I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 394 Crack
Xiao Mansion, front yard.

Zhao Wei sat alone in the pavilion, waiting for Song Yinzhang while thinking about his recent meeting with Xiao Qinyan.

In the confrontation just now, it seemed that he had gained the upper hand, but Xiao Qinyan's original purpose was to gain his support and gain a firm foothold in the court. Although he got a fourth-rank military officer and Xiao Qinyan's promise to enthrone the prince, these were actually dispensable to him.

If he wanted, a fourth-rank military officer could be easily obtained.

As for the issue of establishing a crown prince, as long as Zhao Heng was unwilling, no matter how many memorials Xiao Qinyan submitted, it would be useless. However, after Zhao Heng's sudden coma, he did not care much about the issue of establishing a crown prince, but was more concerned about the Fengshan ceremony.

Therefore, Liu Wan's plan to use the power of the court to put pressure on Zhao Heng and make him the crown prince was doomed to fail.

However, it is undeniable that Xiao Qinyan's memorial could make some wavering court officials favor him.

As for whether he can win these people over to his side, it depends on his own means. It can be said that if he can win these people over, the throne will be in his pocket.

After all, in the eyes of those upright literati, the Hou Party was a rebellious party that brought disaster to the country and the people, but Zhao Wei was very clear that if he had not appeared, his mother Liu Wan would have been ruling the country from behind the scenes for more than ten years, and the future Emperor Renzong Zhao Zhen would have been a puppet emperor for more than ten years.

This shows how powerful the Hou Party is.

It is certainly necessary to gain the support of the Hou Party, but the Hou Party’s power is too great, which is also a matter of concern to Zhao Wei. The key is that it also involves his mother Liu Wan, and he has to take his mother’s face into consideration when dealing with it.

So, when Song Yinzhang followed Shuangxi over, he saw Zhao Wei in the pavilion with a frown on his brows.

"Your Highness, are you okay?"

"What can I do?" Zhao Wei shook his head and smiled, "Let's go, I'll take you back."

As the group walked out of the Xiao Mansion, they heard a shout.

"Your Highness, please quote the chapter."

Looking for the source of the sound, I saw Zhao Paner jumping off the carriage and running towards me quickly.

"Sister Pan'er, why are you here?"

"Mrs. Gao came to the teahouse and said that you played the pipa very well today. Many scholars and literati came to the Xiao Mansion to see you. I was worried that you would not be able to handle it, so I came to take a look."

Song Yinzhang was stunned. She looked around and found that there were only carriages coming to pick up people from various families. There were no so-called literati. She couldn't help but wonder, "Sister Pan'er, it's not as exaggerated as you say. There is no one."

"They were all at the back door, blocking the street. I couldn't even squeeze in. Luckily I ran into Madam Zhang, and she told me that I would go through the front door, so I followed her to the front door. Otherwise, we would have missed it."

"Ah, I'll go take a look then."

Zhao Pan'er had been looking forward to Zhao Wei coming out of the palace for a long time, so naturally she was not willing to go with Song Yinzhang to watch the fun. Instead of watching the fun, she would rather spend more time watching Zhao Wei. So although she could understand Song Yinzhang, she did not agree immediately.

Noticing Zhao Pan'er's gaze towards Zhao Wei, Song Yinzhang realized that he seemed to have disturbed the two of them. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Zhao Wei say, "Xiang You, take Madam Song to the back to check and send Madam Song back to Anyefang safely. I'll send Pan'er back first."

"Yes, master."

The two sides separated, and Zhao Wei was about to take Zhao Pan'er to the carriage when he suddenly heard a shout from behind.

"Your Highness the King of Han."

Zhao Wei turned around and saw that the person who called him was the Duke of Anguo. He was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "So it's the Duke of Anguo."

"Greetings, Your Highness. This is your princess, right?"

Zhao Wei nodded: "You and I are family. You don't have to address Duke Anguo as Your Highness. Just call him Uncle Wang."

"Uncle Han."

Duke Anguo changed his name, smiling on the surface but cursing in his heart.

