Chapter 23： Try again

The four princes heard that all the people in the town of Beihou were going to look at the lights, so they got into the car and went to the lights market.

Later, he went to see Su Wanniang in Houfu once or twice, but every time he only saw a figure wearing a hat. Moreover, during this period, Su Wanniang did not leave the house, only the guards fetched her brother back and forth.

With this opportunity to meet, he will not miss it. His car followed the Houfu motorcade far away. Seeing that everyone in the Hou Mansion got off the car, he also let Ding Nei help him get out of the car, limping and following the group of guards from a distance, hoping to occasionally see Su Wanniang not wearing a hat.

He couldn't believe his luck: Su Wanniang actually left those people and walked away alone! The four princes held the hand of Ding's attendant and followed behind, wondering if the fierce battle was to say hello to Su Wanniang. But Su Wanniang walked too fast, and the fourth prince couldn't catch up with her lame legs, watching from a distance as Su Wanniang entered the Guanyi Pavilion.

Su Wanniang walked into Guanyi Pavilion, her heart was beating wildly, and her face was a little pale.

She was just about to ask a buddy where the proprietor was. A person sitting near the door stood up, walked by her side and whispered: "Follow me." Turning around and out of the gate of Guanyi Pavilion.

Su Wanniang recognized that this person was Ji Wenzhao, waited a moment, and then left Guanyi Pavilion. On the street, Ji Wenzhao walked unhurriedly, and Su Wanniang followed, turning around and turning around, to a small restaurant with a small door face.

The four princes watched a young man come out, the lights were dim and he couldn't see his face. Su Wanniang came out immediately. Although the two were not walking together, the fourth prince knew that Su Wanniang was following him.

Seeing the two people walking into the alley, he was so desperate for a moment that he stopped moving. It seemed that that person belonged to her...he couldn't even think about it, and began to tremble unconsciously.

Ding Naishi felt pity in his heart, and he whispered: "Maybe, she got the job..."

The fourth prince just came back alive, nodded and said: "Yes! She is going to do things for people! That person, so old! Can be her father! It's so ugly, how could he?" It's ridiculous, continue to walk slowly in the direction where Su Wanniang disappeared.

Ding Nei Shixin said that the man looked like a young man from a distance. How could he be the father of an eleven or twelve-year-old child and he didn’t see his looks clearly. How could he say that he was ugly, but the four princes are not shivering now, so I won’t say anything .

The small restaurant that Ji Wenzhao chose lit a fire and looked half dizzy, and only a table or two of guests sat in the shadows.

Ji Wenzhao motioned to Su Wanniang to follow him, and chose a table inside to sit down. He looked like a civilian with a maid, and no one felt anything wrong. But he was obviously cautious and scanned the door at all times. This vigilance was in stark contrast with the carefree and carefreeness he had when watching Yueting meet Su Wanniang at that time.

Ji Wenzhao called a few small dishes, waited for the buddy to leave, then glanced at the door, and whispered: "Little lady, please thank your host for me, maybe he really saved my life."

Su Wanniang was so nervous that she wanted to vomit, but she bowed and said softly: "You don't need to be polite, please tell me the details of the case."

Ji Wenzhao approached Su Wanniang and whispered: "Su Changting is Sizhen, who is in charge of the Ministry of Finance, and all the gold and silver in and out of the Ministry of Households go through his hands. Someone asked him to join the private party, but he did not agree. He was regarded as good fortune by his subordinate Framed up for corruption. Yu Liangfu is the son of Taifu Lu's nephew who came out of the five clothes, and a relative of Wubianer. No one can blame Taifu Lu. After Su Changting was thrown into prison, Yu Liangfu was promoted to Su Changting's seat and recommended people. He is the father of the current prince Shaobao. These inflectional relationships can only show that the prince, the eldest prince at that time, wanted Su Changting’s official position and replaced him with his own person. In fact, if they only did something like this for fabricating false accusations, they should It's normal officialdom, nothing unusual."

Su Wanniang trembled: So it seems that the prince wanted to seek a father's seat and harmed his father.

