Chapter 20

"What's wrong with you?" Duke Ding Guo asked involuntarily when he saw him strange.

Pei Ziqing shook his head a little, "Nothing."

But when he really saw the same thing, he couldn't help but lose his mind. But then he realized again, what if it was the same thing? Could it be that Danyang is still alive? Under such circumstances, Danyang will definitely not survive.

That person wants to kill her, she won't survive.

He took it over and looked at it, and then returned the thing to Duke Ding: "This is interesting, and there are still people who know this method. The selection of your prince is too messy. Don't check who did it?"

Dingguo said justice: "I probably guessed that Xue Wenyu was almost killed by Xue Yuntao a few days ago. I'm afraid it's his revenge. I don't care. Those who can inherit my position in the future cannot be just an ordinary young man. They must be able to do things and have strategies."

He chose a prince, not to find a family for his daughter. He doesn't need to be as honest as the other party's style. He just needs a smart and strategic successor.

Duke Ding smiled and said, "I still hope it was his doing."

Pei Ziqing felt that it was not what Xue Wenyu did. He had seen Xue Wenyu, but Xue Wenyu could not do such a thing.

He glanced at the thing again, but his heart was still beating, and he couldn't calm down at all.

He always felt that things were not that simple. Maybe this was really a revelation that God wanted to give him. Maybe... she was not dead? Pei Ziqing couldn't help but have some ridiculous thoughts at first. He had never seen Danyang's corpse. Maybe she was not dead at all! Empress Xiao is so powerful. She is not a good-looking lamp. Maybe she had already arranged a way out and escaped during the palace transformation. She is now dormant around and intends to take revenge on them, so she secretly made trouble!

When he thought of this possibility, he could hardly sit still and suddenly stood up. This surprised Duke Ding Guo a little: "What's wrong?"

"I just suddenly thought of something." Pei Ziqing turned his head and asked him, "Do you mind if I search your villa?"

The two of them are both under King Jing and have a good relationship on weekdays. Duke Ding did not mind him searching his own courtyard. He just didn't know what Pei Ziqing wanted to do, but Pei Ziqing refused to say it. However, after getting his consent, he immediately took people out and asked the Jinyiwei who was guarding outside to take people to surround the courtyard and search carefully.

I searched the horse farm and only avoided the female family and did not even let the warehouse go.

The Xue family didn't know what happened, and the old lady was also confused. She was about to ask Duke Ding, but Duke Ding had sent a servant back to pass the message, saying: "...Mr. Pei found something in the horse farm, and it seemed that he wanted to find someone. The Duke said it was okay, it was a villa anyway, so let Lord Pei look for it."

The old lady looked unwilling, but since the prince had agreed, she didn't say anything.

However, Yuan Jin next to him heard it, and his eyelids twitched slightly.

Although the trick she used was unaware of, Pei Ziqing might not know. Did he find the secret needle and find the person who was trying to find the trick? But this is just a trivial matter. Why did he mobilize others like this? This is not like his usual style.

Before Yuan Jin could think about it for a long time, he saw Pei Ziqing coming here with the Jinyiwei.

His expression was calm and heavy, but compared to the past, his whole body felt a hint of urgency.

Seeing this, Shen thought that Lord Pei came over because of Xue Yuntao's injury. He was flattered and hesitated whether to go forward or talk to Lord Pei, but hesitated to see him walking straight towards Xue Wenyu and called him to the next door to ask questions.

When he took out the dark needle, Wen Yu's eyelids moved slightly, but he did not show any surprise.

"Who made this needle?" Pei Ziqing asked him.

"I haven't seen it before." Wen Yu answered calmly.

Pei Ziqing continued to ask: "Is he a woman, about seventeen or eighteen years old?"

"I don't know." No matter how he asked, Wen Yu answered that he knew nothing and had never seen him. After Pei Ziqing asked too much, he even stopped talking.

He is already in a bad state, so what can Pei Ziqing do to him?

