Later, I became the prince of the group

Chu Rui and Chu He have a good friendship, mainly because they are similar in age, so they played together since they were young.

Although Chu Rui was glad that he didn't have to stand in court, he still missed Chu He's reaction. However, as soon as Emperor Chengxing left, Chu He left in a hurry without giving him a chance to greet him.

His Royal Highness the Third Prince rubbed his nose and caught up with his elder brother again. After hesitating for a long time, he said embarrassedly: "Brother, thank you..."

Chu Yan said lightly: "It's a thank you for helping me hold back the wine on my wedding day."

Speaking of this, Chu Rui became a little interested: "Hey, I heard that you don't live in the same room with Liu Qi? Why? Although he has a bad personality, he is good-looking..."

Chu Yan paused: "Where did you hear that?"

Chu Rui smiled: "Where is the queen mother, I accidentally overheard her talking to Chunming."

Chunming is the big maid beside the queen.After thinking about it for a while, Chu Yan figured it out. The people in his mansion were all sent by the emperor and empress, and there must be eyeliner mixed in, but even if Chu Yan knew, he couldn't do anything. Once the emperor's eyeliner spread all over the capital, Second, now is not the time to pull out the eyeliner, and third, he can use these eyes a little bit.

He concealed these worries, and said perfunctorily: "It's not your turn to worry about this."

"Tch——" Chu Rui said disdainfully, "I don't worry about it, I'm just afraid that you won't hear the rumors, I just remind you a little bit, I feel very comfortable seeing you unhappy."

"What rumor?"

"Who knows, it's not my turn to worry about—"

Chu Yan ignored him, but when he walked halfway, he realized that something was wrong. He gave Chu Rui a cold look, and the latter got up: "I'm just going out of the palace, so I can borrow your carriage and horses."

After leaving the palace gate, Chu Rui consciously got into the carriage, but Chu Yan didn't stop him. After returning to the mansion, he specially told the coachman to listen to Chu Rui's arrangement, and the third prince could be sent wherever he wanted.

The original words are actually: "Wherever he likes to cool off, he can send it to cool off."

But the groom didn't dare to tell the truth, which made Chu Rui very moved, and didn't plan to go out, so he fiddled with the flower seedlings that hadn't had time to plant in the palace.

Chu Yan was too lazy to entertain him, so he hid in the study on his own. Before Liu Qi came back at the dinner, he realized that something was wrong.

He was about to go out when he bumped into Chu Rui, who opened his mouth and said, "It's just right, it's time for me to go back to the palace, thank you big brother for your hospitality..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Yan walked past him and asked the housekeeper, "Is there a message from the people around the princess?"

Chen Su said: "It was reported once a quarter of an hour ago, saying that something happened in Liuyun Tower, and I will return late, but I don't know now..."

Chu Yan immediately snatched the horse that was supposed to be used by Chu Rui, and ran away. Chu Rui was taken aback, and subconsciously led a horse to follow.

Liuyun Tower is a well-known restaurant in the capital. It is four floors high. It is built next to the lake, with a sweeping view of the lake. It has become a holy place for literati gatherings, and it is more elegant than ordinary restaurants.

Chu Yan just caught up with the chaos, his little princess was blocked on the third floor, and the leader was Zhu Shengyou, the young son of the Zhu family who was also in the restaurant that day when he first met Liu Qi.

A burst of anger surged in Chu Yan's heart: Is it endless?Why is there such a thing everywhere?

Did Zhu Sheng notice the person coming, and he said to Liu Qi: "You are a princess, but you can't deny it! Come and comment, the princess felt displeased when she first saw my cat, so she insisted on it. Throwing it out, I didn't dare to answer, so I asked the boy to take it to the backyard to wait, but my boy didn't show respect, so the cat became like this when I came back! It happened that the princess' guards went to the backyard at that time, How can there be such a coincidence in the world!"

Chu Yan was blocked by layers of people, and could only see the bloody paws of the cat, which seemed to be dying.

Zhu Shengyou: "If it was an ordinary kitten, I wouldn't dare to ask the concubine for an explanation, but this kitty was entrusted to me by the concubine at noon today, and asked me to raise it for her for a while. How can I explain to the concubine now?" !"

Above the third floor is the meeting place for literati, who are either rich or honored, or scholars who will take the imperial examination in the future. Once such a bad reputation is confirmed, it will have a huge impact.

The guard beside Liu Qi frowned and said: "Since Mr. Zhu said it was my concubine's doing, he must show evidence! My concubine has never left the box from the beginning to the end, let alone gave such an order, you can't Literally... lord?"

The guard's words and the surprised expression on his face immediately made everyone present follow his gaze, and the crowd subconsciously divided their lanes, Liu Qi slowly shifted his gaze over.

