On the day when the prince drove into the city, the whole city of Jiading was a sensation, and the officials and people who got the news took to the streets, guarding both sides of the road where the prince entered the city, vowing to see the demeanor of the prince.

The second room of the Zhao family has Zhang's Duchess of Jiannan County, and it stands to reason that the government is going to arrange for her to pick up the driver, but the Shanghai prefect said that she is old, and there is no one in the family, so it is better not to expose herself to the sun, so there is no arrangement, but it seems to have forgotten the official order to take over the driver, and there are also several elderly women.

Jiading Xinggong received Zhang's post, and no one came to contact him for a long time. If it was intended to be handed to the crown prince, no matter what, the head of the palace would also arrange for the Zhang family to dress up and wait in the palace in advance. Whether the prince summoned or not is one thing, but if the prince says that he wants to summon him, it will take several hours or even half a day for the head of the palace to find people, it will be his dereliction of duty. Therefore, the Zhang family waited for several days, and before the palace manager could notify him, he knew that there was something wrong with the matter.

Fortunately, the Zhao family has always had a good relationship with the Fenyang royal palace of the clan left behind in Jiading, when the old county prince was buried, the grandson of the king of Fenyang also came to worship, and helped the Zhang family slap Zhao Jiong's face fiercely. Zhang's thought of this kindness, as soon as he arrived in Jiading, he brought his grandchildren to visit, and saw that there was no follow-up from the head of the palace, so he inquired about the prince's route to enter the city from the Fenyang Palace-as the highest-ranking clan nobleman in Jiading City, no one dared to hide such important news from the Fenyang Palace.

Zhao Wei and Zhao Xiu stepped on the road to the city in advance, booked a private room on the second floor of a teahouse closest to their residence, and got up to freshen up and dress as soon as it was dawn. Then he helped Zhang's family and took a small boat to the back door of the teahouse. At this time, the teahouse has just opened. But it was already packed with people. Everyone knows that if you wait until the prince enters the city, the road will have been sealed long ago, and if you want to see the prince, you must occupy a seat in advance.

didn't wait long in the private room, Zhao Xiu just waited for his grandmother to eat two breakfasts, and the officers and soldiers went to the street. They dispersed all the vendors in the neighborhood. He also sent people to guard in front of the teahouses and shops. The transportation of the Jiading waterway is developed, and the land streets are not spacious, but the prince has to come from the land. The government had to clear the road, but because the prince had already said that he should not disturb the people, he did not dare to drive the onlookers away. But beware of assassinations. Therefore, the officers and men could only remind the spirit of the twelve, three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and lined up densely on both sides of the road to ensure that no one could rush through the defense line and disturb the nobles.

In a short time, the street downstairs had been cleaned up, except for the officers and soldiers on both sides. There was not a single idle person waiting for them, and there was a palace eunuch wearing a uniform dark blue palace robe to sweep the road clean. Sprinkled water and paved the soil, as soon as they finished their work and left, the whole street was silent, and the people upstairs on both sides didn't even dare to speak loudly, everyone was silent, waiting for news in the distance.

When the prince's guard of honor appeared, the onlookers on both sides of the road were in a stir, and they all crowded to the window and door. Zhao Wei also moved the chair to the window, and asked his sister Zhao Xiu to help her grandmother over and sit down. Zhang's also remembered everyone's etiquette and was not allowed to open the window too much, so the three grandparents and grandchildren, together with a few maids, went to the window to open a crack and take a closer look at the ceremonial car passing downstairs.

Although the prince's guard of honor is simple, it is still mighty, not a thousand, but also 800 people. The first to pass was the guard on a tall horse, and Zhang recognized Hong Wencheng, who had not been seen for many years, and it is said that now his majesty is flourishing, which is very different from his former appearance. After the guards, there were attendants and maids dressed in uniform uniforms, followed by the accompanying officials and officials, all of whom rode horses, and looked very majestic and decent. The next thing that appeared in everyone's field of vision was the brilliant prince's car.

Zhao Xiu looked at the car that was tightly surrounded by apricot yellow satin and gold silk tulle, and there was no surprise in his heart. That's the crown prince, not a modern national leader, how could he show his face generously and wave to the crowd around him with a smile? The new crown prince was able to pull up the silk curtain, leaving only a layer of gauze curtains, so that everyone could see a person wearing an apricot-yellow prince's costume sitting in the car, which was already very kind. From the standpoint of security, it is the right thing to do if no one can see any movement in the car.

