Compared with the gloomy and irritable Xu Shizi in the past few days, Zuo Yue obviously felt that his family's eldest son was in a good mood. Xu Shixiang resumed his trip to Xu's residence twice a day, and the relationship between the two was obviously much closer.

In the blink of an eye and half a month later, Xu Yuanqing deliberately went to discuss with Chang Lao when he could get Gu worms. Chang Lao held the medicine pestle and looked at him with a calm expression, "What's the hurry, I'm here to save you from suffering."

Xu Yuanqing has endured it for so many years and is not in a hurry for a while, but Xiao Yu'an came to him yesterday, and he needs to confirm his plan and give him a reply.

Chang Lao continued to tinker with his medicine, pouring the dried centipede in the bowl into the mortar, beating the medicine pestle to make a "dong dong dong" sound, he asked in a deep voice, "Where did you send me to find a girl recently?"

Xu Yuanqing: "Miss Xun missing?"

"Didn't you ask her to do something?" Chang Lao stopped the movement of smashing the medicine, with a suspicious expression on his face, "I haven't seen you for a few days, what did she do?"

"I'll ask someone to look for it." Xu Yuanqing hurriedly got up and left. In the past half a month, Xiao Yu'an had borrowed his people to trip Lu Qiuling.Worried that she would be involved somehow, he gestured to Liu Qian who was in the dark as he walked, indicating that he could go and investigate.

Xu Yuanqing went straight to Gu Sanzhi's place to find Zuo Yue, and asked without avoiding Gu Sanzhi, "Has there been any news from Xiao Yu'an today?"

"No." Zuo Yue was frightened by his stern expression, and shook his head in a daze.

Gu Sanzhi put down his medical skills, turned his head in his direction, "Is something wrong?"

Xu Yuanqing nodded, and his thoughts quickly sank, "Mr. Gu, please find Li Yiming and tell him to take care of Mr. Chang. I have something to go out." After speaking, he pulled Zuo Yue and left, telling Zuo Yue to goXiao's mansion saw if Xiao Yu'an was in the mansion, and asked him to contact the eyeliner in Duke Huaiguo's mansion to find out.

He went straight to the inn where Xunniang was placed. Xu Yuanqing arranged for her to leave after she left Huaiguo Duke's mansion, but she refused to leave, saying that she was used to it, and Xu Yuanqing wanted her to be cautious and let her go.

The inn was empty, and the shopkeeper also said that she hadn't returned to the inn for a few days.

Xu Yuanqing was running around in such a hurry that it was dark in front of his eyes. He leaned on the table and sat down to catch his breath. His thoughts were running fast. It was five days ago that he went to Xu's mansion to find his mother.

In the past few days, he thought that Xunniang was with Chang Lao, because Xunniang also asked someone to pass the message to him.

He calmed down and thought about the message from the day before yesterday.

It was the servant of the mansion who sent the message, otherwise Zuo Yue would not have brought him into the house, the servant said he was sending a message for the young girl, to ask that the son is well, and that she would not come to dispense medicine with the master, and would call her again if there was no cardmate.

Xu Yuanqing was still laughing with Xiang Changyuan at that time, she was addicted to finding a mother card, so she didn't think about it.

With Xunniang's lively temperament, she was able to come and say a word in the time of only a cup of tea when she was in the Xu Mansion and in the Shui Ling Courtyard, and she would never spend a lot of trouble asking the servant to pass on the word..

He didn't think deeply at that time, if he hadn't heard Chang Lao said today that he would not see him for a few days, he might still be kept in the dark.

After Xuan Pinghou and Li Ying left, although many servants in Xu Mansion dispersed and the mansion was quiet, the secret guards did not decrease at all but increased, and there were only a handful of people who could extend their hands to Xu Mansion.

Few people know the relationship between Xunniang and him.

Since it took a lot of trouble to lie to him, it must be to use Xunniang.

Xu Yuanqing walked out of the inn while thinking, his head was dazed, his thoughts were in a mess, he had no clue, he couldn't figure out a thread, he walked forward in a daze.

"My son?"

He raised his eyes and took a closer look, and it was Lu Qiuling who was coming.

Lu Qiuling saluted him, looked at him, and moved his eyes to the upstairs of the inn without a trace, lowering his eyes to hide his expression, with a fake smile on his face, "Why is the prince here?"

Seeing that it was her, Xu Yuanqing cheered up immediately, and caught her expression no matter how she tried to conceal it, it seemed that she knew that Xun Niang lived in this inn, but she was not sure if Xun Niang was in her hands.

