Daughter of aristocratic family

Although it sounds unkind, the death of the second princess really made Chen Xiao breathe a sigh of relief.

Concubine Jing, who lost her beloved daughter, insisted that the second princess was killed, and begged the emperor, "Your Majesty, please find out the cause of the second princess's death and avenge her!"

Looking at the weak and helpless Concubine Jing who was wearing plain clothes and crying so hard that the emperor remembered the first time he met Concubine Jing.

At that time, he was still the prince, and Concubine Jing was a girl from the Yongchang Marquis Mansion. The Yongchang Marquis Mansion held a funeral, so he went to pay homage on behalf of his father and saw her in front of the soul.

She was dressed in mourning clothes, with a beautiful face, but with tears in her eyes, she knelt quietly in front of the soul and prayed for her deceased relatives.

Her pathos and her eyes that resembled the blue girl deeply moved the young prince. From that day on, he never forgot her, tried every means to bring her into the prince's palace, and doted on her.

Thinking of this, the emperor stretched out his hand to hug Concubine Jing into his arms and comforted her: "Don't cry, my beloved concubine. You cry so hard that my heart will break. Don't worry, I will send someone to find out the truth so that my daughter can rest in peace."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Concubine Jing looked up at the emperor, her eyes full of trust and dependence.

After the emperor comforted Concubine Jing, he returned to the imperial study and summoned Yun Hao, "Has your mother returned to the Zhaitang?"

"I left this morning." Yun Hao replied expressionlessly.

"The nunnery is poor, you should dissuade her." The emperor said.

"Mother is used to being quiet and doesn't want to stay in the house to take care of her old age. As a son of a human being, I should obey her wishes." Yun Hao said calmly.

The emperor was silent for a moment and sighed slightly, "I came to you because I want you to investigate the cause of the second princess's death."

"I will definitely do my best to find out the truth." Yun Hao bowed.

"Remember, what I want is the truth, not some superficial results." The emperor said majestically.

If he dared to do something to his daughter, would he also dare to do something to him, the emperor?

"I understand." Yun Hao said in a deep voice.

"Go, I look forward to good news from you." The emperor waved his hand, indicating that Yun Hao could retreat.

Yun Hao bowed, turned and left the imperial study.

While Yun Hao was busy investigating the case, the Zhao family had collected the money to buy the ancestral home. Zhao Cheng bought the ancestral home from the gambling shop through the Wang Family Martial Arts School.

After Zhao Xian learned about this, he shamelessly took his family and wanted to move in. He even shouted: "This room was passed down to us by our ancestors."

"Zhao Xian, you are an unfilial descendant. You sold your ancestral home and should have exterminated your clan. I only let you go because your father took good care of the clan during his lifetime. If you dare to mess around again, don't blame us for not remembering the past." Love." One of the clan elders said sternly.

Zhao Xian didn't take it seriously and sneered and said: "I have decided to live in this house. If you dare to stop me, don't blame me for being rude!"

The two sides argued, and in the chaos, someone pushed the eldest clan elder and made him fall to the ground.

He heard his son shout loudly: "Dad."

Upon seeing this, the Zhao family members immediately gathered around and looked at the elder clan leader nervously.

He was pale, clutching his chest and breathing rapidly.

This clan elder was not in good health to begin with, and this fall was really bad.

His son stepped forward, supported him, and asked with concern: "Dad, how are you? Is it okay?"

The clan elder was so uncomfortable that he could not speak. Zhao Xian looked at this scene, a trace of panic flashed across his face, but then he became tough again.

He glared at the tribesmen in front of him, trying to cover up his guilty conscience with a tough attitude, "What are you doing? I just want to go back to my own home, why do you stop me?" Zhao Cheng squeezed out from the crowd, his eyes He looked at Zhao Xian firmly and said in a deep voice: "Zhao Xian, what you did today has seriously violated the clan rules. Not only did you sell your ancestral home, you also openly provoked the clan members and hurt the clan elders. You have committed a heinous crime."

