The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 733: friendship
Chapter 733: Deep Friendship
The prince frowned when he heard this.
“Until I came out of Prince Liang’s Mansion, the person who saved me had me called to a house. Later… the old man and the gentleman from the Prince’s Mansion arrived. The man asked me to tell the two gentlemen my name, and then had me taken out. Later, he brought me to the Prince’s Mansion. This is all I know!” Wang Qiulu kowtowed again after saying this. “I know that my crime is unforgivable. I will never dare to deceive the Prince again.”
“Is it…Princess Zhenguo who saved you, and you said so in order not to implicate Princess Zhenguo?” asked the prince.
“Your Highness, I don’t know whether it was the Princess Zhenguo who saved me! If you don’t believe me, you can ask the two gentlemen in your house, who is the person who claimed to have saved me… and handed me over to the two gentlemen in the Prince’s house! I really want to know!”
The prince sat up straight, staring at Wang Qiulu who was kneeling at his feet, his fingers stroking the armrests of the chair.
The jailer who was tied up tightly and the gambler from Shuoyang were so frightened that they trembled all over and knelt there without daring to breathe.
“You two…what do you say?” The prince looked at the jailer and the gambler.
The two men were so busy shivering that they had no idea the prince was calling them. Quan Yu walked over and kicked the jailer down, saying in a stern voice, “The prince is asking you questions, why don’t you answer!”
The jailer banged his head against the ground, making loud bangs. “Your Highness, please spare my life! I…I was deceived by my cousin. My cousin gave me 800 taels of silver. I was blinded by money and helped to swap the prisoners! Please spare my life, Your Highness!”
The gambler imitated his cousin and kowtowed vigorously, his forehead reddening as he hurriedly pleaded with the Crown Prince: “Your Highness! Your Highness! Someone gave me five hundred taels of silver and promised to give me another three hundred taels after the matter was done. That’s why I went to ask my cousin for help! I… I really don’t know anything!”
“Who gave you the silver? Was it the Princess Zhenguo… or someone from the Princess Zhenguo’s mansion?” asked the prince.
“I don’t know! I really don’t know anything! That man came here with his face covered… I beg Your Highness to spare my life!” The gambler just kept kowtowing and fainted while kowtowing.
The jailer was so frightened that he nearly cried out, but he closed his eyes and endured it, shaking even more violently.
“Speaking of the Princess Zhenguo…” Quan Yu took the opportunity to change a cup of hot tea for the Crown Prince and said, “I just heard from the nanny beside the Crown Princess that she doesn’t seem to be well today. The Princess Zhenguo’s sister, Madam Qin, came in person and asked His Royal Highness to send the imperial physician to see the Princess Zhenguo.”
Quan Yu chose this moment to speak because he saw that the prince was somewhat suspicious of Bai Qingyan, and he wanted the prince to remember that Bai Qingyan saved him… and dispel his suspicion of Bai Qingyan.
“Isn’t the Princess Zhenguo very good? How is she not very good?” The prince looked at Quan Yu.
“Your Highness, I went to the palace with you and I am not in the mansion. I really don’t know!”
“What about the imperial physician? Did the Crown Princess ask Princess Zhenguo to send him there?” the Crown Prince asked anxiously again.
Quan Yu nodded: “Mammy said that the Crown Princess is kind-hearted and sent the maids from the Crown Prince’s Mansion and the imperial physician to the Zhenguo Princess’s Mansion.”
The prince clenched his palms, and the scene of Bai Qingyan pushing him away and herself being pierced by an arrow in the chest seemed to reappear in front of him.
The prince was a little impatient, and said anxiously: “Quan Yu, go to the Princess Zhenguo’s mansion and ask them in person, and bring a few imperial doctors with you. You must…you must not let the Princess Zhenguo get into trouble!”
“Yes!” Quan Yu responded and hurriedly stepped out of the main hall. He sent someone to call the imperial physician and went to the Princess Zhenguo’s Mansion together.
“Let Mr. Fang and Ren Shijie come in!” The prince picked up the hot tea at hand and said to the eunuch guarding the main hall.
The eunuch responded and walked out in small steps to invite Mr. Fang and Ren Shijie back.
Since the talented generals Fang Lao and Ren Shijie were sent out, no one knew what Wang Qiulu had said to the prince. He could only tell the prince the whole story as it happened.
“Li Mingrui came to me first and told me that there was evidence that the Princess Zhenguo had saved a traitor. I felt that this matter was of great importance and I didn’t dare to report it to the Crown Prince without a thorough investigation, so as not to hurt the relationship between the Crown Prince and the Princess Zhenguo. So I told Mr. Fang about this matter!”
Ren Shijie looked at Old Fang as he spoke. Old Fang nodded and continued, “After learning about this, I couldn’t find any clues, so I sent people to Shuoyang to investigate the Bai clan. I accidentally ran into this gambler in front of me. This gambler got drunk and yelled about this matter. I investigated… and found that this gambler had recently paid off his gambling debts and bought a yard and married a beautiful concubine. I then investigated his cousin who was a jailer in the Dali Temple Prison, and happened to find that this jailer had recently bought a yard and was very generous. This clue was closed.”
Ren Shijie also nodded: “Today, Li Mingrui asked me and Elder Fang to meet him, saying that he would hand Wang Qiulu over to the Crown Prince’s Mansion. It happened that the Crown Princess was giving birth, so Elder Fang and I did not dare to disturb His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. We accepted the invitation and went to meet Li Mingrui. We took over Wang Qiulu and the jailer from Li Mingrui!”
“Oh right…” Ren Shijie seemed to suddenly remember something and said solemnly to the prince, “Li Mingrui also said that he would let me, Tongfang, take the credit for this time, saying that we need to show merit in front of His Highness more than he does! He said that he wanted to vent his anger because his younger brother’s legs were broken by the Princess Zhenguo, but the Left Prime Minister Li Mao did not allow him to seek revenge on the Princess Zhenguo. He did not want the Left Prime Minister to know that he disobeyed the Left Prime Minister’s order, so he also told me, Tongfang, not to mention him in front of His Highness!”
“That’s right!” Old Fang replied, expressing his loyalty righteously, “But Mr. Ren and I are loyal to the Crown Prince and have always been honest with him. How could we deceive His Royal Highness on such a matter!”
Upon hearing this, Ren Shijie glanced at the serious Mr. Fang. If he didn’t know Mr. Fang, he would have believed it by looking at the man’s expression!
The prince narrowed his eyes and said, “I remember… Li Mingrui went to Yanwo with King Liang to provide disaster relief. He seemed to bear a lot of responsibility for King Liang. Later, Li Mingrui did not hide his relationship with King Liang. King Liang was imprisoned in his mansion, and all the servants in King Liang’s mansion were beaten and sold. Li Mingrui would secretly visit King Liang from time to time and send people to King Liang’s mansion to serve him.”
“My father told me not to interfere in this matter. I thought that my father still cared about the father-son relationship and ordered Li Mingrui to take care of Prince Liang. He also told the secret guards watching over Prince Liang’s mansion to turn a blind eye and not to report to the Li Mansion when they went to Prince Liang’s mansion to deliver things or people. Now it seems that Prince Liang and Li Mingrui have a close relationship!”
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