"My lord." In the carriage, the attendant looked worriedly at King Chen who was riding in front of him, and whispered to King Qi, "I'm worried that King Chen will find out the identities of those two people and it will be detrimental to you."
The Marquis of Pingyuan is the prince's outside home. Although what these two servants do has nothing to do with the prince, in the eyes of His Majesty, the prince will feel that the prince is plotting against the Yue family of Prince Chen.
"To go or not to go, the identities of these two people cannot be changed." King Qi's expression was calm: "I go with him, at least it can prove that I have no knowledge of this matter."
"Does the Hou Mansion resent Concubine Su for calling Mrs. Hou into the palace to reprimand, so it sends someone to do such a thing?" Although there is no queen in the palace, Concubine Su, as the highest woman in the harem, is almost acquiesced as the deputy queen. If a woman is summoned to enter the palace and reprimanded, she can only obey the instructions obediently.
The King of Qi was silent.
Chang Sui saw that the prince did not speak, and it was not easy to continue to say more. He had an opinion on the Pingyuan Hou residence in his heart. Isn't this a hindrance to the prince
King Qi lifted the curtain of the carriage, and where he was, he could only see the carriage of Prince Chen's mansion, and Yun Duqing rode beside the carriage, dressed in red clothes like fire, making his eyes hurt.
He lowered the curtain and took a slow breath.
When he was very young, he often heard his mother complain about Su Shi and Yun Duqing.
Su's knowledge is shallow, she serves people in Israel, charms people's hearts, and has a bad face. Even the son she taught has learned how to please her.
He worked hard to write an article silently, and after being praised by his father, he turned around and saw Yun Duqing peeling oranges for his father, coaxing his father into a smile.
Yun Duqing is similar in age to him, but his homework is not as good as his, his etiquette is not as good as him, and he can't even match his foreign family background, but Yun Duqing is still the best son in the eyes of his father.
He even knew that the royal father wanted the daughter of the Sun family to marry Yun Duqing at first, but if it wasn't for the Miss Sun family who fell in love with him more, the Sun family, who was admired by countless scholars, would now have become Yun Duqing's right-hand man.
The only thing he didn't expect was that the Ming family also had a daughter who had been fostered in Lingzhou since childhood. Fortunately, the Ming family acted upright and never had much affection for Su's mother and son...
"My lord, the yamen of Jingzhao Mansion is here."
Lord Wang, Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture, looked at the prisoner who was escorted by Jin Wuwei himself, got up and asked the captain in the lead: "Little General, what did these two do?"
If it wasn't for a serious crime, how could so many people be escorted
The captain of Jinwuwei bowed his hands and saluted: "Master Wang, these two despise the royal family, slander the court officials, speculate on the holy will, please investigate thoroughly."
Lord Wang sucked in a breath of cold air. Seeing how frightened the two of them were, they couldn't even stand up. How dare they commit such a big thing
"Many thanks, little general, for telling me." Mr. Wang suppressed the shock in his heart: "This official will detain them pending trial, and I will not forgive them lightly."
"Why wait for the trial in the future?" King Chen strode in: "This king sees that today is very suitable."
"Xiaguan pays his respects to His Royal Highness King Chen." Lord Wang saw that King Chen followed behind King Qi, and hurriedly saluted again: "Respect to His Royal Highness King Qi."
"There is no need for these false rituals." King Chen looked at the two people who were paralyzed on the ground, like mud: "These two offend this king and speculate on the holy will, Lord Wang must conduct a good trial to find out their identities and who sent them. ,What is the purpose."
"Yes, yes." Lord Wang glanced at the two people on the ground. What kind of courage did he have to let them offend King Chen
"The two princes, please come to the seat, the lower official will try the case..."
"No, this king is just here to listen to the trial process, not to participate in the trial." King Chen pulled Jiu Zhu, who was staring at the torture tool, and sat down on the chair next to him.
Lord Wang glanced at the girl who was pulled by Prince Chen and sat down together. Although he didn't know her identity, he still bowed his hands to her, and then turned his head to King Chen and King Qi and said, "My two princes, if you are an official, go up. sit down."
King Qi nodded slightly, and sat down on the other side of the trial hall, just opposite to King Chen.
"Who is kneeling under the hall, who is his surname, where does he live, please report quickly." When Mr. Wang knocked on the jingtang wood, the yamen all took their places, and the killing force banged on the ground with a thumping sound, as if on a battlefield. drums of war.
