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When Xie Jingxi was with Marquis, the inner and outer court could still hold on. But when the His Majesty gave the order, both Marquis and Gu Heng were going to enter the palace. This time, the remaining woman was obviously not going to make a move.

The most important thing was that no one knew what exactly had happened. At this time, when the Marquis entered the palace, whether it was due to house arrest, interrogation, or even if they wouldn't be able to return, no one had made it clear. It was as if the entire Marquis Mansion was facing a great enemy, and no one had time to care about the matter of the Eldest Miss's death.

Before Marquis left, he arranged his men to guard the front courtyard, and didn't have the time to tell Xie Jingxi anything. He only hoped that Xie Jingxi could hold on, as he knew clearly in his heart that his Marquis Mansion wouldn't be stable by himself.

The reality was that not only was Lady Zeng unable to keep her balance in the battle, she could not even keep hhercalm anymore. Just a moment ago, his heart had already suffered too much due to the loss of his Eldest Miss, and now that she had left with Gu Heng, his heart was about to collapse. The life and death of the Marquis Mansion's master was uncertain, and the hearts of her family members were also unsettled.

Marquis was now lying down on the bed, and started crying as soon as he called Xie Jingxi over, "Boss's daughter-in-law, what should we do? We've summoned both Marquis and Heng`er into the palace, and it's definitely not a good thing, if we were to lock them up and lynch them, the two of them might not have any luck!

was speechless. Lady Zeng thought so far, if even a matriarch was like this, the rest of the people in the family would definitely have second thoughts, Xie Jingxi signaled Feng Jing with her eyes, "Watch the people in Mother's room, don't make them talk nonsense and disturb the people's hearts."

"Yes, Grand Mistress, I woke up."

It was a good thing that Feng Jing was sensible and didn't make a mistake along with Lady Zeng. Xie Jingxi helped the hurt Lady Zeng to get back onto the bed and said, "Mother, don't worry, His Majesty merely invited Father to ask Little Uncle to be my guest, nothing will happen. Our Marquis Mansion have been loyal for several generations, and His Majesty will not easily hurt our hearts, if you ask clearly, everything will be fine.

Lady Zeng only wiped away her tears, "You said that there's no one in the family that can take care of anything, what should we do with this huge family? Eldest Miss is still standing there and cannot be destroyed, my poor Eldest Miss …"

"Mother can relax, there are still Official Zhao's family and his wife at home, there won't be any problems, I'll take care of the Eldest Miss's funeral, there's already a coffin, stopping the spirit for a few days won't be a problem."

It was the same as last time when her big brother was in trouble, he rushed to do two of them and left them at home, afraid that he would be unable to prepare for any more urgent matters. No one dared to touch Eldest Miss's corpse, they were afraid that they had been poisoned by some deadly poison, if only they could touch it, even Xie Jingqi, the mother, would not dare to touch it. Xie Jingxi could only personally carry Eldest Miss out and keep her with Fang Dai.

Xie Jingxi kept Lady Zeng in suspense, and in the end, decided to open up a bed for her to drink some Spirit Calming Medicine, allowing her to have a peaceful sleep. However, as the number of people who were running away from the Marquis Mansion continued to increase, the chaos that was just suppressed once again began to cause a ruckus. The Zhao family was one of Marquis's trusted aides and was ordered to guard the front yard. However, when they discovered that there was a servant with a second heart, they immediately punished him severely, and even made the decision to kill one of the servants to cause trouble.

In the end, they had followed the Marquis for many years, and their actions were decisive and final. When they came back to report back to Xie Jingxi, Xie Jingxi nodded her head in approval, "Luckily, Housekeeper Zhao is here, so the mansion's people are unstable, so we should have a bit of fear and wait until things are understood, and then we can send people away. Since they have second thoughts about Marquis Mansion, they don't have to worry about those who are by the side.

Before the Marquis left, he even said that if the Grand Mistress could not stand up, then it would be convenient for him to act. But now, it seems that the Grand Mistress was a stable place, with her in the backyard, there would not be any big problems.

Therefore, Xie Jingxi instructed the manager lady s that everything in the palace was still as usual, three meals a day as usual. Each of them added two taels of silver to their pension as a consolation, and all of it came out of her account. Only after a while did the entire residence once again settle down.

It was not because Xie Jingxi was a fool, she gave out so much silver in one go within the Marquis Mansion, all kinds of reasons had to be remembered in detail, and it was unavoidable that people would criticize him, and at a time like this, she would take advantage of the fact that she was using the Marquis Mansion's silver to do a good job, to the point where she could not even win the favor of others, thus she decided to spend some silver to buy a quiet place.

