Flowers are expensive

Chapter 456 I got into a fight with the counselor 2
Xixi asked suspiciously: "What kind of evil wind is blowing in this yamen? Once Zhao Yuanyin is not in Jingyou City, will they go against the sky?"

"It's not against the sky," Meng Furu sneered, "I'm afraid there is some shady plan!"

Suddenly there was a thud at the top of the stairs, as if someone had fallen.Song Lingqiu opened the door to see, and saw Yin's mother limping up the stairs, and hurriedly stepped forward to help her: "What are you doing so fast?"

Mother Yin endured the pain, turned into the cashier and said anxiously: "You don't know, the Fuxing Inn is in chaos!"

"What's wrong?" Cui Yue asked.

"I just went shopping with Mama Ding. I heard someone said that there was a search for people in the Fuxing Inn, so I went to take a look. Oh, it's really a search! Five or six yamen are guarding the door, and they are not allowed to enter or leave. It was a panic! Many people who came to the feast packed up their things and planned to leave, but the clerk refused to let them go, saying that they had to check their identities one by one before they would be released. Tell me, what is this called? By the way, I also heard people say that the shopkeeper of the Fuxing Inn has been arrested!"

"We all know," Cuiyue stood up and said to Xixi, "You go back first! I have to go to the inn to have a look! According to their way of making trouble, let alone our feast, the business may be over again. It will fall back to what it was a few months ago."

"Let's go together!" Xixi also got up.

"It's not suitable for you to go. Anyway, a side concubine is pregnant and she is pregnant with a child. If she gets bumped into such a messy place, how can the prince explain it when she comes back?"

"It's inappropriate for me not to go to that occasion today!"

Xixi insisted, so Cuiyue had no choice but to go with her.When I arrived at the entrance of the Fuxing Inn, I saw a few government servants wearing official knives, standing at the door with a fierce face, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.Looking through the door, there are many people at the entrance of the lobby who are carrying their bags and planning to leave, whispering, and there are also many people around the inn watching in surprise and curiosity.

When Xixi got off the sedan chair, one of the government servants took the initiative to come forward and salute: "My lady, please stop!"

"What are you doing here?" Xixi asked.

"The subordinates are ordered to come and search..."

"At whose order? What's the matter?"

"If you go back to your mother, the subordinates are ordered by Master Lin and Master Zhang to come to the inn to search for important criminals!"

"What case? What crime?"

"Please forgive me, my lady. This is an official business, so it's inconvenient to tell my lady in detail."

Xixi snorted and said with a smile: "Okay, it's not convenient for you to say, then go and invite your masters Lin and Zhang, and let them talk to this concubine slowly! This concubine is waiting in the lobby, Step aside!"

"My lady..."

Before the yamen officer could finish his sentence, Xiner kicked him away: "The prince is not in the city, do you despise the empress like this? Go away! Go and tell your two adults that the empress is waiting here, do you want to come?" Come with them!"

The yamen servant hurriedly got up and ran towards the yamen.Xiner and Wuye cleared the way and welcomed Xixi and the others into the lobby of the inn.Immediately, many spectators gathered outside the door of the inn.

As soon as Xixi sat down, a young man trotted over from the backyard and saluted, "I've seen your mother!"

"Who are you?" Xixi asked him, looking him up.

"The young one is the young owner of this inn."

"Who was captured?"

"It's the little one's uncle who has been managing the inn for the little one."

"What did he do that will be taken to the Yamen?"

"The little one heard from the messenger in the yamen that my little uncle hid an important criminal from the imperial court four years ago, and this important criminal has not been caught until now. Therefore, the yamen suspects that his uncle still has contacts with the important criminal, so he arrested him. , and sent a group of messengers to search the inn today."

"The important criminal a few years ago? Did your uncle really hide the important criminal?"

