362: Su Xinyi Refused

It’s Suizhou again!

Su Xinyi didn't look good. There were a lot of things related to Suizhou recently. She thought for a while and asked, "Sister-in-law, I wonder if the Zeng family has any relationship or contact with Prince Yi's Mansion?"

When Mrs. Zeng heard the sixth sister's question, she said directly: "It's not a close relationship. My mother is the aunt of Princess Yi's cousin. We had some contacts in the past, but not much. However, since King Yi inherited the palace, I’d rather have more contact with my family.”

Su Xinyi was quite surprised. She didn't expect that her sister-in-law's natal family had some kind of relationship with Prince Yi's Mansion. The relationship was not close, but Prince Yi's Mansion gradually increased the frequency of contact with the Zeng family, which was a bit surprising.

Seeing the look on Sixth Sister's face, Mrs. Zeng became a little uneasy, "Sixth Sister, what's wrong with the matter?"

Su Xinyi shook her head and asked the girl next to her to watch over her. She looked at Mrs. Zeng and said, "Sister-in-law, you know about the second brother going south, right?"

Mrs. Zeng nodded, "I heard a little, but after all, it was an external matter, so I didn't pay much attention to it. You know, your eldest brother has been going south for so long, and I have to worry about him with my children. I am a junior, so this After all, it’s my uncle’s business, so I don’t want to ask too much.”

Su Xinyi could understand that in the past few years, Zeng's life in the Duke's Mansion was not very comfortable. It was only after Su Baiwei's incident happened that the eldest lady treated Zeng better.

Probably because she has developed a habit, Zeng is very measured in doing things and does not interfere in other people's affairs, especially the affairs of men outside. She will not take the initiative to ask.

Su Xinyi thought for a moment, looked at her sister-in-law and said, "Sister-in-law, you know that the matter of the second brother going south to investigate the dead man is related to the incident at the hunting ground."

Mrs. Zeng nodded. She knew this. The incident at the hunting ground was quite scary. Prince Xiang and You Xiangzhe were in great disgrace.

"Does this matter have something to do with my mother's family?" Zeng didn't quite understand the connection here.

Su Xinyi said: "It definitely has nothing to do with my sister-in-law's natal family, but it's hard to say whether it has anything to do with Prince Yi's Mansion. The source of the deceased is Suizhou, and King Yi is now in Suizhou. It cannot be said that the deceased is related to Prince Yi's Mansion, but it cannot be said either. It doesn't matter."

Zeng's expression changed, "Sixth Sister, what do you mean..."

"Sister-in-law, I can't tell you anything for sure right now," Su Xinyi said.

Zeng nodded, "I understand, let me think about it."

Su Xinyi was not in a hurry and stood there waiting for her sister-in-law to collect her thoughts.

There is no direct relationship between Prince Yi's Mansion and the Zeng family. She is just a cousin's aunt. How can Princess Yi be so close to the Zeng family?

Anything abnormal will always make people suspicious, especially now that Suizhou has become a key observation place for Su Xinyi, he will inevitably be more sensitive to these things.

At this time, Ms. Zeng calmed down and looked at Su Xinyi's worried face, "Sixth sister, do you want me to write a letter back?"

Su Xinyi knew that her sister-in-law was worried about her family, so she thought about it and said, "Sister-in-law, you can't write this letter."

Zeng was stunned and then heard Su Xinyi say again: "In this case, I will write a letter to the second brother. If the second brother has time, let the second brother go to Huiqi to meet Uncle Zeng in person. Tell Zeng these things. Uncle knows, it would be better if my great-uncle informs the family."

Su Xinyi was afraid that Mrs. Zeng would not be able to control her state of mind if she suddenly found out about these things, but would be noticed by Prince Yi's Mansion. If Prince Yi's manor was really involved in the matter of the dead man, wouldn't this mean Pushing the Zeng family into a pit of fire?

Therefore, she was very cautious.

After hearing Xin Yi's words, Mrs. Zeng breathed a sigh of relief, "That would be great. I just have to trouble my sixth sister and my second brother. I really feel bad about it."

"Sister-in-law, we are a family, there is no need to say such polite words." Su Xinyi did not expect Mrs. Zeng to be so cooperative, and she felt relieved.

Zeng was thoughtful in her work. Thinking of this, she looked at Xin Yi and asked again, "Otherwise, I will write another letter home to my mother, not mentioning this matter, but only talking about my affairs in the capital. What do you think, Sixth Sister?"

