"Take the person down and hand it over to the Dianzhong Province for disposal." King Chen didn't even need to see what the two eunuchs looked like, and he gave the order directly.
"His Royal Highness King Chen forgives his sins, the little one dares no longer." The two eunuchs hiding in the dark reacted and hurriedly kowtowed.
"His Royal Highness, the younger ones just said a few more words because they were not angry about this matter."
"And Zheng's offended the Empress, the younger ones have always felt injustice for the Empress."
"Yes, yes, the younger ones are only dissatisfied with the crimes committed by the guilty concubine Zheng's family and the Zheng family, so they couldn't hold back their anger and ask Your Highness to forgive their sins."
"When Mrs. Zheng was still Concubine Ning, I didn't see you dissatisfied. When the fourth brother was still King Qi, I didn't see you hiding and making irresponsible remarks. Don't make a fool of yourself in front of this king, let alone talk about things with your mother, Mrs. Zheng You and the Zheng family have already obeyed the law, and the fourth brother has a father and a mother to discipline him, so what are you, how dare you make fun of the prince?" King Chen was too lazy to listen to their excuses, so he let the attendant drag him down.
The two eunuchs were gagged and dragged down, and King Chen reached out and covered Jiuzhu's eyes: "Don't look at these things, your eyes are dirty."
Jiu Zhu blinked, her long eyelashes swept across Chen Wang's palm.
Chen Wang was so itchy that he retracted his hand and looked down at her eyes: "Is your eyelashes a brush?"
Jiuzhu went to take his hand: "Your Highness, let's go back."
"Will you be afraid?"
"what?"
"The hearts of the palace."
Jiu Zhu stopped, smiled and shook his head at King Chen: "What is the difference between the people in the palace and outside the palace?"
King Chen raised his eyebrows, very new to Jiuzhu's statement.
"What happened in the palace will also happen outside the palace. The only difference is that the people here are more honorable." Jiuzhu said with a smile: "If you live in the mortal world, then you are all people in the mortal world."
"It makes sense for you to say that, it seems that everyone in the world is the same."
"That's still different." Jiuzhu whispered: "Some people in the capital have dirty hearts."
"I just said that everyone is a mortal mortal, but now I say that some people in the capital have hearts. Ming Xiaozhu, Ming Xiaozhu, I didn't expect you to discriminate against regions." King Chen stretched out his hand and put his arm around her shoulder: "The whole world is a father. The emperor, as a royal daughter-in-law, you have to correct your thinking, do you understand?"
"But some of them speak ill of His Highness." Jiuzhu was unhappy: "Except for the capital, no one said bad things about His Highness."
When King Chen heard this, he chuckled lightly, lowered his head to touch her forehead, and said softly: "Ming Xiaozhu, I'll accept it in your hands for the rest of my life."
She prejudiced the whole city because of him.
The wind blew through the uninhabited palace road, and the surroundings became quiet.
The patrolling Jin Jiawei passed by and noticed that something was wrong in the dark place, and pulled out his saber: "Who is there?!"
"It's me." Yun Yanze came out of the darkness, wearing a black robe, if it wasn't for the Jin Jiawei to be alert, I'm afraid no one would be able to find him.
"I have seen the fourth prince in my humble position." Jin Jiawei hurriedly put his sword into the sheath and pleaded guilty to Yun Yanze.
But they were also muttering in their hearts, this black light is blinding, why did the fourth prince go out without his attendants and lanterns
"You guys continue to patrol, I'm walking around." Yun Yanze glanced at the end of the palace road and slowly lowered his eyelids.
He could clearly hear the words of the two eunuchs just now. This kind of deliberate provocation must be the work of a concubine in the palace.
Do you want him to hate Empress Su because of these words and take action against Empress Su
He originally wanted to use these two eunuchs to make things worse, so that the emperor could see that he was in a situation where even eunuchs could bully him, and let him feel pity for himself.
Unexpectedly, Yun Duqing appeared at this time, disrupting his plans.
Pity.
Turning around and returning to Zhang Liugong, as soon as he walked to the gate of the courtyard, he heard Sun Caiyao's vomiting. He stared blankly at the shadow behind the window, stood there for a while, walked into Sun Caiyao's house, and poured her a glass of water: "Caiyao, take a sip of water, why do you vomit so badly?"
Sun Caiyao smiled weakly and covered her mouth with a handkerchief: "It's okay, I'm arguing with Your Highness?"
"No." He put a cushion on the back of Sun Caiyao's waist: "You have been unable to eat for the past two days. I heard that there are some very good cooks in Fifth Brother's place. I will borrow it from him tomorrow. "
Hearing the word "fifth brother", Sun Caiyao was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Why bother fifth brother, I'm not that delicate, I'll be fine in a few days."
"Prince Concubine, the sour plum soup is ready." Bai Shao came in with a bowl, and seeing Yun Yanze was there, she bowed to him, "Your Highness."
After Sun Caiyao drank the sour plum soup, her stomach was full of discomfort, and she vomited it all out.
