As expected by Xuan Shaoning, the person in the sedan chair was Ling Wang. At this moment, he was closing his eyes and recalling what happened half a day ago: Lin Kun came to report the progress of the case. When he heard that the Wu father and son pointed out that the person who handed over to Lu Yanhui was the master of the prince's mansion, the turmoil in his heart was not reflected by his own efforts to suppress it. Especially after taking over the portrait sent by Lin Kun and Shen Qianji's clear identification, Ling Wang had already thought about a plan in his mind.

"Your Highness, please come here!" The eldest son of the Prince's Mansion respectfully led him to the main hall of the Prince's Mansion.

"Brother!" Seeing the prince from afar, King Ling immediately changed into a warm smile and walked up the steps quickly. The prince slowly walked forward with a plain expression, and asked inexplicably: "Why are Seventh Brother so happy to come to me today?"

King Ling continued to smile and said, "Brother, the previous New Year's Eve bloody case has now appeared important clues, so I will tell my brother the first time!"

Compared to the excitement of King Ling, the prince seemed a little restrained. "The father had already appointed you to be responsible for this case. Even if there was a breakthrough, he should report to the father early. What is it to come to me?"

King Ling looked around, "Brother is planning to let me stand at the door of this hall to talk about things?"

"Oh, it was my palace that I ignored it. The seventh brother came in to speak." As he said that, the prince turned around and walked into the hall. King Ling followed him in. When the door was closed, King Ling took out a portrait from his sleeve and handed it to the prince and said, "Brother, this is the person who was identified by the Wu father and son who met with Lu Yan!"

As expected, when the prince stared at the portrait, he contained surprise, fear, and nervous expressions.

"this......."

"That's right, it's this person. I'm planning to report to my father. However, although I received the order to thoroughly investigate the case, only Dali Temple can be used. If I want to search this person in the capital, it is obviously insufficient for Dali Temple to be found. This is why I will first tell my elder brother." King Ling said calmly: "Brother, you know my father. If you want to use the Imperial Guards, I hope my elder brother can help me!"

The prince swallowed his saliva, and obviously hadn't come back to his senses yet, and said in a slight silence: "This matter... I'm afraid... it's still you, Seventh Brother... you can handle it yourself. I... I'm a little uncomfortable."

"Brother, what's wrong with you?" King Ling panickedly and asked with concern.

The prince pushed away the King of Ling and shouted loudly: "Come here!" After the old man ran into the hall, the prince ordered: "Send His Highness the King of Ling back first, I will feel uncomfortable!"

"Brother, otherwise I'd better ask the imperial physician to come for treatment. It's all my fault. I don't know that my elder brother is unwell and I'm still here to bother!" Yingying's concern in King Ling's eyebrows could not be seen as pretending.

"It's okay, there's no need to hire an imperial physician. Seventh brother, please come back first!" After saying that, the prince turned his back to King Ling, so King Ling no longer insisted. He said "Take care" and walked out of the hall with the elders.

Looking through the window edge as Prince Ling walked away, the prince immediately shouted loudly: "Come here! Go and invite the princess, and let the secretary come to see him immediately!"

When the prince's mansion walked into the hall in panic, he saw that the prince and the princess were already standing in front of him. "See Your Highness, see the prince!"

"What are you doing? Now you have been identified by the Wu father and son!" The prince roared. The secretary knelt on the ground, with disbelief on his face, and hurriedly explained: "No, every time he trades, his subordinates are masked. Whether it is Wu father and son or Lu Yanhui, he has never seen his subordinates face. His Royal Highness, how could anyone identify this? "

"Are you sure you have never made any mistakes in so many years? If you hadn't made a mistake, how could the Wu father and son give up your portrait?" The prince's eyes were about to spit out. Zhangshu kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, constantly explaining that he had been extremely careful and had never made any mistakes.

The Crown Princess comforted her: "Your Highness, have you seen the portrait just now carefully? Is it sure that it looks like a master of books?"

"Of course! The King of Ling opened the portrait in front of me, and I recognized it at a glance!" The prince stopped looking at the book on his knees on the ground, and asked the princess, "What should we do now? The King of Ling has entered the palace to ask for an order to search the whole city, so the book on his hand... must not be kept!"

