The wind in the summer night makes people feel sticky.

They were the only one on the street in front of Cao's Mansion. It was eerily quiet, and the horses' hooves stepped on the bluestone as if they were stepping on people's hearts.

Xing'er held the horse and walked beside me without saying a word.

Seeing that he was about to walk onto the street, he suddenly stopped and looked at me seriously. I had never seen Xing'er look so serious before, and I felt a little strange.

But my mind was so confused that I didn’t even think about it. I just forced myself to calm down and said, “If the evidence was conclusive, I would have ransacked the house long ago. Going through the house in silence like this shows that there is no evidence.” , It doesn’t matter, those who are clean will be clean themselves, as long as the prince and others have not done anything, they will be safe."

"Miss, let's go home, store some money, and leave the city at dawn." Xing'er said.I was so surprised. The fear, uneasiness and worry in the middle of the night were so overwhelming that I couldn't breathe. So when Xing'er told me to leave, a lot of emotions came out of my head, and many words were stuck in my throat. I almost blurted it out!

But I looked at Xing'er in front of me. He was so worried about me. One side of his originally handsome face was still swollen. How could I vent my worries to him?
I took a breath silently and said, "You go, the prince is in the city, and I'm not going anywhere. My family members are all outside the city and need someone to take care of them. I feel relieved if you go."

Xing'er looked around and lowered his voice and said: "That's a crime of treason! No one else can hide. Miss, haven't you understood? It's about to rain heavily now. Look at the quiet raindrops." Just say it and get off."

His words made me panic, and I said angrily: "How do you know that the prince will be convicted? How did he conspire to rebel? Did he have a single soldier, or did he do something else? He has no military power, and his every move is monitored Well, what can he do? Even if he did do anything disobedient, he was forced to do so! He was forced to..."

Before I could finish speaking, my mouth was covered by Xing'er. He covered my mouth and whispered, "Auntie, please keep your voice down."

I soon realized that I had almost said something treacherous. If walls had ears, another thing would happen.

Seeing that I had calmed down a bit, Xing'er slowly let go of my hand and said, "Miss, are you really not going to leave?"

My throat was so swollen and painful that I muttered, "If I leave like this, I won't feel at ease in the future."

Xing'er was silent for a while and said, "Okay, then I will accompany the eldest lady."

When we arrived at Xu Mansion, the moon had already risen in the sky.

It was so bright that the stone lions in front of Xu Mansion could be seen clearly.

Xu Mansion was also quiet.

The boy guarding the door didn't wait for Xing'er to explain why we were here, and drove us away.

In desperation, Xing'er and I had to go back to Prince Yi's Mansion to wait for news.

Unexpectedly, not far after I walked out, I saw Xu's carriage passing by at a fast speed. I hurriedly said: "Follow me quickly!"

Perhaps he heard the sound of horse hooves, and soon, Mrs. Xu stuck her head out, but she just glanced at us and sat back, while the carriage did not slow down at all.

But as we rode faster and kept pace with the carriage, I called out, "Pray, Princess, to pause a step."

The curtains of the carriage were closed tightly, and the accompanying boy scolded: "What are you doing? Get up and drive! The princess is surprised that your carriage looks better than you!"

Then a whip was whipped, and Xing'er whispered: "Miss, sit still!" As he spoke, he suddenly pulled the reins, and the horse's front hooves stood up, and the whip fell to the ground.

At this time, in the carriage, a maid stuck her head out and said something, and the coachman stopped the horse, and I also jumped off the horse.

Two maids got out of the car, and one of them said with a straight face: "The princess asked you to get in the car!"

I just wanted to know how Prince Yi was doing, so I didn't care about the cold faces of these people and went straight to the carriage.

Two horn lanterns were on in the car. Xu's eyes were red and swollen, as if she had cried, her bun was a little loose, and she stared at me angrily.

I wasn't afraid of her hateful eyes, but it was her lost look that frightened me.

"I dare to ask the princess, have you found out about the situation in the palace?" I asked carefully, feeling more and more uneasy.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Xu suddenly became furious and slapped me unexpectedly: "Bitch!"

There was a burning sting on my face, and I covered my face. There was a buzzing sound in my ears for a long time.

Amidst the noisy tinnitus, I met her gaze coldly.

Her lips trembled and her fingers trembled. She pointed at me and hissed: "It's all your fault! It's all your fault! If it weren't for you, how could the emperor suspect that the prince and Cao Junlei were colluding with each other to plot rebellion?"

(End of this chapter)