He also restrained his emotions, and asked indifferently: "The princess's canonization ceremony seems to be in the future?"

Lu Qiuling pretended to be shy and leaned over to salute, "I invite my son to watch the ceremony then."

The ceremony viewing post was still on Xu Yuanqing's desk and hadn't been opened. He wanted to hand over her affairs to Xiao Yu'an, but now he was forced to make calculations. He stared straight into her eyes, his pupils cut water, what a pairThe bewitching beautiful eyes are flawless, seemingly harmless to humans and animals but full of ambition.

"Congratulations to the princess for getting what he wanted." Xu Yuanqing smiled sarcastically, and suddenly changed the topic, "I'm afraid that the loss outweighs the gain if extreme joy begets sorrow."

Lu Qiuling frowned slightly, still maintaining his demeanor, neither happy nor angry, "Your Majesty taught Ling'er to write it down."

Xu Yuanqing flicked his sleeves, twirled the jade pendant around his waist with his fingers, and looked at her with a smirk, "I don't dare to be a teacher. The princess is very kind and heart-warming. After becoming the princess, I think it will make the prince even more obsessed."

He stared at Lu Qiuling's face without hesitation, seeing the anger floating in her eyes, but still put on airs in front of others, walked half a step closer with a cold smile, and said in a low voice, "I don't know what the princess is using?"Can you teach me one or two methods?"

Lu Qiuling was stunned and quickly calmed down, staring sideways at Xu Yuanqing's playful smile, furious, gnashed his teeth and asked, "Could it be that the prince also wants to please the prince?"

Xu Yuanqing raised his eyebrows slightly, not being provoked by her, he hated the prince's atrocities every time he thought of him, he kept all the hatred in his heart, and did not show anger in the face of naked/naked provocations.

He backed away and opened the distance, still with a calm expression, "Don't be angry, princess, I will definitely not be contaminated by your methods." As he spoke, he raised his hand and patted his clothes, squinting his eyes, and said word by word: "I find it dirty."

"You!" Lu Qiuling was sullen, her nails dug into her flesh, the pain reminded her not to act rashly, she took a long breath to calm herself down, "Ling'er still has to prepare for the canonization ceremony, I'm sorry to leave, I hope the prince will forgive me." After finishing speaking, she was in a hurryAfter leaving, I was afraid that if I stayed for a while, I couldn't help tearing up my face with him.

Xu Yuanqing closed his eyes and calmed down to adjust his emotions, hearing the noisy voices of people and horseshoes.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a horse standing still beside him, and the person on the horse looked anxiously towards the long distance.

Xiang Changyuan got off his horse and pulled him to check his whole body to see that he was not injured before he heaved a sigh of relief. He frowned and asked him, "Why didn't you call me when something happened?"

Xu Yuanqing told the truth, "It's not right for you to be implicated when you work in the criminal department."

Xiang Changyuan sighed inaudibly, helped him mount the horse helplessly, did not discuss the matter with him deeply, led the horse forward slowly, and told him, "I have sent someone to search for someone in the city, and I will tell you as soon as I have any clues."

Xu Yuanqing stared at him with lowered eyes, and told him the name he guessed in his heart, "Shen Yuze."

"he?"

When Xunniang went to Xu's mansion, in order to avoid trouble, she never went through the main entrance, and always entered through the back door or over the wall.

Therefore, knowing that Xun Niang has very little relationship with Xu Yuanqing, the crown prince, Xin Zhengyuan, Lu Qiuling, he boldly guessed, and Shen Yuze.

Shen Yuze is an unfathomable person. After several years of monitoring him, he has the ability to make waves in his nose. Thinking about it, he may have been taking advantage of Prime Minister Jiang's influence to see the situation clearly and break it down in one fell swoop for himself.After looking for a future, he also wants to seek fame. He wants to bring down the prince and win the praise of Qing Dynasty for himself. Lu Qiuling is just a pawn.

Everyone in the capital knew that Shen Yuze belonged to the prince. Now that Lu Qiuling was dazzled by the joy of the princess, she naturally wouldn't think that Shen Yuze had other plans for her, but would only think that he wanted to get promoted and curry favor with her.

The matter related to Shen Yuze was a bold guess after he tried Lu Qiuling just now, and he couldn't be sure without evidence.

But his intuition told him that this matter had something to do with Shen Yuze.

