Just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the drizzle was drizzling.

Sun Shaozong climbed the stairs and absentmindedly crossed the threshold of the Prince's Mansion.

Although the 'Prince Case' has reached a deadlock at present, and there is no clue that can lock down the real murderer, the establishment of the task force has not been revoked, so after returning to Beijing, Sun Shaozong should come over and make a point.

Not to mention, this farewell seven or eight days, the situation in the front yard of the prince's mansion has been quite improved, and the fallen leaves and grass that were originally accumulated have been cleaned up, and they have just rained, and the bluestone slabs are shiny and washed by the rain, and they look very neat.

"Dare to ask, but Lord Sun is in person?"

Sun Shaozong was standing in the doorway, looking at the situation in the courtyard, and a short and fat man flashed out of the gatehouse, trotted to the front, and reported to the door with a slanted shoulder: "Wang Dexiu, the head of the lowly Zhan Mansion, was just transferred a few days ago, responsible for serving His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and all the adults. ”

The main book of Zhan Shifu is only from the official position of the seventh grade, but those who can be stuffed into the prince's mansion on this cusp may not be an idle person.

Therefore, Sun Shaozong didn't dare to be too lazy, returned the salute slightly, and said with a smile: "The king's master book is waiting at the door early in the morning, could it be that he is waiting for the official on a special trip?" ”

This was a casual joke, but Wang Dexiu nodded his head and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince heard that the Lord has returned to the capital, and he is specially appointed to wait here, saying that when you arrive in the mansion, I will summon you when I come." ”

Tut~

I hid back and forth for more than half a month, but I didn't expect the prince to be so enthusiastic.

This is not in line with Sun Shaozong's desire to avoid suspicion.

Fortunately, when I went to the government two days ago, it had been negotiated, and after the festival, Jia Yucun would go to the court and officially recall Sun Shaozong to the government on the grounds of the lack of manpower in Shuntianfu.

This is not all an excuse, but the fact that Shuntianfu is embarrassed.

Now that the position of Fu Yin has been vacant, Sun Shaozong has been seconded to the task force, and Wei Ruolan has been detained in Dali Temple [even if he can be released from prison in the future, it is estimated that it is unlikely that he will continue to serve as a general sentence], and it is really a bit stretched to support the overall situation of Shuntian Mansion with one Fu Cheng and two general sentences.

Anyway, this task force is also in a state of stagnation, presumably it won't take a few days, and it should be able to withdraw logically, so let's try to perfunctory the prince for a few more days.

Thinking like this, Sun Shaozong raised his chin slightly, and was about to ask Wang Dexiu to lead the way, but he hurriedly ran to a small house, stepping on the water all the way to the front, and said breathlessly: "Lord Bookkeeper, the princess of Beijing came to the door to ask to see His Royal Highness the Prince, and now she is waiting at the west gate, you can see ......."

"Princess of Beijing?!"

Wang Dexiu's pupils opened when he heard this, and he stomped his feet anxiously: "Are you stupid?!" How can you let the princess wait outside the door? This ......"

"Ahem."

Sun Shaozong interrupted him with a dry cough, and said: "Now it is unusual, outsiders are not allowed to enter and exit without permission in this mansion, even if the princess of Beijing comes, you should first inform Your Highness about it, and then wait for Your Highness to make a decision." ”

Wang Dexiu was bluffed by the name of the princess of Beijing at the beginning, and when he heard Sun Shaozong say this, he suddenly came to his senses, and slapped himself twice in the face with a heavy smile: "Look at the memory of lowly duty, in a hurry, I actually forgot the rules of the palace and went to His Royal Highness!" ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly took a few steps forward, and suddenly remembered something, turned around and said with a smile: "Please also go with your humble duties." ”

This panicked appearance, he shouldn't have deliberately disguised it.

It seems that Fang Cai's judgment is wrong, this guy was stuffed into the prince's mansion, I'm afraid it may not be because of any background ability, but just to catch ducks on the shelves.

Since he came to such a conclusion, Sun Shaozong was naturally too lazy to talk to a small master bookkeeper, so he raised his head, motioned to Wang Dexiu to lead the way, and then silently followed him to the back house.

While walking, he was naturally not idle in his heart, secretly wondering about the long-legged concubine, and suddenly came to the door to ask what the prince wanted.

It is basically certain that her visit this time must be related to Wei Ruolan's case, but this case doesn't seem to have much to do with the prince, right?

Besides, even if it can really be involved, the prince can't wait for the Niu family and Shui Rong to have a dog-eat-dog, and it's too late to watch the excitement from the side, how can he come forward to mediate, or simply take sides?

