After a while, Zhao Hongrun and Wen Qi came to the side hall.
At the same time, he asked Zongwei Mu Qing to fetch a jar of wine from the wine cellar in the mansion and let Wen Qi drink it as an apology for teasing the latter with the Zongwei.
At first, Wen Qi gritted his teeth with hatred, but when he smelled the aroma of wine, he immediately gave up his persistence, allowing Zhao Hongrun to refresh his understanding of Mr. Wen again.
Perhaps because he was depressed, Zhao Hongrun had two drinks with Wen Qi. During the period, he told Wen Qi the investigation results of Zhou Shangshu's case.
Unexpectedly, Wen Qi actually supported Emperor Wei and supported the quick conclusion of the case.
"Your Majesty, Prince Su, why are you looking at me like that?" Perhaps because he felt that Zhao Hongrun's eyes were a little strange, Wen Qi quickly explained: "I am not flattering His Majesty, I just feel that Your Majesty has made the safest decision.
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Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun frowned and said displeasedly: "The dignified Minister of Punishment was murdered, but my father actually wanted to write it off as if it never happened. Is this the safest way to deal with it?"
"What else?" Holding the wine glass, Wen Qi asked with a half-smile: "Public this case to the public? Massively arrest the remnants of the Xiao family that His Highness Prince Su said?... His Highness Prince Su, don't forget it.
Yes, those remnants have infiltrated into the imperial court. The Ministry of Punishment alone has arrested five people, two of whom are in the high position of Lang Guan. You can guarantee that there are no other remnants of the Xiao family among the six departments and twenty-four divisions of the imperial court.
Already?"
"..." Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, and then he came to his senses.
"My disciples knew that His Highness Prince Su wanted to find the murderer of Zhou Shangshu, but they thought that the matter was urgent. Those remnants of the evil gang did not have the words "I am a gangster" carved on their faces. Now the clues have been
How to arrest them?... If the opponent is cornered, those guys lurking in the court will deliberately arrest some innocent civilians, and even frame some nobles.
Wouldn't it be even more chaotic when the time comes?" As he spoke, Wen Qi shook the wine glass in his hand and said lightly: "That's why it is better to close the case of Zhou Shangshu as soon as possible. But closing the case does not mean solemnity.
His Majesty the King can no longer pursue this matter, can't he? According to my opinion, His Majesty probably means the same thing. He publicly asked Dali Temple to close the case, but privately handed the matter over to others."
"...Inside Chamberlain and Guards Department?"
Zhao Hongrun took a sip of his drink and felt that Wen Qi's words were reasonable.
According to his understanding of his father, Emperor Wei was not a person who would tolerate thieves. What's more, the remnants of the Xiao family had infiltrated into the imperial court this time.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun felt very good. He felt that Wen Qi was right: since there are no clues, it is better to simply close the case of "the murder of Zhou Yan, Minister of the Ministry of Justice" and quickly put the matter to rest. Anyway, the murderer has been identified, and there is a high probability of it
Those remnants of the Xiao family will have many opportunities to catch the murderer in the future.
"Not bad, not bad." He patted the table and praised Wen Qi, and Zhao Hongrun, who was in a good mood, walked towards the backyard.
Looking at Zhao Hongrun's leaving figure, Wen Qi shook his head slightly.
He could not deny that His Royal Highness Prince Su had excellent character and extraordinary intelligence. However, sometimes he would make some negligence in small things, just like the last time he was in the warehouse of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
At this time, some thoughtful and smart people are needed to fill in all the small omissions in the overall view of His Highness Prince Su, such as Wen Qi.
"Anyway, I have offended too many officials in the court, and my official career is basically out of the question. How about..."
Wen Qi held the wine cup and thought.
At this moment, a scream sounded in his ears.
"ah--!!"
Wen Qi was startled, and subconsciously turned his head, only to see a certain Lu'er butler rushing to the table in a few steps, looking at the wine jar carefully with his eyes wide open, and then screamed: "Wen Qi, are you crazy?
How dare you steal wine? Do you know that this wine is for entertaining distinguished guests in our house?!"
"I...I didn't." Wen Qi, who looked a little pale, quickly shook his head and denied: "This is an apology from His Highness Prince Su to me."
"Apologise?" Manager Lu'er stared at Wen Qi suspiciously and asked, "Apologise for what?"
"..." Wen Qi opened his mouth, his face turned red and he couldn't speak.
How dare he reveal the truth?
Seeing this, Lu'er narrowed his eyes and said through gritted teeth: "Okay, it's not just stealing wine, but you actually lied to others?... I thought you had changed your mind in the past two days, but I didn't expect you had a premeditated plan.
, No, it’s all deliberate and wrong. In short, you are so angry with me! Come with me, if you don’t finish chopping that pile of firewood for me today, my aunt will never finish it with you!”
"ah--!"
With a scream, Wen Qi was grabbed by the ears by a certain green steward.
Before being taken away, he reluctantly looked at the jar of wine on the table.
At the same time, Zhao Hongrun, who was walking towards the backyard, looked back in confusion.
"Wei Jiao, I seem to hear someone's scream?"
"Is there any?" Wei Jiao also looked back for a few times and said doubtfully: "Did your Highness hear it correctly?"
"Oh." Zhao Hongrun was doubtful. After shrugging, he continued towards the backyard.
