At dusk, the palace of the king of Qin is full of lights, and the people who serve the food and serve the dishes shuttle back and forth, and the river is endless, and there are more singing and dancing bands, putting on a posture, ready to perform.

Zhu Biao frowned and said to Zhu Shanglie: "Is it the same for dinner in your palace on weekdays?" ”

Zhu Shanglie said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here, the specifications are different, but they are not bad on weekdays, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not satisfied, I will ask someone to replace it immediately." ”

In the absence of his father and brother, he finally became the lord again, and he received the prince, and he didn't make good use of this rare right, so he didn't care if his treasure money went out like flowing water.

Zhu Biao said earnestly: "Father's three orders and five orders are the king's clan, the simplicity of the clan is the supreme, don't admire luxury, do you all leave it behind?" The two songs of the Tang people's compassion for farmers, you can recite them for me. ”

Zhu Shanglie's face turned red, and he stammered: "Plant a grain of millet in the spring, and harvest it in the autumn?" ”

Zhu Biao snorted and said: "Plant a grain of millet in the spring, and harvest 10,000 seeds in the autumn." There is no idle land in the four seas, and the farmers are still starving to death. On the afternoon of hoeing day, sweat drops fall into the soil, who knows that the Chinese food on the plate is hard work. ”

Zhu Shanglie hurriedly stood up and arched his hand: "The prince has taught him a lesson." ”

Zhu Biao reprimanded: "Then don't you remove this feast?" ”

Zhu Shanglie muttered: "His Royal Highness the Prince, this has been done." ”

Zhu Biao said: "Then eat again tomorrow until you finish eating." ”

Zhu Shanglie hurriedly called the steward eunuch to remove the feast, leaving only the dishes in front of the prince, and Rao was so full of tables. He ordered someone to blow the singing and dancing band away, and the palace steward and eunuch Hou Dafang complained bitterly, secretly saying that he didn't know where the two princes offended the prince, and let the people below toss back and forth.

Guanyin slave saw her own son in front of the prince to show his ugliness, very distressed, hurriedly relieved, she took out a food box that had been prepared from the side, put it on the table, and said to Zhu Biao: "This is a few hometown snacks made by the concubine herself, I don't know if it is in line with the taste of His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Zhu Biao looked down and saw that it was a bowl of cheese, a bowl of milk tea, and a bowl of yokan. Zhu Biao grew up in Jiangnan, never liked milk food, but because of the situation, he took a sip of cheese and milk tea, and when he ate the yokan, he suddenly felt his appetite was opened, and he finished eating it in one go, and praised: "Brother and sister, this soup is refreshing and tender, slightly spicy, and it is indeed appetizing, and the aftertaste is endless." ”

Guanyinu smiled: "Thank you for the prince's praise." The dog is still young and has shortcomings, so please bear with me. ”

Zhu Biao looked at Guanyin Nuhuafa's premature face, and his heart of compassion suddenly rose, and said: "The second brother has a place where I can't live with you, and I hope you will take care of it." When I return to Beijing, I will definitely show my father and the emperor and do justice to your abbot. ”

Guanyin Nu smiled and said: "The prince is bothered, I am doing well, I don't ask for anything, but I ask the prince for thousands of years, and Concubine Rou will live a long life." ”

Zhu Biao felt that her words were a little strange, not like any good words, but like cursed words. He just wanted to talk to her about Concubine Rou, but Guanyin Nu pulled Zhu Shanglie to get up and say goodbye, Zhu Biao had to leave with them, he left a few plates of side dishes for himself, and the rest were rewarded by the guards who followed him.

Early the next morning, in the east wing of the dormitory, Zhang Shixing had just gotten up and was washing, when suddenly a Jinyi guard lieutenant pushed the door in, and said in a panic: "Lord Zongqi, the big thing is not good, the princess committed suicide by hanging the beam." ”

When Zhang Shixing heard this, it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and he was shocked on the spot, he threw the towel in his hand into the basin, and said to the lieutenant urgently: "Take me there quickly and see what is going on." ”

The two of them ran to the backyard one after the other, and when they came to the west room of the firewood house, Guanyin Nu had been put down, lying upright on the bed, motionless, and his face was sallow. Zhu Shanglie and Wang Ma were kneeling beside the bed and crying bitterly.

