Chapter 211 What do you want
Half an hour ago, at the quarter past midnight.
The Mansion of the Marquis of Yongyi.
After Dongxue delivered the last batch of silver charcoal, both Zhou and Qin Shiyuan discovered that something was wrong.
The candlelight made the room as bright as day, and there was enough charcoal tonight, so Qin Shiyuan's legs didn't feel any pain. He looked around the room.
"What was that maidservant next to Xie wandering around in the room for?" Qin Shiyuan didn't miss Dongxue's actions. After entering the room, he began to walk around: "Go over there and take a look."
Zhou looked back, then covered Qin Shiyuan with the quilt and said, "My Lord, do your legs feel better now?"
Qin Shiyuan nodded: "Much better."
When Zhou saw that Qin Shiyuan's face no longer showed the pain of the past, her heart finally settled down.
"It's obvious that Mrs. Xie doesn't want to get involved in the affairs of the Marquisate. She must have sent the silver charcoal to the room because of Junyi." As Mrs. Zhou spoke, she stood up and walked towards the outer room. She looked around and then walked back to the desk. "If Junyi wasn't here today, she probably wouldn't have let go. It seems that Mrs. Xie still has some feelings for Junyi."
"That's good. As long as Xie still has feelings for Junyi, no matter how small, it means she wants to live a good life. If she wants to live a good life, then leave the mansion to her. Then you can talk to Junyi and ask her to get along well with Xie. The mansion needs Xie right now."
As Zhou was speaking, she had already walked to the desk. Her eyes fell on the drawer that was not yet closed, and a corner of the envelope was exposed.
Zhou originally wanted to close the drawer, but for some unknown reason, she pulled out the envelope with a corner exposed. When she saw the three words "Shangguan Yan" on the envelope, vigilance appeared in her eyes.
"Shi Yuan, why is the letter from Shangguan Yan placed in the drawer so casually?" Zhou asked in confusion.
Qin Shiyuan's expression changed slightly as he lay on the bed. "What letter did Shangguan Yan send me?"
Zhou turned and walked to the beaded curtain separating the outer and inner rooms: "Isn't this the secret letter Shangguan Yan gave you?"
Qin Shiyuan's expression was cold: "Every secret letter Shangguan Yan gave me was destroyed. How could it be possible that it appeared here?"
Zhou also found it strange that Shangguan Yan destroyed every letter he sent to Qin Shiyuan after reading it.
"Then what is this?" Zhou walked towards Qin Shiyuan: "The handwriting is exactly the same as Shangguan Yan's."
Zhou walked forward with the envelope. Qin Shiyuan took the letter from Zhou's hand and his hands trembled slightly as he opened the envelope.
When Qin Shiyuan saw the contents of the letter, his expression suddenly changed, and his voice trembled: "Go, go and arrest Xie Rongying for me!"
Zhou asked, "What's wrong?"
As he spoke, he took the letter from Qin Shiyuan's hand. When he saw the contents of the letter, his face turned pale: "What is going on? This is clearly a false accusation."
Qin Shiyuan was indeed in secret contact with Shangguan Yan, and they did discuss the situation in Dayin.
But there was never any mention of any contact with the Jin or Liao people!
"Is this what Xie Rongying's maid just put in the room?" Zhou seemed to understand. "I was saying, I was saying, since the beginning of winter, Xie Rongying hasn't planned to distribute silver charcoal to each courtyard. She was just waiting for your legs to hurt every night from the cold and keep you awake, so she asked me to ask her for it. She even sent it to the room several times. The other courtyards only got it today."
"It seems she did it on purpose!" Zhou's voice became sharper. "What is she going to do? And what's with this letter with the same handwriting as Shangguan Yan?"
"How did she know what Shangguan Yan's handwriting looked like?"
Zhou's mind was in a mess at this moment: "Let me see if there is any other place."
Qin Shiyuan said, "Are you saying that Xie Rongying sent someone to deliver the silver charcoal to another courtyard today?"
"Yes." Zhou stared at Qin Shiyuan nervously: "My Lord, what is Xie Rongying going to do? What exactly is she going to do?"
Although Zhou already had an idea in her mind, but thinking that Xie Rongying was already a member of the Yongyi Marquis Mansion, it should not be what she thought.
"My Lord, isn't this the secret letter you forgot?" In order to suppress the thought in her mind, Zhou asked Qin Shiyuan for confirmation.
Qin Shiyuan said coldly: "Even if Shangguan Yan has second thoughts about Dayin, why would he tell me this? Heaven and earth can witness my feelings for Dayin and the emperor!"
As Zhou listened to Qin Shiyuan's last words, her face became paler and paler.
"Go, go get Feng Yuan." Qin Shiyuan knew that Zhou couldn't handle Xie Rongying. The East Garden was full of people brought by the Xie family, and Xie Rongying's reach in the Yongyi Marquis's mansion was unpredictable. "This matter must be resolved as soon as possible, preferably tonight. Have Zheng check their compound for any strange letters."
