Jiang Qing

Hearing someone's voice, Bai Bingchen withdrew the movement of entering the door, sat in the wheelchair and reluctantly saluted: "Prince Sheng."

Others followed suit, only Li An waved a fan, his eyes flickered, he kept rubbing against Zhao Yuansheng, hiding most of his body behind him, like a wronged child going home to complain Similarly, he pitifully tugged at Zhao Yuansheng's cuff: "Why is brother here?"

Li An has always been able to stretch and shrink, seeing that he suffered a disadvantage in front of Bai Bingchen, but he wanted to hug Zhao Yuansheng's thigh with all his strength, and even called out his nickname when he was in Prince Cheng's mansion.

Glancing at the hand grasping his cuff, Zhao Yuansheng had a little smile in his eyes. He turned to Bai Bingchen and said, "This king's standing here shows that what King Xie En said is true. After Wang Zhen traced the thief to the White House, , Knowing that you can't save face with Bai Xiang, I asked the king to enter the palace to explain the reason, and His Majesty has already agreed."

The crossed fingers were already turning white, but Bai Bingchen didn't show anything on his face, and smiled lightly: "Since Prince Cheng has already entered the palace, he must have obtained the edict, but please take a look."

"There is no imperial edict, but Bai Ying should recognize such a thing." Zhao Yuansheng took a step forward, took out a jade pendant from his cuff, and handed it to him.

The jade pendant was only half in size, shining with brilliance, engraved with flying dragons entrenched on it, with just one glance, Bai Bingchen recognized that it was Zhao Zhen's personal belongings.

This pair of dragon and phoenix jade pendants were left by the first queen mother. Zhao Zhen and Bai Zijin each hold half a piece, implying the good omen of the dragon and the phoenix.The royal family is so fickle. Zhao Zhen and Bai Zijin are a rare couple. This dragon and phoenix jade pendant is the icing on the cake in this story of the emperor's deep love. It is widely spread. Bai Bingchen often enters the palace, and the clothes of the two change frequently. Wearing it on the body, it can be seen that the love is strong.

If it had been before, Bai Bingchen might have felt relieved that his sister had a good home.But in the present moment, the scene of Zhao Zhen threatening himself with Bai Zijin some time ago is still vivid in his memory, and he has to think twice.Since Zhao Zhen ordered the two princes to search the palace, but did not give Mingzhao instructions, is there something hidden in such an ambiguous attitude?

As if seeing his thoughts, Zhao Yuansheng bent down slightly, and whispered in Bai Bingchen's ear, "Someone wants to vent their anger on Prime Minister Bai. Your Majesty knows that Prime Minister Bai will suffer some grievances, but for the sake of the great cause of the country, there is really no way."

As soon as this remark came out, Bai Bingchen's pupils shrank slightly. He claimed that he had never had any quarrel with Zhao Zhenjun and his ministers for three years. He never thought that for the sake of military power, he would also become a pawn in Zhao Zhen's deal.He let go of his tightly clasped hands resignedly, closed his eyes and returned to his senses, and said after a long time: "Uncle Ji, let the two princes go in."

Seeing that he let go, Zhao Yuansheng nodded to Li An and signaled to lead troops into the mansion to search.Uncle Ji hurriedly followed to take care of him, so Bai Bingchen led Zhao Yuansheng to the main hall to wait.

Brainstorming the recent major events in Pingdu, Bai Bingchen had already confirmed that what Li An wanted to find in the mansion was Ling Che's lost badge a few days ago.He couldn't help laughing at himself secretly, two days ago he said that Ling Che's badge would definitely appear before his wedding, but he never expected that this badge would appear in his mansion.

Li An led people to search the house carefully, and after waiting for a long time, he appeared holding a wooden box.

After glancing at Bai Bingchen's expression, Zhao Yuansheng turned to Li An and asked, "Have you found the culprit?"

"The thief was not caught, but the stolen goods were found in the secret room of Bai Xiang's study, so it can be regarded as barely a deal." Li An opened the wooden box and let Bai Bingchen and Zhao Yuansheng have a look.

Bai Bingchen poked his head around and saw that there was indeed a waist plate engraved with the words of Jinxi Army lying inside.

"There is still Baixiang's lettering on this box." Li An pointed to the word "Yanfang" on the box and said: "I was surprised when I heard General Wang's report just now. How can there be such a stupid thief in the world who stole He ran to the official's house after picking up his things, this thief would not wear an official uniform, would he?"

"You... spout blood!" Uncle Ji's old face flushed immediately, and he was about to argue with him with his hips on his arms, but Bai Bingchen stopped him with a gesture.