Ji Wenzhao sighed and continued: "What scared me was their method. After Su Changting was thrown into prison, he was passively lynched. He is an upright temperament and prides himself on his innocence. They have long known that he would not take refuge. If they were afraid that he would report, it would be reasonable to kill him. But they slowly tortured Su Changting to death, all over his body with a branding iron, and his bones were broken piece by piece. In the end, his broken rib pierced his chest and lungs and choked to death. Yes. This is really unnecessary. It is purely to vent your anger."

Su Wanniang gritted her teeth for fear of crying, but Ji Wenzhao didn't notice, looked at the door, and said: "I was careless too. People found the jailer, got him drunk, and asked for the details. After a few days, the jailer’s house caught fire. A family with a 70-year-old mother and a four-year-old child on the bottom were all burned to death. They lay side by side one by one, none of them appeared to be escaping, obviously. Kill people first and then set the fire. But the yamen decided that it was the jailer who slept drunk and caught fire. The other jailer, I didn’t even look for him, was stabbed to death by seventeen times at home, but the yamen did. Set it as'suicide', which shows the prince's power. Fortunately, I knew that the other party was cruel and cruel after knowing the death of Su Changting, and immediately sent the person I was looking for. Otherwise, he might not be able to live if he was discovered."

Su Wanniang kept Shen Wen's instructions in mind, she suppressed her tears and lowered her head and said in a low voice, "The son is also in danger now."

Ji Wenzhao sighed: "After I knew about these things, I didn't want to take refuge in them. In the Ge Gua, there is a cloud gentleman and a leopard change, a villain who changes his face, follow the ruler..." He glanced at Su Wanniang and explained, "Say. It's the gentleman's transformation. Virtues are everywhere, even the villain has changed his mind. So I wanted to vote for the prince, thinking..." He shook his head and said, "He is a gentleman, who knows..." He is a villain.

Su Wanniang still lowered her head, and said with difficulty: "My master said that the villain is not beneficial to others, and it will be misfortune to follow."

Ji Wenzhao touched the tabletop and sighed: "How brilliant! The power of the villain will not bring benefits to people, and adhering to it will definitely cause harm! The villain has no bottom line in doing things. For the purpose of selfishness, he will not hesitate to frame the cruelty. An innocent courtier who has no fault. In order to kill his mouth, he can kill the innocent relatives of the witness. Therefore, if you know that the other party is a villain, you can only avoid it by avoiding it. The saint's "far villain" is true to me. ! If I were to devote myself to relying on that day, I might really die as your master said in the future, so I want to thank your master for his life-saving grace."

Fearing that she was crying, Su Wanniang tried her best to clear the words and said: "The son can't leave rashly now."

Ji Wenzhao nodded and said: "Indeed, I now believe that your master can pinch it. The prince has sent people to solicit me many times. If I don’t leave, I’m afraid it will arouse his suspicion. Plus, if I go back, I will marry. If my teacher’s daughter does not vote for him, he probably won’t let me live."

Su Wanniang said: "My master said, first, the son must not disclose the inside story of the marriage. Second, the son must be defeated in the capital in public, and threatened to return in the future, so that the other party will not suspect that the son is taking refuge."

Ji Wenzhao pondered: "How to defeat the capital" He is arrogant, how can he easily fail.

Su Wanniang came closer, and whispered: "My son, on February 2nd, please openly solve this one-year-old game of life and death in Guanyi Pavilion. At that time, many people will be there to watch. The son invited all parties in the capital to provide answers and comment. After that, I will say my own answer, please be sure to watch the heroes and be extremely proud."

Ji Wenzhao smiled and said, "It's really not difficult."

Su Wanniang took out the chess game rolled into a small roll from her sleeve and handed it to Ji Wenzhao, and then said: "Then, please find someone to pretend to be a stranger, and show this to the young man in public."

Ji Wenzhao took it over, looked around, unfolded it under the table, looked at it for a moment, and frowned.

