Chapter 109
Fidgeting
besides.
How was this town, which appeared out of thin air, built with bare hands?
What kind of power is hidden behind it?
The letter said.
This small town trades with various countries and has a rule that no trouble should be allowed within the town.
In order to maintain the peace of this small town, not only are the political affairs managed separately, but there are also garrisons guarding the area.
But.
Where did the residents of this town migrate from?
still.
Are all the people there doing business?
The more I thought about it, the more I felt a sense of uneasy panic.
When that bold idea popped into his mind, Jiang Zhaoying's back stiffened and bloodshot eyes appeared.
If everything goes as she expected.
That consequence.
It's really unimaginable!
The third prince was sitting right in front of Jiang Zhaoying. His eyes seemed to be looking somewhere else, but his peripheral vision completely enveloped Jiang Zhaoying.
The more you look.
The more he felt that Jiang Zhaoying had an enchanting power, the Third Prince pursed his thin lips and said loudly.
"I really don't understand why Prince Song, who already has such a beautiful wife at home, would still look at an old woman like my sister. If I were the king, I would definitely stay with my wife and live a good life."
The fourth princess listened to her brother's words, turned around and glared at him angrily.
"But don't believe him. He has been married and had children in Chiyan for a long time. He has many wives and concubines, and he also has a lot of children. Third brother, I am not someone who can get along with just anyone. I must meet someone I love before I will marry. Even at this age, I don't regret it."
Thinking of Song Chengyu, the Fourth Princess' eyes became much gentler.
She said everything that needed to be said.
I believe everyone is clear about this.
This time she came to Daye, she was determined to marry Song Chengyu.
Zhou Ruogu frowned.
The two people in front of me are basically two old foxes. On the surface, they are fighting each other with guns and arrows, but in fact, they cooperate very well.
I'm afraid this fourth princess really has to marry Song Chengyu!
Speaking of which.
Is she really too stupid, or does she have her own plans?
So annoying!
Zhou Ruogu said coldly.
"Princess, you are willing to travel thousands of miles to marry in Daye. What if life doesn't go as you wish?"
"How can it be bad? I am a princess, and Chengyu will inherit the position of the marquis in the future. For the sake of friendship between the two countries, the emperor will definitely support me. I am not afraid that Song Chengyu will treat me badly."
"But Song Chengyu is already married. If you want to marry in, you can only be a concubine!"
After saying.
Zhou Ruogu showed a sarcastic smile on his face. If he wanted to be the legal wife, he would have to see whether she and Jiang Zhaoying agreed.
There was a sharp look in the fourth princess's eyes. She glanced at Zhou Ruogu, then looked coldly at Jiang Zhaoying.
"I can only be the principal wife, but she can give up her position. I will let her be my concubine, and the rest will remain the same."
"Fourth Princess." Jiang Zhaoying met the challenge in her eyes and said, "If you want to be my legal wife, then let Song Chengyu sign the divorce letter. Otherwise, there is no point in discussing this."
"You want a divorce?"
The fourth princess was a little confused.
Why should she give up a handsome boy like Cheng Yu who can make her happy, is gentle and considerate, and can make her feel extremely happy in bed?
"It's just trying to get the skin of a tiger."
As soon as Jiang Zhaoying said this.
Not only did the Third Prince raise his eyebrows, but even the Fourth Princess's eyes flashed with a hint of obscurity.
Then.
She nodded.
"Well, I'll let Chengyu give you the divorce letter and let you leave the house."
"Okay, wait for the princess's good news."
The two men looked at each other, and it was like knives flashing and hidden arrows shooting at each other!
When the Third Prince heard that Jiang Zhaoying wanted to divorce, the light in his eyes exploded. Seeing the Third Prince's reaction, Fourth Miss Liu was filled with rage. What kind of look was that? How could someone like Jiang Zhaoying be beautiful?
Is it worthy of his obsession?
At this time.
The curtains rustled slightly.
Several palace maids and eunuchs came in with tea and snacks. When serving the snacks to Jiang Zhaoying, the eunuch winked at her, and Jiang Zhaoying knew that King Yunzhong was about to take action.
really.
In less than a quarter of an hour, someone came in to report that Prince Yunzhong wanted to see the emperor for an important matter.
The emperor frowned.
He was clearly locked up in a torture chamber, so how did he get out again?
but.
It is normal that these imprisoned people will always try their best to seek forgiveness.
