Chapter 298 The frightened Sheng Hong
But this is also a good thing. If Minglan is really so scheming, he will be worried.
"Then what do you want Gu to do?" Zhao Xing asked.
"I would like to ask His Highness to send someone to the Kang family to beat the Kang family." Minglan said.
Zhao Xing asked: "Do you think this is useful?"
"Fifth sister will also send someone back to tell the eldest lady. As long as His Highness sends someone to beat the Kangwang family, it will definitely be useful." Minglan said.
“You think things are too simple.”
Zhao Xing reached out and pinched Minglan’s face, and said with a smile: “She threatened you with her front foot, and it didn’t take long for Gu to send someone to Well, if she told Mrs. Wang, what do you think Mrs. Wang would think?"
"Just from what you said, I can tell that Mrs. Wang is confused."
"She may not be afraid if Gu sends people to beat the Kang Wang family. After all, she only needs to fan the flames and doesn't need to do it herself."
Given Kang Wang's temperament, it's not that he may not be afraid, but he definitely won't be afraid.
It’s not that she’s not afraid of Zhao Xing, but she doesn’t think she needs to be afraid.
Kang Wang can no longer be described as vicious, he is simply a lunatic.
In the original play, she targeted Minglan. In addition to her hatred for Mrs. Sheng, she also felt that Minglan, a concubine, could marry into the legitimate son of the Hou family.
Gu Tingye has just made great achievements and will inherit the title in the future.
Thinking about herself again, she naturally felt unbalanced.
Including the fact that she poisoned Mrs. Sheng, apart from wanting to take advantage of Mrs. Wang after the incident, she may not have had the idea of revenge against Mrs. Wang.
To put it bluntly, Mrs. Kang Wang has gone crazy because her marriage is not happy, and she doesn’t want others to be kind to her.
If he sends people to the Kang family to beat up the Kang Wang family, seeing that he cares so much about Ming Lan, there is a high probability that the Kang Wang family will be more enthusiastic about encouraging Mrs. Wang to attack Xiaoniang Wei.
Minglan looked at Zhao Xing blankly after hearing this, is this useless?
When she thought about it, the prince had personally sent someone to beat her up, so the Kang Wang family naturally did not dare to instigate Madam Wang to target her younger sister.
As for Mrs. Wang’s temperament, according to Mrs. Sheng’s evaluation, although she is a bit stupid sometimes, she has no harmful intentions.
Minglan also recognized this.
"You don't need to worry about this matter. I will arrange it. You go back first. I will go to Shuanglan Pavilion to rest tonight." Zhao Xing said.
"Yes." Minglan's face turned red, she stood up and saluted, "My slave, please leave!"
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Zhao Xing teased his daughter for a while in Shulan Pavilion, and then went to Chunhe Palace for dinner.
After dinner, I chatted with Zhang Guifen for a while and then went to Shuanglan Pavilion.
What surprised Zhao Xing was that neither Rulan nor Minglan came out to greet him.
After entering the room and seeing what the two of them were wearing, Zhao Xing smiled and said, "When did you make the cheongsam?"
The two people's cheongsams were torn by him last time in Jinmingchi Villa.
They are too embarrassed to ask the embroiderer to make such clothes, so they make them themselves.
Zhao Xing asked several times before, and the two of them always said they didn't do it well.
Ru Lan saluted, stepped forward with a smile, and whispered: "Your Highness, please don't tear it up again for a while."
"Haha."
Zhao Xing held Ru Lan's slender waist and came to sit down in front of the soft couch.
Ru Lan sat in Zhao Xing's arms and put her arms around his neck.
"This dress was made by Yanran, a good deed done by Minglan?"
Zhao Xing's eyes drooped, and the cheongsam on Rulan's body was embroidered with plum blossoms.
A plum blossom on her chest seemed to have just opened, but as Rulan breathed, her chest rose and fell, and the plum blossom seemed to be slowly blooming.
This is not just a physical reason, the embroidery factor is also essential.
"Sixth sister did it." Rulan said.
Hearing this, Zhao Xing raised his head and glanced at Minglan who was standing aside. The cheongsam on her body was embroidered with orchids, and with her healing smile, she looked even more calm and reserved.
"Minglan asked me for something, and why did you do it?" Zhao Xing lifted Rulan's chin and said.
“I knew I couldn’t hide it from His Highness.” Ru Lan smiled and said, “Today my concubine’s mother came, and my mother said…”
Ru Lan directly told Zhao Xing that Sheng Hong fell ill due to the delay in choosing the governor of Kaifeng.
Zhao Xing liked Ru Lan's straightforward temperament very much. He pinched her face and said, "It depends on your performance tonight."
Ru Lan He bit his lip, shook it, and said coquettishly: "How do you want your Highness to behave?"
"Go and wash up first, I will talk to you later." Zhao Xing said with a smile.
Ru Lan got off Zhao Xing and said, "Then I will wait for His Highness to wash up."
"No need, Dashuang and the others can just take care of you. This saves you from having to change clothes. It would be fun to take these clothes off alone."
Zhao Xing patted Ru Lan's butt, laughed, and went inside Go.
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Sheng Hong arrived at the Kaifeng government office early in the morning. When he arrived, only the officials who were on duty last night were there, and the other officials had not arrived yet.
When they arrived at the public house, Dongrong served tea. Sheng Hong drank the tea and began to deal with official duties.
While he was busy, Dongrong led Sanshui in.
Sheng Hong looked up when he heard footsteps and saw Sanshui. He quickly put down his pen, stood up and said with a smile: "Why are Mr. Sanshui here? Dongrong, please serve tea!"
Instruction completed , and politely greeted Sanshui to take a seat.
“I’ve met Sheng Shaoyin.”
