Seeing Concubine Bai's expression of worry and tears is enough to make any man's heart melt.
Zu An thought that this woman might have the properties of green tea? But men really just like this.
He hurriedly comforted: "Concubine Bai, don't worry. Although the female assassin was not caught, she was seriously injured by the emperor himself. She is half disabled even if she is not dead. How can she come out to cause trouble?"
"Your Majesty is indeed the best in the world." Concubine Bai murmured to herself, her expression a little dazed.
Zu An continued: "What's more, Master Zhu Xie is now pursuing her with all his strength. Now the female assassin can't hide in time, so how dare she cause trouble in the palace."
Anyway, the leader's sister can't hear her now, so it shouldn't be a big deal if she says something bad.
Concubine Bai smiled slightly: "Thank you, Master Eleven, for your comfort. I feel much more at ease now."
At this moment, the cry of a baby was heard in the distance, and Concubine Bai stood up hurriedly: "I'm sorry, the emperor's grandson may be hungry. I want to go over and take a look."
Zu An subconsciously looked at her swollen breasts and wondered if there was a special wet nurse in the palace. Which concubine would personally feed her breasts?
Noticing his gaze, Concubine Bai's face turned red, followed by a hint of embarrassment.
"I'll take my leave first." Zu An hurriedly left.
Concubine Bai then said: "I will ask the palace maids and eunuchs to deliver the rewards to your courtyard." After saying this, leaving a beautiful figure on her back, she hurriedly left.
Next, the palace maid who brought him here before brought a group of eunuchs to deliver several boxes to Zu An's residence.
"What's the name of the young lady?" Zu An looked at the delicate palace maid in front of him. It was not that he had any thoughts about her, but he subconsciously wanted to make good friends with the people around these noble people.
As the saying goes, the King of Hell is easy to deal with but difficult to deal with. It is very useful to have a good relationship with these people.
"Master Eleven, my name is Xinrui." The palace maid replied timidly.
"What a good name," Zu An couldn't help but smile. "You have the same temperament as your master. No wonder Concubine Bai trusts you so much."
Concubine Bai really loves flowers, and even the name of her maid is related to flowers.
Xinrui replied softly: "I don't dare to compare myself with the empress."
Along the way, Zu An used his tongue-in-cheek skills that he had developed in his previous life, making his heart tremble.
From the other party's words, he also learned a lot about Concubine Bai. Concubine Bai did not live in the East Palace on weekdays, and she didn't seem to be very familiar with the prince. She just lived in her own palace and lived in seclusion. Her biggest hobby was raising children.
Various flowers and plants.
Neither the prince nor the princess came to see her, and she rarely visited those two people, as if she was living a life without fighting against the world.
Could it be that the prince wants to be a father?
Zu An fell into deep thought, how could a beautiful woman like Concubine Bai fall in love with that silly fat man, but who else could it be besides the prince?
Could it be that he is the rumored emperor?
Alas, there is too little information to judge.
Xinrui asked his men to put down the reward boxes and left. After Zu An closed the courtyard door, Yun Jianyue came out of the room and said with a cold face: "You are such a libertine, you don't even have a little maid."
Don’t let it go either.”
Obviously, Zu An's chat with Xin Rui just now was not hidden from her eyes and ears.
"What do you know? This palace is full of dangers. Naturally, I have to be careful and make as many good connections as possible." Zu An snorted and was too lazy to pay attention to her.
Yun Jianyue also knew this and didn't dwell too much on it. She took a look at the silks and satins in the boxes and couldn't help but wonder: "You guys are really good at women. Even the crown prince and the white concubine are vying for it."
I’ll give you something.”
"It's just because of my special status." Zu An didn't get too excited, "By the way, I have to leave the palace. I can't let Cheng Xiong keep targeting me. It's time for me to fight back."
"Okay." Yun Jianyue nodded, without saying anything more, and walked back to the silk ribbon and began to close her eyes to recuperate.
Zu An was speechless for a while. Is this guy addicted to pretending to be Little Dragon Girl?
As soon as he went out, an embroidered messenger came towards him: "Master Eleven, this is the information that Commander Zhu Xie asked me to give you."
Zu An took it and took a look and found that it was a report on monitoring Cheng Xiong. He couldn't help being surprised: "So fast?"
From the perspective of myself and Zhu Xie, it would only take half a day.