Yun Yanze looked down at the toe of his shoe, which was splashed with a few tiny drops of water.
He coaxed Sun Caiyao to sleep and returned to his room, where the eunuch waited on him to take off his shoes.
"Throw it away."
"Yes." The little eunuch took his shoes and exited the house.
He looked gloomily at the flickering candlelight, the words of the two eunuchs echoed in his mind, and he lifted his sleeves to reveal his arm with several scars.
He took out the dagger and cut open the flesh, blood beads couldn't wait to pour out, and the pain calmed him down.
There was a cat meowing outside the window. He opened the window and saw a small cat crawling on the window.
Reaching out and grabbing the fluffy neck of the kitten, the cat's moist eyes looked at him innocently.
These eyes reminded him of Ming Jiuzhu.
"His Royal Highness." Bai Shao stood in the yard outside the window and gave him a slight blessing: "Which princess should have raised this cat, the servant will send it back."
Yun Yanze slowly released his hand and handed the cat to her through the window.
Seeing the dried blood on his fingertips, Bai Shao hugged the cat and blessed her body: "This slave and maid leave."
"Bai Shao." Yun Yanze straightened his sleeves and said calmly, "This king keeps you because you are smart."
"Yes." Bai Shao lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes: "The slave servants are loyal to the Empress and also to Your Highness."
"Go."
Bai Shao walked out of the yard with the cat in her arms, and her tense shoulders relaxed slightly.
"Thank you Aunt Bai Shao." The little palace maid took the kitten from her: "If you lose this cat, the princess will definitely lose her temper with me."
"Take care of the cat in the future. The princess is pregnant. If something happens to these cats and dogs, none of us can afford it." Bai Shao noticed that there were sporadic blood stains on the cat's ears. While the little palace maid was not careful, she held the handkerchief and pretended to touch the kitten's head, wiping off the blood stains on it.
When the little palace maid walked away with the cat in her arms, Bai Shao looked down at the handkerchief in her hand and sighed.
When Jiuzhu and Chen Wang returned to the Qilin Palace, the first thing they did was take a bath and change their clothes.
After bathing, the two of them sat cross-legged on the bed in loose pajamas, placing the box left by Concubine Zhao in the middle.
"Let's go." Seeing Jiuzhu's serious expression, King Chen reached out and rubbed the top of her hair: "Don't be nervous."
Jiuzhu shook her head: "Your Highness, I'm not nervous. It's just that Concubine Zhao left these things here on purpose. I want to be more serious."
Open the lid, and there are several pairs of jade bracelets in excellent condition on the first layer.
"There is a folk custom. The elders will leave the good things that accompany them as family heirlooms to the younger generation. Concubine Zhao treats you as her own younger generation." King Chen looked at these pairs of jade bracelets, a little moved.
Jiu Zhu pursed her lips and carefully removed the compartment. The second layer was placed... an old phoenix hairpin. The style was popular in the palace a few years ago. paragraph.
King Chen frowned and looked at this hairpin. This kind of six-tailed phoenix hairpin was only worn by the concubine in the harem. In addition to the Queen Mother, only Concubine Xu and Concubine Min are the two main concubines in the palace.
There must be some reason why Zhao Taifei deliberately left this to them.
A woman who has been in the harem for more than 40 years, she can know too many secrets.
"There is another layer below." Jiuzhu lifted the compartment and found a stack of paper underneath.
On these papers, there is a recipe for brewing and a letter.
The handwriting on the letter can only be considered neat, and the font is too large. It should be written by Concubine Zhao.
Jiuzhu knew that Concubine Zhao didn't read many books in her early years, and she only started reading and practicing calligraphy after entering the palace. When I get older and my eyesight is not very good, I will subconsciously write the characters larger to make it easier for me to recognize them.
This is a letter with a seemingly ordinary content, telling Jiuzhu and King Chen to take good care of themselves, and thank Emperor Longfeng and Queen Su for taking care of her.
"Cuckoo slowly, there will be time to return."
Rhododendron slowly...
This seemingly elegant sentence is extremely awkward to read, completely different from the simple style of the first half of the letter.
"His Royal Highness, what's the problem with this sentence?" Jiuzhu noticed that there were small ink dots under the word Xu, and she wondered if the concubine accidentally dropped it on it.
"The problem is big." King Chen sighed and put the letter away.
Black and white things can easily reveal secrets. With Concubine Zhao's cautious attitude, she didn't want to implicate other concubines in the concubine palace, but also wanted to remind them of something, so she would definitely use a subtle way.
"I still remember that day when we painted in Taolin. Concubine Zhao said that Du Qingke once painted peach blossoms at the banquet held by the late emperor." King Chen said: "After that day, I sent someone to check, and the banquet held by the late emperor was on the second day. Seventeen years ago."
Jiuzhu rested her chin with her hand: "Well, then what?"
"After that banquet, the queen mother made Xu concubine the concubine of the father."
