The first paparazzi in the Red Chamber

The watermelon rind just hit the nasal bone, and Zhen She subconsciously let out a cry of pain. The watermelon juice that was patted flowed down his cheeks to his neck, feeling cold and sticky.

Zhen She was already disgusted enough in his heart, but now his face was dirty and greasy, and he felt even more annoyed.After wiping his face, he yelled at Tang: "Stinky bitch, what are you doing!"

It was also because Tang was angry that when he heard that Zhen She had come back, he threw the watermelon on the table towards the door. The purpose was to attract Zhen She's attention, but he didn't expect that his hand was so strong that he was still alive. It hit Zhen She directly in the face.

Tang wanted to wipe it with a handkerchief, but when he heard Zhen She throwing fire at him, he felt aggrieved, patted his thigh and cried to Zhen She.

"I can be regarded as an account to you in this life. When you were in trouble and hopeless, this family was all supported by me. How did you say that you will live up to me in this life. After you said this, you turned around and passed away." It's been a few years, how is it now? Even if you go out to find a few women to make a fuss, I won't be like this. Men, it's nothing more than a novelty for a while, but you are actually with Mr. Cao, the King of Beijing, and the others...you Where do you tell me to put my face on? How will I deal with myself in the future? How will I deal with Master Cao's wife when I meet him in the future!"

Zhen She was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Tang to know the news so quickly.Zhen She hurriedly asked her where she heard about it.Tang shi was only concerned with crying and making noise, and ignored Zhen She's questioning.

Zhen She roared angrily: "Why are you crying, you treat me like I am? I have been tricked!"

Tang was stunned, then looked at Zhen She suspiciously: "But really?"

"Who am I, you still don't believe me after more than [-] years, am I the one who can do anything to an old man like Cao Lan! I have vomited [-] times today, please don't mention it again This thing makes me sick." Zhen She was so angry that his face was livid, he turned around angrily with his hands behind his back, and didn't bother to look at Tang again.

Tang stopped her tears, rolled her eyes and thought for a while, and finally calmed down a bit.She turned her tone softer, and asked Zhen She how he had been calculated after passing by.

Zhen She refused to say, he didn't want to recall the scene at that time, he was afraid that he would feel sick again.

Tang refused, "Say it, we husband and wife will figure it out together to see whose plot this is. If someone really framed you, how can we spare him? Even if you forgive me, I will go and arrest him with my own hands Bleeding out."

After Tang shi said that, seeing that Zhen She ignored her, she thought about it carefully, and then asked, "I've heard that the king of Beijing treats men... Could it be that he covets your demeanor and talent, and made a move on you?"

Zhen Shebai glanced at Tang, "With my appearance, do you think he will take a fancy to me? It's okay, it's not something you, a woman, can figure out. Just shut up and don't make trouble for me. I'm thankful. How on earth did you find out about this? Tell me!"

"As for that fourth-rank official's wife, Mrs. Zhang, she has been trying to curry favor with you through me, so I usually deal with it casually. This time, she sent me a letter." Mrs. Tang then handed over the informer to the police. sold.

"How did she know?"

"Her younger brother was in Xiayang Tower that day, and saw what happened to you with his own eyes!" Tang said angrily.

Zhen She pursed his mouth, and those unbearable images rushed into his mind again. He frowned, twisted his whole face, and the hairs all over his body stood up, disgustingly disgusting.

"What happened? Why didn't you tell me? Wouldn't it be good for me to give you some advice? Could it be that you were lying to me just now?" Tang shi refused to let go.

Zhen She couldn't bear Tang's questioning, so he patted the table, got up and went to the study, determined to sleep there tonight.

Tang was so angry that Zhen She acted like this, it was clear that Zhen She had failed her, but now he acted like he was being unforgiving, so he just ignored Zhen She in a fit of anger.

