Chu Shaoyuan's mind sank slightly: "Father's funeral can't be done now, you have to find the poisoned person first, otherwise the death of my father is too unclear, besides, in the current situation, if the news of my father's death is spread, I am afraid that the frontier will not be peaceful, and the funeral must wait first, this king remembers that there is still a lot of ice stored in the ice cellar, and it is taken out and used, and my father's dragon body cannot be damaged in any way!" ”

Now anyone can see Chu Shaoyuan's depressed mood, Chu Shaoyuan decided like this, and several ministers couldn't refute it for a while, so they had to tie their hands and look at each other.

"Also," Chu Shaoyuan said this, he still felt that it was not enough, and added, "Martial law will be imposed on Yunfu City, if you want to leave the city, you must be closely investigated, and no suspicious people are allowed to be released, and guards must be strengthened everywhere in the city, the poisoned people can't go far, the palace people who served in the Qianyuan Hall before were all arrested with the eunuchs, Lu Zhengming, you are responsible for forcing their confessions out, this king wants to see who is so bold!" ”

Lu Zhengming hurriedly responded that he was a dignified secretary of the criminal department, and he was in charge of the confessions of several eunuchs and palace maids, which was inevitably a bit overkill, but now that it was an emergency, he couldn't take care of it much.

Such a series of things are almost explained, Chu Shaoyuan's expression inevitably has a little tiredness, at this time everything is piled up together, how the fourth child will act in Jiangnan, he expected that it will not be too simple, and Bai Lang is in Yunzhou City, now that his father is dead, Bai Lang has no one to restrain him, and how the plan between the fourth child and him will be implemented, even he can't think of it.

The palace people and eunuchs serving in the Qianyuan Palace were immediately imprisoned in the edict, and Zhao Yuande was not spared.

Most of the prisoners in the Imperial Prison are traitors and criminals, and suddenly such a group of people who are dressed very decently, and they are all errand men from the palace, all of a sudden, like an exploding pot, Sun Jin, the little official who is in charge of the torture in the Imperial Prison, rubs his hands, and looks like he is eager to try, he has long wanted to meet these dog slaves who are on errands in the palace for a while, and do not treat people as human beings.

Therefore, Sun Jin, who has always been known as the king of Little Yama, picked the biggest official and eunuch chief Zhao Yuande, and none of the prisoners who passed through his hands could come out with all the beards and tails, and Zhao Yuande was sent to the edict prison, he also understood this in his heart, he had already regarded himself as a dead man at the moment of Emperor Wen's death.

So in Sun Jin's hands, even if he was tortured a lot, Zhao Yuande still had that light and breezy appearance, which saw that Sun Jin gritted his teeth on the side, and after grinding Zhao Yuande for seven or eight hours, Sun Jin finally believed that Zhao Yuande was really innocent, and threw people aside casually, so he didn't care anymore.

And the others don't have such good luck, the edict has not been so lively for a long time, crying, shouting, screaming, and sorrowful are all mixed together, so that Sun Jin listens to it more and more beautifully, he almost squints his eyes in appreciation, and a cadre of people is waiting in his hands, and it is still light to withdraw a layer of skin.

Waiting until the next morning, Chu Shaoyuan went to the early court as before, because he had already held the authority of the prison country in his hands, so at this time, not many people could question the reasonableness of Chu Shaoyuan's prison country.

After the end of the early dynasty, several pavilion elders and Chu Shaoyuan discussed things together in the study of the Qianyuan Palace.

Lu Zhengming stepped forward first and said: "Those people who were imprisoned in the edict were relieved, according to Xu's godson, it rained very much that night, and Xu's father-in-law came out of the room with him, he said that he served Xu's father-in-law to wash and wear clothes, so he can be sure that there is absolutely no poison on Xu's father-in-law, when they arrived at the Qianyuan Palace, they were hit by a palace maid, the palace maid was panicked, and it looked very suspicious, Xu's sleeves were wet from the rain, but because he was in a hurry to serve the emperor, I didn't go back to change it, and the portrait of the palace maid was painted. ”

Chu Shaoyuan's face sank: "Release Zhao Yuande, since he is the chief eunuch, he will definitely know which palace this palace maid belongs to, and when you go to arrest people, don't startle the snake, this palace maid may just be a small person, and there will definitely be a big fish behind her!" ”

Lu Zhengming happened to mean the same thing, after Zhao Yuande came out with an injury, he glanced at the portrait and was suddenly a little surprised.

