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Chapter 58 She Just Left Like That (Two Chapters Combined into One)

After the imperial edict was issued that day, the capital sent people to Liangdi overnight to report the news. Zhao Tinghan was of noble status, and when he returned to Liangdi, not only the imperial court would send people to escort him, but Liangdi would also send people to welcome him.

Although he was not yet the lord of Liang, he was the crown prince personally appointed by the retired emperor.

In fact, after Zhao Shiqing followed Princess Jiayi to the capital that day, Zhao Yunnuan sent someone to follow them secretly.

But they had to hide their identities along the way and dared not reveal their identities.

And there were not many of them, only fifty, and the leader was Meng Hu.

The place where they were at this time was about a day's journey away from the capital. This was also arranged in advance. This location was the most suitable and safest.

The Prince of Liang's Mansion in the capital sent people to Liang to report the news, and Zhao Shiqing also sent people to report the news to Meng Hu.

Upon learning that the prince would be passing by soon, Meng Hu was overjoyed and immediately ordered his men to split up into small groups. The fifty men all disguised themselves and waited for Zhao Tinghan to arrive.

The post soldiers who went to Liangdi to report the news rode at full speed, traveling day and night. They changed horses and people at post stations when passing by, and reached Liangdi as quickly as possible.

When the last postman arrived at Prince Liang's mansion, he was exhausted and hot. He rolled to the ground when he got off his horse. After drinking a large bowl of sweetened mung bean soup, he finally spoke.

"Your Majesty has issued an order that the Crown Prince of Liang leave the capital and return to Liang to observe mourning!"

This news was like a bolt from the blue, and the entire Prince Liang's Mansion was in an uproar.

Before this, the news that Zhao Tinghan could not eat mooncakes had already spread to Liang, and at the same time, the news that the Liang Palace in the capital was already preparing for the funeral was also sent back.

The atmosphere in Prince Liang's mansion was gloomy, and everyone from top to bottom had made preparations for yet another funeral.

Even those officials who had previously taken a wait-and-see attitude now began to show goodwill to Zhao Tingxuan.

The Prince of Liang has passed away, and the Crown Prince is also about to die. From now on, the land of Liang will belong to the second son, Zhao Tingxuan.

Even though news has now come from the capital that the Emperor has ordered the Crown Prince to return to Liang to mourn, everyone is thinking that Zhao Tinghan's time is running out and he should return to his roots.

The drama of the crows warning in the capital has not yet spread to Liang.

Even Zhao Yunnuan didn't know.

After Zhao Shiqing left Liangdi, although he wrote several letters to Zhao Yunnuan, the matter was of great importance and some things were not convenient to be written in the letter to avoid any accidents. Therefore, Zhao Yunnuan only knew that Zhao Tinghan's body was not as incurable as the legend said. As for Zhao Shiqing's plan, she didn't know.

Now that she knew Zhao Tinghan was coming back, Zhao Yunnuan knew that this was her younger sister's work.

As things develop to this point, we must be more cautious.

My younger sister did the previous work, so let her do the rest.

Zhao Yunnuan went to see the Left Chief Clerk in person, but saw that Nie, who had not appeared for many days, was accompanied by Zhao Tingxuan and also came to see the Left Chief Clerk.

Zuo Changshi was shocked. How could he have deserved the princess, the eldest princess and the second young master to come and see him in person?

But at the same time, Zuo Changshi was even more worried.

In the past, he only recognized Prince Liang, but now, no matter whether it was the princess, the second young master, or the eldest princess, neither of them could be neglected.

This was the first time the family of three sat together since the funeral of Prince Liang.

Everyone began to discuss how to welcome Zhao Tinghan. The atmosphere was calm, which made Zuo Changshi feel slightly relieved.

Zhao Tingxuan suggested that he should go to greet his elder brother, as it was the right thing to do both in public and in private.

Zhao Yunnuan had no objection, and her gaze towards Zhao Tingxuan became a little gentler.

The Left Chief Clerk also agreed that no one in the mansion was more suitable than Zhao Tingxuan.

However, Nie disagreed. She had her reasons. She believed that as the second son, Zhao Tingxuan should be in charge of all affairs in Liang since his father had passed away and his elder brother had not returned. If that was the case, how could he leave Liang?
The originally peaceful atmosphere became turbulent because of Nie's opposition. Nie has always been weak, but this time, her stubbornness shocked Zuo Changshi.

In the end, they had to part ways unhappily.

Zhao Tingxuan sent Nie back to Suining Palace. When he got back to the palace, Zhao Tingxuan said, "Mother, why do you have to do this? The officials in Liangdi each have their own duties. There are Zuo Changshi and my elder sister in the palace. I don't have anything to do normally, so it's okay for me to leave for ten days. What's more, I should be the one to go and welcome my elder brother."

Nie said angrily: "You, you are too honest. Can't you see that Zuo Changshi listens to your elder sister in everything? They just want to force you to volunteer and make you leave Liangdi."

