"Your Highness, what happened......

On a bustling street outside the palace, all kinds of high-ranking officials crowded into a teahouse, Prince Duan sat in the wing room on the second floor and looked at the palace from afar, holding a tea bowl and wondering: "This king doesn't know, suddenly the four doors are locked, and the forbidden army has tripled!"

"It won't be Zhao Yunxuan's assassination, he is an outsider in the palace......"

An official looked at him nervously, Prince Duan squirted out the tea he had just drunk into his mouth, and said in shock: "No, what kind of thorn is he doing, and besides, with the escort of the commander, he must also have that ability, is it difficult to ......."

"Someone rebelled and blamed him ......"

The other party stomped his feet hard, and the house was full of civil and military affairs, and Prince Duan threw the tea bowl and jumped up, and said with a pale face: "Oh no! The prince will not rebel, the palace martial law is a big incident, Zhao Yunxuan is the best excuse!"

"Your Highness, don't worry, the prince has also come out, and he ...... alone."

"Alone?"

Prince Duan hurriedly leaned on the window and looked, the prince actually walked out alone, without even a guard or eunuch by his side, and even turned around and scolded as he walked, as if he had been kicked out of the palace.

"It's over! Zhao Yunxuan really stabbed ......"

Prince Duan hurriedly ran downstairs, and when he came to the street, the prince had just sat down next to the tea stall, and when he saw them coming, he raised his hands and shouted: "Don't ask me, this palace doesn't know anything, the general is ordered by the emperor to let this palace go to the palace to sit in the palace!"

"Big brother, don't sell it......"

Prince Duan sat down and handed over a cigarette and asked, "This sudden martial law in broad daylight, is someone assassinating the emperor?"

"What the hell can I sell, I don't let Lao Tzu comb my hair......"

The prince lit a cigarette angrily and said: "Something must have happened, all the ministers in the palace were called out to light it, and even my East Palace was taken away, the face of the commander was very ugly, and he refused to tell me anything, if he didn't see you sitting here, the palace would think you had rebelled!"

"You ......"

Prince Duan said angrily: "How can I rebel, you can't talk nonsense about this kind of thing, Zhao Yunxuan, have you seen it?"

"I saw a fart, I was set up by the imperial guards......"

The prince took a few puffs of stuffy cigarette and frowned: "It's definitely not an assassination, the imperial guard is also confused, I only know that everyone is gathered outside the middle hall, I saw Zhao Yunxuan sitting on the steps smoking, your daughter and Seventeen are standing behind him!"

"Seventeen standing behind him? I know ......"

Prince Duan slapped his thigh suddenly, and said solemnly: "It must be that the corpse poison was leaked or stolen, and the emperor left him to track down the corpse poison, and everyone was gathered just to order it and see if there were any fewer people in the palace!"

"But what are you going to do with me ...... kick me out?"

The crown prince looked at him with a stunned face, and Prince Duan squinted his eyes and said: "Prince, your wife and children are all inside, what do you say to drive you out, Lao Jiu advises you not to go anywhere today, stay here honestly and drink tea!"

......

"I'm going! more than the market catchers......"

Zhao Guanren sat on the white stone steps outside the central hall, the eunuchs and palace maids added up to eight or nine thousand, plus the concubines of the emperor and the crown prince, as well as the descendants of the royal family, not counting the twenty or thirty thousand internal guards, the number has exceeded 10,000.

"Hey, get up, you're sitting alone except the emperor......"

The little county lord secretly kicked him, Zhao Guanren looked back, Emperor Shunyao asked people to move a chair to sit outside the palace gate, the concubines with status stood in a large row behind him, and the queen also stood and didn't dare to move, but her brows were tightly locked.

"I don't get up, I don't know how long I'm going to be busy......"

Zhao Guanren leaned on the guardrail and refused to get up, at this time he finally saw that in addition to Jin Wuming, the second great master in the palace and one of the staunch supporters of the princelings, the imperial chef - Chiba Xuan!

That's right!

Chiba Xuan, one of the top ten grandmasters, is a cook, it is said that he has been an imperial chef since the grandfather of Emperor Shunyao, no one knows how old he really is, anyway, he looks like a person in his fifties, dressed in a clean red official robe, with a thin body, and a white beard.