Zhen She didn't have Tang's harassment around him, so he didn't close his eyes that night.As soon as he closed his eyes, all the images he hated rushed into his eyes, tormenting him both physically and mentally.The feeling of being humiliated and making him feel ashamed and dirty made him feel that his whole body was immersed in ugly and dirty dung.

One night, Zhen She ordered hot water to take a bath five times.

On the second day, he didn't eat any food, and he didn't go to see Tang Corporation, so he went out early.

Tang shi heard that Zhen She called so many times to bathe in water last night, and understood that her master might really be tricked into doing that.If so, my questioning yesterday was indeed somewhat inappropriate.But Tang's heart was also uncomfortable, her man actually had an affair with another man.Who goes up and who goes down, let alone thinking about it, coupled with thinking about Cao Lan's old face, Tang himself felt nauseous.Anyway, on this day, she was too sullen to eat.

……

Besides, Shui Rong has been quiet since returning home yesterday morning, without any movement.

King Huainan endured until this morning, and couldn't stand it any longer, so he ran to knock on the gate of Prince Beijing's mansion to see Shui Rong.The servants hurriedly sent a message to King Huainan: "Last night, because the old prince entrusted us with a dream, the prince left Beijing early in the morning."

"Then when will he come back?" Huainan Wang asked.

"I don't know, the prince said that the shortest time is ten days and a half months, and the longest time is three years or five years." The young man said.

When King Huainan heard this, he knew that he was avoiding him, and his brows were wrinkled together in anger, so he rode a fast horse to chase after him, and wanted to explain clearly to King Beijing.At noon, King Huainan finally caught up with Shui Rong.

When Shui Rong saw that it was Huainan King, he raised his whip to speed up his horse riding.

"Stop! I haven't blamed you yet, you—" Huainan Wang fell off his horse in a panic.

When Shui Rong heard the screams from behind, he pulled the reins, turned his head to look at Huainan King whose face was distorted in pain, hurriedly jumped off his horse, ran over to ask how the situation of Huainan King was, and stretched out his hand to check Huainan King's legs.

"You don't need to pity me." Huainan Wang pushed Shui Rong's hand away angrily.

Shui Rong was stunned for a moment, then shyly withdrew his hands, stood up and wanted to leave.

Huainan Wang shouted angrily: "Stop, it's clear that you did something wrong. You didn't even apologize, and you just left without a word. Why?"

Shui Rong paused, her beautiful eyes darkened, "I don't deserve you to be like this."

"Whether you deserve me or not is not up to you, it's me!" King Huainan roared angrily, grabbed Shui Rong, not allowing him to leave.

Shui Rong raised the arm that was being held tightly by King Huainan, and asked with a sneer, "What are you doing?"

The king of Huainan said that he was not allowed to leave in water.

"After what happened yesterday, do you think I still have the face to stay in the capital?" Shui Rong stared into King Huainan's eyes.

Huainan Wang was taken aback, thinking that what he did yesterday was really impulsive. "I, I was also impulsive and didn't think clearly. But it's clearly you—"

"There are so many beautiful wives and beautiful concubines in the Huainan Prince's Mansion. How have I ever cared about you and said something that I dislike you? Now that I've been plotted against, you've added fuel and jealousy to make the matter known to the world, but now I still have the face to spare." Me, why don't you tell me not to feel disappointed." Shui Rong snorted coldly, then shook off King Huainan's arm, turned around and was about to ride a horse.

King Huainan hurriedly pulled Shui Rong back, "Okay, okay, I was wrong. The relationship between you and me is a brotherhood, but I am self-indulgent and care too much, and it's my fault that I can't help it at the moment."

After Huainan King finished speaking, he suddenly remembered Shui Rong's words of 'scheming' before, and hurriedly asked Shui Rong: "Who is plotting against you? Tell me well, and I will avenge you!"

Shui Rong thought for a while, then shook his head, he is not sure now.But after getting drunk the night before, his crazy actions were absolutely irrational.He knew very well that he couldn't control his body at all at that time, and he must be a love potion.Shui Rong originally thought that Zhen She and Cao Lan were the most suspected suspects, but they were also plotted against them, so Shui Rong couldn't figure it out.

