The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 1214 - 1192: Lesson

Chapter 1214: Chapter 1192: Lesson

Old Madam Liu once again thanked Feng Zongping and Yi Ziyang, and only after having the family servants send them back did she have Daji carried back home.

Changqing Alley was very quiet; the usual people who would sit at the doorstep to sew shoe soles were all gone, and their doorstep was damp, obviously just washed, but there were still blood stains in the crevices of the bluestone slabs and the walls that couldn’t be washed away.

There were officers with knives guarding both sides, preventing people inside the courtyard from coming out, and naturally, those outside couldn’t just enter either.

Upon entering the gate, Manbao saw that the courtyard was also being washed, with blood specks still splattered on some of the flowers and plants, and nobody had thought to wash the flowers and plants yet, so the bloodstains remained on them.

The faces of Manbao and the other two turned somewhat pale.

Therefore, Mr. Zhuang felt fortunate, "I heard that you guys fell into the water, which really was lucky, otherwise on land, you might have lost your lives a long time ago."

Mr. Zhuang did not know that they had nearly lost their lives in the water as well.

The two exchanged a glance, and Bai Shan swallowed his saliva and said, "So, Mr. Zhuang, swimming is very important, you always used to not let us play in the water."

Mr. Zhuang fell silent, but even Old Madam Liu relented, "When you want to learn swimming later, go ahead and please have two highly skilled people teach you."

Bai Erlang tightly followed behind Mr. Zhuang and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Zhuang, no one in our family died, right?"

Mr. Zhuang sighed after a moment of silence, "Two family servants died from serious injuries, and from the side of the Ministry of Justice, three people died, and quite a few were injured."

Old Madam Liu said, "Although they were on official duty, they ultimately died for the Bai Family. Later on, find out their families’ addresses and send some funeral arrangements over, just to show a little gratitude."

Liu Gui responded from the side.

This assassination attempt, perhaps the Prince of Yizhou was trying to assert his authority, but he also needed people to escape, so although he left quite a few behind, their skills are probably not very good.

Most of these people came after the Bai Family in Changqing Alley, only eight people were ordered to follow Bai Shan and company.

Originally, eight assassins were more than enough to deal with Bai Shan and the three of them, as they only had Daji and Liu Gui with them, and Liu Gui stayed with the carriage to watch over it.

They didn’t think that killing these four people would require too many people, but who knew at that time Feng Zongping and a few others were also there, and Daji, who normally didn’t show his capabilities, had unexpectedly good martial arts, and was able to hold off four people by himself.

The most important two targets ended up in the water...

Once the Prince of Yizhou fled, tensions rose in the capital, especially after the assassination attempt at Xiangguo Temple, many in the court began to feel insecure.

If the Prince of Yizhou was so defiant and barbaric, because Bai Shan and Zhou Man accused him he would want to kill both people and their families, what about those who impeached him?

What about people like Wei Zhi, Ji Xiang, and Lord Tang who led the thorough investigation into this matter?

Wouldn’t they all be killed too?

Thus, under the advice of many ministers, the Emperor dispatched the imperial guards to start removing the Prince of Yizhou’s agents and personnel left in the capital.

The abandoned Princess Consort of Yizhou, Commandery Princess Yunfeng, and the young son Commandery Prince Xinqing of the Prince of Yizhou were temporarily detained in the palace; originally, only the Prince of Yizhou and his two adult sons were to be detained, as the Princess Consort of Yizhou was living with the Empress Dowager, and although she couldn’t leave the palace, she was still free to move around within it.

After meals, it’s indeed possible to take a walk in the garden.

But once the Prince of Yizhou fled, his wife and two children were immediately imprisoned.

The fear of Commandery Princess Yunfeng peaked, she kept crying and making a fuss; but this time, no palace attendant from the Empress Dowager’s residence would comfort her anymore, instead, they avoided the palace she was confined in.

The Empress has been overworked recently, suffering from throbbing headaches, yet she still made arrangements, ordering the palace attendants not to mistreat the family of the Princess Consort of Yizhou, confining them to the palace without allowing them to leave was enough.

The crown prince brought up some medicine, and upon hearing her words, waved the servants to leave, speaking displeasedly: "Mother, why bother yourself for them? With the Empress Dowager present, even if the uncle loses power, the palace attendants wouldn’t dare to mistreat them."

The Empress took the medicine and drank it all at once, smiling, she said: "It’s just an extra precaution, just in case."

The crown prince then snorted, noting the Empress’s displeased face, he softened his voice and said: "Mother, you should summon Zhou Man into the palace to serve you personally, I see dark circles under your eyes, aren’t you sleeping well these days again?"

The Empress shook her head and said: "The case isn’t closed yet, summoning her to the palace at this time might affect the judgment of the officials, Director Xiao is managing well."

"But isn’t Director Xiao at the Empress Dowager’s residence? He can’t see you daily," the crown prince said somewhat unhappily: "It’s certain that the Prince of Yizhou kept private soldiers, and now he has fled, it’s obvious what he intends to do, what judgment could it possibly affect?"

He said: "Those court officials usually dare not say anything, they just like to guess the intentions of their superiors, making a simple matter complicated with numerous supposed meanings. If it were up to me, Mother, you shouldn’t bother about anything, just focus on recuperating in the palace, I’ll summon her here, and if it’s inconvenient for her to come and go, then let her just stay in the palace."

Seeing him getting agitated, the Empress then sighed and said: "Oh, you are regressing, you used to think things through but now you are impulsive, and overthinking things you shouldn’t..."

The crown prince, hearing her repeating old admonishments, couldn’t help but stand up intending to leave.

The Empress then grabbed his hand and said: "Alright, I won’t speak of it any more, I have already got your younger brother ready; once the matter of the Prince of Yizhou is settled, he will take his feudal post, you also need to temper your own temperament."

Seeing him with downcast eyes and silent, the Empress sighed and said: "Dalang, there is never anything perfect in this world, you are a good child, since you were young both your father and the ministers praised you, you’ve always been benevolent and receptive to advice, you must not let some setbacks change your nature."

With an expressionless face, the crown prince said: "Mother, you rest, I will take my leave first."

The Empress then watched the crown prince turn around and leave with a worrisome glance.

Upon exiting the imperial palace, the crown prince, feeling frustrated, couldn’t help but fiercely whip against the palace wall before he pulled over his horse and left.

This scene was incidentally witnessed by an imperial censor who was about to leave the palace; he shook his head in disappointment and decided to impeach the crown prince tomorrow.

As an heir apparent, it was one thing to show emotions vividly, but to whip the palace wall at the entrance of the palace was another; if someone saw and spread the word, what would people think of the crown prince of Great Jin?

After leaving the imperial city on horseback, a guard behind him asked: "Your Highness, where are you headed?"

The crown prince said: "To Jishi Hall."

The guard knew what he intended to do and immediately said: "Your Highness, Divine Doctor Zhou Junior should be at home now."

The crown prince frowned, restraining his horse he asked, "Where does she live?"

The guard didn’t know initially, but with the recent uproar over their assassination attempt, he heard about it while visiting his brother in the imperial army and immediately replied, "In Changqing Alley."