"Of course." Su Xinyi didn't expect her sister-in-law's mind to spin so quickly. She and Mrs. Zeng were communicating as usual. If Prince Yi's Mansion really had ulterior motives, they could be paralyzed.

Zeng pursed her lips and smiled, as long as she could help.

Su Xinyi agreed with Mrs. Zeng, then said goodbye to her and got into the carriage.

Mrs. Zeng stood outside the house and watched the carriage go away. Then she turned around and went back to the house, but she couldn't help but have one more thing on her mind.

After Su Xinyi returned to the East Palace, the prince was still busy. She changed her clothes and took a rest, then went to the study and took out the map of Suizhou to look at it.

From this look, Su Xinyi understood something. Huiqi was only fifty or sixty miles away from Suizhou, and the sister-in-law's father was working under Suizhou's nose. Huaining is more than 300 miles away from Suizhou, and Pingningwei is slightly closer than Huaining. If you hurry from Pingningwei to Suizhou, you can get there in the same day.

Looking further along this line, we reach the place where King Rong discovered that the granary was stolen. Yuning Mansion is not far from Suizhou. Yuning is adjacent to Cangnan and Chongping...

Su Xinyi didn't quite remember whether Cangnan and Chongping had any incidents of emptying their granaries, but Yu Ning did.

Her hands were pressed against Yuning and Huiqi, and Huiqi and Yuning were not far away.

If her sister-in-law hadn't suddenly mentioned the relationship between Prince Yi's Mansion and the Zeng family today, she wouldn't have paid any attention to Hui Qi, but now looking at the map, it seems a bit interesting.

Just thinking about it, I heard someone greet me faintly. After a while, the prince strode in. Su Xinyi looked up and heard His Highness smiling and saying, "Why are you back so early?"

Su Xinyi stood up and greeted him, "It's not early anymore. Are you done with your work?"

Yan Junchu nodded, "I can finally take a breath today. Are the old man, the lady, and my mother-in-law all right?"

Su Xinyi nodded, "Everyone in the family is fine. Don't worry, Your Highness."

Yan Junchu held Xinyi's hand and saw the map on the desk. He smiled and asked, "Why, do you want to see where your eldest brother is?"

Su Xinyi shook her head, "It's not because For this, my sister-in-law told me something, I think it's interesting..."

Su Xinyi repeated Zeng's words, and then looked at His Royal Highness, "Your Highness, what do you think Princess Yi wants to do? This kind of kinship is not considered within the five mournings. Even if my sister-in-law married into the Duke's Mansion, the Zeng family is only my sister-in-law's natal family, and my sister-in-law married far away. To be honest, my sister-in-law has never returned to her natal family since she married. It's not easy to go back so far. "

Before, Zeng's life in the Duke's Mansion was not bad, but it was not good either. Naturally, she didn't dare to mention going back to her natal family to visit relatives. After all, it took more than a month to go back and forth.

Later, the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was harmonious, but my sister-in-law gave birth to a child. It was even more inconvenient to go back to her natal family when the child was so young.

Under such circumstances, Princess Yi tried to get closer and closer to the Zeng family. If there was no connection, she didn't believe it.

After hearing this, Yan Junchu looked at the map seriously and said, "There is no bad news from Suizhou. In the past few years, Prince Yi has been very honest and calm in Suizhou. He has not done anything that would harm his reputation. On the contrary, he often opened warehouses to help the people and has a certain reputation among the local people."

"Why did Prince Yi go to Suizhou?" Su Xinyi asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. She remembered that most of the royal families enfeoffed by the court lived around the capital and rarely went out.

When Yan Junchu heard Xinyi ask this, he thought about it and said, "When my father ascended the throne, the old Prince Yi helped my father. Later, after my father ascended the throne, the old Prince Yi proposed to go to Suizhou to spend his old age, and my father agreed."

"So that's the case. The old Prince Yi has passed away, and my father has no intention of recalling the current Prince Yi?" Su Xinyi felt a little strange. Although his majesty's temperament cannot be said to be suspicious, as an emperor, it is difficult to trust a prince outside.

"Father did not mention this matter."

Su Xinyi listened to the prince's words and thought that if His Majesty did not mention this matter, then the prince and the other princes naturally could not mention it either, but the ministers in the court did not mention it either?

This is a bit strange.

"Court officials did not mention this matter either?" Su Xinyi looked at the prince and asked.

Yan Junchu shook his head.

Su Xinyi thought about it and said with a smile: "This is a bit strange."

