The Adventures of the Crying Princess

On the way back to Beijing, Bai Yinan noticed that Yuwen Ji was in a bad mood and didn't know how to persuade him. He kicked Su Beichen beside him and motioned him to say a few words.

"Let me make it clear first, I won't go home after I return to Beijing!" Su Beichen may have misunderstood and hurriedly expressed his opinion.

"When I asked for leave for you, Tutor Su was reporting Huier's homework. Do you think he could hear what I said?" Yuwen Ji had never dared to tell him, fearing that he would not have enough fun. They were about to arrive in the capital, and if he didn't tell him, it might not work.

"You should have told me earlier. If you had told me earlier, I wouldn't have returned to Beijing. Staying with Xiaobai in Wan'an Valley is better than being beaten to death by my father."

As soon as he finished speaking, a sound came from the carriage. Yi Tong warned, "Be careful, Your Majesty, there are bandits robbing us."

"We are not afraid. With the general in charge, how can we be afraid of a few bandits?" Yuwen Ji glanced at Bai Yinan as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

Bai Yinan pulled Su Beichen out of the carriage and returned after a while.

Bai Yinan searched the thief and found a waist badge, and handed it to Yuwen Ji, "It's too crude."

"Yes." Yuwen Ji didn't say anything, but just put the badge in his pocket. He looked up and saw Su Beichen, and smiled, "I have a way to help you escape a beating. But this is risky. If you are discovered, you may be beaten even worse. Are you willing to take a chance?"

Su Beichen pondered for a moment, looked at Bai Yinan, and nodded.

The three of them walked through the west gate and entered the capital quietly. After entering the city, Yuwen Ji led the two of them straight to Maoer Hutong.

"Why didn't your Highness go through the East Gate? It's obviously more convenient there. Why didn't you go back home but came here?"

Yuwen Ji smiled without saying anything, and came to a house and looked around. "Brother, open the door. I'm here to buy cloth."

Soon, the door opened and a woman was seen holding a little boy in her arms. When the little boy saw Yuwen Ji, he asked him to hold him, "Brother Ji."

"Oh, Shitou, don't be unreasonable. Let your brother come in and talk."

Bai Yinan thought the baby looked very familiar, with features and eyebrows that he seemed to have seen somewhere before.

The three of them entered the courtyard. A man with his bare chest was chopping wood in the corner. "Is the prince here?"

"Yue An!" Bai Yinan recognized the man's figure at a glance, "You...how did you become like this?"

Bai Yinan's former servant Yue An, before the incident, Bai Yinan sent Yue An back to Beijing to deliver something, and soon after, he received the bad news of his family, Yue An also disappeared, and he once thought Yue An also went with his parents. Now seeing the old friend again, he was overwhelmed with mixed feelings.

"My lords, please sit down and talk!" The woman brought chairs and motioned for the three of them to sit down.

Yue An wiped his hands, walked to Bai Yinan, knelt down, and said, "Master, I am so ashamed of you. I was arrested as soon as I entered Beijing, and my leg was disabled at that time. Thanks to Prince Yi's help over the years, I can see you again."

Bai Yinan helped the man up and looked at Yue An, "I'm sorry, I should have gone to find you. I thought...I thought you were dead."

Su Beichen teased Yue An's son, "What's your name, kid?"

The little boy "Yue Shitou" ran around all over the floor, "Brother, what's your name?"

"Su Beichen." Su Beichen saw that Yuwen Ji wanted to talk about something else, so he led Xiao Shitou to the side. The woman was also a person who could read people's expressions, so she turned around and went into the house to make tea.

Yuwen Ji took out his waist badge and handed it to Yue An, "See if this is confirmed?"

Yue An turned it over and over and looked at it carefully. "This should be made of black iron inside, and covered with a layer of gold powder outside. It's made very realistically, but it's not the real thing."

"Those who can afford black iron are probably not ordinary people. Given the prices in Daxing, black iron is not cheaper than gold. The other party is doing this to cover up his mistake." Bai Yinan took the badge and checked it again.

"By the way, Master, how is the young lady? She looked very bad the last time I saw her, and my wife was very worried about her."

Bai Yinan felt a little uncomfortable. If you knew it earlier, you would have kept it from me. He nodded slightly, "She is recovering in Wan'an Valley. She is in good condition now. Don't worry about her. Pack up your things and go back to the General's Mansion. What are you doing here?"

"Young Master, we won't leave. It's very good here. Xiao Shitou feels very comfortable living here." Yue An looked at Xiao Shitou behind him.

Yuwen Ji pestered Bai Yinan, "Don't force them, everyone should have their own life."

Bai Yinan seemed to understand something and nodded slightly, "Okay, as long as you like it. But if you need anything in the future, you can always come to me. And don't call me Master in the future. I'm older than you, so just call me Brother Bai."

