"The young tiger was naughty and bumped into the Fourth Prince, I hope you'll forgive me." Mu Hanzhang touched the hairy tiger that was rubbing back and forth on his leg, and slightly apologized as he bowed towards Jing Yu.
"Yo, fourth imperial brother, really sorry, you said you came without saying in advance, just in time for me to throw chicken wings." Jing Shao was very insincere in welcoming him, helping Jing Yu pat the ash on his body, only his hand strength was a bit big, almost slapping the fourth emperor down.
Jing Chen motionlessly glanced at the three cups on the table and gave a wink towards Mu Hanzhang. Mu Hanzhang then put his own small jade cup into his sleeve.
The fourth prince today to see his father and King Sam to the imperial study room to talk alone, and then see King Sam out of the imperial study room straight to the south of the city, also thought that his father gave him what important things, they followed, but did not expect just with the King's husband husband about to drink only.
The four of them sat in the peach garden vainly talking about meaningless words for a long time, Jing Shao couldn't help but yawn straight away, pulling an excuse and pulling his own princess to leave.
King Cheng left, the fourth prince as a younger brother naturally could not stay, so he also followed to say goodbye, only on his way out he glared hatefully at the tiger jumping up and down, he was sure that the chicken wing that was thrown into his face was by no means an accident.
After the three left, Jing Chen sat alone in the pavilion for a while, the plum wine is very light, more than a few cups are not afraid of getting drunk. These days the first son is sick again, Xiao's temper is getting worse and worse, back to the royal residence feel a headache.
When Xiao married him has been a gentle lady of the house, only this time after the birth of the first second son, suddenly became a little suspicious, coupled with Wang Ji's concubine son and Xiao Si was born almost at the same time, she felt aggrieved ......
Jing Chen looked at the garden full of branches of the peach tree, thinking of his brother must have a descendant, but those are not in a hurry, after all, the father can not be done in the reign of the emperor, and so on their own throne and then say the matter is not too late.
"How boring to drink alone, do you want company?" A bright and pleasant voice with a trifle of frivolity came from behind.
Jing Chen immediately felt his head hurt even more.
The next day, when the Fourth Prince got off the court, he was pulled aside.
"Your Highness, the humble servant saw King Huainan heading towards King Rui's Peach Garden in the south of the city yesterday." The man said in a hurry.
"What did you say? King Rui's Peach Garden?" Jing Yu's eyebrows jumped, "You can't be mistaken, right?" Yesterday, he was in the Peach Garden.
"A thousand times true," the man looked very excited, "The micro minister went to the south of the city yesterday to do some work, and by chance I saw the King of Huainan's, and those two guards of his are still guarding outside the Peach Garden."
The fourth prince quickly recalled yesterday's situation, remembered that flying chicken wings, not so much as to not believe that Jing Shao was unintentional, originally thought that it was a deliberate attempt to embarrass him, so it seems that perhaps there was another person in the pavilion at that time, and that Jing Shao was trying to cover the tracks of that person!
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was so, Jing Yu couldn't help but have sweaty palms, if it was true, then Jing Shao was colluding with the Clan King, and since they were meeting in the Peach Orchard, which might have involved the Rui Wang, and this matter, if done properly, could make Jing Chen plant a big head.
Mu Hanzhang heard that the Rui Wangfu's youngest son is sick, and changed two doctors or high fever does not go down, so he sent some precious medicinal herbs to the Rui Wangfu.
Xiao looked at the first son crying in the arms of the nanny, not only brow locked, and then look at the side of the healthy and lively commoner son, the heart is more and more irritable. The Imperial Doctor's prescription has been drunk for two days and not seen, this fever is back and forth really worried about people.
Nurse afraid of being scolded, then took the initiative to mention that small children are sick sometimes not really sick, but also may be what is haunted: "slave girl heard that the west of the city that the Biyun nunnery's Mo Bei master is very spiritual, or not ......"
"Tomorrow if it is still not well, then please come and take a look." Princess Rui took a look at the things sent by the Cheng Wang Fu, letting someone return a polite word and received them in the treasury. She hadn't even said she was going to give it to them yet, so who was she showing this kind of solicitude to?
"How?" Mu Hanzhang asked Yunzhu, who had gone ahead to deliver something.
"Saying that I've bothered Princess Cheng to think about it, recently the residence has been too busy to take care of it, so I'll ask Princess Cheng to come over to the residence again some other time." Yunzhu answered word for word as it was written.
Mu Han Zhang waved his hand to let Yunzhu go down, slightly frowned, he let people send are some of the rare medicinal herbs that are being used, Rui Wangfei this kind of rhetoric is not carefully look at things directly back to the polite words, so it seems that the child is indeed sick not light.
Meanwhile, Gu Huaiqing was drinking with Jing Shao at the Drunken Immortal House.
"I'm leaving today." Gu Huaiqing poured Jing Shao a glass of wine.
"You've finally figured it out," Jing Shao glanced at him, "I say, what exactly are you doing going around the capital in this big circle?"
Gu Huaiqing smiled and said softly, "Ghost hunting."
"Catching ghosts?" Jing Shao froze and snorted, "When did you become a godly man?"
Gu Huaiqing smiled but did not say anything, it was at this time, there was a commotion coming from downstairs, the two of them went to the window, but they actually saw the fourth prince Jingyu with a team of people surrounding the Drunken Immortal House.
"What's going on here?" Jing Shao frowned, the Fourth Prince was now in charge of the Ministry of Punishment and had quite a few available people in his hands.
"The ghost is here." Gu Huaiqing glanced at a certain person standing beside the Fourth Prince, a cold smile curling up on his lips.
