Chapter 432: Things From the Past

He is a prince, but he is controlled by the court officials to this extent. He has received so many favors in the past, and now he has so many complaints, and he will naturally hate him in the future.

It is an eternal truth.

"Don't be angry, brother. When you have power, everyone will bow down to you. Then you will naturally have no troubles."

The words of the seventh prince touched the heart of the fourth prince. Seeing this, he was too lazy to continue the topic. After chatting with the seventh prince for a while, he sent him away.

After standing outside the window and taking a look, it was still calm, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

At night, the moon was on the treetops.

Everyone was sleeping sweetly.

A quick knock on the door woke up the fourth prince. He was sleeping soundly on the winter night, so after being woken up like this, the fourth prince's temper came up.

He opened the door with a gloomy face and said.

"You'd better tell me something important, or I'll kill you!"

The man who reported the incident was sweating coldly, and looked even more miserable in the winter night, but he had to say what he had to say.

"Replying to the Fourth Prince, I found some inappropriate things in the boat of the Seventh Branch of the Gu Family heading north. Please go and take a look, Your Highness."

"Inappropriate things, what inappropriate things?"

Inappropriate things, for the Fourth Prince, had no appeal at all. On the contrary, the words "Seventh Branch of the Gu Family" sounded like a lamb delivered to his door.

So, even if the thing was nothing today, he would make a fuss about it, and let Gu Shaoyu and the people in the East Palace know his ability.

"It seems to be something from the previous dynasty."

If the accusation of something from the previous dynasty was true, then the Seventh Branch of the Gu Family would be a disaster for the entire clan. When the Fourth Prince thought that Gu Shaoyu would be implicated, he became excited.

So he got up and dressed neatly and followed the man.

"Let's go!"

The wind was stronger at night, and the lights on the dock were bright.

Shipping and river shipping are different from land transportation. Ships can stop and rest at any time, so there are ships docking during the day and at night, so the dock never stops.

Including the house not far away, there are also many coolies squatting and waiting to carry bags. At this moment, they are also stretching their heads here to watch the excitement.

The biting cold wind blew on Gu Yanli's body. His knees were painful and stiff when he was forced to kneel. He wanted to turn over and argue a few words, but he was pressed to the ground and couldn't move.

It was smooth sailing all the way. I thought that after arriving at the dock, he could land and rest, but who knew that he would encounter an inspection.

Inspections have always happened, so he didn't take it seriously. After letting the people around him send a heavy purse over, he thought he could leave.

As a result, the other party was still smiling and welcoming him the moment before, and the next moment, he was like a ghost messenger who came to fork people, and took him down without knowing the truth.

If it was in Jinling City, he would definitely yell and curse a few words, but this is Sui'an City, he can only swallow his anger and figure out the situation before turning it around.

"Gentlemen, please be gentle, is there some misunderstanding? I am the cousin of General Gu Shaoyu, and I used to be an imperial merchant. And the boat is just loaded with some cloth, nothing."

He first revealed his identity, and then explained what the things were. It was obvious that he wanted to use Gu Shaoyu's name to scare these little ghosts. As a result, just as he finished speaking, he saw a man coming out of the dark night and said rather sarcastically.

"General Gu's cousin? Oh, he's from the Gu family in Jinling."

Gu Yanli had done some business in Sui'an City before, relying on his reputation as an imperial merchant, so even if he didn't recognize the Fourth Prince's face, he could tell he was a royal relative just by looking at his clothes.

So, he swallowed his saliva and said immediately, regardless of the pain in his knees.

"Yes, yes, I said there might be a misunderstanding. I wonder if this noble man knows my nephew?"

"Hmph, the reputation of all the Gu family members dying on the battlefield is probably known to the children on the street, not to mention this prince. You are used to making connections, calling him nephew all the time. Do you think if General Gu stood here, would he recognize you as his relative?"

The Fourth Prince's words made Gu Yanli speechless.

If Gu Shaoyu were here, I'm afraid he wouldn't really care about their cousins.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, the fourth prince glanced over, and the subordinate immediately went to get something.

"What did you find? Let me see!"

The fourth prince's tone was full of excitement, and anyone could see how happy he was at the moment, and the subordinate quickly took the things and walked in front of him, and then said.

"Your Highness, this is it."

The man unfolded a box of cloth, which contained all the things that Gu Yanli was going to send north this time, and the subordinate pulled a piece out of it and handed it to the fourth prince.

The fourth prince's face suddenly changed when he saw it.

"The moon-colored swastika dragon pattern embroidery, isn't this the favorite thing of the previous emperor Ren Zhao? It was burned clean when I was a child, why is it here?!"

His words made Gu Yanli pale instantly.

The things of Emperor Ren Zhao?

How could it be mixed in with the cloth he was to escort? Not to mention the swastika and dragon embroidery pattern, even the moonlight color was once the favorite color of Emperor Renzhao, and now no dyeing workshop on the market dares to make this thing.

How could he bring such a thing when he knew he was going north!

It was obvious that he was framed!

So he shouted loudly.

"It's unfair, it's unfair! I am really innocent. This thing is obviously framed by thieves. Please investigate it clearly, Your Highness!"

The fourth prince had caught a huge handle at this moment, how could he let it go, so he immediately ordered.

"Quick, take this man to the prison and keep a close eye on him, and then lift all the things on these boats down for me, check them one by one, and see if there are any other things?!"

"Yes."

Gu Yanli was dragged away like a sack, and when he left, he shouted loudly that he was wronged. However, not long after he left, some patterns and styles that were only used in the previous dynasty were found in those fabrics, which were extremely complicated and gorgeous.

The Daxing dynasty was short-lived, and the Kaizong Emperor had issued a clear order prohibiting the use of laborious and costly production of these complicated things, so the patterns of Daxing's clothing were not complicated, and the slightly more fancy ones were probably the lotus with two stems.

But the exquisiteness of the things in front of us is dazzling just by looking at them.

It's just a pattern, which is not complicated to say, but once it is linked to the previous dynasty, it is evidence of a heinous crime.

I only had time to update 2 chapters this morning. If I finish my work at noon, I will come back to make up for this chapter immediately. If I don't have time, I will make up for it later. Sorry! ! !