Su Wanniang said: "The son will do the same by then, thinking that someone is coming to embarrass the son and embarrass the son in public. It is better if someone makes a noise. The son is angry and vomits blood! Then he will come back a year later and see who can explain. Start this game."

Ji Wenzhao nodded: "Okay! In this way, it also seems that I am not avoiding officials. If I decide to come again in a year, at least people feel that there is still a chance to recruit me. I will do what I say, please thank your host again. I hope to be able to thank you in person in the future."

After confessing everything, Su Wanniang stood up and bowed to Ji Wenzhao and said, "Master Xie has investigated the case. I am here to thank Master for his kindness, and I hope I will have the opportunity to pay back in the future."

Ji Wenzhao looked up at Su Wanniang strangely, only to realize that her face was already full of tears. Ji Wenzhao frowned and said, "What kind of favor do I have to you, then... Su Changting..."

Su Wanniang couldn't help it anymore, she cried and said, "It's... my father." She turned and walked out. Under the dim candlelight, no one noticed that the woman who bowed her head was suppressing her crying.

Ji Wenzhao watched Su Wanniang leave in amazement, a maid! Her master took so much trouble to find out the cause of her father’s death. Who is this girl?

It was only after many years that he realized that this master was not for this maid, but for him.

Su Wanniang walked into the street, crying as she walked. Thinking of the pain his father suffered, how desperate and helpless he would be when he died, thinking of the love and admiration of his father when he was a child, how his father held himself to teach himself painting, commenting on his own poems...thinking of his mother because of his father's death. I can't afford to be ill, it seems that I will survive in a few days...

She cried harder and harder. She didn't dare to go to the lamp market, so she found a dark corner, covered her face with her hands, pressed her voice, and started crying bitterly. The four princes couldn't catch up with Su Wanniang, they had already lost track of them. He was unwilling to walk back like this, and turned left and right in the alley with Ding Naishi's lame arm, looking for Su Wanniang's figure. Suddenly, he heard someone crying in a low voice. He had heard that voice.

The four princes walked towards the dark corner with excitement, where, under the dim light of the dark night, a girl sobbed against the wall, her shoulders trembling, and she was in agony. The fourth prince felt the sadness, and felt sad for a while. He took out the handkerchief, but stood a dozen steps away, but he dared not go forward.

Su Wanniang cried for a long time, thinking that Shen Wen and the others were waiting for them, wiped their faces with their sleeves anxiously, and sighed long. Then turned and walked out of the corner. He raised his head sharply and saw a young man standing on the side of a slightly brighter street.

The distant lantern illuminates the young man's frowning eyebrows, his eyes with pain, as if he understands her current state of mind. Su Wanniang's tears flowed again, she raised her hand to cover her mouth and choked a few times, suppressing the crying hard.

The fourth prince raised his handkerchief to Su Wanniang and said, "You want extra towels."

Su Wanniang looked at the teenager carefully and recognized the person she had run into. She was embarrassed and nervous for a while, stuttering, "No...no...thank you..." She bowed her head and walked away.

The fourth prince hurriedly said again: "You have...where to help."

Su Wanniang shook her head, remembering that Shen Wen had said that this person was not necessarily a bad person, and maybe just to establish a relationship with the Hou Mansion, she glanced at the boy's clothes again. The clothes of the four princes are simple, but they are exquisite even in the dim night.

Ever since Su Wanniang knew that the prince had harmed her father, she remembered what Shen Wen had said, that those who harmed her father would also come to harm the Hou Mansion. For a while, all Shen Wen's caution seemed essential: the other party was the prince! The emperor in the future! No wonder Shen Wen worked so hard.

Su Wanniang still doesn't know how Shen Wen can know the inside story, but she has now completely connected herself with Shen Wen, and the Hou Mansion. Since this young man wants to have a relationship with the Hou Mansion, then help him, maybe he can give some help to the Hou Mansion.

Su Wanniang wiped her wet face again, bowed a little embarrassedly, and asked: "Is there a place where I can help the son?"

The fourth prince was taken aback, put down his handkerchief, and shook his head. After hesitating for a moment, he asked: "Why are you crying... but the errand is not done well, the master will scold you." There was a real concern in the words.

