Young Supervisor Fang is gone.
After Fang Shaojian left Ganlu Palace, he left the palace as quickly as possible.
After leaving the palace gate, he disappeared into the crowd and disappeared in the capital.
Concubine Xue Gui was furious when she learned that Young Supervisor Fang had disappeared, and cursed angrily: "The dog thief surnamed Fang dared to play tricks on me. He is looking for death. Since he intends to seek death, this palace will fulfill him. Pass on this palace's decree, and the whole city Search and arrest Young Prison Fang."
Not only Concubine Xue Guifei wanted Fang Shaojian's life, but also Chen Dachang.
After Ruizhen Empress Cui passed away, Fang Shaojian was taken away from power. I thought that Fang Shaojian would not be able to cause trouble from now on, but he did not expect that Fang Shaojian would seize the opportunity to set off a big cleansing in the palace if he didn't investigate.
I don't know how many people will be involved this time, and the palace is reshuffling the cards again.
Chen Dachang hated Fang Shaojian deeply, and wanted to deal with him quickly.
As a result, the dog thief surnamed Fang ran faster than anyone else, and even walked out of the palace gate without a sound.
In such a huge capital city with a population of over one million, how do you find Shaojian Fang
Chen Dachang was overjoyed when he learned that Concubine Xue Gui ordered the entire city to search Fang Shaojian.
He fully cooperates.
In the end, the case fell into the hands of the Yin Yamen of the capital, and the Embroidery Guards would assist.
After Mr. Gu came back from the palace, he found Mrs. Xie and wanted to ask about Gu Jiu's meeting with the princess.
Xie said expressionlessly: "I don't know about this matter. When the concubine concubine talked to the second girl, the concubine was not there. Master, why don't you ask the second girl yourself."
Master Gu frowned, since the couple had a falling out that day, this was the first time they had faced each other.
"As a aunt, you don't know how the second girl met?"
Mrs. Xie laughed mockingly, "Although I am the aunt, I can't control the concubine. The concubine despises us as an eyesore, and only talks to the second girl. The master may also blame the concubine."
Master Gu frowned, "What's your attitude?"
Mrs. Xie lowered her head and smiled, "If there is something wrong with my concubine, please correct me, Master."
Master Gu snorted coldly, feeling annoyed, "Since you don't know, forget it."
After speaking, Mr. Gu shook his sleeves and left.
Xie's face collapsed, his expression twisted.
She smiled silently, filled with hatred in her heart.
Master Gu sent someone to call Gu Jiu to the study for questioning.
It was getting dark, Gu Jiu dragged his tired body to the study.
In the study room, candles were burning.
Mr. Gu was not in a good mood, and was irritated by Mrs. Xie's attitude.
With a straight face, he motioned for Gu Jiu to sit down and talk.
"Today you saw the concubine, what did the concubine tell you?"
"Reporting to father, the concubine asked her daughter about her studies, needlework and other questions."
"Didn't you say anything else?"
Gu Jiu nodded slightly.
Master Gu breathed a sigh of relief, "So, the princess is satisfied with you?"
Gu Jiu pursed her lips and smiled, "Maybe, my daughter doesn't know too well."
Of course, Gu Jiu couldn't tell the truth about this question.
If she said that the concubine didn't like her, or even hated her, and she offended the concubine, Mrs. Gu might jump in a hurry. Maybe he will escort her to the palace to pay her respects and apologize.
Master Gu frowned slightly, "Whether the princess likes you or not, can't you feel it?"
Gu Jiu said: "The concubine's emotions are invisible, and the daughter is stupid, so I really can't notice it."
Master Gu sighed, "That's all. Anyway, no matter whether the princess likes you or not, you have to marry into the royal family. Before the big wedding, try not to go to the mansion as a guest."
"A daughter listens to her father."
Gu Jiu raised both hands in favor of Master Gu's final decision. Going to the palace once as a guest can kill half of a person.
At this moment, Gu Yu, Gu Si Ge came in from the outside.
"My lord, someone has come to the palace and is waiting at the Yamen right now."
Master Gu was startled, he had a bad feeling when he heard someone from the palace.
"Have you asked someone from the palace why they arrived at the Yamen so late?"
