Time is slow

   Chapter 763 Rumors Renew

   Seven days later, Prince Rui was ordered to leave the capital and went to Lingtai Mountain to pray for blessings on behalf of the emperor.

   After another half a month, there was an urgent report from the south. Prince Rui encountered a riot of refugees on the way back after praying for blessings. His whereabouts are unknown, and his life and death are unknown.

  The entire capital was in an uproar.

   In the past six months, the emperor has obviously regarded Prince Rui as the prince. This time, he sent Prince Rui to Lingtai Mountain to pray for blessings to increase his political achievements.

   Now the life and death of Prince Rui is unknown, the position of the heir—

  Hundreds of officials and nobles all turned their attention to King Mu.

  King Mu was happy and had some doubts: "Could it be that God helped me to wait? Before the assassins sent to act, the hapless old fifth encountered a riot of refugees..."

   The staff complimented: "Everything should naturally follow the destiny."

  According to the destiny? That is to say, he is the Crown Prince, the future Son of Heaven.

   King Mu was overjoyed by the compliment and laughed loudly.

   It is good to be able to do nothing, which can save a lot of trouble.

  Is there such a comfortable thing that you want to kill a person, but the person is accepted by God without waiting for the shot?

  Lanshan Mansion, the father and son gathered in the study to discuss matters.

   "You arranged the refugee riot?" Lan Shan asked.

Lan Songquan smiled and said: "Isn't it my son or which? Do you expect that idiot from King Mu to send an assassin to assassinate Prince Rui directly? That would not attract the attention of the whole world, and maybe even be suspected by the emperor. The riots of refugees are different. There are floods and famines everywhere, and it is not uncommon for refugees to make troubles.”

  Lanshan nodded and expressed his approval for his son's actions: "It's really good to start from here, but are you arranging the right people?"

   "Father, don't worry, the people in the rivers and lakes contacted by the son will have both the money and the goods."

  Lanshan father and son are in the imperial court with one hand to cover the sky, and the civil servants are different from military generals. When it is necessary to solve the problem by force, the family guards cannot be counted on.

   "Remember to reward more silver." Lan Shan urged.

   "This father can rest assured."

   Father and son smiled at each other.

   Shao Mingyuan has been away from Beijing for some time. For the first time, Qiao Zhao felt what it means to live like a year, and absentmindedly fiddled with the bead chain made of red beans.

  Azhu stood outside the door and sighed softly, "The girl misses Uncle again."

   "Can you see that too?" Binglu came from outside and asked with a smile.

   "The exquisite dice is An Hongdou, and I don't know if I'm in love." Ah Zhu muttered and smiled, "You see that girl plays with that red bean bracelet all day, is it just because the bracelet looks good?"

   "I don't know if the bracelet looks good or not, and I don't know if the red beans are lovesick, but I have this." Bing Lu shook the letterhead in his hand.

  Azhu glanced at the envelope and gently pushed Binglu: "Send the letter to the girl soon."

  Binglu smiled and ran in: "Madam, my uncle's letter to you has arrived!"

   Joy burst out in Qiao Zhao's eyes, he hurriedly coughed to cover it up, and said lightly, "Bring it."

  Binglu hid the letter behind her, smiled and said, "The madam will give this red bean bracelet to the maid, and the maid will give you the letter."

   "Dare to bargain with the master?" Qiao Zhao raised his eyebrows, and still threw the chain to Binglu, "Take it, it's not a fun thing to do."

  Well, it seems that it is time to marry this girl and let her have a taste of missing someone.

  Qiao Zhao took the letter and took out the letter to look.

   "Zhaozhao Wu's wife: After a few months, my dreams are fascinated. I am all well in the north, and I will be back soon..."

   After reading word by word, Qiao Zhao couldn't help laughing. He picked up a pen to reply, and stopped when he wrote about Prince Rui's disappearance.

   Shao Mingyuan was just in time for Prince Rui to leave the capital when he set off on the expedition. Prince Rui used his previous favors to get a few personal guards to accompany him to protect him.

   Shao Mingyuan once told her that this time Prince Rui went south, there were many dangers, and for various considerations, he would try to ensure the safe return of Prince Rui.

   Now that Prince Rui's life and death is unknown, maybe it's not as simple as it seems, so to be on the safe side, she should not mention it in the letter.

   Putting the opening of the written envelope, Qiao Zhao gently stroked the envelope.

   will return soon, and I don’t know if the peach blossoms have withered when he comes back.

   Just when Prince Rui's disappearance caused a great uproar in the capital, another gossip spread like a raging fire, and because the people and events involved poked into people's hearts, it quickly overwhelmed the limelight of Prince Rui's accident.

  Li Guangwen's face turned blue with anger after hearing about it by chance, he pulled Qiao Mo, who had just been in the yamen, aside and punched him.

   "Master Li, what do you mean?" Qiao Mo asked in confusion.

   "You still ask me, haven't you heard the rumors outside?"

   "Gossip?" Qiao Mo became more and more puzzled.

  Li Guangwen noticed the fiery gazes from many of his colleagues, and said coldly, "Come with me!"

In the teahouse not far from the Hanlin Courtyard, Qiao Mo had a cold expression after hearing Li Guangwen's words: "How did this rumor spread? That person is really mortifying! Lord Li, please believe that Mrs. Hou and I are righteous brothers and sisters. Those unbearable rumors are completely false!"

   Qiao Mo became angrier the more he spoke.

   It was rumored that he and his eldest sister had an unusual relationship while the champion was away, which was ridiculous.

He is a man, and if he is serious about this kind of thing, he will lose his future at most, but the big sister, a woman, was poured into such a pot of sewage, if there are serious in-laws on it, there is no way to survive, a paper divorce letter will not be able to escape .

  Li Guangwen sneered: "You don't need to say this, I don't believe you and my daughter. I just ask, you are also a court official, why do you have to live in the Hou's mansion?"

  Qiao Mo only smiled bitterly when asked by Li Guangwen.

After he became an official in the Hanlin Academy, he originally proposed to move out of the Hou Mansion to live in another place, but the elder sister and Hou Ye kept it in every possible way. Later, the Hou Ye said that he would move after the filial piety period, so that the three of them could get together more often, so he gave up. .

   He is not without selfishness, and wants to gain a firm foothold in the officialdom as soon as possible by virtue of the prestige of the champion, so that he can compete with Lanshan and his son as soon as possible.

  Let's not say anything else, every three years in the spring, he is not the only young talent. Did Xu Cifu like him only because he was the grandson of the deceased great scholar Qiao Zhuo?

   This is probably just one reason, another reason is that the closeness of the champion Hou to him let the world know that the in-law relationship between the Qiao family and the Hou family has not been broken because of the departure of the Qiao family's daughter.

   But if he knew that there would eventually be such rumors about living in the Hou Mansion, he would rather move out early.

   "Quickly move me out, and don't let my daughter's reputation be damaged!" Li Guangwen said with a stern face.

  I thought this kid was pretty good, but unfortunately he doesn't have any other daughters. Now it seems that he is still a son-in-law.

   "Master Li, I can't move out now, otherwise wouldn't it make people feel guilty as a thief?"

  Li Guangwen was stunned and depressed: "Then what are you going to do?"

   (end of this chapter)