Chapter 291: Accident
Outside the dragon, many officials knelt on the ground in a posture of almost their whole bodies, silent as cicadas.
Liu Xinyan turned around and knelt in the driver's seat, and the whole person didn't dare to look up at Long Yuan.
He knew in his heart that he had completely messed up this time, and he was still in a state of confusion at this time.
Sun Miao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was like falling into an ice cave, it was a perfect test ride, and he couldn't understand how such an accident could happen.
"Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess...... The crime of despicability deserves death, and if His Royal Highness loses half of his daughter's body, he will not be redeemed for his despicable death......
Sun Shangshu's voice trembled a little.
At this time, the eldest princess's personal maid had already entered the dragon chariot to serve the princess, and before the eldest princess could reply, the eldest maid beside her said unceremoniously, "Then Lord Sun can apologize with death now."
The eldest girl next to the eldest princess is a cronie, even if she is just a subordinate in terms of identity, but these adults understand in their hearts that what she says represents the eldest princess to a certain extent.
Sun Shangshu was so frightened that he lowered his body and kept kowtowing to confess.
The voice of the eldest princess came out from the dragon chariot, without a trace of ups and downs, making it impossible to guess how happy and angry the eldest princess was at this time.
"Jiu'er, don't be rude!"
The eldest princess scolded the maids beside her, but as the eldest maid who served the princess all the year round, Jiu'er understood the temper of the eldest princess. Immediately, he said with some grievances in his tone: "Your Highness, it was too dangerous just now, the slaves and maids were scared to death, if you were injured in the slightest, it would not be a pity for them all to die!" If it weren't for the fact that the adult just now risked his life to support the dragon chariot that was about to fall, the consequences would be unimaginable......
"That's it!" The eldest princess interrupted Jiu'er with a hint of anger in her tone.
Jiu'er also knelt on the ground and confessed.
The officials were so frightened by Jiu'er's words that they couldn't see the seven spirits, and they didn't dare to blame this little maid for speaking so wildly, everyone knew that the eldest princess was beating everyone through the maid's mouth.
The officials collectively confessed under the leadership of the Ministry of Rites, and the eldest princess walked out of the dragon chariot after a long time.
The eldest princess didn't even look at Liu Xinyan, and walked straight down from the dragon chariot, first swept past the officials who were kneeling down, and finally stopped at Wang Ze, whose breath was slightly weak, and his whole body was even trembling.
The eldest princess gave Jiu'er a look, and Jiu'er understood and stepped forward to help Wang Ze.
Wang Ze thanked him, and then stood up, but due to the excessive force before, his body lost his strength, and he almost fell for a while.
"Your name is Wang Ze?"
The eldest princess asked.
"Back to Your Highness...... Yes."
"You have a meritorious service and a reward for saving the driver this time."
Wang Ze thanked him, hesitated for a moment after getting up, and said, "Humble and courageous, after the transformation of the golden lacquer heavy armor dragon chariot, if it is like this...... Your Highness shall not sit down any more!"
The eldest princess paused for a moment, and then walked in front of Sun Shangshu.
"What did Master Sun say?"
Sun Shangshu didn't dare to raise his head, and at this time, he felt that the eldest princess walked in front of him, and he didn't even dare to breathe, and said: "The crime of the minister deserves death, but the autumn hunting ground is extremely dangerous, His Royal Highness must take the gold-lacquered heavy armor dragon chariot!"
The eldest princess's gaze stayed on Sun Shangshu's kneeling back, and after a moment she spoke: "Okay, let's all get up, there was a false alarm just now, and the palace was not injured."
The ministers thanked him for standing up.
After Wang Shangshu on the side got up, he looked at Sun Shangshu with some confusion in his eyes.
Based on his understanding of Sun Shangshu, in that case just now, he shouldn't have insisted that the eldest princess continue to ride the gold-lacquered heavy armor dragon chariot, could it be that there was something he didn't know about it?
At this time, people had already moved seats for the eldest princess, and Wang Ze and Liu Xinyan stood in front of the eldest princess.
