Roufu sat slumped on the hat chair on the side, clutching her chest and silent, Princess Ning held her in one hand, and grabbed the front and spoke: "This child has been raised in the boudoir since he was a child, where have you ever seen such a thing?" Now that everyone is frightened, let's talk about the courtiers. ”

Jiang You frowned and said, "I heard that only Cousin Roufu and her sister-in-law were there at that time, and the princess was probably not present, since she also rushed over after the fact, what are you going to say at this time?" She turned her head to look at Roufu with a miserable white face, and said in a slow voice: "Cousin, the state has national laws and family rules, even if I want to give you justice, I have to come up with evidence, I can't just convict people like this, right?" ”

Roufu's expression was even more panicked, he looked around helplessly, covered his mouth with a silk and sobbed a few times, before he said in a trembling voice: "Today, today my sister and I went to incense, but the carriage suddenly overturned, and the two of us rolled down the dirt slope and fell into the bushes, and the clothes on our bodies were torn in many places" She saw Jiang You looking at her directly, and lowered her head in some panic: "I saw that Grandpa Zhang Xiao took a battalion of sergeants to prepare to go up the mountain for drills, so he asked for help, but I didn't expect him" She covered her face and sobbed.

Jiang You looked at her sideways, her hair was scattered, and there were indeed a lot of grass clippings, but her clothes were still neat, they should be freshly changed, she thought for a while and said, "Since you go out to incense, why don't you bring a maid and a maid, and ask someone else for help?" Why did you come back so late? ”

Roufu paused when asked, and subconsciously went to see Princess Ning, and said after a while: "My sister and I fell out and rolled down the mountain, and the maid and woman we brought were not enough, so I didn't find it for a while" She twisted the handkerchief with one hand: "There is a courtyard behind the Buddhist temple, and my sister and I are greedy for fun, so we came back late." ”

Princess Ning also pressed the corners of her eyes with a silk, and the beads and eight treasure hairpins between her sideburns swayed a few times: "I thought it would be nothing big to just go to the incense, it just so happened that there were some chores to take care of in my house, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen in just one afternoon, how could I have the face to see the prince!" ”

Jiang You saw the two of them crying sadly, but he couldn't help but wonder in his heart: "I remember that the camp brought by Dongzheng's cousin is in Dongshan, but the Buddhist temple with the most prosperous incense in Beijing is on Xishan. Or just in time for Dongzheng's cousin to return to the camp and fell into the carriage? ”

I can't help but wonder if she doesn't know, this matter is too coincidental, she just issued a decree to let King Ning go to Lingnan to settle the domain, and Roufu immediately had an accident, and the spearhead was directly aimed at the Zhenguo Mansion.

Roufu's body stiffened when she was asked, and she snorted a few times, but Princess Ning replied for her: "Isn't it just such a coincidence?" If it weren't for such a coincidence, the two daughters of the courtiers might not have had an accident. She hugged Roufu and cried: "It's all for my mother, my mother shouldn't listen to the incense of Dongshan Buddhist Temple, so let you and your sister go to the incense, and as a result, this kind of thing happened!" ”

Jiang You moved the corners of his lips and said to Xiangyin: "Help the princess up first." She said to the princess: "Since the matter has happened, it is useless to cry and complain about this and that, it is better to discuss how to solve it." ”

She lowered her eyes and looked at Princess Ning who looked embarrassed and Roufu who was at a loss: "I have a way, maybe I can remedy it." She went through the words in her mind a few times, and only after making sure that there was nothing wrong did she probe the expressions of the two, and said cautiously: "I can make a decree to give marriage, let Cousin Dongzheng marry Cousin Roufu as his wife, and then give her sister a family affair, first, it can complete the reputation of the two families, and second, this matter can not be over." ”

As soon as her words fell, Princess Ning immediately screamed: "No! She saw Jiang You frowning and looking over, realized her gaffe, and hurriedly said: "Although Roufu is not born to the courtier, but the courtier treats her like her own, how can she watch her jump into the fire pit?" ’

She came to the palace just to make a big deal out of it, how could she let Jiang You just ignore it so lightly?

Jiang You pretended to be puzzled and nodded: "That's right, since that's the case, then just let Cousin Roufu marry far away to other provinces, no one is in Beijing, presumably there will be a lot less gossip, if the princess is afraid of giving her a bow, I promise to give my cousin a good kiss." ”

Princess Ning's palms oozed some sweat, and she hurriedly said: "It's not that the courtiers don't know the general situation, and the courtiers also know the truth of the big thing, but the grievances suffered by my son are so plain?" ”

Jiang You paced around the room a few times, and suddenly turned his head and asked, "What does the princess mean?" ”

Princess Ning raised her eyes and looked at her: "Naturally, we have to find out, and then let the Zhang family give an explanation, and give my son justice." ”

Jiang You had vaguely guessed King Ning's intention to delay staying in the capital, and looked at her coldly and said: "King Ning can't delay the matter of the domain, since the princess insists on doing so, then let Cousin Roufu stay first, King Ning and the princess set off first, I promise you that I will investigate this matter thoroughly." ”

If King Ning can't stay in the capital, then wouldn't he take two daughters for nothing, what's the point of this? She lamented: "When such a big thing happens to her daughter, how can a father take office with peace of mind? The courtiers know that the prince accidentally offended you a few days ago, and I hope that you will allow the prince to stay for a while for the sake of understanding the prince's love for his daughter. ”

Jiang You raised his eyebrows, glanced at her unhappily, and said to the waiter who was standing on the side: "You go and invite the imperial uncle of the palace." She turned her head to the tear-stained mother and daughter: "This matter is full of suspicions, and if you don't find it out, I'm afraid it will hinder the reputation of both sides, so it's better for my cousin to live in the palace for a few days, and then go back when I find out." ”

Princess Ning's face froze, and she shirked: "The courtiers can bring Roufu back, how dare you disturb the emperor?"

