My bad words were heard by all the civil and military officials in the court

Emperor Jingming said in the morning that he wanted to sell his son, and at noon he asked Hao Duanzhuang to take him and Xuanyuan Huhan to Lincheng.

He also agreed with the leader of the city wall construction team on the price of ten taels of silver for selling himself.

Just in case, he also kindly told the little leader: "This guy has fallen behind in life and has developed delusions. He always thinks he is the eighteenth prince of the current emperor. If you want to use him conveniently, just give him a few more whips and he will naturally obey."

The little leader was not stupid. He asked suspiciously, "This man is fair and tender. He looks like a young man from a wealthy family. Maybe he is really a prince."

"Sir, you can't harm me. I'm just a small person. I can't even beat the city's yamen runners. If I get involved with the prince, it would be a heinous crime to exterminate my entire clan." He said with sympathy.

Emperor Jingming did not expect that this little leader was quite clever. Hearing this, he said, "Don't worry. The Eighteenth Prince is staying in the palace. It's not far from the capital. If you hear the news of the prince's disappearance in a few days, you can offer him up. Then you can get credit for unknown reasons. Isn't it killing two birds with one stone?"

The little leader was moved. After hesitating for a while, he slapped his thigh and said, "Then, let's do as you say."

Emperor Jingming smiled, glanced at the fainted Xuanyuan Huhan, took the silver and turned away.

Ministers: Your Majesty is really decisive and efficient.

However, Your Majesty sent the eighteenth prince to build the city wall. How can you return a prince to them?

All the ministers had questions in their heads, but the prince suddenly thought of something and sighed.

After Emperor Jingming returned to the capital, he went to the brothel with Hao Duanzhuang to get the silver bills. After returning to Prince Anhe's Mansion, the three friends immediately came to greet him.

"What should we do? How should we explain to the palace?" Zhang Liang was the first to ask.

Emperor Jingming looked at Cui Luoshan who was eating an ice cone. When their eyes met, Cui Luoshan shuddered suddenly and asked uncertainly:

"Da Ya, do you want me to enter the palace in place of the Eighteenth Prince?"

Emperor Jingming nodded with a teachable look on his face, "I will take care of your face. When you go to the palace, you can pretend to be frightened and sick for a month on the pretext that you have been held hostage these days. We will talk about it after a month."

"Then my studies..."

Hao Duanzhuang, who enjoyed this exciting scene very much, was very positive: "Don't worry about your studies. I will come to the palace to find you when I am free."

Cui Luoshan no longer had any concerns. "If you're just pretending to be sick, I have no problem with that."

Emperor Jingming patted him on the shoulder and gave him a look of praise.

The prince exhaled: He knew this would happen.

Ministers:…

They thought with wooden faces: Your Majesty is really getting more and more extravagant.

The Crown Prince instructed Eunuch Lin: "As for the Eighteenth Prince, when he comes back, you should inform the imperial physician and ask him to take a quick look and prescribe some nourishing medicine. Also, tell them not to say anything in front of the Eighteenth Prince."

Eunuch Lin agreed, and at the same time wondered which imperial physician to look for when the time comes.

Anhe Palace.

After Cui Luoshan's face was modified and Emperor Jingming confirmed that there was no problem, Hao Duanzhuang took him and sent him to the gate of the palace.

The young eunuch who had been waiting there for a long time saw a gust of wind passing by, and the person they were waiting for appeared before their eyes. He immediately shouted and hurried forward to help the "fainted" Eighteenth Prince up.

"Quick, take His Highness back."

The group came with a horse-drawn carriage. After picking up the person, they whipped the horse and drove quickly towards the palace.

The prince was also very cooperative. After a series of procedures, his concerned and anxious look made Hao Duanzhuang, who was hiding in the dark, tremble with joy.

"Being played around by one's own emperor, and not being able to resist, is exciting."

The prince had a dark face.

At this moment, he wished he could bring down the skylight, grab Hao Duanzhuang who was hiding on the roof and stomp him hard.

As if you haven't been fooled.

-

During dinner, Zhang Liang asked, "I wonder how things are going at the Ye Mansion?"

"Mrs. Ye should be looking for us on the street now, right?"

Ye Shengxin's good mood for dinner was gone.

To be honest, she didn't expect that after she went out, Xiaoya and Zhang Liang would follow her out, knock out the servant, and encounter a maze.

This kind of thing that cannot be washed away even if you jump into the Yellow River makes her hope that An and Wang can be stronger and preferably be able to withstand the revenge of the mysterious Mrs. Ye.

"Those of you who understand the art of strange things, do you have any way to find someone?" Emperor Jingming asked with concern, stroking the teacup.

Zhang Liang: "I can't, but my master can."

"Mrs. Ye can set up such a difficult life-changing formation. Her skills are definitely not inferior to those of my master. Perhaps tonight, she will know that we are hiding in the Anhe Palace."

This made Ye Shengxin worried.

But Zhang Liang said, "But if we change our appearance, Madam Ye will not be able to come in. This will most likely be blamed on Prince Anhe."

"He is the only one who has the ability to wipe out the traces of a group of people."

"Besides, he has a great grudge against Lord Ye, so it is reasonable for him to take revenge on the eldest son of the Ye Mansion."

Ye Shengxin knew about this great revenge. He heard that it was Lord Ye who caused the execution of Prince Anhe in the autumn. This revenge was so great that even if Lord Ye wiped out the entire Ye family, it would not be enough to satisfy Anhe.

Emperor Jingming pondered: "So, for Your Majesty, it can be said that while the snipe and the clam are fighting, the fisherman is the winner."

Ye Xingxin nodded: "This old emperor is so lucky that he can follow us and pick up the spoils."

Emperor Jingming's eyes flickered, "Then, when this matter is over, can we ask him for some money as compensation?"

Zhang Liang had a blank expression on his face: "...Brother Ye, after all, he is the current emperor, and we are still the people of Zhou. It's enough, so stop it."

Ye Xingxin bit into the crispy meat, crunching: "Yes, yes, yes, leave some retirement money for the old emperor."

The wealth she has collected now is enough for her to spend her entire life in this world.

There is no need to keep fleecing the old emperor, otherwise it would be bad to make him angry.

Emperor Jingming gave up: "That's fine, we just want the things from Prince Anhe's palace."

The prince rubbed his chest, which was finally no longer tense: Father is finally kind for once.

-

Late at night, in front of the back door of Prince Anhe's Mansion.

Ye Wanqiu stood here alone in a black cloak. Under the hood, his bottomless eyes stared at the mahogany door.

After a long time, a pale hand stretched out from the cloak.

Under the moonlight, she held a black wooden box with runes painted on it in her hand. The box was the size of a head and contained materials she had prepared to set up an array that could attract poisonous insects and ferocious beasts.

She opened the box, smiled coldly, and began to set up the formation using the mahogany door as the starting point.

"Qing'er, they will be here to accompany you soon, just wait a little longer."

An hour later.

"what!"

A shrill scream rang out in the middle of the night, and the birds sleeping in the trees were frightened and scattered. Lights were soon turned on in Prince Anhe's mansion.

The guards guarding the palace quickly ran to the yard where the shouting came from with swords in hand.

That was the princess's Hualan Courtyard. The person who made the call was none other than Rong Ma, who served the princess and often bullied others in secret by relying on her status.