Seeing that Princess Chen was out of danger, Bai Shao could no longer hold on and slid down the door frame, sitting paralyzed on the ground.
The dragon guard looked at Princess Chen, then at the carved wooden stool she was holding high in her hand, and finally his gaze rested on the several palace maids lying on the ground.
They were afraid that if they stared at the princess again, the huge carved wooden stool would fall on their heads.
Before Bai Shao could even try to get up and point it out, a round-faced palace maid turned around and looked at her angrily: "You actually betrayed your own master?!"
Bai Shao leaned against the door frame and panted. She smiled as she panted. Her wet hair stuck to her face, making her look particularly wolfish. “Although I am a slave, I also have human nature.”
She had no choice but to be born in a humble family, but she knew she was still human.
"Disloyal and unjust, shameless!" The round-faced palace maid had just opened her mouth to curse when suddenly a round stool blocked her way. The surging anger was like a raging fire encountering heavy snow, and most of it disappeared in an instant.
"Don't be a crow laughing at pigs. As a maid of Qilin Palace, you help outsiders to plot against me and His Highness." Jiuzhu was somewhat dissatisfied with the double standards of these people in the capital: "Before you scold others, why don't you scold yourself first?"
"What do you know?" The round-faced palace maid took out the hairpin hidden in her sleeve, raised her hand and stabbed it towards Jiuzhu's neck!
"Princess Chen!"
"Ming Xiao..."
Prince Chen's voice suddenly stopped. He looked at the palace maid who was knocked to the ground by Ming Xiaozhu with a stool, and silently climbed up from the bed.
"Your Highness, don't go over there yet!" The secret guard reached out to help him up: "Wait...wait for your subordinates to find out the identities of these palace maids."
In fact, he wanted to say that he should not get too close to the princess, in case the stool accidentally fell and hit the prince, they would have trouble explaining to His Majesty.
"I don't like fighting with women." Jiuzhu threw away the stool, which rolled on the ground and finally lay at the feet of a secret guard. The secret guard silently moved a small step back.
"But if someone intends to harm Your Highness, then in my eyes, that person is no different from a man or a woman." Jiuzhu stretched out her hand: "Bring the rope."
Yang Yiduo popped out from the corner and said, "Princess, let me do this rough work."
Jiuzhu nodded.
She watched Yang Yiduo tie up the round-faced maid neatly and raised her eyebrows: "Manager Yang tied the knot very well."
Yang Yidu smiled earnestly. As a palace guard assigned by His Majesty to be by the prince's side, he did not realize that this palace maid was the Fourth Prince's woman. This was a serious crime.
The other palace maids had been taken away, and the head nanny was searching them to see if they had any sharp weapons or drugs hidden on them.
Prince Chen bent down and picked up the solid wood carved round stool that had fallen to the ground, lifted it with one hand, and then put it back silently.
The other secret guards pretended not to notice the prince's action, knelt on one knee with their hands clasped, and said, "I am late in rescuing the prince. Please forgive me, my lord and princess."
Jiuzhu walked up to the King and asked, "Your Highness, how are you? Are you frightened?"
"I'm fine." He held her hand, his head still a little dizzy, probably because he moved too quickly when Jiuzhu threw him onto the bed.
Seeing Jiuzhu glancing at the secret guards from the corner of his eyes, he explained, "These are the secret guards that our father has arranged for us."
"Oh." Jiuzhu glanced at the window that was broken by the secret guards and nodded subtly.
It turns out that this is what a secret guard is like. He is not the kind of master in the storybooks who is impossible to find. However, as soon as there is an enemy, he will appear in an instant, defeat all enemies with his superb martial arts, and then hide in the dark again.
The word "Oh" had a lingering meaning, and several secret guards lowered their heads a little.
"Your Highness." Yang Yidu spoke up and saved them: "The other palace maids did not have any sharp weapons on them, and we have not found any connection between them and the assassins."
"Okay." Prince Chen looked at the round-faced palace maid who was tied up tightly on the ground and didn't say a word after being hit by a stool: "What's wrong with her?"
"The backgrounds of those who can be selected into Qilin Palace have been checked many times, and they must be absolutely flawless to be selected." Yang Yiduo knelt down and apologized: "But I, the slave, neglected management, and I am guilty."
"If it weren't for you two murdering the Fourth Prince, how could he have ended up like this?" The round-faced maid finally responded from her bewildered state: "The Fourth Prince has already had such a hard time, why did the princess humiliate him and forcibly take his princess away?!"
"Are you standing up for the Fourth Prince?" Jiuzhu understood: "You actually assassinated the prince just to help him vent his anger?"
The round-faced maid said nothing, but her face showed the determination to die bravely: "I love the Fourth Prince, and the Fourth Prince also loves me. Even if I have to die for him, I am willing."
