"Then what should we do with the Ministry of Punishment?" Jiang Qingyue asked after Yan Shi.
"The murderer drowned himself." Yan Shi said.
Jiang Qingyue naturally understood Yan Shi's meaning, this murderous star had thirteen lives on her back, even if she was killed, it would not be a pity. The criminal department is full of people from King Zhao, and one thing more is worse than one thing less. There is still no clue about the two disappearance cases that happened in the past few days, and now there is another murder case, I am afraid that the criminal department will make a big fuss about it.
All the evidence now indicates that this person committed suicide, even if the people from the Ministry of Punishment come to investigate, it will be the same result. But Yan Shi didn't really understand the case, but secretly sent someone to investigate. It's not to avenge the deadly evil star, but it's suspicious that the deadly evil star suddenly appeared in the imperial city at this time. What secret is hidden behind it? Whether it is related to the two recent cases of disappearance is worth investigating.
In fact, Yan Shi might not have come to Dali Temple. He just got married yesterday, and according to the rules, he can take ten days off. But he didn't want to stay in the mansion, he really didn't want to say it was to avoid the little princess.
Yan Shi sighed softly, if he had previously suspected that Hua Ling's appearance was a fake, but after serving tea in the palace, he concluded that Hua Ling's nature was like this. What he said in the palace is not very beneficial to the Kangle Palace. The people in the Kangle Palace will not be so stupid as to sell themselves because they want to win over others. So, if Hua Ling wasn't born this way, how could he say such things in front of the saint
But this is also a headache for Yan Shi, last night he was given something by Hua Ling, if it were someone else, I'm afraid that person will no longer exist at this moment. But Hua Ling is a child who doesn't understand anything. He is different from those who have ulterior motives. He only knows what to do on the wedding night, so he does it. From this point of view, he is not wrong. Yan Shi really wants to be angry with him now, but he will inevitably feel embarrassed when he sees him again.
Yan Shi didn't go back to Nuanyang Pavilion that night, but found a wing room to live in.
On the second day after entering the mansion, the little princess stayed alone in the empty room.
The night was dark and silent. The innocent little princess quietly left Nuanyang Pavilion and flew up to the roof. She came to a side room and lightly lifted a piece of tile. With the moonlight shining into the room, she greedily looked at the sleeping woman on the bed for a while. People, and left reluctantly.
No matter how much Yan Shi didn't want to see his little concubine, he still had to see him after dawn—it was time for Hua Ling to return home.
According to the rules of the Yuan Dynasty, Gui Ning requires husband and wife or two people to go together.
The housekeeper Qingji had already prepared the presents, and he did not take a sedan chair to go to Kangle Palace, but a carriage.
"Brother." Yan Shi and Hua Ling didn't sit together at first, but Hua Ling came over by himself later.
Yan Shi opened the curtains and looked outside, pretending not to hear.
"elder brother-"
Hua Ling shook his arm lightly, Yan Shi couldn't pretend he didn't hear it, so he turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Where did brother go last night?" All of Hua Ling's expressions were written on his face. At this time, the unhappy face was unrestrained, and his tone was extremely resentful, "Why didn't you come back?"
"I went to investigate the case last night." Yan Shi opened his eyes and said nonsense, "I came back too late to avoid disturbing you, so I slept in the wing."
Hua Ling's face brightened a little: "Is brother always this busy?"
Yan Shi thought that this was an excellent opportunity, so he said: "From now on, the princess will just go to bed on her own, don't wait for me."
"How can that be? I'll be scared when I sleep by myself. I'm afraid of the dark, and I'm also afraid of ghosts." Hua Ling's face was more unhappy than before, and his brows were already knit into a knot. Forget, you want to call me Ling'er."
"Then how did you sleep before?" Yan Shi asked.
"Before I got married, I was accompanied by the dumb mother," Hua Ling said, "but now that I'm married, how can I let someone else accompany me?"
Yan Shi didn't intend to get too entangled on this topic anymore, looking at the receding scenery outside the window, he suddenly thought of another thing. He and Hua Ling had consummated their marriage and he didn't want the people in the Kangle State Mansion to know. This is not because of his so-called face, but because he does not want Duke Kangle to misunderstand that he wants to befriend him.
"Ming Ting," Yan Shi still couldn't call out "Ling'er", "you must be careful when you see your parents."
Seeing Hua Ling's suspicious eyes, Yan Shi said again: "You can't say much about the two of us, especially, cough, especially about the bridal chamber."
Hua Ling was still puzzled: "Why? I also want my father and mother to know that I am doing well."
Yan Shi didn't want to explain more to him, but suddenly remembered a sentence he said before: "Didn't your mother teach you to 'marry and obey your husband'? Then will you listen to my words?"
"Listen, I'll listen to everything my brother says." Hua Ling seemed to be convinced, "Then, can I tell them about meeting the emperor and the empress?"
"This is acceptable."
After getting the affirmation, Hua Ling smiled, but remembered the topic just now: "Then brother will still live out in the future?"
"It's hard to say." Yan Shi couldn't bear to lie to him, especially when he looked at Hua Ling's big eyes full of desire. Deceiving a child who is as innocent as a blank sheet of paper will make him feel guilty.
