In the main hall, a wisp of white smoke curled up in the air from the gilt-gilt three-legged copper incense burner.
The scent of ambergris is soothing and calming.
On the large bed, Pei Juexu, with a white cloth tied on his head, lay with his eyes closed, his long eyelashes casting uneven shadows on his eyelids.
His face was extremely beautiful, but also gentle and clean. Lying so quietly, he had a sickly and broken feeling. He was still just a young man, a slightly frail and beautiful young man.
His right hand rested weakly on the pulse pillow, and the imperial doctor was diagnosing his pulse.
On the large nanmu chair, the emperor of Dazhou sat anxiously, looking anxious.
Finally, the doctor's hand fell.
"How is it?" the emperor asked anxiously.
"The Sixth Prince was not in good health to begin with. I'm afraid he needs to take good care of himself this time." The imperial doctor considered.
The sixth prince was born sicker than ordinary children. Although he was raised extremely well later, he was not as good as other princes in the royal family. This incident made the emperor even more frightened.
"What about the others?" The emperor was not satisfied.
"Others are just external injuries, but if... it's more severe, the Sixth Prince might... really be in trouble," the imperial doctor said.
The emperor slammed the table hard, "How dare you murder the sixth prince? How audacious."
The imperial doctor trembled with fright and quickly lowered his head.
"Father!" Pei Juexu's long eyelashes fluttered twice, and he slowly opened his eyes, with a gentle smile on his light lips.
Use your hands to sit up.
"Lie down and don't get up." The emperor stopped him with a stern face.
"Father, my son is fine." Pei Juexu said warmly, but he did not insist on sitting up. A servant came over and put a soft pillow for him so that he could sit more comfortably.
"See who made the move? Who dares to hit my prince?" the emperor asked in a deep voice.
"Father, I don't know, but I should recognize her if I see her again." Pei Juexu said. In fact, the woman looked familiar and she should have seen her before.
"You haven't seen it before?"
"My son... I don't think I've seen him before." Pei Juexu smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"I have people seal that place and strictly investigate everyone." The emperor was extremely angry.
"Father, just ask Zuo Xiang to investigate. After all, this matter has something to do with Zuo Xiang. The place is close to his residence, just outside the wall of Zuo Xiang's residence." Pei Juexu said, his pale face reflecting the black color of his face. His eyes were brilliant, but also revealed some gentleness and harmlessness.
Everyone in the palace knew that the sixth prince born to Concubine Luo was sicker than other princes due to difficulty in giving birth, but he was very gentle and was the most favored by the emperor.
Not only did the emperor like this son, but the prince also liked his sixth brother very much.
"You almost got into trouble, and he actually dared to hold a banquet in the palace." The emperor became angry and said angrily.
"Father, my life was saved by Jiang Jinxin, the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister of the Left." Pei Juexu's lips curved slightly, "If she had come a little later, I might not be able to see my father."
Thinking of this result, the emperor's face changed drastically: "Nonsense, my son has a real dragon to protect him, how can anything really happen to him?"
"Father is right!" Pei Juexu said, "Father, you just punish the left prime minister. You don't have to implicate other people in his house. You also have to reward Miss Jiang. The punishment is punishment and the reward is reward."
"The merits are equal to the faults!" The emperor was slightly calm.
"Can the merits and demerits be equal?" Pei Juexu said in a gentle voice.
"No! The father was at fault, and the daughter happened to have merit. It is best to balance the merits and demerits." The emperor said coldly.
"Father, did Miss Jiang save her son in vain?" Pei Juexu joked with a pale face, but suddenly paused and gently rubbed his forehead with his hand.
"How are you? Do you have a headache?" The emperor stood up uneasily, reached out and pressed his forehead. He breathed a sigh of relief when he found that there was no fever.
"Father, I just made a little effort, but I fainted when I moved too much." Pei Juexu said bluntly, "Father, you must reward Miss Jiang Er, after all, my life is yours!"
"If you don't reward your daughter, reward your mother." The emperor thought for a while and said, "Daughters are juniors and they should be filial to their parents."
Pei Juexu curled his lips and smiled: "Okay!"
This was originally Jiang Jinxin's own intention. If the merit was not given to her, it would be fine if it was given to her biological mother.
"Tell me more about the faces of the people who beat you." This is what the emperor is most concerned about.
Pei Juexu described it and said.
"I asked Prime Minister Zuo to send people to strictly ban the surrounding area. All mansions will be inspected strictly, and no family will be spared." The emperor's expression was condensed and gloomy.
"Father, what's your reason?" Pei Juexu raised his eyebrows and smiled.
There are some things that are inconvenient for people to know, and there is no clear and convincing reason, the emperor pondered.
"It's better to treat it as an assassination crime." Pei Juexu looked at Wen Liang's eyes flashing with a hint of darkness, leaned his head back, curled his lips and smiled, "I just said that I went to find ginseng for my elder brother. It is said in the Zuo Xiang Mansion that someone sent a new ginseng, and then an assassin appeared. Someone was deliberately trying to lure me there."
This was a good reason. Thinking that his eldest son was in even worse health now, the emperor's eyebrows knotted and he fell silent.
"Father, my eldest brother will be fine. He said that he will be fine in the future, and he will take his son for a walk outside to see the great land of our father." Pei Juexu comforted him knowing that the emperor felt sorry for the prince.
