get married first, fall in love later

In fact, if you say you don’t know anything about the wedding, that’s not the case. At least from the information Qian Si inquired about, all the pre-wedding preparations for the Princess Mansion and the General Manor are proceeding in an orderly manner. The end is a lively scene.The only strange thing is that Mu Huaijun and Li Zirong haven't been seen since the day the marriage news was announced.

"Where's Mo Xue?" Qian Xiaobao frowned and asked, "Has there been any news about her?"

Qian Si thought for a while and said: "When she first came to Beijing last year, she came to visit with Mr. Li, and said that she would send a post later when the two held a wedding banquet."

"Then?"

Qian Sidao: "Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, someone from Mr. Li's house sent some gifts, and I sent someone to return a copy according to the regulations when you were at home in previous years. The visitor accidentally mentioned that their young mistress originally wanted The person who came here is just sick and unable to go out, so let’s do it.”

I'm sick... Judging from the timing, Mo Xue had only been in Beijing for a month or two. Could it be because of her poor life in Li's residence?

Qian Xiaobao frowned more and more, his face was full of worry, and just about to ask something, Qian Si had already answered in advance: "I haven't seen her since then, once the news of the marriage came out, The subordinate immediately sent people to Li's mansion to investigate, but found nothing. Even the two groups of spies that were sent out later returned without success in the end."

Qian Xiaobao put the teacup in his hand back on the table, and tried his best to straighten things out based on the clues he had so far, but because he didn't know much, and because he was really worried about Mo Xue's safety, he couldn't figure it out after much deliberation. Get up and pace around the house.

Seeing this, Ouyang Xi stepped forward to hold her hands, and comforted her softly: "Xiaobao, please be safe and don't be impatient. I think Li Zirong will try his best to protect her with his affection for Mo Xue."

Speaking of this, the plots she had seen in TV dramas suddenly flashed in her mind, and in order to appease Qian Xiaobao's emotions, she used this to comfort her and said: "Maybe... Maybe Li Zirong was forced to marry Mo Xue just to protect Mo Xue." What about Mu Huaijun? You are the only one who can save them now."

As the saying goes, caring leads to chaos, and it is about the safety of the people closest to me. It is really difficult for Qian Xiaobao to think objectively and rationally, but Ouyang Xi's words immediately woke her up: Yes, if I can't come up with a useful countermeasure, No matter how worried and anxious you are, it won't help.

She took out her hands and patted Ouyang Xi's shoulder to indicate that she was fine, then walked back to the table and sat down slowly, and began to think again.

Let's start with the marriage itself. One is the princess of the current dynasty, and the other is a descendant of a famous family. Only the emperor can bestow the marriage.If Huaijun was really accidentally caught by her imperial brother for treason, it was only natural that she should be coerced by him.Not to mention General Li, although his military achievements are outstanding and he has his own influence in the court, even Mu Huaijin is afraid of three points, but this person has a heart of foolish loyalty, but anyone above this throne, as long as the blood Orthodox, he has always listened to orders.

Knowing that his son already has his own heart, but still forcing him to marry someone else, the only feasible strategy is to threaten the life of his beloved.

From this point of view, as long as the wedding date has not arrived, Mo Xue's life should be safe.

Thinking of this, Qian Xiaobao felt more at ease, took a sip from his teacup and said, "Ah Si, go and gather the brothers in the capital, if something happens on the day of the big wedding, so that they can go outside to help."

"Yes, sir."

Ouyang Xi was puzzled: "Xiaobao, aren't you in business, where did you come from?"

Hearing the words, Qian Xiaobao said lightly: "It's just some friends I made during my travels in the rivers and lakes in the past two years. Fortunately, I have never given up, and I have followed them till now."

She said this lightly, but Ouyang Xi knew that the truth would never be so simple. The number of "some" friends should not be small, otherwise, the majestic princess will rebel, and there are so many people in the court who hold power with bad intentions. , ran to a small county town to find Qian Xiaobao, what was the businessman doing?

"Also," Qian Xiaobao called Qian Si who was about to leave, and said, "Someone should come to the house to look for me in the past two days, and you should ask the guard at the gate to pay more attention."

After Qian Si went out, Ouyang Xi sat beside her and asked mysteriously: "Before we came, you asked someone to send a letter to Mu Huaiyu, did you tell him to come to you when he arrived in the capital?"

Qian Xiaobao shook his head: "The letter only reminded him to be careful. If Huaijin really wanted to kill him, I should do the same. But Yu Wang has always been more sensitive than ordinary people, otherwise he would not When the first emperor was still alive, he invited himself to a fief in a remote area, so I guess he would send someone to invite me to meet and discuss in detail after he came."

"Self-claimed land? How old was he at that time?"

Qian Xiaobao thought for a while and replied: "It's only twelve or thirteen years old."

Ouyang Xi was stunned when he heard the words: "So young?" When I was twelve or thirteen years old, I had just entered junior high school. Apart from eating and drinking, I rode a bicycle and wandered around like crazy with friends. Simply put, I was innocent and had nothing to do.But people already know how to prepare for a rainy day and ask for fiefdoms. First, tell the other princes that they have no intention of seizing the throne, so that they will stop persecuting him. Second, they have their own property and territory early. No matter how many people are, this person is not stubborn ?