"Give the Grand Master a ......"

Emperor Shunyao straightened up and raised his hand, it could be seen that he had great respect for Qianye Xuan, and Qianye Xuan also bowed and thanked him in a proper manner, and sat in a pile of imperial kitchens without speaking, and there was no emotion on his face.

"Your Majesty, don't count ......"

Zhao Guanren got up and walked to Emperor Shunyao's side, bent down and said: "There are really a lot of people who eat empty salaries, there are one hundred and eighty-nine fewer eunuchs, and two hundred and thirty-six palace maids, and we haven't counted your concubines yet, but Wei Chen estimates ...... I'm afraid it's not enough!"

"Bastard! Eat empty food and eat Lao Tzu's head......"

Emperor Shunyao slapped the armrest of the seat with one palm, and suddenly became angry, the concubines were frightened and quickly knelt to the ground, and the slaves and maids of Wuyang also knelt down, and the old eunuch's face was more ugly than that of the dead mother, obviously knowing about eating empty salaries.

"Wait a minute!"

The queen raised her head and said in shock: "The guards haven't counted, how do you know how many people are missing?"

"Hui to the queen! Weichen asked them to align the front and back, and multiply the horizontal and vertical rows to get the number of people......"

Zhao Guanren arched his hand and said: "It's just that the number of people in the harem is inconvenient to count, please ask the queen to send someone to take out the roster to count, the corpse in the imperial garden is very likely to belong to a certain concubine, if the situation is true, it will be a big trouble!"

"Get all down, if there are even fewer concubines of Lao Tzu, don't be a queen......"

Emperor Shunyao burst into foul language again, the queen didn't even dare to put a fart, and hurriedly ran down the steps with the concubines, and Emperor Shunyao was like a caged beast, pacing back and forth on the high platform with red eyes.

"Your Majesty!"

Jin Wuming finally counted the number of people, and sure enough, it was the same as the number of people counted by Zhao Guanren, but he also handed over a list, and it was clearly written where there were any missing people.

"All the people who eat empty salaries are dragged out and cut ......"

Emperor Shunyao threw the list back violently, Zhao Guanren copied it by hand, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty! If a person is cut down, there is no proof that he will die, there must be many people like Gonggong Tian, who were deceived by his subordinates, we can't let go of a sinner, but we can't kill innocents by mistake!"

"Did you make it clear that you ......?"

Emperor Shunyao pointed angrily at the queen, and the queen hurriedly ran up and knelt down, and said: "The concubines inspect the harem every day, there is no shortage of concubines in the harem, and there are many slaves and maids in the harem, that is, there are five fewer people in the East Palace!"

"Crown Princess!"

Emperor Shunyao had completely disregarded decency, and shouted: "You don't want to be embarrassed yourself, don't blame me for not giving you dignity today, you roll over to me, if you don't know it, I'll cut off your head!"

"Your Majesty!"

A round princess ran out with a roll, knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "Tai, the prince has a heavy hand, and he killed a few slaves and maids who caused trouble, and the daughter-in-law let people drag them out and bury them, but the slaves and maids of the East Palace can't enter the imperial garden, and the deceased is not from the East Palace!"

"You Wicked Obstacles ......"

Emperor Shunyao gritted his teeth and scolded: "If I don't investigate today, I'm afraid that you will keep it a secret until Lao Tzu enters the imperial mausoleum, and don't be the crown princess, come here!

"Your Majesty, it's not about your daughter-in-law, it's not about your daughter-in-law......"

The crown princess slammed the floor tiles, but the four female guards carried her away directly, and Princess Demon Moon didn't even dare to raise her head when she stood below, but the little county lord gloated with a face, and while the emperor was not paying attention, she also threw a wink at Zhao Guanren.

"I'm so angry, I'm really angry......"

Emperor Shunyao walked back and forth several times, pointed at Zhao Guanren and said: "Zhao Yunxuan! you let go and investigate, I must find out today who the woman who died in the imperial garden is, and the ghosts and ghosts in the harem will be found, and you will accompany him!"