"The princess and the prince have a deep love, and they should understand my heart." The round-faced maid closed her eyes and said, "I have disobeyed my master, and I have nothing to say."
"I'm different from you, because even if I'm willing to die for His Highness, he wouldn't let me do this for him." Jiuzhu looked at the maid with pity: "If he really loves you, how could he let you take risks?"
Yang Yidu turned his head silently and said, "Princess, your words are like a knife stabbing my heart."
"You are talking nonsense. The Fourth Prince must be fond of me." The round-faced maid widened her eyes. The Prince praised her beautiful eyes and told her the pain in his heart under the moonlight. How could he, a high and mighty prince, say these words to a humble maid like her if he was not fond of her?
She knew everything about his loneliness, his sadness, his pain, and his longing for fatherly love.
The Fourth Prince would recite poems to her in the most gentle voice. Although she did not understand poetry, the way the Fourth Prince recited poems was so graceful.
If the wonderful Fourth Prince was not the Prince of Chen, he would not have been ignored by the Emperor, nor would he have lost his mother and been bullied by other people in the palace.
"Okay, even if he likes you, before you did these things, have you ever thought about your family? Have you ever thought about whether other palace maids who are not on duty with you will be implicated?" Jiuzhu squatted on the ground and looked at her face carefully.
She knew the name of this palace maid, which was Mumian. She looked clean and cute when she smiled.
"Assassinating the prince will have far-reaching consequences. Your family, the entire Qilin Palace, and even Zhangliu Palace will all be punished." Jiuzhu sighed, "Even if Your Highness and I are kind-hearted and specifically order not to implicate innocent people, your family will not be able to make a decent living for several generations."
According to the Dacheng Code, anyone who committed a serious crime could not take part in the imperial examinations for five generations, and could not engage in any business related to the government for three generations.
This is still the law of the founding emperor of Dacheng who is kind-hearted and has changed his ways. If it were in the previous dynasty, Muqian's father, brothers, sons and nephews would all be imprisoned and tattooed.
The round-faced palace maid lay on the ground in a daze. She didn't say anything else. It was unclear whether she regretted it or just didn't want to talk to Jiuzhu.
"Yang Yiduo, bring Bai Shao a cup of warm water with some salt and sugar in it." Jiuzhu walked over to Bai Shao, who was sitting paralyzed on the ground. "Thank you, Sister Bai Shao, for saving my life."
"I am of low status and do not deserve to be called the princess." Bai Shao struggled to get up from the ground, but her legs were soft from running too much, like cooked noodles, and she could not muster any strength at all.
"There is a saying in ancient times that a teacher should be taught by a single word. You are my savior, so I should call you sister." Jiuzhu reached out and put Bai Shao's wet hair behind her ears: "Sister, please rest in Qilin Palace today. His Highness and I have some things to deal with."
Bai Shao nodded, and left the main house with the help of two palace maids.
Prince Chen pointed to two secret guards and said, "Take this palace maid with you to Taiyang Palace."
Jiuzhu looked at the window with a big hole that let in wind and said, "Remember to fix the window."
"I obey your command." The secret guard responded quickly.
"Ahem." Jiuzhu straightened her clothes and said, "Just now, I was in a hurry and I was able to lift the stool. Now my hands are so sore."
"Come, let me rub it for you." Prince Chen pulled her wrist and rubbed it gently.
Yang Yidu and the secret guards did not dare to tell the prince and princess that the princess had picked up the stool with her other hand.
Inside the Taiyang Palace, Emperor Longfeng looked at Yun Yanze who was kneeling on the ground. His cold eyes reminded him of what happened when he was imprisoned in the Qian Mansion more than ten years ago.
That day, he accidentally passed by the palace garden overgrown with weeds and saw the fourth brother chewing a big peach. He wanted to remind him that there were many snakes in the weeds, but just as he opened his mouth, he saw the fourth brother hiding the peach behind his body and then lying that he was catching insects in the garden.
A seven or eight-year-old kid isn't very good at lying, but he didn't expose it.
Over the years, this kid has become more skilled at lying and more ambitious.
There was not much left to talk about between them, father and son.
"Father, why do you need to maintain the mask of a loving father?" Yun Yanze spoke up. "You can kill me or behead me, I will do whatever you want. Anyway, I have been a thorn in your side for so many years. Now that I am no longer your precious son, you can rest assured."
"You can't be Du Qing's stepping stone." Emperor Longfeng said calmly: "I have never thought of this."
"Yes, in your eyes, who else can you see besides Yun Duqing?" Yun Yanze laughed sarcastically: "You locked us up in the palace, held a wedding ceremony for Yun Duqing in the palace, and even cleaned up the Qilin Palace, which is only for the crown prince, for him to live in. Isn't it just to make him the crown prince?"
