On the one hand, the prince suspected that it was the Zhao family, and the Zhao family over there, like Empress Zhao, suspected that it was the prince, and hurriedly entered the palace.

Old Lady Zhao frowned, "It's not the Zhao family, it's not the crown prince, who will it be who wants the life of the county lord of Changle?"

The crown prince thought of the crown princess and said, "The crown princess had this idea, but I dispelled it, could it be King Mu's mansion?"

Old Lady Zhao shook her head, "I don't think so, King Mu is not so stupid." ”

The prince's face darkened a little.

He doesn't doubt Mu Wangfu, if he doubts him, is he so stupid?

Empress Zhao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If it's not for you, I'll rest assured, Xu is the county lord of Changle really can't think of hanging himself." ”

In fact, it is best for the county lord of Changle to hang himself, and he knows the general situation, so as not to be caught in the middle of the queen mother's dilemma.

It's just that the palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, once the Queen Mother is involved......

Empress Zhao sighed in her heart.

It's time to talk to the Queen Mother.

Empress Zhao cheered up and went to Yongning Palace, the Queen Mother leaned on the big pillow, looking haggard, grief-stricken, holding a purse in her hand, which was embroidered by the lord of Changle County, the stitches were not fine enough, and the style was not exquisite, but it was better than a heart.

The Queen Mother has loved the county lord of Changle since she was a child, and made an exception to give her the title of county lord, and she was very favored, but now it is gone, undoubtedly stabbing the queen mother's heart with a knife.

The Queen Mother couldn't imagine what the eldest princess would be heartbroken when she lost her son and daughter one after another.

Empress Zhao didn't know how to persuade her, it was she and Concubine Li Guifei who competed for the position of prince, which affected the county lord of Changle.

She stood quietly aside, waiting for the Queen Mother to recover from her grief.

Outside, a palace maid hurriedly came in and said, "Queen Mother, I found out, the county lord was killed, not hanged!"

The Queen Mother's mournful eyes burst out with an astonishing cold glow in an instant, and she roared hysterically, "Check the mourning family! No matter who it is, the mourning family will divide her nine clans and five horses!"

The palace maid's back was cold, and the queen mother withdrew her eyes and swept over Empress Zhao's face.

Empress Zhao's back was worried.

The queen mother's glance was warning her that if it was the Zhao family's hand, she would want the Zhao family to accompany the county lord of Changle to the funeral.

The East Palace was broken into by the assassins, and half of it was burned, and the lord of Changle was killed again, and the stakes were very high, and the emperor sent the prince into the palace to strengthen the palace and Kyoto guards.

At noon, the prince came back from the palace, turned over and dismounted, and while entering the palace, he commanded, "Call the prince and the princess to the study to see me." ”

The secret guard is the palace only after the help of the commander of the Praetorian Guard, the prince will definitely know that he wants to ask, Chu Li is prepared, but Minglan does not.

With apprehension, Minglan followed Chu and left the study in the outer courtyard.

Chu Li pushed the door in, and then saw a middle-aged man in the study who looked white and clean, and there were some fat middle-aged men, his eyes were calm and wise, but the clothes on his body were ...... Like a housekeeper.

Minglan has been in charge of the palace for a while, and the big and small housekeepers have also seen it, and the important thing is that this housekeeper's clothes don't look like the palace's.

The threshold from the palace is high, and the old lady may not be able to come in before, this housekeeper is......

Minglan was curious, and the housekeeper stepped forward to salute, "My subordinates have seen the prince and the princess." ”

Subordinate?

The secret guard of the palace?

I've never seen anything like this...... The blessed secret guard is ridiculous at first glance in martial arts.

Chu Li raised his eyebrows and said, "You sent the account books and testimony to the imperial study?"

The dark guard bowed his head lightly and generously admitted.

Then, Minglan silently took back the above thoughts, and could easily enter and exit the palace and the imperial study, and his martial arts were ordinary.

Chu Li and Minglan stood aside, and the prince asked the steward, "Since you are back, you should know what I will ask." ”

Coincidentally, the dark guard had just returned home.

The Mo family was surrounded by water, and the emperor asked the criminal department to go to Jingzhou to investigate the case, the Mo family had no chance to turn over, and he had no need to stay in the Mo family.

But what the prince wants to know, he actually can't give an answer, how much he knows, the secret guard will say as much, "The subordinates entered the Mo family at the age of twelve and stayed in the Mo family for thirty-two years, and the old prince only gave his subordinates a task, let the subordinates collect evidence of the Mo family's crimes, and once the news spread that the prince was not the old princess's own child, let the subordinates send the testimony to the emperor." ”

Because the backer behind the Mo family is the old princess, and hundreds of officials in the court are used to protecting each other, he directly sends the recital, and nine times out of ten it can't fall into the hands of the emperor, so he took the risk of sneaking into the palace.

The prince frowned, although he had been mentally prepared that he was not the old princess's own child, and what the secret guard said was also in speculation, which was not surprising.

But listening to the secret guard, the prince still felt a little strange in his heart.

He was not born to the old princess, why didn't the old prince mention it for so many years?

Chu Li asked, "Then do you know who my father's biological mother is?"

The dark guard shook his head, "My subordinates don't know. ”

The secret guard only obeyed the instructions to do things, although the old prince installed him in the Mo family, but they were not allowed to help the abuse, so many years, they did not dare to forget for a day, and because they were sincere and strict-mouthed, they couldn't keep a low profile, they became the second in command of the Mo family, and they were the second in command most trusted by the first leader, and the other secret guard was in Jingzhou, and most of the evidence of ink greed was passed back from Jingzhou.

Chu Li hooked his lips, "Grandfather ordered this, aren't you all curious?"

The dark guard's eyes flashed, is the prince knocking on the side, he really doesn't know who the prince's biological mother is, but he doesn't know at all, that's not, he said, "The subordinates only know that the old prince's abandonment of the throne is related to the prince's biological mother." ”

The prince stood up in shock, and Chu Li and Minglan looked at each other.

I always thought that the old prince was disgusted with the hard work of being an emperor, so he didn't do it, but he didn't expect that he loved beauty and didn't love the country.

What kind of beauty is it, she has such charm, and no one knows who it is.

For the prince's biological mother, Minglan was curious as if he was being teased with goose feathers.

The secret guard knew so much, and he couldn't ask anything after interrogation, so he retreated.

As soon as the secret guard left, the prince was silent for a long time, and Chu Li couldn't help but ask, "Is my father looking for us?"

The prince came back to his senses and asked, "What are you sending people to the East Palace for?"

Before Chu Li could answer, the prince looked at Minglan again and asked, "I am not the old princess's own child, you told the third wife?"

No one has known for so many years, since Minglan got married, she shook it out, plus Minglan always said that she would dream of things that didn't happen, and the prince guessed her head as soon as he guessed.

Minglan can answer these two questions, and she also knows that the prince has no intention of blaming, just asking, or wanting to know more news from her.

It's just that she is going to disappoint the prince, and she really doesn't know anything about the prince's life experience.

Seeing that the prince looked disappointed, Chu Li sat aside, his enchanting phoenix eyes, as bright as the vast stars, "Father didn't think to go over and ask the old princess?"