King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 230 Suspicion of the Prince
The regulation of the prince's mansion was fixed in the era of Zhu Yuanzhang, and it was adjusted in the era of the ancestors.

But what remains unchanged is the regulation of the three halls, which are the Chengyun Hall, the outermost palace of the palace, the Cunxin Hall for formal reception, and the Yin'an Hall, which is the prince's bedroom.

After leaving the side courtyard, Zhu Jinghong was taken to the Cunxin Hall. Although this place is not as large as the Chengyun Hall outside, the area is also unusually large.

The two brothers were going up the steps, but they saw a woman in palace attire walking out of the Cunxin Hall, it was Princess Rui Chen Zhi.

"Thirteenth brother, it's rare for you to visit your sixth brother!"

Looking at the plump and mature Chen Zhi, Zhu Jinghong stopped to salute and said, "I've seen my sister-in-law!"

"Okay... come in quickly, your sixth brother gave up his money this time, and took out all his favorite tribute tea, and ordered someone to cook it and wait for you to taste it!"

Chen Zhi's speaking skills are very high, and she has the tendency to talk endlessly, which is completely different from Yuan Chun's style.

Thinking of this, Zhu Jinghong couldn't help being a little curious, how could he compare the two sister-in-laws.

"Thirteenth brother, what are you thinking, let's go!" Seeing that Zhu Jinghong was silent, Zhu Jingyuan pushed from behind.

"Um... yes, Brother Six, please invite me too!"

The three of them entered the Cunxin Hall together, and the furnishings in the main hall were extremely simple, which surprised Zhu Jinghong, thinking that his sixth brother didn't like extravagance.

How could Zhu Jinghong have thought that the scene in front of him is completely poor, although Prince Rui's mansion has a lot of income, but there are more places to use the money, and now it can even be said that it can't make ends meet.

The main hall was too formal, so Zhu Jingyuan led the brothers to the side hall on the east side. The furnishings here are relatively life-like, which can bring the relationship between the two brothers closer.

"Thirteenth brother, sit down!"

Zhu Jinghong was also polite, and sat down on the chair directly, and then said to Zhu Jingyuan: "Sixth brother, please!"

Seeing his posture, I didn't know that I thought it was his palace.

Zhu Jingyuan didn't care about this either. In his heart, Zhu Jinghong was a straight person, and he didn't have those messy thoughts in his mind.

At this time, greeted by Chen Zhi, a young girl in a pink cloud-patterned double-breasted gown walked over with a tray.

It is Zhu Jinghong's consistent style to look at people first.

In his first impression, he thought this girl was very beautiful. If Baochai scored 99 points, the person in front of him could also score [-] points.

To be honest, such beauties are rare, so Zhu Jinghong couldn't help but take a few more glances.

This scene was seen by Zhu Jingyuan, which made him feel that everything was under control.

I saw Zhu Jingyuan winking at Chen Zhi, who immediately said, "Girl Lan, this is the thirteenth master who is highly skilled in martial arts and can be called the best in the world!"

"Aren't you always curious? Now you can see a real person!"

Obviously, the "Lan girl" that Chen Zhi said was the girl who came over with a tray.

This girl is Chen Zhi's cousin, this time she came to Beijing to be selected as a servant, but she was outcompeted by Baochai, and now she is still staying in Prince Rui's residence.

The crown prince used Xue's girl to win over Zhu Jinghong, which moved Prince Rui and his wife, so they pushed Chen Lan out today.

For today's arrangement, Chen Lan is essentially very repulsive, because she did not get the respect of her cousin, and she was treated as a commodity and given to others.

Of course, even though Chen Lan resisted in her heart, she had to obey the arrangement, because Chen Zhi held the lifeblood of her and her family.

"I've seen Lord Thirteen!"

After Chen Lan approached, she bowed to Zhu Jinghong to salute, feeling extremely sad in her heart.

Zhu Jinghong had a delicate mind, and felt that the woman in front of him was not happy, so he just nodded.

"Master Thirteen, please drink tea!"

When Chen Lan was at home, she was also the darling of her parents, and she was also a distinguished guest when she arrived at Prince Rui's Mansion. She never thought that she would be so humble and become a slave.

"Thank you!"

Zhu Jinghong took the teacup and didn't look at Chen Lan much, so the girl was relieved.

Although she is a woman in the boudoir, she is also a smart person who knows what her cousin is thinking.

At this time, Zhu Jingyuan also took the teacup, and said to the brother beside him: "She is the daughter of your sixth sister-in-law and third uncle, so you should call her younger sister!"

