Chapter 630

Chapter 630: Blessing Ceremony (3)

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Feng Manman used this opportunity to brainwash her. As long as she succeeded, Lord Jing would definitely treat her well.

Mrs. Qiao thought that if she helped the Xiao family earn this merit, General Xiao would definitely be grateful to her.

Hence, the two of them hit it off. They s.n.a.t.c.hed the power to manage the family and created a fire to lure away the guards in the front courtyard.

They even swapped in a fake commander’s seal while Feng Manman attracted people’s attention.

As long as it wasn’t the moment when Shangguan Pu mobilized the guards outside the city with the commander’s seal, they weren’t worried about being discovered.

However, they did not expect General Xiao to take out the commander’s seal every day to check it. He could tell at a glance what was real and what was fake.

Now that he thought about it, the a.s.sa.s.sin back then was probably arranged by Shangguan Pu to give Feng Manman the opportunity to save his life.

When he thought about how Yuan Yuwan had invited him to the Splendid Courtyard for dinner every day some time ago and handed over the authority to manage the family, Xiao Qirui understood everything.

Song Jingchen raised his eyebrows. “So the commander’s seal is already in

Shangguan Pu

t

s hands?”

Xiao Qirui closed his eyes. “The prayer ceremony tomorrow won’t be peaceful.” Song Jingchen nodded. “What do you plan to do with Feng Manman?”

“I…” Embarra.s.sment flashed across Xiao Qirui’s face. He raised the wine jar and took a sip. “I handed her to my father to deal with.”

He originally planned to send Feng Manman away on the second day of the fire, but he did not expect Feng Manman to be seriously injured by Shen Yijia, so he asked her to recuperate in the residence.

It could be said that he had accidentally prevented her from escaping.

Song Jingchen looked at him sympathetically and silently pushed the wine jar in front of him over. “Drink more.”

Otherwise, when he found out about Miss Yuan’s decision, he was afraid that Xiao Qirui would not even be able to drink.

He had completely forgotten who persuaded him to drink less.

In the end, Xiao Qirui was carried back to the Xiao family by Xiao Li.

That night, he developed an advanced fever. General Xiao took the time to take a look at him. Seeing that he was spouting nonsense, he was really angry and anxious.

He wondered if he had drugged him too hard.

However, he had no time to worry. This was because he had to set off for the

Hidden Spirit Temple in four hours. He had yet to finish copying the scriptures.

After the rain, the temperature in the capital plummeted. Before dawn, Shen Yijia got up and put on her clothes.

“It’s still early. You can go to the wine shop with Mother and the others later,” Song Jingchen advised.

There was no need for the officials’ families to go to the prayer ceremony. Song Jingchen was worried about them at home, so he had discussed it last night. Sister Huan and the others would take leave today and not go to school. The entire family would stay at the wine shop for a day.

The wine shop was located in a remote area. Not to mention that it was in the slums, no one knew that it belonged to the Song family.

Shen Yijia shook her head. “I’ll send Mother and the others over early, then bring the useless emperor to the Hidden Spirit Temple to meet you.” Song Jingchen pursed his lips. “Let Rooster and the others…”

“No, I’m worried,” Shen Yijia said firmly.

Song Jingchen glanced at her and sighed. He reached out and pulled her into his arms. “Then you have to be careful.”

He would definitely be searched strictly if he went to the Hidden Spirit Temple, so he couldn’t bring the emperor along in advance. He could only find another way.

His original plan was to get One Dot and the others to escort him out of the city.

“Don’t worry.”

Not only would the emperor go to pray for the emperor, but all officials above the fifth-grade in the imperial court had to be present. It could be seen how grand the commotion was.

At dawn, a mighty group set off from the palace. At the front were the palace guards. They were all golden-armored and armed with spears.

Behind the guards were a few lords. After the lords was the emperor’s carriage, followed by Empress Dowager Wei and a few concubines with higher positions. Imperial Concubine Liu did not come and stayed in the palace to preside over the overall situation. Lastly, there were the officials in the imperial court. They were also ranked according to their official positions.

There was a long group of people. The ones in front had already left the city gate, and the ones behind were still at the palace gate.

Shen Yijia stood in the crowd with a cloak draped over her shoulders. She waited for the group to pa.s.s before going home. She brought Madam Li and the others to the wine shop through the back door.

She left You Yi behind to protect them before returning home to change into light men’s clothes.

The blessing ceremony began at noon. Shen Yijia was about to go to the cellar to bring the useless emperor out when MO Yuan came in with a letter.

“Who sent it?” Shen Yijia asked.

MO Yuan frowned. “The sender said that a girl surnamed Liu asked him to send it over.”

Liu Piaopiao? Shen Yijia thought for a long time before the name Liu Piaopiao appeared in her mind..