Chapter 41: Pine Cards

Xiao Jungong smiled again: "The snow is flying, covering up the evil." The filth and evil are even more filthy against the background of the pure white snow, and the white snow is even more pure. Mother, the case of Chaoyunguan made you and your father demoted to Shangcheng, and my son believes that this snow indicates that Chaoyunguan's grievances will be snowed. ”

The crown princess drank tea quietly, her lips were moist, and she said tactfully: "Your imperial grandfather asked us to go back to Chaoyunguan because your third uncle's movements in Jinghui City were too big, which made your imperial grandfather angry." So we were summoned back to the Imperial City, on the one hand, to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, and on the other hand, we were really suspicious of the death of the seventh uncle. ”

Xiao Jungong nodded his head: "If you can watch the snow for Chaoyun, it will be a good thing." Daddy's manpower in the Criminal Department is also more confident because of Daddy's return, so the eyeliner that the third uncle planted in the Criminal Department will not have much effect. ”

The crown princess said: "Thank you so much for this, Lord Wendui." He presided over the affairs of the court, and the Criminal Department was also under him, and he acted uprightly, so the people we installed in the Criminal Department were not greatly suppressed by the three princes. Speaking of which, His Majesty asked Wen Du to be the head of the Wen Chen, I am afraid that he took a fancy to Wen Dui, if so, it means that your imperial grandfather had doubts about the death of your seventh uncle from the beginning, so he did not allow the people of the third prince to become the head of the Wen Chen, so as to interfere with the criminal department's investigation of your seventh uncle. ”

Xiaojun Gong said to the crown princess: "What the mother concubine said is that when the third prince was in power, Wen Duan dared to marry a female cultivator of Chaoyunguan, and now it seems that she is simply using the Chaoyunguan woman to show her heart, so that the imperial grandfather knows that he and the third uncle have never been all the way." ”

The crown princess shook her head, the golden hairpin shook, her eyes were soaked in infinite love, and she smiled at the white and tender cheeks of the little princess: "Lord Wen Du has true love for that woman, and your father and I both know it." Lord Wen Du has always been upright and upright, and your father and I have great respect for Lord Wen Dui. ”

The prince nodded: "My son understands." ”

The crown princess said: "This time, when we go back to Xiangshang City, we will face a fierce battle." Do you know what you're going to do? ”

Xiao Jungong nodded: "Yu'er understands, the enemy does not move, I do not move; The enemy moves, and I don't move. ”

"You don't have to do anything. Leave the affairs of Chaoyunguan to me and your father. The crown princess said: "Over the years, your imperial grandfather has read all the poems and essays you have made in Xiangshangcheng, he likes your literary talent, and in his mind, you are a good boy." A good boy shouldn't get involved in some strife, so that the imperial grandfather will be upset. As long as you go straight on the right path, your duty is enough. ”

The little eunuch walked in from outside, holding a pine card in his hand, walked in, knelt down to the princess and said: "Master, I don't know who dropped the pine card, no one has come in this palace, I don't know who left it." ”

When the crown princess heard this, she ordered the little eunuch to hand over the sign, looked at it in person, and said, "The texture is medium and high." ”

When the prince heard this, he hurriedly put on his cloak and walked out, glanced at the pine card in the princess's hand, and said to the little eunuch, "Go down." ”

When the eunuch heard this, he retreated, and the crown princess raised her head and asked, "Does the prince recognize this?" I remember that since we stepped into the East Palace, no one has come to visit us. Who dropped this pine card? ”

The prince shook the thin piece of pine wood in his hand, pondered for a moment, and then remembered Wen Dui, and then smiled: "He also has a heart." ”

Hearing this, the crown princess raised her head in confusion and asked, "Who has a heart?" ”

"In the entire Shangrou City, I have only sent the Wendui pine brand. At that time, it was just me and Twilight and each other's little ones on the side. Not long after, Chaoyunguan had an accident, and Wen Duan probably wouldn't tell others about the pine brand. Therefore, this pine card should have been dropped by the people around Wen Dui. The prince muttered in a low voice: "Wen Du'er is in the palace today?" No, isn't it a sacrifice for Wen Xu's biological mother today? Back then, the Wen brothers made a big fuss about this, and everyone in Shangrou City knew about it. How could he not go back to the house to attend the ceremony? ”

The concubine Han who was sitting in the compartment inside put down the folding fan when she heard the words, and said, "I heard that Lord Wendui was dragged into the chess hall to play chess by Lord Xu of the chess hall yesterday. It's been a whole night. When I entered the palace yesterday, I saw the red-skinned grouper fish in the pond in the palace and looked good, so I leaned next to it and fed the fish food. Because of the special status of the concubine, I am afraid that I will be embarrassed to see the people in the palace, so I hide behind the octagonal lantern on the side of the rockery and quietly feed the fish. They all said that Lord Wen Du was entangled in the chess hall by Lord Xu to play chess, because he was afraid that the adults would be hungry, so they discussed making supper, which was just a handwritten instruction to take care of things. The concubine thought about it, a few of us had dinner in the Wangfu Pavilion last night, weren't there a few stewards of the imperial dining room waiting for us? Those people make supper for the chess hall, but they don't have to come there to find the steward to ask for advice! ”

When the prince heard this, he nodded his head and smiled at the crown princess: "Xu Guitan is really a treacherous person!" When we entered the palace yesterday, he was afraid that Wen Du would come to us, so he deliberately pulled Wen Duan to play chess. In order to pester Twilight and prevent us from meeting Twilight. ”

When the crown princess heard this, she shook her head and said, "If you entangle Lord Wen once, can you still entangle the second and third times?" It's not like we're not going to see Master Wen again, so what if we don't see each other yesterday? ”

The prince shook his head: "Xu Gui is a person who does not rely on us, nor on the third brother and the fifth brother, but in fact, he is the person of the third brother and the fifth brother. Tied up Wen Dui, I think it is to temporarily create a situation where our prince's line is not close to Shangrou City. Wen Du is afraid that he has already left the palace at this moment, and this pine card represents Wen Dui's heart. ”

The crown princess said, "What does Lord Wen Du mean that he will never forget the friendship he once had with the crown prince?" Use the pine card to remind the master, he will always remember the master? ”

The prince nodded: "It should be." When we were on the way from Shangrou City to Xiangshang City, we were assassinated in the outer suburbs, and the suburbs were divided into the Wen family's reward land and some Wenchen domination, when we passed through Xu Guitan's ground, we were indeed assassinated, but fortunately, people helped, the closest thing at that time was the Wen family's Xitianzhuang, so, Xu Guitan secretly assassinated, and the people of Wen's Xitianzhuang saved us. Wen Du is not unconcerned with us. ”

The crown princess nodded: "Lord Wen Du is indeed rare. No wonder, within a few months of our assassination, Xu Guitan's status became higher and higher, and it turned out that he was promoted by the three princes. ”

The prince said: "I am now just a nominal prince, and I only have a fictitious title of the prince, although I have returned to the imperial city, it is still only a fictitious title." Now Wen Du is doing this, which is indeed beneficial to us. ”