Zhou understood: "I'll go right away."
Qin Shiyuan said this because he was afraid that Xie Rongying had placed these letters in other courtyards.
"My lord, I will send someone to search the room thoroughly." After saying this, Zhou turned and walked out of the room.
The sound of wind and snow was getting louder and louder. After Zhou closed the door, Qin Shiyuan lifted the quilt and moved towards the wheelchair beside the bed.
When Zhou arrived at the courtyard of the second house, Qin Fengyuan and Zheng had already gone to bed.
It was the maid in the ear room who heard Zhou's voice and alarmed Qin Fengyuan and Zheng.
After hearing what Zhou said, Qin Fengyuan and Zheng quickly asked their servants to search where the people from Dongyuan had gone today.
After searching for a while, the letter Zhou mentioned was not found in the courtyard of the second house.
Qin Fengyuan also went to Qin Shiyuan's courtyard.
After the two brothers had a discussion, Qin Fengyuan took his men to the East Garden.
At this time, Qin Shiyuan also found two other secret letters in his room, still written in Shangguan Yan's handwriting.
The more this happened, the more uneasy Qin Shiyuan felt.
He didn't understand why Xie Rongying did this, but he knew that Xie Rongying and the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion were not on the same page.
Since they are not of the same mind, it means that Xie Rongying can do anything to the Yongyi Marquis Mansion.
East Garden.
Dongxue walked into the house and said to Xie Rongying, who had already dressed, "Miss, Qin Fengyuan is leading his men to the East Garden."
Xie Rongying walked out of the house wearing a snow-white fox fur coat.
Dongxue and Cuizhi followed behind.
"Have Mother Li and the others returned to the Xie family?" Xie Rongying asked.
Cuizhi said, "I'm back at the Xie family."
As they were talking, the master and his two servants walked out of the East Garden.
We happened to meet a torch-bearing team from the opposite side walking towards this side.
Dongxue looked at Qin Fengyuan, who was leading the group, and whispered to Xie Rongying, "Miss, do you want the person Gu Xun arranged to show up?"
"I have already ordered that when the Qin family's people are about to catch up with the three of us, they should appear and hold the Qin family back until we arrive at Kaifeng Prefecture and meet the people from Kaifeng Prefecture." Xie Rongying's expression was slightly gloomy. If the drama was not good enough at this time, how could people be convinced?
She clutched the secret letter in her sleeve tightly in her hand.
"Xie Rongying!" Qin Fengyuan looked at Xie Rongying from a distance as she seemed to be about to leave and said coldly, "Where are you planning to go so late?!"
Xie Rongying looked at Qin Fengyuan and his group and felt that they were still some distance away from her.
He immediately said, "Run!"
After hearing what Xie Rongying said, Dongxue and Cuizhi pulled Xie Rongying and ran towards the side door of East Garden.
Qin Fengyuan's face changed when he saw this: "Catch them quickly!"
The servants and guards behind him swarmed forward.
When Qin Fengyuan thought about Qin Shiyuan's explanation and what he said, he felt like he had fallen into an ice cellar. What was Xie Rongying going to do?
What are you doing leaving the Yongyi Marquis Mansion so late?!
"Quickly arrest them!" Qin Fengyuan shouted angrily, "We can't let them leave the Marquis' Mansion!"
However, Xie Rongying had already arranged the route from East Garden to the side gate of East Garden, as well as the carriage parked in the alley.
After going out the side door, Xie Rongying, Dongxue and Cuizhi quickly got on the carriage.
She personally drove the carriage towards Kaifeng Prefecture.
Qin Fengyuan, who was chasing after her, watched Xie Rongying get on the carriage and said, "Hurry up and catch up!"
Xie Rongying was really bold to secretly put the secret letter written by Shangguan Yan into Qin Shiyuan's room and leave the Yongyi Marquis Mansion at this time.
Xie Rongying, who was driving the carriage, looked back from time to time. After seeing that she had put some distance between herself and the people from the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion, she slowed down again.
When the people from the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion were about to catch up, they sped up again.
After going back and forth several times, when she was about to reach Kaifeng Prefecture, she stopped the carriage, quickly jumped off and ran towards Kaifeng Prefecture.
At this time, Qin Fengyuan was already exhausted and out of breath.
Cuizhi and Dongxue followed closely behind Xie Rongying. Xie Rongying picked up the drumstick in front of the gate of Kaifeng Mansion and started beating the drum hard.
At this time, Qin Fengyuan also caught up with him: "Do you think you can hide here?"
Xie Rongying stopped and handed the drumstick in his hand to Cuizhi: "Keep beating."
Cuizhi didn't dare to stop.
"Hide?" Xie Rongying stared at Qin Fengyuan: "I didn't say I wanted to hide."
After saying that, she took out the dagger and stabbed it quickly towards the chest.
"Girl!" Dongxue shouted.
Qin Fengyuan stared at Xie Rongying in horror: "You, what are you going to do..."
