Chapter 44

Song Jieyu's matter came to light, because the matter involved was too big, Pan Xiao felt that he didn't have so much right to deal with it, so after a preliminary trial of Song Jieyu and Zhao Jieyu, he sorted out the matter and reported it to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother knew that it was a new round of trial there.

There was such a big movement in the harem, and Qi Mozhou naturally knew about it.

He was discussing things with Gan Xiang, and Li Shun quietly came to report the matter, and Qi Mozhou's face was not very good, because this time it was Song Jieyu who had the accident, so that Qi Mozhou had to re-examine it, and Rao was he couldn't help but suspect that it was Pan Chen's hand, but he didn't believe that she had such a great ability to turn the harem upside down.

Gan Xiang was a young scribe in his thirties, who had never worn court clothes, dressed in half-worn Confucian clothes, and looked like a white-faced scholar.

"Is there something wrong with the emperor? Why don't you step back and come back tomorrow? ”

Qi Mozhou waved his hand: "No need, it's just a trivial matter, I asked Fu Ning to take a look, and Gan Xiang can continue." ”

No matter how big the matter of the harem is, it is not as important as the national affairs, Qi Mozhou can distinguish the priorities, and said to Gan Xiang, after Gan Xiang saluted, he continued to say If it is like today, about half an hour later, Fu Ning, the commander of the imperial guards, personally came to report the case of Song Jieyu in the harem.

"The emperor still deals with the affairs of the harem first, and these matters of the ministers cannot be solved in a day or two, and they still need to be discussed and formulated by the cabinet, the harem is uneven, and the emperor is easily distracted."

Qi Mozhou listened to Fu Ning's report, not interested in Song Jieyu's prostitution and chaos in the harem, but questioned the defense system of the harem, Fu Ning hurriedly went down to read the list of guards on duty on the night of the incident, Gan was also a teacher and friend relative to Qi Mozhou, and Qi Mozhou felt that there was nothing to hide about the harem, so he roughly told Gan Xiang about the matter, and Gan Xiang also felt strange about this matter:

"The harem is heavily guarded, who dares to do such a rebellious thing?"

Qi Mozhou walked out from behind the dragon case and called Li Shun: "Let Pan Zhaoyi come over." ”

After Li Shun received the order, Gan Xiangcai asked Qi Mozhou: "Pan Zhaoyi...... Is it Pan Xiang's daughter? That is, the particularly knowledgeable lady mentioned by the emperor last time? "When Pan Chen proposed the reform method of the scholar system, Qi Mozhou did not mention Pan Chen to others, but he did not hide it from Gan Xiang.

Qi Mozhou's chin: "The concubine of the Pan Xiang family is a very ...... Strange woman. ”

When Gan Xiang saw Qi Mozhou evaluating that Pan Zhaoyi, his expression was a little hesitant, this kind of hesitation was not very common on the face of this young emperor who had always had a firm attitude, and Gan Xiang couldn't help but smile: "Even if it's weird, it must be a strange and surprisingly strange woman, and the emperor values it." ”

Regarding Gan Xiang's words, Qi Mozhou did not refute them, pursed his lips and smiled, and Gan Xiang knew it in his heart: "I really can't imagine that Pan Xiang can give birth to such a strange woman, it's really unbelievable." ”

Qi Mozhou seemed to be quite touched by Gan Xiang's words, nodded and said: "I also think so, Pan Xiang is pedantic and rigid, biting to death the identity of the Shi clan, and still refuses to blurt out, his daughter is a smart one." ”

"How is it compared to the daughter of the Pan family?"

Gan Xiang dared to ask Qi Mozhou. If this question is asked by others, Qi Mozhou will definitely doubt his intentions, but the question is Gan Xiang, there is no secret between Qi Mozhou and Gan Xiang, before Gan Xiang entered the court as the prime minister, he was under the command of the first emperor as a military advisor, and Qi Mozhou is not much different in age, and his knowledge and ideas are also very similar, he is the most trusted right-hand man of Qi Mozhou, smiling slightly, Qi Mozhou was blunt:

"If she doesn't have two hearts, she can cultivate." After this sentence, Qi Mozhou was silent, because what Qi Mozhou didn't say was that he still couldn't be sure if she had no second thoughts. In many things, she is almost as smart as a demon, and there must be differences if there is a demon.

Qi Mozhou's evaluation of Pan Chen made Gan Xiang feel a little surprised, he had never interfered in the affairs of the harem, but he also knew that the court and the opposition were rumored that the daughter of the Pan family was a good woman, and her reputation for virtue was far and wide, and she was the best candidate for the queen in the future, even Gan Xiang once felt that the emperor suppressed the Shi clan, and the Shi clan would inevitably riot, so he was very likely to canonize the daughter of the Pan family as the queen, and the Anshi clan was indignant, but now that it sounds, he thought wrong.

I just don't know if the meaning of 'can be cultivated' in the emperor's mouth is the meaning he understands.

Pan Chen didn't expect that Qi Mozhou would summon her at this time, when Li Shun went to pass the word, she was still staying in the Queen Mother's Kangshou Palace, no matter how Song Jieyu asked, she couldn't ask why, she knew that crying, the Queen Mother annoyed her, so she went to the apse to rest, but they couldn't go, a group of concubines were staring at each other there, but no one could say why.

When Pan Chen walked out of Kangshou Palace, he felt that his back was about to catch fire when he showed the concubines, Ning Shufei and Shen Shuyuan unabashedly expressed their contempt for her, Pan Chen just didn't see it, and went out hard, and he was still very grateful to Qi Mozhou in his heart, after all, it was good to be able to come out and breathe fresh air, and after returning to the Roufu Hall to change his clothes, he went to the Taihe Hall with Li Shun.