"I dare not. I, Yue An, am a servant born in the Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion. I dare not be on an equal footing with my master. If it weren't for Xiao Shitou, my wife and I would be fine, but the child is still young, and I don't want him to have a hard life in the future." Yue An turned his head and looked at Xiao Shitou again.

Bai Yinan nodded slightly. If the child returned to the mansion, he would become a servant of the Bai family and would have no future at all.

He took out a bag of silver and handed it to Yue An, "Don't think it's too little, just take this if you're in a hurry. You and I grew up together, and I've never treated you as a servant.

It doesn't matter if you don't come back. I will pay for your son's tuition, food and clothing in the future. Just consider it as a token of my appreciation as an uncle."

After chatting for a while, the three of them left Yue An's house. It was already afternoon. Yuwen Ji looked at Su Beichen and said, "Old Su, be patient!"

After saying that, he threw a punch. This punch was very heavy and knocked Su Beichen down directly.

"what are you doing?"

"Help you." Yuwen Ji poked Bai Yinan, "Together?"

In this way, the two of them "drew makeup" on Su Beichen. Then they dragged the bruised Su Shaoyin into the palace. When he met Emperor Chengde, Yuwen Ji told him about the attack, "Father, I almost couldn't come back and I almost couldn't see you."

Emperor Chengde frowned and looked at the three people. "Have you caught the murderer?"

Bai Yinan bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I only caught more than ten people, and the others ran away. Thanks to Su Shaoyin's help, otherwise it would be difficult for me and my brothers to escape."

Emperor Chengde then noticed Su Beichen who had been lowering his head. "Raise your head and let me see."

"Yes."

"Oh, this villain is so hateful. How could he use such a heavy hand? I'm afraid Master Su would be heartbroken if he saw this.

Go down quickly and let the imperial physician apply medicine to you. Oh, how pitiful. "Emperor Chengde had also fought in wars, so he could naturally see that the wound on Su Beichen's face was not caused by bandits. He also thought that this child was also pitiful, so he helped him if he could.

After receiving official recognition, Su Beichen knelt down and expressed his gratitude as if he had received a golden medal of immunity from death. After he left, Yuwen Ji took out his waist badge and presented it to him, "Father, this is General Bai. I found it on the criminal. Please take a look."

Eunuch Chen took it and presented it to Emperor Chengde. Emperor Chengde glanced at it and his face turned pale in an instant, "Old Third, what do you mean?"

Yuwen Ji knelt down immediately and said, "Please investigate thoroughly, Father. Someone has framed the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince is my elder brother. He will never kill me no matter what.

Besides, this badge was obviously forged by someone else, and the purpose was obviously to frame the Crown Prince.

"I, your father, don't know anything else, but the only thing I know is that no matter how poor the Crown Prince is, he wouldn't hire bandits to assassinate me. Besides, no matter how stupid a person is, he would carry the East Palace badge when he assassinates me."

Emperor Chengde's expression eased a little, "Then, what's going on with Su Beichen's face?"

"Father, you don't know everything. Master Su beat him too hard, otherwise Su Beichen wouldn't have escaped. Your son wants to help him and get him home safely."

Emperor Chengde nodded slightly, "Humph, every one of you has been led astray by the little monkey. You are too naughty. By the way, did she receive the gift I gave to the little monkey?"

"I received it, and I like it very much. I gave you a return gift." Yuwen Ji took out a small box from his arms after searching for a long time and presented it to him. "The little girl carved it herself. She said it might be a little ugly, so please don't mind it, father."

"Bring it here, let me have a look."

Bai Yinan was very surprised. He remembered that his sister was still angry before she left and didn't even come out to see Yuwen Ji. When did he give her this wooden box?

When Emperor Mingde opened it, he saw that it was a Ruyi carved from red agate. The small Ruyi was only the size of a palm, but it was carved very beautifully and would be very good as a pendant or as a plaything.

"You didn't buy it at a market to fool me, did you? Can a little monkey carve it?"

"If you don't believe me, you can ask and see if there is a herbal smell. The child carved it for you when she was bathing in the medicinal spring. She didn't know her son would go there, so she originally wanted to carve it more finely."

"It's already very good. I still find it hard to believe that it was carved by a monkey." Emperor Chengde smiled from ear to ear and took it up to smell it. "It really smells like herbs. Is her injury better?"

"My father, my wounds are almost healed, but there is still some poison in her body. I have to wait for Master Longgu to come out of seclusion, and then I can cleanse her of the poison before she can recover."

Emperor Chengde nodded slightly, picked up the little Ruyi and measured it on the dragon robe, "Little Chen, please inform the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make a necklace for me later, to match this little Ruyi."

"Yes, I obey."

"Forget it, let's not be so ostentatious. The Empress and the Queen Mother will probably be unhappy if they see you later." Emperor Chengde smiled like a baby in his fifties.

"Don't worry, father. The child is very thoughtful. He carved something for the queen mother and the royal grandmother.

Emperor Chengde was a little unhappy, thinking: So I am not the only one who has it. He has no conscience.