Xu Yuanqing had a wide view on the horseback, and he saw Liu Qian at the entrance of the alley at a glance. He grabbed the rein and shouted, "Wait a minute."Chang Chang's reaction was extremely quick, and he was firmly caught and hugged to the ground.

"Don't worry."

Xunniang has done his best for Xu Yuanqing, he sincerely regards her as a friend, now that he is implicated because of him, Xu Yuanqing is not in a hurry.

He stabilized his mind and didn't go straight to Liu Qian, just in case, he still led Xiang Changyuan into the alley with a natural expression.

Liu Qian: "Five days ago, Xun Niang came out of Xu's Mansion and went to Chunyue Building, and there has been no news since then."

"Chunyue Building?"

Xu Yuanqing and Xiang Changyuan spoke in unison, with different expressions.

Xiang Changyuan hurriedly said: "The head of Chunyue Building is Xiao Yu'an."

"Be sure to find Xiao Yu'an, let's go to Chunyue Tower first." Xu Yuanqing instructed Liu Qian, and then dragged Xiang Changyuan straight to Chunyue Tower.

As soon as the two sons of Zhilan Yushu stepped into Chunyue Tower, they were surrounded by colorful girls. Xu Yuanqing was closely guarded by Xiang Changyuan.Xiang Changyuan held up a wooden sign and shouted: "The Criminal Department is handling the case, get out of the way!"

The girls turned pale in shock and dodged for a moment, the thick smell of rouge faded, and Xu Yuanqing breathed in the fresh air smoothly.

The old bustard hurriedly came down when she heard the commotion, and called the officer respectfully, but she refused to cooperate at all in her behavior, she still called the girl to invite customers to accompany her for a drink, and she also talked about him in every way when she answered, and flashed her words in a few threatening words.word.

Xu Yuanqing was sullen, and held him back to Changyuan, and took a piece of jade from his bosom with a gloomy expression. Seeing this, the bustard suddenly changed his expression and attitude, and immediately stopped business, drove all the guests away, and called all the girls togetherStanding honestly, only at this moment did he look like he was seeing an official.

Xu Yuanqing was amazed by this situation, and looked into the long distance in disbelief, staring at his jade jade, the jade jade with the size of a thumb, in the shape of a crescent moon, seemed to be half broken.

Seeing that he was looking at it, Xiang Changyuan handed it to him, but stared at the bustard coldly, and asked with a stern expression, "Say it clearly."

Xu Yuanqing didn't have time to study Yujue, and didn't have time to find out what was going on, so she stuffed Yujue back into his arms and listened carefully to what the old bustard had to say.

The boss said tremblingly: "The girl came to Chunyue Tower and went directly to Xiaoshan Yu Pavilion upstairs. You also know that Xiaoshan Yu Pavilion has always been reserved for the owner, and the owner has never kicked her out. How dare we ask more questions?I don’t know the rest, every sentence is true, and I dare not lie about half a sentence.”

Xu Yuanqing stared, "Boss?"

As soon as she asked, the madam knelt down in fright, and the girls behind her also knelt down in fright.

Seeing this, Xu Yuanqing looked sideways at Chang Yuan, guessed who it was, and said coldly, "Let's all go."

The boss shook like a sieve, looked carefully at Chang Yuan, and got up in a hurry after seeing him nodding, and led the girl to hide upstairs.

After the person left, Xu Yuanqing asked in a deep voice, "Xiao Yu'an?"

"It's me." Xiao Yu'an rushed over, and replied with unsteady breath, "I met Xunniang five days ago."

Xu Yuanqing asked angrily, "Where are people?"

"This is the letter she left, the son will know it at a glance." Xiao Yu'an took out the letter paper and handed it to him. Xu Yuanqing took it and unfolded it. After confirming that it was Xun Niang's handwriting, he felt relieved. After reading it, he raised his heart tightly and frowned.wrinkle.

He crumpled the letter paper, pointed at Xiao Yu'an and roared, "Xiao Yu'an!"

Xiang Changyuan also read the letter, did not stop the angry Xu Yuanqing, ignored Xiao Yu'an's eyes asking for help, took out the dagger from his waist and handed it to Xu Yuanqing.

Xiao Yu'an's eyes widened, he stepped back, and anxiously explained: "It wasn't my idea!"

Xu Yuanqing's expression was cold, and he turned a deaf ear to his words.

