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When Qi Liangye received the news from the Hongchen Inn, Xie Yu had already wiped off the blood on her hands and left the crime scene.
Xie Yu grew up in the mundane world since she was a child, and she was far crueler than the secret guards cultivated by the imperial court when killing. Therefore, she knew how to solve the grievances in Jianghu by employing the means of the Jianghu people.
For a while, Qi Liangye couldn't monitor her whereabouts and felt a little uneasy. He frowned slightly:
"This person isn't easy to deal with." (Wives aren't easy to deal with, what do you expect?)
Huo Shijun's eyes flashed, "Your Highness, Wang Yue is that difficult to deal with too. It's a good thing for us."
He continued, "I don't know how the Xie family cultivated this patriarch."
Qi Liangye laughed, gently twisted the mouth of the teacup, and said:
"The Xie family started out about two or three hundred years ago with a female general. Although this general Xie Yunying was born as a daughter, the Xie family's maiden army led by her broke through the foreign enemy's homeland and abruptly expanded the territory of the former dynasty to double."
"The reason why this Maiden's Army is unprecedentedly strong is that the female generals used a very terrifying training method, which is specifically aimed at women. It's precisely because of this that the Xie family's patriarchs are almost women from generation to generation."
"But when the female general(Xie Yunying) was in her twilight years, the laws of the previous dynasty and related literati suddenly tightened the control on women. To ensure the status of Xie's women in the family, Xie Yunying directly set up some ancestral instructions."
"As for how they choose a Xie patriarch among them, it's probably by killing their siblings, the civil and military competition, and the experience of life and death."
These Xie family secrets are all recorded in the royal family's books. Qi Liangye was familiar with it, and he naturally knew what Xie Yu faced when she became the head of the Xie family.
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"I heard that the man's eyes were blinded, and the people who went to investigate threw up on the spot."
"Hey, those little girls on duty are pitiful. They were killed by the murderer who played the flute."
The massacre at Erli Hutong swept through the corners of Ganjing in only half an hour.
Rumors spread like snow in the sky and spread to high-level courtyards all over Qianjing. Under the suppression of Wang Yue and the royal family, the powerful(nobles) didn't dare to move half a cent, so they told the people below them not to talk about it privately, but there are always people in the camps on both sides. Some are not clear, such as the Queen's side.
Xie Yu took two female guards, Xie Ruyi and Xie Abao, to wander around Ganjing. As long as they saw Wang Yue's hidden people, they either smashed the house or made trouble.
Xie Abao took off her fake Adam's apple and fanned her face with a leaf.
"Master, we're making such big moves. Won't Wang Yue be anxious?"
The three of them, dressed in colorful robes, squatted on a tree, taking advantage that no one was there to catch their breath.
A dark light flashed in Xie Yu's eyes, "I just want to make a noise. After we leave in two days, let Xiao Liuzi arrange three people of the same size as us to continue making trouble, and let him know that I have been in the capital. "
They are going to leave for Pingzhou in two days. At this time, Xie Yu can't let Wang Yue divert his energy to Pingzhou. It's better to make a sound here so that he(Wang Yue) can't spare his energy on Pingzhou.
"How many troubles did we make today?"
Wang Yue infiltrated the defense and intelligence of the entire capital, no wonder the crown prince was helpless against him.
"On this day, we made four."
"Okay, let's go home and rest."
When the three of them passed by the alley, they found that there were guards from the royal brigade surrounding it, and Xie Yu immediately retracted the foot she was about to step out.
Xie Ruyi saw that there was the driver, and whispered to Xie Yu, "It's a Luan sedan chair." (Mainly used by the queen.)
The queen lifted the curtain with her white hand and the nanny whispered beside her.
"Is there something wrong with the lady?"
Queen Sun sighed, picked up the Buddha string on her right wrist, and started to coil it up.
"The crown prince has been in power since three years ago, and he has less time to return to the Imperial Palace. Now, he's about to get married but he doesn't want to talk to this palace(pertaining to themselves). Ruo Wei is such a good girl, how can he look down on her?"
There were fine lines around the Queen's almond eyes. When she said this, she couldn't help but feel the bitterness of a mother. When Madam Liu(nanny) saw that her(queen) straight back was bent, she felt distressed instantly.
"Niangniang, His majesty is in a coma right now, and the crown prince alone takes up the burden of governing the dynasty. If you're really worried, you can ask the palace servants to spread the word: The crown prince is benevolent and filial, and will not abandon you."
