The sky was bright and the court meeting at the Qinzheng Hall was coming to an end.
Zhang Chun personally read out last night's story about Gao and Chen's murder of the prince, as well as their conviction and punishment.
The courtiers knelt down and cried loudly for the prince.
Although many people only entered the palace gate this morning, they were alarmed by what happened last night and already knew something about it. This morning, they walked through the palace gate that had been bombarded by artillery fire with fear. They looked at the ground that had been cleaned.
But there were still traces of blood, and when I heard these words at this moment, I felt very calm.
"These thieves have their own laws to deal with." The queen choked behind the curtain and said, "The most important thing now is to attend to the funeral of the prince."
The courtiers responded in unison.
After talking about the crime and the funeral, the next step is the most important thing and the thing that the courtiers are most concerned about.
Inherited by the emperor's heir.
The atmosphere in the court became tense.
But there was suddenly silence behind the curtain. The courtiers couldn't help but raise their heads and saw the chamberlain whispering to the queen behind the curtain.
The queen seemed frightened and stood up from the four-legged stool.
Although the courtiers couldn't hear it, they couldn't help but feel a little bit in their hearts.
There were too many frights this night, and I really couldn't bear it.
"Then let it be like this." The queen said, "The prince has had a rough life, let him die dignifiedly."
Does that mean we won’t talk about succession today?
Why can't this matter be concluded in one go?
The courtiers looked a little confused, but seeing the queen hurriedly leaving, they all had no choice but to bow and respond.
But soon everyone knew why.
The prince of Jin'an County has left the palace.
The prince of Jin'an County would actually leave the palace at this time? It's really surprising. Shouldn't he be able to confirm his identity as the emperor's heir in one go?
You must know that some things are like a long night and a lot of dreams.
"How is the princess of Jin'an County?"
Before leaving the Qinzheng Hall, the queen asked anxiously.
"It's said that he was injured." The chamberlain whispered, "His Royal Highness took him back to the palace."
Injured.
Yes, she was the first one in the palace and handed him the note. Yi Gao Lingbo's mind would naturally realize that her situation was definitely more dangerous than when he rushed through the city gate with fireworks.
Although he seemed to be walking peacefully in the night, he might have been injured.
"Send someone to check it out," the queen said, looking a little nervous and worried. "Have all the imperial doctors gone too?"
The chamberlain nodded and shook his head.
"My servant sent someone, but His Highness did not summon the imperial doctors." He said, "Only the imperial physician Li followed."
Only one imperial physician?
"How can that be done?" the queen asked in surprise.
Yes, after hearing the news, the imperial doctors also came over, but looking at the appearance of Prince Jin'an, they were not allowed to come near.
"Perhaps the princess is not seriously injured, but just frightened?" the chamberlain speculated.
Frightened? The queen shook her head.
I really don't know what could scare her in this world.
"If you have news, tell me as soon as possible." The queen said, sighing, "It's best if there is no news."
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The court meeting has not yet ended, the soldiers are still walking on the street, and the officials in the yamen are not in the mood to do their work, looking for various excuses to stand outside and look at the palace gate.
A carriage came speeding from the direction of the palace, attracting countless guesses.
"Who is this?"
"There are quite a few guards."
"Prince Yanping?"
Everyone was talking and speculating, but a soldier standing on the roadside was dumbfounded, watching the carriages and horses galloping past.
Well, that man on horseback!
The soldier turned around and ran away.
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The atmosphere in the Qin family's residence was a bit tense, perhaps because of the descriptions of Qin Shishuo and Qin Hu who had just returned, or perhaps because of the soldiers who came to the door just now.
"Master Qin, because we need to track down the traitors, the city is under martial law. I hope you will not go out at will." The leading general said.
Although he said it politely, it was already very rude for a general to talk to Qin Shi like this.
You say you shouldn't go out casually, but you're actually telling them they're not allowed to go out.
The servants at home suddenly became frightened. They heard that the Gao family and the Chen family had been ransacked. Could it be that the Qin family would be next?
But that's not right. The Qin family did not participate in the murder of the prince, and they still contributed to his rescue.
Qin Shi talked and laughed calmly.
"Robbing the Qin family?" He said, "As long as the prince of Jin'an County is not a fool like the prince, he will never do such a thing. Our Qin family is not a treasonous group. Those who are treasonous will have their homes confiscated, and those who are escorting will also have our homes confiscated.
, he is happy, but the court officials are afraid that they will not let him be happy, and punishing a meritorious official without any reason is simply heartbreaking."
