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Chapter 359 Leaving Beijing
It was freezing cold, and it wasn't easy to come to the Jingyang Palace. I didn't know when we would meet again. Jiang Huaizhi was in the Hanlin Academy, and Jiang Ning had nothing to do when she went back, so she stayed with Shen Tang for a while.
The cousins chatted for a while, and then Ginkgo saw Jiang Ning out of the house.
After Jiang Ning left, Xie Guimo came back and said, "Pack some clothes for me."
Shen Tang looked at him, "Why are you packing clothes?"
Xie Guimo said, "The old master and his family were separated in Mengzhou. Mengzhou is adjacent to Qizhou. According to my father, part of Mengzhou was ceded to Qizhou. In addition, he looks very similar and has the same surname. He is very likely the person the Zhenguogong Mansion is looking for. I am worried about leaving it to others, so I will go there myself and leave tomorrow morning."
Shen Tang glanced at the falling snow outside and wanted to dissuade him, but couldn't bring himself to say it.
Shen Tang asked reluctantly, "Have you told Mother about this?"
Xie Guimo said, "Let's not tell Mother and the Zhenguo Mansion yet. If it's not true, won't they be disappointed?"
The main reason was not because he was afraid of disappointing the princess. After all, Xie Guimo was already somewhat certain in his heart.
When it comes to finding someone, he doesn't believe it if it's someone else who finds the person, but he dares not disbelieve the news passed on by Shen Tang.
When it comes to finding people, no one can compare to Shen Tang.
The matter of the Duke of Zhenguo dying on the battlefield has not yet been fully investigated. If the person behind this is targeting the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, you should know that the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion has branches and will definitely obstruct it. If they kill him again...
This can only be done in secret.
No one could persuade Xie Guimo to change his decision, so Shen Tang gave up trying to persuade him. All she could do was pack a few more brocade robes for Xie Guimo and bring some medicine to prevent colds.
Qizhou is quite far from Kyoto, and it is so cold that it is hard to travel fast. Shen Tang has been married to Xie Guimo for so long, and this is the first time they have been separated, so they are quite reluctant to part.
At night, the reluctance was expressed to the fullest.
When I woke up the next day, Xie Guimo was gone and the bed beside him was already cold.
I don’t know how long it will take me to come back. I might be thinking about him as soon as I leave the city.
This was just a trip to Qizhou, and he would have to go back to the battlefield. Shen Tang didn't dare to imagine how difficult the days of waiting would be.
Accustomed to eating with Xie Guimo, Shen Tang's appetite decreased a lot when he was not around. When he slept alone at night, he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. He didn't know how long he had been suffering from insomnia.
If you go to bed late, you will get up late. The next day, when Shen Tang woke up, the princess came. Shen Tang hurriedly wanted to get out of bed to greet the princess, but the princess said, "Don't worry, just lie down."
Shen Tang was a little embarrassed, "Why is my mother here?"
The princess asked, "I heard from the maid that Mo'er left the house early yesterday morning and didn't come back at night?"
Shen Tang, "..."
isn't it?
Xie Guimo only said that he would not tell the princess. He left Beijing to pick someone up. He wouldn't leave Beijing without telling the princess, right?
Xie Guimo always had his own ideas when doing things, and the princess never restricted him. He went out early and came back late, as long as he stayed at the mansion overnight. But if he did not return home at night, the princess would have to ask about it.
Shen Tang asked, "Didn't my husband tell my mother that he had left the capital for business?"
If she had told him, she wouldn't have to brave the snow to come to Chenxiangxuan to ask Shen Tang.
The princess was furious. "What's so urgent that he has to leave the capital? He doesn't even have time to tell mother?"
Shen Tang said, "Father knows, and my husband probably thinks Father will tell Mother."
The princess vaguely remembered that yesterday morning, when the prince was going to court, she heard him mention in a daze that he had something to ask Mo'er to do. She didn't pay much attention to it at the time, and the prince didn't say much. Could it be that the prince told her about letting Mo'er leave Beijing?
The weather is so cold and the Crown Prince's wife is pregnant, so there must be something that Mo'er has to do.
The princess wanted to ask the prince, but the prince went straight to the military camp after the court session. It was already evening when he returned. The princess asked, "What did you ask Mo'er to do when he left the capital?"
The prince asked, "Mo'er left without telling you?"
It would have been fine if she hadn't said this, but once she did, the princess got angry. "He's been away from the capital for a day. I just found out about it this morning when the maid mentioned it. I'm not going to stop him from leaving the capital."
The prince said, "Maybe we left early and you haven't woken up yet."
The princess didn't believe this excuse. "Then you can tell me, your mother, a day in advance, right?"
"... Come back and give him a good scolding."
The prince sat down and served food to the princess. The princess asked, "What did you ask Mo'er to do away from the capital? When will he be back?"
But the Chinese New Year is just a few days away.
The prince said, "If it's fast, I can get back before the New Year. If it's slow, I might spend the New Year on the way back to Beijing."
The princess lost all her appetite.
She looked at the prince. She had asked twice, but the prince didn't say what Xie Guimo was going to do when he left Beijing.
The prince said, "You will know when Mo'er returns to the capital."
The princess stopped asking.
After being married for twenty years, she knew the prince well. If he was willing to talk, he would just say it directly. If he was unwilling to talk, it would be useless for her to ask him again and again.
What’s even more infuriating is that the father and son are of the same character.
However, the princess also knew that no one could order Xie Guimo around unless he was willing to leave Beijing to do the job.
It snowed on and off for several days, then the sky cleared, the snow melted, and it continued to snow, then melted.
Repeated several times.
The old lady's vitality was damaged and she had a very bad winter. She had been taking medicine all the time, and she was in poor spirits and had no appetite.
Shen Tang was not affected at all, but she felt a little bored staying in the house all day. Even when the weather cleared up, she only walked around in the yard and did not go to the garden.
As the New Year is approaching, Shen Tang has already prepared for the possibility that Xie Guimo will not be able to come back to keep watch with her.
After Concubine Jiang learned that Xie Guimo had left the capital, she tried to find out from many sources, but even the princess didn't know, so it was impossible for her to find out.
Concubine Ye was also curious about what Xie Guimo was doing outside the capital. She sent people to the Jingyang Palace to invite the princess several times, but the princess refused Concubine Ye on the grounds of illness.
By the way, Concubine Jiang is making trouble again. She thinks it is too lonely for Jiang Huier to stay in the small courtyard to celebrate the New Year, so she wants the prince to agree to bring Jiang Huier into the palace to celebrate the New Year with everyone in the palace.
This is clearly an attempt to use the New Year to cause trouble for the princess and Shen Tang.
The prince disagreed, and Concubine Jiang wiped her tears. The prince softened his heart and asked Concubine Jiang and Xie Guiyin to go to the courtyard to accompany Jiang Huier to celebrate the New Year.
When Si'er reported this to Shen Tang, Shen Tang almost laughed himself crazy.
Gingxing asked, "Did Concubine Jiang and the Second Young Master go?"
Si Er grinned, "Of course I have to go, otherwise I wouldn't really care about Miss Jiang Biao."