When he mentioned the errand, Su Wanniang thought of what Ji Wenzhao knew tonight, and her tears flowed down again. She wiped away the tears with her hand, choked and said, "It's not...I...think of the dead father..."

She lowered her head suddenly, covered her face with her sleeves, Dazhen turned around and was about to retreat to the corner. The fourth prince stepped forward. The one who stepped down eagerly was the injured leg. The leg became weak, and the body fell forward and was hugged by Ding's attendant. Live, but he subconsciously grabbed Su Wanniang's skirt!

As soon as Su Wanniang took a step, she felt wrong. She looked down and was furious. Although the fourth prince immediately let go, the martial arts that Su Wanniang learned from Shen Xiang were not in vain, so she flew and kicked the fourth prince to the ground. .

Ding Naibu was shocked, rushed to help the fourth prince who fell on the ground and hugged his knees, curled up into a ball, and said angrily to Su Wanniang: "You lady! Why are you so bad! My family... the son has a leg injury and is inconvenient walking. , Just now you just pulled down your skirt by mistake when you fell, you are so ruthless!"

Su Wanniang also regretted it. She squatted down next to the fourth prince. Before she could stop crying, she cried and said, "I'm sorry, sorry, I'm wrong..."

Ding's attendant reluctantly said: "Last time it was you who was wrong, you hurt my son, and my son didn't do anything to you, but now you kick someone!"

Su Wanniang really regretted, she raised her head and asked, "Did I crash the son last time!"

Ding Neiji snorted: "Of course it hurts a lot!"

Su Wanniang was now scared, and she cried bitterly: "I will definitely heal the son..."

The fourth prince eased his breath and shook his hands vigorously: "It's not...your business...I was hurt..." He frowned and looked at Ding Naifu: "You...don't scare her!"

Ding Nei's servant stared at the fourth prince with hatred of iron and steel.

Su Wanniang felt that this was because the teenager was unwilling to make her feel guilty. She felt even more sorry for others. She wiped her tears, but she couldn't stop crying and asked: "The son can be treated by a doctor."

The fourth prince looked at Su Wanniang's tearful face and forgot to answer.

Ding Neiji hummed, "It's okay if they are not cured, but if they are cured, it won't be better."

Su Wanniang wiped away her tears, and looked at the fourth prince with concern and said: "My master invited Shi Helin and his apprentice Duan Zeng to my mother. During this period of time, I watched that they have excellent medical skills. Do you want to let them go to the palace? Take a look"

The fourth prince shook his head and said, "It's really inconvenient where I... live."

Su Wanniang thought about it again: "They are going to my mother in five days. Can you please go there and meet them?" She couldn't take these two people into the Hou Mansion.

The fourth prince nodded immediately and said: "Okay, when will I go" somewhat anxious.

Su Wanniang hesitated and said: "I don't know when they will arrive, so if they arrive early, I will let them wait, and the son will be there before the time."

The four princes quickly nodded again: "Thank you for the girl's arrangement, that's it." He didn't care what he was looking at, but being able to go to Su Wan's family to meet her with such an upright attitude was a great improvement.

Su Wanniang finally stopped crying and let out a sigh. Thinking of leaving Shen Wen for too long, he said goodbye. Just as he got up to leave, he suddenly remembered: "Oh, where my mother lives is..." and told the fourth prince the address.

With the light of the night sky and the faint lights leaking from the street, the fourth prince looked at Su Wanniang's crying eyes and the beautiful face with sadness for a while, and did not hear what Su Wanniang said.

When Su Wanniang walked away, he was still sitting on the ground, motionless for a long time.

Ding Neibu whispered next to him: "Your Highness, get up, it's cold on the ground."

The fourth prince whispered: "It's not cold, it's warm."

Ding Naifu sighed helplessly and looked up at the hazy moon in the night sky of Lantern Festival.

