But even if the shopkeeper was annoyed in his heart at this time, he didn't dare to be angry with Hu Feifan.

He is just a tavern shopkeeper, and Hu Feifan is an authentic relative of the emperor.

After thinking about it, the shopkeeper could only swallow his anger, and carefully accompanied Hu Feifan with a smile and said in a negotiated tone, "Young Master Hu, these silvers are too valuable, and our store is very profitable, so please raise your noble hand and leave us a meal to eat, and give the villain a silver ticket for the Chase Treasure to replace these silver." ”

was questioned about using fake silver to cheat eating and drinking, how could Young Master Hu, who was drunk, endure this kind of shame and humiliation that tarnished his character, and immediately picked up the stool and smashed it on the forehead of the shopkeeper.

Although this fight did not cause human life, it did cause bloodshed. The tavern shopkeeper and his men later ran directly to the yamen to report the case with their heads covered with blood on their faces, so they escaped Hu Feifan's beating.

This matter made a big fuss, and it reached the ears of Emperor Chu almost the next morning.

"Bastard, is this capital and Nanchu still the world of his surname Hu? Paying fake money and beating people is simply unlawless! ”

Although these words were blurted out by Emperor Chu in anger, the Son of Heaven had no jokes. Regardless of whether he said it in an irrational situation of anger or after calm and careful consideration, no one dared not take the emperor's words inappropriately.

Therefore, in addition to secretly calling out bad luck, the Admiral of Jiumen, who took over the case, was so cautious that he did not dare to be careless in this matter.

When he was seriously and thoroughly interrogating the case of drunken troubles with real and fake silver, Emperor Chu had already secretly issued a secret decree, ordering the commander of the Praetorian Guard to take 2,000 soldiers and horses and go directly to Hu Feifan's mansion to raid his house.

This copy of the house, there are many problems copied.

All kinds of evidence and stolen goods were simply searched in the basement of Hu Feifan's mansion.

In addition to the large quantities of counterfeit silver, there were various tools for casting silver, and of course the roster staff and the stubs for the whereabouts of the silver were shipped.

When the commander of the Praetorian Guard made a list of those evidences and presented them to Emperor Chu, he was so angry that he turned green on the spot.

These things were supposed to appear in the Prince's Mansion, but now they have been transferred to the Crown Princess's brother's house, which proves that his good prince has never regretted it.

"Okay, very good, since they are vying to be scapegoats, what are I polite!"

In the imperial study, the emperor smashed a delicate porcelain cup on the Nanmu table, and the palace people standing next to him saw this, so they had to change the prepared porcelain cup silently with trembling.

"Someone come, tell me my will."

Emperor Chu paused, flicked his sleeves, turned around and sat down again.

The moment he lowered his head, he said coldly, "Hu Feifan disregarded the law and discipline, privately minted silver, and beheaded according to the law." Now the evidence is conclusive, and it is scheduled to be beheaded at the entrance of the vegetable market in three days. ”

This holy decree not only frightened the family members of the Hu Mansion, but also almost directly frightened the crown princess Hu Jingrong, who was reading the account book in the side hall.

Although the crown princess didn't know that this one after another was aimed at the Hu family, she knew that this matter must be inseparable from her husband, the crown prince.

Her brother was just a scapegoat thrown out by the crown prince.

But she didn't understand that there were so many powerful people in the capital, and it was not only her princess Hu family who had in-laws with the prince, why did the prince abandon the Hu family and abandon her brother.

The Hu family has always been the most solid and loyal supporter of the crown prince.

Why did the prince give up when he said he would give up, and he didn't even blink an eye when he said he sacrificed, did he take into account her feelings?

No matter how dissatisfied she was with the prince in her heart, at this time, the crown princess knew that the only one who could save her brother's life was the prince.

So no matter how angry she was, she could only lower her posture and beg the prince.

It took a long time for her to hold on to the chair to stabilize her crumbling body, and she slowly stood up with a sigh of relief.

When she opened her mouth, she realized that her throat was terribly dry.

Seeing this, the maidservant immediately obediently and carefully handed over a glass of water.

The crown princess took the cup, but her hands trembled so much that she couldn't hold the cup to her lips for a long time.

After working hard for a long time, he finally swallowed a mouthful of tea to moisten his throat, and then he was finally able to make a sound, "Where is Your Highness now?" ”

The maidservant next to her immediately responded, "Back to the crown princess, Your Highness is in the study." ”

The crown princess tugged at the corners of her mouth and murmured absentmindedly, "Okay, it's good to be in the study." ”

In fact, she knew in her heart that since the Hu family had a series of accidents, the prince had been hiding in the study and refused to see her.

At this moment, she knew better that if she let people know in advance, he would definitely avoid her as usual.

So the crown princess went to the outside of the study, and only stood quietly outside.

didn't let people get through, so he directly put the sword in his hand on his neck, looked at the guards, and said coldly, "Get out of the way, or I'll die in front of you." ”

The murderous crown princess's momentum was simply unstoppable, and any of the guards guarding outside the study would dare to venture forward to stop her.

