In fact, the Duchess looked at the signs of looseness at the moment, but she couldn't stop Xiao Huai'an from speaking faster, and she couldn't make a face to herself, so she could only acquiesce and watch them leave.

Xiao Huai'an had a calm face, and walked out of the Duke's Mansion with Shi Zhengzhi, who also had a bad face, and on the way back, it was easy to ease up, and he said with some disdain.

"The Duchess is so strong and indiscriminate, how can the duke be by her side, she doesn't even want to say a word, and she also brings other women out to meet guests, what is the reason, I heard that the duke should not be such a person at the beginning, and he was willing to degenerate."

"Lord Xiao doesn't know, the person who is responsible for beating the duke's leg today is the young lady of the duke's mansion, who has been quite favored recently, and the duke has loved these warblers and swallows since his leg was injured."

"It's also a shame that the duke was originally just a civil servant, but he had to go to the battlefield himself, and he ended up in such a situation, no wonder he was disheartened."

Shi Zhengzhi is a few years older than Xiao Huai'an, so he knows more things, relatively speaking, he can understand why the duke is in such a mood.

"But then again, the Duchess is so tough, so that we are afraid that we will not even be able to enter the door next time, do we really have to go to Your Majesty to ask for our lives?"

"If it weren't for that, there would be no other way, but Your Majesty has always been reluctant to conflict with the Duke's Palace, so it is natural to say this, but it can't be too blunt."

Xiao Huai'an didn't understand that there was a psychological gap between a person like the Duke who was so indulgent and ended up in a bleak end, he just disdained such a self-depraved behavior.

He paused, staring straight ahead, not knowing what he was thinking, before turning around and speaking to Shi Zheng. "That's it, tomorrow I will personally enter the palace, and Lord Shi will start to search in the capital first, and there are no other people who are familiar with Sun Ze."

"Yes." Shi Zheng exhaled a long breath, as the so-called good men don't fight with women, he really doesn't want to confront the duchess like this anymore.

However, for the sake of face, the emperor is definitely unwilling to deal with the Duke's Mansion, but there will also be disagreements between the two parties, so which side of the Duke's Mansion and Xiao Huai'an will speak first has become a decisive factor.

The county lord relied on his own spirit to act recklessly yesterday, but the duchess was still a little jealous in her heart, and she wanted to calm things down, but the county lord had an extra heart, and found the fifth prince early in the morning to lead her into the palace and sued the emperor directly.

Xiao Huai'an got up early in the morning and went to the Yushitai first, but before he could put the matter of entering the palace on the itinerary, someone actually took the initiative to come to the door.

He was stunned for a moment, but soon understood the reason, hurriedly cleaned up his mood, and went to the emperor's study side hall with the inner eunuch from the palace to speak.

As soon as he pushed the door open, sure enough, in addition to the emperor sitting above, in the hall below, there were also two people standing in the hall of Pingcheng County and the five princes.

"See Your Majesty." Xiao Huai'an quietly glanced at the two people in the hall, and then stepped forward to salute, the emperor's face did not change much, but he raised his hand with a very helpless look.

"Get up, Huai'an, Yan'er came to me early in the morning today to sue you, saying that in order to investigate the case, you actually led someone to break into the Duke's Mansion privately, but is there such a thing?"

The people of the heavenly family value the most face, and seeing that the emperor shouted so kindly, it is no wonder that this county lord is arrogant to such an extent.

Xiao Huai'an lowered his head slightly, but in fact, he was not worried at all, he still maintained his calmness and spoke slowly.

"Your Majesty, the county lord has misunderstood, before Weichen and Lord Shi entered the Duke's Palace, they asked someone to report it first, so why did they say it privately. What's more, Weichen just wanted to ask the people in the Duke's Mansion for a few words, but the Duchess and the county lord refused to agree, and Weichen was helpless. ”

"You are helpless, aren't you very powerful, how can you investigate such a small case, but you have to come to my house, isn't it deliberately targeted, why don't you see which adult's home you have checked before?"

Xiao Huai'an's words had just been finished, and before even the emperor could speak, the county lord immediately exploded, and he was in the same temper as her mother.

As soon as these words came out, the emperor's face above obviously changed slightly, but because the county lord was only staring at Xiao Huai'an and was angry, he didn't notice it, but the fifth prince was very frightened next to him, and hurriedly came over and pulled her to persuade her.

"The county lord said carefully, don't talk nonsense in front of Your Majesty, Your Highness thought you had any grievances before I brought you in, if you are so entangled, Your Highness has no choice but to take you back first."

"Ruzhu is kind-hearted, but Yan'er's words are not unreasonable, but the investigation of the case is only an investigation after all, why do you bother to say that Huai'an is targeting the Duke's Mansion, you look at the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, who is not respectful to the Duke's Mansion?"

