Shen Guifei learned that her son was coming back today, and waited from the afternoon to the evening, and after hearing the palace people's return, she hurriedly asked people to bring water over, as soon as Yan Congyu entered the house, she stepped forward and asked him to take off his coat, and sprinkled the water in front of the Buddha with grapefruit leaves and sprinkled it on him, and after sprinkling it, he turned around: "After returning to the house, burn all the clothes you wore when you went, and let Steward Li prepare grapefruit water for you to take a bath to get rid of bad luck." ”

Yan Congyu frowned slightly, and after Shen Guifei finished sprinkling the grapefruit water, he quietly and quickly put on his clothes to prevent Shen Guifei from sprinkling again: "Father is bed?" ”

"Your father has been busy for a while, and he hasn't been here for a few days." The other concubines were looking forward to the emperor's visit, but Shen Guifei felt relaxed alone, she stepped forward to buckle the button for her son, "I said I won't let you go, this time I also encountered a murder." ”

"Don't go to this kind of thing in the future, there are some things in this palace that can't be explained, and if you want to get close to Lao Shi, the mother concubine won't say anything, but Lao Jiu, you can still avoid it, and you don't have to go south for him to investigate." Shen Guifei looked at her son with an indifferent expression, and paused when the words came to her lips, "What did the mother concubine mention to you before, how did you think about it." ”

Yan Congyu lightly refused: "No." ”

It seemed that she could anticipate her son's thoughts, and Shen Guifei persevered: "Concubine Liang asked for two side concubines for the tenth prince, and the concubine will be selected after the general election next year, and his lifelong event will be completed, you and him are two years apart, in fact, it is better to settle down early, choose a concubine for you, and your palace will be taken care of." ”

Yan Congyu turned his head to look at her, knowing what she was worried about, his tone softened a little, and he still refused: "No." ”

"Then what do you think, you should always talk to your mother." Shen Guifei said a few young ladies of the family she still liked, "That's not as good as your cousin of the Shen family."

"Mother, the ministers themselves will make the decisions in this matter."

Seeing that he still refused, Shen Guifei lost her temper: "Then you tell your mother what you did on this trip south." ”

"I went to Zhuzhou, stayed in Yongzhou for a few days, and inspected several people's conditions for Brother Jiu."

"Yongzhou." Shen Guifei pulled him to sit down, ordered someone to bring his favorite snacks, and said with a smile, "I went to Yongzhou when I was young, and your second uncle was not married at that time, and settled in a small county town south of Yongzhou. ”

Yan Congyu's expression was slight, and he thought of the situation when he met Miss Qi in Nanxian: "The mother concubine knows Nanxian County, Yongzhou. ”

Shen Guifei shook her head: "We didn't go to that place, what's wrong?" ”

"It's nothing, it's getting late, so the sons will go back to the house first, and then enter the palace another day to say hello to their father." Yan Congyu got up, Shen Guifei sighed, and urged the palace maid to put the pastries that had just been served into the drawer, "These are your favorite foods, take them back." ”

Watching her son leave, Shen Guifei stood at the door for a long time, until the grandmother in the house came to persuade her to go in, and Shen Guifei sighed: "This child is becoming less and less intimate now." ”

"The slave maid sees that the prince has just come back today, maybe he has something on his mind." Mama helped Shen Guifei into the house, "The prince is still the most filial to you." ”

"Bengong is worried about him, and someone has to be close to him for such a character." The son she gave birth to, she didn't care who cared for him, "I became a relative as soon as possible, and I had a caring companion by my side." ”

"The prince has an idea."

Shen Guifei leaned down on the couch, looked at the peach blossom tree that had fallen leaves outside, and smiled: "He has an idea, and this palace has to do this lifelong event for him, otherwise if he has such a temperament, when will this palace expect him to get married." ”

Mama laughed on the side, Shen Guifei looked at the peach blossom tree a little distracted, and it seemed that she had returned to the days of spring flowers, which was when she had just entered the palace.

The Shen family back then was completely different from now, the Shen family had mediocre seniority in the court, and the Shen family was not a big family.

When Shen Guifei entered the palace, like most show girls, she was crowned a beauty first, and her first visit was in the second month after entering the palace.

She remembered very well that night when the saint asked her what reward she wanted, she was still naïve at that time, she didn't think about anything, talking about the myths she had heard since she was a child, and wanted a cash cow.

Three days later, the saint really rewarded her with a cash cow, one and a half feet high, a trunk made of gold, a leaf made of gold, and gold ingots, gold and copper coins fell on it, and even the base was gold and silver, and when she brought it in, she almost flashed into her eyes.

Several beauties in the same courtyard were very envious, one of them imitated her, when the saint asked her when she liked it, she said that she liked the pearl of the night of the South China Sea, and after a few days, the saint really rewarded her.

At that time, Shen Guifei was still stunned holding the cash cow, and the two beauties in the same courtyard were fortunate several times in just over a month, and they had been promoted to Ji, and two months later they were promoted to do good ceremonies.

Later, the saint finally remembered her, and listened to her play the piano for the second time, and asked her what she wanted, at that time, Shen Guifei liked to see lotus flowers very much, and the next afternoon, several palace people carried a delicate large round jar over, which raised four or five lotus flowers, and when the flowers were blooming, she liked it very much.