"The little one doesn't know, and my uncle didn't tell the little one. The inn was taken over by the little one from my father. It has been in operation for more than [-] years. He has always kept his own place and dared not make mistakes. How could he take in any imperial court?" What about the major offenders? Besides, what happened a few years ago has no witnesses and no physical evidence, so how can we make a conclusion? Please look into it clearly!"

"Don't worry, if your uncle is really innocent, he will be cleared of his innocence, and we will go to settle the guests first, so that they don't have to panic."

Not long after, Master Lin from the yamen hurried over.Xixi asked him the reason for the search, but he evaded and said, "This matter was ordered by Mr. Zhang personally. I just informed the lower officials that it was a case of robbery and murder four years ago. That case has been pending. But for the sake of the decision, the key criminal has not been caught yet. Now that the shopkeeper of this inn has a close relationship with the criminal, he is summoned to the Yamen for questioning. As for the search, Master Zhang must have made new discoveries before ordering the Yamen. We are here, I really don't know the details!"

"Where is Master Zhang?"

"I'm... working in the yamen."

"Why don't you come?"

"This……"

"I can see it," Xixi put the teacup on the table and said, "Zhao Yuanyin didn't come back, you really thought that Jingyou City had changed hands, didn't you?"

"How dare I be an official!" Master Lin hurriedly bent down and cupped his hands, "Your Highness will definitely return safely. How can there be any talk of a change of owner?"

"Lord Lin, don't you really know? Could it be that the people in the yamen don't hear what's going on outside the window, and only focus on handling silly cases? Rumors like this are spreading all over the city, causing people to be confused. It’s not chaotic, you’re fine! Turn a deaf ear to it, grab some minor details, and randomly search here for ambiguous things, making the people in the city even more flustered, is this how you govern for the prince?”

"Your official is terrified!" Master Lin hurriedly said, "Your official has indeed heard such rumors in the city, and I certainly don't believe it, and I have ordered to track down the person who started the rumor, so as to quell the rumor. I have absolutely no intention of betraying the prince. Today The lower officials just found out about the search of the inn. Mr. Zhang is a fourth-rank official, and the lower officials are only one seventh-rank officials, so naturally they dare not bother him and report everything to the lower officials, please forgive me!"

Xixi restrained her anger a little and said: "Okay, if you don't know, go and invite Mr. Zhang from the yamen. My side concubine is waiting here!"

"Your Majesty, please wait a moment, and please go, my servant!"

It took half an hour after Mr. Lin left, and people inside and outside the inn had already started whispering.Xixi knew that Zhang Xianchu definitely did it on purpose, and made it clear to show her face, but today she has made up her mind, she will never go back until Zhang Xianchu, let's see who can waste who!

More and more people gathered outside the inn, because it was rumored in the streets and alleys that the side concubine of the palace came to the Fuxing inn to avenge the innkeeper!Those who have nothing to do at hand ran to watch the excitement, and the outside of the inn door was three floors in and three floors out, which was more lively than those who heard about books!
After another half hour, Zhang Xianchu still didn't come.Cuiyue said to Xixi: "I think it's better to forget it! That Zhang Xianchu might not come today. He clearly intends to embarrass you and keep you here!"

"Let him cool it down," Xi Xi said with a disdainful smile, "See what kind of noodles he can cool me into! I'm done with this today, at most let Wuye go back and bring all the food here!"

After half a cup of tea, Zhang Xianchu sent the clerk beside him.The clerk said politely to Xixi: "Master Zhang said that he has business to do right now, please go back to the mansion first, and then go to the palace to apologize to your mother later!"

"What kind of crime should I pay for?" Xixi said leisurely while planing sugar-fried chestnut shells, "Since he is on an office job, why would my side concubine blame him? In his eyes, my side concubine is so arrogant Is it unreasonable? Tell him, don't rush, take his time to handle his errands, the things entrusted to him by the court are the big things! This side concubine is also alone anyway, it's okay to just sit here and wait, go !"