"That's right, such a person cannot stay in the clan. Zhao Xianyifang should be exterminated according to the clan rules!" the son of the injured clan elder said loudly.

"We will discuss this matter later. Send Uncle Jiu to the hospital first." Zhao Cheng said hurriedly when he saw the clan elder's face turned deathly gray.

Several strong tribesmen immediately responded to the call. They carefully lifted up the tribe elder and quickly ran towards the medical center.

The rest of the people formed a circle, surrounding Zhao Xian's room in the middle to prevent them from escaping.

Zhao Xian looked at the situation in front of him and felt panicked.

He originally thought that with his tough attitude, he could intimidate the tribe, but unexpectedly, the development of things was beyond his expectation.

What frightened him even more was that the clan elder died, and the clan clan elder reported him to the government.

Although Zhao Xian kept his filial piety at home, he was once a third-grade official and the brother of the queen, so the government did not dare to accuse him.

It's just a clan, but it's still a clan with a large number of people, and the government is also afraid of it.

The clan elder's son said in court: "It is only right to kill someone to pay for their life!"

Zhao Chengze said: "We have redeemed the ancestral house with all the efforts of the whole clan. How can we allow Zhao Xian to seize one room? The clan elders have already discussed that the ancestral house will be used as an ancestral hall and clan school in the future to avoid unfilial descendants. , and then mortgaged the ancestral home to a gambling house to pay off gambling debts. Please be careful, sir, and don’t let the murderer escape his guilt."

Jingzhao Prefecture Yin looked at Zhao Yin with a headache. Zhao Yin was different from the clan elder's son, he also had a backing.

This is really a fight between gods and mortals suffer.

He pondered for a moment and said: "This case involves a clan dispute, and I need to investigate carefully before I can make a decision. I will withdraw from the court for now and wait until I find out the truth before pronouncing the verdict."

Let's get things over with for the time being. He has to find someone to discuss what to do.

The Zhao family's lawsuit will not affect Zhao Wangshu's attendance at the banquet hosted by Duke Gu'an.

Although the second princess passed away not long ago, Princess Gu'an is leaving Beijing and returning to Xinshao with Prince Pazhuo. She has to hold a farewell banquet to say goodbye to her hometown and relatives.

The banquet was held in the Xiangxiang Garden, which got its name: Xiaochun has only been gone for a few days, and the fragrance of plum blossoms bloomed there.

Plum blossoms are planted all over the Xiangxiang Garden. It was a place where the emperor enjoyed plum blossoms in winter. Ordinary people were not allowed to enter.

The emperor asked Princess Gu'an to hold a banquet here to show her favor.

Zhao Yin sent Song Yuanqu and Zhao Wangshu outside the garden gate, "The weather has changed. Stay in a warm place. Don't wander around. You will catch the cold and get sick."

"I know, I know, brother is so verbose." Zhao Wangshu took Song Yuanqu's arm and said, "Sister-in-law, let's go and ignore him."

Song Yuanqu followed Zhao Wangshu to the garden and looked back and smiled at Zhao Yin.

In mid-winter, the early plum blossoms have bloomed and the fragrance floats.

The maid standing at the gate of the garden came up to greet them and saluted the two of them, "Young Mistress Zhao, Miss Zhao, please come inside."

Zhao Wangshu and Song Yuanqu walked along the path into the Blooming Fragrance Garden. They saw plum blossoms in full bloom in the garden, and the fragrance hit their nostrils. Suddenly they heard someone reciting a poem: "Yan Yaochi after snow, the first branch in the world. The dark fragrance floats in the moonlight, and the sparse shadows reflect the cold." Pool.”

Several allusions were used in one poem, which reminded Zhao Wangshu of a person. Looking sideways, he saw that the person reciting the poem was indeed Fang Jingshu.