Before I arrived, I habitually woke up, and the first thing I saw was Ito who was still sleeping peacefully, and a happy smile could not help but appear at the corner of her mouth, looking at her more and more lovely and charming face, I couldn't help but secretly kiss her on the cheek, and then, stupidly, I enjoyed myself.

Carefully help her tuck the quilt, for fear of waking her, and try to be as gentle as possible.

After getting up and dressing on his own, he walked to the table familiarly and lit the candle, and glanced at the door a little strangely, thinking that every time at this time, Ziyu would come to the door on time to remind me to get up and go to the morning court, why haven't I seen it for a long time, is it that I got up too early today?

After today's court meeting, I have to rush to the Hanlin Yuan to hand over the work, and after the work of the Hanlin Yuan is properly arranged, I have to report directly to the Yushitai, complete the corresponding procedures, and devote myself to the investigation of the case of rebellion as soon as possible.

In a few moments, someone came from outside the house with a lantern, and the lights moved with the figures, standing outside the door.

I was worried that Ziyu would wake up the princess, so I hurried to the door to make them move as gently as possible, but as soon as I passed the dresser, I suddenly found myself with long hair hanging down my shoulders.

Suddenly remembered the ambiguous compliment that the princess had in her ear last night, and her cheeks turned red.

It's so dangerous, if you go out and be seen by Ziyu like this, there will definitely be an accident.

Busy arranging his long hair, he roughly made a bun, then took a turban to wrap his head, and pulled a robe casually, draped it on his body, and went straight to open the door.

When he opened the door and saw the figure of a woman dressed up, he shouted with a smile as usual, and said:

"Purple Jade ......"

The next words condensed on the lips, because the person in front of me was not Ziyu at all, and she was dressed as a maid, but she should not be from the princess's mansion, because I had never seen this person.

This maid is quite delicate, and her behavior is also very polite, and when she sees me go out, she knows how to salute me respectfully, but she does not speak, her face is expressionless, but her eyes are bright, and she looks at me fixedly, without killing intent but not enthusiastic.

"You are?"

I frowned, pondering where this man came from.

A person who can freely enter and leave the Princess's Mansion without being detected by Ziyu and the secret guards, this person is by no means simple!

Soon, a token in this person's hand revealed her identity, this person was actually sent by Aunt Luo Xia!

Is she also a Shadow Guard?

It's only been a day, and I saw the figure of the Shadow Guard one after another, and when I think of the princess's attitude towards the Shadow Guard in the Qinzheng Palace, I can't help but feel a little uneasy in my heart.

Since she was sent by Aunt Luo Xia, she must have a confidential task to entrust to me.

The maid stepped aside, and made a respectful gesture of invitation, which motioned for me to move and speak.

I looked back at the princess, who was still asleep, and was silent for a moment, then went out of the house, and when I closed the door softly, the maid led the way with a lantern, and I left the princess's garden one after the other.

Out of the garden, I came to a courtyard, and the maid respectfully handed me a letter.

I looked around, it was so quiet, I always felt that the silence was a little strange, I was a little worried about the safety of the princess, and I was a little worried about the silent maid in front of me.

The maid seemed to see my suspicions, and said with a rare word:

"Don't worry, no one can hurt Her Royal Highness. ”

With her promise, I reached out and took the letter from her.

The pattern on the wax of this envelope is exactly the same as the pattern of the token in the handmaid's hand, it is a proudly blooming rose, which is the secret signal of Aunt Luo Xia's private contact with me, and this time I am sure that this letter is indeed from Aunt Luo Xia.

What happened that Aunt Luo Xia actually wanted to contact me in this way?

I opened the letter and opened the letterhead, but I only saw a few words on it, which read:

Kill the people in the dungeon by any means!

I can't help but be stunned, Aunt Luo Xia is asking me to kill someone?!

Who is she asking me to kill? Why is she asking me to kill this person? And this dungeon, where is the dungeon?

I was suddenly like a cloud, like the maid casting a puzzled look.

