The old gentleman was old and it was the coldest time of the winter weather, it was possible that he was not feeling well, even if he was pretending, Zheng Fan did not dare to insist that he wanted to see him and changed his tone, “I wonder if the second gentleman is in?”
Xu Liang did not move and looked at Uncle Xu.
Uncle Xu personally went to the courtyard over there and returned after a short while, also apologetically, “Second Sir is not here, he went out with Miss Sun just now.”
The Second Mister wasn’t here either?
Zheng Fan was anxious in his heart, but there was nothing he could do but leave the Xu Mansion. He did not return to the Marquis of An Guo’s residence, but went to the Grand Prince’s place again.
When the Grand Prince heard him say that he hadn’t seen anyone, his brows knitted Avray.
Zheng Fan did not dare to squeal.
The Grand Prince glanced at the sky, Xu Yan should be in the palace giving lessons to the Fourth Prince at this hour, he got up and ordered someone to dress him, “I will go into the palace to find Xu Yan, you wait here.”
Zheng Fan honestly answered yes.
The Grand Prince went to the fourth prince’s quarters in the palace.
The fourth prince was still young and not yet old enough to leave the palace and establish a residence. His palace was in the north-west of the palace, a special place for the royal sons to live, and the eldest prince also had a residence in the palace, not very far away from his.
After entering the palace, the eldest prince first went to pay his respects to his mother, and went to the fourth prince’s palace under the pretext of being concerned about his schoolwork.
Xu Yan and the fourth prince had a cup of tea in each hand, and were talking about something while drinking it.
When he heard the palace staff report that the Grand Prince had arrived, the Fourth Prince immediately put down the tea in his hand and greeted him outside, his little face all cheerful, “Big brother, why are you here?”
The eldest prince’s gaze swept over his face without moving, the situation in the palace was complicated, and as royal sons, they had learned to hide themselves since they were young. He was already planning with his mother consort about the crown prince when he was six years old, but he knew that the fourth prince’s mother and son would not have this planning because his father was scornful of the Ding Guo Gong House and would never pass the throne to the fourth prince, the people of the Ding Guo Gong House understood, and so did Consort Xiao Xian.
So all these years Xiao Xianfei did not compete in the palace, did not cultivate any power, let alone the fourth prince, simply so that they have nothing to worry about.
Thinking of this, a warm smile appeared on her face, “I’ve been wanting to come and see how you’ve been learning, today I happened to go into the palace to pay my respects to mother consort, so I came by the way.”
He said, and looked inwards, “No lessons today?”
“Yes, class has just ended and the teacher and I are having tea.”
The Grand Prince nodded and followed him into the house.
Xu Yan stood up and saluted, and the Grand Prince held him with both hands, “I just came over casually to take a look, there’s no need for that.”
After saying this, he gestured for Xu Yan to take a seat, and he sat down as well. After asking a few symbolic questions about the Fourth Prince’s studies, he looked at the Fourth Prince, “I have something to ask Mr. Xu for advice.”
The Fourth Prince understood and stood up and said in a childish voice, “I was just about to go to the toilet.” And he went out, closing the door thoughtfully after he stepped out.
Seeing the door close, the Grand Prince got up and gave Xu Yan a salute, Xu Yan was startled and hurriedly stood up, “Grand Prince, what are you ……”
“On behalf of Zheng Fan, I would like to make amends to you and the Xu family. He had his heart set on Xu Ling’er and wanted to take her as his noble concubine, Miss Ling’er was unwilling and moved away from her current residence, Zheng Fan could not find anyone, so he sent someone to keep an eye on the entrance of the Xu residence, but he did not expect to be caught by the people from the capital government, this matter should not be widely publicized, so I can only come to you, and I ask you to suppress this matter for my sake.”
Xu Yan was shocked, “Doesn’t Zheng Shi Zi know that Xu Ling’er has long been expelled from the house by her grandfather?”
The Grand Prince pretended to sigh, “He was also in a hurry, for the first time in so many years, he had his heart set on a girl, so he was a bit confused in his actions.”
Xu Yan collected his shock and asked respectfully, “What do I need to do?”
“Please also go to the capital to tell the governor that he should release the person.”
Xu Yan rose without hesitation, “I’ll go now.”
A brilliant light flashed in the eyes of the Grand Prince, this attitude of Xu Yan, did it mean that the Xu family ……
Before he could finish thinking, Xu Yan had already headed out, and when he reached the courtyard, he told the fourth prince that he had to go out and would return two quarters of an hour later.
“Sir is there something urgent?”
The Fourth Prince asked, blinking his penetrating eyes.
Xu Yan nodded, “I’m going to make a trip to the Capital Mansion.”
The Fourth Prince nodded, “Then I will first review what the teacher just said.”
Xu Yan left the palace, and the eldest prince came out after him, but the fourth prince did not revise his homework, but went to Consort Xiao Xian’s palace.
She had been lying in bed for many days and could not lie in bed any longer, so she gave her pampering to the Emperor, who only allowed her to come down for a short walk after calling the Imperial Doctor to ask her about it.
Seeing the Fourth Prince coming over, she smiled and beckoned him over to sit down, and ordered the freshly made snacks to be brought up, she also sat down and asked with a smile, “Why have you come over at this hour, no more lessons?”
“Sir has gone to the Capital Mansion and said he would be back in two quarters of an hour, so I came to see Mother Consort.”
“The capital residence?”
Consort Xiao Xian’s face changed for a moment, “Is something wrong?”
The Fourth Prince had just taken a bite of the snack and swallowed it before returning, “I don’t know, after Big Brother came and had a few words alone with Mister, Mister went to the Capital Mansion.”
Consort Xiao’s eyes narrowed as she took a handkerchief and leaned over to wipe the pastry crumbs from the corners of his mouth, “Since sir will be back in a moment, you should hurry back when you’ve finished eating.”
The Fourth Prince responded, ate two more pieces and drank a cup of water before going back.
……
Inside the Capital Mansion, Sheriff Liu was like a meat bag hitting a dog, and he never came back.
The capital was furious and was about to send another officer over. Just then, Xu Yan came in, went up to the lobby, saluted him and said, “Your Excellency, this is a misunderstanding.”
The governor of the capital was stunned.
Second Mister and Song Wan Yue looked at each other and asked Xu Yan seriously, “What’s going on?”
“This ……”
Xu Yan looked at the capital minister and said vaguely, “Zheng Shizi has his heart set on a girl for the first time, so ……”
The capital minister’s brain was dumbfounded as he listened. He had his heart set on a girl, so he sent someone to keep an eye on the Xu residence?
How could this be?
No, Song Wan Yue was a member of the Xu residence.
It’s also not true that Song Wangyue doesn’t live in the Xu Mansion, so Zheng Fan would have sent someone to the South City to keep an eye on her, so why would he keep an eye on the Xu Mansion?
“Anyway, this is a misunderstanding.”
The governor of the capital was an expert and didn’t ask any more questions, and immediately ordered the man to be released.
The Second Mister and Song Wan Yue didn’t say anything else either, except that when they stepped out of the gate of the Capital Mansion, the three of them looked at each other and the Second Mister said, “Yue’er, were you scared just now, don’t go back yet, come back to the Mansion with me.”
Song Wan Yue responded in kind and followed Mr. Xu into the carriage, smiling and asking in a low voice.
“How much blood does Second Grandfather think Zheng Fan will spill?”