Zhang was secretly crying: "I think when we were still in the capital, your grandfather was gone, and the emperor took the princes to our house to mourn." I have been in the palace from the palace, and I have also seen the young prince in the queen's palace, at that time he was still the king of Le'an, he was smart, polite, looked carefree, and had a sweet mouth, although he was born to the lady, the queen mother liked him very much......"

Zhao Xiu looked at the figure sitting still in the car downstairs, no matter what, he couldn't connect him with the carefree little prince in his grandmother's mouth, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

She looked away, and suddenly found that there was a young man behind the prince's chariot, dressed in an ordinary dark blue silk robe, without any splendid decorations on the clothes, tall and thin, riding a black horse, his face was a little pale, but it was not an unhealthy color. He had a cold face, and it was clear that there were cheers on both sides of the road, but as if he couldn't touch him at all, he walked unhurriedly behind the prince's chariot with a horse on his body.

Behind him, there were also two military generals riding tall horses, looking at the uniforms, which were lower than Hong Wen's finished rank, followed by several rows of officials, followed by palace maids and eunuchs, and then guards, and so on. Looking at this young man's dress, he doesn't look like an official, nor does he look like an entourage, his waist is very straight, with a little bit of unusual dignity and arrogance.

Who is he? Why does it always feel familiar?

Zhao Xiu asked Zhang in a low voice: "Who is the person who is riding a horse behind the prince's car?" Zhang wiped his tears and wanted to look over, but his grandson Zhao Wei spoke up first: "Ah, it's actually the prince of Guangping!" Why did he come too? ”

"The prince of Guangping? Gao Zhen? Zhao Xiu turned back in surprise, "Didn't we hear that he also came with the prince?" ”

Zhang got up and looked: "It is indeed the prince of Guangping." I haven't heard of it before, but it could be because the prefect of Shanghai slandered the king of Guangping. His Royal Highness had an eye disease and it was inconvenient to come in person, so the prince went south with the prince on behalf of his father. Do you clear your father's innocence? She sighed: "It's really hard for him, how old is he?" I remember...... He's three years older than Sister Xiu, right? ”

Zhao Wei said: "The birthday of the prince is in the first month, it is indeed three years older than my sister, and now it is twelve years old, and in less than a month, it will be thirteen years old." ”

Zhang shook his head and sighed. Zhao Xiu couldn't help but take a few more looks downstairs. She hadn't seen Gao Zhen for eight or nine years, and she still had the impression that he was still that little child. I didn't expect to grow into the handsome boy I am today. Just thinking of the soft and glutinous little boy at that time, and then looking at the pale young man who exudes a cold breath now, Zhao Xiu felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

There was a commotion outside the private room. Zhao Wei left the window and walked to the door to ask the accompanying servant what was going on. Zhao Xiu continued to look at Gao Zhen downstairs, and suddenly saw Gao Zhen looking up, and his eyes were exactly in line with her.

Zhao Xiu was stunned. I didn't know how to react for a while. Within two seconds, Gao Zhen looked away again and continued to look forward. His gaze was always cold, and he didn't seem to recognize his former childhood friend.

Zhao Xiu didn't know whether to breathe a sigh of relief, but he still felt sorry. But think about it, she has memories of when she was a child, and she still can't recognize Gao Zhen who has grown up, let alone Gao Zhen is a real child? It's normal not to recognize it.

The prince's car and Gao Zhen are far away. Downstairs are all palace maids in colorful clothes. There was nothing to see, so Zhang asked his granddaughter to help him back to sit down at the table. Meng Yi saw the two golden branches and jade leaves that had been separated for a long time. She remembered a lot of past events and was a little excited.

Zhao Wei turned back, and Zhang asked, "What happened?" Zhao Wei replied: "There was a reckless person who was squeezed by the crowd downstairs, and he couldn't see the prince, so he ran upstairs to break into the private room, disturbed several official women, and told the family to beat them down and scolded them at the staircase." The grandson asked the family to go and say a few words, so that they would not make any noise, so as not to disturb the nobles. ”

Zhang recited the Buddha: "This is as it should be, you did a good job." No matter who is right or wrong, the prince's guard of honor is passing by outside, and the house is noisy, isn't it rude? The common people don't know how to pay respects, how can the relatives of the official family be so reckless? ”

Zhao Xiu saw that the tea was cold, so he poured a warm cup again and handed it to Zhang: "Grandmother, let's take a sip of tea, I must be tired after watching it for a long time, right?" ”

Zhang took the tea and smiled: "I'm not tired, but I'm relieved." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's trip will not be a big problem. ”

Zhao Xiu didn't understand: "Why?" "Is it okay for Hong Wencheng to still be by the prince's side? If he has a problem, where can the prince go safely?