Gu Yu shook his head, "I don't know. Please go back to the yamen as soon as possible, my lord. I can't dismiss the man who came from the palace."
Master Gu nodded, "I'm going to the Yamen right now."
Master Gu left in a hurry.
Gu Jiu took the opportunity to ask Gu Yu.
"Brother Gu, is there something wrong in the palace?"
Gu Yu nodded, "I heard that a concubine in the palace was thrown into limbo, and this matter is very involved."
Gu Jiu frowned, when he was a guest at the palace today, the concubines and princesses looked normal and did not show any signs of accidents in the palace.
Are they hiding too deeply, or are things in the palace not serious
Gu Yu wanted to rush back to the Yamen, said a few words to Gu Jiu, and left in a hurry.
Gu Jiu was thoughtful, and told Qingmei, "Tell Li Chuan, let him pay attention to the master's movements. Tell Er Zhuang, remember to ask for information, the more detailed the better."
"The servant obeys."
Master Gu hurried to the yamen, and finally saw the people in the palace.
Knowing that Concubine Mei was thrown into the cold palace, and the palace asked the Yin Yamen of the capital to arrest Fang Shaojian, Master Gu's heart skipped a beat.
This is a palace fight, this is the rhythm of death. If one is not good, he will be planted in it.
Mr. Gu screamed in his heart, how could such a bad luck thing happen to him.
"Master Gu has any objections to the palace's decision?"
Lord Gu shook his head again and again, "I want to know, is Your Majesty clear about this matter?"
"You can ask about His Majesty's affairs."
Oh!
Mr. Gu looked at the other party meaningfully, obviously His Majesty was not aware of this matter. It seems that someone is taking this opportunity to eliminate dissidents.
"Master Gu, this is your mother's decision. Could it be that you don't even listen to your mother's words?"
"Of course I dare not disobey my mother's words. But to arrest Fang Shaojian in the whole city, there must be a warrant from Yousi. Otherwise, I will not be able to accept the order."
"Hmph, Mr. Gu is cautious. Take it, this is the official document from the internal servant, you can follow it."
Mr. Gu took the official document and looked at it carefully, and it was indeed true. It has the big seal of the internal servant and the handwriting of Chen Jianzheng.
Mr. Gu felt relieved, "I will obey your orders."
This night, many people are destined to be unable to sleep.
Mr. Gu didn't return all night, he personally sat in the yamen, arranged personnel overnight, cooperated with the embroidered clothes guards, and arrested Fang Shaojian throughout the city.
At dawn, Fang Shaojian seemed to have evaporated from the world, and no one had seen him.
Shili Hutong in the south of the city.
Early in the morning, Er Zhuang opened the door of Jumeizhai and started the day's business.
The cloth village next door also opened the door.
I heard that the owner of the cloth shop has returned from purchasing goods from other places.
"Morning!"
Er Zhuang warmly greeted the shopkeeper of Buzhuang Hu next door.
Shopkeeper Hu is an old man with a kind face. He nodded slightly and said good morning to Er Zhuang.
The clerk came to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, my boss woke up and said he was not feeling well, so I asked you to get some medicine. The prescription is in my hands."
Upon hearing this, shopkeeper Hu put down his work and hurried back to the inner courtyard.
Er Zhuang asked the buddy curiously, "Your boss is not in good health just after he came back?"
The buddy nodded, "My boss is just too tired, running all over the place."
"Don't you have a fixed channel for buying goods in your cloth shop, and you still need your boss to run it in person?"
The clerk took it for granted: "The business of the cloth shop is not easy to do, and the owner wants to find a new business. It's just that the cost is too high, or the profit is too low, so the business is not easy to do.
But this time, the owner suffered a disadvantage and might stay in the capital. "
Er Zhuang nodded repeatedly, "Business is not easy these days, but as long as there is still money to be made, it is considered a good business."
Yamen servant Zhang Tou led a search to Shili Hutong.
When Er Zhuang saw someone, he hurried up to meet him.
"Zhangtou, why is it so early today?"
With a straight face, "My lord has explained, I was ordered to search for criminals. Have you seen this man?"
After finishing speaking, the person next to Zhang Tou took out a portrait for Er Zhuang to recognize.
