Chapter 91
Chapter 91
"My mother arrested your parents?" The Ninth Prince snorted heavily on Duanmu Rui's face, "Where does this start? The Empress Dowager never does things for no reason, you explain the reason clearly, if the Empress Dowager ignores it, Let me apologize to you on her behalf!"
"It's reasonable to pretend to be innocent, isn't it!" Duanmu Rui stretched out his foot and kicked it hard, just right in the crotch of the Ninth Prince.
"Hmm..." Ninth Prince shuddered all over, let go of Duanmu Rui and covered his belly.
"In the end, what kind of parents teach what kind of children, just you face to face and back, you must have learned from the Queen Mother, really, the farther away from you, the better!" Duanmu Rui became more and more angry.
"You too!" Ninth Prince gritted his teeth and said, the lower part still hurt, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"So what's the matter with your mother? Our family didn't provoke her to provoke her, so what does it mean that she grabbed our family and won't let her go!" Duanmu Rui squinted and shouted to Ninth Prince, trying not to disturb Zhenzhen on the bed , "My father and mother are in prison, suffering torture! They are not in good health, your mother... Queen Mother, what do you want us to do! We are not in the way of her eyes, and we are not competing with her for status! Why do you have to catch me? Don’t let it go! Return the evil to my family!”
The Ninth Prince didn't understand the situation, but he couldn't just listen to one side's words, "I'm sorry about your matter, but I'll get back to you after asking clearly. If innocent people go to jail, I will definitely rescue your parents!"
Duanmu Rui said anxiously, "When you ask, my parents are dead. If it weren't for my current situation, I can go out and don't have to go to jail, even Zhenzhen would have to be locked up in prison!"
"Guan Zhenzhen?" The Ninth Prince said urgently, "Why Guan Zhenzhen? Didn't they see the thing hanging around Zhenzhen's neck? What happened!"
The Ninth Prince paid all his attention to Zhenzhen and forgot about the pain in his body.
Duanmu Rui felt that he had punched the cotton, and got angry at him. He didn't know what happened. Duanmu Rui took the opportunity to kick the Ninth Prince in the abdomen. He sat on the square table and said, "Ask me what happened? Why don't you ask me?" Mother! After I go back, my house will be sealed! If the queen mother wants to take it back, go and take it back. You take everything that belongs to you. You should be a good person here and give it away. Your mother will take it back, and my parents and Zhenzhen will suffer. What do you guys mean!"
The Ninth Prince probably figured it out and felt that it was wrong, so it was not good to get angry with Duanmu Rui again, but he couldn't save face when he had a confrontation with Duanmu Rui, he still had a sullen face, "Anyway, I'll get back to you after I ask you about this matter, don't you?" Make a fuss here!"
Duanmu Rui still wanted to continue his theory, but when he was told this, he turned off the fire, "Anyway, go to the palace as soon as the day breaks to find out, if my parents lose a hair..."
"Hmph!" The Ninth Prince pointed at the door, "Leave when the trouble is over, really let's sleep here tonight!"
Duanmu Rui glanced at the bed, and turned over during the Zhenzhen period, as if he was about to wake up.
He didn't say any more, he held his breath and planned to go out and find a place to sleep for the night.
As soon as he stopped at the door, Duanmu Rui walked back again, "Why should I go out? If you say I have no place to live, it's your mother's fault, and if you want to go out, you go out!"
The Ninth Prince was stuck in his throat. No one dared to talk to him like this when he was so old. He stared at Duanmu Rui for a long time, and watched him go to bed, put down the curtain, and shut him out. There were two real humming sounds from inside the curtain, and then the whole room fell silent.
He went from being patient to holding his breath, and then from holding his breath to being discouraged. Watching Duanmu Rui consciously occupying his house, the Ninth Prince couldn't say a word, and he couldn't get angry. He almost exploded.
