Chapter 402: Once in the Palace, It's Like a Deep Sea
For a young man, when he is at the age of experiencing the taste of love for the first time, and happens to meet a woman who makes his heart beat faster, it is like a love affair between heaven and earth.
Jiang Qingzhi never had a romantic relationship during his student years, and the only time he was moved was only for a moment, and then it was buried deep in his memory. But the strange thing is that he still remembers that heartbeat clearly even many years later.
wonderful.
Very innocent.
So he could understand Prince Yu's emotions, but he could not understand why this guy was so obsessed with her that he lost his appetite.
"Your Highness has recently lost a lot of appetite and looks thinner."
Taking advantage of the opportunity when Prince Yu came to the Bo Mansion to give lectures to students, Yang Xi quietly told Jiang Qingzhi about Prince Yu's situation.
"What about in the evening?" Jiang Qingzhi asked.
"Your Highness tossed and turned at night and couldn't sleep, and he has been talking less and less recently."
Tsk!
It's love at first sight!
Jiang Qingzhi initially thought that Prince Yu's favor for Miss Wang was lustful, but now it seems that he was wrong.
He called Mo Zhan over and asked, "How is the investigation going on with Wang's company?"
Mo Zhan said, "We have found out the identity of one of the scholars. He is a gossipmonger in the imperial court, specializing in delivering messages to those nobles. By the way, Lord, why is Wang always able to wait for Prince Yu?"
"Only those around Prince Yu know where he is. I wanted to investigate, but it's inconvenient." Jiang Qingzhi stroked Duoduo's head in his arms and suddenly smiled, "When did I become so cautious? His Majesty originally asked me to discipline these two boys, so I'll just go ahead and investigate."
Jiang Qingzhi knew what he was avoiding.
Everyone has their own privacy. If he invades too much, he might leave a bad impression on Prince Yu.
Just like teaching children, sometimes parents must respect their children's privacy and right to choose.
Jiang Qingzhi called Yang Xi over and said, "That woman always happens to meet the third brother. Isn't this a coincidence?"
A loud drum does not need a heavy hammer. Yang Xi's eyes flashed with sternness, "Someone must be betraying us. We will go and investigate later."
"Hurry up on this matter."
In the afternoon, Yang Xi sent someone to deliver the news.
"Zhuang Xin, who is beside His Highness, is the most suspicious, but Zhuang Xin was only assigned to the palace this year. It is said that the person behind him is useful to Concubine Lu Jing."
"The backstage is very strong!" Jiang Qingzhi smiled, "Yang Xi doesn't dare to move?"
The eunuch who came to report bowed his head and said, "Yes."
Yang Xi was worried that it would cause a backlash from Concubine Lu, which would add a lot of trouble to Prince Yu, a little-known person.
"Looks like I have to go again."
The eunuch said happily, "It would be great if Lord Bo could go."
Jiang Qingzhi entered the palace.
Went straight to Prince Yu.
"Cousin."
Prince Yu came out to greet him, and he indeed looked a little thinner.
"Actually, I don't like to break up couples, but your status is different." Jiang Qingzhi said with emotion: "If it were someone else, I would choose to do nothing. But you..."
Prince Yu lowered his head and said, "I know my uncle is doing this for my own good."
"I know, but once this person's heart is moved, he will remember it for the rest of his life. If I don't reveal this to you, you will never forget it, and even become sick with lovesickness."
Jiang Qingzhi patted his shoulder, turned around and asked, "Who is Zhuang Xin?"
A eunuch in his twenties came out and said, "It's me."
Jiang Qingzhi looked at him, "Do you know what crime it is to reveal the whereabouts of the prince?"
Zhuang Xin looked up and said in astonishment, "My Lord, what you said...I don't understand."
"Uncle..." Prince Yu looked at Jiang Qingzhi, "Zhuang Xin is quite honest."
"Is Yang Xi so honest?" Jiang Qingzhi's casual words made Yang Xi burst into tears of gratitude, and he thought: Chang Wei Bo is indeed a close friend of our old Yang.
Jiang Qingzhi smiled and said, "I'll take care of this matter. What do you think, Third Brother?"
Prince Yu glanced at Zhuang Xin and said, "Yes."
Zhuang Xin's expression changed slightly, "Your Highness!"
"Catch him!" Jiang Qingzhi shouted.
The two eunuchs restrained Zhuang Xin, who shouted, "Your Highness, I am loyal to you!"
"Shut up!" Yang Xi said coldly, "Your Majesty has given Chang Wei the power to teach Your Highness. Don't forget what happened with the princess."
That guy had ruled Changle for many years, and when Lord Jiang found out about it, he gave him a severe beating!
"I'll ask again, why did you disclose the whereabouts of the third brother?" Jiang Qingzhi said.
Zhuang Xin looked at Prince Yu and said, "Your Highness, I am innocent!"
Yang Xi sneered, "That day, Your Highness decided to leave the palace in the afternoon, and then you said you had a stomachache and stayed out for half an hour. But when I asked you later, you didn't go to the toilet at all, but went somewhere else. When Your Highness left the palace in the afternoon, he happened to meet that Wang..."
Old Yang is good!
Zhuang Xin's face turned pale. "There was someone in the toilet that day."
"But there is a toilet not far away. Is it full too?" Yang Xi said coldly, "You have been there for half an hour. Even if you pulled your intestines out, it shouldn't take that long!"
Yang Xi looked at Jiang Qingzhi.
"torture!"
Jiang Qingzhi turned around and said to Prince Yu: "Many things are believed by seeing."