One person is meritorious in protecting, and the other person is ineffective in doing things, and in the big way, it is endangering the safety of the eldest princess.
At this time, the two stood in front of the eldest princess, and their mentality was naturally completely different.
When did Liu Xinyan experience this, even if he repeatedly told himself to be calm in his heart, he had already lost his six gods at this time.
And Wang Ze on the side
At this point, he was much calmer.
The eldest princess looked at Liu Xinyan for a long time, "Liu Xinyan, let's talk about it, what's going on?"
"Your Highness, I don't know why a big hole suddenly appeared on the road......
"Hongu is not asking you to explain why there is a pothole in the road. Bengong is asking, why is it difficult for the transformation of this dragon chariot to support even such a small bump? In this way, how does Hongu take the dragon chariot to the autumn hunting ground?"
The site of the autumn hunting ground is not as good as in this courtyard, and when the time comes, you will have to drive up the mountain and cross the river.
Of course, today's accident in which Long Yuan almost rolled over has a lot to do with Liu Xinyan's improper handling.
"Your Highness...... Please give the lowly job another chance, and the lowly will definitely forge the flying carpet more perfectly, and ensure that there will be no such accidents......
"Guaranteed? How do you guarantee it? Do you want to put Her Royal Highness the eldest princess in danger again?"
At this time, Wang Ze suddenly interjected, and categorically did not let go of this opportunity to fall into the well.
Liu Xinyan panicked, and didn't even have time to secretly hate Wang Ze in his heart, so he hurriedly explained, "Your Highness, it's not like this......
Wang Ze didn't wait for Liu Xinyan to finish speaking, then interrupted: "Your Highness, in the eyes of your humble position, this flying carpet is really a monster that is grandiose, how can an ordinary spiritual weapon be so spiritual. I think that this flying carpet is really controlled by someone, so His Royal Highness the monster will never be able to use it again."
Wang Ze's words successfully aroused everyone's suspicions, and even the eldest princess had a trace of suspicion.
Before, everyone was secretly sighing about the spirituality of the flying carpet, but now that Wang Ze said this, everyone felt that this thing must be secretly controlled by someone.
The eldest princess looked at Liu Xinyan, and there was a hint of coldness in her eyes in addition to asking.
If this flying carpet is secretly manipulated, then lying in it just now for what he enjoyed is not equivalent to being "played" by others in disguise?
In the eyes of the eldest princess who has a spiritual cleanliness habit, this is a taboo behavior.
Liu Xinyan looked at Wang Ze with wide eyes at this time, and the whole person was so angry that he pointed at Wang Ze and scolded, "You are spewing blood!"
"Then you explain it?"
"I...... The flying carpet was forged by a refiner I found from the Black Rock District, and there will be no manipulation by others!"
"Then you're going to tell me about the principle of the flying carpet's psychic nature?"
"I...... I don't understand, but the refiner I found can explain it to His Highness!"
"Heh, what about the refiner? But in the other courtyard, if he is there, Lord Liu will call out and ask questions."
"Lord Wang, this is deliberately making things difficult, how can an unofficial and unemployed refiner come here."
"I don't think he can't come, it's that he can't come!"
"What do you mean?!"
"What's the point, your so-called refiner may have already been killed by you!"
"You...... You are slandering!"
Wang Ze and Liu Xinyan quarreled in front of the eldest princess like this, without the slightest officialdom etiquette.
But that's exactly what Wang Ze wants.
Liu Xinyan said that the good thing is that the mind is simple, and the bad thing is that the heart is lacking.
Wang Ze didn't care what the truth was, he just had to let the eldest princess have a trace of suspicion about Liu Xinyan. And Liu Xinyan's performance was as he expected before, as if he had been greatly slandered at this time, and he was filled with grief and anger.
"That's enough!"
The eldest princess scolded the two.
The scene was quiet for a while, and other officials did not dare to hold the mentality of watching the excitement, especially Sun Shangshu, the chief executive this time.
"Your Highness, Liu Xinyan will definitely not have such evil intentions!"
