Aunt Qiu looked left and right, and saw that the big maid Yanhong, who was taken by the lady to serve tea, was walking from one end of the corridor, she hurriedly took two steps back, turned around and turned behind the corridor column on the side, and waited for the maid to reach the door. Just walked out slowly.
"Aunt Qiu, come and deliver the account book." Yanhong saw her and smiled hurriedly, Aunt Qiu will be Mrs. Side next month, and the people in this mansion are much more polite to her now, "The eldest young master is in there, I will help Auntie send it in."
"Lady Lao." Aunt Qiu smiled and handed her the account book in her hand, then turned and left.
The two people in the room stopped talking when they heard the voice of the maid, and when they entered the room, Du Shi asked, "Yanhong, who is outside?"
"The slave-maid walked to the door, just when Aunt Qiu came to deliver the account book, so the slave-maid stopped her." Yan Hong smiled and put the account book on the table.
Mrs. Beiwei Hou frowned. Today, Aunt Qiu was asked to review this month's account books in the side hall, and she forgot all the maids out, but fortunately Yanhong came back in time. Let Yanhong go out to guard outside the door, Du Shi raised his head and said to Mu Lingbao: "You are too old, your son will run off to the ground, don't go shopping with those fox friends and dog friends all day long! Practice martial arts more if you have nothing, and go back to Maoguo's family. Fighting will save you any more shame!"
"It wasn't bad for me that day, that Guisun played a dirty trick!" Mu Lingbao saw his mother talking about him, and immediately became unconvinced, "What are you afraid of, that kid Hanzhang can't learn martial arts, even if I practice casually, I will be better than him! "
When Aunt Qiu returned to her small courtyard, she only felt upset. Originally, I thought that the prince treated Hanzhang well, that his life is better than that in Beiweihou Mansion, so he didn't ask for much. But forgot about the royal seizure of the throne! How brave and good at fighting King Cheng is, even Huangkou Xiaoer in the capital knows, is such a person really willing to be a prince for a lifetime? There is still no heir, and the descendants cannot succeed the prince.
Deliberately asking her son to tell her that she was still a concubine who could not get out of the second door, Qiu sighed and summoned her maid Yancui to send a letter to Molianju.
"Auntie, the second young master's shop is... it sells balm, how do slaves get in?" Yancui blushed suddenly.
Concubine Qiu glared at the noisy girl: "I'll let you in. You have to go to the gate of the Hou's mansion! Give this to the third child of the Wang family who is driving the car, and you don't care about the rest."
There has been no clue about the investigation into the attack on the second prince in the southwest. Dali Temple judged that the identity of the assassin should be a civilian assassin, the so-called Jianghu person, who is desperate for money. But Jingchen went in a low profile. Only a few guards around him knew his whereabouts. Four of the guards were sent by the emperor, and two were from the king. People in the court didn't say it, but they all doubted in their hearts that the assassination of the second prince must have something to do with King Cheng!
"At first, King Cheng insisted on giving you two bodyguards, but now that I think about it, there are indeed many doubts about it!" Mr. Chen, a scavenger in the second prince's mansion, said sincerely.
Jing Chen, who was recuperating at home, sat at the desk and frowned when he heard the words: "don't say it, Jing Shao won't hurt me."
"His Royal Highness! In the royal family, brotherhood is as thin as paper, even if it is a real brother, you can't trust it! Cheng Wang has made great achievements in battle, and he will definitely be dissatisfied with marrying a male wife. I heard that he loves the princess very much in front of everyone. Incredible! If His Highness is deprived of the qualifications to inherit the great line, can he still be as comfortable as a king?" Mr. Chen insisted.
"Enough!" Jing Chen knocked the cup in his hand heavily on the table, "don't mention those groundless speculations about Jing Shao!"
After driving away the chattering group of aides, Jingchen rubbed his brows wearily, took a pen and started to write notes.
"His Royal Highness, Mr. Chen and the others are also for your own good. It's always right to be more careful." The second princess, Concubine Xiao, walked in with a bowl of herbal tea to cool off the heat. After hesitating for a moment, she couldn't help but say.
"What are you talking about about the court?" Jingchen glanced at her and didn't want to talk to her. Xiao Shi can never understand his love for his younger brother. Jingchen gets annoyed when he talks too much, and doesn't want to explain any more. The woman is short-sighted, and many things cannot be explained to her.
However, even the staff in his house doubted Jing Shao, and there were certainly not a few people in the court who doubted him. Jingchen's brow wrinkled deeper and deeper. This time, no matter who did it, it was really amazing. It would be best if he died, but if he didn't die and just put the blame on Jing Shao, no matter if it was to ruin the reputation of the king or turn their brothers against each other, it would not be a loss.
"Assassin's matter, it will only be detrimental to you if you pursue it," Mu Hanzhang gave Jing Shao a jade belt in good court clothes in the early morning, and explained worriedly, "If someone targets you today, you will show the righteousness of filial piety and shout loudly. He, don't use all kinds of reasons to refute them, you can't say anything about those civil servants." Knowing that Jingshao had been wronged in the court these days, Mu Hanzhang could only persuade him to swallow it first. tone.
"I just can't get over it. Nine times out of ten, it was done by Jing Yu! Could it be that he was allowed to take advantage of it?" Jing Shao said angrily, the father should be clear about this, but he was suffering from the lack of clues. Word of mouth is useless.