Yan Junchu looked at Xinyi's smile and said with a smile: "What do you suspect? Prince Yi colluded with court officials?"

Su Xinyi shook his head, "Without any evidence, how can you suspect others like this? I just find it strange."

"Yeah." Yan Junchu nodded slightly, "I am going to propose to my father that when Prince Jing gets married, Prince Yi and his wife should come back to watch the ceremony."

Su Xinyi's eyes lit up, "Your Highness, can it be done?"

If Prince Yi can come to Beijing, then it will be much more convenient for my second brother and others to act in Suizhou.

"King Wu's wedding is a bit rushed, so King Yi doesn't have enough time to go north, but King Jing has enough time for his wedding. Even if King Jing doesn't have enough time, there are still King Rong and King Xiang to come later. King Yi can't not come to watch the ceremony."

Su Xinyi thought it made sense, so she said, "So King Yi and his wife have to go north." She paused here, "The old King Yi's legitimate son didn't inherit the title of king because of his illness. I wonder if he can come this time?"

Facing Su Xinyi's shining eyes, Yan Junchu could guess her thoughts in an instant, and couldn't help but laugh, "You think the same as me."

Su Xinyi was overjoyed, "This is called telepathy."

Yan Junchu laughed, it was true.

After the couple discussed for a while, Yan Junchu went to the Minguang Hall to meet the officials of the Eastern Palace and told them to handle the matter. They must report it to the court as quickly as possible. Of course, they couldn't use the name of the Eastern Palace. It would be better to use someone else's mouth, and he, the prince, would second the proposal.

Su Xinyi was very sleepy. After washing up, she changed into her pajamas. She wanted to wait for the prince to come back, but she fell asleep soon after she touched the pillow.

When Yan Junchu came back, he opened the tent and saw that he was happy. He quietly washed up, let down the tent, hugged her in his arms and closed his eyes.

I always feel that Xinyi seems to be very tired recently. Could it be because she is tired from arranging the weddings of several younger brothers?

Yan Junchu thought that he would ask the imperial physician to come and see her tomorrow. Maybe she should drink some tonic soup.

The court was very lively for several days in a row. The matter of Prince Yi coming back to watch the ceremony was passed without much hindrance. As a member of the royal family, it was right for Prince Yi to come back.

The imperial decree was quickly sent to Suizhou. On the other side, Su Xinyi helped the queen prepare for Prince Jing's wedding. His Highness said that he would ask the imperial physician to take her pulse. She felt that she was fine, and she was really busy, so she postponed it for a few days and waited for two days when she had more time.

Before she had time to see the imperial physician, Su Yi and his group arrived in the capital, and soon after, Su Deng and his group returned.

Su Xinyi was overjoyed, finally coming back as she had been waiting for.

She couldn't sit still in the East Palace, but it was not easy to go back to the Duke of Qi's Mansion directly, so she went to Yuanhui Palace to ask the Queen for instructions.

When the queen heard what Su Xinyi said, she immediately agreed and said with a smile: "You brothers and sisters haven't seen each other for so long. It's time to meet. Just go."

Su Xinyi stood up immediately, "Thank you, Queen Mother."

It was rare for the queen to see Su Xinyi looking so anxious, so she smiled and said, "Your eldest brother will definitely have to wait for His Majesty's call. When you return home, you can only see your cousins ​​first..."

Before the queen could say anything, King Rong barged in. Seeing Su Xinyi, he immediately said happily: "I knew I could see you here. I knew Su Deng and the others were back. It happened that Sheng Siming and Pang Lan were both here. Now, let’s go to Qi Duke’s Mansion together?”

Who is with you?

Su Xinyi refused.

The Queen looked at her proud son and wished she could cover her face, and said, "Why are you following me? Sheng Siming and Pang Lan have to go back to their respective places? The Crown Princess is going back to meet her family, what are you doing? lively?"

King Rong was not happy, "The queen mother, Sheng Siming and Pang Lan have not come back yet. They are all at the Duke of Qi's mansion. Of course I want to go and have a look."

Su Xinyi was stunned, "In the Duke's Mansion of Qi?"

King Rong looked at Su Xinyi and asked in surprise: "You don't know yet? The very powerful assassin under your command, the one who poached Ma Rude, was injured. What is his name..."

"Mu Xing?"

"Ah, yes, that's him. Just because he was injured, they are all over there. I didn't think you knew about it, so I wanted to go back with you." King Rong was also a little surprised, as was Su Xinyi If you don't know something, your tail will be raised. "Let's go back and have a look. Mu Xing is very capable. I don't know why he was injured this time."

