Chapter 359 Leaving Beijing
It was freezing cold, and it was not easy to come to the Jingyang Palace. I didn't know when we would meet next time. Jiang Huaizhi was in the Hanlin Academy, and Jiang Ning had nothing to do when she went back, so she stayed with Chen Tang for a while longer.
The cousins chatted for a while, and then Ginkgo saw Jiang Ning out of the house.
After Jiang Ning left, Xie Guimo came back and said, "Pack some clothes for me."
Chen Tang looked at him, "What are you packing clothes for?"
Xie Guimo said, "The old master and his family were separated in Mengzhou. Mengzhou is next to Qizhou. According to my father, part of Mengzhou was allocated to Qizhou. In addition, he looks very similar and has the same surname. He is very likely the person that the Zhenguo Mansion is looking for. I am worried about leaving it to someone else, so I will go there myself and leave tomorrow morning."
Chen Tang glanced at the falling snow outside and wanted to dissuade him, but couldn't say anything.
Chen Tang asked reluctantly, "Have you told mother about this?"
Xie Guimo said, "Let's not tell my mother and the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion yet. If it's not true, won't they be disappointed?"
The main reason was not because he was afraid of disappointing the princess. After all, Xie Guimo already had some certainty in his heart.
When it comes to finding someone, he doesn't believe it if it's someone else who found him, but he dares not disbelieve the news passed on by Chen Tang.
When it comes to finding people, no one can compare to Chen Tang.
The matter of the Duke of Zhenguo dying on the battlefield has not been fully investigated. If the person behind the scenes is targeting the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, you should know that the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion has side branches and will definitely obstruct it. What if he kills again...
This can only be done in secret.
No one could persuade Xie Guimo to change his mind, so Chen Tang decided not to persuade him. All she could do was pack a few more brocade robes for Xie Guimo and bring some medicine to prevent typhoid fever.
Qizhou is quite far from Kyoto, and it is hard to travel fast in such a cold weather. Chen Tang has been married to Xie Guimo for so long, and this is the first time they have been separated, and they are quite reluctant to part.
At night, the reluctance was expressed to the fullest.
When I woke up the next day, Xie Guimo was gone and the bed beside him was already cold.
I don’t know how long it will take me to come back. Maybe I will miss him as soon as I leave the city.
This was just the trip to Qizhou, and they would have to go back to the battlefield. Chen Tang didn't dare to imagine how difficult the days of waiting would be.
Accustomed to eating with Xie Guimo, when he was not around, Chen Tang's appetite was much worse. When he slept alone at night, he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. He didn't know how long he had been suffering from insomnia.
If you go to bed late, you will get up late. The next day, when Chen Tang woke up, the princess came. Chen Tang hurriedly wanted to get out of bed to greet the princess, but the princess said, "Don't worry, just lie down."
Chen Tang was a little embarrassed, "Why is my mother here?"
The princess said, "I heard from the maid that Mo'er left the house early yesterday morning and didn't come back at night?"
Chen Tang, "..."
No way?
Xie Guimo only said that he would not tell the princess. He left the capital to pick someone up. He wouldn't leave the capital without telling the princess, right?
Xie Guimo always had his own ideas when doing things, and the princess never restricted him. He went out early and came back late. As long as he stayed home overnight, it was fine. But if he did not return home at night, the princess would have to ask about it.
Chen Tang asked, "Didn't my husband tell my mother that he left the capital to do some work?"
If she had told him, she wouldn't have to brave the snow to come to Chenxiangxuan to ask Chen Tang.
The princess was very angry. "What's the matter with this bastard that made him leave the capital so urgently that he didn't even have time to tell mother?"
Chen Tang said, "Father knows, and my husband may think that Father will tell Mother."
The princess vaguely remembered that yesterday morning, when the prince was going to court, she heard him mention in a daze that he had something for Mo'er to do. She didn't pay much attention to it at the time, and the prince didn't say much. Could it be that the prince told her about letting Mo'er leave Beijing?
The weather is so cold and the Crown Prince's wife is pregnant, so there is something that Mo'er has to do.
The princess wanted to ask the prince, but the prince went straight to the military camp after the court session. It was already evening when he came back. The princess asked, "What did you ask Mo'er to do when he left the capital?"
The prince asked, "Mo'er left without telling you?"
It would have been fine if she hadn't said this, but once she did, the princess got angry. "He's been away from the capital for a day. I just found out about it this morning when the maid mentioned it. I won't stop him from leaving the capital."
The prince said, "Maybe we left early, and you haven't woken up yet."
The princess didn't believe this excuse, "Then you can tell me, your mother, one day in advance, right?"
"... Come back and give him a good scolding."
The prince sat down and served food to the princess. The princess asked, "What did you ask Mo'er to do when he left Beijing? When will he be back?"
But the Chinese New Year is just a few days away.
The prince said, "If it's fast, I can get back before the New Year. If it's slow, I might spend the New Year on the way back to Beijing."
The princess lost her appetite.
She looked at the prince. She had asked twice, but the prince didn't say what Xie Guimo was going to do when he left Beijing.
The prince said, "You will know when Mo'er returns to Beijing."
The princess stopped asking.
After being married for twenty years, she knew the prince well. If he wanted to talk, he would just say it directly. If he didn't want to talk, it would be useless for her to ask him many times.
What’s even more infuriating is that the father and son are of the same character.
However, the princess also knew that no one could order Xie Guimo to do this job unless he was willing to leave Beijing.
It snowed on and off for several days, then the sky cleared, the snow melted, it continued to snow, and then melted.
Repeated several times.
The old lady's vitality was damaged and she had a very bad winter. She has been taking medicine and is in poor spirits and has a poor appetite.
Chen Tang was not affected at all, but she stayed in the house all day and felt a little bored. However, even when the sky cleared up, she only walked in the yard and did not go to the garden.
As the end of the year was approaching, Chen Tang was already prepared for Xie Guimo to not be able to come back to keep watch with her.
After Concubine Jiang learned that Xie Guimo had left the capital, she tried to find out from many sources, but since even the princess didn't know, there was no way she could find out.
Concubine Ye was also curious about what Xie Guimo was doing outside the capital. She sent people to the Jingyang Palace to invite the princess several times, but the princess refused Concubine Ye on the grounds of being ill.
By the way, Concubine Jiang is making trouble again. She thinks it is too lonely for Jiang Huier to stay in the small courtyard to celebrate the New Year, so she wants the prince to agree to bring Jiang Huier into the palace to celebrate the New Year with everyone else.
This is clearly an attempt to use the New Year to cause trouble for the princess and Shen Tang.
The prince disagreed, and Concubine Jiang wiped her tears. The prince softened his heart and allowed Concubine Jiang and Xie Guiyin to go to the courtyard to accompany Jiang Huier to celebrate the New Year.
When Si'er reported this to Chen Tang, Chen Tang almost laughed himself crazy.
Gingko asked, "Did Concubine Jiang and the Second Young Master go?"
Si Er grinned, "Of course you have to go, otherwise you wouldn't really love Miss Jiang Biao."
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