Drunk House

  Chapter 300 is just around the corner (second update)

  Su Rong came to Beijing originally to cooperate with Yan Huisheng and help him break the situation. Now this direction is going exactly as she wants, so she is very satisfied.

  Su Xing looked at her, "Won't this speed up the process?"

   "Yeah, just around the corner."

  Su Xing sighed, "Looking at the current situation, I'm afraid it won't take half a year. Aren't you going to Nanchu?"

  Su Rong understood that it was because she was reluctant to part with her, she smiled, "Brother, I didn't run away to the sky. Although Nanchu is far away from Daliang, it's just a journey of one or two months, and it's not like I won't be able to see each other for the rest of my life."

  Su Xing glared at her, "Even though you say that, it's not easy to see."

  Su Rong also understood this reason, and quickly poured him a cup of jujube tea, "I can't leave for a while, so don't be reluctant, until the day I leave, you will be reluctant."

  Su Xing was helpless, took the jujube tea, and stopped talking about this topic.

  Su Rong asked Su Xingze, "How is Zhou Gu's injury?"

  Su Xing turned his head to look at her, "It's almost ready, and in a few days, you should be able to go out."

  Su Rong nodded.

  Su Xing saw that she only asked this question, so he stopped asking her, and said to her: "After you left Beijing last night, Zhou Gu sent Zi Ye to ask for the token of Princess Sheng'an, sealed the gate of the city, and ordered Zi Ye, unless your majesty's token, anyone who goes out of the city will be stopped."

  Su Rong paused and looked at him, "I heard about this. King Rui'an left the capital, and it was the order of His Royal Highness the Prince. So it was Zhou Gu?"

   "Well, he was afraid that you would leave Beijing late at night because you had something important to do. It would be bad for you if someone followed you in Beijing, so he simply blocked you." Su Xing felt that it was necessary to tell Su Rong about this matter.

  Su Rong nodded.

  Su Xing asked again: "Your Majesty stayed in your palace for a long time to talk, what did he say to you?"

  Su Rong briefly said what the emperor said.

  Su Xing frowned, "What does Your Majesty mean? Disagree with your engagement with Ye Guixue?"

   "It doesn't necessarily mean that I don't agree, he is testing me." Su Rong said: "The person who can sit on that chair, how can he be a simple person? Otherwise, why did the first emperor have many princes, but he was the only one who sat in that position? Otherwise, the prince would not have been suppressed for so many years, so difficult that he did not dare to break the situation easily, and the Duke of the Protectorate also kept a low profile and did not push himself forward."

  She laughed, "Your Majesty of Daliang, in my opinion, is really deep-minded, good at leveraging strength, using the art of the emperor with proficiency, and will follow the trend and judge the situation."

  Su Xing looked at him, "How to say?"

  He hasn't seen the emperor yet.

  Su Rongdao: "The current situation is that the adult princes, except the crown prince, are all involved in the big case, the treasury is empty, and Gui Xue brought the order of the king of Southern Chu to ask Daliang to recognize me first. At that time, my life experience will be made public, and I will go to Southern Chu in a dignified manner. In this way, the emperor will face enormous pressure. And his heart is towards the East Palace, the Su family and the East Palace have long been tied together. Therefore, even if he doesn't want to, he can only adapt to the current situation, delegate power to the prince, and even give me a token as if I came in person."

  Su Xing nodded.

  Su Rong said again: "He probably felt that my mother's blood was not enough to tie me to the boat of Daliang, so he wanted to add Zhou Gu as a weight. After all, the Southern Chu vassal state has not regarded Daliang in his eyes for many years. If Zhou Gu can control Southern Chu and make Southern Chu return to the time when Taizu established the dynasty and become a real vassal state, it would be the best."

  Su Xingze's expression changed, "Your Majesty wants Zhou Gu to be your husband?"

   "That's what I meant, probably because I wanted to test my thoughts." Su Rong said, "I rejected it decisively."

