"Liu, Liu Bowen?" Zhu Zhen raised his thick eyebrows upon hearing this, and his eyes widened like bells: "Are you still called Liu Ji?!"
"Yes, I am none other than Liu Ji." After the old man introduced himself, his whole person seemed to have become more fairy-like. I don't know if it was because of the fan filter. "I have been teaching His Highness for a whole year."
Although I didn’t attend two classes in total...Liu Bowen added silently.
But I have worked so hard and accomplished so much, so what happened to the old Zhu’s family for a few years?
"Did the emperor ask His Highness to find the old minister?" Liu Bowen thought about Boss Zhu's always being stingy, and thought to himself, could it be that he no longer wants to support idle people?
"Sir, you are too worried! I came to find you myself." Zhu Zhen felt that the idol filter was showing signs of being broken.
Is this suspicious old man, who seems to be suffering from persecution paranoia, really the legendary Liu Bowen, the incarnation of justice and wisdom, who is as famous as Zhuge Liang for his miraculous calculations?
Why do you feel like a frightened bird that has been spoiled by a toy?
"You came to me on your own?" Liu Bowen looked Zhu Zhen up and down. After being 'kicked' by Boss Zhu for half his life, it was hard for him not to wonder if Boss Zhu was playing with him again.
"Yes, I want to ask something." Zhu Zhen said, walking to the window and looking out. As expected, he could see beyond the rockery and see the lotus pond.
"Your Highness wants to ask, did I see you fall into the water?" Liu Bowen understood.
"Yes." Zhu Zhenxin said, this is the right IQ.
"Does your Highness suspect that this matter is related to King Qi?" Liu Bowen asked again.
"That's right." Zhu Zhen nodded, looked back at Liu Bowen and said, "If you see anything, sir, please tell me."
"Sorry, it was windy at that time and the windows were not opened." Liu Bowen replied simply and neatly: "His Royal Highness has already come to ask, and the old minister also answered the same."
"Sir, this is the leeward side. There is no need to close the window." Zhu Zhen said.
"Prevent drafts." Liu Bowen said calmly.
"But how can you read when the window is closed?" Zhu Zhen said, closing the window on tiptoe, and the room suddenly became dark.
"It was lunch break, I was taking a nap." Liu Bowen said without changing his expression.
"There's not even a bed here..." Zhu Zhen said helplessly.
"Does Your Highness care if I sleep sitting up, lying down, or standing up?" Liu Bowen already felt that he was indeed not sent by Boss Zhu. His attitude became more and more perfunctory.
"Your Highness, you'd better ask someone else. My eyes are dim and it's hard for me to read, let alone look outside."
"Mr. Gui Geng? You don't look very old." Zhu Zhen seemed to be still struggling in vain.
"You'll be sixty-five after the New Year, aren't you old enough?" After saying that, Liu Bowen ignored him and immersed himself in the book.
"Sixty-five..." Zhu Zhen seemed to have thought of something, so he recited it silently twice and stopped pestering him.
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At night, the cold stars fell and everything was silent.
‘Bang, bang…’ At the time of Xu Zheng, the sound of bangs sounded by patrolling troops on the West First Long Street.
The sound of banging could be clearly heard in Wan'an Palace. Upon hearing this signal, the eunuchs who had no errands hurried out of the palace. After a moment, the palace door was locked and no one was allowed to enter or leave.
Outside the Wan'an Palace, there were patrols by the Imperial Guard. Inside the palace, the palace maids were on duty at night.
Mu Xiang is not the only one who is on night watch in the palace. There are two gatekeepers at the door, one outside the door of the secondary room and one outside the Nuange door. They all have their own responsibilities. If the empress is there, the number of maids on night duty will be doubled.
The person who sleeps inside is the head of the maids of Shangye Palace. Only the most favored confidants can do this. If they do well, they can even be promoted to female officials. No wonder Mu Xiang would cry and beg His Highness not to kick her out.
Zhu Zhen took a bath under the service of Mu Xiang and others, then lay on the bed and asked Mu Xiang to help him dry his hair.
Mu Xiang first wrapped a strand of his hair with cotton cloth and gently rubbed it up and down to absorb as much moisture as possible.
Then change to another piece of cotton and absorb the water from another strand of hair.
