New Return of the Pearl: The Group's Pet Swallow Flies

After the one-year-old ceremony, Xiaoyanzi from the Xiao mansion lamented that she was too young now and could not eat delicious food or drink nice drinks. She felt very regretful and could not help but miss the time when she was a princess, when she ate delicious food and drank spicy drinks every day, which was so wonderful.

The emperor, who was occasionally remembered, was in the palace far away in the capital...

Emperor Qianlong, Aisin-Gioro Hongli, who was reviewing memorials in the Qianqing Palace, had no idea that anyone was thinking of him. He was looking at the memorials in his hands for a long time without moving, and it was obvious that his mind was empty.

Xiao Luzi, who was serving tea at the side, glanced at the handsome emperor sitting on the dragon throne in a dragon robe, and murmured in his heart that the emperor had been in a trance recently, probably since the prince came back. He didn't know what the prince had said to the emperor at that time.

Hongli didn't know that Xiao Luzi was guessing his thoughts, but he was thinking about one thing, that is, who exactly is Xiao Zhihang, who is being praised so highly by Hongzhan?

The memory goes back to three months ago.

After Hong Zhanhe returned from the Xiao Mansion with his wife and daughter, they walked all the way back to the capital. He wanted to inform the emperor as soon as possible about the fact that someone in Jiangnan dared to forge the imperial edict. After all, he had executed those criminals privately, so he had to inform his brother the emperor as soon as possible, otherwise it would be bad if rumors were spread in the future.

After letting Yun Qingwan and Qing'er return home to rest first, Hongzhan brought back some Jiangnan specialties he had bought along the way to pay his respects to the emperor.

At that time, Hongli was still reviewing memorials carefully. He was very happy to see his younger brother, whom he had not seen for a long time, come back.

"Your Majesty, I greet you. May you be blessed with good health."

When the dusty Hongzhan saw his brother the emperor sitting on the dragon throne, he bowed respectfully.

"Hahahaha, no need to be polite, Hongzhan, how was your outing? Did you encounter any interesting things during your trip? Tell me about it, brother."

Hongli was wearing a dragon robe and had a majestic face as usual, but when he saw his beloved younger brother, he always had a smile on his face and the words he asked were quite doting.

After Xiao Luzi paid his respects, he tactfully brought a chair for Hongzhan to sit on.

After politely expressing his thanks, Hongzhan told his royal brother about the interesting things he encountered during the journey. However, the first thing he talked about was the incident where someone dared to forge the imperial edict.

"Brother, let me tell you something first. Please forgive me for acting on my own initiative. I was in Jiangnan and I chopped off the heads of an entire family.

Because that family was so bold that they not only forged the imperial edict, but also secretly kept the dragon robe. In order to frame others, they did not hesitate to accuse others of being remnants of the Qinglong Gang.

Moreover, his family bullied men and women, and took advantage of his position as prefect to hurt people everywhere, robbed people, and endangered the four directions. His family's crimes are unforgivable, so I, your humble brother, took the initiative to send people to try them at that time, and chopped off their heads in public to serve as a warning to others. Here are the confessions of those people, please have a look at them, my royal brother."

After hearing this, Hongli's face turned pale and blue. He didn't expect that someone could be so bold as to forge the imperial edict and even hide the dragon robe privately?

Xiao Luzi took the evidence handed over by Hongzhan with both hands, and then trotted over to present it to the emperor for inspection.

Hongli flipped through the dark handwriting in his hand, and he seemed to see bright red bloodstains. The shocking case and the shocking crime made his eyes cold.

After a long while, he put down the evidence in his hand, rubbed his brows and said, "Hongzhan, you did a good job, I will not punish you, but those who deserve it should be exterminated. By the way, you said that they wanted to frame others, and even forged the imperial edict. Who did they want to frame that made them risk their lives?"

"Xiao Zhihang, the greatest hero in Jiangnan, is a man who eliminates harm for the people, sacrifices his own family for the sake of the public, is unrestrained, and is not easily surprised by praise or criticism. He has a strong character and is admirable."

When Hongzhan thought of the person he admired, he couldn't help but say a long list of adjectives to describe him.

"Oh, this person is so highly respected by Hongzhan? What did he do?"

Hongli was quite surprised. It was the first time he heard his unruly brother praise someone so much.

"He has done a lot of good things, and if nothing unexpected happens, he might even become my future in-law."