The First Traitor [Rebirth]

The chief guard was not sure who was in the carriage for a while, after all, he knew that it was the person who could remain so indifferent after the princess mansion arrested the criminal, very human.If he accidentally offended her, he might not have a good life in the future.But if he doesn't check, he won't be able to do business, and he will give his subordinates the impression that he is incompetent.

For a while, no one came out of the carriage, and the patience of the chief guard was almost worn out.When he was about to make a move, a gentle female voice sounded from the carriage again: "Qiaogui, let's go down, don't embarrass others."

"It seems that we have met a sensible person!" The chief guard heaved a sigh of relief.

The people in the carriage lifted the curtain and came out with extreme reluctance. First a black figure walked out, followed by a beautiful woman in white.The two of them looked to be in their thirties or forties, but their looks and temperament were stunning.

The beautiful woman in black wore a solemn and heavy black dress, her stern face, and eagle-like eyes all showed that this person had a very murderous intent.The beautiful woman in white had a faint smile on her face, she was comfortable and decent, and when she looked at the beautiful woman in black, her eyes were full of tenderness like water.

The one cold and the other soft in the eyes of the two make people feel like they are in the middle of water and fire.The guards were all stunned. It took a long time to see the murderous look on the face of the beautiful woman in black before they came back to their senses with a shudder.

The chief guard held a long sword and wanted to get on the carriage for inspection.The beautiful woman in black said coldly: "My son is sleeping, if you wake her up, you will either kill yourself, or I will save your heads for you."

"I don't know who you are yet, what a big tone, how arrogant!" The head of the guard also had a cold face, dissatisfied with being threatened like this.

"Qiaogui, after all, this is from the princess mansion, don't fight with them." The beautiful woman in white said while holding the arm of the beautiful woman in black.The beautiful woman in black glanced at the captain of the guard, then turned around and wrapped her thick cloak around her, "You are still in good health, don't catch a cold."

No matter how he looked at it, the chief guard felt that the women were a little strange, but he still had duties, so he said he was rude.Just as he was about to lift the curtain, a tall and tall figure walked out from inside.

I saw a disheveled young man leaning on the carriage sleepily, looking at the crowd, and muttering: "What's wrong?"

"Look at you sleeping with disheveled clothes and messy hair." The beautiful woman in white stretched out her hands to re-tie the boy's hair and straighten his clothes.

The chief guard saw that although the young man was disheveled, he had a handsome appearance, a tall and slender figure, and he had no resemblance to the person dressed as the maid, so he knew that he was looking in the wrong direction.At this time, a guard came to report: "There is a suspicious figure ahead!"

"Chase!"

The guards left in a hurry, and the chief guard was afraid that he would offend someone, so he carefully asked the other party's identity.The young man seemed to know what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "You can go at ease, these two are not family members of people in the court."

Although the chief guard still felt that something was wrong, but seeing the somewhat similar face of the beautiful woman in white and the young man, he could only suppress his doubts and leave quickly.

As soon as they left, the young man said seriously to the two women, "Thank you for your kindness in sheltering me."

"We saved your life, but you only mention the grace of shelter?"

The corner of the young man's mouth twitched: "I'm not in danger of my life, how can you two save my life?"

"Smart words and glib tongue, quite shameless!" the beautiful woman in black said humanely.

The young man smiled, and suddenly said: "Your Excellency is Qiaogui?"

"Girl, who do you think you are talking to?" Qiao Gui narrowed his eyes, his eyes were cold.

The young man was Yuan Jing, she was forced to hide in this carriage, and then briefly explained her experience, and the beautiful woman in white took out a set of clothes for her to change into.She cleaned her face again, untied the double buns, and casually put back the man's buns.Due to time constraints, it can only be vague.

When she heard the familiar name "Qiaogui" in the carriage, her heart stirred.She forgot where she had heard this name before, and this name made her feel a little uneasy, but she couldn't express this uneasiness.

Originally, he was still remembering the special name "Qiaogui", but Qiaogui saw some clues, his face suddenly turned cold, and said: "Since you are fine, why don't you leave quickly?"

Yuan actually came back to his senses, frowned and said, "Thank you both for saving your life!"

"Why is it a life-saving grace again?" the beautiful woman in white asked with a smile.

"Saving life, sheltering, whatever kind of favor I have, I should always repay it. I don't know who you two are and where you live. Yuan will definitely come to the door to thank you in person someday."

