The pear blossoms bloomed one after another, falling like snow. The willow branches sprouted, and their reflections were dotted with green on the water.

Winter is gone and spring is here.

New news came from the palace, saying that Concubine Zheng would leave the palace and live in a temple for three months to pray for Da Qi. She was so heartbroken that she could not sleep every night because Da Qi had been at war for many years and the people were living in poverty.

She cared so much about the people and spoke so sincerely that the emperor agreed to her request and allowed her to leave the palace and go to the royal temple Wanfu Temple to pray for the people of Daqi for three months.

When the news came out, the people praised Concubine Zheng and said she had a kind heart like a bodhisattva.

On the day when Concubine Zheng left the palace and went to Wanfu Temple, the streets were crowded with pedestrians, all of whom came to see her off.

Concubine Zheng sat in the carriage, listening to Nuoqing describing the situation outside, and a smile appeared on her lips.

Upon learning that the liquor market that originally belonged to her son was preempted by Xie Lin and Chu Heyi, she was filled with hatred and anger. She could no longer suppress her desire to kill Xie Lin and Chu Heyi, so she planned to leave the palace.

This time she left the palace to take the lives of Chu Heyi and Xie Lin. If they died, the liquor market would become her son's.

With enough silver, she could support a large number of soldiers and forge a large number of weapons, which would be of great help to her son in ascending to the pinnacle of power.

She can't wait.

Can't wait any longer.

Many ladies and young ladies came to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion and invited Chu Heyi to go for an outing, and Chu Heyi agreed to go.

Afterwards, in order to return the favor, Chu Heyi invited the ladies and young ladies to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion for tea and flower viewing. There was a patch of peach blossoms on the back hill of the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, which was extremely beautiful when it bloomed, and the ladies and young ladies vied with each other to accept the invitation.

As a result, after returning from flower viewing, they noticed that the atmosphere in Zhenbei Marquis Mansion was tense. After asking, they found out that their young master had hidden some firecrackers during the New Year period, and while everyone was out viewing the flowers, he secretly lit the firecrackers and burned down Chu Heyi's house.

"Fortunately, no one was killed. This was too dangerous." The ladies and young ladies talked about it.

"It's a pity that so many beautiful clothes were burned."

Someone interceded for the young master: "Second Madam, Princess Cheng'an, don't be angry with the child, just teach him a lesson, he is at the age of being naughty."

The second lady said, "We don't want to be angry with him, but he burned down his sister's house, which is really hard to forgive. If we don't teach him a lesson, he might do something murderous or arson in the future, which is terrible."

The Second Madam ordered someone to take Chu Lu away. "Give him thirty strokes of the cane! Let him learn a lesson!"

After a while, the ladies all heard the sound of beating coming from the room, and the child was crying and wailing, looking very pitiful.

They also saw that Aunt Rui took out all of Chu Heyi's burned clothes and threw them away. They were indeed almost burnt and could not be worn anymore.

What a pity for those fine materials and beautiful styles.

Not every lady's family background can be compared with the Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion, so some ladies thought: "Perhaps many of them were gifts from the emperor, they are so precious, and it's a pity that they were burned like this."

Chu Heyi saw everyone's expressions of pity.

The next day, the seamstress in the family began to make new clothes for her. This year's styles were somewhat different from last year's. They were brand new and very beautiful, and Chu Heyi liked them very much.

The next day, a little beggar knocked on the door of the Zhenbei Marquis's mansion and threatened that he had an important letter to send to Chu Heyi. The housekeeper wanted to arrest him, but he refused and insisted on seeing Chu Heyi.

Chu Heyi stood up: "I'll go take a look."

Baihua immediately followed and protected her at all times.

There was a dirty beggar at the door, who was negotiating with the housekeeper. He refused to give the letter to the housekeeper no matter what and insisted that he hand it to Chu Heyi personally.

Chu Heyi walked up to him and carefully identified his face, but his face was too dirty and he couldn't tell what he looked like at all: "I am the Chu Heyi you are looking for. Can you give me the letter now?"

The little beggar looked at her for a long while, as if to confirm her identity. After a while, he said, "I don't have any letters, only verbal messages. And I'm only speaking to you. Everyone else should go away."

Baihua and the housekeeper were worried. There were too many people who wanted to deal with the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, and they didn't know the identity of the little beggar, so they naturally didn't dare to leave.

Chu Heyi said: "I will be on guard against him, you don't have to worry, just wait aside."

Baihua and the housekeeper then retreated to the side, but their eyes were always fixed on Chu Heyi and the little beggar, ready to rush forward to protect Chu Heyi at any time.

Chu Heyi looked at the little beggar and raised his eyebrows: "Can you tell me now, what message do you want to give me?"

The little beggar looked at the distance between the housekeeper and Baihua, and then said, "That person asked me to tell you that this news is only for you. If others know about it, you can't afford the consequences."

Chu Heyi's heart tightened: "Okay, you tell me."

"Qiao Wanwan, whom you have been sending people to look for, is in Huaishan. If you want to see her, go alone, otherwise Qiao Wanwan will die." After the little beggar finished speaking, he turned and ran, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Chu Heyi's heart trembled. Did Qiao Wanwan fall into someone else's hands? What did that person want to do by holding Qiao Wanwan hostage in Huaishan?

What do you want to do by letting her go alone now?

Almost at the same time, a dirty beggar whose face could not be seen clearly knocked on the door of Xie's house, also insisting on seeing Xie Lin in person.

When the Xie family steward refused to pass on the message, the little beggar threatened: "If you don't pass on the message, you won't be able to afford the consequences."

The butler was not threatened and did not pass on the message.

It happened that Xie Lin was not at home, but had just returned from outside. He saw the little beggar, and the little beggar asked him to send his attendants away before he was willing to talk to him.

Wang Shan said, "Third Master, I'm afraid there is something fishy going on. If he wants to pass on a message, then just pass it on. It's really suspicious that he is doing all this mess. Besides, he made himself so dirty that we can't see what he looks like."

Xie Lin said, "Step aside, I'll listen to what he has to say."

Wangshan was extremely worried, but he could only listen to Xie Lin's words and step aside with the others.

The little beggar looked at Xie Lin and said, "Master Xie, if you want to know your true origins, go to Huaishan."

Having said that, he disappeared in a flash.

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