Li An spoke with a gun and a stick, which was not at all like his usual style, which caused Zhao Yuansheng to glance at him more than once.

It stands to reason that Li An found his own reasons as he wished, and it should be a time when he was full of ambitions. Maybe he would be a little sarcasm in order to vent his anger on Mei Shao, but this posture of rushing to make himself confess is suspicious.

"King Xie En convicted me on the spot?" Bai Bingchen rested his chin and said doubtfully, "It wasn't General Wang who saw the thief come to my house with his own eyes. It's logical that the family blamed me, isn't it?"

Li An retorted: "How does a thief who has nothing to do with Bai Xiang know the secret room in your study?"

"Then how did King Xie En know that there is a secret room in Zhenxiang's study? I have never invited King Xie En to visit the mansion to reminisce about the old days." Bai Bingchen followed his words, "Or did King Xie En send someone to my mansion? Stepped on it? I remember when King Xie En first arrived in Pingdu, a male pet in the backyard disguised himself and ran to my house, looking for something for King Xie En."

Just now Li An's expression fell into Bai Bingchen's eyes. He knew that since this was a deal between Zhao Zhen and Mei Shao, it was difficult to refuse this troublesome matter, but he was not prepared to just stretch his neck and submit.The time Li An spent searching just now was enough time for Bai Bingchen to sort out the general context of the matter.

Now that Mei Shao is dressed in white, it is easy to do things. In order for Ling Che to return to Jinxi after his wedding, Zhao Zhen must have hinted at Mei Shao, asking him to find ways to hold Ling Che back, and Mei Shao just took this opportunity to make things difficult for herself.Bai Bingchen originally thought that Mei Shao's identity was inconvenient to come to the White Mansion to search, so he asked Li An to bring the patrol battalion over. Now it seems that this King Xie En wanted to find something in his mansion.

Seeing Li An's aggressiveness and losing the wind, Zhao Yuansheng lowered his head and coughed, separating the conversation between the two.

"It's a matter of great importance, and it's not a matter of debate. Since the waist card was found in Bai Xiang's study, it is necessary to ask Bai Xiang for some details as usual. Your Majesty values ​​Bai Xiang, and he is afraid of ruining Bai Xiang's reputation, so this case will not be reported. The Ministry of Punishment will deal with it, but General Ling always needs to explain something, so please ask Bai Xiang to come with me." Zhao Yuansheng put the matter to rest with a voice.

The main hall fell silent for a while, waiting for Bai Bingchen's reaction.

He smiled and looked at the group of people standing in front of the hall, twirling the wrench in his hand gently, with a plan in mind.After all, I have a high position and authority, if I go to prison with great fanfare tonight and hand it over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, I am afraid that there will be many ministers kneeling outside the palace gate tonight, disturbing your Majesty's slumber.But if he interrogates secretly, he can not only preserve his reputation, but also satisfy Mei Shao's request to vent his personal anger, which really kills two birds with one stone.Perhaps Zhao Zhen also knew that he would not submit obediently, so he sent Prince Laicheng to pressure him to suffer from this dumbness.

Having been immersed in the court for many years, Bai Bingchen has become accustomed to looking at the pros and cons of the moment before seeing the development of the court. As for his own personal safety, it is no longer necessary.His Majesty is determined to make this deal, if he does not cooperate, it may be too late to seek the conversion of the Sacred Heart in the future.

The person behind this matter is probably Mei Shao, if I follow along, I will inevitably suffer some flesh and blood, but since Mei Shao entered the capital, there are many mysteries in her body, if I don't go to face it, how can I figure it out What about him?

not to mention......

Bai Bingchen took a look at Ji Pu who was standing aside, he had been sidestepping him for so many days, but he showed no sign of letting go.If he took this opportunity to make a solid plan and wait for him to come back, he might be able to get his wish.

"Okay, then I'll go with the lord, but it's cold at night, let me put on some clothes." Bai Bingchen's smile deepened, and Uncle Ji pushed him to the back hall to change clothes.

Zhao Yuansheng waited in the main hall with the rest of the people. Seeing him come back again, he smiled calmly at himself: "Let's go."

Bai Bingchen showed no signs of panic or resentment, and even adjusted his clothes in front of Zhao Yuansheng, as if he was not going to accept interrogation, but to be a guest at the invitation of a friend, with thoughtful etiquette and a gentle smile.

He obviously said something to Uncle Ji in the back hall. After he came out, Uncle Ji didn't stop him even though his face was ugly, and let a soldier push Bai Bingchen away.