After arriving at the Taihe Palace, Pan Chen didn't expect that there were outsiders in the hall, a man who looked like a young scribe stood on the side with his head bowed, his eyes did not squint, and he did not look at her in a proper manner, Pan Chen stepped forward to salute Qi Mozhou, Qi Mozhou pointed to the young scribe, and introduced:

"Gan Xiang doesn't need to be polite, she is Pan Zhaoyi."

Pan Chen's heart tightened, he thought that Qi Mozhou called her over to ask Song Jieyu about it, but now that there are outsiders, Pan Chen can't figure out what Qi Mozhou means, and quietly salutes the young scribe, this is the prime minister Gan Cheng who is as famous as Pan Tan, Pan Chen does not dare to slack off.

After the salute, Qi Mozhou asked Pan Chen, "What did Song Jieyu say about that?" ”

If there was only Qi Mozhou alone, Pan Chen would be able to speak freely, but there were outsiders, and Pan Chen could only release official news in a matter-of-fact manner.

After she explained the general situation, Qi Mozhou frowned and sat on the dragon chair, and tapped two fingers on the armrest of the pure gold dragon chair:

"What do you think about this?"

"The harem is heavily guarded, it stands to reason that there shouldn't be such a thing, and I have to wait for Commander Fu to check the people on duty that night to see if there is anything suspicious."

As he was talking, Fu Ning came back from the harem, holding a duty book in his hand, the tall figure seemed to be sitting on a mountain, and when he entered the door, the light in the hall was almost covered a lot, Pan Chen looked up at him, Fu Ning saw that she was also there, and he hugged his fists and bowed his hands, and Pan Chen returned the salute.

Qi Mozhou took the roster handed over by Fu Ning, and after scanning it back and forth a few times, he handed it to Gan Xiang on the side, and then he paced with his hands in his hands: "This matter is very strange, and it must be investigated, if it is among your people, there are unscrupulous people, you know how to do it." ”

Fu Ning immediately knelt down: "Your Majesty, I checked the duty list before, and I didn't find anything abnormal, the minister's ministers know it in their hearts, and they are by no means such rebellious and crazy people, but this matter is the responsibility of the ministers, and it is also their dereliction of duty, and the ministers will definitely handle it impartially and find out the truth of the matter." ”

Qi Mozhou raised his hand to him and said, "It's good to find out what happened, it's not that there must be something wrong with your soldiers." ”

"Yes." Although Fu Ning said this, he was still ashamed on his face, after all, it was something that happened within his jurisdiction, whether it was his person or not, he had an unshirkable responsibility.

Gan Xiang looked the list up and down, and said pertinently: "These are all from our Mobei, I know everyone, and it stands to reason that it is impossible to do such a thing." Could it be that there were assassins that night? ”

Pan Chen glanced at Gan Xiang, and couldn't help but purse his lips, he only felt that this uncle had a big brain, is there something wrong with the human assassin? Went to great lengths to break into the palace, just to get a concubine? Not stealing, not robbing, not killing, it simply tarnishes the word assassin.

Qi Mozhou was already observing her, and when he saw her secretly snickering expression, he asked:

"What? Do you have something to say? ”

Fu Ning and Gan Xiang's eyes also looked at Pan Chen, Pan Chen's back was cold, he felt that he had given Qi Mozhou another pit, he would look at him with his eyes, seeing that he was looking at himself for a long time, with the intention of looking at her jokes, Pan Chen took a deep breath, and after thinking about the words, he said to Gan Xiang and Fu Ning:

"Actually, I don't think it's necessarily guards and assassins."

"It's not assassins and guards, so who else will be in the harem at that time?" Fu Ning was tall and big, eager to find out the truth, and was very interested in Pan Chen's opinion.

Pan Chen licked his lips: "There are also eunuchs and palace maids." The palace grabbed a handful. ”

Fu Ning said helplessly: "Didn't Song Jieyu say that she was violated?" Eunuchs and court maids...... Pan Zhaoyi don't make trouble. ”

Pan Chen shook his head decisively: "It's not to add to the chaos, I really think so." I will tell you what happened to Song Jieyu that night, and then tell you again, Song Jieyu came out of Yan Zhaoyi's palace that night, remembered that the pattern was not described, so she asked the only palace maid to go back to Yan Zhaoyi's palace to draw the pattern, and then she walked alone halfway and was knocked unconscious, and when she woke up, she found herself in the rockery, disheveled, and was violated, and then she got dressed and walked back to the Splendid Palace, and at that time, her maidservant Chun Tao had not gone back. In other words, from the time she was attacked to the time she returned to the Splendid Palace, that is, the time of a stick of incense, do you understand what it means? ”

Gan Xiang and Fu Ning glanced at each other, Fu Ning lowered his eyes and shook his head, puzzled: "What do you mean?" What does only the time of a stick of incense mean? ”

Pan Chen hesitated a little, looked at Qi Mozhou, wanted to speak and stopped, and finally said to Qi Mozhou: "Explanation...... Why don't I talk to the emperor alone. ”

Qi Mozhou was stunned for a moment, looked at Fu Ning and Gan Xiang, and after coughing dryly, he gave Pan Chen a warning look, and said coldly: "Commander Fu and Gan Xiang are not outsiders, but it doesn't hurt for you to say it." ”

Pan Chen pursed his lips and hesitated for a moment, since Qi Mozhou asked for this, then don't blame her, opened his mouth and said happily:

"Description...... The time to do things is too short. ”