Until all the hair has been sucked, replace it with a hollow gilt ball filled with incense and charcoal fire, and dry it thoroughly.
This is a technical job, and if you don't do it right, you will burn your hair or even burn your scalp. But Mu Xiang's technique is very skillful, so Zhu Zhen doesn't feel hot at all, but only feels warm and comfortable.
Well, this makes sense...Zhu Zhen finally felt that this prince was not in vain.
But when he thought of his mother and concubine still suffering in the cold palace, he came to his senses again and silently reviewed today's gains.
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The biggest reward was naturally identifying the suspect who pushed him into the water!
Liu Bowen helped him narrow the scope to his own brothers. He still knew a lot about his brothers.
First of all, we can exclude the brothers in front. Because the youngest fifth brother is already fourteen and is more than a head taller than him.
As for the younger brothers at the back, the only ones who studied in the main hall were the seventh and eighth.
Although the eighth child is also the daughter of Concubine Da Ding, he is only six years old and has just entered school for a few days.
Therefore, there is only one Lao Qi who is half a year younger than him - Qi King Zhu Shu, who is also ten years old, and fits the characteristics of the perpetrator!
Moreover, his mother-in-law beat his mother-in-law, and he wanted to avenge his mother-in-law himself, which made sense in terms of his motive.
So what should we do next? Zhu Zhen was scratching his head.
After the other maids had retreated, and only Mu Xiang was left, he asked, "Do you have any clues about what I asked you to inquire about?"
Although I feel that as the mother-in-law is unreliable, her confidants may not be reliable either. But Zhu Zhen has no one available at the moment, so he can only rely on Mu Xiang to collect information.
Mu Xiang first put the gilded ball back into the copper tray, and then said softly: "I have inquired, and the palace is indeed catching spies these days. Those with questionable origins and those who are not of my race have been taken away.
Went for questioning, but no one has come back yet."
In fact, this incident made people in the palace panic, and Mu Xiang had known about it for a long time. But she deliberately stretched herself for a day before reporting it, because she didn't want to leave the impression of a talkative woman who knew everything to His Highness.
"Where is Changyang Palace? Has it been affected?" Zhu Zhen asked again.
"Of course. Da is a Tatar. There was a period before. How many innocent people were there in her palace?"
"I thought she was so favored and powerful that no one dared to investigate." Zhu Zhen said in surprise.
"She is only in charge of the Sixth Palace temporarily. She will show her true colors as soon as the queen comes back." Mu Xiang looked at Zhu Zhen, as if she saw the shadow of Boss Zhu, and said in a trembling voice involuntarily: "Besides, the emperor has ordered a thorough investigation to find out who ate the bear
Are you so brave that you dare to show favoritism?"
"Well, that makes sense." Zhu Zhen nodded. Indeed, who in the palace would dare to fool Boss Zhu.
The intelligence investigation is almost complete, and the next step is to formulate an action plan.
Zhu Zhen stopped talking and lay on the bed silently thinking about it.
Now there are two options. One is to go to the elder brother or father to report the crime.
Although Liu Bowen said he didn't see anything, no other witnesses were found.
But a ten-year-old brat like Lao Qi could definitely make him tell the truth by threatening and deceiving him.
But the question is, so what if Lao Qi takes advantage of him? It is impossible for the father to kill his ten-year-old son. It is even very possible that he will make the big thing trivial or trivial so as not to let Lao Qi take his back.
A crime of murdering a brother!
The reason is very simple - he is still a child... How can a child have any bad intentions...
I guess the most I can do is spread his ass and then imprison him for a period of time, right?
Maybe they will in turn advise you to be generous and not to bear grudges against your brothers and sisters.
For Zhu Zhen, it was simply more uncomfortable than eating ten thousand flies.
Fuck you, I...oh no, I am not generous at all. I am a prince and you still want me to be generous? Bah!
If the prince still has to swallow his anger and take the overall situation into consideration, then what else can I do as a prince?!
And that might not necessarily save the mother-in-law.
Because if she stabbed her father, she would become a mortal enemy of Concubine Da Ding. She would definitely not let go, and she might even find ways to harm her mother and concubine.
It doesn't matter if you harm others, the key is not benefiting yourself. Therefore, this method is not very feasible.