To him, the title of "Uncle King" was not as intimate as that of "His Royal Highness the King of Han".

Zhao Wei acted like an elder and said calmly, "Zhengze, is there anything you want to ask Uncle Wang?"

Zhengze is the courtesy name of Duke Anguo.

Zhao Zhengze originally wanted to use Zhao Paner's identity to make things difficult for Zhao Wei, but Zhao Wei used his elder's attitude to mess with his mentality, and he felt disgusted.

He smiled wryly and said, "Nothing, I just came to say hello to your future princess, Uncle Wang. I heard that Princess Han was born a merchant woman?"

"so what?"

"I'm just a little curious about what kind of merchant woman could win the favor of Uncle Han." Zhao Zhengze avoided Zhao Wei's cold gaze, looked at Zhao Pan'er and smiled: "Madam Zhao is so lucky."

"Thank you, Duke Anguo. It is indeed a great blessing for me to meet your Highness."

Zhao Zhengze was slightly startled, then laughed and said, "On the day of His Royal Highness the King of Han's wedding, I will definitely come and ask for a glass of wedding wine."

"Remember to prepare a generous gift."

"That's natural."

Zhao Zhengze smiled meaningfully, then bowed and got on the carriage of the Duke's Mansion.

Zhao Pan grabbed Zhao Pan'er's hand and said softly, "He came here on purpose to disgust us. Don't let a few words from outsiders make you think too much and suddenly regret it."

"I won't. Besides, the emperor has already issued an edict to grant the marriage. Even if I want to regret it, it's too late." Zhao Pan'er shook her head vigorously, and then asked curiously: "But why does the Duke of Anguo call you Uncle Wang, and your relationship doesn't seem to be very good?"

Zhao Wei glanced at the departing carriage and said, "Because he is also a member of the royal family. His great-grandfather was Emperor Taizu. When Emperor Taizu passed away, there were rumors among the people that Emperor Taizu wanted to pass the throne to his own son, the King of Chu, rather than his younger brother Emperor Taizong. And this Duke Anguo is the grandson of the King of Chu. So we either have a similar relationship or a bad relationship. It's very bad."

The person behind the recent hat monster case in Tokyo City is Zhao Zhengze. In addition to trying to deal with Xiao Qinyan, he also wanted to spread the news that Zhao Heng's throne was not legitimate, which led to the monster causing chaos.

Of course, there is no need to tell Zhao Paner about this, and this is not the right place to talk about such things.

"Okay, let's go too."

"Ah."

Zhao Pan'er nodded and followed Zhao Wei into the carriage.

Although they had only been apart for a few days, Zhao Pan'er felt as if a long time had passed. For the first time in her life, she felt what it meant to feel like a year had passed by each day.

So after getting on the carriage, Zhao Pan'er snuggled into Zhao Wei's arms. Listening to Zhao Wei's strong heartbeat, she felt extremely at peace.

"Your Highness, is everything alright in the palace?"

"It's all right. Father was just a little too weak to take the medicine. He took too much medicine and fainted suddenly. He will be fine after recuperating for a while."

"I'm glad you're alright." Zhao Pan'er smiled and suddenly asked, "Your Highness, are the retainers in the palace special?"

"Hmm? Why do you ask?" "I was chatting with General Xiang before, and he told me that the retainers in the palace are different. I became curious."

In fact, curiosity is only one aspect. The more important thing is that Zhao Heng has now granted her a marriage with Zhao Wei. In other words, she will be the mistress of the Prince of Han's Mansion. As the mistress of the Prince of Han's Mansion, she naturally needs to understand what kind of existence the retainers are. Only in this way can she decide what attitude she will use to treat the retainers of the palace in the future.

Zhao Pan'er left Zhao Wei's chest and stared at him without blinking, waiting for Zhao Wei to give an answer.

Zhao Wei was silent for a long time before he replied, "They are the people I trust the most. I trust them even more than my mother. They are also absolutely loyal to me. I don't have to worry about them doing anything bad to me. Some of them may not have high status, but they are all my brothers and sisters and family."