Sanshui bowed and said, “Sheng Shaoyin, don’t bother me. I’m just here to deliver a message to His Highness the Crown Prince. Gone.”
Hearing this, Sheng Hong bowed and said, "I wonder what your Highness's orders are?" "His Highness heard that the Kang family had caused many deaths, thinking that Sheng Shaoyin and the Kang family were brothers-in-law, and wanted Sheng Shaoyin to investigate the matter. His Highness said Bianjing is the most benevolent place at the feet of the Emperor. This kind of disregard for human life is simply shocking. Let Sheng Shaoyin find out and report it to His Highness as soon as possible." Sanshui said.
Sheng Hong was stunned when he heard this. His first reaction was that his eldest sister had killed another person.
The ancient laws also provided certain protection for servants who sold themselves. Whether they were servants or concubines, they could not be executed at will even if they were legally bound.
Even if he commits a capital crime, he must be notified to the government before he can be executed.
Otherwise, you will be fined, and if you are beaten to death for no reason, you will also be punished with a cane.
The Kangwang family has often killed people over the years, and he has helped clean up the aftermath several times.
But when I think about it carefully, I feel it’s wrong.
If anyone was really killed, the news would have reached Zhao Xing’s ears, and it would probably have spread all over Bianjing.
But not only did he not hear about it, no one from the Kang family came to him for help.
Could it be that what happened in the past was revealed?
Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on Sheng Hong's forehead.
You have to know that he helped to deal with the aftermath. If the incident really happened, he would be in trouble.
Sanshui looked at the dazed Sheng Hong and said with a smile: "Did Sheng Shaoyin hear clearly?"
"Ah..." Sheng Hong came back to his senses and said: "Sanshui What did the father-in-law say?”
Sanshui smiled and repeated it again.
“I heard you clearly.” Sheng Hong said quickly.
"Then I'll take my leave first." Sanshui bowed.
"I'll send Father Sanshui off."
Sheng Hong sent Sanshui away and returned to the public room in despair, slumping on a chair.
Zhao Xing asked him to investigate the Kang family's murder, doesn't it mean that he was asked to investigate himself?
“That’s not right!”
Sheng Hong thought about it for a long time and suddenly realized.
If Zhao Xing really wanted to deal with him, how could he let him be responsible for this?
Since we are not investigating him, we are really going to investigate Kang Wang.
Although Sheng Hong didn't know what Kang Wang had done, he couldn't think of anything else except this possibility.
After thinking for a long time, Sheng Hong was going to go home and ask Mrs. Wang to see if she knew anything.
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Sheng Family
Madam Wang was a little strange when she heard that Sheng Hong was back.
Since Sheng Hong became an official, he rarely went home during the trip.
Sheng Hong has been an official for more than ten years, and this situation has been rare.
Suddenly, Mrs. Wang’s face lit up with joy.
Could it be that Ru Lan told His Highness the Crown Prince that His Highness the Crown Prince had issued a decree?
Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang hurried out to greet her.
Before leaving the backyard, I met Sheng Hong.
"Official, but Your Highness has made a decree for the official to take over as the governor of Kaifeng?" Mrs. Wang said excitedly.
"Huh?" Sheng Hong was startled when he heard this, and quickly understood what he was talking about. He said coldly: "You went to the East Palace yesterday and asked Ru Lan to ask His Highness the Crown Prince?"
Yesterday When he went home, Mrs. Wang told him that Rulan didn't know.
He also asked Mrs. Wang if she asked Ru Lan to ask His Highness the Crown Prince.
Mrs. Wang repeatedly promised that she had not done this.
But listening to what Mrs. Wang just said, it was obvious that she was hiding something.
Only at this moment did Mrs. Wang notice that Sheng Hong's face was not very good. Faced with Sheng Hong's questioning, her face changed slightly, and she shook her head and said, "I didn't let Ru Lan ask."
< br>"Follow me!"
Sheng Hong glared at her and walked forward.
All the way to the main hall of Wei Ruixuan, Sheng Hong sent all the servants away and said coldly: "Please tell me in detail what happened in the East Palace yesterday. If you conceal anything, don't blame me for not thinking about the relationship between husband and wife." Divorce!"
"What?"
Madam Wang said in disbelief: "The official is going to divorce me?"
"I told you to divorce me yesterday. Tell me carefully what happened in the East Palace, can’t you hear me?" Sheng Hong shouted.
Madam Wang shrank her neck when she heard this. This was the first time she had seen Sheng Hong with such a ferocious expression in so many years of marriage.
Mrs. Wang was also a little scared for a while, and honestly told her what happened that day.
When Sheng Hong heard Madam Wang asking Ru Lan to ask Zhao Xing, he just glanced at her lightly without interrupting.
From Madam Wang’s words just now, he had already guessed it, so he was not surprised.
"Is that what you said? Nothing else happened?" Sheng Hong frowned after hearing this.
Could it be that Zhao Xing was dissatisfied because of this and wanted to use the Kang family’s affairs to beat him?
"No more." Mrs. Wang said with a somewhat unnatural expression.
She concealed the fact that she asked Rulan to be on guard against Minglan, and that she got angry with Minglan and had someone slap Kang Wang's family.
The former cannot be said, of course, but the latter is because Sheng Hong doesn't like her having too much contact with the Kang Wang family.
However, Sheng Hong and Mrs. Wang have been married for many years and don’t know much about her.
Seeing Mrs. Wang's unnatural expression, I knew she had not told the truth. She slapped the case and yelled: "If you still don't tell the truth, I will ask her personally when Ru Lan comes back. If you have anything to hide, don't tell her. Blame me for ignoring the long-lasting friendship between my father and my wife!”
(End of this chapter)