Wouldn't it be quicker for Shadowguard to kill someone, and why did I have to do it?

He returned the letter to the maid, who took the letterhead and burned it completely.

"My aunt said that there is no need to go to court today, and all the handover procedures will be completed. ”

I was speechless, it seems that Aunt Luo Xia has already prepared everything, right?

Is there any reason for me to refuse?

"Where's the dungeon?"

I asked coldly.

The maid looked down at her feet, I don't feel horrified, is it that under this idle court, there is a hidden dungeon?

I've never heard the princess say anything.

Surprised for a moment, I remembered that this mansion was not a princess's mansion from the beginning, and the original owner of this mansion had a great history. Thinking of that person's identity, it seems reasonable to have such a dungeon.

I saw that the maid touched a mechanism under the stone table in the court, and a secret door suddenly appeared on the floor, and a passage leading to the ground came into view.

I looked into the corridor in amazement, but there seemed to be a faint flickering fire inside, which also indicated that there were people in this dungeon!

I glanced at the maid, and then looked at the passage leading to the underground dungeon, thinking about such an extremely hidden thing, Aunt Luo Xia could know how many people in the princess's mansion were her eyeliner?

And the princess, princess, how much is she hiding from me?

I know that the princess is hiding from me, not because she doesn't trust me, but to protect me, and doesn't want me to fall deeper and deeper, but in the current situation, I have long been unable to be alone, not to mention the matter related to the princess's safety, I will definitely not stand idly by.

The hands in his sleeves were already clenched into fists, and then he walked down the corridor without hesitation, I want to see with my own eyes, who is in this prison?

Walking down the long corridor, the firewood on both sides was dyed, illuminating everything in the dungeon.

Like other dungeons, there are several connected cells, but they are much cleaner and quieter than the others, although there are no horrific torture instruments and mottled blood stains everywhere, but the solemnity and emptiness of this dungeon can also make people's hearts feel a little afraid.

It is rumored that many people have been secretly executed in this unknown dungeon, whether they are good or evil, loyal or traitorous, and for those who enter this dungeon, this is the end of their lives, the final destination of their lives.

As long as you stand quietly, you can hear the heart-rending screams and angry screams of those who have died tragically, and the sound of intermittent footsteps is transmitted in this empty dungeon, which is even more terrifying and weird.

I stopped, and looked behind me, but the maid had not followed, thinking that she wanted me to be alone.

Looking cautiously around, there were empty cells, and looking at the dust on the floor, it was conceivable that this place had been cleaned, and there was a musty smell in the air, indicating that it had not been cleaned for a long time.

The locks of each cell had been removed, the doors were open, and nothing to be found had anything to do with the prison except for the wooden bars of the cells that had been left behind.

The current dungeon is more of a stable place to live than a prison.

It turns out that the princess did not use this dungeon to guard the detainers, but to protect whom?

Xu heard my footsteps, and a slightly hoarse and old word came from a cell around the corner, but I heard this man speak slowly:

"Who's coming?"

I heard what seemed to be an old man's voice, and my eyes flashed, and I followed the source of the sound and walked away slowly.

When he turned around and walked around the corner, he saw a figure in a gray monk's robe sitting on a stone bed in the cell inside.

This person is slender, with rugged bones, prominent cheekbones on both sides of his cheeks, a gray complexion, and slightly white eyebrows, which makes him look even older. The staggered figure and the dry hands holding the Buddha beads are all showing that this person has been sick for a long time, and looking at the appearance, he should die soon.

Could it be that Aunt Luo Xia wants me to kill this person?

A monk, or a dying man?

I couldn't help but ask:

"Who are you?"

Hearing my inquiry, the moment I opened my eyes and saw me, I saw the sudden flash of light and cold killing intent in this person's eyes, and only heard his somewhat low and piercing laughter, and his gray and colorless withered face, as if returning to the light, was suddenly full of brilliance and spirit.

"You don't know who I am, but I know who you are?"

