SFS Chapter 417 News from Prince An
Chapter 417 News from Prince An
Xiao Kang did not leave with Su Qingwan. After all, it was rare to encounter something that made her so happy. The old marquis had also left, so she could say whatever she wanted.
"Sister-in-law, although the old marquis gave Madam Zhou some money as a thank you, it is true that she served my brother for the whole night. Even if we cannot be sisters in name only, you should not wrong Madam Zhou in private. After all, no one knows if my brother will take her as a concubine one day. If he is in a good mood, he may even take her as his wife."
Xiaokang reminded Liu, unable to hold back the playful smile on her face.
"Get out of here! Get out!"
"I would have left even if you hadn't said so. But sister-in-law, the old marquis was right to lock up my brother. You didn't see that in the garden yesterday, my brother actually dragged his concubine to do that kind of thing in broad daylight. It was really outrageous. You should discipline those concubines."
After Xiaokang finished speaking, he smiled contemptuously and walked out.
Liu was so angry that she smashed everything in the house. At last, she looked at Nanny Zhou who was kneeling beside her with a wronged look on her face, and her brows furrowed even more.
"Madame Zhou, since the old marquis has made the decision for you, you'd better put away your inappropriate thoughts. Otherwise, don't blame me for not valuing the relationship between master and servant for many years."
Nanny Zhou lowered her head and quickly responded, "Yes, I understand."
Now that she had the money in her hands, she naturally had to say this. But when she was serving the master yesterday, the master said that he liked her. As long as she was liked by the master, her life in the future would not be miserable.
But Nanny Zhou was wrong. She didn't expect that after this incident, Liu would order her to do things without any scruples. All kinds of dirty and tiring work came one after another. In the past, she would wear clothes for two or three days before changing them, but now she would change clothes every day. She was required to clean the toilet as soon as it was used, and there couldn't be any smell at all. She had to work until late at night every night before she could go to bed, but she had to continue working before dawn the next day. So after a few days, Nanny Zhou's waist and legs ached, and she even lost a lot of weight due to the torture.
If she continued like this, she felt that she might not be able to hold out until the master's house arrest was over, so she had to find a way.
In the floating light courtyard.
Shanhu led a few maids into the room, and seeing Su Qingwan playing chess, she waited quietly by the side.
Su Qingwan glanced at her and saw the maids behind her holding trays in their hands. She asked, "Are the clothes ready?"
These were the fabrics she had selected last time. She asked the embroiderer to make them for her mother and the others first, so her own work would be finished last.
"Yes, miss, they are all beautifully done, please take a look."
Shanhu asked the maids to bring the clothes over to show Su Qingwan, but after she had just looked at one set of clothes, Xiaonian came over to her.
Seeing this, Pearl walked over, said a few words to him, and then went into the house.
"Miss, there is news." Pearl said.
Su Qingwan nodded and gave Shanhu a look, and Shanhu asked the maids to put down their clothes and leave.
"This is a letter sent back by carrier pigeon." Zhenzhu took out the small bamboo tube that Xiaonian had just given her and handed it to Su Qingwan.
After Su Qingwan took it, she took out a note from it. After opening it, Zhenzhu had already brought a basin of clean water so that Su Qingwan could put the letter into the water.
When the paper is soaked in water, the ink on it gradually appears.
"All is well. Destroy them all."
Pearl naturally saw the news as well, and she said, "This is the third attack."
Su Qingwan nodded slightly. Fortunately, she had made arrangements in advance this time, otherwise the bad news would have been reported back to the capital.
At this time, in Prince Rui's mansion, a thin and sickly figure was so angry that he grabbed the jade porcelain bowl on the table and smashed it out.
"Clap!"
The man in black kneeling in front of him did not dodge, allowing the jade porcelain bowl to hit him and then fall to the ground.
"Trash! A bunch of trash!"
Prince Rui was so angry that he started cursing, but he fell back into his chair with unstable breathing.
He arranged a total of 300 elite soldiers to rob and kill King An. He thought that King An would definitely die and that he could also grab supplies. However, these people never returned and no one came back to report the news. Later, those who were waiting for news could not wait any longer and ran to check, only to find that these people were all dead.
"Your Highness, the Emperor asked Prince An to take the supplies north. He must have secretly arranged a lot of people to protect him. We really can't act rashly."
The man kneeling on the ground tried to persuade him. He had disagreed with doing this before, but King Rui insisted.
"It's easy for you to say that. If I don't move, won't I just be sitting there waiting to die? Do you think the King of Qi will let go of this great opportunity? He will definitely take action."
Prince Rui knew Prince Qi too well. A man with his character would never allow Prince An to win over the hearts of the military generals.
Just as King Rui thought, King Qi did take action, but his result was the same as King Rui's, he also failed, but he had not received the news yet.
In the Prince of Qi's palace.
The King of Qi sat on a chair, groping at the jade ring on his finger. So many days had passed, why was there no news coming back?
Could it be that they haven't started yet?
Just as he was thinking about it, a young eunuch hurried in. He knelt on the ground and immediately said, "Your Highness, the Emperor has ordered you to enter the palace!"
The King of Qi was delighted!
The emperor asked him to go to the palace at this time. Could it be that the news of Prince An's assassination was sent to the palace?
"Okay, I will enter the palace now."
As he spoke, he quickly called his maid, changed his clothes, and immediately rushed to the palace.
Unexpectedly, he met Prince Rui, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, at the gate of the palace. Seeing that he looked like he was about to die, Prince Qi was in a good mood.
"Third brother, why are you coming out here instead of recuperating in Prince Rui's mansion? I remember that my father has not lifted your house arrest."
The arrogant look of King Qi made King Rui furious. If possible, the person he wanted to kill the most was actually King Qi, because he was his biggest competitor.
"Thank you for your concern, Fourth Brother! Father missed me so much that he specially invited me to the palace."
Prince Rui smiled faintly and got on the sedan chair in the palace. With his physical condition, if he went to see his father on foot, there was no telling how long he would make his father wait.
However, Prince Rui was worried at this time, because he didn't know why his father summoned him into the palace this time.
After hearing what King Rui said, King Qi felt brighter.
The fact that my father summoned two confined princes in succession can only mean one thing: something really happened to Prince An, so my father remembered that he had other princes at this time and called them both into the palace to meet them.
After figuring it out, the King of Qi quickly calmed himself down and walked quickly towards the palace.
Inside the Chengde Palace, Emperor Wen Jin looked at the memorial in his hand with a frosty face, and no one knew what he was thinking.
"Your Majesty, the two princes have arrived and are waiting outside the palace!"