Xie Zhun looked at Ning Xi'er, and seeing that she nodded without objection, he nodded and asked about the situation in the capital.
The guards reported that the capital was thrown into chaos on the day the houses were searched.
The imperial treasury and the national treasury were robbed one after another, as were the imperial pharmacy and the Imperial Hospital, and the residences of marquises, princes, and prime ministers.
Shops and warehouses on Yujie Street were also robbed one after another, but the thieves left behind silver coins.
The emperor was furious that someone could commit such a serious crime so easily right under the emperor's nose and ordered the imperial guards and the governor of the capital to conduct a thorough investigation.
To everyone's surprise, there were no clues for a month. No matter how many suspicious people they checked, or how many warehouses and vehicles they searched, they could not find any trace.
The national treasury and the imperial treasury were empty, the projects undertaken by the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War had come to a standstill, and even the palace was struggling to function.
The emperor was furious. He punished the commander of the imperial guards, confiscated the residences of several corrupt officials, and temporarily replenished the national treasury...
In short, the capital is currently in chaos and people are filled with fear.
Xie Zhun's lips curled slightly as he glanced in Ning Xi'er's direction.
Ning Xi'er didn't feel guilty at all; on the contrary, she proudly straightened her small body.
"Your Highness, there is one more thing from the Prime Minister's residence, along with a message, that I have asked you to bring to you."
The guards bowed in homage.
Xuanfeng had carefully inspected the package beforehand.
Xie Zhun nodded.
The guard then handed the bundle to Ning Xi'er.
Ning Xi'er opened it, and inside were two sets of clean clothes and two money pouches.
Ning Xi'er poured them out and saw that one was full of one-tael silver coins and the other was full of copper coins, strung together with rope.
The guard said, "This was personally handed over to the brothers by the Prime Minister, who asked us to pass it on to you."
Ning Xi'er couldn't help but feel a slight tingling in her nose.
She was quite certain that it wasn't because of the original owner of the body.
Although she has not yet met this maternal grandfather since transmigrating, her impression of him is only based on the original owner's memories.
Before being exiled, Ning Xi'er instructed her second brother to tell the people in the Prime Minister's residence not to come to see her off, so as not to displease the emperor.
According to the original owner's memories, her scumbag father was about to make his move and frame her maternal grandfather...
The Prime Minister's residence was emptied by Ning Xi'er beforehand, so the amount of silver available for withdrawal should be very limited...
But these two money pouches alone contain at least two hundred taels of silver...
My maternal grandfather was so thoughtful that he had someone prepare a change of clothes for me.
Ning Xi'er looked up and asked the guard, "What other message did they bring?"
Strangely, the guard glanced at Xie Zhun first.
Xie Zhun: "Speak."
The guard then relayed a message to Ning Xi'er: "Lord Kong, the Imperial Secretary, asked us to pass on a message to you..."
Upon hearing this name, Xie Zhun's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.
The guard continued, "Lord Kong said that once you've decided when to leave, you can write home whenever you want."
The scene was completely silent; you could hear a pin drop.
Ning Xi'er was full of questions. In her memory, she had no deep connection with this Lord Kong.
According to the original owner's memory, whether she was almost exiled, or remarried to the crown prince, she ultimately died trapped in the palace...
They never saw this Lord Kong again.
His story was also learned piecemeal from the palace servants.
I heard that he endured humiliation and hardship, finally obtained the new position from his scumbag father, overthrew the puppet prime minister installed by his father, and became the new chief minister.
Upon learning that he had formed cliques, eliminated dissidents, and retaliated against those who had persecuted his mentor, Prime Minister Shen, the original owner's maternal grandfather...
Whether she was treated coldly in the palace or was ultimately forced to hang herself, she never saw this person again...
But why did he appear unexpectedly in this life?
All the reasons Ning Xi'er could think of were the chance encounters at the city gate on the day she ran away from her arranged marriage...
And as he was seeing his second brother off, he instructed him to pass the message on to Kong Xiu, entrusting him with the hopes of the Prime Minister's residence and their mother...
Surprisingly, the message he relayed wasn't to reassure Ning Xi'er, nor was it about arrangements for the Prime Minister's residence...
But it's about her...
As Ning Xi'er pondered, Xie Zhun's expression darkened, and he waved his hand, signaling Xuan Feng to take the guards away.
Eunuch Xu keenly noticed the prince's displeasure, secretly observed Xie Zhun's expression, and asked Ning Xi'er with a dry laugh:
"Your Highness, were you acquainted with this Lord Kong when you were at the residence?"
Ning Xi'er instinctively wanted to shake her head, but after thinking about it carefully, she realized that moving her mother and maternal grandfather's family here would inevitably cause him trouble, so she stopped.
If we weren't familiar with each other, why would I bother him?
Ning Xi'er's hesitant state, in Xie Zhun's view, raised another layer of questions.
Xie Zhun took a deep breath, his voice neither loud nor soft. Ning Xi'er snapped out of her daze and looked at him.
Are you feeling unwell?
Ning Xi'er quickly asked.
Xie Zhun remained silent, so Ning Xi'er quickly took out a water pouch from her sleeve and handed him the spiritual spring liquid.
I thought he had been sitting for a long time and was feeling a bit tired.
Even the slow-witted Zheng Ye secretly touched his nose.
As Zheng Chengguang moved aside, Eunuch Xu and Xuanfeng exchanged bewildered glances.
Everyone in this tent knew what was going on, so why did the prince suddenly become so gloomy...?
Only the parties involved don't understand.
Eunuch Xu looked at Xie Zhun with sympathy.
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