"Wait, why did something happen to the crown prince of the Count of Zhenbei …"
Jiang Pengji sat in the carriage and watched the bullet screen in boredom to kill time. Occasionally, she chatted with the audience. Her sensitive ears heard the whispers of passersby outside the carriage. She suddenly perked up and hurriedly lifted the curtain of the carriage, jumping out to inquire.
This series of actions almost scared the people in the carriage and the coachman. The latter hurriedly pulled the reins and stopped the carriage.
"Lanting, how can you be so reckless? What if you accidentally hurt yourself …"
Liu She was so frightened by Jiang Pengji's action of jumping out of the carriage. When he came back to his senses, he found that his back was drenched in cold sweat.
Jiang Pengji turned her head and said that she was fine. At the same time, she grabbed the commoner who was gossiping just now and repeated the previous question.
"Why did something happen to the crown prince of the Count of Zhenbei?"
The commoner was so frightened that he almost forgot how to speak.
He looked at Jiang Pengji's attire and knew that she was not an ordinary person. He could not help but secretly curse his bad luck.
It was not easy to serve a noble person. If he accidentally angered her, it would be difficult to keep his head.
With such a perturbed feeling, the commoner smiled at Jiang Pengji uneasily. His smile was very forced. After a long time, he squeezed out a sentence. "This … this matter spread around last night … It's said that the crown prince of the Count of Zhenbei fought with someone for the title of courtesan. There was a conflict and a few people were killed. The crown prince was weak and could not withstand the stimulation … He … He died on the belly of the courtesan …"
Jiang Pengji was speechless.
Yuan Jing and the others and Liu She also recovered from Jiang Pengji's reckless jumping out of the carriage. They understood the reason for her loss of composure and their faces all turned cold.
Wei Ci sighed and said, "Feng Huaiyu's good intentions were wasted by the crown prince of the Count of Zhenbei."
In order to control the situation, Feng Jin knew that the people from the Northern Borderline wanted to find trouble with the crown prince of the Count of Zhenbei. Instead, he confronted them. Not only was he beaten up, but his right arm was also injured. He did not have the chance to participate in the assessment that was about to begin and missed a great opportunity to rise rapidly.
The Crown Prince of the Residence of the Northern Marquis was unaware of the danger. Instead of obediently going to bed at night, he ran off to compete with others for the title of Top Beauty.
Beside him, Lu Zheng glanced at Wei Ci, who was in the same carriage. There was a puzzled look in his eyes. He said strangely, "From what Zixiao said, you're blaming the Crown Prince of the Count of Zhenbei for this matter … Could it be that there's nothing fishy about the Northern Borderline?"
Wei Ci smiled and said, "You may not know this, but this Crown Prince of the Count of Zhenbei was originally the son of a concubine and was not favored. However, the bloodline of the Count of Zhenbei was declining. Most of the young men died on the battlefield, and the Crown Prince who had been established before died at a young age, not even leaving behind an heir. As a result, the position of the Crown Prince of the Residence of Northern Marquis was given to the son of that concubine … "
It was impossible for a bastard son to be made a Crown Prince in an ordinary family.
However, this bastard was already the only child, and the Residence of Count Zhenbei had no choice.
Not only that, this bastard son was congenitally deficient. He had some defects since he was born in his mother's womb, and he was prone to illness. The Count of Zhenbei regarded him as a fragile porcelain doll, and he did not even dare to speak loudly. They spoiled him to the extreme, and gradually raised him to be blindly arrogant and foppish.
"Perhaps there are traces of the Northern Borderline in this, but this Crown Prince is courting death. There's no doubt about that. If he was smarter, he would have known to behave himself when Feng Huaiyu helped him avoid the disaster. Why would he fight for the title of Courtesan Belle then? "
Wei Ci said with a cold expression. He did not care at all what kind of crisis the death of the Crown Prince would bring to Dongqing.
On the other side, Jiang Pengji asked about the details in detail. The commoner did not know any of this, and he immediately put on a bitter face.
"Langjun, I'm just here to join in the fun. I heard about this from other people's idle chatter. How would I know what those big shots said and did? Even if you ask me, I can't answer. "
Jiang Pengji looked at the commoner and sighed in disappointment. She turned around and returned to the carriage.
Liu She glanced at Jiang Pengji and said in a low voice, "Don't worry. When we arrive at the Feng residence, I'll send someone to inquire about it in detail. Since this matter has caused such a stir that even the commoners are talking about it, it must be quite a big deal. It shouldn't be difficult to find out. "
Jiang Pengji nodded, but she still looked a little absent-minded.
Liu She and his son temporarily stayed at the Feng residence, while Master Yuanjing and his students stayed at another residence on the other side of Shangjing.
The two groups of people did not go the same way. Once they entered the city, they naturally separated.
Liu She asked about the place where Master Yuanjing and his people were staying. He politely said that he would bring his "son" to pay a formal visit to Master Yuanjing after the matter was settled. After all, he was his daughter's teacher in the future, and basic respect was still necessary.
Master Yuanjing did not care about these customs. He said to Wei Ci, "Now that the situation is tense, Shangjing is in a state of panic. I don't know what the Northern Borderline bandits will do. Send County Chief Liu on my behalf so that I can be at ease."
Wei Ci's expression did not change. He nodded and agreed, but he did not agree with it.
As long as "Liu Xi" was with Liu She, whoever came to cause trouble would be courting death. Why would he need to escort them?
They drove to the Feng residence in a low-key manner and did not encounter any accidents.
Xu Ke had been waiting at the door since he received news that Jiang Pengji was coming back. He saw the familiar carriage from afar and finally let out a long sigh of relief … He did not know why, but he felt that he could not let his Langjun out of his sight. Otherwise, she would cause trouble!
However, when he went forward, the first person to get out of the carriage was an unfamiliar face.
Wei Ci was speechless.
Xu Ke looked puzzled, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
If Wei Ci was not wearing a scholar's robe and was dressed as a man, he would have thought that he was a girl just by looking at his face!
After Wei Ci got out of the carriage, Jiang Pengji followed. Xu Ke could still smell the faint fragrance of wine on her.
"Xiaoyu, many things happened last night for you to not go to Ji Shan. You did not go, and you missed a lot of good things. "
Xu Ke looked like he had nothing left to live for.
He knew that if he let his Langjun run around, he would definitely run into some messy things.
Before he could calm down, he heard the sound of jade beads falling on a plate. It made his scalp tingle.
"Xu … Xiaoyu?"
Wei Ci's eyes fell on Xu Ke. He murmured softly with some doubts. His voice, which was neither too soft nor too loud, fell into the ears of others. It was like a bunch of feathers gently tickling the sensitive earlobes. It made people have goosebumps, and they could not help but blush …
Well, Xu Ke blushed.
Jiang Pengji was speechless.
She did not expect Xu Ke to have a problem with his voice.
"Do you know me?"
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