Chapter 181 Chapter 181 is the only genuine version...
Gu Zhizhuo turned his head and smiled at him, a smile so beautiful that it was difficult to describe in words.
"I believe in you, sir."
Xie Yingchen held her hand tightly, and the soft palm warmed his heart.
He couldn't help but lean over and kiss her cheek.
From the first time they met, there was only reliance and trust in her eyes when she looked at him.
He didn't know what was so good about him that could make her love him so wholeheartedly.
For Yaoyao.
He'll be in that position too.
"Young Master..."
Gu Zhizhuo wanted to find out more about Duoleng's affairs, but when she lowered her head, she noticed a shadow chasing after them. She paused and suddenly turned around.
The little beggar was startled, but he looked at them stubbornly: "I'll help you keep an eye on him. I'll do whatever you want me to do."
Gu Zhizhuo stared at him for a moment, then handed him a silver note: "Go and redeem your mother."
The little beggar's eyes lit up. He took the banknote and promised repeatedly, "I will pay it back. My name is Qiao Shan, my mother's last name. I will definitely pay it back!"
"By the way, this is for you." After he said that, he handed a flat purse to Gu Zhizhuo.
Qiao Shan?!
Gu Zhizhuo raised his eyebrows.
A few years later in the previous life, there was a eunuch in the East Depot named Qiao Shan, Shen Xu's right-hand man, in charge of detective work. This little beggar's face was grimy, and it was hard to tell what he looked like. I wonder if it was the same person.
However, he seemed to have just said that Jiang Wu wanted to sell him into the palace to be a eunuch?
"You go."
Qiao Shan ran out of the alley, stumbling and falling.
After walking out of the alley, Chongjiu gagged Jiang Wu and tied him up.
Jiang Wu kept his head down obediently and didn't dare to struggle, which attracted many passers-by to stop and point.
"Sir, I'm hungry."
"Master must be waiting anxiously."
"Let's go to Yongle Garden for a stroll before going back."
Xie Yingchen agreed to whatever she said.
Gu Zhizhuo took his hand and ran back to Tianxi Tower with light steps. Suddenly, a figure as dazzling as a blue peacock appeared from the second floor.
"cousin."
Wang Xing leaned against the window and waved at her, his golden crown shining in the sunlight.
The tabby cat lay beside him and wagged its tail: "Meow."
"Cousin Xing."
Gu Zhizhuo ran up and asked happily, "Why are you here?"
"My cousin ordered someone to capture my son-in-law. Come here and avoid the limelight." Xie Danling put her hands on her hips and said angrily, "They caught me right under my nose. They don't take me seriously."
"Cousin Xing, don't be afraid!"
Wang Xing: “…”
He wasn't actually afraid.
Who can force the marriage of the Wang family’s children?
But he still followed her words and nodded repeatedly: "Cousin, thanks to you."
Hmm, this sounds a little familiar. Gu Zhizhuo glanced at Xie Yingchen. Xie Yingchen just greeted Wang Xing pretending not to know and sat down.
Gu Zhizhuo threw the flat purse in his hand to Qingping.
The cat stretched out its paw to hook the tether above its head.
"My purse."
Qingping took it excitedly, opened it, and his smile froze on his face.
Empty.
He wanted to cry but had no tears, and said eagerly: "Master, you said you would find it!"
"Found it."
"Empty."
Wuweizi stroked his beard and smiled, "Master only said that it can be found."
Qingping was sad again. He folded the empty purse and put it in his arms: "Junior Sister is right. I should change my Taoist name..."
Wang Xing was fanning himself with interest when he suddenly heard his little cousin ask, "Who wants to be a son-in-law?"
"The surname is Sun."
"Cheng'en Duke's Mansion?"
Xie Danling nodded repeatedly: "It's that Sun Nian."
She had never liked Sun Nian. Sun Nian and Ji Nanke were as close as sisters. Last time in the palace, Sun Nian even helped the eldest princess bully her younger cousin.
snort.
Xie Danling said with great enthusiasm, "Duke Cheng'en wants to marry Sun Nian to that ugly prince of Jin, but Sun Nian doesn't want to."
Gu Zhizhuo poured himself a glass of water and asked the waiter to serve the food.
"Cousin Xing, have you ever met Sun Nian before?" Gu Zhizhuo was very interested. "Tell me quickly, tell me what's going on."
Wang Xing glared at her.
“I’ve never seen it before!” Wang Xing tapped his palm with his folding fan, causing the jade pendant on it to sway, making the cat’s eyes widen.