After asking for a while, there was no result. Pei Ziqing could not get angry at a person with an abnormal mind, not to mention that he knew that there was no possibility that she was still alive, it was just his delusion! He rushed out again and took the Jinyiwei to search the horse farm, but still found nothing.

He raised his eyes to the empty horse land, his breath was not calm, and he couldn't help but shout: "Aren't you going to take revenge? I'm here now, you come to take revenge!"

He shouted a few words, but there was no movement around him.

The subordinates all lowered their heads, but how dare they argue with Lord Pei's words and actions?

Pei Ziqing was disappointed in the end. She would not be there, she would not be alive.

He clearly should have let go, but he still has delusions.

He lowered his head, was silent for a moment, and said to his subordinates: "...Let's go."

Lord Pei came and left quickly, and took a large number of Jinyiwei and left the horse farm. He no longer looked at anyone present. Everyone was puzzled. What was Lord Pei looking for in a hurry?

Only Yuan Jin in the crowd lowered his head.

She asked Wen Yu just now, what Pei Ziqing said when she went over to him. She naturally knew what Pei Ziqing was looking for.

She had told Pei Ziqing about this kind of secret needle. He was asking for the secret needle, so he became suspicious.

But why do you need to look for it? Because of guilt? If so, it would be great. She hoped that he would live his life with this guilt.

But she herself was also trapped in such a situation and could not be liberated from it.

Yuan Jin closed his eyes.

The breeze blew across her face, bringing a hint of coolness.

*

The fact that Xue Yuntao broke his leg passed like this. He became the first person to be eliminated. No matter how Shen went to the old lady to cry, he could not save the situation. The old lady would never agree with her idea of ​​investigating the fourth room. Shen was very frustrated. It is said that she had not had a good meal in half a month and she lost a lot of weight.

My third aunt, Jiang, was very energetic when she was happy and had a good appetite every day. She also sent Yuan Jin some fresh lychees and watermelons to come.

She felt that it was really correct to cooperate with the fourth room.

Of course, Shen was not depressed for long. She quickly cheered up and thought about it for a long time in the room. She decided to go to Zhou and prepare to fully support Xue Yunhai's choice.

Although Yun Tao can no longer be selected, there is always nothing wrong with the one who is likely to be selected on the list.

But Zhou was a little cold to Shen.

Yuan Jin was kind to Jiang, which was a timely help from Jiang. Shen was the icing on the cake. Zhou felt that her son could be chosen regardless of whether Shen was helping or not, not to mention that the two of them had a very unhappy quarrel when they were competing. Therefore, Zhou's attitude towards Shen was average.

Shen was embarrassed and could only smile with her face. He told her: "Don't underestimate our fourth wife. My son must have done this matter! His scheming is really vicious."

Zhou sneered in his heart. Shen was really fun. She almost killed Xue Wenyu, but she just made her son break his leg. I don’t know who was vicious.

She took a sip of tea and said, "Yunhai, a child, has always been very outstanding. If you want to compete, it will be a competition with Wei Heng. Xue Wenyu will be eliminated sooner or later. Why should I waste my energy on him and lose my money?"

Shen didn't know what to say.

However, Zhou finally adhered to the mentality that one person was better than one person, and accepted Shen's surrender.

Although she said she didn't care about the fool in the fourth room, what happened to Xue Yuntao still made her feel guarded. It was not difficult to plot against someone, but it was not a simple matter to plot without leaving any trace. Although the main thing is to deal with the two Wei family now, she had to be careful of the fourth room.

Zhou thought deeply for a while.

*

On this day, Xue Rang, Duke of Ding, received a secret order, and he took the secret order to find the old lady overnight.

He is about to be transferred to the capital and serve as the commander-in-chief of the Gyeonggi.

As soon as he was transferred, he would take everyone in Dingguo Duke's Mansion to the capital. However, the matter of choosing a prince needs to be stepped up.

"The emperor asked me to take office within two months. In this way, the election of the prince will inevitably be completed within one month." Xue Rang discussed with the old lady, "Do you already have a favorite candidate?"