Sun Shangshu's exoneration of Liu Xinyan was, of course, not because of how kind he was, but because he had strongly recommended Liu Xinyan in front of the eldest princess before, and at this time, the two of them were grasshoppers tied to a rope.
This is Wang Shangshu no longer pretending to be dumb, and stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, Liu Xinyan is a subordinate of the humble position, and his character is not bad, and the humble position can be guaranteed by the head of the item."
Wang Shangshu's words are very weighty, and they can be regarded as salvation
Liu Xinyan's life.
The eldest princess waved her hand and said, "Okay, this palace has never doubted your loyalty."
"But Hongu is very dissatisfied with this errand!"
"Sun Shangshu, why didn't the Dragon Chariot transform engrave the Hanging Bridge Array at the bottom this time, and took so much pains?" The eldest princess questioned Sun Shangshu.
Sun Shangshu was speechless, and at this time, he definitely couldn't tell the eldest princess that the Ministry of Industry was unwilling to contribute, which was not equivalent to not taking her eldest princess in his eyes.
"Your Royal Highness, Lord Sun planned to engrave the Suspension Bridge Array at that time, but it was Liu Xinyan who recommended himself, so Lord Sun gave up the Suspension Bridge Array."
At this time, Wang Ze suddenly interjected.
Liu Xinyan's eyes widened, full of disbelief.
But before he could explain, Sun Shangshu understood what Wang Ze meant, now is the time to give up the car to protect the handsome, just splash dirty water on Liu Xinyan alone.
"Your Highness, it's like this, if you don't notice the lowly appointment, please punish Your Highness!"
As soon as Sun Shangshu said this, he naturally had no chance for Liu Xinyan to explain.
"Humph!"
Seeing that the time was ripe at this time, Wang Ze immediately continued to speak: "Your Highness, I'm afraid it's too late to engrave the Suspension Bridge Array at this time, and I still need an idea for my humble position."
"Say!"
"Due to the time relationship, it is difficult to have a major transformation of the gold-lacquered heavy armor dragon chariot. Since you can't make changes to the dragon chariot, why not focus on the road!"
"Your Highness can take this opportunity to order all the roads of the Autumn Hunt to be leveled. In this way, it is indeed a large project, but it is a long-term and beneficial project, and in the future, His Highness will be able to enter the autumn hunting ground smoothly."
After hearing this, the eldest princess thought about it, and it did make some sense.
"Then I'll leave this matter to you, if you can't finish it before the autumn hunt, you will all resign yourself!"
"Alright, this palace is tired."
After the hasty announcement, the eldest princess went home.
The officials also dispersed, leaving only Liu Xinyan and Li Dong standing lonely in place.
Although the eldest princess did not lower the punishment, everyone present at the time knew that Liu Xinyan was finished.
Compared with the loneliness of Liu Xinyan and Li Dong, Wang Ze and Wang Shangshu, who returned to the Yamen of the Ministry at this time, can be called proud.
Wang Shangshu sat on the main seat, laughed and said, "Okay, Wang Ze, you did a good job today!"
Wang Ze also sat down with a smile, and at the same time flattered Wang Shangshu.
"That big hole today, but your hands and feet?"
Wang Ze looked mysterious and said, "If it weren't for this, how could it be so coincidental that a big pit appeared under the wheel, and this pit had not been discovered by Liu Xinyan, and it could still cause such a big bump in the dragon chariot."
Wang Shangshu laughed heartily again.
"However, if it weren't for Liu Xinyan's driving mistake, it really wouldn't have been able to produce such an effect. Thinking about how dangerous it was at that time, I was almost smashed into a meatloaf by the dragon." Wang Ze continued.
"If not, how can you get the appreciation of the eldest princess."
Liu Xinyan and Li Dong didn't know that today's events were all done by Wang Ze and Wang Shangshu.
Originally, Wang Shangshu forced this matter to Liu Xinyan, but he didn't expect that he would be able to come up with a way to transform Long Yuan.
After Liu Xinyan found a refiner from the Black Rock District, Wang Ze began to secretly plot today's affairs.
What Wang Shangshu didn't expect was that Wang Ze did more than that.
"What? You hooked up with the eldest princess's big maid?!"