Xie Qing sneered, "You are the one who didn't want to marry Miss Qin, so you made up an excuse. Fortunately, you are talking about the Ding family. Now that she has been redeemed, it can be considered a good result. But if you were talking about a girl from a commoner family, would she still marry after you tarnished her reputation?"
"Am I that stupid?" Du Shizi rolled his eyes, watching Ding help him put on his clothes seriously without overstepping his bounds. He sighed again, "Think about it carefully these days. What are you going to do next? Tell me when you have an idea."
"Yes." Mrs. Ding didn't argue with him. She just helped him get dressed. Before they left, she gave them two hand warmers and a small box. "I don't know how long you'll be out. There's charcoal in here. Don't get cold outside."
After that, Mrs. Ding brought out two water bags: "One of these is wine, and the other is ginger soup, to dispel the cold."
Prince Du asked the servant to take it, and then he took out a hand warmer and put one in Xie Qing's hand: "Alright, I'm going out now."
Xie Qing looked at Ding's back while holding the hand warmer and said with a smile, "This girl is not bad. It was given to you by the emperor, so you should just accept her."
Prince Du glared at him angrily: "Miss Ding's father and brother are here. If she is pardoned and returns to the capital in the future and reinstated, how will she face her family?"
"It's as if you don't have to face your family in Wanhua Tower." Xie Qing told the truth, and then said, "However, their father and brother were indeed implicated. If the truth is found out in the future, they can indeed be reinstated."
After a pause, Xie Qing sighed again, "This world is always unfair to women. When their fathers and brothers commit crimes, they are implicated and fined as official prostitutes. When their fathers and brothers are reinstated, they can return to their former glory, but because they have been in such a place, they can never go back to the past."
"I'll have someone look after the Ding family later. Send someone to deliver a message. If her family doesn't mind and you're not interested in her, send her back as soon as possible. If they are, marry her off officially. Even if you can only make her a concubine, that will be a way of informing your family."
Upon hearing this, Prince Du remained silent until he boarded the carriage and grimaced from the jolting. Then he cried out, "It hurts!"
Xie Qing patted the seat covered with a thick mattress and said, "It's so comfortable to lie down. There's no one around, so just lie down."
Prince Du immediately climbed down: "Oh, this is much more comfortable. Where are we going?"
"Go up the mountain."
"What?" Prince Du almost jumped up: "You want me to go up the mountain like this?"
"Well... I miscalculated a bit. Who knew you would be beaten so badly?" Xie Qing looked at him and couldn't help laughing at his miserable appearance: "Tell me, what excuses are good for you..."
"Who am I doing this for?" Du Shizi interrupted him with a curse: "Look at that Miss Qin's eyes, she wants to eat her. Do I dare to ask my father to help me get married? I'm afraid that I will be engaged but not married. Don't let you stab me in the back later."
"roll!"
Xie Qing slapped him in anger: "What nonsense! Miss Qin and I are innocent."
"Yes, yes, innocent."
Prince Du nodded halfheartedly. Qingbai? How could Qingbai have such a look? How could Qingbai have encountered him so many times? How could Qingbai go to someone else's farm to eat for free? Even a dog wouldn't believe it!
They didn't go far, just to Xiangguo Temple in the city.
The mountain of Xiangguo Temple is the highest mountain in the city. Standing in the pavilion on the back mountain of Xiangguo Temple, you can overlook the scenery of the capital.
During the Chinese New Year, many people went to Xiangguo Temple to burn incense, but not many people went to the back mountain to climb and play.
The two of them arrived at the pavilion on the back mountain. From here, they could see the imperial palace, which was the only way for ordinary people to understand the palace.
However, the entire Yellow Palace cannot be seen from here. One can only see some eaves and some vague shadows.
Xie Qing picked up the telescope and looked into the palace. Suddenly, a small animal squatting on the roof appeared in his sight. He looked into the distance and could also see a guard who happened to pass by. Although he could not see the face clearly, his figure and outline were all clear.
Xie Qing handed the telescope to Prince Du: "Come and take a look."
Prince Du limped over to Xie Qing, picked up the telescope, and saw the guards changing shifts. He frowned and asked, "How can we see clearly what's going on in the palace from here?"
"It's not that we can see clearly from here, but we can see clearly with a telescope." Xie Qing said that without a telescope, he could only see some roof ridges, let alone the shift change inside, he couldn't even see the shadows of people.
Prince Du looked at the telescope with a serious expression: "If this thing is taken by a bad guy, wouldn't it be easy for someone to see it clearly with the guards deployed in the palace?"
Xie Qing nodded: "Indeed."
Prince Du looked at the telescope again, somewhat puzzled. "You said this thing is so magical and so good, then the Pingyang Marquis Mansion is now a party of the Fourth Prince, why would she give the telescope to you and not to the Fourth Prince?"
Xie Qing didn't quite understand Bai Wanyi now: "How should I know? Bai seems to be a little bit mentally unstable."
"That's right." Prince Du laughed heartily and added, "This telescope was made by Miss Qin? If it were given to His Majesty, I'm afraid she would be promoted to Princess, right?"
"It won't be that easy." Xie Qing told him about Bai Wanyi and Lu Yan going to the palace to ask for credit yesterday.
Prince Du was stunned when he heard this: "If she can do it, why can't she allow others to do it? Moreover, if she did it, she would have given it to His Majesty earlier. Then what would Miss Qin have to do with it?"
Xie Qing said: "No matter what she thinks about this telescope, I will tell my father. This thing is too dangerous."
Although it is not a weapon, the impact it brings is no less than that of a weapon.
Prince Du picked up the telescope again and looked into the distance, saying as he looked, "It would be great to have this thing. I can see the enemy from thousands of miles away. If I were on the battlefield... eh?"
Prince Du thought he was seeing things, so he took off the telescope, rubbed his eyes, and looked again. He saw Bai Wanyi leaving the Marquis of Pingyang's Mansion and getting on the carriage of the Fourth Prince's Mansion.
His camera followed the carriage and watched as it entered the Fourth Prince's Mansion. Bai Wanyi got off the carriage, got into an inconspicuous carriage, and then rode out of the Fourth Prince's Mansion through the side door.
Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Xie Qing approached him curiously and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Prince Du pointed out the location and said, "This telescope has another wonderful use. When tracking someone, you don't need to send spies to follow them. If you are far away, you may lose them, and if you are close, you may be discovered. With this telescope, as long as the person is outside, you can see everything."
Xie Qing watched as the carriage from the Fourth Prince's residence stopped in the backyard of a blacksmith's shop. Bai Wanyi and the Fourth Prince got off the carriage one after another. He put down his telescope and sneered, "This Fourth Prince, he didn't even let the Bai family have a good rest during the New Year."
Xie Qing had always wanted to find the fourth brother's base, but he didn't expect to have such an unexpected discovery today. He immediately said, "Let's go down the mountain. You go find spies and carefully investigate the fourth brother's blacksmith shop. I'll go to the palace to find my father."
"OK."
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