Xin Ran and Chen Ming ride a horse, Li Yuan a sedan chair, three people came to the east palace.
Li Yuanyi is the master of the crown prince of the east palace. He often goes in and out of the East Palace, so naturally he doesn't need to be informed, so the three go directly into the east palace.
Inside, Li Yuanyi asked where the eunuch prince was.
When the eunuch saw that it was the prince's master who asked himself, he told him that the prince was studying in his study. After that, he led the three men straight to the study.
The area of the East Palace is very large. The eunuch led the three people to walk for a long time before he came to the study. The eunuch asked the three people to wait outside and report by themselves.
When the prince heard that his teacher was coming, he immediately asked the eunuch to invite him in.
Led by the Deacon eunuch, they went into the study of the East Palace and saw the prince sitting on the desk.
See three people come in, in addition to Li Yuanyi, there are two people, one of the young childe is dressed for his birthday when Xinran, the other is a woman, I don't know. Can't help a Leng, thought: last time I specially let my teacher Li Yuanyi to invite this person to the east palace again, this person didn't come, today how uninvited?
The prince thought like this in his heart, but he thought that Xin Ran was not an ordinary person, so after seeing Xin Ran, he didn't take care of him as he did last time. Instead, he immediately stood up, saluted Xin Ran, and said, "it's Mr. Xin. Last time I was in our palace, because of the large number of people, I didn't take good care of him. I'm sorry. I wanted to invite you to come here again When I apologize to you, I'm sorry if you have time. I don't want you to come to my East Palace today. It's so nice. "
As soon as Li Yuan saw that the prince was very polite to Xinran today, he thought that the prince had learned the lesson of the last time. He pointed to Chen Ming and said to the prince, "this is the sister of Lord Chen Wenduan. Today, we are here with Xinran. One is to visit the prince, and the other is to ask the prince for help."
Hearing what his master said, the prince of the East Palace said to Chen Ming, "it turns out that it's the daughter of the Chen family. Your brother's business is also a business of the palace. He has violated the national law, so we must take him down. Otherwise, where is the law of the Song Dynasty? As for our palace and your brother, there is no personal grudge."
"Your Highness, I know you hate Jinren. You are a good man, but my brother is really wronged. I hope you can see clearly." Chen Ming said.
The prince of the East Palace seemed a little unhappy when he saw Chen Ming crying out for injustice. He said to Chen Ming, "your brother's affair has all the human and material evidence. What's the injustice to cry out for?"
At this time, Xinran saw the look of the prince, and quickly took over Chen Ming's words and said to the Prince: "Your Highness, I think there are many doubts about this matter."
The prince listened to Xin Ran say that this case has a lot of doubts, had to sell Xin Ran face, patiently asked what doubts.
Xin Ran told the prince one by one of the doubtful points in this case. After hearing this, the prince said, "you are guessing. There is no evidence. We can't overturn this case with your one-sided words."
"What the prince said is that I just want to ask the prince to issue a written instruction to postpone the execution of the judgment in this case. Let me go and look for evidence." Xin Ran said.
At this time, Li Yuanyi also advised the Prince: "Your Highness, I think what Mr. Xin said is really reasonable. Besides, Mr. Chen Wenduan's official voice in the past is also good. In case of an unjust case, I'm afraid it will affect the prince's reputation. So I think we should allow Mr. Xin Ran time to look for evidence."
Seeing that even his teacher said so, the prince of Donggong thought it over seriously, and then said, "well, our palace has always been the most just. Today, since Prince Xin and the master of our palace have pleaded for this man, we will allow you three days. If you can find evidence to prove that our palace is wrong, then our Palace should plead with our father, At the same time, I apologize to you. What do you think? "
Xin Ran saw that although the prince was confused, he was still quick and easy to handle affairs, so he agreed: "thank you, your highness. I'll do it according to your highness. It's limited to three days."
After that, Xin Ran and Chen Ming are going to leave and look for evidence.
His Highness the crown prince obstructed: "our palace has always wanted to invite Mr. Xin to accept the banquet of our east palace, but we have no chance. Now it's time for dinner. In addition, the master of our palace, eldest brother Li, and this Miss Chen are all here. It's a good chance. No matter how much Mr. Xin wants to give our palace a face, our palace can take the opportunity to ask you some advice."
To tell you the truth, Xin Ran was really not in the mood to accept the prince's banquet at this time, so he refused to say another day. The prince said with a smile: Mr. Xin doesn't have to worry about finding evidence. Today is not included in the three days mentioned by our palace. From tomorrow on, you can rest assured. "
seeing what the prince said, Xin Ran thought: this case is related to the prince. If you ask him for help, you can't offend him.
So Xin Ran took a look at Chen Ming and replied, "since your highness is so kind, it's better for us to be respectful than obedient."
Seeing that Xin Ran had agreed, the prince immediately took the three to the main hall and set a banquet for them.
After drinking a glass of wine, the prince said to Xin Ran, "Mr. Xin, when you came here, my palace was enjoying your father's poems."Seeing that the prince said so, Xin ran quickly asked, "I don't know which song your highness appreciates?"
The crown prince said to Xin Ran that what he read was:
a partridge in the sky has ten thousand banners and ten thousand men in the sky, and a partridge in the sky has ten thousand men in the sky.
The soldiers of the Yan Dynasty were silver and Hushu at night, and the arrows of the Han Dynasty were flying to the golden servant.
Looking back on the past and sighing at the present, the spring breeze does not dye my white moustache.
But ten thousand words of Ping Rong policy, in exchange for the owner tree book.
Xinran heard the prince read the word and said: "the meaning of my father in this word is that when he was young, he was very happy to serve his country and gallop on the battlefield. But in his later years, because his opinions were not valued, he had no way to serve his country."
"It's not the same now. Please rest assured, as long as you are willing to work for the Song Dynasty, I will recommend you to my father. At that time, your talent will be brought into full play and your family will be glorified. I think your father will be glad to be in Jiuquan after that time." The prince said to Xinran.
Li Yuanyi then said, "yes, as long as your highness recommends you, you must have a bright future. "
Xin Ran recognized that the crown prince and Li Yuanyi were taking the opportunity to woo themselves, but they didn't point it out. They just wanted to express their gratitude. The four of them were drinking and chatting about national affairs, poems and Fu, and they were very harmonious.
So drink until dark, Xinran and Chen Ming just leave the palace.