"I didn't protect your brother, and I didn't protect you either." The emperor blamed himself.
"Father, my sons and my eldest brother all think you are a good father." A smile appeared on Pei Juexu's pale face.
"You...you..." The emperor's voice became hoarse.
"Father, don't worry, it will get better! Everything will be fine."
Jiang Xuncheng knelt in the imperial study room with his head lowered. A teacup broke on the ground and fell a step away in front of him, almost hitting him directly.
He himself knows his own family affairs, and his local foundation as prime minister is still shallow. If it were not for some special reasons, he would not be able to be the prime minister.
"There is news from your house that the sixth prince hurriedly came over to check and met the assassin. Is this related to you?" The emperor asked sharply.
"Your Majesty, I don't know that my wife is having a banquet today, and I... I also stay in the mansion." Jiang Xuncheng said in fear, subconsciously placing all the blame on Kong.
"Your wife?" The emperor looked coldly at Jiang Xuncheng who was kneeling below.
"Yes...it's all for my wife. She...she wants to hold this spring banquet." Jiang Xuncheng sweated on his vest.
"You mean, your wife wants to murder the sixth prince? Send someone to assassinate the sixth prince?" The emperor said slowly, spitting out every word.
Every word hides a chilling coldness and majesty.
"Wei Chen really didn't know that the Sixth Prince was assassinated outside Wei Chen's residence." Even if Jiang Xuncheng admitted the matter, he couldn't escape if he did.
Kong doesn't have that much ability to do such a thing.
"Five hundred years of ginseng?" The emperor sneered.
"I haven't, and I have never heard of this. I don't know where the Sixth Prince heard such a rumor." Jiang Xuncheng explained hurriedly.
The Sixth Prince got news that the Prime Minister Zuo's Mansion had recently obtained a 500-year-old ginseng. He didn't know whether it was true or not, so he planned to come over and have a look.
This matter may not be true or not. The Sixth Prince did not intend to mobilize troops, so he dressed as a rich man and came to the Prime Minister's Mansion. However, when he walked to the alley next to the Prime Minister's Mansion, he encountered an assassin ambushing there and was almost stabbed to death. Fortunately, someone rescued him and the sixth prince escaped with his life.
"No? Then why is it that the news is about your house? There is a banquet in your house at this time. If there was no such banquet, people in your house would have heard the Sixth Prince's cry for help! Just separated by a wall, I don’t know whether my sixth prince is alive or dead, but in your house, he is still singing and dancing."
The emperor snapped.
"Your Majesty, everything is my wife's fault. I will definitely scold her when I return home." Jiang Xuncheng said with a look of fear.
"I heard that your wife is the daughter of Anxin Houfu?"
"It's... the third... third girl from Anxinhou Mansion."
"In her early years, she was very talented and well-known. She is also a talented and beautiful woman. Marrying you is considered a lowly marriage, right?"
"Yes... I was just a minister at the time." Jiang Xuncheng didn't understand what the emperor meant by this. The emperor must be aware of this kind of thing.
"Tomorrow, let your wife enter the palace. Concubine Luo wants to see your wife."
"Yes, I will obey the order." Jiang Xuncheng hurriedly agreed.
"Take the people from Dali Temple to investigate. First, investigate your Zuo Xiang's Mansion, and then seal off the nearby mansions. I will investigate each house. It is bound to find out the origins of this assassin and why he wanted to murder the Sixth Prince! No matter who it is, Never let it go." The emperor was still most concerned about this matter. After talking about Kong's matter, he said sternly.
"I obey the order." Jiang Xuncheng bowed his head and obeyed the order.
"Go down!" The emperor waved his hand.
Jiang Xuncheng stood up, retreated to the door, and then turned around and left the imperial study. When he was outside, there was a faint cold sweat on his vest. He clenched his fists hard and calmed down, then frowned and strode out.
After returning all the way from the palace, I got off the carriage and saw that the old lady's mother-in-law was already waiting. When she saw him getting off the carriage, she hurriedly stepped forward and saluted respectfully: "Prime Minister, please come over, Madam."
"What's the matter?" Jiang Xuncheng said coldly, raising his hand and calling the boy, asking him to go find the steward. People from Dali Temple will be coming soon. This spring banquet can't be held, so he has to tell the female relatives of each family to go back first. So as not to be disturbed.
What does the Sixth Prince’s matter have to do with the Kong family?
Although the emperor didn't say anything, he had a hidden meaning, especially since he wanted Kong to enter the palace tomorrow to meet Luo Fei, who was the biological mother of the sixth prince.
Something happened to the Sixth Prince.
condemn? Not quite!
"It's a matter between Aunt Gu and the eldest lady." The mother-in-law babbled on. "The eldest lady wore the second girl's clothes at the banquet. It was a little narrower, and the thread was stretched at that time. The old lady was angry, Aunt Gu felt wronged, and the eldest lady Still crying..."
Jiang Xuncheng only felt a headache, and only a few words of "anger, grievance, and crying" were left in his head. He interrupted his mother-in-law impatiently: "Go back and report to the old lady, and send away the female relatives of each family first. Dali Temple will send one immediately. People are here to check.”
How can he care about Aunt Gu and the eldest daughter's affairs now? The fire has been burned in his own house. If nothing can be found this time, he will be guilty.
But if something is found...