Zhang said: "You didn't see it just now, the two generals who followed the prince of Guangping, one was the emperor's confidant, and the other was the brother-in-law of Princess Guangping, and it was said that he was also the in-law of His Royal Highness the Prince. With these two accompanying guards, even if Hong Wen's achievements really harbor evil intentions, it is difficult to perform. When you are the guard of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, do you rely on only one commander to control you? He is just a person who gives orders on the surface, and in fact, it is the two deputies below who lead the troops. ”

When Zhao Wei heard this, he also breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "In addition to the two of them, the martial arts of the prince of Guangping are actually quite good, and three or five people can't get close to him." Just now I saw that he and the two generals were closely following the prince's chariot to escort him, and it must be not so easy for those with bad intentions to assassinate His Royal Highness the prince. ”

Zhao Xiu asked Zhang: "Then does grandmother still want to see the prince?" ”

"Absolutely." Zhang said, "Whether His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is safe or dangerous, we know that there may be problems with the people around him, so we must report it." Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years. ”

The honor guard had entered the Jiading Palace, and Zhao Xiu accompanied his grandmother and brother to return to their temporary residence by boat, waiting for the crown prince to summon him. However, they only heard that the prince summoned the head of the Fenyang palace and the prefect of Shanghai, and the summoning time was only half an hour, and the people came out, and they never heard of the prince summoning anyone again. The prefect of Shanghai sent away all the officials waiting outside the palace, on the grounds that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was tired from the journey and was not seen for the time being. The officials obeyed and left.

Zhang's heart was uneasy, and he sent his grandson Zhao Wei to Fenyang Wangfu to inquire. The grandson of the king of Fenyang was very surprised that the Zhang family was not summoned: "If you are still staying in Fengxian's hometown, it will be enough to see you again after His Royal Highness the Prince, why have you come to Jiading, and he hasn't seen you yet?" You are very different from ordinary officials, you are an elder. It's a pity that when I saw His Highness, I forgot to mention it, and I thought that His Highness would privately summon you to meet him later. He said that he would personally go to the palace to find the prince to speak. But it was getting late by this time, and he planned to go again the next morning.

Unexpectedly, early the next morning, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince set off with his entourage to inspect the seaside dam. Apparently, he was angry about the Shanghai prefect's claim that there was a problem with the dam project, and insisted that he must see it for himself. The prefect of Shanghai, except for the general judgment of his subordinates, did not bring any subordinate officials, saying that he would accompany the prince all the way over and let him see where there were problems with the project.

The head of the palace also said to the officials who came to wait for the summons again: "Your Highness has a message, official business comes first, everyone should go back first, and when he finishes the things assigned by the emperor, he will take the time to meet with everyone." ”

It sounded quite reasonable, and the grandson of the king of Fenyang didn't say anything anymore, but persuaded Zhang: "It's just a few days of work, you just have to wait a little longer." ”

Zhang had to stay in the residence and wait in peace, at this time, Zhao Jing suddenly sent someone to deliver the letter, but it was Zhao Qixuan who wrote the letter, after he came back from receiving raw silk, he often traveled back and forth between Nanhui and Fengxian, dealing with foreign merchants, and suddenly wrote a letter, and it was handed over by the sect, which was really surprising.

What he said in his letter was even more surprising. He said that he was helping people transport goods, passing through Chuansha City, and accidentally met Zhao Ze, who had left Fengxian, and saw that Zhao Ze was beaten all over his body, and it was said that he escaped from his father, and the two girls around him were killed. After Zhao Ze said these words, he fainted due to his injuries, Zhao Qixuan didn't know what to do, so he could only temporarily place him in a rented house, and then quickly report to Zongfang.

Zongfang Zhao Jing asked Zhang, what should he do with the seriously injured Zhao Ze? Leaving it alone seems to hurt Tianhe, but if it is sent back to Fengxian, it is tantamount to getting into trouble. Not to mention that the eldest master of Zongfang Yu has already driven people out of the door, and he may not be willing to take him in again, just Zhao Jue beat his eldest son like this, which is enough to arouse suspicion. I don't know what happened to the father and son, Zhao Jue didn't care about the relationship between father and son, as if he was going to beat his son to death. And the girl next to Zhao Ze was killed, I don't know if it's true or not, if it's true, even if Zhao Jue is an official, he will also be punished.

Zhao Wei and Zhao Xiu both felt that things were troublesome and strange, and the former looked at Zhang: "Grandmother, what should I do?" (To be continued......)