In the past two days, the second prince Xiao Jin's life has not been easy, there have been so many things before, and the prefect of Jiangnan Mansion City has not informed him. Including the fact that the Jiangnan prefect sent people to slaughter the two counties of Songchen County and Wannian County, he only knew about it when Emperor Chu made a disaster in the court that day.

Although on the surface, everything was done by the Jiangnan prefect, the Jiangnan prefect was the brother of Yongchang Bo's son, and Yongchang's daughter was his side concubine.

As long as Jiangnan's case is exposed, anyone will think of him.

Xiao Jin never returned to the palace after the next court, and directly ordered the carriage to go to a separate courtyard outside his city, and several officials close to him and the staff in his palace who had learned the news had already rushed over before him.

The advice of his subordinates and Mrs. Yongchangbo's thoughts were the same, and they all felt that the Jiangnan prefect was not suitable to be escorted to the imperial capital alive.

You must know that although Yongchangbo is criticized for his own family affairs, his errand in Dali Temple is still good.

His brother-in-law was also stained with his light, and after a few years in the imperial capital, he was able to go to Jiangnan, where rich businessmen gathered, to become the prefect.

It's not that no one knows about the things that the Jiangnan prefect has caused in Jiangnan over the years, it's just that those posts have no chance to be presented to Emperor Chu.

And his performance evaluation over the years is also due to the relationship between Yongchangbo and Princess Qinghe, which is excellent every year.

In fact, he actually still has some talents, but he is too greedy for wine and wealth, if it were not for Yongchangbo, a good brother who has been worried about protecting him for many years, he would have known what kind of chaos would have happened.

If such a person was really sent to Emperor Chu alive, no one knew how many people he would implicate in order to protect himself at that time. The huge profits brought by the theft of official salt in Jiangnan, which were sent to the imperial capital in fifty percent of the profits, although these people present did not share as much as the second prince Xiao Jin, they were all stained with oil and water, and they could not be washed clean when the time came.

Xiao Jin discussed with his staff until late at night, and simply rested in the courtyard.

On the second day, he returned to his mansion and learned that not only did he not return to his house yesterday, but the Liao family returned to the Yongchang Earl's Mansion yesterday and has not returned.

Xiao Jin went to the main courtyard where Hu was located, and Hu was a little tired and resting in the room.

"The princess, Your Highness is back." Xiao Jin arrived, and soon a maid went in to pass a message to the Hu family.

Hu Shi had long been cold to her husband, but in the end, she still called someone in to clean up her makeup for herself, and came out to salute Xiao Jin with her spirits.

Xiao Jin looked at his concubine coldly, Hu's appearance was not good, but it was not as soft and colorful as Liao's, even if he bowed to him now, there was still arrogance in his eyes that he was unwilling to let go.

"The concubine has seen His Highness." After the Hu family saluted, he didn't wait for Xiao Jin to speak, got up by himself, found a place and sat down. "Your Highness hasn't been to the concubine's courtyard for a long time, why is it that you have time to come over today?"

Hu is arrogant by nature, and even when Xiao Jin was most isolated and helpless, he never left half of his pride.

And Xiao Jin is not only as soft and likable as Liao, but Hu also picked a few beautiful women to serve Xiao Jin. Xiao Jin accepted them all, and among the princes, it was the most noisy in the backyard of Xiao Jin's mansion.

The Hu family also has their own considerations for letting people serve Xiao Jin, but they don't expect these women to be favored by themselves. First, she couldn't get used to Liao's pretentiousness, so she simply looked for women with similar appearances to Liao's, just to make her unhappy to compete with Liao's favor.

And the Hu family already has children and daughters under his knees, and it is not uncommon for Xiao Jin's favor to be loved. Her mother's family has something to rely on, even if Xiao Jin doesn't love her, she is still the princess and concubine in charge of the entire prince's mansion, and she is not contemptuous at all.

"I heard that the Duchess of Liguo is coming here today." Xiao Jin asked tentatively. "Why did the children leave with them?"

After hearing this, the corners of Hu Shi's lips rose slightly, and he looked at Xiao Jin.

"The children miss their grandfather and grandmother, and they always want to go and live for a few days, but the concubines have always had to take care of the affairs of the prince's mansion, and they really can't spare their hands to send the children over. It just so happened that the concubine's mother came over today, so she asked the children to play with her for a few days. ”

"Oh, is that so?" Xiao Jin said. "When I came back, I heard that the Liao family returned to the Yongchang Earl's Mansion yesterday and didn't return overnight, did you know?"

"Your Highness didn't tell me what the Mansion ordered, Sister Liao doesn't have to report everything she says and does to me." When it came to Liao's matter, Hu's speech was even more devoid of a good tone. "The concubine is also Sister Liao's departure, I only found out. Therefore, in the future, His Highness will not have to talk to me about such idle matters. Sister Liao is also from a high family, I can't control it, it just so happens that I am tired and tired from housekeeping all day long, and I am impatient to take care of her affairs. ”

Xiao Jin was treated coldly by the Hu family, and walked away in a few words.

