The man looked at her holding the corner of her clothes tightly and sneered: "What? I want to slap me again? Then you'd better use a little harder this time, don't leave a slap mark like last time."

...

The prince came out of the imperial study room, looked dirty and didn't look at the road, and almost ran into the person who was walking by.

He was about to have an attack, but he found that the person coming was King Ning.

He couldn't say anything and said hello in a depressing manner: "Brother."

Ning Wang smiled and said, "What's wrong? You seem to be unhappy. Did your father scold you or Xiaoqi?"

The prince said resentfully: "The father said I didn't discipline Xiaoqi well! What's the matter for me? Who knows where the fat man is brave enough to run around the palace?"

Ning Wang laughed, patted his shoulder, and said, "You are the prince, the elder brother, and the example of all princes. The father will inevitably have higher expectations for you. Don't worry, the father just said that he won't really blame you. As for Xiaoqi, he is naughty and it's normal to cause trouble. He doesn't even have time to care for him. He won't really blame him."

These words are quite comfortable.

The prince would not be jealous of Qin Chuyu's favor, after all, he was his own brother, and he was so many years apart. Moreover, what Ning Wang said was right, the father blamed him because his expectations for him were higher than other princes.

He sighed, "It's just... the father still wants to punish Xiaoqi, and it's useless for me to plead with him."

King Ning smiled and patted the prince's shoulder: "You go back to the East Palace first, I will talk about my father's side."

The prince opened his mouth and honestly said that he was not in the same camp as King Ning. King Ning was the biggest threat on his imperial journey, not only because King Ning was smarter and capable than him, but also because his father loved King Ning very much.

The brother of King Ning is often aroused by people.

His eyes were very warm, sunny and honest. He tried hard to be a good son of his father and a good brother of the princes. He was ambitious, but he could not see too much ambition.

Especially he has no indescribable thoughts about Linlang.

Don’t think you don’t know that the third, fourth, and even the fifth concubine of Shu have secretly admired Linlang.

Only the eldest brother is open and upright and gentleman.

Thinking of this, the prince became more pleasing to King Ning: "Okay, please ask my brother for Xiaoqi's affairs. Linlang was injured. I have to go back and take care of him as soon as possible."

As soon as he walked a few steps, King Ning suddenly called him: "Second brother."

The prince turned around and said, "Brother has something to do?"

Ning Wangdao: "The father has been worried about the assessment of the six ministries recently, and the cabinet has been arguing about it. I am planning to go to the cabinet. Should I go with me?"

"This..." the prince hesitated a little.

As the prince of a country, he naturally knew that it was rare to participate in government affairs and share his father's worries, but he was really worried about Linlang's injuries.

King Ning smiled: "Then why would I better tell my father that I'll go alone."

Will I be happy if my father knows this?

The prince muttered: "The father didn't say this just now."

Ning Wang smiled and said, "That's because I haven't reported it yet."

Yes, I can't escape.

The prince sighed: "Then I will wait for my elder brother to go to the cabinet together."

Ning Wang smiled: "Okay."

Seeing the two brothers getting on the carriage intimately, Gu Jiao and Yuantang behind the big tree had straight eyes.

Yuan Tang: "No, right? There is no fight? The prince thinks he is not completely green enough?"

Yuantang had already discovered who the man who had met the Crown Princess privately.

Not only because he heard the other person's voice, but also because the other person turned around and accidentally asked him to see the face clearly when he left.

His mood at that time can only be described as how surprised he is.

Gu Jiao whined, really surprised.

Yuantang said coldly: "I want to clear myself of my grievances!"

Gu Jiao refused: "No."

"Why?" Yuantang asked.

"Princess Rui will die." Gu Jiao said, "She is the only person who can 'see' you having a private meeting with the Crown Princess. She is an important witness. Once you are relieved of the crime, Prince Ning will not keep her."

People like Ning Wang cannot be moral, don’t expect him to care about brotherly relationships.

Yuan Tang snorted coldly: "Do I have to take the blame for the rest of my life?"

Gu Jiao's eyes turned: "How about...you go and kill him?"

Yuantang twitched hard.

Is he a watermelon? I will kill you if I say kill!

Also, this is the territory of your Zhao Kingdom! I will assassinate your Zhao Kingdom’s eldest son. How many heads can I cut off?