Zhao Pan'er nodded and murmured, "Brothers? Then I understand."

"What do you understand?" Zhao Wei looked confused.

"Nothing." Zhao Pan'er shook her head and smiled, suddenly remembering something, and said, "By the way, Your Highness, when I met Madam Zhang two days ago, she told me that Yin Zhang might be in trouble."

"She's in trouble. What trouble?"

"I heard from Zhang Haohao that there is a writer named Shen Ruzhuo in the Jiaofang Bureau who has been harassing Yinzhang recently. If she hadn't suddenly appeared last time, who knows how Shen Ruzhuo would have bullied Yinzhang. Your Highness, can you ask General Xiang to help with Yinzhang's matter?"

Zhao Wei raised his eyebrows: "Shen Ruzhuo? Okay, I got it. I will ask Xiang You to investigate tomorrow. If he really pesters Madam Song, I will let Xiang You deal with it."

In the plot, Shen Ruzhuo had harassed Song Yinzhang and later almost sold Song Yinzhang out. Now he has changed the plot, but unexpectedly, Song Yinzhang still meets Shen Ruzhuo.

However, in the original plot, the reason why Shen Ruzhuo was able to deceive Song Yinzhang was because Song Yinzhang had completely lost his mind in order to escape from citizenship. Now that Song Yinzhang has already escaped from citizenship, he should not be deceived, right?

"Thank you, Your Highness." Zhao Pan'er said gratefully.

Zhao Wei shook his head: "Pan'er, there is no need to thank each other. Now the imperial decree has been issued to grant the marriage. You are now my wife-to-be. Song Yinzhang is your sister, so she is my sister. This is what I should do."

"Your Highness, thank you, thank you for doing so much for me." Zhao Pan'er's face was full of emotion. She threw herself into Zhao Wei's arms again and hugged his waist tightly.

Zhao Wei smiled and said, "If you really want to thank me, then wait until we get married and serve me well."

"Ah."

Zhao Pan'er responded very obediently. Although she didn't know how big the Han Wang Mansion's business was, as long as Zhao Wei was willing to trust her, she would do her best to help Zhao Wei and serve him well.

Compared with the love between Zhao Pan'er and Zhao Wei, the relationship between Zhang Haohao and Chi Pan was not harmonious.

After Zhang Haohao returned, she did not go into Shuangxi Tower, but went directly to her houseboat.

When he entered the cabin, he saw Chi Pan humming a little tune and teasing the bird with a small wooden stick. This made Zhang Haohao, who was already in a bad mood, even more annoyed.

"Okay, stop singing, it's so awful!"

Although Chi Pan had long been accustomed to Zhang Haohao's pampering, her temper was obviously even worse today, which surprised Chi Pan a little: "What's wrong? What made you angry today? Why are you taking it out on me?"

Zhang Haohao sat on the couch angrily and didn't want to talk.

Chi Pan thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "Did you mess up your performance at the Xiao family today?"

Zhang Haohao slapped the edge of the couch angrily and said, "You are the one who messed up. When have I, Zhang Haohao, ever messed up before?"

"I didn't mess up the performance, so why are you mad at me?" Chi Pan's tone also had a hint of anger. He racked his brains to think about it, and then asked, "But did you meet a blind scoundrel on the road? Tell me, I'll teach him a lesson."

Zhang Haohao opened his mouth to speak, but lost his temper after a while: "Come on, can you afford to offend me?"

Chi Pan was unhappy when he heard this, but he finally endured it and coaxed him: "We can't afford to offend you, let's think of something happy. Come, look at this mynah bird. I spent thirty strings of cash to buy it. It sings as beautifully as you."

"Do you take me as a mynah bird?" Zhang Haohao became even angrier when he heard Chi Pan compare his singing voice to that of a bird. He snatched the birdcage from Chi Pan's hand, turned around and threw it out of the window.

When Chi Pan saw Zhang Haohao throwing the bird, he became anxious.

"You are crazy!"

