Song Hongshen had never been so frightened before. Even when he had to put his head on his belt in Liaodong, he didn't frown.
Looking at the unconscious Su Zhilan, he felt inexplicably uneasy.
He never regrets what he does, and he will bear the consequences of whatever he decides.
But at this moment he regretted it so much that he let Su Zhilan get involved in these things.
Upon seeing this, Rong Hai, the Minister of Works, hurriedly ordered someone to call a doctor. He then led him to a nearby house to put the man down first.
Hai Xingjian was also very panicked, and when Song Hongshen came out, he went to meet him.
"Your Majesty, let me come here."
This is his own niece, and he can hold her better than Song Hongshen.
Song Hongshen ignored Hai Xingjian and walked past him quickly, his face looking terribly gloomy.
The room Rong Hai found was relatively clean, and there was a small bed in the inner room.
After Song Hongshen put the person down, he half-knelt beside the bed and said softly, "Zhilan, wake up, Zhilan?"
Su Zhilan didn't react at all. Song Hongshen pursed his lips tightly and unconsciously grabbed her hand.
It took about a quarter of an hour from the time he carried Su Zhilan out to the time the doctor arrived.
During this quarter of an hour, he had even figured out how to take revenge on the prince.
If anything happens to Su Zhilan, he will make the prince regret what he did today.
Ascend the throne? That's a dream, he will never let him go.
Fortunately, after the doctor arrived, he diagnosed that Su Zhilan might have been choked by smoke.
After a few pricks of silver needle on her acupuncture points, Su Zhilan slowly woke up.
The moment Su Zhilan opened her eyes, Song Hong let out a long breath.
Hai Xingjian finally put his heart at ease, poured a cup of warm water and wanted to feed it to Su Zhilan.
The water cup was taken away by Song Hongshen directly, "I will do it."
Song Hongshen helped Su Zhilan sit up, then gently fed her half a cup of water.
Su Zhilan's mind cleared up a lot. She looked around and saw that the room was unfamiliar. Song Hongshen's face was full of anger again. She said, "Your Highness, I was knocked unconscious. Where did you find me?"
Just as Song Hongshen was about to speak, Rong Hai hurried in.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has received the news. Prince Xuan and the fifth young lady of the Su family are to enter the palace immediately."
Song Hongshen turned around and asked coldly, "The Emperor found out so quickly? Your Ministry of Works is truly swift and decisive."
Rong Hai looked bitter as he explained, "I don't know how this got to the palace. Someone reported that the prince had secretly brought the fifth daughter of the Su family to the Ministry of Works. The fifth daughter even accidentally set fire to the model room, destroying the shipbuilding blueprints."
"Now that the Emperor is demanding accountability, Your Highness, please quickly think of how to respond."
Rong Hai didn't care about Song Hongshen's attitude, knowing that this was just his personality.
Between the lines, he was still thinking about Song Hongshen.
Song Hongshen also knew that this matter had nothing to do with Minister Rong. The Crown Prince was trying to kill two birds with one stone: destroying his blueprints, preventing him from successfully leading the troops in Fujian, and then putting the blame on the Song family.
But the prince should never have used Su Zhilan as an inducement.
Just for this reason, he will not let him go.
Song Hong thought deeply for a moment and said to Rong Hai, "Thank you, Minister Rong. I will bring the fifth lady of the Su family to the palace right away."
Hai Xingjian became anxious upon hearing this and immediately said, "I will also go to the palace and testify for Zhilan."
Song Hongshen figured out how to deal with it, and his mood calmed down a lot. He said, "Uncle Hai, you don't have to go yet. If you need us, someone will come to the Ministry of Works to take over."
Rong Hai also said, "Minister Hai, there's no need to go. I must go. I will explain everything that needs to be explained."
This incident happened in the Ministry of Works, so the person responsible must be him, the Minister of Works.
Song Hongshen sent someone to Huajin Pavilion to buy a new set of clothes for Su Zhilan to change into.
After Su Zhilan had packed up, the two of them, one in a carriage and the other on a horse, prepared to enter the palace.
Before getting on the carriage, Su Zhilan asked Song Hongshen, "What should I say after entering the palace?"
Song Hongshen smiled gently at her and said, "Just say what you want to say."
Then he comforted her, "Don't be afraid. No matter what happens, I'm here."
He reached out to rub her head, but thought better of it and retracted his hand.
After entering the palace, a eunuch took the two to the side hall of Ganyang Palace.
The two walked in one after the other, only to find that in addition to Emperor Xuande, there were many other people standing in the hall.
Song Zan, Shen Zhixiu, Chen Zheng, the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, Rong Hai and Su Chengxun.
Su Zhilan didn't expect that her father was there too. She suddenly felt a little guilty. Was it her who implicated her father?
She looked at Su Chengxun cautiously and with a bit of guilt, but Su Chengxun did not blame her at all and gave Su Zhilan a comforting look.
It was as if telling her not to be afraid, that her daddy would be there for her.
Su Zhilan felt inexplicably at ease and followed Song Hongshen to pay her respects to Emperor Xuande.
The two men knelt on the ground. Emperor Xuande did not call out to them, but instead cursed Song Hongshen loudly, "Do you think building warships is a joke? This is a key area of the Ministry of Works? What are you doing there with a girl?"
"If you can't leave her, then go home and get married and have children. Why are you leading troops and fighting in wars?"
Emperor Xuande was not only angry, but also disappointed.
Someone reported that Song Hongshen had taken the unmarried princess to the Ministry of Works. The young woman, unaware of her own limitations, had accidentally set fire to the blueprints in the design room.
Emperor Xuande couldn't understand why he brought a princess who had not yet married him to the Ministry of Works to discuss government affairs?
His scolding was not pleasant, and Song Zan felt unhappy.
He said, "Your Majesty, I still need to ask what's going on. We've only heard it from others, and there's no real evidence. How can we prove that it was this girl from the Su family who burned the blueprints?"
Emperor Xuande snorted and looked at the Crown Prince, "Didn't your people see it? Tell me, what happened?"
The prince bowed and said, "Yes, I sent someone to the Ministry of Works today to inquire about the construction of a waterway outside the city moat."
"The person who went there was Liu Chen, the Junior Secretary of the Imperial Household Department. He happened to witness the Fifth Miss Su entering the style room and setting it on fire."
After saying this, the prince asked for permission to summon Liu Chen into the palace.
After Liu Chen entered the hall, he said, "Today, I was ordered by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to go to the Ministry of Works, and I saw a young lady enter the style room."
"The Yangshifang is a very important place. How can we allow strangers to enter?" I went forward to see what was going on. I saw the fifth lady of the Su family flipping through the blueprints and lighting an oil lamp.
"At that time, I thought it was dark inside and she couldn't see clearly, so she asked for a light."
"I asked someone from the Ministry of Works to alert them that a girl had gone to jail. But they said it was the fifth daughter of the Su family, the unmarried princess of the Zhongyong King. They said the King often took her out to play, but they didn't dare to intervene and told me not to meddle in other people's business."
"I was in a hurry to report on official business, so I left. Just as I reached the gate, I heard there was a fire."
Liu Chen spoke with great confidence. According to him, Su Zhilan was the culprit of the fire.
After hearing what happened, Emperor Xuande became even more furious and asked Song Hongshen in a harsh voice.
"Do you have anything else to say?"
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