Chapter 323: Armored Princess
Chapter 323: Armored Princess
Inside Prince Jing’s Mansion.
A spy who was also dressed in ordinary clothes half-knelt on the ground and spoke to the room with closed doors and windows.
The figure of a man with a tiger body and ape arms was also reflected on the window paper.
"Come in." The middle-aged man's steady voice came out.
The spy then stood up, carefully opened the door, stepped in, and raised and lowered his eyes slightly.
On the huge desk in the room, the object that takes up the most space is a valuable bonsai. Within the small bonsai, an old red pine tree looks vigorous and powerful.
An elegant middle-aged man sat in the chair, with three circles of extremely rare Bodhi beads wrapped around his arms, totaling 108 extremely rare Bodhi beads.
He looks like he is in his forties, but his graying temples reveal that he is a little older than he looks.
He has a handsome face and outstanding demeanor.
The Xu family has been around for six hundred years, and with successive generations of improvements, the appearance of the royal children has always been good.
In his time, Prince Jing had an outstanding demeanor and style, and was outstanding in both civil and military affairs. He was quite loved by the emperors of the previous generation. It was a pity that he was born too late and was destined to have no chance of becoming emperor.
However, he has devoted himself to building his Taoism for many years and is now considered a hidden dragon in the area.
"let it go."
Prince Jing spoke casually. He did not pick up the letter on the table immediately. Instead, he said to the mature and steady confidant who had established the entire secret intelligence system of Prince Jing's Mansion:
"Has the Song guy been arranged?"
The spy chief knew that the prince was referring to Song Tiju who was brought back from Taicang Prefecture:
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I won't treat you unfairly."
"Well, those who have made contributions must be rewarded heavily, so that the people of the country can be united," Prince Jing nodded, but it was just a casual question, and then turned around to ask a few more questions about other matters.
The latter answered one by one, and then hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, the Shen family has always wanted to see you."
Prince Jing frowned slightly, with a hint of displeasure in his eyes: "Is it the ancestor of the Shen family who wants to see you? Or is it the head of the family?"
"the latter."
"Then I will send them away. Well, I will also appease them. Once the matter in the capital is settled, I will naturally not treat them unfairly."
"Your Highness, will the people in the capital... do as we wish?" The spy chief was a little nervous.
Prince Jing glanced at him, stroking his bracelet with his fingers, as if pondering, but after a moment he shook his head: "Not necessarily."
"what?"
Prince Jing smiled and glanced at him:
"Don't underestimate my niece. She may seem soft-hearted, but would a truly soft-hearted person kill so many people and risk the world's disapproval to claim the throne?"
The spy chief was puzzled and asked, "Your Majesty, you have made all this effort, but if you get nothing, then it would be..."
Prince Jing looked calm:
"You have to eat one mouthful at a time, and play chess one step at a time. Gao Lian is not my man, so what does his life or death have to do with me? I actually hope he dies, so that I can force the Gao family to side with me.
As for Li Yanfu... the disintegration of the Li Party is certainly what my niece hopes for, but isn't it also what I hope to see?"
The spy chief thought about it and suddenly realized that no matter whether the prince won or lost this time, he would not lose.
"Go ahead." Prince Jing waved his hand to send them away.
After the people left, he tore open the envelope on the table, and his expression, which had originally been indifferent, suddenly changed.
Prince Jing suddenly stood up and threw the secret letter into the brazier in the room.
Then he pushed the door open and walked along a vast complex of buildings that looked like a small palace, until he arrived at a courtyard.
As soon as I stepped in, I saw a figure in a long skirt sitting cross-legged in the middle of the courtyard.
It was actually a beautiful woman. Although she was sitting cross-legged, her body was suspended in the air one foot above the ground.
The luxurious hem of her skirt fell to the ground like a spread lotus leaf or a stretched water lily.
"I told you not to disturb my practice unless it's important." The woman said coldly.
She opened her eyes, and the moonlight poured down from above her head, illuminating the silver mask of a simple and mysterious style covering her face. The mask had a strange pattern, covering most of her face, leaving only her eyes and chin exposed.
If Zhao Duan were here, he would recognize it at a glance. This mask is exactly the same as Pei Niannu's.
The difference is that Pei Niannu's is dark gold, the gold medal female shadow guard's is bronze, and the woman in front of him is silver.
It seems to symbolize a certain class.
Prince Jing was elegant, but his eyes were a little cold:
"Don't forget, you are now the princess, the king's principal wife, and the prince's stepmother."
Princess Jing retorted, "Don't forget, I am only protecting you and doing things for you, and you have to fulfill your promise."
Prince Jing exhaled lightly, suddenly smiled, and said softly:
"Don't worry, when I gain greater power, I will definitely help you find Pei Niannu's mantle. But before that, you still have to help me, right?"
The sorceress sighed and said, "What's the matter?"
Prince Jing frowned and said, "Zhuang Xiaocheng sent me a letter saying that the Imperial Master has returned. Is it really possible that he is still alive?"
The princess wearing the silver mask was startled and frowned:
"Do you think Zhuang Xiaocheng would cheat on you?"
"Not sure." A cold expression appeared on Prince Jing's elegant face. "This gang of remnants of the Kuangfu Society and I are only superficially on good terms. But at this critical juncture, there is no need for them to lie."
The princess pursed her lips and said after a moment:
"That evil Taoist was not a true god, and his methods were strange. I suspected from the beginning that he bewitched Xu Jianwen for his own cultivation... His death was also strange, so it's not surprising that he really came back. By the way, where is he now?"
Prince Jing hesitated and said, "Zhuang Xiaocheng said that he went to the capital."
The princess was stunned for a moment, then sneered:
"That's his temper. In this case, you should be happy, but your niece should be troubled."
Prince Jing was mixed with joy and sorrow. He stroked the bodhi beads with his fingers, raised his head and sighed:
"This king has always kept his distance from evil sorcerers."
"Haha." The princess laughed and ignored him, but she also lost interest in practicing. She landed on the ground and walked towards the bedroom.
As she walked, the silver mask on her face moved and disappeared, hidden under a gentle woman's face.
In the entire palace, few people knew that the princess was actually a powerful sorcerer.
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Dawn.
Before dawn, Zhao Duan watched Ma Yan go to the palace to attend court.
As a fourth-rank official, he was theoretically qualified to attend court.
But according to his observation, the ranks of officials in the Dayu Dynasty were a bit porous, with a lot of officials of the second and third ranks, while people like him were mostly "nominally" fourth-rank military officers in the Beijing camp, and were rarely summoned to court.
Of course, he didn't want to go.
"I have to go to work and punch in before dawn. I'd be crazy to go to court. Can't I just hold my concubine at home and sleep until I wake up naturally? Oh, I don't have a concubine, so it's okay..."
Zhao Duan complained in his heart and continued to wait for the result in the imperial court.
About an hour and a half later, the sky had brightened and the capital city welcomed another peaceful day.
As Ma Yan and others returned from court, the final outcome of the Gao Lian case was settled.
What really shocked and astonished all the officials in the court was the news that both the witness and the criminal died suddenly overnight.
As expected, the capital city was in an uproar once again.
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(End of this chapter)