"What's wrong with the Third Miss?" Seeing Xiangrong standing still, the servant asked in confusion: "His Highness is in the front hall, doesn't the Third Miss have something urgent to do?"
Xiangrong hesitated, her face looked even worse, and she asked hesitantly: "Hanting? Is it a banquet hall? Is the guest... the Fourth Prince?"
The servant nodded and said, "Miss Third has good hearing. The Fourth Prince happened to have obtained an ancient sword and came to ask our Prince to appreciate it."
Xiangrong felt her teeth chattering. She clearly remembered that the Fourth Prince had been engaged to the daughter of the Bu family. Although the daughter was no longer with us, the relationship between the two families had not deteriorated, but had always remained at a friendly level. At the moment, the unusual movement in the capital was obviously related to Bu Cong, and the Fourth Prince came to the Prince Yu's Mansion at this time. What did this mean?
Her heart trembled. Could it be a conspiracy?
"Third Miss?" The servant called her again, with an even stronger sense of doubt.
Xiangrong was a little flustered, but she still forced herself to remain relatively calm. It was a chilly night, and she had a thin cotton shirt over her long skirt. An idea suddenly occurred to her, and she pointed at her shirt and said to the servant beside her: "You are strong, come on, tear a piece off from under this shirt for me."
"Ah?" The servants were all stunned, and they had no idea what the Third Miss of the Feng family was thinking. But since Xiang Rong insisted, he could not ask any more questions, and could only do as he was told.
A corner of Xiangrong's coat was successfully torn off. She held the torn piece in her hand and urged, "Take me to see His Majesty the Ninth Prince."
When the two entered the cold hall, Xuan Tianming was holding a sword and admiring it carefully. A servant came up to him and whispered a few words. Then, the two princes looked at Xiangrong at the same time.
Xiangrong has never been a fearless person like Feng Yuheng. She is weak-willed and timid. Even after she has done a lot of psychological preparation, she still gets stage fright.
But today was different. All she could think about were the scenes she had seen in the city, the heavily armored guards, the different lanterns, and her second sister's sudden departure from the house, riding a horse, which meant she was obviously going to a far place. Why did all these happen at the same time?
She gritted her teeth, took the initiative to step forward, knelt down in front of the two princes, and said, "I, Feng Xiangrong, pay my respects to His Royal Highness Prince Ping and His Royal Highness Prince Yu."
Xiangrong's arrival surprised both of them, but the Fourth Prince was more surprised than Xuan Tianming, whose face was covered by a golden mask. He looked at Xiangrong and asked curiously, "The Third Miss of the Feng Family? What are you doing here?"
If you want to tolerate this girl, you can say that she is timid, but she also has a bit of stubbornness, otherwise she would not have followed An Shi to help Feng Yuheng act in front of the Feng family several times. Now something happened in the capital, and she knew that the power must be against her second sister and the ninth prince. She was already afraid and angry, and when she heard the fourth prince's obviously malicious question, she became angry and immediately replied rudely: "The ninth prince is my brother-in-law. Does Prince Ping think it's strange that I came to Prince Yu's mansion?"
As soon as she said this, Xuan Tianming laughed, "Not bad, it's worth it for your second sister to teach you." Then he looked at Xuan Tianyi, "Fourth brother, do you also want to ask about this family matter?"
Xuan Tianyi waved his hand: "Ninth brother, what are you talking about? Since it is a family matter, I will not interfere in it."
Xuan Tianming raised the corner of his lips and smiled evilly. Without saying anything else, he walked forward and personally helped Xiangrong up, then asked her, "Are you here to see me? Is there something wrong?"
Xiangrong glanced at the Fourth Prince who was still looking over here, and said with a serious heart, "There is a funeral at home. My second sister is the legitimate daughter and cannot leave. But I happen to have something to deliver to Your Highness, so I sent me to go." As she spoke, she handed over the piece of clothes in her hand.
Xuan Tianyi was watching from behind and couldn't help but ask again, "Miss San came here just to give her a piece of rag?"
Xiangrong nodded, "Yes, it's to send a piece of cloth!" When she mentioned cloth, her tone became more serious, and she looked up at Xuan Tianming until she saw the gleam in his eyes. Only then did she feel relieved and said, "Second sister said that she likes this kind of cloth very much, and she wants His Highness the Ninth Prince to help buy some."
Xuan Tianyi snorted coldly, "Does the county lady's mansion need servants? For such a small matter, you have to mobilize the prince of a country. Your county lady is really arrogant."
Xiangrong felt that the Fourth Prince was particularly annoying, and couldn't help but contradict him again: "Second sister said that she would like it more if her beloved bought it."
The two of them kept talking, making Xuan Tianming want to laugh. I never thought that their Heng Heng could train a girl to be so sharp-tongued.
But this piece of cloth... he already understood that Xiangrong was reminding him, Bu Cong.
He had felt strange when the fourth brother arrived at his house. He said that he had obtained an ancient sword and wanted to share it with him. But when did the fourth brother become so close to him? It turned out that the root was here.
He took the cloth and held it in his hand, nodded slightly at Xiangrong, and then said in a loud voice: "Since Third Sister is here, please sit down in the palace. It just so happens that I have prepared some funeral gifts for the Feng family, so you can take them back."
