In the evening, Chen Shan arranged a banquet at the Yamen and invited King Zhan, Prince Qi, Uncle Xie Xiaoguo and the two princes to come with them to give them a cleansing.
Chen Shan also specially arranged for several beauties to serve him.
Everyone at the table had different expressions.
Rong Cang sat calmly in his arms, Prince Qi and Uncle Xie Xiaoguo were indifferent, and the seventh and eighth princes were ready to make a move, but every time they caught a glimpse of Rong Cang's cold and indifferent expression, they felt afraid that they wanted to move but did not dare to move.
Gu Chengye took in all their reactions and smiled enthusiastically: "The seventh prince and the eighth prince are not married yet, right? If you like these two women, you might as well take them back and make them a distraction at night."
The Eighth Prince couldn't help but look at the beauty's face, but he refused: "This...isn't this not good?"
"What's wrong-"
"It's really not good." Rong Cang looked at the seventh and eighth princes coldly, his voice cold and ruthless, "My father asked you to come out to practice, not for the sake of beauty. The two royal brothers behave like this, how will you deal with your father when you go back?" Explain?"
The Eighth Prince's face turned the color of pig's liver, and he clenched his chopsticks, looking as if he was too angry to speak.
Gu Chengye quickly smoothed things over: "The two princes are not married yet, and there is no considerate woman around them, unlike the King of War who is already married -"
"Master Gu." Prince Qi frowned, "Just eat when you eat. You talk too much."
Gu Chengye hesitated and had to stop there.
The Seventh Prince and the Eighth Prince just bowed their heads and drank without saying a word.
Rong Cang didn't tolerate them either. He ate a few hastily and then stood up and said, "Go back and pack your things. We'll set off early tomorrow morning."
After a pause, "Two royal brothers, please don't go out tonight. I don't want to be unable to find anyone tomorrow morning."
The seventh prince said nothing with a cold face.
After Rong Cang left, the Eighth Prince showed contempt: "Pretending."
"His Royal Highness the War King is a gentleman, please don't be upset with the two princes." Gu Chengye said to reassure him, "When there is an opportunity in the future, I will definitely find two better beauties and send them to the capital and hand them over to the two highnesses myself."
The Eighth Prince's eyes lit up: "Seriously?"
"Seriously." Gu Chengye nodded with a smile, "At that time, your two highnesses will not be controlled by the King of War. What's the point of adding two beauties to your own house?"
When the Eighth Prince thought that this was indeed the case, his face looked better.
Hearing this, Qi Jin and Uncle Xie Xiaoguo couldn't help but sigh, then stood up and left.
There were at least a dozen spies patrolling outside the courtyard that night.
Rong Cang and others took a break early and didn't talk any more.
When they got up the next day, Chen Shan had already shackled Xu Teng, the culprit who lied about the disaster, in a prison car overnight, and arranged for officers and soldiers to be escorted out of the city with the King of War.
After Rong Cang checked that there was nothing wrong, he ordered the escort who came with him to escort him all the way out of Shuozhou City. The people along the way prepared rotten vegetables, leaves, rotten eggs in advance, and kept throwing them at the prison car: "Corrupt official!"
"Scum!"
"Smash you to death, you scum!"
"His Royal Highness the War King is wise! Lord Chen is mighty!"
The people were filled with righteous indignation and felt that Xu Teng had committed a heinous crime. He even took all the taxes they paid to the court for himself. If the emperor thought that they did not pay taxes, wouldn't they all become criminals?
It’s really a crime worthy of death!
Xu Teng's eyes were filled with resentment, and he looked coldly at Rong Cang and Qi Shizi who were riding on the horse, his heart filled with hatred for Rong Cang and the Gu family.
Chen Shan said that all of this was Rong Cang's instruction, because the King of War wanted to win over the Gu family and deal with King Yu and the Protectorate, so the Gu family put all the blame on him.
