As the person who paid the most attention to the Second Prince's every move, Lu Anyuan found the news sent back by the spies in the palace and the people who were monitoring the ten guards outside the palace equally boring.
Without exception, no one noticed anything unusual.
But the longer this situation dragged on, the more uneasy Lu Anyuan became. He knew that his second brother must have some ulterior motive for coming back this time, but he just didn't take any action. Isn't this just fooling him?
For this purpose, he deliberately provoked and tested him several times, and even asked his fifth brother to speed up his actions, but the second prince remained calm and steady as a rock.
The Second Prince's cultivation in the palace was completely in vain. Just like when he was in Beijing before, he not only attended court every day, but also took care of all the political affairs of the capital.
It can be seen that he has made great progress in recent days. If he continues like this, maybe his father will write off all the previous events. Who knows.
Two months have passed in a flash, midsummer is over, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon.
Xu Yixing was not as nervous as Lu Anyuan, nor did she care about the ceremony she was about to attend, because she was now very busy with the "happy event" at home.
There was no one in charge of the palace, and her father wanted her to go back to help. She didn't want to go, but she couldn't refuse, and there was no way to refuse. So she could only use the excuse that the palace also needed someone to take care of it, and didn't live back home. It was tiring to run back and forth like this.
Just because Xu Yiwen refused to attend the wedding, his father had sent four or five groups of people up the mountain. After Xu Yixing had a long talk with his father all night, he reluctantly persuaded his father to give up the idea of kidnapping him back.
She had even been to the Zuo Mansion twice and met the rumored fierce stepmother, but she hadn't noticed anything yet. Madam Zuo was just aloof, but not rude at all, so she just treated it as a favor and didn't take it seriously.
Two days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, she finally packed up everything in the Xu Mansion and returned home under the stars and the moon, with a gloomy face.
"Why do you always sigh when you come back recently? Is it because your father is angry with you?" Lu Anyuan always likes to follow Xu Yixing closely, and no one knows what's wrong with him.
"No, it's just that the mansion is decorated with lights and colorful decorations. I can't stand it, so naturally I'm not happy about it."
"You're really weird. If you didn't want to arrange General Xu's marriage, why not just tell him directly or refuse to take charge? Why did you have to make yourself so uncomfortable now?"
"It's hard to be a daughter! For example, when you and I met by chance at Jingxi Temple, weren't you there to pray for the Second Prince? Is that what you wanted?"
"Yeah...that's right." Lu Anyuan was very satisfied with the analogy. He immediately felt the same way and hugged her lovingly to comfort her.
"Aren't you always keeping an eye on the Second Prince? Is there any movement?"
"If I have to call it an anomaly, I always feel that Concubine Ying is a little too quiet in the cold palace."
Xu Yixing turned around, leaned against the cabinet, and tilted his head, as if asking why.
"It's been so long since Second Brother returned to the capital. Even if the news was kept secret in the cold palace, he should have known about it. Logically speaking, Ying Fei should have made some movement since she had her backing. That's why I said she was too quiet."
Xu Yixing rolled his eyes and quickly understood: "Do you think that the Second Prince has already sent someone to contact Concubine Ying, and at least has managed to calm her down and prevent her from causing trouble?"
"That's what I mean. That's why I'm very curious about what reason my second brother used to keep Concubine Ying in the cold palace for two months without causing any trouble. It's very puzzling!" Lu Anyuan said, scratching his head. If he didn't figure this out, he would be in a very passive position.
"Forget it. The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. This year it will be held in the outer palace. Let's prepare in advance!" Xu Yixing gave Lu Anyuan a symbolic hug as a response. Ever since she stopped taking the medicine, the two of them didn't dare to get too close, for fear that they would lose control and mess up the situation.
This time, they really needed to prepare well. The Mid-Autumn Festival was on the 15th, but they had to leave the city on the 14th and wouldn't be back until the 16th, after the 15th. The 18th was the Xu family's wedding date, which was really tight. Xu Yixing had to prepare everything for the next five or six days, which was really a dilemma.
After packing up a lot of things, they finally set out on time with the main group on the 14th. Fortunately, the Left Minister is no longer an official, and his family is not among those who will be attending the Outer Palace Night Banquet, otherwise this time would be even more tense.
Xu Yixing and Lu Anyuan rode in a carriage, following the Emperor and Empress, passing behind the carriages of several other empresses. It was quite pleasant. This time, unlike in the past, the Empress Dowager had honored the Emperor by accompanying her on the outing from the palace. It was said that this was also to comfort the Fourth Princess and, by the way, to ease the relationship with the Second Prince.
The scene was so grand that Xu Yixing had been feeling uneasy since he left the house.
"Yuan, I feel so uncomfortable." She covered her chest and felt like she couldn't breathe.
"What's wrong? Didn't the breakfast taste good?" Lu Anyuan's face was full of worry. He was following a large group at this time and couldn't stop even if he wanted to.
"No, it's probably because it's too stuffy in here, and my chest feels really stuffy."
Lu Anyuan opened the window to get some fresh air, but the dust from the car in front almost made him close the window immediately, and he could only worry.
"What should we do? It will take more than half a day to get to Gushan!"
Xu Yixing raised his head in pain, the scene before him blurry. "How about we wait until we get to the intersection of the Gushan and Nanshan official roads? You let me down and I'll take a rest. I'll go back up the mountain when I feel better."
"How can this be done!" The royal procession was huge, and there were a lot of ministers' cars following behind. It would be too suspicious to leave the procession without permission.
In fact, Xu Yixing also knew that it was not right, but he felt very uncomfortable now. He felt like there was a fire burning in his heart, and he felt very uncomfortable.
"It's okay for me to go a little later. No one will notice with so many people around anyway."
"Then I'll go with you."
"No! It would be obvious if you left the team. Listen to me, I'll go downstairs for a walk. It'll be quick to ride there in the afternoon."
Lu Anyuan hesitated for a long time, but finally gave in when he saw her red face. He didn't let her leave until he reached the fork in the road up the mountain.
Xu Yixing hurried to the fork in the road and walked a little further to avoid the people behind him noticing that he had left. After waiting for a long time, he saw Ying Wu leading two horses over.
"Master, are you okay?"
"Look." Xu Yixing half-knelt on the ground, no longer caring about the dirty dress.
Ying Wu stepped forward and felt his pulse, his expression relatively relaxed. "This is the effect of the medicine you took earlier. You must have been overworked recently, and your body is weak, which is why it has relapsed."
Hearing this, Xu Yixing really wanted to drag Ying Jiu out and give him a beating. He was really more of a hindrance than a helper! Don't wait until you die of a nosebleed, right?
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