"Even if it was done by the fourth prince, killing your brother is a big sin. If they dare to do it, they are fully prepared," Mu Hanzhang sighed, "If my brother wants to keep you, he will definitely ask the father and the emperor to stay away for the time being. To investigate this matter, you just need to remember not to be impulsive."
Jing Shao walked out unwillingly, but turned back without taking two steps, lowered his arms, and buried his face on the shoulders of his princess: "I'm so annoying, I don't want to go today!"
Mu Hanzhang reluctantly looked at the big guy hanging on his body, raised his hand and patted him: "Don't be self-willed, just go." Jing Shao hummed and didn't move, seeing that it was not early, for fear that he would be late, He had to say warmly, "Brother Zhou bought a tank of prawns yesterday. I'll pick you up at the military department at noon. Let's go to the aftertaste building for lunch."
When Jing Shao heard the words, he immediately became energized: "Well then, I will order a Mao at the Ministry of War, and I will be able to come out right now."
Mu Hanzhang watched his prince go out in a hurry, and shook his head with a chuckle, how could he be more and more like a child, and he had to use food to coax him to go out to do business.
Early in the morning, as expected by Mu Hanzhang, those civil servants said that Jing Shao was suspicious and that Jing Chen was not recovering from his injuries, and the fourth prince kept his head down and didn't say a word.
Jing Shao listened to the words of his own princess, and did not refute it, but used brotherhood and filial piety to scold those civil servants for their vicious thoughts.
Emperor Hongzheng looked at Jing Shao, who was blushing with anger and had a thick neck. He didn't say a word. After Jing Shao finished scolding, he slowly said: "This time the second prince was assassinated, if it wasn't for King Cheng's guards trying to protect each other, it would have been a lot of bad luck. Little. If you can't find out the results, you will make unreasonable guesses, when I am a three-year-old child?" As he said that, he threw a memorial at the feet of the imperial censor who was standing under the jade steps.
The upright Censor Fan Jie spoke the most vigorously, and was shocked by the emperor's majestic voice, so he had to kneel down and pick up the memorial on the ground.
The document was handed over by the second prince yesterday, in which he earnestly persuaded the father and emperor not to investigate the matter for the time being, because the two brothers of the family were the most suspicious ones. As a brother, he couldn't bear to see such a situation.
"The second prince's house has a kindhearted heart. This time, I went to the southwest to find out the tribute to the southwest. I have contributed a lot. I was named Prince Rui. When Jingchen's injury recovers, the Ministry of Rites will pick a day." Emperor Hongzheng flung his sleeves and left. Before leaving, he glanced at the two sons who were facing upwards, his eyes were dark, and the meaning was unclear.
After having breakfast, Mu Hanzhang took Yunzhu out and went to Molianju for a turn. Although this Molianju was opened by him, this kind of thing is not very pleasant to say, and it has always been said that it was opened by someone else, and Princess Cheng just mixed it.
Since the opening of Mo Lian Ju, the business has been very prosperous. Some people in the capital have seen that this business is making money, but no one dares to set foot in it, just because this Mo Lian Ju has the name of Cheng Wangfu, Cheng Wang's overbearing is unreasonable. famous.
"Brother Lin." Not long after Mu Hanzhang entered the store, he saw a familiar figure walking in. It was Mr. Lin of the Dingnan Hou family. The Marquis of Dingnan was the natal family of the second prince and concubine. Speaking of which, the two of them were still relatives.
"Young Master Mu..." Young Master Lin was a little embarrassed when he saw Mu Hanzhang here, "The box you gave me last time... Well, I don't have the face to ask someone to buy this, so I have to come early while the time is right. "
Lin Gongzi's husband is the concubine of Dingnan Hou's family, and the Hou Ye is still in the family, so naturally he will not let his male wife hold the middle feed, so it is not convenient to do anything.
Hearing this, Mu Hanzhang could hear his difficulties, and turned to look at the decorations in the store. The common people are not so particular, and men who come to buy can't tell whether it is a husband or a wife, so it doesn't matter; it's just that the husband and wife of this princely family have many inconveniences. Therefore, the cheapest tin boxes in the store are sold the most, and the most expensive silver boxes can also be sold to those playboys who are ostentatious to please the beauties, but the most profitable wooden boxes of perfume are not as easy to sell as originally thought.
"Brother Lin, if it's inconvenient, you can tell me the amount. At the beginning of every month, I will send someone to Bao Yanshi to deliver it to the mansion, so I say it's what I sent." Mu Hanzhang thought of this, and his mind became alive again. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will deliver the crops on time and according to the quantity every month, so these princely homes that are inconvenient to buy and need very much can be asked to pay money regularly, and then deliver them at regular intervals every month.
"This has solved my big trouble." Young Master Lin was very happy when he heard this, and immediately gave a deposit.
After coming out of Molianju, and seeing that it was still early, Mu Hanzhang walked to the Ministry of War Yamen on foot. Walking to the front of the military department, it happened to be Sizheng, and saw a figure walking out of the door on time.
"My lord, why did you leave before this matter is finished?" Sun Shangshu reluctantly chased after him with a booklet.
"You make up your own mind, I'm in a hurry, I'll talk later!" Jing Shao waved his hand impatiently, and looked up to see his own princess standing outside the door, wearing a light blue robe that looked so good on him, he couldn't help grinning ran over.