The Crybaby Prince is Reborn, Where is the Prince Going?

In the end, Aque forced Jinyou to eat the extremely bitter pill under the threat of force.

After taking the pill, Jinyou retched for a long time, and only stopped this battle between man and medicine after he fell asleep completely.

That night, Jinyou, who hadn't had a dream for a long time, had a dream.

He dreamed of a green mantis flying towards him, hitting him twice, then suddenly changing into a bird and asking him viciously, "Why don't you take your medicine?"

He was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.

But he couldn't escape from the dream.

It was as if I suddenly became an outsider. I knew I was dreaming, but I couldn't wake up.

Then he saw a world he had never seen before, yet it seemed familiar. He saw tall buildings lined up one after another, vehicles that didn't require horses to pull them speeding down the road, and people in bizarre costumes filling the streets...

His sight shifted to a pure white environment. Jinyou opened his eyes and saw a woman holding him, caressing his face affectionately and calling his name softly...

Jinyou heard clearly this time, she called 'him': "Shuo'er"...

"Prince...Prince...wake up!"

Who is calling him... Jinyou sat up suddenly and saw Wen Yan beside him with a frown on his face, almost crying.

"what happened?"

"Prince...why are you crying? You scared me."

Jinyou raised his hand and touched the corner of his eyes, and his fingertips were stained with moisture.

He lowered his head and began to stare at his palms in a daze. "Maybe I was having a nightmare. What time is it?"

"It's just past midnight, it's still early, please sleep a little longer, my lord."

"Ah."

Jinyou lay down again, and Wenyan considerately tucked the corner of the quilt for him.

"I am in the outer room. If you need anything, please call me."

"It's okay, go to sleep."

Wen Yan had his own small bed in the outer room. According to the old custom, a personal child would sleep on the corner of the master's bed, but Jin You had never liked this old custom since he was a child, so he put a small bed for Wen Yan in the outer room, which was convenient and would not make him tired.

Wen Yan blew out the light and left. The room was quiet, but Jinyou tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.

My mind is filled with scenes from my dream that I have never seen before, some familiar and some unfamiliar.

He didn't know whether this was a dream or something else. It was so real that he couldn't tell which was the dream and which was reality.

But the existence of Wen Yan tells him that everything now is real.

But the things in the dream could not be explained reasonably, so this matter, like Xiao Yunzhen's rebirth, became impossible to explore, and could only become an unsolved mystery that would always weigh on his heart.

Jinyou was lost in thought and fell asleep again in a daze.

I didn’t have any dreams this time and slept until dawn.

...

Ji Zhonghuan arrived just as Jinyou had finished his breakfast.

"Your Majesty, Master Ji has come down to the court to ask for an audience."

"Please."

Ji Zhonghuan hurried over and said as he entered, "Is your Highness ready? If so, please follow me."

It's quite urgent.

"I don't have anything to prepare. Let's go now." Jin You didn't need to prepare anything. He just took Aque and Bai Mo with him and followed Ji Zhonghuan.

Jinyou did not take the carriage of the Regent's Palace. He took the same carriage with Ji Zhonghuan to the destination, while Aque and the others followed on horseback.

In the carriage, Ji Zhonghuan took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then said, "He Qianzhao meant for you to stay by my side to protect you, but now that you've followed me, you're no longer His Highness the Crown Prince, understand?"

Seeing Jinyou nod, Ji Zhonghuan continued, "I will guide you in solving cases. It doesn't matter if you don't know anything. What you learn from solving cases doesn't necessarily have to be crime-solving techniques. The most important thing is to understand the hearts of the people involved. The hearts behind every case are complicated, some minor, some serious. I think this is what He Qianzhao wants you to learn, right?"

Jinyou nodded again. It should be said that these two people who always fight when they meet are not only mortal enemies but also the people who know each other best. They actually have the same ideas and opinions.

"Are we going to open the case now?"

"Yes, Mr. Zhu from the west of the city died suddenly of illness. His wife suspected that he was poisoned rather than died of illness."

"But this shouldn't be under the jurisdiction of the Dali Temple, right?" At least the Dali Temple of the previous dynasty didn't use it this way.

