Qiao Jianghong was punished by His Majesty. Knowing this result, Mrs. Qiao and Mrs. Liu were relieved.
No one dared to ask the father-in-law why he had not come to tell this until now.
The people in the palace, and the eunuchs around His Majesty, although they have no status, their masters are noble, and outsiders have to pay three respects to the eunuchs.
Mother Wu sent the eunuch away politely.
At noon, Qiao Jianghong came back, unkempt, smelling of horse shit, with marks on his knees and grass stuck to his clothes.
The whole person looked haggard and miserable, and his eyes had long been frightened and dull.
Mrs. Qiao felt distressed and hated him for not living up to expectations when she saw him acting like this.
She frowned and said, "Go and wash up and then come back and reply."
"Yes, Grandma."
His voice was hoarse and weak. After kneeling for a day and a night, he had already become stupid.
Mrs. Liu brushed the weeds off Qiao Jianghong's body with red eyes. It can be said that it hurt her son's body and her mother's heart.
She didn't dare to say anything for fear of breaking Qiao Jianghong's thin self-esteem.
Qiao Jianghong returned to Wenyuanju to wash up and change into clean clothes.
When An Qi'en learned in Qiushui Ju that Qiao Jianghong was back, Bai Lu took out the prepared potion and applied it on the outline of An Qi'en's eyes.
Within two minutes, An Qien's eyes were as red and swollen as if they had been crying for a long time.
Her sad and pitiful look was that of worry that her husband had not returned home all night.
After getting ready, An Qien went to Anhe Hall.
Qiao Jianghong had already washed himself and changed into quiet clothes before answering in Anhe Hall. He was now clean and his hair was no longer messy.
But his eyes were still dull and frightened, and he told the whole story.
He also insisted: "My grandson was framed and wrongfully accused, and the grass was definitely mixed in by others. No matter how stupid my grandson is, he will not give the horse beans to eat. I also have enough food for the horse. I don't know why there is less." Half of them, someone is trying to harm me, grandma!"
Mrs. Liu asked urgently: "Who wants to harm you? You have only entered the palace not long ago, who have you offended?"
Mrs. Qiao frowned. She believed in Qiao Jianghong and knew that her grandson could not be so stupid.
She analyzed it carefully: "The horses in the palace are all used by your majesty, princes, and princesses. The horse on the polo field is said to be the favorite horse of the seventeenth prince. I guess you have become a scapegoat and his majesty loves it." My son, the other princes will inevitably regard him as a thorn in their side, but this is the most likely."
An Qi'en didn't expect that Mrs. Qiao was so thoughtful and could analyze everything.
She had already guessed last night that Qiao Jianghong would be implicated in this matter.
Qiao Jianghong said dejectedly: "My grandson really doesn't dare to do this job anymore."
An Qi'en said calmly: "Your Majesty, don't be discouraged. Grandma can see the reason. Your Majesty is wise and will not fail to see it. Ultimately, this matter is due to a flaw in the Crown Prince's management. If a man has a slight setback, he will not be discouraged." Just retreat, how will you take on big responsibilities in the future?"
Qiao Jianghong glanced at her and saw that her eyes were red. She must have been worried all night.
He felt warm in his heart and said in a low voice: "I made you worry."
An Qien smiled slightly and said nothing.
Mrs. Qiao said thoughtfully: "Qi'en is right. You must be serious and meticulous in everything you do in the future. If you resign, outsiders will say that you can't even raise a horse. You are involved in the royal family's struggle for power. Even if something goes wrong, , it’s just a dead horse, no matter how much your Majesty punishes you, he won’t take your head.”
Qiao Jianghong was full of grievances: "But I have never met the Seventeenth Prince, and just because he was punished, won't there be more things that happen in the future that I will take the blame for?"
An Qi'en said: "Your Majesty, if you do things carefully and without any mistakes, others will try to frame you, but they won't be able to frame you. You have inspected the grain and grass, and you have written the documents, so that horses with horse diseases can be kept there." On the polo field, this also requires you to nod and agree. Can you say that you are right? Qi En speaks frankly, Prince, please don't take it to heart."
She paused for a moment and then said: "First of all, because of your mistakes, others will use your hand to stumble the seventeenth prince."
Qiao Jianghong was speechless.
He knelt all day and night without giving in at all!
It’s just that he doesn’t want to admit it! Always make excuses for yourself to cover up your shortcomings in ability.
Mrs. Liu couldn't hear her daughter-in-law talking about her son like this, so she defended herself and said, "He is your husband. How can he not understand this?"
Mrs. Qiao glared at Ms. Liu: "Qi En is right. Now he knows how to protect her. For his own good, he must know the truth. Don't let him know how he is framed next time."
Qiao Jianghong glanced at An Qien gently: "Madam is right, husband, please keep it in mind."
He looked at her eyes with a little more affection. An Qien avoided his eyes, calmly picked up the teacup, opened the tea leaves with the tea lid and took a sip of tea.
Mrs. Liu shut up angrily.
Having said this, An Qi'en began to talk about the business: "Grandma, mother, the prince has one more thing to do. Aunt Shen mistakenly thought that the prince would never come back in the middle of the night last night, and ran away with a lot of things. They were stopped and now they are locked up in the woodshed."
Qiao Jianghong's heart was shocked and he looked at An Qien in disbelief, seeming to question the authenticity of her words.
Shen Shuli fell in love with him, and their love was as deep as the sea. How could she do this?
Mrs. Qiao slammed the table angrily: "I will send her to Zhuangzi now. Let me see if you have anything else to say!"
Mrs. Liu: "No wonder she disappeared in the middle of the night! It turns out she wanted to run away!"
Qiao Jianghong was suffocating in his heart. He turned around and went to the woodshed without making a sound.
An Qi'en did not follow and went directly back to Qiushui Residence.
Green came to her yard in high spirits, and the two sat down to drink tea.
"Madam, Aunt Shen is going to marry Zhuangzi this time, and the prince will definitely not keep her here."
An Qi'en smiled faintly. She didn't think so. The two had real feelings, and Shen Shuli's abilities had just emerged.
With her ability, she can manipulate Qiao Jianghong at will.
Qing Cui looked at the sky. She was very calm, not happy at all, and asked: "Madam, why are you so calm?"
"She will not leave the Marquis Mansion. The Crown Prince will protect her every day."
The smile on Qing Cui's face disappeared immediately. She was about to run away, but the prince would still protect her?
Sure enough, as An Qien expected, as soon as Qiao Jianghong arrived at the woodshed, Shen Shuli, who was tied up, burst into tears of surprise.
"Brother Jiang Hong, you are back..."
She burst into tears. These were real tears, unlike An Qien's which were fake.
Qiao Jianghong came over with a dark face and untied her. She was dressed like a maid, which was enough to tell that what An Qien said was true and she really wanted to escape.
His heart sank and he said, "Since you want to leave, then go ahead."
Shen Shuli shook her head desperately and cried: "I won't leave, I won't leave, I won't leave when you come back..."
"People in the house say that you are in danger. If I stay, I will die. You are the only one who can protect me in this world. If you don't come back, my wife will sell me out. She can't tolerate me."
