Hearing that Zu An would not be punished, but that he would be reused, the prince hesitated: "That's it..."
The princess glared at him: "Why, don't you even believe my words?"
The prince immediately withered and said with a smile: "Believe me, believe me, what Linglong said is the greatest truth. Come, I will reward Zu An with one hundred taels of gold, five hundred taels of silver, plus a seal... a seal..."
He was stunned and looked at the Crown Princess for help: "Linglong, what kind of official title do you want to add?"
The prince had no idea about the various official positions in the East Palace.
The Crown Princess said in a deep voice: "Let's make him the bastard among the princes."
The prince's concubine is equivalent to the emperor's servant, with a high and powerful position. In name, he has official positions such as secretary-general and assistant to the chairman, but his actual power is comparable to that of the prime minister.
Of course, the bastard son did not have as much power as the imperial concubine, and his scope of authority was limited to the interior of the East Palace.
"Then let's make him a concubine." The prince didn't take it seriously. Naturally, the prince's concubine took whatever she said.
The Crown Princess nodded slightly, then looked at Zu An: "Why don't you thank the Crown Prince quickly?"
"I thank you, Crown Princess!" Zu An was shocked. After spending so many years in the East Palace, he naturally knew what kind of official the concubine was, but he didn't expect that he would hold such a crucial position this time.
It seems that the Crown Princess is indeed fulfilling her promise. In order to repay her previous rescue, she is now promoting him aggressively.
The princess talked to the prince for a while, and the prince's face turned from cloudy to sunny, and then he happily took Xiao Hezi and Xiao Xuzi out to play.
After leading them away, the Crown Princess, who was smiling and talking suddenly, her face suddenly darkened. She stared at a little eunuch shivering in the corner and said, "Come here, drag him down and kill him with a cane."
The little eunuch could no longer hold on and collapsed on the ground with a plop: "Prince Princess, please forgive me, Princess Princess, please forgive me!"
The Crown Princess had a cold face and ignored him, and soon her cronies pulled the scared eunuch down.
Then she coldly glanced at the entire audience: "Taking nonsense in the prince's ear, this is what will happen. I hope no one will do such stupid things again in the future."
"Yes!" A group of people saluted respectfully, silenced by her aura.
Only then did Zu An realize. No wonder the prince targeted him when he came today. It turned out that someone was fanning the flames.
Speaking of which, the Crown Princess is really powerful. She knows all the troubles in the East Palace. She found this person so quickly and dealt with it vigorously. I think no one will dare to cheat again in the future.
"Master Zu, come in with me. I have something to ask you." After finishing speaking, the Crown Princess got up and walked to the inner hall.
Zu An was stunned. The princess must be too courageous. There were rumors of an affair between the two of us just now, but she didn't avoid suspicion at all?
However, he also had many questions that he wanted to tell her, so he followed her in.
Pu Duandiao gently poked the burnt stick on the side with his elbow: "You said that Brother Zu would not really have anything to do with the Crown Princess, right?"
Jiao Si Guan quickly moved away from him: "Don't catch me if you want to die." Pu Duandiao immediately woke up and knew that he was reminding himself, so he hurriedly closed his mouth.
Let us say that after Zu An and the Crown Princess entered the inner hall, the Crown Princess said: "Bring a stool to Mr. Zu."
Soon a maid ran to move a stool for him. After Zu An sat down, he said respectfully: "I wonder what the Crown Princess has to do with me?"
In front of other people, you still need to be polite.
The Crown Princess waved her hand, and the maids retreated to the door. The door must not be closed, otherwise there would be a lot of gossip.
The maids were guarding the door. This distance not only allowed them to see clearly what was going on inside the house to avoid all kinds of scandals, but it also prevented them from eavesdropping on what the two of them were talking about.
"How are you living in Tianlao these days?" The princess asked after seeing all the maids leaving.
Zu An immediately said: "It was completely dark. As soon as I arrived at the prison, the emperor's people tortured me. They wanted to know whether I had violated his daughter-in-law. Later, the people of King Qi also came and tortured me.
Torture, you have to force me to admit that I have an affair with you, and then I will deal with you and the prince. But I am strong-willed, gritting my teeth and persisting from beginning to end, and I will never give in at all."
"Torture?" The Crown Princess looked like she was smiling but not smiling, "But I don't think you have any injuries on your body."
Zu An's expression did not change: "That's because I have strong recovery power and I still have the elixir that Divine Doctor Ji gave me, so I managed to recover. Princess, you don't need to be too grateful to me. Real men never cry out in pain."
.Also, don’t fall in love with me because of this, I am a family man.”
Princess: "..."
