Although the crown prince has been imprisoned and the Mao family has been sealed, the prince's affairs have continued until the end of October, and the people in Kyoto are panicked, for fear of sticking to something related to the prince.

Outside the Yuwang Mansion when the sky was dark, Qi Xiangsi waited at the mouth of the alley for more than an hour before the carriage came back, and Lu Qin, who went down first, saw a figure not far away, and then walked towards Qi Xiangsi.

"Miss Qi, please."

Lu Qin brought Qi Xiangsi into Yuwang's Mansion from the alley, walked through a few gardens, the huge Yuwang Mansion was quiet, Qi Xiangsi followed Lu Qin to the front hall, Yan Congyu had just come back from Tongzhou, and he was dusty.

Half a month has passed since she learned the news, and she can't ask others about him openly, so she can only come to Yuwangfu to guard, and today is the third time.

Qi Xiangsi looked at him without delay: "I heard that some of the officials arrested in Yongzhou confessed to concealing the case of the Qi family's extermination, is it related to you, Lord Wang?" ”

Yan Congyu washed his hands, took the cloth towel to dry, and said lightly: "Yes." ”

Qi Xiangsi breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, she guessed correctly: "Then when will it be checked?" ”

"Miss Qi, now the case file is in the Criminal Department, if you want to investigate, I'm afraid it will take some time." Lu Qin has been running around with the prince these days, all for the sake of private salt, not to mention the case of the Qi family six years ago, the criminal department has pressed so many files, and in the end, after the matter is understood, it will be a long time to investigate one by one.

Qi Xiangsi didn't think about it so quickly, if the Criminal Department started soon, the things left by his grandfather and father would not be able to be saved.

seemed to see Qi Xiangsi's worries, Yan Congyu added: "The matter of private salt will not end in half a year." ”

Although Zhao Wangye found ironclad evidence, it can't explain everything, in ten years, how many officials have been involved in this transaction, and they have to spend energy to investigate, even if the saint does not investigate it to the end in the end, then what should be investigated still has to be investigated.

More importantly, the replacement of officials, after the fall of many officials, the imperial court is also short of manpower, and the prince's matter has not yet been tried, these old cases that have been placed in the criminal department must wait until all the dust settles before they have time to take care of it.

After getting the affirmation, Qi Xiangsi's heart relaxed, and she also understood that those officials brought back from Yongzhou, if he hadn't been involved in it, would never have confided a few more things to aggravate her charges.

"Thank you." She smiled at him, and she had to thank him whether it worked out or not.

Yan Congyu's hand holding the cup moved slightly, but in the end he didn't say anything, and Lu Qin on the side was much more enthusiastic than his master: "Miss Qi has been waiting outside for so long, and she hasn't eaten yet." ”

"No, you don't." Qi Xiangsi hurriedly shook his head, "I have to go back, I won't be able to go back to the palace if it's late." ”

Lu Qin glanced at his master: "Then I'll send the girl out." ”

After sending Qi Xiangsi away, when Lu Qin came back, Yan Congyu was already in the study, and after changing his clothes, he sat at the table and flipped through the case file, which was what Lu Qin and Qi Xiangsi said just now, leaving the file on the Qi family's case in the Criminal Department.

Lu Qin brought the porridge that the housekeeper had put outside inside: "Lord Wang, you didn't eat when you came back, let's eat some first and then see." ”

Yan Congyu tapped the table and asked him to put it down, and Lu Qin looked at the piles of files, and stopped talking.

"Something?" Yan Congyu looked up at him.

Lu Qin's expression flashed: "Lord Wang, Miss Qi has gone back." ”

Yan Congyu hummed lightly, Lu Qin's eyes flashed with confusion, and after holding it for a while, he couldn't help but open his mouth: "Master, you investigated this case for her, why didn't you sue her." "It's clear that the file is here, so I have to say that it's in the Criminal Department.

There was the sound of flipping books, Yan Congyu didn't answer him, Lu Qin had to exit the house, and several guards guarding outside saw Lu Qin coming out, and one of them hurriedly pulled him to the side: "Brother Lu, Miss Qi went back alone?" ”

Lu Qin nodded: "There is a carriage to pick her up." ”

"It's so late, how unsafe it is for her to go back to a girl's house." One of the guards said in a low voice, "Big brother, you sent her out, why don't you send people to the palace gate." ”

Lu Qin looked at them funny: "Why, I bought you with a bowl of noodles before." ”

"That's not what you said, the prince didn't do this to anyone."