Xu Ruzhu's words were really polite, after taking Zhou Hongyan away, wouldn't it solve today's troubles, but the emperor didn't plan to let it go so easily, and deliberately said such a counter-remark, who knew that Zhou Hongyan below didn't even notice it.

"Having said that, but Your Majesty, the courtier's family is deeply favored by Your Majesty, how can you let someone bully like this-"

The courtiers are respectful to the courtiers, this has been the rhythm of rebellion in all dynasties, and fortunately Zhou Hongyan is just a daughter, if she is replaced by a son, I am afraid that the Duke's Mansion will be able to raid the house today.

"Okay," the emperor coughed lightly, successfully interrupting Zhou Hongyan's words, and even Dequan next to him couldn't listen to her stupid words and quietly looked away.

"In his position, he will be loyal to his affairs, even if there is any spy or suspicious person in my palace, Huai'an can also be investigated, today is considered to have temporarily wronged the Duke's Palace, and asked them to take people away, so as to return your Duke's Mansion to a clean place."

Just for such a trivial matter, he actually made trouble in front of the emperor in person, wouldn't it be pleasant and generous to say it, and the emperor simply fulfilled their words yesterday, and personally issued an order, so that the county lord could no longer refute it.

"Your Majesty-" Zhou Hongyan frowned, not noticing the emperor's impatience at all, and even felt that he was very aggrieved, and Xu Ruzhu took advantage of this opportunity to help persuade him.

"Father's words are extremely true, solve this case as soon as possible, or return the innocent to an innocent person, if the person in the Duke's Mansion did not say any motive for the envoy to kill, then the Duke's Mansion can also get an innocence."

Xu Ruzhu said to Zhou Hongyan very bitterly, that attitude was more like a sister than when he treated Xu Ruru, Xiao Huai'an quietly raised his head and glanced at him meaningfully.

Zhou Hongyan has a strong temperament, but she is a little stupid, and she can't stop it when she sees it, so she stomps her foot very angrily after the emperor leaves.

"Why didn't the five princes help the courtiers speak together? Thanks to the courtiers' trust in the five princes so much, they really asked someone to take people away from our Duke's Palace, and we didn't have to say a word? ”

Hearing this, Xu Ruzhu pretended to be amiable again, and he couldn't hold back the expression on his face.

Xu Ruzhu brought Zhou Hongyan into the palace, mainly to have an excuse to talk to the emperor in a righteous and bright light, he originally wanted to quietly persuade the emperor to be more lenient to the envoys of the Japanese state, so as not to delay his major affairs.

But just now, the emperor had already discovered that he had ulterior motives, if he insisted on helping Zhou Hongyan to disagree with the emperor, it would not be equivalent to digging his own grave

And now Zhou Hongyan is so self-righteous, and he is noisily blaming him for refusing to help him, I really don't know how many catties and taels he has, Xu Ruzhu is almost laughed at by her words.

"The matter has come to this point, it is useless to say more, it will be noon soon, His Royal Highness should send the county lord back first."

"You, soft bones, our family is going to think about it." Zhou Hongyan was angry, but fortunately, she still knew her identity, so she only dared to lower her head and mumble a few words. But her voice is so loud, in the huge side hall, there are only two people, Xu Ruzhu and Xiao Huai'an, how can they not hear it.

Inadvertently, a few words drifted into his ears, and Xu Ruzhu's face suddenly became very ugly, but he pretended not to hear anything and walked in front of Xiao Huai'an.

"Today, Lord Lao Xiao has made this trip on purpose, if Lord Xiao is fine, let's go out of the palace together."

"Your Highness, please." Xiao Huai'an politely made a gesture of please, knowing in his heart that Xu Ruzhu was looking for something to do today, but he only hid it in his heart and did not announce it.

The two of them had their own thoughts, and they were harmonious on the surface, but Zhou Hongyan wrote all her emotions on her face, holding her hands sullenly, and she actually walked in front by herself.

For the sake of a good man not to fight with a woman, the two of them didn't care about anything, but when they walked to the flower bed in front of Baihumen Square, Xu Ruru came over quietly, thinking that she wanted to go out of the palace to play, and happened to collide head-on with Zhou Hongyan, who was full of resentment.

"What kind of person, don't you have long eyes, even the princess dares to bump into it?" Luo Ying was startled, hurriedly helped Xu Ruru, and didn't see clearly who was on the other side, so she scolded directly, but when she saw Zhou Hongyan with a black face, she was so frightened that she closed her mouth.

Zhou Hongyan was angry, her face was flushed, and she couldn't take care of anything immediately, and stepped forward to pinch Luoying's arm in person. "What kind of thing are you, you dare to talk like this, the county lord will let you take a good look at who it is."

"What are you, and the people of this princess dare to move." Xu Ruru's body was delicate, and when she collided with people, it hurt more on her body.

Before she could come back to her senses, she saw Zhou Hongyan rushing up directly, she hurriedly protected Luo Ying behind her, and pushed Zhou Hongyan's hand away.