"So it's Sister Lan!" Zhu Jinghong responded, pretending not to understand anything.

He didn't expect that he was only here to see the armor and weapons, why the sixth child suddenly wanted to give him a woman again.

I only heard Zhu Jingyuan continue to say: "She came to Beijing this time to choose Sheng'er's attendant, but in the end she was a little short, and now she is staying in the palace temporarily!"

"When I found out that you were coming today, this girl couldn't be idle. She insisted on seeing our great Ming heroes!"

Hearing these words, even though she didn't think in her heart, Chen Lan still showed respect for Zhu Jinghong, which was really hard for her.

At this time, Chen Zhi suddenly said: "I think it's better to let them talk, I happen to have something to do with you, and some gifts for the Supreme Emperor have arrived, you have to go and see for yourself!"

"Oh... yes too!"

After answering his wife, Zhu Jingyuan stood up and said, "Thirteenth brother, I will come as soon as I go!"

Zhu Jingyuan and his wife left, and even called away the eunuchs and maids in the main hall, leaving only Zhu Jinghong and Chen Lan in the room.

It is said that men and women with strict etiquette have great defenses, but these are indeed ignored at the moment, which shows that the royal family only uses them to control the people.

The two of them didn't know each other very well, and they didn't have much in common, so the hall fell silent.

Chen Lan also wanted to leave, but she was afraid of the strict cousin, so she could only stay where she was.

"Girl, where are you from?"

In the end, Zhu Jinghong still opened the topic, and he would not wrong himself to be bored face to face.

When chatting gradually started here, Prince Rui and his wife were also chatting on the other side.

"This time we took a strong medicine, and the thirteenth brother also remembers our kindness. I don't know what the prince will think if he finds out!"

Hearing Chen Zhi's words, Zhu Jingyuan sneered and said, "What do you think? It would be best to piss him off!"

Chen Zhi sighed: "It's also thanks to Lao Shisan's simple mind, otherwise, how could he not care about the prince's face, and be easily deceived by you!"

Zhu Jinghong was about to speak, but saw an eunuch galloping towards him and whispered something beside him.

Originally Zhu Jingyuan was in a good mood, but when he heard this, his expression changed.

"what happened?"

Hearing Chen Zhi's inquiry, Zhu Jingyuan suppressed his anger and said, "The thirteenth brother was assassinated just now, do you know about it?"

Zhu Jinghong's assassination was a major event, but both his brothers chose to minimize the major event, and the relevant yamen kept silent, but Chen Zhi still knew about it.

"How about being assassinated?"

"The two assassins who were arrested were related to Sun He's subordinates. They have now been sent to Nanqianhu Office, under the subordinate of Li Wenzhao from Jinling!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Jingyuan said with a gloomy expression: "Just now, those two friends who were arrested found Sun He's subordinates and begged our palace to help rescue them!"

"He is in Jinyiwei, if he has something to do with our house, I'm afraid..." Chen Zhi's face also became serious.

Zhu Jingyuan stood up: "The important thing is that Sun He's subordinates also found these people when they framed the Jia family last time!"

Chen Zhi squeezed the corner of her clothes tightly, and said with a heavy expression: "This... is planted and assassinated again... If this is investigated, the relationship between your brothers will be..."

Zhu Jingyuan didn't speak, he was already thinking of countermeasures quickly, he managed to build a good relationship with his brother today, if this matter were to be exposed, the two of them would have to become enemies.

At this time, Chen Zhi said: "Why did these idiots assassinate the thirteenth brother? Could it be that they were instructed by someone behind it?"

Zhu Jingyuan turned around immediately, and he couldn't figure out what was going on, because this was completely an oolong incident.

"Could it be... the prince?" Chen Zhi gave a guess.

"He? This... no..."

Zhu Jingyuan shook his head, and continued: "It shouldn't be him, how could he..."

Although it seems unlikely, who can say clearly about the royal family?Back then, the emperor still respected Prince Li as a brother and friend!
Turning around, Zhu Jingyuan's eyes were burning like a torch: "No matter what happens, we must not let this matter get out and involve us!"

The truth is true, it doesn't matter whether the prince ordered it or not, the key now is not to reveal the matter.

Between him and the prince, there must be a state of fighting without breaking, and it must be decent in face.

The collapse before the current Shengshou Festival has made the whole world laugh, and neither of them will have a good life.

At this moment, Chen Zhi said: "What should we do, we must come up with an idea as soon as possible!"

(End of this chapter)