Return to the Qing Dynasty(68)

"Who do you suspect?" Dong Xiaowan looked at the queen and asked in a low voice.

Lin Yutong glanced at Dong Xiaowan. What she likes about this girl is that she is never restrained around her. She just asks questions and asks if she doesn't understand. Then she puts them all into her heart, remembers her, and then has a long memory.

In the past two years, she has become more and more magnanimous. Many members of the clan have made inquisitive inquiries, asking what kind of family they want to find for her. Lin Yutong mentioned this matter, but did not force it. This girl is sincere.

Most of the time, she can make up her own mind whether to marry or not, and what kind of person to marry. Lin Yutong will not dictate.

Seeing her asking, Lin Yutong did not hide it. He just asked: "If it is Hongli's side room... How can she, a woman who has just come out of the boudoir, have such means? Even if she has an idea, it won't work without someone running errands for her.

.Who can she mobilize? Or who can she trust?"

It is impossible to tell secret things to someone who is not a person of absolute trust.

I can't think of anyone else except Cheng'en Houfu.

When Dong Xiaowan said this, Lin Yutong nodded, and then asked, "Others don't know much about Chengenhou Mansion, but you do. You know Chengenhou Mansion, and you know my relationship with Chengenhou Mansion, so from your

Do you know anyone who dares to do such a thing?"

Dong Xiaowan frowned and thought for a long time, but finally shook her head. She had seen clearly the relationship between the Queen and the Marquis of Chengen in the past two years. Old Mrs. Jueluo had always been the only one to attend large and small banquets in the palace.

You know, the old lady of the Jueluo family and the Chengenhou Mansion are two different things now. The queen has no intention of asking the old lady to return to Uranala's house again. For more than a year, whether it is a man or a woman in the Chengenhou Mansion,

They have never been recruited into the palace again. Any happy events in the palace, the queen can only do and not hear. These people don’t know how many connections they have gone behind, including the thirteenth master’s house, the fourteenth master’s house, and the ninth master’s house.

, even Brother Hongwang’s Beizi Mansion came to beg for help. They just wanted to ask what the palace meant, and then gave the Queen an attitude, saying that they knew they were wrong. But the Queen ignored them at all.

stubble.

During the official assessment at the end of the year, several men from the Ulanala family failed to pass the test, and were reprimanded by the Lord Long Live. It is really unreasonable to say that at this time, they dared to come out and play around.

Dong Xiaowan was horrified, "Are you worried that someone will use the name of Cheng'enhou Mansion to misbehave outside?"

Lin Yutong didn't nod. What was strange about the matter? It was strange that the daughter of the Lin family entered the palace. It was also strange that the Lin family believed that someone could protect them and stand up for them. It seemed reasonable, but to be honest, the Lin family was not completely innocent.

What made Lin Yutong frown even more was that this young master, Mr. Zhan Shilin, came from a poor family. He was able to be promoted to the fourth rank without any background. For someone in his forties, it could not be considered unsuccessful. If anyone could

Without his current achievements, he would be considered an absolutely shrewd master. If such a shrewd person falls into the trap so easily, then he cannot be called shrewd. On the other hand, he must be really smart.

Think about it for a moment and wonder if Mr. Lin really has no support in the officialdom. No matter how you think about it, you feel that the Lin family is very contradictory.

"Let's check first." She ordered Dong Xiaowan, "Don't ask anything..." After asking for a while, I couldn't explain clearly, "dig deeper. Check the Lin family to the bottom..." I still don't believe it.

.I just want to see who is haunting this place.

This is no longer a matter in Hongli's backyard. Lin Yutong suspected that someone was deliberately mixing sand between himself and Hongli.

Once this happened, what would Hongli think? Would he think that he instigated his niece and her natal family to do this?

Will do!

He may even think that the stalemate between him and his parents is a cover-up, and he secretly asks his parents to do tricks to get rid of the relationship. He doesn't think about whether he has any strength now. After all, all the unambitious people in the history books have been liquidated.

Quite a few. Moreover, the three legitimate sons are too young. For the sake of safety, even if the obstacles cannot be cleared, it is right to suppress the older prince at all times and not let him grow stronger. What happens this time is that Gao Bin will be deposed.

The blow to Hongli was not small. If we look at it from a normal thinking perspective, Hongli's thinking can not be considered wrong.

There is no emperor who is not suspicious. He who does not think deeply cannot become an emperor.

Lin Yutong found it quite boring that this happened during the Chinese New Year.

Before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I went back to the garden with my fourth master and the children.

I think the four little ones still like the garden more than the palace. They are not allowed to go out in the palace, and there is no place for them to play outside. But it is different in the garden. The greenhouse is large and warm.

Take it with you and you can have fun inside.

After settling down in the garden, the Ministry of Internal Affairs called someone to ask if the palace banquet on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month could be held.

Don’t do it!

Before Lin Yutong could speak, Fourth Master replied directly.

Not only is it done, the Fourth Master is no longer in the garden. He wants to take Lin Yutong out to look at the lanterns.

Anyway, the Queen Mother was not in Changchun Garden either, and was picked up by Shi Shi when she came out of the palace.

The child is still too young, so I don’t take one with me when I go out. And there is someone to watch over me, so there is no problem at all if the child is gone for a long time.

After coming out of the garden, the two of them led people, one person and one horse, straight to the capital. Twelve hours a day, there were always people passing by on this road, and 90% of them were noble people that the common people could not afford to offend. So they even poked their heads in to inquire.

