Chapter 101
“…… “Rong Xiangmian did not expect, this matter elders have taken good idea for her.
Instead, she rebelled and didn’t want to go: “Father, the Yuhang Mansion is in the midst of a troubled time, so I can’t just walk away. He is busy tracking down the murderer, and there are other things in the house that need to be done, so leaving at this time would be like taking offense?”
Rong Sheng did not expect his daughter is not willing, carefully measured her, see that although her spirit is not good, but her demeanor is still relaxed, handling calm and measured, not like the appearance of shock, but has the royal family’s temperament.
Since this is the case, he could not force, only said: “You are now out of the cabinet, more and more determined. Well, take care of yourself. If there is anything bad, don’t just hold back, don’t treat your mother’s family as outsiders.”
Rong Xiangmian smiled and nodded her head, “Don’t worry, father, my daughter will save. Thank you for standing up for me in the palace! I’m really sorry to trouble you to come and see me.”
At this time, Meng Zhenru came to deliver a message, saying that the lunch was ready.
Rong Xiangmei instructed her, “Set the meal in the Aloe Gathering Hall. Wait for His Highness to come back, let’s go together to use it.”
King Yuh just returned to his residence, and after receiving news from the head of the government that the Duke of State was going to take the Princess back to her mother’s home, he immediately rushed to the main hall.
“You’re back?” Rong Xiangyang rose to meet him, “What did His Majesty say?”
Zhou Xian Yang held her hand, “The palace will come to pick up the princess at night, so you should go home with Mr. Guo for a few days, and wait until the matter here is resolved.”
Rong Xiangmian pulled her hand away, “Your Highness also wants my family to go?”
“Well, when the letter of blood was sent, I wanted to send you back to live for a while. Now that something has really happened, it’s not child’s play. If something happens to you, I am only afraid that I will be as crazy as General Shi ……”
“Good, I’ll go home now.” Rong Xiangyan interrupted him, putting on a decent smile, turned around and said exasperatedly, “Feiyun, go pack up your things, let’s go.”
Zhou Xian Yang was hung out to dry in front of the Duke of England by the Princess’s such a dry maneuver, he was a bit embarrassed and casually added, “Someone come, give the Princess a set of carts.”
Rong Xiangyang was so angry that he turned back and shouted, “Many thanks, Your Highness!”
Humming, he walked away.
Rong Sheng looked at his daughter’s perverse appearance, his heart instantly had a number, laughing at these two children, both of them are mouth and heart masters.
Thinking, simply let them separate a few days, two places to stay, more can see to understand.
Feiyun Feixue moved quickly and quickly cleaned up.
Zhou Xianyang sent Rong Xiangmian to the carriage, said to her outside the curtain: “I will go to the State Duke’s Mansion tomorrow to see you.”
“Who cares about you visiting!” Rong Xiangmian threw him a line and yanked down the curtain.
Zhou Xian Yang stood and watched the carriage of the Duke of England and the Royal Mansion walk away before returning to the mansion.
Meng Zhenru managed to find him, “Your Highness is back? Let’s go have dinner. Where are the crown princess and the Duke of England?”
Zhou Xian Yang lowered his head, “Back to the State Duke’s Mansion.”
“Why did you just leave?” Meng Zhenru was confused as hell, “Only just now, the crown princess ordered her slave girl to set up a meal in the Aloe Gathering Hall, saying that she wanted to keep the Duke of State for lunch!”
“What?” Zhou Xian Yang glanced at Zhen Ru and sighed, “Why didn’t she tell me?”
Meng Zhenru was even more puzzled, “What did His Highness just say to Wangfei that made her leave without eating?”
Zhou Xian Yang held his forehead and remained silent in place for a while.
“Your Highness, go have your meal.” Seeing him like this, Meng Zhenru didn’t dare to say anything more.
Xian Yang shook his head, “Not eating.”
“That won’t do!” Meng Zhenru said anxiously, “Your Highness instructed me a long time ago that when she’s not at home, she must wait on His Highness to eat on time, and if she misses a meal, she’ll kick me out to work outside the second gate, and I’m not allowed to go into the inner courtyard to serve anymore.”
