Prince Zhao Kuang carefully exited the threshold of the emperor's palace step by step, bowed deeply, and then slowly turned around.
The moment he turned around, his originally respectful face immediately turned gloomy.
Take big steps and walk towards the outside.
Eunuch Sun followed Zhao Kuang with his head lowered, not daring to take a breath.
Along the way, I met several groups of palace maids and eunuchs. Seeing that the prince's face was not good-looking, these people all bowed respectfully and did not dare to say a word.
It wasn't until he entered his own territory in the East Palace that Zhao Kuang flicked his sleeves and said angrily: "Father is too partial to the Jing family!"
Eunuch Sun has been working in the East Palace as Zhao Kuang's personal eunuch, taking care of Zhao Kuang's food and daily life.
Because of his close relationship, he knew the prince's temperament very well.
Although most of the time the prince is very sensible and has a calm personality, sometimes he can lose his temper like a willful child.
After all, Zhao Kuang is only sixteen years old this year.
Seeing that the prince was agitated at this time, Eunuch Sun did not dare to respond and just walked with his head lowered, otherwise he would inevitably be scolded by Zhao Kuang.
Today, it was him who took the initiative to provoke the Jing family at Jialan Temple, and that was why the prince asked the emperor to punish the Jing family.
The people in the palace are very well-informed, and it will not take long for the news to spread.
It was he who caused the prince to be so embarrassed.
However, although he pretended to be transparent, he still could not escape the prince's anger.
The prince turned around and kicked him hard on the butt, "Tell me, in the eyes of my father, am I, the prince, not more important than an old friend of his?"
As the crown prince, Zhao Kuang naturally knew that the relationship between the emperor and the late Marquis Jing was extraordinary.
Eunuch Sun also knew that Zhao Kuang wanted to get rid of the Jing family, otherwise he would not have deliberately made things difficult for the Jing family at the gate of the temple.
As the Crown Prince's personal eunuch, he was naturally the roundworm in his master's belly. He thought about what Zhao Kuang thought on a daily basis and did the things that Zhao Kuang wanted to do but couldn't do it himself.
It's just that I messed up things today and it was self-defeating.
In fact, to be fair in theory, the Jing family was naturally being unreasonable today. Foreign envoys and many officials went to Jialan Temple to offer incense. In order to ensure the safety of these important people, the Imperial Army had reason to prohibit non-official family members from entering to offer incense.
The Jing family has been deprived of the title of Marquis, and is of course also prohibited.
Even though Eunuch Sun showed up and was suspected of deliberately causing trouble, he was always on the side of reason.
Furthermore, although Guan Shihao was indeed self-defense, the one who attacked him was a captain of the Imperial Army, who was the emperor's close army!
When ordinary officials encounter the Forbidden Army, even if they are reasonable, if a conflict occurs, they must give in at the time.
In fact, the status of the emperor's close soldiers is extraordinary, and they are working against it, but they just don't take the emperor seriously.
At most, you will suffer a temporary loss, and then you can hand over the discount to the Jinluan Palace afterwards, so that the emperor can do justice to his family.
But as for Guan Shihao, killing means cutting off the head of a captain of the Forbidden Army in the blink of an eye. Without telling the identity of the other party, even ordinary people can't be so cruel, right?
Human life is at stake, this is a top priority!
But as I said before, this is only in theory, and in practice the Jing family must be tough. The Jing family has its own business, farm, and various industries. These wealth require strong power and reputation to protect them from being missed by others.
Because of greed and robbery, the Jing family has already been deprived of the marquis. If he shows his weak side again, there will definitely be countless wealthy nobles who are like hungry wolves smelling the fishy smell and want to pounce on him and bite him hard.
Of course, in this society where people are divided into three, six or nine classes, nothing is as important as the emperor's wishes.
If the emperor doesn't pursue the matter, even if you are the prince, you can't do anything to the Jing family openly.
"Prince, please be careful what you say!"
When Eunuch Sun heard that the prince openly complained against the emperor, he couldn't help being shocked. If someone heard this and told the emperor again, it would be a serious crime of disobedience. He quickly said: "Today, the little smart-aleck is causing trouble for the Jing family.
, I wanted to vent my old anger on the prince, but in the end I didn’t do anything to the Jing family, but I made you lose face, the prince.
If you feel angry, just take it out on me, but don't complain about the current Holy One!"
I have to say that Eunuch Sun spoke very skillfully, and it was clear in his words that he wanted to vent his anger on the prince's behalf, and that's why he went to find fault with the Jing family.
Zhao Kuang originally wanted to kick Eunuch Sun a few times, but then he stopped, rolled his eyes and said, "There are no outsiders here, what are you afraid of?"
On weekdays, Zhao Kuang always has a majestic and calm appearance, and his speech and behavior are all standard. He appears to be very mature, and his youthful nature will only show up when he is around people who are very close to him.
"Be careful, the walls have ears!" Eunuch Sun whispered back.
Zhao Kuang immediately put his hands on his back, straightened his waist, and resumed his walking posture.
After getting off the Jialan Temple, a Jingfu carriage was waiting. Jiang Long, Lin Ya, Yao's mother, Yuchai and Baoping all squeezed into the carriage.
Lin Ya was frightened, and Jiang Long was worried about her riding alone in the carriage.
Yao's mother, Yuchai, and Baoping were concerned about Jiang Long, who was nervous and must stay by his side to prevent him from leaving their sight.
