Chapter 20 Very Bad
Biting his lip and walking slowly on the street with his head lowered for a while, Zhou Heng finally found a place for himself:
Go to Prince Jing’s Mansion!
Anyway, apart from the potentially risky Zhou family, in this world, I only have so much friendship with Prince Jing's Mansion.
After all, it was his fiancé's house that he was engaged to, and Shen Fu didn't seem to be a threat to him. Besides, after all, the horse head jade sculpture was in his palace. If he was lucky, he might be able to see it; if he couldn't see it, Well, you can ask Shen Fu or the people around him to see if the priceless stuff is hidden in some treasure house.
Then hurry back to the comfortable 21st century!
This place is so scary. I never thought that just a week later, someone would be killed!
At this time, Zhou Heng's mind was filled with thoughts about his wonderful life of lying comfortably on the sofa, watching TV, scrolling through his mobile phone, eating snacks, the hot spring resort in the snowy mountains and deserts, and the life of an ancient lady. I just wanted to go back to my 21st home as soon as possible. Live well in Century!
So, just take this opportunity to return to Prince Jing’s Mansion and quickly take the time machine back, don’t think about anything else!
As for how to get to Prince Jing's Mansion... Zhou Heng touched the pearl hairpin in his hand. The thing Miss Qian Jin used must be valuable, right? Just use it to hire a carriage.
A pearl hairpin must be more than enough to pay for one trip.
He started looking for a carriage with a bit of trepidation, but he didn't expect things to go smoothly. When Zhou Heng got into a carriage that smelled like fish with relief, he was so happy that he didn't notice the smell...
The coachman was actually quite happy.
Although the girl who suddenly ran out looked panicked, when he saw the beaded hairpin shining in the afterglow of the setting sun, the coachman thought it must be a valuable commodity. He didn't care whether the body of the hairpin was gold or not. The head of the hairpin was so big. The pearls don't look like fakes. They must be worth a lot of money if sold individually.
Moreover, this girl who was said to have had her money stolen because she came back to visit relatives seems to have really gotten used to living a good life in the palace. She even agreed to her request for her pair of pearl earrings, which looked to be of high quality!
So then the coachman hummed a song and whipped the horse as he jogged all the way. Zhou Heng lay on the bumpy carriage window, enduring the headache and body aches and trying to remember the street scenes along the way. Unfortunately, it started to get dark slowly the next day, and it seemed that along the way They were all private houses, and there was no light on the roadside, which made Zhou Heng very uneasy, fearing that the coachman would have some bad thoughts.
Fortunately, after a period of bumpy life, although it was already dark, the road seemed to be smoother, the lights on the roadside were brighter, and the houses next to it seemed to be gradually getting better, and then I ran for a while. At the same time, Zhou Heng was relieved to find that the carriage finally stopped in front of the Chipai Mansion with the plaque of Prince Jing's Mansion hanging high.
After stumbling out of the carriage, the other party drove away without looking back, and Zhou Heng immediately picked up his skirt and ran up the steps.
When she arrived just now, she looked on the carriage and saw that there was no one at the gate of the palace. It seemed that the movement from the Liuhu side had not reached this side.
Just in time, it is convenient for me to enter the house quietly.
Subconsciously, Zhou Heng felt that the less people knew about the boatman's murder, the better, so when the concierge came out to stop him, he just whispered to the old man who looked surprised after recognizing him:
"Please go and tell the prince, I...I have something very urgent to see him about!"
After hearing this, the concierge looked outside suspiciously, right? Not even a maid came with him? What kind of emergency did Miss Cousin have?
However, she is the concierge of the palace after all, and the old man knows that no matter what happens, the person in front of him is indeed the fake Miss Zhou Ciao, the girl who is engaged to his own prince. So, no matter why she is dressed like this, we are just looking at her. At the door... his head turned quickly, his waist bent, and the concierge made a gesture of invitation: "My cousin, you're welcome, I will let someone take you in right now!"
Shen Fu, who had just finished dinner, had put on a homely robe and was about to read comfortably in the inner study for a while. When he heard the maid Chun Yu hurried in to report that Zhou Heng was here, his brows immediately furrowed. : Sure enough, within a few days, he went back on his word and came back again!
When I looked up at the sky outside the window, it was already dark. It was really outrageous!
He turned back and continued reading. At the same time, he suppressed the irritability in his heart and calmly told Chunyu to send a message: "Tell Miss Cousin that it's getting late. Come back another day!"
Chun Yu was a little hesitant. She came in after hearing the message from the maid sent by Aunt Shen, saying that Aunt Shen had welcomed her cousin to the inner courtyard and asked her to tell the prince quickly.
Although several maids in the inner courtyard are more or less aware of this cousin's willfulness in the past, Aunt Shen will never cater to her cousin so casually, so even though she can tell by looking at Shen Fu's expression now, she I don’t like meeting people, but the situation is special now. After all, Nanny Shen must have led Miss Shen to arrive right now...
Thinking of this, Chunyu also forced herself to continue explaining to Shen Fu:
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry, it's not that this servant is troublesome, it's really... Your Majesty, you'd better go and have a look. I heard that my cousin came alone, not even a maid was with her, and... the little maid over there with Grandma Shen. Said, my cousin looks very bad."
Very bad? Tsk! Shen Fu threw the book on the table and cried and made trouble. Is it possible that this is the third step of betrayal?
Not even a single maid followed. Humph, the maids were actually hiding on the carriage outside the mansion, right?
Thinking of this, Shen Fu took the book over again, and continued to read in a leisurely manner while giving orders to Chun Yu. This maid used to look quite steady, but why is there so much going on right now:
"Go and tell grandma that I am resting in the inner courtyard today. My cousin should go back early, so as not to worry the madam and the others."
"Yes—!" Chunyu responded, but still hesitated a little, but the prince has said so, so... let's wait for Grandma Shen to say it herself.
So I left the study and waited for Nanny Shen on the corridor to see if she would bring Miss Ciao over.
Sure enough, not long after, I saw Grandma Shen and a little maid, one by one, supporting a girl who was wearing a coarse cloth robe and combing her hair like a Taoist nun. They quickly stepped forward and took a closer look. Oh, it’s really my cousin!
"Silence!" Seeing Chun Yu covering her mouth with a surprised look, Grandma Shen immediately stopped her and ordered her: "Go and report to the prince quickly, and then get someone to bring a basin of hot water!"
"Hey!" It seemed that Miss Cousin was really in trouble. Her face looked very pale and she looked shaky. Moreover, there was really no maid following behind her. Chunyu quickly turned around and went in to report.
When Shen Fu listened to Chunyu who had come back again and again, she said that Aunt Shen had already helped her cousin to come in, her thick black eyebrows almost knitted together: Ah Heng is really outrageous!
But when he recognized that the person who was half-supported and half-carried in by Granny Shen and the others was actually Zhou Heng, Shen Fu was so shocked that he stood up immediately: "What, what is going on? Ah Heng!"
With the last bit of strength, Zhou Heng struggled to open his eyes and glanced at Shen Fu who walked quickly to him, and tried to open his mouth and said to him:
"That boatman wants to kill me!"
Then his body slumped down, his eyes closed, his head drooped, and he fainted completely...
Chapter completed!