He clarified, "When I first came to the capital, I met Duke Cheng'en at Sanlitun. It was the time when he and the Prince of Jin had a fight."
At that time, the little cousin was enjoying watching the fight, and Wang Xing didn't care about anything else.
"Within two days, Lord Cheng'en came to my house with a visiting card, asking if I was engaged and saying he wanted to take me in as his son-in-law."
"It's really out of tune." Gu Zhizhuo touched his chin.
The Wang family is a relative of the Gu family. Regardless of whether Cousin Xing is engaged or not, Lord Cheng'en should not recruit a son-in-law from the Wang family.
"And then?"
Wang Xing cleared his throat and pointed to the empty tea bowl in front of him.
Gu Zhizhuo pretended not to understand and leaned against Xie Yingchen like a willow in the wind. His frail appearance was obviously fake. But everyone fell for her trick. Xie Danling picked up the teapot and placed it in front of him with a "pop".
"drink!
Wang Xing: “…”
He obediently poured himself some tea and drank most of it in one breath.
Xie Danling: "Speak!"
"Tell me, tell me." Wang Xing said with a serious face, "I told Lord Cheng'en that my family had already engaged me, and he left."
Cousin Danling was still unmarried, so Wang Xing naturally wouldn't tell anyone about the agreement between his family and his aunt. He could only vaguely say that they were engaged, but he didn't mention who the engagement was.
It's normal for someone of his age to be engaged.
Wang Xing snapped open his folding fan and said, "Grandfather and Aunt have agreed that unless Cousin Danling looks down on me."
Xie Danling looked at him with some disdain as he was dressed in all sorts of colors.
After Duke Cheng'en left, Wang Xing didn't take it to heart. Later, he heard that Duke Cheng'en wanted to cancel the engagement with the Prince of Jin's Mansion. He asked around the capital to see if there was a man of marriageable age who was not engaged. He even almost wanted to send the girl from the Sun family to be the third prince's principal wife.
Then there seemed to be no movement again.
Then I heard that the two families had renegotiated the marriage.
"A few days ago, when I was out, I met Miss Sun."
Wang Xing himself didn't understand what was going on.
The spring examination is approaching. Although Wang Xing will not participate in the examination, he will go to places where students often go to listen to their political discussions. He usually just listens and does not interrupt.
As usual, he went to a teahouse, sat in a private room on the second floor, and listened while drinking tea.
After Wang Xing finished speaking, he added: "I didn't expect that Madam Cheng'en and Miss Sun were here too. Madam Cheng'en said that if she captured me, I would have to be her son-in-law."
"I've only heard of people arresting sons-in-law under the list, but I've never seen anyone being arrested while enjoying a cup of tea in a teahouse."
Wang Xing felt a little aggrieved.
The capital is truly unique.
Gu Zhizhuo laughed so hard that he fell backwards. He thought that the wife of Duke Cheng'en must have been desperate and had come to the teahouse to pick out a promising student and secretly marry her daughter without telling Duke Cheng'en. Unexpectedly, she saw her cousin there.
Compared to students with uncertain futures, my cousin, the legitimate son of the royal family, is obviously better.
"Mrs. Cheng'en said she would be a co-wife, but I refused. The Wang family does not accept concubines."
"Who would have thought that Miss Sun would come again early this morning. Her carriage blocked the door and refused to leave, so I slipped out through a side door."
Wang Xing would never think that Sun Nian fell in love with him at first sight, but was just trying to borrow the Wang family's reputation. In the whole capital, apart from himself, there were few people who dared to compete with the Prince of Jin for a bride.
But should I let myself get involved in this mess?
Since he had no intention, Wang Xing was unwilling to have any contact with the other party.
After coming out, he walked around and happened to see Xie Danling here.
Xie Danling raised her slender neck and said, "I'll go find Lord Cheng'en to help you!"
"etc."
Gu Zhizhuo held her hand.
She ordered, "Qingmei, go back and call my brother."
Huh?
"No need for my cousin to take action." Xie Danling lifted her sleeves and said in a daze, "Duke Cheng'en dares to attack me?"
"Go ahead."
Gu Zhizhuo pulled Xie Danling and whispered to her for a while.
After sending Jiang Wu over, Gu Zhizhuo was worried that he had no excuse to find trouble with Lord Cheng En and provoke him.
The waiter knocked on the door and brought the food.
