Zhao Che is the main jujube red horse, the color of this horse's fur is not as bright as Zhao Chou's, but the roots are hard, the teeth are also excellent, and the foot strength is only afraid that it will be much stronger than Zhao Chou's black and brown horse.

When Shen Bai turned his head to look at Gu Hengzhou again, Gu Hengzhou had already gone to choose a horse with the others, Shen Bai secretly blamed himself for being too careful, how could a person with real skills like Brother Gu care about these external things?

A quarter of an hour later, everyone chose their horses, and the palace people took a long red silk out and set the starting point for Emperor Hengde.

The riding competition is very simple, everyone starts from the starting point, goes to the designated place to get the designated items from the waiting palace people, and the first to return to the finish line can decide the order of their next competition.

According to the usual practice, Emperor Hengde wanted to symbolically say something to everyone to cheer on, Shen Bai didn't listen to it interestingly, stretched his neck to see what kind of horse Gu Hengzhou finally chose, his head was knocked out, he looked up, Zhao Che, who was sitting on the horse, happened to lean over, and the distance between the two suddenly became very close.

The scorching sun in the afternoon was dazzling, and when Zhao Che leaned down, he blocked the scorching sun, coming against the light, his face was a little unclear, and when he got closer, Shen Bai smelled the familiar scent of ambergris on his body, which made her unconsciously want to kneel down and shout Long live Your Majesty.

Zhao Che's hair was tied up with a jade crown, leaned down, and a few strands of hair slipped down his shoulders, and swept lightly across Shen Bai's cheeks, the tips of his hair aroused a slight itch, Shen Bai sniffed, didn't hold back for a while, and sneezed at Zhao Che.

"Ahh

The horse was so frightened that he took two steps back, and Zhao Che strangled the horse's reins so that it didn't cause chaos.

The sunlight sprinkled on his face again, and Shen Bai had a down-to-earth feeling, and hurriedly took off the sweat towel and handed it to Zhao Che: "Your Highness forgives me, I really didn't mean it!" ”

His Royal Highness the noble and delicate Crown Prince, for the first time in his life, he was sneezed and salivaed, Zhao Che's face was really not good-looking, he didn't take the sweat towel handed over by Shen Bai, untied his face twice, and said coldly: "Retreat, come back and settle accounts with you!" ”

Shen Bai was a little aggrieved, and couldn't help but whisper a defense: "Your Highness, you came over first without making a sound." ”

Zhao Che lowered his eyes and stared at her: "What did you say?" ”

Shen Bai raised his head and laughed dog-leggedly: "I said that I will definitely do my best to cheer and cheer for His Highness, in order to make up for my mistakes!" ”

Emperor Hengde had already finished speaking, and the palace people sounded the gong to remind everyone to gather at the starting point, Zhao Che ignored Shen Bai, straightened his back and rode forward.

Shen Bai immediately retreated to the viewing area, carefully searched for two laps, and finally saw Gu Hengzhou riding a dark horse in the corner, the distance was a little far, Shen Bai couldn't see the strength of the black horse's feet, he only felt that the horse was obviously much thinner than other horses, although the first round of the competition was insignificant, Shen Bai still didn't want Gu Hengzhou to lose in his heart.

Just as he could see it, the eunuch who was waiting beside Zhao Che walked up to Shen Bai and reminded in a low voice: "Young Master Shen, Your Highness is watching you." ”

Following the prestige, Zhao Che rode a horse in the center of the participating team, looked at Shen Bai and moved away casually.

It was indeed disrespectful to sneeze at His Royal Highness the Prince, Shen Bai was still afraid that Zhao Che would settle accounts with him when he turned back, so he hurriedly waved his sweat towel and shouted loudly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is heroic, and no one can reach him on a ride, rush it!! ”

Shen Bai had a loud voice and a thick face, and when this voice howled, the entire hunting ground was silent for a moment.

Emperor Hengde was originally tilting his head and talking to Shen Ruxiu, but when he heard this voice, he and Shen Ruxiu glanced up at Shen Bai together, and laughed softly: "I usually think that Taifu is always a bit rigid and serious, but I didn't expect to teach such an interesting Tanhualang, which is really unexpected." ”

Shen Bai didn't feel embarrassed at all, and kept waving a sweat towel, Shen Ruxiu's eyes were obviously extinguished, his teeth were gritted and loosened, and finally he retracted his gaze, saluted and said apologetically: "Weichen has no way to teach his son, so His Majesty is smiling." ”

Emperor Hengde had a faint smile in his eyes, and when he heard Shen Ruxiu say this, he shook his head lightly: "Taifu is too modest, although Shen Xiaolang is young, he can see the situation more clearly than you and me, and in the future, the crown prince will succeed to the throne, and he will rely on him more." ”

Concubine Shu presided over the overall situation in the viewing area, and Emperor Hengde was the only one by his side, hearing his evaluation of Shen Bai so high, Li Yuexi's eyes flashed with surprise, but he was just a flamboyant young man, what did Your Majesty see about him?

