Zhao Pu invited Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang to go to Prince Zhai's Mansion together, and by the way, he also brought Pang Yu with him.

He said he wanted to see the Bagua Well in Prince Zhai's Mansion, but Zhao Pu seemed to have other plans.

On the way, Zhao Pu asked Pang Yu, "I heard that you have a good relationship with Zhai Qinbao?"

Pang Yu was quite embarrassed, "When I was a child, I was fine, and I would often move around. But lately, I haven't done so much...especially after I went to Taixue to study."

As he said that, Pang Yu suddenly seemed to remember something interesting and smiled.

All three looked at him.

When Pang Yu saw the questioning looks in his eyes, he touched his head and said, "I remember when I was a child, Zhai Qinbao would come to my house whenever he had the chance."

Everyone was curious - why did he go to the Grand Master's Mansion?

"Go and see my sister. He didn't dare to come close to talk to her. He just watched my sister playing the piano from a distance through the courtyard door." Pang Yu smiled and shook his head, "The princess passed away early. Zhai Qinbao has been his sister since he was a child.

The one who brought him up was Princess Zhai. He probably didn’t expect that... when he grew up, his two favorite women in the world would be taken away by my brother-in-law.

After listening to the whole story, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both sympathized with Zhai Qinbao and looked at Zhao Pu - Do you, the Zhao royal family, have any grudges against him? Fortunately, he is still a loyal minister and has not rebelled.

Zhao Pu also couldn't laugh or cry, and shook his head, "The boy must have been having a hard time these two days. He just asked Li Yan to clean things up, and then asked the emperor to use a divorce plan."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang inexplicably felt that Zhao Zhen might have done it on purpose... After all, in terms of relationship, they had been love rivals since childhood.

The Prince's Mansion is not far away, and Zhao Pu's visit is a big event. The Ninth Prince didn't even say hello in advance, so he went to the door and asked if Mr. Bingding was there...

The servants quickly went in to report, and soon there was a commotion in the palace.

Prince Zhai took Zhai Qinbao out personally.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both looked at the old prince. The old man's fat face was full of wrinkles when he smiled, and it was obvious that he was really happy.

In comparison, Zhai Qinbao had no smile on his face and followed behind his father.

When they arrived at the door, the prince came over and pulled Zhao Pu, "Hey, why didn't you send someone to inform the prince before he came? I'd better be prepared, hahaha!"

Zhao Pu was polite to the old man and said that the late night visit would disturb him.

When the old prince saw Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang coming, he asked Zhao Pu in a low voice, "Is it a private matter or a business matter?"

Zhao Pu said he just came to see his old man and inquire about some trivial matters.

The old prince smiled and asked, "How about drinking and chatting at the same time?"

Zhao Pu nodded - that's natural.

The old prince pulled Zhao Pu into the door, and Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang followed.

Zhai Qinbao got out of the way and waited for them all to go in before following them.

When everyone entered, Pang Yu was the last one to walk in. When he saw Zhai Qinbao, he smiled and called him, "Brother!"

Zhai Qinbao seemed surprised that he was here, but he still nodded and finally had a smile on his face.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt that Zhai Qinbao and Pang Yu were really not polite and seemed to have a good relationship.

This was somewhat unexpected by the two of them - Zhai Qin's treasured eyes were expected to be high and he thought highly of himself. Zhan Bai, a relative of the emperor who was in a similar situation to him, had seen many of them before, and most of them looked down upon Pang Yu. Even if Pang Yu

After that, they often talk about him behind his back. However, Zhai Qinbao seems to have always had a good relationship with Pang Yu. Is it because he has a crush on Concubine Pang? Or is there some other reason?

Prince Zhai seemed to like drinking very much, so he asked people to serve wine to entertain Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu was afraid that he would be unable to ask after drinking too much, so he quickly asked the butler to change him to a smaller cup.

Zhai Qinbao poured wine for his father while observing Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang - he had gotten into some trouble in the Imperial City Army before, and he could understand Zhao Pulai, but why did Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang come together?

There is no dispute between Prince Zhai's Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion. The old prince has a good relationship with Mr. Bao.

Zhai Qinbao and Bai Yutang may have only met once or twice. They met during banquets and never exchanged words. As for Zhan Zhao, Zhai Qinbao had some contact with him.

It's interesting to say that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, who also have extremely high martial arts skills, are not an eyesore to Zhai Qinbao. On the contrary, they are quite interesting to Zhai Qinbao and he wants to make friends with them. This is probably because they are not royal relatives.

After drinking two glasses of wine, Prince Zhai was in a good mood and chatted with Zhao Pu all over the world.

Zhao Pu poured wine for the old man and said, "I want to ask the old man something."

"Oh?" Prince Zhai asked with a smile, "What's the matter?"

