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0029 Jade Hairpin Storm

"Weichen knows!" Zhang Xuan felt a little nervous, and he felt the dissatisfaction in Queen Xiao's tone.

"You are very brave! As a guard, you actually instigate the princess to wander among the people. Don't you know that this is the crime of beheading?"

"I know!" Zhang Xuan's forehead was already sweating.

"You know you still do that!"

Queen Xiao's voice suddenly increased, with obvious anger, "Why don't you stop her from making trouble?"

Zhang Xuan also thought of many reasons in the afternoon, such as he couldn't stop the princess, such as the princess threatening him, etc., but he felt that it was not the truth, it was just a way to excuse himself and unfair to the little princess.

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Xuan asked: "Would the Empress listen to the truth, or just want to listen to the reasons of the Wei minister."

"Of course I have to listen to the truth!"

"Report to the Queen, because Weichen thinks she is just a child, yearning for freedom and longing for happiness. Weichen hopes that she can walk around the street happily and buy something she likes, just that."

Queen Xiao behind the screen did not speak for a long time. After a long time, she slowly said: "You report the princess shopping to this palace in detail, and there is no hiding any trace of it."

Zhang Xuan did not hide it, so he told Empress Xiao in detail what happened today. When the woman in black dress appeared, he hesitated for a moment and said it, but he did not mention Wuchuan Mansion, but just said that the woman in black dress was sent by Wanbao Jinlou.

But there is a loophole in the middle, which is how he knew this woman from Wanbao Jinlou.

But Queen Xiao didn't seem to care about this loophole. She pondered for a moment and then scolded Zhang Xuan fiercely.

"There are rules in the palace. Even the emperor cannot transcend the rules at will, not to mention that she is still an ignorant child. I have not been a guard for a long time, and it is also because you can safely protect the princess's return, so I will not cure you this time, but I will never allow you to hear it again?"

"I understand!"

"Get out!"

Zhang Xuan bowed and slowly left the inner hall. When he walked outside the hall, a cool breeze blew, he realized that his back was soaked.

















The next two days were very peaceful, nothing happened, and no one came to cause trouble for Zhang Xuan. The people in the Yan Prince's Mansion had no idea that an accident happened when the little princess went shopping.

On the morning of the third day, Zhang Xuan had just come out of the room, and a guard hurried over, "Guard Zhang, there is something urgent!"

"What's up?"

"A man has come from the palace and asks you to see you!"

Zhang Xuan's head buzzed! He knew that Yang Ji'er's affairs had finally come. Yang Ji'er ran over the window and went out to the streets privately. No matter how the queen met him privately, she still had to do business.

Although the people who guarded the palace and the princess all blamed him, Zhang Xuan did not intend to argue. First, the argument was useless, and the public talk made money. Secondly, he did have responsibility.

He was responsible for guarding the back door. When Yang Ji'er escaped from the back door, he could have caught her back, but he didn't do this and even went shopping with her, instigating her to not abide by the rules. With this alone, everyone grabbed his handle.

The fundamental reason is that he couldn't bear to destroy the opportunity that Yang Ji'er had planned for half a year and sympathized with her loneliness in the palace for a long time, but he was dereliction of duty in this way.

Without having time to think about it, Zhang Xuan followed the guards to the front hall. In the front hall was a middle-aged eunuch, tall, fat and strong, with a very arrogant manner. Several young eunuchs stood behind him.

Facing opposite him was Qian Jingzhong, the head of the Yan Prince's Mansion, who was smiling and talking to the eunuch from the palace.

At this time, Qian Jingzhong glanced at Zhang Xuan who was walking into the lobby. He immediately said to the middle-aged eunuch: "Master Chen, he is here!"

The middle-aged eunuch was the deputy general manager of Ziwei Palace, named Chen Zhiyong, a native of Danyang County in the south. He has been with Empress Xiao for many years. He is the confidant of Empress Xiao and the second most powerful person in charge of the eunuch in the palace. However, Zhang Xuan did not see him when he entered the palace the night before yesterday.

Chen Zhiyong looked up and down at Zhang Xuan who walked into the lobby. It turned out that the little princess would rather be beaten than protect him. She looked handsome, but why did she not know the importance of it? She actually let the little princess and the flat-headed little folk mingle together.

Fortunately, the Empress is reasonable and kind-hearted, otherwise this kid would have lost his life and would have been blessed in disguise.

Zhang Xuan walked in and bowed, "See General Qian!"

Qian Jingzhong didn't know the intention of Chen Zhi to find Zhang Xuan, and he was a little nervous. He did not respond to Zhang Xuan, but looked at Chen Zhiyong.

Chen Zhiyong took a sip of tea and asked slowly, "Are you Zhang Xuan?"

“That’s right!”

Chen Zhiyong put the tea bowl aside and took out a volume of decree, "I am the one next to the queen. I will read a decree to you at the order of the queen. You kneel down and accept the decree!"

Zhang Xuan was stunned for a moment and had to kneel down on one knee, "Zhang Xuan received the order!"