Where did the two servants see this battle, they wept bitterly on the spot, and revealed their identities one by one.
"You said you were the servants of the Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion in the Beijing suburbs, but what evidence do you have?" Mr. Wang secretly glanced at King Qi, this Pingyuan Marquis Mansion was King Qi's foreign family.
"Yes, yes." The two of them hurriedly took out their waist cards. The servant of the other village must have this waist card to enter and leave the other village.
The yamen presented the waist card in front of Lord Wang, Lord Wang glanced at it, then turned to look at King Chen: "My lord, look..."
Don't embarrass him, a poor governor of Jingzhao, for the slanderous tactics between you royal princes.
"Continue the trial." King Chen waved back the clerk who was going to show him the waist card: "This king said that today I'm just here to watch the trial of the adults."
Qi Wang Mosuo held the jade pendant around his waist and smiled lightly: "Fifth brother is right, such perpetrators must not be forgiven lightly. Of course, good people who are irrelevant cannot be wronged."
Who is the irrelevant good person
Pingyuan Houfu
King Chen sneered and hooked his fingers towards Jiuzhu, motioning her to bring her ears closer. Noticing his movement, Jiuzhu leaned her head over.
"Have you ever heard of pretending?" King Chen lowered his voice: "My fourth brother is definitely worth it."
Jiuzhu glanced at King Qi secretly, and whispered like King Chen: "The Marquis of Pingyuan is the ancestral home of King Qi, will he protect bad people?"
"Does he dare?" King Chen snorted coldly, "I'm still here."
"Mmmm." Jiu Zhu suddenly felt relieved.
"Tsk." King Chen looked at the little girl who believed whatever he said. How did this brain grow, so she wouldn't be coaxed away by someone with a bunch of candied haws
King Qi looked at Yun Duqing, who was whispering a few words to the girl from the Ming family from time to time, with a smile that never faded. The expression of this young lady from the Ming family was too guesswork. He could see at a glance that they were talking about him, and they were not good words.
Pretending to be ignorant of the undercurrent between the two princes, Lord Wang slapped the jingtang wood again: "Drag down and play twenty big boards first." After thinking about it, he added two sentences: "Drag the side hall to play, don't get dirty. noble eyes."
Jiuzhu looked at the two of them like boiled noodles and was dragged down limply. She couldn't understand, since they knew that doing this kind of thing would bring terrible consequences to themselves, why would they do it
Suddenly, two warm palms covered her ears, and she turned her head to see the face of His Royal Highness King Chen approaching.
"Little girl, don't listen to the howls of ghosts and wolves."
With her ears covered, His Highness's voice sounded a little unreal, and Jiu Zhu blinked.
"Have you ever seen someone hit a board before?"
Jiuzhu shook her head.
"That's right." King Chen turned his head to look at the side hall separated by a wooden fence. The two prisoners had already been pushed down on the wide black lacquered wooden bench. People are especially ugly when they cry and howl."
Jiuzhu wanted to follow his line of sight, and turned her head to take a look.
"Don't look at it." King Chen grabbed her face, and his hand became a little bigger accidentally, squeezing her rosy mouth into a little duck's mouth.
Seeing Jiu Zhu's big eyes, looking at himself suspiciously, he quickly reduced his strength and said, "I told you that it was ugly, the little girl has to be obedient and can't peep secretly."
Jiu Zhu heard the screams of a man in her ears, the voice was so vague and distant that she could barely hear it.
The hand on the ear was still so warm, Jiuzhu couldn't help but think that a gentle man like His Royal Highness must have been sent by God.
When the screams ended, King Chen let go of his hand. Seeing Jiuzhu looking at him stupidly, he couldn't help but poked her forehead: "Being fooled by this king's demeanor?"
Jiuzhu thought for a while, then nodded seriously.
King Chen turned his head and coughed dryly.
I know, I know, I know you admire this king very much.
He lowered his head and twitched his fingers, Ming Xiaozhu's face was made of tofu
It was soft and tender, as if using two more points of force could rub her face to pieces.
After the boy who was hit by the board was dragged up again, he said everything like beans in a bamboo tube, including what the two stewards said and why they did it.
"My lord, since this matter involves the stewards of the Hou Mansion, you see..." Lord Wang smiled at King Qi, "It's always better to check things out."
