Hard to be a good wife

"Who are you?" The King of Nanjin asked repeatedly, and ordered with an emphatic tone: "Raise your head!"

"Great King. Old slave...Suying."

"Suying?" The King of Nanjin was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened. He rushed down the dragon chair and walked in front of Suying, grabbing his arm and pulling him up.

"Suying! It's you!"

All the ministers were dumbfounded. This old man in a small village turned out to be an old friend of the king, and it seemed that Prince Zhao knew about it in advance.

"It's an old slave. In the blink of an eye, I haven't seen you for 20 years. Your majesty is as handsome as before!"

The excited expression of the King of Southern Jin lasted only a moment. He gradually loosened his clenched hands, subdued all his emotions, turned around and walked out of the hall, "Retreat, Suying will come with the widows."

"Retire..."

Prince Zhao walked out of the hall without even raising his eyelids, followed by Duke Heng and other ministers, asking one after another: "Your Highness, who is this...? How do you know that he is the old man of the King? "

Prince Zhao stopped and turned his head, "What old friend?"

"That just now..." They wouldn't believe that Suying was killed if it wasn't an old friend of the king.

"That's just the villagers of Huanghua Village, who are older. The reason why the father recognizes it may be... former subordinates?"

Ignoring everyone's suspicions, Prince Zhao continued to walk forward, stopped suddenly after walking more than ten steps, turned around and said, "Lord Zhan, please come to the house for a briefing."

The one who was named was shocked and sweated profusely, "Your Highness... Your Highness, what do you mean by this move? I still have important things to do, why don't we choose another day?"

"Important matter? Are you in a hurry to go back and report the success or failure of today's hall to brother San Wang?"

"Why did your Highness say that? Are you framing the lower official and the third prince for plotting against him?"

"It turns out that Mr. Zhan knows the word of framing." Prince Zhao nodded, "Since Mr. Zhan is unwilling, then Gu will not force it."

When he walked away, the courtiers avoided Mr. Zhan one after another, and Duke Heng even sneered and said: "Young Master Zhan's mansion is really mighty today, and you don't care about His Highness the Prince. who?"

"Heng Guogong blindly speaks for His Highness, I don't know if he has already followed His Highness's lead? Does the Duke still have a king in his eyes?"

"Duh, this literati's lip service is just slipping, I'm willing to bow down."

"Master Guo really knows how to joke. You refute the subordinates every sentence. It is the subordinates who are willing to bow down."

The two looked at each other, the corners of their mouths twitched, and they walked away.

The officials following behind sighed with emotion: "This Zhan Shaofu is really courageous, what good will it do him to offend His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

"Isn't the advantage obvious? He is the father-in-law of the third prince, so naturally...hehe."

"That Duke Heng..."

Someone remembered something and exclaimed: "Ah, isn't Duke Heng and Marquis of Liyang discussing marriage? From now on, the relationship between Duke Heng and the Prince's Mansion will be..."

The relationship between the aristocratic family is mostly maintained by marriage, and in this intertwined relationship, only marriage is considered reliable by everyone, so they are not surprised at all that Heng Guogong and Zhan Shaofu are facing each other.

"The third prince is not dormant at this time, but still shows his sharpness. I am afraid that it will be difficult to confront His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Lord Zongzheng, please don't speculate. Your Highness is not someone who will take revenge."

"That's right, I made a slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue..."

When Prince Zhao returned to the mansion, Tang Yue saw him and asked, "I heard that Huanghua Village was burned down. When did this happen?"

Prince Zhao did not intend to hide it from him, "Last night."

Tang Yue figured out what was going on with his toes, and asked worriedly, "Then they didn't succeed?"

"If you succeed as a husband, can you still stand here?" It is inevitable to argue with people in the palace.

Tang Yue twitched at the corner of his mouth, untied his cloak for him, felt the cold on his body, and pushed him into the room.

"Then tell me, how did you arrange it? How did you hear that you brought someone into the palace, and the king knew it?"

Prince Zhao pointed to his cheek.Said blankly: "Reward!"

Tang Yue was speechless, first pinched his face hard, and then kissed him, "Say it!"

Prince Zhao sat on the soft chair contentedly, pulled Tang Yue to his side, and told him the whole story.

