In the Zhaoren Palace, Zhu Ying sat on a chair with her cheeks raised, staring at the three princes and the four princes in front of her.

The two little guys had learned that Mrs. Zhao Guotai and Mrs. Zhao Guo had entered the palace one after another, and they also knew that they had brought an outsider, and the four princes were itching to see what was going on, but they were held back by the three princes, until the emperor called their brothers to go to a meal together, and the four princes still couldn't help but explore the matter, but they were prevaricated by the emperor lightly.

And now it's good, Mrs. Tai and Jiuniang are gone, he and the third brother have just finished eating with their father, and Zhu Ying has come with several people! There are four of them, and the bear child has never seen four people come to the Qianqing Palace on a big night, and he has never even heard of it! Moreover, these people don't look like they are officials, they look like little people.

Don't ask him how he knows that it's a little person, the bear child is not the one who lived in the deep palace for a long time and didn't understand anything for a while, he has seen a lot of people and things, and of course he will have a little bit of eyesight - after all, it can be seen from these people's clothes!

However, although he was very curious, the fourth prince was kicked out of the Qianqing Palace by the emperor with his third brother, and by the way, he also came with a guard who did not enter the oil and salt, that is, Sister Yingying, who he could never deal with. He had already said all the good things just now, but Zhu Ying was still unmoved. In the face of that tight-lipped scene, he really hated it.

"Sister Yingying, the third brother is the crown prince, even if there is any big thing, do you have to hide it from him, the prince of the East Palace?"

Although the third prince also wanted to know what was going on, the fourth prince tried all kinds of methods, and finally pulled up the tiger skin in front of him to make a big banner, he still had to reprimand with a straight face: "Fourth brother be cautious!" Even if I'm the crown prince, I don't have to tell me everything. My father has his own decision, so how can you question his arrangement? ”

The fourth prince was unconvinced and wanted to speak, but he was glared at by his third brother, so he could only shut up. And Zhu Ying, who just looked at him with a smile, yawned.

"Well, don't ask me what's going on! Before entering the palace, my mother called me and my second brother over, and gave a few instructions in a few words, I accompanied Gonggong Chen on a trip to the outer city, and I didn't know much more than you. ”

Seeing that the fourth prince was full of disbelief, and the third prince was silent, Zhu Ying said lazily: "Of course, at least I know one more unexpected news than you." But the emperor will definitely tell you later, so don't worry, you two little guys, don't think about the idea of beating me. Without the emperor's orders, I won't say anything. ”

Although she really wanted to share the good news that the second prince had died, she still understood the seriousness of the matter! Even if it was Zhang Shou in front of her, she would hold back, and wait for the emperor to say something, she would say, let alone the two brothers, what good would it be to tell them earlier? Maybe the Emperor would like to look back and see how they really reacted when they heard the news?

I don't know which way people are thinking of strange goods...... Of course, it is not impossible to have other possibilities, but she feels that in addition to the possibility that the person is really dead, it is more likely that someone has kidnapped the second prince and intends to plot against him.

Seeing that the fourth prince ran to the side angrily, turned his head and sat down, the third prince wanted to urge him to sleep on the grounds that there were guests tomorrow, but he didn't think about it if he didn't figure out what was going on, and he didn't feel sleepy, he thought about it and changed the topic and talked to Zhu Ying about Zhang Shou's class today. At this moment, Zhu Ying finally got in good spirits.

Originally, they just had nothing to say, but the two of them were full of interest when they talked, especially Zhu Ying's memory is better than that of the four princes, and the story is told vividly.

So, the four princes, who were sulking on the side, couldn't help but come up and interject after all, and for a while, one big and two small were chattering about Zhang Shou's stories.

As for the matter in the Qianqing Palace, they unconsciously left it behind, until a voice came from outside: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the Four Princes, and Miss Zhu, the emperor has announced." ”

The fourth prince was the first to jump up like a dream, and when he turned around, he wanted to run out, but he was dragged by Zhu Ying, who was quick-eyed. He was about to protest, but he was slapped on the head by Zhu Ying: "It's so cold at night, just rush out to get frozen, are you crazy?" Come on, bring the coat and the coat! Children should be obedient, put them on! ”

Although he muttered something he was afraid of so closely, the fourth prince still didn't dare to disobey the female demon king, and obediently wrapped the big jacket brought by the palace people, and the third prince hurriedly dressed neatly. But when he went out, the four princes were too anxious, stepped on the air, and involuntarily fell forward, but it turned out that Zhu Ying grabbed the person with one hand, avoiding the dilemma of the little guy falling and gnawing on the mud.

