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Prince An was placed under house arrest, and Dongchang took over the case of Fang Zhili, the son of the Minister of Rites, which spread throughout the capital overnight.The common people began to discuss, guessing what Prince An had to do with the case.

In the next few days, those dudes who went to Yunnifang with Prince An that night were all "invited" to Dongchang for tea.

The case was presided over by Si Yuanting with full authority. It is said that several playboys were scared to death by the coercion he radiated. The ordinary people did not know what they recruited. In the end, they all had pale faces, trembling all over, and were carried out of the East Factory and sent to their respective residences.

The case was investigated for several days, and many people were "invited" to Dongchang. Although there was no direct physical evidence to prove that Prince An was related to Fang Zhili's death, Dongchang did not seem to recognize Prince An's innocence, and kept Distributed people to track down all the people who had seen Prince An and Fang Zhili in and around Yunnifang that night, and questioned them repeatedly.

As for Prince An, he thought that he would honestly confine him in the mansion, but unexpectedly he recruited many geisha to the mansion, and every night he could hear the sound of singing and dancing coming from Prince An's mansion, as if there was nothing at all. I don't care about being placed under house arrest by the Holy Spirit.

For Prince An, whether it is ordinary people, scholars, or even businessmen, they all feel regretful and disappointed.Prince An led the army to fight on the frontier for several years, not only relieved the suffering of one side of the people, but also established the prestige of the Daheng Kingdom, and finally built an unbreakable line of defense for the frontier, making it difficult for those foreigners to find an opportunity to take advantage of it, let alone dare to take advantage of it. No matter how much they looked down on the people of the Daheng Kingdom, they were originally a well-known general. They all hoped that after returning to Beijing, Prince An would continue to assist the current Holy Majesty and bring the Daheng Kingdom to a higher level.

Unexpectedly, Prince An would hand over his real power shortly after returning to Beijing, and began to become an idle prince who was increasingly addicted to singing, dancing and beauty, and became the same as the city's dudes.It can be said that how much people praised and expected Prince An at the beginning, and how disappointed they were with Prince An in the past three years. There are still storytellers in the market who use adapted stories to insinuate that Prince An is depraved, expressing anger and hatred for him. Don't do it.

Due to the wanton investigation of Dongchang, many people have a considerable degree of resistance and panic, and many people are dissatisfied with Prince An's reckless behavior of singing and singing every night under such circumstances, and they all angrily denounced Prince An for not doing it at all. Did not take the people to heart.

These situations were also reported to Chu Yuelei one by one by Si Yuanting. When he learned that Chu Yuezhi could no longer maintain his reputation through military exploits, Chu Yuelei was extremely happy, and even ordered Si Yuanting to speed up the handling of the case. It is important to make the case "come to light."

Since ancient times, kings have been taboo about making great achievements. Chu Yuezhi's illustrious military achievements have always been a big mountain in Chu Yuelei's heart. Now that he heard that Chu Yuezhi was losing popular support, Chu Yuelei felt very happy and also felt very happy. He was more confident about getting rid of Chu Yuezhi.

After all, getting rid of an idle prince who is no longer admired by the people is much easier than getting rid of a brave and strategic prince and general who laid down territory for the Daheng Kingdom, and it will not be criticized in later generations for this.

After nightfall, Prince An's Mansion, just like the previous nights, had a private banquet with singing and dancing. The sound of silk and bamboo not only lingered in the ears, but also graceful and beautiful ladies danced under the moon to add to the fun.

Chu Yuezhi was leaning on the couch, and the servant at the side had just filled a cup of Yulu Qiongjiu for him, but he drank it all down. Perhaps seeing that he drank too much, the servant did not fill it up for him immediately. Instead, he bowed his head and knelt down, and said to Chu Yuezhi: "My lord, you have already drank a lot tonight, if you drink any more, I'm afraid it will damage your body."

It would not be an exaggeration for a mere family slave to interfere with the high-ranking prince. If he dragged him to death according to the rules, it would not be an exaggeration. "Back off, and don't get in my king's eyes here."

"Yes, my lord." The house slave couldn't raise his eyes to look directly at the noble prince, bowed his head, put the jug and wine glass into the serving plate swiftly, and then stepped back.

Tilting his head, Chu Yuezhi propped his forehead with his hands, and casually looked at the maiko who danced a pair of pink sleeves dazzlingly, but he was not interested at all.

Zhou Ji stood behind him, seeing that the time was almost up, he took two steps forward, leaned over to Chu Yuezhi's ear and whispered: "My lord, should we let them finish?"

Chu Yuezhi didn't like reclining on the cushions of the couch. Such a posture might be comfortable for ordinary people, but for him, a former general who still retained his marching habits and was suffering from old illnesses, it was actually a kind of torture. After a few days, he really felt back pain more and more as he lay down, and even spent much longer in the medicinal bath in the bath room than before.

But this act has to be done in full, so he could only bear with it, reached out and picked a grape from the fruit plate on the desk, put it in his mouth, chewed it a few times and swallowed it, before saying: "No hurry, let them continue to perform. For my private banquet, the louder the noise, the better."