Shui Rong looked at King Huainan, suddenly remembered, and asked him, "How did you know I was in Xiayang Tower yesterday?"

"I told you, don't be angry. I see that you treated Jia She differently. The night before yesterday, when I learned that you were together, I sent someone to follow you. I endured it until early morning, when I learned that you all stayed in the Xiayang Building overnight. When I came out, I was a little worried, so I couldn't help but wanted to take someone to see it, but it was such a coincidence that I bumped into it." Huainan King thought of the scene at that time, and he was very angry.

At most, he and Shui Rong were bathing in the same robe, and they never crossed the threshold.He was a handsome and handsome young man, but in the end he was taken advantage of by those two ugly and scumbags.

Huainan Wang even thought that if it were Jia Amnesty, he might not be so angry and feel so disgusted.

Shui Rong listened to King Huai'an's words, thought carefully, then narrowed his eyes and sneered.

Huainan Wang hurriedly asked what happened to Shui Rong.

Shui Rong: "It's nothing, I just feel that I've done it to myself, and I should stay away from the capital, and have a quiet time to reflect on myself."

"You must go?" Huainan Wang asked excitedly.

Shui Rong stared at King Huainan: "If you are good for me, you should let me go. If I stay in the capital at this time, I will die soon. I am a king with a different surname, and I am not as good as your royal children. Hard, if something goes wrong, there will be people in the palace to help you plead."

King Huainan didn't understand why Shui Rong said that, and wanted to ask him more carefully, but Shui Rong shook his head and refused to allow him to ask more questions.He just took off the bracelet on his wrist and handed it to King Huainan.King Huainan put it on his hand immediately, and vowed to wait for Shui Rong. No matter it was three or five years, or eight or ten years, his love for Shui Rong would never change.

He saluted King Huainan with water and warmth, bowed, and mounted his horse.

King Huainan stood in the middle of the road and stretched his head to look around. Even though the water-melting figure disappeared, he still couldn't recover for a long time.At some point, the corners of his eyes turned cold, Huainan Wang hurriedly wiped them with his hands, only to find that they were tears.

King Huainan looked at his hands wet with tears in doubt, his hair tightened in his heart, and he felt more and more that he had done something wrong yesterday morning, which is why he forced Shui Rong to flee now.He had just been tricked, and those two people were like that, thinking about it, he must have felt very sick and uncomfortable, and he must have been extremely disappointed in himself if he questioned him like this.In the final analysis, after all, I am sorry for him.

King Huainan sighed again and again, and gradually became more determined in his heart, and secretly swore with his fists that he would help Shui Rong avenge his revenge.

Immediately, he mounted his horse and ran back to the capital. He immediately summoned the shopkeeper of Xiayang Tower and inquired carefully about the situation the night before.

The shopkeeper of Xiayang Tower explained everything that happened that night in detail.The King of Huainan heard that Jia Amnesty escaped the disaster because of vomiting, and the people who witnessed it were not only the shopkeeper, but also the waiter and another customer, so it should be true.In the end, Jia Amnesty still hugged his servant tightly and went into a room, probably also under the medicine.He no longer doubted him, and asked Cao Lan and Zhen She of Xiayang Tower if there were any doubts about him.

The shopkeeper rolled his eyes and thought about it carefully, "Yes, there is one thing. When they were half drunk, Mr. Zhen's servant came to take the sweet-scented osmanthus cake and presented it. , really made the small shop flourish, so I asked someone to make a plate of cold venison and send it over to express my gratitude. When I went, I found that the servant had just brought the plate of pastries to the table. But I I clearly remember that he has been carrying the plate of dim sum for quite a while."

Huainan Wang immediately became suspicious, and hurriedly questioned the shopkeeper, and after thinking about it carefully, there was still something suspicious.

The shopkeeper scratched his head, frowned and recalled vigorously.

