Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 256 What's the point of telling us? !

The Celestial Empire attached great importance to water transport.

Therefore, the docks along the canal are always the busiest, with ships coming in and out, people shouting and chatting, and a constant flow of people.

However, in the past three days, Suzhou Wharf has been completely silent. All cargo ships are queuing up, quietly, carefully, and bit by bit moving cargo.

There was no special reason, it was just that a large ship with the flag of Prince Beijing's Palace was docked at the pier.

Several guards inside very "politely" informed the dock manager: "The prince likes quietness."

However, getting on and off the ship and loading and unloading goods in this quiet manner is really too inefficient!

——When will the prince leave? !

Someone carefully followed the guard who was out shopping to ask, but the guard glared at him and asked:

"Spying on the prince's whereabouts! What do you want to do? Do you want to assassinate the prince? "

The visitor quickly smiled, bowed and walked away.

He turned around, spat on the ground, and cursed quietly: "What a bastard! You want to kill the king? Have you seen too many dramas?

"What kind of king is he? A king of a different surname with no position or power, without even any descendants, and I don't even know if he is a eunuch!

"He said he was here to quell the flood, but he chased an orphan girl all over Suzhou. How come the Supreme's eighty sticks didn't beat him to pieces?!"

Since ancient times, cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing his parents.

Once the big ship Beijing King blocked the dock, I don’t know how much river and river seafood could not be landed or shipped on time.

The merchant doesn't care whether you were stopped by Prince Beijing or not. He only cares that if he fails to receive the goods on time, he will have to pay compensation!

They can still complain for a few days, but on the third day, the fish and shrimp can survive in the water, but what about the fruits and tender vegetables?

The wealthy families in the north are still eagerly waiting!

I don’t know how many people started cursing secretly, and changed the rumor of forty sticks to sixty sticks and then to eighty sticks.

Then the Prince of Beijing was bedridden for a month, and it was changed to say that he was injured and would never have children.

——Otherwise, how could he, a high and mighty prince, compete with a little girl like this?

Are the words of the retired emperor included in the middle?

Is he crazy?

Want to rebel?!

Since none of them were true, then he must have been beaten up badly! Otherwise, he wouldn't be so arrogant and stupid!

Thus, the short opera piece "Beijing Prince was beaten with eighty sticks by the retired emperor because he coveted Princess Zhaoqing but failed, leaving him without any descendants" began to circulate quietly in Suzhou.

The only people on the ship who had heard the story were a guard and Cao Yu, whom he met when he ran to report it.

Cao Yu's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he hurriedly pulled him aside and whispered, "No matter what, the prince will definitely leave Suzhou tonight or tomorrow morning.

"Such nasty nonsense will be destroyed once the prince leaves. Why should we report it now and make the prince angry?

“If the prince gets angry and starts a massacre in Suzhou, no matter who he targets, then all the credit for pacifying the flood in the south of the Yangtze River will be lost!”

Although the guard didn't understand, he felt that it was right to listen to Mr. Cao, so he nodded immediately: "Yes! I will keep my mouth shut!"

Cao Yu patted the guard on the shoulder, praised him for his "extraordinary character", wrote down his name, promised to recommend him in the future, and then let him go warmly.

As for myself, I leisurely looked at the river view and then went to chat with Ouyang Bao.

Ouyang Bao was gnashing his teeth as he looked at the account book that had been urgently sent from Jiangyin County, struggling with the pile of numbers on it.

Cao Yu took a few careful glances, then smiled secretly. Seeing that there was no one around, he jokingly said:

"My Lord, there are as many parasites in your county as there are on our ship!"

Ouyang Bao quickly glanced around, then rolled his eyes and complained, "Don't be so proud! When the Northern King returns to the capital, you'll have to take care of the accounts in Jiangnan!

"If you have the ability, don't ask me for help when the time comes!"

Cao Yu smiled slyly: "I'm telling you, Lao Zuo is in Chun'an! I won't have to look for you when the time comes, I'll just look for him!"

"Get lost!" Ouyang Bao wanted to punch him in the face, "If it weren't for your elder brother, you'd see how I would deal with you!"

Cao Yu laughed timidly, swayed his feet, hummed a little tune, turned and walked away, and went to ask other officials about their well-being and chat.

These two, just as Bing Meilin guessed, were the "spies" that Emperor Zhaoming placed beside Prince Beijing.

A few days ago, each of them received a secret letter from the emperor in Beijing.

Therefore, at this time, in addition to their respective duties, they also have several more important tasks:

The first one was that the Supreme Lord had already gone down to Jiangnan, and ordered them to keep an eye on his tracks in secret and protect his safety;

Second, guide Prince Beijing to track down Princess Zhaoqing, make the incident bigger, let the Empress Dowager see Prince Beijing's illegal behavior, and make him completely fall out of favor with the Empress Dowager;

Third, protect the personal safety of Princess Zhaoqing.

At the end of the letter, there is another sentence: In case of emergency, the safety of Princess Zhaoqing comes first, and everything else should be put aside.

Therefore, from the moment Cao Yu set out for Suzhou from Prince Beijing, he became nervous and could neither eat nor sleep well.

He follows Prince Beijing like a clingy tail all the time, looking worried and loyal.

Unexpectedly, this allowed Prince Beijing and Liao Changshi to achieve their small goal of trusting him wholeheartedly at the same time.

It was not until last night, when he discovered that Princess Zhaoqing could even resort to the dirty trick of digging a huge hole on the road, that he felt confident for the first time about the safety of this young woman.

Moreover, the Master Zhitong, whom His Majesty had been looking for for a long time, told him clearly:

"Princess Zhaoqing has already known the news that the Empress Dowager is in Suzhou. At the same time, His Majesty mentioned you in the letter he sent me, and I told her about it.

"So, now she has dug a bigger pit for the Northern King. All you have to do is go with the flow and cooperate!"

This was also the reason why he did not try to stop it when he returned in the morning and found out that Bing Meilin had given Prince Beijing a more sinister and vicious idea.

He was now completely in awe of Princess Zhaoqing.

With this series of provocations, even a clay figure would have his earthy nature turned into a temper!

Sure enough, after listening to Bing Meilin's suggestion, Prince Beijing immediately sent Liao Changshi to Taihu Lake to continue tracking the footsteps of Princess Zhaoqing and her entourage.

As for himself, he planned to go to the restaurant outside the Lin Mansion and wait after noon.

Now the King of the North was catching up on his sleep in his cabin, so Bing Meilin volunteered to take a few guards to the restaurant to keep an eye on him.

The rest of the people were somewhat nervous, and they were all in a group here and there, secretly discussing with those they were close to: What should we do if Princess Lin is really blocked! ?

Cao Yu followed the others in frowning, "She was a strong-willed woman who dared to reject even her relatives..."

Everyone's expressions became more and more distorted.

Then you should persuade the prince!

What's the point of you telling us this! ?