He needed to teach this kid a lesson: "When your majesty was on tour, he encountered fire several times and was almost burned to death. The palace coup that followed was also caused by people around him."
Daoye never mentioned these things to Prince Yu and others, and the palace regarded these things as taboos, so Prince Yu didn't know much. "Your brother, the former crown prince, died of poison. Who poisoned him?"
Jiang Qingzhi's words hit Prince Yu one by one, "Don't lose your mind because of a woman, and don't... Never mind, you won't need these for now."
Jiang Qingzhi walked to the railing, and heard the sound of torture coming from the side hall behind him, as well as Zhuang Xin's whimpering with his mouth blocked.
Prince Yu stood there, looking somewhat lonely.
After an unknown amount of time, Yang Xi's voice came from the side hall, "Son of a bitch, are you willing to speak?"
"It was this servant...it was this servant who spread it."
"Who did you pass it to?" Yang Xi asked sharply.
"Sunou."
"Are you lying?"
"I swear, every word I say is true!"
"Why are they..." Prince Yu walked to Jiang Qingzhi's side and asked with some pain.
"It's all about interests," said Jiang Qingzhi.
"But I'm nice to Zhuang Xin."
"You have to learn to read people's hearts." Jiang Qingzhi said, "For people like Zhuang Xin, their lives are over after entering the palace. But people need recognition. I have told you this many times. Who will recognize them?"
"family!"
"Once you enter the palace, it's like a deep sea. They are like wandering ghosts in the palace, and the home outside the palace is their hope for life. If someone says that they can make their family live a better life, or solve some problems for their family, what do you think they will do?"
Seeing the pain in Prince Yu's eyes, Jiang Qingzhi sighed, "I asked you and the fourth brother to go outside from time to time. You can't just look outside for nothing, you have to learn from it. People will experience many hardships and struggles in their lives, and the human heart is the root of all this. If you can't see through people's hearts, you are destined to suffer for the rest of your life."
Being lustful is not surprising, but being able to indulge in it and lose oneself is not suitable for a future emperor.
Yang Xi came out, smelling of blood, feces and urine, but his eyes were quite calm, even a little excited.
Hey!
These guys have a perverted and violent mood in their bones, as if they can vent the negative emotions that have been accumulated for many years by beating or torturing others.
"Your Highness, it's Sunou."
Prince Yu looked at Jiang Qingzhi and said, "I can't do anything about this."
Sun Ou is not his man, so if he wants to take action, he must go through Lu Jingfei or Dao Ye.
"I don't care about Sun puppets at all." Jiang Qingzhi said calmly: "I just want to let you know what human nature is through this incident. Why did Yang Xi and Zhuang Xin betray the third brother?"
Yang Xi said: "Zhuang Xin has a brother who has loved reading since he was a child, but the Zhuang family is poor, so his brother went to work in the fields when he was ten years old. The second year after Zhuang Xin entered the palace, someone found him and asked him if he was willing to let his brother go to school..."
"Wait." Jiang Qingzhi stopped Yang Xi, "Third brother, tell me what will happen next."
Prince Yu was stunned. "It's probably bribery! Letting his brother study in exchange for him betraying me."
"Not detailed enough." Jiang Qingzhi said, "At the beginning, that person would definitely not make any requests, just like a kind person."
He smiled and said, "In the following years, news kept coming in from home... Zhuang Xin's brother made progress in his studies, and someone helped him hire a teacher... All these things gradually moistened Zhuang Xin's withered heart. Until one day, that person found Zhuang Xin and said he wanted to help with something."
Jiang Qingzhi looked at Prince Yu, "Do you think Zhuang Xin can refuse?"
Prince Yu looked at Yang Xi, who sighed, "It's almost as if Chang Wei Bo saw it in person."
Prince Yu took a deep breath, took a step back, and saluted, "Thank you for your teachings, uncle."
"I know your mind is in a mess right now. Don't be in a hurry. Think about it slowly."
Jiang Qingzhi nodded to Yang Xi, signaling him to take care of this place, and then went to meet Concubine Lu.
"Chang Wei Bo?" Concubine Lu Jing was chatting with a few concubines. Upon hearing this, she said, "It must be something important. You can go on your own!"
Several concubines hesitated and did not leave until after a long while.
"They are all so shameless." Chen Yan said sarcastically.
Concubine Lu Jingfei said: "All they can see every day is this small piece of sky above their heads. When they heard that there were outsiders coming, they couldn't help but want to take a look. This is human nature."
"Isn't that like going to jail?" said a young palace maid who had just arrived.
Looking at her energetic appearance, Chen Yan sighed: "This palace..."
She didn't say the rest because Jiang Qingzhi came.
A young noble, trusted by the emperor, handsome, a great Mohist master, and a famous general of the Ming Dynasty...
Chen Yan saw a glint in the young palace maid's eyes, and whispered, "It's good to have a thought."
"Greetings, Her Majesty." Jiang Qingzhi bowed.
The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Jiang Qingzhi said, "Something happened with Prince Yu. There's a guy called Sun Ou who says he's on the Queen's side?"
A eunuch suddenly ran away.
Damn it!
This is an admission of guilt!
Jiang Qingzhi shouted: "Catch him!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment and looked at Concubine Lu.
Jiang Qingzhi chased after him.
"Catch him!" Concubine Lu Jing shouted.
Then everyone rushed away.
Jiang Qingzhi had already caught up with them, kicked the eunuch down, and was then overtaken by a group of people.
He looked at the drowned eunuch and said helplessly: "Don't kill him!"
(End of this chapter)