"You are right. I do want to make him the crown prince." Emperor Longfeng nodded slowly.
Such a calm and matter-of-fact attitude made Yun Yanze's complaints and dissatisfaction stuck in his throat, and it was awkward whether he said it or not.
Finally, he sneered and said no more.
"Your Majesty, something happened!"
Hearing this panicked cry, Yun Yanze showed an ecstatic smile on his face, and looked at Emperor Longfeng with burning eyes. He wondered how this high and mighty father would collapse when he heard the news that his most beloved son had died.
"What's the matter?" Emperor Longfeng looked at the eunuch who came crawling in.
"His Royal Highness Prince Chen, he, he..."
Yun Yanze could no longer control himself and laughed out loud.
"Your Highness, he picked the Blue Dragon Lying in the Ink Pond Peony that you carefully cultivated for the Empress and used it as a hairpin for the Princess!"
"Which pot of peonies are you talking about?" Emperor Longfeng, who had not shown his emotions just now, suddenly changed his expression.
The young eunuch shook his shoulders: "Qing, Qinglong lies in the ink pool."
That was raised by His Majesty himself and intended to be given to the Empress, but he never expected that it would be ruined by Your Highness.
Not only did he deal with the trouble, but he also complained that his complexion was not bright enough and not worthy of the princess's silky black hair. However, he did not dare to tell the emperor this.
"Father, I am here with my princess to pay my respects to you." Prince Chen walked into the palace with Jiuzhu by his arm, smiling, and bowed to Emperor Longfeng, "Father, your Majesty, your Majesty."
"Hello, father." Jiuzhu bowed deeply. The petals of the Green Dragon Lying in the Ink Pool on her temples trembled slightly, making her face look even more delicate.
Emperor Longfeng glanced at the peony flowers on his daughter-in-law's temples, and finally his gaze fell on his son. He took two deep breaths and said, "What kind of greeting is this late at night?"
Why are you asking for peace? You are here to irritate him and make him unable to sleep.
The smile on Yun Yanze's face had frozen. He looked at the lively Yun Duqing with his eyes wide open.
Why is he still alive?
Why are you still alive?!
"I heard that Fourth Brother was here, so I came to see him." Prince Chen reached out and touched the peony on Jiuzhu's temples: "Just now I saw the peony in the garden of Taiyang Palace was in full bloom, so I picked one. But this one looks a bit old-fashioned, and the one that Tongzimian and Erqiao gave to our little piglet looks better."
The young eunuch glanced at His Majesty secretly and groaned in his heart.
Fifth Prince, please say less.
Emperor Longfeng was so angry that he laughed: "You are too old to pick them?"
There were so many peonies but he chose to pick the one he grew. It was obvious that this brat did it on purpose.
Prince Chen laughed out loud: "This was raised by my father himself, so it is naturally different from other flowers."
Emperor Longfeng picked up the memorial on the table and wanted to smash it, but was afraid that the corners of the memorial would hurt him, so he finally pulled out two pieces of paper on the table, crumpled them into a ball, and threw it at him.
The paper ball hit Prince Chen's chest, but it didn't hurt. He pretended to cover his chest and said, "Father, I was already very sad tonight, and you threw something at me. I was really hurting myself."
Emperor Longfeng threw another ball of paper at him, put his hands behind his back, and said seriously, "What happened?"
"Qilin Palace has just subdued an assassin." Prince Chen looked at Yun Yanze.
Yun Yanze did not avoid his gaze, but smiled: "Fifth brother is really lucky."
"Thanks to my father and my little pig, I am alive and well." Prince Chen looked down at him and said, "I am sorry to disappoint my fourth brother."
"You actually sent someone to assassinate your brother!" Emperor Longfeng raised his foot to kick.
"Father, let your daughter-in-law come." Jiuzhu lifted her skirt and kicked Yun Yanze on the back.
With a thud.
Several people in the hall saw the Fourth Prince fly up from the spot, and then his head hit the ground with a dull thud.
The moment the fourth prince landed on the ground, the hair crown on his head bounced far away with a clanging sound, and finally stopped when it hit the corner of the wall.
"It is my duty as a daughter-in-law to share my father's worries." Jiuzhu put down her skirt, smiled innocently, bowed to Emperor Longfeng, and asked caringly, "Is one kick not enough?"
"Ah?" The wise and brave Emperor Longfeng, who never showed his emotions, and was benevolent and steady, now had a confused and dull expression on his face.
"My daughter-in-law understands." Jiuzhu nodded and lifted her skirt again.
"Little pig, little pig." Prince Chen grabbed her wrist and said, "Forget it, forget it."
If you kick me again, someone will die!
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