Shen Ruxiu didn't expect Emperor Hengde to say such a thing, his face was frightened, and he quickly knelt down: "Your Majesty has an overreputation, and the dog has a stubborn temperament, so it is really difficult to bear such praise." ”

After being a monarch for so many years, Emperor Hengde also knew Shen Ruxiu's temperament, so he didn't continue the topic, and continued to ask: "Zhao Dingyuan has been dismissed, and the post of deputy Wei of the school captain battalion is vacant, who does Taifu think can take over this position?" ”

The lieutenant battalion is subordinate to the Ministry of War, Shen Ruxiu is a civilian official, so it stands to reason that he should not meddle in the affairs of the Ministry of War, and there are three dukes blocking it, but Emperor Hengde only summoned him to inquire about this matter, which is really abnormal.

Shen Ruxiu didn't dare to answer casually, and was about to excuse himself, when Emperor Hengde spoke again: "I want to hear the truth, Aiqing but it doesn't hurt to say it, I will never be angry." ”

Emperor Hengde's tone was cold, and the heavy coercion spread out, Shen Ruxiu knew that he could not continue to prevaricate, so he twisted his eyebrows and thought for a moment and said truthfully: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the governance of the army cannot only rely on force, but also on strategy. ”

When the words fell, the incense on the desk burned halfway, and Sun Yuehai shouted in a sharp voice: "The auspicious time has arrived!" ”

The palace people sounded the gong, and all the people who participated in the competition immediately rode their horses and rushed out, and the horses of the prince Zhao Che and the fourth prince Zhao Chou instantly exerted their strength, and after a while, they were far ahead in the team, and the two of them bowed slightly against the horse's head, and their clothes flew up, according to the rare shadow of Emperor Hengde when he was young, and he was so vigorous that people couldn't take their eyes off it.

After looking at it for a while, Emperor Hengde turned his head and said to Concubine De: "Chou'er seems to have grown a lot this year. ”

Concubine De pinched the silk handkerchief to cover her lips and smiled, her eyebrows and eyes were full of tenderness: "Thanks to Your Majesty's blessing, he finally let the concubine feel more at ease." ”

The corners of Emperor Hengde's lips hooked slightly, as a father, of course he wanted to see his heirs have some success, this group of teenagers quickly rode their horses and disappeared from sight, and Emperor Hengde looked at Shen Ruxiu: "What Taifu said just now is that he wants to promote civil officials to the school lieutenant camp?" ”

Shen Ruxiu shook his head: "The colleagues in the Ministry of War are not all military generals, Weichen thinks that although Captain Zhou is good at using the art of war and controlling the soldiers, he is not proficient in the way of being an official, so many times he is a little radical in handling things, and it is easy for people to misunderstand, if he can transfer someone from the Ministry of War to take over the post of deputy Wei, it should be much easier to communicate in the future." ”

All the officials of the Ministry of War have just been demoted because of Zhao Dingyuan, and the transfer of people from the Ministry of War at this time can not only show Emperor Hengde's trust and reliance on the Ministry of War, but also ensure that this person will not blindly worship the Duke of Zhenguo and blind Emperor Hengde's eyes when he enters the lieutenant camp.

Emperor Hengde thought about it seriously, and after a while, he asked: "Then Taifu thinks who can be used in the military department?" ”

Shen Ruxiu folded his hands above his head, and his posture was sincere: "Weichen is courageous, and he recommended the former military department to order Lord Shi Li to take over the post of deputy Wei of the Hanjing school captain's battalion, Lord Li was the top student in high school ten years ago, and His Majesty also admired him very much during the imperial palace examination. ”

Shen Ruxiu didn't say much about his opinion of Li Wei, only mentioned the events of that year, Emperor Hengde quickly recalled the champion of the year, but Concubine De asked curiously at this time: "Since this Lord Li was able to be treated differently by His Majesty back then, why is it that after so many years, it is still just a small history of military orders?" ”

Shen Ruxiu frowned slightly, since ancient times, the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics, although Concubine De's expression was innocent and her questions were very casual, but she was also involved in the affairs of Emperor Hengde and the courtiers of the front hall.