"Brother, please draw a Five Thunders Talisman to dispel evil spirits for my cousin. He seems to be having some bad luck recently."
Even the cat didn't hit him, which was unusual.
Cat: “Meow?”
He turned his head and looked at Wang Xing, showing no interest in him.
"Senior Brother."
Gu Zhizhuo hooked his finger at Qingping, leaned over and said seriously, "My cousin has money. You can sell him one talisman for a hundred taels, and draw a hundred for him. I guarantee you can earn back all the money you've lost in your lifetime. This way you don't have to change your Taoist name, after all, you're already familiar with it."
Qingping touched his mustache with his little finger and felt that it made sense.
Wang Xing: "Can you speak more quietly?"
Qingping took out a talisman and gave it to him.
"Here."
"Wang Shanxin has great luck, so he doesn't need a hundred cards. This one is enough."
Okay.
Wang Xing took it with both hands and put it into his pocket happily.
"Thank you, Senior Brother!"
He touched the cat again, and the cat arched its back and slapped him.
Wang Xing was happy: "It works!"
He gave the cat a piece of fish maw as a reward.
When Gu Yican arrived, he had already eaten most of the meal. Gu Zhizhuo specially asked someone to cook him a bowl of rice dumpling soup with fermented glutinous rice. Gu Yican ate while listening to the whole story. When he finished, he threw the bowl on the table, rubbed his fists and said, "Leave it to me!"
"Let's send Master to Yongle Temple first, and then we'll come find you later."
Gu Yican raised his hand, walked quickly to the window, supported himself on the windowsill with one hand, and before others could react, he had already flipped out, and landed steadily on the ground with the help of the awning on the first floor.
"Cancan!"
Gu Zhizhuo gave him a thumbs up, turned to Xie Yingchen and said, "Look, it's okay to jump down."
Xie Yingchen: "Then I'll jump too?"
Gu Zhizhuo: “…Don’t even think about it!”
Gu Yican ran away in the blink of an eye.
After sending Wuweizi and Qingping to Yongle Temple, Xie Yingchen secretly sent some people to protect them to prevent Prince Jin from giving up and harassing them.
Coming out of Yongle Temple, Chongjiu returned.
"Sir, it's done. After meeting Jiang Wu, Duke Cheng'en hurried to the Honglu Temple. The prince also went there just now."
The prince refers to Gu Yican.
"Let's go, let's go."
So the carriage turned and went to the Honglu Temple again.
They stopped to the side and saw Gu Yican dragging Cheng Engong out of the yamen.
There were a lot of people gathered inside and outside, and it was very lively.
A simple sedan chair was parked opposite the yamen. It was specially borrowed by Gu Yican from the Ice Man Bureau. Although it was simple, at least the sedan chair was bright red, and there were more than ten musicians accompanying the sedan chair.
Duke Cheng'en was also surrounded by guards and attendants, but these people were no match for Gu Yican. They were knocked to the ground with just three punches and two kicks, screaming in pain.
Seeing his sister and her entourage's carriage, Gu Yican waved his hand ostentatiously, and then happily stuffed Lord Cheng En into the sedan chair.
"Lift the sedan."
All the people in the Honglu Temple Yamen chased out. They wanted to pull them back but didn't dare, and they wanted to stop them but didn't dare. Except for the people from Cheng'en Mansion who were still chasing after them honestly, they could only try their best to pretend that they had done their best - they ran ten steps properly and then sat down on the side of the road panting.
Wang Xing looked around and said casually, "Where is Cancan taking him?"
"Worship in the hall."
Xie Yingchen raised his eyebrows and looked at her.
Gu Zhizhuo laughed and said to him, counting on his fingers, "As long as Xie Qiyun hasn't gotten married, Sun Nian is worried and anxious. When she's worried, she's always looking for someone to take advantage of her, and that's why she's stuck with you. If Xie Qiyun gets married, Sun Nian won't have to get married, and the problem will be solved."
"Is this the reason you married her father to her fiancé?"
Gu Zhizhuo held the cat and said as a matter of course, "Yes."
Cat: "Meow!" Even more confident than her.
Wang Xing patted Xie Yingchen on the shoulder and was about to say "You've worked hard", but when he saw Xie Yingchen smiling gently with only his little cousin in his pupils, he suddenly felt that he should save his breath.
"Follow him."
Gu Zhizhuo waved his hand, and the carriage followed slowly behind.
Two people and a cat were looking out the window.