When he heard this, Zhangshu was so scared that he kowtowed desperately to mercy until he knocked bleeding on his forehead. The princess stopped him and said, "You shouldn't stop him quickly! Zhangshu, no matter how you explain it now, you can't escape the fact that you have recognized. If you are caught, you will definitely implicate the prince's mansion. You know how to do it!"

"Yes, you should stop yourself!" The prince said firmly, but was stopped by the princess. "No, I have been in the princess's mansion for so many years, and there are many people who have seen him. Since the Prince Ling has a portrait, as long as we investigate it from multiple sources, we will definitely find out what we have on our heads."

Hearing the princess say this, the prince panicked, "What? Why didn't I expect? It's trouble now!"

"Zhanshu, this matter is enough for you. Your family will definitely settle down in the prince's mansion." The princess said calmly to Zhangshu. At this moment, Zhangshu's eyes were filled with tears, and he nodded unwillingly and shook his head.

"You must die! But you must not die in the prince's mansion. The prince must escort you into the palace to face the saint!"

"What?!" The prince and Zhangshu looked at the princess incredibly at the same time.

"Your Highness, now we can only retreat and advance, and admit our mistakes in front of our father. We admit that we are negligent in discipline and allow our subordinates to be wrong. We are all greedy for ink and stone materials by Zhangshu in private to use the name of the prince!"

"I'm afraid it's hard to convince this. My father will definitely track down the whereabouts of Yinliang!"

"This can only sacrifice Zhou Xunliang. The expenses of the Ping An Army are a considerable expense, and the regulations, allocation and military pay of the Ping An Army are higher than those of other troops, so it can be explained."

"No! No! Zhou Xunliang is my support in the army. Ping'an Army is the prince's army. Wouldn't this ruin them?"

"It's better to ruin your highness, you! How can I not know the importance of the Ping An Army? But now we must save your Highness. Without Zhou Xunliang and Ping An Army, your Highness will have your mother's family, and the power in Donghu. It will not be difficult to make a comeback at that time! Now the New Year's Eve bloody case and the greedy stone case of ink and stone have arrived in this field. If you don't know, your father will not give up. Don't forget, King Ling and King Xiang are eyeing your position! Besides, there is King Yu who is in the limelight recently. They will not put down the wrongs? If you lose the position of the prince, your Highness, we will never be able to get rid of it and will never have a chance to stand out!"

The hard-working analysis of the Crown Princess did make the Crown Prince realize the seriousness of the incident. "Is it possible? There is no room for any other fight?" Seeing the Crown Princess shake her head, the Crown Prince covered her chest with one hand, and her thoughts were struggling, but she heard the Crown Princess continue, "Ye Rongxuan is afraid he will not be able to save it."

"What?" the prince widened his eyes. "He is the only one among the six tribes who can be controlled by me!"

"Your Highness, you are really confused. When Wu's father and son changed prisoners in death, how could he do it with his own books? In the eyes of the father, even if the Minister of Justice does not directly participate, he will not escape the responsibility of ineffective supervision!"

"Yes, yes, but..."

Before the prince finished speaking, the princess made a gesture of silence, turned around and said to the old man: "Take a good book down and take care of him!"

"Yes" Lao Nuo said and went to support the book that had been slung on the ground, and helped him walk out of the hall step by step until the two of them disappeared completely. The princess comforted him: "Your Highness, don't worry, this matter is not to the point where it cannot be concluded. I have a way." The princess began to whisper to the prince, and the prince finally began to look at him.

In the following two days, King Ling did lend the Imperial Guard to help search the capital, but the Prince's Mansion was as calm as usual. Until the third day, a four-horse carriage hurried out of the Prince's Mansion and headed towards the direction of the imperial city.

On that day, Emperor Liang felt uncomfortable and was enjoying a massage at Yingshuren. However, he saw Eunuch Zhang quietly walking in and reporting: "Emperor, the prince is asking for a meeting in Chengyuan Palace."

Emperor Liang was a little impatient. He was about to wave his hand and stopped him in time and said, "Your Majesty, there must be something important to meet at this time. Your Majesty should meet him first. I promise that your Majesty will be more comfortable after seeing His Majesty." Emperor Liang gently pinched Ying Shuren's face and said docitfully: "I will follow you, let's go!"

