Emperor's Trophy

Yun Zhen met with Long Xiangying, saw Gao Xin leading Yun Jiangning, his face changed slightly, and asked Gao Xin quietly: "You are here, who will protect the emperor, why don't you keep Yun Jiangning by the emperor's side."

Gao Xin couldn't help laughing, and beckoned Yun Zhen to come over: "The emperor had expected you to ask this question, and specially asked me to tell Hou Ye that he is not old yet, and Yun Jiangning is still young. Let's talk about it after a few more years of experience."

Yun Zhen: "Really?"

Gao Xin said again: "Fake, the emperor said that you are on a foreign business for the first time, and there is no one around you who can take advantage of you. He told Jiang Yunning to follow you and serve you. Before leaving, he called Yun Jiangning and me away. Said that if you lose a hair, you will peel off the skins of both of us."

Yun Zhen: ...

Shouldn't we try our best to get the birthday gift back?

He got on his horse, and sure enough, Yun Jiangning really rode a horse and followed him step by step.

Yun Zhen had no choice but to ignore him and asked Gao Xin, "Walking by water?"

Gao Channel: "Yes."

When the two arrived at the port, they dismounted and boarded the official ship. With full sails raised, the ship flew forward like an arrow.

Yun Zhen only thought it was fresh, stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the scenery against the wind, Gao Xin followed and smiled, "This is the first time for Master Hou to take a boat?"

Yun Zhen said: "Exactly, I happen to be free, does Mr. Gao have any opinions on this case?"

Gao Channel: "The incident occurred in the Siyang Canal, where the water surface is tortuous and treacherous, and the cliffs on the shore are high and the forest is deep. It is indeed a place where water bandits frequently occur. The prefect of Huangzhou made a note, and after the incident, he ordered the state army to seal off the upper and lower sections of the canal. , Strictly investigate and suppress water bandits everywhere. This case is due to internal response, internal response and external cooperation, stealing birthday gifts, the daring of the thief is very unexpected, after all, ordinary water bandits will never find such a ship with many guards. Yes, too much trouble."

Yun Zhen was thoughtful: "So there should be another inside story in this case? The prefect of Huangzhou hastily published the papers and reported it to the court."

Gao Xin said with a smile: "That's right, Dali Temple Minister can see where the joints are at a glance, the birthday gift is light, it's really lost, I'll go to the capital safely, and then report to the emperor to inspect and visit Yanhezhou County. What kind of birthday gift can make the eldest son of the Bofu so cautious and anxious, so he refused to leave the local area, demanding that the prefect of Huangzhou must find it, and more importantly, there was still the daughter of the Bofu on board, so the prefect of Huangzhou had to send the urgent performance at night. I probably don’t care about the black hat on my head, I’m afraid I’ll lose my head if I’m not careful.”

Yun Zhen asked sensitively: "This daughter of the uncle's mansion..."

Gao Daoxin: "Cheng Enbo gave the emperor a letter of greeting, saying that he is now old, frail and sick, and he wants to live forever. He wants to ask for some kindness for the children and grandchildren of the family, and to give some errands to experience and practice. Let me talk about it first. Regarding the situation of the grandchildren, it is also said that there is a granddaughter who is quite temperamental like the Empress Dowager Zhuanghui. She is sixteen years old and wants to ask the emperor to help find a man with a good family background and a good temperament to marry him. The emperor originally intended to give her a marriage The Hejian County King is the County Princess."

Yun Zhen had a lot of meaning: "Oh, quite Xiao Zhuanghui, Queen Mother..." That means he wanted to be a queen. This was originally very spiritual, so the emperor really wanted to establish Ji Huaisu as his heir at the beginning?The descendant's prostitute, whose family status is commensurate, is either honored or noble, or the clan. It turns out to be the future princess.

Gao Xin was so nonchalant about talking about such an important matter in front of him, he was always cautious, obviously the emperor allowed him to confide in himself.

So that day's playful smearing behind his back was actually somewhat useful?

Yun Zhen suddenly had mixed feelings.

He searched for a round in his muddled memory of the two lifetimes, and finally vaguely remembered that in the first lifetime, Ji Huaiqing seemed to have indeed received a marriage gift, and it was Tan Shi who was married as the Crown Princess.It's just that he and Zhu Jiang were upset about the child at that time, and the current situation was unstable, the country was in chaos and the family was changing, so they didn't care too much.