Zhao Tingxuan laughed. He felt that Nie was being paranoid, but he couldn't say it out loud.

He had no choice but to persuade her, "Mother, this is what I should do. It doesn't matter if I leave Liangdi. It will only take about ten days. I will be back with my elder brother. You are not worried that I won't have enough to eat or drink on the road. Don't worry about that. At worst, I can bring the cook from the mansion with me."

Zhao Tingxuan was talking excitedly. When he looked up, he met Nie's deep gaze: "Mother."

Nie shook her head, feeling very disappointed: "You are too kind. You think she is your elder sister. When has she ever thought of you as her younger brother? She is forcing you to leave Liangdi. Once you leave, Liangdi and the Liang Palace will all belong to her."

Zhao Tingxuan was helpless: "Mother, even if my elder sister holds Liangdi in her hands, what does it matter? She is a woman, she cannot inherit the throne. She is guarding Liangdi for my elder brother."

"But your eldest brother is about to die. Do you think he really came back to observe mourning? He came back to wait for death. The imperial physician said that he will not survive this year's Mid-Autumn Festival!"

Nie's eyes were red. She had complicated feelings towards her eldest son. She might say that she didn't feel any love for him, but he was, after all, her own flesh and blood, born after ten months of pregnancy, and also her first child. How could she not have feelings for him?
But if you ask how deep her feelings for Zhao Tinghan are, it’s not that deep.

Zhao Tinghan left Liang for the capital when he was five years old. He was away for more than ten years. Nie had other children. Her initial concern for Zhao Tinghan faded away little by little over the past ten years.

Many times, she couldn't even remember that she had a son.

Whenever she thought of her sons, the first person she thought of was the second son, Zhao Tingxuan.

Now, Zhao Tinghan is about to die. As a mother, is it wrong for her to make plans for her other son?
Of course it is.

Nie firmly believed that if Zhao Tinghan was not incurable, if Zhao Tinghan could be as healthy as Zhao Tingxuan, she would definitely not help her second son to seize the throne from her eldest son.

Of course, she didn't try to grab it now. She was just waiting, waiting for her eldest son to die. As long as her eldest son died, the throne would definitely fall on the head of her second son.

In fact, she knew very well in her heart that she didn't need to fight or compete for the throne, and the throne would belong to Zhao Tingxuan.

But she just felt uneasy. She always felt that Zhao Yunnuan would not give up. Even if Zhao Yunnuan was not qualified to inherit the throne, Nie was still worried. She just believed that Zhao Yunnuan would definitely interfere and prevent Zhao Tingxuan from inheriting the throne.

So she did not agree with Zhao Tingxuan leaving Liang. She wanted Zhao Tingxuan to stay in the Liang Palace and not give Zhao Yunnuan any chance.

Zhao Tingxuan saw that he couldn't persuade Nie, so he stopped trying. If he continued to persuade her, his mother would cry again. He was most afraid of seeing his mother cry.

He had no choice but to go see Zhao Yunnuan, only to find that Zhao Yunnuan was asking people to pack their luggage.

"Sis, where are you going?"

Zhao Yunnuan saw him coming and said with a smile: "Since mother doesn't want you to go, I will go to pick up big brother, and you stay in the mansion with mother." Zhao Tingxuan felt guilty. This was originally his responsibility, but now he had to let his elder sister do it for him: "Sister, can you go? Why not let me..."

Zhao Yunnuan smiled and patted his shoulder: "You are worried that people will talk about me, don't worry, those words can't hurt me, I have been in the spotlight more than once or twice, it's okay, it's settled, you go and have someone clean up Changchun Palace, you will live in it when Big Brother comes back."

Changchun Palace was the bedroom of King Liang during his lifetime and also the residence of successive kings of Liang.

Now that Prince Liang is gone, it is only natural for Zhao Tinghan, as the crown prince, to live in Changchun Palace.

Zhao Tingxuan nodded: "Okay, I will go and clean it up myself."

That night, Zhao Yunnuan led the officials of the Prince of Liang's mansion, the imperial physician, as well as attendants and guards, a total of more than 200 people, and left the capital of Liang in a mighty procession.

At this time, Zhao Tinghan was already on his way back to Liangdi.

Zhao Shiqing did not go with him. This time, the Jinyiwei accompanied him. They would not return to Beijing until they met up with the people sent by Prince Liang's Mansion.

Therefore, the identities of everyone around Zhao Tinghan, from officials and imperial physicians in the Liang Wang Mansion in the capital to maids and servants, were all verified by the Jinyiwei.

Under such circumstances, it would be too risky for Zhao Shiqing and the people she brought to the capital to take advantage of the situation.

Therefore, she divided the nine people including Ling Bo into two groups. One group would escort Old Man Han out of the capital first. The remaining poison in Zhao Tinghan's body had not yet been cleared, so he could not leave Old Man Han. On the surface, Old Man Han was already dead, so the Jinyiwei could not let him discover his existence.

