Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 90 The princess arrives
"Bold thief, how dare you openly commit murder in broad daylight!" At this moment, there was a resounding shout from outside the wooden house.

The three of them heard the sound and looked around, only to see a dozen or so guard-like people with knives in their waists rushing in at the door of the wooden house. Before they could react, the guards surrounded them.

The head ruffian let go of his hand in fright, Fang Zhou lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground with a bang, clutching his neck and coughing violently.

"Who are you guys...! Don't you know the names of the Three Hegemons of our capital! Just meddle in your own business!" The man with the scar was very aggressive. Not like officers and soldiers, more like guards in some kind of portal.

They are the gangsters in the biggest gambling house in the capital, and even the officials in the capital are afraid of them when they see them. What are a dozen or so guards?

"My princess said that the folk customs in the southern suburbs are simple, so I came here to take a look. It's really a coincidence to see such a scene. Mr. Hu, is this how you control the place on weekdays and let the local hooligans oppress the people?"

A clear female voice sounded from behind the guards surrounding the three of them, and the guards spread out to make way.The three of them followed the sound and saw a young woman in a smoky blue skirt that stretched the floor, her eyes were like peach blossoms, her face was like pebbles, and her skin was as white as jade without any blemishes.

The woman stepped forward quietly, the radiant gem hairpin on the waterfall hair jingled as she walked, her waist was graceful, and a soft and fragrant silk cloak hung between her arms, her whole body was dyed with a natural nobility.

The three of them stared dumbfounded. They had never seen such a beautiful woman before, and they showed their coveted expressions.The leader of the gangster suddenly remembered what the woman said just now, and there was a buzz in his head, and his lips turned white.

"...Princess...princess?"

The chief guard who surrounded the three of them went up and kicked the knees of the three of them one by one, and scolded: "Bold madman, don't see Princess Pearl yet!"

The three hooligans looked at each other, their faces were all pale, this time they had a lot of fun, they thought they were some kind of daughter from a wealthy family, but they didn't expect to be a princess in the palace!

Although they are not afraid of rich and noble families, they are people from the royal family. They are absolutely irresistible. Like deflated balls, the three of them lowered their heads tremblingly, saying hello: "Grass people... see the princess! "

Xia Zijin coldly dismissed the expressions of the three of them who had instantly become cowering, and looked at Mr. Hu, the magistrate of the southern suburbs who was standing three steps away from him, the questioning meaning in his eyes was obvious.

"Back to the princess... It's the lower official's usual negligence, and he will definitely correct it in the future!" Mr. Hu wiped the sweat from his forehead. He is a small local official, and he can't control these desperadoes at all. The princess in it came back to the southern suburbs to relax and observe the people's sentiments, and so happened to bump into a ruffian who bullied the people.

Xia Zijin thanked her lightly, walked up to Fang Zhou, who was holding Fang Mu in her arms, and looked at everyone vigilantly with her eyes, lowered her eyes, and asked softly, "What's your name?"

Fang Zhou had already listened to everyone's words just now. The unparalleled woman in front of him is the princess in the unreachable Shangjing Palace. Such a noble woman is an existence that he will never touch in his life.

"...Go back to the princess, Caomin Ark."

"Ark." Xia Zijin said it silently, then nodded.

That's right, it's him, the champion of this year's palace examination.

Of course, the palace examination has just ended, and the result has not yet come out, so this is still a secret.

Xia Zijin remembered that in the previous life, the Fang Zhou and his mother were killed by a madman at home a few days after the palace examination.

Pitiful for him studying hard for decades to get a title on the gold list, when Ming Shengdi sent someone to the southern suburbs with the number one scholar's robe and the imperial decree to seal the ark, the group saw the rotting and smelly corpse in the room.Ming Shengdi admired Fang Zhou's talent very much, and he sighed for a while, and ordered people to clean up all the ruffians in Shangjing City. Those who committed serious crimes were all sentenced to beheaded. The anger of losing a pillar subsided.

In this life, she had counted the right time and specially took the opportunity to leave the palace in order to save the number one scholar. She had a deep premonition that this man's future would be limitless.

"Little Huanzi." Xia Zijin glanced at the cloth bag that the leader of the gangsters stuffed in his arms with a corner showing, and winked at Xiaohuanzi behind him.

Xiao Huanzi understood immediately, he shook his whisk and stepped forward to take out the cloth bag stuffed in the chief ruffian's arms.

"Elder-in-law... this belongs to the grassroots people..." The leader of the gangster laughed a few times, holding on to the other end of the cloth bag and refused to let go. It was a tourmaline jade worth 1000 taels of silver!

Xiao Huanzi knocked off the leader's hand with a wooden whisk, rolled his eyes and said, "Our family has never seen you so shameless."

