It was a peaceful night in the Duke's mansion, and the laughter of the maids and maids could be heard from time to time in the courtyard.
Duke Cheng Guo was resting on the porch in his homely clothes. Mrs. Yu sat beside him, shaking her fan, chatting and joking with some girls and servants.
"It's much hotter than where we are," she said.
"Have the ice cubes been prepared?" Cheng Guogong asked.
The girls and servants all laughed.
"It has been prepared according to the Duke's instructions," they said.
"I just said it casually, just to be coquettish, and you should take it seriously." Madam Yu shook her fan and said with a smile.
Such love words between husband and wife were spoken in front of others, and Duke Cheng just smiled, while the girls and servants were accustomed to not taking it seriously.
The atmosphere in the courtyard is relaxed and cozy.
"The prince is back."
There was a call from outside, and then a figure appeared at the door of the courtyard.
"Mom and dad, I'm back." Zhu Zan said, his voice was a little dull, and no one came near. He turned around without waiting for Duke Cheng and his wife to ask questions, "I'm going to have a rest."
"Go to your wife?" Mrs. Yu asked.
Zhu Zan didn't speak and seemed not to hear.
"Zan'er, wait a moment, I have something to ask you." Cheng Guogong said.
Zhu Zan stopped.
The servants, wives and girls bowed their heads and left, leaving only the three of them in the yard.
"Come on, come on, don't stand in the shadows." Madam Yu said, "Otherwise I can't see clearly how you were beaten."
After saying that, he laughed.
Zhu Zan's face turned even more ugly as he walked over.
"Look, look." He said, standing in front of Mrs. Yu.
His clothes were a little messy and his face was bruised.
Mrs. Yu laughed even harder.
"Oh, I got slapped in the face." She said, reaching out to poke Zhu Zan in the face, "You can't go see Miss Jun, it's too embarrassing."
Zhu Zan hissed, sucked in the cold air and called daddy.
"Look at my mother," he complained.
Duke Cheng Guo smiled at Mrs. Yu.
"Stop teasing him." He said, looking at Zhu Zan again.
Zhu Zan spoke first before he could speak.
"Dad, you don't need to ask, that's what happened. This is Huang Cheng's trick, and His Majesty wants to test you." He said, "It depends on how you deal with it tomorrow morning."
Duke Cheng Guo said.
"Then..." he said again.
"Then Lu Yunqi, that bitch, is guarding Prince Huai's Mansion, not against you, father." Zhu Zan spoke first again, "He is against Miss Jun."
"Miss Jun..." Cheng Guogong said.
"Miss Jun treated King Huai, and she made a bet at the beginning. The capital became famous because of this. Lu Yunqi will definitely use King Huai as a raft to criticize Miss Jun's medical skills, and maybe in the end he will implicate the evil things on her.
On the head." Zhu Zan said with a sigh.
Duke Cheng Guo said.
"Father, you don't have to worry about it. You can do whatever you decide with your staff." Zhu Zan waved his hand and said, "When King Huai arrives at the imperial mausoleum, we can also cure him."
Duke Cheng Guo said.
"Okay." He said, without saying anything else, he smiled and nodded, "You go ahead."
Zhu Zan turned around in response, his face no longer relaxed and casual as before, and he strode away with a gloomy expression.
Looking at his back, Mrs. Yu also shook her head and clicked her tongue twice.
"Miss Jun on one side and father on the other, it's hard to choose," she said.
Duke Cheng Guo smiled and sat down without saying anything.
"What do you think?" Mrs. Yu sat down next to him, bumped his shoulder and asked, "This is the same for the emperor. He is gone, so what does he care about? He is torturing a child."
Being a thief has a guilty conscience.
These four words flashed through the couple's minds at the same time, but of course neither one would say them out loud.
"In the officialdom and imperial power, there are no children who don't have children. They are all the same." Cheng Guogong said warmly.
Mrs. Yu was silent for a moment, then shook her fan and stood up.
"I'm going to bed first, you can think about it slowly, and don't disturb me in the morning," she said.
Duke Cheng Guo nodded with a smile.
"Sleep well," he said.
Mrs. Yu left, and only Duke Cheng was left in the courtyard, sitting on a couch in silence under the starlight in the sky.
………………..
Seeing the stars in the capital is not as good as in the wild. The capital is too prosperous and the lights on the ground are brighter than the stars in the sky.
Miss Jun's gaze was under the starlight and did not move in the light for a long time.
"Hello."
Zhu Zan's voice came, followed by the sound of tiles and people walking over.
"There's not enough room for you to sit by the window, and you even go to the roof." He said, "Why do you, a woman, always like to climb up and down?"
Miss Jun smiled and pointed.
"A person who lived there often said what you said to me when I was a child," she said.
What words? Who?
Zhu Zan looked where she pointed, and saw half of the capital city like a fairyland, with rows of houses and mansions. Who knew where she was pointing?
Always saying something incomprehensible, Zhu Zan ignored her and sat down.
There was a silence between the two of them.
