Chapter 205: Undispersed
The wailing sounds from the Shi family pierced the deep winter night, with cold winds blowing in the sky and the sound of snowflakes rustling non-stop.
The people of the Shi family have not yet recovered from the grief of Shi Mingyan's death. They have been looking forward to finding out the whereabouts of Shi Yang, but what they expected was that Shi Yang died in the palace of the Empress Dowager. Mrs. Shi fainted directly, and Shi Jiuyue stayed by her mother's side.
The person who has the final say in the Shi family now is Shi Yang's younger brother Shi Wenyu.
After Shi Mingyan got into trouble, Shi Wenyou rushed back to Bianjing from Lingnan. Coincidentally, he encountered Shi Yang's incident, and Shi Wenyou was furious and wanted to go to the Prince of Wei's Mansion to find out what was going on.
But he was stopped by the Shi family, and everyone in the Shi family understood.
Now the stalemate between King Wei and Emperor Ren De is slowly being broken.
The Shi family must not be the first to take action at this time.
The news of Shi Yang's death in Yanfu Palace also shocked many court officials. The old officials who had followed the late emperor in the past were even more puzzled as to why the Empress Dowager took this step.
But some people also questioned whether this was Emperor Ren De's plan.
But now that things have come to this, no one, whether it is the old ministers who followed the previous emperor in supporting the King of Wei, or the court officials promoted by Emperor Ren De, dared to mention the fact that Emperor Ren De had placed the Empress under house arrest.
The Mansion of the Marquis of Yongyi.
East Garden.
Xie Rongying lay on the soft couch by the window. The room was completely different from the icy and snowy outside. The room was heated by a floor heating and was warm like spring.
She half-closed her eyes, listening to the sound of wind and snow outside the window, and seemed to feel an unprecedented refreshment.
Cuizhi, who was dozing off, stood up from the pear blossom armchair when she heard the sound of the door being pushed open. She glanced dazedly at Xie Rongying lying on the couch, and then walked towards Dongxue who was feeling cold.
"The girl is asleep." Cuizhi said in a low voice.
Dongxue looked in the direction of Xie Rongying, and just when she was about to speak in a low voice, she heard Xie Rongying speak.
"Is there any news?"
Dongxue and Cuizhi looked at each other, and then walked towards Xie Rongying.
"Miss, according to the Concubine Chen, things went very smoothly. The Empress Dowager was imprisoned by the emperor as you wished. Except for the Nanny Li who was by the Empress Dowager's side, all the others in the Yanfu Palace were buried with Shi Yang." Dongxue said.
Xie Rongying raised her eyelids slightly, her gaze falling on the ground: "This way, the emperor will also be suspicious."
It is suspected that someone brought Shi Yang into the Empress Dowager's palace.
After all, Emperor Ren De should know something about the Empress Dowager. Even if the Empress Dowager had disagreements with the Shi family, or even had murderous intentions, she would not bring anyone to Yanfu Palace to kill them.
Even if we take the person to Yeonbokgung Palace and kill him, we will never leave any evidence.
"The emperor is suspicious and will secretly investigate who has reached into the palace." Xie Rongying's eyes lit up with excitement as she spoke. "In this case, it's Shangguan Jing's turn to take the stage."
After Xie Rongying finished speaking, she looked up at Dongxue and said, "Tell Gu Xun to send someone to sneak into the palace to observe the movements inside. If there is any disturbance, tell me immediately."
"Cuizhi, you go."
"yes."
After Cuizhi left, Dongxue knew what Xie Rongying wanted to say to her.
"If the King of Wei sends a letter in the next few days, tell him that I am not feeling well and cannot go out. Be polite and don't offend the King of Wei's people." Xie Rongying ordered.
Dongxue nodded: "Yes, girl."
Xie Rongying chuckled softly, thinking about the current state of the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion, the resentment in her heart still could not dissipate.
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Just as Xie Rongying had expected, on the third day after the Empress Dowager's accident, Luo Jin, who was by the side of King Wei, came to the mansion of Marquis Yongyi as a maidservant of Old Lady Xie.
Dongxue refused Luo Jin's permission to visit Xie Rongying on the grounds that she had caught a cold.
Luo Jin also noticed Xie Rongying's attitude. He asked a few simple questions and then left, saying that he had something else to do.
Qin Junyi has been busy in the Yongyi Marquis's mansion for a short period of time because of Qin Beiyuan's death.
During this period, he would occasionally go to Dongyuan to talk to Xie Rongying. He thought he had given Xie Rongying enough patience, but every time he saw Xie Rongying's subtle rejection and coldness towards him, Qin Junyi's uncontrollable anger accumulated more and more.
But Qin Junyi knew his current situation and knew how important Xie Rongying was to him.
He also knew that at present, only the Xie family could return to the prosperity of the Yongyi Marquis Mansion in the past.
I also became more patient with Xie Rongying.
After Qin Beiyuan was buried, the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion returned to its usual tranquility, but there seemed to be a layer of lingering haze.
Because of Qin Beiyuan's sudden death, Qin Fengyuan lost all his ambitions. This time, he seemed to understand that only his relatives would stand up for him. Only as long as the Qin family did not break up and fall into decline, he would be able to enjoy endless wealth and glory.
When one prospers, all prosper, and when one suffers, all suffer. Qin Fengyuan thoroughly understood this after Qin Beiyuan's death.
Bai stayed in her room every day, and no matter how Zheng tried to comfort her, it was of no use.
Qin Shiyuan's legs were getting more and more painful due to the cold weather. In addition, there was no one like Jiang in the Yongyi Marquis's mansion to take care of the household expenses. As the mansion became increasingly financially strapped, except for the East Garden where ground dragons and silver charcoal were burning, the other courtyards did not enjoy such a luxury.
Zhou originally wanted to manage the Marquis' Mansion, but her ability was limited, and now she is simply unable to take on this responsibility.
Because of the cold, Qin Shiyuan would wake up every night with pain in his legs. Zhou was very distressed and found Xie Rongying the next day after he was cured.
"Rongying, this Marquis's Mansion still needs you to shoulder this responsibility." Zhou has always been flexible and aware of her status, so she acted cautiously in front of Xie Rongying: "The Marquis can't sleep every night because his legs hurt because the room is too cold."
As Zhou spoke, she glanced around Xie Rongying's room. Her tone was filled with pleading, "Rongying, could you please send some silver charcoal to the Marquis's room?"
Xie Rongying didn't like Zhou's tone, and thought about how she wanted to join forces with Zhou to deal with Jiang, but Zhou turned around and told Qin Shiyuan what she said.
She smiled faintly, "But Aunt Zhou, the silver charcoal I have here was also arranged by my grandmother. If it were sent to the house in the Marquis's mansion, I would be left to freeze."
In the past, after Zhou understood what Xie Rongying meant, she would have stood up and left.
But now that the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion was in such a predicament, and thinking of Qin Shiyuan's kindness to her, she knelt down and said, "Rongying, I beg you, please send some silver charcoal to the Marquis's Mansion. I kowtow to you."
"Auntie Zhou, you gave birth to a child for the Marquis after all. Where do you want to put the young lady by kneeling in front of her like this?" Cuizhi scolded softly.
At this time, he met Qin Junyi who came to Dongyuan.
"I just hope that the Marquis won't be unable to sleep at night due to the cold. This is not for myself." Zhou began to cry.
At this time, Qin Junyi walked in, his eyes fixed on Zhou who was kneeling on the ground, and then looked at Xie Rongying who was sitting in the main seat with a calm face: "What are you doing?"
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