The queen has four sons and six daughters, and she can call the wind and rain

After receiving the news, Mu Jin told Qi Yejing immediately.

Qi Yejing did not stop her. He asked her to do as Yun Zhining instructed and tell him the result.

In the afternoon, the snow fell heavier and heavier, and there were several more braziers in the main hall of Qingning Palace. Yun Zhining, wearing a middle-length dress, held Little Grape, lay in bed and told her stories. Qi Yejing sat at the table writing big characters, while Little Strawberry and Little Pomelo in the side hall were sleeping soundly.

There was silence in the palace. At the same time, a man quietly slipped out of the palace and went to a house in Yixingfang.

"Clang clang clang!"

The door knocker knocked a few times and Mei Niang went to open the door.

As soon as she saw it was Wei Tai, she immediately rushed up and hugged his waist, and her expression became much gentler.

"Wei Lang, you haven't come to see me for a long time. I miss you so much!"

"Every part of my body is telling you that I miss you so much."

"Okay, let me check it out."

Wei Tai closed the door, picked her up and ran straight into the room.

As soon as they entered, their clothes were torn off, and everything was ignited by lightning and fire. No one was spared.

"Shh!"

A person fell lightly from the top of the wall.

He first came to the outside of the room, poked a hole in the wallpaper, took out a thin tube, and blew some powder into it. When he saw the two people in the room moving violently, he turned around and searched room by room.

The yard was not big and there were less than ten rooms in total. He quickly found the woodshed.

It was the middle of winter and snowing heavily, and the woodshed was very cold.

There were some firewood piled up in a mess inside. Opposite the firewood was an iron cage, which seemed to contain something.

Motionless, as if dead.

He touched it and looked closely, only to find that it was a little boy.

The little boy was dressed thinly, as if he was often whipped. His clothes were tattered and his body was covered with scabs of different colors. It was probably because his old wounds had not healed yet and he had new wounds.

His hair was messy, his face was very dirty, and he was barefoot. He looked like a beggar.

The more the man looked at it, the more distressed he felt.

However, he had more important things to do today and absolutely could not let this accident delay important matters.

Thinking of this, he turned around and left, jumped over the wall, and disappeared into the snow.

The snow fell heavily, quickly covering his footprints, as if he had never been there.

"boom!"

Just when the people inside were making love and losing track of the world, the door was suddenly kicked open. Mei Niang screamed, and immediately covered her body, hiding behind Wei Tai, trembling with fear.

Wei Tai was very angry that his good thing was interrupted.

"How dare you break into people's homes in broad daylight? You are so audacious."

The leader didn't know him, but looking at his appearance, he knew he was not a good person and naturally would not give him face.

"We discovered a thief while on duty. We chased him all the way here and found that he had entered your house."

"In order to prevent you from getting hurt, I broke into your house without your permission."

"Please do us a favor and let us search it."

"no!"

Wei Tai refused without even thinking about it.

"I still have some things to take care of. Please leave quickly. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude to you."

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone was celebrating the New Year at home, except them who were on duty on the street in the heavy snow. The deputy commander was already in a bad mood, and when he saw Wei Tai refused to cooperate, he instantly became angry.

"Let me ask you again, are you willing to cooperate with our investigation?"

"I don't want to!"

"Okay, since you are so stubborn, don't blame me for being rude to you."

"Brothers, search for me."

"Let me see who dares?"

The deputy commander has been on duty for so many years, and no princes or nobles have ever been afraid of him, let alone a stranger.

"Brothers, don't be afraid. Whoever catches that thief will report to the emperor and reward you with 100 taels of silver."

For an ordinary family of four, if they do not buy clothes or shoes and do not have any serious illness, one tael of silver is enough for one month's living, and one hundred taels of silver is enough for them to eat for more than eight years.

Even if it is just to have enough food and drink for eight years, they will fight.

The duty team was so large in number that Wei Tai was unable to stop them. He could only watch them rummaging around like bandits.

"Report, Deputy Commander, no one is in the east room."

"Report, Deputy Commander, there is no one in the west room either."

"Report, Deputy Commander, we found a cage in the woodshed with a child locked inside."

As soon as these words came out, Wei Tai's pupils contracted instantly.

He glared at Mei Niang fiercely, and Mei Niang looked guilty.

The deputy commander knew there was something fishy as soon as he saw it.

"Ah Si, take two people to open the cage and let the child out."

"No, that cage is made of fine steel. It can't be opened without a key."

The deputy commander turned to look at Mei Niang and slowly extended his hand.

"Bring the key."

Mei Niang was frightened by his expression and quickly tugged at Wei Tai's sleeve.

Wei Tai immediately stepped forward.

"Sir, since the thief has not been found, please leave."

"It's getting late. We need to change and go to pay New Year's greetings to our mother."

As he spoke, he picked up the clothes that had fallen on the ground, took out two silver bills from them and handed them to the deputy commander.

The deputy commander took the banknote and took a look at it. The denominations were all five hundred taels.

He put away the banknote and smiled coldly.

"Who said the thief was not found?"

"You look a lot like that thief to me."

"Someone, come and catch him for me!"

"I am the prince consort, who dares to arrest me?"

In desperation, Wei Tai actually revealed his identity.

He wanted to take back what he had just said, but it was too late.

"Which prince consort are you?"

Ah Si who was standing by suddenly spoke up.

"I have seen all the princes-in-law in Chang'an City, except this one."

"Could he be the consort of Princess Lin'an?"

Seeing Wei Tai's expression flickering and as if he was trying to escape, the deputy commander suddenly remembered a rumor.

"Years ago, I heard that the consort of Princess Lin'an wanted to take a concubine. The princess was furious and brought the young prince and the young princess back to the capital. Could it be that this woman is the concubine he wants to take?"

"What concubine? She is at most a mistress. How dare someone like her be compared with Princess Lin'an? How shameless!"

Ah Si looked weak and gentle, but his words were very vicious. He made Mei Niang cry with just one sentence.

Seeing his sweetheart crying, Wei Tai also became angry.

"Since you know that I am the consort of Princess Lin'an, you should be more respectful to me and my woman. Otherwise, I will make sure you die without a burial place."

"He is a royal consort, but he didn't stay in the palace to accompany the princess on New Year's Day. He actually went outside the palace to meet his lover. We caught him red-handed. Instead of feeling ashamed, he threatened us."

"Okay, then let's go and argue in front of the emperor."

The deputy commander waved his hand and his men rushed forward and dragged Wei Tai and Mei Niang off the bed.

Mei Niang was about to put on her clothes, but was slapped by Ah Si.

"You've done something shameful, are you still afraid of being seen?"

"Stay still, if you dare to scream again, I will strip you naked and parade you through the streets."