Wu Xing and Zhu Zhizhi found no one suspected of General Song Jin and Xiang Kun in the prison of the Criminal Department, so they had no choice but to give up.
What's more, this is the fifth line of speculation. If Fan Yun didn't lie, then the two people were indeed killed, and they would naturally not be found.
The fifth line left the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, but they didn’t know how to get out, so they could only follow Zhu Zhizhi.
"In the palace, apart from the prison of the Ministry of Punishments, are there any other places where prisoners are held?" the fifth line asked Zhu Zhizhi.
"Generally speaking, there are two types of heavenly prisons. One is the imperial prison, and the other is the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. However, the imperial prison is the place where serious criminals of the imperial court are detained, and they must all be those arrested by the emperor's imperial decree. If Song Jin The general and the others are in the imperial prison. My brother and the emperor must know that they will not let us come looking for them again. Moreover, to enter the imperial prison, you must have the emperor's imperial edict, otherwise it is impossible to enter. Even the emperor Neither can my brother and I." Zhu Zhizhi replied.
"Oh! So that's the case. That's naturally impossible. But if they are still in the hands of Dongchang, where will the people of Dongchang keep them?" The fifth line said to himself.
"Oh! When you say that, I think of a place, the private prison in Dongchang." Zhu Zhizhi immediately woke up and said.
"Dongchang private prison?" the fifth line asked in surprise.
If Zhu Zhizhi hadn't mentioned it, Fifth Line wouldn't have even known that such a place existed.
"Yes! Dongchang Private Prison is a prison set up privately by Dongchang. It is often used to detain people who Dongchang thinks are suspects, but there is not enough evidence to send them to death row. This private prison is very mysterious, and Dongchang has never No outsiders are allowed to approach, not even Ouchi secret agents and Jin Yiwei. If General Song Jin and Xiang Kun are in their hands, they must be locked up here. But if I want to go in and search, it is impossible, even Even my imperial brother can't help it." Zhu Zhizhi finally felt a little embarrassed now.
"In the palace, there is actually a place where the prince and you can't go?" The fifth line was even more surprised after hearing this.
"What's so strange about this? Since the establishment of Dongchang, he has been directly ordered by the emperor, and he has the right to kill first and report later. His power is naturally very great. In addition, Eunuch Shi is also an old minister of my father's emperor and has great prestige in the court. Even my emperor brother has to give him three points, what can I do?" Zhu Zhizhi explained.
"The palace is as deep as the sea!" After hearing the fifth line, he just sighed.
After Zhu Zhizhi finished speaking, she took him around the palace. Although the fifth line didn't know the road, he had discovered that this road was not the same road he had taken when he came here.
"This is not the way we came. Where are you taking me?" The fifth line asks with a questioning kiss.
"Hey! I won't lose you, you stingy guy. Just follow me." After Zhu Zhizhi finished speaking, he suddenly secretly smiled deeply.
The fifth line was dubious, but had no other choice but to follow Zhu Zhizhi. After walking for a while, the fifth row really felt that something was wrong. The only people walking around were either palace maids or eunuchs. There was no one else at all. In the fifth line, we have already guessed intuitively that they seem to have arrived in the harem.
In the fifth line, just as he was about to catch up with Zhu Zhizhi to ask another question, Zhu Zhizhi said first: "We'll be there soon. Please wait for me here."
After Zhu Zhizhi finished speaking, she walked towards a palace gate. When two palace maids in front of the gate saw that Princess Qingying was coming, they immediately saluted her. Zhu Zhizhi glanced at the fifth row with a smile, then whispered a few words to one of the palace maids, and the palace maid immediately entered the room.
In the fifth line, he felt more and more strange, as if Zhu Zhizhi was hiding something from him. Just as he was thinking wildly, he suddenly saw the three characters "Renshou Palace" written on the tall palace gate.
"Queen Mother, why did she bring me to the Queen Mother's residence?" Although the fifth line had never entered the palace, he still knew that Renshou Palace was the residence of the Queen Mother. He was shocked, a little angry in his heart, and even more confused about what Zhu Zhizhi was doing.
The fifth line was about to go forward and question Zhu Zhizhi, but he saw the palace lady who had just entered walked out, and then only said to the fifth line: "Princess, the fifth young hero, the queen mother invites you."
In the fifth line, he was angry but dared not speak. He only asked Zhu Zhizhi in a low voice: "Why did you bring me here?"
"Let's go in first." Zhu Zhizhi's face was not only happy, but also a little shy, as if she was a young woman about to get married.
The fifth line had never seen Zhu Zhizhi show such an attitude in front of him, and he suddenly felt a bad feeling in his heart. But at this moment, the arrow was on the string and he had to shoot, so he had to follow Zhu Zhizhi into the palace obediently.
"Zhizhi, please say hello to your mother!" Zhu Zhizhi took the lead and said.