Zhu Ying, who couldn't cry or laugh, simply held the hands of the fourth prince, and then held the third prince again, and then said angrily: "Be careful when it's dark, don't be reckless!" Okay, follow me slowly,"

Although the fourth prince was conceited and was already an adult, his arms couldn't twist his thighs, and he couldn't break free from Zhu Ying at all, so he could only follow helplessly. The third prince glanced at the rest of the people who came out, and seeing that everyone pretended not to see anything, he couldn't help but raise his head and look at Zhu Ying again, just to see that she was glaring at each other with his fourth brother, no matter how she looked, she looked like a child who didn't grow up.

But it's such a sister Yingying, who doesn't look big, but she still says that the fourth prince is reckless......

Zhu Ying didn't know that the third prince was slandering herself, she only knew that if she sent the brothers to the Qianqing Palace to accompany the emperor at this time, she could go back. Having most likely lost a son, the emperor needed the third and fourth princes more than her.

Sure enough, when she took this pair of brothers into the Qianqing Palace, she saw that the people she had just brought were gone, and the huge place seemed empty. Only the emperor sat alone on the throne. In the dim light, she couldn't see what the expression on the face of this son of heaven was, but she felt a kind of loneliness and loneliness coming to her face.

She instinctively let go, and at this moment, the bear child beside her immediately let go, just ran to the emperor's side, and all the words that had been holding in her heart just now poured out: "Father, what's going on?" How could so many people come into the palace on a big night? If there is really anything, the third brother and I are already old, and we are willing to share the worries and solve problems for our father! ”

Seeing that the fourth prince brought himself in as soon as he opened his mouth, the third prince was really helpless, so he could only take a few steps forward quickly, and then saluted and asked: "Father, although the son is only a shallow learner, if the father has an order, the son will do his best." ”

"I don't have anything for you to do."

When the emperor said this, after being questioned one by one, his increasingly heavy mood finally eased a little. He glanced at the four princes who were holding one of his hands and refused to let go, and then looked down at the polite third prince under the throne, and when he saw Zhu Ying quietly planning to retreat, he coughed.

"Yingying, I didn't let you go."

Zhu Ying, who was about to slip away, suddenly stopped. She smiled a little helplessly and said, "Your Majesty, it's so late, with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince accompanying you, isn't that enough?" I have to go back quickly, otherwise my grandmother and mother will be in a hurry! I don't know when my father went back, and when he found out that only the second brother was left, he would think that something had happened. ”

"Your grandmother and mother came home early, maybe they would have arrived home sooner. As for your father, after the military department, he cleaned up the old files, cleaned up the personnel, anyway, it was all kinds of cleanups, and it was common for him to be so busy that he didn't go home at night, so you don't need to worry about him. Even if he goes back, your second brother is really good, are you still afraid that he will be beaten? ”

The emperor directly made fun of Zhu Er, and then said lightly: "Your second brother was not a martial artist in the past, and he can be regarded as a famous gentleman in the capital, not as far as your eldest brother, and even your marriage was almost arranged by him to mess with the mandarin duck score." But in the end, his nature is okay, so with your wishful thinking, he finally took the right path. ”

"It's not like my Erlang, who is self-righteous, has no one in his eyes, deceives his superiors and subordinates, acts recklessly, only knows how to make trouble, never knows how to change, and now he ends up with a fate that doesn't know life and death!"

Hearing the words "I don't know life and death", the four princes were still stunned, but the third prince suddenly woke up. He raised his head in surprise and instinctively asked, "Father, the second brother's life and death are unknown?" Didn't he take a boat to Qiongzhou? Could it be that the ship is ...... at sea"

Seeing that the third prince said that this came to an abrupt end, and his face showed a look of horror, the emperor smiled and said, "The ship is probably in an accident at sea." A boat of the Song family in Guangdong happened to save a boatman at sea, and the boatman said that the ship sank, and after they got a few things in the net, they did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly found a way to return to report the news. ”

