After the three brothers of the Qin family were arrested, the truth of the case came to light.

Mr. Bao went to court overnight, as quickly as ever.

Everyone in Kaifeng Mansion was busy all night, and they didn't go back to their houses to rest until daylight the next day.

Mr. Bao didn't take a break after leaving the court, and hurried into the palace to go to court, where he reported the whole story of the case to Zhao Zhen.

The emperor felt quite distressed after hearing this. He did not feel sorry for the officials involved in the case, but felt sorry for Bao Zheng who had stayed up all night, and immediately asked Lord Bao to go back and rest.

After the court ended, Zhao Zhen seemed to have something urgent, so he rushed back to the study and locked Nangong out of the room.

Nangong Ji was at the door of the study when he heard a ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.

…

After lunch, the Imperial City became lively, because tonight is Zhao Zhen’s birthday party, which will be celebrated for three days starting tomorrow. It is said that the Imperial City has prepared many activities, and there are many performances to watch. Various shops

Preparations also began, the theater troupe's stage was set up, and the streets and alleys were decorated with lights and colors, filled with joy.

Zhao Zhen was busy in the study until the afternoon before he finally opened the door and came out. Nangong Ji saw the emperor holding a scroll in his hand. How should he describe his expression...a little excited?

"Ahem." Zhao Zhen asked people to go to Sitian Prison and find Lu Lin.

Nangong was even more puzzled.

After a while, Lu Lin came, as tanned as ever. Si Tianjian's people basically dug soil in ancient tombs on the outskirts of the city every day. A group of old scholars dug out some broken porcelain tiles, and then talked about it, and occasionally they could dig out some.

Bamboo slips, the masters at Taixue would rush to discuss it excitedly.

Zhao Zhen handed the scroll to Lu Lin and whispered a few words to him.

Lu Lin agreed one by one, took the scroll and left.

Zhao Zhen rubbed his hands, glanced at Nangong, and asked, "How are the dinner preparations going?"

Nangong said that the preparations were quite good. Man Muhua and Manji's waiters were setting up the decorations together with Eunuch Chen. It is said that the style and arrangement of the dim sum were designed by the fourth son.

"Oh?!" Zhao Zhen was in a good mood, "The fourth son prepared it for me personally? Then I have to go take a look."

Zhao Zhen happily waved the sleeves of his dragon robe and walked towards the garden where the dinner was held.

Nangong followed him and suddenly thought of something, "Your Majesty."

"Um?"

"Didn't you say that during the dinner, you would personally catch the real culprit behind the scenes in front of Mr. Bao?" Nangong asked Zhao Zhen, "Aside from the three brothers of the Qin family, are there other culprits?"

"Ahem." Zhao Zhen coughed and waved his hand, "Oh, Kaifeng Mansion beat me to it! Although I already knew that the three brothers of the Qin family were the murderers..."

Nangong looked at Zhao Zhen with deep suspicion - he knew this a long time ago?

"Forget it, seeing as how hard Bao Qing works, I can't embarrass him."

While talking, Zhao Zhen and Nangong crossed the Jiuqu Bridge and came to the garden where the dinner was held.

Not far away, Man Muhua and Eunuch Chen were bringing snacks with a group of palace maids.

Seeing Zhao Zhen coming, Man Muhua saluted Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen nodded with a smile, admired it for a while, praised the fourth son a few words, tasted some snacks by the way, and finally waved to him Man Muhua, which means - come! Take a step to talk!

Man Muhua and Zhao Zhen went to the side to talk quietly, and Nangong couldn't follow him. He felt that the emperor had been mysterious since this morning.

…

Over at Kaifeng Mansion, Master Bao, who was driven back to Kaifeng Mansion by Zhao Zhen from the palace, took a nap at noon and woke up refreshed.

The group of adults who were previously placed in Kaifeng Mansion have all gone back to their homes, and now the Yamen finally became quiet.

Master Bao walked into the courtyard and saw Taishi Pang and the Demon King sitting at the table drinking tea. There were several tea jars on the table. Yue Yaer was making tea for them, as if they were tasting some new tea.

Master Bao greeted the Demon King as a gift, and the Demon King waved to him to come and drink tea with him.

Mr. Bao took a sip and found the tea to be quite fragrant. He looked around and asked, "Where are Zhan Guards and the others?"

"They've all gone out to the streets," said the Demon King. "Didn't I mention that I was going to Jiangnan soon? They've all gone shopping."

"Buying something?" Master Bao was a little confused, "What to buy?"

The Demon King was twirling his fingers there, "Isn't the weather getting warmer? My soy sauce team said they were going to buy two pieces of thin clothes. I was going to go with them, but I was rejected! They actually said I have no taste!"

The Grand Master and Lord Bao looked at each other silently, drank tea from their teacups, and tried not to laugh out loud.