Hua Ling's mouth immediately pouted: "I'm not happy."
Yan Shi didn't speak any more, took a book next to him and flipped through it, pretending to be immersed in the book.
"I'm a little sad." Hua Ling muttered softly.
Yan Shi pretended not to hear, and turned another page of the book.
"I'm not in a good mood." Hua Ling tried to attract her brother's attention by constantly talking.
Yan Shi pretended to turn a page of the book again.
"I'm not feeling well, maybe I'm sick." Hua Ling still didn't give up, and even bent down, looking up at Yan Shi like that.
Yan Shi decided to continue ignoring to the end.
"I'm really uncomfortable." Hua Ling's two index fingers touched each other, and he held back his small mouth, "I feel uncomfortable, uncomfortable."
Just when Yan Shi was in a dilemma, the carriage stopped suddenly, and Qingji's voice sounded from outside: "My lord, my concubine, we are here."
The two got out of the carriage one after another. Qingji looked at the wrathful concubine, wondering what was wrong with this man, he was obviously in high spirits before getting into the carriage, why is he angry now
The people in Kangleguo's mansion naturally knew that Yan Shi was coming back today, but they didn't make too many preparations in front of the mansion, and it was still the same as before. Yan Shi knew that this was a blow to him, to let him know that they could win him over or abandon him at any time.
The concierge went to report, and after a while Hua Qiancheng and his family went out to greet him. There can be dozens of people in a large family, and the standing is full.
Hua Qiancheng has three brothers, all living together. The other two brothers are also officials in the court, but their official positions are not big, and they are far incomparable with Hua Qiancheng.
Yan Shi's identity was there after all, Hua Qiancheng was not rude and invited Yan Shi into the lobby of the mansion. However, he also saw Hua Ling who was full of anger. After the tea was served, Hua Qiancheng winked and asked Yang to find an excuse to call Hua Ling away.
Yan Shi knew very well that he had gone to listen for news.
When he came in the morning, Yan Shi excused the dumb nanny because she was old and couldn't stand the trouble, so she didn't let her come with her, so there was no one around Hua Ling to serve her. Yan Shi asked Qingji to wait by Hualing's side, and when Hualing left, Qingji naturally followed.
Only Yan Shi and Hua's family were in the lobby, and after exchanging some clichés with each other, the housekeeper of Hua's mansion came hurriedly from outside.
"My lord, my lord," he bowed to both Yan Shi and Hua Qiancheng, "King Zhao sent someone here, saying he has something to look for you."
A hint of surprise appeared on Hua Qiancheng's face: "Where are you now?"
The housekeeper replied, "Now I'm waiting for you outside the door."
Yan Shi put the teacup on the table, and before Hua Qiancheng could say anything, he said first, "Since Mr. Yue Zhang has something to do, let's do it."
"The prince will wait later," Hua Qiancheng said with a very embarrassed look on his face, "I'll come back as soon as I go."
Looking at the back of Hua Qiancheng leaving, Yan Shi picked up the teacup and took another sip and squinted his eyes. It's clearly intentional to come out like this, it's a warning to him, it's really a combination of kindness and majesty.
After about half a cup of tea, Yan Shi got up and walked outside, followed by the servants of Huafu, Yan Shi waved them all to go back.
This is the second time to visit Kangle State Duke's Mansion, and the first time was to welcome the relatives. Speaking of which, it has been less than half a year since Yan Shi came out of the palace to build a mansion, and the five fingers that Yan Shi has been to the mansions of the dignitaries in the capital can count.
Passing through the water pavilions and terraces, Yan Shi remembered that there seemed to be a big garden in the mansion.
He walked towards it at a leisurely pace, and in the distance, he saw voices coming from among the flowers, a man and a woman. The man is his little concubine, and the woman is Yang Shi.
Yan Shi took his steps lightly and walked there quietly. The flowers in the garden were in full bloom, Yan Shi didn't go in, but found a hiding place outside. There were four people in the garden, Hua Ling, Yang Shi, and Yang Shi's two maids, but Qingji was not here.
"Why is it so useless, I can't do a little thing well!" It was Mrs. Yang who spoke, his voice was loud, and there was monstrous anger in his tone.
"Boy, baby didn't do anything." Hua Ling lowered her head, her voice full of grievances.
Yan Shi frowned, this Yang family really didn't save any face, and scolded others in front of the servant girl. Looking at it this way, I'm afraid this kind of thing didn't happen once or twice.
"You still dare to talk back!" Yang pointed a finger at Hua Ling's head, "Did you become so unfilial after you got married?"
For some reason, Yang Shi's action made Yan Shi very uncomfortable. After thinking about it, Yan Shi should be sympathizing with the child who was bullied by his stepmother.
"I don't dare," Hua Ling lowered her head a little more, her voice trembling nervously, "Mother will always be my mother, and I shouldn't make her angry, but I really don't understand why mother would be angry. My son thinks When I saw my father and mother yesterday, I behaved very well, and they even rewarded me with a lot of things."
Hearing this, Yan Shi understood, he must have told Yang Shi about what happened yesterday, and Yang Shi was trying to trouble his little concubine for this matter.