However, Emperor Hengde did not scold Concubine De, but nodded in agreement: "This thing is indeed a little strange. ”

Emperor Hengde didn't accuse Concubine De, and Shen Ruxiu could only hold back, and said in a deep voice: "Although Lord Li has not been promoted over the years, his character has a good reputation in the city, and Your Majesty can consider it." ”

Originally, Emperor Hengde took the initiative to ask Shen Ruxiu about this matter, but Shen Ruxiu just complied with the answer, he and Li Wei were not related, and there was no need to have an unpleasant quarrel with Emperor Hengde and Concubine De for Li Wei.

Emperor Hengde took this matter to heart and asked Shen Ruxiu to get up and retreat.

Shen Ruxiu retired, searched for Shen Bai in the crowd with a cold face, and after looking for a long time, he found that Shen Bai was talking in front of the little girl of the Jiang family with a shy face.

Anger surged up in his chest, Shen Ruxiu quickened his pace, and shouted loudly when he was about to reach the viewing area: "Shen Bai, come over to me!" ”

Shen Bai didn't know what he was talking to, he smiled happily, and when he heard his father's call, he was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and said something before jumping up.

When he arrived, Shen Ruxiu directly raised his hand and grabbed Shen Bai's ear, and was angry: "Anyone dares to provoke, are you really not afraid of death?" ”

Shen Bai didn't expect Shen Ruxiu to come to this hand, so he screamed twice and lowered his voice: "Dad, you let go first, so many people are watching, give me some face." ”

Shen Ru didn't bother to be angry, grabbed Shen Bai's ears and went to a place where there were fewer people, and then let go of Shen Bai and asked coldly: "Did I tell you to stay away from the Jiang family, what are you doing to provoke that little girl from the Jiang family?" ”

Shen Bai's left ear was pinched red, very pitiful, she was about to answer, but the crowd not far away let out an exclamation, everyone gathered together, obviously something was wrong.

Ignoring anything else, Shen Bai pulled his legs and ran over, and opened the crowd to see that Gu Hengzhou came back on the black horse, and there was a purple-gold figure on the horseback, who else could it be if it wasn't the fourth prince Zhao Chou?

Gu Hengzhou's face was cold, he turned over and dismounted, helped Zhao Chou down, looked around and shouted: "The fourth prince is not very falling, his right leg is injured, please ask the medical officer to come for treatment!" ”

Everyone exclaimed in surprise, His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince was not bad at riding, how could he suddenly fall off his horse?

The medical officer quickly arrived, checked it briefly, and asked Zhao Chou to be carried into the camp for treatment, Gu Hengzhou walked to Emperor Hengde and knelt down: "Weichen is not well protected, please punish Your Majesty!" ”

I haven't figured out the ins and outs yet, how can I ask for guilt first?

Shen Bai secretly scolded the elm head, sneaked to a place not far from Gu Hengzhou, and asked out loud: "Your Royal Highness, why did the Fourth Highness fall from the horse?" ”

Shen Bai's shout reminded everyone that this horse was specially bred by the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and the hunting ground was also guarded by the Praetorian Guards in advance, and the four princes would not fall off the horse for no reason.

Gu Hengzhou's head was buried lower: "Wei Chen was in front at the time, I only heard a cry of pain from the Fourth Highness, turned the horse's head and saw the Fourth Highness fall off the horse, the matter is urgent, Wei Chen is worried about the injury of the Fourth Highness, and first brought the Fourth Highness back for treatment, and the reason has not been clarified, please forgive Your Majesty!" ”

Gu Hengzhou can't be blamed for this, he is also here to participate in the competition, and he is not a guard who specializes in protecting Zhao Chou.

Emperor Hengde said in a deep voice: "It's not inappropriate for Xingyuan to deal with it like this, let's get up first." ”

Gu Hengzhou thanked him and got up and stood aside, and after a while, Zhou Deshan led the black and brown horse that Zhao Chou rode back with a few children of the family.

The horse didn't seem to have any problems, and the children of the family had been following Zhao Chou, and they all said that they didn't see what was going on, so Zhao Chou fell off the horse.

This thing looked like an accident, but it was somewhat unlucky, although Emperor Hengde did not blame the others, his face was still a little unhappy, and asked the people of the imperial horse supervisor to take the horse away and carefully check if there was anything wrong with the horse.

The atmosphere around him became dull, but fortunately, Zhao Che came back first, and Emperor Hengde's complexion eased a little.

Sun Yuehai has served in front of the emperor for so many years, and his ability to observe words and emotions is the strongest, and he noticed the change in Emperor Hengde's expression, and immediately screamed: "In the first round of competition, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince won the first place!" ”

Everyone immediately followed and praised His Royal Highness the Prince's skills, both civil and military, Concubine De was worried that her son was injured, but she still responded with a smile on her face: "Yes, among the princes, the prince is the most like Your Majesty, and now Wen Taowu is exactly the same as Your Majesty when he was young." ”

In a word, Zhao Che and Emperor Hengde were both praised.

