Chapter 56: The Prince
Prince Zhao Kuang cautiously exited the threshold of the emperor's bedroom step by step, bowed deeply again, and then slowly turned around.
The moment he turned around, his originally respectful face immediately became gloomy.
Take a big stride and head outside.
Gonggong Sun followed behind Zhao Kuang with his head down, and he didn't dare to take a breath.
Along the way, I met several groups of palace maids and eunuchs, and these people saw that the prince's face was not good-looking, and they all saluted respectfully and did not dare to speak out.
waited until he walked into his own territory in the East Palace, and Zhao Kuang flicked his sleeves fiercely and said angrily: "Father is too partial to the Jing family!" ”
Father-in-law Sun has been working as an errand in the East Palace, and he is Zhao Kuang's personal eunuch, taking care of Zhao Kuang's diet and daily life.
Because of his closeness, he knew the prince's temperament very well.
Although most of the time the prince is very sensible and has a calm personality, he sometimes plays a temper like a wayward child.
In the final analysis, Zhao Kuang is only sixteen years old this year.
Seeing that the prince was emotional at this time, Grandpa Sun didn't dare to answer, just walked with his head down, otherwise he would have to be scolded by Zhao Kuang.
Today, it was he who took the initiative to provoke the Jing family in the Garan Temple, and the crown prince went to ask the emperor to punish the Jing family.
Ouchi is very well informed, and it is estimated that it will not take long for the news to spread.
It was he who harmed the prince and lost face.
However, although he pretended to be transparent, he still couldn't escape the prince's anger.
I saw the crown prince turn around and kick him hard in the ass, "You say, in the eyes of my father, is it that in the eyes of my father, I, the crown prince, are not as important as an old friend of his?" ”
As the crown prince, Zhao Kuang naturally knew that the relationship between the emperor and the late Marquis Jing was extraordinary.
Gonggong Sun also knew, and understood very well that Zhao Kuang wanted to get rid of the Jing family, otherwise he would not deliberately embarrass the Jing family at the gate of the temple.
As the personal eunuch of the crown prince, he is naturally a roundworm in the master's stomach, thinking about what Zhao Kuang thinks on weekdays, and doing what Zhao Kuang wants to do but is not good to do personally.
It's just that today I messed things up and made it self-defeating.
In fact, in theory, to be fair, the Jing family is naturally unreasonable today, foreign envoys and many officials go to the Garan Temple to offer incense, in order to ensure the safety of these big people, the forbidden army has a reason to prohibit non-official family members from entering the incense.
The Jing family has been robbed of the marquis, and of course it is also prohibited.
Even if Grandpa Sun appeared on suspicion of deliberately looking for ballast, he always stood on the side of reason.
Moreover, although Guan Shihao was indeed defending himself, it was the commander of the forbidden army who attacked him, and it was the Son of Heaven's close army!
Ordinary officials encounter the forbidden army, even if they are in charge, but if there is a contradiction, they have to take a step back at that time.
is really the identity of the Son of Heaven in the army, and he does it against it, but he doesn't take the Son of Heaven in his eyes.
At most, he will suffer a loss temporarily, and then hand over the fold in the Jinluan Palace, so that the emperor can return his own justice.
But what about Guan Shihao, to say killing is to cut off the head of a forbidden army commander in the blink of an eye, not to mention the identity of the other party, even ordinary people, you can't be so ruthless?
Human life is at stake, this is a top priority!
But as I said before, this is only theoretically, and in practice, the Jing family must also be tough, the Jing family has its own business, farms, and various industries, these wealth needs strong shili and prestige to protect from being remembered by others for greed, forcible seizure, the Jing family has been robbed of the marquis, if the weak side is revealed, then there will definitely be countless wealthy nobles like hungry wolves smelling fishy, to pounce on it and bite hard.
Of course, in this society where people are divided into three, six, nine and so on, nothing is as important as the emperor's intentions.
The emperor doesn't pursue it, even if you are the crown prince, you can't do anything about the Jing family openly.
"Please be cautious!"
Sun Gonggong heard that the prince openly complained to the emperor, and couldn't help but be startled, if this was heard and told to the emperor, it would be a big crime of disobedience, and hurriedly said: "Today is a small self-made smart to find the Jing family, and wants to give the prince the evil anger of the past, but he didn't do anything to the Jing family, but the prince you lost face."
If you have the air, just sprinkle it on the little one, but don't complain about the saint today! ”
I have to say that Grandpa Sun is very skillful in speaking, and in his words, he pointed out that he wanted to be angry for the prince, so he went to find the Jing family.
Zhao Kuang originally wanted to kick Grandpa Sun a few times, but then he stopped his movements, rolled his eyes and said, "There are no outsiders here, what are you afraid of?" ”
On weekdays, Zhao Kuang always has a majestic and calm appearance, his speech and demeanor are standard, he looks very old, and only when he is very close to someone will he reveal his youthful nature.
"Beware of the ears on the wall!" Grandpa Sun replied in a low voice.
Zhao Kuang immediately put his hands behind his back, straightened his waist, and resumed his posture as he walked.
After getting off the Jialan Temple, there was a carriage waiting in Jingfu, Jiang Long, Lin Ya, Yao's mother, as well as jade hairpins and treasure bottles were all crowded into a carriage.
Lin Ya was frightened, and Jiang Long was not worried that she was sitting in the carriage alone.
Yao's mother, Yuchai, and the treasure bottle are concerned about the nervous Jiang Long, and they must stay by his side and not let him leave their sight.
Because of the escort of the forbidden army, there were hundreds of people in this line.
