35Chapter 35: Guess

Aunt Qiu looked around and saw Yanhong, the maid who had been sent away to serve tea by the madam, walking from one end of the corridor. She hurriedly took two steps back, turned around and walked behind the pillar on the side. When the maid came to the door, Then he walked out slowly.

"Aunt Qiu, come and deliver the account books." Yan Hong saw her and said with a smile, Aunt Qiu will be the concubine next month, and people in this house are much more polite to her now, "The eldest young master is inside, I Help my aunt to send it in."

"Thank you, girl." Aunt Qiu smiled and handed her the account book in her hand, turned and left.

The two people in the house stopped talking when they heard the maid's voice. When others entered the house, Du asked, "Yanhong, who is outside?"

"When I walked to the door, I happened to see Aunt Qiu coming to deliver the account book, so I blocked her back." Yan Hong smiled and put the account book on the table.

Mrs. Beiwei Hou frowned and asked Aunt Qiu to review this month's account books in the side hall today. She drove the maids out but forgot about her. Fortunately, Yan Hong came back in time. Asking Yan Hong to go out and guard outside the door, Du raised his head and said to Mu Lingbao: "You are not young either. Your son will run into the ground. Don't hang around the brothel with those gangsters all day long! Practice martial arts if you have nothing to do, and then go back to Mao Guo Gong's house The fight will save you the embarrassment!"

"It was not my fault that day, that turtle was playing dirty tricks!" When Mu Lingbao saw his mother talking about him, he immediately became unconvinced, "What are you afraid of? That boy Hanzhang can't learn martial arts. Even if I practice casually, I'm better than him! "

Aunt Qiu returned to her small courtyard, feeling upset. I originally thought that the prince treated Hanzhang well and that his life was better now than in Beiweihou Mansion, so I didn't ask for anything more. But he forgot about the royal throne! Even the Huangkou children in the capital know how brave King Cheng is. Is such a person really willing to be a prince for the rest of his life? There is still no legitimate son, and the heir cannot inherit the title of the prince.

She wanted to talk to her son, but she was still a concubine who could not leave the house. Qiu sighed and summoned her maid Yancui and asked her to send a letter to Molianju.

"Auntie, the second young master's shop... sells balm. How can I get in?" Yan Cui suddenly blushed.

Aunt Qiu glared at the noisy girl: "Let you in, you have to go to the gate of the Marquis' Mansion! Give this to the third son of the Wang family who drives the car, and you don't care about the rest."

There has been no clue about the investigation of the attack on the second prince in the southwest. Dali Temple judged that the identity of the assassin should be a folk assassin, the so-called Jianghu people who risk their lives for money. But Jingchen went incognito, and the only people who knew his whereabouts were a few guards around him. Four of them were sent by the emperor, and two were from the king. The people in the court did not say anything, but they all suspected in their hearts that the assassination of the second prince must be related to King Cheng!

"At first King Cheng insisted on assigning you two bodyguards, but now that I think about it, there are indeed many doubts about it!" Mr. Chen, a guest at the second prince's residence, said sincerely.

Jingchen, who was recuperating at home, sat at his desk and frowned when he heard this: "There is no need to say this, Jing Shao will not harm me."

"Your Highness! In the royal family, the love between brothers is as thin as paper. Even if they are full brothers, you can't trust them! King Cheng has made great achievements in battle. He will definitely be dissatisfied when he marries a man. I heard that he dotes on the princess very much in front of everyone. This is already true. Incredible! If His Highness is deprived of the qualification to inherit the throne, can he still be as comfortable as a king? "Mr. Chen refused to give up.

"That's enough!" Jingchen knocked the cup in his hand heavily on the table, "Don't mention those groundless speculations about Jing Shao again!"

After driving away the chattering group of staff, Jingchen rubbed his brows tiredly, took a pen and started writing notes.

"Your Highness, Mr. Chen and the others are doing this for your own good, so it's always good to be more careful." The second prince's concubine, Mrs. Xiao, walked in with a bowl of herbal tea to relieve the heat. After hesitating for a moment, she couldn't help but say.

"Why are you interrupting the affairs of the court?" Jingchen glanced at her and did not want to say more. Mrs. Xiao could never understand how much he cared for his younger brother. Jingchen got tired of talking too much and didn't want to explain anymore. Women are short-sighted and cannot explain many things to her.

However, even the staff in his palace doubted Jing Shao, and there must be many people in the court who doubted him. Jingchen's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. No matter who did it this time, it was really terrible. It would be best if he died. If he couldn't die, just put the blame on Jing Shao. No matter it ruined King Cheng's reputation or turned their brothers against each other, they wouldn't lose money.

"It will only be detrimental to you if you pursue the assassin's case," Mu Hanzhang tied the jade belt of his court uniform to Jing Shao in the early morning, and said uneasily, "If someone targets you today, you should show your filial piety and curse loudly." He must not come up with all kinds of reasons to refute, you can't defeat those civil servants." Knowing that Jing Shao had been wronged in the court these days, Mu Hanzhang could only advise him to swallow it first. tone.

"I just can't get angry. Nine times out of ten, Jing Yu did this! Are we going to let him get an advantage?" Jing Shao said angrily. His father must be aware of this matter, but he is suffering from the fact that there are currently no clues. There is no basis for what you say.