The gray-robed monk paused, and then said:

"You are the eldest son and grandson of the Gao family - Gao Chen!"

I could hear that there was bad intentions in his words, as if he had a deep hatred with me.

"Yes, I'm Gao Chen. Who are you?"

My intuition tells me that this person's relationship with our Gao family is extraordinary.

"Yes, who am I? Who am I, who am I to be a human being, a ghost or a ghost?"

The gray-robed monk suddenly laughed wildly, but his words were full of sorrow and resentment......

"It's a pity, whether it's the assassination or that premeditation, it didn't kill all of your Gao family, it's really eyeless!"

After the laughter, the monk's tone suddenly changed and became fierce and vicious.

When I heard this, my eyes were cold, and he reminded me that when the Empress Dowager prayed for blessings for seven days, did the assassination of the person who was with me outside the Yong'an Temple have anything to do with the person in front of me?

A monk, not only failed to abandon the worldly heart and explore the red dust, but indulged evil thoughts to breed a vicious heart, and was really a vain monk, so he was not afraid of entering the hell after he died?

I was furious and couldn't help but ask:

"What kind of enmity does my Gao family have against you, so that you can act so ruthlessly?"

"Hmph, revenge? This, you have to ask your uncle Gao Qin, who is above 10,000 people under one person, highly respected, and is the prime minister of the left side, what he has done, he knows it himself!"

The gray-robed monk was full of mockery, and even the eyes that looked at me were contemptuous and unbearable.

Uncle: What is the relationship between this man and his uncle?

Looking carefully at the man's face, I noticed that the monk's robe this person was wearing was not the costume of the monk in Yong'an Temple?

He is a monk of Yong'an Temple, and the princess was poisoned in the temple, and afterwards this person was secluded here by the princess, connecting all this, I can almost surmise that this person must be related to the poisoning of the princess, the princess did not kill him but protected him, and Aunt Luo Xia was bent on killing this person, and then thinking of the princess's reaction to those shadow guards in the palace of diligence, a bold conjecture gradually took shape in my heart.

The instructions given by Aunt Luo Xia were all in accordance with the will of the Empress Dowager, in fact, the person who really wanted to kill this person was the Empress Dowager.

And the princess secretly kept this person here, just to avoid the eyes and ears of the palace, and the reason why she would take such a risk to do this, in addition to the rebellion of His Royal Highness the Prince, what else would make her go against the will of the Queen Mother, and be so desperate and desperate?

I can't help but feel chills, no wonder, no wonder the Empress Dowager, who can control the entire princess's mansion so easily, can kill this person without much effort, but she wants me to kill him personally, this is a warning to the princess, and it is also a temptation for me.

First He Bi, who died violently, and then asked me to kill this monk with my own hands, the empress dowager knew that the princess had been investigating the old case of the prince's rebellion, she was not afraid of the princess finding out the truth of the matter, but she would never let the case have any chance to set things right, she didn't even give the princess a chance, and she didn't give me any choice!

The Empress Dowager, why do you treat her like this, she is your own granddaughter?!

I shouldn't have fallen in love with her, and I shouldn't have made her fall in love with me, if from the beginning, we were just fake phoenixes, a couple in name only, maybe we wouldn't have fallen to the point where we are being restrained now.

The Empress Dowager used the princess's safety to force me to start, and used my life to blackmail the princess, forcing her to give up continuing to investigate the prince's rebellion.

Stretching out my hand to hold on to the wall, I finally stabilized my figure, I had long lost my usual composure and patience, and slammed over, kicked open the cell door, pointed at him and roared:

"Who the fuck are you?"

Seeing my emotional out-of-control appearance, the gray-robed monk was not angry but happy, and finally saw that the people of the Gao family would also show such a panicked look, and his heart was really happy for a moment, as long as he saw the people of the Gao family in pain, then he would feel extremely happy.

"The more you want to know who I am? This is just the beginning, and the retribution of your Gao family is still to come. ”

Ha ha......

After saying that, the gray-robed monk laughed again.

