Chapter 1203 Lessons
Old Lady Liu thanked Feng Zongping and Yi Ziyang again, and asked the servants to send them back before carrying Daji back home.
Changqing Lane was very quiet. The people who usually sat at the door to mend shoe soles were all gone. The door of their house was wet, obviously it had just been washed, but there were still bloodstains in the gaps between the bluestone slabs and the walls that could not be washed away.
There were officers armed with swords guarding both sides. People in the yard could not come out, and people outside certainly could not enter casually.
When Manbao entered the house, he saw that the yard was also being washed. There were still blood drops splashed on some flowers and plants. No one had thought to wash the flowers and plants yet, so the blood stains were still on them.
Manbao and the other two looked a little pale.
So Mr. Zhuang was very lucky. "I heard that you fell into the water. It was really lucky. Otherwise, if you were on land, I'm afraid you would have died a long time ago."
Mr. Zhuang didn't know that they almost died in the water.
The two looked at each other, and Bai Shan swallowed and said, "So, sir, swimming is very important. You always didn't let us play in the water before."
Mr. Zhuang fell silent, but even Old Madam Liu relented, saying, "If you want to learn how to swim later, go ahead and ask two skilled people to teach you."
Bai Erlang followed closely behind Mr. Zhuang and asked in a low voice, "Sir, no one in our family died, right?"
Mr. Zhuang was silent for a moment before sighing, "Two servants died of their injuries, and three people from the Ministry of Justice died. There were quite a few injured."
Madam Liu said, "Although they were on official business, they died for our Bai family after all. I'll find out their address and send some funeral gifts over as a token of my gratitude."
Liu Gui on the side agreed.
The King of Yizhou might have wanted to establish his authority in this assassination attempt, but he also needed people to escape. Therefore, although he left behind a lot of people, their abilities were probably not that good.
Most of those people came for the Bai family in Changqing Lane, and only eight people followed Bai Shan and the others.
Originally, eight assassins were more than enough to deal with Bai Shan and the other three. After all, they were only accompanied by Daji and Liu Gui, and Liu Gui stayed at the carriage to watch over it.
They didn't think it would take too many people to kill these four people, but who knew that Feng Zongping and others were there at the time, and that Daji, who usually kept a low profile, had such good martial arts skills that he could actually hold four people back by himself.
The two main targets fell into the water...
As soon as the King of Yizhou fled, the situation in the capital became tense, especially after the assassination in Xiangguo Temple, many people in the court felt insecure.
If the King of Yizhou was so rude and barbaric that he wanted to kill Bai Shan and Zhou Man and their families just because they reported him, then what about those who wrote letters to impeach him?
What about people like Wei Zhi, Ji Xiang, and Old Lord Tang who are leading the thorough investigation of this matter?
Wouldn’t they all be killed?
So, at the suggestion of many ministers, the emperor dispatched the imperial guards to begin removing the nails and men left in the capital by the King of Yizhou.
The abandoned Princess of Yizhou, Princess Yunfeng, and the youngest son of Prince of Yizhou, Prince Xinqing, were temporarily detained in the imperial palace. Originally, only Prince of Yizhou and his two adult sons were detained. The Princess of Yizhou lived with the Queen Mother. Although she could not enter or leave the palace, she could still move freely in the palace.
If you feel bored after dinner, you can take a walk in the garden.
But when the King of Yizhou ran away, the three of them, mother and son, were imprisoned.
Princess Yunfeng's fear reached its peak and she kept crying. However, this time even the maids in the Empress Dowager's palace would not comfort her anymore. Instead, they avoided the palace where she was imprisoned.
The queen had been overworked recently and her head was throbbing with pain, but she still made arrangements, instructing the palace servants not to bully the Princess of Yizhou and her family, but to just lock them up in the palace and not allow them to enter or leave.
The Crown Prince brought the medicine and waved his hand to send the servants away. He said unhappily, "Mother, why should you worry about them? With the Imperial Grandmother here, even if the Imperial Uncle loses power, the palace servants won't dare bully them."
The Queen took the medicine and drank it all, then smiled and said, "It's just one more warning, just in case."
The prince snorted, and seeing that the queen looked unhappy, he lowered his voice and said, "Mother, please bring Zhou Manxuan into the palace and let her serve you personally. I see that your eyes are turning blue again, and you haven't been sleeping well these past few nights."
The Queen shook her head and said, "The case is not over yet. Summoning her into the palace now might affect the judgment of the ministers. Xiao Yuanzheng has a very good opinion of her."
"But isn't Xiao Yuanzheng at the Empress Dowager's place? He can't see you every day," the Crown Prince said somewhat unhappily. "It's a foregone conclusion that the Prince of Yizhou maintains private soldiers. Now he's escaped. It's obvious what he's planning to do. Why worry about it affecting your judgment?"
He said, "Those court officials are usually too afraid to do anything. They just love to speculate on the emperor's intentions. Even a simple matter would be interpreted in a hundred different ways. As for your son, I suggest that you don't worry about anything now. Just rest assured and recuperate in the palace. I will summon her to the palace. If you find it inconvenient for her to come and go, you can just live in the palace."
Seeing his irritability, the queen sighed and said, "You're getting worse as you get older. You used to think things through, but now you act rashly and overthink things you shouldn't..."
When the prince heard her repeating the same old things, he couldn't help but stand up and wanted to leave.
The Queen took his hand and said, "Alright, Queen Mother, please don't say anything. I've already asked your third brother to prepare. Once the matter of the King of Yizhou is resolved, he will go to his fiefdom. You should also control your temper."
Seeing him with his eyes downcast, the Queen sighed and said, "Dalang, nothing in this world is perfect. You are a good child. Your father and the ministers have always loved to praise you since you were young. You have always been kind and willing to accept advice. You must not let a few setbacks change your character."
The prince said expressionlessly, "Mother, you should take a rest. I will take my leave now."
The queen looked at the prince sadly as he turned and left.
After leaving the palace, the prince was furious and could not help but whip the palace wall hard, then he pulled his horse and left.
This scene happened to be seen by an imperial censor who was about to leave the palace. He shook his head in disappointment and decided to impeach the prince tomorrow.
As the crown prince, it would be fine if he showed his emotions on his face, but he actually whipped the palace wall at the gate. If someone saw it and spread the news, what would they think of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Dajin?
The prince rode out of the imperial city. The guards behind him asked, "Your Highness, where are you going?"
The prince said, "Let's go to Jishitang."
The guard knew what he was going to do and immediately said, "Your Highness, Dr. Zhou should be at home now."
The prince frowned, reined in his horse, and asked, "Where is her home?"
The guard didn't know at first, but yesterday's assassination caused a lot of uproar. He overheard it when he went to play with his brother in the Imperial Guards and found out. He immediately said, "It's in Changqing Lane."
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