As if he saw his complaint, Gu Jiao spread her hands: "Hasn't you even assassinated the emperor?"

Yuantang clenched his fists: "That's a good example! How dare I really kill your emperor! Do I want my life?"

Gu Jiao Ni Ni, he said: "Is there any difference between colluding with the enemy's concubine and seeking death?"

Yuantang choked.

When he thought of something, Yuan Tang giggled: "Hey? Otherwise, tell you the Queen Mother, don't Queen Mother Zhuang trust you very much? She won't disbelief of what you said, right?"

Gu Jiao was silent.

After a while, he spoke lightly: "She believes me, is it the reason why I stabbed her with a knife?"

Yuantang choked again.

He forgot that King Ning's body was filled with the same blood as Queen Mother Zhuang.

King Ning can be sorry for many people, but he has never let the Queen Mother Zhuang down.

His filial piety to Empress Dowager Zhuang comes from the heart.

Yuan Tang looked at Gu Jiao deeply: "So... what are you planning? I need to know if we will be enemies or friends in the future."

It’s not that Yuantang asked this. Even Yuantang could see that King Ning would not touch Gu Jiao.

It is impossible for King Ning to guess Gu Jiao has guessed the truth. He never thought about taking Gu Jiao's life from the beginning, and Yuantang thought of several reasons.

First, Gu Jiao is the heart and soul of Empress Dowager Zhuang. If Gu Jiao moves, Empress Dowager Zhuang will not give up.

Second, King Ning also needs Gu Jiao to treat Princess Ning's illness. Of course, this is based on the premise that Princess Ning has feelings for Princess Ning.

The third point is also very important. Gu Jiao is an outsider and she doesn’t care about the prince’s dispute at all. Even if Prince Ning turns the prince into a grassland, what does it have to do with Gu Jiao?

Since King Ning will not kill her, there is no need for her to be an enemy of King Ning, right?

Gu Jiaotian said: "I only do what I think is necessary."

Yuantang wondered: "What does it mean? Are you going to go against King Ning?"

Gu Jiao looked at him: "I should ask you this."

Yuantang was stunned: "What?"

Gu Jiao said slowly, "If King Ning finds that it is not easy to assassinate you, just give up on you and turn to think of other ways. Then do you still want to be enemies with him?"

Yuantang opened his mouth: "I..."

Gu Jiao said: "It has nothing to do with whether he is against him or me. I never need any friends, nor are I afraid of having more opponents."

Killing someone is just a slight slap in the ground. This girl's words are heartbreaking!

So he still doesn't understand what this girl means!

As Gu Jiao expected, after King Ning found out that Yuantang was not easy to chew, he did not take any further actions against Yuantang for the time being.

Although this matter has not started, it is not easy to block the mouths of King Rui and his wife. King Ning has two better choices - one is to act another scene to let Princess Rui discover the "real rockery man". This man was allowed to be chosen by King Ning, and he would just push a scapegoat and give it a chance.

However, this requires the cooperation of the Crown Princess. Judging from the relationship between the Crown Princess and Prince Ning that Gu Jiao observed today, I am afraid the Crown Princess will not be happy.

Furthermore, even if there is a new scapegoat, what will happen next? Will the Crown Princess and the scapegoat be really pushed out? Is King Ning willing to ruin the Crown Princess?

The second choice is to kill Princess Rui.

Princess Rui is an eyewitness, but Gu Jiao is also so, but Gu Jiao doesn't care about this matter. Unlike Princess Rui who had a marriage with the Crown Princess, she would not easily miss this opportunity to see the Crown Princess ruined her reputation.

"Miss Gu, are we going back to the clinic?" asked the mistress in the carriage.

"Go to the Ning Prince's Mansion." Gu Jiao said.

"Okay!"

The mistress drove the carriage to the Ning Prince's Mansion.

Princess Ning met Gu Jiao in her yard, and she asked someone to give me tea: "Doctor Gu came here today to follow up my visit? I remember it was three days later."

The implication is that Gu Jiao will not enter the Three Treasures Hall without any trouble.

Gu Jiao didn't feel hesitant and said straight to the point: "Princess, can I trust you?"

Ning Wang's hand that brought the teacup was served.
To be continued...