At this moment, Zhang Shixing didn't care about the etiquette and rules, grabbed Zhu Shanglie, and shouted angrily: "Little prince, why did the princess commit suicide with such a good manner?" ”

Zhu Shanglie's eyes were swollen with tears, and he said with a shocked face: "My lord, I don't know what's going on, in the morning, the eunuch of the palace came to report, saying that my mother committed suicide by hanging the beam, I was also surprised, this is not just here, the adult came." However, my mother left a suicide note. As he spoke, he handed over a yellowed piece of papyrus.

Zhang Shixing let go of his collar, took the piece of straw paper, looked at it carefully, and saw a few lines of small characters written on it crookedly: "What joy in life, what pain in death." Slaves are lords, and all are dust. Wangru father and son, virtuous and blessed. ”

At this moment, the royal mother pounced on her like crazy, tore Zhang Shixing's clothes, and shouted: "You dog mongrel, what kind of shit did you and the princess put yesterday to make her hang herself early in the morning?" ”

Zhang Shixing was scolded by her, and his little heart was about to jump out of his throat, maybe this princess heard something, then it would be a big deal, and she couldn't wash it by jumping into the Yellow River, and it would also involve Princess Tana.

He pushed the princess away and scolded angrily: "You dead old woman, what nonsense? ”

The princess was pushed to stand unsteadily, fell to the ground, slapped her hands on the ground and cried: "Miss, why have you lived so hard in this life!" The husband doesn't hurt, the son doesn't love it, you just let go like this, but it's clean and neat, leave me alone, how can you live? Miss, you died so miserably. ”

As soon as Zhu Shanglie heard that something was wrong, he was afraid that she would say something taboo again, so as soon as he opened his mouth, the eunuch next to him dragged Wang Po back to her own house in the east.

Zhang Shixing was a little embarrassed and explained to Zhu Shanglie: "Little prince, the little one did come to visit the princess yesterday, but on the order of the prince, he gave the princess some special products brought by the Jingshi, and by the way, there was nothing wrong with chatting with the parents. You also know that when it comes to dinner, the princess is still in good shape, how can she not think about it overnight and do such a decisive thing? ”

Zhu Shanglie knew that the things that Jinyi Wei did were secretive, and it was inconvenient to delve into them, if he fell into this, he would be the prince and the prince, and he would either die or perish, so he got off the donkey and said: "My lord, my mother has been sick for a long time, and she is deeply affected by it, and it is estimated that she can't survive it, so she committed suicide, and she fell clean, which makes us embarrassed to be a son. With that, he raised his sleeves and wiped away his tears, making a gesture of irrepressible sadness.

At this time, the little eunuch in the east house suddenly let out a scream, Zhang Shixing and Zhu Shanglie hurriedly ran over to take a look, only to see the princess lying on her back on the edge of the bed, with a big hole in her throat, gurgling and bleeding outward, holding a pair of scissors in her hand, a little eunuch stood on the spot, saw Zhu Shanglie come in, and said with a cry: "Little prince, don't do my business, just turn around, she committed suicide." ”

Zhu Shanglie sighed insincerely: "What a righteous servant, quickly ask someone to come in and clean up, so that you can be buried." ”

Hou Dafang, the eunuch in charge of the palace, said: "If there is a life in the palace, it should be reported to the yamen for inspection according to the rules before it can be buried." ”

Zhu Shanglie said: "Then don't go quickly." ”

Hou Dafang said again: "I also have to report to the prince to see if I want to wait for him to come back to the abbot for the overall situation, or do it immediately, the corpse can't be saved in this weather." ”

Zhu Shanglie was willing to let go of this great opportunity, thought for a while, and said: "You immediately send 300 li to report to your father urgently, to see if the emperor's grandfather is gracious and let him go, and I will also step up the handling of white things here, so we will not delay." ”

Hou Dafang responded, and hurriedly went down to prepare, naturally spending a lot of money.