Jiang You's face brought out a little fire: "This can't be done, that's not it, what does the princess want?" ”

Princess Ning saw that she was really annoyed, so she hurriedly stopped her mouth in fear, and was half-carried by Xiangyin and invited to go down, Jiang You sent back to Xue to take Roufu down to rest, and was walking around the house with a face full of embarrassment, when she suddenly heard a report outside: "Your Majesty, the prince of Zhenguo and the little grandfather are here." ”

Jiang You was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Please come in." After a while, the angry Zhenguo Gong and the indignant Zhang Dongzheng walked in, the two of them probably came in a hurry, and they were all dressed in ordinary sloppiness.

Jiang You couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, turned his head to Zhang Dongzheng and said, "Cousin, I can give you all the sloppy eyes in front of Princess Ning and Cousin Roufu, what the hell is going on?" ”

Zhenguo Gong had a little shame on his face: "I'm tired of the emperor." His voice was loud, like gold and iron striking each other, and he shouted at Zhang Dongzheng: "You evil obstacle, don't say it quickly!" ”

Zhang Dongzheng's handsome face was full of apologies, and as soon as he was short, he knelt down straight at Jiang You: "It's all ministers, no, they fell into the trap of others." He hatefully slapped the ground with his hand: "This afternoon, after the minister's training, he rushed back from the camp, and happened to hear someone in the col calling for help, and the minister was busy going down to save people, and as soon as he arrived at the bottom, he saw the county lord and another lady of the palace at the bottom, the minister, the minister was going to save people, but I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it."

There was a little red on his fair face, a little confused, and Jiang You patted the table again and again: "Oh, don't be vague at this time." ”

Zhang Dongzheng glanced at her in a daze, and calmed down slightly: "I didn't expect them to suddenly call 'indecent', and then many maids and wives appeared out of nowhere, pointing directly at the women of the courtier's thin and good families." "Roufu is just right, in order to succeed, the concubine did a lot of shameless acts against him, he thought that Jiang You was still young, and hid all these without saying anything.

Jiang You frowned and didn't speak, but Zhenguo Gong gritted his teeth and spoke first: "It's all the ministers and sons who have no way, which makes this evil obstacle fall into other people's traps and bring the emperor to the back!" He said with a wry smile and said: "The emperor sent a decree today, asking King Ning to go to Lingnan to take up the domain, and he used such a means in the afternoon, making it clear that he wanted to take our Zhang family and stay in the capital, and the minister would be ashamed of the emperor." ”

Jiang You hurriedly helped him up: "Guogong doesn't have to be like this, there is no reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days, besides, the Zhenguo Mansion is my uncle's family, and he has made great efforts to ascend the throne this time, King Ning must hate you." I and the country are both prosperous and lossy, how can we talk about being tired? ”

Zhenguogong's expression moved, and he was about to speak, when he heard another report outside the door: "If you go back to the emperor, the prince has arrived." ”

Jiang You said: "Biography." But after a while, I saw King Ning walk in with a sad face, knelt down to Jiang You and saluted, "Please ask the emperor to be the master of the ministers!" ”

Jiang You glanced at him with disgust, but he endured the anger in his heart, and said slowly: "Since Uncle Huang is here, he must know the whole story of this matter, and I won't go into details." She looked at him coldly, "Is this true or false, the emperor knows it, but he didn't expect the emperor to be willing to make such a big deal and give up his two daughters at once." ”

King Ning sighed, and pretended to be puzzled: "The emperor can't understand what the minister says, as a father, will he still harm his daughter?" He turned his eyes around Zhen Guogong and Zhang Dongzheng: "I also hope that the emperor will uphold justice for the daughter of his ministers, and don't commit adultery. Evil people. ”

Jiang You glanced at him with contempt, how is this kind of person who betrays his own blood and beasts for the sake of fame and fortune? She stared at him and asked, "I know that Uncle Huang has always had a good name, so it is better to give Cousin Roufu another good family affair, so that the reputation of both families can be preserved, and this matter can be gone, and there is no need to delay Uncle Huang's access." ”

She walked a few steps forward with the palace lamp, looked down at King Ning from top to bottom, and skimmed the words in her heart before she spoke: "This matter came out in the joint eye that the imperial uncle is going to the domain, if you don't know, I'm afraid that the imperial uncle is dissatisfied with the domain I refer to, and the thing that was deliberately born, it is better to make a big event, the two phases are peaceful, what does the imperial uncle think?" ”

Now the focus of the matter is not whether Zhang Dongzheng really underestimated the lord of Roufu, but whether King Ning will make a big deal and stay in the capital through this matter, if he really goes to Lingnan to become a vassal, I am afraid that he will not be able to take the throne in this life, how can he be willing to give up?

He was still kneeling on the ground with his knees, but his body slowly straightened up, and he said unhurriedly: "The method given by the emperor is naturally good, but I am afraid that it will be too late, the minister has already written this matter into a form and handed it to the cabinet and the third duke, but I am afraid that tomorrow, all the ministers in the court will know about it." ”

He raised his eyes slightly, and his eyes were full of cold and poisonous meaning: "If the emperor does not find out the truth and severely punish the fanatics, I am afraid that he will have a reputation of favoritism and narrow-mindedness inside and outside the court, and the emperor will get this reputation before he ascends the throne, so what do the civil and military officials and all the people in the world think?" ”