"Your Majesty is wise." Ying Shuren packed her dress and slowly withdrew, but Emperor Liang was still smiling and staring at the direction of her departure, full of reminiscence. When Emperor Liang came to Chengyuan Palace in a dragon chasing, he saw the two of them kneeling in the main hall. The prince was right in front, and the person behind him was tied up.

"Sons, please see the father!"

"Prince, who is behind you?"

When he heard Emperor Liang ask, the prince was extremely ashamed and buried his head lower. He said in a crying voice: "My son is dead, so I'll be willing to die. Please don't be angry, listen to me!"

Emperor Liang couldn't help but frown and said in a angrily voice: "What's the matter? Don't keep it in front of me!"

"Yes, the person brought by Erchen is the master of Erchen's house. This person... This person is the current wanted criminal in the city!"

"He is the prisoner who was seconded by the Royal Guard to search the entire city?"

“That’s right!”

"King Ling told me that the person who was going to hunt was the person who had traded with Lu Yan in the case of Greedy Metal Stone. Could it be that this person is the prince, your master?

"Don't rest ashamed! I heard from the servants that I saw portraits in many places in the capital. The portraits looked very much like books. I happened to meet them. I was caught by books. After I asked them, books told me that I was indeed the person in the portrait. Therefore, the minister did not dare to deal with them privately and immediately tied up to meet my father."

"Crown Prince, get up and let me take a good look at this person!"

As the prince stood up, Emperor Liang saw clearly that his palm book was tied to his knees on the ground, but his face was not nervous at all. He was afraid of such a fearful expression after the incident was revealed, but calm.

"What the prince said just now is the fact?"

After waiting for a while, he did not get any answer. Emperor Liang was furious and hit the armrest of the dragon chair hard, stood up and questioned: "The bold and unruly people, they actually ignore me! People come!" With an order, two imperial guards walked into the hall with great momentum. Just as they were about to listen to Emperor Liang's orders, they suddenly laughed: "Hahaha, my life is just a chess piece. I have been doing things for the prince for many years, but I have only received this fate! It is my worthy, and I deserve it!"

These words obviously caught the prince off guard. Before he could come back to his senses, he heard the book continue to say, "Emperor, it is me who is in contact with Lu Yan, and it is me who is greedy for ink and stone. But how can a mere teacher in my court contact with the imperial officials and swallow such a huge amount of silver? I have been secretly doing this for eight years, Emperor!"

"You, you, don't talk nonsense!" The prince had already blushed to the base of his neck, and he gritted his teeth and squeezed out these words, "Father, Father, this person is vicious. He didn't say that in my mansion just now!"

Emperor Liang narrowed his eyes and looked at the prince and said, "Is this person squirting blood or ulterior motives? I want to take a good look today!" Then he ordered loudly: "Come here! Immediately tell the King of Ling, Lin Kun, and Mu Jin to enter the palace!"

As Chuanmen Lang left, Emperor Liang sat upright on the dragon throne, staring at the prince with his eyes as if nothing had happened. The prince stared at the traitor kneeling on the ground, and hated him so much that he didn't dare to look back and look at Emperor Liang's gaze. He thought in his heart that once King Ling came, his situation would be more dangerous, but now Xiru is not around, so he can only deal with it with his teeth. As he thought about it, his sweat had quietly wet his clothes.

"Prince"

"My son is here!" Hearing Emperor Liang ask him, he quickly turned around and still dodging his eyes.

"I ask you, have you been involved in the case of greed for ink and stone?"

"I don't dare to do it! This slave, who was bewitched by someone, even bitten it at will!"

"This slave is already dead. Now there are only you, my father and son. I hope you can tell the truth."

"How dare I end my father's appointment? I have never participated in this case. I am willing to cooperate with my seventh brother to investigate the case!"

"Crown Prince, don't interfere in this case." Emperor Liang said that without waiting for the prince's reaction, he closed his eyes until he heard the voice of greeting.

"Sons, please see the father!"

"See the Lord!"

The prince quietly wiped the sweat beads from behind his ears with his sleeves. He opened his eyes and saw that the person coming was Ling Wang, Lin Kun and Mu Jin. The three of them saluted and stood up and waited for Emperor Liang to speak. The Ling Wang saw that the prince was incomprehensible in his eyes.

"King Ling, you can see clearly. This person kneeling on the ground is the important criminal you are arresting?" Emperor Liang opened his eyes and asked.