He also wanted to see if his son had any ability!
"Let him in."
The palace maid took the order and left.
Then heavy footsteps were heard, the curtain opened, and Wang Jun from Yunzhong, with a pale face and ordinary clothes, walked in slowly, limping.
As if in great pain, after kneeling down with difficulty, King Yunzhong groaned in pain and then kowtowed.
"I have seen you, Father. I shouldn't be here, but I have discovered something incredible. If I don't tell you, I will feel uneasy."
"oh?"
The emperor raised his brows coldly and was about to speak, but he felt Zhou Ruogu beside him tremble when he saw King Yunzhong. His face turned pale and he leaned towards him involuntarily.
The emperor was pleased by her frail appearance and raised his hand to hold her in his arms.
He frowned.
"Stand back a little, don't scare your stepmother Zhou."
King Yunzhong’s back stiffened, and then he kowtowed.
"Yes, I was reckless, Madam Zhou, I am really sorry. I was so angry at the time that I accidentally hurt you. Now I am in the torture chamber, being punished day and night. I hope Madam Zhou can let go of her anger and forgive me this time."
"You are a very flexible person. I forgive you. Get up now."
"yes."
The King in the Clouds showed surprise and slowly stood up.
His eyes glanced at Jiang Zhaoying intentionally or unintentionally, and a smile flashed across his lips.
Then.
He took out a rectangular brocade box from his arms and presented it.
Eunuch Chen stepped forward to take the thing, opened the box, and found three letters.
"Bring it here."
As Zhou Ruogu spoke, he took out silver needles and tested them one by one. Only after finding no poison did he hand them over to the emperor.
When collecting the cashier's needle, Zhou Ruogu and Jiang Zhaoying nodded.
A hint of coldness flashed across Jiang Zhaoying's eyes.
These three letters.
Just an introduction.
The first is to get rid of King Yunzhong and the Song family, and the second is to resolve all the dangers that will arise in Yunzhou.
Doing good and accumulating virtue is the first principle of the Imperial Observatory. The more people they save, the more blessings they will accumulate, and the better their calculation ability will be.
This is a gift from God to them!
When the emperor read the first letter, his expression remained normal, but when he read the second letter, he became much more sinister.
When the wind blew into the inner hall from the door, there was an unexpected chill.
The scene that was just casually chatting and laughing suddenly became tense.
Emperors have always been suspicious, especially an emperor who is no longer in good health.
not to mention.
Among these three letters, two were written by General Zhang, in which he clearly expressed his intention to surrender to the prince.
Such an olive branch is so tempting that no one can resist it!
Although the prince refused, who knows if they have set up a new group in secret and plotted something he doesn't know about.
Previously, the emperor felt that General Zhang’s death was a pity, but now it seems that he really deserved to die!
"Mrs. Zhang and her daughter came to Beijing together?"
"Your Majesty." The fourth princess stood up. "I felt sorry for them, so I brought them to the capital. Now Miss Zhang has followed the Crown Prince into the palace. Who knows, maybe she has become the Crown Prince's woman."
"There is no point in making unwarranted guesses. Princess Four should be careful with your words."
Jiang Zhaoying warned the Fourth Princess lightly, although her words were unintentional, the listener took it seriously. However, the Fourth Princess snorted coldly.
"If you don't believe it, can't you just let His Royal Highness speak for himself?"
"Call the prince here."
The emperor spoke in a cold voice, Eunuch Chen winked hurriedly, and then the young eunuch went out to summon him. After about a quarter of an hour, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince entered the inner hall.
As soon as he saw him, the emperor threw the three letters in his hand at the prince.
"I would like to know whether Yunzhou's 100,000 troops are now under your control."
"Father, why do you say that? Just based on these three letters? I have asked my staff to handle the matter properly and there is nothing wrong."
The young eunuch stepped forward, picked up the three letters and handed them to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince took a look and knew that they were indeed these three letters.
Then he clenched his fingers, folded the letter in half and put it in his arms.
"Then I ask you, is Zhang Yunen's daughter in your house now?"
"In the Prince's Mansion, living with Tingyun."
"Tingyun? Why is she in the Prince's Mansion?"
King Yunzhong frowned.
How come Tingyun suddenly appeared? If she were to testify, some things would be hard to say.
"She wants me to marry her off, so she will stay in the Prince's Mansion for the rest of her life. It just so happens that Miss Zhang is here, so she will have a companion."
