The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

Chapter 9 Cleaning()

The Mid-Autumn Festival was a very grand festival in the Song Dynasty. A few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, there was a strong festive atmosphere. Stores usually rearranged the colorful buildings in front of their doors, everything was made according to the new, and the wine was opened anew.

It’s on sale. This is the time when crabs come out, and it’s also the season when fruits rush to the market. Fruit shops are piled with fresh fruits, including pomegranates, plums, pears, dates, chestnuts, grapes, and colorful tangerines, all newly on the market. Mid-Autumn Night

It is the most lively night, and the main activity is to admire the moon. Dignitaries and wealthy families enjoy the moon in their pavilions and pavilions, playing the piano and harp, and the music lasts until dawn. Ordinary citizens rush to occupy the restaurant, and the restaurant can also make noises.

Yes, you can't let them sit idle. They can eat and enjoy the music with the accompaniment of silk, bamboo, flute, and flute. It is best to see the moonlight first. Even in poor families, they can buy some food and wine, chat while eating, and enjoy the bright moon. Children are the happiest.

, you can stay up all night and play around.

There was a lot of excitement in the village, but now the palace was in a state of solemnity, without any festive atmosphere. Huang Jingchen had returned a few days ago, and he not only brought rewards from the palace, but also a large number of people.

All the old people were gathered together and sent to the horse pen for interrogation one by one, and new people were replaced everywhere.

"Jianxi, how is everything going?" Zhao Tong asked Jianxi who was waiting on him while lying in the bathtub.

"Second Master, everything is done. I have brought Fengxi, Guihua, and Huaihua back!" Jianxi quickly replied. Not only did he escape the purge in the house this time, but because of his meritorious service,

He was promoted two levels, from the senior class of chamberlain to the rank of chamberlain. Now he has an official status of the eighth rank, and his monthly salary has also increased to eight thousand dollars. His rank in the inner courtyard is only lower than that of Huang Jingchen, who is the sixth rank. He is a palace official.

The deputy here knows that he is also ranked high in the palace.

"Well, they didn't suffer much, right?" Zhao Tong asked again.

"Second Master, Fengxi was beaten so hard that his buttocks were smashed, but his muscles and bones were not injured. Those two girls were only whipped and then they were brought back by me. They were not seriously injured, but they were quite frightened!" Jianxi thought.

Thinking about what I just saw in the horse pen, I was still frightened. The few people from the Imperial City Department were really the brats of Yama Palace. They were cruel and evil. The former chief steward and second steward had been beaten to the point of losing their human form. Several gardeners

Two people were already dead, but Lao Zhangtou was worse off than alive; the little Taoist priest Mingyue was being tortured, and he had lost a good piece of flesh from the beatings. If the prince hadn't given him a hand, he would have been even worse than them. Thinking of this, he saw

Xi is more respectful.

"Oh, they are all implicated. I'm afraid Mingyue and Lao Zhangtou won't survive. You have to be more cautious in the future. If you hadn't been clamoring to see the python, this disaster wouldn't have happened!" Zhao Tong sighed.

said in a tone.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I would like to thank you for your life-saving grace, but if I have a mission, I will never say anything to you!"

"Okay, don't show your loyalty anymore. From now on, it's better to be less greedy for money than anything else!" Zhao Tong knew that Jian Xi would be his own, so looking at him, he couldn't help teasing him and said.

"Ah?! How come you know everything, my lord?" Jian Xi was shocked, his jaw almost hanging. It turned out that the prince knew about what he thought was a very secret thing. He suddenly felt that the prince he accompanied him every day

He doesn't look like a child, but looks like an old man who is more scheming than Huang Daguan.

"Haha, because I am a monster!" Zhao Tong said with a mocking smile.

"Even if the prince is a monster, I will follow the prince from now on." Jianxi saw that Zhao Tong didn't mean to blame him, so he breathed a sigh of relief, held on to the horizontal board of the bathtub made by the prince, dipped some bath beans and applied it gently.

in his body.