"On the way to the imperial mausoleum, could you please show King Huai a look." Zhu Zan said suddenly, "I have arranged everything."
Go to the imperial mausoleum.
Miss Jun hummed.
"Okay." she said.
There was silence between the two again.
"Hey, are you angry?" Zhu Zan said in a deep voice.
"I don't have time to be angry." Miss Jun smiled and looked at him. It was dark and only Zhu Zan's bright eyes could be seen. "If I were angry, I would have died of anger long ago."
For a person, his father and mother were killed, and his siblings were imprisoned. For a person, this is the most annoying thing in the world. Apart from this, other things are taken for granted, so there is nothing to be angry about.
"Actually, I'm not that powerful." Zhu Zan suddenly said again.
Miss Jun smiled even more.
"You finally realize this? Congratulations," she said.
Zhu Zan sighed.
"I'm just being modest, don't take it seriously," he said.
Miss Jun laughed.
"It's just a tiger that fell down and was bullied by a dog." Zhu Zan said, "I can't take you into Prince Huai's Mansion, so you should be angry."
"I'm not angry with you, and it's not because you didn't let me in." Miss Jun said, "Why are you so confused? You came here and said these incomprehensible things to me."
As he spoke, he leaned over and looked at Zhu Zan, seeing his hazy face through the starlight.
"Oh, it turns out you were beaten." She smiled, "You came here to tell me that you were wronged and wanted to be comforted."
As he spoke, he reached out and touched Zhu Zan's head.
"Let me see the injury..."
Zhu Zan jumped up.
"Can you be more serious?" he shouted angrily, "I'm talking about serious things."
Miss Jun stopped laughing.
"I'm talking about serious business." She said, "It doesn't matter if we don't enter Prince Huai's mansion now. Just as you said, we can meet him halfway. Since they regard Prince Huai as a tool, then Prince Huai must be fine and there is nothing to worry about."
of."
He said and laughed.
"It's good. King Huai can also go out for a walk. He hasn't been out for many years. This opportunity is good."
Zhu Zan looked at her condescendingly for a moment.
"I can't ask my father to stop this," he said. "Although I don't know why, I know that King Huai is important to you. Logically speaking, I should ask my father for help."
"You also said that it is from a rational point of view, and from a rational point of view, it is completely meaningless." Miss Jun said, "You know it is a trap, why do you still jump? This is too stupid."
He said and smiled again.
"I've already done this stupid thing once."
She entered the palace with a knife and assassinated the emperor alone. At that time, she had no other considerations. She just wanted to avenge her parents, and she just wanted to kill her enemy immediately in front of her eyes. These were all her emotions. As for whether she could do this, whether she could
She didn't even think about doing it in a different way, or even what to do if she succeeded but failed.
At that moment, she was just thinking about the blood feud, thinking about dying together and not letting that person live.
It's enough to do this once, and it's enough if she dies.
"There are many things that can be done in this situation." She looked at Zhu Zan, "For example, this one you arranged is very suitable."
Zhu Zan was silent for a moment.
"Okay, you comforted me." He said, "Thank you."
Miss Jun looked at him and smiled.
"Then do you want to thank me with your body?" she said.
Zhu Zan sighed and was about to speak when Chen Qi's shout came from the yard.
"Miss Jun, Miss Jun, the prince hasn't come back yet, has he run away..." He lowered his voice as if to whisper, but he raised his voice because he was afraid that Miss Jun on the roof wouldn't hear.
"You just ran away." Zhu Zan interrupted him angrily.
Chen Qi was startled and then laughed dryly.
"No, no, I made a mistake." He said hurriedly, "I meant that the prince is coming back late. Do you want to prepare a midnight snack?"
"Go, go, go," Zhu Zan said.
Chen Qiyi ran away with a smile.
Miss Jun also stood up.
"What are you doing?" Zhu Zan took a cautious step back.
"I've had enough of watching the night view, and I'm going to have a midnight snack." Miss Jun said, "Do you want to come with me?"
After saying that, he walked past him without waiting for an answer.
Zhu Zan exhaled from behind, looked at the woman's figure that was getting thinner due to blur in the night, and followed her in silence for a moment.
The stars are fading, the lights are dim, the night is fading, and the morning light is beginning to appear.
People have begun to walk on the street, including cars, horses and sedans. These are officials from the Great Court Meeting. Today is no different than in the past. The officials I met on the road all exchanged a few words with each other, and their expressions seemed excited and uneasy.
Soon a group of people also walked on the street, with nearly a hundred people in purple robes and followers, so majestic and powerful that the green-robed officials on the street hurriedly got out of the way.
This is the honor guard of Duke Cheng. Under the watch of everyone, Duke Cheng is riding a horse and will soon reach the Royal Street.
Because it was still early for the court meeting, many officials stopped to eat at the food stalls in the Imperial Gallery.
Duke Cheng Guo also stopped. Does he also want to eat something here?
Cheng Guogong did not look at the breakfast stall, but looked in another direction.
"Let's go," he said suddenly, urging his horse to turn around.