Zhu Shanglie was busy here, but Zhang Shixing was like being in an ice cellar, cold all over, he didn't know that this early morning injury and two deaths, a very strange thing, was related to his conversation with the princess yesterday, or related to Tana's book of heaven with words. He returned to the West House in such a daze and staggering, and suddenly saw that the book of heaven sent by Tanato was placed at the head of the bed of Guanyinnu, and he didn't have time to think about it, he hurriedly put the book into his arms.

At this time, the prince's voice sounded outside the door: "Zhang Shixing, where are you, what is going on?" ”

He hurriedly greeted him and led the prince in, Zhu Biao looked solemn, looked at the Guanyin slave on the bed, and muttered to himself: "Brother and sister, why are you so troubled, what do you have to say, you can't say it to the eldest brother, no matter how difficult it is, the eldest brother will call the shots for you, how can you go to a dead end?" ”

He turned his head to Zhang Shixing and shouted: "What a bitch, what did you say to the princess yesterday, causing her to find a short-sightedness, and truthfully invite you, if not, you will definitely be skinned and cramped." ”

When Zhang Shixing heard this, he immediately knelt on the ground and cried: "The humble post is just ordered to send the local products brought by the prince from the capital to the princess, and he gossiped about some homely things, and nothing else. The princess had a good meal last night, and if it was related to lowly duty, then the head of lowly duty would have been gone for a long time. ”

Zhu Biao thought for a while and said, "What you said is not unreasonable, get up." ”

Zhang Shixing stood up, his back was in cold sweat.

Zhu Biao paced back and forth in the room, his brows furrowed, and said to himself: "Then why did she kill herself so well?" ”

Zhang Shixing made a look, and the rest of the lieutenants withdrew from the house, he came to Zhu Biao, took out the suicide note of Guanyinnu, handed it to Zhu Biao, and said in a low voice: "I think that the princess died for the investigation and punishment of King Qin." ”

After reading the suicide note, Zhu Biao said to Zhang Shixing: "Why do you say this? ”

Zhang Shixing said: "Although the princess did not say anything about King Qin, the crime of violating the law of etiquette has been clearly revealed. If King Qin is investigated, the princess will naturally be guilty of the same crime, if the King of Qin is fine, he will definitely blame the princess after returning, the princess's current situation is already abused, and it will be even more unbearable in the future. With her death, the emperor and the crown prince will inevitably have pity on her, and they will no longer pursue the fault of King Qin, and they can also protect their son. ”

After listening to this, Zhu Biao pointed to the suicide note and said, "When you say that, it is also a little crooked. Look at the last sentence of her suicide note: 'Wangru father and son, be virtuous and blessed', isn't it just a word of advice? ”

Zhang Shixing nodded again and again: "I heard that the ancients had a corpse admonition, and I finally saw it today." ”

Zhu Biao sighed: "It's rare for the younger brother and sister to work hard, if the second brother doesn't sincerely repent, he will be a husband in vain." ”

At this time, Zhu Shanglie led Zhang Yu into the hall, and Zhang Yu bowed down when he saw the prince, and said, "I heard that the princess died, and the lower officials came to visit." ”

Zhu Biao said: "You don't have to go in to see it." The princess became ill from hard work, died of illness, and had her own Zongren Mansion to deal with the aftermath, and her righteous servant was martyred with the master, which can be described as a chaste martyr. ”

Zhang Yu bowed again and saluted: "Obey." He turned to Zhu Shanglie and said, "The little prince will ask the prince to send a biography of the festival woman to the local government, and we will definitely make this matter beautiful." ”

Zhu Shanglie answered, and walked out with Zhang Hao.

Zhu Biao suddenly felt nauseous, so he vomited on the spot, and even vomited out the porridge and rice in the morning, Zhang Shixing hurriedly helped him out of the house, and said: "The prince must have been hit by the corpse qi to vomit." The evil spirit here is too heavy, you can't stay for a long time, Your Highness should go back to the dormitory to rest, there are lowly duties and little princes in the house to take care of, foolproof. ”

Zhu Biao nodded, and Zhang Shixing helped him back to the front hall to lie down and rest, and instructed his subordinates not to disturb the prince for the time being, and when he woke up, he went to ask the imperial doctor to come and see the disease.