White Hedge Dream

Chapter 57 Favor

Zhou Jingyun was riding a horse on Imperial Street, wondering whether he should go straight to the palace gate and deliver a sign to the Queen, or go to the Imperial College first and use his identity as the Superintendent to deliver a sign to the Emperor, or meet both, see the Queen first, and see His Majesty again.

"Your Majesty."

There was a sound coming from the front.

Zhou Jingyun looked around and first saw a group of Xiaowei coming from the direction of the imperial city. Then the Xiaowei separated into two columns, and Zhang Ze, wearing a purple official robe, came slowly on horseback.

"Is the prince going to the palace?" he asked with a smile.

Zhang Ze's smile is always a bit weird.

Zhou Jingyun nodded. It would be better to be more honest when facing Zhang Ze. He directly explained his purpose: "Yes, Zhongcheng. I just happened to meet you. Could you please ask me? Just now the palace sent someone to my house -"

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Ze showed a relieved smile on his face and interrupted him: "Your family affairs have been handed over to me. There is no need to enter the palace again." He waved to Zhou Jingyun to come forward.

The officials who were taking shelter on the street couldn't help but tremble when they heard Zhang Ze's words, "Leave it in my hands." They looked at Zhou Jingyun with shock and sympathy.

Dongyang Hou Shizi fell into the hands of Black Crow just after he came back? It's over, it's over.

Zhou Jingyun's expression was as normal, and when he saw Zhang Ze waving, he jumped off his horse and walked up without hesitation.

The smile on Zhang Ze's face grew stronger. He got off the horse and said to Zhou Jingyun: "The maid in your house has committed suicide out of fear of crime. We haven't yet revealed who was behind the frame to frame your wife. Of course, the case will be over after the person dies." Can check."

It's just a small case, and it's an internal affair, so it's boring. It would be more interesting to just watch other people fight among themselves.

Zhang Ze smiled and patted a volume of documents into Zhou Jingyun's hand.

"Brother, I'm selling you a favor. It's up to you, Crown Prince, to decide whether to investigate or not."

Zhou Jingyun held the document and raised his hand to Zhang Ze: "Thank you, Zhongcheng."

Zhang Ze laughed and said, "You and I are welcome, brothers." After saying that, he mounted his horse and left surrounded by Xiaowei.

Only then did the officials on the street gather around. Some greeted Zhou Jingyun, "When did the prince come back?" Some asked worriedly, "Why did I offend him?" More eyes focused on the document in his hand, "What happened?" ?”

Zhou Jingyun smiled: "It doesn't matter. Someone reported some minor matters at home. Zhang Zhongcheng asked me to check it out myself first."

The people around him did not relax because he spoke so easily, and looked even more nervous. "Little things? Small things in Zhang Ze's hands can also be fatal." "Why is the prince targeted by him?" "Oh, not just the prince, none of us are not. Is he following?"

Zhou Jingyun stopped chatting with others, said goodbye and mounted his horse.

"Your Majesty, are you going to the Imperial City or the Imperial Academy?" Jiang Yun asked.

"There's no need to go." Zhou Jingyun said, turning his horse's head and looking ahead, "Go to Ding'an Bo's Mansion."

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Mrs. Ding'anbo was restless indoors, glancing at the sky and the hourglass from time to time.

"It's almost time." She said, frowning, "She won't accept the money and not do the work, right?"

Lu Jin comforted him: "There is no guarantee that there will be results today. Aunt Qin has been in the palace for many years and has her own arrangements. Auntie should prepare her makeup first and go to the palace as soon as she hears the news to intercede for Mr. Zhuang."

Mrs. Ding'anbo snorted coldly: "I really don't want to go.".

Lu Jin said with a smile: "We are not doing it for her, but for the Dongyang Marquis Mansion." She picked up a small brocade box from the table nearby and opened it. If Xue Liu was there, she would have discovered that this was her silk flower.

"Mr. Zhuang actually did such a treasonous thing. She wants to die. We don't care. But we can't ignore the Dongyang Marquis Mansion. That's your son-in-law."

"This time I want him to know who his real relatives are."

Mrs. Ding'anbo let out a long breath, took out another brocade box from her sleeve and opened it. There was also a silk flower inside, but it was intact.

At that time, Xue Liu said that Zhuang had damaged something given by the emperor and wanted to sue her. Naturally, she didn't want it, so she immediately went to arrange connections in the palace. This time, Zhuang had to die.

