In the palace, Xiao Yan, who had just left the morning court, came out of the Yuzheng Hall wearing a purple official robe with flat patterns, and someone handed him a thick fur coat.
"Why did the governor take so long?"
The usual morning court session lasted only an hour, but today it lasted nearly three hours, and Emperor An's angry voice could still be heard from time to time in the palace.
Jinyun lowered his voice: "But what happened?"
Xiao Yan stretched out his hand and put his hand through the fur robe, his eyes were gloomy: "The news about those people who died on Luohan Mountain earlier came back to the capital, and His Majesty became angry."
"How could it be possible? We obviously kept it a secret..." Jinyun's eyebrows beat lightly.
Emperor An has been asking the governor to investigate the Caoliang case, but someone from the noble family intervened to stop it. Their investigation was not going smoothly. They had finally found a few witnesses before, but unexpectedly they were arrested on Luohan Mountain on the way back to Beijing. The evil hand was pulled, and although he brought back a living person, the man turned into half a lunatic after being frightened, and his words were confusing and difficult to prove.
They did not report this matter back to the capital, they just wanted to follow the clues and find clues, but unexpectedly someone found out.
Xiao Yan said quietly: "If you keep it secret, others will naturally speak up."
"Then did your Majesty blame the governor?" Jinyun was worried.
Xiao Yan scoffed coldly when he heard this. He blamed it. Emperor An had always been like this. If the people around him were dissatisfied, they would naturally feel embarrassed. Those people from the aristocratic families knew this and deliberately exposed this matter. I want him to lose his king's heart and his favor because of his incompetence in doing things.
It's a pity that most of them don't understand that he has never been able to reach this point by relying on the so-called holy will. There is no one in the world who knows how to calm the emperor's heart better than him.
"It's okay." Xiao Yan asked, "What's going on with Cai Qi?"
Cai Qi is the person they brought back from Luohan Mountain.
Jinyun whispered: "Ms. Qin has gone over to see him and said that his madness was caused by fright. There is a chance that it can be alleviated. But whether he can fully wake up and return to his normal appearance depends on luck."
"Just let her do her best."
Xiao Yan walked towards the chamberlain, his purple official robe rolled up the stone steps of the palace, bringing out a cold and fierce wind.
When the palace attendants on both sides of the road saw him, they quickly bowed their heads and backed away, saluted and called the governor, and waited until Xiao Yan led the people across before they dared to stand up and leave cautiously.
The Internal Affairs Supervisor was originally a place that was responsible for the affairs of the inner court in the palace. Although it had great power, its status was not high. Until Xiao Yan became the head of the Internal Affairs Supervisor, and was valued by Emperor An to control the Black Armored Army and the Internal Affairs Ministry, which had six bureaus. After taking charge of the Criminal Court Division, the status of the Internal Affairs Supervisor increased day by day, and his power became stronger day by day.
The most prominent place where Xiao Yan manages affairs in the palace is the Palace of Fortune. As soon as he entered, he saw Cang Lang coming up to him.
"The Overlord."
"Why did you enter the palace?"
"The people from the Lu family are looking for Mrs. Song."
Xiao Yan paused in untying his thick fur, raised his eyes and said, "Lu Zhinian?"
Cang Lang shook his head: "No, it's a servant of the Lu family. It seems to be Lu Zhinian's long-term follower named Song Mo."
"He's the only one?"
"Yes, I didn't see anyone else from the Lu family."
Xiao Yan's expression turned cold.
After the Song family came to make trouble yesterday, Song Jinxiu didn't take Song Tangning back, so he knew that the Lu family would definitely come looking for him.
Before the engagement between the Song and Lu families was canceled, Song Tangning was still the daughter-in-law of the Lu family. There was no way they would place her next to Xiao Yan. Moreover, Song Jinxiu was reviled as the elder brother in the Qishan incident, and Lu Zhinian was also It's not much better either. Now people outside are talking about Lu Zhinian being heartless and ungrateful. He will also seek out Song Tangning in order to restore his reputation.
Xiao Yan originally thought that Lu Zhinian would be superficial and come over personally to persuade Tang Ning to return to the Song family. Even if he cared about face, the Lu family would find an elder to come over to apologize and appease Song Tang Ning. But he didn't expect that Lu Zhinian would actually Only a long follower was sent.
So perfunctory, so indifferent.
If this is the case even when he is at fault, what about ordinary times?
So how did Lu Zhinian and the Lu family treat Song Tangning?
Cang Lang also felt sorry for Miss Song: "The Lu family is really bullying people. Miss Song almost died in Qishan Mountain. Lu Zhinian had been engaged to her for many years but he didn't even want to take a look. He even called him Na Chang. He then coaxed Mrs. Song to say that he was punished by the old lady of the Lu family to kneel in the ancestral hall, and wanted to trick Mrs. Song into going to the Lu family, but someone had clearly seen Lu Zhinian going to King Huan's Hengting Pavilion earlier."
"That servant of the Lu family is not a good person either. He tried to coax Miss Song with a broken coral bracelet, which made Miss Song shed tears and kicked him out crying."
Xiao Yan's eyebrows were condensed, and he put back his half-untied fur coat, turned around and walked out of the palace.
Tang Ning was huddled by the couch with the door closed, and she and Hua Wu were counting the money that Princess Cheng left for her.
There is a thick stack of silver notes, and next to it are two small boxes filled with gold and silver ingots, and a small box of gold leaves as thin as cicada wings, which are very suitable for rewards or gifts.
Hua Wu counted the numbers and was filled with shock: "Girl, the silver notes here are eighteen thousand taels, and these gold and silver ingots and gold leaves add up to two or three hundred taels. Why did the princess send so many... "
Tang Ning pursed her lips: "Auntie is afraid that I will be wronged."
She couldn't go back to the Song family for the time being, and she couldn't take the initiative to fall out with the Song family until Song Shulan's identity was found out. All the things that her father and mother-in-law left behind were placed in the Song family, and she couldn't get them back for a while, even though she had a house. A place to live, but if you want to maintain such a large house, both the servants and daily necessities are not small.
Song Tangning hugged the carpet and told Hua Wu: "First take out the money to buy the house, then take two hundred taels and give it to Uncle He, and ask him to distribute it to the servants sent by the Governor's Mansion, just say it's me As a meeting gift for them, when you send it to Uncle He, remember to wrap ten gold leaves separately for him and put away the rest first."
Hua Wu nodded quickly and wrote it down.
Tang Ning leaned against the window and watched her sort out the banknotes, her blanket wrapped tightly around her.
A charcoal pot was burning next to it, and the heat gradually rose, making the room warm as spring.
Tang Ning felt a little hot after taking the decoction, so she quietly took off her shoes and socks and put her feet out of the blanket.
She kept hooking up with the Ruyi golden tassels hanging by the window. She was just stretching herself lazily when she suddenly saw a figure suddenly appearing in front of the yard outside.
When Xiao Yan strode in, he had a cold and fierce aura. Just when he reached the courtyard door and wanted to let someone in, he looked up and saw an exquisite figure by the window, stretching out and leaning against the window like a cat. The figure on the side.
The two looked at each other, and Tang Ning's eyes suddenly widened. Her raised hands froze in mid-air, and her breasts that were originally bulging and curved due to stretching her waist shrank back, and she subconsciously "swish" her feet. He put it back into the blanket and pulled down the window door.
"..." Xiao Yan: "?"