"Jianxi, what's wrong with the taste this time?" Zhao Tong asked.

"Your Majesty, the bath beans used this time were given as a reward from the palace. I heard they were configured according to "A Thousand Gold Prescriptions" and include cloves, agarwood, green wood incense, peach blossoms, stalactite powder, pearls, jade shavings, Sichuan water flowers, and papaya.

Flowers, pear blossoms, red lotus flowers, plum blossoms, cherry blossoms, white hollyhock flowers, inula, musk and other seventeen flavors are so precious that most people have never seen them before!" Jianxi quickly replied.

road.

"Really? It's just too extravagant!" Zhao Tong shook his head and said. He stopped talking and allowed Jianxi to serve him. Jianxi touched the prince's thin body and splashed some water from the front. His back was soaked. It can be said that

He didn't have the strength to restrain a chicken, but he easily killed that extraordinary assassin. It's really hard to figure out how he did it. Could it be that he was really a monster?

"Your Majesty, why do you want Fengxi and the others back?" Jianxi asked while teasing the water.

"You are such a stupid person. They accompany me every day when I am happy. I can't tell who they are. Although Osmanthus fragrans is greedy and often steals, Sophora fragrans likes to gossip, but they are simple-minded people. They spend all day

Serve me, do you want me to watch them suffer?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, what about the others?" Seeing the joy, he asked again.

"Hey, I don't know about the others, but there must be spies planted by assassins among them. I can't identify them one by one, so I have to let them suffer!" Zhao Tong curled his lips and said, "We are in danger this time, you

Think about it, it is definitely not something that one person can do. First, Lao Zhangtou spread the rumor about the discovery of the giant python, and then deliberately told it to Mingyue. Mingyue was young and had no big ideas, so she immediately told us again, and you are impetuous by nature, I

We are young, so we must be unable to restrain our curiosity, and must be clamoring to see us. He has seized on our weaknesses and led us into a trap step by step. The person behind the scenes must be thoughtful and well aware of our every move. This is the only way to get close.

Our talents understand it, otherwise Manager Li from the outer hospital wouldn’t be able to do it alone!”

"Oh!" Jian Xi felt a chill after hearing this. He was the prince's companion and the person who knew the prince's whereabouts best. Of course, he was the key target of suspicion. If the prince hadn't pulled him out, his end would have been the worst without asking.

"Later, go to Dr. Wang's place to get some medicine for Fengxi and the others. Don't arrange errands for them these days. Recuperate your injuries first. If the official asks, just tell me what I said!" After taking a bath!

, Zhao Tong put on his clothes and told Jianxi to say.

"Yes, they will be grateful for His Majesty's kindness!" Jian Xi also felt warm in her heart. They were convinced that His Majesty was so considerate.

Jian Xi waited for Zhao Tao to rest, and arranged for two small yellow gatekeepers to guard the door, and then went to Dr. Wang's office to get medicine.

"Jian Xi, is the prince sleeping?" Jian Xi met Huang Jingchen as soon as he went out. He was followed by two people. Jian Xi had seen them in the palace. They were both from the Imperial City Division. Their faces were gloomy. He asked them to take a look.

My heart goes crazy.

"Yes, sir, the prince is asleep!" He quickly saluted and replied when he saw the joy.

"Well, you have worked hard these past few days. Everyone in the government has checked it. If you are fine, come over and listen to see if there is anything wrong!" Huang Jingchen felt that he was a little old. After working hard for several days in a row, it made him feel uncomfortable.

He was a little exhausted.

"The senior official should also take care of his health!" Jian Xi understood that the senior official regarded him as one of his own through this incident, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him.

"Well, I can't take care of it these days. My lord, you should pay more attention to it!" Huang Jingchen's attitude towards Jian Xi was very helpful to Gong Jin and he told him.

Several people came to Huang Jingchen's residence. When they saw the joy, they quickly ordered Xiao Huangmen to light the candles everywhere, brought freshly brewed tea soup, poured it for them diligently, and then stood next to Huang Jingchen, pinching his shoulders and patting his back.