Or is it ......

What kind of chips did the Wei family bring, and he was confident that he could move the prince to protect Wei Ruolan?

Since it was a random guess, it was naturally difficult to figure out what the result was, so when he arrived at the prince's residence, Sun Shaozong couldn't come up with a reason.

When he arrived at the door, Wang Dexiu was about to come forward to ask for a pass, but several attendants regarded him as if he was nothing, flatteringly surrounded Sun Shaozong, and said happily without a mouth:

"Congratulations to Lord Sun for being promoted to the Fourth Rank Senate."

"The villain has seen Senator Sun!"

"This Zhu Zi heavy minister in the court, you are afraid that you are the youngest and promising!"

The leader even kept letting in, saying that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had been depressed for more than half a month, and he was looking forward to Sun Shaozong coming over and saying a few words to himself.

What do you say......

Where did you put the crown princess?

Seeing Wang Dexiu on the side, embarrassed and at a loss, Sun Shaozong only had time to make a look, saying that he would help him report the matter of Princess Beijing, and was surrounded by several inner servants like the moon.

When he arrived at the door of the bedroom, Sun Shaozong bowed slightly to the closed door, and was about to report to himself, but he heard the prince inside shouting urgently: "But Sun Aiqing has arrived?!" Come on, come in and talk! ”

Listening to this happy tone, it really seemed like I was holding back something and wanted to spit it out to myself.

Sun Shaozong pushed the door in, and saw the prince sitting on the head of the bed with his legs crossed, and his complexion was obviously much better than before.

In fact, the newly eunuch in the palace will be able to work in the field in less than two months.

And the prince is far a hundred times stronger than the little eunuchs in terms of clothing, food, housing and transportation, and there are imperial doctors who are waiting for him all day long, so it stands to reason that the recovery speed of his injuries should be much faster than that of the little eunuchs.

It's just that the prince is pampered after all, but whenever there is a little pain, he would rather lie on the bed and stand up, so until now, he can only sit firmly on the bed.

"Sun Aiqing doesn't need to be polite!"

As soon as Sun Shaozong stepped forward to greet him, he heard the prince ask anxiously: "You have been back to Beijing for two or three days now, but you don't know if you have any decent scrutiny about the case of the Niu family's son being shot to death?" So was Wei Ruolan framed, or did she really accidentally injure someone's life? ”

It turned out that he wanted to see himself, and it was also for this case.

That's right, although this case has nothing to do with the prince at first glance, the prince has long decided in his heart that it must be the Niu family who killed him, and now that the Niu family's son died suddenly, he can be regarded as a little out of anger.

But......

Sun Shaozong hesitated for a moment, and cautiously said without answering the rhetorical question: "Nearly ten days have passed since this matter, His Royal Highness has been sitting in Beijing, and his heart should have been decided, right?" ”

The prince really didn't treat Sun Shaozong as an outsider, spread his hands, and said depressedly: "Originally, there was some speculation about Lone, thinking that it might be that my father wanted to avenge Lone, so he ...... But Gu let the crown princess enter the palace to inquire several times, but it really didn't look like her father did it. ”

Speaking of this, his eyes flickered, and he opened his mouth several times but stopped talking.

It's not the handiwork of Emperor Guangde?!

And looking at the prince like this, it seems that there is something else hidden in it.

Even if he doubted the emperor's words, the crown prince had already spoken bluntly to himself, and Sun Shaozong naturally had nothing to scruple about, so he lowered his voice a little, and then asked: "Your Highness, what other discoveries have you made?" ”

"This ......"

The crown prince was still hesitant, and it took a long time before he said: "I didn't find anything else, but I was a little worried about my father's body, I heard that my father sent people to collect a lot of tiger and wolf recipes, and recently he has been widely favored in the harem, without caring about his body at all...... Alas! ”

Speaking of this, he sighed heavily: "Gu Zhen is afraid that his father's dragon body will not be able to stand this kind of attrition. ”

Hehe~

said that he was worried about Emperor Guangde's body, but looking at the prince's anxious appearance, I am afraid that what he was really worried about was that Emperor Guangde was in too good health, and he really had a son!

At that time, between the fake grandson and the real prince, it is self-evident how Emperor Guangde will choose.

However, since it is a matter of the imperial system, how dare Sun Shaozong indiscriminately mix in the matter of the fake emperor and grandson, it is a response under the force of helplessness, not Sun Shaozong's intention.

