"Don't dare, don't dare, the emperor is flattering you."
Marquis Su didn't see the emperor's anger at all. He quietly wiped the sweat from his palms and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Eunuch Quan hesitated again and again before daring to ask in a low voice, "Your Majesty, do you want to mix the family..."
This Young Master dares to despise the emperor like this. No matter how talented he is, he must be taught a lesson.
So that he can teach him to understand the rules and know what the emperor's grace is.
"Brother Imperial, this little brother Su Qiao is young and has been raised outside since he was a child. He has no one to teach him and he doesn't understand some rules. It is understandable, don't you think?"
Prince Jin persuaded with a smile while looking at the drawings drawn by Su Qiao.
"Besides, although he is young, he is not only extremely accomplished in calligraphy and painting, but also so talented. To be able to draw such complex and profound drawings in one night must have taken a lot of trouble. At this time, it is very possible that he fainted from exhaustion."
Long Jingyuan glanced at the precise drawing in his hand, pondered for a while, and nodded abnormally. "Well, it did take a lot of effort."
Prince Jin actually couldn't understand the drawings. What he was eyeing was actually Su Qiao's painting.
Pointing to the last painting hanging on the sandalwood screen, he said, "Brother Emperor, look at this fifth painting. There are only green mountains and green waters, Small Wooden House. There is nothing important. Can you..."
Long Jingyuan raised his eyelids and gave him a sideways glance. "We are all brothers. Are you familiar with him?"
"Not... not familiar."
Prince Jin I felt that the glance the emperor gave me just now looked a bit like a knife.
I felt a little scared. "Ahem, brother Huang, I am not... this is not for the sake of..."
Before he finished speaking, Long Jingyuan understood that he wanted to say it for the Su Manor Second Miss's sake.
His expression softened a little. "Spend less time on women and more time on errands."
Prince Jin nodded quickly. "Yes, yes, what the emperor taught me is that this painting..."
"This is the Imperial Examination answer sheet. It must be included in the file."
Long Jingyuan glanced at him with his eyes and motioned Quan De to put the painting away with a cold face.
"Oh." Prince Jin felt a little regretful, and then an idea came to him.
If he doesn't have this one, he can just ask Su Qiao to draw one for him. Why is he so stupid?
Are you going to come here to bring trouble to the emperor?
Marquis Su When I got home, even the lining was soaked, like something fished out of the water.
I just drank a few large glasses of water and finally felt better.
But it scared him to death.
Fortunately, the emperor did not pursue Qiao'er's disrespectful act further.
*
Among the Imperial Palace and Imperial Study, the secret guards sent out to find out the details of Su Qiao brought back the news.
Behind the table, Long Jingyuan put down the memorial in his hand.
"How?"
"Your Majesty, there is news from the south. It turns out that Zhuangzi, where Young Master lives, was destroyed by a fire a month ago, and all the maids and women inside were also killed."
A sharp look flashed in Long Jingyuan's eyes, and he slowly turned Black Jade Thumb Ring in his hand. "What else was found?"
"The others have not been found yet, but..." The secret guard hesitated, not knowing whether to report it or not.
Long Jingyuan glanced at him lightly and said in a cold voice, "Say."
"Zhuangzi here is extremely remote, and according to inquiries from my subordinates, Zhuangzi is extremely simple. The people in the village only make a living by collecting land rent, and no dignitaries have ever visited it. It is really not like the residence of the Marquis Mansion Young Master."
A Marquis Young Master, even if he is physically weak and was sent to Zhuangzi in the south for training since he was a child, he will never live in such a miserable state.
Eunuch Quan frowned slightly. "Your Majesty, there must be something fishy here."