Chapter 346 Surprise
apologize?
Does not exist.
The most Concubine Jiang could do was to accept the gift of apology to the princess, asking her to make a special trip to Chenxiang Pavilion to apologize to Chen Tang. She couldn't afford to lose face.
The Jiang family raised the prince and made her a concubine. Even if she really didn't apologize, the prince couldn't do anything to her. Anyway, the prince hasn't entered her room for half a year, so she wasn't afraid that the prince would continue to ignore her, so Concubine Jiang had nothing to fear.
When the news that Concubine Jiang sprained her ankle reached the prince, his face was filled with gloom, and the maid who reported it was almost frightened to death.
No matter how angry the prince was, he could not allow Concubine Jiang, who had sprained her ankle, to be carried to Chenxiangxuan. He still had to clean up the mess.
When the news of Concubine Jiang's sprained ankle reached the ears of Chen Tang and Xie Guimo, neither of them showed any expression.
It's nothing new.
Ultimately, it's because the prince and princess have such a high sense of morality. The princess herself values gratitude, so naturally she won't ask the prince to punish Concubine Jiang, and she will endure the grievances if she can.
The prince and princess have been burdened by gratitude throughout their lives. Fortunately, Xie Guimo is not like them. He has probably seen a lot and is disgusted from the bottom of his heart.
Si'er came in from outside and said, "Master and Consort, Manager Zhou is here."
"Let him in."
Si'er left and Manager Zhou came in.
Manager Zhou came with a banknote of 10,000 taels. "The prince knows that the princess has been wronged. The weather has cleared up, so he asked the prince to accompany the princess out of the palace to relax."
Xie Guimo sneered, "Even if you can get into trouble just by relaxing in the mansion, how dare you leave the mansion?"
Manager Zhou: "..."
Manager Zhou couldn't accept this, nor did he dare to accept it.
Chen Tang said, "I don't want the banknotes. Manager Zhou can take them back to my father."
Manager Zhou looked embarrassed and put the banknote on the small table. "The prince asked me to send it. Please don't embarrass me, Princess."
Fearing that Chen Tang would ask the maid to slip the banknotes to him, Manager Zhou quickly withdrew.
As soon as Manager Zhou left the house, Chen Tang's voice spread out, "Send it to Father."
Hearing this, Manager Zhou wanted to turn around and take the banknote.
If he takes him back, the prince will not be happy.
But if we let the prince send him back, I don’t know what will happen.
As a manager, it would be better for him to stay out of the matter between the prince and his son. Manager Zhou pretended not to hear anything and went about his business.
In the study, the prince was handling military affairs. When he heard footsteps outside the door, he frowned.
Xie Guimo walked in, and the prince said, "After the concubine's ankle is healed, father will let her go and apologize to the Crown Prince's wife."
Xie Guimo smiled, "I'm afraid the concubine's foot won't heal for three to five months."
He slapped the banknotes on the desk and said, "I don't lack money. Today is the last time I will tolerate Concubine Jiang and the Jiang family. They pray that they won't get into my hands in the future, otherwise I will sever the father-son relationship. I will also make the Jiang family pay!"
The man next to him said that he would take his son and daughter-in-law to live in another courtyard, and his son wanted to sever the father-son relationship with him.
He experienced the threat of being separated from his wife and children twice in one day. He was a general with a large army under his command. No one would believe him if he told others about it.
But the prince did not dare to take it lightly. The princess was gentle on the outside but strong on the inside. She would never say something she could not do, let alone mention her son. Once she made a decision, no one could change it.
The prince didn't expect that the Jiang family would crash into Xie Guimo's hands so quickly.
The next morning, Xie Guimo went to Shili Pavilion to wait for Xiao Huan.
After waiting for about half an hour, Xiao Huan arrived, followed by six secret guards and a man wearing a mask and a cloak.
Seeing Xie Guimo, Xiao Huan tightened the reins and stopped, "Sorry to have kept you waiting."