At that time, she naively thought that the saints liked to give rewards, and as long as they wanted the saints, they would give them, but later, she suddenly learned that something had happened to the two fast-rising beauties.

It took more than a month for her to faintly hear the reason from others, and they made mistakes, one said that she wanted the saint to promote her father and brothers in her family, and the other said that she was uncomfortable living in another palace and wanted to live alone in one house.

It was at that time that she felt that the emperor's heart was unpredictable, and she felt what was the meaning behind the words of the saint when he said that she was "well-behaved and sensible and easy to satisfy".

For more than ten years, she has become the one who has been on the rise, speculating about the emperor's heart, and on the other hand, receiving the glory that many people can't envy, giving birth to a prince, being promoted to a concubine, and the Shen family is prosperous and rich.

Everyone else is curious, this Shen Guifei is really a capable person, she will give whatever the emperor wants, in fact, these are not the rewards she asked for, the rewards she asked for only countless gold, silver, jewelry and rare toys, that cash cow, she still keeps it after changing several palaces.

Shen Guifei came back to her senses, a look of tiredness appeared on her face, she knew what she could ask for and what she couldn't want, and it was precisely because of this that she had to plan more for her son

It was also deep, and the sound of the carriage was particularly abrupt on the street, and when he arrived at the Zhao Wangfu in the south of the house, Yan Congyu got off the carriage and quickly entered the Zhao Wangfu.

King Zhao's mansion was dark and silent, only the study room of the main courtyard was lit up, Yan Congyu was invited to the study, and King Zhao had been waiting there for a long time.

"I entered the palace and asked my mother to say goodbye." Yan Congyu didn't say much, and directly asked Lu Qin to hand over a few letters to him, and Lu Qin reported it, "There are some anomalies outside Yongzhou City, Zhao Wangye, you mentioned Nanxian, the prince didn't find anything in a few days, but the magistrate of Nanxian County is a little weird, and he has sent someone to watch there." ”

King Zhao looked at Yan Congyu helplessly: "You are really so reluctant to speak." ”

"The letter from Zhuzhou has found an official involved, but it is still unclear who it is." Lu Qin took out another letter and handed it to King Zhao.

"There will be a move over there in Nanxian sooner or later, and I also sent someone to go." King Zhao put a few letters on the table, and a smile appeared on his face that was somewhat similar to Yan Congyu, "If this matter is investigated, there will be no more quibbles over there." ”

Yan Congyu's eyes darkened slightly: "Brother Jiu has been to Nanxian. ”

King Zhao nodded: "Yes, I have also checked those places in Yongzhou, and I only know that the roots are so deep, and I am afraid that I will not be able to hide it when I get here." ”

Yan Congyu remembered the sarcastic look in his eyes again: "There was a big case in Nanxian County four years ago, does Brother Jiu know?" ”

"You mean the case of the Qi family's annihilation?" King Zhao didn't expect him to ask this, "I've heard a little about this. ”

"I heard about this case when I went to Yongzhou three years ago, but it probably didn't reach Kyoto, and the file was pressed there and not delivered." King Zhao's tone was like saying a very ordinary thing, so many people died, the reason why Kyoto didn't know it here was very simple, he was stopped halfway, the emperor was far away, and there was more than one thing that was stopped, nothing strange.

Yan Congyu frowned slightly, as she said, the case was hastily concluded, and even Yongzhou was not transmitted, let alone the case file was delivered to Kyoto.

"What, what happened to you when you went to Nanxian?" King Zhao couldn't help but feel surprised when he saw him pondering, this eleventh brother didn't care about anything on weekdays, and even the matter of checking illegal salt was when he suddenly recommended himself to help him, he was already surprised when he came to find it, and now he asked about the case four years ago, which is really unusual.

"Four years ago, it was still that county." Yan Congyu added lightly, and King Zhao's expression was pale, and then he paid attention to the focus of his speech, "You mean that the case of the Qi family's annihilation has something to do with this." ”

Yan Congyu nodded, and said quite incomprehensibly: "I was buried in the sea of fire overnight, and I died a strange death." ”

Hearing that it might be related to the case of illicit salt, King Zhao's attitude was completely different from just now: "I will send someone to investigate this case." ”

Yan Congyu didn't stay any longer, and soon left Zhao Wangfu, and after getting into the carriage, Lu Qin looked at the master who was recuperating there with his eyes closed, and he was puzzled in his heart.

What does the murder case in Nanxian County four years ago have to do with what the master went to investigate this time? I haven't heard of it, he has followed the prince to check for so many days and has not been on the side, let alone the Qi family's house, how could the master suddenly mention it to Zhao Wangye, and also lead Zhao Wangye to think about the two things together, four years ago, Yongzhou did not sell illicit salt.

Is it for Miss Qi?

Miss Qi killed someone and sneaked away in the middle of the night, if King Zhao sent someone to Nanxian to investigate, wouldn't he also find out about the tavern case.

Lu Qin rarely had a flash in his brain, but after the light, he felt a little scary, whether the master wanted to help people, or was he angry.