Chu Yan originally thought about facing this kind of scene, so Liu Qi, who loves to cry, might have turned red into a rabbit's eyes, but to his surprise, Liu Qi not only didn't cry, but his expression was even a little numb.

It was only soon that Liu Qi realized that when Chu Yan walked in front of him, he had a sore nose as if he had found a backer, but he also held back his tears.

The title of Little Overlord in Beijing is not for nothing - even if he cries, he has to finish crying with this group of people.

"I never let anyone touch that cat." Liu Qi said hoarsely.

Chu Yan took his hand, squeezed it hard to show comfort, and then looked at Zhu Shengyou: "How do you want the princess to give you an explanation."

Liu Qi stared at him blankly.Does this mean that you don't believe in yourself?

That's right, none of the people present believed him, because he used to be domineering and his reputation spread all over the capital, and others firmly believed that he must have done the killing of kittens!

Liu Qi lowered his head to hide his aggrieved expression, for a moment he wanted to admit that he could do it, he could do whatever Zhu Sheng wanted him to do, as long as he could get out of this place quickly...

Zhu Shengyou proudly said: "My lord misunderstood, so I didn't explain it to me. This is the concubine's cat. Naturally, I should give my empress an explanation. As long as the princess follows me into the palace, it will be fine in person to explain the matter clearly in front of my empress."

There was a moment of silence around, and just when Liu Qi wanted to agree, Chu Yan finally spoke, "Your concubine?"

He chuckled lightly, and his tone was full of contempt: "So it's the imperial concubine's cat. You don't want to keep the imperial concubine's cat at home and bring it to the restaurant to show off. It is another strange thing that the cat that is heavier is left alone. The two faults add up, and you mentioned going to the imperial concubine without any fear. On the contrary, you are so proud that this king almost misunderstood that it was the imperial concubine who asked you to come out. Killed the cat."

The corner of Zhu Shengyou's mouth twitched: "My lord..."

"I was just joking with you just now." Chu Yan said lightly, "Since your boy said that my guard killed the cat, you should know which guard it was?"

The servant who had been nodding and bowing immediately pointed to someone and said, "That's him."

The named guard's veins bulged, his fingers caressed the saber unintentionally, and he restrained himself, bowed and clasped his fists in defense: "My lord is clearly aware, my subordinates are just anxious, and I really didn't do this, and the princess didn't order us to do it. Something that hurts a kitten!"

Chu Yan glanced at the young man playfully: "This king suddenly remembered, you said you went out to pay respects, then you must have seen nothing."

The boy was stunned for a moment, and blushed to defend himself: "When I came back, I happened to see this guard leaving in a hurry, so I recognized him!"

"Then how do you know that no one enters or exits this backyard except him?"

"At that time, the waiter who boiled water in the restaurant had been guarding the door leading to the backyard, and there happened to be a woman sweeping the path leading to the backyard. According to the confession of the two, no one else entered the backyard except this person. .”

"Oh? Then did you hear the meowing of the cat?" Chu Yan looked at Hou's Xiaoer and Sasao Pozi again.

These two people were called to testify. Facing this group of nobles, they were nervous and kept hunched over not daring to say anything. Now that they were called, they stumbled and said, "No, no... The little one didn't pay attention..."

"That's it. If the cat really died in the backyard, the cry before dying would be enough to attract people's attention. After all, it is not an ordinary cat, but a scream." Chu Yan said as he paced to By the window, "It seems that the backyard is open for people to watch... Now it's just spring, and the trees are bare. From the upstairs, you can see the scene in the yard. The only blind spot should be near Gong's house." Look at the wound on this raccoon slave, it can't be done in a short while. If my guard moves his hand in the yard, it will inevitably attract the attention of the people upstairs. It is impossible not to attract the attention of the servant."

"On the contrary, killing a cat with a similar appearance in advance, and then switching the two cats through the fence without anyone noticing, can explain how the cat suddenly became like this."

Zhu Shengyou's face turned pale: "Caomin knows that the prince defending the princess is the kindness of his husband, but you can't just pour dirty water on us with your mouth! You, you have no evidence!"

These words are clearly the same as the previous defense of the palace guards.

Chu Yan smiled, and said: "This king is just a reasonable guess. If Mr. Zhu wants to prove his innocence, he just needs to have the car searched. It happens that so many people are present to be a witness together."

As soon as he finished speaking, the guards of the palace couldn't help pushing aside the crowd and went straight downstairs. Zhu Shengyou hid the gloom in his eyes and hurriedly followed.

Chu Yan held Liu Qi's hand again, and felt the hand in the palm of his hand squeeze back even harder.

This kitty was entrusted to me by the imperial concubine at noon today, and let me take care of her for a while, how can I explain to the imperial concubine now!