Su Wanniang hurried towards Guanyi Pavilion. When she reached the gate of Guanyi Pavilion, she did not see the guards of the Hou Mansion, so she walked in the direction where she came from. From a distance, she saw a group of people surrounded by the Hou Mansion. The guards, there are also guards from the Prince's Mansion, Su Wanniang's heart tightened, and she hurried to go there.

When she arrived, she asked the guards of the Hou Mansion to make way for her and squeezed in. Before reaching the middle, I heard the arrogant voice of the four princesses: "...you will kowtow when you see the prince! If you don't follow the instructions, you should be killed!"

Su Wanniang asked the guard of the Hou Mansion next to him: "What's the matter?"

The guard whispered: "I met the prince and took the fourth princess to watch the lights. The fourth princess came up and asked the second lady to kneel down and kowtow to the prince, saying that the child would like to bow to the prince. The first lady had to stop, but the second lady said that she had to decide by herself. , Just like that with the fourth princess."

There is no reason to kowtow when you see the prince. This is obviously bullying. But in the future, when it is investigated, the fourth princess only needs to say that Shen Wen is an eight-year-old child, and he should kowtow when he meets the elders, let alone the prince, so that no one can say anything. If Shen Wen didn't kowtow, such a small child wouldn't listen to the princess. If you say it lightly, it is because Zhenbei Hou Mansion does not have a tutor. If it is serious, Zhenbei Hou Mansion can make sense.

Su Wanniang continued to walk to Shen Wen. In the crowd, she had already seen the prince, standing among the officials of the East Palace with a smile on her face. In front of him were the fourth princesses and three or four palace people in colorful costumes. Facing them, she stood wearing a bloated red cotton-padded jacket with a sesame seed beside her mouth.

Su Wanniang's heart became angry, her swollen eyes narrowed, and she felt that if she had a sword in her hand, she could rush to stab the prince. Now, she wants to stand in front of Shen Wen.

Before Su Wanniang came to Shen Wen's side, Shen Wen asked loudly: "The princess sister asked me to kowtow to the prince, but is it because the prince is a high official?" The child's voice was loud.

The four princesses said loudly: "Of course! The prince is the king!" Seeing Shen Wen's confused eyes, she added: "Bigger than your father's officialdom!"

Shen Wen stared at him and asked unwillingly, "Is he the biggest official then?"

The four princesses sneered contemptuously: "Yes! He is the greatest official! You should kowtow!"

Seeing this, Su Wanniang called: "Miss! I'm back." If there is anything, she will help Shen Wen!

Shen Wen smiled and looked at Su Wanniang, beckoning and shouting, with a crisp childlike voice: "Sister Wanniang, come on, look at the prince who is bigger than the emperor and officialdom!" For a while, it seemed as if a blast of thunder broke out. Everyone is silent.

Shen Wen added loudly in the silence of the people: "Sister Fourth Princess just told me!"

Su Wanniang pretended to be surprised and asked loudly: "Really!"

Shen Wen nodded excitedly like a small animal: "Yes, yes, the princess sister said, the biggest! The biggest!"

Su Chuanya's little head also poked out, and said in an echo: "The biggest! The biggest!"

The four princesses finally recovered and said angrily, "Where did I say that the prince is bigger than the emperor"

Shen Wen looked at Su Wanniang suspiciously: "Sister Wanniang, isn't the prince the oldest?"

The fourth princess said: "I'm talking about officials!"

Shen Wen still said in a puzzled way: "You also said it's a monarch, didn't you..."

She looked at Su Wanniang, and Su Wanniang said seriously: "Yes, it's the prince, not the prince, or the heir of the prince..."

Shen Wen shook his head: "I don't understand, anyway, the princess sister said that the prince is the prince, the eldest one!"

Su Chuanya responded again: "The biggest! The biggest!"

Thunder bursts, rumbling through people's hearts. Who doesn’t know the subtle relationship between the prince and the emperor. On the one hand, the emperor needs to have an heir. On the other hand, the emperor must always prevent the prince from seizing the throne. The crown prince.