"Huh?" Jiuzhu was at a loss: "What does this have to do with Concubine Xu?"
"Forget it." King Chen packed the wooden box, touched Jiuzhu's hair, and after confirming that it was dry, pulled Jiuzhu into the quilt.
"How can it be forgotten." Jiuzhu pushed him: "His Royal Highness, let's continue talking."
"Peach blossoms have always been a symbol of love. The old concubine is hinting to us that Concubine Xu and Du Qingke have an old relationship." King Chen didn't have the appetite to hang nine beads: "Hurry up and sleep, and I will ask someone to check tomorrow, and I will know if this is true or not. already."
"Who to check?"
Jiuzhu felt that in the entire Qilin Palace, no one could do this.
"Of course, let the Dragon Guard go to investigate." King Chen yawned: "I don't need to be a subordinate of the emperor."
"That's true." Jiu Zhu nodded in agreement: "The royal guard's Dragon Guard must be reliable."
As the commander of the Dragon Guard, Commander Wang was very complicated when he heard that His Royal Highness King Chen had asked them to investigate the old affairs of Concubine Xu and Du Qingke.
As a son, you go to check the old affairs of your father's concubine's room and other men, is there something wrong
What made him speechless was that the person who accompanied King Chen was Liu Zhongbao, the chief general of the Taiyang Palace. Co-authoring this matter, does His Majesty have any opinion
Looking at King Chen's candid expression, Commander Wang thought to himself, there must be someone with a mental problem between him and His Royal Highness King Chen.
"Commander Wang?" Seeing that Commander Wang didn't speak, King Chen raised his eyebrows slightly: "Why, can't you do it?"
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, your subordinates will find out as soon as possible." Wang Tong returned to his senses and cupped his hands: "Your Highness, please give your subordinates a few days."
"Okay, check it out slowly, this king is not in a hurry." King Chen turned around and saw a dragon guard hurried in, with a happy expression on his face: "Master Commander, a letter from Lingzhou, brothers have been searching in Lingzhou for several days. , I have finally found the little girl that the Queen Mother and His Royal Highness King Chen rescued back then."
Hearing this, King Chen paused: "What did you say?"
Seeing King Chen's strange expression, the guardian dragon guard lowered his voice a little: "The empress and the person you are looking for have been found."
King Chen turned to look at Liu Zhongbao: "The father and mother didn't tell them, so don't you need to look for them?"
Liu Zhongbao, who has always been known as the "Laughing Buddha", was also a little surprised at this moment. He turned to look at the guardian of the dragon who sent the message: "Are you sure you have found it?"
Hulongwei nodded: "This woman is a native of Lingzhou, and her brother is a scholar. Because His Majesty has opened Enke and recruited talents, and her brother is going to Beijing to take the exam, our people will take the two brothers and sisters to the capital together. They probably It will be there in five days.”
"Oh, the king wants to see what this woman looks like." King Chen snorted coldly with a smile.
It was that shameless idiot who dared to pretend to be his Ming pig!
The guardian of the dragon who passed the message shrank his neck, why did he feel that the tone of His Royal Highness King Chen did not look like he was looking forward to it.
"Commander Wang." King Chen stretched out his hand and patted Commander Wang's shoulder: "Come, go with this king to see the royal father."
The commander of the dignified royal guard was actually fooled by a liar. If he was known to others, how would he save face
"Yeah, Commander Wang, let's take a trip." Liu Zhongbao said with a smile: "There are some things, it's better to prepare in advance."
Moon Palace.
Empress Su and Emperor Longfeng heard the intention of King Ming's command, and waved their hands to let all the palace servants in the room retreat.
Seeing His Majesty and the Empress sitting at the top, Commander Wang secretly complained in his heart that the people under his command had made such a big mistake, and he had no way to discipline them.
Fortunately, people have already found it. If it is not found, isn't it true that the woman has been impostor
He didn't dare to think about it any longer, and he kept breaking out in cold sweat.
"This is an old thing. No one knows about the people who are serving on the side of the Queen and my son. The people who are doing the work below are misled by people who are conscientious. It can be considered excusable." Emperor Longfeng slowly became happy: "But As a Dragon Guard, if you make such a big mistake, you have to be punished."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Commander Wang was grateful, and His Majesty left him a favor. The willingness to open his mouth to punish, shows that His Majesty is not completely disappointed with the Dragon Guard, and they still have a chance to restore the Holy Will.
In the future, when the people below act, he must be more cautious and careful. Making such a joke is like throwing all the credits of the Dragon Guard for many years to the ground.
"As for that fake woman..." Emperor Longfeng turned to look at Queen Su and King Chen.
"Strictly take care of her when she arrives in the capital." King Chen rolled his sleeves and looked like he wanted to hit someone: "This king will bring Ming Xiaozhu to see the faces of their siblings."
"In order to replace others with glory, wealth, and honor, his character must be extremely unbearable." Emperor Longfeng tapped his index finger on the table: "Her elder brother must not be on the list. If such a person is an official, it will be the people who suffer."