The others nodded one after another, Shen Bai glanced at Gu Hengzhou, who was standing next to him coldly, and quietly pursed his mouth, if it wasn't for this accident, it would be Brother Gu who would have taken the lead.

Zhao Che threw the jackpot to the palace people who stepped forward to greet him, turned over and dismounted neatly, strode to Emperor Hengde, lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt down: "Father, the son is back!" ”

won the first prize, Zhao Che's eyes were as bright as sparks, and his whole body was full of spirit, which suddenly dispelled the dull atmosphere, and Emperor Hengde had a smile on his face: "Okay, you are worthy of being the prince of our Zhaoling!" Reward! ”

With an order, Sun Yuehai immediately stepped forward with the tray that had been prepared long ago, and the little eunuch next to him lifted the red silk, and on the tray was a delicate and beautiful blood jade inkstone.

The inkstone has a unique shape, and it is priceless at a glance, Zhao Che took it with both hands: "Thank you, father!" ”

Zhao Che stood up holding the inkstone, and when he saw Gu Hengzhou standing next to him, his expression was slightly surprised: "Why did Xingyuan arrive so early?" ”

The autumn hunt was going to continue, and Emperor Hengde said calmly: "Chou'er was accidentally injured a little, Xingyuan sent him back, the medical officer has already gone to see it, don't worry too much." ”

Zhao Che became more and more surprised: "Why is the fourth brother injured?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the medical officer and the people from the Imperial Horse Supervisor hurriedly came: "Your Majesty, the Fourth Highness has a broken left foot, which is not life-threatening, and he has now woken up. ”

As soon as the medical officer finished speaking, the person from the Imperial Horse Supervisor immediately said: "Wei Chen found that the horse's nose was strangled, and the Fourth Highness must have tried his best to control the horse before falling from the horse, but this horse suddenly became wild for some reason, and the Fourth Highness couldn't control it. ”

How can a good horse suddenly go wild?

Concubine De's eyes were red, and she knelt in front of Emperor Hengde at once: "Your Majesty, the concubine doesn't want to spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, but the concubine is really heartbroken when Chou'er is injured, and I ask Your Majesty to thoroughly investigate why the horse of the Imperial Horse Supervisor suddenly went out of control and became wild!" ”

If there is a problem with the horse, the first person to be held accountable is the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and the official of the Imperial Horse Supervisor slammed his head on the ground: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen has checked the grain and water source of the stable with the accompanying medical officer, and there is no problem, and the other horses are all normal, Wei Chen is only afraid of ......"

Speaking of the back, the officials of the Imperial Horse Prison became spitting, and the faces of the people present were all condensed, and they had already guessed what he wanted to say, Emperor Hengde asked with a gloomy face: "What are you afraid of?" ”

The official of the Imperial Horse Supervisor gritted his teeth and said truthfully: "I'm afraid that someone has malicious intentions and touches the horse, which will cause this horse to suddenly get out of control!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the air froze slightly, almost subconsciously, and everyone's eyes instantly focused on Shen Bai.

Except for the horse cha who was in charge of raising the horses, only Shen Bai had access to the horse alone.

Gu Hengzhou also looked at Shen Bai, the hand hanging on his side unconsciously clenched into a fist, the autumn hunt is not trivial, the prince's injury can be a major event that can punish the nine clans and destroy the whole family, if Shen Bai is implicated, Mrs. Shen can't protect it if he wants to.

Shen Bai knew what these people were thinking, and he didn't panic at all, and took the initiative to raise his hand: "Everyone has seen it, I have come into contact with these horses today, but in addition to me, there are also horse chauffeurs from the Imperial Horse Supervisor, after the horses were brought out, there were many onlookers, if someone wanted to do something, there were many suspicious people present." ”

Shen Bai is right, no one can clear the suspicion now, the most important thing now is to find out the evidence of the crime, whoever has the evidence of guilt in the camp is the murderer.

The atmosphere was already tense, as soon as Shen Bai's words came out, everyone was in danger, everyone looked at each other, and Jiang De'an, the captain standing next to the prime minister, suddenly spoke: "What does Young Master Shen mean by this?" ”

Shen Bai showed his neat white teeth and smiled innocently: "It's not interesting, it's just to provide ideas for your adults to solve this matter more quickly." ”

"Presumptuous!"