Because they were escorted by the Forbidden Army, there were hundreds of people in this group.
After the carriage had been walking for a while, Yao's mother suddenly raised the curtains and gave instructions: "I was in a hurry and caused the carriage to collide among pedestrians. Someone must have been injured, and many vendors' items were damaged. A few people were left to deal with the aftermath."
"yes!"
A Jingfu guard responded with his fists clasped.
Yao's mother took out a banknote from her sleeve and handed it to the guard.
After that, a total of three guards were left to deal with the aftermath.
"The young master did not lie to me before."
A vendor selling paper money and candles at a small stall took the copper coins compensated by the Jingfu guards and said to himself happily.
Other vendors who had received compensation no longer looked sad and were smiling happily.
Most of the small vendors who set up stalls here can only make a living in a day. If the items are damaged and cannot be sold, the whole family may go hungry. Therefore, many vendors whose goods were damaged previously had a sad face, and even
Some people wiped their tears secretly.
But now Jingfu's compensation price is several percent higher than the market price, and the damaged items are not included.
Naturally, they made a small profit.
As a result, many vendors sighed, why didn't the carriage just damage a few more items?
The vendors who had just escaped quickly looked at their colleagues who had received compensation with envy.
I discovered for the first time that running too fast may not be a good thing.
Cheng Wu did not lead the imperial army to escort Jiang Long and his party to Jingfu, Ningyuan County, but they parted ways at a fork in the road.
Because the fork in the road was not far from Ningyuan County, Yao's mother didn't say anything and let Cheng Wu leave.
Without the protection of the imperial guards, the guards of Jing Mansion cheered up and looked around vigilantly one by one.
It wasn't until they arrived at the gate of Jing Mansion that they breathed a long sigh of relief and relaxed.
"What are the casualties of the guards in the mansion?"
Jiang Long got off the carriage, and the first question he asked made the Jingfu guards around him feel warm in their hearts.
Jiang Jun, the deputy captain of the Fuzhong escort team, stepped forward, knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and replied: "Back to my young master, four people were seriously injured and are still unconscious, including captain Chen Tai. Nine people were slightly injured, and no one was killed!"
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In order to prevent the masked man from fully using his arrows, Chen Tai and several guards stayed in the way.
Fortunately, he and several guards knew how to form a formation to defend against the enemy, and their skills were not weak, otherwise it would not have been as simple as being seriously injured.
"Quickly invite the best doctors to treat Captain Chen and others!" Jiang Long said in a deep voice.
"The old lady has already sent someone to invite you!"
Jiang Jun once again thanked Jiang Long for his concern and consideration for the guards in the mansion.
Jiang Long asked some more about the placement of the injured, and then he and Yao's mother and others walked towards Mrs. Jing's courtyard.
At this time, Mrs. Jing was in the Buddhist hall, sitting cross-legged on the futon.
Before she got the news, her eyelids were twitching and she was panicking. When she learned that a masked man was ambushing Jiang Long, her face turned pale with shock.
Knowing that it was useless to rush to Jialan Temple, he went to the Buddhist hall to pray for the Buddha's blessing.
It wasn't until she heard that Jiang Long was fine that she put her heart back in her stomach.
But at this time, she had a cold face, and her eyes almost burst out with blazing fire.
In front of her, kneeling was a man in black with only a pair of eyes exposed.
"I have never doubted your loyalty to the Jing family, but you have never obeyed my instructions. You have always only seriously protected Jiang Long in the house. It is precisely because of this that today Jiang Long went to Jialan Temple to offer incense and worship Buddha.
I was almost killed by a group of masked men!"
Hearing Mrs. Jing's severe accusation, the man in black lowered his head and confessed, "It was a small dereliction of duty!"
"Is that just that?" Mrs. Jing, who had always been calm, graceful and noble, screamed like crazy, "When that crazy Marquis was alive, you only listened to him. Even if Xian'er inherited the Marquis, you would not
Not 100% obedience.
Until Xian'er passed away, now you don't obey my orders and you don't recognize Jiang Long as your master. What do you mean?"
However, facing Madam Jing's stern questioning, the man in black just knelt silently.
"Do you really think I don't dare to take your life?"
Mrs. Jing was really furious at the attitude of the man in black.
At this time, the man in black spoke again, "As long as the old lady says something, I will kill myself here immediately! But even if I die, the new leader of the black guards will still behave according to the same principles as him.
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"roll!"
Mrs. Jing suddenly stood up, turned her back, and vigorously rolled down her sleeves.
The man in black raised his head and glanced at Mrs. Jing's back, with a complicated expression on his face, and then silently retreated.
At this time, a little maid rushed in carelessly and shouted with joy: "Old madam, the young master has returned home safely!"
After hearing the voice, Mrs. Jing, whose face was filled with frost, turned around and returned to her usual kind and gentle appearance.
"Run slower, I'll make you tired."
Mrs. Jing walked forward slowly, raised her sleeves and wiped the hot sweat on the little girl's forehead from running so fast.
The little maid was flattered, lowered her head shyly, and whispered: "Old madam, you'd better go and see the young master quickly."
"No need." Mrs. Jing said with a smile.
The little maid suddenly raised her head when she heard this, tilting her head with a puzzled look on her face.
"He will come to the courtyard to see me as soon as possible!" Mrs. Jing laughed heartily.
Sure enough, after a while, Jiang Long, Lin Ya, Yao's mother, Yu Chai, and Baoping hurried to the small courtyard.