After tossing around in the middle of the night and leaving the White Mansion, Li An felt sleepy.After handing over Bai Bingchen to the patrol battalion, there were only the two of them left.

Glancing at Zhao Yuansheng's back, Li An yawned, thinking about how to slip away quietly.Just as he was thinking, he didn't notice that Zhao Yuansheng stopped suddenly. Li An's head fell on his back, and most of the drowsiness was driven away at once.

He covered his head, and when he was feeling dizzy, he heard Zhao Yuansheng ask.

"What are you looking for in the White House?"

Li Jian pretended not to understand: "Of course I'm looking for General Ling's badge, otherwise what else can I look for."

"is it?"

Li An looked up and met a pair of smiling eyes, as if he had seen through his clumsy lie.

"Of course! Your Majesty has kindness to me, and Li Guo has kindness to me. Naturally, I have to seize the opportunity to repay one or two. Otherwise, I will not return to my gentle hometown at night, and I will be choked here?" Li An turned to himself in a blink of an eye. He has become a peerless good man who knows how to repay his kindness.

Zhao Yuansheng withdrew his gaze from him, and said with a sneer, "Is it for His Majesty, for the country of Li, not for revenge for that fox in Ruanrou?"

Before he could answer, Zhao Yuansheng said again: "The fox from the Mei family is handsome, but he has deep thoughts. Anyone with a discerning eye can see why he returned to peace. With your ability, you should not bow down for the beauty." , fold yourself in."

He looked at the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion who disappeared at the corner of the street, turned around and said softly to Li An: "He is sitting at home, waiting for the prey to come, and let you jump around in front, are you stupid?"

Li An listened to his words in a daze, and then realized that the "fox" he said was referring to Mei Shao, a little dumbfounded, and said embarrassingly: "Thank you for your guidance. This beauty has to be coaxed. I have no other skills." , I only have some knowledge in coaxing beauties, so don't be sorry."

Zhao Yuansheng was silent, and there was only the sound of the evening wind blowing through the leaves, so quiet that Li An panicked. Just when he thought Zhao Yuansheng would not answer, a tall shadow pressed him to the corner.

"What did you call me?" Zhao Yuansheng approached with a smile, "I remember that in the White Mansion, King Xie En didn't see others like this."

I don't know where Zhao Yuansheng's pain point was poked, but he still clung to this title.

Li An shrank back silently, and asked tentatively, "Brother...Yi brother?"

In order to have an easier life in Li Guo as a hostage, Li An pretended to be a good boy in Prince Cheng's mansion for a long time when he was young, and only then coaxed the old prince to recognize him as a godson. According to this seniority, he really should call Zhao Yuansheng "" Yibro".

Zhao Yuansheng was a little close, and Li An could smell the pleasant scent of deep water on his body. This was the incense used by Prince Cheng's mansion when he smoked clothes. In a trance, he thought that he was still in the palace.

"I remember that when some people left Prince Cheng's mansion, they wanted to sever ties with the mansion." Zhao Yuansheng was not satisfied with his answer, and turned over old accounts, "In this way, you and I are not brothers."

"Then..." Li An was at a loss.

"Call Uncle Emperor."

Li An thought he heard it wrong: "What?"

"When the Li clan belonged to the Li Kingdom, your father and the first emperor were called brothers, but the current emperor called me the emperor's uncle. According to your seniority, you should also call me the emperor's uncle."

Zhao Yuansheng seemed to like seeing him at a loss, squinting his eyes and taking another step forward.

Seeing him getting closer and closer, and the two of them were about to press into the corner of the wall, Li An finally snorted reluctantly: "Uncle Huang..."

"Good boy." Zhao Yuansheng's mood suddenly improved. He glanced at the fallen leaves on top of Li An's head, and reached out to grab them.

Seeing him reaching out his hand, Li An subconsciously wanted to avoid it, but he grabbed his chin.

Fixing the moving person in front of him, Zhao Yuansheng reached out and took down the leaf. His eyes swept from his forehead to his eyes, then wandered to his nose and lips. The thing I'm looking for might be in the Emperor's Uncle's residence."

Before Li An could react, Zhao Yuansheng had already backed away and left on his own.

Li An, who was surrounded by Chen Shuixiang, was a little confused. He stood there for a while, not knowing where to start thinking.

It has been more than a month since the last time we met at the Yulan Terrace. Although Zhao Yuansheng was drunk and said some strange things at that time, it was considered normal.Why did he add this habit of asking for seniority in just over a month? Could it be that Zhao Zhen called him "Uncle Emperor" less often, so he wanted to make up for it from himself?