"This palace person is a new palace maid in the palace of Concubine Shuniang," Zhao Yuande affirmed, "She has often come to the Qianyuan Palace these days, and I heard that this palace is arrogant, and she has always wanted to serve the emperor when she was in the palace of Concubine Shu, and she wants to climb up, this is not ......"

"Go arrest!" Chu Shaoyuan was not interested in these palace secrets at all, his current idea was to catch people, and then talk about other things, if he couldn't even catch people, it would be useless to say that these were useless.

Zhao Yuande hurriedly stopped his mouth, there was almost no good meat on his body, but for the death of the emperor, it has always been the biggest pain in his heart, the emperor who has served for many years died in front of him all of a sudden, or with such a faceless death, such a revenge is not only Chu Shaoyuan has to be avenged, but even he, a defective person, has to be avenged!

Hurried all the way to the Shuhua Hall where Concubine Shu lived, Yan Yunwei just opened the door and went in to surround the courtyard, Concubine Shu walked out with Shi Shiran, and the palace people around her were lined up, with a look of horror on their faces.

"What? Yan Yunwei is this going to rebel or not? Concubine Shu's expression was as usual, she was not as panicked as the palace people, she had been up and down in the palace for many years, and she had always been open to these things.

"Concubine Niangniang is offended! This time I came to Niangniang to arrest the assassins, and I ask Niangniang not to embarrass the minions! "Zhao Yuande has always been very respectful of these concubines.

But Concubine Shu sneered, "Arrest the assassin? Zhao Yuande, who do you say is the assassin? What assassins will there be here in Hongu? Are you kidding Hongu? ”

There were several questions in a row, which made Zhao Yuande's head bigger, at this time, the emperor has already died, if Concubine Shu really knew about it, she must not hand over people so easily, and what Concubine Shu is trying to do is just the emperor's throne.

"Niangniang, you still have to shield the assassins now, don't you know that the palace is about to change?" Zhao Yuande suddenly made a tentative sound, and the people who followed him all looked sideways at Zhao Yuande.

Concubine Shu raised her eyebrows: "Change the sky?" Who is going to change the sky? Are you saying that Prince Ann is plotting to usurp the throne? ”

Speaking of which, it looks like a stubborn person, so that Zhao Yuande can't bear it, "Then I have to offend my mother!" ”

As soon as his hand was raised, Yan Yunwei entered the inner hall one after another, and each went to find someone.

"You dog minion! You dare to insult this palace like this, do you think this palace is dead? This palace is a concubine canonized by the emperor himself! You're going to rebel! ”

Concubine Shu was so angry that her hands were clenched tightly, and her nails dyed with Kodan were almost buttoned into the flesh.

Yan Yunwei rummaged through the boxes and cabinets for a long time and didn't find the whereabouts of the people in the palace, and after coming out, they shook their heads one after another, which made Zhao Yuande more and more angry, and he simply said bluntly: "It's a pity that Niangniang didn't choose the right time to protect the assassins, but it's a pity that Niangniang didn't choose the right time!" Fence off Shuhua Hall! Half of them are not allowed to let go! ”

After Zhao Yuande finished the order, he turned around and went to the Qianyuan Palace, such a major matter must be reported to Prince An, otherwise the opportunity will be delayed.

Concubine Shu was so angry that she shouted behind her: "You dog slave, you dare to seal the palace gate of this palace, you don't want this palace to catch you, otherwise this palace will break your body into pieces!" ”

No matter how angry he was, Zhao Yuande would never look back at her again.

When Chu Shaoyuan learned about this, he glanced at Zhao Yuande coldly, "What about the portrait?" ”

Zhao Yuande hurriedly presented the portrait with both hands.

"With such a portrait, you didn't want to come out with Concubine Shu?" Obviously, it has been drawn very clearly, and if Concubine Shu does not hand over the person, it means that she has already planned it, and at this time, she did not confront Concubine Shu, but said those useless words, which made Chu Shaoyuan very dissatisfied, but looking at the whip marks on Zhao Yuande's face, he endured the anger in his heart.