"Well." When Zhao Pu opened his mouth, both the old prince and Zhai Qinbao were stunned.

Both father and son wondered, "Well?"

"Yes, is there a Bagua-shaped well in the Prince's Mansion?"

"Uh..." The old prince looked at his son.

Zhai Qinbao nodded, "It seems there is..."

It's not that the two father and son are stupid and don't even know if there is a well in their home, but the prince's palace is huge. Besides, if there is a well, it is probably in the kitchen or something like that. It is normal for the prince and the young prince to have never seen it. They use water

There is no need to go to the well to get a drink by yourself.

Prince Zhai asked the steward.

The housekeeper said that there are two wells in the house, one is in the kitchen yard and the other is in the laundry room yard. The one in the trigram shape is the one in front of the laundry room door.

This was the first time that the old prince heard about this, and he asked Zhao Pu with a puzzled look on his face, "Why does the prince ask me what the well in the palace is for?"

Zhao Pu looked at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang opposite.

Zhan Zhao took the conversation and said that they were investigating a case in Kaifeng Mansion and a gossip-shaped well appeared, and they wanted to inquire about this matter.

"Oh..." The prince asked the housekeeper to chat with Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao asked the housekeeper, "Has anyone said that the gossip-shaped well is haunted?"

"Ahem..."

Zhai Qinbao choked on his drink, and the old prince was also surprised, "Is it haunted?"

The butler opened his mouth, looking rather embarrassed, as if it was difficult to answer.

Just by looking at his expressions, Zhan Zhao and the others could roughly guess that there were rumors about this, otherwise they would have denied it outright.

The prince frowned and asked the steward, "Why is my palace haunted?"

The housekeeper shook his head and said, "No, the maid who did the laundry said before that the well is eerie and some people have heard strange sounds coming from the well."

"Scream?" Zhai Qinbao suddenly frowned and muttered, "What is the cry?"

The housekeeper couldn't tell, so he asked the two maids to come over.

As soon as the two maids heard about the Bagua Well, they said that the well was evil. The well was usually covered with a cover, but would be opened when washing clothes and fetching water. Every time the well cover was opened, the water level was not certain.

Sometimes the bucket has to be lowered very deep to get water, and sometimes the water is full to the mouth of the well. The water level changes irregularly. It basically changes every few days, and it has nothing to do with whether it rains or clears up. And the strangest thing is that there will be strange sounds at night.

The sound! It’s like that hoarse kitten meow! It’s so special coming from inside the manhole cover!

When Pang Yu heard this, he subconsciously reached out and tugged on his collar - it smelled like that!

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang said they wanted to take a look at the well.

The old prince asked Zhai Qinbao to take them there, but he did not move.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both stood up, Zhai Qinbao led the way, and the two of them followed.

Pang Yu glanced at Zhao Pu and the old prince, and then ran away with them.

In the courtyard, when everyone was gone, the prince asked his men to go out as well, and sat alone with Zhao Pu to drink.

The prince sighed and said, "My son, let the prince and the emperor worry about it."

Zhao Pu smiled. Although Prince Zhai looked careless, he was actually quite powerful. He would naturally know if anything happened in the court.

"Alas..." Thinking of what happened to his son, the old prince shook his head repeatedly.

Zhao Pu could only comfort him with a few words.

"Speaking of which, is it the god-granddaughter of Prince Zhong's family who took care of my son?" Prince Zhai was aroused and curious, "What an amazing girl. After taking care of my son like that, Qinbao still passed the exam at least."

I won the third prize in the martial arts test."

Zhao Pu also laughed and comforted him and said, "That's not so powerful. Even I don't dare to mess with those two girls."

…

On the other side, Zhai Qinbao led everyone to the backyard laundry room.

There are hundreds of people in the palace, and a lot of clothes have to be washed every day. Most of them are done by workers outside. The maids in the palace are only responsible for washing some expensive clothes, such as their official uniforms.

That well is covered with a lid, let alone... Judging from the appearance, it is basically the same as the well in the Xu family's old house just now.

Originally they just wanted to try their luck, but after looking at it this way, both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt that the two wells should have some relationship... because if there are two identical houses in this world, they must have been built by the same mason.

The slight difference is that this well is better preserved and is not as dilapidated as the Xu family's well.

Zhan Zhao curiously asked Zhai Qinbao, "Does the young prince know the origin of this well?"

Zhai Qinbao had never heard of it, so he asked the housekeeper.

The butlers of the palace are also hereditary. The previous old butler was the father of this butler and served the prince in the previous life.

The housekeeper said, "The back cover of the Prince's Mansion was a reward from the late Emperor. At that time, the imperial gift was an open space, and the Prince's Mansion was built on the back... It seems that there was a well originally, but there was only one, this one. The round well in the kitchen
To be continued...