  Su Xing wanted to say, what if Zhou Gu really wanted to be your husband? But she also thought that she and Ye Guixue are really getting along well now, late last night she dragged Ye Guixue away from Beijing, and Ye Guixue just let him toss about night after day without saying a word, no matter what the future holds, now he shouldn't stand in the perspective of Zhou Gu, messing with her plans and thoughts.

  Therefore, Su Xing put down the teacup, stood up, and stopped talking, "You are also tired, go and rest quickly! After all, the next thing is to fight a tough battle."

  Su Rong nodded, "Okay."

  Su Xing left with an umbrella. Su Rong sat in front of the stove without moving, staring at the burning fire for a long while before putting down the teacup, getting up and going back to the house.

  Dali Temple Minister, Minister of Criminal Justice, and Beijing Yamen are really having a hard time these days. They are obviously places to hold and interrogate prisoners, but they have become decorations. Whether it is the Duke Huguo’s Mansion or the Rui’an Palace, they do not believe that they can treat people well because of the cases of criminals who died in prison earlier.

  They don't know when the switch knife above their heads will fall. These days, they strictly check the people in charge, and then wait for the emperor's switch knife to fall.

   Sure enough, on this day, King Rui'an took the emperor's order and escorted the monk from the Great Buddha Temple to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and told the emperor's oral order.

  Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment suddenly tensed his nerves, and handed over to King Rui'an, "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely take good care of criminals."

   King Rui'an said politely: "The old Shangshu's promise to the king will not work. It depends on whether there are any omissions in the Ministry of Punishment under your control. If something happens that affects the investigation of the case by the king, the king will not intercede with you in front of your majesty."

  Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments repeatedly said: "This is natural."

   King Rui'an left the Ministry of Punishment and returned to the Palace of Prince Rui'an.

  Xie Lin heard that King Rui'an had returned to the mansion, and immediately went to him, "Father, how is the investigation going?"

  Rui'an King said briefly, and then sighed, "This case won't be closed for a while, and the investigation will continue."

  Xie Lin opened his eyes wide, "There is actually hidden gold on the Yingzui Cliff at the back of the Great Buddha Temple? What about the hidden gold now?"

   "It will be shipped back to Beijing soon."

  Xie Lindao: "Father, according to the First Prince Concubine, the reason why she agreed to cooperate with Li Concubine's natal father and second uncle is because she is given a million taels of silver every year. Do you think it is possible that this place is the gold hiding place of Li Concubine's natal father and second uncle? After all, when I checked Li Concubine's natal family, I didn't find anything valuable in the house. Otherwise, where did the silver taels they promised to the First Prince Concubine come from?"

   King Ryan nodded, "It's possible."

  Xie Lindao: "It seems that we still have to start with Concubine Li's natal family. Unfortunately, her father and second uncle are dead, and Zhao Fei and Zhao Laoer who were involved with them were also killed. Now, although I found the Great Buddha Temple and found a Puhui, I'm afraid I won't be able to find him for a while."

  Ruian Wang rubbed the center of his brows, "Let's rest for half a day today, and tomorrow I will go to Miss Su Qi and discuss with her how to investigate next."

   Xie Lin sighed, "Father, you are dragging her into the water."

  King Ruian glared at him, "Naive, you think I'm the one who dragged her into the water? It's clear that her heart is towards the East Palace. After she came to Beijing, she wanted to deliberately disrupt the situation in Beijing, China and the court, and help the prince break the situation. Didn't you realize that since she came to Beijing, the prince is no longer trapped, and now the situation is favorable?"

   Xie Lin thought about it, scratched his head, "It's true."

   King Ruian looked at him, "You still have something to learn. From tomorrow onwards, you will follow her and study hard. You are worthy of being taught by Xie Yuan. You don't play cards according to common sense. Only in this way can you break the situation that the prince has been trapped for a long time."

  After he finished speaking, he sighed softly, "Princess Nanchu, once she returns to Nanchu smoothly, with the support of King Nanchu and the Ye family, the Nangong family may really be no match."

  (end of this chapter)