"Then the prince wants to go down and cook a pot of hangover soup for you?" Zhou Ji also saw that Chu Yuezhi drank a little too much tonight, so he asked worriedly without authorization.

"In the past, when I drank spirits from large bowls with all the soldiers in the army, I never passed out. Now, what are these pots of small wine worth?" It's not a problem, he has been watching this boring song and dance in the mansion for the past few days, but he still has to pretend to be intoxicated, and he can no longer practice swords recently, so he can only force himself to lie down for another hour or two during the day. Although he had many things in his mind, and let Zhou Ji secretly leave from the secret passage of the commander's residence to do business, but he had rested too much, and although he was in good spirits, he was a bit lazy.

"Nowadays, the people in the capital are more and more dissatisfied with the prince. If this continues, the subordinates are afraid that even if the case is closed, the prince's reputation will be irreparable." Zhou Ji has been paying attention to the wind direction in the capital recently. I don't know how many rumors I have heard.

Although these remarks could not cause real harm to Chu Yuezhi, once his reputation was damaged, it would not be easy to recover. He was afraid that these would become a stumbling block for Chu Yuezhi in the future.

"Dissatisfied? You put it lightly." Chu Yuezhi sneered, but said in a nonchalant way: "If the common people want to scold them, let them scold them. Suppress me, but this king needs you to add fuel to the flames to make this king's reputation even worse."

Zhou Ji still has concerns: "But..."

"No, but the more isolated and helpless this king is, the more the emperor brother will relax his vigilance and treat this king lightly. If the king's reputation is still the same as before, the emperor brother will not take action against this king because he is concerned about his century-old reputation. "Chu Yuezhi pursed his lips without a smile, and he didn't know whether the sarcasm on his face was mocking the person on the dragon seat or himself.

He supported the emperor's brother, how many literati and scholars who criticized him for usurping the throne have been secretly dealt with over the years, not to mention how the official history books recorded the original palace change, it was a folk history, and Chu Yuelei could not tolerate anyone's insinuation Criticism, Qin Shihuang burned books and robbed Confucianism before, and now Chu Yuelei issued a secret order. After Jin Yiwei received the order, those who continued to write unofficial histories, scripts and literati notes in private despite the ban, and told obscure and tortuous stories in teahouses everywhere The storyteller was executed in secret.Qin Shihuang ruled the world and was not afraid of criticism from later generations, while Chu Yuelei buried these things in the darkness that ordinary people could not perceive.

Although Jin Yiwei is in charge of guards and patrols and arrests, since Si Yuanting also served as the governor of the East Factory, Jin Yiwei has gradually declined. Before that, Chu Yuelei relied heavily on accepting such secret orders, but since he stepped down as the general and handed over military power According to his knowledge, many Jinyiwei were sent to the frontier to secretly collect military information and instigate rebellion, and this was proposed by Si Yuanting to Chu Yuelei.Although Chu Yuelei didn't trust the hundreds of thousands of soldiers he brought out, he also knew the importance of border defense, so it was not surprising that he would listen to Si Yuanting's advice.

The frontier will send back secret letters every six months to inform the current situation in the frontier. Chu Yuezhi knows that the soldiers in the army are still loyal to him, but this capital is different. In Lei's or Si Yuanting's grasp, Chu Yuelei cared so much about his reputation before and after him, how could he attack him when he was still popular?He was able to live a peaceful life for these three years because he was still popular.But now, he is so presumptuous, all he wants is to be abandoned by the people.

With his back to Zhou Ji, Chu Yuezhi's voice was almost covered by the sound of silk and bamboo and singing: "Deputy General of the Heron Battalion, are you back?"

"Returning to the prince, I have already returned, and there is an extra scholar by my side. The subordinates have not met him for the time being, and only received news from him." Zhou Ji said.

"Oh? It's strange that he can be friends with scholars. I remember that he didn't like to get along with scholars the most in the past." After all, Chu Yuezhi was uncomfortable on the couch, so he just lifted his robe and stopped talking to Zhou. Ji talked a lot, Chu Yuezhi greeted the maiko who had been dancing for a long time with a lazy smile on his face, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he grabbed the water sleeve that the maiko threw at him, and said with a smile: "Let me come and join you!" dance."

Few people know that Chu Yuezhi can also dance, and it was taught by his mother who was obsessed with dancing. It can be said that he was one of the few moments when he was hugged by his mother when he was young. If the concubine wants to teach him, he will study hard, even if he doesn't practice later, he still has a good foundation. In addition, he often dances swords in martial arts. He danced to the last song in perfect harmony with the music, but his dancing posture was not as graceful as a woman's, but it was as graceful as a dragon, and his thin body made him even dance with maikos, giving birth to more vivid movements in flowing movements. What a dashing and sassy air.

Under the moonlight, Chu Yuezhi stretched his sore and stiff muscles by dancing with maikos. He has been imprisoned for too long. When I went out for the first time, I was just like myself, going forward indomitably, using a long spear when the long sword was broken, and grabbing the weapon in the enemy's hand when the long spear was broken, as long as he was still alive, he would fight bloody battles until the moment he achieved his goal.