I was furious, and I rushed up and punched the sneering face, and I didn't care if this man was about to die, I grabbed the man by the collar like crazy, and gave him two more punches, which immediately made his nose blue and swollen, and blood flowed.

"If you kind of come at me, I will never let anyone hurt the princess, no one!"

Hearing my frantic cry, the gray-robed monk suddenly heard me speak of the princess, and his mocking face immediately turned blue, and he cried out loudly:

"You are not qualified to mention Her Royal Highness the Princess, because...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was killed by your Gao family back then!"

This remark was deafening, and I was shocked on the spot, unable to move.

It can't be, it won't, he's talking nonsense, he's talking nonsense!

"You talk nonsense...... You are talking nonsense...... You talk nonsense!"

I tugged at his collar like crazy, as if I would only let him go if I heard him admit that I was talking nonsense.

But he looked righteous and awe-inspiring, and he was not afraid of death at all, let alone changed what he just said.

I know, I know that my uncle has done some things that go against his original intention and morality for the glory of the family and in order to protect the Gao family, I know all of this, but I will never believe that my uncle will do such a thing of murdering the monarch and conspiring against him, no, he will never do this, he will never turn his back on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for the sake of glory and wealth, and do things that endanger His Royal Highness the Prince!

But when I thought that my uncle took over the imperial history of the imperial history under the promotion of the empress dowager, the rebellion case he tried was the prince's conspiracy case of that year, and the case must have been implicated, and thousands of people were implicated in the destruction of their families, or died or exiled, and people were panicked and could not live all day.

And after that, my uncle rose all the way, and within a few years, he sat on the position of the left prime minister who is now above 10,000 people under one person, in charge of the government, if it has nothing to do with him, how can he justify himself?

And what the gray-robed monk said next also made my blood all over my body coagulate.

"Back then, how much did the clan brother Cui Tingyou trust him Gao Qin, and he also handed over the "Hundred Officials' Statement" that is related to the life and death of hundreds of officials to him, but he didn't expect that Gao Qin relied on this "Hundred Officials' Statement" to find out all the courtiers who were loyal to His Royal Highness the Prince, and he Gao Qin stepped on the white bones, corpses everywhere, and climbed to the prime minister's throne step by step!"

Speaking of sorrow, the gray-robed monk couldn't help but curse:

"You Gao family people deserve to die, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was wronged and killed under the imperial city, it was all caused by your Gao family!"

"Shut up, stop talk, I told you to stop talking!"

My eyes were bloodshot, and I had no reason to speak of, and I broke his teeth with a punch, and the whole person fell straight to the stone bed, but the heaving of my chest and the sound of rapid breathing could still detect that he was still breathing.

I don't believe it's true, I don't believe it, I'm going to verify, I'm going to verify!

Just as I was trying to regain my senses and look for clues from the monk's words, an unexpected scene appeared in front of me so suddenly!

"What did you just say?"

A cold question suddenly made all the battles in front of him meaningless.

The woman who has always been quiet and beautiful in my impression, the woman who laughs enough to captivate the country and the city, the woman who I am willing to pay for her life as long as she smiles at me, the woman I love the most in my life, appeared in front of me like this......

The gentleness and smile that I used to see were like melting ice and snow, and it was difficult to find a trace, leaving only that cold gaze and a slightly pale beauty, and I knew that her heart must be as painful as a knife at this moment, because just looking at her like this, my heart seemed to be torn into pieces.

"Princess ......"

I call her voice, weak and inaudible, and to this day, can I still call her name as I did in the past?

"What you just said, but ...... Brother Prince, under the imperial city, killed himself and died?"

Every time the princess paused, the wound in her heart was ruthlessly torn open, each time heavier and more painful, and she thought that in the next moment, she would lose her life!

Seeing the princess's somewhat unsteady figure, I hurriedly rushed over to support her, but was forced back by her cold and unfamiliar gaze, and only heard her cold words, which immediately made me feel like a thousand arrows piercing my heart, and I was in pain.

"Don't, come near me!"

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