"No need." Qiao Gui said, helping the beautiful woman in white was about to go back to the carriage, the beautiful woman in white kept her eyes on Yuan Jing's face, and her eyes suddenly became blurred.She suddenly touched Yuan Jing's face, then wrinkled her pretty face, turned her head to Qiao Gui and said: "Qiao belongs to you, this dress is really suitable for her, I made this dress for my son."

"Yes, yes, yes." Qiao Gui looked helplessly at the beautiful woman in white.

The beautiful woman in white suddenly changed her face: "Where is my son? Qiaogui, where is my son? Why did you disappear?"

Qiao Gui's expression also changed, he quickly held down the beautiful woman in white, gently led her back into the carriage.Afterwards, Qiaogui's soothing voice came from the carriage: "My son is at home, let's go home now!"

"Well, let's go home, let's go home!"

It turns out that the spirit of the beautiful woman in white is not normal.And the intimacy of this couple of women, in her eyes, was like she and Nan Lian, feeling a lot of emotion in her heart, watching the carriage slowly leave.

Bridge? !Yuan suddenly remembered where he had heard this name before, but he was still a little uncertain, after all, how could there be such a coincidence in the world? !

Suppressing the confusion in his heart, he returned to Yuan Mansion, and Yuan Li and Nan Lian seemed to have returned.Her return did not attract much attention, but the housekeeper found her and asked, "Second Young Master, where have you been all night?"

"What's wrong?"

"Master couldn't sleep last night and wanted to look for you, but the concierge said you were out, why did you go out this late at night?"

"Oh, I have some business to stay overnight. Is father still in the mansion, wait for me to wash up, I will go find him."

Yuan actually went back to the house and changed into clean clothes, and asked Huarui to help her hair into a neat bun before going to Yuan Ye.

Yuan Ye came to him last night just to talk to her about the banquet, and now the emperor has no plans to marry the princess to Yuan Jing, and the two of them are also relieved.After discussing important matters again, Yuan actually left the study and ran into Mai Ran.

"Mai Ran, stop!" Yuan Jing shouted angrily.

Mai Ran stood in front of him, a little puzzled.

"Didn't I ask you to wait outside the princess mansion to meet me when I leave?" Yuan Jing asked in a low voice.

"I did it." Mai Ran said.

"Then I almost got caught when I climbed over the wall, where were you at that time?"

"Young master overcame the wall?" Mai Ran asked back.

Yuan was about to say yes, but remembered how fat and ugly he was at the time.Looking at Mai Ran again, he seems to be confused."Do you have a question for me?" she asked.

Mai Ran nodded: "When did the young master come back?"

"..." Yuan actually waved his hand, making him retreat.Even Mai Ran didn't recognize her, her actions at that time were really superfluous.However, it all started because of the princess.She can't mess around with Nan Lian like this next time.

It was during meal time that Nan Lian appeared in front of Yuan Jing, she stared at Yuan Jing dissatisfiedly, and the latter also stared back at her dissatisfiedly.

"Why didn't you listen to me and ran away?" Nan Lian asked with a look in her eyes.

"I have my own thoughts, so I don't need you to talk to me." Yuan replied stubbornly.

"..."

After a short confrontation, Nan Lian was defeated first.It turned out that I had won, and my heart was much happier.

After the holiday, Yuan actually returned to the Imperial College to be on duty, and her colleagues came to congratulate her one after another.It turned out that the news of Pingyao Youxi had already been spread, and she only needed to think about it for a while to know that Yuan Ye must have ordered someone to spread it on purpose.

Sure enough, the people who used to laugh at Yuan for being like "Mr. Rabbit" stopped laughing at her now, and instead came to ask her "secret recipe".It turned out that I couldn't laugh or cry, and when I smiled, I burst into tears.Everyone only said that she was crying with joy, but they began to gossip about whether she intended to marry a wife.

What happened at the emperor's family banquet was spread that night, and some people set up a gambling game, betting on which family's son the emperor would marry Princess Xuhua to.

The original odds are moderate among the many candidates. It is said that she has two concubines in her family, and she is a concubine; but she is a celebrity in front of the emperor. She is also a good match.

There was an uproar in the public, and there were also discussions in the palace.

The sisters of Princess Xuhua entered the palace to greet the queen, and asked her who she liked by the way.That night, both married and unmarried family members were present, and she, a dignified princess, would naturally not marry a married person.Among the unmarried sons of aristocratic families, those whose appearance, talent and family background are worthy of her princess status are just those few people.

Princess Luohua knew that Princess Xuhua had shown curiosity about Yuan Jing, and after several times of persuasion, Princess Xuhua let go of her naive innocence and seriously thought about who she would most like to marry.