Jiang Dean scolded with a cold face, the juniors who were closer were so frightened that they shrunk their necks, Jiang De'an's eyes were sharp, and he poked Shen Bai like a barb: "The people accompanying him in this autumn hunt are all ministers appointed by His Majesty, and they are the mainstay of Zhaoling, much older than Young Master Shen, since Young Master Shen is the only one among us who has come into contact with the mounts of the Four Highnesses, he should take the initiative to let the Praetorian Guards search the camp to prove his innocence, have you ever thought about the consequences of such indiscriminate climbing?" ”

Jiang De'an's tone was cold, faintly threatening, Shen Ruxiu's heart tightened, and he was about to stand up and speak, Shen Bai's eyes blinked, and he shed tears like a play: "Taiwei Jiang, I'm also telling the truth, how dare I, a little Tanhualang, blatantly do something to hurt the emperor's heir?" And I chose a horse for His Royal Highness the Prince, and I didn't know in advance that His Royal Highness the Fourth Highness had to have that horse. ”

Shen Bai was defending himself, but Emperor Hengde's expression instantly became gloomy, yes, this horse was chosen by Shen Bai for Zhao Che at the beginning, if there was no Zhao Chou's sideways, the injured person would be Zhao Che, if someone really secretly did something, the person who wanted to kill was also the prince!

This realization made Emperor Hengde's chest flutter with anger, the crown prince is the prince of Zhaoling, his son with the highest hopes, and the only thought left to him by the first queen, who dares to be unfavorable to him?

Jiang Dean also thought of this, but he didn't dare to point at Shen Bai's nose and say that Shen Bai wanted to murder the prince, this crime was too big.

Murdering the prince of a country is not to seek power and usurp the throne, but for what?

Emperor Hengde's face turned pale, and he slapped the table and said in a deep voice: "Chuan I order, everyone stays where they are and is not allowed to move, and Captain Zhou will lead a team of Praetorian Guards and medical officers to check the camp one by one, and no corners will be spared, and digging three feet into the ground must also find out the reason why the horses suddenly go crazy!" ”

Zhou Deshan received the order and left with a team of Praetorian Guards and medical officers.

Jiang De'an's face is not very good-looking, after all, he is the head of the Three Princes, and he is the minister trusted and relied on by Emperor Hengde, Emperor Hengde even checked his camp account with this order, that is, even he doesn't believe it.

Everyone else was also up and down, for fear of finding something from their tents, but Shen Bai, who was the most suspicious at the moment, had a calm face, seeing that Jiang De'an was covered in clouds, and had the courage to quip: "Captain Jiang, it's me who is in charge of the big thing, my father is not in a hurry to blacken his face, why is your face blackened like this?" ”

Jiang Dean snorted coldly: "Young Master Shen, whether you are wronged or not, it is the Fourth Highness who is being tortured by the pain now, it seems inappropriate for you to gloat so much, right?" ”

The old fox is the old fox, and with a word, he raised himself to the height of worrying about the safety of the four princes.

Shen Bai raised his eyebrows and saluted Jiang De'an: "What Taiwei Jiang said is that the juniors have been taught. After saying that, he stopped talking.

The sun was still very strong in the afternoon, and these people were all pampered, and their skin and flesh were so painful that their heads were dizzy, but they didn't dare to say a word of dissatisfaction.

The area of the camp is not small, there are dozens of tents, Zhou Deshan searched for an hour before he finished the search, and when he came back with people, everyone subconsciously held their breath and waited for the verdict to be announced.

The medical officer knelt down in front of Emperor Hengde, raised his hands high, and took out a bamboo tube filled with incense: "Your Majesty, after Weichen's inspection, this insect repellent incense is not made by the Tai Hospital, it contains a kind of herb called Qingfu, Qingfu has a good deworming effect, but the taste will stimulate the nerves of the livestock, so that the livestock suddenly go crazy, Weichen dared to guess that the horse chosen by His Royal Highness was stimulated by this smell to go crazy." ”

Everyone looked different, but they didn't expect to really find something.

Emperor Hengde took the bamboo tube and looked at it carefully, and asked with a cold look in his eyes: "Where did you find this?" ”

Zhou Deshan came out of the queue and replied loudly: "Back to Your Majesty, it was searched from the camp tent of Miss Jiang, the daughter of Mrs. Jiang, and when Weichen arrived, the incense was still burning, and the medical officer immediately smelled that something was wrong, so he found out this thing." ”

When the words fell, the crowd crowded, and spontaneously retreated, revealing Jiang Qinse, who was standing beside Concubine Shu, in front of everyone.

Jiang Qinse was still wearing a veil, and a pair of bright eyes looked at Jiang Dean at a loss, not understanding what was happening.

Jiang De'an was also shocked, he never expected to find such unfavorable evidence from his daughter's account.