In the end, there was nothing to do, he could only order his servants to tidy up a guest room, and went out quietly with the drawings.
Duanmu Rui got up when it was still daylight, he seemed to really care about sleeping, closed the door and knocked on the door of Ninth Prince's guest room.
As a result, no one came to open it for a long time. When I asked the servants, I learned that the Ninth Prince had gone to the morning court and left the Ninth Prince's Mansion.
Duanmu Rui took Zhenzhen to Fangfu to continue working, but he was thinking about the news of the Ninth Prince all day long.
Boss Fang found out about this, so he specially called Duanmu Rui, "If the ninth brother asked clearly, the Queen Mother must have something to exchange with you. Any grasp."
"I have the account book of the Ninth Prince that I didn't hand over last time. If I submit it now, I don't know if the Queen Mother will let it go!"
Boss Fang walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, "It's just that I don't know what the queen mother's bargaining chip is. If I understand it, everything will be easy to handle."
Duanmu Rui couldn't sit still, "Otherwise, I'll go to the magistrate's place to watch and see when they have news to release my parents!"
"It's useless." The Ninth Prince denied, "If you have this skill, why don't you ask Lao Jiu to intercede for you and get rid of the crime, you have to know that the queen mother will torture you, and you can torture you to death no matter what excuses."
Duanmu Rui was chilled by Boss Fang's cold water, "Then what else can I do? Do I have to ask the Ninth Prince?"
"Otherwise, who do you want to beg!" Boss Fang turned around and sat back on the table, pointed his finger at the small tea table in front of Duanmurui, and made a little noise, "If you can put down your body and beg someone at any time, only then can you achieve the result you want." ,
Duanmu Rui returned to the account room, playing what Boss Fang said back and forth in his mind.
He was a little absent-minded, Mr. Chen told Duanmu Rui to go back to rest and come back tomorrow.
Duanmu Rui went to the Ninth Prince's Mansion sincerely and impatiently, and happened to meet the Ninth Prince back at the door.
Duanmu Rui hurriedly stepped forward to ask the result, but saw the Ninth Prince with a stinky face, "Before you ask me, please explain why you have a lot of inhibitory grass hidden in your home?"
"A large amount of weed suppression?" Duanmu Rui's heart skipped a beat when he heard that, "I don't know, my father never..."
"In other words, this is the suppressing herb you take every time! Why do you have so many suppressing herbs from the Western Feudal Kingdom in your home! And it has been hidden for many years!" The Ninth Prince didn't show mercy at all, just rushed at the door Duanmu Rui shouted, and the voice attracted some onlookers.
"This... I can explain it!" Duanmu Rui didn't want to be surrounded by people. Sure enough, the restraining grass was the introduction, but how did the Queen Mother know about the restraining grass, "Why don't we talk about it in the mansion!"
If it weren't for the Ninth Prince, the only people who have been to his house are Hu Ya and Xiao Jue!
"There's no need to go in again," the Ninth Prince refused Duanmu Rui, "Come here, and disperse the onlookers." He called the family servants in the mansion and dispersed the people around, "If you have something to say, you can say it here, betrayers are not eligible to enter my mansion! "
traitor!Duanmu Rui didn't know where he said this, "It's already agreed not to interfere with each other, so why betray! You were the one who broke the rules first!"
The Ninth Prince stood there straight, his tall figure made the elongated shadow just in front of Duanmu Rui's feet.
Duanmu Rui moved slightly, and the shadow of the head was stepped on by him.
"The law of my dynasty prohibits the unauthorized storage of cured grass, and the cured grass of the Western Feudal Kingdom is even more forbidden, but the Duanmu Mansion has kept a large amount of cured grass from the Western Feudal Kingdom all year round. This practice has violated the law, and it is more than enough to put your father in prison. And where did this grass come from, and how do you explain it! Regarding this matter, where did you come from to want me to let you go!"
