The whole city was under martial law, and more yamen runners were patrolling the streets and alleys. The city's public security became very good in an instant.
Not to mention those petty thieves and hooligans, even those domineering and arrogant young men who relied on their family power have become obedient.
The massive search uncovered many evil criminals who had been hiding their identities, and several old cases that had been pending in Jingzhao Prefecture for a long time were solved as a result. This was a pleasant surprise.
"Although the murderer has not been found yet, we have clues. With time, we will definitely be able to arrest the murderer." Prince Jin came to Prince De's mansion to pay his condolences and told Prince De's son the news.
"I'm sorry to trouble you, cousin Yu. I won't say thank you. I will remember everything in my heart." Prince De said with tears in his eyes.
Prince Jin patted him on the shoulder and said everything. He went over to burn incense for Prince De.
The weather this autumn is very strange. It rained for a few days and the weather was getting cooler, but suddenly it became hot again in the past few days.
Even though there is ice to cool it down, you can still smell the strong stench of corpse if you get closer to the coffin.
"When is the funeral?" asked Prince Jin.
"The day after tomorrow, I can't let this go anymore." Prince De said with a sad face.
"Uncle De knows that you are filial and will not blame you."
Two days later, Prince De's funeral was held and various governments held roadside memorial services.
Prince Qing went too far. At the roadside altar, there was no master, only the chief secretary of the palace and a few respectable servants.
Prince De bit his lips, his mouth was full of blood, and his eyes were filled with hatred.
Jiang Changning whispered, "I didn't realize that Prince Qing is such a sentimental person."
The two families had not reached the point where they would never have any contact with each other again. In this age where the dead are the most important, it was indeed unreasonable for brothers from the same clan not to come in person to see their parents off.
"He doesn't dare to come and see you off, for fear of being haunted by wronged spirits." Prince Jin said coldly.
Jiang Changning snorted coldly, "The wronged spirit is looking for him to take his life, he can't escape."
"No one can escape." A gloomy look flashed in King Jin's eyes.
With the help of Prince Jin, Prince De successfully inherited the title of Prince De without being demoted.
Although Prince Yu was quite dissatisfied with Prince Jin's comparison with him, he had no words to refute.
In terms of blood relationship with the current emperor, he is the same as the Prince of Dewang.
The old Prince of Yu had the merit of following the dragon, and the old Prince of De did the same.
However, although the Crown Prince of Prince De became Prince De, he could not be the regent prince, and Prince Qing and Prince Yu strongly disagreed.
The Prince of Jin could not support the whole thing alone, and the Prince of Changshan and others were also restrained by the Prince of Jiujiang and others and had no say. As a result, the four regent princes became three.
"Your Highness, even if we are outnumbered two by one, you won't be afraid of them, right?" Jiang Changning asked, looking up.
King Jin lowered his head, looked into her eyes that seemed to be filled with starlight, and smiled slightly, "Yes."
Prince Qing and Prince Yu were both ambitious men, and they were equally eyeing that position.
If he wants to accomplish his great cause, he must get rid of them. He will not be afraid of them.
Jiang Changning saw a dark shadow under the corner of his eye and reached out to touch his eye. "Were you busy until late last night again?"
These days, Prince Jin has been resting in the Jingshe Hall in front. Jiang Changning really has no idea when he falls asleep.
It’s not that she doesn’t care about him, but as they are a couple who are very close to each other, she doesn’t want to break any taboos.
“There are so many things to do and they are complicated, it will be too late to deal with them.”
"Staying up late is bad for your health."
"I won't stay up late tonight. I'll go to bed early with you." Prince Jin said with a smirk.
"I have my son to accompany me. You should go to Jingshe Hall and sleep."
"Now that you have a son, you don't want your husband anymore? That's not possible." Prince Jin pressed her down on the kang and started chewing on her.
"Don't make trouble, my lord. It's itchy."
"Tell me, do you want me to accompany you, or do you want your son to accompany you? Who is more important, me or your son?"
"I want you to accompany me, I want you to accompany me." Jiang Changning admitted, "Young couples grow old together, you must be more important than my son."
What stopped him was the babyish voice coming from outside, "Mother, the baby is coming."
Thanks to the maids' hard teaching, Xiao Ming'er changed his way of speaking.
Jiang Changning pushed the stinky man away and got off the kang, "Son, come in quickly."
With the little one around, Prince Jin could no longer hug his wife and be affectionate with her.
King Jin stretched out his hand and gently pinched his son's fat butt as he threw himself into Jiang Changning's arms, "You little bastard, you're ruining your father's good deeds."
"Your Highness, please go and do your own thing. Don't disturb us mother and son from developing our relationship." Jiang Changning smiled and drove him away.
"You just said that I was more important than him, but you lied to me. Okay, just wait, I will settle the score with you later." Prince Jin smiled and went out to Jingshe Hall in front.
That night, Jiang Changning had a hard time paying off his debts, so of course he got up late the next day.
She went to pay her respects to the Concubine Dowager and asked the little guy to accompany her while she went to the auditorium to discuss matters.
Just after finishing the shopping for the big kitchen, the maid at the second gate came in and said, "Princess, someone from the Slave Shop wants to see you."
Jiang Changning frowned and asked in confusion, "The mansion has enough servants and we don't plan to hire more people. What are the people from the Slave House doing here?"
"Could they be here to catch runaway slaves?" Fu Cui guessed.
Fang Ju raised her leg and kicked her, "If you don't know how to speak, then shut up. How could there be a runaway slave in our house?"
Fu Cui pouted, "Fang Ju, you are really becoming more and more rude."
Fangju glared at her, "I'm mad at you."
"What you said is so unreasonable. When did I ever get angry with you? I was angry with Su Fei." Fu Cui said with her chin raised.
"Okay, so you did it on purpose to anger Shu Fei. I have to tell Shu Fei."
"Tell her I'm not afraid either."
"Let's beat you together and see if you're afraid."
"That's unethical."
"Who wants to talk about martial ethics with a bad girl like you?"
"If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me. I can fight back with one."
"See? The cows are flying in the sky because you blew them up there."
The two maids followed Jiang Changning and bickered with each other all the way. When they were about to reach Zhengze Courtyard, they stopped talking and had stern faces, just like the good maids who followed the rules.
When Jiang Changning entered the hall, the four people from the Sinus House immediately stood up and bowed to greet him.
"No need to be polite, please take a seat and serve tea." Jiang Changning sat down at the main seat, "I wonder what the gentlemen are here for?"
"Princess, is there a maid named Wanling in your house?" asked the man from Sinufang.
"I'm not too sure about this. I'll ask someone to check it out." Jiang Changning was the princess, and the only servants she was familiar with were the dozen or so who served her.
"What did she do wrong?"
"She didn't do anything wrong. Her family came to see her."
"Do you want to redeem her? Sure." Jiang Changning said readily.
"Her family wants to meet her."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Changning inexplicably felt that there was something weird about it.
Although the palace was of high status, they never stopped servants from seeing their family members. Wanling's family did not come directly to the palace to see people, but went around in a roundabout way and asked people from the Slave House to come.
Wanling was a servant, and her family's social status was not high.
Since Wanling's family was able to invite people from Sinufang to come, they must be either powerful or wealthy.
(End of this chapter)