"Even if it was done by the fourth prince, killing a brother is a serious crime. If they dare to do it, they are fully prepared." Mu Hanzhang sighed, "If my brother wants to keep you, he will definitely ask his father to stop him." To investigate this matter, just remember not to be impulsive."

Jing Shao reluctantly walked out, then turned back after not taking two steps, lowering his arms and burying his face on his princess's shoulder: "I'm so annoyed, I don't want to go today!"

Mu Hanzhang looked helplessly at the big guy hanging on his body, raised his hand and patted him: "Don't be willful, go quickly." Jing Shao hummed and did not move. Seeing that it was getting late, he was afraid that he would be late, so he had to say softly: "Brother Zhou bought a tank of prawns yesterday. I will pick you up at the Ministry of War at noon. Let's go to Huiwei Building for lunch."

Jing Shao immediately became energetic after hearing this: "Then it's settled. I will sign in at the Ministry of War and will be out at 9:00."

Mu Hanzhang watched his own prince go out in a hurry, chuckled and shook his head, why is he more and more like a child, and he has to be coaxed with food before he is willing to go out to do business.

This morning, as expected by Mu Hanzhang, those civil servants beat around the bush and insinuated that Jing Shao was suspected, Jing Chen was not in the court due to his injury, and the fourth prince kept his head down and said nothing.

Jing Shao listened to his princess' words and did not refute them. Instead, he used the brotherly love and filial piety to scold those civil officials for their evil intentions.

Emperor Hongzheng looked at Jing Shao, who was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick, and said nothing. After Jing Shao finished scolding, he slowly spoke: "This time, if it weren't for the guards of King Cheng who fought to the death to protect the second prince, he would have been in danger. You can't find out the results, so you make groundless assumptions. Do you think I'm a three-year-old child?" As he said that, he threw a memorial to the feet of the censor standing at the jade steps.

The upright censor Fan Jie was the most enthusiastic. He was frightened by the emperor's majestic voice and had to kneel down to pick up the memorial on the ground.

The memorial was submitted by the second prince yesterday. In it, he earnestly advised his father not to pursue the matter for the time being, because the two brothers of his family were the most suspicious, and as an elder brother, he really couldn't bear to see such a situation.

"The second prince is kind-hearted. This time he went to the southwest and found out about the tribute from the southwest. He has made an indelible contribution. He is to be named the King of Rui. When Jingchen recovers from his injury, the Ministry of Rites will pick a date." Emperor Hongzheng left with a flick of his sleeves. Before leaving, he glanced at his two sons in the court, his eyes were deep and meaningful.

After breakfast, Mu Hanzhang took Yunzhu out and went to Mo Lianju for a walk. Although he opened Mo Lianju, it was not good to say that such a thing was not good. He always said that it was opened by others and Princess Cheng just had a stake.

Since Mo Lianju opened, the business has been booming. Some people in the capital have also seen that this business makes money, but no one dares to get involved, just because Mo Lianju is named after the Cheng Palace, and King Cheng is famous for his tyranny and unreasonableness.

"Brother Lin." Not long after Mu Hanzhang entered the store, he saw a familiar figure walking in. It was Master Lin from the Dingnan Marquis family. Dingnan Marquis is the second prince's wife's maiden family. Speaking of which, the two of them are still relatives.

"Mr. Mu..." Mr. Lin was embarrassed when he saw Mu Hanzhang here, "The box you gave me last time... Well, I don't have the face to let the servants buy this, so I had to come early myself."

Mr. Lin's husband is the illegitimate son of the Dingnan Marquis family. The Marquis still has not divided the family, so naturally he will not let a male wife take charge of the household, so it is not convenient to do anything.

Hearing this, Mu Hanzhang naturally heard his difficulties and turned to look at the furnishings in the store. Ordinary people are not so particular, and men who come to buy can't tell whether it is a husband or a wife, so it doesn't matter; but the male wife of this royal family has many inconveniences. Therefore, the cheap iron boxes in the store sell the most, and the most expensive silver boxes can also be sold to those dandies who show off to please beauties. However, the most profitable wooden box perfume is not as easy to sell as originally thought.

"If it's inconvenient for Brother Lin, you can tell me the quantity. I'll send someone to pack it up and deliver it to your house at the beginning of each month. Just say it's something I sent." Mu Hanzhang thought about this and became active again. The Ministry of Internal Affairs would deliver this kind of thing to the palace on time and in quantity every month. Then, these princes and nobles who are inconvenient to buy but need it very much can ask them to pay silver regularly and then deliver it on time every month.

"This solves my big trouble." Master Lin was very happy to hear this and immediately gave a deposit.

Coming out of Mo Lianju, seeing that it was still early, Mu Hanzhang walked to the Ministry of War. When he arrived in front of the Ministry of War, it was exactly noon, and he saw a figure walking out of the door on time.

"Prince, why did you leave before we finished talking about this?" Minister Sun chased out helplessly with a booklet.

"You make your own decision. I have something urgent to do. Let's talk about it later!" Jing Shao waved his hands impatiently. He looked up and saw his princess standing outside the door. The light green robe she wore looked very good on him. He couldn't help but grin and ran over.