After the death of the previous emperor, the Empress Dowager became arrogant

Chapter 338: What needs to be done, even the ice egg falling from the sky must be done

Zhou Ci was the younger brother of Concubine Zhou, and Zhou Tao, the head of the Ministry of Revenue, was his cousin.

The Zhou family was also a prominent family in the Yuan Dynasty.

Zhou Ci was a well-known nerd in Beijing. He took the imperial examinations at the same time as Lu Zhao and Lu Huaizhou, and won the top spot. However, he had no intention of becoming an official and only wanted to enter the Hanlin Academy.

As the magistrate of Yifeng County, he was able to handle major matters and ignore minor ones, which gave his subordinate Zhao Quan the opportunity to show his talents.

Yuan Qing walked over and took the book from Zhou Ci's hand.

"Master Zhou, it's time to set off."

The bailiffs were all ready, the sedan chair had been brought in, and everyone was waiting respectfully for the magistrate.

Zhou Ci took the book back and said unhappily, "I know."

This guy is really something, he is seeing the important point.

Yuan Qing followed the sedan chair.

Zhou Ci lifted the curtain, "Why are you still here?"

"I'm giving it to you." Yuan Qing smiled, "In case you, Master Zhou, are so focused on reading that you accidentally lose yourself."

Zhou Ci: “…”

The flesh in his cheeks twitched with anger.

Yuan Qing was amused and shouted, "Brothers, cheer up, let's send Mr. Zhou back to the government office!"

"Got it!"

The sound is neat and loud.

Zhou Ci looked at the book in his hand.

When he first received the appointment, he thought that he was sent to Yifeng County because he was disliked by His Majesty.

But looking at those people today, he felt that this was actually not bad.

He asked: "If you were the magistrate today, what would you do?"

There was no answer from outside for a long time.

He lifted the curtain and saw a bouquet of wild flowers being brought into the car.

"This is……"

"This is for you." Yuan Qing made a wreath of the remaining flowers and put it on her head. "I won't be trapped by this. Does it matter whether I'm on a high platform or in a ravine?"

What needs to be done must be done, even if it means ice eggs falling from the sky.

……

The Xie and Chen families spent three days preparing for the wedding.

When Yuan Qing returned, the wedding invitation from the Chen family had already been delivered to his home.

"The third child."

An San came out of the house, "What's the matter?"

"Go and get the set of porcelain I prepared earlier, wrap it up nicely, and bring it to Chen's house tomorrow."

"Isn't that set of porcelain supposed to be sent to the palace for His Majesty?"

"It's too late. We can only focus on this first." Yuan Qing said, "At least they posted the invitation seriously."

The Chen family sent invitations to many officials.

When Princess He Yong married off her daughter, the Xie family even spent half of their family fortune to give the second young lady a dowry.

It was the first time in ancient times that Yuan Qing had seen such a grand wedding scene. She did not even enter the Chen Mansion, but stood on the street to watch the excitement with the people.

These two families really put a lot of thought into this.

Yuan Qing sighed.

She raised her elbow and poked the person behind her, "Why are they in such a hurry to get married?"

The person behind me didn't speak for a long time.

Yuan Qing looked back and found that he was staring at the long line of betrothal gifts and dowry behind the sedan chair.

Yuan Qing suddenly became playful, his eyes looking forward, but his hands secretly moved to his waist and upwards, with his five fingers forming claws.

Yuan Yi was unexpectedly tickled, but he didn't dare to hide in public, and his face turned red.

"What were you thinking about just now?"

"Don't move." Yuan Yi grabbed her hand, "Someone is watching us."

The new couple has entered the house.

Yuan Qing's seat was next to Lu Zhao and Jiang Qisheng.

There were two great gods sitting beside her, and their eyes fell on her one after another.

Yuan Qing silently moved the stool away and sat further back.

Lu Zhao ignored her. Jiang Qisheng just glanced at her and turned away.

After a while, Lu Zhao took the initiative to move back and sit next to her.

Yuan Qing stretched his ear over.

Lu Zhao raised his hand to cover his mouth, "Do you know what happened just now?"

Yuan Qing looked at him, "...can we just order directly?"

"Just now a woman suddenly ran out and said she was Chen Zhuo's concubine."

Yuan Qing's eyes widened.

Ok?

Any melons?

But just as her curiosity was aroused, Lu Zhao stopped talking and moved the stool back to sit.

Yuan Qing wailed silently: You can’t be like this, Uncle Lu!

Yuan Qing then set his sights on Jiang Qisheng.

So she slowly moved closer, her eyes smiling.