"We have been ordered to come to arrest the key criminals, the building of a person are not allowed to leave, one by one inventory!" The head of the officer shouted, said, waved his hand, led the officers and soldiers to search one by one, seems to have been aware of, only leave some people to guard the lobby people, the rest of the people go to search the second floor of the elegant room.
The fourth prince with that official beside him, checking from room to room, soon to check the elegant room where Jing Shao was, the building was full of officials and soldiers, outside the building was even more numerous. Jing Shao had made all the preparations, that is, to make it difficult for the King of Huainan to escape with his wings.
"This is a trick to catch a turtle in a jar." Gu Huaiqing looked at the gradually approaching officials.
Jing Shao frowned, it seems that the fourth prince has gotten some news, turned to look at Gu Huaiqing, saw that the man looked calm and relaxed, it seems that he had already expected it, "What are you going to do?"
"Escape from this Drunken Immortal Mansion is not a problem," Gu Huaiqing pushed open the window, he chose this elegant room window is facing the roof next door, with the two of them in hand, cats along the back of the roof of the shaded side of the escape is indeed not difficult, "only I guess the fourth prince has already tightened the city gates, to get out of the city still need you to help me. "
"You expected this?" Jing Shao was instantly a bit angry at his words, this person knew this would happen and still asked him to come for a drink, it was clear that he was counting him in as well.
The Fourth Prince pounced on the Drunken Immortal House with his men, and could not help but become irritated, questioning the official beside him, "Didn't you say you were sure he was here?"
"Micro ...... micro minister ......" that person scared out of a cold sweat, he is indeed in accordance with the contact given by the king of Huainan with him about this time to meet here, and he is going to tell the king of Huainan the The message is very important, that person will definitely not miss it, how could he not come?
"Close the city gates immediately!" The fourth prince was so angry that his face turned green, because he had gotten the oracle before by repeatedly assuring Emperor Hongzheng that the King of Huainan was in the capital, and now that he had been escaped, how could he explain in front of his father and emperor? Fortunately he hadn't said anything about King Cheng's collusion with King Huainan, or else he hadn't captured the person, but instead, he would make his father feel that he had falsely accused his elder brother.
And by that time, Jing Shao had already sent Gu Huaiqing out of the city gates with a fast horse.
"You knew there was something wrong with that eyewitness, and you were still there waiting to be captured?" Jing Shao gave Gu Huaiqing a punch on the horse.
"If I hadn't waited there, how could I have seen the depth of brotherly love between you and me?" Gu Huaiqing narrowed his slender eyes and smiled innocently.
Jing Shao sniffed and froze, could it be that his purpose in coming to the capital this time was to see how far his sincerity in cooperating with him had gone? Thinking about this, can not help but be silent, this surname Gu's suspicious nature he is aware of, just elder brother as the future emperor to talk to him, is not still worthy of trust?
When Gu Huaiqing saw that his face didn't look right, he immediately steered his horse over and punched him, "Where did you think? I'm just teasing you." So saying, he shoved a pamphlet in his arms into his hands.
Jing Shao looked at the thin pages in his hands and looked at Gu Huaiqing in confusion.
"This is my connections in the capital, the ones I can't use have been circled with a vermillion pen," Gu Huaiqing smiled, "Give this to Jing Chen, in addition, tell him that Zhao Jiulin, the Minister of Rites, is already the Fourth Prince's man, tell him to be more careful." Zhao Jiulin was the one who followed the Fourth Prince today, this time the news must have been revealed to the Fourth Prince by this person.
Jing Shao turned over the things in his hands in shock, these connections were all painstakingly managed by King Huainan over the years, and now that they were handed over to him, it was handing over his life and body to him!
"Big brother ......" Jing Shao did not know what to say, this person in the last life is his admiration of the opponent, but until now he still can not see through Gu Huaiqing in the end in the thought of what, this person sometimes seems to be very deep, do things in the clouds to make people can not figure out; sometimes it is a man of nature. This person sometimes seems to be very deep in the city, doing things in a cloudy way so that people can not understand; sometimes also is a person of temperament, when the mood arises, the life of the family can be given to you!
"Haha, I guess the clan will be withdrawn in a few days, big brother is waiting for you in Jiangnan." Gu Huaiqing laughed and punched Jing Shao again, counting to make up for the portion he had punched himself these days.
Jing Shao was whacked so hard that he bent over and coughed dryly, and when he looked up again, Gu Huaiqing had already turned his horse around, and not far away, two guards rode their steeds towards this side.
"Remember to bring your family's little tiger with you so that the lion can teach him to hunt!" Gu Huaiqing walked away in a cloud of dust, fearing that Jing Shao would catch up and return another punch to him.
When Jing Shao returned to the royal residence, he saw that the atmosphere of the whole house was very wrong, the whole house was quiet, all the subordinates were holding their breath, not daring to make a sound.
"Your Highness, the Emperor is here." Mr. Yun said quietly.
Jing Shao immediately broke out in a cold sweat, could it be that Jing Yu had exposed the matter of his meeting with the King of Huainan? He thought carefully about what he had revealed.
"His Majesty is in the study," Duo Fu greeted him with a wrinkled bun face and lowered his voice, "Your Highness, the Princess has asked the slave girl to tell you that no matter what His Majesty says, he must bite the bullet and say that he doesn't know the King of Huainan, and that the person he sent out of the city today is a jianghu friend."
Jing Shao heard the words, could not help but speed up his pace, Jun Qing said this must be the father knows what, but can not be sure, so he came to the house to ask; also can not be Jun Qing to take the fault to himself to excuse him! No matter what, Jun Qing cannot be allowed to face his father alone.