The Wife is First

Chapter 116
When the spring festival was held, Emperor Hongzheng brought Jing Yu back, but the court is not what it used to be, his party feathers have been cut off to pieces, and the Qingliu faction in the court are now more polite when they see Prince Rui Three points, it seems that Prince Rui has been regarded as the crown prince.

"Mother, if this continues, we will all be finished!" Jing Yu walked back and forth in Fengyi Palace.

After that, he remained silent and did not speak, but the handkerchief in his hand was tightly clenched.Recently, when the court heard that Concubine Shu was favored, some people began to secretly support the Seventh Prince, which is simply absurd!

However, the ups and downs in central Beijing did not affect Jiangnan at all. In Jing Shao's eyes, life was very comfortable day by day.

In his previous life, Jing Shao fought in the Huainan fiefdom for so many years, so he was not afraid of people's suspicion if he dawdled a little bit. According to the rhythm of the previous life, he fought bloody battles every day and worked hard.

With sufficient capital and collusion between government and businessmen, Wanbao Pavilion opened very smoothly.

Because the business of Fanren is easy to do, and it is a large-scale transaction, they have made back their capital within a year. Apart from the bonus to King Huainan, Jing Shao also has the money to support his private army.Because the dominance of one family was too conspicuous, Mu Hanzhang named Wanbao Pavilion under the name of a family of maritime merchants in Pingjiang City, and allowed several other shops to open similar shops, but none of them could surpass Wanbao Pavilion. .

The peaceful days always pass by quickly, another year passed in a blink of an eye, and in the 16th year of Hongzheng, Xiao Huang has grown into a big tiger, and I heard that Mu Longlin can already call him brother.

Jing Shao was lying on the bamboo couch in the yard, drinking the sweet-scented osmanthus wine in his hand leisurely, while Xiao Huang was playing with scratching the fur edge of the bamboo couch.

"Brother wrote again." Mu Hanzhang came out of the room, holding a letter, with a serious expression on his face.

"What's the matter?" Jing Shao saw that his princess's complexion was not good, so he quickly sat up and pulled her to the soft bed, took a few glances at the letter, and his face suddenly became strange, "Brother asked about the medicine back then?"

Mu Hanzhang nodded, the tone of Jing Chen's letter was very cautious, he actually asked about the kind of "incense ashes" that the dead Mo Bei gave Prince Rui's fourth son to drink back then.

"I do have half a bottle here." Mu Hanzhang took out a small porcelain bottle, which was exactly half of the medicine powder he poured out from the yellow paper back then, because he was afraid that if they were not in the mansion, others would say no if they found it. When it was clear, it was brought to Jiangnan.

"Ask the messenger to bring this together to brother." Jing Shao frowned, could it be that something happened to Prince Rui's residence again?
"No." Mu Hanzhang unfolded the letter and read it carefully again. Jing Chen was cautious between the lines, it seemed that it was not just a matter of Prince Rui's residence, "reply to my brother and said that we still have the half bag from back then. Don't say too much."

Jing Shao nodded, although he didn't know what happened, but what he heard from his princess was always right.In his last life, he didn't remember anything about the powder. Of course, it was because he was still stuck on the battlefield in the southwest at that time, and he didn't have time to pay attention to these small things like the fire in the backyard.

When the letter was sent to the capital, it was like a mud cow falling into the sea and there was no reply. In the next ten days, Jing Chen's letter did not arrive either.

"There must have been an accident in Beijing." Gu Huaiqing, who came on time every ten days and waited to read the letter, couldn't sit still. "There is no news from my people."

Hearing this, Mu Hanzhang had some bad premonitions in his heart. During this period of time, he and the fourth prince were too calm, while Prince Rui's limelight was the same for a while, which was already very dangerous. I believe that Jing Chen's prudence would inevitably If you don't do something that attracts people's attention, then you are deliberately touting it.

"No, I want to go back to Beijing to have a look." Jing Shao stood up abruptly, if something happened to his brother, everything he did now would be meaningless.

"My lord, there is a group of people from outside the city breaking into Pingjiang City." The guards rushed in to report, the group of people looked very sturdy, and they had royal tokens, the gatekeepers didn't dare to stop them.

"You bastard, you can't even guard the door well." Jing Shao kicked away the little table at his feet, raised his gun and walked out. There is a large army stationed in Pingjiang City, who is so bold as to dare to break in.

"咴~" As soon as he walked to the gate, he heard a sound of neat horseshoes, and he reined in the horse suddenly in front of the gate of Ruoshui Garden. The horse raised its hoof and let out a crisp neighing sound.