King Yunzhong stared at the prince intently, as if he wanted to find some clues in his cold eyes, but to his disappointment, there was no flaw at all from the prince.
Impossible.
King Yunzhong clenched his fists.
The person who went in with him was obviously the killer he arranged. It has been such a long time and the killer has not come back. It can only mean that she failed and died in the Prince's Mansion.
But now the prince insisted that Miss Zhang was in the prince's mansion. If he brought her here... No, once she really showed up, the prince would turn around and accuse him, and all his plans would be exposed.
"I heard that Miss Zhang only wants to be the Crown Prince's wife. I wonder if the Crown Prince and she are already in a relationship?"
The prince's handsome face was cold, and when his gaze fell lightly on King Yunzhong, it gave the illusion that he was looking at a dead person.
"If you want to accomplish this, you should have done it when you communicated with each other. You don't have to wait until General Zhang dies. Madam Zhang is worried that someone will harm her daughter, so she asked me to take her back to the Prince's Mansion."
"But I think that the Crown Prince is the one who is most likely to kill her. Let me put it this way... If these three letters had not appeared, Miss Zhang might have been safe, and she might have become the Crown Prince's woman. But once these three letters appeared and alerted my father, the Crown Prince would have killed Miss Zhang to silence her. In this way, the marriage plan would have been automatically broken, and the Crown Prince would have expressed his loyalty. Your Highness, is my guess right or wrong?"
"It seems that throwing dirty water has always been the skill of King Yunzhong and Empress Song."
The prince was neither anxious nor angry. He looked at King Yunzhong coldly and spoke calmly.
only.
The hostility in his body gradually increased, forcing King Yunzhong to sweat on his forehead.
"Your Majesty, if I want to see Miss Zhang, would you dare to let me see her?"
Jiang Zhaoying's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and she glanced towards His Royal Highness the Crown Prince vaguely.
When the feeling of suffocation came over him, the prince slowly took two steps forward and approached King Yunzhong.
"If you want to see him, just go and see him."
"good."
King Yunzhong smiled meaningfully. He was really afraid that the prince would not agree.
"Father, I will go and see if Miss Zhang is safe."
"kindness."
The emperor nodded.
"Bring them mother and daughter into the palace. I have something to ask you."
Everyone stood up.
Zhou Ruogu and Jiang Zhaoying looked at each other, and then everyone left.
Under the palace wall.
Jiang Zhaoying walked slowly, and the prince's sedan chair caught up. Jiang Zhaoying turned around and saluted. The prince leaned over, and Jiang Zhaoying said in a deep voice.
"Your Highness."
"Let's talk about it after we leave the palace."
Jiang Zhaoying nodded, then stepped aside and waited until the Crown Prince's sedan chair left before she hurried out of the palace.
In the carriage.
Jiang Zhaoying's face was gloomy, and she didn't lift the curtain until she was close to the Prince's Mansion.
At the gate of the Prince’s Mansion.
Guards stood in a row, their swords flashing coldly, and the two sides were in a stalemate.
King Yunzhong sat in the carriage, looking at the scene in front of him with a smile and said sarcastically.
"You say one thing in front of my father and another behind his back. Sheng Tianqi is really capable. You dare to say that you have no plan. Is it because you dare not let me go in to pick him up? Or... is the person already dead?"
The gate of the mansion was wide open.
Tingyun walked out slowly and bowed to the King of the Clouds when he saw him.
"Third brother, Miss Zhang fell ill as soon as she entered the palace after a long journey. She has taken medicine and is now asleep. Why don't you go back first and wait for Miss Zhang to wake up, and I will send someone to tell you, okay?"
King Yunzhong looked at Tingyun, who was dressed in luxurious clothes and seemed like a different person, with cold eyes. He leaned forward slightly and waved at Tingyun.
Tingyun took two steps forward, looked up at him, and the King of the Clouds smiled sinisterly.
"Tingyun, you'd better tell your brother the truth, whether Miss Zhang is still alive or not. If your brother finds out that you lied, you and your mother..."
Tingyun showed a trace of fear in his eyes. He took a step back and shook his head hurriedly.
"Really, really, she was sent to my courtyard as soon as she entered the palace, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't even see her."
"Then you take me in. I'll take one look at her and leave. After all, I still have an order from my father to respond to."
As King Yunzhong was about to get off the carriage, Tingyun picked up her long skirt and turned to run, shouting as she ran up the steps.
