Wen Shaoxue probably saw something from the other person's expression. She didn't ask any other questions on the way, but her expression changed from nervous and uneasy at the beginning to one of despair.
Seeing her like this, the guard couldn't help but feel a little unbearable: "You don't have to be so pessimistic. Maybe if you have good luck today, everything will be fine."
Wen Shaoxue sighed: "Everyone has his own destiny, and wealth lies in heaven. If today is really destined to be in trouble, I have nothing to say. Then I will give the gold to a few big brothers. I hope you can help us prepare it."
A thin coffin is enough."
The guard touched his chin and felt a little embarrassed: "Easy to say, if anything happens to you two, our brothers will definitely give you a generous burial." The gold will definitely be accepted, but as for where to bury the two of them, it doesn't matter.
That’s easy to say.
On the rest of the way, everyone walked in a hurry and said nothing until the guards took the two of them to Chengqian Palace.
Wen Shaoxue and Liu Er already knew this person's identity on the way, and of course they didn't dare to neglect him now. They quickly knelt down and saluted.
King Zhou waved his hand for them to get up and talk: "Don't be afraid. I am here to ask you about the situation this time. If you are indeed innocent in the end, I will definitely let you go back safe and sound."
The guard was stunned. Did this really allow these two people to catch up with the prince when he was in a good mood? This situation was a rare spectacle that happened once in a thousand years. This was completely different from the usual prince.
"I heard that you are wearing King Rui's jade pendant, but is there such a thing?" King Zhou asked casually, as if he was chatting with his sister.
Wen Shaoxue nodded and told clearly how she passed through the city gate, how Liu Er contradicted the guard without hesitation, how the other party found the jade pendant on her body, and how she explained everything.
once.
King Zhou listened very patiently to what she said, and turned to the guard next to him for confirmation. What she said was indeed true, and she deliberately concealed the story of how they collected the money.
He nodded in agreement with what she said.
It's rare that the prince is in such a good temper today. The guards just want to take advantage of this good opportunity to leave the Forbidden City quickly, lest the prince becomes in a bad mood again and become a scapegoat.
"Then please explain carefully, what is going on?" King Zhou said these words to Wen Shaoxue.
Wen Shaoxue looked around and had a troubled expression on her face: "Can I report this to you alone? It's really not convenient to say it in front of so many people."
King Zhou nodded, asked everyone around him to retreat, and closed the door tightly.
"Now that there's no one around, can we talk now?"
Wen Shaoxue hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Even if I don't say it, I believe you must know it. It's about the previous cooperation between me and King Rui..."
"I have heard about this matter a little bit, but I know the specific situation. I am not very clear about it. How about Miss Wen give me a good description."
"The thing is like this. At the beginning, the daughter of the people didn't know the identity of Prince Huai. She just regarded him as an ordinary friend. He often came to my shop to pick out rouge for his sister. He can be regarded as a regular customer."
"It was only later that I found out that he had an extraordinary identity. As for what happened next, Prince Rui came to me and wanted me to cooperate with him in a little plan. He gave me this jade pendant as a thank you."?
"Then did you ever see the two of them again? Both Prince Huai and Prince Rui can be counted."
Wen Shaoxue shook his head: "After giving me this jade pendant, I never saw Prince Rui again. As for Prince Huai, he was very angry when he found out that Prince Rui and I were trying to plot against him. He probably wanted to plot against me.
I brought him back for questioning, but something happened in an emergency and I couldn't get away, so I ran away."
What she said was half true and half false. As for why she came to the palace in the first place, only she, Prince Huai, Liu Er and Yichen knew.
Liu'er was in a coma and didn't know anything. Yichen didn't know much about their situation. At most, he knew that Prince Huai had absolutely no ill intentions towards her. In this situation, she could say whatever she wanted.
Already.
"So you want to tell me, how could you take in King Huai in this situation?" King Zhou squinted his eyes and asked with a smile. This Wen Shaoxue is indeed not stupid. He is not in a hurry to excuse himself, but is serious.
He talked about what happened.
"Whether you believe it or not, this is what happened. If you really don't believe it, why don't you go to King Rui and ask for clarification? When I believe something, he knows it best." Wen Shaoxue was indeed surprised.
, in her opinion, Prince Rui should have made it clear to them what was going on.
"When was the last time you and King Rui met?" King Zhou asked.
"The last time we met was the night when there was a fire in my store. He also went nearby that day." Wen Shaoxue recalled it carefully, and that was indeed the last time he saw King Rui. As for the jade pendant, time is still up.
A little earlier.
"Have you really never contacted King Rui since then?" King Zhou asked tentatively, but he also knew that since King Rui died the next day, naturally they had never contacted him again.
Wen Shaoxue shook her head. She had indeed never seen Prince Rui since then. How easy was it for her to meet a prince in her capacity? Besides, no matter what happened before, Prince Rui took the initiative to send someone there.
He was looking for her, so she didn't even know where to look for someone.
"Then what's going on today? What are you doing out of the city with a box of gold?" King Zhou sat down, poured himself a cup of tea leisurely, and said unhurriedly.
"To be honest, I'm not afraid of your jokes. You also know that business is not that easy in the capital. I am a powerless outsider, and I have no advantage in the capital. I was looking for someone a few days ago.
I went to look for a new store, but it turns out that either the location is not good or the price is too high. I really don’t want to continue living here anymore." Wen Shaoxue sighed.
"But you seem to have left a lot of things here, right?"
"These things are my intention to compensate the original shop owner. It was not my original intention to burn down the shop, but he wanted to use this matter to make a big deal with me. I didn't want to spend the unjust money, so I
I plan to leave. The value of the things I left behind are definitely worth the rent of the shop and the cost of renovating it." Wen Shaoxue said confidently.