Along the way, Mr. Han still had to continue to remove the poison from Zhao Tinghan, so this was very difficult for the people responsible for escorting him.

They had to hide the truth from the Jinyiwei and let Old Man Han give Zhao Tinghan acupuncture secretly.

Old Master Han went ahead and left Beijing two days earlier than Zhao Tinghan.

And Zhao Shiqing also has an important mission.

She couldn't leave her eldest brother's sweetheart in that small village, she wanted to take her to Liangdi.

Whether her elder brother and the other girl can succeed depends on their fate, and she, as a younger sister, doesn't care.

In addition, there is another important thing, that is Xiao Yue.

Before leaving the capital, Zhao Shiqing went to Su's Teahouse again. She had promised Xiao Zhen that she would take Xiao Yue away.

After not seeing each other for many days, when Zhao Shiqing saw Xiao Zhen again, he was stunned. Is this person in front of him Xiao Zhen?
Definitely, the voice is exactly the same and if you look closely, the facial features are actually the same, but it looks more like a real person.

Yes, Xiao Zhen is alive now.

When I first met Xiao Zhen, he looked three parts human and seven parts ghost. After arriving in the capital, I saw Xiao Zhen again, who was half human and half ghost. The Xiao Zhen in front of me was seven parts human and three parts ghost.

If we still say that Xiao Zhen now looks like a ghost, then he should be a sexy ghost.

That’s right, the moment he saw Xiao Zhen, the word “sexy ghost” flashed through Zhao Shiqing’s mind.

For a while, books about female ghosts falling in love with scholars were very popular among the people. After Zhao Shiqing read a few of them, he had an idea of the concept of a sexy ghost in his mind.

But those sexy ghosts were all female, and she didn't know why when she saw Xiao Zhen, she would attach the sexy ghosts to Xiao Zhen.

Xiao Zhen's sickly look faded. Although he was still pale, his lips had turned red. His pupils were very dark. When his eyes fell on Zhao Shiqing, Zhao Shiqing felt a sudden palpitation for no reason.

She was in a trance for a moment, and immediately knew why she was having palpitations.

If there is any difference between the Xiao Zhen of the past and the Xiao Zhen of the present, it is that the present one is more like a ghost that sucks essence and blood.

Legend has it that after a ghost sucks the blood of a living person, it will become more and more like a human, and more and more beautiful.

Xiao Zhen frowned slightly. Why did this little girl look at him in such a strange way?
Forget it, this Miss Zhao is a weird person.

This is too weird. If a normal person could put a lid on the capital city, it would be abnormal.

Coincidentally, he is not a normal person either.

A few days later, when Xiao Zhen saw Zhao Shiqing again, he was certain that even if Zhao Shiqing's situation was different from his, he was definitely not an ordinary person.

He remembered the young eagle that landed on the little girl's shoulder when they first met.
"Miss Zhao Er, your purpose of coming to the capital has been achieved. Isn't it time to fulfill our agreement?"

Zhao Shiqing had heard a lot about Xiao Yue these days. She nodded and asked, "Where is your brother?"

Xiao Zhen said: "He has already left the city. You tell me a place and I will ask him to wait for you there and meet you."

Zhao Shiqing thought about it and then mentioned the small village.

That small farm was Zhao Tinghan’s secret private property. Yuan Xiaotang lived there, and it was also Zhao Shiqing’s first stop after leaving Beijing.

"Okay, I'll have someone send him over right away." Xiao Zhen said.

Zhao Shiqing became more curious about Xiao Zhen. She was very curious about what Xiao Zhen would do next.

Now everyone in the capital thinks that Xiao Zhen is dead, but Xiao Zhen is clearly still alive.

It’s a pity that she has to leave and won’t be able to see the next good show.

Thinking of this, Zhao Shiqing felt quite regretful.

"Besides your brother, does Master Zhen have any other instructions?" Zhao Shiqing asked.

Xiao Zhen shook his head: "Not yet, I'll have to trouble the Second Miss with my brother's affairs."

Zhao Shiqing stood up and said, "It's just a promise. Since there's nothing else to do, I'll take my leave. The mountains are high and the rivers are long. Take care, Master Zhen."

After saying that, she clasped her fists towards Xiao Zhen, turned around and left. Left, left.
By the time Xiao Zhen came to his senses, Zhao Shiqing was no longer visible.

萧真
The next day, Zhao Shiqing left the city.

When she was leaving the city, a group of scholars happened to be entering the city. Perhaps because the capital city has been in unrest recently, people entering the city from other places are now strictly checked. Every outsider entering the city must not only have their travel permits checked, but also their luggage.

This was the case with these scholars; their clothes and books were subject to inspection.

The flag bearer who was in charge of the inspection would call out each person's name loudly after inspecting him.

"Yang Shengqiu, where's Yang Shengqiu? You can come in now!"

Yang Shengqiu?
When Zhao Shiqing heard the name out of the blue, she was stunned and suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity in her heart.