Xie Guimo's eyes fell on the masked man. Xiao Huan introduced him, "This is the eldest young master of the Lu family. He went to Ganzhou to investigate early in the morning. Otherwise, we would not have been able to find evidence and return to Beijing so quickly."
Young Master Lu did not die, but took advantage of the chaos in the border mine to escape and went to Ganzhou to find evidence to overturn his father's case.
A few days after Xiao Huan went to Ganzhou, he guessed from clues that Young Master Lu might still be alive. He used a trick to force Young Master Lu to show up, and then the two of them joined forces to follow the clues held by Young Master Lu. Otherwise, it would be hard to say when Xiao Huan could find the truth if he relied on himself.
Young Master Lu greeted Xie Guimo, who nodded slightly, then said to Xiao Huan, "Call me to Shili Pavilion to wait for you, but is the evidence too extensive?"
Xiao Huan said, "Not only is it too involved, but the people involved are unexpected."
Xie Guimo frowned, "Who is involved?"
Xiao Huan didn't say anything, but directly gave the evidence and account books he brought back to Beijing to Xie Guimo for review.
Xie Guimo took it, flipped through a few pages, and his brows were twisted into a knot.
The officials and bandits in Ganzhou colluded to rob passing cargo ships and government ships. They sent the looted goods to Beijing, and most of them were presented to the Jiang family.
Concubine Jiang’s brother from her mother’s family.
Everyone in Kyoto knew about the relationship between the Jiang family and the prince. Xiao Huan had some concerns because Shen Tang was in the Jingyang Palace. Otherwise, he would have handed the evidence directly to the old prince and reported it to the emperor to overturn the case for Envoy Lu Xuanfu.
The amount of money given as a tribute to Mr. Jiang is huge. The Jiang family should be the liaison between Kyoto and Ganzhou.
As long as the handwriting is identified and confirmed to be the handwriting of the prefect of Ganzhou, it can be used as irrefutable evidence to put Mr. Jiang in jail and further interrogate the mastermind behind the scenes.
Given the relationship between Mr. Jiang and Prince Jingyang's Palace, the first person to be suspected must be Prince Jingyang.
However, Xiao Huan felt that Prince Jingyang would not do such a thing.
Xie Guimo said, "I will go to the palace with you and present myself to the emperor."
Xiao Huan asked, "Why don't you tell King Jingyang?"
Xie Guimo said, "Tell father what to do and give him a surprise."
Xiao Huan, "..."
Young Master Lu, "..."
Xiao Huan and Young Master Lu looked at each other.
I really don't know what this has to do with surprise. If it must be related, it must be a shock.
Xiao Huan didn't know that Xie Guimo had just told his father yesterday to keep the Jiang family out of his hands, but today it fell into his hands, and the evidence was so solid.
Xiao Huan only gave one piece of advice, and if Xie Guimo didn't tell King Jingyang, Xiao Huan didn't say anything else.
But they can enter the palace, but Young Master Lu cannot. Xie Guimo said, "I have a small courtyard in the north of the city. I'll ask Young Master Lu to stay there for a few days. He probably won't stay for many days."
"Excuse me, Prince Jingyang."
Chen Qi took Young Master Lu to a small courtyard in the north of the city to rest.
Xiao Huan and Xie Guimo entered the palace.
Inside the house, Chen Tang had breakfast, walked around the house, and then waited for Xie Guimo to come back.
The eldest brother asked Xie Guimo to pick him up at Shili Pavilion, which must mean that there is something important to discuss.
However, from breakfast to lunch, no one came back. Ginkgo said, "The prince will most likely not come back for lunch. Princess, please eat first, so as not to let the little prince or princess in your belly go hungry."
The maid brought the food over, and Shen Tang picked up the chopsticks. Si'er rushed in and said, "Prince's Concubine! I don't know what the Jiang family did wrong, but the emperor ordered Master Jiang to be imprisoned!"
Chen Tang asked, "Which Jiang family?"
"It's Concubine Jiang's family."
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