The King of Huainan thought that if Shui Rong had been poisoned by the love potion, it must be given wine to have an effect, so he asked the shopkeeper what kind of wine they drank.

The shopkeeper immediately had an epiphany, "After being reminded by the lord, I remembered it. The wine was prepared by Master Zhen, and even the jug was brought by him. It was a silver jug. At that time, the young one still felt that Master Zhen was generous. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Jia brought a set of jugs later, and heard that his young man said that Mrs. Lin Ruhai just gave them to their master. He just took them out and used them, so he changed from silver jugs to silver jugs later. Jade jug."

"The silver jug ​​has become a jade jug." Huainan Wang muttered and narrowed his eyes.Then he hurriedly asked the shopkeeper if the silver jug ​​was still there.The shopkeeper shook his head, indicating that the jug was taken away by Mr. Cao and Mr. Zhen afterwards.

"Why, the two of them went back to Xiayang Tower yesterday?" Huainan Wang asked.

"Yesterday morning after Lord Zhen left, the younger ones were preparing to clean the room. Unexpectedly, Lord Zhen's servant came again, gave the younger ones money, and ordered the younger ones not to touch anything in that room. The people guarded the door of the room, and no one was allowed to enter. Later in the afternoon, Mr. Cao and Mr. Zhen came together, stayed in the room for a while, and Mr. Cao seemed to yell at Mr. Zhen. Later, Mr. Cao He ran out of the house angrily, followed closely by Lord Zhen, his face extremely dark." The shopkeeper described vividly.

Huainan Wang gave the shopkeeper 200 taels of silver and told him to shut up, not to allow rumors that he had sought her out.

The shopkeeper nodded tactfully, and after thanking him, he withdrew.

The king of Huainan ordered people to find the craftsman who made the jug, and asked if there would be some jugs that implied organs.The craftsman immediately told the secret of the wine jug, that is, there is a compartment in the jug, and you can control the pouring of water or wine by yourself, but this kind of jug has a shortcoming, it must be made of silver to be considered perfect.If it is made of porcelain or jade, the compartment may be leaking, and the mechanism may be stuck.

Huainan Wang immediately wanted to understand what was going on.It must be that Cao Lan and Zhen She plotted against Jia Amnesty and Shui Rong, but who knew that the wine pot plan would fail, so they used cakes to prescribe the medicine.Later, for some reason, it was probably because they were too drunk last night, their cleverness was misunderstood by their cleverness, and they also drank the drugged wine by mistake, which led to the absurd farce that followed.

How disgusting, hateful!

When King Huainan thought of what happened to Shui Rong, he became very angry.He expected that Zhen She and Cao Lan must be in the same group, and Jia She and Song Xi were having a quarrel, the two must have brought the innocent Shui Rong in to win over Jia She and get rid of Song Xi's thoughts , just wanted to take advantage of the relationship between Jia Amnesty and Shui Rong, so that Song Xi lost his mind and made him helpless.

Huainan Wang was so angry that he gritted his teeth.He immediately wrote a letter, telling Shui Rong what he had found out, and then went to Rongguo Mansion to find Jia Amnesty, telling him about the conspiracy.

As soon as Jia Amnesty came back from the Yushitai, he was told that the King of Huainan had been waiting for a long time in Rongxi Hall.

Jia Amnesty was wondering what the King of Huainan was looking for him for, when he saw the King of Huainan rushing out of the Rongxi Hall to greet him, his attitude was much more sincere than the last time he saw him.

Jia She wondered why the King of Huainan had changed his attitude, and then he heard the King of Huainan solemnly invite Jia She into the Hall of Rongxi, to have a secret talk with him.

Jia Amnesty sent the idlers away, and also asked them to close the door, and then looked at the king of Huainan.

"What happened yesterday morning, don't you think it's strange?"

"It's indeed strange," Jia She said, "but this matter concerns the names of several adults, it's better to forget about it and not talk about it again."

Huainan Wang sneered, "This is not an accident."