Thinking of this, Ouyang Xi sighed sincerely: "It seems that Prince Yu is really smart."

"Of course. In terms of talents, strategies, and the way of governing the country, this person should have ranked first among the several princes back then. If his biological mother hadn't died young, and his uncle's family didn't have much power in the court, now in this temple Up……"

Qian Xiaobao fell silent at this point, took a sip from the teacup in his hand, and said in a relaxed tone on purpose: "These things, my wife doesn't like to hear, why don't you go to bed and have a good rest, and make an appointment later. It would be more interesting for Xiao to play in the street."

Hearing this, Ouyang Xi was dissatisfied, but after thinking about it, he seemed to be really unable to help, so he obediently went to bed and took a nap.

After walking on the road day and night for several days, he was indeed very tired. Ouyang Xi fell asleep in a daze until dusk.After waking up, Qian Xiaobao was nowhere to be seen, and after calling Taohua who was waiting outside the door to inquire, she found out that Qian Xiaobao had gone out to meet guests earlier.

After a little thought, Ouyang Xi realized that this guest should be either King Yu or his close subordinates. The two of them must be afraid of being watched by people around the mansion, so they went out to find a secluded place to conspire quietly.

There was nothing to do alone, so she followed what Qian Xiaobao said before and went to Jiang Qingxiao's door to ask them to go for a stroll in the street, but she was told by the maid that the couple had already brought them together. I don't know where to wander.

"Wang Hu and his family of three should be in the mansion, right?"

The servant girl heard the words and replied: "Brother Wang and the others came to ask for instructions before the young master went out, saying that he wanted to go shopping in the street. After being allowed to go out, he has not come back yet."

Could it be that besides the servant girl and servant, I am the only one left in this mansion now?Ouyang Xi was bored and was thinking about whether to go out to find them, when there was a sudden noise outside the gate of the mansion not far away.

She stepped forward curiously, and saw a group of people dressed like palace eunuchs walking slowly towards her.The headed old eunuch was dressed in fine clothes, and held a whisk with fine white hairs in his fat arms. He slowly stopped in front of her, glanced condescendingly, and asked arrogantly: "Your master? Are you in the mansion at this moment?"

An old eunuch came to look for Xiaobao, could it be that Mu Huaijin sent it?Ouyang Xi didn't even think about it at the moment, so she opened her mouth and replied: "Xiaobao is not at home, if you have something to do, come back another day."

After finishing speaking, he stopped looking at them and turned around to leave.Who is that old eunuch, who has been serving in the palace all year round, how can he not even have the ability to observe people's words and feelings, this woman in front of him is dressed in simple clothes, but her words are powerful, and she calls Mr. Qian's name directly, just thinking about it She must be the Mrs. Qian described by her master.Immediately, he changed his countenance, half bowed his waist and said with a smile: "Wait a minute, ma'am!"

Ouyang Xi stopped and looked back at him: "Are you calling me?"

"This old slave sees that you have a handsome appearance, a luxurious temperament, and your words and deeds are quite demeanor, so you must be Mrs. Qian, right?"

Ouyang Xi heard him spit out a series of praise words in an instant like pouring beans, and almost didn't care about his image and laughed out loud on the spot. He endured it, forced a smile and asked, "You, what's the matter with you?"

"Returning to Madam, this old slave came to pick up the Young Master and Madam into the palace by the order of the Empress."

As soon as she heard that she was not sent by the emperor, Ouyang Xi immediately relaxed her heart. The empress had a relationship with her once last year. Although it is not difficult to see that she also has other thoughts about Xiaobao, but compared to That evil emperor is too strong, at least he knows to bury his feelings in his heart and not force others.

"But Xiaobao is not at home right now, you should report to the empress first, and when she comes back, we can meet in the palace together tomorrow."

The old eunuch smiled when he heard the words, and said according to the queen's instructions when he came: "Your Majesty said, if the young master is not here, please invite the madam over first. Since the last time I saw her, she felt that she had a close affinity with you. The husband is not here, so the two women can talk about themselves."

"But..." Ouyang Xi hesitated: "It's so late, if Xiaobao can't go to the palace to pick me up in time, I don't know the way back."

The old eunuch covered his mouth and lowered his head, amused: "Madam really likes to joke, let alone that there are many rooms in the palace for you to rest, if you really miss your husband and insist on coming back, the younger ones will carry the sedan chair to escort you."

Now that what others have said has already reached this point, it is really unreasonable for me to refuse.Besides, the emperor's order must not be violated. The empress is the mother of a country. If she openly disobeyed and caused unnecessary troubles for Xiaobao, wouldn't it be too bad? The eunuch went out.

Just as he opened the sedan chair curtain and was about to sit in, the three members of Wang Hu's family walked over talking and laughing.Seeing the posture outside the door, the couple froze for a moment, then hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Ma'am, is this?"

Ouyang Xi casually pointed to the old eunuch who was about to get into the sedan chair behind him, and said, "The Empress called me into the palace, and I'll be back in a while."

Wang Hu looked in the direction of her finger, and after one glance, he froze in place. By the time he realized it, Ouyang Xi and his party had long since disappeared.