The leader is dressed in a dark yellow dress, with a stern face, not angry but mighty, almost similar to Jing Shao, but his eyes are like a torch, very calm, who is it not Jing Chen?

"Brother!" Jing Shao exclaimed.

Mu Hanzhang and Gu Huaiqing also ran out when they heard the sound, and saw Jing Chen sitting on a steed horse, followed by a dozen big men in black, breathing long and aggressively.

When Jing Chen saw his younger brother, he couldn't help but relax, and suddenly his eyes darkened and he fell to the horse.

"Brother!" Seeing this, Jing Shao was about to pick him up, but someone was faster than him, and Gu Huaiqing jumped up and snatched him into his arms accurately.

"Subordinate Mo Yun Eighteen Riders, under the order of the Emperor, escorted His Royal Highness Prince Rui to Pingjiang." The men in black got off their horses one after another and bowed to Jing Shao.

Mo Yun Eighteen Riders?Jing Shao couldn't help but glanced at them, he knew these 18 people, they were the top masters of royal guards, and they only obeyed his father's orders.

"He's injured!" Gu Huaiqing exclaimed when she smelled a faint smell of blood from the person in her arms.

"Go to the house quickly." Mu Hanzhang immediately asked for a doctor, and then asked the 18 people to take a rest, and Jing Shao quickly followed.

Jing Chen woke up when he was put on the bed, fended off Gu Huaiqing who was too close, and sat up on his own.

"Brother, where are you hurt?" Jing Shao pushed back Gu Huaiqing, who was in the way, and sat on the side of the bed.

"I'm a little tired from the long journey, so it's okay." Jing Chen shook his head. Seeing that the two people beside the bed didn't believe it at all, he had to open up a section of his sleeve and let them look at the forearm wrapped in white cloth, "on the way Encountered an ambush, just a little injury."

Jing Shao looked up and down to confirm that there were no other injuries before giving up.

Mu Hanzhang dispatched a group of servants, and walked in with tea: "Mo Yun Shibaqi has been placed in the guest house, and they insisted on coming and guarding, so I persuaded them to go back."

Jing Chen nodded, took a cup of tea and drank it.

"What happened in Jingzhong?" Jing Shao took out the sapphire vial and bandaged his brother's wound again.

"Someone in the court impeached you for being passive and sabotage, and the emperor asked me to be the supervisor of the army." Jing Chen's eyes were deep, and the matter was obviously not that simple.

"It's too late for this king to take over two cities in two years. If you have the ability, let Jing Yu fight!" Jing Shao was very angry when he heard this. The four princes took turns, whoever was beaten so badly that he had to clean up the mess in the end.

"That's what you said on the surface, but in fact, my father asked me to come and get the half bottle of medicine powder myself." Jing Chen said and looked at Mu Hanzhang.

Mu Hanzhang was startled, instead of going to get the powder, he walked a few steps to the bedside and stood behind Jing Shao: "What is the use of this powder?" Has Emperor Hongzheng been involved?

Jing Chen shook his head, lowered his eyes and said: "Father told me to leave in a hurry, he was not even allowed to go back to Prince Rui's mansion, and asked Mo Yun Shibaqi to follow me out of the city."

Hearing this, Jing Shao exchanged a glance with his own concubine, both of whom were a little surprised.It's not like sending him to do some errands like this, it's more like escorting him!
Jing Chen was silent for a long while, and slowly talked about what happened recently.

Jing Chen sent someone to investigate the sad matter at that time. She was very close to the wives of many princes' families in Beijing. Because Jing Shao felt that there was something wrong, he made more details, and found that the last Among the people who often come into contact with Mo Bei is Mrs. Mao Guogong.However, after the investigation, there is nothing else. Until a few days ago, a concubine of the Maoguo family suddenly collapsed when giving birth, and the mother and child were unable to keep. Some people said that this situation was very similar to that of the Yuan Dynasty.
This matter seemed to be just a small talk, but Jing Chen felt that it was not as simple as that, so he asked Concubine Shu to disclose this matter to Emperor Hongzheng as a gossip, but Emperor Hongzheng suddenly changed his face and immediately asked Jing Chen Chen investigated the matter of the incense ash, but he couldn't find this thing after searching the capital.

After Jingchen finished speaking, the brows of several people couldn't help but tightened. This matter has become more confusing and confusing.

"Don't think about it now, Jing Chen must be exhausted, what's the matter, let's talk about it tomorrow." Seeing Jing Chen's tired face, Gu Huaiqing asked Mrs. Wang to go out, but she had no intention of going out at all.

Jingchen glanced at him: "you go out too."

(End of this chapter)