After the carriage walked for a while, Yao's mother suddenly lifted the curtain and ordered: "I was in a hurry to let the carriage collide among the pedestrians, someone should have been injured, and many vendors' belongings were damaged, leaving a few people to deal with the aftermath." ”
"Yes!"
A Jingfu guard responded with a fist clenched.
Yao's mother took out a silver ticket from her sleeve and handed it to the guard.
After that, a total of three guards were left to clean up the aftermath.
"The previous boy really didn't lie to me."
The vendor selling paper money and candles at a small stall held the copper coins compensated by the Jingfu guards, and muttered to himself with joy.
The other vendors who received compensation also lost their sorrow and smiled.
Most of the small traders set up stalls here to make a living money at the end of the day, and if the goods are damaged and cannot be sold, maybe the whole family will go hungry, so many of the vendors who have damaged the goods before are all sad, and some even secretly wipe their tears.
But now the price of Jingfu's compensation is several percent higher than the market price, and the damaged items are not wanted.
Naturally, they made a small profit.
As a result, many vendors sighed, why didn't the carriage damage a few more items just now.
And the vendors who hid fast just now looked at their peers who had received compensation with envy.
For the first time, I realized that running too fast is not necessarily a good thing.
Cheng Wu did not lead the forbidden army to escort Jiang Long and his party to Jingfu in Ningyuan County, and parted ways at a fork in the road.
Because the fork in the road was not far from Ningyuan County, Yao's mother didn't say anything and let Cheng Wu leave.
Without the protection of the forbidden army, the guards of Jingfu cheered up and looked around vigilantly one by one.
It wasn't until they came to the gate of Jingfu that they breathed a long sigh of relief and relaxed.
"What about the casualties of the guards in the house?"
Jiang Long got out of the carriage and was the first to ask a question, which made the hearts of the Jingfu guards around him warm.
Jiang Jun, the deputy captain of the Fuzhong Escort Team, stepped forward and knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and replied: "Back to the little young master, there are four people who are seriously injured and are still unconscious, including the captain Chen Tai, who was slightly injured nine people, and no one was killed!" ”
In order to prevent the masked man from fully exploiting his arrows, Chen Tai and several guards stayed in the way.
Fortunately, he and a few guards know how to form a battle to defend against the enemy, and their skills are not weak, otherwise it would not be as simple as being seriously injured.
"Quickly invite the most Haode doctor to treat Captain Chen and the others!" Jiang Long said in a deep voice.
"The old lady has already sent someone to invite!"
Jiang Jun once again thanked Jiang Long for his concern and thoughtfulness to the guards in the palace.
Jiang Long asked some more about the placement of the injured, and then walked with Yao's mother and others to the direction of Mrs. Jing's courtyard.
At this time, Mrs. Jing was in the Buddhist hall, sitting cross-legged on the futon.
Before she got the news, her eyelids kept jumping, and she panicked in her heart, and when she learned that a masked man was ambushing and attacking Jiang Long, her face turned pale with shock.
Knowing that it was useless to rush to Garan Temple, he came to the Buddha Hall to pray for the Buddha's blessing.
It wasn't until she heard that Jiang Long was okay that she put her heart back in her stomach.
But at this time, her face was cold, and her eyes almost spewed out a raging fire.
In front of her, there was a man in black who only showed a pair of eyes.
"I never doubted your loyalty to the Jing family, but you never obeyed my assignment, and you have only been seriously protecting Jiang Long in the mansion, and it is precisely because of this that Jiang Long went to the Garan Temple today to worship the Buddha, and was almost killed by a group of masked people!"
Hearing Mrs. Jing's severe accusation, the man in black lowered his head and confessed, "It's a small dereliction of duty!" ”
"Is that all?" Old Madam Jing, who has always been calm and composed, and her grace and nobility shouted in a frantic voice at this moment, "When that madman Marquis was alive, you only listened to him, even if Xian'er inherited the marquis, you were not 100% obedient."
Until Xian'er went, you didn't obey my orders now, and you didn't recognize Jianglong as the master, what do you mean? ”
However, in the face of Mrs. Jing's stern questioning, the man in black always knelt silently.
"Do you really think I dare not ask for your life?"
Old Madam Jing was really ruthless by the attitude of the man in black.
At this time, the black-clothed man spoke again, "As long as the old lady sends a word, the little one will immediately cut himself here!" However, even if the little one dies, the new leader of the Black Guard will still be the same as the little one. ”
"Get out!"
Old Madam Jing stood up suddenly, turned her back, and vigorously flicked her sleeves.
The man in black looked up at Mrs. Jing's back, his face was a little complicated, and then he retreated silently.
At this time, a little girl recklessly came in, and shouted with joy on her face: "Old lady, the little master has returned home safely!" ”
After hearing the voice, Mrs. Jing, who was originally covered with frost, turned around and had changed back to her usual kind and gentle appearance again.
"Run slower, I'll see you tired."
Mrs. Jing stepped forward slowly, raised her sleeves and helped Xiao Yahuan wipe the hot sweat oozing from her forehead because of the fast running.
Xiao Yahuan was flattered, lowered her head shyly, and whispered: "Old lady, let's go and take a look at the little young master." ”
"No, you don't." Old Madam Jing said with a smile.
Xiao Yahuan raised her head violently when she heard this, tilted her little head, and a puzzled look appeared on her face.
"He will come to see me in the courtyard as soon as possible!" Mrs. Jing was happy.
Sure enough, after a while, Jiang Long, Lin Ya, Yao's mother, Yuchai, and the treasure bottle came to the small courtyard quickly.