Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 328 What's Wrong (Part [-])
"Did you bring the wooden sign I gave you?" Wu Chen asked.

"Ah? No, I really forgot about it." Chen Nanzhu said regretfully.

"Didn't I let you carry it with you?"

"When I lived in Chen Zhong's mansion, I carried it close to my body. Later, when I entered the palace, I thought no one would steal it, so I put it in a box with some jewelry."

Wu Chen rubbed his swollen eye sockets, and asked again: "I don't think the officials have any intention of letting you out of the palace. I'll find you a good marriage when I'm free."

Chen Nanzhu lost his smile in an instant, lowered his head and thought for a while before saying: "Go ahead, I'm not in a hurry, the fifth princess doesn't have anyone to talk to on weekdays, so I can spend more time with her in the palace."

"Have you seen the queen?"

"Well, the queen loves the fifth princess very much. The bedroom of the fifth princess is very close to the queen's Changning Palace, and the queen can be seen almost every day."

"Have you seen the Queen Mother?"

Chen Nanzhu said little by little: "I've seen it once, through the bead curtain, I always feel that the queen mother doesn't like the fifth princess, and the fifth princess seldom goes to see the queen mother."

"Has the queen mother spoken to you?"

Chen Nanzhu shook his head and said: "I just followed the fifth princess and kowtowed. If the queen mother has nothing to say to the fifth princess, how can she say anything to me?"

"I saw you when you first entered the palace, right?"

"Yes, I haven't seen you since."

Wu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "If you don't want to eat these cakes, you can leave them for Brother Big Head, and I will take you back to the palace."

"Ah?" Chen Nanzhu's eyes widened: "You hit me?"

"I'm not bombarding you, I'm really going to catch up on sleep..."

"What are you busy with? Can you let me go out of the palace to follow you? You know I'm bold..."

"Stay honestly in the palace. You can't keep up with the case I'm investigating now. You're running around. You can't ride a horse. You can't ride a horse. Kyoto is no better than outside. Any unmarried girl you see is fine. Running outside on a horse?"

Chen Nanzhu snorted, and then asked in a low voice: "I heard that Chen Zhong was killed?"

"You said just now that there was no news in the palace. Who did you hear the news from?"

"The eunuchs in the palace, I heard what they said in private."

"What else did you hear?" Wu Chen asked.

Chen Nanzhu thought for a while and said: "I heard that many officials want to recruit you as a son-in-law, and even the officials want to recruit you as a son-in-law and marry the fifth princess to you. The fifth princess has just passed the age of this year..."

"The eunuchs in the palace also spread these rumors? Where did they hear about it?" Wu Chen asked wonderingly.

Chen Nanzhu said with a smile: "You are a famous person now, not to mention the palace, it is the ordinary people's house, who is not talking about you after dinner?"

The big head hurriedly asked: "Is someone talking about me?"

Chen Nanzhu pursed his lips and said, "I often mention Brother Big Tou to the fifth princess, saying that Brother Big Tou is the best person I have ever met."

The big head smiled embarrassedly, and suddenly asked seriously: "Have the officials thought about recruiting me as a son-in-law?"

Both Wu Chen and Chen Nanzhu froze.

Datou's face turned red all of a sudden, he quickly waved his hands and said, "I just asked casually, Gu Ping's Guanghan Cake is delicious, try it."

Chen Nanzhu took the pastry handed over by the big head, and said with an oops: "I am leaving the palace to see you, but I also want to ask if I am Chen Zhongyi's daughter, will I be implicated by Chen Zhong?"

"Recognizing you as a righteous daughter is just what Chen Zhong said, and there is no witness. Besides, it doesn't matter if the officials know. Chen Zhong just wants to use you to restrain me. How can the officials not see it?"

Chen Nanzhu tilted his head and asked, "I can restrain you? Why didn't I think this method is feasible?"

Wu Chen took a sip of tea and said:
"The people in my house are all sent by the government. The officials are afraid that the people around me will be used by others. Even the officials know what I care about. How can Chen Zhong not see it? The elder brother and the second brother have kung fu. Naturally it's better, you don't need to worry about me in the palace, you people have followed me, so you are naturally different from others."

The big head nodded heavily and said:
"Before, Deputy Envoy Yu almost had his head beheaded by the officials. My brother Nian rescued Deputy Envoy Yu because of the fact that Deputy Envoy Yu had been following him from Yang'an County. Now he is at home with his daughter who is seriously ill. He is only in prison. I stayed in the middle of the night, and my brothers are very affectionate."

Wu Chen looked at the big head in bewilderment and asked, "How do you know such details?"

"The boss went out and heard it, and then told the second child, the second child told the third and fourth child, and the third and fourth child told me." The big head said seriously.

Chen Nanzhu stared at Wu Chen and asked, "If the officials propose a marriage for me, what will you do?"

Wu Chen frowned and said, "My opinion is one-sided. It's mainly up to you, but officials won't designate marriage for you."

Chen Nanzhu looked up at Wu Chen and asked, "How do you know?"

"At least not for a few years, but you can't afford to wait."

"I don't understand." Chen Nanzhu pouted.

Wu Chen stood up and said:

"I haven't stood firm yet, and I'm still investigating the case. Chen Zhong once recognized you as a adopted daughter. There must be many people in the capital who know. At this time, I will marry you. On the one hand, it is not good for the man. They are afraid that they will Misunderstanding, you will look at your face when you get to your in-law’s house. On the other hand, there are many officials who want to get closer to me right now. If someone finds your in-law’s house after you get married, it will be troublesome for you to ignore, so I’m not going to discuss marriage with you right now. When Chen Zhong's case was really overturned, and my current case was also clarified, I stayed away from the capital for a while, and was gradually forgotten by people. Maybe the official family will propose marriage to you, but it will take a long time. I'd better wait until I finish investigating the case at hand, and think about your marriage, as well as that of Big Brother."

Chen Nanzhu didn't speak.

The big head said, "I'm not in a hurry."

Wu Chen said, "At the end of the day, I'm the one who got you all involved."

Chen Nanzhu still didn't speak.

Wu Chen said again: "Let's go, I'll take you back to the palace."

Chen Nanzhu frowned and asked, "How to deliver? Do you have a carriage at home?"

"Should there be?" Wu Chen opened the door and went out and shouted, "Third brother! '

……

After sending Chen Nanzhu back to the palace, Wu Chen returned home and waited in his room. Seeing Wu Chen push the door in, he hurriedly said, "I don't want to delay your sleep, but I just want to tell you that I think there is something wrong with Ping Gu. , Did you have a good chat with her on the way to send her, I'm afraid she will be wronged in the palace."

"I was riding a horse on the way, and she was in the carriage, so I didn't have a chance to talk." Wu Chen said and lay down on the bed.

Datou sat on the side of the bed and said: "Ping Gu was very straightforward in the past, but seeing her this time, I always feel that gold is a bit more expensive."

Wu Chen smiled and said, "Even you can find out, do you think Pinggu herself knows?"

Datou pursed his lips, sighed and said: "Actually, she just wants to marry you, but you don't want to marry me, and I'm free, but she doesn't want to marry me. She lived in the palace for a few days, and she was very angry." A little bit is normal."

Wu Chen closed his eyes and said, "If I can save her once, I may not be able to save her a second time."

……

　happy weekend!
　　The super typhoon is coming, and it’s a bit fierce. I said here that it rained heavily for three consecutive days. I don’t know when it will start. Every now and then, a big pot of rain will pour down. People outside must keep an eye on the sky. If they feel something is wrong, find a place to hide quickly. We don’t know which dark cloud is the rain and which is the rain.

　　Be safe!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)