Chapter 227: Ghost
When facing the eldest princess, the prince remained gentle: "I heard that Hu Xin'er was captured, and I know you care about her, so I came to find a way to rescue her."
The eldest princess heard the prince's explanation and felt relieved.
She didn't know why she felt uncomfortable for a moment when she saw the prince.
In fact, she didn't dare to think about it too much, for fear of seeing the tiny crack between herself and her most beloved and trusted brother, the prince.
Seeing her standing still, the prince thought it was his attire that frightened her, so he said with a smile, "You know my identity, so it's not appropriate for me to come here so openly. I can only dress like this. If I had known you were coming, I wouldn't have come, so as not to disturb our eldest princess's display of power!"
When he joked like this, he no longer had the cold look he had just had when facing Hu Xiner. He looked like a convincing brother who respected and loved his sister.
The eldest princess stamped her feet upon hearing this, walked to the side of the prince and complained: "Brother Prince, you have no idea how arrogant those servants are!"
The prince was surprised: "How dare they act so arrogantly in front of you?"
"Yes!" The eldest princess said this with some embarrassment: "Actually... my princess token doesn't work well here, so it might not be useful even if you come..."
The prince smiled and said, "Silly girl, you must have shown them your token as soon as you got here and ordered them to do it for your sake, right?"
"What else?" The princess snorted. "Those people are the ones who flatter the powerful and bully the weak. If I don't reveal my identity, I probably won't even be able to enter the government office, let alone be sent to prison!"
The prince sighed, "Then what do you think? Why don't I just reveal my identity? How did I get in?"
"Uh..." The eldest princess was stuck. She vaguely sensed something was wrong. "Is it because they saw your face that they tried to curry favor with you?"
The prince was helpless: "You are full of connections and coercion and inducement. In this capital, under the feet of the emperor, everyone is expected to be upright and honest officials. Who dares to openly agree to you?"
Although the eldest princess felt that the crown prince was right, she refused to admit defeat. "Alright, alright, you're the best! Then, may I ask your wise and resourceful Highness, what are your thoughts?"
The prince smiled and said, "Of course, I'm not using the token to show favoritism. My sister is willing to risk her life for a friend, sacrificing her reputation. She's so loyal and righteous. How can I not give my all to help you?"
The princess finally smiled after hearing his endless praise. "Stop keeping me in suspense! Tell me now! What's your plan?"
The prince replied, "When I heard about this, I immediately sent people to investigate and found that Hu Xin'er's family was not missing."
"What?!" The princess was shocked. "If he's not missing, then why can't anyone find him? Are all the officials in Kyoto full of good-for-nothings?"
The prince shook his head: "I don't know about that?"
The princess immediately threw out several theories: "Is there a traitor in the government who secretly hid them? Or is it that someone has locked them up and is planning to kill them, but hasn't had the chance yet?"
The prince remained noncommittal. "All of this is under investigation. The most urgent task is to rescue Hu Xin'er. Later, I will ask the people from the government office to work with my people to find the Hu family, and then we can clear Hu Xin'er's name."
The eldest princess was very happy: "Brother Crown Prince, you are so amazing! You were able to rescue Xin'er so quickly and restore her innocence!"
Hu Xin'er forced a smile and said secretly in her heart: The person was hidden by your prince brother, so it is easy to find him... Maybe he was the one who reported the case, a typical case of the thief crying "stop thief"!
The eldest princess noticed Hu Xin'er's strange attitude and tried to ease the relationship between her and the Crown Prince: "Xin'er, the Crown Prince is really worried about us, why don't you thank her quickly?"
Hu Xiner said thank you reluctantly.
The princess then went to find people from the yamen, and soon led a group of people back to the prison.
When Jingzhao Yin Chen heard that it was the eldest princess calling him, he secretly groaned in his heart, but under the eldest princess's order, he still led the yamen runners over obediently.
When he saw the other person in the cell, he was shocked: "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
The yamen runners hurriedly saluted, all wondering in their hearts what exactly Hu Xin'er was like. How could she possibly have alarmed the Crown Prince and the Princess?
The prince said gently, "Please excuse the formalities. I came here because I found the whereabouts of the Hu family."
"Oh?" Lord Chen couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. "Could it be that they weren't killed?"
The prince nodded and said, "To prevent them from getting into trouble, I have already sent people to secretly monitor that place."
Master Chen said awkwardly, "There's no time to lose. Let's get to the bottom of this right now. If Madam Lu has been wrongly accused, we can clear her name as soon as possible."
So the prince took off his black robe, revealing a moon-white casual outfit, and walked in front.
The eldest princess, Hu Xin'er, and Lord Chen followed him closely, and the yamen runners followed them out.
Unexpectedly, before I reached the door, I heard a bang bang bang sound.
"Hey, someone's beating a drum to complain?" the eldest princess was the first to speak. "Could it be that another injustice has happened?"
Lord Chen's mind was tense. If someone else was beating the drum at any other time, it would be fine, but now it was in front of the prince, and if he was not careful, it would leave a bad impression!
And if there really was a new injustice, would he go to try the case now, or would he follow the prince to arrest the Hu family?
When he reached the door, Lord Chen was already sweating profusely. He took a closer look and breathed a sigh of relief.
It turns out that the person beating the drum was Mu Qing!
"Xin'er!" Mu Qing, who was originally nervous, was relieved when he saw that Hu Xin'er was fine.
Hu Xin'er trotted over and asked, "Why are you playing the drums here?"
Mu Qing held her hand and said, "I have found the whereabouts of the Hu family! As long as we find out, I can clear your name."
He found it too?!
"It seems that the Hu family is not difficult to find." The eldest princess complained, and then said: "Brother Crown Prince has also found the whereabouts of the Hu family and is about to take people from the government office with him. It's a good opportunity for us to go together!"
Hearing this, Mu Qing's brows jumped. He and the prince looked at each other, and undercurrents surged beneath their seemingly calm gazes.
The prince chuckled and said, "What a coincidence, we thought of the same thing."
Mu Qing bowed his hands as a gesture of respect to the prince.
He didn't say much. After all, saving Hu Xiner was the most important thing, and now was not the time to fall out.
The group went to the hotel where the Hu family was staying, but found that the three members of the Hu family were lying inside and sleeping soundly.
The people in the yamen were immediately puzzled: "There was no one here this morning. It must be a ghost!"
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