Chapter 229: Calm Madness
The next morning, a palace maid came to the Shangshu Mansion to deliver the message.
"I am a member of the Imperial Concubine Shu's staff. I have come here today to summon Miss Qiao II to the palace for an audience. Why haven't you passed on the message?"
The servant nodded slightly, "Please wait a moment, I will pass the message on."
After the servant finished speaking, he turned and walked in, but instead of going directly to Yongning Pavilion, he went to Chonghua Pavilion.
Minister Qiao was having dinner and chatting about family matters with Qiao Jibai. The servant walked up to Minister Qiao and whispered in his ear, and saw that Minister Qiao's face changed slightly.
Qiao Jibai suddenly stood up and said, "Uncle, I'm going to change my clothes."
Minister Qiao nodded with satisfaction, "Go ahead."
After the people left, Minister Qiao ordered: "No need to go to Yongning Pavilion, just say that the young lady is not feeling well today and cannot enter the palace."
He knew exactly what Zi Yuan did that day when she summoned the secret guards from the Shangshu Mansion.
Concubine Shu is Situ Yue's sister. She suddenly summoned Yan Yan into the palace. I guess she guessed that Situ Yue's ending was indirectly caused by Yan Yan.
After all, the little girl was protected too well by him. In that situation, they should all be killed to prevent future troubles.
In this way, even if the Situ family wanted to investigate, there would be nowhere to look.
The servants who knew the answer were all dead, and no answer could be obtained from a dead person.
When the servant received the order and went back to report, he saw that the palace maid was immediately angry.
"Uncomfortable? Where is the Second Miss feeling unwell? Can you ask the imperial physician to take a look?"
The servant smiled and said, "My young lady is a lowly person, how can she trouble the imperial physician in the palace? The palace doctor has already examined her and said that she just caught a cold and will be fine after a good rest."
The palace maid snorted coldly, "It doesn't matter. My queen is a kind person. She will definitely invite the imperial physician to take a good look at the second young lady. Let's see what disease the second young lady has contracted."
The servant didn't even blink, "Then I'd like to thank Madam Shufei on behalf of my young lady. Close the door!"
After he finished speaking, he turned and went in, and the door slammed shut without giving anyone any face.
"You! How dare you treat me like this? Have you forgotten that my queen is His Majesty's favorite concubine?"
When these words reached Concubine Shu's ears, the palace was thrown into chaos, and Concubine Shu ordered the imperial physician to go to the Shangshu Mansion.
However, when the imperial physician hurried to the Shangshu Mansion, he did not see Miss Qiao Er at all. Instead, he was directly arranged by Steward Chen to drink tea in the front hall.
"You have worked hard on the journey, doctor. Have a cup of tea and take a break. My young lady's illness is not serious, but she cannot be tortured. I hope the doctor will understand."
The imperial physician recognized the words, but he was called by Concubine Shu to see if Miss Qiao was sick. Now that the steward said so, how could he report back?
"You don't need the tea. I'm here on orders. Please take me to see the Second Miss."
Steward Chen had a gentle smile on his face. "Don't worry, Doctor Sun. This tea is the new Biluochun tea that we have in our house. Doctor, please try it. If you think it tastes good, I will pack some for your family to try as well."
Doctor Sun's expression changed slightly.
Manager Chen still had a kind smile on his face. "The imperial physician is very lucky. His three sons and two daughters have all settled down in the capital. The youngest son, Sun Jian, is studying in the free bookstore run by my master. I heard that he is very smart. He is really enviable."
Doctor Sun could no longer sit still, and a trace of panic flashed across his face.
"But Anhe Lane on Tongren Street in the north of the city is a bit remote, and the public security doesn't seem to be very good. It would be really disturbing if there were bad people lurking around."
Manager Chen took out a banknote and stuffed it into Doctor Sun's hand. "Look at me, I just like to talk a lot, don't blame me, Doctor. My master cherishes talents the most, this is to buy calligraphy for your son, Doctor, you must accept it."
