The Adventures of the Crying Princess

Three days later, the assassination incident had been investigated and Yuwen Ji ordered his men to throw the suspect in front of the gate of Jingzhao Prefecture. Witnesses and eyewitnesses even broke down the gate of Jingzhao Prefecture.

The witnesses and evidence pointed directly to the King of Qi, who had been acting particularly well-behaved these past few days, running to the Chengde Imperial Palace every few days.

"Father, it's obvious that the third brother deliberately framed his son. Is his son that kind of person?"

The King of Qi obediently handed over a plate of shelled walnut kernels, "Father, please understand. I have always been timid. There are not so many experts in the palace. If there really were, they would not allow people to cause trouble again and again."

Emperor Chengde ate the walnut kernels and nodded slightly, "Walnuts are good, you can eat them too."

The King of Qi ate one or two pills, and seeing that Emperor Chengde had no reaction, he said, "Father, I am not gossiping. It is no accident that the Criminal Court sentenced a prisoner to escape. What kind of place is the Ministry of Justice's Heavenly Prison? Let's not talk about anything else, just look at the jailers, they are all masters among masters.

Besides, the mechanisms there use some kind of Qimen Dunjia and the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams. How many people can get out alive?

If you want to jailbreak, unless you have the support of someone inside, it will be difficult."

Emperor Chengde sneered, said nothing, and continued eating the walnut kernels.

Eunuch Chen stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince and his grandson request an audience."

In fact, there were three people coming, and one of them was the prince's adopted son. Eunuch Chen knew that Emperor Chengde didn't like that little guy, so he didn't dare to mention it.

It is said that the prince's adopted son has been confirmed by the imperial physician to be not his own. This is the greatest shame of the Yuwen royal family. However, the prince is obsessed with the princess and insists that the child is his, which makes the old emperor very helpless.

Now the baby in the Crown Princess' belly is being questioned again. The old emperor only thinks that his silly son is all green and unaware.

The crown prince was not doing well, but the grandson was his own grandson. Emperor Chengde sighed and said, "Let them come in."

"Father, I have some things to do in the mansion, so I will leave now."

Emperor Chengde's face darkened. "Could it be that you and the Crown Prince are really at odds with each other as the rumors say? Sit down, don't let outsiders hear you and make a fool of yourself."

The King of Qi did intentionally avoid the Crown Prince, not just because of their relationship, but also because the Crown Prince had a sharp tongue and always belittled him.

Soon, the father and his two sons arrived at the main hall. The crown prince was just ten years old, wearing a goose yellow robe, egg blue riding boots, and a small felt hat on his head, looking very impressive.

My grandson is just two months old and is also wearing a little goose yellow clothes.

The prince was wearing a light blue dragon robe, with a thin body and prominent cheekbones. Although his eyebrows and eyes were good when he was born, it was a pity that his skin had collapsed, like an empty shell that had been drained of its vitality.

"Your son pays his respects to the Emperor." The prince knelt down and kowtowed.

"Prince, please stand up." Emperor Chengde didn't pay much attention to his son and soon his attention fell on his eldest grandson.

The grandson was extremely happy to see Emperor Chengde, and he immediately stepped forward and kowtowed, "Grandson greets Grandpa Emperor."

"Be good, get up. Come to Grandpa Huang."

"Thank you, Grandfather." The Crown Prince stood up and ran forward, pulling Emperor Chengde to show him the new hat he had made, "Grandfather, do you think it looks good?"

After all, he is the eldest grandson, so he is inevitably spoiled. Emperor Chengde looked at him lovingly, "He looks good, like a little general. You haven't said hello to your second uncle yet."

The King of Qi was not afraid of the Crown Prince, but of his nephew. When he saw the Crown Prince looking at him, he staggered and almost fell off the stool.

The Crown Prince clapped his hands and cheered. Emperor Chengde looked a little unhappy. Just as he was about to teach the child a lesson, he heard the child burst into tears.

Emperor Chengde looked helplessly at him, and felt that the child was innocent. If anyone was to blame, it should be his mother and grandfather.

She didn't care about the older one, and hurried to comfort the younger one. "It's so cold, why did you bring him here? Although it's the end of the first month of the lunar year, the weather is still very cold, and the child can't stand the cold."

Before the Crown Prince could speak, the eldest grandson spoke first, "Grandpa Emperor, it was my younger brother who came to see you crying. It has nothing to do with Daddy."