"How about Qian Shilang's son?" A princess said.

After the prince lost the help of Zhang Songwei, the prince urgently needed to promote his own people to consolidate the power in the court, so Qian Renyong was promoted from the Minister of Cangbu of the Ministry of Accounts to the Minister of the Right.

"He's still in prison! How can such a person become a vain son-in-law?!" Another princess retorted immediately.

"What about the grandson of old Luo Hanlin? Luo Siye works in the Imperial Academy and will return to the Imperial Academy in the future. His future is limitless."

"He is not suitable." Princess Luohua said.

"Why?" Even Princess Xuhua looked at her curiously.

Princess Luohua thought for a while, and then said: "He, he is already in his twenties, if he wanted to get married, he would have already done so..."

"Luo Hua, you often go to Luo Hanlin's mansion. Could it be you who fell in love with Luo Siye?" A princess guessed.

"Who can look up to him!" Princess Luohua immediately said disapprovingly.

"In that case, only Hara Suika is left!"

When mentioning the truth, Princess Luohua's expression changed again, and it was rare for her to seriously say to Princess Xuhua: "This person is definitely not a good person."

"Fourth sister seems to have a big prejudice against Yuanjia Erlang? But as far as I know, Yuanjia Erlang is quick-witted, and even the emperor likes her very much. Why doesn't fourth sister like her?" Princess Xuhua asked curiously.

Princess Luohua shook her head and said, "It's not that she is bad, but that if you marry her, your life may be in danger."

"Then there are already two concubines in the house, so it's unlikely that you will kill your wife. Why is your life in danger?"

Princess Luohua couldn't tell why, she could only say vaguely: "Xuhua, you are pure by nature, your original family has a lot of secrets and dirty things, don't want to be wronged in the past."

"Yuan Li is much more of a jerk than Yuan Jing, but I haven't seen Cousin Fang Yi get wronged by marrying her in the past!" A princess hastily asked what was on her mind for Princess Xu Hua.

Luo Hua thought in his heart: It's because of that person that he can't marry him!He said: "The original family already has the help of the Seventh Aunt. If you marry a princess, I am afraid that the emperor will not allow it."

When it came to the matter of the court, everyone settled down to think about it and found that it was really impossible.Princess Xuhua remained silent the entire time, not knowing what was going on in her mind.

While the women in the palace were discussing such trivial matters, there was an uproar in the court.Just because under the urging of the emperor, the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate jointly interrogated Feng Qiaozhou and Qian Ning to cause trouble and hurt people, causing Zhang Jinhou to become disabled. place.

Considering that Qian Ning was injured by Zhang Jinhou's back arrow, this action was justifiable, so he was punished fifty times, and sent to repair the city wall for a month after he recovered.

Feng Qiaozhou was an official appointed by the imperial court, and his behavior was even worse. He ordered that the official robe be removed, and he would not be hired as an official again in this life.Since Feng Qiaozhou was not the mastermind in this case, he was punished with a cane to serve as an example to others.

As for the rest of the people who were fighting with sticks, they were all sent to northern Xinjiang, and they were never allowed to return to Beijing.

Everyone was satisfied with the case being closed in this way, but Zhang Songwei knew that the executioner was the prince's man, so he would punish them lightly, so he personally imprisoned them.Feng Qiaozhou was beaten one hundred times with the cane, and when he was beaten forty, he passed out because he couldn't bear it, the members of Feng's family saw this, and said: "I'm afraid I will die if I continue beating, it's better to beat the rest at another time. "

Zhang Songwei said: "No way!"

He ordered someone to wake Feng Qiaozhou, and asked the doctor to wait by to prevent him from dying.Grabbing the board and doing it myself, I exhausted all my strength every time, wishing I could beat Feng Qiaozhou to a pulp.

At seventy, Feng Qiaozhou's pants were all mixed with blood.Feng Yingzaichao's students stepped forward to grab the board regardless of their identities, and almost didn't fight with Zhang Songwei.

It didn't take long for Qian Ning's body to recover, and the executioner didn't dare to use too much force, and Zhang Songwei had already exhausted a lot of energy when beating Feng Qiaozhou, so he didn't care about Qian Ning at this time.For this, Qian Ning saved his life, but the flesh of his buttocks was still rotten.

The emperor learned that the court ordered officials to scuffle together during the execution, so he criticized them coldly when he went to court.The prince was also reprimanded in court, which made everyone feel frightened, fearing that the prince would be abolished in the next moment.

Those who should be rewarded will be rewarded, those who should be punished will also be punished, and the matter will be settled like this.