Jia She raised his eyebrows and looked at King Huainan: "I don't know what the lord is referring to?"

The King of Huainan then expressed his reasoning, and angrily told Jia Amnesty about the innocence of King Beijing.

"I don't want him to leave Beijing." Jia She frowned slightly, sighing in his heart that it was not easy to dissolve in water.Yesterday morning, King Huainan looked angry and wanted to break up with Shui Rong, but when he turned his head, Shui Rong retreated, and kept Huainan King without saying anything, and let Huainan Wang sincerely stand up for him.

"He was plotted by those two people to such an extent today, how can he have the face to continue to stay in the capital, what can he do if he doesn't leave, it's really pitiful. Cao Lan and Zhen She are two thieves, I really want to kill them with my own hands! " Huainan Wang sighed.

Jia Amnesty glanced at King Huainan, but did not express his opinion.He already knew the purpose of King Huainan's coming to him, and that was to join forces with him to deal with Zhen She and Cao Lan.But Huainan King didn't know at all that there was a concubine Xian behind these two people, who was also involved in a witchcraft case.In short, on the bright side, Jia She can't cooperate with anyone now, otherwise it will easily make the emperor and the concubine Xian suspicious.What's more, if you work with someone as impulsive as Huainan Wang, you may be at risk of being held back by pig teammates.

Jia She then put on a straight face, showing a stubborn look of admitting death, "What the prince said is not unreasonable, but do you have evidence for this matter?"

"Where can you find evidence for such a thing! You drank wine and ate pastry, don't you think it's wrong?"

"The alcohol we drank that night, it's normal for our bodies to be dry and hot. It's just not normal. This kind of unsubstantiated scandal is brought to the court. It's just a joke. I'm really ashamed." Jia She said .

The King of Huainan was so angry that he pointed at Jia She and said, "Lord Jia is as 'upright' as the rumors say! I don't understand how such a rich and generous person in the past became like this. It is a good thing for Master Jia's prodigal son to turn around. It’s a good thing to be upright, but sometimes you need to be flexible. You’ll be bullied to death by those people sooner or later if you’re so honest after being calculated by others.”

"Then there is no evidence. How does the prince plan to deal with them? Could it be that he just hacked them with a knife?" Jia She asked.

"I—" Huainan Wang was speechless, and the flame of anger that had just ignited was extinguished immediately.

"I think it's better to have a long-term plan and find out the evidence." Jia Amnesty pondered seriously.

The king of Huainan saw Jia She like that, and was so angry, "Come on, don't talk about evidence or anything like that. Look at your future, blame me for being blind, and treat you as someone. All are pretending to be a grandson! I don’t count on you anymore, I will do it myself!”

The last sentence Huainan Wang actually said was angry.He was so aggressive about Jia Amnesty that he wanted him to express his cooperation immediately.Unexpectedly, he got up and made a gesture to leave, Jia Amnesty didn't stop him, just sent him off politely.

King Huainan was really angry now, thinking that Jia Amnesty was just a stinky stone in the latrine, there was no way to save him, so he walked away angrily.

Jia Amnesty heaved a sigh of relief, went back to drink tea, and Zhu Mao handed him some letters and a booklet.

Jia Amnesty flipped through the letters, took out the only letter with cinnabar on the upper right corner, and opened it first.There is only one sentence written on it: When will you reconcile.

Jia Amnesty smiled and threw the letter into the copper basin and burned it.Then I went to read other letters, they were all posts begging to see you, Jia She ignored them all.The remaining booklet is the news delivered by the news network in recent days summarized by Fang Zhenglu.Jia Amnesty flipped through it casually, and was immediately attracted by one of the messages.He clicked on the stories on the pages with a pencil, and immediately asked Zhu Mao to fetch the old news booklets from before Fangzheng Road.

Jia She read the pages one by one, and finally found a story similar to the latest one.