After roaring, Chi Pan ran to the deck, then jumped into the river.

The maids and servants on the pleasure boat were dumbfounded. They all ran to the railing and looked into the water, only to see Chi Pan swimming hard towards the birdcage.

After fishing out the birdcage that had fallen into the water, Chi Pan found that the bird was fine, still flapping its wings. He breathed a sigh of relief, held the birdcage high up and swam back. Several of his men quickly pulled him up.

Chi Pan's clothes were soaked. He looked at Zhang Haohao angrily and shouted, "Why are you angry at me? This is the jade mouth that I bought with great difficulty. It cost thirty strings of cash!"

Zhang Haohao was so angry that he was shaking all over. He couldn't believe it and said, "You yelled at me just for thirty strings of cash?"

Chi Pan suddenly felt that his position in Zhang Haohao's heart was probably similar to the bird in his hand, and he felt a little chilled: "In addition to money, this is also a life! I bought it with great difficulty to make you happy, and you don't cherish it?"

"Who wants a broken bird? Besides, I clearly told you that I wanted crickets, but you used a bird to fool me."

Chi Pan's face changed, and his tone softened a little: "The cricket ran away, so I got a better and more expensive bird. How can that be called fooling you? Do you have a conscience?"

Zhang Haohao stamped his feet unwillingly, "You are the one who has no conscience! There are so many people outside the Xiao Mansion. Not to mention Song Yinzhang, even Su Shisanniang, Zhou Xiaoxiao and the others have people to pick them up. And you, you have time to play with birds here and didn't even think of coming to pick me up!"

Hearing this, Chi Pan felt angry and amused at the same time: "You are just being unreasonable. It was you who disliked me for being a businessman and didn't allow me to pick you up. You only asked me to send my men."

Zhang Haohao didn't know how to refute for a moment, so he could only argue: "I don't care. Anyway, you didn't come to pick me up today, which embarrassed me! Humph, what do you mean the cricket ran away? Don't think I don't know. You were taken advantage of by others, and you were so embarrassed that you didn't dare to give it to me."

Chi Pan's sore spot was touched, and his anger, which had originally subsided, rose again: "Who is being taken advantage of? Who is embarrassed? You must have taken the wrong medicine today! You messed up your performance, why are you angry at me!"

Zhang Haohao slapped the edge of the couch again and yelled, "I didn't mess up!"

Chi Pan was so angry that he said without thinking, "You also know that you are old! You didn't mess up the performance. Oh, I understand. That means you tried your best but still lost to others. Let me guess, it's not Song Yinzhang? It seems that I was right. Humph, I told you a long time ago not to associate with Na San, but you didn't listen. Now you are angry with me."

Zhang Haohao was also touched in a sore spot by Chi Pan and almost shed tears, but she bit her lip and resisted the urge to cry.

Seeing that she bit her lip and couldn't refute, Chi Pan became more proud: "You are also stupid. Some time ago, people praised you, and you really thought you were a fairy who came down to earth, or the reincarnation of Huang Ying'er? You only practice your voice once every two or three days. That stupid girl surnamed Song is more talented than you, prettier than you, and works harder than you..."

Zhang Haohao's defense was broken instantly. He picked up something nearby and threw it at Chi Pan: "Say it again if you can?"

Because of Zhang Haohao's past indulgence, Chi Pan's pent-up frustration was all vented at this moment: "What if I say it again? In terms of talent and appearance, you are better than Song Yinzhang. If I hadn't supported you, would you be where you are today?"

After these words were spoken, Zhang Haohao seemed to lose all her strength in an instant, and her tears could no longer be controlled and flowed down.

"Yes, without you, I wouldn't be where I am today. I am a lowly person, I am not worthy of you, Chi Yanei."

Chi Pan had known Zhang Haohao for such a long time, but this was the first time he saw the arrogant Zhang Haohao cry, and he was suddenly panicked.

He hurriedly walked to Zhang Haohao and started to coax her in a soft voice.

Although Zhang Haohao was finally appeased, a rift had already appeared between the two.

(End of this chapter)