A few small ones can see it clearly, Lu Qin is helpless, he knows the master's temper very well, the question just now is already overstepping, about Miss Qi, I'm afraid that the concubine Niangniang can't ask one, two, or three when she comes.

"The prince has his own ideas for doing things, whether there is anyone to follow or not, it is your turn to worry." Lu Qin knocked them and left the main courtyard, leaving the two of them looking at each other.

"What do you mean by that, did you send someone?"

"Then you don't need to ask, it must have been sent, and the prince can do things slower than we think."

"Or you have a point."

The night was dark and windy, and at the end of October, the chill outside the house reached the window.

Qi Xiangsi sat in front of the window, there were a few lamps lit in the room, there was a lamp on the table in front of the window, an ink-colored cufflink was placed in the sewing basket next to it, and the other was in Qi Xiangsi's hand.

Compared with when she first arrived at Qi's house, Qi Xiangsi's female celebrity has improved a lot, but it is not easy to embed carved gems on cufflinks, and she was busy for a few days before making one.

Hiding the thread in the dark, Qi Xiangsi turned it over and looked at it, the cloth used for the cufflinks was the best, and the gems were also specially selected and polished by her, and she only looked at the one on the wrist of the little prince, and she could barely remember a rough idea.

"It should be almost." Qi Xiangsi looked at the two together, and they looked quite like his.

The things she bought on the day of the beggar festival were paid for with the gems on his cufflinks, and she was a little reluctant to go and didn't want to owe favors, but she couldn't find the same one in several shops, so she had to do it herself.

Putting down the cufflinks, Qi Xiangsi rubbed his neck and got up, and at this time the courtyard was quiet and quiet, and there was no sound at all.

Qi Xiangsi pushed open the door and walked out of the house, it was windy tonight, thick clouds covered the sky, the light of the crescent moon was faintly transparent, and I didn't know when it would break through and see the moon.

After staying outside for a while, Qi Xiangsi quickly returned to the house to rest.

After a long time, the sky gradually turned gray, and at dawn, the morning market in Kyoto City was lit up on the fifth watch, and in the grayness, there were people entering from the city gate, carrying burdens and pushing carts to catch the market.

At this time, it was already the early dynasty, compared to the bustle of the morning market, the court was quiet, several important ministers stood there without saying a word, and those below were all bowing their heads, and in the middle of the court knelt the attendant of the Ministry of Rites, his body trembled tremblingly, and the sweat on his forehead had dripped to the ground.

"Dong Aiqing, what Lord Xu said is true."

In the middle of the sound, a faint question came from the dragon chair, and the body of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites kneeling on the ground trembled, raised his head and pretended to be calm: "Your Majesty, what the minister said is true, Lord Xu is planting slander." ”

"Your Majesty." Lord Xu came out of the ranks, and knelt beside the waiter of the Ministry of Rites with a solemn expression, "The emperor Mingjian, the ministers and others have found out the truth, Lord Dong has used diplomatic relations to communicate privately with foreign clans, and has searched for letters in his mansion, these letters have been delivered by Lord Dong for the prince, and the time has been two years. ”

"You're squirting blood!" Dong Shilang glared at Lord Xu angrily, and then knelt down and begged the emperor, "The matter of the letter is not even clear to the minister himself, Lord Xu can still find it from the minister's home, the minister has only been in office for three years, how can he communicate with foreign people for two years, this is slander!" ”

"Whether the slander is evidenced by letters, the minister is by no means untrustworthy."

The princes in the front looked at it coldly, Yan Congyu was also among them, he was standing beside King Yueyang, and it seemed to be expected that this scene would happen.

The two people in the court argued, Lord Dong did not admit that he had a private correspondence with people of foreign tribes, and Lord Xu said that he did, and also cited several evidences of his abnormal behavior with letters.