Seeing him approaching, Xiao Yu'an saw the sharp edge of the dagger flashed by, and Zuo Yue ran towards him. He hid when he was a child, raised his hand to comfort Xu Yuanqing, and explained helplessly, "Xuniang asked me to meet her, and she asked me to help herCreate a false impression that you are in the Xu Mansion, give this letter to me, and tell me to wait until the last moment when the matter is revealed before giving it to your son."

Hearing this, Xiang Changyuan stepped forward and pressed Xu Yuanqing's hand, calling him softly, "Your Excellency."

Xu Yuanqing released the dagger and returned it to him, and was supported by him to sit down, looking down at the floor.

Xiang Changyuan patted Xu Yuanqing's shoulder to comfort him, raised his head and asked Xiao Yu'an, "Can you send someone to protect her?"

Xiao Yu'an felt the sinister killing intent just now, he still hugged Zuo Yue with lingering fear, knowing that he was wrong, he replied in a slightly lower voice, "My people are staring at her, if there is something wrong, I will definitely report back."

Xu Yuanqing reached out and pressed Xiang Changyuan's hand, slowly raised his eyes, his eyes were red, the red mole under his eyes was bright red and glaring, his eyes were strange, he put his hand on the chair, the veins on his forehead burst out, he tried his best to endure his emotions, "your people?"

His voice was erratic and ghostly, and he completely changed his state.

Xiao Yu'an has seen his appearance before, when he scolded from top to bottom on Suzaku Street, scolding the dignitaries of the capital all over, it was the same appearance at this moment, no, it was more penetrating than at this moment.

Seeing this, Zuo Yue tensed up, "My lord!"

Xu Yuanqing leaned against the back of the chair, holding the armrest with his hands, his knuckles turned white, "How long has it been since you haven't heard from your people?"

Hearing this, Xiao Yu'an was like being shocked by an electric shock, his head "bang" and then there was no sound, and his whole body was limp on Zuo Yue's body.

Seeing Xu Yuanqing's emotional breakdown, Xiang Changyuan held his hand and called him in a low voice, "Xu Yuanqing!"

Immediately afterwards, he raised his hand and knocked on Xu Yuanqing's neck, and Xu Yuanqing fainted. Xiang Changyuan turned to him and fastened the cloak strap for him. He gently trimmed his hair and looked at him with distress, "Send him home."

The words were addressed to Xiao Yu'an, he stood up and walked out.

Xu Yuanqing had a dream, and it was the heavy snowfall he saw when he first came to Dasheng. His consciousness was blurred, he looked at the pedestrians coming and going, and prayed for someone to stop his hasty steps to save him. His great desire to survive made himBreaking down, his heart cooled little by little, and he clearly felt that death was getting closer to him.

He didn't feel the cold or pain, only that it was getting more and more difficult to breathe.

The chill invaded his internal organs and ate away at his consciousness.

He knew he was going to die.

"Xu Yuanqing!"

The glaring white disappeared from his eyes, a pair of hands pulled him out of the snow, air poured into his nostrils, his internal organs revived, and he suddenly opened his eyes.

The voice in the dream was Xiang Changyuan, he was still in shock, his mind was filled with: Where is Xiang Changyuan!

He tossed off the quilt and got out of bed in a dazed state, and flung himself onto the ground with soreness. He got up on the ground, supported the wall and staggered out, but just a few steps away, there were fine beads of sweat on his forehead, and his whole body was trembling., He gritted his teeth, endured the pain and stubbornly went out.

Chang Lao was watching the pear tree sprouting under the tree. After hearing the movement, he only glanced at it and continued to look at the pear tree.

Xu Yuanqing supported the door frame and stepped out of the door, his muscles and bones seemed to be pulled out completely, his body had no support at all, and his strength to support the door frame was exhausted in an instant.

When he fell, both hands held him firmly, and then hugged him up.

Xu Yuanqing rested his head on the man's shoulder and smelled a familiar smell, "Xiang Changyuan?"

"It's me." Seeing him hugging, Xiang Changyuan told him softly, "Xunniang is fine, and I'm fine."

Only then did Xu Yuanqing relax completely, and handed over his whole being to him.

Xiang Changyuan: "I'll help you in."

"Hug."

Hearing this, Xiang Changyuan was stunned, then his ears turned red, he hugged him horizontally with a slight smile, stared straight at the confused-looking person in his arms, and carried him into the room.

Xu Yuanqing had no strength at all, thinking in a daze: the princess is quite comfortable in the arms.