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"Young Master, why do you have to leave in such a hurry?" Zhao Da asked curiously.

"Cheng Guogong didn't know that the East Palace had murdered him, and he still refused to listen to my good advice. If we stayed here, we would have to be buried with him." Ping Qing spoke very fast, urging Zhao Da to put away the house while explaining. various precious artifacts.

"Young master, why did the prince kill the prince?"

"How do I know when they became enemies?" Ping Qing became more anxious, "Do you still remember Miss Gu's house that took you to last time?"

"I remember."

"Take something and go to her quickly." Ping Qing ordered.

"Master, what about you?" Zhao Da carried the priceless bamboo niche on his back, and left without refusal.

"I'll go later," Ping Qing said, "Remember! No matter what happens, you are not allowed to come within five miles of Duke Cheng's mansion."

Zhao Da scratched his ear: "Why?"

"Do as I say!" Mr. Ping Qing lost his elegant appearance and almost shouted.

Zhao Da had never seen the young master so excited, he ran out in fright, only to hear his young master shouting behind him: "Don't let people see!" The next person came to serve in the garden, otherwise someone would have stopped him long ago.

Mr. Ping Qing waited for Zhao Da to run out, before he took a deep breath, straightened his turban in front of the glass mirror, straightened his robe, picked up a flute on the desk, and walked towards the back door.His position in the Duke's mansion is supernatural, not to mention servants, even some relatives of the Duke's have to respectfully call him "Sir" when they see him, and no one dares to stop him.

This road leads to the Jinchi Lake, which is an artificial lake dug by the Duke himself, which just separates the outer house from the inner courtyard.Mr. Ping Qing took out his flute, brought it close to his mouth and played it.

The sound of the flute is clear and piercing through the clouds and into the stones.

In a short while, a small boat was drawn on the lake, which is a common "three tiles" in Jiangnan water towns.The boat rowed very slowly at the beginning, and it took a while for it to pick up quickly.

When the boat was approaching, Mr. Ping Qing put down his flute, looked at the maid who steered the boat, and said, "Is Miss Zhou here?"

A young woman wearing emerald green visor came out of the boat tent, her eyes were already red and swollen, and she cried in a voice: "You heartless man, why bother to provoke me again?"

"Bring Brother Yun and follow me!" Ping Qing said eagerly.

Mrs. Zhou burst into tears: "Ten years ago, I left the cabinet, and you didn't want me if I gave you money. Five years ago, I redeemed myself, and you didn't want me to vote for you. Now you want me to take my son with you." Go? What are you crazy about!"

"Why talk too much about the past? Hurry up and hug Brother Yun and follow me." Mr. Ping Qing could not wait to stomp his feet anxiously: "Xueyan, draw the boat closer and let me go aboard."

Xueyan looked at her own girl, and saw that the girl's starry eyes had long been flooded, and all the makeup on her face was washed away by tears.She has been with the girl since she was a child, and knows that Mr. Zhao has broken the girl's heart several times, and also knows that the poor girl is still infatuated with this Mr.Not to mention Miss Zhou herself, even a servant girl like her is also entangled.

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In the evening of that day, candles were brightly lit in the main hall of Duke Cheng's mansion.

"Hahaha!" Zhu Chunchen's laughter shook the dust on the beam: "You can use this news to make fun of Zhao Qiming!"

The Qing guests on the side also echoed with a smile: "Zhao Qiming really walks too much at night and sees everyone as a ghost. How old is Donggong? What kind of ambition can he have? It's really nondescript to use a hero as an example to Donggong."

Zhu Chunchen shook the memorial he copied from the General Administration Department, and said with a smile: "East Palace is still smart. What is the biggest thing in this world? It's just a word for 'Li'. You are a brat with no hair, and you want to start from Is it reasonable for a certain family to snatch the food? But it’s not too late to understand now, I’m happy, my father-in-law, so what if I give him a few thousand taels a year?”