"Yes, our Qin family wants to support the lineage of the Yanping County Prince."
"But don't forget, our Qin family is not the only one who once opposed him as the emperor's heir."
"If he can deal with our Qin family, he can deal with others."
"With such an incompetent imperial heir, I'm afraid that the people in the court will be unstable."
Mrs. Qin didn't speak, she was slightly lost in thought.
"Are you scared?" Shi Qin asked jokingly.
Mrs. Qin came back to her senses and shook her head.
"What's so scary about this?" she said, "I'm just worried..."
"There's nothing to worry about. He doesn't want us as a minister of the Qin family, and we don't want him as a master." Qin Shi said, "Let's resign and return home to be idle farm workers."
"No." Mrs. Qin said, "I'm worried about Thirteen."
When Thirteen was mentioned, Minister Qin fell silent.
"Master, master."
There was a shout outside the door, and a boy ran in.
"Master, the sixth young master of the Zhou family is fine."
fine?
Minister Qin looked over in surprise, and Mrs. Qin even stood up.
"Didn't you say he was shot to death by thirteen arrows?" she asked anxiously.
"No, people saw it just now. On Saturday, the young master came out of the palace on horseback and escorted a carriage." The boy said hurriedly.
Turns out he’s not dead!
Minister Qin also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Quick, quick, tell Thirteen." Mrs. Qin shouted.
If he doesn't die, my son's life will be saved.
"…Saw it with your own eyes?"
Qin Hu looked at the boy sitting on his knees in the corridor and asked slowly.
The boy nodded hurriedly.
"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes. Mr. Zhou doesn't need anyone to support him when he rides a horse. He rides it by himself and rides very fast." He said with a flattering smile, "Sir, don't worry."
Qin Hu laughed.
"Am I worried?" he said, pointing at himself and looking at the boy, "What am I worried about?"
"Don't worry about Mr. Zhou..." The boy was a little frightened by his laughter and stammered.
"Don't you have to worry about me killing him?" Qin Hu looked at him and smiled, shaking his head, "That's right, that's right, I've already killed him."
ah?
The boy was startled.
"I have already killed him." Qin Hu stood up and walked inside, "It doesn't matter whether he is dead or not."
The young master was really stimulated and started talking nonsense.
The boy swallowed and watched Qin Hu walk to the inner room and stand in front of the wall.
A long bow hangs on the wall.
The boy looked a little sad again.
He recognized this bow as belonging to Liu Lang.
Who would have thought that the two people who used to laugh and fight would have a life-or-death confrontation.
The boy was disappointed, and suddenly he saw Qin Hu reaching out and taking off the bow and arrow from under the wall, holding the bow in one hand and an arrow in the other.
The young master must be feeling sad too.
Just as the boy's thoughts flashed across his mind, he saw Qin Hu suddenly thrust the arrow in his hand into one of his legs.
A scream sounded in the yard.
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The Jin'an County Prince's Mansion, which had been silent for a long time, was disrupted by the sound of noisy footsteps.
"Bandage the wound first."
"Let the maid come, let the maid come."
Doctor Li and Eunuch Jing shouted in confusion.
But the King of Jin'an County did not let go for a moment.
"You don't need to ask the maid to come, I will do it myself." He said, carefully placing Cheng Jiaoniang on the couch, pulling off the cloak covering her body, and began to carefully untie her clothes that were already stuck to her flesh and blood.
Mr. Gu and others hurriedly exited. Zhou Hui hesitated for a moment and finally stood up as well.
"Your Highness, the servants are here." Eunuch Jing said.
"No, I want to do it myself." Prince Jin'an said without looking away for a moment, "I want to see, I want to see with my own eyes how many injuries she sustained and how many incisions there were."
Standing outside the curtain, Zhou Hao bit his lower lip, stretched out his hand to hold the door frame, and punched it twice.
This stinky woman, this bad guy.
What on earth is she doing! Why is she doing this!
"Your Highness, at this very moment, I have taken offense." Dr. Li came in holding the medicine and stood outside the curtain and said as he stepped in.
The curtain was lifted, allowing Zhou Hui to see inside. Half of his clothes had been taken off. To be precise, what was thrown on the ground was no longer clothes, but pieces of cloth, piece by piece, bright red.
The curtains were drawn down, blocking the view.
Zhou Hao leaned his head against the doorframe again.
At noon, after changing the medicine, bandaging, and putting on clothes again, Zhou Hui rushed in immediately.
