It was already half a month after Jing and the people there came back from Zhengfeng County to investigate. At this time, another major event happened in the capital.
Several capable ministers under the third prince Zheng Lie fell out of service one after another, and they all ended badly. Even Liu Wentao was demoted one level, from being a minister to a junior minister.
All of this happened within this half month, and the reason was very simple, because Ji Mingxuan was back.
Ji Mingxuan came back ten days ago. From the moment he stepped into the gate of the capital, everyone in the capital had already begun to tremble.
The third prince was secretly happy that he discovered the mine this time and even injured the people above him. This would be a huge blow to Ji Mingxuan.
But who would have thought that this was just an itch for Ji Mingxuan. Not only did he not suffer any harm, he was also completely irritated. He could have made the third prince jump for a while, but he ended up bleeding profusely as soon as he came back.
This is more painful than giving him a sword directly.
Listening to his subordinates reporting every day that his party language has been purged again, the third prince has gone from being angry at the beginning, to unwillingness later, to numbness now, and has no feeling at all.
He originally thought that the one who needed to lick his wounds was Ji Mingxuan, but he didn't expect that it was him. It was actually a bit ridiculous.
"Your Highness, Your Majesty listens to Ji Mingxuan on everything, which is very detrimental to us!"
Liu Wentao once again stood in the Third Prince's Mansion, his face full of anxiety.
He has been climbing for most of his life and finally got the position of Minister. Unexpectedly, after this battle, he directly became the Minister. He has been crying blindly for the past few days.
The most irritating thing is that the newly appointed Minister is his former subordinate. Not to mention how proud he is these days, whenever he sees him, he sneers at him, which almost makes him angry to death.
He had to come to the Third Prince for advice, and he didn't ask for anything else. As long as he could return to the position of Minister, he would be grateful.
The third prince was still annoyed when Liu Wentao came to complain again. His emotions were on the verge of exploding, but thinking that Liu Wentao had helped him a lot during this period, he tried his best not to get angry.
"This palace is the one who has suffered the heaviest losses. I have been thinking of ways these past few days. How many times have I told you not to come to this palace every two days? My father has been very angry these days. If this happens, I will be in trouble again.
What should you do if you come to this palace?"
The third prince looked at him sideways, with an impatient expression on his face.
Liu Wentao was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down and apologized: "I know that I am guilty. I was too anxious. Please calm down, Your Highness!"
"Okay, for the sake of your loyalty to this palace, I won't argue with you this time. Let's go down first."
"Yes Yes……"
Liu Wentao hurriedly wiped the sweat from his forehead and left through the back door. He thought no one would notice him, but he didn't know that there were a pair of eyes in the dark that kept watching.
It didn't take long for the news to be sent to Ji Mingxuan. Fu Lian said: "Master, Liu Wentao can't sit still anymore. He dares to go to the third prince at the cusp of this storm. Not only us, but also people from other factions should have discovered it."
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Ji Mingxuan leaned back leisurely on the chair, playing with the ring that Zhao Huanyu gave him, with a faint smile on his lips, and ordered: "Then spread the news, it's best to make it known to everyone."
"yes."
Fulian cupped his hands, turned around and went out.
In fact, Ji Mingxuan was merciful this time. When dealing with Liu Wentao, he did not reveal to the emperor that he was the third prince's person.
The reason is to play more with them.
But they were so stupid that they didn't know how to avoid the limelight at this time, so he had no choice but to be a good person and help them.
At this time, in the palace, in Princess Jinghe's palace, the people under her command were reporting everything they found about Zhao Huanyu in Zhengfeng County.
"As for the princess, it's true that she is a peasant girl, but she should also be a close disciple of Divine Doctor Ding. She has some medical skills and also opened a cosmetics shop. The business is very good..."
The subordinates originally wanted to go into more detail, but just after saying a few words, Jinghe said impatiently: "What this princess wants to know is what is the relationship between her and brother Mingxuan. Don't talk about those things."
Yes! Whose apprentice she is has nothing to do with this princess. If you dare to rob my princess, you will die!"
The man under him immediately lowered his head, picked up only the important things and said, "Mr. Ji just got engaged to that peasant girl half a month ago."
"What!"
Jinghe couldn't sit still for a moment. She couldn't bear it when she thought she was a good match before, but she didn't expect that she was engaged now!
"How can he get engaged to another woman? How can he choose a lowly peasant girl? This princess is no better than that bitch!"
She smashed the things with a loud bang, and the precious porcelain and jade were shattered on the ground. The maids and eunuchs also knelt on the ground. No one dared to speak at this time, because the first time they opened their mouths, they were the first to be greeted by her fire.
She was like crazy, uncontrollably throwing everything she could see, crying loudly as she did so.
"Why did I like him so much, but he turned a blind eye and got engaged to a humble peasant girl?"
"Why are you doing this to me? I won't let that woman succeed, absolutely not!"
It can be seen that the mood is really broken, and she no longer calls herself the princess.
When she was almost done crying, Cai Lian handed her a small handkerchief to wipe her tears. While wiping her tears, she said distressedly: "Princess, don't be sad. You were born to be a high-ranking princess. No matter what kind of man you want, you won't get it."
Woolen cloth?"
"This princess only wants Ji Mingxuan! Wuwuwu... I want to go to my father and ask him to grant me a marriage immediately!"
As she said this, she was about to run out. Cai Lian knew that she must not let her make things worse, so she hurriedly chased after her to stop her.
"Princess, calm down! There has been turmoil in the court recently, and Your Majesty is very angry. If you go now, you will definitely be punished!"
"Then what else do you think this princess can do? They are already engaged!"
Jinghe asked back, staring at her closely, as if she would kill her if she couldn't come up with a good explanation.
Cai Lian shuddered, but she still said bravely: "That's just a lowly peasant girl. Now that Master Ji is in the capital, he naturally can't take care of her. Princess, why don't you get rid of her as soon as possible!"
These words were said to Jinghe Xinba'er, she did have such thoughts just now.
"Yes, send someone to kill that bitch! Go now, quickly!"
As she spoke, Cai Lian pushed her forward, and Cai Lian added, "Don't worry, princess. Lord Ji is very powerful and may send someone to protect that woman. We still have to pick a suitable opportunity to do it to ensure nothing goes wrong."
Jinghe felt that what she said made sense, nodded repeatedly, and said to herself, "That's right, you can't be anxious. I must calm down and not be arrogant..."