Chapter 215
Lou Yingyan took Xue Chen and Han to the wing room to the east. Shui Bo had already arranged the matter. Xia Zhu, Su Yuan, Ningsu and Ningxiang went to clean up each other. Lou Yingyan and Xue Chen and the others sat in the ear room beside them and asked Xue Chen:
"Sister-in-law, why don't you confront her directly? She thought our family would be willing to have a marriage between Goro and Roujie'er."
Xue Chen didn't say anything, Han said from the side: "Sister Yan, don't worry, your sister-in-law is right to do this, you are also confused, and you haven't seen it yet. Is this going on?"
Yan Jie'er shook her head in confusion, and Han sighed secretly. Fortunately, this girl is not smart. She can only survive here for so many years. If she had been so angry all day long, she would have left.
However, this is a big girl in the mansion after all. Even if she doesn't understand, she still has the obligation to teach her how to understand. So Han patiently explained to Lou Yingyan:
"This is your mother-in-law who wants to use our Lou family. Do you think that marriage letter was done by Jiang Wulang and Aunt Gong?"
Then he dragged Lou Yingyan to her side, and after whispering a few words in her ear, Lou Yingyan looked at her in shock, then suddenly realized, walked to Xue Chen, who was admiring the painting on the wall, and asked:
"What should we do now?"
Han also came over and said to Xue Chen, "Yes, it's not a solution for us to just wait like this. Judging from the torture of the concubine, we may not be able to see Aunt Gong tomorrow."
Since Xue Chen revealed that the Lou family was interested in Jiang Wulang, Wu would never take the risk of calling Jiang Wulang over. If she really fell in love with the Lou family, she would not be able to frame people, but instead found a strong backer for her opponent. Wu should not be able to do such a thing as digging a grave.
He touched the characteristic relief mural on the wall with his hand, and Xue Chen curled his lips and said:
"If we can't see Aunt Gong, let her come to see us."
After saying this, Xue Chen stopped continuing, looked outside the door, and then said to the two: "I am a little tired. I go back to my room and write a letter to the old lady. The old lady said that if she doesn't write for a day, she will send troops here, so she can't delay it."
Han and the others also knew what the old lady said, so they didn't stop her. Seeing that Xue Chen was confident, they stopped asking. Han asked Lou Yingyan to go back to rest, and then they went back to the room.
Xue Chen went to his guesthouse, then called Yan Luodong to come in, handed him a Geng letter, and asked him to secretly send it to Aunt Gong's residence, send it in a special envelope made by the Lou family, and then investigate when the Wu family and the Huainan Princess were involved.
After explaining this, Xue Chen went back to the room to write a letter, and then asked Xia Zhu to take it to Lou Yingyan, asking her to take the letter to the capital on time. After that, she went to the inner room for a nap. Before she could sleep for a long time, Xia Zhu woke up and said that Guard Yan had returned.
Yan Luodong brought back a shocking news to Xue Chen. It turned out that he didn't know if he didn't find out. He was shocked after exploring because the concubine of Huainan and the princess did not come alone this time. They also brought private soldiers and camped on the back mountain of Runan's palace.
Xue Chen immediately woke up, frowned and asked, "Is it true?"
Yan Luodong nodded: "It's true! I went to explore and there were indeed three or four hundred people, but there were only a dozen guards around the Princess of Huainan and the Princess, and so many people were stocked up in the back mountain, which was very suspicious. I have investigated that Princess of Huainan and the Princess of Huainan entered the city yesterday, which was a day away from us. Such a coincidence makes people have to doubt it."
Xue Chen was also in deep thought. Huainan and Runan were only a hundred miles apart. If someone informed Huainan when they set out from the capital, the concubine of Huainan and others would set out. It would be better to enter the city before Xue Chen and others to set up defenses first. But what was their purpose? She came from the capital and brought only dozens of guards, and Lou Qingyun secretly arranged at most more than a hundred people. But why did the Princess Huainan and the Princess who brought three or four hundred people? They also hoarded it in the back mountain of Runan's palace, which means that the Princess Runan's palace could not be unaware of it. The Princess Runan has been focusing on the war recently and must not know much about the matter in the palace.
Xue Chen couldn't remember whether the King Runan and King Huainan had a secret connection in the previous life, so he had to be careful of these things. If the Princess Huainan and the others brought so many people, the ultimate goal was them, if they had a few shortcomings in Runan, the relationship between King Runan and the Lou family would be completely broken, and they would likely face each other in a close manner.
Xue Chen cannot guarantee whether the King of Runan was involved in this matter, but it is certain that the Concubine Runan must have participated. It seems that her hatred for the Lou family is not limited to the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law problem with Lou Yingyan. Is there anything else mixed in that, so she is asked to cooperate with the Prince of Huainan in this way?
Xue Chen felt a mess. After thinking about it, he calmed down and went in to write a letter, handed it to Yan Luodong, saying, "This letter was sent by Liao Zhi to send someone back to the capital to Lou Qingyun, and let him reply to me as soon as possible."