Xiangrong leaned forward and replied, "Yes."
Xuan Tianming turned his head and looked at the Fourth Prince: "Fourth brother, please sit down. I will go to prepare gifts for the Feng Mansion."
The fourth prince quickly stood up and took his leave: "It's getting late, I won't stay any longer."
“Hey!” Xuan Tianming waved his hand and said without questioning, “There is still good wine in Prince Yu’s mansion. Fourth brother can’t just leave like this! Someone—” he raised his voice, “bring out the aged wine in the mansion, please have His Royal Highness Prince Ping taste it.”
He just kept Xuan Tianyi here. The other party was not in a hurry. He sat back in his seat and waited calmly for the servants to bring the wine.
Xuan Tianming raised his lips and walked towards the front yard with Xiangrong. It was not until they left the cold hall that Xiangrong said anxiously: "Your Highness, something is wrong in the capital. The soldiers on night patrol seem to have been replaced..." She quickly told Xuan Tianming everything she saw. She spoke too quickly and couldn't help panting after she finished speaking. But she still panted and said: "Second sister rode out of the house. I don't know where she went."
The purple lotus between Xuan Tianming's eyebrows twisted fiercely, and its color became darker and darker.
At this time, there was another movement at the gate of the mansion. He strode forward, and Xiangrong hurriedly followed behind. Soon, a man was brought in by the gate guards. Xiangrong recognized the man, it was Wang Zhuo, the governor of the Jingmen.
Wang Zhuo seemed to be injured, and his left leg was a little lame when he walked, but he still walked very quickly. He ran straight to Xuan Tianming and was about to kneel down, but was pulled back by Xuan Tianming: "Don't be so pretentious, tell me quickly, what happened?"
“Your Highness.” Wang Zhuo took two quick breaths and said, “I don’t know when Bu Cong transferred a foreign army into the capital. He suddenly walked around the city tonight and replaced all the patrol officers in the capital one by one. Even the guards at the city gate…” As he spoke, he slumped to his knees on the ground, ignoring Xuan Tianming’s obstruction: “I failed in my duty and I cannot escape the blame for my failure!”
"An alien army?" Xuan Tianming frowned. He could replace all the soldiers in the capital, and after the replacement, he had to keep enough people to deal with the follow-up plan. After occupying the capital, the next step was the palace. When did such a large number of people enter the capital? During the flood? No, the four major city gates were closed at that time, and it was impossible to let so many people in easily. Moreover, with Xuan Tianhua in charge, how could he not notice Bu Cong's actions.
Now that I think about it, the only possibility is a gradual process, with people being brought in little by little, over the years, in batches, or even one by one, into the capital, mingling everywhere, raising troops for a thousand days, waiting for the right time to use them.
He was filled with infinite annoyance, but a cold smile appeared on the corner of his lips. He looked very creepy, even though half of his face was hidden under the golden mask, he could still feel the chill through the gold.
Duanmu Qing left Beijing, Bu Cong caused chaos, and the fourth brother came to his palace and dragged him to admire the sword in the palace. What does this series of actions mean? Haha, he shrugged and laughed. The two of them actually chose to join forces at this time. It seems that they have made all preparations. Let's see, in terms of preparation, who is more prepared.
"Very good." He said, "Very good." Then he raised his hand, and four secret guards immediately flashed out in the night. Xuan Tianming pointed at one of them and said, "Go to the Prince Xiang's mansion to check the situation."
The man immediately disappeared.
He pointed at another person and said, "Go to Bu's house."
The secret guard also disappeared.
He ordered the other two people, "Take three more people with you and go out through the north gate to meet the Princess of Ji'an."
The three of them took action immediately.
He was not afraid of anything. He had led troops in battles for so many years and had a good command of the situation in the capital under his control. Even if there were loopholes, he had most of the situation under his control. Although Bu Cong had emerged as a new force, he was not an absolute threat to him. The only thing he was worried about was Feng Yuheng. He didn't know why Feng Yuheng rode away from the mansion, but it was obvious that he had left the city. Duanmu Qing had also left the city. If he was right, Feng Yuheng must have gone after Duanmu Qing, but why did he go after him?
Wang Zhuo was still kneeling on the ground. Xuan Tianming picked him up and turned to Xiangrong and said, "You stay in the mansion and wait for me to come back. Don't go anywhere else, and don't go back to the cold hall." He thought for a while, and ordered the servants, "Take the third lady to the guest house to rest." After he finished speaking, he didn't stay any longer and hurried out of the mansion with Wang Zhuo.
Xiangrong knew that the capital was very dangerous at the moment, and she would only cause trouble if she went out, so she forced herself to calm down and stay in Prince Yu's mansion. But she still thought of one more thing and hurriedly added, "The Seventh Prince is not in the mansion either."
Xuan Tianming nodded without saying anything more. After he and Wang Zhuo went out and mounted their horses, he raised his hand and countless secret guards immediately flashed out from the night and followed behind him. Looking around, there were at least forty or fifty people.
Wang Zhuo could not help but gasp in surprise, but then he heard Xuan Tianming sternly say: "Follow me, to the palace——"
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