The lobby on the first floor of Zui Jiangyue.
Zuijiangyue is the best restaurant in Beijing. Although I heard that there were some problems some time ago, anyone with a discerning eye knows who is behind Jinzhuxuan.
Since the opening of Jinzhuxuan, because it has the support of the third prince, it has suppressed its peers arbitrarily and acted in a flamboyant manner.
Zui Jiangyue, as the favorite restaurant of the nobles in Beijing, naturally became a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh.
Therefore, even if some people feel regretful, people in the capital are also watching secretly, feeling that this time, Zui Jiangyue, who has been in the capital for many years, may become the third prince's bag.
But what everyone didn't expect was that Zui Jiangyue, who seemed to have no support behind her, actually resisted the menacing Jin Zhuxuan.
Especially in the past half month, Zui Jiangyue, who had always followed the traditional route, suddenly changed his style.
Its successive changes and higher and higher prices not only did not cause the original old customers to be lost, but also attracted the attention of more noble people.
Seeing that Zui Jiangyue's business was booming day by day, Jinzhuxuan, which had been "highly expected" by some people, was in decline.
The night outside the window is getting darker, and the pink and white apricot flower petals are floating in the wind, and one by one they fly into the wide open window.
Everyone is on the second floor. Looking out from here, the cheers of the people downstairs can be clearly heard.
"There seem to be more and more people."
Shen Qiaoran complained casually.
Just now, it was because of the large crowd that Xiao Qiao was taken away by the left prime minister's people.
Seeing the worry in his brother's eyes, Shen Qiaochen said obediently:
"What the third brother said is that there are indeed too many people outside, and we have been out for a long time, otherwise we should go back to the house."
Although she was still full of longing for the lantern festival in her heart, Shen Qiaochen also knew that her disappearance tonight might have cast a certain shadow on Shen Qiaoran.
Therefore, she could only suppress her curiosity and suggested going back to Shen Mansion.
After hearing Shen Qiaochen's words, Shen Qiaoran hesitated.
Of course he knew why Shen Qiaochen said that. His sister was so caring and sensible, which made him feel a little distressed.
But Xiao Qiao has never seen a lantern festival since she was a child. She even asked herself to buy men's clothes for tonight's lantern festival.
Moreover... just now Xiao Jue has repeatedly promised that what happened tonight will never happen again...
For a moment, two thoughts were tugging in Shen Qiaoran's mind, making him very entangled.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
"Knock knock knock..."
I know that Xiao Jue has never been a gentleman, but now it seems that this guy is obviously very evil.
Knowing that His Majesty will still find out about tonight's events in the end, why did you ask someone to go to Zuo Xiang's Mansion just now?
It was obviously you who intentionally or unintentionally misled Li Chun, making him think that you would seriously turn this matter over so that he could rest assured.
As a result, you turned around and planned to sell him directly. Are you sincere?
"Xiao Jue, Xiao Jue, you can fall out faster than turning the page in a book. I think you have planned it early in the morning."
After finally sorting out tonight's affairs, even Jiang Fengmian had to admire them. They knew immediately that the person holding Shen Qiaochen hostage was someone from Zuo Xiangfu.
But Xiao Jue didn't seem to hear it. He only looked for Shen Qiaochen all night, and when he found it, he never mentioned it again.
Jiang Fengmian has known him for so many years. According to his understanding of Xiao Jue, he is obviously obsessed with Miss Shen Si.
According to Xiao Jue's usual temperament, not to mention the old man Li Chun, even his grandson, the third prince of the current dynasty, Xiao Jue would not give him any face.
Knowing who ordered this, I should have come to the door with a whip long ago.
Jiang Fengmian couldn't figure this out at first, until the Shen brothers and sisters walked side by side.
When Jiang Fengmian's eyes fell on Shen Qiaoran beside Shen Qiaochen, he finally understood.
He glanced at Xiao Jue, and the amusement in his peach blossom eyes was very obvious.
Nan Zhu noticed it and asked him casually what was wrong.
Jiang Fengmian relayed the question, and when he saw that Nan Zhu didn't understand it at all, he couldn't help but feel even more proud.
The folding fan in his hand spun in a circle, which whetted the appetites of Nan Zhu and others, and then he spoke unhurriedly:
"In the final analysis, some people have dishonest names and dishonest words~~"
…
As if he didn't hear Nan Xing's words, he was still looking in the direction outside the window. The light downstairs reflected in his narrow phoenix eyes, making it look even more strange.
After a while, he seemed to have finally come to his senses, and slowly brushed away the non-existent dust on his body.
He turned to look at Nan Xing, his handsome eyebrows slightly raised.
Upon seeing this, Nan Xing immediately continued:
"My subordinates have followed the master's wishes and found a woman similar to the fourth girl from the secret guards. Now... everything is ready. Master, please rest assured."
It turned out that Xiao Jue had made arrangements early in the morning. No one in Zui Jiangyue had seen the true appearance of the woman in black tonight. He just wanted to have someone dress up in Shen Qiaochen's attire at that time. After they left, he would be alone again. Just leave openly and openly in front of everyone.
As for the candidate, Xiao Jue had countless secret guards, so it would not be difficult to find one with a similar body shape and height to Shen Qiaochen.
The most important thing about this operation was just to let everyone present clearly see that the woman in black left alone.
As for the secret guard, after leaving Zui Jiangyue, it is not difficult to shake off the tail behind him without anyone noticing.
Even though Nan Zhu did not succeed in the end, the heavily guarded inner courtyard of the palace was single-handedly killed by an unknown killer.
The dignified Ninth Five-year-old was also frightened out of his courage.
This feat was enough to shock the entire imperial city, and even people in other states and counties knew about it.
There were rumors among the people that Xiao Li was unfairly appointed to the throne. Moreover, when he ordered the entire Shen family to be executed, he refused to ask for evidence because the evidence was too vague, which caused a lot of discussion among court officials and the people.
As we all know, the Shen family has been guarding the frontier for many years, and countless sons and daughters of the Shen family have died in battle.
Xiao Li accused Shen Congyan of treason and colluding with Xi Ye, but he couldn't even produce any decent evidence.
But no matter who asked for mercy, Xiao Li still locked up the entire Shen family and imprisoned him without hesitation, and soon sentenced him to death impatiently.
Everyone can see that there must be a problem, but Xiao Li's words are imperial edict.
Even though relatives and close friends of the Shen family for many years tried to stop it, in the end they all had no choice but to sigh with regret.
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It has to be said that, looking at the overall situation, the turning point of all this was precisely because of the emergence of Nanzhu.