Relying on a cold and shining sword, of course, the crown princess entered the prince's study smoothly all the way.

With a "bang", the heavy door of the study was brutally kicked open by the crown princess directly from the outside with her foot.

When the prince saw that she actually held a sword to his neck, and broke into the study with an awe-inspiring look of death, he was immediately startled, and he really jumped up from the chair in a panic.

"Jing Rong, what are you doing here?" The prince looked at the sword in her hand, and his face turned pale with surprise, he shrank back while holding on to the chair, and stretched out his hand to block the front, looking at her with fear in his eyes, "If you have something to say, you quickly put down the sword first." ”

The crown princess smiled sadly, her eyes were covered with resentment, and then she resolutely pressed towards him step by step with a sword, "Your Highness, the concubine also wants to say it well, but if the concubine puts down the sword now, will you be willing to listen to the concubine talk well?" ”

If it weren't for the sword in her hand, she wouldn't even be able to see his face today, right?

The prince looked at the sword in her hand with a cold light, as if he felt soaked in the cold.

I almost didn't even think about it, and nodded hurriedly, "Listen, definitely listen, as long as you put down the sword first, we can say anything." ”

The crown princess has been married to him for several years, and she doesn't know his temperament. I was afraid that as soon as she coaxed her to put down the sword, he turned around and immediately turned his face and didn't recognize anyone.

She shook her head, her eyes resolute and miserable, "Your Highness rest assured, the concubine's sword will not hurt His Highness by mistake no matter what." ”

When these words fell, the corners of her mouth drooped, and at the same time, there was a clear cold sneer in her heart, and a gloomy cold light flashed in the prince's eyes.

From ancient times to the present, who is not afraid of death?

But if the prince of a country is said to his face that he is afraid of death, it is not a matter of face.

The prince had a white face, narrowed his eyes and looked at her gloomily, and his thin lips were pursed for a while.

"The concubine only asks His Highness," the crown princess walked slowly with her sword on her hand, and when she was three steps away from him, she suddenly knelt down with her legs bent. But with his face up, he was still stubborn and unwilling to compromise, and his eyes showed a deep sadness and sorrow. looked at the pale-faced prince for a moment, and said in a mournful voice, "Please Your Highness, come forward to save the concubine brother." ”

The prince's hand holding the chair had been trembling slightly under the cover of the big sleeves.

At this time, his back had reached the back of the chair, and he had no way to retreat.

In front of him, the crown princess knelt on the ground and set up a sword and begged hard, and moved forward...... He looked at the cold sword on the crown princess's neck, and the faint cold light seemed to flash directly to his heart, and he didn't even dare to take half a step forward.

What's more, at this moment, his legs are weak, and he can't move half a step at all.

Thinking of the embarrassment under his strong support at this moment, he looked at the princess's gaze and became a little more ruthless and cold.

"The evidence is conclusive, my father's will has been made," he paused, trying to make himself appear calm, at least not to lose the momentum that a prince of a country should have, "Even if this palace has the heart, it does not have this ability." ”

The crown prince showed a face full of embarrassment, frowned at her, and helplessly persuaded, "You must also be considerate and considerate of the difficulties of this palace." Since ancient times, there has been no joke, do you think that if you enter the palace again at this time, your father will take back his will? ”

"Jing Rong," he sighed deeply, "My father is a country of one country, and he will definitely not and cannot do anything that goes back on his word. ”

The crown princess looked at him and repeated with a wry smile, "Considerate of His Highness's difficulties? ”

Lowering her eyes, under the long eyelashes, her eyes were dazed but resentful, and he really had the face to mention this to her.

But this will, she still asks him, no matter what, she can't let the resentment in her eyes show.

"The concubine didn't dare to beg her father to get her life back," she bowed her head and bowed her whole face to the ground, but the sword she held around her neck was still firmly glowing with a faint cold light that stimulated the prince's nerves.

She bowed her head and begged earnestly in a weeping voice, "I only hope that Your Highness can come forward and let my father and emperor leave my brother's life, even if it is to exile him for three thousand miles." ”

Although the prince's face was white, his hands shrunk under his sleeves were shaking all the time, and his legs were weak and trembling under his robe. But in the face of the princess's request, he shook his head firmly and resolutely, and at this moment, his posture and expression showed a completely non-negotiable refusal.

"It's not that the palace is unwilling to come forward, but that if the palace knows that this thing can't be done, if the palace wants to do it, the father will only be angry with the palace when he arrives."

"Don't you want to watch your brother be punished, and you are willing to watch your husband be implicated, angered, and punished?"

Ambush? Implicate?

Where did her brother deserve it? Why should he be punished for his crimes? Is it just because he is a king, and her brother is a minister?

Afraid of being implicated? In this matter, who is implicated in whom, does he dare to touch his conscience and ask?

The crown princess sneered in her heart, despise, mock, and despair, and at the same time surrounded her like boundless darkness.

In the middle of the night, she looked up and looked at him fixedly, the chill rushing from the soles of her feet to the top of her head for a moment, and her heart was already sinking as she watched his handsome face gradually become stronger