"Miss Kou?" King Xiu was a little surprised when he saw Xin You.
Xin You was not too surprised.
Prince Xiu's Mansion is adjacent to Prince Qing's Mansion. This teahouse is close to Prince Qing's Mansion, and naturally it is also close to Prince Xiu's Mansion. It is normal for him to meet Prince Xiu by chance.
"I have met His Highness King Xiu."
"Miss Kou, there is no need to be polite. Are you here to drink tea?" King Xiu said with familiarity in his tone.
Xin You thought of King Xiu's friendliness at the lotus garden banquet and responded politely: "Well, come and have tea. Will His Highness King Xiu also come to have tea?"
King Xiu smiled and said: "This restaurant is quite clean and close to the palace. I come here occasionally."
"Then I won't delay His Royal Highness Xiu Wang's tea." Xin You knelt down, said goodbye and walked to the carriage.
King Xiu watched Xin You get on the carriage, turned around and looked up.
Half of a face was exposed from the window on the second floor, and King Xiu recognized it as King Qing at a glance.
King Qing also recognized him.
The two brothers, one sitting upstairs and the other standing on the street, looked at each other from a distance.
Prince Qing sneered and looked away.
King Xiu lowered his eyes and was silent for a moment, then turned around and went back to the palace.
In the next few days, Xin You silently waited for news from He Qingxiao, but suddenly a rumor came out: Jin Linwei is looking for Mr. Song Ling these days, and Mr. Song Ling is the person of Queen Xin who has been missing for many years!
More than ten years later, the government and the public seemed to have forgotten the existence of this queen, but in fact, the news immediately caused an uproar.
In the court, whether Queen Xin returns or not will undoubtedly change certain patterns. Among the people, some people still remember the Queen's kindness, and for more people, there is no more lively gossip than this.
The Guchangbo Mansion, immersed in grief, did not care to react. Some of the more astute family members began to speculate whether Guchangbo's death might have something to do with the Queen.
Otherwise, there would be no news about the empress who had been missing for many years, and there would be no news later. How could there be any news as soon as Gu Changbo, a well-connected member of the holy family, was killed?
After King Qing heard this, his heart suddenly sank to the bottom.
Fortunately, these years have been good. When he was a child, he often heard about this queen from his mother and concubine.
It is said that this queen was narrow-minded and jealous, and did not allow her father to fill the harem. However, his father actually indulged her and only dared to secretly have concubines.
There are such outrageous things in the world. If this queen comes back, how can the mother, concubine and others have a good life.
Prince Qing's first reaction was to go to the palace to see Concubine Shu, but he soon thought of Xin You's words.
Miss Kou said that his luck would not be good in the future, but she was right again!
The palace staff also advised: "I haven't seen Your Highness today. It's better for Your Highness to go into the palace less often. It's better to be quiet than to move."
"Low-key..." Prince Qing murmured.
"What did your Highness say?"
King Qing came to his senses: "It's nothing. I'm going out for a while."
The expression on the staff member's face changed: "Could it be that your highness is looking for Miss Kou?"
Prince Qing was stunned: "How do you know, sir?"
He has been to Qingsong Bookstore a few times, but he can't guess it right away, right?
The staff guessed from another angle: "There are rumors outside that Mr. Songling is related to the missing Queen Xin, but Mr. Songling is nowhere to be found. I know that His Highness wants to inquire about Mr. Songling from Miss Kou, but now he is staring at Kou I'm afraid there are a lot of people around the girl. Your Highness is in a sensitive situation, so it's better to avoid suspicion..."
Prince Qing nodded slowly: "Sir, what you said makes sense."
As expected, what Miss Kou said was true. He should keep a low profile these days.
King Qing gave up the idea of looking for Miss Kou, and Xin You sent people to find He Qingxiao.
This news was obviously not released by Jin Linwei.
When Shitou came back, he brought back a message: "Master He has entered the palace."
"Go and get busy." Xin You looked calm, but she was worried about He Qingxiao in her heart.
Master He may be scolded if he enters the palace at this time.
At this time, He Qingxiao was in the palace, facing the gloomy Emperor Xingyuan.
"Why did the news about Jin Linwei's search for Mr. Song Ling spread?"
Of course, the source of Emperor Xingyuan's news was not just Jinlinwei.
"This is a humble minister who was not strict with me. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"Is there any progress on Mr. Songling's whereabouts?" Emperor Xingyuan asked again.
He Qingxiao lowered his head and said, "Not yet."
"The person I'm looking for can't be found, and the matter has spread a lot. Qingxiao, you have disappointed me."
He Qingxiao knelt down: "I am guilty."
Emperor Xingyuan sat on the dragon chair, looking down at the young man who was kneeling to plead guilty, his expression became more and more serious.
After the suffocating silence, the emperor couldn't hear the voice of joy and anger: "I don't believe that Mr. Songling can't be found alive. I want a result before the end of the month. Qingxiao, don't let me down again." .”
"yes."
Walking out of the palace, the warm sunshine hits our faces.
Spring is coming to an end, and it won’t be long until April.
The end of the month is the deadline given by Emperor Xingyuan.
He Qingxiao returned to the Yamen and his men reported what Miss Kou had sent to find him.
He nodded and did not arrange anything immediately. Instead, he dug out the secret report he had just received.
This is a secret report from Dingbei.
After reading the secret report again, he went out.
In Qingsong Bookstore, shopkeeper Hu was fiddling with the abacus beads, feeling a little worried.
Mr. Songling is in trouble!
Originally, the affairs of these royal family members were far away from ordinary people, but in the past few months, they have become commonplace. If something happened to Mr. Songling, their bookstore would be greatly affected.
"My lord is here." Liu Zhou saw the white-bearded old man walking in and hurriedly greeted him.
Here comes Meng Jijiu.
Since Meng Jijiu read "Painted Skin", although he is not a frequent visitor to the bookstore, he occasionally wanders in to browse.
Shopkeeper Hu also came to his senses and greeted Meng Jijiu warmly.
"You guys are busy." Meng Jijiu waved his hand and walked towards the bookshelf, but he glanced at the door of the guest room with his peripheral vision.
The green cloth curtain was lifted and Xin You came out.
"Master Jijiu."
Meng Jijiu smiled and asked, "Miss Kou, do you have any new books?"
"A few more scriptures and anthologies have been published. Would you like to see them, Lord Jijiu?"
"Isn't the third volume of "Journey to the West" out yet?" Meng Jijiu asked as he walked deeper into the bookshelf.
Xin You followed naturally: "I was about to leave, but I didn't expect that there were suddenly some rumors about Mr. Songling recently. Min Nu thought it would be safer to leave later."
Meng Jijiu took a deep look at the calm-looking girl.
Bookshelves are lined up, and the fragrance of ink lingers.
"Miss Kou, do you think it's a rumor?" Meng Jijiu suddenly asked.
Xin You had a suitably stunned look on his face, and then shook his head: "I don't know. I have dealt with Mr. Songling several times in business, and I have never asked him about his personal affairs."
"That's it." Meng Jijiu said in a long voice, which sounded somewhat meaningful.
Xin You looked magnanimous.
Qingsong Bookstore has the deepest relationship with Mr. Song Ling, and I don’t know how many people are watching it now. If she shows cowardice, trouble will continue.
Meng Jijiu glanced in the direction of the entrance to the lobby, took out a scroll from his sleeve and unfolded it.
"Miss Kou, is this Mr. Songling?"
