As soon as Song Shuwan finished speaking, a secret guard rushed out. The next moment, the entire inn was enveloped in noise.
Pei Huan's face was ugly: "Protect the Qi family, but I want to see who dares to kill someone in the inn in front of me!"
After a stick of incense, the secret guard turned around.
"Your Majesty, he has escaped."
"He ran away?"
Pei Huan repeated the secret guard's words, his expression suddenly darkening: "Very good, very good."
On the other side, Song Shuwan was comforting Mrs. Qi. Qi Li was injured at a critical point, so that she fell silent as soon as she approached the person.
Mrs. Qi threw herself on Qi Li and cried bitterly: "Concubine, it must be those people, those people did it..."
Song Shuwan pursed her lips: "No matter who did it, as long as they are found out, I will definitely take their lives."
At this moment, Pei Huan approached: "Where are the things in your hands now?"
Mrs. Qi raised her head, her face full of tears: "We buried him in a place, that place..."
Before she could finish speaking, there was a sudden shouting from outside.
"who?"
Song Shuwan and Pei Huan looked over at the same time. The expressions on their faces had not changed when they saw Qinglian carrying someone through the door.
"boom."
The man was thrown to the ground, Qinglian saluted: "Your Majesty, this is the assassin who just approached."
No one expected that the escaped assassin would turn around again.
Song Shuwan stared at the person on the ground, frowning: "Your Majesty, she must have a master guard by her side."
Pei Huan nodded: "It is indeed necessary to send someone to protect her."
His expression was calm, but anger was boiling deep in his heart. The assassin appeared twice in succession, and it was clear that those behind the scenes did not take him seriously at all.
How could he endure such a situation?
Turning his head, Pei Huan asked, "Tell me, where did you bury the things?"
Mrs. Qi opened her eyes wide, the tears in her eyes had stopped, and she muttered when she heard the question: "Yes, at the place where we live."
She told her location in detail and was taken away by the secret guards.
Song Shuwan looked at the blood on the ground and tightened her fingers slightly: "Your Majesty, what happened today..."
"Don't worry, since I let you meet people, I will definitely tell you that no one can take away the things Qili and his wife brought."
Hearing this, Song Shuwan said nothing, only nodded slightly, and then returned to the room.
The next day, as soon as she got up, she heard a commotion outside. She called Baicao to ask, and found out that the commotion was from a group of officials from the capital.
Baicao said: "The prince asked Qinglian to deal with the group of people earlier. They felt that Qinglian's offense was disrespectful to the emperor, and they asked the prince to punish Qinglian."
Song Shuwan was speechless. Are those officials confused?
Qinglian dared to touch them, naturally she had Pei Huan's instructions. Under such circumstances, no matter how violent they made, they were just humiliating themselves.
Thinking about it, she pinched her eyebrows and said, "Go out and take a look. If you can, let those people be quiet."
Just as Baicao was about to respond, Pei Huan appeared: "There's no need to go, they won't be able to cause trouble for long."
The two looked at each other, and Song Shuwan's eyes flashed with surprise: "Why did the prince come here so early?"
"The people sent to get the things yesterday are back."
Song Shuwan was pleasantly surprised, and a flash of hope flashed in her eyes: "But I got something? What is it?"
"We did get some things, but...those things have nothing to do with the Song family's case."
"It has nothing to do with the Song family's case?"
Song Shuwan repeated his words, and the hope in her eyes turned into confusion: "Why do you say that?"
Pei Huan sighed: "Those are three account books, two tokens, and several letters of collaboration with the enemy."
At this point, Pei Huan paused and continued: "There are three officials in the capital who are involved with the Tatars, and one of them... revealed the border defense map."
Border defense map?
Song Shuwan opened her mouth silently, she couldn't believe what she heard.
"Is this a real border defense map?"
Pei Huan looked serious: "Yes, it's a real border defense map."
Song Shuwan clenched her fingers: "How does the Crown Prince plan to deal with this?"
"The things cannot be sent back to the capital for the time being."
Song Shuwan frowned: "If you stay here and the capital is unprepared, if something goes wrong again, Ningyuan City may not be protected, right?"
"I will send a message to the capital, but I can't guarantee whether the emperor will listen to it or not."
When Pei Huan said this, he felt quite helpless. Ever since he left the capital, the emperor's behavior had become very strange. In the past, he could still guess the emperor's purpose, but now... he couldn't guess it at all.
Song Shuwan pondered for a moment: "What if, what if this news was passed back by someone else? Will the emperor be able to hear it?"
Pei Huan sighed: "It doesn't matter if others pass it back, the emperor will definitely think of my intervention."
Isn't this a dilemma?
Song Shuwan frowned, should she let this matter go?
Thinking about it, she asked directly.
Pei Huan shook his head: "I will not let it go. The things must be sent back to the capital. Before that, I have to ensure that Ningyuan City is completely stable."
Song Shuwan put her thoughts away, nodded and said, "We must first ensure the stability of this place and deal with the Tatars, and then consider other things."
After the two chatted, they had breakfast together, and then Song Shuwan watched Pei Huan take a medicinal bath. By the time everything was over, it was already two hours later.
It was almost noon at that time, and Song Shuwan had just returned to her room to rest when she heard Baicao come to report that there was someone outside asking to see her.
"That man claimed to be from the Bai family."
Are you from Bai Chu?
Song Shuwan lowered her eyes and thought, and after a while she asked Baicao to take the person into the house.
"I've met the Crown Princess. The younger one is Master Bai's."
Song Shuwan looked at that familiar face and sighed: "I know, you have invited me once before. I wonder what will happen to my uncle this time?"
"The young master didn't say anything about this. He just asked the younger one to invite the princess over."
Song Shuwan was a little hesitant. She didn't want to leave the inn these days. There were too many forces in Ningyuan City. If something happened to her unnoticed, it might affect Pei Huan.
"The Crown Princess... doesn't want to go?"
Song Shuwan came back to her senses: "I really don't want to go. After all, I'm not sure whether it's safe outside."
As soon as she finished speaking, Qinglian pushed open the door and walked in: "If the Crown Princess wants to go out, she can take Qinglian with her."
Song Shuwan met her eyes and was quite surprised: "Why, are you willing to let me out?"
Qinglian smiled: "Qinglian doesn't want the Crown Princess to go out because the Crown Princess's safety is important. It has nothing to do with Qinglian's willingness."
Song Shuwan twitched the corner of her mouth and did not comment on Qinglian's words. However, with Qinglian's words, she could go and see what her uncle was going to do.
Half an hour later, the carriage stopped in front of a house.
Song Shuwan stepped on the stool and landed on the ground. She looked up at the plaque above and raised her eyebrows slightly: "White Mansion?"
My uncle actually has a serious mansion in Ningyuan City.
At this moment, Bai Chu hurriedly appeared: "Wan'er, you are finally here. Come with me to save people."