"Xiao Baitang and the little wolf cub went to the dock to prepare a boat. This time they said they would go by water." The demon king said slowly, "The little miracle doctor and the little marshal went to buy herbs. The little baby and the little wolf cub were taking a nap.

The rest of the people are busy in their own way..."

After saying that, the Demon King continued to drink tea, looking a little dissatisfied because he was left behind by his two apprentices.

The Grand Master smiled and poured tea for the Demon King, and flattered him by saying that he had first-class taste. The soy sauce team just followed him. He has such good taste that he looks good in everything he wears!

Master Bao was a little curious and asked the Grand Master, "Are you sure you are going to Jiangnan after the birthday wine?"

The grand master nodded, "Just now the emperor asked us to go to Shaoxing Mansion. It just so happens that the Fifth Master is also going to Jinhua Mansion, so we're going to join him on the way."

Mr. Bao felt that he had missed something after sleeping, and wondered, "I went to Jinhua Mansion because Xiao Wu wanted to go on a blind date. I remember, why did I go to Shaoxing Mansion?"

The Grand Master smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty just mentioned it to me. I will probably tell you in detail during the dinner later."

Mr. Bao tilted his head - what did he say?

"Prefect of Shaoxing Prefecture." The Grand Master nodded to Mr. Bao, "Your favorite student Lu Yuelan."

Master Bao was stunned for a moment, "Yue Lan?"

"Yes." The Grand Master nodded, "The Emperor asked us to go to Shaoxing Mansion to inspect this great talent."

Mr. Bao thought for a while and was slightly surprised, "Could it be that...the emperor wants Yue Lan to be appointed as Taiwei?"

"There are a lot of vacancies recently. There are two ministers in the Ministry of Industry and Criminal Affairs, and there is a shortage of people in the Taiwei Palace of the Privy Council. It would be a waste for a talented person like Lu Yuelan to be the prefect in Jiangnan." Taishi Pang put down his tea cup, "This time I go south.

On the one hand, there are unsolved cases in the dragon pattern scroll, and on the other hand, the emperor probably wants to check out any talents..."

Master Bao thought it made sense, so he picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea.

The Grand Master then said, "So the Emperor said that we would go together..."

"puff……"

Master Bao squirted tea in the Grand Master's face.

The grand master wiped his face with his sleeve in disgust.

Lord Bao felt it was inappropriate, "But, Concubine Pang is pregnant..."

"So." The Grand Master nodded again and again, "My daughter will go too."

"Pfft..." Mr. Bao spat out his second sip of tea.

The Grand Master scolded while wiping away, "You obviously did this second bite on purpose!"

Master Bao put down the cup, "How about that?"

"Why not?" the Grand Master said, "Your Majesty asked Mr. Gongsun before, and he said there was no problem with my daughter traveling with her."

Mr. Bao was a little surprised, "Sir, you also agree?"

"Alas." The grand master waved his hand and lowered his voice and said, "Old Bao, it's not me. I think it is much safer to take my daughter with me to Jiangnan than to leave her in the palace! Besides, my daughter has been in a bad mood recently.

No, do you know how long it has been since she entered the palace? She will fall ill just because she is bored, and a bad mood is worse than anything else."

Mr. Bao thought about it and thought it made sense.

"Besides," the grand master whispered to Mr. Bao, "you have also seen how many people were standing in the prince's palace before. These are hidden dangers. When we all leave, my daughter will be left in the palace. That's not the case.

The meat on someone's chopping board...bringing it to Jiangnan isn't for abortion!"

After saying that, the Grand Master asked the Demon King, "Is that right, old man?"

The Demon King smiled slightly, "Young man, it's always good to go out for a walk while you're young!"

The Grand Master nodded and nodded.

Mr. Bao thought for a while and realized that the emperor had indeed not been out for a long time. It would be a good thing to take this opportunity to inspect the place.

"The emperor and the concubines will go on patrol together, right? It will require a lot of people?" Mr. Bao was concerned, "In terms of safety..."

The Grand Master waved his hand, "Oh, it's not the two of us who are responsible, right... hahaha..."

The Grand Master and Mr. Bao were drinking tea comfortably on one side, while Ouyang Shaozheng on the other side was looking at the secret order he had just received, his hands trembling.

"What's wrong?" Ouyang Chunhua, who was eating with his uncle, came up to take a look.

Ouyang curled his lips and said, "Why did I come to Kaifeng Mansion in the first place? It would be great to stay in Black Wind City..."

Chunhua said with a smile, "The time is just right this time. Taixue is on spring break and we have all made an appointment to go to Jiangnan. Xie Yan, Lin Xiao and the others have invited us to visit the West Lake!"

Huo Qilin held his forehead straightly - how many people are going to go?!

…

Later in the evening, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, who had wandered around the street, arrived near the dock.

Zhan Zhao took a quick look at this mighty fleet.
To be continued...