The Wife is First

“The young tiger was naughty and bumped into the fourth prince. I hope he will forgive me.” Mu Hanzhang touched the furry tiger that was rubbing against his leg and saluted Jingyu with a slight apology.

“Hey, Fourth Emperor Brother, I’m really sorry. You said you were coming without even telling me in advance. You came just in time for me to throw the chicken wings.” Jing Shao went up to meet Jing Yu insincerely and patted Jing Yu. The ash on his body was just a little strong, and he almost knocked the fourth prince down.

Jingchen glanced at the three cups on the table calmly and winked at Mu Hanzhang. Mu Hanzhang immediately put his mutton-fat jade cup into his sleeve.

Today, the fourth prince saw that his father invited Jingchen to go to the imperial study to talk alone. Then he saw Jingchen leaving the imperial study and heading straight to the south of the city. He thought his father had entrusted him with something important, so he followed him, but unexpectedly he just followed him. Prince Cheng and his wife just made an appointment to have a drink.

The four of them sat in the peach garden and talked nonsense for a long time. Jing Shao couldn’t help but yawn, and pulled his princess away with an excuse.

After King Cheng left, the fourth prince naturally couldn’t keep him as his younger brother, so he also left. However, before leaving, he glared at the tiger jumping up and down. He was sure that the chicken wings thrown in his face were no accident.

After the three of them left, Jingchen sat alone in the pavilion for a while. The green plum wine was very light, and he wouldn’t be afraid of getting drunk if he drank a few more glasses. These days, the second son was sick again, and Mrs. Xiao’s temper became worse and worse. She felt a headache when she returned to the palace.

When Mrs. Xiao married him, she had always been a gentle lady, but after giving birth to her second son, she suddenly became a little suspicious. In addition, Wang Ji’s son and Xiao Si were born at almost the same time, so she felt wronged… …

Jingchen looked at the peach trees in the garden and thought that his younger brother must have descendants, but he was not in a hurry. After all, he couldn’t do it when his father was on the throne. It would not be too late to discuss this matter after he ascended the throne. .

“It’s boring to drink alone, do you want someone to accompany you?” A clear and melodious voice with a hint of frivolity came from behind.

Jingchen suddenly felt his head hurt even more.

The next day, the fourth prince came to court and was pulled aside.

“Your Highness, I saw King Huainan going to King Rui’s Taoyuan in the south of the city yesterday.” The man said hurriedly.

“What did you say? Prince Rui’s peach garden?” Jing Yu’s eyebrows twitched, “You didn’t see it wrong, right?” He was also in the peach garden yesterday,

“It’s absolutely true,” the man looked very excited, “Wei Chen went to the south of the city yesterday to do business, and accidentally saw the King of Huainan, and his two guards were still guarding outside the Taoyuan.”

The fourth prince quickly recalled what happened yesterday. Thinking of the flying chicken wings, he didn’t believe that Jing Shao did it unintentionally. He originally thought that he was deliberately embarrassing him. From this point of view, maybe there was someone in the pavilion at that time, and Jing Shao did it for him. Cover that person’s whereabouts!

The more he thought about it, the more he realized that this was the case. Jing Yu couldn’t help but sweat on his palms. If it was true, then Jing Shao was colluding with the feudal king. Since they met in Taoyuan, Prince Rui might also be involved. If this was done well, It would give Jingchen a big fall.

When Mu Hanzhang heard that the fourth son of Prince Rui’s Mansion was ill, and that the fever still persisted after two doctors, he sent someone to deliver some precious medicinal materials to Prince Rui’s Mansion.

Mrs. Xiao couldn’t help frowning when she looked at the crying legitimate son in the nanny’s arms. Then she looked at the healthy and lively legitimate son next to her, feeling increasingly irritated. Even after taking the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor for two days, I didn’t see any improvement. The recurring fever was really frustrating.

The wet nurse was afraid of being scolded, so she took the initiative to mention that sometimes children who are sick may not be really sick, but may be pestered by something: “I heard that Master Mo Bei of Biyun Temple in the west of the city is very effective. How about… …”

“If it’s not ready tomorrow, please come and take a look.” Princess Rui took a look at the things sent by Prince Cheng’s Mansion, and asked someone to say a kind word in return before sending them to the warehouse. I haven’t said that I’m going to give it to them yet. Who can show me such attentiveness?

“What do you say?” Mu Hanzhang asked Yunzhu who went to deliver something.

“It’s troublesome and the princess is thinking about it. The palace has been too busy to take care of it recently. I will invite the princess to visit the palace another day to talk about it.” Yunzhu answered word for word according to the original words.

Mu Hanzhang waved Yunzhu down and frowned slightly. What he asked people to send were rare medicinal materials that were in use. Princess Rui’s words were just polite words she just replied without looking at the things carefully. From this point of view, the child He is indeed very ill.

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

“I’m leaving today.” Gu Huaiqing poured Jing Shao a glass of wine.

“You finally figured it out,” Jing Shao glanced at him, “I said, what are you doing in this big circle in Beijing?”

Gu Huaiqing smiled and said softly: “Catch ghosts.”

“Catch ghosts?” Jing Shao was stunned and sneered, “When did you become a magic stick?”

Gu Huaiqing smiled and said nothing. At this moment, there was a commotion downstairs. The two of them walked to the window and saw the fourth prince Jing Yu leading a group of people surrounding Zuixian Tower.

“What’s going on?” Jing Shao frowned. The fourth prince was now in charge of the Criminal Department and had many useful people.

“The ghost is here.” Gu Huaiqing looked at someone standing next to the fourth prince, with a sneer on his lips.

“We have been ordered to come here to capture the important criminals. No one in the building is allowed to leave. We will check them one by one!” The leading officer and soldiers shouted loudly. After saying that, he waved his hand and led the officers and soldiers to search one by one. It seemed that they had already realized it, leaving only a few. One person guarded the people in the lobby, while the rest of the people 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 pushed open the window. The window of the private room he chose was facing the roof next door. With their skills, they were able to 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… Weichen…” 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 getting 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 fall 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. Those 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 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.