Chapter 323: The Armored Princess
In Prince Jing’s Mansion.
A secret agent in ordinary attire, half-kneeling on the ground, said into the room with closed doors and windows.
The window paper also reflected the figure of a man with a tiger body and ape arms.
"Come in." The middle-aged man's calm voice came out.
The spy then stood up, carefully opened the door, and stepped in. His eyes slightly raised and then dropped.
On the huge desk in the room, the most occupied area is a precious bonsai. Among the small bonsais, there is a powerful red old pine tree.
An elegant middle-aged man sat in a chair, his arm wrapped three times with a total of 108 extremely rare Bodhi beads.
He looks like he is in his forties, but his gray hair on his temples reveals that he is actually older than he looks.
The face is like a crown jade, and the style is outstanding.
The Xu family has lasted for six hundred years, and after generations of improvements, the appearance of the royal family's children has always been good.
At that time, Prince Jing had an outstanding demeanor and outstanding martial arts skills. He was very popular among the previous emperors. Unfortunately, he was born too late and was destined to miss the throne.
However, after many years of dedicated management of Jiancheng Road, it is now considered a hidden dragon.
"Let it go."
Prince Jing's tone was casual. He did not pick up the letter on the table immediately. Instead, he said to the mature and solemn confidant who had single-handedly organized the entire secret intelligence system of Prince Jing's mansion: "The man named Song can arrange it well." "
The spy leader knew that the prince was referring to Song Tiju who had been brought back from Taicang Mansion:
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I don't dare to treat you unfairly."
"Well, those who have merit must be rewarded heavily, so that the world can return to its heart," Prince Jing nodded, but he only asked casually, then turned around and asked a few other questions.
The latter all answered one by one, and then hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, the Shen family has always wanted to see you."
Prince Jing frowned slightly, with a trace of displeasure in his eyes: "Is it the ancestor of the Shen family who wants to meet? Or is it the head of the family?"
"the latter."
"Then I will send them away for you. Well, I also need to appease them. When things are settled in Beijing, I will naturally not treat them badly."
"Your Majesty, will the capital city...will fulfill our wish?" The spy leader was a little worried.
Prince Jing glanced at him, rubbed the bracelet with his fingers, as if he was thinking deeply, but after a moment he shook his head: "Not necessarily."
"ah?"
Prince Jing smiled and glanced at him:
"Don't underestimate my niece. She may look soft-hearted on the outside, but how could a truly soft-hearted person kill so many people and brave the world's disapproval to become emperor?"
The spy leader was confused and said: "Your Majesty, if you get nothing out of this array, wouldn't it be..."
Prince Jing looked indifferent:
"The food must be eaten one bite at a time, and the chess game must be played step by step. That Gao Lian is not one of my own, so what does his life and death have to do with me? I hope that he will die so that I can force the Gao family to turn to me.
As for Li Yanfu... The disintegration of Li's party is certainly what my niece hopes for, but is it not what I want to see? "
The spy leader thought for a while, and then suddenly realized that no matter whether he won or lost in this attack, the prince would not be at a loss.
"Go." Prince Jing waved his hand to drive them away.
After the people left, I tore open the envelope on the table, and my originally indifferent expression suddenly changed.
Prince Jing suddenly stood up and threw the secret message into the brazier in the room.
Then he pushed out the door and walked along the complex of buildings that covered an extremely large area, like a small palace, and arrived at a certain courtyard.
As soon as he stepped in, he saw a figure in a long skirt sitting cross-legged in the middle of the courtyard.
She was a beautiful woman. Although she was sitting cross-legged, her body was suspended one foot above the ground.
The luxurious skirt on her body hangs to the ground, like a lotus leaf spreading out or a stretched water lily.
"I said, don't disturb my practice if there is nothing important." The woman said coldly.
She opened her eyes, and the moonlight poured down from above her head, illuminating a simple and mysterious silver mask covering her face. The visor has a weird pattern, covering most of his face, leaving only his eyes and chin exposed.
If Zhao Duan were here, he would definitely recognize that this mask is exactly the same as Pei Niannu's.
The difference is that Pei Niannu's is dark gold, the gold medal female shadow guard's is bronze, and the woman in front of him is silver.
It seems to symbolize a certain class.
Prince Jing has a graceful demeanor, but his eyes are a little cold:
"Don't forget that you are the current princess, my royal wife, and the stepmother of the crown prince."
Princess Jing retorted: "Don't forget, I'm just protecting you and doing things for you, and you have to fulfill your agreement."
Prince Jing let out a breath, suddenly smiled, and said softly:
"Don't worry, when I gain greater power, I will help you find Pei Niannu's mantle. But before that, you have to help me, right?"
The sorceress sighed and said, "What else?"
Prince Jing frowned and said, "Zhuang Xiaocheng sent me a letter saying that the Imperial Master is back. Is it really possible that he is still alive?"
The princess, who was wearing a silver visor, was startled and her brows tightened:
"Do you think Zhuang Xiaocheng will deceive you?"
"Not sure." A cold look appeared on Prince Jing's elegant face. "These remnants of Kuangfu Society and I are just superficially inseparable. But at this juncture, there is no need for the other party to lie."
The princess pursed her lips and said after a moment:
"The demon cultivator is not a righteous god, and his methods are weird. I suspected from the beginning that he bewitched Xu Jianwen for his own practice... His death was strange, and it would not be unusual for him to come back. By the way, where is he now?"
Prince Jing hesitated and said, "Zhuang Xiaocheng said that he went to the capital."
The princess was stunned for a moment and sneered: "It's his temper. It seems that you should be happy, but your niece should have a headache."
Prince Jing was filled with mixed emotions. He rubbed the Bodhi beads with his fingers, raised his head and sighed:
"I have always kept a distance from evil magicians."
"Haha." The princess laughed and ignored him. However, she lost interest in practicing. She landed on the ground and walked towards the bedroom.
As she walked, the silver mask on her face squirmed and disappeared, hiding under the face of a gentle woman.
In the entire palace, few people knew that the princess was also a powerful warlock.
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Dawn.
Before dawn, Zhao Duan watched Ma Yan go to the palace to attend court.
As a fourth-grade man, he was theoretically qualified to go to court.
However, according to his observation, the rank of officials in the Great Yu Dynasty was a bit low, and there were a lot of second- and third-grade officials. However, he was more of a "nominal" fourth-grade military attache in the Beijing camp and was rarely declared to the court.
Of course, he just doesn't want to go.
"I go to work before dawn to check in. I go to court because I'm crazy. How about sleeping with my concubine at home until I wake up naturally? Oh, I don't have a concubine, so that's okay..."
Zhao Duan complained in his heart and continued to sit in the imperial office waiting for the result.
About an hour and a half later, it was already dark, and the capital ushered in another peaceful day.
As Ma Yan and others returned from the court, the final result of Gao Lian's case was settled.
But what really shocked and shocked all the officials in the court was the news that the witness and the prisoner died suddenly at the same time overnight.
The capital, as expected, is in a state of shock again.
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(End of this chapter)