The things in the old news book were recorded half a year ago, and that was the first time that Suzhou, Yuzhou and Jinling collected news in stages, and the collection was sent to the capital.Because the local news sub-rudders had just been built at that time, some of them were unfamiliar, and the news collected were mostly trivial things that happened nearby.When Jia She watched it at the time, he felt that the matter was not too big, so he let it go.

This incident happened seven or eight months before the recorded time, that is, in the spring of one year ago.

It is said that there was a local squire named Fang in Suzhou. The eldest son of the family died young and there was only one only daughter.In order to continue the family business, the master of the Fang family decided to recruit a son-in-law.The master of the Fang family wanted to find a man who was good-looking, mild-tempered, and somewhat talented because he didn't want to wrong his favorite son-in-law. For the candidate, the matter of recruiting a son-in-law was delayed for nearly a year.Seeing that his daughter is getting older, the master of the Fang family is also eager to continue the incense, so he asks for a matchmaker everywhere.

Towards the end of the year, Master Fang was introduced to a scholar named Chen You'an.This person has been around in his twenties, not only looks like Pan'an, romantic and handsome, but also talks well, is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, comparable to the talents of others.

The master of Fang's family knew that the young man's family was poor and he ran to seek refuge with relatives but failed, so he wandered around, so he invited him to inquire.The young man is naturally grateful to the master of the Fang family for giving him a place to stay, and after seeing Miss Fang's family, he also likes her demure and beautiful appearance very much.So the master of the Fang family asked the matchmaker to testify and recruited Chen Youan as his son-in-law.

Chen You'an married a girl from the Fang family in February last year. After the marriage, the couple loved each other very much. In March, the girl from the Fang family was diagnosed as pregnant, and the whole Fang family was even more joyful.At the end of March, Chen Youan suddenly disappeared, and the Fang family couldn't find him no matter what.Turning around, people from four or five gambling houses came to the door to collect debts from Master Fang's family.Of course, the master of the Fang family didn't admit it. After careful questioning, he found out that the money was owed by his good son-in-law, and the total amount including principal and interest was nearly 8000 taels of silver.In desperation, the master of the Fang family had no choice but to clear most of the family property and repay the money.

After that, Chen You'an never appeared in Suzhou City.

The story of the Fang family ends here.

When Jia Amnesty saw this incident, he couldn't judge anything based on just one incident.From a glance, it was just an ordinary son-in-law who gambled and owed debts, and then ran away.

But now a similar incident happened again, and the place where the incident happened was changed to Yuzhou.Just this spring, a family surnamed Chang, and the only daughter in the family wanted to find a husband. After being introduced by a matchmaker, she met a homeless and down-and-out scholar.This scholar is also handsome in appearance and extraordinary in learning, which made the master of the Chang family very satisfied at first sight.This person then married Miss Fang's family in March of this spring. Three months after the wedding, Miss Chang's family had just been diagnosed with pregnancy, and this newly recruited son-in-law disappeared. Immediately after, a gambling house came to ask for money.This time the Chang family paid a total of 1 taels of silver.

There are many similarities between the two incidents, but this time the name of the son-in-law who came to the door was changed to Tang Youli.

Based on Jia Amnesty's past experience in breaking news, almost [-]% of the two incidents were done by the same person, otherwise the coincidence rate of the incidents would not be so high.

Fortunately, Yuzhou is not as far away from the capital as Suzhou.Jia Amnesty immediately sent someone to inquire about this matter carefully, he wanted to know how this man named Tang Youli borrowed money from the casino, whether he was a gambler, or just to cheat money.

Yangzhou is in the south, and Yuzhou is in the north. If the two cases are really the same person, it is very likely that this person is in the north.

……

After taking a rest the next day, Jia Amnesty left Beijing by car early in the morning.

The carriage soon arrived at Song Xi's Beijing suburban garden.

This place is an excellent secluded place, really built in the mountains.

