The second prince, Zhao Ruijing, didn't understand what Zhao Ruixi was thinking, and secretly thought to find someone to have a good talk with after the court meeting. If nothing else, the fourth prince and concubine Shan would risk her life to save them—that deserves his attention.

Everyone knows that the fourth concubine, Jiang Jiuyi, is the adopted daughter of the Jiang family. It is said that she is the daughter of Mrs. Jiang's distant cousin, and she came to the capital because no one took care of her.

However, the news in Beijing circulated very quickly, such a cousin, such an adopted daughter, was clearly the illegitimate son of Mr. Jiang Ge who had an affair overnight.

However, now this illegitimate daughter has such skills, and can even save the prince from the siege of countless killers. It is a great thing to be rewarded in terms of merit alone, but now Emperor Meng Qing only cares about the reward. Without mentioning a word, even rather disgusted and avoided, how could this not arouse everyone's interest?

Until the end of the Great Court Meeting, Emperor Meng Qing kept silent about the matter of awarding rewards, and even when the courtiers wanted to bring up this topic, Emperor Meng Qing would deliberately divert it.

Countless people's eyes fell on Zhao Ruixi, but Zhao Ruixi's face was still indifferent, and he couldn't see why.

So the eyes were on Jiang Bingyu, the first assistant of Jiang, and Jiang Chonglin, the magistrate of Yanzhou who was allowed to come to the Great Court Meeting.

Jiang Bingyu's face was no longer the kindness of the past, on the contrary he looked a bit forbearing, and Jiang Chonglin, the eldest son of the Jiang family, looked even more resentful.

"Jiang Aiqing, what do you think a minister should do?"

The sudden change of topic surprised everyone present. This is a very difficult question, and a slight mistake is even a sin of dismissal and U-turn.

"Returning to the Holy Lord, you should do your duty." Jiang Bingyu bowed his head and cupped his hands, showing a respectful look.

Yan Mian made Emperor Meng Qing's expression unreal, "Oh? Jiang Aiqing, why don't you talk about the so-called 'conscientious'?"

The atmosphere in the court hall became stalemate, and the solemnity flowed in the main hall like a substance. Before Jiang Bingyu could respond, Zhao Ruixi chuckled instead.

In such a quiet hall, this chuckle was extremely harsh.

"What are you laughing at?" Emperor Meng Qing suppressed anger in his voice.

Zhao Ruixi made a complete set of etiquette, so perfect that he couldn't find any mistakes, and said slowly: "Master Jiang will naturally do his best, but the minister is dull. I want to ask the Holy One to clarify. What is the so-called 'conscientious'?"

"Are you asking me?"

Zhao Ruixi smiled, the poison in his body became more and more violent, his smile was sincere and brilliant, "I implore the Holy One to clear up the confusion."

Emperor Meng Qing laughed back in anger, as if he was really a kind father, he said with a smile: "Come to the Imperial Study after the court meeting, and I will tell you what is 'diligent'."

"Thank you, Lord."

However, Zhao Ruixi's title has already aroused discussions among courtiers.

After several rounds, Zhao Ruixi never called him a son, never called him a father.

This is obviously cutting ties with Meng Qinghuang.

The Seventh Prince and the Eighth Prince, who had already reached the age and started to go to court, almost fell into trouble, especially the Eighth Prince, the moment when Jiang Jiuyi frightened him on the mountain path that day, he still remembered that day, and he wished that the troublesome fierce woman would hurry up die.

"Father, there are many strange things about Qingping Mountain, someone must have revealed their whereabouts, otherwise, how could they block me and the other brothers on the mountain road?"

The eighth prince Zhao Ruiqi stood up unwillingly and said that he would never forget everything that happened on Qingping Mountain that day in his life. Anyway, he was considered a prince, but he was so humiliated by Zhao Ruixi in full view!

He will definitely torture Zhao Ruixi with all his shame, and preferably one day he will be able to torture him to the point where he can't survive or die. The sick ghost who should have died of illness will do anything to block his way.

