Yu Lin stared at the princess for a few moments with a gloomy expression, then turned and bowed to the empress dowager. "In that case, I will go and take Jing Fan back to the palace."
He was about to leave when the eldest princess spoke again, "Wait!... Sixth brother, in my opinion, it would be better to keep Jing Fan in the palace. After all, the palace has the best doctors, right? Don't worry, I will visit my nephew and will not let him suffer any more grievances... Mother, what do you think?"
The Queen Mother nodded and said, "Shurong is right. Please leave. I am a little tired."
"Seventh sister! You are so thoughtful! Take care, mother. I will take my leave!"
Yu Lin turned around and left the Cining Palace and returned to Prince Hui's Mansion.
"Your Highness, is this trip not going well?"
A scholar in blue was sitting on the floor of Luanyuan Pavilion. When he saw Prince Hui walk in angrily, he put down the book in his hand and asked this question.
"Yu Shurong! She ruined my plan!"
The blue-robed scholar brewed some tea and said calmly, "Let me guess... I originally told you not to bring the Third Prince to the palace, so I guess he's been kept there. Since it was the Princess who ruined His Highness's plans, then Concubine Shang naturally didn't intervene. The Princess's strategy was simply to stall. After all, the things the Third Prince has done over the years can't be brought before the Empress Dowager."
He looked at Prince Hui and said, "Then Your Highness needs to do three things now, and the sooner the better!"
"Please teach me, sir!"
"First, immediately find all the women that the Third Prince has bullied over the years and kill them all. Don't leave any alive!"
"Secondly, dispatch the soldiers from the palace and have Ximen Piaoxue bring more bandits to kill Fu Xiaoguan."
"Third, give me your visiting card. I need to go out of town."
"Where are you going, sir?"
"Nanling County, meet the great general who farms the land."
Yu Lin was startled, "What do you mean, sir?"
The scholar in blue stood up and said, "Let's see if we can convince the general."
Yu Lin’s heart skipped a beat, “The time has not come yet!”
"I know, but since we're already one step behind, we need to hurry up with what comes next."
The scholar in blue lowered his head and took two steps forward before asking, "Your Highness, do you think today's events were accidental?"
Isn’t it?
The scholar in blue shook his head. "Although the Empress Dowager made an exception and allowed His Highness to stay in the capital, His Majesty is not happy. Today, the Third Prince went out for an outing. He was originally going to Weiyang Lake, but he turned around and went to Changjie. Because a guard beside him told him that Jiang Yu from Wuweizhai was coming today, he kidnapped Jiang Yu's fiancé and went to Wuweizhai."
"And it just so happened that Fu Xiaoguan was also heading towards the long street at that time, and it just so happened that Fu Xiaoguan encountered the mess between the Third Prince and Jiang Yu. If it were anyone else, they probably wouldn't dare to intervene in the Third Prince's affairs, but Fu Xiaoguan did, because he never asked the Third Prince to tell his name from beginning to end."
"Is this really a coincidence?"
Yu Lin was shocked, "So... my son has fallen into someone's trap?"
"It's none other than Concubine Shang!"
The blue-robed scholar stared at Prince Hui. "Your Highness, think about it again. The bloody battle on the long street lasted so long that even the Jinling government knew about it. If it weren't for the intervention of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Grand Tutor Ning, Ning Yuchun would have sent constables from the northern and southern government offices to rescue them in time. But why has there been no movement from the Fifth Prince's Qingfengxiyu Tower?"
Prince Hui was suddenly shocked: "That bitch wants to make a big deal out of this!"
"So, Your Highness, we are already in a passive position in the current situation. For the sake of future plans, you have two choices. One is to go to the palace now to explain the reasons to the Queen Mother, give up the Third Prince, and seek a safe escape, so that you can go to Your Highness's fiefdom in Lingnan. The other is to commit this matter to death! As long as Fu Xiaoguan is dead, even if the Queen Mother punishes Your Highness, I don't think it will be too serious. Even if Concubine Shang has more tricks, as long as the Queen Mother is still alive, she can't make a move!"
Lingnan is bitterly cold. It was for this reason that Yu Lin begged the Queen Mother to stay in the capital. Does he have to go to Lingnan again now that he is old?
Yu Lin thought that if he walked away in disgrace with his tail between his legs, that bitch would probably laugh three times, and everyone in Shangjing would know that he was the loser.
Are you willing?
After so many years of business in Shangjing, are we really going to give up just like that?
If you can't let go, then you can only choose the second option - kill Fu Xiaoguan at all costs!
Prince Hui Yu Lin made up his mind and shouted, "Someone come!"
…
The night in Shangjing is very quiet tonight.
Because of the curfew, the once bustling streets and alleys were now deserted. Under the dim streetlights, only one or two stray dogs occasionally ran by, leaving behind a few barks, and nothing else.
Today's bloody battle in the long streets and the news that Fu Xiaoguan crippled the third prince of Prince Hui's mansion had already spread throughout the capital. This incident was even more shocking than his poem "Water Melody" being listed in the first row of the thousand stone tablets.
One was a regal prince, the other a small landowner. The disparity in status was as vast as heaven. To everyone, it seemed like a prince crushing a landlord would be a piece of cake. And indeed, it seemed that this was indeed the case. Hundreds of cavalrymen charged Fu Xiaoguan along the ten-mile-long street—a rare occurrence in Jinling City's history, the last time such a scene occurred was on the eve of the previous dynasty's fall.
