"Who said that?" Prince An was confused by Prince Chen's question. "My mother told me. Is there anything wrong with this?"
Although it was a bit of an accident, the scenery here is still nice.
Princess An and Jiuzhu turned their heads to look at him. Prince Chen's expression was also intriguing: "Lv Zhaoyi has lived in the palace for a long time, how does she know that the flowers here are in full bloom?"
Princess An realized that something was wrong. Seeing that her prince was still unaware of the seriousness of the matter, she quickly said, "Fifth brother, my prince has always been a confused person. Why don't we go back to the palace and ask mother?"
"Second sister-in-law is right." Prince Chen nodded, glanced at the head of the noble family who was blocked by the dragon guards and could no longer howl, waved his hand to call a dragon guard and whispered a few words to him.
"Ming Xiaozhu, let's go back to the palace." The Prince turned to look at Jiuzhu and saw that her eyes were on the girls holding the wine. He whispered in her ear, "Don't worry, the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture is a good official who enforces the law impartially. He is also from a humble family and will not favor the aristocratic families."
"I know." When she walked on the streets of the capital for the first time, she knew that this was a peaceful and prosperous time.
But even in prosperous times, there are still people who live a hard life.
Fortunately, someone gave them justice.
She suddenly understood why her father and two uncles were unwilling to submit to the foolish man even if their entire family was exiled.
I wish to assist a wise ruler and protect the peace of all people in the world.
When she first met her family, her parents felt guilty about her, but she knew that if they had to do it all over again, they would still make the same choice.
But she doesn't complain.
Only when there are more officials like my father and uncle can the people of the world have a peaceful and tranquil life.
"Your Highness." She placed her hand on the Prince's palm: "Father is a very good emperor."
Prince Chen was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "You are right, but you forgot to say one sentence."
"What should I say less?"
"Yun Duqing is a very good prince."
"Yes." Jiuzhu nodded: "Your Highness is a very good prince."
Yu Jian led the Jinwu Guards up the mountain, followed by two doctors carrying medicine boxes.
"These noble families went to such a high mountain just to drink tea and have a glass of wine. Now they have been assassinated and it is difficult to carry them down the mountain." Jinwu Guard asked his companions: "More than a year ago, the scholar who was ridiculed by the King of Chen in the street seemed to be from a noble family?"
It seems that a student from an aristocratic family mocked a military commander, which caused the dispute. Later, the incident became too serious, and the Jinwu Guards were afraid of a fight, so they sent two teams to the scene. As a result, when they arrived at the scene, the military commander did not fight with the aristocratic family's guards, but the Prince of Chen rode on a tall white horse and mocked the aristocratic student with sharp words.
From then on, the reputation of Prince Chen, who already had a bad reputation among scholars and literati, became even worse.
"I remember this. We went there together." Jinwu Wei Yi said excitedly, "Those students from aristocratic families are good at speaking. If the prince was not there, those generals would definitely suffer."
"Wait, the person coming down from the front... seems to be the King of Chen?" The Jinwu Guard looked at the group of people coming down from the mountain, half-squinting his eyes and carefully examined them for several times: "It really is the King of Chen."
Yu Jian stopped and had only one thought in his mind: how come we met again?
"Greetings to His Royal Highness Prince An, greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Chen, and greetings to the two princesses." Yu Jian saluted with his fists clasped.
"You've come just in time." Seeing Yu Jian, Prince Chen was not surprised at all. He pointed to the mountain and said, "Lock up all the heads of the noble families on the mountain."
"All?" Yu Jian hesitated: "Your Highness, do you mean to take everything to Jingzhao Prefecture?"
"Investigate first, and release those who can prove their innocence."
"Fifth brother." Prince An pulled Prince Chen's sleeve and whispered, "That Du Qingke has a good reputation among the scholars, and he is also the uncle of the third brother's wife. Will it cause some trouble if we bring him to Jingzhao Prefecture?"
Although he had always known that his fifth brother was very courageous, he never imagined that he was so courageous.
"If he is innocent, Jingzhao Prefecture will naturally let him go. If he is guilty, it doesn't matter who he is." Prince Chen said, "Don't worry, second brother. If the third sister-in-law has any opinions, let her come to me."
As for whether to give her face or not, that is his business.
