The maid shrank and knelt down: "I know my mistake, please forgive me..."
It turned out that the cup of tea had been left out for more than two quarters of an hour, and it was already completely cold without the prince touching it. However, she had just replaced it with a hot one. Unluckily enough, the prince couldn't wait to pick it up to heat it...
King Xiang, whose heart was on fire, glanced at the maid with anger, but his eyes changed slightly.
The young maidservant was wearing a lotus pink armor. She lowered her head and knelt there, revealing a section of her delicate and white neck.
King Xiang felt itchy in his heart, and his tone softened unconsciously: "Raise your head and let me have a look."
The maid raised her head hesitantly, revealing a clean and beautiful face.
King Xiang narrowed his eyes slightly.
Although she can't be called a stunning beauty, she is much better than the ones that usually hang out in front of him - the tigress in the family usually controls such things very strictly, which is really annoying.
Looking at the timid maid, King Xiang had some thoughts for a moment. Before he could take action, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps, and then a familiar voice sounded through the bamboo curtain: "Your Majesty, come from the palace.
I have found someone, please come to the palace quickly to meet the Holy Spirit..."
The little thought he had just started was interrupted. King Xiang frowned and said impatiently: "Why do you want me to enter the palace at this time?"
Could it be that Ji Xiu's matter has been finalized and his mother and concubine are now to be dealt with, so he has been specially summoned to the palace to discuss it?
While King Xiang was thinking, he got up from the couch and walked out to see the housekeeper.
At this time, Fang saw a faint look of panic on the butler's face: "The person who came to deliver the message is Commander Han of the Police Guard, and he has brought many people with him... Your Majesty, you should hurry up and get ready..."
Police officer?
King Xiang's face changed slightly, and when he was about to ask something, he heard some movement in the courtyard. He turned his head and looked outside the hall, and saw that it was Han Yan who was wearing a Feiyun knife on his waist and leading the police in person.
Come here - this is his residence, how dare these people break in without warning!
"Your Majesty, there is no need to prepare anything." Han Yan strode up the stone steps and came to the door of the hall. He cupped his hands, looked at Prince Xiang and said, "Your Majesty is so urgent, please come into the palace immediately."
Facing those eyes that seemed to have no emotion at all, King Xiang felt his heart drop and asked tentatively: "I wonder why Brother Huang is so anxious to see me?"
"You will naturally find out when the prince goes there."
"..." King Xiang secretly clenched his fingers in his sleeves.
The detective is nothing but a dog in front of the emperor. How dare you speak so rudely to him.
And the more this happened, the more he felt that the situation was not good.
King Xiang turned his head and glanced at the steward beside him: "I will come back as soon as I go -"
Seeing this look in his eyes, the butler lowered his head and said "yes" respectfully.
Han Yan turned slightly to give way to King Xiang.
King Xiang descended the stone steps and stopped to look back at Han Yan, who was still standing outside the hall: "Why, won't Commander Han follow me?"
"Han has other official duties and has ordered his men to lead the way for the prince."
Hearing this, King Xiang's back felt cold, but at this moment he could only follow the arresting guards.
As soon as King Xiang got on the carriage and left, Han Yan immediately ordered people to surround Prince Xiang's palace and began a massive search.
The incident happened so suddenly that everyone in Prince Xiang's palace fell into an atmosphere of panic and tension.
Under the strict guard of the police, this gorgeous mansion seemed to have turned into an indestructible cage in an instant.
There are also four security guards at the back entrance of the palace.
"Follow me quickly, over here!"
"Hurry, hurry, hurry..."
"I saw it, it must have landed here!"
The sound of children chasing could be heard, and several detectives followed the sound and looked over.
The young children knew nothing about the storm that was hovering over the palace. The boy in the lead was about ten years old, holding a slingshot in his hand, and followed by a group of young followers.
"Children, stay away." Seeing these children approaching, a security guard warned them with a long knife on his waist.
Although the child was young, he had a keen sense of danger. Probably because he was doing something naughty and unscrupulous, the boy who had just been so majestic and leading a group of younger brothers was immediately frightened and ran away.
Even though the other children didn't know what happened, they didn't stop them from running away.
"It's a dove."
A police detective found an injured white pigeon under the corner not far away - it must have been injured by the children with a slingshot.
"No... this seems to be a carrier pigeon." The detective lifted the pigeon, and a bamboo tube was exposed under the feathers between the legs and abdomen of the unconscious white pigeon.
The leader's eyes flashed: "Take the things off!"
At this time, the group of children had already run away, cheering and playing and disappeared into the busy city.
King Xiang got off the carriage outside the Forbidden Palace and headed all the way to the imperial study.
He was undoubtedly very anxious at this time.
But there was always a voice in his heart telling him that he had always acted cautiously, and there was no way anyone would take advantage of him.
At this time, the emperor summoned him to the palace, perhaps because of his previous arbitrariness in taking action against the Queen Mother. His royal brother has always been suspicious, and perhaps he still did not believe everything he said...
Later, whether it was a temptation or a harsh accusation, he only had to adopt the same posture and deal with the past carefully - as long as he could escape from the capital safely and return to Dianzhou, nothing else mattered.
When the mountains are high and the Emperor is far away, no matter what he wants to do, His Majesty the Emperor will not be able to control him.
And after that, he no longer has to rely on other people's opinions and act based on other people's faces.
King Xiang, who had made up his mind to survive this temptation no matter what, did not know at this time that what was waiting for him was not a so-called temptation at all.
"My dear brother, please see your royal brother."
In the imperial study, King Xiang bowed and saluted.
The sky was always gloomy, the palace door behind him was slowly closed, and the sight in the imperial study room, which was still daytime, was blurry.
The two eunuchs stood at the foot of the imperial steps with their hands down, not making a sound. Everything in the huge palace seemed to be still, revealing an unspeakable sense of oppression and mystery.
"..."
It had been a long time since I heard a voice responding to the Long case. King Xiang raised his head slightly and took the initiative to ask: "...Brother, I wonder if the thorough investigation of Ji Xiu is progressing smoothly?"
"smoothly--"
Emperor Qingming's cool voice sounded: "Since I am deliberately protecting you, how can this matter not go smoothly?"
"Yes, my brother knows that this matter is all due to the emperor's protection..." King Xiang looked extremely ashamed and said: "Brother, don't worry, I really know that I was wrong this time, and I will not dare to do anything wrong next time."
Proposal - Although the matter is over, my fault cannot be easily erased. I hope that the emperor will not be soft-hearted and just punish him, so that my brother can truly learn a lesson."
He said these words to express his sincerity in admitting his mistakes. Even if there was indeed some punishment, once he left the capital, he would follow it if he wanted to, but if he didn't want to, it would just fall on deaf ears.