Jiang De'an, as the head of the three dukes, has been in the court for many years, and his status is unshakable, Jiang Qinse is a well-known first talented woman, how many people want to ask to marry, Concubine Shu's heart moved slightly, and she said softly: "Your Majesty, Miss Jiang has been with her concubines today, and she has no chance to touch horses, is there any misunderstanding here?" ”

These words woke up Jiang Qinse, and Jiang Qinse immediately walked to Emperor Hengde and knelt down: "Please Your Majesty, the courtiers are the medical officers who were bitten by mosquitoes because they didn't bring incense, and the incense used in the tent was given by the medical officer, and many people can testify for the courtiers, and the courtiers don't know where this incense comes from!" ”

In the end, it was the daughter of the Taiwei, Jiang Qinse was not frightened, her back was straight, and her voice was calm and calm, only a slight tremor revealed her nervousness.

But after saying this, Jiang Qinse immediately realized that something was wrong, although this was the first time she came to participate in the autumn hunt, but Jiang Dean was not the first time, she ordered people to pack their bags early and not to be negligent, knowing that she was going to the hunting ground, how could she forget to bring incense alone?

Jiang Qinse's back suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, Jiang De'an's hand was clenched into a fist, his eyes swept around coldly, and a delicate figure rushed out, but instead of kneeling beside Jiang Qinse, he knelt at Shen Bai's feet, grabbed the hem of Shen Bai's clothes and cried: "Young Master Shen, why didn't you say that the incense was given to me by you, I didn't expect you to coax me with rhetoric, but it was to frame Miss and Master!" ”

The maid was very scared, her voice was shaking, her body was trembling, her tears kept falling, she was actually born beautiful, the appearance of pear blossoms with rain was very pitiful, Shen Bai squatted down in front of her, pulled his sweat towel to help her wipe her tears: "Good sister, you said that the incense was given to you by me, but do you remember when I gave it to you?" ”

Shen Bai's movements were gentle, and his tone was so gentle that he didn't like words, the maid was appeased a little, she didn't dare to look directly into Shen Bai's eyes, took out the jade pendant that Shen Bai gave her before, and replied tremblingly: "I...... I don't remember, I didn't notice the sky in Young Master Shen's tent at that time, but this jade pendant is Young Master Shen's personal belongings, has Young Master Shen forgotten why he gave it to me? ”

Don't notice the sky?

This is a good excuse, Shen Bai nodded and did not pierce it, and turned his head to look at Jiang Qinse: "Miss Jiang, since she is your personal maid, when will she not serve in front of Miss Jiang after entering the camp, Miss Jiang will never and will not remember, right?" ”

Jiang Qinse bit her lip, her weak shoulder shook lightly twice, she didn't expect that this maid would suddenly rush out and bite Shen Bai, just bite it, and said it so chaotically, anyone can hear that there are many loopholes in it.

Jiang Qinse didn't know who had bought the maid and who she was doing things for, the only thing she could do now was to make everything she knew clear, and leave the rest to Providence.

After making up her mind, Jiang Qinse stiffened her neck and spoke: "After entering the camp, except for the courtier's daughter being bitten by mosquitoes early this morning, she spent a quarter of an hour helping the courtier's daughter ask for a medical officer, and after the medical officer diagnosed, she spent a stick of incense to help the courtier's daughter take silver flowers to soak in water and bathe, and the courtier's daughter has been staying with this maid. ”

"Fetch the honeysuckle!" The maid showed madness on her face and shouted loudly, "It was on the way back from helping the young lady get the silver flower that I ran into Young Master Shen, and Young Master Shen gave me this incense!" ”

Shen Bai was not in a hurry to deny it, and patiently looked at the maid and asked, "Oh? I gave you the incense at that time, did you light it when you got back? ”

The maid already knew that she was dead, her mind was in a mess, and she nodded directly without thinking about it: "Yes, I'll order it when I go back." ”

Shen Bai looked at Jiang Qinse again: "Miss Jiang, did she really order it when she went back?" ”

Jiang Qinse closed her eyes and replied word by word: "No, the insect repellent incense in my tent was ordered by the medical officer, and after she took the silver flower and came back to serve me to bathe, she took the ointment to help me apply the medicine." ”

This maid spoke contradictoryly, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that she was maliciously framing Shen Bai, and Emperor Hengde was not a fool, so he didn't want to listen to these useless confessions anymore, so he ordered coldly: "Come on, immediately escort her to Dali Temple and investigate this matter thoroughly!" ”

The Praetorian Guard stepped forward, covered the maid's mouth and dragged her away.

