Drunk Bamboo

"I am from the Wind Palace. Don't you have eyes? Why don't you let me in?"

Bai Guo was kicked out by the guards outside the gate of the Ministry of Justice while carrying the food box.

She yelled angrily.

"This is the Ministry of Justice. Not everyone can enter!" The guard glanced at the ignorant girl with disdain.

"You don't have to let me in. Just ask your Lord Zhang to come out. The princess asked me to find Lord Zhang!" Bai Guo said loudly, with his hands on his waist and his eyes wide open.

"Which Lord Zhang? We have many Lord Zhangs in the Ministry of Justice."

Don't be angry, don't be angry, don't cause trouble, don't cause trouble...

Bai Guo muttered to himself, trying to control the urge to beat them up.

He took a deep breath and shouted at the door: "Zhang Xinghe! Zhang Xinghe! I'm looking for Zhang Xinghe!"

The next second, an elegant man in a scarlet official robe walked out from the door, with sword-like eyebrows and sharp eyes.

"Master Zhang!" The guard immediately saluted respectfully when he saw him.

Zhang Xinghe glanced at the girl in front of him.

She was wearing a simple red dress, with her hands on her hips, her eyes glaring, and the two pigtails hanging in front of her chest seemed to be standing on end.

"Are you calling my name?" His thin lips moved slightly.

"Are you Zhang Xinghe?" Bai Guo stared at him up and down and questioned.

"Yes. What can I do for you, young lady?" Zhang Xinghe admitted.

"Great, I finally found you! I'm from Prince Feng's Mansion, my name is Bai Guo, the princess asked me to come to the Ministry of Justice to find you, can you let me meet the prince?" The anger in his body disappeared, revealing a bright smile, and jumped in front of Zhang Xinghe.

"No, no one can see the person in this case without the emperor's order." Zhang Xinghe took a step back and kept two steps away from her.

Baiguo showed his white teeth, his eyes smiling like crescent moons, and he took another step forward in a familiar manner.

"Can you help me deliver this healing ointment and food to the prince?"

Zhang Xinghe had never seen a woman who had no sense of distance like her. Her personality was really like that of a girl raised in Fengwang Mansion.

"The Ministry of Justice has a medical officer who has treated the prince's injuries. The prince is fine, please rest assured, Princess." Zhang Xinghe looked impartial.

"This is Ice and Snow Scar Relief Cream, not an ordinary wound medicine. It will not leave scars if you apply it. Sir Zhang, please help me. The princess specially asked me to deliver this!"

Zhang Xinghe's serious expression suddenly turned into impatience because Bai Guo's hand was tightly pulling his official robe.

"Girl, please respect yourself!" He waved his sleeves and refused coldly.

Bai Guo stared blankly at the slapped hand, his face full of confusion. The princess said that he helped the prince in the court, so isn't he the prince's friend? How could she be so ruthless?

The princess asked me to find Lord Zhang, so giving the thing to him would be considered as completing the princess's mission.

Thinking of this, Bai Guo did not give Zhang Xinghe a chance to refuse. He stuffed the medicine bottle into his hand in a second, put down the food box, and turned around and flew out.

Her voice like a silver bell came from the air: "Thank you for the ointment, Master Zhang. Eat it as a thank you gift to you!"

Zhang Xinghe held the medicine bottle and looked at it for a while, then put it into his sleeve.

"What should we do with this food box, Lord Zhang?" the guard asked, staring at the food box on the ground.

"You guys can do whatever you want." Zhang Xinghe walked out of the door without looking back.

In the evening, Zhang Xinghe returned to the Ministry of Justice and went to the prison to see Hua Qinfeng.

Seeing him coming, the jailer stepped forward and reported: "Master Zhang, Master Han has been itching all over his body for the whole afternoon. The doctor examined him and gave him medicine, but it didn't work."

Zhang Xinghe frowned slightly: "Doctor, can you tell me what caused it?"