The prince had to go out, he smiled at Shen Wen, the gloom inside made Shen Yi behind Shen Wen's whole body on guard. The prince said: "Miss Shen Er, you can't say that, the emperor is the emperor, the biggest in the world, don't you know how Zhenbeihou taught you"

Shen Yi held his breath, there was no smile on Shen Jian's face, and both Shen Zhuo and Shen Xiang closed their mouths tightly.

Shen Wen showed a big smile: "Uncle Prince! My father always taught me: The emperor is the greatest! But now I don't see the emperor, only the uncle Prince!" I only know the Prince, but I don't know the emperor! Everyone gasped secretly, Tong Yan was unscrupulous, but Tong Yan has always been considered to have the power of prophecy.

The prince contemptuously said: "Father is in the deep palace, so naturally it's not something you and other ordinary people can see!"

Shen Wen widened his eyes and nodded and said: "Yes, yes, we can't see the emperor grandfather, so the princess sister asked me to kowtow to the crown prince and uncle, no need to kowtow to the emperor!"

What do you mean not to use it! The fourth princess hurriedly said: "When you see the emperor, you will naturally kowtow to the emperor. Now when you see the prince, you must kowtow to the prince! How dare you not follow?"

Shen Wen nodded hurriedly: "I follow, I follow. I will kowtow to the emperor in the future, and tell him that I kowtow to the prince first, and I kowtow to him the second! Sister Princess, pay me back. Is it the queen grandma who is going to kowtow?" What is the first and what is the second? How come it sounds so wrong!

The four princesses were furious: "What! You dare to scold my mother! I'll kill you!" Grandma Queen! The queen mother raised her hand when she finished speaking, and Su Wanniang was busy protecting Shen Wen.

Shen Wen hid behind Su Wanniang and burst into tears: "I'm scared, okay! I kowtow to the prince first, kowtow to the queen's grandma second, and kowtow to the emperor grandfather third. Are you happy? Don't beat me Yeah!..."

The prince gritted his teeth and said, "Bold! You are disrespectful..."

Shen Wen didn't let him finish speaking at all, crying loudly: "Uncle Prince! I was wrong, I shouldn't have said to the emperor's grandfather to kowtow at all. I originally wanted to hear what my father said...but you are so angry, and you are the eldest monarch. Can I just kowtow to you, princess sister, can I just kowtow to the prince..."

The prince roared: "Who said that you would not be allowed to kowtow to the emperor of your father! You slanderous..."

Shen Wen still cried loudly: "You never said to respect the Emperor Grandpa! You only said that you should be respected. I can't listen to you. Oh, the Emperor Grandpa, I'm sorry! The uncle of the prince is so powerful, don't give it to him first. Knocking his head, he will kill me..." Shen Wen said the word "first" very clearly.

Su Chuanya also cried: "Don't fight, don't fight..."

What and what is this all about! The Donggong official next to him pulled the prince's sleeve: "His Royal Highness, don't...don't say anything..." I can't say it! Hurry back to the palace!

The prince was so angry that he couldn't twist his face together, and pointed to Shen Wen and said: "You..."

Shen Wen put down his sleeves behind Su Wanniang, and tremblingly said: "Uncle Prince, I don't even say I don't kowtow to the emperor first, you are still so angry, what are you going to do with the emperor's grandfather to be happy?"

The people around were frightened stupid, and the face of the person next to the prince was ashamed. The prince was trembling with anger, and pointed to Shen Wen and said, "You are so rebellious..."

Shen Wen shouted: "Grandpa Emperor! Help! I said your kind, Uncle Prince is going to kill me!"

The officials of the East Palace didn't dare to stay anymore. They pulled the prince away from the crowd and walked out. The four princesses gave Shen Wen a hateful look and said, "Wait!"

Shen Wen nodded eagerly and said: "Okay, okay, I am waiting for the princess sister to come and tell me the prince is the eldest!"

Su Chuanya clapped her hands again: "The biggest and the biggest! The prince is the biggest!"

The palace man next to the fourth princess cried and hurried away with the guard of the fourth princess and the prince.

People gradually dispersed. Several children in the Hou Mansion looked at Shen Wen dumbfounded. Shen Wen looked back ignorantly, with no tears on his face, and asked: "What's wrong, did I say something wrong?"

