Sang Le did not answer, but gave Qi Ying a cold look and left.
"Fourth Princess..."
Guan Lin turned around and chased after him.
Qi Ying turned around to stop him: "Master Guan, my sister-in-law was also frightened today. The Guan family will know about your sister's situation tomorrow."
Guan Lin stopped and watched them walk away, with a vague bad feeling.
Qi Sheng had noticed something was wrong when the young lady from the aristocratic family came out. He picked up Sang Le and Qi Ying and got on his own carriage. He would go back home to discuss anything in detail.
All the carriages outside the palace gate had left, leaving only the Guan family's carriage parked there alone.
Guan Lin looked inside the palace gate several times, and without delay, he mounted his horse and hurried back home.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for many mansions in Kyoto.
Ye Qianning sent Nan Xiang back to Changyang Palace before returning to Xiang's home.
In the hall, Xiang Minghou, Gu Shuo, Qian Fanji, Zhan Chi, and Old Chen were all there. They seemed to have just experienced an unpleasant debate, and their faces were not very good. They only restrained their expressions when they saw Ye Qianning come in.
"Dad, what are you arguing about? I can hear you from far away." Ye Qianning's eyes swept over them one by one.
"fine."
"fine."
"fine."
"fine."
The four of them said in unison.
The four of them looked at each other with disapproval.
Ye Qianning: “…”
"It would be strange if your father didn't quarrel when they got together." Old Chen raised his hand and beckoned Ye Qianning over: "Did the palace banquet go well?"
Ye Qianning had a smile on her face. Even without being told, she knew what was going on. She walked over and sat next to Old Chen: "It's going well for me, but not for them."
"What exactly happened?"
Ye Qianning told several people in detail about entering the palace.
When Old Chen heard that Miss Guan had drugged the cake, he was not particularly angry. He thought that her disciple was a skilled doctor and such a trick was not worth mentioning. But when he heard that the queen had also put that kind of drug in the cake, his face became completely gloomy.
The Queen and Emperor Beili were childhood sweethearts, and she knew Emperor Beili's temperament best. The Queen had obviously heard of Ye Qianning's entry into the city and Emperor Beili's actions.
She drugged him to completely destroy Ye Qianning, and secondly, to completely destroy the idea that came up with Emperor Beili.
It is difficult to change one's nature, and the Emperor of Beili is no longer fit to be the emperor.
Marquis Xiang Ming's veins popped up when he heard this, and he said gloomily, "This kind of person should be killed with a single sword."
"Killing her would be too easy. We must make her wish she were dead." Zhan Chi narrowed his eyes, his lips curled up fiercely, and he seemed to have already thought of how to deal with those people.
Qian Fanji's indifferent eyes also concealed murderous intent: "Next time if you enter the palace, no matter what the reason is, I will go with you."
"It seems Beili is not chaotic enough." Gu Shuo said coldly.
"Dad, we have just entered Beili, so there is no need to rush. We don't need to do anything except a flower viewing banquet. The reputation of the harem and the reputation of the Jinyiwei that the royal family is proud of will be ruined." Ye Qianning really wanted to see if the Jinyiwei could sit still after losing such a big person.
Just because Emperor Beili is thick-skinned doesn’t mean everyone is like him.
"The purpose of this assassination is not just to test whether there are any experts around you, but also to test whether you know martial arts." Qian Fanji said.
Zhan Chi sneered, "Even if he finds out, so what? He can only stir up trouble in the palace."
His own daughter is so much better than him, and he still wants to kidnap her?
"Dad Zhan is right. People from the four kingdoms are arriving in the capital one after another. It's not certain who will suppress whom by then." Ye Qianning tilted his head and looked at Old Chen. "Master, it was you who arranged for the gentleman who entered the palace today, right?"
Upon hearing this, Elder Chen smiled and said, "That was not my instruction."
"What is that?"
"A few days ago, I received a letter from them in the capital. They expressed considerable curiosity about you. They arrived today, even before they had rested, and they came to visit me. Upon hearing that you had entered the palace, they were even more anxious than I was. Without waiting for me to explain in detail, they turned around and headed straight for the palace gate."
"Can they see the emperor directly?"
"They were all students who studied with Emperor Beili in Loushan back then. Emperor Beili had a very good relationship with them before he became emperor. Half a year ago, Emperor Beili wrote them a letter asking them to come to the capital to participate in the Loushan sacrifice. They had no plans to come, but later heard about you, so they rushed to the capital overnight." Old Chen explained.
Upon hearing this, Ye Qianning's slight doubts were resolved. If Emperor Beili did not think that the gentlemen were the support of the literary world, such an important matter as the assassination in the Imperial Garden would not have been exposed by a group of literati.
Thinking of the gentlemen's attitude in the Imperial Garden...
"Dad, have someone secretly guard around the Qingtan Inn to prevent any accidents."
The Emperor of Beili is narrow-minded, and after this incident he will probably bear a grudge against Mr. Shang.
"Dad will handle the sir's side. There are only four people including Du Yi by your side. Dad is worried, so I will let Zhuo Feng and a dozen of his men follow you." Xiang Minghou said.
"No need, Luo Wen and the others..."
"It's decided."
Xiang Minghou did not give Ye Qianning a chance to refute. No matter how strong a person is, he may be in danger, and this cannot be neglected.
"The Loushan priest is approaching, and the literati, the gangsters, and the envoys from the Three Kingdoms are all gathering together. The capital will become more and more chaotic. It is better to be cautious when dealing with a mixture of good and bad people." Old Chen also agreed.
"Yeah, if my people weren't allowed to show up, Dad would have arranged a guard team for you." Zhan Chi was the most tormented. He was under house arrest and had to sneak around wherever he went.
I can't even walk with my daughter openly. It's so frustrating.
Ye Qianning: "...Okay."
Gu Shuo: "Zhan Chi, why don't you lend me your people?"
"Okay, but you have to pay some interest."
"Philippines."
"Who can compare to you in mercenary thinking?" Zhan Chi got a rare opportunity to cheat him: "Five hundred taels a day, as long as you don't kill or rob, you can use the Zhan family guards as you like."
Gu Shuo: "Deal."
Zhan Chi was stunned: "One thousand taels a day?"
"roll."
“…”
——
The night passed and dawn came in the blink of an eye.
The streets of Kyoto were as bustling as usual. The assassination at the flower-viewing banquet in the palace yesterday was widely reported, but what happened in the harem was not rumored at all and was suppressed by the royal family.
Ye Qianning received reports from the secret agents hidden in various mansions early in the morning. Late last night, the emperor wrote many secret letters to various mansions. If the affairs of the palace were to be leaked from the mansions of the officials, the person would be killed without mercy.
The concubines, palace maids, eunuchs and guards in the harem all received death orders: anyone who dared to reveal the secrets of the imperial garden would be beaten to death with sticks.
Only the assassination incident at the flower viewing banquet was revealed, and the Dali Temple is investigating the murderer.
The scandal was suppressed, and the assassination of Emperor Beili was not suppressed, after all, there were so many scholars present.
Although the literati did not know what happened in the harem, they witnessed the assassination in the Imperial Garden. There was no need to exaggerate the performance of the Jinyiwei. Once the rumor got out, the entire Jinyiwei would be completely disgraced.
"Miss, this is a letter sent by the Eighth Prince." Du Yi came in from outside.
Ye Qianning took the letter and said, "Keep an eye on the Dali Temple and have someone go to inquire about the progress of the assassination in the Imperial Garden every day."
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