The queen looked at her son's proud look and was totally ashamed. No wonder Su Xinyi wanted to deal with him back then. With his tail in the sky, everyone who saw him wanted to deal with him.

Su Xinyi said: "I sent Zhan Qiao back to the Duke's Mansion to wait for news. I came here to ask for the royal decree from my mother. She must have missed him."

"Then let's go quickly." King Rong couldn't wait any longer.

Su Xinyi was also a little anxious, so she stood up and looked at the queen, "Mother, my daughter-in-law and seventh brother will go back and take a look first. I will have someone send a message to His Royal Highness, don't worry."

The queen knew that Su Xinyi was thoughtful, so she told her, "You will definitely be discovered when you go out of the palace with Prince Rong. Let's do this. I will let Aunt Zhao follow you so that no one will talk nonsense."

King Rong wanted to say no, but he heard Su Xinyi agree, "Thank you, Queen Mother."

The Queen asked Nanny Zhao to come over and said, "Send the person to the Duke of Qi's Mansion and come back."

This meant that Aunt Zhao was not left to inquire about the news in the Duke's Mansion of Qi. Su Xinyi was quite surprised. She didn't expect the Queen to be so clear-cut in doing things. She didn't care about saying anything nice at the moment. She thanked the Queen again and took Aunt Zhao with King Rong. leave.

On the way, Su Xinyi asked Forsythia to go back to the East Palace to deliver a message to His Royal Highness, leaving Grandma She and Delphinium to go back with her.

King Rong was alone outside the palace, and his bodyguard followed him. The carriage from the East Palace also rushed over at this time. Su Xinyi got on the carriage, King Rong rode on horseback, and the two of them went directly to the Duke of Qi's Mansion.

Although Su Xinyi tried his best to keep a low profile, many people saw him on the way out of the palace, so the news could not be concealed.

It didn't take long for Hu Siyi to get the news. At this time, the prince was still in the Zichen Palace, and his majesty was summoning Su Yi. After thinking about it, he went in to report back.

Hu Siyi sent the young chamberlain who came to report away, then gently opened the door of the hall and walked in quietly.

Not only Su Yi was in the hall, but Chen Boyan was also there. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was standing aside. His Majesty was sitting on the throne with a stern look on his face. The atmosphere in the hall was a bit depressing.

Hu Siyi took a gentle breath, stepped forward, walked to His Majesty's side, bent down and whispered back: "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness Prince Yu Rong have gone to the Duke of Qi's Mansion."

The emperor was stunned and didn't even turn around for a moment. He opened his mouth and asked, "Prince Rong followed the princess to the Duke of Qi's mansion? What's going on?"

Even if he went back, the prince would have to go back with him, so that King Rong would not join in the fun.

Your Majesty's voice was not low. Yan Junchu heard it clearly, so he raised his head slightly, looked at Your Majesty and replied: "Father, Su Deng and others from the caravan are also returning to Beijing today. The Crown Princess should have gone back because of this matter. , As for the seventh brother, he may be there to join in the fun."

The emperor looked unhappy and said, "He doesn't know who he will follow. He will run wherever there is excitement. I don't think he should be left idle. Find something for him to do later."

Yan Junchu naturally responded and said with a smile, "Father, my seventh brother has always been casual, and he is also familiar with the people in the Duke of Qi's palace. It doesn't hurt to just go and have a look."

"Familiar?" The emperor didn't think so. Even if it was familiar, it should be because Su Xinyi made it familiar.

Thinking of this, the emperor looked at the prince, "Have the people from the caravan returned to Beijing today?"

The prince nodded, "My son, I just got the news, but my father is still asking about the granary, so I haven't reported back yet."

The emperor nodded slightly, "Have Sheng Siming by King Rong's side and Pang Lan by your side also returned?"

"yes."

"Let's hear the announcement tomorrow." The emperor really didn't have time to see them today. The granary incident was obviously worse than the emperor expected. The evidence brought back by Su Yi and his party was shocking. He couldn't believe it at all. Jiukong was not mentioned in the booklet sent back by the officials sent by the imperial court.

At this point, how can the emperor not be angry?

This further proves that someone in the court is secretly colluding with local officials, otherwise how could they be so bold.

The emperor coughed in anger. Hu Siyi took the handkerchief and handed it to His Majesty. When His Majesty finished coughing, he took the handkerchief and looked at the red blood on the handkerchief, his face turned pale.

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