The old lady took the gilded cloisonné bottle from the girl, spit out mouthwash and then took a golden candied date.

"It's good to move to the capital. In Taiyuan, there are not many noble families, and I often don't even talk." The old lady leaned on the pillow, "If you say you like, I think there are a few boys I think. I don't know what you think?"

Xue Rang pondered: "Xue Yunhai and Wei Heng are both good seedlings. I thought Xue Wenyu was not good before, but after that day, my son felt that Xue Wenyu was decisive in killing and was a good candidate. It's still a mother who looks so vicious, and these people can afford the title of the prince. However, Yunhai and Wei Heng are more similar in temperament. If we talk about it, Wei Heng, who has already gained fame, is better."

The old lady smiled and said, "Since you think so, you can examine them the best. The prince we choose will inherit your title and make achievements in the future. It is naturally better to plan military affairs, and you can just investigate from this aspect. Furthermore, if you only tell them that they will choose the prince within one month, you don't need to say much, they will naturally appear in their own shape."

Xue Rang said, "The troubled mother said, "Your Highness is now in Datong and is preparing to go to war with Aoerdusi. I am afraid I will not be back in a few days."

The old lady nodded: "This is natural, but I still have a problem in my heart."

Xue Rang asked his mother to talk first.

The old lady continued: "If the Aoerdusi tribe is destroyed, His Highness Jing and the Emperor will inevitably have a rift. The emperor enfeoffed King Jing to the northwest to compete with Empress Xiao. Now Empress Xiao has been destroyed and the frontier has been pacified. You tell me, how can the emperor tolerate Prince Jing like a self-respecting prince?"

Xue Rang pondered.

My mother often sees these things more accurately than him. He naturally thought about this question, and said, "I always feel that since the emperor and Your Highness are brothers, they will not be like this. Your Highness is dedicated to protecting the country and never wants to ascend to the great treasure. If the emperor harms his brothers and sisters for this, wouldn't it be too cruel?"

The old lady smiled: "Our emperor has always been cowardly and incompetent, but very vicious. Although Empress Dowager Xiao did some wrong things back then, she was so kind to him, but she killed him as soon as she said she could not let her relatives go. But..."

Xue Rang was puzzled and didn't know what the old lady's pause meant.

"But what we can all think of, His Highness Jing can't think of?" said the old lady.

Duke Ding Guo heard his mother's words seem to have a deep meaning: "What do you mean..."

The old lady smiled: "So, if King Jing really destroyed the Aoerdusi Department, the matter would be really mysterious. Then I can't guess what His Highness Jing is thinking."

Xue Rang said, "But Your Highness is definitely not the kind of person who shows mercy to the enemy for these struggles."

When the old lady heard this, she sighed: "Let's see, people's hearts are unpredictable."

Duke Ding was thinking.

He is the confidant of King Jing. Now that he is the commander of the Beijing Guard, he will definitely not be able to stabilize with the political turmoil in the future.

Although my mother's worries are just speculations, they are indeed reasonable.

On the second day, the old lady told the people of the Xue family and Wei family that she would be elected as the prince within one month, and everyone was more nervous.

Yuan Jin urged Wen Yu to study every day. The old lady often asked about it. After all, he and Yun Hai are the only ones left, so no matter how they are, they are the only ones. Naturally, the old lady still attaches more importance to Yun Hai, and even brought him to the small courtyard next to her to live, watching food, clothing, daily life.

The mansion bought three new pieces of Ye Xuanqing Mo, which is a rare famous mo. The old lady wanted to buy them and divide them into three grandsons, and now Xue Yuntao has lost the election, so he naturally doesn't need that piece. When Yuan Jin heard about it, he was preparing a book for Wen Yu, so he sent Tong'er to retrieve it.

Half an hour later, Tong'er ran back empty-handedly and told Yuan Jin: "My wife, the people in the warehouse said that all three pieces were taken away by the servants of the big room. I went to the big room to ask for it, but they said that Young Master Wen Yu had never read much before and just used ordinary ink, there was no need to use such good ink..."
To be continued...