Although Zhang Ling has never met his parents, he knows what they have done and does not care about him. Naturally, he does not have any resentment at all. It should be said that they are respectable people in the entire Chen Kingdom. No child can bear such humiliation. slander.
Chen Zuliang cried out in pain and retorted: "Bah, if you really dare to do anything again, I will let your whole family die."
Zhang Ling let go of his grasping hand, raised his hands together, and beat Chen Zuliang, then stepped on his head with his final kick, and shouted again: "Apologise!"
Chen Zuliang was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. He could not speak clearly and said: "Sister Huang, save me."
Princess Pei Jin begged: "My lord, it was indeed Zuliang who made rude remarks in this matter. Since you have already taught him a lesson, please let him go. I will make it clear to my father afterwards and will not blame him." your."
Zhang Ling glanced at Chen Yueying, who was almost married to him, and said with disdain: "Stop if you tell me to stop. I don't want to lose face. If he doesn't kowtow and apologize today, I will destroy him no matter what."
Seeing that her advice was useless, Princess Pei Jin had no choice but to say to Chen Zuliang: "Zu Liang, no matter what, you shouldn't have insulted your elders, why don't you apologize quickly."
Chen Zuliang said with a bitter face: "Sister Huang, why are you still facing outsiders? He is just a commoner, what are you afraid of!"
Princess Pei Jin held her forehead and shook her head, sighing secretly. The second brother was gentle and elegant, talented and knowledgeable, and the eldest brother practiced martial arts as a general and was proficient in the art of war. Why did he have such a stupid younger brother.
Princess Pei Jin also knew from Zhang Ling's words just now that the identity of the other party was not simple. Not only did she talk and laugh about the prince, but she was not afraid of the emperor. She, who was already smart, figured it out immediately and asked: "Is the young master a disciple of the Enlightenment Academy?"
Zhang Ling was slightly surprised, but beating the prince was troublesome. Zhang Ling always refused to admit it at this time, and denied: "Princess Pei Jin, why did you say this? I am just a thief who broke into the palace secretly. The academy disciples really don't deserve it." rise."
Regarding Zhang Ling's denial, Princess Pei Jin became even more convinced. She looked down at Chen Zuliang and smiled: "Zu Liang, you heard it too. This young master broke into the palace secretly. If he is discovered, it will be a serious crime. But he dares to do it alone." If you come here, you must not even be afraid of your father, so how can you listen to my advice? You should just bow your head and admit your mistake."
Zhang Ling looked at Princess Pei Jin's insignificant expression again, and smiled knowingly. He looked down at Chen Zuliang and threatened: "This is not easy. Since you know about my sneaking into the palace, if I let you go, If you go and sue me, wouldn’t I be doomed? No, it’s safe to keep silent.”
Zhang Ling stretched out his big hand, and Chen Zuliang was so frightened that he quickly kowtowed and apologized.
Chen Zuliang had never experienced such injustice and intimidation before. Zhang Ling raised his hands twice and was so frightened that he burst into tears.
Zhang Ling kicked him twice more before putting down his foot, leaning over to help Chen Zuliang, looking at him with a smile on his face. As soon as Chen Zuliang looked up, he was so frightened that he rolled back until he was two feet away from Zhang Ling. He just got up, feeling tight all over, and looked at the imperial sister who was still there. He carefully walked over and pulled the person over, which made Princess Pei Jin couldn't stop laughing. Chen Zuliang felt confused and asked: "Sister Huang, why are you laughing? "
Princess Pei Jin suppressed her smile and said to the man in front of her: "I think the young master is very skilled, so why not be my bodyguard so that I don't have to run away? What do you think of the young master?"
Zhang Ling said expressionlessly: "I'm not interested. If you're fine, I'll leave first."
Just as Zhang Ling was about to turn around, Princess Pei Jin immediately called out: "Master, wait a minute, I still don't know what your name is?"
Zhang Ling chuckled: "You think I'm stupid. I leave my name for you to find out, and I won't be sued."
Zhang Ling turned his head resolutely, but this time he got another startling glance. He didn't know many people in such a huge palace, but he saw it again? The person in front of him was none other than Zhao Weizhong, the chief internal officer.
When Chen Zuliang saw the old eunuch, he was overjoyed and said, "Eunuch Zhao, this man broke into the palace secretly, arrest him quickly."
Zhang Ling turned around and looked at him with a fierce expression, but this time there was a "tiger" by his side. Chen Zuliang boldly took a step forward. Zhang Ling looked at the old eunuch helplessly and spoke silently, I don’t know if Zhao Weizhong understood, but he bypassed Zhang Ling and the two of them left. He saluted Princess Pei Jin and said, "I have met the third princess."
Princess Pei Jin said softly: "My father-in-law, there is no need to be polite."
Chen Zuliang hurriedly asked Zhao Weizhong to attack Zhang Ling. Unexpectedly, the old eunuch slapped him directly in the face, which made his already miserable face worse. Zhao Weizhong scolded: "The prince has already gone to court, but you are still here." If you are wandering around, you should be beaten.”
Chen Zuliang covered his face and said: "Zhao Weizhong, you..."
Zhao Weizhong said slowly: "His Majesty wants you to go to Jin'an Palace as soon as possible."
Chen Zuliang did not dare to delay, and ran away while tidying up his appearance.
Zhao Weizhong walked to Zhang Ling and said, "Follow me."
Zhang Ling said nothing, followed the old eunuch, took off the human skin mask and put it away when no one was around, and said to please: "Eunuch Zhao, I have to trouble you about this."
Zhao Weizhong looked at the young man who showed his true face and smiled: "It doesn't matter, he is just a useless prince, our family can still solve it."
Zhang Ling took out a fifty-tael silver note from his sleeve and gave it to him. He chuckled and said, "Thank you, father-in-law."
Although Zhao Weizhong looked down on this mere fifty taels, he still nodded and accepted it, reminding: "Although His Majesty has given the academy privileges, I still want to remind the young master that if the young master is disrespectful in private, Your Majesty will not blame him, but in this case Above the court, should the young master kneel down?"
Zhang Ling responded with a smile and said: "I understand, kneeling down will not save you two taels of silver anyway."
As he gradually approached Jin'an Hall, the old eunuch stopped talking to Zhang Ling, and extended from the Jin'an Hall to the outside in the order of civil right and martial left. Only the fourth rank and above are qualified to stand in the court. If the rest of the people The higher the officials, the closer they are to the Jin'an Hall. As for the petty officials, they just stand closer to each other to see who can run faster. There are some at the bottom who have long been accustomed to it. Anyway, they are all far away from the Jin'an Hall. People are always smiling when they are fifty, so they simply stay a little later every time so that they can have more rest. When bringing special personnel to court, Zhao Weizhong can always see those figures who are unwilling to make progress at the end of the official line. When they see When the old eunuch came, they would bow their heads in shame, for fear that the old eunuch would make trouble for them, and in the end they would not even be able to serve as such trivial officials. But even so, they still remained stubborn, and Zhao Weizhong was not surprised. Too lazy to care about those unimportant people.
As we moved into the Jin'an Hall, not only did the clothes worn by the officials become more refined, but the tablets on their hands to record events also changed from bamboo to ivory or white jade. Zhang Ling also happened to see the two types of tablets alternating with each other on the royal road. Ren Pingsheng stood under the ladder, and the two of them looked at each other in a flash.