"That's not the way to say it. Since we both came out together, we should share the responsibility." Prince An thought of those poor wine-serving girls and remembered that he still had to curry favor with them. He gritted his teeth and said, "You are right. No matter who he is, whether he is guilty or not, the government has the final say."
Prince Chen turned his head and looked at him with a smile on his face.
"Second brother is so generous."
Prince An forced a smile, but it was a little bitter.
It doesn’t matter whether he is heroic or not. What matters is that things have come to this point and he can’t just turn a blind eye.
The Jinwu Guards rushed to the mountain, and the two doctors shook their heads at each other as they looked at the head of the noble family who had fainted from the pain caused by a hairpin tied around his neck.
"Young General." The doctor bowed to Yu Jian and said, "This injury is extremely serious. I'm afraid this lord is in great danger."
"Doctors, please do your best to treat him and save his life." Yu Jian didn't have much good feelings towards this kind of descendant of aristocratic family who was addicted to wine and sex and bullied the common people. If he wasn't worried that this man would die now and the wine-serving girl who stabbed him would not be able to save her life, he would not want to care about this kind of beast in human clothing.
"Lord Du, please come with me." Yu Jian walked up to Du Qingke and clasped his fists to him.
"Who gave you the courage to arrest me?" Du Qingke looked at the young sixth-rank Jinwu Guard general and put his hands behind his back. "My servants assassinated an official of the imperial court, and you ignored them and instead came to find fault with me?"
"I am only following the law. I hope Lord Du will understand." Yu Jian touched the anklets on his waist, which made a clanging sound. "Lord Du is kind and righteous. I really don't want to use other means to take you to Jingzhao Prefecture."
Du Qingke sneered: "Then let's go."
A small Jinwu Guard has such courage, he must have someone supporting him.
Who is it?
Could it be...King Chen?
Lu Zhaoyi was hiding in the house eating a folk snack that smelled bad but tasted delicious. When she heard her son asking for a meeting, she quickly asked the palace maid to take the snack away, rinsed her mouth, and washed her hands.
"Light up the incense too." Lu Zhaoyi thought of the incense Wei Zhaoyi had sent her a few days ago: "The incense Wei Zhaoyi sent smells pretty good."
As soon as Jiuzhu walked into the main hall where Lu Zhaoyi lived, she sneezed repeatedly because of the incense. Prince Chen quickly covered her mouth and nose with his sleeves and helped her out: "Lu Zhaoyi, my princess can't stand the smell of incense, please remove the incense."
"Quick, quick, take away the incense burner and open all the windows." Lu Zhaoyi was in a panic. After the incense smell in the room dissipated, he invited the Prince Chen and his wife back into the house: "Is the princess feeling better now?"
"Thank you, your majesty, for the trouble." Jiuzhu smelled a faint, strange smell in the room.
"Hurry up and take your seats. Don't stand." Lu Zhaoyi secretly glared at his son. He invited Prince Chen to come together without telling him in advance. What a useless guy.
"Mother, my daughter-in-law just bought some gadgets outside the palace. Take a look and see if you like them." Princess An approached Lu Zhaoyi with a smile on her face. She coaxed her into submission with just a few words and soon forgot about her son.
"Luckily, mother told us that the scenery there is beautiful, otherwise we would not be able to enjoy such a beautiful scenery." Princess An brought the tea to Lu Zhaoyi and said, "Mother is so amazing. She knows the beautiful scenery of the capital without leaving the palace."
"How could I know all this?" Lu Zhaoyi took the tea and drank it, then explained with a smile, "A few days ago, Concubine Xu was not feeling well. When Wei Zhaoyi and I went to visit her, we heard about it from someone in Concubine Xu's palace."
"So it was someone in the palace who said that." Princess An turned her head and looked at Prince An: "How is Concubine Xu's health?"
"It's still the same. She has been bedridden for the past few years. Fortunately, the Queen loves her and has been taking good medicine to keep her healthy. Although her spirits are not very good, her life is not in danger." Having said this, Lu Zhaoyi smiled at Prince Chen and Jiuzhu: "The Queen has been very good to us over the years. If it were someone else, our lives would definitely not be so comfortable and relaxed."
Half of these words were meant to flatter the Queen in front of Prince Chen, and the other half came from the heart.