Jiang Qinse slammed his head on the ground: "The courtiers have no way to restrain them, so that the people with ill intentions have taken advantage of the loopholes, failed to find the abnormality in time, and almost caused a catastrophe, please forgive your majesty!" ”

Jiang De'an knelt down and pulled down his old face to admit his mistake: "The old minister has no way to discipline him, please forgive your majesty!" ”

Jiang Qinse didn't protect his servant girl at all, and his performance was not bad from beginning to end, Emperor Hengde believed that Jiang De'an would not do such a stupid thing as murdering the emperor's heir, but the thing was searched from Jiang Qinse's tent, and it was also the slave of the Jiang family who jumped out and bitten people, and Emperor Hengde said that it was fake.

It was the four princes who were injured, and Prime Minister Li Deren, as the grandfather of the four princes, knelt down to intercede for Jiang De'an: "Please Your Majesty be clear, Jiang Taiwei has been an official in the same dynasty as the old minister for many years, and there has never been any grievances. ”

The prime minister knelt down, and the others also knelt down and shouted: "Please Your Majesty to be clear!" ”

Emperor Hengde sighed, got up and walked in front of Jiang De'an, and personally helped him up: "Aiqing, Zhaoling has been smooth for so many years, I hope to hand over a smooth country to the prince, can you understand my hard work?" ”

Jiang Dean was moved, his eyes were red, and he nodded heavily: "Lao Chen understands!" ”

Emperor Hengde patted Jiang De'an's hand: "It's good to understand." After speaking, he looked at Zhou Deshan: "Pass on my order, and then send two thousand Praetorian Guards from the palace to guard here, and check all the items and personnel in the camp again, if something happens in the next few days, I will ask for your heads!" ”

Zhou Deshan promised loudly: "Yes!" ”

When the words fell, Jiang Qinse fainted softly to the ground, and the medical officer hurriedly helped her check her pulse, and said after a while: "Miss Jiang was frightened, she was too nervous and fainted, just rest for a while." ”

Emperor Hengde didn't plan to move Jiang De'an, and said softly: "Everyone, Aiqing, please get up." After speaking, he looked at Gu Hengzhou and said, "Go far, send Miss Jiang back to the tent, and transfer two people to protect outside the tent, so that no one can take advantage of it again." ”

It's protection, but it's more like surveillance.

Jiang De'an's expression froze, but he could only give up his thanks.

Gu Hengzhou picked up Jiang Qinse and walked to the camp, Jiang De'an was worried about his daughter's health, and talked to Emperor Hengde for a while before retiring and leaving.

Something like this happened, no one was in the mood to continue the next competition, Emperor Hengde let people disperse first, Shen Bai wanted to follow Shen Ruxiu, Emperor Hengde said lightly: "Shen Xiaolang stays." ”

Shen Ruxiu stopped, and Emperor Hengde said, "Don't worry, Taifu, I just have a few words I want to ask Shen Xiaolang." ”

It means that he doesn't want Shen Ruxiu to stay.

Shen Ruxiu bowed down and said, "Weichen retires!" ”

Emperor Hengde let Concubine De also go, leaving only Shen Bai and Zhao Che, Shen Bai turned around and walked in front of Emperor Hengde, and stood respectfully.

Emperor Hengde did not rush to ask, and patiently and meticulously examined Shen Bai from head to toe, Shen Bai restrained his usual hanging, straightened his back and let Emperor Hengde look at it.

After a long time, Emperor Hengde asked in a deep voice: "You already know that someone wants to frame you?" ”

Jiang Qinse's performance just now was already very calm, but he still leaked nervousness in the subtleties, but Shen Bai was completely calm, as if everything was expected, not at all like a young man who was in the upper room of the Tai Academy.

Shen Bai knelt down directly: "Back to Your Majesty, Shen Bai does not have the ability to predict the future, but when His Royal Highness was injured and sent back, I intuitively felt that things were not so simple, after all, everyone saw it, except for the people of the Imperial Horse Guard, it was true that only me and the Fourth Highness touched the horse." ”

Emperor Hengde was a little puzzled: "Why didn't you say that the Jiang family's people had problems at the beginning?" ”

Shen Bai said sincerely: "Before choosing a horse for His Royal Highness the Prince, I only had close contact with the servant, if there is any problem, there must be something wrong with her, but Jiang Taiwei is an important minister in the court, Shen Bai does not dare to say anything, fortunately, His Majesty has seen everything and searched the entire camp, otherwise I will not be able to wash it even if I jump into the Yellow River." ”

Shen Bai praised Emperor Hengde again, but Emperor Hengde has been an emperor for so many years, and he has heard too much sycophants, and he is not fluttering because of this, he recalled that when the medical officer first proposed that the horse was stimulated to go crazy, and everyone looked at Shen Bai, Shen Bai did not panic at all, and even quietly guided Emperor Hengde to make the decision to search the entire camp.

Even the Ninety-Five Supreme dares to calculate, if such a mind and courage cannot be used by the imperial court, it must be removed so as not to be used by others and leave hidden dangers.