Shen Yi suddenly raised his head to look at the sky, took a deep breath, and then said to Shen Wen, "No!"

Shen Xiang came over, squeezed Shen Wen's face fiercely, gritted his teeth and said, "You... little pig!"

Shen Wen screamed. Shen Xiang let go and watched Su Wanniang ask: "What did you buy for her to eat, why are you still crying?"

Su Wanniang lowered her head and said: "Money, lost." Only in this way can we explain both.

Shen Xiang immediately said: "Let's go buy it together."

Shen Yi said with some worry: "Let's go back to the house."

Shen Jian smiled and said, "Big Brother, at least, tonight, it should be all right. Let's go shopping."

Everyone laughed, Su Chuanya came over, pulled Shen Wen's hand, and asked, "Sister, how am I doing?"

Before Shen Wen could answer, Su Wanniang grabbed his hand and said, "You are not allowed to talk when the young lady is talking. What do you know as a child."

Su Chuanya said: "Of course I understand, Miss and I have a snack."

Everyone laughed, and the group went to the lantern market for another hour before returning to the house.

Back at the palace, when the third prince said goodbye to the fifth princess, he leaned in the ear of the fifth princess and said softly: "Find some big pearls and give them to me tomorrow."

The fifth princess was startled, then nodded silently, and the two separated and disappeared inside the palace wall.

The four princes remained silent all the way until they fell asleep without saying a word. It's just that Ding, who was outside, knew that he fell asleep very late.

The prince was so angry that he shook his body and returned to the East Palace, and the staff and the East Palace officials were all summoned to the conference hall.

Late at night, under the candlelight, the prince had a terrifying face and gritted his teeth and said: "Kill her! Kill her! Let someone kill her!"

An aide frowned and said, "His Royal Highness, the top priority is how to explain to the emperor."

The prince patted the table: "Don't just talk about what is urgent, say what to do!"

One person hesitated: "It can be said that the daughter of the Hou Mansion is dull, nonsense..."

Another said: "It can also be said that the Hou Mansion deliberately slandered and wanted to divorce the relationship between the prince and the emperor."

He hesitated: "The girl is eight years old, and she doesn't look smart."

He sighed again: "No matter what you say, those words will reach the emperor's ears, and your highness still has to think about what to say to make the emperor feel at ease."

The prince made a book case again: "That idiot! That idiot! I'm going to kill her! No, ruin her! Let her die!"

Saying these things can't kill people, one person said carefully: "How about we find someone to kidnap her?"

The prince thought for a while and said: "She is still too young and too rascal! I want to wait for her to grow up, let her love whom, and then be humiliated and abandoned, robbed of innocence, ruined, and accused of being exhausted. Husband! Shame the Hou Mansion..."

Several of the staff felt that the prince was putting the cart before the horse, and now it is time to think about how to dispel the emperor's suspicion, instead of making such a big fire on a little girl. One person tried again and said: "If you don't explain to the emperor, the emperor might think that your highness is guilty..."

The other said: "Not necessarily, maybe the emperor thought that His Royal Highness was frank and frank, and would not let these things linger in his mind."

One person said: "It's better to say something, I think, just say that the girl is stupid, careless words, don't take it seriously."

Another person said: "Still don't say it, or wait for the emperor to speak. If the emperor doesn't say it, don't take the initiative to mention it."

One more humanity: "It's better to ask the emperor for advice on everything in the future, and say something you don't know the depth of..."

The person next to him: "Don't be so obvious..."

The prince shot the case again: "What the **** should I say!"

Everyone was quiet for a while, and someone said in a low voice: "Or, please go to please your Highness tomorrow morning, and act accordingly."

Early the next morning, the emperor knew in the bedroom Shen Wen's words of "I only know that there is an emperor, but I don't know that there is a prince" the previous night.

The emperor laughed, "The child is slanderous, or..." He frowned, "What did Zhenbeihou say?"