When Zhou Xian Yang heard this, he was even more furious and laughed: “You are a good material in the army, there is nothing you won’t do if the upper peak says so.”
Meng Zhenru only said, “The slave girl is naturally like this to Wangfei, I’m only afraid that His Highness will take Wangfei’s words as a whisper.”
“It’s just …… afraid of you.” Zhou Xian Yang sat in the Aloe Gathering Hall, looked at the three people’s meals, and said, “Has Xiao Nan and Xiao Bei rested yet? Have them come over.”
When Zhou Xian Yang went back to the firewood room again, the assassin had already drunkenly collapsed into Dou Dou’s arms and was huffing and puffing.
Wu Feng witnessed the whole thing from the outside, and had a great experience: “This girl is really powerful, coaxing the assassin to explain his hometown! Your Highness, where did you find this person?”
Zhou Xian Yang did not return, not wanting to disclose the fact that King Yun gave him a speech about the Descending Cloud Xuan yesterday.
Wu Feng also immediately understood and presented a paperwork-like item. He had just gotten someone outside the house to transcribe every word the man said, and then re-transcribed it again.
Zhou Xian Yang was in no hurry to look through it, besides the Zhang family, who else wanted him dead so badly right now?
He lifted his chin and signaled for the door to open, Dou Dou saw him coming and knew it was time.
A couple of guards went in and lifted the assassin out of her arms and re-bound him to a pillar.
It was only then that Zhou Xian Yang saw that the assassin’s face was streaked with tears.
Dou Dou Dou was a bit unable to bear it and slowly got up and saluted, asking, “Your Highness, will he be executed?”
Zhou Xian Yang shook his head, “I don’t know. What?”
“He is a poor man. If it’s possible, I hope he dies a painful death.”
Seeing that King Yu did not reply in the affirmative, Dou Dou laughed, “It’s the little lady who is overstating things.”
Zhou Xian Yang politely said, “Thank you, Miss, the reward has been prepared, please keep it a secret for this king.”
“Don’t worry, Your Highness. If Descending Cloud Xuan can’t even remember this, it doesn’t deserve to be in the capital today.”
Zhou Xian Yang laughed at himself for being talkative, and ordered someone to send her out of the mansion, and returned to the study himself to look at the two records in detail.
Seeing him just sitting in his chair in deep thought, not the least bit happy to find out the truth, but instead more alert, Xiao Bei couldn’t help but ask: “Master, is something wrong?”
Zhou Xian Yang said, “It is too right.”
“Is it bad to be too right?”
“Of course it’s not good. When you’re drunk, can you say something so logical and flawless? He has already memorized all the contents of how to answer after being captured, and said all the words we want to hear.”
“Master means he wasn’t drunk? It’s all an act?”
Xiao Nan also speculated, “Can it be that someone is trying to frame the Zhang family?”
Zhou Xian Yang only felt that things were trickier than expected. Someone was trying to capitalize on his new feud with the Zhang Family to stir up trouble. Was it King Kai? Or was it someone else?
There was no clue.
When Zhou Xianyang reappeared in front of the assassin, he had a bucket of cold water poured over his head. Xiao Bei grabbed him by the neck and pressed him against the pillar behind him, exposing his face.
Zhou Xian Yang looked at him coldly: “I’m only going to ask you once, who instructed you to plant evidence against Marquis Yong An?”
The man narrowed his eyes and revealed a drunken smile.
Zhou Xian Yang laughed, “Was it King Kai? Or King Qing? It can’t be King Yun, right?”
Xiao Nan and Xiao Bei watched from the sidelines, the man’s demeanor didn’t move at all, and Zhou Xian Yang sneered, “Very well, so it’s King Qing’s brother. Thank you.”
The man didn’t understand where he had just revealed his flaws, and all of a sudden, he looked flustered. Zhou Xianyang laughed, “Looks like I got it right? It really is King Qing.”
