With such an accent characteristic with obvious local characteristics, it is difficult for people not to suspect the head of the Shu Wangfu. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The question is, how did the Shu Wangfu know that the prince was on his way back to Beijing?

Qin Bai pondered for a moment and said, "Of the people that Zhen Li brought into Jinling that day, two escaped, one was seriously injured and died on the way, and the other has not been caught so far, could it be that this person revealed the information to his accomplices?"

Huang Jincheng frowned and said, "But where did they know that the prince had left Jinling?" Even after Zhen Lili was arrested, they were a little lax, but there were still people watching near the Huaiqingqiao house, and if someone ever approached to inquire about the situation in the house, he would soon receive the news. But it wasn't until Zhao Mo moved into the house with his subordinates and rearranged it that there was nothing unusual near the house, which showed that Zhen Lili's accomplices had not come back to take a look. Even if they came back to see it, it was impossible to guess anything, the assassins had appeared, and the prince was not allowed to "move away"?

Unless...... There were more than one group of people who came! And the latter group found out the real situation in the house when they were not on guard, and thus guessed the fact that they had tricked Zhen Li and the others with the empty city plan.

Qin Bai thought for a while: "Maybe we were negligent, knowing that Zhen Li and his party came from the capital on the orders of Princess Shu and Mrs. Tu, but there is not only a princess in the Shu Palace, but there is also a King of Shu." Li Yanchao Xingxing not only sent the letter to the capital, but also sent one to Shu by the way. We only need to go to Shangyuan County to inquire about this matter, and we will know. ”

Huang Jincheng said: "Shangyuan County is in chaos now, the new county order directly drove Li Yanchao and his party to the post station in the west of the city, Li Yanchao was so sick that he vomited blood at every turn, and he was awake for a few hours a day. The subordinates of his family don't know anything at all, otherwise they wouldn't easily tell outsiders about Zhen Li's identity. Even if we send someone to ask, as long as Li Yanchao refuses to speak, we can't confirm how many letters he has sent. ”

Qin Bai said: "Just ask his subordinates if Li Yanchao sent his subordinates or guards out to deliver the letter around the New Year." If so, you only need to ask the direction of the message, and you can roughly guess it. I think he must have sent a letter to the Shu Palace. Such an important matter, it is impossible to completely ignore the thoughts of the King of Shu if he is the maiden family of Princess Shu. ”

This is all a little checked, you can get the answer, Huang Jincheng is not in a hurry, he is just a little depressed: "Even if the Shu Wangfu sent another group of people to Jinling, we obviously kept the news of His Highness very tight, how did they know? If it was really found in the house, how could Imperial Doctor Shen not be aware?"

Qin Bai sighed: "Imperial Doctor Shen is not a guard after all, so naturally he can't compare to Huang Baishi's personal soldiers. Besides, as long as we find out that it is advantageous for us to sneak around, His Highness and the people around His Highness have never really shown up, and it is not so difficult to guess the truth that His Highness has left Jinling. And if His Highness leaves, there is no need to say more, and he knows that he must be returning to the capital. From south to north, His Royal Highness is bound to pass through Tianjin, and it is not uncommon for the people of the Shu Wangfu to ambush in the local area. It's just that if the Shu Wangfu really has such a rebellious plan, it would be too stupid. Not to mention the guards around His Highness, just the people sent by Jingzhong to take over the car are enough to make a huge noise. On the way from Tianjin to Beijing, it is not a remote and uninhabited mountain and wild place, and there are neither long-sighted bandits and bandits, nor are there bold and disorderly people, who do the people of the Shu Wangfu plan to pretend to be against the government's convoy? If they really do it, how will they cover up the past afterwards? Since the governor of Jiangsu has taken the notebook and dragged the Tu family and the Shu Wangfu into the water, it is too late for the two of them to be busy clearing themselves up, and they will continue to attack His Royal Highness, is it too long to live?

Huang Jincheng said: "Yongjiahou may have seen a lot of smart people, but I don't know that there are some people in this world who are dumbfounded. Even though they knew that they might be exposed, they still had a bit of a luck and coveted the rich dividends after the fact, so they didn't consider the risks that came with it. Just like a person who gambles money, he always wins less and loses more, but there are still people who think that they will turn the page one day, and they obsessively invest their money into the bottomless pit. Those who gamble only lose money, those who gamble on their lives lose their lives, and those who are unlucky will also affect their children and grandchildren. How many bloody cases have there been throughout the ages? But there are still people who keep squeezing into the dead end. ”

While speaking, Huang Jincheng's personal soldiers sent a secret letter from the governor's yamen. Huang Jincheng opened the letter and smiled: "The governor has heard the news from Beijing and has come to inform us." ”

In his letter, the governor mentioned the reactions of people from all walks of life in the capital after his transcript was sent to the capital. As early as when the rumors were raging, the prince of Liao visited the Shu Wangfu and the Tu family, saying that they took revenge for personal reasons, because the victim hated him and exposed the conspiracy and tricks of the king of Shu, so that the king of Shu was expelled, so he held a grudge and intended to take revenge on his son. Although this statement is based on rumors, there are really many people in the capital who believe it. The Shu Wangfu and the Tu family are very embarrassed. The head of the Tu family soon entered the palace to plead guilty, presumably saying that his wife was confused, and he didn't know about it, but he was negligent. The queen mother helped him speak, and the emperor did not mean to deal with him strictly, but just ordered him to go home and close his eyes and think about it, waiting for the will to be issued.

