The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 272 Letter from Jinling
In a blink of an eye, it was the day when Princess Changning would return to the capital. Mu Xu, who had been notified earlier, went to the suburb of the city thirty li to meet her one hour earlier. The mother and son met very affectionately.But today is not the same as in the past, after Princess Changning cared about her son, she immediately urged the carriage to go to the city quickly, and said that she was in a hurry to see her grandson.Mu Xu had expected this for a long time, but he didn't care about it, and joked about his mother's good life.

As soon as the mother and son were talking through the car window, the team arrived at the Dongping Palace. Mu Xu ordered the housekeeper to arrange the entourage, and he himself helped the mother out of the carriage.As soon as Fang entered the Yimen Gate, he saw Daiyu leading Baochai and his daughters in line to greet her. After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law greeted each other, Princess Changning cared for Baochai and Yinglian who had just given birth, and then the group left in a mighty manner. Songhe Hall, naturally it was quite lively once we got there.

Princess Changning and her mother-in-law, Concubine Zhang, briefly talked about their farewell feelings, and they couldn't wait to raise three grandchildren. They hugged each other in their arms and loved them a lot, but they didn't think it was enough, and ordered the maid to give her and Mu Xu's father to her. The gifts prepared by the children were brought in, and they were worn by themselves.

Seeing the commotion inside, Mu Xu simply found an excuse to escape, ran to the garden to hide, until it was getting late, and he reckoned that the people were about to disperse, so he turned back.Sure enough, only the grandmother and mother, as well as Daiyu's mother and son, were left in Songhe Hall.

Princess Changning, who was playing with Maogeer in her arms, saw her son coming in, and suddenly said in a bad mood, "Where did you go in the blink of an eye? I still have something to tell you?"

Mu Xu smiled and came to sit beside his mother, and replied, "If mother has something to do, just tell me, and my son will do it properly."

"You, you are the father of three children, why are you not serious!" Princess Changning scolded, and then she got down to business, "I just entered the door and forgot to tell you, I brought some gifts from Liaodong, you turn around Order someone to sort it out and give it to Miss Xue and Miss Zhen respectively, this is to thank them for their contribution to our family." Speaking of this, she did not forget to say to Daiyu, "Of course, there is also the great hero Yu'er! "

Daiyu said seriously, "Mother was joking. As the daughter-in-law of the Mu family, it is my responsibility to have children. How can I thank you?"

Concubine Zhang, who was at the top, saw that Daiyu was about to decline, so she spoke out for her and said, "Okay, since your mother-in-law wants to give it to you, you can keep it at ease, and don't let her feel cold!"

When Daiyu heard this, she stood up and bowed to Duke Changning before she said with a smile, "Then I'll accept it, mother, don't feel bad."

"You child, when did you learn so narrowly?"

Concubine Zhang said with a smile, "You don't even need to ask, you must have learned from Xu'er, the young couple are called husbands and wives."

"That's right, that's the reason!"

Faced with grandmother and mother's teasing in turn, Mu Xu had a thick skin, and he just took it as a breeze, and didn't take it to heart at all, while Daiyu couldn't bear it, and was immediately blushed and speechless from embarrassment.At this moment, Brother Mao, who didn't want to sit in Princess Changning's arms, suddenly clapped his little hands, and muttered word by word, "Mother, shame, shame."

"Haha..." Everyone in the room was amused by Brother Mao's childish behavior, while Daiyu stomped her lotus feet, walked up to her son, tapped his forehead with her index finger and scolded, "You little bastard!" , Mother really hurts you for nothing!"

But Mu Xu didn't focus on this. He squatted in front of his mother's knee, grabbed Brother Mao's little hand, and turned his head to ask Daiyu strangely, "Didn't you say that your son can't talk? What was it just now?"

"Hey, if you didn't say it, I really didn't realize it!" Daiyu realized later, and immediately lowered her head to tease her son and said, "Quick, brother Mao, call me and listen!"