When the carriage arrived at the stable at the foot of the mountain, Jia Amnesty was about to get off the carriage and walk up the gravel-paved mountain road.There are bamboo fences on both sides of the gravel road, and some vines that Jia She doesn't recognize are crawling on the fences, with small lavender flowers blooming, dotted together, like two purple ribbons stretching to the top of the mountain.

The other garden is built on the mountainside, the courtyard is not big, the front and back courtyards, the back five rooms, and the front three rooms.The gate of the courtyard is not big, and beside it stands a strange rock as high as half a person, with four words engraved on it, called "the cabin in the forest".After Jia Amnesty entered the hospital, he saw that there was no one else there, and thought it was interesting, so he went to the kitchen again, but he saw that the rice, meat, fish and vegetables were all ready, which showed that he had already prepared.

After Jia She visited the small courtyard, he walked to the back of the courtyard. There was a bamboo forest. Jia She still heard the sound of running water, so he walked along the gravel road in the bamboo forest, and saw a small stream flowing from the mountain stream. Like a small waterfall.A small pool was formed under the mountain stream. The water was very clear, and it could be seen that there were fish swimming in it.There is also a gazebo on the other side of the creek. It looks very clean, and it should have been cleaned a long time ago.Otherwise, in this deep mountain forest, it would have been covered with dust and moss.

Before Song Xi came, Jia Amnesty randomly picked a room to rest.The quilts are all newly laid, not only soft, but also have a smell of sunshine.Because it was so comfortable, Jia She fell asleep after touching the pillow.

Perhaps it was because of being too tired these days, when Jia Amnesty woke up again, it was nearly dusk.Hearing the silence outside, Jia Amnesty thought that Song Xi hadn't come yet, and was about to ask questions when he went out, but saw Song Xi standing in the courtyard, looking up at a luxuriant sycamore tree in the courtyard.

Jia Amnesty looked at him in surprise: "Did you wait for a day?"

Song Xi smiled and stretched out his hand to pull him down the steps, "No, today I encountered some chores and couldn't get away, just arrived."

Jia Amnesty saw that Song Xi was lying, and expected that he must have waited for a long time.

Jia Amnesty just wanted to blame Song Xi for not waking him up, but then thought that he was looking forward to the day of reunion so much, but seeing him sleeping, he still held back his yelling, it must be out of concern for him.He took this kindness to himself, so without saying anything, he took Song Xi by the hand and led him to the mountain stream in Houzhulin.

Zhu Mao and Heng Shu naturally didn't follow, and led the cook to the kitchen to cook, and specially asked her to cook slowly, so as not to prevent the dishes from getting cold before their master finished their work.

On the second day, Jia Amnesty and Song Xi's carriages entered Beijing one after the other.

Both were subsequently summoned by the emperor.

At this moment, Jia Amnesty was waiting outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony together with Song Xi, Prime Minister Wu, and Cai Feiping.

Prime Minister Wu twirled his beard and turned to look at Jia She with a strange look.Jia Amnesty raised his eyebrows, intending to ask Prime Minister Wu what he meant, but Prime Minister Wu just frowned and said nothing.Jia Amnesty turned to look at Cai Feiping, Cai Feiping mouthed and called "Zhen".

Jia Amnesty then understood that the news about Zhen She and Cao Lan had reached the emperor's ears.This was expected, because King Huainan got involved, and he wanted to take revenge on Cao Lan and Zhen She.If he wanted to deal with the two high officials in the court at the same time, naturally the fastest way was through the emperor's hand.

Jia Amnesty and others were immediately called into the palace.

Except for King Huainan, there was no one else in the hall, and the emperor had not yet called Cao Lan and Zhen She to confront each other.

When King Huainan saw Jia Amnesty, he gave a "don't let me down" look in his eyes, then turned to see Song Xi beside Prime Minister Wu, King Huainan looked nervous again, and quickly looked away.

When the emperor saw Jia Amnesty, he immediately stared at him and asked him whether the Xiayang Tower that King Huainan said was true.

Jia Amnesty briefly explained the story.

