Chapter 129: Tomb of the Concubine

It was already noon when we arrived at the palace gate.

After the summer, Jindu becomes increasingly hot.

The sun shines directly down from overhead, making it impossible to open one's eyes.

From a distance, Ye Wanqing saw a carriage parked at the palace gate.

Qianxi was sharp-eyed: "Princess, it's the carriage from Prince Dun's mansion."

Ye Wanqing raised her eyes and looked.

The carriage curtain was lifted, revealing a face with a bright smile: "Qing'er!"

Because there were palace servants around, Ye Wanqing walked forward slowly and raised her eyebrows: "Why is the prince here?"

Chu Anlan smiled brightly: "Father said his legs hurt, so the judge of the Imperial Hospital went to treat him. I sent someone back and heard that you entered the palace, so I waited for you here. Come up quickly, I will take you back to the Princess's Mansion."

As he said this, he jumped off the carriage and threatened the guards and palace servants at the palace gate: "Watch your mouth and don't say anything you shouldn't."

The guards and palace maids were like stone sculptures, staring straight ahead.

Chu Anlan held out a hand: "Qing'er, come quickly."

Ye Wanqing extended her hand without hesitation.

Chu Anlan joyfully held her hand, helped her into the carriage, and lowered the curtain.

A rich and sweet floral scent wafts into the air.

There were a few storybooks scattered around in the car, and a half-drunk cup of tea on the small table with some melon seed shells on the tea tray.

Once he saw it, he waited for a long time.

After Ye Wanqing sat firmly, the carriage slowly started off.

She looked at Chu Anlan who was pouring tea for her: "Is the prince recovering well?"

"That's it." Chu Anlan put the teacup in her hand: "Quick, try this tea and see if it tastes good."

Ye Wanqing was puzzled: "This tea..."

Why does it smell familiar?

Chu Anlan urged: "Try it quickly!"

Ye Wanqing smiled, brought the teacup to her lips and took a sip.

The tea is slightly sweet, with a hint of astringency. At the same time, the floral scent spreads along the tip of the tongue and covers the lips and teeth.

Ye Wanqing suddenly remembered: "Is this the rose tea I drank in Lin'an?"

"Exactly!" Chu Anlan looked at her expectantly, "Qing'er, is it delicious? I brewed this pot of tea myself."

His eyes were clear, bright and wide open, just like a little pomegranate when it was acting coquettishly.

Ye Wanqing held the teacup in her hand and said, "Your Highness, are you really waiting here just to send the chief judge of the Imperial Hospital back to the palace, and to wait for me?"

Chu Anlan curled his lips: "Okay, I admit that I came here specially to wait for you!" Then he asked: "Did you see Lu Jilian in Rongguang Temple?"

So he was jealous?

Ye Wanqing nodded: "Yes, I saw it."

"He didn't do anything to you, did he?" Chu Anlan asked.

Ye Wanqing thought for a moment and decided not to tell Chu Anlan the truth, lest he start to overthink and do something he shouldn't do.

She put down the teacup, lowered her head and held Chu Anlan's hand: "No matter what happens, will the prince love and cherish me as much as he does now?"

"Of course!" Chu Anlan held her hand and said, "I dream of marrying you."

Ye Wanqing suddenly remembered something: "Oh, by the way, today, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince told me that he wanted to arrange a sinecure for you. What do you think?"

"Ah?" Chu Anlan's smile froze: "Why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly want to arrange an official position for me? Did you help me refuse? I have already planned to take you out of Beijing to travel after the wedding!" "I didn't agree to him." Ye Wanqing said: "I only told him that I can't make a decision for you, and asked him to put it aside for now."

Chu Anlan breathed a sigh of relief: "I was scared to death..."

Ye Wanqing also remembered something: "I promised you before that I would persuade the elders to agree to your withdrawal from the Imperial College. I mentioned it to my father before. This time when I came back from Rongguang Temple, I mentioned it again."

"He definitely won't agree, right?" Chu Anlan said firmly.