Soon, the emperor became impatient when he listened: "Xu Aiqing, if you say that, it means that the prince has a private relationship with a foreign family." ”

Lord Xu nodded: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first transported and sold illicit salt to foreign clans, and then there was this unscrupulous contact, Yongzhou and Nanhuai and other places have evidence of his private troops, the prince is intending to unite with foreign clans to rebel!" ”

With a hammer down, the prince who was locked in the prison had one more charge of attempting rebellion, and the emperor didn't seem to be moved, but looked at the prince Zhao who was in the forefront: "Lao Jiu, what do you say." ”

Zhao Wangye came out and said respectfully: "Father, the evidence of the eldest brother's mastermind of private salt is conclusive, and it is indistinguishable, Northern Xinjiang has often violated our dynasty since ancient times, but because of its cold location and lack of materials, they have been short of salt for so many years, and now the eldest brother has transported the private salt out of our dynasty, and made transactions with those foreign clans, and directly solved a big problem for them, which means, and the son does not know what the eldest brother thinks." ”

The note submitted a month ago also stated that the prince collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, no matter what Prince Zhao said, it was also the same meaning.

The foreign race is short of materials, and the development cannot be strong, although there are intruders can be well stopped, but the prince still transports the things they lack, isn't it helping the family to become stronger, and the deep meaning of this strong is to encourage him to commit crimes or to cooperate in rebellion, which is a big crime.

"I want to know what he thinks, too." The emperor looked at the first assistant minister who had not spoken, "Wei Aiqing, what did the prince say?" ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not admit that he had dealings with foreign clans, and he did not collaborate with the enemy to betray the country and rebel, so he asked the emperor to learn from it." Master Wei was shocked in a nutshell, there was no way to admit this private salt, the ironclad facts, but this statement of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country was a failure.

Prince Zhao glanced at Lord Wei, and didn't say anything anymore, the court was quiet again, and he didn't know what the emperor was thinking, he looked around at everyone, and finally settled on Yan Congyu's body, and there was a smile on his face: "Eleven, you went to Tongzhou these days, how did you check." ”

"It's been verified."

"Okay." The emperor nodded, "You did a good job." ”

After saying so much before, no one got a word of praise, and the prince Yu checked a patrol and got the emperor's praise, and he clearly understood that the emperor was changing the topic, and if he didn't understand, he felt that the emperor was the emperor's weight.

After retiring from the dynasty, as in the previous times, there was no conclusion on how the prince would deal with it.

The officials came out of the hall one after another, Yan Congyu walked behind, and was stopped by Zhao Wangye after going down the steps.

Zhao Wang Ye stepped forward and patted Yan Congyu's shoulder, "Eleven, you've worked hard these days." ”

"That's what I'm supposed to do." Yan Congyu took a step to the side without a trace, and Zhao Wangye looked at his empty hand and smiled, "Eleven is still so reluctant to let people get too close." ”

"If you hadn't shared the worries of Brother Jiu this time, I'm afraid it wouldn't have been done so beautifully." Zhao Wangye followed him and walked forward, passing by several officials, Zhao Wangye's eyes fell on one of them, "Big brother has been locked up for so many days, have you been to see him." ”

"Nope."

"My father has so many sons, and I love you the most, but now I look at it, my father still loves my eldest brother the most." Zhao Wangye's tone paused slightly, his eyes flashed with dissatisfaction, and he looked at Yan Congyu with a smile, "I will have to work hard for you for a while after that." ”

Yan Congyu didn't say anything, and Prince Zhao was also used to his appearance: "By the way, the second brother has been sick for a few days, you have time to go and see him, after all, they are brothers." ”

"Okay."

The two of them walked to the gate of the palace, and Prince Zhao patted him on the shoulder again: "I have been out for a few days, and I haven't seen the concubine in the palace, so I won't pull you, you go and say hello to the concubine, let's continue another day." ”

"Brother Jiu, go slowly." Yan Congyu sent him out of the palace gate, turned around and walked in the direction of the inner palace.

Here, Prince Zhao went out of the palace, got into the carriage, bypassed the street into the alley, and stopped in front of an inconspicuous courtyard.

Waiting for him in the small courtyard was Master Wei, the first assistant minister who had just spoken for the prince in the court.

