Chapter 152 What Is the Meaning of the Second Prince (4)

Chapter 152 What is the meaning of the second prince (4)

Walking to a sparsely populated alley, he saw two men in black pulling a knife out of a fat man's stomach, and he was so frightened that he almost spat out the contents of his stomach. However, perhaps because he was frightened by someone with a knife before, he actually held back and didn't make a sound. It was not until a long time after the man in black left that he dared to lean on the wall and move closer to the man lying on the ground step by step.

He didn't know what ground he stepped on, he jumped forward and just fell in front of the fat man. His hand was sticky and greasy on the ground, he saw something seemed to be stuck on his palm by the faint light of the stars and moon, he lowered his head and smelled it, and finally couldn't help but vomit out.

"Kill...kill!"

"Killer!"

This poor scholar yelled the loudest voice in his life, startled the lights of hundreds of houses, and also attracted people from the yamen.

The identity of the deceased was quickly determined. A fifth-rank engineer from the Ministry of Industry, in a capital full of nobles, this person's identity was not high. But this man's surname is Zhao, he is a partial branch of the Zhao family, and his ancestors are also nobles who have inherited the title for several generations.

The patriarch of the Zhao family is Zhao Li, his eldest son Zhao Jun is the left servant of the Ministry of War, and his second son Zhao Zhongnai is the governor of Xuezhou. The Zhao family acted very low-key, and they were not conspicuous in the capital on weekdays. The only person who could be used as a talking point was the third son of his family who died young.

The reason is that the third son of the Zhao family who died young had made a baby marriage with Princess Fule, and when the child died, the marriage was automatically voided. Later, the Xie family divorced Banhua. Therefore, the early death of Zhao Jiasanlang became the ironclad evidence of Ban Huakefu. Although the Zhao family explained time and time again that their children were in poor health and had nothing to do with Banhua, people who love gossip don't care about the opinions of the parties involved, and even think that the Zhao family is saying this to please the Ban family, and still It was a joy to guess.

When there is something to talk about and a topic to talk about, who cares about the opinions of the parties involved, and who knows whether the parties involved are lying?

The deceased was Zhao Jia, the cousin of patriarch Zhao Li. Zhao Jia was a degenerate dude who knew nothing about business and was proficient in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. However, these two types of dandies do not like each other, so they hardly have any contact with each other.

There were two stab wounds on Zhao Jia's body, from the front abdomen to the back, showing that the murderer was very strong, and there may be two people.

Who would put in so much effort to kill a useless dude? You must know that tomorrow is the second prince's big wedding. In order to ensure that there will be no accidents in the wedding tomorrow, the capital has sent many more people to closely monitor the city.

Under such circumstances, there were still people who succeeded in the assassination, and they still couldn't find the murderer's half figure, so the water inside was deep.

In order to prevent the marriage from being ruined, the assassination case was temporarily suppressed. Early the next morning, the capital was full of red, and the dowry prepared by the Xie family was carried out of the door one after another. Although it was not the real "Ten Miles of Red Makeup", it still made the people of the capital see a lot of excitement.

Banhua was sleeping, and when she heard the blowing outside, she pulled the quilt over her head, covered her head, and wanted to continue sleeping, but the blowing was over, and there were crackling firecrackers again, she sat up from the outside angrily, "Outside Why is it so noisy?!"

"Princess, you forgot, today is the wedding day of the second prince and Miss Xie's family." Ruyi knew that the princess was getting up, and hurriedly comforted her in a low voice, "There are people who watch the excitement outside, I'm afraid there will be some excitement For a while."

"I'd have forgotten if you didn't tell me," Banhua rubbed his temples, and lay down on the bed, as lazy as a soft boiled noodle, "I really don't want to get up."

"It's okay, I'm sorry, this servant will wait for you to wash your face and mouth first," Ruyi said with a gentle smile, "I'll have someone bring you breakfast?"

"Hmm." Ban Hua lied weakly on the quilt, not even wanting to raise his face.

"The groom's officer is here to pick up the bride!"

"Where's the groom officer?!"

When the horse team to welcome the bride arrived at the gate of Xie's house, everyone realized that it was not the second prince who came to welcome Xie Wanyu into the palace, but officials from the Ministry of Rites. The Xie family's smile was a little stiff, but it was hard to show it on the face.

According to the rules, the prince does not have to come in person to marry the prince concubine, and the wedding envoy from the Ministry of Rites can also greet him on his behalf. But if they live together in the capital, usually the princes will give the Yue family a face and come to marry the bride in person. Even when the prince married the princess, the prince personally came forward.

What is the second prince's intention to not give the Xie family face?