Back in his Caihe Palace, Fei Caihe asked the palace maid to find a pen and paper, thought about it for a while, and wrote a letter to Shen Pu, informing him of Bao Zheng's trip to Chuzhou and asking him to be extra vigilant.

"Niangniang means to send it to the slave maid herself?" Qinglian couldn't believe her ears.

A little palace maid, if she is okay in the capital, and she goes to Chuzhou, it is really difficult for her.

"Qinglian, this palace knows that you are careful, and your reaction is also very alert, and only you have seen my cousin here, if you send others, this palace is afraid that something will happen along the way, if this matter is known by the emperor, he will suspect that I have a personal relationship with my cousin." Fei Caihe said.

Qinglian also knew that this imperial concubine Niangniang really had no other candidates, so she had to nod and say, "In this case, the slave maid must obey the decree of the concubine." ”

"Be careful along the way, don't expose your identity as a palace maid, especially not to be discovered by Bao Zheng and others." Fei Caihe advised, "I will send someone to escort you out of the city, and I will say that the palace will allow you to go back to your hometown for funeral." ”

Although she was a little unhappy with this excuse, Qinglian hurriedly agreed.

In order to be able to get Qinglian to reach Chuzhou before Bao Zheng, Fei Caihe specially asked the palace people to ask the imperial horse supervisor to find two extremely handsome war horses, and sent a quite experienced coachman to accompany him.

Qinglian was extremely careful, took off all the decorations on the carriage, and changed into an ordinary girl's clothes.

Ten days later, the city of Chuzhou:

The new prefect, Shen Pu, was chatting with Hu Cheng in the pavilion behind.

As a Shen Pu who is full of poetry and books, but knows nothing about government affairs, he has to rely on Hu Cheng many times. However, with his enthusiasm, Shen Pu tried his best to do his best.

In the face of all kinds of official documents submitted by the states and counties under his jurisdiction, he also tried to personally approve them one by one.

It's just that today's incident is quite a headache for him.

After he came here, he did not follow the habits of previous prefects to visit the palace master of Anle - Zhao Ji, and Hu Cheng reminded him several times for this.

Now, it is learned that Zhao An, the chief housekeeper of the Anle Palace Mansion, has died in the capital, and his body has just been transported back to Chuzhou. Zhao Ji thanked him for following him for many years, and made an exception to give him a generous burial.

The squires of the whole city inevitably had to send various gifts to show their condolences.

Shen Pu felt that if he didn't show up again, he might not be able to speak.

However, to be honest, he really didn't want to have too much interaction with these people, so he thought of the idea of Hu Cheng going to visit instead of himself.

Hu Cheng doesn't think so.

"Lord Shen, this Anle Palace Lord is the imperial uncle who is long live today, although he has no real power, but there are many officials who are good friends with him in the court, Lord Shen has just come to Chuzhou, if he is offended, I am afraid that this old palace master will be angry and create many incidents, and then go to Banzai to say a few words, there will be a lot of inconvenience for me in the future."

Shen Pu always seemed to have a trace of helplessness on his face that was filled with melancholy.

"Brother Hu Cheng, how do you think I should go?"

"The lower official has already prepared a gift for you, you just need to bring a few retinues over." Hu Cheng replied. Then, he handed the gift list that had already been written in his hand to Shen Pu.

Shen Pu didn't look at it, and put it in his pocket casually.

Outside the lobby, the carriage had already been prepared, and those gifts were placed on the carriage. In front of the car, there was a sedan chair specially prepared for Shen Pu, and next to the sedan chair, there were two servants with knives and a servant.

Shen Pu was displeased.

"You don't need to follow this mansion, just stay in the mansion to assist Brother Hu Cheng in handling official affairs, and this mansion will not dine in Anle Palace, just go back." Shen Pu said to the two officials.

The two officials glanced at each other.

Seeing that this Shen Pu was just wearing civilian clothes, his slightly thin face was full of paleness, and he spoke in a low voice, completely looking like a down-and-out scholar.

This is something that the previous prefects did not have.

Hu Cheng, who was following behind, nodded and signaled to follow Shen Pu's words.

This Shen Pu is really enough, he didn't even sit in a sedan chair, only took the servant and walked out of the house.

The carriage followed the two from a distance.

The streets of Chuzhou City seem to be colder than ever.

The servant's name is Qin Gui, who used to be a member of Fei She's family in the mansion, because he is diligent and knows a lot about the affairs of the mansion, Shen Pucai made an exception to keep him by his side, so that he can ask about some past things at any time.

Qin Gui deliberately walked beside Shen Pu and pointed out the path from time to time.

A carriage approached.

Qin Gui's reaction was very fast, and he pulled Shen Pu to the side of the road.

The carriage sped past the two of them, and the dust that kicked up splashed on them. In the back of the car, there were two more people, each carrying a short whip of animal skin.

Two pedestrians who had no time to dodge were knocked down, but the car had no intention of stopping, and in the blink of an eye it had turned into another street and stopped in front of a large restaurant.

"Who is this?" Shen Pu slapped the dust on his body a few times and asked Qin Guidao.

"My lord doesn't know, this is Zhao Kong, the younger brother of Zhao An, the chief housekeeper of Anle Palace, who is known as the second master of Chuzhou." Qin Gui replied.

"Second Master Chuzhou?" Shen Pu felt that this title was very harsh, "So arrogant, isn't it always like this?" ”

"Not really." Qin Gui didn't know whether he wanted to curry favor in front of the new prefect, or if he wanted to see his attitude, so he said, "This second master is terrible, when Zhao An was alive in the past, relying on his identity as the chief butler of Anle Palace, he connived at Zhao Kong's evil, and the previous lords of Futai only didn't know, and they would definitely not dare to offend Anle Palace." The villain recently heard that the palace master of Anle was going to recruit Zhao Kong into the palace, which was counted as compensation for the dead Zhao An. ”

Shen Pu's face became more and more ugly.

Such a person was recruited into the Anle Palace, did this old palace master mean it?

Shen Pu didn't want to delay any more time, and thought about asking Hu Cheng after he went back, and he wanted to teach this Zhao Kong a good lesson.

At this time, Zhao Kong had already walked into the restaurant.

When the shopkeeper of the restaurant saw Zhao Kong, he hurriedly greeted him.

"Second master, why is there such a Yaxing shop today? Recently, I heard that the housekeeper was killed, and the villain had asked people to take the silver taels to the Anle Palace to worship. If it weren't for the busyness of things, the villain would have gone in person. ”

Zhao Kong just snorted and didn't speak, but sat on the chair at the door.

The person who followed him didn't wait for the shopkeeper to say anything, and hurriedly said, "My second master is in a depressed mood, all because the old palace master wants to buy a funeral for the uncle, and the second master has to wait until later to buy another one." I came here today, but I just informed you in advance, and asked you to wait for fifty taels of silver to be used for purchase, and the shopkeeper asked you to break the bank. ”

The shopkeeper's face changed instantly.

Unexpectedly, Zhao An's death turned out to be an excuse for Zhao Kong to accumulate wealth.

Anle Palace Master wants to buy a funeral for a servant, the meaning is obvious, and there is also the intention of taking the opportunity to collect money, this Zhao Kong is here again, and if it goes on like this, it may be difficult for the merchants in Chuzhou City to maintain it.

Seeing that the shopkeeper's face was embarrassed, Zhao Kong was very unhappy and glanced at the two guys behind him.

The two guys understood, and walked over and grabbed the shopkeeper's collar.

"Why, didn't you hear what you said just now? Or do you intend to oppose my second master? With a hard push as he spoke, the shopkeeper stepped back and slammed into a man who had just entered.