With His Royal Highness King Qi's kindness and kindness, it is absolutely impossible to send someone to do such a thing. It's a pity that the Pingyuan Houfu is not strictly controlled, and this kind of incident has caused the reputation of King Qi.
"It should be." King Qi nodded and said to the long follower behind him: "Go and bring the stewards mentioned by these two people."
"Fourth brother, don't worry, this king's people have already gone." King Chen laughed: "I think the fourth brother also knows that there are many good horses in this king's mansion, and he likes to ride horses. The guards of the king's mansion are also good at horseback riding, and they are fast on their feet. , we can also wait here a little less."
"The fifth brother is thoughtful." King Qi rubbed the thumb of the jade pendant and stopped: "The fourth brother forgot, there are many horses and horses in your house."
"It's okay, next time you forget it, I'll remind you." King Chen took out his purse, but he didn't take out anything to eat, so he had to give up: "This king never minds such trivial matters."
Jiu Zhu noticed his movements, took out a few pieces of jerky from her purse and put them in King Chen's hands.
King Chen turned his head to look at Jiu Zhu, Jiu Zhu smiled at him with a wink.
Lord Wang looked at King Chen and the girl in the pink skirt who were sharing snacks, and took a deep breath.
Someone just passed the board, how did these two get to eat
The guards of Prince Chen's mansion were indeed very fast, not only bringing the steward mentioned by the two servants, but also a steward of the Marquis of Pingyuan.
After listening to what happened, Steward Bie Zhuang looked blank: "Sir, we are just the little stewards of Bie Yuan, how dare we do such a rebellious thing?!"
Hearing the words, the two servants asked angrily, "It's clearly because of your idea that we did this!"
"I remember that you two secretly drank while on duty a few days ago, and I was fined your wages. Is it because of this matter that you hold grudges against me and use this method to slander me?" The steward retorted: " The Houfu has always had strict standards for selecting managers, how could it be possible for me to be transferred to the Houfu for such ridiculous reasons?"
Lord Wang nodded, thinking that this steward made some sense. No master would like this kind of self-asserting servant, let alone transfer to the Hou residence, I am afraid it is too late to drive him away.
Jiu Zhu didn't have the energy to listen to what they said. She looked at the Hou's housekeeper with a scar on her chin, and curled her fingers on her knees.
This scar was cut open by her with a silver hairpin, and when the blood dripped on her face, it was sticky and fishy.
That silver hairpin was the first small silver hairpin that the masters had saved for a long time and bought her. She cherishes it very much and wipes it every day before carefully inserting it into her hair.
When she was bound with her hands and feet, gagged and threw it into the river, the little silver hairpin fell into somewhere, maybe it sank into the mud at the bottom of the river, and never saw the light of day again.
"Who is that?" King Chen pointed at the steward of Hou's mansion: "Stand far away, don't let this king see your face, you are so ugly to this king."
After speaking, he stuffed a piece of jerky into Jiuzhu's mouth: "Are you hungry? I see the weather, it's time for lunch."
Jiu Zhu came to her senses, she turned her head to look at King Chen, chewing on the beef jerky without saying a word.
The scar-faced face that King Chen bluntly said was ugly was in charge, but his eyes were gloomy, but he didn't dare to refute.
"Daze again?" King Chen raised his eyebrows to look at her.
Jiu Zhu touched Bu Yao on the side of her temples, now she can't comb her hair anymore.
"Your Highness." Jiu Zhu lowered her head and gently pulled the forbidden step hanging from her waist.
"Um?"
"It's nothing." Jiuzhu shook her head, looking up at him with a big smile.
King Chen pointed to the purse around her waist: "Is there any jerky?"
Jiuzhu nodded: "Yes."
After speaking, he took off the entire purse and put it in the hands of King Chen.
While eating jerky, King Chen listened to Lord Wang's trial, and finally waited for the two servants to confess their guilt before slowly opening his mouth and said, "I have heard about the behavior of the Pingyuan Hou Mansion, but I didn't expect them. The little servant committed such a big crime, and there is no one who can speak to the Pingyuan Hou Mansion."
Scarface in the corner in charge: "… "
Before he came, Chen Wangfu just said that the young servant of Bieyuan had committed something. Who knew it was such a thing
"Oh, this king forgot." King Chen looked at King Qi: "Marquis Pingyuan is the uncle of the fourth brother. With your nephew here, it's normal for the people of Marquis Pingyuan to feel so at ease."