"Why are you so lazy?" The Crown Princess rolled her eyes, "How come I heard that you have a good relationship with General Guo Zhi of the Right Guard, and you live a fairy-like life in the prison every day? I just can't find it.
Several courtesans from the Jiaofang Department are here to serve you."
Zu An sighed: "I didn't expect that the Crown Princess, who has been living deep in the East Palace these days, is still so well aware of what is happening outside. Yes, General Guo and I do have some friendship, and he did not give me any trouble in the sky prison, but
I've been through a lot of interrogations these days, and many people wanted to eat me alive. By the way, I was assassinated in the sky prison, couldn't it be you?"
The princess's face changed slightly: "How could I do such a thing? Although you died without any evidence, my innocence has become an unsolved mystery, so how can I stop Youyou's mouth? How could I do such an evil thing?
A wise thing!”
Zu An smiled slightly: "I guess it's unlikely to be you."
There was also a smile on the face of the Crown Princess: "Thank you for your trust. I have indeed wronged you this time. It is all thanks to you that I can get through the difficulties. But how did you pass the test of Lord Jijiu?"
This is what she is most curious about, what kind of person Jijiu is, no one has ever been able to lie in front of him in so many years.
When she first learned that Jijiu would come to question him in person, she was completely in despair.
Zu An answered ambiguously: "I have my own way, so the Crown Princess doesn't have to worry."
He didn't say that he felt that Master Jijiu was helping him secretly. He always felt that there was something hidden behind it, and he had to check it out himself.
The Crown Princess looked at him with a somewhat absent-minded look. Although this man usually looked bohemian, he didn't expect that he had so many secrets that he could even handle offering wine?
If she had only looked at him differently in those previous incidents, at this time she had already imagined the image of him in an unfathomable way.
"By the way," Zu An asked curiously, "Why didn't Lord Jijiu ask you? I was afraid that something would happen to you."
The Crown Princess thought to herself that indeed, this guy was not afraid of being asked about wine, and she didn’t know what his trump card was. She had to find a chance to investigate and find out: "I am the Crown Princess after all, and the Emperor must also take into account the royal family’s face. If you do that
If the result of the interrogation over there is nothing, I will be fine as well; if there is a problem during the interrogation over there, all I will have is a bunch of white silk."
Hearing the rare desolation and fear in her tone, Zu An knew that she was really frightened this time, and instinctively comforted him: "Ji people have their own destiny, and the Crown Princess is destined to be the mother of a country.
There must be God’s blessing.”
The Crown Princess showed a charming smile: "You have a pretty sweet mouth."
Zu An suddenly remembered that day in the rockery, the two of them hugged each other and kissed each other heartily to avoid Zhu Xie, and they accidentally said: "The princess's mouth is sweeter."
The Crown Princess also remembered what happened that day as soon as she spoke, and her pretty face turned a little red. However, after hearing his words, her pretty face immediately darkened: "Master Zu, I don't remember what happened before.
, I hope you will forget it as soon as possible, otherwise it will not be good for you or me. Now we don’t know how many eyes are staring at us, and we can’t make the slightest mistake again."
Zu An also regretted a little and said, "Okay!"
The princess stood up and said, "Come with me now."
"What are you going to do?" Zu An was a little stunned.
"Of course I'm going to settle the score with the culprit this time!" A hint of awe-inspiring murderous intent flashed through the Crown Princess's beautiful eyes.
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Hey, I got news today. A very important opportunity for the author. I was dismissed because of the previous book, and I was a little bit stuck in my heart.
The last book is actually very popular on the entire Internet, and even entered the top ten of Baidu Novel Ranking. Even now, there are many pirated apps being promoted on Douyin and attracting traffic, and the rankings of those apps are also very high.
In fact, in a normal book, the author has already received a promotion and a salary increase to marry Bai Fumei... But everyone should also know that due to the subject matter of the last book and some well-known reasons, many official channels have been removed from the shelves, resulting in the book
It was very popular, but almost all of them were pirated copies, and I didn’t make much money.
The only gain is that I have gained a lot of loyal readers who have been silently supporting me. No matter whether the updates were slow in the past or I started a new book, everyone will never leave me. There are also many people who come to Zongheng specifically to support me.
So overall, I am still satisfied with the last book.
But what happened today really gave me a very heavy blow, and I even thought that I might have to change my pen name in order to get ahead in the future.
I heard that Ji Cha, another author I like very much, was also forced by various things to prepare to change his pen name for the next book. This may be the fate of authors of our genre.
I don’t know if I should change it in the future. Now I feel desolate and confused, and my mood is very confused.
I'm going to take a day off today. That's it for this update. I'll take it easy.
This chapter has been completed!