89Chapter 89 Crisis

"The young tiger was naughty and bumped into the fourth prince. I hope you will forgive me. Mu Hanzhang touched the furry tiger rubbing against his legs and bowed to Jingyu with a little apology.

"Oh, fourth prince, I'm so sorry. You said you were coming but you didn't tell me in advance. You just came when I was throwing chicken wings. "Jing Shao went to meet him insincerely and helped Jing Yu brush off the dust on his body, but his hand was a little too strong and almost knocked the fourth prince down.

Jing Chen glanced at the three cups on the table calmly and winked at Mu Hanzhang. Mu Hanzhang then put his own mutton-fat jade cup into his sleeve.

The fourth prince saw his father summon Jing Chen to the imperial study to talk alone today, and then saw Jing Chen leave the imperial study and go straight to the south of the city. He thought his father had given him something important, so he followed him, but he didn't expect that he just made an appointment with Cheng Wang and his wife to drink.

The four people sat in the peach garden and talked about meaningless things for a long time. Jing Shao couldn't help yawning, and made up an excuse to pull his own princess away.

After Cheng Wang left, the fourth prince, as a younger brother, naturally couldn't stay any longer, so he also said goodbye, but glared at him angrily before leaving. After taking a look at the jumping tiger, he was sure that the chicken wing that hit his face was not an accident.

After the three left, Jing Chen sat alone in the pavilion for a while. The green plum wine was very light, and he was not afraid of getting drunk after drinking a few more cups. These days, the second son was sick again, and Xiao's temper became worse and worse. She felt a headache when she returned to the palace.

When Xiao married him, she had always been a gentle lady, but after giving birth to the second son, she suddenly became a little suspicious. In addition, the concubine's son and the fourth son were born almost at the same time, and she felt wronged...

Jing Chen looked at the peach trees with full branches in the garden, thinking that his younger brother must have a descendant, but there was no rush for that. After all, it was impossible when his father was in power, and it would not be too late to talk about this matter after he ascended the throne.

"It's so boring to drink alone, do you want someone to accompany you? "A clear and pleasant voice with a hint of frivolity came from behind.

Jing Chen suddenly felt his head hurt even more.

The next day, after the fourth prince left the court, he was pulled aside.

"Your Highness, I saw the King of Huainan going to the peach garden of the King of Rui in the south of the city yesterday." The man said anxiously.

"What did you say? The peach garden of the King of Rui?" Jing Yu's eyebrows jumped, "You didn't see it wrong?" He was also in the peach garden yesterday.

"It's true," the man seemed very excited, "I went to the south of the city to do business yesterday, and I accidentally saw the King of Huainan. His two guards were still guarding outside the peach garden. "

The fourth prince quickly recalled yesterday's situation and the flying chicken wing. He didn't believe that Jing Shao did it unintentionally. He originally thought that he was deliberately embarrassing him. In this way, maybe there was another person in the pavilion at that time, and Jing Shao was trying to cover up that person's whereabouts!

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case. Jing Yu couldn't help sweating in his palms. If it was true, then Jing Shao was colluding with the princes. Since they met in Taoyuan, it might involve Prince Rui. If this matter is done well, Jing Chen can fall into a big trap.

Mu Hanzhang heard that the fourth son of Prince Rui's mansion was sick and replaced with two princes. The doctor still had a high fever, so he sent someone to deliver some precious medicinal materials to the Rui Wang Mansion.

Xiao looked at the legitimate son crying in the nurse's arms, and couldn't help frowning. Then she looked at the healthy and lively illegitimate son next to her, and she became more and more irritated. The prescription prescribed by the imperial physician did not improve after two days. The repeated fever was really worrying.

The nurse was afraid of being scolded, so she took the initiative to mention that sometimes children are not really sick, but may be entangled by something: "I heard that Master Mo Bei of the Biyun Temple in the west of the city is very effective, otherwise..."

"If it doesn't get better tomorrow, please come and see it." Princess Rui took a look at the things sent by the Cheng Wang Mansion, asked someone to say a polite word, and then took it to the warehouse. I haven't said I'll give it to them yet, who are you showing your courtesy to?

"What do you mean?" Mu Hanzhang asked Yunzhu who went to deliver the things.

"I said I'd like to trouble Princess Cheng to think about it. I'm busy in the mansion these days and can't take care of it. I'll invite Princess to the mansion another day to talk. Yunzhu answered exactly as he said.

Mu Hanzhang waved his hand to let Yunzhu go, frowning slightly. He had people send some rare medicinal materials that were in use. Princess Rui's words were just a polite reply without looking at the things carefully. It seemed that the child was really ill.

At the same time, Gu Huaiqing was drinking with Jing Shao in Zuixianlou.

"I'm leaving today." Gu Huaiqing poured a glass of wine for Jing Shao.

"You finally figured it out," Jing Shao glanced at him, "I say, what exactly are you doing in Beijing?"

Gu Huaiqing smiled and said softly: "Catching ghosts."

"Catching ghosts?" Jing Shao was stunned and sneered, "When did you become a charlatan?"

Gu Huaiqing smiled but said nothing. At this moment, there was a commotion downstairs. The two walked to the window and saw that the fourth prince Jingyu led a team of people to surround Zuixianlou.

"What's going on?" Jing Shao frowned. The Fourth Prince was now in charge of the Ministry of Justice, and he had a lot of people at his disposal.