King Ling walked up and looked carefully, and saw that the man was kneeling on the ground, expressionless, and his appearance was very similar to the painter's painting. He couldn't help but reply surprisingly: "Report to Father, this man should be the important criminal whom the son minister has been arresting!" After pausing, he continued, "But, but, how could this man......"

Before King Ling finished speaking, Emperor Liang continued, "Your prisoner in the city is the chief clerk of the Prince's Mansion!" As soon as these words came out, King Ling was so shocked that he knelt down and looked at the prince and said, "My son has no intention of slandering the prince. Please ask the father to observe it clearly! There must be hidden information in this, and Mr. Emperor absolutely believes that the prince is innocent!"

"Do you believe it?" Emperor Liang asked coldly, "but this person just identified the prince as his mastermind behind the scenes!"

"Father, this person is not trustworthy just because of his empty words. Please leave them to Dali Temple for careful review!" King Ling said righteously, and Lin Kun and Mu Jin could only speak the same way. "I would like to ask! I will assist His Highness King Ling to find out the truth with all his might!"

"Prince, what do you say?"

"My son has already stated that he should cooperate with the seventh brother's investigation and clear his suspicion!"

"Okay, King Ling, Dali Temple, and the prince will go back to his house to avoid suspicion."

As soon as Emperor Liang said, the prince hurriedly knelt down, "My son knows that he is wrong. Although he is not aware of it, his subordinates are not in charge of such a thing. My son is going back to the house to face the wall and think about his mistakes!"

Hearing the prince's answer, Emperor Liang's face became gentler, and his tone also eased a little. "The prince is still aware of the general principles, and I will work hard for the Prince of Ling next."

When Emperor Liang heard the words of himself, King Ling knelt down and said, "The prince has always been a role model for his sons to learn from. The sons will definitely live up to the expectations of his father and investigate the case clearly!" The last few words were loud and the pronunciation was clear.

Sitting in the carriage of the palace, King Ling slammed his thigh with his clenched fist but did not feel any pain at all. "Father, you are still protecting the prince so much at this point! They are all sons, how can you be so partial! Prince, don't blame me this time. It's okay if the father doesn't protect you. The more he does this, I will defeat you!"

In a blink of an eye, it has been several months since I arrived in the capital. After experiencing some things, Xuan Shaoning also realized the mixed feelings of the capital. He couldn't help but miss the generous and simplicity of Mobei. But after thinking about it, there were only a few days left before leaving Beijing, and his heart became clear and his footsteps were also brisk.

A shop called "Yanxiang" in the middle of Tianjie is Xuan Shaoning's target. At first glance, it seems that this is a shop selling four treasures of the study, but it is actually a pastry shop. The most famous one is Yanmosu, which is one of the best names in the capital. Xuan Shaoning thought of buying some Yanmosu to go to Qingshan Academy to see the Master. Until he walked near the store, he realized that there were still many people waiting, and one of them was very familiar with the back of one of them. Xuan Shaoning was still searching in his mind. It happened that the person would turn around. The plain face could not hide the light in his eyes. Who was it? Compared to the down-and-out and shabby meeting when he first met, Jiang Weizhen was still wearing simple clothes at this moment, but it was cleaner.

"Brother Jiang!"

"Hey, it's Brother Shaoning!"

When Jiang Weizhen saw this brother who helped him in times of difficulty, his eyes became hot. He walked over quickly and held Xuan Shaoning's hand and said, "After the Beijing Examination, we met only a handful of times. We have never been able to take time to thank him. It's Jiang's fault!"

"Where did you say? Brother Jiang is now in the Ministry of Revenue, and things are all complicated. If you can't understand this, it will be a waste of your brother."

"Haha, what I mean is, what I mean! My brother also came to taste this inkstone cream because of his reputation? I have always heard how delicious this inkstone cream is. I didn't come to taste it specifically. I don't mention the taste for it. Just looking at the waiting crowd, I think the taste must be good!"

Xuan Shaoning looked at a small box of cargo baskets in Jiang Weizhen's hand, nodded and said, "Brother Jiang guessed it. I really came for this inkstone. I wanted to go back to Qingshan Academy tomorrow, thinking of bringing some snacks to Master. His life is the delicacy in this world."

"Okay, OK, the freshly released inkstone cream has been sold out. Why don't I wait for the next one with you?"
Chapter completed!