Chapter 278: Two Rivals

The crown prince ranked second among the princes in the palace, and was originally the second prince, but because of the sudden death of the eldest son, the eldest prince, and the help of the concubine in the palace, he naturally became the prince in second place, and because of this, the queen has always hated them.

The eldest son is the queen's biological son, but he died for no reason, this matter, she has always been haunted, thinking that it must be the concubine Niangniang and the current prince in order to get the current status and power so that she killed her son.

However, that incident is only the queen's own conjecture, and there is no evidence, otherwise it would be impossible for the concubine and the prince to act recklessly in the imperial city for so many years.

Jiang Qiancheng and Yue Qingming didn't expect the prince to suddenly appear here, according to Jiang Qianbai's statement before, the prince's people should have investigated here many times, and they didn't find anything, so they shouldn't have suddenly appeared here at this time, but he just appeared here at this time.

And Jiang Qiancheng, who is here now, can't let him notice it, otherwise Jiang Qiancheng's hard-won quiet days are afraid that they will come to an end from now on, no matter what, Jiang Qianbai is a thorn in the prince's side, if the prince knows that Jiang Qiancheng is now on Jiang Qianbai's side, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to Jiang Qiancheng.

Therefore, even when he saw such an annoying guy, Yue Qingming was very quiet and stood behind Jiang Qiancheng, standing here with a nonchalant expression, both of them were now wearing masks on their faces, blocking most of their faces, and they were wearing the clothes of the guards, so they should not be noticed by the prince.

And now the prince's attention is indeed only on Jiang Qianbai alone, I heard that he brought someone to the treasure house to investigate, so he came here directly without even reading the letter in his hand, wanting to see what Jiang Qianbai has the ability to find some clues in such a place where no trace is left.

It's just that he feels that he seems to have come a little earlier, and Jiang Qianbai has not found any evidence now, and when he looks at the smile on Jiang Qianbai's face, he is a little uncomfortable, and he feels that his smiling face may show other expressions at any time to scare him.

Jiang Qianbai was standing in front of the prince at this time, although he was a little surprised that the prince appeared here, but it was normal for him to appear here, after all, this matter was done by the two of them at the same time, but Jiang Qianbai didn't want additional people to come here to interfere with him when he was looking for clues.

Even the crown prince is no exception.

Because of this, although Jiang Qianbai had a smile on his face, he was a little impatient when he spoke, as if he didn't want the prince to stay here and hinder them from continuing to investigate the clues.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will come here in person, it's really a rare guest," Jiang Qianbai said: "I thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would not personally investigate this matter, after all, such a thing is nothing in the eyes of His Royal Highness the Prince, isn't it?" ”

Jiang Qianbai knew that when the third prince recommended the prince to investigate this matter in front of the emperor, the expression on the prince's face was ugly, and the anger in his eyes seemed to be about to tear the third prince apart.

But there is no way, the emperor has already agreed to this matter, even if the prince is unwilling to take over such a thing, he still has to start an investigation, but unfortunately, there is no trace left in the entire treasure house, and the so-called precious embroidery seems to have disappeared out of thin air in the treasure house.

So in such a situation, even if Jiang Qianbai's tone is not very good, the prince will not care, instead of being angry with him here, it is better to ask him what he knows from his mouth, and help himself investigate this matter before him.

If this matter is not investigated clearly, he will be laughed at by the third prince at that time, and he will lose some trust of the emperor because of the unfavorable handling of this matter, although he is very tired of such a thing, but he has to accept this reality.

So the prince said: "Fifth brother, what you said, this matter was ordered by my father to investigate you and me together, since you are here to investigate the clues yourself, then the palace naturally can't sit idle in the East Palace, that embroidery is very important to the father, we should quickly find clues to solve this matter, so as not to get a little impatient when the father is a little impatient, blame us." ”

Jiang Qianbai still had a smile on his face, and he said: "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said makes sense, since this matter is being investigated by the two of us together, it should be a good cooperation, I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been here to investigate before, I don't know if I have found any useful clues here?" ”

"No," the prince answered the question without hesitation, and then continued: "You don't have to doubt what this palace said, everyone in this treasure house knows about this matter, no matter how much this palace investigates, even if it doesn't find any clues, otherwise it won't appear in front of you now, fifth brother, right?" ”

Jiang Qianbai smiled, what the prince said was somewhat convincing, if he really found any evidence, he would not have appeared here, he must have long ago not known where he went to continue the investigation, and he would not waste time talking to him here.

And Yue Qingming, who was standing on the other side, seemed to suddenly realize something, thinking about the whole thing in his mind, since there were no clues in this treasure house, it was useless to stay here all the time, it was better to start from somewhere else.

So Yue Qingming stretched out his hand and gently pulled down Jiang Qiancheng's clothes, Jiang Qiancheng glanced at her, quickly understood her eyes, and then coughed lightly twice, Jiang Qianbai noticed him smoothly, and then knew that now is not the time to continue to greet the prince here, since he can't find any clues here, then let's leave here quickly.

So Jiang Qianbai said: "Since there is no clue here, then I will go somewhere else, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should also investigate this matter, so as not to lose face in front of my father and the emperor at that time." ”

"The fifth brother is the same," the prince said with a smile, "After all, you also have a part in this matter." ”