Ci Jinzhi

   "Miss Kou?" Seeing Xin You, King Xiu was a little surprised.

  Xin You was not too surprised.

   Prince Xiu's Mansion is adjacent to Prince Qing's Mansion. This teahouse is close to Prince Qing's Mansion, and naturally it is also close to Prince Xiu's Mansion. It is normal to meet Prince Xiu by chance.

   "I have met His Royal Highness King Xiu."

   "Miss Kou, you don't need to be too polite. Are you here for tea?" King Xiu's tone was familiar.

  Xin You thought of King Xiu's friendliness at the lotus garden banquet, and responded politely: "Well, come to drink tea. Is His Royal Highness Xiu Wang coming to drink tea too?"

  Xiu Wang smiled and said: "This restaurant is fairly clean, and it's close to the palace, so I come here occasionally."

   "Then don't delay His Royal Highness Xiuwang's tea." Xin You bowed her knees, said goodbye and walked to the carriage.

  Xiu Wang watched Xin You get into the carriage, turned around and looked up.

  A half face was exposed by the window on the second floor, and King Xiu recognized it as King Qing at a glance.

   King Qing also recognized him.

  One of the two brothers was sitting upstairs, the other was standing on the street, their eyes met from afar.

   King Qing sneered and looked away.

  Xiu Wang lowered his eyes and was silent for a moment, then turned and went back to the palace.

   In the next few days, Xin You silently waited for news from He Qingxiao, but suddenly there was a rumor: Jin Linwei is looking for Mr. Song Ling these days, and Mr. Song Ling is the person of Empress Xin who has been missing for many years!

  After more than ten years, the government and the public seem to have long forgotten the existence of this queen, but in fact, this rumor immediately caused an uproar.

  In the court, the return of Empress Xin will undoubtedly change certain situations. Among the folks, some people still remember Empress Ende, and for more people, there is no more lively gossip than this.

   Immersed in grief, Gu Changbo's mansion didn't care to respond. Some of the sharper mansions began to speculate whether Gu Changbo's death had something to do with the empress.

   Otherwise, there will be no news of the empress who has been missing for many years, and there will be no news at night. Once Gu Changbo, the holy family member, was killed, how could there be news?

  After hearing this, King Qing's heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the valley.

  These years have been good. When he was a child, he often heard about this empress from his mother and concubine.

   It is said that the empress is narrow-minded and jealous by nature, so she didn't allow her father to fill the harem, and her father even indulged her, only daring to accept concubines secretly.

  There is such an outrageous thing in the world, if this queen comes back, mother concubine and others will not have a good life.

   King Qing's first reaction was to go to the palace to see Concubine Shu, and soon thought of Xin You's words.

  Miss Kou said that his luck would not be good in the future, but she was right again!

  The aides of the palace also advised: "I haven't seen His Highness all this time. It's best for Your Highness not to go into the palace. It's better to be quiet than to move."

   "Low-key..." King Qing murmured.

   "What did His Highness say?"

   King Qing came back to his senses: "It's nothing. I'll go out for a while."

  The face of the staff changed: "Could it be that Your Highness is looking for Miss Kou?"

   King Qing was stunned: "How did you know, sir?"

  He went to Qingsong Bookstore a few times, but he can't guess it all at once, right?

The staff guessed from another angle: "It was rumored that Mr. Songling was related to the missing Empress Xin, but Mr. Songling was nowhere to be found. I know that His Highness wants to find out about Mr. Songling from Miss Kou, but now he is staring at Kou. I'm afraid there are quite a few girls, His Highness is in a sensitive situation, so we should avoid suspicion..."

  King Qing nodded slowly: "Sir, what you said makes sense."

   Sure enough, what Miss Kou said was right, he should keep a low profile these days.

  King Qing gave up the idea of ​​finding Miss Kou, and Xin You sent someone to find He Qingxiao.

   This news was obviously not released by Jin Linwei.

  After Shitou came back, he brought back a message: "Master He has entered the palace."

   "Go and get busy." Xin You looked calm, and worried about He Qingxiao in her heart.

  Master He might be punished for entering the palace at this time.

  At this time, He Qingxiao was in the palace, facing the gloomy Emperor Xingyuan.

   "Why did Jin Linwei's search for Mr. Songling spread?"

  The source of news about Emperor Xingyuan is of course not only Jinlinwei.

   "It's because the minister is not strict, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

   "Then is there any progress in Mr. Songling's whereabouts?" Emperor Xing Yuan asked again.

  He Qingxiao lowered his head and said, "Not yet."

   "The person I'm looking for can't be found, but the matter is spreading all over the place. Qingxiao, you have disappointed me."

  He Qingxiao knelt down: "I am guilty."

  Emperor Xingyuan sat on the dragon chair, condescendingly looking down at the young man who was kneeling to plead guilty, his expression became more and more serious.

After the suffocating silence, the emperor's unrecognizable voice sounded: "I don't believe that Mr. Songling can't find a living person. I want a result before the end of the month. Qingxiao, don't let me down again." .”

"yes."

   Walking out of the palace, the warm sunshine hits your face.

  Spring is coming to an end, and it won't be long before we enter April.

  The end of the month is the deadline given by Emperor Xingyuan.

  He Qingxiao returned to the yamen, and his subordinates reported that Miss Kou had sent someone to look for her.

  He nodded, and didn't arrange anything immediately, but dug out the secret message he just received.

   This is a dark report from Dingbei.

   After reading the secret report again, he went out.

  In Qingsong Bookstore, shopkeeper Hu fiddled with the beads for a while, feeling a little worried.

  Mr. Song Ling has a big event!

   Originally, the affairs of these royal family and nobles were far away from the ordinary people, but these past few months have become commonplace. If Mr. Songling has something, their bookstore will be greatly affected.

   "Your Excellency is here." Seeing the white-bearded old man walking in, Liu Zhou rushed to meet him.

   What came was Meng Jijiu.

  Since Da Meng Jijiu has read "Painted Skin", although he can't be called a frequent visitor to the bookstore, he will occasionally stroll in for a stroll.

   Shopkeeper Hu also returned to his senses, and warmly greeted Meng Jijiu.

   "You are busy." Meng Jijiu waved his hands and walked towards the bookshelf, but he glanced at the door of the reception room from the corner of his eye.

  The green cloth curtain was raised, and Xin You walked out.

   "Master Jijiu."

  Meng Jijiu smiled and asked, "Miss Kou, do you have any new books?"

   "Several scriptures and anthologies have been republished. Do you want to see Master Jijiu?"

   "Is the third volume of "Journey to the West" out yet?" Meng Jijiu asked as he walked deep into the bookshelf.

  Xin You followed naturally: "It was about to come out, but I didn't expect there to be some rumors about Mr. Songling recently. Minnv thinks it's better to come out later."

  Meng Jijiu took a deep look at the calm girl.

  The bookshelves are lined up, and the fragrance of ink is lingering.

   "Miss Kou thinks it's a rumor?" Meng Jijiu asked suddenly.

  Xin You showed just the right amount of stupefaction on his face, and then shook his head: "I don't know. I have dealt with Mr. Song Ling several times in business, talk and business, and I haven't asked him about his personal affairs."

   "Is that so." Meng Jijiu elongated his voice, which sounded a bit meaningful.

  Xin You had a frank face.

  Qingsong Bookstore has the deepest relationship with Mr. Song Ling, and now I don’t know how many people are staring at it. If she shows timidity, troubles will continue.

  Meng Jijiu glanced in the direction of the lobby entrance, pulled out a scroll from his sleeve and unfolded it.

   "Miss Kou, is this Mr. Songling?"