"Prisoned?" Duanmu Rui suppressed some panic in his heart, and tried to find his position, "This is not the same as what Boss Fang said! Don't say that my family has one, and my family has never traded in the black market. You put it in the black market. Instead of arresting the grass dealers in the Western Feudal Kingdom, they came to arrest us good people!"
"The evidence of the black market dealers is not enough to be completely eliminated, but there are all the evidence in your family, how can you argue! Just this is not enough to appease the people, but you came to question me! You have Who has the right to question me!"
Duanmu Rui's cheeks became hot for a while, and he wanted to turn around and leave immediately after being pressed by the Ninth Prince.
If Boss Fang hadn't explained it in advance, he would have been fooled by the Ninth Prince's words and didn't know anything.
But the more I understand, the more I feel blocked in my heart!
Why didn't I see that the Ninth Prince was so eloquent earlier!
Before raising conditions, the more you suppress the opponent's momentum, the easier it will be to accept the conditions.
"So! What do you want!" Duanmu Rui was powerless to get angry with him, and he was even less bothered to count the right and wrong with him. Since he has a purpose, he should show it, and only when he has something to talk about can he talk.
But the Ninth Prince was silent. He and Duanmu Rui were only five steps away, but he felt that there was no way to get closer, but they were getting farther and farther away.
When did the two of them discuss that things need to be exchanged for conditions?
"Isn't it?" Seeing that the Ninth Prince was silent for a long time, Duanmu Rui continued to ask, "Since two or three years ago, you asked me to do anything with the life of my family as a condition, isn't it?"
"You actually said such a thing!" The Ninth Prince was very cold in his heart, "Could it be that all the things I have done to you are all in exchange?"
"Two years ago you lied to me to be a proton, threatened me with the life of my family, and then threatened me with the mark of Zhenzhen. Now what do you want and what can I use to get my parents back out safely? You may as well just say it! As long as I have , I will give you all!"
The Ninth Prince didn't move a single bit, but his gaze never left Duanmu Rui's face. The surrounding was very quiet and there was no one there, but he felt that there was something between them, which was stranger than a quarrel, so strange that even he I don't even know myself.
"In your eyes... I only did these few things? The rest... are all threats to you?" The Ninth Prince frowned tightly, "In your eyes, have I always been this kind of person?"
"Otherwise what is it!" Duanmu Rui looked directly at the Ninth Prince, the familiar aura made him feel disgusted at this moment.
"Very good!" The Ninth Prince made up his mind, "I won't mention any conditions this time, and I won't interfere in this matter!" After saying that, he turned around and entered the mansion, Duanmurui stood outside the door suddenly dumbfounded!
That's what I said...
Didn't you agree to throw away all face and beg for mercy... How did it become like this?
Duanmu Rui hurriedly ran to knock on the door, but the door of Nine Princes' Mansion was closed tightly and no one came to open the door.
Duanmu Rui was not reconciled, and continued to slap heavily on the door of the Nine Princes' Mansion.
Until the palms were swollen, the voice became hoarse, and the door was still closed. After a long time, the guard opened the door, "Mr. Duanmu...Mr. Duanmu..."
Duanmu Rui hurried over.
"Don't waste your time here, our Ninth Prince ordered that no one will let you in, so you should take your child back, why don't you come back tomorrow when the Ninth Prince calms down..."
"Please report again, just say that I have a few last words to say, please!" Duanmu Rui eagerly wanted to grasp the last straw.
"The little one came here risking his life to inform you. Take the child back quickly. It's not good for the child to be wronged."
Duanmu Rui looked at Zhenzhen who was sitting next to him and counting ants, both sides felt reluctant to let go, "Okay, thank you." He thanked him, hugged Zhenzhen in his arms and walked towards Fangfu.
On the way, I bought some food and toys for Zhenzhen, and entrusted Zhenzhen to Boss Fang when I arrived at Fangfu. After taking an extra day off, I went back to the gate of Jiuwangfu.