Taking her daughter's place deserves this outcome!

But Lu Jin held her back and told her a new strategy.

Let Xue Liu sue with the fake one.

The queen made the most common silk flowers, and they were everywhere, otherwise no one would have noticed that the stamens had special features.

"The Queen may not be able to recognize it and will have people search the Dongyang Marquis Mansion. Even if the recognition is false, Xue Liu's identity is Zhuang's maid. The Queen is suspicious, so she will definitely have people search for her."

"And Mr. Zhuang does not have silk flowers in his hand, so he will still be questioned by the Queen."

"Then Auntie, you took me to see the queen and said that I had taken away Mr. Zhuang's silk flowers and I was borrowing them. Mr. Zhuang didn't know."

This will solve Zhuang's crisis.

Of course, the purpose of doing this is not for the Zhuang family, but to make the Dongyang Marquis Mansion owe them a favor.

When the time comes, if Qin Sibin is asked to propose marriage in front of the queen, the queen will hate Zhuang and will be happy to slap Zhuang in the face and personally act as a matchmaker to marry her to Zhou Jingyun.

The Queen spoke up, and since she sacrificed herself for the Zhuang family, I didn't believe Zhou Jingyun could refuse.

Mrs. Ding'anbo looked at the silk flowers in the brocade box.

"I sacrificed my face to ask for it." She snorted, "I don't know what I can give in return for this favor."

Lu Jin held her arm and said with a smile, "You are the Crown Prince's mother-in-law. A little of your favors will be enough for the Crown Prince to repay others."

That's true, when the two families first got married, she was looked down upon wherever she went.

Mrs. Ding'anbo glanced at Lu Jin with a bit of sourness: "You are really lucky."

Lu Jin hurriedly stopped smiling and said with a hint of sadness, "It's my third sister's blessing."

It's a pity that her daughter is not lucky. Mrs. Ding'anbo hates it, but there is nothing she can do now. It is better for her niece than that outsider Zhuang. She patted Lu Jin's hand and said calmly: "It's good that you know."

The two of them were talking to each other with their own thoughts, when the maid Yao Qin rushed in hurriedly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is here."

Mrs. Ding'anbo and Lu Jin were stunned for a moment, why is Zhou Jingyun here?

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"Aren't you still keeping an eye on the news at Dongyang Marquis Mansion?"

"Yes, he said he saw someone coming from the palace, but he left soon after."

"How did you leave? Did you capture Mr. Zhuang?"

"No-"

"Then the prince came out and went to the imperial city."

And then came to their house?

What are you doing at their house? Could it be that he went to the Imperial City to plead with Zhuang and then came to them for help? Mrs. Ding'anbo thought uneasily, her steps were a little messy and she almost sprained her foot. Fortunately, Lu Jin supported her. "Auntie, although we originally planned to do this in front of the Queen, we can do it in front of the Crown Prince." Lu Jin whispered, "Anyway, we just want the Crown Prince to know our good intentions."

Even though she said this, she was still uneasy. When she walked to the door and looked at Zhou Jingyun sitting in the hall with a calm face, her heart skipped a beat, the person who came was not good.

"What do you mean?" Ding Anbo complained with a straight face, "You didn't say anything even when you came. Why are you showing off here?"

Zhou Jingyun ignored him and looked at Mrs. Ding'anbo who walked in.

Mrs. Ding'anbo looked at him and forced out a smile: "Jingyun is here -"

Zhou Jingyun looked at her, neither speaking nor smiling, nor did he stand up to salute. He was not as dignified and polite as before.

Ding'anbo couldn't help but be angry: "What? You helped me with the Li family's affairs, and now you come here to put on airs in front of me?"

Zhou Jingyun said calmly: "Since my uncle remembers that I helped with the Li family's affairs, even if he doesn't repay his kindness, he can't harm others."

Mrs. Ding'anbo, who was about to sit down, suddenly stood up and said tremblingly: "What do you mean by this! Why did we harm you? Don't spit on others."

Zhou Jingyun looked at her: "Mrs. Bo knows exactly how to harm me."

Lu Jin gritted his teeth and stepped forward: "Brother-in-law, did something happen to Xue Liu?" After saying that, he turned to Mrs. Ding Anbo and shouted, "Aunt, she said she was going on a blind date with her parents to visit someone else. Is she lying to us?"