Now the Tu family is quiet, and they don't dare to go out at home, for fear that the emperor will not like them and really cut them down. Look at their reactions, and you know that they are in the know. There was once a daughter of the Tu family who married outside the family - such as the princess of Shanyang - who did not understand the frightened attitude of her mother's family, and went to persuade a few words, and said that Zhao Mo was not so angry with a child, and the emperor would not be angry with the Tu family because of him, but he was blocked back by his parents in horror, and the second monk of the princess of Shanyang was confused, and went to ask the princess of Shu, but the princess of Shu also avoided it, and only said that she had a sudden illness and fell ill, and the situation was very bad.

Who knew that as soon as the news of Princess Shu's emergency illness came out, the queen mother in the palace sent the inner supervisor to bring the imperial doctor to see her. The imperial doctor couldn't see what kind of emergency illness Princess Shu had, but the pulse was rather strange, and he didn't dare to prescribe it easily. The inner supervisor went back to report to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother issued an order to summon Zhao Yan, the youngest son of the King of Shu, into the palace to inquire about the condition of the Princess of Shu. As soon as Zhao Yan entered the palace, he failed to return to the Shu Palace.

Originally, it was rumored that she had a sudden illness and was about to die of illness Princess Shu couldn't care about being "sick" now, and went into the palace in person to beg the Queen Mother to let her son out. The queen mother said that she was a little unwell, and Zhao Yan, the grandson, was very filial, and after knowing it, she said that she would kneel and pray for her, and now she is in the small Buddha hall of Cining Palace. A monk who has attained the Tao has said that this blessing ceremony must be prayed for at least 7749 days before it can be effective. Since Zhao Yan has repeatedly asked for filial piety for the Queen Mother, how could the Queen Mother not accept the kindness of her younger generation? Therefore, Princess Shu could not take her son away.

Not only could she not take her son away, but also because the Queen Mother was "sick", she didn't have the spirit to see her, and everything she said was conveyed through the palace people. In terms of Princess Shu's generous treatment in Cining Palace in the past, this is the first time she has experienced such coldness. Even when the King of Shu was expelled back to the domain by the emperor last time, the Queen Mother was a little annoyed with the Princess of Shu, and she never let the palace people snub her.

The princess of Shu knelt in the palace for a whole day, but there was no result, so she could only stumble back to the palace of Shu with the support of the maid. Some people once felt that it was too much for the Queen Mother to toss the patient like this, and it was also against benevolence to let the young son of the King of Shu enter the palace to pray for blessings when his biological mother was seriously ill, but after discovering that the rumored seriously ill Princess Shu knelt in the palace for a day and could walk out of the palace by herself, their sympathy was gone. Who could not have guessed that Princess Shu was pretending to be sick before? Although I don't know why she pretended to be sick, no one likes to be deceived.

After Princess Shu returned to the palace, she became "sick" even more serious, and it was rumored that she was about to die, as if she was waiting for something, and she kept holding her breath and refused to swallow her breath. But the outside world no longer believes in this kind of rumor, and only gossips in private, why did Princess Shu pretend to be sick to such a point?

Zhao Shuo, the prince of Liao, complained about Princess Shu's actions in front of the elders of the clan, and the most excessive thing was that everyone knew what bad things she had done to her nephew Zhao Mo, but she never apologized to Zhao Mo's father, that is, Zhao Shuo, the son of the Liao king. Even if he can't lower his head because of his seniority, why can't he even send a subordinate official of the palace to do it for him?

The practice of Princess Shu in the clan is also very incomprehensible, and it also affects the perception of Princess Shanyang. Princess Shanyang didn't know the inside story at all, she was very depressed, and she also felt that her cousin Princess Shu was too stingy. If you want to hate Zhao Shuo, then look for him to be unlucky, what is there to worry about with Zhao Mo's child? If Zhao Mo has a good one, isn't it cheaper for his stepmother Xiao Wang? Zhao Shuo will not lose the slightest. Even if he loses his eldest son, he and Xiao Wang are still young, and sooner or later they will have another son-in-law.

Since then, the sisters have also been estranged.

The governor's letter also mentioned in bits and pieces the reactions and comments of the ministers and nobles in Beijing on the current situation of the Shu palace and the Tu family. Huang Jincheng swept it over hastily and handed the letter to Qin Bai. After Qin Bai read it, he returned it to Huang Jincheng and began to speculate: "Is the princess of Shu trying to avoid punishment in the palace by taking advantage of her illness, or is there another reason? Even if she wants to put pressure on the palace by pretending to be sick so as to force the queen mother to release Zhao Yan back, she can't pretend to be to this point, right? Look at it, it seems that the princess of Shu is really about to die." ”

Huang Jincheng sneered: "Maybe she is really going to die?" She and her mother, Mrs. Tu, are both the culprits who are responsible for Zhen Li, if the two of them are alive, the Shu Wangfu and the Tu family will be implicated." But if they die by this time, and the charges remain unconvicted, then the matter will end there. The father and son of the King of Shu are all close to the clan, and the Tu family has the support of the Queen Mother, so it is impossible for them to be really beheaded because of the reckless behavior of the two of them. As long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince returns to Beijing safely, the emperor will probably only punish the evil, and will not implicate too widely, nor will it spread and ruin the reputation of the royal family. ”

Qin Bai frowned and didn't say anything.

Huang Jincheng looked at the letter again: "I actually want to know, whether the youngest son of the King of Shu was detained by the Queen Mother, or did he take the initiative to ask to stay in the palace? Does he really not know what his mother did? Even if he didn't know before, he should know now, right? What is he going to do? He has been hiding in the palace to pray for blessings, and when things settle down, will he come out and show his face again?"

Qin Bai said lightly: "Even if he knows everything in his heart, what can he do if he just pretends to be innocent? The Queen Mother understands very well and will not be confused." At the moment, I am only worried about one thing -- the news that the Queen Mother is sick, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not know how many days it will take to return to the palace? If the Queen Mother is ill and he does not show up, I am afraid that there will be more rumors that are unfavorable to the East Palace. ”