Xie Rongying slowly fell down, and at this time the gate of Kaifeng Mansion was also opened.
The people from Kaifeng Prefecture came out and saw Xie Rongying lying on the ground, crawling towards them.
Seeing this, the two constables walked down the stone steps and saw Qin Fengyuan walking towards them with a menacing look.
Dongxue and Cuizhi stopped him and shouted, "Help! Help!"
One of the constables squatted down and helped Xie Rongying up, but saw a sharp knife on Xie Rongying's chest. When he was about to ask, he saw the dying Xie Rongying struggling to stretch out his hand.
The constable looked at the envelope tightly clenched in Xie Rongying's hand and said weakly, "Give it to the emperor."
As soon as he finished speaking, the hand holding the secret letter fell heavily to the ground. Seeing this, the constable took the secret letter from Xie Rongying's hand, and saw Qin Fengyuan and his men on the other side knocking the two female maids who had just blocked them unconscious to the ground.
"This is Kaifeng Prefecture. What are you doing?!" Another constable quickly approached Qin Fengyuan. "Are you guys planning to kill someone in front of Kaifeng Prefecture?"
Qin Fengyuan looked a little timid, his eyes fixed on the fallen Dongxue and Cuizhi. He wanted to go forward but he understood the situation of the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion in Bianjing.
But Xie Rongying must not fall into the hands of Kaifeng Prefecture.
"I am the Second Master of the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion, and this is the Young Lady of the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion. I hope you two brothers will hand her over to me." As Qin Fengyuan spoke, his eyes were also on the secret letter in the constable's hands: "My niece-in-law and nephew had a big quarrel at home, and even got violent. These..."
"That's enough!" The constable squatting beside Xie Rongying interrupted Qin Fengyuan: "She's almost dead!"
After saying this, he stood up and shouted towards the gate of Kaifeng Mansion: "Someone come! Someone come quickly! Go inform Lord Qi!"
Seeing this, Qin Fengyuan immediately stepped forward and tried to snatch Xie Rongying from the constable's hands.
Two constables blocked Qin Fengyuan, and the Qin family members behind him also rushed forward.
At this time, many constables came out from Kaifeng Prefecture and surrounded them. Qi Zhan hurriedly walked towards them while putting on his clothes.
When the constable guarding Xie Rongying saw Qi Zhan coming, he immediately handed the secret letter in his hand to Qi Zhan and told him what had happened.
Qi Zhan's gaze fell on Xie Rongying who had fallen to the ground, and he said, "Hurry up and carry the young lady inside!"
As he spoke, Qi Zhan lowered his eyes to glance at the secret letter in his hand. After the constable carried Xie Rongying into Kaifeng Mansion, Qi Zhan walked inside while opening the secret letter.
After reading the contents of the secret letter, he looked solemn and shouted to the constable in front of him, "After you settle the young lady, go get the doctor. Have the people outside hold back the people from the Yongyi Marquis's residence. I'll go into the palace!"
"yes!"
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Yin hour, the imperial palace.
The imperial guards searched every palace that night, and when Empress Chen Fei heard news about her confidant Eunuch Qian again, it was unsurprisingly news of his death.
Empress Chen was choking with sobs, and Emperor Ren De was furious.
After delivering the secret letter to Emperor Ren De, Qi Zhan left the palace overnight. What happened tonight had shocked him so much that he didn't know what to say.
Shangguan Yan, who should not have been alive, is actually alive. The concubine that the young marquis of Yongyi Marquis's Mansion married was actually Shangguan Yan's daughter.
The Shangguan Jing, whom the King of Wei had taken away from his Kaifeng Mansion, was Shangguan Yan's eldest son.
How did the Shangguan family manage to change their status quo back then?
Qi Zhan vaguely remembered that it was Marquis Yongyi who captured Shangguan Yan's family, and now Marquis Yongyi was involved with the Shangguan family in so many ways.
Thinking of the many things that might involve more, Qi Zhan couldn't help but shudder.
Thinking that it was Xie Jing's daughter who exposed the matter, Qi Zhan even felt that it was fortunate that it was Xie Jing's daughter who exposed it, otherwise the secret collusion between the Yongyi Marquis Mansion and Shangguan Yan would be exposed.
The Xie family will also be implicated.
At three quarters past three in the morning, when Qi Zhan returned to Kaifeng Prefecture, the people who had caused a disturbance in the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion had already been captured by the imperial guards. He didn't know what the situation was like in the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion now, but he thought that if the disturbance had reached the emperor, there would probably no longer be a Yongyi Marquis's Mansion in Bianjing City after daybreak.
"Have you called a doctor?" Qi Zhan asked about Xie Rongying's whereabouts and the severity of her injuries after returning to Kaifeng Prefecture. "How is her injury?"
"I called a doctor, and he said the injury was serious and his life was in danger."
When Qi Zhan heard this, he quickly asked, "Have you notified the Xie family?"
The constable shook his head.
"Hurry up and inform the Xie family!" Qi Zhan shouted angrily.
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