"I don't want to!"
Bang.
The mansion door was closed tightly. King Yunzhong was furious. Tingyun, with his back pressed against the door, slid to the ground. He patted his chest and breathed heavily, his face pale.
None of her brothers are easy to deal with, and each one of them scares her!
far away.
Jiang Zhaoying looked at Tingyun being so brave, pursed her lips slightly, and Ziying stepped forward and whispered.
"Your Highness is at the inn."
Jiang Zhaoying nodded, then turned the carriage around and headed towards a nearby inn. When they arrived at the private room, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was sitting on a couch drinking tea.
Xu Zhiyan was already waiting there. When he saw her coming, he came forward to greet her.
"Junior sister."
"Brother."
Now that Wei Jiuzhao is dead, the affairs of the Imperial Observatory are taken care of by Xu Zhiyan.
"Your Highness, do you know a place called Shuangguan Town?"
The prince nodded with a cold face, and Shen Liuguang then spread out the map and pointed to a location with a red circle.
"This town appeared out of nowhere in this location, but all the paperwork is reasonable and there are no loopholes."
"Your Highness."
Jiang Zhaoying pointed to a big river in front of Shuangguan Town.
"This river is shared with the Chiyan Nation. If both sides hold on, it's fine. But if Chiyan controls everything, the consequences will be disastrous. And... if the people staying in the town are not civilians, but..."
The words were not finished.
But everyone who heard it had a gloomy face, because they all knew what Jiang Zhaoying meant.
"I have already ordered someone to investigate, but it may be too late."
If the town was artificially created, the people living there might be private soldiers hired by others.
As long as the Fourth Princess gains a foothold in the capital and the King of Yunzhong gains power, with the help of both inside and outside forces, Chi Yan may be able to march straight in at any time.
"Your Highness, the three letters that King Yunzhong took away... I always feel that what he cares about is not the three letters, but the woman who followed him into the Prince's Mansion. She is a very important chess piece."
On the surface, that was Miss Zhang, but in fact, she was the killer. Now that the killer is dead, the Prince's Mansion cannot hand her over, and King Yunzhong is holding on to her.
It is true that the situation is at a stalemate now, but if it lasts for too long, once the news of Miss Zhang's death in the Prince's Mansion spreads, all kinds of rumors will gather together.
That would be a huge trouble for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Frown.
There was a hint of worry in Jiang Zhaoying's eyes. King Yunzhong's methods were much more sophisticated than she had expected. However, although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had a gloomy expression, he did not seem panicked.
"When does Your Highness plan to open the door?"
The door of the mansion must be opened, otherwise it will be unacceptable. No matter how good the excuse is, it will be exposed one day.
"Wait a little longer."
The prince leaned back.
"They are looking for Miss Zhang. As long as they find her, everything will be solved."
Jiang Zhaoying stood up.
"Your Highness, I will go to see Madam Zhang and draw a portrait of Miss Zhang. This way we can know if it is Miss Zhang we are looking for."
"Okay, leave the matters of Yunzhou and Shuangguan Town to me, don't worry."
Then.
Jiang Zhaoying said goodbye, went to the clothing store and changed into men's clothes, then went to the Fukelai Inn.
Mrs. Zhang was dozing off on the bed, and she was startled awake by the slightest sound.
Seeing Jiang Zhaoying coming in, she hurried over with red eyes. Jiang Zhaoying put paper and pen on the table.
"I'm going to draw a portrait of Miss Jiang now so that we can find her, or are there any characteristics of Miss Zhang?"
"Yes, there is a small mark on her wrist. It was caused by a burn when she was a child. Although a lot of treatments have been done, there is still a small mark."
Jiang Zhaoying nodded.
"Who knows the mark on her hand?"
"Only my personal maid and I know about it. It's a flaw, so naturally we can't let anyone know about it."
Then.
Mrs. Zhang was talking as Jiang Zhaoying was painting.
The sun shines through the window.
Until late at night, Mrs. Zhang stroked the portrait's face with trembling hands, tears falling continuously.
Wiped away tears.
Mrs. Zhang looked at Jiang Zhaoying.
"Miss Jiang, please help me bring a message to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"good."
Jiang Zhaoying nodded, and Mrs. Zhang's sad eyes gradually became resolute, and she gritted her teeth and said.
"Tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that if I don't see Youyou before dawn tomorrow, I will commit suicide here!"
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