Inside the study, Hu Yong waited there.
After Sun Qi had left with the disguised six, he also came out of the mountain and waited at the foot of it. After the emperor had descended the mountain, he followed him all the way over.
“My subordinates have met the young master and Miss Song.”
Hu Yong was the leader of those who did not come out of the mountain easily if there was nothing wrong, and when they saw him, the two knew that something had happened in the mountain, but seeing that he did not look too bad, they knew it was not a big deal, so they did not rush to ask.
When a few people were seated, Hu Yong told them about the incident today where Sun Qi had brought people into the mountain.
These people had been in the mountains for more than ten years and had never been discovered. The old emperor had suddenly sent Sun Qi to investigate, which no one had expected, so after hearing this, Duke Ding immediately asked his own wife to pretend to be sick and invite the two Song Wan Yue to come over.
Duke Ding was worried, “I don’t know what Sun Qi said, will the emperor still get suspicious, if he sends another person, these two thousand people will be in danger.”
Although it was a mountain pass surrounded by mountains on all sides, there was not no other way to get there.
“Since Sun Qi has changed his men out, he must have thought of an excuse, Grandfather need not worry.”
As he said that, something flashed through Song Yin’s mind, a flash that he didn’t have time to catch.
Xiao Zheng was uneasy, “How could he suddenly go to the mountain, and how could he ask Sun Qi to search Qian’er’s residence, has he already ……”
“The emperor took the fourth prince to the Xu family just now, he said that today he was going to the mountain to find Master Jingfan to tell the day and make the fourth prince the crown prince, Grandfather Grandpa thinks there is something fishy ……”
The words did not finish, Song Wan Yue paused and looked at Song Yin.
Song Yin also looked at her, and what flashed through his mind just now came clear, he looked gloomy, and Song Wan Yue spoke in unison, “The fourth prince is in danger!”
The crowd was all startled.
“Xiao’er, say something clearer.”
In his haste, Duke Ding shouted Chu Yunxiao’s real name, but at this moment, no one in the study could care less, the fourth prince was their entire hope, if something happened to him, all their planning over the years would be in vain.
“The emperor does not want to make a crown prince, either before or after, he has never had this in mind, he wants to hold the power in his own hands until he dies. Therefore, he has always watched several of the princes fight with each other, but never interfered. He even took advantage of the rumours and the palace banquet to deport the eldest prince to Liangzhou and the second prince to Lingnan. Now, in order to shut up the mouths of the ministers, he had to make the fourth prince, but he had absolutely no need to be in such a hurry, and yet he was in such a hurry, which could only mean that he wanted to deal with the fourth prince.”
Just as he finished his words, Xiao Zheng stood up anxiously, “Then what are we going to do?”
The Fourth Prince lived in the palace, even if they wanted to protect him, they couldn’t do so.
“Uncle, don’t be anxious, he won’t make a move yet, at least he won’t during the days when the court is closed, we still have time.”
Today is already the fifth day of the first month, and there are only two more days before the court starts on the eighth day, not only is Xiao Zheng more anxious, but Duke Ding is also worried, Xiao’er is his grandson, and the Fourth Prince is also his grandson, he is just as distressed.
“I do have a good solution.” Xiao Qian said.
“Speak up!”
Xiao Zheng could not wait to slap his own son twice, it was getting to the point where he was still selling the story.
“Change the fourth prince out.”
“No!”
Song Yin disapproved, “Let’s not say we don’t have a suitable person on hand, even if we do, it’s not advisable to change in at this time, the Emperor is extremely familiar with the Fourth Prince, once he notices, not only the Fourth Prince, but also his aunt and the Ding Guo Gong House will be in danger.”
“What is to be done then? Since we have guessed this possibility, we can’t just do nothing and watch them ……”
Xiao Qian could not go on, and his hand on the armrest clenched.
For all these years, he had endured the separation from his family, pretending to be sick every day except when he slept, just to avenge his great aunt’s death, and now that there was so much hope, he was ……
He slammed the armrest hard.
He has always been calm, the first time there is such a loss of control, Hu Yong subconsciously want to persuade a few words, but mouth open, but do not know what to say.
For more than ten years, they had been isolated from the world, with only a belief in avenging King Qin’s death to sustain them, and if that belief was gone, there would be no point in them even living.
Song Yin closed his eyes.
Song Wangyue held his hand, “There are only those few means he can use, we just need to be prepared for everything, he doesn’t see that he will be able to get away with it.”
“Yue’er is right ……,” Duke Ding also steadied his mind, now they can’t panic, figuring out a way to deal with it is the most important thing.
Song Yin held Song Wan Yue’s hand back and calmed himself down completely, looking to Hu Yong, “Do you know which day Master Jing Fan is counting?”
Hu Yong shook his head, “My subordinate was waiting at the foot of the mountain, and did not go up the mountain.”
“Go to Sun Qi’s house and ask him if he knows?”
Hu Yong turned to go out, but Song Yin called out to him, “Uncle, give him a belt tag.”
Xiao Zheng untied his own waistband and threw it over, Hu Yong took it and went out with great strides.
Song Yin looked at several people, “The means of harming people in the palace are just those few, one is poisoning, this we are not afraid of, let Yue’er make some more antidote pills for us to send into the palace.”
“Then there is the secret harm, turn around and I will ask Sun Qi to send a message to his cousin, tell him not to go anywhere except his own palace and his aunt’s.”
“Apart from those two, what else is there?”
“Planting evidence.”
When the words left his mouth, Xiao Zheng immediately denied this one again, the fourth prince was an imperial prince and lacked nothing, so he could not be planted.
Then, there was only one kind of rape left, but the fourth prince was still young and did not know anything about men and women, so this would not happen either.
Then there was only poisoning and assassination.
Poisoning is the most likely, it should be a chronic poison that won’t kill the fourth prince for a while.
If Xu Yan could still go to the palace, he could still take the opportunity to bring the Fourth Prince out, and then have Yue’er take his pulse to find out if he had been poisoned.
Hu Yong soon returned, “Sun Qi said he didn’t know either, there was only the Emperor and the Fourth Prince, Eunuch Huang and Master Jing Fan, four people in the meditation room.”
“Understood, you go down and rest first, and go back in the morning.”
“Yes.”
“When you return, send two men to guard your cousin’s courtyard in secret.”
“My subordinate understands.”
When Hu Yong retreated, Song Yin asked Song Wan Yue to make a list and give it to Xiao Qian, asking him to see how many herbs were still available in the mansion.
It was still the New Year period, and none of the pharmacies were open, so it was fortunate that the family had quite a lot of medicinal herbs on hand because Xiao Qian had returned.
They stayed at the Ding Guo Gong Mansion for an hour before the two returned to the Xu Mansion.
The old gentleman was still waiting for them to have dinner together.
When the two entered, they told the old gentleman what they had guessed.
The old gentleman also looked grave, “Today the Emperor mentioned to me that he wanted your second grandfather to be the Crown Prince’s Grand Master, I refused, otherwise I would have been able to help the fourth prince.”