The emperor frowned again and asked, "The King of Huainan said that Zhen She and Cao Lan plotted against you and put medicine in the sweet-scented osmanthus cake you used, do you know?"

Jia Amnesty shook his head, saying that he had never seen anyone drugged with his own eyes, nor had he found any evidence to prove that it was Cao Lan and Zhen She who did it.

The emperor listened to Jia She's telling the truth and nodded.The emperor also noticed that Jia Amnesty used "not found", which meant that he himself had doubts in his heart. He had searched for evidence, but he couldn't find any evidence, so he couldn't directly conclude that it was someone else's problem.

The emperor's impression of Jia She was a little better, and he was indeed the most important minister he valued who paid attention to speaking with evidence.

As for King Huainan's testimony, the emperor also believed in his heart.Instead, the emperor naturally thought about the purpose of Cao Lan and Zhen She drugging Jia Amnesty and Shui Rong.After gradually analyzing it, the emperor became very upset.It was nothing more than that these two wanted to sabotage Jia She and Song Xi's current stalemate because they saw the relationship and win Jia She over.As for Shui Rong, a young gentle boy, the emperor also knew that he had a close relationship with King Huainan, and some hobbies in that area were probably taken advantage of.

The emperor was just wondering why Cao Lan and Zhen She wanted to win over Jia Amnesty.Could it be to fight against Song Xi?And why do you want to fight Song Xi so well?No one in the court didn't know that Song Xi was deeply favored by him and he was an uncle of the country, so why did he feel uncomfortable like this.

The emperor couldn't figure it out, he always felt that there was something behind Cao Lan and Zhen She.

But right now, the emperor naturally couldn't just punish the two ministers just because of Huainan Wang's few words.The emperor then only reprimanded King Huainan for his impulsive remarks without evidence, and sent him back to think about his mistakes.Prince Huainan was furious, and before he left, he gave Jia Amnesty a hard look.

Song Xi immediately squinted at him.

King Huainan was stunned for a moment, terrified in his heart, and hurriedly backed away with his head bowed.

Instead, the emperor asked Prime Minister Wu, Song Xi and Cai Feiping what they thought of the matter.Prime Minister Wu became an old cunning again, saying that since there is no evidence for such a thing, it is not easy to make a good judgment.Moreover, this is the privacy of several ministers, and has nothing to do with state affairs.

Cai Feiping didn't express his thoughts either.

The emperor frowned, and turned to look at Song Xi.Considering that he was having a tense relationship with Jia She, the emperor was somewhat looking forward to how Song Xi would react at this moment.The emperor had inquired a long time ago. Before Song Xi made excuses to Jia She several times, this time such a thing happened, and it was obviously aimed at him. With his intelligence, he must have noticed it a long time ago.The emperor felt that Song Xi would be very angry at this moment, and would do something to deal with Cao Lan and Zhen She.

Song Xi only said: "I think what Prime Minister Wu said is very true."

emperor:"……"

Unexpectedly, Song Xi returned to his original nature and became ruthlessly indifferent.

The emperor turned to look at Jia Amnesty sympathetically, feeling a little bit aggrieved for him.In the end, Jia Amnesty was at odds with Song Xi because he was doing things for him, and now he was plotted by Cao Lan and Zhen She.How could the emperor have the heart to humiliate his favorite minister like this!

The emperor was angry, slapped the table, and scolded Prime Minister Song Xi and others.

"Who said that this matter has nothing to do with state affairs, so you don't have to worry about it? The moral character of an official is not important? Is my government going to be entrusted to ministers like them who are selfish, scheming, dirty in heart, and corrupt in character?" In the hands? An official is the father of the people, and he must be the master of the people. An official has no virtue, so how can he benefit the people!"

Song Xi pursed his lips, "Your majesty is wise! These two are indeed as the emperor said, villains with scheming plots and dirty hearts."

Cai Feiping immediately agreed, and turned to discuss with Prime Minister Wu, "How about asking the Prime Minister to talk about how to deal with Zhen She and Cao Lan?"