"It could be that he is allergic to something, or he is not used to the prison environment. The doctor is not sure. But the doctor said that there is no danger to his life. Maybe he will be fine after a few days of adaptation. Should we report this to the Minister?"

"Since his life is not in danger, there's no need to make a fuss." Zhang Xinghe ordered again, "Change him to a single cell, and don't startle other people at night and cause unnecessary commotion."

"Yes."

When they arrived outside Hua Qinfeng's cell, they saw him lying on a straw mat with a straw stick in his mouth, and two empty bowls on the ground.

"Your Highness is in a good mood, and he has a great appetite in the prison. While the world outside is in turmoil, Your Highness's place is quiet."

"The world is big, but eating is the most important thing. I was caned and entered the Ministry of Justice. I came here voluntarily. When my wish comes true, my appetite will naturally be opened. What does the outside world have to do with me?"

Hearing Zhang Xinghe's voice, Hua Qinfeng did not get up and continued to rest.

"Lord Han has been feeling extremely itchy all over since this afternoon. Does Your Majesty know why?" Zhang Xinghe asked.

"No wonder I heard ghosts howling all afternoon. It turned out to be Han Jian who was yelling. He is a delicate person, so he must think the prison is dirty."

Hua Qinfeng had been to the battlefield, experienced hunger, and slept on loess slopes. The environment in the prison was nothing to him.

Zhang Xinghe asked again: "Since Lord Xiao Han returned home, he has had diarrhea?"

Hua Qinfeng said casually: "He must have had a stomachache this morning."

Zhang Xinghe: "The horses in the Han Mansion's stables have gone crazy, running around everywhere in the mansion and destroying a lot of things?"

He said carelessly: "Even the horse has a stomachache."

Zhang Xinghe: "The plaque on the gate of the Han Mansion suddenly split in two and fell off the door?"

"It's thundering and raining today."

"The mountain products that the Han family bought from the south inexplicably sank when they were about to arrive in Zhongdu?"

"There's a strong wind on the river."

Hua Qinfeng sat down suddenly, frowned and said:

"Why is it all about the Han family? I hate the Han family the most right now. Don't tell me about their family affairs! Even though you helped me in Chaoshang, I don't want to see you either."

It was indeed not something the prince could have imagined.

All the incredible things that the Han family encountered today were like disasters that fell from the sky. There were no witnesses and no traces of human intervention.

But the only ones who can and will do these things are those from the Wind Palace.

Zhang Xinghe took out a medicine bottle from his sleeve and said, "If the princess hadn't asked me to deliver the ointment..."

Hua Qinfeng's eyes immediately lit up, and he reached out to grab the thing in his hand: "Wait, did Xie Yuzhu ask you to come? Give me the ointment!"

Zhang Xinghe was stunned for a moment, and then a casual smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I met the prince this time, and the prince has changed a lot."

"Of course it's different. I have Xie Yuzhu now! Didn't you see? She fought against Han Jian in the palace, rebelled against my father, and beat the drum to denounce the emperor. She did it all for me!" Hua Qinfeng looked at the medicine bottle in his hand like a treasure.

Xie Yuzhu sent the Ice and Snow Scar Cream specifically because she was worried about his injury.

He stopped laughing and asked, "So Your Majesty is willing to go to the Ministry of Justice? Does Your Majesty trust her so much? How long has Your Majesty known her?"

Hua Qinfeng said, "Yes, she has only known me for a short time, and she almost lost her life because of me."

"If you care too much about someone and lose him/her in the future, your Highness will be obsessed with him/her just like me. Sooner or later, your Highness will understand my persistence and refusal to give up for the past ten years."

"Care about someone?" He murmured several times and lay back on the straw mat.

Zhang Xinghe walked out of the prison and looked up at the gray sky.

"Go ahead and make a fuss. I also want to see what kind of consequences she can come up with."