The woman on the couch was lying quietly, her face so pale that no one could mistake her for being asleep. It only took one glance to tell that there was something wrong with her body.
Prince Jin'an sat next to her, touching her face with his hands from time to time, as if he couldn't help but feel her breathing for a moment.
Doctor Li knelt down and carefully felt his pulse.
"Still not." He whispered.
"How can we wake her up?" Zhou Hui said in a trembling voice.
Doctor Li turned to look at him.
"Then you need to know how she became like this." He said, "Mr. Zhou, can't you remember it at all?"
Zhou Feng's face turned pale.
"I hurt her." He murmured.
If he hadn't been injured, if she hadn't saved him, how could she have become like this?
The question was in vain. If he had been awake, if he had been awake at the time, he would never have allowed this woman to harm herself like this to save herself. Doctor Li shook his head.
What's more, this is...
"Where are those two attendants?" Eunuch Jing asked the young chamberlain beside him, "Are you still unable to speak properly? Find a way to wake them up."
"You don't have to ask them, it's definitely not possible." Dr. Li shook his head and said, "Writing witchcraft and blessings would not be seen by the world. Now that they have seen it, they must not be able to bear the backlash. Either they are stupid, crazy, or they wake up.
It’s okay, I definitely don’t remember what happened.”
Witch wishes!
Although Dr. Li had already said these two words in the palace just now, when he listened again, there was still an inexplicable moment of silence in the room.
"I'll prepare the medicine again." Dr. Li said and turned around to exit.
Prince Jin'an didn't speak from the beginning to the end, he just stroked Cheng Jiaoniang's face again and again.
Zhou Hao didn't know how long he had been sitting there. He seemed to be asleep and then awake until someone pushed his shoulder.
Zhou Hao suddenly sat upright and saw the sunlight shining indoors gradually slanting.
"Mr. Zhou, it's time for you to change the medicine here." A young chamberlain looked at him and said respectfully.
Zhou Heng hesitated and unbuttoned his clothes.
"Oh." The waiter turned around with the medicine. When he saw Zhou Hui's chest, he couldn't help but lost his voice, "It healed so quickly."
This sound made Mr. Gu and Eunuch Jing look over. When they saw Zhou Hui's chest, their expressions were a little complicated.
Surprised and a bit frightened.
Zhou Heng lowered his head and looked at the wounds on his chest that were obviously healing.
The injury last night has already taken seven days to recover in just one day.
Is this the power of Wu Zhu?
What a magical and terrifying power...
Aware of the complexity of the surrounding sights, Zhou Hao subconsciously stretched out his hand to cover his chest.
"Leave it alone, I'll do it myself." He said slowly.
The waiter hurriedly responded, while Mr. Gu, Eunuch Jing and others turned away their eyes and continued to talk in low voices as if nothing had happened.
The voice of the waiter came from outside the door.
"Your Highness, someone is coming from the palace."
Mr. Gu was busy going out and came in shortly.
"Your Highness." He stood outside the curtain of the inner room and whispered.
It seemed like a long time passed, and then it seemed like a moment passed. Prince Jin'an raised the curtain and walked out.
"What's the matter?" he asked in a hoarse voice.
"It's about adoption." Mr. Gu lowered his head and said, "Your Highness, maybe you can leave for a while?"
There was a silence in the room.
Zhou Hui stood up.
"Yes." Prince Jin'an said, raising his feet and walking out.
Mr. Gu breathed a sigh of relief, with some relief. Fortunately, His Highness still has sense and knows what the most important thing is now.
He raised his feet and followed him out, and Eunuch Jing also hurriedly followed.
Zhou Hui raised his feet and walked in. Just as he was about to go in, he suddenly stopped and heard a faint sound coming from outside the door.
"...Your Highness, have you ever thought about something?"
Mr. Gu said in a low voice.
Prince Jin'an stopped.
"What's the matter?" he asked.
Mr. Gu looked this way, and through the window he could see the bed curtain hanging inside.
"Today's events." He lowered his gaze and said slowly, "Your Highness, don't you think a lot of things are... coincidences?"
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Try your best to write the second update, don't fix the time, etc.
PS: I would like to emphasize a few points regarding the activity of guessing the number of words to win a physical book.
(1) The last chance to change today, betting ends at 4:00 on the 16th.
() If you don’t guess the number of words correctly, choose the two closest numbers.
() Some contestants have asterisks on their word count, and they haven’t rewritten it yet. Please go and write it again.
I wish everyone a happy time (*^__^*) Hehehe... (To be continued)