"You go back and rest first, since Concubine Shu is so fearless, it means that the fourth child is already going to take some action, take a good look at Concubine Shu, and then the main gate and back door of Shuhua Hall are sealed! Not even the dog cave is allowed to stay! ”

Chu Shaoyuan was sure that Concubine Shu would either send people away overnight, or put people under his nose, although he said that he had asked Yan Yunwei to go directly to Concubine Shu's palace to search for people, this kind of behavior was a bit too reckless, but there was no other way.

Shuhua Hall is already in chaos at the moment, Concubine Shufei just endured it, so she didn't fall, at this time watching the palace gate being nailed down a little bit, the front door and the back door have no way out, even if the sun outside the window is bright, she is trapped in such a deep palace compound, she looked at the jade Jue in her hand, and her heart sank a little bit.

"That's it! Don't be so lifeless! Concubine Shu couldn't help but roar, put away the jade jue in her hand, and turned her head to look at the palace people who served her, "It's just that you followed the palace to see the emperor in advance, and you are so afraid?" Don't panic, there's something more terrible waiting for you, it's just the beginning! ”

Concubine Shu has never been a good-tempered, good-natured person, whether it was when the queen was there before, or after the queen was gone, when she was under Concubine Zhuang, her temper has always been collected outside, and it was completely distributed in her own palace.

"Niangniang," Ning Rou was still bolder, and stepped forward to help Concubine Shu, "The fourth prince should be able to succeed at this time, don't worry, bear with it, you will always get through this hard time, we have survived for so many years, is it still a little bit short?" ”

Ning Rou's words made Concubine Shu couldn't help laughing: "Those who become big things are not informal, but I'm afraid that the palace won't be able to wait for that day to come, it's okay, it's okay!" When Empress Wei died, I also thought that the person who was pressing on top of my head was finally gone, and there would only be good days in the future, and there would be no more hard days, but who knew that the Queen Mother was so unhelpful, and she couldn't even be the master of her own son's own son, too, the emperor cherished Concubine Chen so much, wasn't he still provoked by a few words from the Queen Mother? Against the emperor, who has a chance of winning? ”

Concubine Shu's laughter was very loud, and at the same time vaguely a little miserable, she has always understood the situation in the palace, the rule of the law of the jungle is the same no matter where it is placed, if you want to be strong, you must have the corresponding ability, if you don't have the ability, you can only break the boat!

Ning Rou was taken aback, watching Concubine Shu push her away, reaching out and pulling down the curtain on the side, she was almost frightened by Concubine Shu.

"Mother, what are you doing here? You can't do that! Don't miss it! You still have to wait for the fourth master to save you, how can you! ”

Concubine Shu pushed Ning Rou, who crawled over to stop her, to the side, looked at her with cold eyes, and said word by word: "Now that you have to send an arrow, which one of you or this palace can escape?" No more! This palace tells you that if you don't use this method, you won't even be able to send the letter! ”

Ning Rou watched Concubine Shu throw the curtain over the beams of the house, the curtain was tied in a dead knot, her heart sank inch by inch, and she burst into tears when she looked at it.

"Mother, why are you doing this? Seeing ......"

"In this life, the palace has been too hard," Concubine Shu shook her head vigorously, at this moment, she no longer has any hope, even if she can live in the future, she also feels that there is no hope in life, "When the palace was reluctant to enter the palace, my father insisted on going his own way, and my brother swore to the palace that he would definitely push the palace to the position of the queen in the future, and the palace had no such ambition at the beginning, and now at this point, it is not necessary to have some thoughts, but it is a pity that ......"

A hint of clarity flashed in Concubine Shu's mind, and the person in her memory became more and more clear in the faint and hazy light, making the gloom in her eyes gradually disperse, but she smiled bitterly in the next moment.

"If there is an afterlife, this palace will never enter the palace again!"

The head got into the circle covered by the curtain, the stool under her feet kicked to the ground, and the face of Concubine Shu immediately appeared with a hideous color due to the lack of breathing, Ning Rou was so frightened that she hurriedly closed her eyes, until Concubine Shu's movement was small, she opened her eyes with tears on her face.

The news of Concubine Shu's suicide spread in the palace almost like a plague, and at the same time, even the death of the emperor was like a plague, from Shuhua Hall all the way to Ci'an Palace.

Empress Dowager Zhu has been a little unwell in the past few days due to the rainy weather in late autumn, and she has not had the time to take care of other things, and after hearing the news, she couldn't help but widen her eyes.