"I had just asked the surviving boatman myself, and he said that the ship sank suddenly at night, the mainsail was on fire, and the bilge was flooded, and he was a humble little sailor, and on the way he met a chamberlain who accompanied him, and picked up a waist card in a daze. Later, I didn't care about it so much, so I jumped into the sea in a panic when I just picked up something. ”

After jumping into the sea, he tried to swim ashore because he was in good water, but it was in vain. Fortunately, he was extremely lucky, even if he fell asleep in the middle of the road, he actually drifted down the river, and happened to meet the boat of the Song family in Guangdong in broad daylight, fortunately there was a doctor on the boat, and the medicine was enough, so he picked up a life. ”

He admitted that the Guangdong Song family's efforts to salvage and rescue people in the surrounding waters were in vain, because he himself didn't know how long he had been floating down the river, and the things that the Song family salvaged were probably all things he brought out, and a lot of them fell in the sea.

Speaking of this, the emperor ignored the stunned expressions of the third prince and the fourth prince, and saw that Zhu Ying was frowning and muttering there, so he continued: "Erlang was suddenly kicked out of the capital, but he still has time to clean up a lot of soft goods, and he rewarded this and that on the boat to buy people's hearts, and even the embroidered ribbon and the messy tassels and the like were also rewarded by him to the sailor!" ”

"If he had such a big deal, he wouldn't even have a messy posture in his own prince's courtyard!"

The third prince finally sorted out the general context, and at this time he couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then asked: "Father means that now I can't be sure whether the ship sank or not, and I am not sure where it happened in case the ship sank?" ”

"That's right."

The emperor nodded approvingly to his crown prince, and then sighed helplessly: "The little sailor said that he was frightened, and he was the first to jump into the water, completely forgetting that this was in the sea and not in the river, and it was a cold day, and before the shipwreck, he struggled to swim far away, so he was not carried into the whirlpool by the movement of the shipwreck." ”

"After being rescued, he didn't know how long he had been floating in the sea, because he was so scared at first that he forgot about the days, and fell asleep in the middle, and because it was night, he didn't know where the wreck was, so he had to tell the people on Song's boat that the boat sank not long ago, and it was nearby, and after others salvaged something, he found that it was his own, and he didn't dare to say it."

"If I hadn't seen them one by one, he wouldn't have told the truth. After being frightened by me and spitting out the truth, the kid kowtowed again, saying that he still had his parents at home, and only hoped that when I cut off his head, I would spare his parents. This is the second time he has been to sea, and he doesn't know the stars, so he can't count the distance. ”

"He only knew that after setting sail from Tianjin, the wind was not strong, and the ship was not fast, and he heard the old shipwrights on the ship say that they could go up after the speed of Shandong, but in fact, three days after the departure, they encountered a fire on the sails, and all four bilges were flooded."

Seeing that his father remembered every word that such a little sailor said clearly, the third prince suddenly felt uncomfortable. He knew very well that, in the final analysis, his father was not the kind of ruthless son of heaven.

Although he and the second prince didn't have any feelings at all, this imperial brother couldn't even compare to a finger of the fourth prince to him, but he thought of his father's mood at this moment, and then saw his father's hand holding the hand of the fourth prince tightly from beginning to end, he couldn't help but step forward too, and then gently held his father's other hand.

"Father, maybe things aren't that bad...... Perhaps, the second brother was also rescued like that sailor? ”

That idiot can't swim! Zhu Ying complained in her heart, but she would not do such a stupid thing if she stuck a knife in the emperor's heart. Although she didn't step forward to shake hands and comfort like two little guys, she thought that instead of letting the emperor continue to be sad because of the love between father and son, it was better for people to think calmly.

"Your Majesty, I heard my father and eldest brother mention that sea routes have always been risky, and more often than not, they have to depend on the direction of the wind, but even this is better than relying on only one canal. Therefore, in the early years of Taizu, the sea and the sea were at the same time, and the wings flew together, but the sea was generally a fleet trip. Although the second prince was punished and degraded when he went to Qiongzhou Mansion, when he set off from Tianjin, how could he just be in a boat? ”

Seeing that the emperor was slightly stunned, she continued to speak: "And the most important thing is that if you really send someone to investigate carefully, then let alone ten days and half a month, maybe it will be a year and a half, or even three or five years, and the life and death of the second prince cannot be determined." And with this time, there may be a bunch of people who swagger and deceive under the banner of the second prince, and even occupy the mountain as the king. ”

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