So the second generation, Ji Huaisu, became the crown prince... Did the emperor know that Ji Huaisu and himself were a bit inappropriate at that time, so he didn't marry him?It's normal to give the adopted crown prince a concubine, and I can only accept it - I didn't think about the future in that life, Ji Huaisu treated her as if she was away, and the little affection she had for her was not enough to support the promise of a lifetime .

In the two lives, the emperor probably knew that he and the man were ambiguous, but they all gave silent support.Even in this life... the emperor never refuted himself, he just protected himself for such a farce with Ji Huaisu and Zhu Jiang, fearing that he would be wronged.

Yun Zhen almost hated having to run errands, and ran back to the palace to spend time with the emperor.

But traveling dozens of miles a day on the canal, they soon arrived in Huangzhou.

The magistrate of Huangzhou brought the two sons of the Bofu to meet the Shangguan. Yun Zhen looked over and saw that the two sons of the Bofu were quite handsome, and their faces really looked like the shadow of the emperor. The queen mother and Cheng Enbo should also look similar.

The prefect of Huangzhou first notified: "My next official, Li Dazhong, the prefect of Huangzhou, this is Tan Wenwei, the son of Cheng Enbo's mansion, and this is Tan Wenbao, the third son of Cheng Enbo." Then he introduced Yun Zhen: "This time The Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Zhaoxin Hou Yunhou, and Gao Tongling, the commander of the Longxiang Battalion, were sent by Beijing to supervise the case."

The two sons worshiped as soon as they came up, and they called him Lord Yun, Commander Gao.Li Zhifu continued to introduce: "This time, the two sons were responsible for escorting the birthday gift to Beijing, but when they arrived at the Siyang River section, they were moored at night, but the birthday gift was stolen by thieves."

Yun Zhen smiled and called the two young masters, Gao Dao said: "Yun Houye and I are under the imperial decree to investigate and handle this case. The two young masters can rest assured that the emperor attaches great importance to it. The safety of the nobleman's property is the most important thing, if there is nothing special about the birthday gift, there is no need to worry too much, Cheng Enbo's heart, the emperor's heart, the only priority is to protect the two young masters and young ladies to enter Beijing safely."

The faces of the two young masters all changed.

Yun Zhen said: "Is it possible to find out inside?"

Tan Wenwei first stepped forward and said: "The matter involves the inner chamber, please ask Lord Yun to dismiss irrelevant people and others, and report to Lord Hou and the high commander carefully."

Yun Zhen was stunned, Li Zhifu was already very knowledgeable and said quickly: "Outside the official gate, I am waiting for your lord's call." As he said that, he quickly winked, and all the officials and attendants retreated.

Yun Zhen had no choice but to wave and order Jiang Yunning to go down with his attendants, leaving only the two young masters, him, and Gao Xin in the hall.

Tan Wenwei knelt down on both knees and said: "Because it is related to my sister's boudoir reputation, my brother and I didn't dare to speak up before, so we can only report the theft of the birthday gift first."

Yun Zhen looked at his expression and speculated: "So, the birthday gift was not stolen?"

Tan Wenwei said: "The birthday gift is still intact on the boat. It is a jade carving. We have sent a lot of family guards on duty day and night, so nothing has been stolen, only some belongings have been lost. It should be just a cover-up."

"From the beginning, on the third day we left our hometown, we rescued a woman who drowned in the river one night. The woman cried and complained that she was expelled by her husband's family because she had no children. She was able to throw herself into the river, and the servant woman persuaded her with good words, and she said that she had embroidery skills, and she was willing to join my family, sell herself, and be a servant of our family."

"Our family never buys people from outside, but my sister has been kind since she was a child. Seeing her pitiful, she was left on the boat for the time being. She only wanted to reward her with some money to get off the boat when she got to a big place. Along the way, this woman She is very good at talking and talked about many new things in the market. My sister was raised in a boudoir since she was a child, and she didn't know the world. She was bored in the boat for several days.

Gao Xin had already said: "Stupid! You are also born as young masters, and you have a heavy responsibility. How dare you take in an unknown woman and stay with the young lady?"

Tan Wenwei's face was full of shame: "We were confused. We only thought that she was a weak woman who couldn't do much, and there were nurses and maids in the room. I didn't expect that after the boat berthed that night, that woman fascinated all the servants at night." , I don’t know how to use it, and disappeared together with my sister.”

Yun Zhen turned to look at Gao Xin, both of them were a little surprised, the daughter of the uncle's house was missing!

This is really a big case.