Zhao Mo caught up with the carriage that Zhao Qi was sitting in, and the brothers returned to the city in a low-key manner.

After entering the city, they did not go home directly, but found an inconspicuous place, changed the carriage, and went to the palace.

The cloth bag in Zhao Qi's arms, neither he nor Zhao Mo had ever opened it, so he had to let the emperor and the prince look at it first. In order to avoid secrecy, Zhao Mo didn't even touch the cloth that wrapped things, and along the way, he also asked a small official from the secret spy department left by Yuan Tongzhi to sit in the same car with their brothers, so that the little official could see clearly that no one had done anything to the cloth bag.

The cloth bag was sent to the emperor and the crown prince as it was. Zhao Qi also trembled and bowed to the emperor and the crown prince with Zhao Mo's encouragement, and then recounted what the two Beirong spies told him to do: "They asked me to go back to the courtyard of my brother's palace, find no time to enter my brother's study, and then find a lacquer box with black lacquer painted in gold, and the lid of the box depicts a beautiful woman leaning in front of the window looking at the flowers." When I found it, I opened the lid of the box, put the contents of the cloth bag inside, and then locked it. The way to lock it, they also said. ”

Zhao Qi thought about it bitterly, and at the same time told him the tricks of the Beirong people, including how to open it if the lacquer box was locked, and how to lock it under the premise that others could not detect it, and so on, and then continued: "They asked me to finish this matter before the second brother's birthday in February, it doesn't have to be too early, if I can finish it at the end of the first month or the first day of February, it would be the best, saying that I was afraid that if I put things in too early, my brother would find out the clues." The rest, they didn't say much, they just threatened me not to tell anyone to go, not to look at the contents of the bag, and not to let anyone find out that I had touched this box in my brother's study. ”

Zhao Mo looked at the cloth bag unexpectedly, and his face was a little unpleasant. He subconsciously looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince showed a stunned expression. Black lacquer painted gold color open light figure lacquer box...... It sounded familiar, he remembered that he had only given such a box to Zhao Mo at the end of last year, and that box did have a mechanism and a secret lock. This is the box presented by the people below, but it is a plaything, he once thought about playing with his daughter Minshun County Lord, but Minshun County Lord was not interested in this kind of thing, but asked for another ornament in the study - a delicate Western music box, that is the thing offered by the prince of Shu, which is very in line with the preferences of the Lord Minshun. And His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gave up the music box, and it was useless to take this trap box, so he casually placed it on the multi-treasure grid in the study. Zhao Mo saw it inadvertently, thought it was a trap box, and asked and learned that it was indeed so, so he opened his mouth to ask him for it, and he gave it to Zhao Mo casually.

This organ box is not a big thing, it is also a trivial matter to go to the study of the East Palace, and it fell into the hands of Zhao Mo, and it is a trivial matter that has not been hyped up, so how did the Beirong secret spy know? And even how to open the secret lock of the box is clear, and the pattern on the appearance of the box is even more precious.

Could it be that the Beirong people also planted spies in the East Palace? !

At the thought of this possibility, the prince immediately felt a chill in his heart, and a cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

The emperor saw that the crown prince and Zhao Mo had different colors, so he asked, "What's the matter?"

The prince first signaled for Zhao Qi to retreat, and then said the reason. Zhao Mo also said: "The third cousin of the Qin family likes the box of organs, and the nephew and grandson asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for the lacquer box, and originally planned to give it to Qin San's cousin on her birthday next month. Because a box was too simple as a gift, the nephew and grandson prepared some other things and put them in the study together with the box. The people waiting in the study knew in their hearts that no one could touch the box. The nephew and grandson have only recently moved into the other courtyard, and most of the visitors on weekdays are in the hall of the outer courtyard, and they rarely invite outsiders to the study. It was very strange that those Beirong spies could know that this box was placed in their nephew's study. The nephew and grandson only knew that the people waiting in the courtyard were either from the palace or transferred from Suning, and it was impossible for anyone to collude with Beirong. And if you are not a trustworthy person, you will not be qualified to enter the study of your nephew. ”

The emperor frowned and asked Zhao Mo, "How many people know that you put this box in the study?"

Zhao Mo hesitated a little: "My nephew didn't tell anyone...... This was a surprise he prepared, and even Qin Hanzhen didn't know it, at most, Ah Shou and Ah Xing, who were waiting closely, knew a little bit, and then it was Fei's mother who prepared jewelry and other gifts for him, and even Qingdai only knew a rough shadow from Fei's mother at most, because she never came to the study. But these people are all his henchmen, and it is impossible to leak secrets.

The prince interjected beside him: "The retainers know." Guanglu mentioned it during the casual conversation, and also mentioned that he wanted to put something in the box as a birthday gift for the cousin and niece of the Qin family. Erchen teased him at the time. This is not a confidential matter, so there are palace people and chamberlains present. He paused, "Donggong may need to investigate thoroughly." ”

The emperor was noncommittal about this, and even if the East Palace really wanted to conduct an investigation, it would not act openly. He ordered Zhao Mo to open the cloth bag: "Let's see what is inside." The Beirong people want to hide this item in your study, and they also make it clear that they must put it in before your birthday, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd?!"