Changing the appearance of the prince in the court just now, Lord Wei respectfully invited Prince Zhao to enter: "What the prince said in the court today, Your Majesty must have a number in his heart. ”

"Having said so much, the Heavenly Father Emperor has not yet decided to dispose of the crown prince." Prince Zhao's face was slightly condensed, the matter of private salt was ironclad, and he was implicated with foreign clans in Northern Xinjiang, so he only sent the prince to prison.

"The Holy Lord hesitates about the prince, and the Mao family has already been disposed of." Master Wei smiled like an old fox, "Don't worry, the matter of abolishing the prince is sooner or later." ”

Prince Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly, he wasted so much energy, but it was not as simple as abolishing the prince: "My father wants me to hand over this matter to the fourth brother." ”

Master Wei poured him a cup of tea: "Don't be impatient, don't be impatient, now that the internal and external affairs of the court have been clarified, it is more appropriate to let the prince do it, you have already pleaded for His Royal Highness to become the king, and when the edict of the prince is abolished, you can also ask for brotherhood for him, showing your righteousness." ”

Zhao Wangye's words to him are undeniable, and he naturally knows the righteousness of his brothers, but he is just a waste of the prince, and his efforts in the past few years are not in vain.

"Lord Wang, you just need to wait now, and the rest of the matter can be entrusted to His Royal Highness King Yu." Lord Wei's wishful thinking played well, borrowed the shield in the front, and pulled the back of the back, now as long as he sits firmly, when the form comes, he will add fuel to the fire.

"I can't give it to him anymore." King Zhao's face sank, "Eleven is not my person. ”

"What do you think?"

"It's better to let the second brother atone for his sins." King Zhao said slowly, "Eleven is too deep. ”

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At noon, Qi Xiangsi returned to the courtyard from the western pharmacy and saw an unexpected person in the courtyard.

The lord of Xiyue County stood in the courtyard, followed by two palace people who were serving, and he didn't know what he was holding in his hand, and it seemed that he had been waiting for her for a while.

"Why are you back so late?" Seeing her coming, Xiyue pouted dissatisfiedly, she just wanted to go to the western pharmacy to find her and was stopped, this is too many rules in the hospital.

"Just come back and get something, I'll have to go over later." Qi Xiangsi unlocked the door and entered the house, Xiyue followed in without saying hello, she looked left and right, and finally fixed her eyes on the sewing basket that Qi Xiangsi had put on the table and didn't have time to put it away, her eyes lit up, "What is this." ”

Saying that, she was curious to pick it up and look at it, the cufflinks were inlaid with gems and were particularly beautiful, but they were not too eye-catching, even if she was young, she knew that this was not used by the girl's family, so she put the cufflinks back, turned around to look at Qi Xiangxi, but did not continue to ask anything, but asked the palace people to bring up the bird cage: "Look." ”

The palace people lifted the cover, and two beautiful canaries were revealed in the birdcage, with white flesh and white bodies, and they were still precious breeds, and they had only been raised for a few months.

Qi Xiangsi chuckled: "Bought it?" ”

Xiyue nodded, what she said was not wrong at all, it turned out that they didn't dig for bird eggs like she did, they all sent someone to buy the best looking ones back.

Qi Xiangsi looked at the tender yellow feathers on the bird's body, smiled and shook his head, this look is that domestic pets are not wild, but a few children are always enough, and there is no need to be so clear with her.

"Then you've won."

"I told them that I would wait until I was half a year old to be better than who called them." Xiyue glanced at the two canaries, "I'll pick the best so that I won't lose to them." ”

"What if they are raised to half a year old?"

Xiyue sat down and shook her legs slightly: "Then I'll go buy the best sounding one." ”

Qi Xiangsi smiled, it was really a little bit clear.

"Hey, you gave me the idea, and I haven't thanked you yet." Xiyue's cheeks were slightly red, and she rarely said such words, and her tone was a little uncomfortable.

"No thanks." Qi Xiangsi took the book and walked in front of her, looking at her with a smile, "I'm going back to the Western Pharmacy." ”

"Okay then." Xiyue got down from the stool and simply followed her out of the house, without staying long, bouncing back.

Qi Xiangsi shook her head helplessly, she has reported good news here this time, she shouldn't come

Unexpectedly, ten days have passed, and this little girl came to the hospital to look for her again, and smiled at her mysteriously, saying that she knew a big secret.