Brother Mao was very face-saving, and called his mother a few more times. He was so happy that Daiyu hugged his son from the mother-in-law's arms, and loved him hard.Mu Xu's eyes were hot, and he also leaned over to want his son to be called Dad, but he ignored him and hid his head on Daiyu's neck. Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help laughing again.

After Princess Changning laughed, she pointed at Mu Xu and his wife and asked Concubine Zhang, "What are they doing? Is this the first time Brother Mao is speaking today?"

Concubine Zhang replied with a happy face, "Exactly, the little guy didn't open his mouth no matter how much he coaxed him before, but he was so worried. I never thought that you, a grandmother, just came back, and he suddenly opened the mouth."

"Really?" Princess Changning was elated after hearing this, and quickly snatched her grandson from Daiyu's hands. The more she looked at her, the more she felt that she was precious, "Oh, my good grandson is really likable."

Then, because Mao Geer spoke for the first time, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law took turns coaxing him to speak, and the room was filled with laughter for a while.

The [-]th day of June is the [-]th birthday of the Empress Dowager, so the emperor Tuzhen ordered the whole world to celebrate it.By the early morning of this day, the entire city of Shenjing began to be decorated with lights and festoons. All kinds of troupes, acrobatics, and temple fairs could be seen everywhere, and there were hawkers doing business everywhere. Several streets that were quite lively in the past are even more crowded today. There is a constant flow of people shoulder to shoulder.

Mu Xu couldn't go to the city to see this scene, so he brought a birthday gift for his grandmother and escorted his grandmother and the others towards the imperial city at dawn.When he arrived at the palace, he first sent his grandmother and others outside the Palace of Compassion and Ning, watched them being taken in by a group of eunuchs, and then left for the Daqing Palace.

However, as soon as Mu Xu's feet stepped over the threshold of the main hall, Feng Ziying, who had been on the lookout for him in the hall, dragged Jia Lian to look for him. After the two of them saluted him, Feng Ziying whispered, "My lord, there is a letter from Jinling this morning. "

Mu Xu's eyes lit up, and he gestured to the two of them to follow, and then he walked towards the outside of the hall first, and Feng Ziying and the two quickly followed.After the three of them came to a secluded place, Mu Xu asked, "How about the news?"

Feng Ziying clasped her fists and replied, "Your Majesty's expectation is not bad, that Jing Huan is probably a member of the Wang family."

"Tell me carefully!"

"After I was reminded by the prince that day, I wrote a letter to Li He of Jinling. After some investigation, I found some clues in the Wang family. It turned out that Wang Ziteng's uncle had a daughter who was said to be fifteen years old. She died of a severe illness before the age of Jiji. Li He sent people to find her cemetery, and asked a professional foreman to examine the corpse in the coffin, and finally came to the conclusion that the age of the corpse was not the same as that of the daughter of the Wang family. It is clearly the body of a woman in her early thirties." Having said this, Feng Ziying glanced at Jia Lian again, and Jia Lian added knowingly,
"My wife has asked her brother Wang Ren about it. According to Wang Ren, his cousin has been living in seclusion since his daughter's death. He only had contact with a few people like Wang Ziteng, and Zhen Yingjia was among these people."

"Based on what the two of you said, the real identity of Jing Huan is ready to be revealed, but we still lack the key evidence, so we can't easily convict them." Mu Xu frowned and thought for a moment, then opened his mouth to confirm the matter.

Feng Ziying suggested, "It's better to control them first, I don't believe that they dare not recruit them after they enter the prison."

Mu Xu shook his head and rejected this method, "No, the Wang family is a big family in Jinling, and Wang Ziteng is a first-rank official. Doing so may cause criticism from the court and the people, and the gains outweigh the losses."

Before the three of them could come up with a practical solution, they suddenly heard the sound of bells and drums within the palace wall, and then saw the emperor and the empress dowager not far away, surrounded by a group of eunuchs and warriors. , coming towards the Daqing Hall.

Seeing this, Mu Xu said, "Forget it, the birthday celebration ceremony is about to begin, we will discuss this matter later."

(End of this chapter)