When Si Jinxing arrived at the Lan Mansion, he met General Lan and his three uncles hurrying out.
Upon asking, it turned out that he was going to the palace to meet the emperor.
She had no choice but to wait for the person to come back before talking to her third uncle.
She stood outside the mansion gate and watched the carriage leave with Lan Qichen before turning around and walking into the courtyard.
Si Jinxing first checked the old lady's wound, then took her pulse and said:
"Grandma has recovered very well. Starting tomorrow, she will be able to walk around the room slowly."
Shen placed a soft pillow behind the old lady and asked her to lie on her side. She smiled and said:
"Mother, look at this little girl! She looks so much like you when you were young!"
The old lady had known about her own physical condition for a long time, and she had thought that she had lived to the end of her life!
But she never expected that her little granddaughter would actually rescue her from Yama Palace!
She had clearly felt in the past two days that her previous breathing difficulties and chest pains had indeed improved a lot!
The old lady couldn't help but look at her little granddaughter and said:
"Our Xing'er is a very capable person, much more promising than I was back then!"
The women in the room talked for a while and then asked the old lady to rest.
Si Jinxing followed several aunts to Shen's courtyard.
Lin patted his chest lightly and said:
"Just now, I almost told Mother what happened at Prince Rui's Mansion yesterday!"
Shen asked Nanny Qiu in the room to fetch a hand warmer, handed it to Si Jinxing, and asked:
"Xing'er, such a big thing happened in Prince Rui's mansion yesterday. You weren't scared, were you?"
Si Jinxing held the hand warmer in his arms and said:
“I’m not afraid, but I didn’t expect my elder sister to dare to do something in front of everyone!
Even if Liu Fangzhi is unpopular, she is still a human life!"
Upon hearing this, Han hurriedly pulled Si Jinxing in front of her, looked her up and down, and then said angrily:
"Is Princess Rui crazy?
If she had a thought, she would have put the poison into the food on the table!
Wouldn’t our Xing’er also be harmed innocently?
That woman is absolutely crazy!"
After she finished her words with a curse, she blamed herself:
"I shouldn't have asked you to go yesterday. Even if you wanted to go, I should have gone with you!
It's all my fault, I was so careless!"
Seeing her like this, Si Jinxing hurriedly comforted her:
"Aunt, if she wants to harm everyone, you will just be one more victim if you go.
Besides, your niece is no pushover. If she dares to bully me, I'll give her a poisonous needle!"
Upon hearing this, Shen hurriedly tried to stop Han, who was about to speak, and looked at Si Jinxing and said:
"It's being rumored outside that it was Princess Rui's personal maid who came to help her own princess!
So, they took advantage of the opportunity of hosting a banquet for Concubine Zheng to poison the young ladies who attended the banquet, in order to frame Concubine Zheng!"
Upon hearing this, Si Jinxing nodded.
This result, which was made public, was very much in line with Qi Nanyue's style.
I just don't know if Prime Minister Liu will accept it...
Lin sighed and said:
"It seems that Princess Rui took advantage of her pregnancy to find someone to take the blame?"
As she spoke, she looked at Si Jinxing and said:
"When you were young, I went with your grandmother to visit you and your mother at the Si Mansion, and I was also kowtowed to by her.
Back then, I thought she was cute and well-behaved, but I never expected that she would become such a vicious and black-hearted person now!"
Upon hearing this, Si Jinxing simply echoed the story and described what happened in the palace yesterday.
She didn't dare to say that Si Jinyue even sprinkled poison on the cake, trying to drag her into the water!
Otherwise, these aunts would be so scared!
Several people sighed again, lamenting the pain of Prime Minister Liu losing his son at a young age.
Si Jinxing changed the subject in time and asked:
"Didn't my aunt say yesterday that she wanted to find a marriage partner for my eldest cousin? Which girl was she talking about?"
When Shen mentioned this, a smile appeared on her face and she said:
"I'm talking about the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, the eldest daughter of Lord Xia.
A few days ago, at a palace banquet, I saw that girl from afar. She looked well-educated and well-mannered.
I just don't know if the Xia family is interested in our military commander family!"
Si Jinxing was puzzled when he heard this and said:
"Everyone in Jianzhou City knows that men in the Lan Mansion don't take concubines, and women don't become concubines!
I'm afraid there are many women who want to step into our mansion!
Miss Xia, you still look down on my cousin Chen?"
Han, who was sitting on the side, suddenly sank into the chair and said with a bit of sadness on her face:
"Our Lan Mansion is good in every way, but there is only one thing that is not good."
She paused slightly and said:
"That is, all the men in this mansion who serve as soldiers and generals have to fight on the battlefield all year round.
As women, we have to work for our husbands every day, and even when we have children, we worry about them!
The feeling of being unable to sleep at night and not being able to taste food is really unbearable!"
Upon hearing this, Shen and Lin also lowered their heads and remained silent.
You know, who can predict for sure what happens on the battlefield?
Han held the teacup, slowly shaking the already somewhat cold tea, and continued:
"So today, your grandfather brought your uncles and hurried into the palace!
There's no guarantee that there might be another war somewhere!
And they have to put on armor and lead the troops into battle!
But we can’t do anything but wait at home.”
When Si Jinxing heard this, Qi Moli's figure flashed in her mind.
The man said that he would go to the western suburbs camp at noon today!
After the assembly is completed, we will serve as the vanguard of the army and march north to fight tomorrow morning!
Now, my grandparents and uncles have all gone to the palace. I guess they must be discussing this matter in the palace.
Just as Si Jinxing thought, the imperial palace at this time was the Qinzheng Hall.
Emperor Chongde looked at the ministers in the hall and said:
"Yesterday, I received an urgent dispatch from the prefect of Fencheng, on the northwest border, traveling eight hundred miles!
Five days ago, smoke rose from the Luliangzhou City across the border, and the Hanlan cavalry launched a large-scale attack on our Longyin Fencheng!
Now, Fencheng Prefecture has lost two cities in a row!
The Hanlan people are so dishonest. They first wrote to me saying that they would come back to negotiate after the New Year, but now they have occupied my border city!
I heard that the Hanlan cavalry burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of evil. Poor people in Longyin, they must have been separated from their wives and children, and their families will be destroyed!
My dear ministers, what do you think should be done about this matter?"
When Emperor Chongde said this, all the civil and military officials were stunned!
This Hanlan guy is such a piece of shit!
Everything was going well for us the day before, but today you just turned against me and even stole my things?
How can we not fight it?
General Yang Wei, Lei Ling, strode out of the formation, bowed and said:
"Your Majesty, I believe that General Lan has been guarding Fencheng for seven years and must be very familiar with the habits of the Hanlan people!
I, your humble servant, am willing to march north with General Lan to repel the enemy and drive those Hanlan stray dogs out of our Longyin Northern Territory!"
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