Chapter 423: Escape from the Tiger's Mouth and Enter the Wolf's Den Again
The moon is in the middle of the sky, and the palace is silent.
In the gazebo deep in the Imperial Garden, the wine jar rolled off the table, fell to the ground and smashed to pieces, and the rest of the wine was scattered on the ground.
Jiang Rong hurriedly ordered: "Aqing, bring the wine again!" ”
Seeing that His Highness was so depressed, he finally stepped forward to pour wine, and persuaded him: "Your Highness drink less, borrow wine to eliminate sorrow and sorrow, and when Your Highness wakes up, the world is still like this." ”
"Aqing, did I do something wrong?" Jiang Rong slapped his head, trying to sober himself up.
It has been three days since he got the jade seal, but this day is even more unbearable than before, and Wei Guogong is no longer the uncle worthy of his respect. At the beginning, Wei Guogong kept saying that squeezing Gu Chuyu away was for him, and he also wanted to assist him in governing Daning, but now that Gu Chuyu is gone, what does it have to do with him to govern the world?
Jiang Rong smiled bitterly with his wine glass, it turned out that it didn't take too long to see through people's hearts, three days was enough.
"Your Highness, don't be like this, Your Highness didn't expect that Lord Guogong did this to replace Gu Xiang to control the government, not for His Highness's ...... as he swore before."
"Then what do you say is the use of me as a prince? It's not that you have to look at the face of the minister. Jiang Rong laughed even more sarcastically, and said slowly, "Aqing, I think of a very ridiculous thing now. ”
"Ridiculous?"
"In contrast, I found that Gu Chuyu was better to me, at least he wouldn't care about me, and besides, he never did things in the name of my father, he only played his own banner, he did things, and he was infamous for his back, but my uncle was on the orders of the prince one by one......" Jiang Rong laughed a few times dumbfounded, exhausted the wine in the cup, and sighed, "I've started to read Gu Chuyu's well, do you think this is a joke?" ”
"Why don't Your Highness talk to Lord Guogong? If His Royal Highness picks out his mind and says that he wants to be pro-government, there may be some discussion. ”
Jiang Rong raised his finger and shook it, and also shook his head, "I noticed it when he snatched the talisman, and realized that I was out of danger and into the wolf's den, and the surname Gu was only to set up my father, and what about my uncle, he used me as a puppet!" ”
Ah Qing sighed helplessly, who knew that Lord Guogong used to care about His Royal Highness because he had other thoughts, and now he is in charge of the government in the name of His Royal Highness, and His Royal Highness is not allowed to leave the palace, no matter what His Royal Highness asks, he will veto everything, not even summoning a minister......
Is there such an aggrieved prince in the world?
"If His Highness doesn't hold on again, when Gu Xiang comes back, maybe everything can go back to the past."
Jiang Rong grabbed the wine jug in Aqing's hand, smashed it on the ground with a "snap", and said angrily: "Who said I want to go back to the past? ”
"At least Gu Xiang is in power, His Royal Highness has never been wronged like this, even if His Royal Highness is wronged, Gu Xiang will let His Highness contradict him, but Lord Guogong is the brother of the Queen Mother, the elder of His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness is not disrespectful to him."
"I'm the prince!"
Jiang Rong clenched his fist and slammed it into the stone table, no matter how painful his hand was, it was not as good as the slap that Wei Guogong gave him invisibly!
This pain made him feel courageous, stood up and said, "Aqing, follow Prince Ben to the Inner Secret Prison." ”
"Your Highness...... "Ah Qing was shocked, "What is Your Highness going to do?" ”
"Do what a prince can do!"
The night is quiet, and the inner prison is located in the northwest corner of the palace, and few people come on weekdays. It's the first time I've grown up to be in this unfortunate place.
The inside and outside of the secret prison were guarded by the guards, and they saw Jiang Rong coming drunk, and bowed his hand: "See His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
"Get out of the way, this prince wants to see Li Guiren!"
The guard was embarrassed and said slowly: "Your Highness...... This Li nobleman, His Royal Highness can't see it. ”
"Presumptuous, is there anyone in the palace who the prince can't see? Don't open the door yet! Ei reprimanded impatiently.
"Yes......" The guards had no choice but to give way, and only advised, "Then Your Highness will take a look and go back, be quick." ”
Jiang Rong gave a perfunctory "um" and asked Ah Qing to walk in front with a lantern to lead the way.
The prison in the palace was much smaller than the prison cell in the yamen, after all, there were very few prisoners who could enter here.
The aisle was narrow, dark and gloomy, and Ah Qing walked in front with a lantern, even his back broke out in a cold sweat, his hands trembled slightly, and the candlelight swayed on the wall.
There were only a few cells here, and Jiang Rong was able to find someone without the need for a jailer to guide him.
It was late at night, Li Qingqing didn't sleep, staring at the window above his head, which couldn't be smaller.
Jiang Rong is not drunk today, he can see people clearly, he has seen Li Qingqing, he can recognize it at a glance, and the railing asked: "Li ...... Miss Li, how are you, are you okay here? ”
Li Qingqing was stunned when he heard the voice, and turned his eyes to look outside the cell, with panic in his eyes.
Jiang Rong comforted: "Don't be afraid, I am very good friends with the villain, and I will not harm you." ”
Before Jiang Yi could say a word, Li Qingqing's face was already filled with tears.
She was ready to die a long time ago, but she still had a lot of people to worry about, and she couldn't afford Jiang Rong's mention at all.
Seeing her crying silently, Jiang Rong hurriedly advised: "Miss Li, don't cry, I'll take you out and send you to ...... Send it to the Prime Minister's House. ”
Li Qingqing shook his head, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, I'm not going anywhere, thank you Your Highness for your kindness." ”
Jiang Rong frowned, "Why are you so stupid, they are going to kill you soon, I will save you, and you won't leave?" ”
"If I go with His Highness, His Highness will be involved, if His Highness sends me to the Prime Minister's Mansion, then the Prime Minister and Sister Mei will not be able to escape the responsibility, and I can't harm you." After Li Qingqing finished speaking, tears fell like beads.
Jiang Rong closed his eyes and was silent for a while, then patted the wooden fence with his hand, and said in a solemn tone: "Don't worry, this prince is the master of Daning, and this prince can acquit you with a word, and there is no harm or harm." Then he instructed Ah Qing, "Go, pass on the order of the prince, forgive Li Guiren's sins, take the key to open the door, and let her go." ”
Ah Qing said with a bitter face: "Your Highness, if you do this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain it to Lord Guogong......"
Jiang Rong reprimanded as if he turned a deaf ear: "Don't go yet!" ”
"Yes, yes, the minion will go."
Ah Qing was ordered to do it, and there was only one Jiang Rong left outside the cell, and he held on to the wooden fence and pillowed his head with his arm.
Li Qingqing knew that King Rui was already the crown prince of the prison country, and the prince said to forgive her sins, she broke into tears and laughed, knelt on the dry grass and kowtowed to Jiang Rong, "Thank you, Your Highness." ”
Jiang Rong beckoned, "No thanks, you are her friend, you are my friend, not to mention that when you entered the palace, it was my father...... My father did something wrong, and if I had known that my father had chosen you, I would have stopped him, but it's a pity ......"
"Your Highness, don't blame yourself, Your Highness can let me out, I am grateful."