"That's right," Qing Ke said with a smile, "but my father-in-law is already a first-rank grand master, so this time I'm just going to be a grand master, so I'm really a bit stingy."

Zhu Chunchen didn't take it seriously: "The grand master and grand master are trivial matters. The key is that Donggong understands the truth. Speaking of it, my ancestors also threw their blood for this great country and abided by the way of ministers. As a heavenly family, we shouldn't look down on them. I am like a slave."

"Exactly." A group of Qing customers responded one after another.

Some knowledgeable and interesting people moved out the two ancestors of the Zhu family, King Dongping and King Pingyin, and made a big fuss about it.If Zhu Neng came back to life, he would probably die of shame after hearing this.

"Come here," Zhu Chunchen was delighted to hear, and shouted loudly, "Go and invite Mr. Pingqing here, and say that there is new news from the East Palace."

The servant ran out quickly, and came back in a hurry to report: "Master, it is quiet in the winter garden. The villain went in and saw that Mr. Zhao had taken his servants to roll up the things in the garden and ran away." Already!"

"Run away!?" Zhu Chunchen was surprised and annoyed when he heard that, "He ran away? What did he run away for? What is there to run away for?"

Other Qingkemu friends have long been disgusted with Zhao Qiming, and they all complained, saying that Zhao is really a wolf-hearted and cowardly person.He also said that Zhao Shusheng was actually just showing off his lips, probably because he knew that the East Palace was originally an official for the Duke, and he was ashamed to stay in the Duke's mansion.

"My lord! Something is wrong!" Another servant came to report: "The inner house was locked just now, and Aunt Zhou was not in the house. I asked people to say that she had gone to the temple to offer incense, but she hadn't come back yet. I sent someone to the temple again. Li asked Miaozhu, but said that she had never seen Aunt Zhou go.”

Immediately, some "smart people" said: This must be Zhao Qiming's abducted concubine of the father-in-law and eloped!

Although this is true in fact, how can you say it in public?Will the Duke of the State be allowed to go out wearing a cuckold in the future?

Zhu Chunchen was so angry that he almost fainted, his molars came up and he gritted loudly.

——I treat you so deeply, it's all right for you to get involved with my baby, and I have the right to be the guest of honor to give you money.But you actually kidnapped my concubine!If you really love each other, I may not be unable to follow Meng Changjun to fulfill you, but what do you say that you eloped!What kind of!

Zhu Chunchen hated secretly, gritted his teeth and said: "Look for it! Turn over the city of Yanjing to find this couple! Kill the husband and the woman!"

"Master! Something is wrong!" Another servant shouted over.

Zhu Chunchen picked up the blue and white teacup on the table and threw it heavily: "Get lost!"

The blue and white porcelain was broken all over the place.

The servant was startled and was about to roll out immediately.

"Get back!" Zhu Chunchen scolded, "Say! What's the matter!"

"Master, Aunt Zhou is carrying Brother Yun in her arms." The servant said in fear.

"Hahahaha!" Zhu Chunchen laughed back angrily: "Good you Zhao Qiming! Sure enough, I didn't miss it. I eloped with my benefactor's concubine and did not forget to bring my little master with me. It's really extraordinary! Unconventional! Come here! ! Send out all the people in the mansion to search for them! If you find those two exorcists, kill them with one knife!"

"Yes!" Fuzhong Jingzhuang immediately wanted to go out to chase people.

"Master, something is wrong... Oops!"

Another servant rushed in and howled like mourning, and was immediately kicked to the ground by the furious butler, who cursed Zhu Chunchen: "You are a dog! Our master is doing well!"

"Yes, yes," the servant just cried, covering his sore spot, "Master, our Duke's mansion is surrounded by people."

"Who eats Xiong Xinbao and dares to surround the Duke's mansion! Are you going to rebel!" Zhu Chunchen's eyes were tearing.

"It's the guard camp of the Eastern Palace!"

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