Prince Qi's mansion suddenly turned ugly, what does Prince Chen mean
"This king has suffered this great humiliation. I didn't see the Marquis of Pingyuan coming to plead guilty. If I came to this king, I wouldn't be looked at by them on weekdays." King Chen stood up, and didn't forget to stuff the jerky Jiuzhu gave him into his sleeve. : "Fourth brother doesn't need to intercede for Pingyuan Hou's mansion. This king will enter the palace to meet the royal father and ask the royal father to decide for me."
The head of Qi Wang's mansion said: "..."
His family lord clearly didn't say a word, what does King Chen mean when he talks to himself
After making such a big fuss, bringing people to Jing Zhaoyin to solve the case, the final point turned out to be that the Marquis of Pingyuan didn't take him seriously
"Fifth brother..."
"Fourth brother doesn't need to say anymore, as a younger brother, I know you are in a dilemma in this matter." Chen Wang Honghong's sleeve robe drew a beautiful arc in the air, and tolerance was written on his face: "Don't worry, younger brother will not So it takes anger on you."
After speaking, he gave Jiuzhu a wink.
Jiuzhu quickly stood up, she thought for a while, raised Bai Nen's little chin, snorted at the two little servants who were kneeling on the ground, followed King Chen's appearance and threw up her sleeves, followed behind King Chen and walked out of Jing Zhaoyin door.
"Humph! Despicable villain." After Chen Wang's mansion groaned with yin and yang, he left with the other guards hula la, and the entire Jingzhaoyin case-handling yamen was half empty.
Lord Wang hurriedly bowed his hands towards the gate where King Chen left, and turned around and smiled awkwardly at King Qi, who was not smiling: "Your Highness..."
"Master Wang has worked hard, and this king is leaving." King Qi turned and left Jingzhao Mansion.
Mr. Wang took off the black gauze hat on his head and kept wiping the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve robe. This Jingzhao governor did it, and it was really clean every day.
"My lord, what should I do now?" The head of the mansion of King Qi didn't expect King Chen to do things like this... As soon as he came out of the Jingzhao Yin gate, he said anxiously, "I'm worried that King Chen will wrong you for this."
"Let the prince of the Marquis of Pingyuan be sure to stop King Chen before he enters the palace, and ask him to plead guilty." King Qi's face was grim: "The more sincere you are when you plead, the better, even if you kneel down in the street to plead guilty, you must be seen The sincerity of going to Pingyuan Hou's Mansion to plead guilty to King Chen."
"Let's do it if you're young!" Chang Sui got on his horse, and his opinions on the Marquis of Pingyuan became more and more serious. The prince was not favored by His Majesty, and he never dared to take a wrong step or say a wrong word in his words and deeds. The Marquis of Pingyuan usually travels in the capital in the name of the prince, but if he can't help at all, it will be a hindrance to the prince.
After returning Ming Jiuzhu to Ming Shilang's residence, King Chen turned around and walked towards the palace.
He said he wanted to go to the palace to file a complaint, and he would never stay until tomorrow.
Halfway through the journey, Chen Wang saw the owners of the two restaurants quarreling across the street, accusing each other of the cooks of the other party for not cooking enough authentic dishes.
"My family is the authentic Beijing cuisine. The one in your family has a taste of Lingzhou cuisine in everything you do, and you are too embarrassed to call yourself an old Beijing restaurant that has been passed down for a hundred years?"
King Chen pulled the horse's reins, pointed at the restaurant owner who was scolded for being inauthentic in Beijing's cuisine, and said to him, "Please bring the chef who can cook Lingzhou cuisine back to the palace to cook."
Chang Sui hurriedly said, "Don't worry, my lord, before it gets dark today, the little one will definitely bring people into the palace."
Hearing this, King Chen turned his head to look at him. His reputation outside was not very good, and he also had a certain relationship with this kind of servant who couldn't speak.
"His Royal Highness Chen, please stop!"
King Chen looked back at the prince of the Marquis of Pingyuan, who was chasing after him on a fast horse, and said to the guard: "You can't ride a horse in a busy city, you go and stop people."
After he finished speaking, he patted the horse and continued to walk in the direction of the palace slowly.
Want him to stay
Humph.
His dignified lord, needs the idiot of Pingyuan Houfu to teach him how to do things