Madam Liu said so, but she knew Queen Sun's plan better than anyone else.
She(queen) was born in Jincheng Gongfu, and her elder brother is worthy of the position of Zhanshi in Zhanshifu in the court, but the official position of the third grade is far lower in maintaining the glory of her mother's family.
Although the adults were arguing about the marriage between Sun Ruowei and the crown prince when he was young, they didn't get the approval of the crown prince himself. The queen took up the initiative to contact him for the marriage discussion a few times to no avail.
Madam Liu knew in her heart that the status of the daughter of a Jincheng Gongfu is still too low to be the crown prince's wife.
Listening to the queen's self-pity, Madam Liu agreed, but her mind wandered away.
The three(Xie Yu and her guards) of them practice martial arts, and their hearing is first-class. Xie Yu caught the key point in the talk and immediately understood what Qi Liangye was thinking.
"Our crown prince really makes the best use of everything,"
Xie Yu laughed inexplicably. Before the two girls could think about what happened, they saw their master kick on the wall and disappeared.
The two looked at each other and immediately followed. Back at the Yilan Courtyard, the two attendants fell on the soft couch to rest, and as soon as they took a breath, they saw Xie Yu, their master, squatting on the ground and rummaging through her luggage. Xie Yu picked out the lightest and most immortal skirt.
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"The crown prince hasn't come back yet?"
The queen looked displeased, put down the herbal tea that had been refilled for the second time, stared at Tokugawa, and continued to scold, "Bengong(I/I am|pertaining to themselves) is his biological mother, but now it's hard to come even see him once? He just keeps hiding from Bengong, why can't he meet with this palace?!"
Tokugawa bowed his head and pleaded guilty again.
"Oh, madam, you don't know, there have been many floods in various places recently, and the Crown prince's affairs team have suddenly become busy. The letter came just now, and he will be back in a while."
It was at this moment that Madam Liu hurried back to the house, holding the handkerchief in her hand, she whispered beside the Queen.
Tokugawa couldn't hear them, but he rolled his eyes and simply stood aside.
"He even hid a woman!"
The queen originally wanted Sun Ruo Wei to be her daughter-in-law, but now something went wrong. She was so angry that she slapped the incense table, and the good gilt incense burner was knocked to the ground with a slap.
"Tokugawa, show me the way to the Yilan Courtyard! I want to see who managed to bewitch the Crown Prince of the East Palace who has not yet married!"
The queen shouted while shaking her handkerchief. Madam Liu, who was behind her, carefully supported her. In front was a palace maid with a lantern. Tokugawa followed closely behind them. It took them several turns to reach the Yilan Courtyard.
Xie Yu naturally knew the news of the Queen's entry into the mansion. She had already finished bathing at this time, and her long hair like a waterfall was swaying on the bed. Wearing a light white dress, with fair skin, although not wearing makeup, Xie Yu looks like a national beauty.
Xie Ruyi is shorter in stature. She still holds the sword in her hand, and Xie Abao was standing by the bed. Seeing this, she simply sat on the ground and asked, "Master, what's the situation now?"
Since she(Ruyi) was a child, her ears were amazing, and she had been listening to the Queen's loud movements from afar.
Xie Yu grabbed the apple on the table, broke it in half, and gave it to her(Ruyi). Hearing the question, her chewing of the apple stopped, and she replied, "The Crown Prince had used me as a shield."
"No wonder the queen is so eager to run to us."
Xie Ruyi was so frightened that the apple in her mouth fell. She(Ruyi) was born to be cute and round. Xie Abao, who was beside her, pinched her face leisurely and sat down.
Xie Yu chose to ignore the ambiguous atmosphere of the two, threw the apple core into the wooden barrel beside her, and then slowly got up.
Seeing this, the two female guards stood up and stepped back.
It was at this moment that the Queen and her party had passed through the empty main hall, but they found that there was no expected sound of panic in the backyard, only the lights were bright, and there were only layers of curtains rising and falling, dancing freely with the wind. Occasionally, some lanterns light up on the side as if reminding that someone lives here.
In the house, only dim candles swayed gently, and the breeze blew softly. It was indescribably quiet. The Queen's footsteps slowed down, and the mood of the people behind her gradually calmed down.
*****T/N: I churned out a whole chapter! Nice, me! Nice!
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