"The Princess." Xiangdong came up with the bird's nest and couldn't help but persuade him. "Your Royal Highness is your husband anyway, and the princess should always speak tactfully when dealing with it."

"I would have liked to be tactful with him, but as long as I see his face, I can't suppress my temper." Hu Shi sighed. "He was embarrassed to ask me why I wanted to send the children back to their parents' house, and asked me if I knew about Liao's departure."

"The slave knows that the princess is bitter, but His Royal Highness is the biological father of the little masters."

"What am I afraid of, it's not my mother's family who caused trouble." Hu sneered at both Xiao Jin and Liao. "As long as I don't make a big mistake, he dares not to treat me and my children well."

In the next few days, there were still different opinions in the imperial capital, and Emperor Chu did not take the initiative to mention the Jiangnan case in the court, but only said that he would wait for the Jinqiwei to escort the Jiangnan prefect back and interrogate him before anything else.

Mrs. Yongchangbo blows the wind in front of Yongchangbo for several days, and what she said is that his brother is afraid that he will not be able to stay. But there have always been few men in Yongchangbo's family, and Yongchangbo only has such a brother, and he has never made up his mind.

And Xiao Yu, the eldest prince who knew Liao Yongheng in the early years, sent someone to send a letter to him, Liao Yongheng's place of service was actually only two days away from the imperial capital, Liao Yongheng received the letter and asked for leave from Shangfeng and set off overnight to rush back to the imperial capital.

Liao Yongheng, who was in the dust, had just dismounted outside the gate of the Earl of Yongchang's mansion, and happened to meet Mrs. Yongchang, who had just returned from the mansion of the eldest princess of Qinghe.

Liao Yongheng only glanced at Mrs. Yongchangbo, didn't even say a word, turned her head and entered the house.

Mrs. Yongchangbo, who was still parked next to the carriage, suddenly fell back in anger, and hurriedly ordered someone to help her go in quickly.

Liao Yongheng entered the door of the mansion and went straight all the way, breaking into Yongchangbo's study.

In the study, Yongchangbo was talking to his daughter Liao, and coldly saw a person break in with a muffled voice, Yongchangbo was also frightened, and when he looked at it, he found that the eldest son who had returned was the eldest son who had not been seen for several years.

"The son has seen his father," Liao Yongheng glanced at Yongchangbo, and then turned to look at Liao. "Why is my sister here? My sister, as the side concubine of the second prince's mansion, has no reason to ignore the second princess and live in her mother's house for a long time. ”

Liao really didn't expect that as soon as Liao Yongheng came back, he would take the lead in attacking himself.

"Lord Liao is so majestic." Mrs. Yongchangbo followed all the way and immediately replied. "It's not your turn to call the shots in this house."

"Madame, I'm afraid I'm mistaken, I'm not here to be majestic." Liao Yongheng's eyes swept over Mrs. Yongchangbo's somewhat angry face, and said lightly. "My sister is just a side concubine in the prince's mansion, in the end, she is just a concubine with a higher rank, and only the lady of the main room can occasionally return to her mother's house to live in the world, but I haven't heard of any concubine who can go back to her mother's house. My sister still has a girl under her knees, so she always has to teach some good things to her children. ”

Liao was poked in the sore spot by Liao Yongheng's words, and he was so angry that he sat on the seat and wiped his tears.

When the Liao family was sent to the palace for the draft, Mrs. Yongchangbo and Princess Qinghe originally planned for her to be the second prince and concubine. However, the queen disliked that the descendants of the eldest princess of Qinghe were not very effective in the court, and she valued the Hu family from the Liguo Mansion even more, and the Liao family missed the position of the second princess.

When he arrived at the second prince's mansion, the Liao family tried his best to win the favor of the second prince.

Even if the Liao family's favor can be regarded as the only one in the Second Prince's Mansion, the Liao family sees that the Hu family will always sit firmly on the high platform, and there is no resentment in his heart.

"Alright, alright." Seeing that Mrs. Yongchangbo was glaring and still about to speak, Yongchangbo hurriedly interrupted her. "Don't say a word, the side concubine has been living at home for a few days, it's time to go back."

"Is my father going to take me back now?" Liao asked, crying and pulling the handkerchief.

"Be obedient." Yongchangbo rubbed his eyebrows and said. "Don't you know what your daughter's body is? In the past few days, are you willing to let those servants in the prince's mansion take care of your daughter for you? You just go back to your prince's mansion and take good care of your granddaughter and yourself. ”

Mrs. Yongchangbo had no choice, so she had to leave the study with the crying Liao first.

Liao Yongheng did not shy away from it at all, and bluntly said that he had received a letter and was informed of the recent events in the imperial capital, so he would deliberately return to the imperial capital.

"Father, tell me the truth, are you involved in this case?" Liao Yongheng looked at her biological father, and finally asked.

Liao Yongheng came back from this trip just to keep the Earl of Yongchang's palace.