Zhu's carriages and horses were parked not far outside, and the guards searched from start to finish but found nothing.

Liu Qi swallowed nervously, he was afraid that if he really couldn't find anything famous, Chu Yan would really think he did it.

Talking in low voices with the people who came to watch, those words became thorns, which made Liu Qi feel painful.But he has long been used to it, so he behaved extraordinarily strong, no matter how nervous and frightened, he would not show half of his expression, only the sweat in his palms betrayed him.

Chu Yan turned his head and said in a low voice, "Don't be afraid."

Zhu Shengyou cleared his throat: "It seems that the prince is willing to believe that I am innocent."

Chu Yan just looked at him coldly.

At this moment, the sound of carriage wheels came from behind, and a man was leading the carriage, Zhu Shengyou's expression changed, and then he saw the horse standing still in front of the crowd, and the curtain of the carriage was lifted , one person was pushed out of the car.

Chu Rui jumped out of the car: "I saw this man sneaking away as soon as I chased him, and I heard about the incident in the restaurant, so I thought it had something to do with it, so I hurriedly chased him back, how is it? Bar?"

Chu Yan looked at him proudly asking for credit, and raised his eyebrows: "No."

Zhu Shengyou's face was pale, and he even forgot to salute.

The guards of the palace immediately lifted the wooden board behind the carriage, turned the horse around, and showed the rear carriage to everyone.

I saw mottled bloodstains on the wooden boards in the car, presumably the cat kept rolling around in the bumps, rubbing the blood on it!

Facing dozens of condemning eyes, Zhu Shengyou finally came back to his senses, gritted his teeth secretly, but pretended to be as surprised as everyone else: "This is not... Mr. Han! What is going on! Could it be Did you do it? Aren't you... Princess Liu's younger brother?"

The young master surnamed Han froze slightly, looked up at King An, and then at Zhu Shengyou, suddenly made up his mind.

He was indeed one of the gangsters who followed Liu Qi all the year round, and many of Liu Yunlou's regular customers recognized it after Zhu Sheng had such a reminder, and some of them immediately looked at Liu Qi.

The reason why Zhu Shengyou bribed Han Bin was because everyone knew about his relationship with Liu Qi. If Han Bin was caught, he would only think about Liu Qi.

But Han Bin didn't dare to splash Liu Qi's dirty water in front of King An. Zhu Shengyou told him that Liu Qi was not favored and even hated by King An, but now what happened?

He quickly changed to a kneeling position, and kowtowed twice: "The king, the prince forgives the sin, the princess forgives the sin, Caomin... Caomin is a ghost who has lost his mind..."

He told Liu Qi that he was a child, but in fact, he was all rich.

His father is the right servant of the fourth-rank official department. He is the son of the family. It is not good to be born in the capital where the rich and powerful are everywhere. Fortunately, the aunt has no children and raised him under her knees, so he was valued by his father.

Liu Qi has always been surrounded by many people since he was a child. In terms of closeness, he may not be able to talk to a businessman like Qiu Zihua.

He has always been secretly jealous of Liu Qi's good treatment, and feels that Liu Qi doesn't treat him as well as his other brothers, and every time he has good things to share, he doesn't get his turn, so he developed hatred over time.

This time, seeing Zhu Shengyou embrace the noble concubine's cat to show, and seeing Liu Qi playing tricks on Zhu Shengyou because of the cat, she felt revengeful, and hurriedly bought a similar cat from the market. After being tortured to death, he exchanged with the imperial concubine's cat, and the boy who looked after the cat was bribed by him to help him exchange the cat.

As for the imperial concubine's cat, it was well hidden in the hidden box on the carriage. When I took it out, I saw that the two cats were only similar in color and color, but when I looked closely, they looked different.

There are many loopholes in these remarks, and Zhu Shengyou must have been involved in them, but Han Bin insisted that he bribed the young man to do it, and the young man did not dare to say "no".

Zhu Shengyou must have planned this on a temporary basis. Most of the cats were found nearby. After Chu Yan asked people to ask around, he found a beggar who had collected money to pick up stray cats. Know who Zhu Shengyou is.

In this way, there is no evidence to prove that Zhu Shengyou was also involved.

Chu Yan said coldly: "Send them to Dali Temple and sue these two people for framing the royal family. Tomorrow I will go to the hall to watch in person. In addition, I will report to my father the fault of Mr. Han for allowing his son to do something! "

After finishing speaking, instead of looking at Han Bin who was in a cold sweat and pleading, he ordered his horses to go back home.

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Adding more is a bit difficult. I also want to add TVT. Time is not allowed, so let’s give out red envelopes~

Today is 8 o'clock before 20 o'clock tomorrow morning (because the update is late, so it will be delayed~)