Prince Chen looked away expressionlessly and pressed Jiuzhu's head into his arms: "Don't look at this kind of smile, it's not good to look at it too much."
Jiuzhu lay obediently in his arms and asked in a muffled voice, "What will happen?"
“It will become ugly.”
Yun Yanze may seem gentle and refined, but he is actually more ruthless than the white jade steps in front of Taiyang Palace. His little pig is a cute little girl. It's safer to stay away from such people.
"Fifth brother." Yun Yanze chuckled, stood up and leaned against the window, looking at him from above: "I wonder what crime this man committed that the Dragon Guards were allowed to arrest him personally?"
"Fourth brother is so interested in her, could she be an accomplice?" Although he looked up at Yun Yanze, the aura of Prince Chen suppressed him: "If you want to know what crime she has committed, go to the Dali Temple and ask."
"After my fifth brother got married, he became more and more good at joking." Yun Yanze laughed with a fake smile. He glanced at Ming Jiyuan and the Ming family's carriage and said slowly: "Since my fifth brother is busy, I won't bother him anymore."
If an ordinary person commits a crime, it can be handled by Jingzhao Prefecture. If it is handed over to Dali Temple, it means it may be a major case.
Yun Yanze glanced at the woman who was tied up tightly and gagged, then looked away.
Dali Temple...
He tapped the table lightly. What a pity, now that he had lost his power, he couldn't get any useful information. If it were a year ago, this woman's identity and background would have been presented to him within two days.
Ever since his father locked them up in the palace and had them guarded by the Dragon Guards whenever they entered or left, he was no different from a blind man with his eyes blindfolded and his hands cut off.
Except Yun Duqing, who among the other princes dared to use the Dragon Guards as personal guards?
After returning to the palace and having dinner, Prince Chen came up to Jiuzhu and soaked his feet in the same basin with her.
Seeing the two people's feet playing with each other in the basin, the palace servants in Qilin Palace were no longer surprised. When the two of them had finished quarreling, a new basin of hot water was brought.
After soaking her feet, the maid wanted to wipe Jiuzhu's feet. Prince Chen took the soft, absorbent cloth and said, "Put it aside. I will wipe the princess' feet."
The palace maids covered their mouths with their hands, smiled, lowered their heads and stepped aside.
"Your Highness, rub it carefully. It's itchy."
"This is the first time I wipe someone's feet since I was a child, and you still despise me?" The Prince pretended to be sad: "Touch my heart quickly, am I crying?"
Jiuzhu was amused by him, put her ear close to his chest and shook her head: "I didn't hear it."
"You are such a heartless girl." The King threw the cloth handkerchief into the basin, bent down, picked up Jiuzhu horizontally, and then threw her gently onto the bed: "It seems that I will use the family rules on you."
After saying that, he tickled Jiuzhu's armpits, and the two of them burst into laughter.
The palace maids quickly lowered the gauze curtains, took out all the toiletries, and closed the door for the two of them.
Maid A whispered, "Your Highness and the Princess have a really good relationship."
"The master has a good relationship, which is a great thing for us servants." After returning to the small room where they lived, the maid B and the maid A whispered, "I heard from the maids in Zhangliu Palace that the fourth prince's wife is pregnant and is crying secretly in the room. The servants in the yard dare not speak loudly."
"The Fourth Prince has a gentle personality, how could he make the Fourth Prince's wife cry while pregnant?" Palace Maid A couldn't believe it: "The Fourth Prince's wife comes from a famous family and has outstanding looks, so how could she not be liked by the Fourth Prince?"
"Who would know?" Maid B shook open the quilt on the bed and untied her hair. "If the relationship was good, how could a pregnant woman cry secretly? When I was serving His Highness and the Princess just now, the Princess didn't look very happy. Look, His Highness picked up food for the Princess, talked to her, and just now he wiped her feet, making her laugh continuously. This is what a good relationship looks like."
Maid A brought in some water, and after they washed up together and lay down in bed, Maid A said, "The princess is such a good person. If Your Highness treats her badly, it would be unbearable to see her."
Maid B turned over and said sleepily, "Yes."
Not to mention His Royal Highness Prince Chen, even the palace maids who serve her like to serve the princess and make her happy.
The people in the palace are all bound by rules and have witnessed all kinds of shameful conspiracies and struggles. When they suddenly see beautiful people or things, it is easy for the humanity in their hearts to be aroused.
Jiuzhu was so tired of laughing at King Chen that she lay on the bed and didn't want to move. King Chen poked her on the back and she groaned, but was unwilling to sit up.
Upon seeing this, Prince Chen simply lay down beside her, and the two of them faced each other, staring at each other.
"Your Highness, are you trying to make me happy tonight?" Jiuzhu blinked, her dark pupils were moist, like the finest black cat's eye.
"You finally see my good intentions." Prince Chen reached out and ruffled her long hair: "Are you feeling better now?"
"Yes." Jiuzhu arched her back and leaned into his arms. "Back then, the Ming family of Lingzhou abandoned me in the wilderness, and two masters picked me up and brought me back to the Taoist temple. At that time, the previous emperor was in power, and countless loyal officials and generals were demoted and beheaded. The masters saw that the swaddling clothes I was wrapped in were made of the finest cloth, and they suspected that I was the descendant of a loyal hero, so they didn't dare to report to the authorities. They asked around in Lingzhou for a while, and found that no one was looking for me, so they raised me well."
"They often go to nearby villages to treat villagers for free in exchange for some goat milk or breast milk." At this point, Jiuzhu laughed and said, "Master often said that others eat food from hundreds of families, but I drink milk from hundreds of families, so I have been able to eat since I was a child. The Taoist temple was bankrupt because of me."