Yan Luodong took the letter and put it in his clothes, then asked Xue Chen, "Are there any other instructions?"
"I have arranged a shift to come out these days, and I have secretly monitored the situation in the back mountain. The most important thing is to investigate the daily routines and rests of the Huainan Princess and Princess. I want to know what they said and did every day."
After Yan Luodong received the order, he retreated. Xue Chen walked behind the desk and stared blankly with the wolf-haired white jade pendant dipped in ink. Will he attack her in the capital? Who has the ability to attack her?
A clear and beautiful appearance seemed to appear in his mind - Liu Yan? She is the outer room of the right prime minister and is particularly favored. It can be seen that the right prime minister guards around her house. If you just simply protect her safety, why use that kind of master? Yan Luodong once told her that these people should be from imperial guards, but for some reason, they actually retired to serve the right prime minister. The right prime minister has a strong and domineering career in his heart. It is not uncommon to recruit such talents. What is strange is that he uses these people to protect a woman in an outdoor room, which makes people doubt it. Therefore, Xue Chen is almost certain that Liu Yan is not only the outer room of the right prime minister, but also his right-hand man, doing something for him in secret, just like controlling the affairs of Princess Qingyang and other women in the back house, which may fall on Liu Yan.
Last time, because Xue Chen called out Liu Yan's name effortlessly, Liu Yan felt threatened, so he wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of her or control her... Although this speculation was a bit ridiculous, it opened up a new idea.
After all, Xue Chen really couldn't think of a second person in the capital who is now smart, has grudges with her, and has the ability to do such a big deal.
In the capital, Liu Yan was lying drunk on the soft couch. Listening to his subordinates reporting on the situation in Runan, there was a sandalwood incense table in front of the couch, an incense burner was placed in the upper right corner, two booklets were spread out in the middle, and one was written with ordinary rice paper, which seemed to be writing poems, using wine as a poem to add elegance.
"The Empress of Huainan Prince and Princess have arrived in Runan. The next day, the prince's wife of the Lou family also arrived. All of them were arranged in the back mountain of the Runan Prince's Mansion. These Tianjiang Roads have been preparing for the pass and are not in the mansion. As long as this matter is not leaked, he will not be able to control it."
Liu Yan seemed a little drunk, her cheeks were flushed. She waved her sleeves and asked the maid to send a cup of nectar forward. After taking a sip, she said:
"Don't take it lightly. The prince's wife of Duke Wei's Mansion is not a good-looking lamp. There are many experts around her, so that those who are in the Huainan Prince's Mansion can hide far-reachingly. Don't let her people notice it. Just do things. As long as you take her down, the Lou family will naturally be able to take it in their hands, which will only benefit the prime minister's great cause."
The man in the yard immediately knelt on one knee and promised: "Yes, Madam, don't worry, this matter is related to the prime minister's cause, and we will definitely not make any mistakes."
Liu Yan's voice rang inside the house:
"Go down."
After the man left, Liu Yan's personal maid, Madam Fan, came forward. She and Liu Yan had met the wife of the Prince of the Duke of Wei on the streets of Haishi. They knew that the other party was not a good person and were worried that her girl would be involved, so they said:
"Since the girl knows that the prince's wife is not a good man, why should she provoke her? Let's not talk about whether the Lou family will turn against her because of her. But when we talked to her last time, her skills were the only ones that I have seen in my life. What kind of masters are there for the Prime Minister who have arranged for you? Her people can break through the siege and find your name. This is an incredible thing in itself. Now that you provoke her, if you succeed, she will inevitably counterattack. If you fail, you will also expose us to her. It is definitely not a good thing to expose yourself too early before the Prime Minister's big trouble."
Liu Yan looked at Madam Fan. This woman was the best woman to her in this world except her mother. They shared hardships. Before following the Prime Minister, it was all about Madam Fan. Later, she became Madam Prince's outer room at the age of thirteen and took her to her. Liu Yan trusted her quite a bit and was willing to say something to her, but she seemed unwilling to say too much about Xue Chen. She just sat up from the soft couch and said ambiguous words to Madam Fan:
"I just want to see how capable she has. If she can't even tell me this little trick, hum..."
Mrs. Fan couldn't understand Liu Yan's words and wanted to ask questions, but she saw Liu Yan standing up from the soft couch, starting to remove the gauze drunk, and walked towards the inner room. There was a man-made hot spring pool water in the inner room, which was specially made for the girl by the skilled craftsman of the prime minister. Liu Yan's favorite thing was to soak in the hot spring pool after getting drunk and get drunk for an afternoon.
She lay on the edge of the pool, staring at the pot of flower arrangement above the pool, which seemed a little dry. She couldn't help but swim over, scooped up a palm of water with her hand and poured it on it. She repeated it over and over again, then held her breath and slowly sank into the pool water, leaned on the wall of the pool, flooding the water over her mouth and nose, revealing her eyes, staring at the ripples and ripples on the water surface, and the mist produces smoke.
Xue Chen, don’t let me down!
Chapter completed!