When Shen Haolin and the others arrived at Prince Dai's Mansion, the housekeeper of the Prince's Mansion told them that Prince Dai and Wu Qingruo were not in the mansion. They took a few guards out of the city early in the morning to go to the hot spring village in the suburbs. They would probably stay there for ten days and a half before they could come back. .
During this period, His Highness Prince Ning was responsible for all affairs of the Prince Dai's Mansion.
Although His Highness Prince Ning’s return to the capital has not been announced to the world, everything that needs to be known is already known. Although there are several censors and several who have not dealt with His Highness Prince Ning, they have written impeachment letters and said that they should not If a person like His Highness Prince Ning, who had committed a serious crime, was allowed to come back, he should be left to fend for himself in the imperial mausoleum. As a result, within two days, Song Jue found a reason for the group of people who submitted the letter, and they were all killed. Dismissed, removed from office, and reassigned.
At this time, those who were confused and deceived by thoughtful people understood that this was His Majesty the Emperor's attitude on this matter. It was not that His Highness Prince Ning wanted to come back, but that His Majesty wanted him to come back.
After realizing this, people who knew something about the case began to worry in their hearts. They were not sure whether His Majesty the Emperor and His Highness Prince Ning were going to reopen the old case. After all, many people were still grudges about what happened back then. Pregnant. If the old matter really needs to be brought up again, many people may be implicated, and there will be another bloody storm in the court.
Many people began to care about their own future, and the atmosphere in the court became good. Song Jue's ears became much quieter, and he felt much more relaxed. He felt that he should thank his Uncle Wang for several days in a row. The prince's gift was nominally because the prince's old illness had relapsed and he needed some supplements to take good care of his body, but anyone with eyes could tell who these supplements were for.
"Your Majesty, what a skill..." Song Qiyun looked at a relatively unfamiliar carriage parked at the gate of Prince Dai's Mansion, "There are a lot of people coming to visit, right?"
"Yes, many people have come to visit in the name of old friends in the past few days, but His Highness has not been seen." The palace steward smiled bitterly, "The two old princes were also disturbed, so they decided to go out and hide for two days." He looked at the people in front of him and said, "If you want to see the two princes, go to Zhuangzi." He smiled at Shen Cha, "Miss, go and make bubbles too. It's good for your health."
"Okay!" Shen Cha nodded slightly and pointed to the carriage at the door, "Whose family does this belong to? Uncle Wang has a visitor?"
"From the Qing family." The manager of the palace led several children to the Xiaonuan Hall. "The eldest young master from the Qing family was to catch up with His Highness and have lunch by the way. But it turned out that the young master and Prince Wu were with someone. The young master originally wanted to save people when it came to the news of the fight, but he heard about it before he even left home..."
"Understood!" Song Qiyun smiled, "We helped the young master take care of this business."
"Your Majesty is joking, how can it be nothing?"
A soft voice came from the direction of the small warm hall. Everyone looked up and saw a man wearing a light gray cotton robe standing at the door. He was half a head taller than Shen Haolin and Bai Meng, but his figure was Not a strong young man. The man saw them looking at him and bowed deeply towards them.
"This is..." Song Qiyun looked at the butler beside him, "Young Master Qing?"
"I, Qing Yuanhui." The young master of Qing smiled slightly, "Thank you to the Duke, the general, the prince, and the commander for taking care of my brother. Thank you for saving him."
"The eldest young master is very polite. Even if he is not the eldest young master's brother, if someone encounters such a thing, we will take care of it." Song Qiyun turned to look at the butler, "Please prepare some snacks and hot tea."
"Got it!" Pushing open the door of the small living room, the housekeeper invited a few children in and hurried to the small kitchen to prepare tea.
"Coming?" His Highness Prince Ning was holding a hand stove and lazily leaning on the imperial concubine's couch. When he saw them coming in, he waved, "Find a place to sit by yourself!" He looked at Qing Yuanhui who was following them, " Is this the first time Yuan Hui has met these children?"
"It should be." Qing Yuanhui sat on the small pillar next to the imperial concubine's couch. "I had a chance before, but I was busy outside and couldn't go back to Xijing, so I didn't see him." He said. He looked at Shen Haolin, Shen Cha and Song Qiyun carefully, then turned to look at His Highness Prince Ning, "As you said, they are all very handsome."
"Of course." His Highness Prince Ning looked at the children, "What do you want from me?"
"There is something." Shen Cha looked at the people around him and said, "It has something to do with Mr. Chi Ge. We suspect that he contacted Uncle Wang and entered Prince Ning's Mansion through Uncle Wang's husband. What information did he want to find out? , even if you don’t want to say it, for Uncle Wang’s sake, you will still reveal it.”
"How's it going?" His Highness Prince Ning patted Qing Yuanhui on the shoulder, "What did I say? I'm afraid of future generations, right?"
"Yes!" Qing Yuanhui sighed with emotion, "We were...I mean, when we were their age, if we had their thoughts and composure, we wouldn't let others lead us by the nose, and we would end up like this. A passive situation." He looked at Shen Cha, "The general guessed right. Old Man Chi used His Highness to get information. To be precise, it was not just to get information. If His Highness is a more ambitious and manipulative person, , and they have plans for the next step.”
"So, their initial goal was the salt and iron business?"
"The Duke of Guo is wise." Qing Yuanhui sneered, "We didn't think of this at the beginning, and he didn't reveal it. He just tested our acceptability step by step. In fact, as for these things, we I only figured it out in the past year or two, or rather...it was the second son of the Chi family who came to talk to me about business, and ended up using my cavalry as a cover to sell him salt and iron, so we started to investigate them purposefully. , sorting out what they had done. As a result, we found that... they were not only engaged in the salt and iron business, passing messages to unknown people, but they also seemed to be related to the Jin people."
"Golden Man?" Several people looked at each other, "Are you sure it's the Golden Man?"
"That's right, when the old man celebrated his seventieth birthday, the relationship between us was not so serious. I went to Chi's house to celebrate his birthday. When I arrived at the door, I saw old man Chi personally sending two gifts that were obviously not from Daxia. People come out. I have been doing business all year round and have met a lot of people. I can recognize them at a glance. Those two are Jin people, and they are not ordinary Jin people."
"Not an ordinary golden man?" Shen Haolin frowned, "Who is he?"
"I once met him in Yiqing Mansion. He was a prominent figure in a big family." Qing Yuanhui stood up and walked into the inner room. When he came out, he held a small wooden box in his hand. After opening it, he took out two Zhang opened the portrait towards Shen Haolin, Shen Cha and Song Qiyun, "The Duke, the General, and the Prince, have you ever seen these two people, do you have any impression of them?"
"This is..." Shen Cha walked over and looked at the portrait in Qing Yuanhui's hand carefully. He snapped his fingers and heard a knock on the door of Xiaonuan Hall, followed by Ying Wu walking in. She pointed at the portrait with five fingers, "Does it look familiar? Is it the person I think of?"
Ying Wu walked over and looked at the portrait, then looked at Shen Cha and nodded towards her.
"It's him! But he..." Ying Wu frowned slightly, "Isn't he dead? We sent many brothers to confirm this. It is absolutely correct. It is also because of his death that Wanyan Zongcheng was born. His ability can overcome all opinions and ascend to the throne of the Golden King. If he is not dead, why should he give up?"
"Wait!" His Highness Prince Ning interrupted the conversation between them, "Can you please explain first, who is this person?"
"Wanyan Zongcheng's cousin and one of the most powerful contenders for the throne, Wanyan Tongshu."
