Chapter 323: Armored Princess
Inside Prince Jing's Mansion.
A spy, also dressed in ordinary clothes, half-knelt on the ground and spoke to the room with closed doors and windows.
The figure of a man with a tiger body and ape arms was also reflected on the window paper.
"Come in." The middle-aged man's steady voice came out.
The spy then stood up, carefully pushed open the door, stepped in, and raised and lowered his eyes slightly.
On the huge desk in the room, the object that takes up the most space is a valuable bonsai. Inside the small bonsai is a crimson old pine tree that looks vigorous and powerful.
An elegant middle-aged man sat in a chair, his arms wrapped in three circles with a total of 108 extremely rare Bodhi beads.
He looks like he is in his forties, but his graying temples reveal that he is a little older than he looks.
He has a handsome face and outstanding demeanor.
The Xu family has been around for six hundred years, and with generations of improvement, the royal family's children have always been good-looking.
Prince Jing was an outstanding man with extraordinary bearing and grace, and his civil and military skills were outstanding. He was quite loved by the emperors of the previous generation. It was a pity that he was born too late and was destined to have no chance of becoming emperor.
However, after years of dedicated effort in building his own path, he has now become a hidden dragon in the area.
"Put it down."
Prince Jing spoke casually, not picking up the letter on the table immediately. Instead, he turned to the experienced and prudent confidant who had single-handedly established the entire secret intelligence system of Prince Jing's Mansion and said:
"Has the Song guy been arranged?"
The spy chief knew that the prince was referring to Song Tiju who had been brought back from Taicang Prefecture.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I won't treat you unfairly."
"Well, those who have made contributions must be rewarded handsomely, so that the people of the country can be united," Prince Jing nodded, but it was just a casual question, and he turned around to ask a few more questions about other matters.
The latter answered them one by one, and then hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, the Shen family has always wanted to see you."
Prince Jing frowned slightly, a hint of displeasure in his eyes: "Is it the Shen family's ancestor who wants to see him? Or is it the head of the family?"
"the latter."
"Then I will send them away. Well, I will also appease them. Once the matter in the capital is settled, I will naturally not treat them unfairly."
"Your Highness, will the people in the capital... do as we wish?" The spy chief was a little nervous.
Prince Jing glanced at him, stroking his bracelet with his fingers, as if pondering something. After a moment, he shook his head: "Not necessarily."
"ah?"
Prince Jing smiled and glanced at him:
"Don't underestimate my niece. She may appear soft-hearted, but would anyone truly be so soft-hearted as to kill so many people and risk the wrath of the world to claim the throne?"
The spy chief asked in confusion, "Your Majesty, you've made all this fuss, but if you gain nothing, then wouldn't it be..."
Prince Jing looked calm:
"Eat your food one bite at a time, play your chess one step at a time. Gao Lian isn't my man, so what does his life or death have to do with me? I actually hope he dies, so I can force the Gao family to side with me."
As for Li Yanfu... the fragmentation of the Li Party is certainly what my niece hopes for, but isn't it also what I, the king, hope to see?"
The spy chief thought about it and suddenly realized that no matter whether the prince won or lost this time, he would not lose.
"Go ahead." Prince Jing waved his hand to send people away.
After the people left, he tore open the envelope on the table, and his originally indifferent expression suddenly changed.
Prince Jing suddenly stood up and threw the secret letter into the brazier in the room.
Then he pushed the door open and walked along a vast complex of buildings that looked like a small palace, arriving at a courtyard.
As soon as I stepped in, I saw a figure in a long skirt sitting cross-legged in the middle of the courtyard.
It was a beautiful woman. Although she was sitting cross-legged, her body was suspended in the air one foot above the ground.
The luxurious hem of her skirt fell to the ground like a spread lotus leaf or a stretched water lily.
"I told you not to disturb my practice unless it's important." The woman said coldly.
She opened her eyes, and the moonlight poured down from above her head, illuminating the ancient and mysterious silver mask covering her face.
The mask had a strange pattern that covered most of the face, leaving only the eyes and chin exposed.
If Zhao Duan were here, he would definitely recognize at a glance that this mask is exactly the same as the one worn by Pei Niannu.
The difference is that Pei Niannu's is dark gold, the gold medal female shadow guard's is bronze, and the woman in front of him is silver.
It seems to symbolize a certain class.
Prince Jing was elegant, but his eyes were a little cold:
"Don't forget, you are now the princess, the king's principal wife, and the prince's stepmother."
Princess Jing retorted, "Don't forget, I'm only protecting you and doing things for you, and you have to fulfill your promise."
Prince Jing exhaled lightly, suddenly smiled, and said softly:
"Don't worry, when I gain greater power, I will definitely help you find Pei Niannu's mantle. But before that, you still have to help me, right?"
The sorceress sighed and said, "What's the matter?"
Prince Jing frowned and said, "Zhuang Xiaocheng sent me a letter saying that the Imperial Preceptor has returned. Is it really possible that he is still alive?"
The princess wearing the silver mask was startled and frowned:
"Do you think Zhuang Xiaocheng would cheat on you?"
"I'm not sure." A cold expression crossed Prince Jing's elegant face. "These remnants of the Kuangfu Society and I are only superficially united. But at this critical juncture, there's no need for them to lie."
The princess pursed her lips and said after a moment:
"That demonic cultivator wasn't a true god, and his methods were strange. I suspected from the beginning that he bewitched Xu Jianwen for his own spiritual cultivation... His death was also strange, so it's not surprising that he really came back. By the way, where is he now?"
Prince Jing hesitated and said, "Zhuang Xiaocheng said that he went to the capital."
The princess was stunned for a moment and sneered:
"That's just his temper. It seems you should be happy, but your niece should be worried."
Prince Jing was mixed with joy and sorrow. He stroked the Bodhi beads with his fingers and sighed:
"This king has always kept his distance from evil sorcerers."
"Haha." The princess laughed and ignored him, but she also lost interest in practicing. She landed gracefully and walked towards the bedroom.
As she walked, the silver mask on her face squirmed and disappeared, hidden under the gentle face of a woman.
Few people in the entire palace knew that the princess was actually a powerful sorcerer.
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At dawn.
Before dawn, Zhao Duan watched Ma Yan go to the palace to attend court.
As a fourth-rank official, he was theoretically qualified to attend court.
But according to his observation, the ranks of officials in the Dayu Dynasty were a bit porous, with a large number of officials of the second and third ranks, while people like him were mostly "nominally" fourth-rank military officers in the Beijing camp, and were rarely summoned to court.
Of course, he didn't want to go.
"I have to go to work and punch the clock before dawn. I'd be crazy to go to court. Isn't it better to just hold my concubine at home and sleep until I wake up naturally? Oh, I don't have a concubine, so it's okay..."
Zhao Duan complained in his heart and continued to wait for the result in the imperial court.
About an hour and a half later, the sky was already bright and the capital city welcomed another peaceful day.
As Ma Yan and others returned from court, the final outcome of the Gao Lian case was settled.
What really shocked and astonished all the officials in the court was the news that both the witness and the criminal died suddenly overnight.
As expected, the capital city was in an uproar again.
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Typos should be corrected first and then replaced
(End of this chapter)
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