An Shi Anzheng told the maid and mother-in-law to serve Lu Bochu carefully and not to be careless in the slightest.
The maids and wives stood in a row and listened respectfully to the instructions.
An Shi'an explained some more precautions, then raised his hand and the maids and women all left.
An Qien walked in. Qingbi and Bailu were waiting outside the door.
An Shi'an breathed a sigh of relief, and while making a gesture for An Qien to sit down, he said, "Thanks to you for being here today."
An Qien sat on the finely carved nanmu chair on the side, and the maid came up to bring tea and water.
"Sister-in-law, please have some tea."
An Qien took the tea cup and the maid withdrew.
An Shian sat on the main seat and took a sip of tea to calm down.
An Qien asked in confusion: "Brother, did brother Bochu offend someone?"
An Shi'an couldn't help frowning and said thoughtfully: "This matter is troublesome. I received a letter from Brother Lu half a month ago. The letter said that it would take about a month to complete the work at the reservoir. It was only half a month later that he He came back seriously injured."
As he spoke, An Shian's eyebrows knitted deeper.
He added: "If he is targeted, he may be even more dangerous and troublesome in the future."
An Qi En slightly heard about Lu Bochu's affairs, but as a woman, she could not say anything about the current prince. She could only say: "The enemy is hiding, and the identity of brother Bochu cannot be exposed. He fled all the way here and did not come back." He didn’t go back to his own house and didn’t go back to the palace, brother, do you know why?”
An Shian's brows were furrowed and his eyes were deep. He had also thought of this step.
At this time Agui came.
Agui cupped his fists and bowed in salute: "Master An, madam."
An Shi'an asked anxiously: "Agui, what's going on?"
Agui replied in shock: "My master has taken care of the matters at the reservoir in advance, so he came back in a hurry to show his sister about the leg problem. Who knew that he was ambushed halfway, and everyone including the carriage and the people fell into the enemy's dug hole. The pit was full of swords and arrows. The master was very good at escaping from the pit. Unexpectedly, there were ambushes from all directions. The arrows were like rain, and they were all shot at the master. ..."
"This slave escaped a disaster because he went to the convenience store..."
Agui wiped away tears as he spoke, his legs were still shaking, and the fear of escaping from death had not subsided in his bones.
An Qi'en's hand holding the tea cup tightened, and her heart skipped a beat just listening to it.
This is obviously someone who wants to put Lu Bochu to death!
He treated others well and no one knew his true identity, so An Qi'en became even more certain that someone in the palace did it.
Since ancient times, the emperor's house has infinite glory, but also has invisible infinite traps and conspiracies.
An Shi'an felt even heavier and asked, "Does Brother Lu's family know about this?"
An Shian will also be very careful about his words when he is in the house.
Agui cried and shook his head: "No, the master said we can't let the family worry."
Hearing this, An Qi'en became even more certain that it was someone from the palace who wanted to kill Lu Bochu!
He was outstandingly talented and was Emperor Changshun's favorite youngest son. All signs indicated that Lu Bochu was likely to inherit the throne.
But Emperor Changshun not only had one son, Lu Bochu, but he also had many sons, twelve sons and one princess!
There were originally seventeen sons, but five died of illness and disease. One can imagine the reason behind this.
Agui continued: "The only person you can trust right now is Master An. Thank you very much Master An for your help to my master."
After finishing his words, Agui turned slightly to look at An Qien and knelt down with a plop.
She burst into tears and said, "Thank you Madam Hou for your kindness in saving me. Please accept my maid's respect."
An Qi'en quickly put down the tea cup and leaned over to help Agui: "Please get up quickly. With a little effort, I can tell your master that you don't have to worry about me."
Agui raised his sleeves to wipe his tears, sobbing and crying very sadly.
An Shi'an said: "You can rest here and recuperate, I will block the news in the house."
Agui: "Thank you very much, young master."
An Shian: "Go back quickly and serve your master."
"yes."
Agui cried and left.
An Shi'an sighed deeply. The sky outside became dark. He looked outside and said, "It's getting late. You should go back early."
An Qien said slowly: "Brother, don't be in a hurry. I'll write a prescription for Brother Bochu. You tell your servants to make the medicine. Maybe it will be cured faster." "
"Okay, let me help my aunt take care of the pen and ink."
The maid brought rice paper with pen and ink. An Qi'en wrote the prescription smoothly with the pen. After writing the prescription, the maid took it over and presented it to An Shi'an with both hands.
The maid took down her pen and ink and stepped back.
After An Shian collected the prescription and put it in his sleeve, he suddenly remembered something and asked, "Did something happen to that conspicuous bag in your house again?"
An Qi'en has been going back to her parents' home a little frequently recently. Generally, women would not go back to their parents' home unless something happened, so he thought that something happened to Qiao Jianghong's conspicuous bag again.
An Qi'en couldn't help but smile: "The palace will hold a recovery banquet for the Crown Prince in a few days, and I came back for this."
An Shi'an snorted angrily: "His conspicuous bag is because he is afraid that others will not know that he has a brothel girl!"
An Qien smiled slightly. She knew that her brother was grieving for her and comforted her: "Brother, why do you care? Don't take it to heart."
An Shi'an knew that An Qien wouldn't care. She only thought about how Heli would care about who her husband took as his concubine!
He waved his hand and said: "Forget it, let's not mention him. If you hadn't come in person today, I wouldn't have gone. He was afraid that others would not know that he had done something humiliating."
An Qi'en smiled fondly. His brother was usually very steady, but he was a bit cute when he was angry.
"I know, my brother loves Qi En the most, so don't worry about him because of his conspicuous figure."
She coaxed An Shian with a soft and sweet tone.
An Shian's temper instantly disappeared and he gave her a doting look: "Brother, there is nothing I can do to you!"
The brother and sister looked at each other and smiled.
"Come on, I'll take you to the door."
"good."
After saying that, the two of them walked out together.
...
When An Qi'en returned to the Hou Mansion, the sky was already hazy and gray, and the two maids lit oil lamps, one in front and one at the side.
As soon as she returned to Qiushui Residence, she saw Qiao Jianghong waiting for her in the main room.
"Your Majesty." An Qien blessed his body.
The two maids beside him retreated to guard the door.
"I met my uncle at the teahouse today. He hurried back to the house. Did something happen to An's house?"
Qiao Jianghong is a bit gossipy, and An Shi'an has always been very indifferent to him. Today I saw An Shi'an in the teahouse looking flustered, so something big must have happened in the house.
If something happened to An's house, he would be very happy.
An Qi'en slowly glanced at Qiao Jianghong, who was anxious to get information: "Nothing happened. My brother just heard that I came back and hurried back to see me."
Not hearing the answer he wanted to hear, the disappointment was clearly visible on Qiao Jianghong's face.
At this time, Xiang Zhu, the maid from Liu Xiange, came.
"Your Majesty, Madam."
After saluting, Xiang Zhu said: "Your Majesty, my aunt is feeling a little unwell. Please come over and have a look."
After finishing speaking, Cun Jutang's maid Xiaoyun said: "Your Majesty, Madam, Fourth Aunt is not feeling well. Please come over and have a look."
Qiao Jianghong was in a dilemma. Both of them were her favorites. Which one should she go to first?