Chen Zhiyong opened the order and read it slowly: "Zhang Xuan, the guard of the Yan Prince's Mansion, is loyal and brave, loyal and loyal, and compassionate with his wishes. This palace hereby rewards him, and grants the crown prince Qianniu, adds Xuan Huiwei, and rewards him with a hundred taels of reward, and I will be here!"

Not only Zhang Xuan, everyone was stunned. What happened? Zhang Xuan was promoted. It was only a few days after entering the Yan Prince's Mansion that he was favored by the Queen. Qian Jingzhong scratched his head and thought to himself, 'What's going on?'

Zhang Xuan understood that the little girl should have praised her for being so full of money and took all the blame on her.

However, Empress Xiao's tolerance really touched Zhang Xuan, and she actually commended her loyalty. She probably said that her loyalty was to always protect the safety of the little princess.

As for being polite, it should not refer to cricket boxes, cucumber cages, etc., but to satisfy the little princess’ desire to go shopping. It’s pitiful to parents all over the world!

"I thank the Queen for her holy kindness!"

Chen Zhi waved his hand, and the three little eunuchs each walked forward with a red painted wooden plate. One contained ten ingots of gold, which were one hundred taels of gold, the other was a pair of brand new half-coil leather boots, and finally the third wooden plate was a red sandalwood box about one foot long.

"Gold is a reward for the Queen, and the leather boots and rosewood box are given to you by Princess Guangling. However, I don't know what is in the wooden box. The Queen asked you to open it on the spot."

The little eunuch handed the red sandalwood box forward, and then Zhang Xuan found that the front and back of the wooden box were glued with seals, with beautiful small characters written on the seal, "No one is allowed to ignorantly."

Zhang Xuan was funny in his heart. This little girl is really a childish person. If the eunuch opened up halfway, how could she know? Could she still confront her?

Zhang Xuan took the wooden box and tore open the seal. Chen Zhi stretched his neck and looked carefully. This was his duty. He must know what was inside.

Zhang Xuan opened the box and saw his military sect at a glance. Zhang Xuan picked up the military sect and smiled: "This is my thing, the princess took it to play with it."

Chen Zhiyong was not interested in the military spear. He stared at a smaller jade box next to him with suspicious eyes, "What is the jade box?"

Zhang Xuan was also a little nervous. What would be in the jade box?

He kept a secret, turned the back of the jade box towards Chen Zhiyong, and slowly opened a slit. Zhang Xuan saw the items inside at a glance. It turned out to be a green jade hairpin with two dazzling diamonds embedded on it.

Zhang Xuan's heart was pounding, and he found that there was a small note next to the jade hairpin.

At this moment, a guard shouted, "His Royal Highness of Yan is here!"

Everyone's eyes were attracted outside the hall. At this moment, Zhang Xuan gently hooked the middle finger of his left hand, grabbed the note of paper into his palm and quickly stuffed it into his sleeve.

Since Zhang Xuan's back of his hand and the lid faced the other side, and with the arrival of Yan King Yang Qing, Chen Zhiyong was distracted for a moment and did not notice Zhang Xuan's subtle movements.

Qian Jingzhong welcomed him out, but Chen Zhiyong did not follow him. The little princess chased him when he was about to leave the palace. I guess the empress didn't know about it.

As a great eunuch who has lived in the palace for a long time, he can distinguish between priorities and must not offend the little princess, nor can he know that it will not report it. If the queen goes back, ask him what is in the box? How could he answer?

In Chen Zhiyong's mind, this wooden box was much more important than the arrival of King Yan. He just instinctively glanced outside the hall, his mind immediately retracted, his eyes turned back to the jade box, and his neck stretched longer, like a curious fat goose.

"Maid Zhang, open it and see what it is?"

He suspected that there must be some secret in the jade box, but he did not notice that the secret had disappeared just now when he was distracted.

Zhang Xuan closed the jade box and handed it over with the wooden box, and smiled and said, "I don't know what it is, my father-in-law can see it yourself!"

"Then I'm sorry."

Chen Zhiyong took out the jade box without hesitation and opened it. He was stunned for a moment. The jade box was covered with red velvet, and there was an exquisite jade gem hairpin in the middle. He recognized it at a glance that it was the little princess' favorite jade hairpin.

"Guard Zhang, what did the princess give you this hairpin?" Chen Zhiyong flipped over the brocade again, and there was nothing else. He looked at Zhang Xuan in confusion.

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "I don't know, the little princess said that she would give me a gift, maybe it was this jade hairpin."

The ancients used hairpins to convey feelings, but the princess was still young and was far from the time to convey feelings. Chen Zhiyong felt confused and he could not understand the truth.

The dignified Princess of the Sui Dynasty actually gave his beloved jade hairpin to an ordinary guard. This is the first time he heard about this. Moreover, Zhang Xuan took the princess to go shopping without authorization. The Queen not only did not punish him, but instead gave him a generous reward, which was something Chen Zhiyong could not understand.

He felt that there might be something else in this, and he could not do anything wrong.

At this time, Qian Jingzhong accompanied Yan Wang Yang into the lobby. As soon as Yang Yong came back from the palace, he heard that Chen Zhiyong had been doing it. He knew that Chen Zhiyong was a difficult person and was worried that his subordinates would be wronged, so he rushed to check the situation.
Chapter completed!
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