The seventh prince, Zhao Ruiyu, talked about his younger brother. Although the two are not siblings of the same mother, they are similar in age and have a closer relationship than other princes. "Eighth brother..."

"Royal father! That day on the mountain road, Princess Xi was very skilled, not something that ordinary officials and eunuchs can possess. My son implores royal father to thoroughly investigate Princess Xi!"

The recklessness of the eighth prince was like an oil drop thrown into boiling water, which immediately caused chaos in the court.

Zhao Ruixi's face was cold, and he wanted to kill Lao Ba, but he held back and even laughed, "Zhao Ruiyu, don't forget who saved you."

Zhao Ruiyu flinched for a while, and said, "She wants to kill me!"

"kill you?"

Zhao Ruixi seemed to have heard some joke, "If he wanted to kill you, you wouldn't be standing here. Repaying favors with revenge, being ungrateful, crossing rivers and demolishing bridges, the Eighth Prince is really good at playing false accusations."

"You are presumptuous! I am the prince, why bother to falsely accuse her of a woman?"

"You're presumptuous!" Zhao Ruixi suddenly shouted, "Your Majesty, can you make the decision here?"

Everyone followed Zhao Ruixi's words and looked up. Behind the beaded curtain, they could vaguely see Meng Qinghuang's unsuspecting expression.

"How decent is it to make such a mess! After the court meeting, let me go to the ancestral hall to reflect on myself. When will I know what to do as a prince, and when will I come out!"

Zhao Ruixi cupped his hands calmly, lowering his eyes to hide the contemptuous smile on his face.

The eighth prince, Zhao Ruiyu, obviously did not expect that he would be punished, so he knelt on the ground and said, "I beg your father to forgive me! My son and minister are also concerned about it, so it will be chaotic. The situation on the mountain road was dangerous that day. Being a relative of the emperor will inevitably bring disaster to Miyagi."

Every sentence was sincere and every word was sincere, as if he really had no selfish intentions and was just worried about the emperor's safety.

Zhao Ruixi didn't believe it, and Emperor Meng Qing didn't believe it either. He waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "Retire!"

The ministers came out in a file, and Zhao Ruixi stood alone in the hall, and when it was empty, he slowly walked out of the hall. He took out a black pill from his sleeve pocket, and swallowed it while hiding his face.

The restless Gu worm in his body finally calmed down a bit.

However, as soon as he got out of the main hall, before he had walked a few steps, he heard a shout from behind, "Fourth Emperor, please stop."

The person calling him is the second prince Zhao Ruijing.

He coughed twice, "What's the matter?"

Zhao Ruixi remembered that Zhao Ruijing wanted to help Jiang Jiuyi get a gentleman from the Imperial Hospital in the main hall just now, regardless of what he thought, at least it was a verbal favor.

"I was at the court meeting just now. Thank you, second brother, for seeking medical treatment for my wife." Zhao Ruixi said first. To be honest, Zhao Ruijing's attitude made him a little unpredictable.

"How is Princess Xi?"

The second prince's greeting made Zhao Ruixi feel alert, Jiang Jiuyi did not deliberately cover up to protect him on the mountain road, it would not be impossible for Zhao Ruijing to become suspicious at that time.

"It's good. Thank you, second brother, for your concern." Zhao Ruixi said calmly. In fact, the subtle concern for Jiang Jiuyi from outsiders made him feel a little uncomfortable, especially this person is still a scheming second prince.

"If you can't find a good doctor, I still have a few invitations from Xinglin experts."

"Thank you." Zhao Ruixi interrupted, "Although Yi'er's injury is serious, it's not dangerous. She just needs to rest for a while."

"Thank you, Second Brother, for your concern. Your Majesty is looking for me, so go ahead."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Ruixi didn't look at the second prince's expression, and went directly to the imperial study.

Zhao Ruijing looked at the back of Zhao Ruixi who was so fragile that he seemed to fall down at any time, and thought of the person who was so tenacious and tenacious on the mountain road that day as if he would never fall down.

Suddenly everything seemed to be interesting.

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