Er Zhuang took a closer look, shook his head, and made sure he hadn't seen it.
Zhang Tou said: "I know you definitely don't hide criminals here, but according to the rules, my brother still has to go in and take a look, please make it convenient."
"It should be, it should be."
Er Zhuang generously opened the door and let the yamen servants in. At the same time, a red envelope was sent into Zhang Tou's hands.
Zhang Tou weighed his weight and nodded secretly, Chen Erzhuang just knows how to be a man.
The yamen servants casually checked in Jumeizhai, then moved on to the next one, Buzhuang.
The guy was a little nervous. Looking at the portrait, he shook his head again and again, saying that he had never seen the person in the portrait.
Zhang Tou wanted to go in and search, but when the guy was getting nervous, shopkeeper Hu came out.
Shopkeeper Hu was full of smiles, and he was smiling again, and then he was paying a big red envelope.
Zhang Tou didn't go in, and only let his brothers go in to have a look.
The yamen servants searched inside and left without finding anything.
Watching the yamen servant leave, shopkeeper Hu secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and gave the clerk another wink.
The guy hurried back to the backyard and never showed up again.
Er Zhuang chattered with shopkeeper Hu, "I don't know who committed what, but there is such a big commotion in the Yamen."
Shopkeeper Hu nodded, "Yes! I hope my wife is safe and there will be no more accidents."
Xie Mao came to the East Palace Bowang Garden early in the morning to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
His Royal Highness was sitting at the desk, with a scripture and the Four Treasures of the Study in front of him.
Seeing this, Xie Mao frowned slightly.
At this time, His Royal Highness is still free to copy scriptures.
"Your Highness, the Embroidered Clothes Guard and the Yin Yamen of the capital are searching for Fang Shaojian throughout the city. Your Highness should make a decision early!"
Xie Mao's tone was heavy, and he looked anxious.
A few days after Empress Cui passed away, Xie Mao was revoked by the East Palace and promoted to an official position. Now he is a guest of the prince, and his official position is one level higher than before.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has lost a lot of weight, and he has changed his previous impression of being fat.
Perhaps because of the thinness, His Royal Highness looked sharper, not as round and gentle as before.
However, his gaze was the same as before, even more vicissitudes.
He looked at Xie Mao and asked, "What decision do you want Gu to make?"
Xie Mao bowed his head and said loudly: "Young Supervisor Fang knows too many things. Once he is caught and tortured, the consequences will be unimaginable. As the saying goes, if you stop and stop, you will be disrupted. I think that His Highness should abandon Young Supervisor Fang at this time. Find out beforehand." Man, shut his mouth."
The so-called shut up, the implication is to kill Fang Shaojian.
His Royal Highness frowned slightly, "You want to abandon Shaojian Fang alone?"
Xie Mao nodded heavily, "Your Highness, please make a decision as soon as possible."
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said with a straight face, "Since my mother passed away, Fang Shaojian has worked hard day and night for loneliness.
Now that something happened to him, you let Gu abandon him, Xie Aiqing, are you trying to trap Gu in injustice
If the world knew about it, how would they evaluate Gu? If something happened to Xie Aiqing in the future, and someone persuaded Xie Gu to give up on you, would you accept it? "
Xie Mao said loudly: "If one day my minister is in danger and may threaten His Highness's safety at any time, I implore His Highness to give up my minister decisively."
His Royal Highness's face changed slightly.
Xie Mao continued: "I implore Your Highness, the overall situation is the most important thing. The empress is in the spirit of heaven, and she does not want to see His Highness disregarding the East Palace for Fang Shaojian alone. Your Highness, please make a decision. The lives of thousands of people in the East Palace are all in His Highness's hands." in a moment."
"presumptuous!"
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince scolded Xie Mao sharply.
Xie Mao didn't take it seriously, "Your Highness, please make a decision."
With that said, Xie Mao knelt down.
His Royal Highness was trembling all over, "Xie Aiqing, are you persecuting Gu?"
"I don't dare. I will do everything from the overall situation, and I must not just watch someone threaten the East Palace, but do nothing."
His Royal Highness closed his eyes with a painful expression.
