"Xiao Si Zi died young?" Jing Shao stood up in shock at these words.
Duo Fu wrinkled his bun face: "It's already been reported to the palace."
"No, I have to go to King Rui's residence!" Jing Shao said, about to change his clothes.
"You're still grounded, why? I am." Mu Hanyang Zhang pulled him, the fourth prince will be on the march tomorrow, this time Jing Shao disregarded the emperor's order to run out of the house, may be rumors of what unpleasant words to.
Jing Shao silent for a moment, slowly clenched his fists, how did he forget this. When he was still out fighting, did not hear that Hongzheng fourteen years brother has a fourth son, thought he was reborn back to lead to what changes, now think, maybe it is Hongzheng sixteen years of the first second son born early, and that first second son really did not live past the age of one week. At that time he was in the capital to repair, heard the news did not, and brother's relationship, from that time to further Jiang.
"No, I must." Jing Shao got up and headed for the inner room, despite all the people's persuasion.
Mu Hanzhang pursed his lips, turned around and quickly wrote a folding, handed over to Duo Fu: "Immediately sent to the palace."
Duo Fu should be, scooped the folding to go out, usually clumsy short legs now actually pouring fast. He is the eunuch out of the palace, now into the King's House in addition to the two masters, only he can go directly to the palace, if you want to immediately handed to the Emperor in front, only he can personally run a trip.
Mu Hanzhang looked at the back of Duo Fu shook his head, this guy does not seem to walk fast, just too lazy on weekdays, just slow and easy.
Two people change clothes, Jing Shao holding their own princess rolled over on the small black, quickly ran out.
Rui Wang Mansion is not far from Cheng Wang Mansion, not long to the door.
The guards in front of the door were busy coming forward to salute, and the outer butler hurriedly greeted them.
"Where is brother?" Jing Shao threw the reins to the subordinate, lifted his foot and walked inside.
"His Highness is in the Princess' courtyard." The housekeeper's face is sad, seeing Jing Shao going to the inner house, he busily stops him and asks him to rest in the main courtyard, saying that Jing Chen will come out in a while.
"No, I have to go in and take a look." Jing Shao said to enter, was Mu Hanzhang a pull.
"The inner house is not for you to enter at will!" Mu Hanzhang glared at him and pulled him towards the main courtyard where Jing Chen lived.
Rui Wang Fu is a woman, so Jing Chen has its own courtyard, the two sat in the main hall, the maid to pour tea, and politely retired. Not much time Jing Chen came in, saw Jing Shao in the house was first a stunned, face of the cold suddenly subsided a lot: "How do you come over?"
"When I heard that something had happened in the residence, His Highness ran out without a care in the world." Mu Hanzhang helplessly said.
"Nonsense!" Jing Chen glared at Jing Shao, flung his sleeve and sat down.
Jing Shao glanced at the young daughter-in-law who had complained to her eldest brother-in-law, not daring to speak out in anger: "Brother, how come Xiao Si is suddenly gone?"
Jing Chen sighed, rubbed his brow: "The doctor said that congenital insufficiency, the past few days of continuous burning, can not be cured, today early in the morning can not."
Mu Hanzhang remembered what my mother said, Rui Wangfei seems to have been biased in favor of an old nun, then looked at Jing Shao, was about to say something, suddenly heard a burst of noise, sideburns messy Rui Wangfei suddenly rushed in, followed by a group of panicked underlings.
Xiao's into the door saw Jing Shao, immediately stopped in his tracks, fixedly looked at Jing Shao for a long time.
"What else do you have to say?" Jing Chen looked at Xiao coldly and turned to the subordinates behind him, "What are you standing there for, quickly send the Wangfei back, and without this king's order, don't step out of the courtyard!"
"Your Highness!" Xiao was shocked to look at Jing Chen, but good upbringing does not allow her to scream, just angry with filial trembling, stiffly turned away.
Jing Shao was stared at in bewilderment, not knowing what was happening.
Jing Chen also did not want to explain the intention of the two of them said: "Even if there is a reason, you still hurry back, I will give father another folding."
On the way back, Jing Shao's frown hasn't been loosened. Rui Wang Fu happened is very strange, Xiao's why to stare at him, brother that sentence has what meaning?
"If I'm not wrong, Princess Rui must have told my brother something about you." Mu Hanyang see Jing Shao absent-minded, small black are almost to walk to the vegetable stalls to nibble cabbage, busy from his hands scooped the reins to, not slow said.
"Said what about me? If I didn't is that I killed the little four?" Jing Shao heard, frowned more and more deep, see brother's appearance, does not seem to suspect him of anything, but this sister-in-law's behavior is really puzzling.
"That's not so," Mu Hanzhang lightly kicked the horse's stomach to let the little black walk faster, "perhaps it is to say that the first son died young, you this blood brother but not show a cloud."
"She still have the heart to say this?" Jing Shao was a bit surprised, his son just died, and Xiao's look was very sad, but she would still pay attention to other people's etiquette at this time?