"Thankfully, everyone, the yamen who read the list can leave......"

Zhao Guanren held up the map of the Forbidden Palace and shouted: "The Celebrant Supervisor, the Imperial Horse Supervisor, the Si Shi Supervisor, the Shang Bao Supervisor, the Divine Palace Supervisor, the Seal Ribbon Supervisor, the Metropolitan Governor, the Imperial Kitchen, the Salary Division, the Tai Hospital, the Bell and Drum Division, and the Mixed Hall Division, the entire Outer Eight Bureaus can be left, and all the female officials and six Shang are left!"

"Slave and maid retire!"

A large number of people retreated in a hurry as if they had been granted amnesty, but the faces of those who stayed behind were white, and there were thousands of concubines and royal children, all kneeling in fear, and it was estimated that everyone's buttocks were not clean.

"The first time Xia Guan entered the palace, if the title is wrong, I hope you will forgive me......"

Zhao Guanren arched his hand downwards and said: "Please all the mothers, princes and grandchildren return to their respective dormitories, order their slaves and maids not to go out for the time being, in case of emergency, you can send eunuchs to pass it on, and everyone in the East Palace, please move to the library to rest!"

"The concubine retires!"

The concubines and concubines left a large area again, basically only the people who served in the harem were left, dozens of gardeners and flower slaves were all tied up, and it was difficult for the rootless people to control, and more than half of them were scared to pee their pants.

"Your Majesty! Wechen will start to investigate......"

Zhao Guanren turned around and saluted, and Emperor Shunyao waved his hand a little tiredly: "Go! No matter who is involved, I must find out, dare to cover up, and I will not be spared!"

"Obey the order!"

Zhao Guanren walked down the steps with a booklet and came to the gardeners for questioning, but they didn't expect that there would be corpses in the imperial garden, and they didn't eat empty salaries, and no one was missing.

Zhao Guanren frowned and said: "The pit will definitely kill the flowers and plants, how can people turn over the ground and not know?"

"My lord, the ladies love to play in the imperial garden, and the flowers and plants are often trampled to death......"

The gardener cried and mourned: "Especially around the rockery, a large area of hide and seek will be trampled to death, and there are palace maids and eunuchs who are lazy, and they pee there as soon as they take off their pants, and we are all on duty, and if someone turns over the soil and transplants, no one will be suspicious!"

"Let's go down, I'll look for you again if I have something......"

Zhao Guanren got up and walked to the palace maids again, dozens of female officials were neither humble nor arrogant, and they were very serious and very polite, but their tone was tighter than the belt of their trousers, and they didn't say a word that shouldn't be said, and ordinary palace maids didn't ask for anything.

"Grand Commander!"

Zhao Guanren quickly ran into the middle hall, Emperor Shunyao was already sitting in the hall drinking tea, Jin Wuming stood beside him and asked with his face sinking like water, "How is it?"

"The female officials and six monks collectively colluded to confess, and the confessions were word-for-word......"

Zhao Guanren said helplessly: "These palace maids are all old fritters, and I can't find a flaw in my confession, I will put them back later, please find a few female guards with good skills, and secretly go over and stare at them to see if anyone destroys the evidence!"

"Don't be busy ...... yet"

Emperor Shunyao asked in a deep voice: "I suddenly realized a problem, normal people should never bury the corpse in the imperial garden, it is easy for people to find it, but the rockery where the corpse was found is exquisite, what mystery may you see?"

"Mystery?"

Zhao Guanren hurriedly took out the floor plan of the palace, in fact, he didn't see anything, but he could get a rough idea, and pretended to be shocked and shouted: "Array ......Eye!

"What is it? But it doesn't hurt to say ......."

Emperor Shunyao lowered the tea bowl and stared, Zhao Guanren bent down in fear and said: "The emperor must not blame, no wonder the yin qi of the imperial garden is condensed and not dispersed...... Cut off your children and grandchildren!"

"Hiss~"

Jin Wuming gasped, Emperor Shunyao crushed the tea bowl with a "click", and said angrily: "Lao Tzu knows that the corpse will not appear on the formation for no reason, or the vicious trick of mixing men and women, go and find out, if you can't find out, don't want to eat!"