The messenger of the embroidered clothes smiled and replied: "There are detailed information about each official in the embroidered building. Now it is just some additions and deletions. Your Excellency, take your time and look at it. I will leave first."
"Thank you!" Zu An then realized that the Embroidered Clothes Envoy was a secret spy used by the emperor to supervise the officials. It was normal for him to have this ability.
He took the similar information and read it carefully.
This Cheng Xiong was born into poverty, but he made great achievements on the battlefield, and then he was appreciated by Qin Se, the Central Guards Army. He rose through the ranks and became the General of the Zuowei, becoming an important figure in the King of Qi's party.
Seeing Qin Se's name, Zu An felt a little sick. He didn't expect that it belonged to Chu Chuyan's second grandfather's house.
He continued to read, his brows gradually furrowed.
After Cheng Xiong became famous, he did not remember the suffering of the poor people in the past, but instead intensified his corruption and perversion of the law.
The Embroidered Clothes Messenger's information lists several cases where he used his power to occupy people's properties and houses. In one case, he even fell in love with the wife of a wealthy family, causing the family to be destroyed in one operation, and successfully occupied his daughter-in-law.
His son Cheng Gang was also a well-known dandy in the capital, and he often bullied men and dominated women.
After reading them one by one, Zu An's eyelids jumped and he let out a long breath: "Scum!"
However, there is a line of small characters underneath, covered in red. The handwriting is soft but has a sense of eeriness. You can tell at a glance.
It was written by Zhu Xie sincerely.
The other party mentioned that these crimes were not enough to bring down a dignified Zuo Wei general, and hoped that Zu An would not be impulsive.
Zu An frowned and immediately realized that in fact, these nobles and ministers had probably done this kind of bullying of men and women. It was just like the scholars of this era who went to places like brothels and Jiaofangsi.
Basically, no one will think anything of it at all.
In the eyes of the emperor and the court officials, these charges were innocuous matters. At most, Cheng Xiong would be reprimanded for them, but it was not enough to bring him down completely.
Zu An only felt a panic in his chest. Maybe the rich and powerful in this world were used to such things, but as a time traveler, he was a commoner in his previous life, and he could better understand the perspective of ordinary people.
For those common people, the loss of their families and their families was nothing more than a trivial matter in the eyes of the Gongun princes. The feeling of frustration was really frustrating.
Suddenly, Zu An noticed another record, which mentioned that Cheng Gang had recently fallen in love with an oiran from the Jiaofang Division.
Unlike places like the Immortal Residence in Mingyue City, the Jiaofangsi is run by the government and is filled with the female dependents of criminal officials and prisoners taken from wars. Of course, some people are recruited through normal channels, such as some families who are too
Poverty forced the young girl to be sold...
Overall, the standard of Jiaofangsi is much higher than that of private brothels.
It can be seen that the well-known famous prostitutes in ancient Chinese history, such as Dong Xiaowan, Li Xiangjun, Bian Yujun, Chen Yuanyuan, etc., all came from Jiaofangsi.
In a place like Mingyue City, the private Shenxianju can be the most prosperous brothel, but in the capital, the largest and most prosperous brothel must be Jiaofangsi.
"Jiaofangsi..." Zu An already had an idea in mind. This information shows that Cheng Gang made an appointment with someone to go to Jiaofangsi tonight.
After leaving the palace, Zu An originally thought about whether to go find Chu Chuyan. After all, she was probably very angry about what happened in the morning.
But after thinking about it, business matters were more important, not to mention that she was angry in the past, so it was better to let time calm down her anger first.
As night fell, Zu An came to Jiaofangsi. Here, there was no scene like ordinary brothel girls standing on the railings and posing while shouting "Uncle, let's play".
After all, it is run by the government, so everyone still wants to have face.
The boy at the door noticed that he had a good temperament and was well-dressed, so he hurriedly greeted him with a smile: "Does this young master have a crush?"
"I have admired Miss Shuangyue's reputation for a long time, so I came here specifically for her." Zu An replied, Miss Shuangyue is the courtesan Cheng Gang has fallen in love with recently.
By the way, this name seems a bit familiar. Have you heard it somewhere?
The boy looked troubled: "I'm sorry, sir, Miss Shuangyue's yard has been booked today and we won't accept other guests."