"I'm sorry." Ye Wanqing said, "I will find another suitable opportunity to persuade him in the future."

"It's none of your business, no need to apologize." Chu Anlan changed to a more comfortable sitting position and said lazily: "I have long guessed that my father-in-law will not agree easily. Convincing him is much more difficult than convincing my parents."

Ye Wanqing agreed.

As far as she could remember, her father had always been a stubborn person.

Once my father made up his mind, few people could convince him except my mother.

Mother?

Perhaps, only the mother can convince the father?
Seeing that Ye Wanqing didn't say anything, Chu Anlan thought she was unhappy, so he moved his body to be next to her: "There are still two months before the wedding, so there is no rush to leave Beijing. You are not in Jindu these days, so I will tell you something happy."

Ye Wanqing said softly: "Okay."

Chu Anlan asked with great interest: "Do you still remember Chu Xiaoquan? He was Chu Xiaoyan's half-brother, the one who was almost beaten to death in Huixian Mountain Palace last year."

"Remember." Ye Wanqing nodded.

Chu Anlan sighed, "Wasn't he punished by the emperor to guard the imperial mausoleum of Concubine Duan? Two days ago, on a rainy night, I heard that the imperial mausoleum was haunted. Chu Xiaoquan got up in the middle of the night and ran into a female ghost. He was so scared that he screamed for half the night. When he woke up the next day, he went crazy."

Chu Xiaoquan is crazy?
Ye Wanqing was surprised: "How could he, a man who has done so many evil things, be frightened to the point of losing his mind by something strange?"

Isn't it just pretending?

Concubine Dowager Duan was the mother of Prince Duan.

Chu Xiaoquan is her grandson. Even though he is born out of wedlock and behaves in a nasty way, he shouldn't appear as a ghost to scare him.

"Prince Duan handed a memorial to the emperor and personally went to the tomb of Concubine Duan." Chu Anlan said, "Prince Duan cried all the way back to the capital and fell ill on the way."

Prince Duan left Beijing?
Ye Wanqing frowned.

She vaguely felt that things were not that simple.

After returning home.

Ye Wanqing went to see her mother first before taking people back to Jinghong Garden.

After closing the door, she asked, "Has Xixuan returned home in the past two days?"

A close attendant replied, "When the young lady was not in Jindu, he came back to get some silver and has not returned for three consecutive days. In addition, Huan Yan found that the sorcerer in Prince Duan's mansion was a little abnormal, so he took people to the tomb of Concubine Duan, and he has not returned yet."

Huan Yan was also one of the close attendants given to her by her father.

Ye Wanqing was a little worried: "Send someone to look for him. Be careful not to alert the enemy. Be prepared for the worst."

The attendant replied, "Yes."

The worst-case scenario is that she gets discovered.

But she believed that the attendants would handle it.

With a nervous mood, the attendant who was sent out finally came back to report after nightfall.

Huan Yan held one hand and said weakly, "During this period of time, I have been secretly monitoring the Prince Duan's Mansion and found that it is extremely strange. The group of sorcerers raised by the Prince Duan have gathered together at three o'clock in the morning for two consecutive days to discuss matters, and they also vaguely mentioned the Mausoleum of Concubine Duan. Who knew that two days ago, news came from the mausoleum that the Mausoleum of Concubine Duan was haunted and it scared Chu Xiaoquan crazy.

So, I followed all the way to the tomb of Concubine Duan. I found that there were more people guarding Concubine Duan's tomb than the previous emperor's tomb, a total of several thousand. Miss, it is true that Chu Xiaoquan is crazy, but it is false that the tomb of Concubine Duan is haunted. I suspect that the sorcerer deliberately made Chu Xiaoquan crazy so that Prince Duan could take the opportunity to leave the palace and discuss important matters with them. "

Ye Wanqing was silent.

Prince Duan really put a lot of effort into the rebellion.

Zhuangzi, dilapidated temples, and cemeteries all became places where he raised his private soldiers.