"There's nothing we can do. Each dynasty has its own rules. The current emperor likes to hand over all cases to the Dali Temple, perhaps because he doesn't trust these Beijing officials." After all, many of them are He Qianzhao's people.

If you think about it carefully, it is indeed true. Ji Zhonghuan is the most upright person in the entire Xuanwu. He is impartial in his work and treats the princes and the people equally. Even when he attends court, he may curse the emperor if he doesn't like him.

In the entire capital, He Qianzhao's name may not be able to stop children from crying at night, but Ji Zhonghuan's name certainly can.

"I have another question. If only Mr. Zhu died, you wouldn't be asked to make this trip in person, right?"

Ji Zhonghuan glanced at Jinyou with a smile on his face, and was quite satisfied with Jinyou's performance.

"You're not that stupid. This Mr. Zhu is a newly rich man who has suddenly risen to prominence in the past two years. He has quite a bit of wealth. Last year, he took in a concubine, the daughter of the Minister of Rites, whose legitimate daughter is the Second Prince's concubine."

"Now that Mr. Zhu is dead, Mrs. Zhu Li, Mr. Zhu's wife, insists that it was this concubine who poisoned him and wants to lynch her to make her pay for Mr. Zhu's death."

Ji Zhonghuan shook his head in a nagging headache, wondering how Zhu Yuanwai's wife could be so foolish. It would have been fine if she had secretly executed a concubine, but she had to go through all the trouble of putting someone in a pig cage.

Now, the Minister of Rites found out. No matter how unpleasant the title of a concubine's daughter was, she was still the concubine's daughter of the Minister's family. Her elder sister was the prince's concubine, so how could she be so presumptuous?

Most of the people in the capital are related to each other, and they can kill three upstarts with one blow. How come they don’t know this?

Now, not only is the Minister of Rites demanding a result, but even the Second Prince has issued an ultimatum, specifically demanding that Ji Zhonghuan investigate the case thoroughly and clear the concubine's name.

After hearing the general idea, Jinyou immediately thought of the political struggle and asked Ji Zhonghuan, "Is the Minister of Rites an old aristocrat or one of the group that followed the emperor?"

Ji Zhonghuan glanced at Jin You approvingly, "Follow the dragon. This Minister of Rites is named Zhao Wuming. He has been following the current emperor since he started the uprising. He used to be a wealthy man with quite a bit of assets. Most of the money used in the uprising came from him.

Zhao Wuming had two daughters. The eldest, Zhao Yuejiao, was married to the second prince early on, before the current emperor became emperor. The other, Zhao Zhener, was married to the upstart Zhu Yuanwai.

Isn't it said that businessmen value profit? This is an early investment in a sunrise industry. He really made the right investment. His daughter suddenly became the concubine of the second prince.

"? Concubine? Why not the principal wife?"

"You're quite quick-witted. Although the current emperor came from humble origins, he's not an uneducated fool. When Emperor Xuan ascended the throne, he revoked the military power of all his loyal ministers and assigned almost everyone some sinecure civil positions. Most of these positions were insignificant and dispensable, so they weren't considered a powerful maternal clan, and wouldn't have been a help even if the prince seized power."

But Zhao Wuming was different. He had married his daughter to Xiao Mingyi, who was not yet a prince, so he could not be assigned an idle position, after all, he was the prince's father-in-law.

But Zhao Wuming was born into a merchant family after all. He was smart and knew that he was useless, so he took the initiative to find Emperor Xuan and proposed in advance not to let his daughter become the main wife.

This suggestion exactly suited Emperor Xuan's wishes, so his daughter was changed from a wife to a concubine, and Zhao Wuming became the powerful Minister of Rites.

"He is considered the best among these Dragon's followers."

"Doesn't that mean we have to sell Zhao Wuming's concubine's daughter out to him regardless of whether she's the real murderer or not? It wouldn't be good to break off relations with them now."

Ji Zhonghuan became anxious when he heard this. "What's wrong with that? I'm so ruthless that I even destroyed my own family. If she is really the murderer, the Dali Temple Prison will be her final destination, no matter if she is a minister or the second prince!"

Jinyou exclaimed in his heart, "Wow, this guy is so good! No wonder he is such a ruthless guy that no one dares to mess with him?"