"You really are a big eater then." Prince Chen gently stroked her hair and chuckled.
"But I suspect that the two masters are too lazy, so the temple is so poor." Jiuzhu recalled her childhood and became interested in talking: "Sometimes when the weather is good, they can lie on the tree and bask in the sun for two hours, and they are unwilling to wash the dishes."
"So you washed the dishes?"
Jiuzhu was silent for a moment suspiciously: "No, I moved the recliner and slept under the tree."
Prince Chen raised his eyebrows. It was truly a case of a kind master and filial disciple, both hardworking and motivated.
"After the rain, there are a lot of mushrooms in the mountains. The masters would take me to pick mushrooms. If I couldn't finish them, I would take them down the mountain to exchange for some money." Jiuzhu sighed, "Once, the second master dug up a ginseng and planned to exchange it for money. As a result, the first master accidentally stewed it into soup as if it were a carrot. The whole thing went into my stomach, and then I had a nosebleed for two or three days. The first master and the second master had a fight, and the only table with all four legs in the Taoist temple was also broken by them."
These two masters... sound unreliable. The reason why Ming Xiaozhu can grow up healthily may be due to his strong vitality.
Wait, the table... is broken?
Prince Chen's eyes were blank for a moment: "Did they break the table?"
"Yeah." Jiuzhu nodded: "The table has been in disrepair for a long time, and the two masters know a little bit of kung fu, so it's easy to break things."
That's true. It would not be safe for two female Taoists to support a Taoist temple in the mountains without knowing some kung fu.
But breaking the wooden table is not that easy.
"Have the two masters ever taught you Kung Fu?"
"I have learned some leg and foot skills." Jiuzhu lowered her voice and whispered in the ear of the King of Chen: "Both masters said that I have no talent in martial arts. I can't tell anyone about this after entering the capital. My mediocre skills will embarrass them."
No wonder Jiuzhu never mentioned this matter even though they had known each other for so long.
Her drawing skills are so poor, yet both of her masters were able to praise her to perfection. How bad must her martial arts skills be that she can't even be praised?
"Ming Xiaozhu." He looked into her eyes and said, "I don't care what that woman said, and neither do you."
Jiuzhu blinked her big eyes.
"Our little pig is kind and cute, pure and beautiful. It doesn't matter where she grows up." Prince Chen looked at her seriously: "I only care about whether you had a good life in the past, whether you were wronged, and whether anyone bullied you."
"If someone bullies you, I will help you get back at them. If you didn't have a good life before, I will make up for it little by little." Prince Chen smiled: "We met so early, which means that God destined us to be together."
Jiuzhu put her arms around King Chen and buried her head in his arms: "Yeah."
Only then did Jiuzhu realize that she actually cared a little bit about what Ming Zhenyu said.
Many things in the world do not exist in themselves, but if someone is determined to make up their minds, they will become true in the eyes of others.
This is the power of speculation.
However, His Highness made the last bit of concern in her heart disappear without a trace.
Looking at Jiuzhu leaning on his arms and falling asleep peacefully, Prince Chen slowly sat up, put on his outer robe and walked out of the inner room.
"Your Highness." The eunuch on duty saw the Prince of Chen coming out with his hair untied, and came forward in surprise: "Your Highness, why did you stand up?"
"Light the lamps and go to Taiyang Palace." Prince Chen had a gloomy face and murderous intent in his eyes.
The young eunuch was frightened by his look, and hurriedly worked with other eunuchs on duty to get palace lanterns and cloaks, and some even planned to tie up the prince's hair.
"No need." Prince Chen waved away the eunuch who wanted to comb his hair and said, "Go directly to Taiyang Palace."
The eunuchs did not dare to ask His Highness why he went to Taiyang Palace so late, and quickly sent someone to prepare the sedan chair and also sent someone to Taiyang Palace to report.
Emperor Longfeng had just taken off his outer robe and lay down on the dragon bed when he heard a palace servant come to report that Prince Chen wanted to see him.
He sat on the bed and said, "Let Du Qing come in directly."
When Prince Chen came in, Emperor Longfeng saw that his son's long hair was untied and his expression was cold, so he called him over with concern: "What's wrong? Come and sit down."
"Father." Prince Chen walked up to him and bowed, "I hope you will re-investigate the Ming family in Lingzhou."
Emperor Longfeng was stunned when he heard this and sighed: "Do you know about Jiuzhu's matter?"
"Father, have you known about this a long time ago?"
"When the Ming family found their daughter, I thought about marrying into the Ming family." Emperor Longfeng sighed, "The Ming family told me about this, and I sent someone to investigate. The little girl from the Ming family has been growing up in a Taoist temple and has a kind heart. Don't let these things cause misunderstandings between you and her."
"How could my son bear to misunderstand her? I only hate that the Ming family of Lingzhou acted so cruelly. If Jiuzhu had not been rescued, she would have been a pile of bones in the mountains now, without even the chance to grow up." Prince Chen looked painfully, "Perhaps she didn't even have a complete body, eaten by wolves, bitten by bears, and her bones were scattered all over the field."
"Father, you told me when I was a child that evildoers will eventually be punished." Prince Chen bowed deeply to Emperor Longfeng and said, "I will be their retribution."
Emperor Longfeng looked at his son and smiled with relief.
His son finally grew into a towering tree that could provide shelter from wind and rain for the people and those around him.
He stood up, patted his son's shoulder, and slowly said: "Du Qing, as long as you are willing to become the crown prince, you can do all this easily."
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