"A ghost is coming." Gu Huaiqing looked at someone standing next to the Fourth Prince, and a sneer appeared on his lips.

"We are ordered to come here to arrest the wanted criminal. No one in the building is allowed to leave. Check them one by one!" The leading officer shouted loudly, and then waved his hand and led the officers and soldiers to search one by one. It seemed that they had already realized it, so they only left some people to guard the people in the lobby, and the rest went to search the private rooms on the second floor.

The fourth prince took the official beside him and checked from room to room. He soon found the private room where Jing Shao was located. The building was full of officers and soldiers, and there were even more people outside the building. Jing Yu made complete preparations, just to make it impossible for the King of Huainan to escape.

"This is a trick to catch a turtle in an urn." Gu Huaiqing looked at the officers and soldiers who were getting closer.

Jing Shao frowned. It seemed that the fourth prince had received some news. He turned to look at Gu Huaiqing and saw that the man looked calm and calm. It seemed that he had expected it: "What are you going to do?"

"It's not a problem to escape from this Zuixian Building." Gu Huaiqing opened the window. The window of the private room he chose was facing the roof next door. With their skills, they could escape along the shady side of the roof. It's not difficult, "It's just that I guess the fourth prince has already secured the city gates, and I need your help to get out of the city."

"Have you expected this?" Jing Shao was a little angry when he heard this. This person knew that this kind of thing would happen, and even asked him to come drink. It was clear that he was also included in the conspiracy.

The fourth prince and his men rushed to nothing in Zuixian Tower. He couldn't help but became angry and asked the officials around him: "Didn't you say you were sure he was here?"

"Wei...Wei Chen..." The man broke out in a cold sweat. He had indeed made an appointment with him to meet here at this time according to the contact information given by King Huainan. The news he wanted to tell King Huainan was very important, so that person must I won’t miss it, so why didn’t I come?

"Close the city gate immediately!" The fourth prince was so angry that he turned blue because he had repeatedly assured Emperor Hongzheng that King Huainan was in the capital before he got the decree. Now that he had been escaped, how could he explain himself in front of his father? Fortunately, he had not yet revealed the collusion between King Cheng and King Huainan, otherwise he would not have caught anyone, but his father would have thought that he had framed his brother.

At that time, Jing Shao had already rushed Gu Huaiqing out of the city gate.

"You knew there was something wrong with that spy, but you were still waiting to be caught?" Jing Shao punched Gu Huaiqing on his horse.

"If I hadn't been waiting there, how could I have seen the deep brotherhood between you and me?" Gu Huaiqing narrowed her slender eyes and smiled innocently.

Jing Shao was stunned when he heard this. Could it be that the purpose of his coming to Beijing this time was to see how sincere he was in cooperating with him? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but fell silent. He knew that Gu was suspicious by nature, but as the future emperor, his brother was talking to him. Wasn't he still worthy of trust?

Gu Huaiqing saw that his expression was wrong, and immediately rode over and punched him: "Where did you think you were? I was just teasing you." As he said this, he thrust a pamphlet in his arms into his hand.

Jing Shao looked at the few thin pages of paper in his hand and looked at Gu Huaiqing doubtfully.

"These are my connections in the capital. The ones that cannot be used have been circled with a red pen." Gu Huaiqing smiled, "Give this to Jingchen, and tell him that Zhao Jiulin, the Minister of Rites, is already a member of the fourth prince, so tell him to be careful. Some." Zhao Jiulin is the person who was with the Fourth Prince today, and this person must have revealed the news to the Fourth Prince.

Jing Shao turned over the things in his hands in shock. These connections had been painstakingly managed by the King of Huainan for many years. Now that they are handed over to him, they are handing over their wealth and life to him!

"Brother..." Jing Shao didn't know what to say. This person was his admired opponent in his previous life, but until now he still couldn't see through what Gu Huaiqing was thinking. Sometimes this person seemed to be very deep in the city, and his actions were foggy. It makes people confused; sometimes it is a temperamental person, and when the mood arises, I can leave my wealth and life to you!

"Haha, I guess the feudal clan will be withdrawn in a few days. Big brother is waiting for you in Jiangnan." Gu Huaiqing smiled and punched Jing Shao again, hoping to make up for the weight he had beaten on her these days.

Jing Shao was beaten until he bent over and coughed. When he raised his head again, Gu Huaiqing had already turned his horse's head. Not far away, two guards were riding towards him on horses.

"Remember to take your little tiger with you so that the lion can teach him how to hunt!" Gu Huaiqing left the scene, fearing that Jing Shao would catch up and punch him back.

When Jing Shao returned to the palace, he saw that the atmosphere in the palace was very wrong. The whole palace was quiet, and all the servants held their breath and did not dare to make a sound.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor is here." Mr. Yun whispered.

Jing Shao suddenly broke into a cold sweat. Could it be that Jing Yu had exposed his meeting with the King of Huainan? Think carefully about whether you have exposed any flaws.

"The emperor is in the study," Duofu came out with a wrinkled face and lowered his voice, "Your Majesty, the princess asked your slave to tell you that no matter what the emperor said, she must have killed the King of Huainan who didn't know him. The person who left the city today was to see off a friend from the world. "

When Jing Shao heard this, he couldn't help but quicken his pace. Jun Qing said that his father must have known something, but he couldn't be sure, so he came to the house to ask. There was no guarantee that Jun Qing was taking the blame on himself to excuse him! No matter what it is, Jun Qing cannot be allowed to face his father alone.