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Huang Quan laughed at her and said, "Miss, you are too anxious. When the carriage enters the city, you will be able to see it."
She admitted that she was anxious, shook her head and smiled bitterly, "I haven't seen Zirui for a long time, and I miss him terribly." After that, she subconsciously looked at the soldiers guarding the city. After watching for a while, she frowned and said, "Did Lao Ba replace all the soldiers guarding the city? When did he take charge of the Nine Gates?"
"I guess it happened in the past few days. The emperor listened to the Eighth Prince and Concubine Yuan Shu so much that he could change the people of the Ninth Gate with just a word from them." Huang Quan looked at the soldiers at the city gate and said unhappily, "I don't know where the people of the Ninth Gate were taken. Were they selected from the 30,000 elite soldiers of His Highness the Sixth Prince?"
Feng Yuheng shook his head, "It shouldn't be. The city gate is an important place, he couldn't have chosen from those 30,000 people. In my opinion, it should be the former imperial guards in the palace. During the few months when we went to the southern border, Lao Ba replaced all the imperial guards. Those people were naturally his trusted ones. I think the ones he put in important positions must be those people."
As they talked, they looked towards the city gate, and saw that all people entering and leaving the city had to be carefully checked by the soldiers guarding the city. Some people who were found suspicious even had their bags opened. All carriages entering and leaving the city were carefully searched, and no matter whether they were men or women, they had to be questioned before being allowed to pass.
Huang Quan frowned and asked, "What are you doing? It's like you're interrogating a criminal. Is there a thief in the capital?"
Feng Yuheng didn't know why, but she could see Xuan Tianmo's caution. Regardless of whether there were thieves in the capital or not, anyone with a guilty conscience would be caught in this investigation, for example, a young man who only stole five taels of silver from a rich young man. She shrugged and said, "If the security of the capital can be managed well because of this, it would be a blessing."
As they were talking, a large carriage drove in from outside the city and was being inspected by soldiers at the city gate. Huang Quan saw at a glance that there was a big "Yao" written on the wooden sign hanging on the carriage. She jumped for joy and pointed at it immediately: "Miss, look, the young master is back!"
Feng Yuheng naturally saw the carriage of the Yao family, but she did not go forward immediately. She stood far away and watched the soldiers checking the carriage. Seeing Huang Quan puzzled, she explained: "The two sides are originally in opposition. If I don't go, maybe they will just check it. If I go forward, I'm afraid they will check it more carefully. It's better to have less trouble than more. The capital city is not the same as before."
It is indeed different from the past. In the past, the soldiers guarding the city would never dare to check the carriages of the Yao family. They would let them pass without hesitation. Not only that, they had to smile. Everyone knows that this is the maternal grandfather's home of Princess Ji'an. How dare they suspect the Yao family? But now it is different. Now everyone is under the control of the old eighth. Even if there is no wind, there will be three layers of waves. If Feng Yuheng goes forward again, I am afraid that the other party will find some faults.
But even if she didn't go forward, the inspection of the Yao family's carriage was much stricter than other carriages, so that Miao, Zirui and the little girl Yingcao were all driven out of the carriage, along with Wangchuan and a maid of Miao. Several people stood on the ground and were asked to turn around and jump until they were sure that they had nothing else on them, and then they were allowed to pass. But Huang Quan clearly saw the unwillingness in the eyes of those soldiers, and she said angrily: "What on earth do these people want to check?"
Feng Yuheng sneered and said, "I'm afraid that even a dagger for self-defense will become a handle for them to make trouble." After she finished speaking, she stopped standing still and walked forward a few steps, shouting to the front - "Zi Rui!"
Feng Zirui was upset by the interrogation of the officers and soldiers, but he held back and didn't get angry. He was eleven years old and thought he was already a grown man, not a child anymore. The teacher said that when people grow up, they should have their own unique thinking, instead of being like children, doing whatever they want and expressing their emotions however they want. The difference between adults and children is that when you have your own ideas in your mind, you should learn to think about how to express them.
Therefore, even though he was dissatisfied when he was interrogated, he did not express it, but accepted the interrogation openly, and at the same time, he was thinking in his heart why the capital had become so strict? He didn't know that there was a change in the capital, but as soon as he entered the city, a completely different atmosphere from before still made the child alert.
However, this alertness and self-awareness after growing up completely collapsed in Feng Yuheng's cry. He looked in the direction of the sound, and saw his sister standing there looking at him in the crowd. He ran over and threw himself directly into Feng Yuheng's arms.
The boy had grown up, he was taller and stronger, and this pounce made Feng Yuheng tilt. If Huang Quan hadn't supported him from behind, he would have almost fallen.
Feng Yuheng smiled, put her arm around her brother, and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for more than half a year. My Zirui has grown up. It's true that boys grow the fastest at this age. In the past, we often only saw each other for several months, but I didn't feel the changes were as big as this time!" As she spoke, she stretched out her hand to gesture, and couldn't help but sigh again, "It's already up to my sister's shoulders. In another half a year, I'm afraid he will be taller than me."
Zirui raised his head and said with a smile: "It's better to be taller than you, so that I can protect you. In the future, when we go out, Zirui will walk in front and always protect you behind me, no matter what danger we encounter." He was so proud that he let go of Feng Yuheng and raised his arms and said: "Sister, I am learning Kung Fu in Xiaozhou! The academy teaches both civil and martial arts. The teacher said that my physical condition is very good and suitable for martial arts, so I specially invited a martial arts master to teach me for an extra hour every day after class. I will fight with my brother-in-law later, and I guarantee that he can't beat me."
After all, he was just a child. He thought he was very powerful after learning martial arts for a few days. This made Feng Yuheng and Huang Quan laugh in unison. Amid the laughter, Miao, Wangchuan and others also walked over here. The coachman drove the carriage to the side, trying not to block the way for pedestrians.
Feng Yuheng hurried forward when he saw Miao, bowed to her with great gratitude and said, "Ah Heng greets my third aunt. Thank you for traveling all the way to Xiaozhou to take care of my brother. Ah Heng is so grateful."
Miao quickly helped her up and said repeatedly, "Ah Heng, what are you doing? You are the Princess of Yu now, you can't bow to me in the street. Besides, Zirui is my nephew, it's my duty to take care of him." As she spoke, she pulled Zirui and said, "Ah Heng, look quickly, hasn't Zirui grown a lot taller? He has grown so fast in the past six months, even I can see it when I see him every few days!"
Feng Yuheng nodded, and said with great satisfaction: "It's my aunt who takes good care of me. No matter what Ah Heng's status is, he is a junior in front of my aunt, and he should be polite. Even Xuan Tianming has to be polite when he sees my aunt."
Miao liked Feng Yuheng very much. She held Feng Yuheng's hand and patted the back of her hand gently, with love in her eyes.
At this time, Wang Chuan, who was standing behind Miao, looked behind Feng Yuheng and saw a group of soldiers walking towards them with serious faces, led by a eunuch. She couldn't help but frown, and a bad premonition rose in her heart...
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