Emperor Hengde rubbed his eyebrows and said softly: "Okay, you can go down too." ”

"Yes!"

Shen Bai got up and left.

Seeing that Emperor Hengde's eyebrows were furrowed and his expression was a little painful, Zhao Che walked behind Emperor Hengde and gently helped him press his temples, and asked with concern: "Father has a headache again, do you want to ask the imperial doctor to take a look?" ”

Emperor Hengde withdrew his hand, stretched his eyebrows to enjoy, and sighed: "It's all an old problem, so there's no need to make a noise." ”

Zhao Che stopped talking, only concentrated on helping him massage, and after a while, Emperor Hengde raised his hand to signal Zhao Che to stop, his spirit recovered a little, and he looked at him and asked, "What do you think of the Shen family's father and son?" ”

Zhao Che bowed his head slightly, showing his deference to the son of man: "Taifu is rich in five cars, upright and kind, and is a rare loyal and good minister in the court." ”

Emperor Hengde nodded, the opinion of their father and son was the same, and asked again: "What about Shen Bai?" ”

Zhao Che lowered his eyes, covered the glimmer of light that flashed at the bottom of his eyes, and said pertinently: "It seems to be unruly, but in fact it is transparent and intelligent, and it knows how to be flexible than Taifu, and if it is used well, it will be an extremely sharp knife, but if it is too sharp, I am afraid it will also hurt the person holding the knife." ”

Emperor Hengde looked at Zhao Che fixedly: "How sure is the emperor that he can polish him into the best knife in his hand?" ”

Zhao Che lifted his eyes, and his dark eyes reflected almost cruel indifference.

Zhao Che said: "If there is no Gu Hengzhou, there can be ten percent!" ”

Shen Bai went back to accept the attention all the way, no one thought that on the first day of this autumn hunting, the fourth prince accidentally fell from his horse, and Taiwei Jiang was implicated, and Shen Bai, the only son of Taifu who had been frantically testing on the edge of danger, escaped unscathed and with his whole body.

Shen Bai was very thick-skinned, and walked to his tent like no one else, lifted the curtain and went in, and sure enough, he saw her father sitting in the room with a black face, and opened his mouth to ask: "What did Your Majesty say to you?" ”

Shen Bai walked to Shen Ruxiu and sat down, poured himself a cup of tea to moisten his throat, and then said: "Since Your Majesty doesn't let Taifu stay, he doesn't want you to know the content of our conversation. ”

This was taught to Shen Bai by Shen Ruxiu since he was a child, but now Shen Bai is using it to gag him.

Shen Ruxiu frowned, suppressed his anger and reminded: "Shen Bai, I'm your father!" ”

Shen Bai plucked out his ears and vividly interpreted the image of the rebel son: "There are only courtiers in front of the emperor, there is no father and son, and the Taifu has forgotten this?" ”

Bastard!

Shen Ruxiu was so angry that his chest rose and fell violently, and he glared at Shen Bai for a long time, and finally could only slap the table and leave.

Shen Bai was not idle, he found a grass-green porcelain bottle from the pile of bottles and cans in the baggage, held it in his hand, and casually shook it to the part where the cavalry was camped, and was about to find someone to ask Gu Hengzhou where his camp was, when he saw Gu Hengzhou coming over with a calm face, Shen Bai immediately walked over with a shy smile: "Brother Gu, you are back!" ”

Shen Bai said and took out the porcelain bottle, and was about to offer courtesy, when he swept a pink and tender silk handkerchief wrapped around Gu Hengzhou's left hand, and the words that came to his mouth were immediately blocked.

The silk handkerchief was knotted, and one of the corners was embroidered with vivid colorful butterflies, which at first glance was the girl's home.

And she is also a clever and good girl.

Gu Hengzhou lifted his eyes and looked at Shen Bai, his eyes were cold, there was no temperature at all, and he became the unkind prince of the Tai Academy, he didn't ask Shen Bai what he was looking for him, he only coldly ordered: "Get out of the way!" ”

The back of his hand is injured, and he is so angry, could it be that the girl hurt him when she helped him bandage him?

Shen Bai didn't let him, took out the porcelain bottle and handed it to Gu Hengzhou: "I just found out that the back of your hand seems to be scratched, this is the wound medicine that the second aunt asked me to help you bring before leaving, you can wipe it a little, you can get better quickly." ”

Gu Hengzhou stiffened his face and said, "No need. ”

After saying that, he wanted to leave after bypassing Shen Bai, but Shen Bai didn't think about it, and hugged Gu Hengzhou's arm: "You said you don't have to, you don't have to?" It's not in vain that I helped you carry so much medicine for the injury, and today I have to help you get the medicine! ”