Mrs. Ding'anbo looked at Lu Jin's eyes, but she couldn't change her mood at all. For a moment, she was panicked, scared and sad. She couldn't even say two strong words.

"What are you talking about?" Ding Anbo really didn't know. Seeing that the situation was wrong, he didn't understand.

"Brother-in-law, no matter what Xue Liu did, it has nothing to do with my uncle and aunt, you-" Lu Jin said with tears.

"Shut up." Zhou Jingyun looked at her and said.

His voice was not loud, but perhaps it was the cold look in his eyes that made Lu Jin feel like an arrow had been shot in his throat, causing his voice to freeze immediately.

Although Zhou Jingyun had not been close to her before, he had never had such an attitude.

"You don't have to tell me anything. You know what you did, and I know it too." Zhou Jingyun said, looking at Mrs. Ding'anbo, and raised his hand to slap the document on the table, "Xue Liu's case, Zhang Ze has taken over."

Hearing the word "Zhang Ze", Mrs. Ding'anbo's tension finally broke, and she fell down on the chair with a thud, causing the table to rattle.

Lu Jin also turned pale: "Why, how did it get into his hands?"

For this trivial matter, the Queen could just punish the Zhuang family. After all, she still had the face of the Dongyang Marquis Mansion, so why did she go to the extent of using the Board of Supervisors?

In Zhang Ze's hands, it would be terrible.

Zhang Ze was investigating the case, and even if he had nothing to do, he had to peel off a layer of his skin to see, not to mention, they were really in trouble—

"What happened?" Ding Anbo shouted tremblingly. Looking at Mrs. Ding Anbo and Lu Jin, he knew something must have happened. He quickly shouted, "I don't know, it has nothing to do with me!"

But no one in the hall answered him.

Mrs. Ding'anbo looked at Zhou Jingyun and said tremblingly: "Jingyun, for Sanniang's sake..."

Zhou Jingyun nodded: "It was because of Sanniang that I stopped Zhang Ze."

Mrs. Ding Amber recovered in one breath.

Lu Jin covered her face and cried: "We all know how much my brother-in-law loves his sister."

"Since you know my affection for Sanniang and my deep love for my wife, Zhou Jingyun." Zhou Jingyun said lightly, "Then, how come you dare to treat my wife like this?"

The former wife refers to Mrs. Lu Sanniang, and the latter sentence naturally refers to the current Mr. Zhuang.

Lu Jin covered his mouth and did not dare to say another word.

"Uncle wants to know what happened. You should read the documents of the Board of Supervisors yourself." Zhou Jingyun said, "Uncle should be familiar with the people involved."

Ding Anbo went to the document with trembling hands.

Zhou Jingyun's hand patted it again.

"Although I stopped Zhang Ze from him, Zhang Ze is unpredictable. Uncle, please take your family back to your hometown to avoid it." He said.

Avoid it? What's the meaning?

Mrs. Ding'anbo cried in tears: "You, you want to drive us out of the capital?"

Zhou Jingyun didn't look at her, only looked at Ding Anbo: "If something happens again, my affection will not be able to stop the sword of the Board of Supervisors."

After that, he stood up and walked out.

"Zhou Jingyun, you-" Mrs. Ding'anbo shouted, covering her heart.

Zhou Jingyun stopped when he reached the door.

Mrs. Ding'anbo's voice suddenly stopped again.

Zhou Jingyun looked at Ding Anbo.

"Also." He said, "Although I stopped the case due to favors, my uncle still prepared some gold and silver to send. Zhang Ze doesn't have to arrest anyone. Things never go empty. Don't break his rule."

Then he looked at Mrs. Amber again.

"And Mrs. Uncle, your distant relative needs to be taken care of. You ask her to say goodbye today, and be careful that she sues you tomorrow."

Mrs. Ding'anbo's face turned pale, she covered her heart and fell to the chair.

Ding Anbo's face was also pale.

I just gave General Li a large sum of money, and I have to give money to others again. This time, my family's wealth is really going to be drained!

What the **** is going on? It's so unlucky.

He grabbed the paperwork Zhou Jingyun dropped on the table and looked down.

Zhou Jingyun walked out without stopping and heard two crisp slaps behind him.

"You two idiots—"

Servants were running around behind him, and as Zhou Jingyun walked out, they hurriedly closed the door to block out the noise.

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