When they arrived at Beiyuan, Zhao Hongrun saw Miss Su, Mi Jiang, Mi Rui, Oona, Yang Yanxing and other girls chatting and laughing with Princess Yulong in the garden.
"Ah, my husband is here." Yang Yanxing's eyes were the sharpest, and he was the first to see Zhao Hongrun. He hurriedly came to Zhao Hongrun with a bit of shyness, with a happy expression on his face.
"What are we talking about?"
Zhao Hongrun followed Yang Shixing's thoughts and came to the garden. He glanced at the girls in the garden and greeted them - except Mi Jiang's stupid sister, who was still stuffing a lot of stuff into her mouth.
Holding the dried plums, Zhao Hongrun shook his head secretly.
"Sister, don't eat it." Mi Jiang pulled her sister's sleeves calmly. Although she was used to it, she still felt quite embarrassed. Unfortunately, Mi Rui only had eyes for the plate of prunes at this moment.
"Sisters are listening to Her Royal Highness the Princess and Sister Oona arguing about whose riding skills are better." Miss Su replied gently.
"Sisters?"
Glancing at Miss Su, who had a gentle smile on her face, and then at Mi Jiang, who looked out of place, Zhao Hongrun felt that this word was a bit awkward.
"Of course Oona's riding skills are superb." Zhao Hongrun picked up a prune from the plate and threw it into his mouth. Zhao Hongrun said with a smile, ignoring the glare of a stupid girl who seemed to be protecting her food.
"Hehe!" Oona was very happy after hearing this. She jumped up to Zhao Hongrun and took the latter's arm. This move made Miss Su and Mi Jiang look over at the same time.
However, when Oona was happy, it meant that a certain princess was unhappy. She snorted, looked at Zhao Hongrun unhappily and said, "What do you know? My riding skills are very good."
"Come on." Zhao Hongrun rolled his eyes, rubbed Oona's hair, looked at Princess Yulong angrily and said, "You have only practiced riding for a few days? Oona grew up on the Sanchuan grassland.
Da, your riding skills are not better than yours?"
"Ah!" Princess Yulong jumped up and said angrily: "I defeated Uncle Wang!"
Zhao Hongrun naturally knew that the "Uncle Wang" in Princess Yulong's mouth was referring to Wang Jian, the clan guard chief of his sixth uncle Zhao Yuanli. He rolled his eyes speechlessly and said: "Come on, Wang Jian, the clan guard chief, is in the Qingyang tribe.
If you have obtained the qualification of 'Warrior', unless he has the intention to let you go, you will never be able to defeat Wang Yan in your life."
"Ah!" Princess Yulong stamped her feet angrily and said angrily: "Hongrun, are you deliberately angry with me?"
Zhao Hongrun grinned and said with a smile: "Who told you not to bring me a gift?"
After hearing this, Princess Yulong glared at Zhao Hongrun angrily, and then said with a fake sneer: "Oh, brother Hongrun is getting more and more incredible now. No wonder, he is a hero who conquered Chu twice.
Well, the commander-in-chief of 200,000 Wei troops..."
"What do you want?" Zhao Hongrun asked with a smile.
Princess Yulong glared angrily at Zhao Hongrun for a long time, then suddenly laughed and said: "I told my adoptive mother that you bullied me!"
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun's face fell. After all, the foster mother Princess Yulong mentioned was Concubine Shen Shu.
Sometimes, Zhao Hongrun really suspected that in the eyes of Concubine Shen Shu, a parent-child was not as good as an adopted son, and an adopted son was inferior to an adopted daughter. He did not know whether Concubine Shen Shu sympathized with Princess Yulong's childhood, but was always very kind to her. (Digression: A certain person in Beijing
His Royal Highness King Huan of Xinjiang sneezes violently.)
"Don't want it?" Zhao Hongrun said sarcastically.
To be honest, he was not afraid of others, but if it was Concubine Shen Shu, whom he regarded as his biological mother, he was still a little afraid in his heart.
"You know you are wrong?" Princess Yulong looked at Zhao Hongrun arrogantly, and said hummingly: "Then please quickly coax me, Sister Huang, otherwise, I will go to Ningxiang Palace to complain later.
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Seeing this scene, the girls stayed away with smiles. Even Mi Jiang, who was expressionless, pulled her sister away, which at least saved some face for Zhao Hongrun.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun had no choice but to say some nice words to make Princess Yulong happy.
No, the happy Princess Yulong also took off a string of bone necklaces from her neck and handed it to Zhao Hongrun.
"Here, a gift for you... You were so angry with me the day before yesterday that I planned to keep it for myself."
Zhao Hongrun took the string of bone necklaces. He knew this thing. It was the most common ornament worn by girls of the Sanchuan Yi tribe. In the Wei State, hand ornaments and headdresses were more common.
"Keep it well. I spent a lot of effort to make this necklace...Look here, there are also words engraved by me myself, 'Gift to Hongrun'." Princess Yulong, who was still angry just now,
Now he pointed at the necklace and introduced it enthusiastically.
Although he was very touched, Zhao Hongrun had a look of disgust on his face: "The words are so ugly."
"You!" Princess Yulong stamped her feet angrily: "Do you want it or not?!"
"Of course." Zhao Hongrun smiled triumphantly, and then, after a slight hesitation, he said abruptly: "Yulong, I saw He Xinxian today."
"Who?" Princess Yulong was stunned for a moment, looking a little confused. After a while, she seemed to remember something, and pouted and said: "It's him..."