It turned out that after Prince Zhao left yesterday, he arranged for people to transfer all the villagers of Huanghua Village, leaving only empty houses there. Not only that, he also sent people to guard there, just waiting to catch the current ones.

Originally, this was just a guess, just in case, but I didn't expect that someone actually came to burn and kill him at night, and wanted to prove his crime.

And the village head of Huanghua Village was also the head of the clan. After hearing the news, he took the initiative to ask to enter the palace to testify for Prince Zhao.

It stands to reason that if an unknown person is a witness, the king may not believe it, but the patriarch is very confident and believes that the king will believe his words.

"Does Your Highness know his true identity?"

"I didn't know it before, but I already knew the answer when I was on the road."

"What is it?" Tang Yue has already conjured up several versions of the story that are full of affection. For example, the loyal servant in the past was demoted from the government because of a mistake, and he accumulated a lot of grievances. The eldest childhood playmate, because of the king's suspicion, left his hometown and lived in Huanghua Village anonymously.

"Why are you so curious?" Prince Zhao took his hand, and gently stroked the back of his hand.

Tang Yue's attention was drawn away by the story, and he didn't even react to being eaten tofu, "It's about the king's gossip, it's natural to be curious, right?"

Prince Zhao thought for a while and nodded, "That's true. The ministers in the hall today are also very curious." They just didn't dare to ask.

"Okay, don't tease me, just talk."

"Didn't you say that you have to go back to Liyanghou's Mansion today? It's late at this time, do you still want to go?"

Tang Yue glanced outside, "Oh, it's so late... Of course I have to go, why not go to the waiting mansion for dinner?" He also didn't go back for a long time, and he missed it a little.

The six months of getting along has also made him feel affectionate towards the family members of the Marquis of Liyang. lady.Not counting her for now.

"Well, let's talk while walking." The prince entered the house and changed into a set of regular clothes, and got into the car with Tang Yue to go to Liyanghou's mansion.

"The old father-in-law's name is Suying, he was the housekeeper of my father when he was young, and he was also the slave who took care of him when he was young. He had an extraordinary relationship. Later, I don't know what happened. The housekeeper was exempted from slavery and became a commoner. Kicked out of the palace..."

"Wait..." Tang Yue interjected and asked, "Why was he exempted from slavery after being kicked out of the palace? Is this grace or punishment?"

Prince Zhao took a sip of saliva, "Father was still a kind-hearted young man at that time, even if he found out that the steward around him had made a mistake, he was exempted from slavery before driving him away, otherwise the steward would have to be trafficked again after leaving the mansion. fate."

"It's quite kind." Tang Yue recalled his impressions after only a few meetings, but he really didn't find anything special about that person.

However, after going through the struggle for the throne, and finally sitting in that position, I am afraid that kindness has almost been wiped out.

"The butler didn't go far after leaving the mansion, but used the money he saved to buy some fields in Huanghua Village, built a house, and spent 20 years quietly."

"If that's all it is, then why did the king leave him alone to talk, reminiscing about the past?" A prince, a slave 20 years ago, what is there to reminisce about?

"I don't know about this guy, maybe there are other inside stories that I haven't found out, but as long as it has nothing to do with us, I don't need to worry about him."

"That's true." Tang Yue was just curious, and didn't intend to learn more about the old grievances between the master and servant.As long as Prince Zhao can get rid of the quagmire of this rumor.enough.

"Your Highness, Crown Princess, the Marquis Mansion is here." The carriage stopped, and the coachman's voice came from outside.

Tang Yue jumped out of the car first, and looked at the familiar gate with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

The whole family of the Hou Mansion greeted him at the door. According to the etiquette, they also had to salute Tang Yue, the son who had married and become a princess.

Tang Yue was taken aback, and had no choice but to hide behind Prince Zhao.

Prince Zhao held his hand, and said to Liyanghou's family, "We are all one family, so we don't need to perform this great gift in the future."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness."

"Be flat."

Marquis Liyang stood up, stepped out of the way and asked Prince Zhao to go first, "Please, Your Highness!"

Prince Zhao walked in the front as a matter of course, followed by Tang Yue, and then Liyang Hou and others.

Tang Yue felt emotional: This is the strict hierarchy of feudal society. Even if it is a family, it will inevitably have divisions if it goes on for a long time, right?