Therefore, Sun Shaozong just didn't understand, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty is blessed with Qitian, and there are all the imperial doctors around to check it, so it should be okay to come to the dragon body." ”

Saying that, he was afraid that the prince would continue to entangle this topic, so he hurriedly said: "As for the murder of the Niu family's son, there is no need to be busy with deliberation at the moment, please ask Your Highness to meet a person first, and then discuss this matter with Weichen." ”

"See someone?"

The prince was very puzzled and said: "Isn't there anyone in this world who is better at investigating cases than Sun Aiqing?" ”

"It's not the person who investigates the case, it's actually ......"

Sun Shaozong took the initiative to ask for a meeting with Princess Beijing, and now she was waiting outside the west gate, and simply told the prince.

The prince was confused when he heard it, frowned and said: "This is not at home to threaten Shui Rong to come out to catch people, but what is she doing here to be lonely?" ”

Immediately, he raised his head and said: "No matter, since she took the initiative to come to the door, see Sun Aiqing, who always wants to see, you have to go for a walk, block all the people she brought from the door, and then order someone to search her carefully." ”

It's okay to keep Princess Beijing's entourage out of the door, but it seems a bit too much to order someone to search her.

Sun Shaozong was about to persuade one or two, but he heard the prince sneer again: "Uncle Wang has always been close to Lone, since this has fallen into his face, Lone naturally wants to seek justice for him!" ”

It turned out that he wanted to fight for King Zhongshun.

Looking at the prince's appearance, he knew that persuasion was useless, the little lady of the Wei family had long been hostile to the Sun family, and no matter how much she offended, it would be like that.

Therefore, Sun Shaozong didn't insist too much, bowed down and withdrew from the inner room, briefly conveyed the meaning of the prince, called two eunuchs and four palace maids, and walked towards the west door with a hug.

Nothing to say all the way.

When I got to the west gate, I saw a luxurious carriage parked outside, and eight women in leather armor stood aside, and even the coachman who drove the carriage was a woman with big shoulders and a round waist.

This pomp and circumstance ......

Isn't King Beijing already in debt?

"By His Highness's command."

When Sun Shaozong arrived in front of the car, he raised his voice neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Except for the princess, no idle people are allowed to enter the mansion!" ”

Halfway through speaking, the women's army made a noise, so Sun Shaozong had to raise his voice and continued: "Because the assassination case has not been clarified, no one who enters the palace is allowed to carry an inch of iron, so if the princess wants to meet His Royal Highness, I am afraid that she will suffer a little grievance." ”

Before the words fell, the curtain of the carriage was opened, revealing a pretty face, and he said coldly: "When did the watchdog of the prince's mansion change!" ”

Sure enough, it's a!

Sun Shaozong has met her twice in total, the first time she shot an arrow with a bow, but this time she was degraded as a watchdog.

Sun Shaozong's gaze froze, and he was waiting for Pili Yangqiu's retort to ridicule him, when someone behind him suddenly accosted: "These two chamberlains have just been transferred from the palace, and my sister has never seen it, and it is normal to be tight." ”

Looking back, it was the crown princess in a graceful long dress, accompanied by several palace ladies.

When he got closer, the crown princess first solemnly said a thousand blessings, and said softly: "Sister Wei is an old acquaintance of this palace, and I also ask the adults to be accommodating and avoid her body search." ”

Her gesture proves that Sun Shaozong is not a false holy decree, but a target; Second, to highlight the respect for Sun Shaozong, as for the watchdog Yunyun, it can naturally only fall on the heads of the two little eunuchs.

"Don't dare."

Sun Shaozong hurriedly bowed and said, "Weichen respectfully obeys Niangniang's orders. ”

This one bowed his head and the other squatted, which was condescending, especially Sun Shaozong's altitude was extraordinary, and he saw a seductive white greasy and royal blue belly pocket outline from the neckline.

I don't know if this belly pocket was placed in the closet that day......

Thinking like this, his gaze was naturally half a beat slower, and he was caught by the princess, which immediately made the princess blush, glanced at Sun Shaozong angrily, and tried his best to suppress the annoyance in his heart, and turned his head to greet Wei.

The two didn't know what they were whispering, so they put their arms around each other and entered the prince's mansion.

It is said that the crown princess and Wei's walked hand in hand, but it is really Chunlan and Qiuju have their own victories, one is heroic and cool, and the other is graceful and dignified; One is slim and the other is plump; One......

Well, now isn't the time for YY.

Sun Shaozong shook his head, put all the inappropriate thoughts behind him, and then went up from afar, preparing to wait for Princess Beijing to meet the crown prince, and then ask the prince what her intentions and bargaining chips were.