The document also said: "Your Majesty, please go back to the mansion first! Mr. Zhang told you about the Fuxing Inn, and he will explain to Mr. Bingcan. Your Majesty is pregnant with Liujia, so it is not appropriate to work too hard. Please go back to the palace and have a good rest." .”

The implication of Zhang Xianchu's words is that no matter how Xixi is a side concubine, she is still just a woman.It's not her turn to ask about the affairs in the yamen.Even if someone is held accountable, it is the business of Bingcan and others.The meaning of contempt can be seen.

Xixi stuffed a chestnut in his mouth, patted the husk on his hand and said: "It seems that Mr. Zhang died just as Zhao Yuanyin died! He shouldn't be having fun at home? He thought Zhao Yuanyin was dead. Is it his turn to be the master of the city?"

"How can your empress say that?" The clerk said with a righteous face, "The prince's whereabouts are only unknown, and he will return safely sooner or later. As a side concubine, my empress always says that the prince is dead. Doesn't it make the prince feel cold? Although the prince is missing, the officials in the city are still doing their duty, doing their duty faithfully, not daring to be negligent in the slightest. I only hope that when the prince returns, Jingyou City will remain as it was before. Master Zhang, as a prisoner, has a heavy responsibility and is busy day and night. Forgive me, and return home as soon as possible!"

"Are you saying that my side concubine deliberately made trouble for no reason?" Xixi asked, tossing the chestnut in her hand.

"This subordinate has no such intentions. The empress is the side concubine of the palace, and it is the empress's duty to take care of the affairs of the inner palace. Things such as the Fuxing Inn should be handled by the yamen. If such a trivial matter can bother the empress, how can it be Didn’t you say that there is no one in Jingyou City?”

"Yo?" Xixi leaned forward, stared at the document and said, "I didn't realize that there is such an eloquent person beside Zhang Xianchu!"

"Your Majesty has won the prize!"

"Don't be modest! You are very good at talking, and you have said that your adults have worked hard and worked so hard! Zhao Yuanyin is coming back, and it is unreasonable not to award your adults with the Best Hard Work Award! But—— you also Don't scare my side concubine, the one on the left has business to do, and the one on the right is busy with other things, don't bullying my side concubine understand you?"

"My lady..."

"Zhao Yuanyin can only be counted as leaving the city for a while, and all the matters in his hands have been handed over to the two adults, Bingcan and Zhaoxun. When it comes to busy business and hard work, they should bear the brunt of it? Whether Zhao Yuanyin is there or not, you The matters that should be dealt with by the adults in the family are just those cases in the yamen, what else can happen? If he wants to intervene in other matters, does he have to ask the adults of Bingcan first? Then go back to your lord It is his duty to send a group of yamen to search the inn today, and the disturbance is known all over the city, the inn is closed, and he is only concerned with investigating the case, has he thought about other consequences?"

The clerk said: "My lord handles the case with his own ideas, and the search is also a routine..."

"Is this the so-called state officials who are only allowed to set fires and not allow people to light lamps? Does it mean that the whole city will be disturbed because of his handling of the case? With such ability to handle cases, can I still be qualified for the post of punishment?" Xi Xi held in his hand. The chestnut slapped on the table and sneered, "Don't play tricks in front of my side concubine. You can scare others by saying those high-sounding words. You can also scare my side concubine? You have figured it out, who is my side concubine's husband?" If you can make a small person like you scare me, will Zhao Yuanyin still want my side concubine? Whether Zhang Xianchu loves to come, my side concubine is waiting here anyway! Get out!"

The clerk's face darkened, so he had no choice but to turn around and push away from the crowd.After he left, Xixi told Wuye: "Everyone is waiting there, and the inn can't greet guests anymore, so I went to invite Mr. Huqiu from Songfenglou to talk to everyone. It's just to pass the time! See how big that adult shelf is, and how busy it can be!"

(End of this chapter)