The leader of the ruffian dared not speak out, and scolded Xiao Huanzi for being a eunuch in his heart, but he still had an accompaniment smile on his face.

"Princess, look." Xiao Huanzi looked at the high-quality tourmaline jade exposed in the loose cloth bag, and was also slightly surprised. Although this thing is not very rare in the palace, it is still very popular. It is indeed a rare treasure to appear in a dilapidated place like a slum in the southern suburbs.

Xia Zijin took the cloth bag, pinched the transparent and clear green tourmaline jade with two fingers, looked slightly sideways and thought, this thing does not seem to be owned by ordinary people, I am afraid that Fang Zhou's mother and son died for no reason in the previous life, and it was caused by this tourmaline jade of indiscriminate disaster.

"Tourmaline, the price is ten thousand taels of gold." Xia Zijin chuckled, put the tourmaline back into the cloth bag, leaned forward, and handed the cloth bag to Fang Zhou who was still in surprise.

"Since it's such a valuable thing, it's better to hide it for good, and don't let those hot-eyed guys take it away." After finishing speaking, Xia Zijin glanced sharply at the three hooligans kneeling on the ground.

The three of them were all arrogant and didn't dare to show it, and they didn't expect that piece of jade to be worth ten thousand taels of gold. They thought it was only 1000 taels. They picked up the tourmaline and left. They didn't know how happy they were at this time!
Fang Zhou raised his head to look at such a kind princess in front of him, and a part of his heart softened. He held the thing Xia Zijin put in his palm and felt it was extremely hot. He lowered his head and bowed deeply: "Thank you, Princess Caomin !"

"Lord Hu, call out a doctor to come and see this old man." Xia Zijin said to Fang Mu who was still in a coma. The scent of books in the room, coupled with the valuable tourmaline, I am afraid that the identities of the mother and son are not as desolate as they appear on the surface.

"It's the princess." Lord Hu bowed and then turned his head to order his servants to do it.

The southern suburbs were small, and the village doctor quickly rushed over with a medicine box. The village doctor, who had never seen such a big battle, was a little timid, and saluted Xia Zijin respectfully.

"Caomin pays homage to Princess Mingzhu!" As a commoner, he had never seen such a big nobleman, and he felt terrified at this moment.

"Okay, let's go show that old man." Xia Zijin waved his hands and said slowly.

Fang Zhou helped Fang's mother onto the wooden bed to be diagnosed and treated by the village official, but he clasped his hands and plopped down in front of Xia Zijin, his eyes almost filled with emotion.

"Cao Min thanked the princess for saving her life! I also thank the princess for her kindness in treating my mother, Dr. Xuan! The princess's kindness can never be repaid, and the grass people are willing to work hard for the princess!" His words came from the heart. A student rushing to rush for the exam, he has seen too many cold and warm worlds, has no money, and is looked down upon everywhere. No matter how talented he is, he often runs into walls.

If I hadn't met Princess Mingzhu by chance this time, I'm afraid I would have died at the hands of the hooligans, even my life would have been lost, so how could I wait for the results of the imperial examination a few days later.

"Mr. Fang is serious. This princess saved your mother and son out of your own heart. I don't want you to be a cow or a horse for this princess." Xia Zijin smiled softly and said, "Your filial piety is very precious. I heard Mr. Hu say that you You are one of the talents in the palace examination this time, so if you get a good ranking, you must repay your mother well to be the truth."

Xia Zijin looked at some embroidery patterns discarded on the ground after being rummaged by hooligans, and felt a little emotional in her heart. A helpless woman relied on selling embroidery to support her son's education. After all these years, it is unacceptable. After all, she has not married a good husband. , Thinking of what happened to her in her previous life, she couldn't help but feel some sympathy.

"Xiao Kui, give 500 taels of silver to Mr. Fang." Xia Zijin said slowly, although he didn't understand the identity of the down-and-out Fang Zhou mother and son in the past, but since he decided to win over this champion, he naturally had to live well. treated.

Xiaokui responded, took out the brocade purse from her sleeve pocket, took five 100 taels of silver bills from it, stuffed it into another empty kit, and handed it to Fang Zhou.

"Princess, the grassroots can't accept this money." Fang Zhou bowed to Xia Zijin, but there was determination in his eyes, "It is said that no merit is rewarded. The grassroots have already received the princess's life-saving grace, so how can they take the princess' money for nothing? , please take it back, princess."

Xia Zijin smiled softly, this champion man is quite upright, the so-called food that does not come from you, isn't that the case?Such a person with backbone will definitely be an upright official at some time, but it is a pity that he was too wronged in his previous life.

"My princess didn't give it to you for nothing." Xia Zijin shook her head with the corners of her mouth curled up, and said softly, "The 500 taels of silver are all because this princess bought the old man's embroidery, and the princess wants all the finished samples on the ground. The silver is the reward for the elderly."

(End of this chapter)