Without saying a word, he knelt down in front of the door with a plop.
After the guard at the door saw it through the crack of the door, he hurried in to inform the Ninth Prince.
After the Ninth Prince left Duanmu Rui and returned to the mansion alone, he immediately ordered his servants to call Xiaojue.
Xiao Jue soon arrived at the Ninth Prince's study.
"Did you inform the Queen Mother about the herbal medicine?" The Ninth Prince's eyes were blazing, "I have been to Duanmu Rui's house, I have no need to find out about it. When did you know? Why did you go to the Queen Mother?" Make a small report in your ear!"
Xiao Jue pretended to be innocent, "I didn't... I just said... I just said doubts..."
"What doubts?" The Ninth Prince slapped the table, and the teacups on it were shaken, "Where did you learn about the restraining grass from the Duanmu Mansion? When did you see it! Why did you go to the Queen Mother to sue! I I said the day before yesterday not to be fooled, not to mess with Duanmu Rui! I think you are getting more and more crazy!"
Xiao Jue was not convinced, "Why do you say I did it! Hu Ya is also familiar with Duanmu Rui's family! Maybe it was Duanmu Rui himself who wanted to plant me! Why do you insist that it is me!"
The Ninth Prince flicked the brush on the table and threw it on the ground, "Who else can go to the Queen Mother's side except you! How dare you argue! What is your purpose!"
"Didn't my cousin tell you what my purpose is? For Duanmu Rui, you still want to drive me out of the house. Even if you don't drive me out today, who knows when you will drive me out. If you cover my body with the mark, my cousin will naturally Let his parents go, it was because of your stubborn temper that they were imprisoned like that, and besides, they did break the law, no matter whether the punishment is severe or not, you can't blame me!"
"Presumptuous!" the Ninth Prince yelled angrily, "How dare you talk to me like this! With your character, how can I mark you! Repay your kindness with revenge! Greed for profit! What else can you do! If it weren't for this king How could Duanmu Rui let you go so easily to protect you next time! He even said so boldly, packed up his things and left the mansion immediately!"
Xiaojue stomped her feet, "Why do you leave just as you said? Have you asked my father? Have you asked my cousin? I'll tell you the old nine! If you don't stamp my mark, I will let my cousin Auntie will never let the Duanmu family go!"
"Get out!" Ninth Prince grabbed the pen container on the table and threw it at Xiao Jue.
Many writing brushes fell on the ground, and the pen container hit the window frame. Xiaojue was not injured, but the guard who was about to knock on the door was startled.
"What's the matter!" The Ninth Prince saw the guard outside the door.
"Back to the prince...Mr. Duanmu...kneeling outside the mansion for a long time...I can't persuade you no matter what." The guard said tremblingly.
When the Ninth Prince heard this, he kicked over the desk, "Let them all go!"
"Hmph! Get lost!" Xiao Jue reversed her previous attitude, turned around and walked out.
Xiao Jue didn't even go back to her bedroom, and went straight out of the Nine Princes' Mansion.
Sure enough, Duanmu Rui was kneeling outside, with his head down, motionless.
Xiao Jue walked up to him, "Do you think kneeling is useful? The Queen Mother wants your whole family to die, and it won't work if you kneel to death!"
Duanmu Rui ignored Xiao Jue who was passing by, and still knelt there waiting for the Ninth Prince.
But it didn't take long for the guards to rush out, "Mr. Duanmu, get up quickly, my lord is preparing his horse and leaving, and no one will see him kneeling, get up quickly, don't hurt yourself."
Duanmu Rui shook his head, "Kneel until he sees me, otherwise I won't get up!"
The guards used all kinds of tricks, but they still couldn't persuade Duanmu Rui to get up, so he could only go back to the mansion and fetch water for Duanmu Rui.
Duanmu Rui was thirsty, seeing no one around, took the bowl and drank happily.