Although the fifth line has seen a lot of the world, he rarely interacts with dignitaries. Although he spent quite a lot of time in contact with Prince Xiao, Prince Xiao was, after all, a very arrogant person and was never bound by any etiquette. Therefore, when the Fifth Line met the Queen Mother this time, it was actually the first time that they had real dealings with the royal family and nobles in the palace. In the fifth line, when he saw the Queen Mother, he didn't know what to say and just stood there blankly. After a while, he saw Zhu Zhizhi winking at him, so he immediately knelt down and bowed to the Queen Mother and said: "The fifth line of ordinary people pays homage to the queen mother. I wish the queen mother good health and great blessings." This should be the first time that the fifth line salutes to others in such a formal way. I was speechless for a moment and only said a few random sentences.
"Haha! You're welcome for the fifth young hero, get up!" The Queen Mother said to the fifth line gently, and then loudly said to the maid next to her: "Here comes someone! Please give the fifth young hero a seat."
As soon as the Queen Mother spoke, a palace maid had already brought a chair, but even though the fifth row was sitting, she felt even more uncomfortable than standing, and she didn't know where to place her hands and feet.
"Haha! Zhizhi is really right, the Fifth Young Hero is really a talented person." The Queen Mother looked him up and down, and then said with great satisfaction.
"Thank you, Queen Mother." In the fifth line, he felt that the Queen Mother looked at him a little strangely, so he didn't know how to answer, so he just said three words in a dull tone.
By the way, the fifth line also thought that he was a suave and unrestrained knight, but now that Zhu Zhizhi treated him like this, he actually looked like a fool. He even looks a bit like his stupid brother Tang Zhong, who is sworn in by his sworn brother, and can't even speak clearly.
"Zhizhi has already told the Ai family about everything between you. The Ai family has also discussed it with your master Zhang Taifu, and they both agree. Therefore, if you two have no objections, after the martial arts conference, the Ai family will I will make the decision for you, calculate your birthdays, choose a good and auspicious day, and let you get married." The Queen Mother said very seriously.
"Queen Mother, I have no objection." Zhu Zhizhi immediately replied with a smile.
"Getting married?" The fifth line was a little confused. He couldn't react for a while and didn't know what was going on.
"Yes! The Ai family has known about the matter between you and Zhizhi for a long time. The Ai family wanted to meet you before, but I heard from both Prince Xiao and Zhizhi that you have been busy because of the Guanyin case, so they didn't I sent someone to disturb you. Since you have to go to the palace today to do business, the Ai family simply asked Zhizhi to bring you here." The Queen Mother was also very happy like Zhu Zhizhi.
"What's going on between us? Between us..." In the fifth line, he wanted to ask "What's going on between us", but he was afraid of losing Zhu Zhizhi's face, so he interrupted what he was about to say.
"Fifth Young Master, don't be nervous. If you have anything to say, just say it." The Queen Mother said very kindly, as if she had already regarded him as a horse.
The fifth line thought for a while and then gradually came back to his senses. He also immediately understood that Zhu Zhizhi had been sneaking around, but it turned out that he was instigating this matter.
In the fifth line, he calmed down for a moment, and then said to the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, there is a sentence in the fifth line, I don't know whether I should say it or not."
"But it doesn't matter." The Queen Mother said.
"First of all, the princess is a wealthy person, while the fifth line is just a wanderer. He has always been undisciplined and rude. He is afraid that he will not be able to live up to the noble status of the princess and be unworthy of the emperor's grace. Secondly, the fifth line is used to living an idle life. He has never been informal and is not accepted at all. There are many rules and regulations in the palace. The fifth line, although I really admire the princess, but I feel that my status is humble and I don't dare to follow the dragon and the phoenix, and I am afraid that I will let down the princess's kindness. What the common people say is the truth, please understand it clearly." The fifth line I said a lot, but I only meant one thing, and I wasn’t very happy with it.
The fifth line actually didn't expect that Zhu Zhizhi would actually play this little trick of killing first and then showing off in front of him. But it's too late to say anything now. You still have to think about how to get past the Queen Mother first!
"Listening to the meaning of the fifth young hero's words, it seems that you dislike our Zhizhi?" The Queen Mother's tone was a little harsher, but from Zhizhi's evil smile, it can also be seen that the Queen Mother is deliberately scaring the fifth line. .
Although Princess Qingying can't handle the fifth line, she has always been obsessed with it. But Princess Qingying's temper is not that of someone who lets others bully her. She knew that she couldn't handle the fifth line, but she believed that her mother would be able to suppress him.
So, after he returned to the palace, he kept begging the Queen Mother, saying that he wanted to recruit a fifth consort, and he also threatened that he would not marry anyone other than him. The Queen Mother was very unhappy when she saw that Wu Xing was just an idler with no fame or wealth. She was only afraid that her daughter would suffer. Unexpectedly, Princess Qingying had a firm attitude and repeatedly teased the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother finally couldn't stand her daughter's persistence, so she had no choice but to agree.
After that, the Queen Mother carefully solicited the opinions of the Emperor, Prince Xiao, Zhang Yu and others. Seeing that they all agreed very much and were very optimistic about them, she felt a little confident.