No one is there.

The layout of the capital is still different from before. In the past, the liveliest place was always the inner city, but since factories have been set up one after another in the suburbs of Beijing, now it seems that the outer city is much more lively than the inner city. Even now there is no curfew.

, the number of people going to the inner city is also much smaller.

Looking at the brightly lit lights not far away, Fourth Master and Lin Yutong dismounted their horses, handed the horses to others, and then walked hand in hand. It looked like the distance was only a mile, not a few steps.

But as soon as she turned the corner, she heard a series of bells ringing behind her. The fourth master pulled her to avoid the roadside, but saw a carriage slowly coming over. You could still hear faint voices, and you thought there were people on the carriage coming.

There should be quite a few.

When we arrived, the coachman greeted us warmly, "Want to drive? One penny per person."

Lin Yutong was stunned for a moment. He didn't know whether it was because Jiu Fujin moved quickly or because Hongxin didn't delay. It had only been a few days since he said this, but there were already carriages even as far away as the outer city. It seemed like they were coming from the village outside the city.

To solicit customers.

Fourth Master pulled Lin Yutong up, gave the coachman two coins, and then got on the carriage.

When they got to the carriage, Fourth Master met a familiar person - Su Peisheng.

This guy was supposed to follow him not too far away, but now he got on the carriage. He also secretly smiled ingratiatingly at Fourth Master and Lin Yutong. He was really a man, and he knew it without asking. He had guessed it.

The fourth master must ride in a carriage.

I ignored him and pretended not to know him and sat on the edge of the widened car. A wind lantern hung on the roof of the car, swaying vaguely, so that the car would not be completely dark. The car was lengthened and widened.

, twenty or thirty people can always be accommodated. The seats in the car are almost full, and the people wearing them are all country people.

The people in the car were all muttering to each other in low voices, but when they saw Lin Yutong and Fourth Master, who were well-dressed and elegant, they didn't dare to say anything. The car was quiet for a while.

Fortunately, the road was not far. Anyway, Lin Yutong arrived at the place before he could take a good look in the car. When he got off the car, the atmosphere suddenly changed. The place where he got off was outside the night market, and the two of them were the ones who got off.

Su Peisheng also came with him. As soon as he got off the carriage, a few people came to the roadside, and they got on the carriage again. They didn't mind that there were not enough seats, just squeeze in. It can be seen that the business is very good.

There are people on both sides of the street, with all kinds of colorful lights hanging on both sides, and there is no end in sight. There are also various food stalls on the side. The smell is mixed together, but it is not disgusting, but it looks particularly pyrotechnic.

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The fourth master was afraid of being washed away by others, so he took Lin Yutong's hand and walked away with the flow of people.

However, Su Peisheng was staggered here and there due to the crowd, and he couldn't keep up for a while.

The fourth master ignored it. He looked first at the government officials standing on the street to maintain order, and then at the water tanker parked at the end of the street. He couldn't help but nodded secretly, Shi Shi was doing a pretty good job.

, it is wiser to be prepared for a rainy day than to deal with it in time.

However, Lin Yutong looked at the lantern that the fat baby was holding and chewing on with big glutinous rice balls and felt curious about it. He dragged the fourth master to buy it, "Take it back for the children to have a look at..."

This lamp was hung high, and the asking price was definitely not low. I asked for five taels when I opened my mouth, and looked like I wouldn't bargain.

To be honest, the cost is at most five hundred cents. If it were sold in normal times, it would only cost one or two cents. But just in time for this festival, the price has doubled.

It seems that the methods of doing business are the same regardless of ancient and modern times.

The fourth master here was about to pay, but when he touched his wallet, he remembered that Su Peisheng was holding the wallet.

Then he looked at Lin Yutong innocently, meaning you pay.

Lin Yutong rolled her eyes at him, holding back her smile and was about to take the money, but unexpectedly a smiling voice came over, "I'll pay...I'll pay..."

It’s Hong Zhou!

This kid really doesn't know how to pick up time.

Now I have thought about why it is so difficult to live in a world with two people.

Hong Zhou handed over the money with one hand, and held the lamp high with the other hand. He held it up high and was squeezed. "Mom and dad, go sit down in a restaurant." He pointed towards the 30% restaurant on the roadside, "There is a good seat.

It’s nice to sit on it and watch it. If you want to eat any snacks, just ask the waiter to come down and buy them.”

If you want to leave, you can't.

Wordlessly, he followed Hong Zhou to the restaurant.

When I arrived at the door, I looked up and saw three words - Chunfeng Tower - written on the plaque.

This handwriting looks familiar! It doesn’t belong to Hongzhou.

Hong Zhou chuckled and touched his nose, "Um...mom and dad, please come in..."

Compared with the outside, the inside of the restaurant is in another world. There are tables next to each other on the first floor, and they are full of people. Going up the stairs, there are private rooms on the second and third floors. I thought it would be on the third floor, but it turned out that

Unexpectedly, there is a staircase from the corner of the third floor. Go up the stairs and you will find another floor.

This floor is like an attic, with several houses built against it. Because it is far away from the street and blocked by the archway, it is difficult to find that there is a hidden cave here. If the weather is warm, you can only enjoy the view from the rooftop.

, it just doesn’t taste good.

Now I stand in the wind and look at the night scene below. The two rows of lights are like two flaming dragons, winding away with no end in sight. The crowds of people are going back and forth like running water, it's so lively.
To be continued...