"Master Jiang, can you tell me a little about what happened just now?"

Jiang Qisheng looked towards Lu Zhao, smiled helplessly, turned his body sideways and said, "It was actually a farce. The woman was Chen Jun's concubine. She got drunk and ran out to talk nonsense."

Yuan Qing was skeptical.

On such a happy day, is it really just as simple as just talking drunkenly?

Her eyes rolled, and she immediately thought of something, and crouched down and left her seat.

He Feng was also among those invited.

It wasn't because he had any friendship with Chen Xingwei, he just came simply to join in the fun and came when he wanted to.

He Feng was about to drink, but found the glass empty.

Before he could say anything, a hand behind him immediately picked up the wine jug and filled it for him.

"Not bad, not bad. You are much smarter today."

"Thank you for the compliment, senior."

Hearing something wrong with the voice, He Feng looked back and was met with someone's extremely flattering smile.

He Feng got goose bumps for no apparent reason.

Is this girl planning something bad?

He glanced at the wine cautiously.

Yuan Qing: "...Don't worry, there is absolutely no poison in the wine."

He Feng looked at the rim of the cup again.

Yuan Qing smiled, "The cup isn't poisonous either."

He Feng asked suspiciously, "Why don't you stay over there? Why are you sneaking over here to see me?"

"I'd like to borrow someone from you." Yuan Qing grabbed Yuan Yi and said, "If you want to drink, pour it yourself. I'll take the person with me."

He Feng: "Huh?"

Just as I was about to say something, I found that the two of them had disappeared.

Yuan Qing avoided the servants of the Chen Mansion and walked slowly towards the backyard.

Two little maids came over together.

"Hey, how come she ran away and caused us to be scolded by the lady?"

Another maid said, "That's right. Today is the eldest master's big day. Fortunately nothing happened, otherwise the lady would have beaten us to death."

"Come on, come on, hurry up and deliver the food to her so we can go back and report back."

After they left, Yuan Qing came out from behind the tree.

"It seems like there really is something fishy going on."

Yuan Yi stood behind her and looked at the two people, "What is Aqing going to do?"

Yuan Qing took out the map of Chen Mansion, pointed at it and said, "You go to Chen Xingwei's study to get information. I will follow the two people to the back to see what happened to that woman."

"Then you should be careful."

"Don't worry, I have a way to get out of this."

With the help of the tree, she quickly caught up with the two maids.

When they arrived at the place, one of the maids took out a token and handed it to the two men guarding the door.

The man took the token and confirmed their identities before letting them in.

Yuan Qing looked at the place.

It was no different from other houses, except that it looked dead and lifeless.

Weird.

This was Yuan Qing’s first feeling.

She suddenly remembered that when the third brother was inquiring about the Yongyu Earl's Mansion, he also mentioned that there was a strange house there.

Thinking about the third brother’s description of the strange house, and then comparing it with the scene in front of me.

She inexplicably felt that the weirdness of the two places was so similar!

"Who?"

Sensing a strange presence, the man drew his sword and rushed towards Yuan Qing.

Yuan Qing turned his body and put on the mask.

The man's small eyes shone with light, and he narrowed them slightly, "'Ghost Face Man' Yue Qing?"

"This brother is very knowledgeable!" Yuan Qing pulled out the dagger tied to his leg, held it horizontally in front of him, and took a defensive posture. "Are you going to attack us one by one, or all at once?"

Another man also came over with a sword.

The two men looked at each other, and then drew their swords together with irresistible momentum.

Seeing that the sharp sword was about to reach him, Yuan Qing suddenly put away the dagger and raised his hand and said, "Wait!"

The sword intent has been released, how can it be taken back so easily?

The attack was suddenly interrupted, and the two men's breathing became unstable and they suddenly vomited a large mouthful of blood.

One of them covered his chest and said angrily: "Kill her!"

"Hey, don't be anxious, it's easy to get angry, and if you get angry, you will get sick and feel uncomfortable. Look, isn't he vomiting blood?"

Two men: "..."

They really want to strangle this woman now!

Yuan Qing put the dagger back in, pointed upwards and said, "Look up at the sky."

They both looked up.

What's in the sky?

While they were not paying attention, Yuan Qing quickly slipped into the backyard.

After walking a few steps, a man chased after him, "Don't even think about escaping!"

Yuan Qing was caught by Gong Chan for training almost every day. She didn't learn any tricks, but she did develop a pretty good skill in escaping.

Gong Chan is the strongest person in the Gong family with few rivals, so men are naturally no match for her.

She was able to dodge more than ten moves from Gong Chan, so a man like this should be no problem for her.