"You are so young, yet you know how to protect your father." Emperor Chengde laughed and took the grandson into his arms. "My dear grandson, you are really Grandpa Huang's treasure. Tell me what you want, whether it's a horse whip or something else, Grandpa Huang will satisfy you today."

"Grandpa Emperor, I don't want anything, can you give this to my mother?

Ever since the bad guy said something bad about her last time, my mother hasn't smiled again.

My grandson lost his mother when he was young, and my mother treats me very well, so please reward me with something."

"What a filial and good child." Even though Emperor Chengde disliked the Crown Princess, he had to tolerate it for the sake of his grandson's face.

The grandson did not wait for Emperor Chengde to speak about the reward, but knelt down to express his gratitude first, "Thank you, Grandfather Emperor, for the reward. I would like to thank you on behalf of my mother first."

"Oh, my dear, you have been so good recently. It seems that your mother has taught you well. I should reward her. Then, it is up to you to decide what the reward is."

Seeing that the former little bully had suddenly changed his temperament and become well-behaved and docile, Emperor Chengde reluctantly developed some good feelings towards Song.

"My grandson heard that you gave a night-shining pearl to someone else. Grandpa Emperor, you are biased. I am your own grandson, but you didn't give it to me. How could you give it to someone else first?"

"Hui'er, stop talking nonsense!" The prince glared at his grandson, "Can you be so picky when the emperor gives you gifts? Go back and get five slaps on the board."

Emperor Cheng Chengde's face darkened instantly. "If you want to teach the child a lesson, go back and teach him a lesson. What's the matter with my son? Could it be that he is deliberately making trouble for me?"

Upon seeing this, the prince quickly apologized, "Father, please forgive me. I lost my temper just now."

"That's right, the child is innocent, just say whatever he wants, there's no need to scold him. It's just the night-shining pearl from the south, not the stars in the sky, just give it to him."

Soon, Eunuch Chen came up with a brocade box. Without waiting for Eunuch Chen to take his place, the Crown Prince took the box away and opened it to take a look. "It's just a broken stone. What's so special about it?"

Emperor Chengde laughed, "Go back and give it to your mother, she will like it. My dear grandson, you have been so well behaved recently, tell me what you want?"

Why did Emperor Chengde have so many night-shining pearls? Strangely enough, this year, southern Xinjiang and the southern part of the country, as if they had agreed on it, both paid tribute with night-shining pearls.

He thought that young girls might like them, but his queen might not, so he gave them all away.

"Second uncle's seal is good, grandson wants it." The crown prince turned his head and pointed to the King of Qi.

"What's so good about a seal? Grandpa Emperor should give you something else." Emperor Chengde was confused. He glanced at Prince Qi curiously and turned his head to coax his grandson.

The grandson leaned forward and lowered his voice, "Grandpa Emperor, the one that Second Uncle has is more beautiful than your jade seal. The golden dragon carved on it is so exquisite."

Hearing the word "golden dragon", Emperor Chengde asked curiously, "How do you know it's a golden dragon?"

"My grandson is telling you, but you can't tell anyone else."

Emperor Mingde was almost laughing out of anger. How surprising! He was the emperor, did he need to hide it from anyone?

Patting his grandson on the head, he said, "Okay, Grandpa Huang will definitely not tell anyone."

"I was his study partner. His father worked in the Prince Qi's palace. He told me..."

When the story reaches the children's mouth, it becomes particularly magical.

What happened? A golden dragon descended from the sky and flew into my second uncle’s study.

What about the second uncle holding the golden seal and performing rituals in the mansion, looking so majestic?

The reason why the second uncle didn’t marry was because he was accompanied by the golden dragon every night.

His second uncle was sitting nearby, so he naturally heard everything. His face was all blue, purple, red, and white, a riot of colour.

Emperor Chengde naturally would not take the child's words seriously, but he did not dare to take it lightly. Among the three sons, the second son was the most caring, but also the one he could not see through the most.

I remembered that Bai Yimeng had mentioned that the King of Qi and the Crown Prince of Chen exchanged gifts. At that time, I thought that Bai Yimeng was framing me. But after hearing what my grandson said, it seemed to be more true.

After the prince left, the King of Qi also retreated.

"Xiao Chenzi, go and call him over."

"Yes."

Half an hour later, General Long Wei appeared in the secret passage.

"Old buddy, help me investigate something..."