Chapter 193: A blessing or a curse
The gate of Prince Gong's palace is closed.
For this flower-viewing party, Emperor Jianxi allocated an additional five days of rest for the courtiers in Beijing, and after spending three days of the grand event in Jian'an Lake, everyone could rest for two more days when they returned home.
However, the feast did consume a lot of people's energy, and many people took advantage of these two days to bathe and fast at home and regain their usual rhythm of life.
However, King Gong was not in the mood to rest today, as soon as he returned to the palace, he heard about Yinfeng Garden Jieyu throwing gold, and the fatal thing was that the thirteen dragons actually had a dead son Chen Yicong's hand.
He paced back and forth in the study with a bamboo whip in his hand, his eyes were full of anger, he didn't know if his father in the palace also knew the news, and in the past few days of the flower viewing party, he didn't have any chance to be alone with Emperor Jianxi.
"Lord Wang, the prince is here." The servant whispered outside the door.
King Gong's eyes showed a fierce light, and he walked quickly towards the door of the study, and the prince was walking up the steps, and before he could shout "Father", he was kicked in the heart by King Gong and planted backwards.
"Evil son" King Gong said in a fierce voice, "Your mother is so arrogant to you, look at what good things you have done!" ”
Shizi suddenly took six or seven steps back, barely falling.
"The child has indeed done a few good things in the past few days......" Shizi covered his heart, a little out of breath for a while, but he barely stood firm, "I don't know which one my father asked?" ”
……
In the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, Emperor Jianxi sat on the throne and meditated with his eyes closed.
Under the throne, Yuan Zhen knelt there, as if he was full of fear of Tianwei, and he told everything that happened that night in Yinfeng Garden.
Huang Chongde stepped forward slowly and presented a relevant confession submitted by Han Chong, the Jinyi Wei, and Emperor Jianxi glanced at it, but did not answer.
"So that dragon was indeed shot by the prince?" Emperor Jianxi asked, his tone was neither angry nor happy, so that people couldn't hear his attitude.
"Yes." Huang Chongde nodded, "It's all the same as Yuan Zhen said, in order to save people, the prince made a move in public." ”
Emperor Jianxi looked at Yuan Zhen, "Huang Chongde said that the prince was to save people, so he made a move in public. What do you think. ”
"Huh?" Yuan Zhen glanced at the emperor and Huang Chongde as if he was trembling, and replied in an aggrieved voice, "This ...... How do slaves and maids praise the son? ”
Yuan Zhen twisted and did not answer positively for a long time.
"Put away your set, Gonggong Yuan," Emperor Jianxi raised an eyebrow, watching the eunuch who was carrying the name of Ghost Face Yama outside pretending to be a quail in front of him, "I ask you something, and you will understand the answer!" ”
Yuan Zhen sighed, then lowered his head and said thoughtfully, "It should be...... It must be to save people, right? However, the prince was not alone at that time, Zeng Jiuyan, the little marquis of the Dingbian Hou Mansion, Zhang Jingzhen, the eldest son of Zhang Shouzhong's family, and Li Fengyu, the young lord of the Anding Bo Mansion, were also next to the prince, and several young people were young and vigorous, and they instigated the prince to come forward, and they also ...... I don't know. ”
In the case of not being able to understand the emperor's attitude for the time being, Yuan Zhen carefully gave one more possibility, and he quietly raised his head to look at the expression of Emperor Jianxi on the throne.
Qiu Shi snorted disdainfully when he heard it.
Emperor Jianxi said coldly, "If you have something to say, don't be weird next to you." ”
Qiu Shi couldn't hold it back for a long time, and just waited for Emperor Jianxi to ask himself, so he knelt in front of Emperor Jianxi with the hem of his clothes in both hands, "Your Majesty, slaves and maids, this is the will of heaven." What kind of person is our prince, will he be the kind of reckless man who will come out when instigated by others? ”
Yuan Zhen slapped him on the sleeve on the side, "What kind of providence, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand." ”
"It's providence!" Qiu Shi stalk stared at Yuan Zhen with a straight neck, and then turned his head to look at Emperor Jianxi, "Your Majesty, you just got rid of the rebels in the Thirteen Taibao on your front foot, and the prince on your back foot also killed one of the thirteen dragons for you, how can there be such a coincidence in the world...... The slave maid felt that this was clearly arranged by God. ”
Emperor Jianxi kept a straight face and didn't say anything.
Seeing this, Yuan Zhen sneered, "Hey, Gonggong Qiu is very good now, he even takes on the envoy of Qin Tianjian when he opens his mouth and closes his mouth." ”
Qiu Shi's eyes widened, "The emperor asked me!" I can say whatever I want, but not as many people bend their bowels as much. ”
"I have a lot of bent intestines, you have to stay away," Yuan Zhen moved to the side in disgust and whispered, "...... I don't know where the stupidity came from, and I can't even open my eyes. ”
Huang Chongde coughed lightly above, and the two of them stopped talking.
Emperor Jianxi supported his knees with his hands and stood up from the throne, "Jiaolong, bring it up and show me." ”
Soon, four palace people came in carrying a stretcher two people wide and one person long. Although the dead crocodile had been cleaned many times, there was a fishy smell on its body, and Qiu Shi wanted to cover his nose several times, but when he saw that Emperor Jianxi was fine, he approached and watched, so he endured the discomfort.
Emperor Jianxi didn't smell this smell, but compared to this, he saw something that surprised him even more The feather arrow actually pierced through the crocodile's eyes, which can be described as killing with one arrow, and the attack was clean.
"Wonderful." Emperor Jianxi couldn't help but sigh.
As soon as this praise came out, several people around him understood Emperor Jianxi's attitude.
The dragon was carried down.
Emperor Jianxi's will also followed, he ordered the craftsmen in the palace to peel off the skin of this dragon for armor, and Qiu Shi immediately set off to Prince Gong's mansion to announce the reward.
Huang Chongde changed his clothes for Emperor Jianxi as usual, and felt that the smile on the emperor's face had not faded, "The slave maid has improved his arrowing skills again." ”
Emperor Jianxi was quite complacent, but he smiled.
"Yuan Zhen and Qiu Shi will think of it, and the people below will think of it, and they will all guess, and then make things more and more complicated...... There are so many people around, only my grandson can make a move, dare to make a move," Emperor Jianxi raised his head slightly, and asked Huang Chongde to reach out to tidy up his clothes, "Because my grandson is like me." ”
……
At this time, in the courtyard of Prince Gong's study, a bamboo whip had been broken.
Shizi had a calm face, and still knelt down straight in front of his father without saying a word.
The door of the study had been tied from the inside, and Zhen heard the news, but he could only listen to her husband's scolding outside, and persuaded her husband to stop while knocking on the door.
King Gong was really tired from fighting, and he was already sweating profusely at this moment, and he threw the bamboo whip in his hand that was about to be broken on the ground, "Do you know what you did wrong?" ”
“…… The child doesn't know. Shizi's voice was very calm, "The child is a hand to save people's lives, which is obviously a great merit." ”
"Are you still stubborn?!" King Gong couldn't wait to kick it again, "You stinky temper!" Who the hell did you learn from!? And save people's lives? Just for a yellow-mouthed child from a humble background? ”
Shizi said in a low voice, "I have never seen any country, I have only seen the people in the country one by one, if the people who serve the country do not start from those ordinary people, then what is the difference between those who oppress the people and fill their own pockets?" ”
He raised his eyes and looked at his father, "Doesn't my father understand this truth?" ”。