Doctor Sun immediately stood up and didn't dare to take it, but seeing that Steward Chen had a smiling face but no intimidation in his eyes, he stuffed the money into his arms anyway.
He said in panic, "The Second Miss just caught a cold and is too weak to go out. Concubine Shu is still waiting for my report, so I'm leaving first."
Manager Chen smiled and said, "I'll see the doctor out."
When he went out, he happened to run into Qiao Wanyan who was also about to go out.
Doctor Sun lowered his head and wiped the clean shoes almost immediately after he saw the person. After a moment, he secretly glanced at the person and saw that he had left, then he stood up with a wry smile.
"The upper of this shoe suddenly got dirty. Let me wipe it, wipe it."
Manager Chen smiled but said nothing.
Doctor Sun secretly let out a long sigh and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
At that time, Qiao Wanyan, who had gotten on the carriage on the other side, did not know that her father had already solved the problem. She leaned lazily on the soft pillow in the carriage, supporting her head with one hand.
Lu Jinye rode on the side of the carriage and said calmly, "Someone is following you."
Zi Yuan opened the window, and Qiao Wanyan tilted her head just in time to see Lu Jinye's profile.
"who?"
"Prince Xiling."
Qiao Wanyan's eyes moved slightly, "Stop the car and see if he will leave."
The coachman stopped the horse to the side, but the carriage behind him did not stop and passed by.
Qiao Wanyan raised her eyebrows slightly, it seemed that she was not following him.
The next moment, the carriage that was supposed to pass by stopped, the window was opened, and Chen Che's indifferent and clear face appeared in Qiao Wanyan's sight.
"What a coincidence, Second Miss."
Qiao Wanyan rolled her eyes at him and said, "What a coincidence."
After saying this, he closed the window.
Chen Che lowered his eyes slightly, why are you cursing?
"The Second Miss didn't treat me like this when we were in Shanglin Paddock."
Qiao Wanyan opened the window again, "Nonsense, you are a hostage now, you were an envoy before, don't you know that I am changing my attitude according to the situation? Even if I scold you, what can you do? You go to the emperor to complain? Will the emperor pay attention to you?"
In the story, this madman was always thinking about skinning her alive, and now he was always approaching her. She knew what he wanted to do without even thinking about it. She was being merciful if she didn't let the secret guards stab him to death!
What's more, he even knocked himself out in Shanglin Paddock.
She hasn't taken revenge yet!
Shen Che said calmly, “What the Second Miss said makes sense.”
Qiao Wanyan rolled her eyes and said, "You're sick."
The window slammed shut again.
She couldn’t understand. She really couldn’t understand what was in Shen Che’s mind.
He felt that Shen Che had a sense of calm madness.
This kind of madness is even more terrifying!
The guard of the East Palace walked into the study and said, "Your Highness, the Second Miss of the Minister of Revenue and the Prince of Xiling wish to see Your Highness."
He Zhiyu frowned, "Qiao Wanyan and Shen Che?"
The guard nodded, "That's right, the two of them stopped at the gate of the East Palace one after the other, obviously they came together."
He Zhiyu frowned slightly and his eyes were gloomy.
Jing Yuan was also a little curious, "Doesn't the Second Miss have a bad relationship with the Prince of Xiling? Last time in the enclosure, the Second Miss complained to King Jing that the Prince of Xiling was a bad person. Why are they here together now? Could it be that their relationship has eased?"
Jing Yuan was thinking deeply, and suddenly felt a chill on his back. He seemed to have thought of something and shut up instantly.
He Zhiyu withdrew his cold gaze from Jing Yuan, "I am very busy now and have no time to see them."
He has a lot of things to deal with every day, but she doesn't have as many free friends as him!
The guard responded and turned to leave, but was called back before he stepped out of the study.
"Never mind, let her in."
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