More importantly, she had done something wrong in the Qian Mansion that year, and had been feeling guilty all these years, so she didn't dare to approach His Majesty.
"In order not to disturb the happy family life of Her Majesty and Second Brother, I will take my leave first." Prince Chen stood up and said his goodbye.
"Please stay for lunch before you leave." Lu Zhaoyi politely tried to persuade him to stay.
"Okay, thank you for your hospitality, Your Majesty." Jiuzhu agreed on the spot.
Prince Chen looked at her in confusion, without asking her why, and sat back down.
Lu Zhaoyi was slightly stunned. Wasn't this just a polite remark? Why did someone take it seriously?
"It is my honor to have you two dine in my humble place." Lu Zhaoyi quickly came to his senses and arranged for people to prepare meals in the small kitchen.
I was very confused in my heart. The Prince of Chen never dine with other concubines in the palace. What happened today?
Prince An was very excited. Did the fact that his fifth brother was willing to have a meal with his mother mean that he had succeeded in currying favor with her?
"You young people, sit together and talk for a while. I'm going to go back to my room to change my clothes." Lu Zhaoyi held the hand of the palace maid, stood up and left the main hall. The smile on her face disappeared. She turned around and asked the eunuch who accompanied Prince An: "What happened when the prince went out today?"
I went out specially to enjoy the scenery, but I returned to the palace before noon. Something must have happened.
The eunuch looked back at the main hall and whispered to Lu Zhaoyi the whole story.
"It's not surprising that those aristocratic families would do such things." Lu Zhaoyi's tone showed his undisguised disgust for the aristocratic families: "When the late emperor was alive, the aristocratic families were much more flamboyant than they are now. I thought that after Your Majesty ascended the throne, they had learned to be low-key, but it seems that they haven't learned it well enough."
The eunuch whispered, "Princess Jing's uncle was also taken to Jingzhao Prefecture. This was... the intention of His Highness and His Highness Prince Chen."
Lu Zhaoyi was silent for a moment, then said, "My son did a good job."
Over the years, they, mother and son, have never been involved in the affairs of the former dynasty or the harem, just because they don't want to repeat the turmoil of the last years of Xian De. It doesn't mean that they are weak and can be bullied.
"The order has been given. If Princess Jing has any complaints, I will take responsibility." Lu Zhaoyi glanced at the eunuch who looked a little uneasy. "What's more, we have Prince Chen to support us. What is there to be afraid of?"
"Second sister-in-law." After Lu Zhaoyi left, Jiuzhu said to Princess An, "The incense in the palace of Empress Zhaoyi seems to smell a little strange."
"Yes, is it?" Princess An was too embarrassed to tell Jiuzhu that her mother had the habit of secretly eating folk snacks, so she answered casually: "Thank you for your reminder, sister-in-law. I will ask Doctor Yu to come over and check the incense."
Prince An had no idea of his mother's private hobby. When he heard Jiuzhu say this, he was so frightened that his face turned pale and he quickly sent someone to invite Doctor Yu, who was good at pharmacology.
"When I entered the palace just now, I also felt that the smell of the incense was not right." Prince An whispered to his princess, "Could someone have tampered with the incense?"
Princess An's face was frozen from smiling. How could there be any trick? It was just that her mother ate something secretly and there was no time for the smell to dissipate.
As for why she knew it so clearly, it was simply because the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were of the same mind and liked to eat together in seclusion.
Doctor Yu hurried over and paused slightly when he saw Prince Chen and Princess Chen were also there.
Last time, there was a problem with Concubine Zhang's sachet, and when he went to check it, these two seemed to be there too.
What kind of fate is this?
"Don't worry, Your Highness. There won't be any big problems with these incense sticks." Princess An saw her husband's face change with worry, and she comforted him, "Maybe the Queen has changed the incense sticks and you are not used to it..."
"Your Highness, Princess, there is indeed something wrong with this incense." Doctor Yu put down the incense and bowed, "It may be a problem with the preparation method. There are two spices in it that are pharmacologically incompatible. If you smell it for a long time, it will weaken your spleen and stomach and make you thin."
"What?" Princess An couldn't help but blurt out, "The taste is wrong, isn't it because mother secretly ate something?"
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