Four hundred cavalrymen against two unarmed men shouldn't have had any unexpected consequences, but they did. Not only did Fu Xiaoguan survive, but it was said that only about a hundred of the four hundred cavalrymen from Prince Hui's mansion had returned.
Fu Xiaoguan was only slightly injured, and there were only three people around him. Even so, the ten-mile-long street was covered with blood for five miles, and that five miles of blood was all the blood of the cavalry horses of Prince Hui's Mansion!
The people of Shangjing City like such stories. The unspeakable grievances and the frustrations that they dare not speak out seem to be released in such stories, so Fu Xiaoguan naturally becomes the embodiment of justice.
On the ten-mile-long street, Fu Xiaoguan stood alone on the street under the warm winter sun, holding a sword in his hand. He swung the sword and all the evil slaves died under his sword!
At that moment, the talented scholar Fu Xiaoguan seemed to be possessed by the god of war, and he was so majestic and arrogant!
He is the hero of Shangjing and the hero of Dayu!
The name Fu Xiaoguan once again became famous in Shangjing City, not because of his literary talent, but because of his martial arts. The people of Shangjing City only then realized that Fu Xiaoguan was a young man with both literary and martial skills, and should be a role model for young people all over the world!
But after the excitement, the people gradually calmed down and began to think about the possible consequences of this long street battle.
Tonight's curfew is naturally due to this reason.
Many citizens of Shangjing cheered for Fu Xiaoguan, but they also began to worry that the young man from Linjiang would be killed by Prince Hui. After all, the difference in status was irreconcilable; after all, Prince Hui was the emperor's younger brother! And what about Fu Xiaoguan? Again, he was just a small landlord from Linjiang!
The lights in the boudoirs of the girls who were obsessed with the Dream of the Red Chamber were still on. Thinking of the heroic appearance of the young man walking on the long street, they realized that this scholar could also draw his sword and ride his horse to stain the long street with blood.
This is a heroic existence, which makes these infatuated women admire him even more, and of course, it also makes these women more worried.
Yan Xiaolou was extremely worried at this moment.
She paced back and forth anxiously in her grandfather Yan Beixi's study, thinking about what her grandfather said about Fu Xiaoguan being fine, but she couldn't let it go.
Since grandpa was sure that Fu Xiaoguan was fine, why did he let my uncle go to the Fei Mansion?
"Xiaolou."
"Um."
Yan Beixi leaned on the couch, flipping through a book, and said slowly, "Tomorrow I will go with your uncle to see Fu Xiaoguan. Please give him a message for me."
"Grandpa, please speak!"
"Just say...Ji Linchun from Yanzhi Tower is at Prince Hui's residence."
What does this mean?
Yan Xiaolou frowned, and Yan Beixi turned a page of the book. "He'll know if you tell him."
Suddenly, there was a burst of hurried horse hooves outside the Yan Mansion. Yan Xiaolou looked outside in surprise, but of course he couldn't see anything. "It's very lively tonight. You should go back and rest first."
"Oh, then you should take a rest too, Grandpa."
"I'll wait a moment."
Yan Xiaolou didn't know what her grandfather was waiting for. She returned to her boudoir and sat at the desk, worried about Fu Xiaoguan's safety. She thought that the sound of horse hooves just now must have been the imperial guards. Could it be that Prince Hui asked the emperor to send the guards to kill Fu Xiaoguan?
How could she sit still? She stood up and said to her maid, "Xiaoxue, prepare the car."
"Where are you going, miss?"
"Go to the Fu Mansion and take a look."
Duan Yunchou walked into Yan Beixi's study and said, "Master, Miss Xiaolou is out."
Yan Beixi didn't find it strange. He even kept his eyes on the book in his hand without even raising his eyelids. He casually said, "Follow her and take a look."
…
The Jinling government office is brightly lit tonight.
When the drum for appealing for justice outside the yamen was beaten madly, Ning Yuchun walked into the yamen and sat in the hall amid the mighty voices of a group of yamen runners.
"Who are you? Why are you beating the drum so late at night?"
"Your Excellency, I am Jiang Yu, this is my fiancé Liu Xiuping. He was severely injured today by the evil villain Yu Jingfan, and I was almost humiliated by him. Fortunately, Fu Xiaoguan saw the injustice and came to my aid, otherwise I would have been killed by him. I think about this clear and bright world, and how Yu Jingfan, relying on his family's overwhelming power, commits evil and has no regard for the law... I am heartbroken, so I come here to beat the drum to complain. I hope that the master will bring the evildoer to justice and protect the good man Fu Xiaoguan!"
Jiang Yu knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.
"Is there a complaint?"
"Yes, please take a look, Master!"
Ning Yuchun walked down, took the complaint, looked at it, and asked, "Is Yu Jingfan Prince Hui's third son?"
"Exactly!"
"Oh... This matter involves His Royal Highness, and it concerns the reputation of the royal family. If your complaint is false, do you admit your guilt?"
"Every word I said is true. Many neighbors witnessed my stay at Wuweizhai at that time. You may summon them to question me, sir."
"Um...someone, come! Quickly arrest Yu Jingfan and bring him to justice!"
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