The sedan chair carrying Duke Cheng'en paraded through the streets and alleys, and the guards of Duke Cheng'en's mansion shouted loudly behind it. The noise also attracted the attention of the patrolling Five Cities Army.
The leader of the team was Zheng Si. He was about to ask what was going on when he saw Gu Yican lazily walking beside him. His expression changed and he said with a smile, "Brother Can, what are you doing?"
"Sending a wedding."
Zheng Si peeked into the bridal sedan and was delighted to see that it was Lord Cheng'en.
"Who to marry?"
"Xie Qiyun."
"That's fine." Zheng Si waved his arms, "Young ones, let's go too."
Whether he was a clerk or not didn't stop him from joining in the fun.
Others might be wary of Duke Cheng'en, but he wasn't. His mother was the late emperor's biological daughter, and unless he rebelled, he'd probably just get a few scoldings. Besides, there was Brother Can!
Zheng Si asked his men to borrow a gong and hit it hard.
Boom!
No matter how dissolute Zheng Si was, having been born into the Princess's mansion, he wouldn't be completely ignorant of court affairs. The court was no longer divided into three factions; there were only the Crown Prince and the Emperor, and they were at odds with each other.
Boom boom boom.
The gongs were beating so loudly that one of his men went out to buy two strings of firecrackers, which were set off with crackling bangs, and he also exchanged them for a lot of copper coins, saying that they were throwing out wedding money.
"This kid is smart." Gu Yican praised him, "Aren't you going to be transferred? Let him take your place."
Zheng Si: "Hurry up and thank Brother Can."
"Thank you, Brother Chan."
"Brother Can, this is the sixth child from Minister Liu's family."
There were sounds of music and drums along the way, mixed with chants of "Let me down", "Gu Yican, don't mess around", "I beg you", and "Uncle of the King, Uncle of the King".
Amidst the watchful eyes of the crowd, Gu Yican escorted the person to Prince Jin's Mansion.
"Cancan."
Gu Zhizhuo quietly waved to Gu Yican, and when he came over, he gave him a talisman folded into a triangle.
"Burn it into ashes, and when Xie Qiyun isn't paying attention, smear it on the back of his hand."
Gu Yican raised an eyebrow and agreed happily without asking any further questions.
The common people picked up the wedding money and followed one after another, standing in front of Prince Jin's mansion, pointing and talking.
Liu Liu was indeed a clever man, and he even called a storyteller. The storyteller struck a wake-up stick and spoke in a loud voice about the rare event that the king's uncle was going to marry the prince of Jin. The people exclaimed in surprise and their faces were filled with excitement.
Gu Yican dragged Xie Qiyun out.
Zheng Si and others laughed and shouted "We're getting married!", and the people who picked up the wedding money also joined in the fun.
"stop."
Prince Jin rushed back from the government office and shouted angrily, "Prince Zhenbei, please don't go too far."
"Gu Yican, you've already inherited the title, why are you still so out of touch?"
"Believe it or not, I will report you right now."
Gu Yican patted the talisman dust that had accidentally stained him and said with a nonchalant smile, "I personally escorted the bride to both your families, and you're still not satisfied? Alas, it's hard to be a good person."
"Let's go."
Gu Yican waved his arm, and Zheng Si followed, shouting.
Prince Jin supported his son, and the hatred in his eyes seemed to tear his flesh and blood.
"It was intentional."
Lord Cheng'en climbed out of the sedan chair and said in a trembling voice.
Who doesn't know that he did it on purpose?
The Gu family is lawless. Now they rely on Xie Yingchen and think that no one in the capital is taken seriously by them.
"Yun'er, let's go back." King Jin supported his son and was about to leave.
"Father, wait..."
Forehead?
Xie Qiyun said weakly, "Hand."
Prince Jin followed his gaze and looked at his hand.
The palm of one of his hands was broken, and on the other hand, the entire skin from the back of his hand to his forearm had fallen off, leaving only a bloody mess.
King Jin consulted many famous doctors and Taoist priests, but there was no improvement.
But now, a thin layer of scab appeared on the back of his hand.
"alright?"
King Jin widened his eyes in disbelief.
He inexplicably recalled what Gu Zhizhuo had said when he went to Taiqing Temple for the last marriage arrangement: Let Duke Cheng'en marry in on his own, and they will surely live in harmony, everything will be fine, and the prince will surely live for another half a year.
Prince Jin couldn't help but look at Duke Cheng'en.
The burning heat in his eyes made Lord Cheng'en shiver for some reason.
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