Then he returned the bowl and continued to kneel there.
The Ninth Prince rode away from the back door of the mansion and went straight to the palace.
After finally waiting for the queen mother to come back from the imperial garden, she couldn't hold back and started yelling with the queen mother, "Mother queen! I will not agree to such a thing even if I die!"
In a fit of rage, the queen mother called the guards, escorted the Ninth Prince to kneel in front of the hall, and gave him a reprimand, but she never thought that just such a move would attract the emperor.
The emperor cleared up the servants and maids, closed the door and began to ask the Ninth Prince why.
After the Ninth Prince explained the matter, he began to complain about the empress dowager's inappropriate behavior, "Even the empress dowager of a person like Xiaojue wants me to cover his mark. This kind of behavior is the best way to keep him in the mansion, and I have to mark him. , going in and out represent the Nine Princes' Mansion, how can this be done!"
Seeing that the ninth younger brother was going to go to war in ten days, the emperor didn't want to delay any matters in his house, so he also turned to him and began to persuade the queen mother, "The ninth younger brother is right. Although Xiao Jue is a relative of her mother's family, she can't condone He, even if Duanmu Rui is not at fault, and the Duanmu mansion did not hide the restraining grass, it would be wrong for Xiao Jue to do so, such a person is not qualified to stay in any palace, the ninth brother should dismiss him together!"
The queen mother was displeased, "You just slap Aijia in the face like this! At the beginning, it was Xiaojue who Aijia liked, so he was stuffed into Qingyin's mansion. Now you say that he has bad conduct, how do you let others think of me!"
The Ninth Prince's stubborn temper also came up, and he turned his head to the side, "In short, no matter what method I use, I will not mark Xiaojue, even if I don't mark others for the rest of my life!"
"Speak lightly!" The queen mother raised her voice and shouted, "You are really like what Xiaojue said, you were confused by that humble Duanmurui, you can't look down on other Omega wherever you go, and you don't want to mark Xiaojue Well, there is another way to agree with you!"
"What is the method?" Ninth Prince was a little excited, as long as he was not allowed to mark Xiao Jue, he was willing to try under any conditions.
But the queen mother began to play tricks, "You must know that you are not too young. The emperor's harem has 72 concubines, and they have only given birth to six sons so far, and you only have one son until now. You are still a bastard. How can a mother not replace you?" For your sake, and that mountain villager, I don't know when he will leave, so the decisions made by mother are all for your sake, Qingyin!"
The Ninth Prince understood what the Empress Dowager meant, but felt a little awkward hearing this, "Mother, first of all, Duanmu Rui never asked me for a tael of silver, and it was really because of his hard work, I didn't make much effort, so I don't want to There is me who is only close to him because of my status or money, and he and I are just the two of us, so please don't meddle, Queen Mother!"
"Bastard!" The queen mother was furious, "If I hadn't made this move, how could you bring Zhenzhen into your mansion? From what I can see, you still haven't fully grasped Zhenzhen, have you?"
"Having said that this is our own business, the queen mother will immediately order the Duanmu couple to be released from prison! Don't make things difficult for me again."
"Idiot!" The queen mother slapped the fan in her hand, "I heard that you and Duanmu Rui had an quarrel and separated completely. Aijia is just helping you to win an heir. It doesn't matter if you don't mark Xiaojue. There is only one condition to let Duanmu and his wife go!"
"What conditions!" The Ninth Prince asked impatiently, "As long as Xiao Jue is sent out of the mansion, I will agree to any conditions!"
The Ninth Prince never thought that he would annoy someone so much that he wanted to be irritable just by saying his name. He used to think that he could endure until the end. For the sake of his mother's face, now he doesn't want to bear it for a moment, even with Great price to exchange.
"Okay!" The queen mother admired the joy of the Ninth Prince, "If you want to release Duanmu and his wife, Duanmurui must give you Zhenzhen, and send him to the palace to be raised by Ai's family. At the same time, Duanmurui must take the whole family with him People will no longer step into Shangjing!"