Mu Huan Zhang lips hooked up a cold smile, Xiao's heart is certainly not this, but with Jing Chen's temper, she certainly did not dare to think of it out, can only pick a reasonable to count Jing Shao: "This is fishy, we must check."
Jing Shao nodded, he also would like to know why Xiao will be so against him, last life so, this life even became this. Just he then put these are blamed on the head of the brother, think Wangfei's attitude is the brother's meaning, now see clearly, it is more to understand.
The next day, the Fourth Prince left for the battlefield, and Emperor Hongzheng personally went to the city gate to see him off. The Fourth Prince was wearing his armor and leading his troops with great vigor, I.V. was already on the verge of victory.
Emperor Hongzheng stood on the high city gate, his eyes deep in color as he looked at the army that was gradually moving away.
"Your Majesty, the evidence of the Minister of Rites' corruption and bribery has been found." Behind an official whispered.
"First closed," Hongzheng Emperor's color is unchanged, the eyes of the stern flash, "to ask what can be asked for me to ask clearly."
"Yes." The man answered and slowly retreated.
About King Cheng disobeyed the imperial order to run out of the Cheng Wang House, Hongzheng Emperor surprisingly did not pursue, in view of the Royal just died a grandson, courtiers do not dare to scoop up this article, a little mentioned on the end of the matter.
The court without the fourth prince, seems to be calmer than before, Hongzheng Emperor scooped out the Mu Hanzhang written by the maritime commerce statute to all see, a time of discussion in the court, seems to be lively again.
Conservative faction of the courtiers naturally opposed, think this is the end of the matter, meaningless, origin in the south by the sea of some officials know more, but there are many people think this is a good thing, a few high officials did not say anything, they have scooped up the statute back to see.
"Dead?" Mu Hanzhang's eyes widened in surprise.
Jing Shao nodded, he listened to his own Wangfei words to check the Biyun nun Mo Pei old nun, who knows he sent people just arrived, the old nun has been in the room hanged himself.
"This is really here without silver three hundred and two." Mu Hanyang pursed his lips, so to say, Rui Wang Fu really with this nun has a great relationship, but now people are dead, to ask also can not ask what.
"This is what we got from cross-examining that little nun." Jing Shao placed several confessions and a yellow paper wrapped object on the table.
Confession? Mu Hanzhang scooped over the papers to see, it explains the number of times Mo Pei in and out of the Rui Wang Fu, as well as things to do. The little nun does not know much, roughly Mo Pei advised Rui Wangfei to buy what lamps and grass, for what incense. I can see that Jing Shao grabbed this little nun should be Mo Bei close waiter, but Mo Bei and Xiao's talk to the little nuns have never been thrown out of the door, so what exactly said she did not know.
"What is this?" Mu Hanyang scooped the yellow paper wrapped things, open a look, inside is the male end, look like incense ash and so on.
"This is the Mo Pei to Xiao Si eat 'immortal medicine'." Jing Shao skimmed his lips, that little nun felt that the master to the imperial grandson to eat the medicine must be extraordinary, they took advantage of the Mo Pei does not pay attention to hide a packet, and now he was scavenged to.
Mu Hanzhang poured half of the service into a small porcelain bottle, and wrapped the other half in yellow paper: "Little Spoon, I don't think we can hide this from my brother."
Jing Shao frowned, he was thinking of their own to check this out and then say, after all, these are their guesses, brother lost his young son is certainly painful, not clear before the risk of nonsense is not to poke him in the heart?
Mu Hanyang will be small porcelain vase put away, get up and pull Jing Shao's hand, will be yellow paper bag into his hand: "This is not so simple, no matter what the purpose of the person behind, I'm sure, provoke your brotherhood accounted for at least half of the relationship."
Jing Shao snapped his head up: "What do you mean?"
"This medicine regardless of whether it is something that killed Xiao Si, we can not find people to test," Mu Hanyang hold Jing Shao's hand, this thing if people know, how can not be said, "you listen to me, the medicine along with that little nun are given to the brother."
Now is the tip of the storm, if not cherish the brotherhood, who is happy to get involved in this mess? To Jing Chen's wisdom, will be able to understand his brother's sincere, as long as the two brothers together, the other is not important.
Jing Shao flabbergasted to listen to the end, gradually clenched the yellow paper in his hands, to live a new life, if it is to give people to provoke the relationship between the brothers, he will be living in vain.
Jing Chen scooped to that service and confession, a long time did not speak, looked deeply at Jing Shao: "This medicine before she gave Xiao Si drink when the doctor has examined."
Jing Shao froze for a moment, scratched his head: "I just think that Mo Pei's death is very suspicious, but I haven't found out anything else."
Jing Chen looked at him for a long time, slowly reached out and touched Jing Shao's head.
Half a month later, the Fourth Prince arrived in Jiangnan.
Jiangnan terrain is flat, there are not many moats, easy to attack and difficult to defend, but Jing Yu forgot that he understands this reasoning, the King of Huainan also understands naturally. Therefore, before the Fourth Prince's army set up camp, the Huainan army took the initiative to attack.