, as respectful as ever.

"You guys go out, hold the door tightly, no one is allowed to come near!" Huang Jingchen waved his hand and asked Xiao Huangmen who was guarding the door to step back. Only the four of them were left in the room, "Qian Er, there are no outsiders now, what do you say?

Tell me, what have you found during the interrogation in the past few days?" Huang Jingchen asked a person sitting at the bottom after taking a sip of tea.

"Father, Ma San and I have sifted through everyone in the house and executed the most suspected ones. Everything points to the dead Manager Li, who bribed the gardener in the back garden, Old Zhangtou.

, and asked him to spread rumors, deliberately telling the story to Mingyue, the young Taoist priest at the Taoist temple. And he figured out the prince's activities and knew that the prince was going to the Taoist temple to offer incense on the first day of the new year. He calculated that the prince was going to visit, so he ordered Lao Zhang

He led the prince to the place in the back mountain where he was ambushing him, but he didn't expect that he would be killed by Jian Xi."

"Ah" he was surprised when he heard this. The result of Qian Er's interrogation was the same as the prince's analysis, and the prince had been hiding in the house since the accident. This made him so surprised that he couldn't help but say something.

"What's wrong? Jian Xi?" Jian Xi interrupted Qian Er's words. Huang Jingchen frowned and asked unhappily.

"You damn boy, you were taken advantage of by a gangster and put your prince in danger. You really deserve death!" He was clever enough to see the joy, and immediately knelt down and said with fear on his face, but he did not dare to say that the prince had already known the result.

"You did make a mistake this time, but I can't blame you entirely. Their arrangements were too thorough!" Huang Jingchen raised his hand and asked Jian Xi to stand up. Jian Xi quickly stood aside with his hands down and did not dare to say anything.

"Ma San, have you found out the origin of Manager Li?"

"Du Tou, according to the wooden sign on Manager Li's body, he is the killer of Yemen. Their identities are all fake and cannot be found. However, I found out that he was introduced to the house by someone from Cui Guogong's house, and the introduction

But his man got violently ill and died soon after!" Ma San bowed and said.

"Oh, is Cui Guogong the father of Concubine Cui De in the palace?" Huang Jingchen sat up suddenly and asked.

"Exactly!"

"Concubine Cui De, how could it be her?" Huang Jingchen touched his smooth chin and whispered. Concubine De came from a family of officials. She was once involved in the palace dispute that framed the king and queen, but now she only gave birth to two princesses, so she shouldn't have.

Being involved in this kind of battle involving the inheritance, could there be another hidden secret? "Is there anyone else involved?"

"After a rigorous investigation, several other empresses in the palace also planted spies. They are all servants and low-level Huangmen. However, they only passed on some news and did not participate in this matter!" Ma San said.

"Hmph, they mistook my tiger for a sick cat!" Huang Jingchen snorted coldly with a sullen look on his face, "You can handle the rest of the matter. No one related to the assassination will be left alive. You know what those spies are doing?"

Handle them, and send all those with unknown origins or those who are involved in or outside the palace to the government, and let them deal with them according to their charges. This matter must be handled well, and we must not betray the trust that the empress has placed on us!"

"This charge is easy to find. These stewards bullied the young prince and even secretly divided the minister's three thousand dollars. They are really courageous. This one is enough!" Ma San said with a smile.

"You will be punished if you do it yourself. You should do it cleanly and don't let others catch you!" Huang Jingchen said.

"Yes, we will definitely handle the matter well and never leave any future troubles!" Qian Er and the other two bowed and replied.

"Okay, let's take care of things and go back to Beijing tomorrow. I think it's hard for you to go out and do things, and you can't celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival at home. I've prepared a gift for you two. Take it with you when the time comes!" Huang Jingchen smiled.

said.

"Thank you, empress, for your grace, thank you, sir. We will do our best!" The two of them looked at each other and couldn't hide their excitement. This is really a good thing that is both famous and profitable. In the future, they will be taken care of by the noble concubines in the palace, and their good days will come.

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