"Mother!" The Ninth Prince suddenly shouted, "It's not fair to do this! How can you make others suffer just to make yourself happy!"
"Hmph! Why didn't he think about it when he made you suffer!" The queen mother said disapprovingly.
The Ninth Prince cast his eyes on the emperor for help, hoping to get support.
But he never thought the emperor would say, "Ninth brother, don't be impatient. I don't think what the queen mother said is completely unreasonable. They should be punished for this matter. Hiding a large amount of suppressive herbs without permission has violated the law. According to the regulations, it should be Each of them rode thirty big boards, but for your sake, you didn't move them at all."
"So, Your Majesty, you also think that I should take away Duanmu Rui's child?" Ninth Prince felt very helpless.
"Exactly!" The emperor replied, "Don't forget that Zhenzhen is not only Duanmu Rui's flesh and blood, but also yours! Your heir is much more precious than an ordinary heir. If you can't win over Duanmuzhen, then Duanmu's parents will lose it." There is nothing to discuss...or if your words are not persuaded, I will send the eunuch who announced the decree to go back to the mansion with you."
The Empress Dowager was very satisfied with the emperor's position, so she smiled this time, "So you can go back and inform Duanmu Rui, and you can exchange the truth for your parents, and promise not to come to Shangjing again, so this matter will not be mentioned again."
The Empress Dowager issued an order to evict guests, so the Ninth Prince had no choice but to get up and follow the Emperor to leave the Queen's bedroom.
On the garden path, the Ninth Prince tugged on the emperor's sleeve again.
The emperor shook his head, "I can't destroy the oral order passed down. If you don't let you go back to the mansion first, it would be better if you go to pick up Zhenzhen formally. I really agree with the queen mother's statement that sending Zhenzhen to the palace is the best choice! There are still people in the harem. A few older brothers and sisters can just take him to play."
Ninth Prince's persuasion was ineffective, and he returned to the Ninth Prince's Mansion in despair.
Just when he was about to enter the door, he was startled by the thin and small figure at the door. Looking carefully, it was Duanmu Rui who was kneeling there.
He called the guard, "How long has Mr. Duanmu been kneeling here?"
The guard hurriedly reported, "From the moment you entered the mansion, Lord Ninth, until you came out on horseback from the backyard, and then to now, there is nothing to eat or drink except the water I gave him."
The Ninth Prince felt a little distressed after hearing this, but he didn't show it. He got off the horse and walked in front of Duanmu Rui.
Duanmu Rui lowered his head, he could only see the Ninth Prince's boots and a corner of his official uniform.
Those feet stopped right in front of him, and they didn't leave or move. A moment later, the cold voice of the Ninth Prince sounded above his head, "The emperor will arrive later, you can make a decision now."
"What decision!" Duanmu Rui raised his head to look at the Ninth Prince, but he was too close and too high, Duanmu Rui could only see his lower body.
His lips were a little chapped, and he had been kneeling for a long time, his stomach was slumping down, and his body was a little overwhelmed.
Looking up suddenly, she felt a little dizzy.
"If you want to rescue your parents, you must give Zhenzhen to me to raise! From now on, you and your family members are not allowed to appear in Shangjing!"
After the Ninth Prince finished speaking, he felt happy. In the palace, he thought such a decision was unreasonable, and only then did he realize that this decision was very happy!
He wanted to see Duanmurui grateful to him, or angry, continue to be tormented by him until he had nothing to worry about, continue to beg him, screaming that the sky is not working and the earth should not be in a situation that makes him deeply understand Going against him, the Ninth Prince, will not yield good results...
The Ninth Prince was waiting for Duanmu Rui's next move, but his feet sank.
Looking down, Duanmu Rui had already fallen at his feet, seemingly unconscious.
☆, lack of calcium to eat meat
69novels