“Huh?” Xiao Nan and Xiao Bei were astonished, King Qing was the best person to them after returning to the capital. He was good-tempered and thought of everything for Yu Wang, so how could he send someone to assassinate him?
The assassin’s face was furious at being swindled, but he was helplessly restrained and unable to strike back, and in his anger, he spat at Zhou Xian Yang.
He moved his feet lightly and sidestepped, not the least bit annoyed.
Instead, he looked at the assassin with some sympathy: ”I don’t know how much kindness King Qing has shown you, allowing you to pay with your life. It’s a pity that Dou Dou pleaded for you in vain.”
He wasn’t a saint and didn’t have the time to care for all beings.
Xiao Nan and Xiao Bei followed him out of the firewood room. In that moment of effort just now, they had already figured it out.
At this moment, the two siblings were piecing together the truth.
“That assassination in Jiangzhou must have been Zhang Pan’s doing. It’s just a pity that his dead soldiers took the poison too quickly, we didn’t get any incriminating evidence and couldn’t testify against anyone. This time, the assassin, who came alone, and even let us easily capture him alive, could it be that he didn’t come to commit an assassination at all, but only came to plant evidence against the Zhang family?”
“The matter of His Highness’s assassination was not even mentioned by the Princess, only the Emperor was told, so I think King Qing learned about it from the palace.”
“Could it be that King Qing felt that this was a perfect opportunity to bring down the Zhang family, so he did as he did, faking the assassination and leaving a live witness as a witness.”
“Why would he do that?”
“It’s still not for the throne! The Empress does not have a biological child, but King Qing is the child of the Imperial Concubine and trusted by the Emperor. As long as there is no longer the Zhang family as a backer, King Li, the adopted son of the Middle Palace, may not be able to outwit him.”
“He wants to bring down the Zhang family and the King of Li, but he’s on the same page with us, he’s just playing us for fools, how unkind!”
“That’s right, he even scared the princess away!”
“Alas!” Mentioning this topic Xiao Bei touched his sister’s elbow.
He knew that yesterday in the Jin Wang Mansion, Wangfei and His Highness were not happy, and then he caught up with this mess. He intuited that the Wangfei wasn’t scared off, she was pissed off by His Highness.
Zhou Xian Yang’s footsteps suddenly slow down and he changes his course of action, going to the Buddha Hall.
King Yu has never believed in or worshipped Buddha, Xiao Nan and Xiao Bei are surprised, but they don’t ask too many questions, so they stand guard outside the door.
They hear the sound of the machine slowly ringing in the Buddha Hall, and soon there is a familiar scent of incense wafting over.
King Yu stayed inside for a while before coming out.
As the moon rose above the branches, Zhou Xian Yang ate dinner alone, took a bath, and paced around the small, cold courtyard before lying down on the same chair where they had met and laid down last night, watching Xiao Nan and Xiao Bei tease the cat.
“How come this cat doesn’t scratch?”
Xiao Nan bragged, “Yesterday, I caught fish in the creek with Wangfei and fried two for the cat, and it was bribed.”
Zhou Xian Yang laughed, “She was able to catch fish?”
“Wangfei netted several! If she grew up in the military like me, she would definitely be better at spearing fish than I am.”
Imagining Wangfei standing in the river with her legs exposed, her sleeves pulled up to her elbows, and holding up a harpoon to spear a fish was a sight to behold.
He had missed such a beautiful day for her.
Zhou Xian Yang’s eyes moved slightly as he got up and went back to the house, changing into a black robe.
“Master, where are you going so late at night?”
Xiao Nan and Xiao Bei habitually followed, and Zhou Xian Yang called out, “Don’t follow. Rest well tonight, and wait for me outside the British Duke’s Mansion at the hour tomorrow morning.”
Saying that, he disappeared into the dark night with a long leap.
Xiao Bei stroked his chin and smiled, “Bet on whether the guards of the British Duke’s Mansion, can stop Master?”
Xiao Nan yawned, “What’s the point of betting on this?”