The grandpa who was waiting for her said in a low voice: "I heard that the girl was about eight years old and was stupid. She had some sesame seeds on her mouth when she was talking to the prince and the fourth princess last night. The eldest son of Zhenbeihou originally didn't want her to speak, but she She said that she wanted to talk to the fourth princess, so she came to the front to meet the fourth princess. According to the newspaper, Shen Yi had been watching the young girl from behind, as if he wanted to stop her at any time, not as if he knew what would happen."

The emperor said thoughtfully, "Let the child enter the palace and see the queen."

Grandpa Sun said yes, and the emperor laughed again: "The prince still can't hold his breath. He has only become a prince for a few months, and he has provoke the people of Beihou Mansion in the public. I haven't left behind publicly for so many years. Handle. After this incident, he explained in every possible way, and he also kept a word of truth among the people."

Grandpa Sun said something nice to the prince in a low voice: "In the beginning, it was the intention of the four princesses, but the prince did not..."

The emperor interrupted: "I still don't understand that he is careful-eyed, instructing his sister, the Fourth Princess, to take the lead, and he will be next to him. The last time he suffered a small loss in the Changle Houfu, he couldn't let it go. Years ago, I want to find it back. I went to the lamp market to intercept people, but I still didn’t get it..."

Someone outside told me that the prince had come to please the emperor. Sometimes the prince would come to the emperor and go to court together after breakfast.

But today the emperor smiled and waved his hand: "Let him wait, I still want to sit on the bed for a while."

Grandpa Sun added a pillow for the emperor, knowing that the geese had left traces, those words still left shadows in the emperor's heart.

The emperor didn't think he was a taboo prince. What he was unhappy was: in full view, the prince didn't let the girl kowtow to the emperor! There was only a quarrel there, without a word saying how sacred and inviolable the emperor was, how could not let that girl just open her mouth and just hang on her mouth. In his opinion, the prince should take this opportunity to kneel down and worship on the spot, and lead the crowd to shout long live. In this way, it really looks like the girl called out: The prince was only thinking about how to make people respect him, but he didn't expect how to respect the emperor! At this point, the emperor decided that he should teach the prince a lesson.

Sure enough, the prince waited half an hour before the emperor had breakfast before meeting the prince, and then went to court together. Time is running out, and the prince did not have time to mention the matter of the previous eve. After all, it was just a trivial matter, and it seemed guilty to bring it up.

On this day, every time the prince spoke in the court hall, he was interrupted by the emperor's smile and turned to ask the other courtiers what he meant. Later, the prince stopped talking, and was told by the emperor that he was not concentrating on government affairs. The prince was hungry before eating something. In the evening, I wanted to find a chance to see the emperor, but said that the emperor had to rest earlier and went to Yao Cairen.

The prince hurriedly went to see the queen, and elaborated on the Yuanxiaoye and what happened today. In fact, during the day, the four princesses had already been here, and the queen had known the details before and after.

After listening to the prince, the queen smiled and patted the prince’s hand and said: "The emperor does not have to worry, your father sent a message today, saying that he will ask the girl to enter the palace and let the palace have a look. Look, Isn't this the arrangement for you to vent your anger? This palace looks for a day when the maid of the capital will be there, and humiliates that girl severely, so that she will never be able to look up again!"

The prince smiled, but then whispered: "But father, will you be too worried..."

The queen laughed again: "Why, you are a son of your father's satisfaction, otherwise how could you be canonized as a prince?" She emphasized "one".

The prince breathed a sigh of relief, and said to the queen: "Thank you, the queen."

The queen also laughed: "The emperor is so polite. It is the first month of the year. Be happy. Things are over. Don't think too much."

But this matter actually did not pass, and the emperor criticized the emperor for a few things that the prince did next, "worst thinking", "anxious" and other words. The prince was extremely courteous and respectful to the emperor. He did not dare to disobey him at all, and would thank the emperor for instructions at every turn.

The people next to him looked and understood that it was the emperor who had learned of the rumor of the Yuanxiaoye and beat the prince, and the prince was expressing his obedience to the emperor. The first thin crack appeared in the original harmonious relationship between the emperor and the prince.