As long as Gu Yun was fine, Marquis and Gu Heng would be able to send them back safely in the blink of an eye. But seeing that Tian'er was about to fall into darkness and Zhao Zhang, who had secretly escaped, was still not making any movements, Xie Jingxi felt that she was unable to sit still.

"Fang Dai, is there any way to get out of here?"

Fang Dai had been guarding Xie Jingxi the entire time, and seemed to have seen through her thoughts, she said: "Madam, do not be in danger, there are a lot of people guarding the outside of the courtyard, if you are unable to get out, then not to mention, once you leave, the Marquis Mansion will become chaotic, and even if we go out, it would be better to wait for news on Zhao Zhang, if I'm not wrong, he should be back by the latter half of the night."

Xie Jingxi really wanted to make a trip to the King Jin Palace, she felt that the King Jin must be aware of this, but running over there so recklessly was too reckless, if it ruined their plans, they would lose control of themselves, thus she could only give up on the idea of sneaking out. There was no news from Gu Yun at the moment, at the very least, he could be sure that nothing happened at Ministry of War. As long as he ran out, he could only wait for news.

"Whatever. After a tired day, all of you should go rest first. I don't know what's the matter tomorrow, but I can't let my body burn."

When he could not take it anymore, he lit a Calm Incense. However, not long after he lit it, he turned around and pinched it again, thinking that he needed to recuperate and help Gu Yun get a new doll. He hardened his heart, and soaked the Calm Incense in the water.

It was just that like this, she must have been unable to sleep soundly. In the latter half of the night, there was a faint movement outside the window, causing Xie Jingxi to suddenly open her eyes as if she had gone up a hair spring. She knew that Zhao Zhang had returned.

Xie Jingxi did not dare to light the door, borrowing the dim light from outside to secretly open the door for Zhao Zhang, who had been guarding the room all this time. Hearing the noise, Fang Dai also entered.

"Zhao Zhang, how is it?"

"Madam, I've found some information about the Eldest Young Master." Zhao Zhang lowered his voice and said: "First Young Master found it in An Qi County, I heard that he accidentally found a gunpowder warehouse, and suspected that it was the work of the crown prince, this is an extremely important matter, and may take some time to return, the His Majesty has also sent people over, First Young Master told me to return to report to you that it was safe."

The crown prince's gunpowder vault? Xie Jingxi didn't have a deep understanding of Imperial Court, but it wasn't like she didn't know anything. It was true that the crown prince was ambitious, but how could Gu Yun find out about the gunpowder warehouse, which was a place where heads were tied?

"Tell me the truth, is the young master really alright?"

Zhao Zhang did not dare hide it from her, and stammered: "I won't hide it, First Young Master is chasing after the crown prince's men, he was originally in danger, but coincidentally, the King Jin is there too. He only saw some blood, and it's not that important, the Eldest Young Master is afraid that you might think too much, so he did not let me tell you that I will be going to the Old Master Zou's side to retrieve some medicine for you later."

At least, what Zhao Zhang said was half true and half false, dispelling fifty to sixty percent of Xie Jingxi's doubts, but these few sentences were not enough to express the one in ten thousand of Gu Yun's danger along the way.

He had to start from before the explosion of Ministry of War, and indeed, there were people who bribed the Ministry of War, and wanted to trigger the explosion of Ministry of War, but the one he wanted to blow up was not Ministry of War's gunpowder warehouse, but Gu Yun himself.

It was also because of Gu Yun's good luck that he had been helping in the driving division these past few days. He rarely stayed in the armory, and occasionally came back to gather some information to help Yang Shouli with some matters. Coincidentally, he met a colleague who was sneakily wandering around the warehouse.

Gu Yun was afraid that he had stolen something, so he rushed forward to give chase, but before he ran too far, he heard a loud sound. Turning his head to look, he realised that there was an explosion in the direction of the treasury, Gu Yun felt that Master Li must have done something shameful, and chased after him even more.

Master Li kept on running out of the city, but didn't notice Gu Yun following him. He only focused on running for his life, and in the end, reached an area near An Zi County.

In the past few days, General Sheng Luan had returned to the capital, and the His Majesty was preparing to welcome him personally. The routes inside and outside of the capital had to be arranged beforehand, and from the moment they disembarked from Tianjin Port, the route the General Sheng had to take, the place where the army would be stationed, and the place where the troops would disarm. Gu Yun clearly knew what kind of route the General Sheng would take, and wherever this Master Li went, it just so happened that he was not far from the place where the General Sheng's army would stop.

It just so happened that a few days ago, there were rumors that people were causing trouble here, saying that there were often people who discovered that this place was filled with ghost fires in the middle of the night. Some bold people would risk coming here, but it was said that all of the next day had mysteriously died, thus this place became a veritable forbidden area and no one dared to come here easily.