Chen Shan said that the evidence of the crimes of the Protector's Palace and Prince Yu's Palace were sent to the imperial city a few days ago. The War King knew everything the Gu family did, but pretended not to know, obviously to protect the Gu family.
Returning to the capital this time, Xu Teng will become one of the participants in lying about the disaster, and King Yu and the Protectorate are the masterminds behind the scenes.
King Yu's party was completely wiped out and there was no way for them to survive.
The prison car escorted Xu Teng, who kept bumping and bumping. He didn't say a word, just waiting to defeat the King of War after returning to Beijing.
Chen Shan led all his officials to the outside of the city gate.
When Rong Cang came, he was in a light and simple manner, but when he returned, he went back in a majestic manner. In addition to escorting several prison cars, there was also a carriage, and in the carriage sat two Jieyuhua given to him by Gu Chengye.
The journey that could have been covered by a fast horse in three days, due to the delay of the prison car, would take at least five or six days even if the journey was continued day and night.
In order to speed up the process, Rong Cang ordered them to stay overnight in the suburbs and not rest for more than two hours.
Xu Teng persisted like this for three days, with his hands and feet shackled, almost to the point of dying, and he only hated Rong Cang to his core.
On the night of April 24th, when Xu Teng couldn't stand the pain anymore, Rong Cang ordered him to rest for the night, and asked someone to remove the shackles on Xu Teng's hands, let him eat something, and rest happily for the night.
The shackles on my feet were not removed, so I couldn't run away even if I wanted to.
We continued our journey early the next morning, seeing the imperial city in the distance.
April 26th is the Qianqiu Festival in the palace.
After more than twenty days of rest, King Chen finally recovered from his injuries, but his face was still a bit pale as if he was just recovering from a serious illness.
But because I was able to be free, my facial features looked radiant and I was full of energy.
When the eunuch in the palace came to convey the order, saying that the emperor asked King Chen and his wife to change their clothes and enter the palace to attend the Qianqiu Banquet, King Chen was stunned on the spot: "Today?"
"Yeah, just today."
King Chen noticed something was wrong and forced a smile: "Today is not my mother's birthday."
The eunuch's expression was subtle, and the look he looked at King Chen was even more subtle: "Your Highness, King Chen, are you confused? Today is the Queen's Qianqiu Banquet."
King Chen's expression changed slightly: "Queen?"
So before, when my father said that the Qianqiu Banquet could only leave the palace, he was talking about Queen Qianqiu, not the mother-in-law?
Generally speaking, only the birthdays of the queen and the concubine are qualified to call "Qianqiu Festival". To be more strict, the concubine's qualifications are not enough.
It's just that in the past, the imperial concubine was favored by the imperial concubine and presided over the affairs of the Sixth Palace. During her birthday every year, the concubines and the palace officials used to call the birthday a Qianqiu Festival in order to flatter the imperial concubine. From this, people naturally believed that the Qianqiu Banquet should be prepared for the imperial concubine. .
King Chen's face turned pale: "Then...that mother-in-law, she..."
The eunuch lowered his head: "The imperial concubine has angered the emperor for some reason recently. I don't know the situation very well."
Princess Chen's expression changed: "Provoking father? Father-in-law, this... what is going on?"
"I don't know, I beg you, Princess, please stop asking."
Princess Chen turned her head, and her nanny quickly handed over a generous purse. Princess Chen took it and stuffed it into the hand of the eunuch who passed the order: "Prince Chen and I have been staying in the palace for many days. I am really worried about my mother and concubine, and I hope my father-in-law will reveal something." two."
The eunuch who delivered the order looked at the purse in his hand. It was heavy and he thought he had a lot of money.
He hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "Zhaochen Palace was ordered to be locked down, and all the palace officials were transferred to the Huanyi Bureau."
The faces of Chen Wang and his wife turned pale, and they suddenly felt a bit of sadness that the situation was over.
Everyone in the palace was transferred to the Clothing Bureau...Did the father directly put his mother into the cold palace?