"You are not the first person to persuade Gu."
Xie Mao bowed and said, "I know."
His Royal Highness said again: "They all failed, why does Xie Aiqing think that Gu will follow your advice?"
Xie Mao said with a serious face: "Because what I said is correct. Your Highness, please think about the young masters, do you really have the heart to watch them die?"
His Royal Highness smiled wryly, "It's not that time yet."
"Once Fang Shaojian is caught and tortured, that time will not be far away."
His Highness the Crown Prince shook his hands, his face pale.
"Xie Aiqing, you are trapped in injustice!"
"Wei Chen knows. When Fang Shaojian's matter is resolved, Wei Chen will take the initiative to resign to thank His Highness for your kindness."
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sneered, "It seems that you will not give up until you achieve your goal. Forget it, I will leave it to you to deal with Young Supervisor Fang's affairs."
Xie Mao said solemnly: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will definitely resolve this matter with all my strength, and will never leave any hidden dangers for Your Highness."
Xie Mao kowtowed and left.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sat alone, his face pale.
Crown Princess Sun came to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
"His Highness really wants to give up Young Supervisor Fang?"
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince smiled wryly, "Is there any other choice for Gu?"
The Crown Princess Sun said: "If Your Highness is willing to protect the young prisoner below, the concubine thinks that even Concubine Xue will give His Highness some favors."
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked at the Crown Princess Sun, "Do you really think that alone, you can protect the young prisoner below?"
The Crown Princess Sun asked: "Why not? The order to arrest Fang Shaojian was indeed issued by the Internal Attendant.
However, this matter did not start from the Xingqing Palace, it was all caused by Concubine Xue Gui and Chen Jian.
The reason is high-sounding, but if His Highness speaks uprightly and takes a tough attitude, the ministers and concubines will not believe that the internal servants dare to rush to the East Palace to arrest people. "
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hesitated, "If this matter is ordered by the emperor, if I save the young prisoner below, wouldn't it be a disaster for the East Palace?"
The Crown Princess Sun said: "Your Highness, don't worry, the concubine has already inquired about it, and His Majesty doesn't know about it at all.
This time Mei Concubine's matter involved so much that even Chen Jianzheng could not avoid being reprimanded by His Majesty.
This matter started because of Fang Shaojian, and Chen Jianzheng must have hated Fang Shaojian deeply, and wanted to deal with it quickly.
It just so happened that Concubine Xue Gui also had the same intention, and the two hit it off immediately, and a city-wide raid began. "
His Royal Highness had a complex expression, struggling, contradictory, and hesitant.
"Your Highness, let's make a decision as soon as possible. It's still too late to call Xie Aiqing back."
His Royal Highness shook his head, "Let Gu think about it again."
The Crown Princess Sun was anxious, "His Royal Highness, if you protect Young Supervisor Fang, you will gain the loyalty of Young Supervisor Fang. There is no doubt about Young Supervisor Fang's ability. He alone can stir up chaos in the palace, and he can also stir up chaos among the concubines by himself.
At this time, Donggong needs Shaojian Fang, so we must not give up on him. As long as Fang Shaojian is here, let alone three years, even five years, he can win it. "
His Royal Highness still hesitated.
The Crown Princess Sun stomped her feet anxiously, "Hasn't Your Highness ever thought about why the Queen Mother deliberately left Fang Shaojian to the East Palace? It is because Fang Shaojian is an old man in the palace, and his connections are all over the palace. He alone can support ten, or even two. Ten officials of the East Palace. What Xie Mao, he is not even worthy to carry his shoes."
His Royal Highness waved his hand, "Let Gu think about it again."
The Crown Princess Sun gritted her teeth and turned to leave.
After leaving Bowang Garden, she called her confidant servant, "Send someone to keep an eye on Xie Mao. Once Shaojian Fang is found, rescue him immediately. You must not let Shaojian Fang fall into Xie Mao's hands."
The confidant asked: "What if Mr. Xie is determined to kill Fang Shaojian?"
The Crown Princess Sun's heart became ruthless, "If necessary, kill Xie Mao."
For a mere Xie Mao, how important is Fang Shaojian.
Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince refuses to listen to her persuasion, she will do it herself.