Zhao Mo acted as ordered, carefully placed the cloth bag in a place where everyone could see it clearly, and then slowly opened the cloth knot on the cloth bag so that the emperor and the crown prince could see that the cloth knot was intact. When I opened the bag, I saw another bag inside, which wrapped the contents very tightly. It seems that those Beijung people still hide this bag of things quite tightly.

Zhao Mo unwrapped the small cloth bag again, revealing a stack of letters inside. These are all open letters, some new and some old, and the handwriting on the envelope seems to look familiar. Zhao Mo couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

"What is it?" the Emperor asked. The prince also looked at it curiously.

Zhao Mo knew that now was not the time to do tricks, and he had nothing to fear, so he presented all the letters to the bookcase in front of the emperor: "It's a few letters, and this one is ...... The handwriting is somewhat like the words of the nephew's father, as if it was written in the tone of the nephew's father to the nephew's son. However, all the letters from his father that his nephews and grandchildren had received were well preserved and could not have fallen into the hands of others. ”

"Zhao Shuo's letter?" the emperor raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but chuckle, "I heard that your father was coaxed into taking the Beirong female spy as a concubine, and Zhao Qi is the son born to the female spy, and it is not strange that his letter will fall into the hands of the Beirong people." But what is the idea of the Beirong people to put such a lot of effort into sending this letter into your study?"

Zhao Mo's forehead sweated slightly, and he said solemnly: "Back to the emperor, these letters ...... It may not really be written by my father. If he had ever written to his nephews and grandchildren, but it fell into the hands of others, it would have been impossible for him to remain silent. "The most important thing is, what exactly are these letters? The Beirong people sent them to his study, and they made it clear that they must be delivered before his birthday, it must be ill-intentioned, what are they thinking?!

The prince picked up the letter on the top and was about to open it, Zhao Mo hurriedly said: "Your Highness be careful!" The prince just smiled at him: "It's okay." I don't believe that the people of Beijung have gone to such great lengths to send these letters to your study, they are just trying to plot against you in order to manipulate the letters. If you can do this, wouldn't it be more straightforward to directly ask Zhao Qi to drug your diet? Or let Zhao Qi give you a gift that you have done for your hands and feet, and you can still be wary of it in advance? Whether this letter is true or not, it looks like it is true, and it must be seen by people to make it work, isn't it?"

He opened the letter, the more he looked at it, the more strange his expression became, and he glanced at Zhao Mo before handing the letter to the emperor. The emperor glanced at it a few times, and also showed a strange look. He didn't say anything, and directly handed the letter to Zhao Mo.

Zhao Mo hurriedly took the letter with both hands and looked down. Seeing this, he couldn't help but curse "despicable" in his heart.

That letter really looks like Zhao Shuo's handwriting, if it is imitated, it is really imitated. Considering the existence of Lan Xue, if the Beirong people really want to learn to imitate Zhao Shuo's handwriting, it must not be very difficult. And the content of the letter is more sensitive, it seems that Zhao Shuo is teaching his eldest son Zhao Mo a lesson, saying that he refuses to ask for a title for his father, nor does he want to seek an errand for his father, he is too unfilial, he is really ashamed of being a son of man, and he is ordered to find a way to find an errand for his father. Zhao Shuo threatened in the letter that if Zhao Mo couldn't do it, he would not agree to pass on his eldest son, so that the eldest son's plan would be frustrated and he would not be able to enter the East Palace!

This tone, this thought, is completely a letter that Zhao Shuo can write. But the problem is that Zhao Mo didn't plan anything, and if he refused to help his father find an errand and a title, he also told Zhao Shuo in person. Zhao Shuo really didn't need to repeat what he had said to his son in the form of a letter. This letter must have been forged!

Since this letter is false, what does the remaining letter say?

The emperor, the crown prince and Zhao Mo took turns to read the rest of the letters, and they were all silent. Zhao Mo's face was even more ugly.

There are not only imitations of Zhao Shuo's letters to his eldest son Zhao Mo, but also imitations of Zhao Mo's letters to Zhao Shuo's reply, all of which are responses to Zhao Shuo's words. At first, "Zhao Mo" seemed to be righteously refusing his father's request, and his words were also very high-sounding; but as "Zhao Shuo's" threatening tone deepened in the second letter, "Zhao Mo" also began to make concessions, saying that there was something to say, what could the father and son not discuss and solve? The father is now inconvenient to receive errands, and in a few years he can plan it, and said that he will solve it for his father, so that his father should not worry; then, it is "Zhao Shuo" who threatens his son again, this time "Zhao Mo" He was relieved again, saying that his current ability is limited, and he can promise not many benefits to his father, but as long as his father can cooperate with him and make him become the heir of the East Palace, he will ascend the throne as the emperor in the future, and he will never treat his father badly, but it is now at a critical moment, and his father can't cause chaos for him.

This letter is completely forged! But the tone of the speech is very similar to that of the person concerned, and there are many contents, all of which are the true thoughts that Zhao Shuo once revealed. It can be said that most of the content here can easily be fooled if you are not a person who knows the inside story.

But that's not the point. The point is that the fake attitude of Zhao Mo towards the succession to the royal family is completely contrary to his true thoughts.

But what if the emperor and the crown prince read the letter and believed it?