Jinyang City.

Because of the huge number of victims, the local parents and officials have long felt a headache for the resettlement of these suddenly extra people, and as soon as the poisonous porridge case came out, it almost caused a civil uprising.

In the end, the one who stabilized the situation in Jinyang City was Qi Yuanzhi, the secretary of Qingtian Mansion who was ordered by the emperor to come to the town in person.

Qi Yuanzhi is under the age of thirty, and in the eyes of many people, he is a hairy boy who has not grown up, but the emperor values him, and he himself has indeed made political achievements that are difficult to refute, so even if some people are unwilling, they are respectful to him on the surface.

For example, the Jinyang City Taishou in front of him, who is over half a hundred years old.

"Now that the overall situation has been decided, the culprit has been ambushed, and the secretary of state is busy with official business, I don't know when to set off? It's better to prepare for adults in advance. ”

Because his father is an official in the DPRK and China, and he is also a Beijing official, Qi Yuanzhi has seen too many big people since he was a child, and his current official character is high enough, and it is really not a role to be too guarded in a mere place, so since he arrived in Jinyang, he has not had a good attitude towards this waste-like Taishou, not to mention that he almost lost a city.

The reason why this Taishou can be an official is completely because of his father and family, he has no ability, and he usually doesn't know how many unsightly things he has done, standing in front of him, the secretary of Qingtian Mansion, he is naturally nervous, and he wishes he would get out of the house as soon as possible.

Knowing this, Qi Yuanzhi immediately snorted coldly: "So anxious to send me away? Is there anything else to hide in this case? ”

The smirk on Taishou's face immediately froze, and his voice was dry and denied: "How come, Qingtian Mansion has always been rigorous, and there are adults here to personally supervise the case, where will there be any secrets." ”

"That's because I brought too many people, and I ate your Taishou Mansion because of poverty?"

"No, no, no, no! Although it was a famine year, there was still food in the Taishou Mansion, and a few mouthfuls of food could still be afforded......"

"When you say this, it's like I'm eating your short mouth, don't worry, all the expenses of Qingtian Mansion will be reimbursed by the palace treasury, and I won't owe you a penny."

"My lord, don't entertain the lower officials, you know I didn't mean that......"

"Then shut up."

“……”

"Is there a place for you to put your beak in the case handled by Qingtian Mansion? We will naturally leave after we finish our work, and before that, be your keeper, otherwise what awaits you will be a paper order! ”

Taishou shook his whole body, and lowered his head deeply: "Yes!" My lord! ”

With another cold snort, Qi Yuanzhi raised his feet and walked away, leaving without looking back, while Taishou, who stood in place and waited until he couldn't hear his footsteps before straightening up and raising his face, had a deep resentment on his face.

Without taking this waste Taishou in his eyes, Qi Yuanzhi walked straight to his residence in the Taishou Mansion, where a middle-aged man in a blue robe was already waiting.

"My lord, there is news from Yinshan, it is a red arrow order."

"Red?" That's the highest level of news.

Qi Yuanzhi raised his eyebrows in surprise, took a small bamboo tube stained with cinnabar from the man's hand, and carefully inspected it and found that it was unopened before using a special technique to disassemble the bamboo tube and take out the note inside.

The note was very small, and the content conveyed was very small, just a few words, but Qi Yuanzhi looked at it for a long time, and then looked at the middle-aged man who was already curious about the content of the news with a solemn face, and said to him: "Hurry up and call Dr. Sima over, I have something important to ask him!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

After the man left, Qi Yuanzhi looked at the note in his hand again, then took out two flints and burned them, turned around and entered the room.

Almost at the same time that Qi Yuanzhi saw the note, He Zhe, who was far away in Shengjing, also received a message from the secret guard, so one of the oldest imperial doctors in the imperial doctor's workshop was called to the imperial study by him.

In less than an hour, the two protagonists knew the news that Roewe's wife Zhang Yunhua was suffering from soul distraction.

It's good news and bad news for them.

The good news is that because of this information, many of their previous doubts have been answered, for example, the information that has been collected one after another over this period of time always shows that the mastermind behind the scenes often gives inconsistent instructions, as if it is not a person who gives orders.

The bad news is that the person suffering from Soul Distraction is one individual, but mentally two completely different people, and until they come into contact with her face-to-face, they can't tell which of the two separate individuals is the one they want to capture, or both?

If there is only one, is the other innocent?

Thinking of what the old imperial doctor said just now, Concubine De's face suddenly appeared in front of He Zhe's eyes.

He still remembered the feeling he had when he first saw Concubine De, as if he had suddenly seen a clear spring in the middle of a desert, and a bright moon was reflected in the spring, which shone straight into his heart.

At that time, he was thinking, what kind of family can raise such a girl, obviously there is only one widow left in the general's mansion who has been widowed for many years and is sick in bed all the year round, is it after the nobles left by the previous dynasty in the mansion?

However, Qingtian Mansion quickly found out that there was no so-called nobleman of the former dynasty in the General's Mansion, and the little girl he took a fancy to was brought up by Mrs. Rongwei.

can raise such a daughter, no wonder General Rongwei at that time would rather take her home in the name of robbing marriage.

It is precisely because of this psychological cognition that He Zhe has always treated General Rongwei's Mansion very favorably, and he has almost reached the point of spoiling Concubine De.

However, he knew that with his support, Concubine De's child would not be able to be the prince, so he had been waiting, waiting for the two men in the General's Mansion to become the backing of the little prince, and also for the little prince to really grow up and shoulder the name of "prince".

However, just when he was about to prepare for the establishment of the reserve, the Qingtian Mansion found out that the mastermind behind many events over the years was in the General's Mansion, and the matter of the establishment of the reserve was stillborn before it began.

After hearing the news, the suspicious personality traits of the He family were exposed from He Zhe almost immediately.

He began to suspect Concubine De's nature, deliberately alienated her, and sent secret guards in the palace to investigate the relevant news, and then was startled by some of the tricks and feet that Concubine De had done openly and secretly over the years!

If you want to gain a foothold in the harem, you can't just rely on the emperor's favor, and if you don't have the means, you will already become cannon fodder in the harem battle, Liu Ying's qiē is actually gentle compared to some concubines, but it is far from her image in front of the emperor all the time, so He Zhe immediately labeled her as a "conspiracy" in his heart.

Those gentleness, those intimacy, all of them were pretended by her!

is so scheming, she is worthy of being a daughter taught by Mrs. Roewe!

With such a cognition, Liu Ying was naturally placed under house arrest.

Holding the manuscript left by the old imperial doctor, and thinking of Concubine De, who was still under house arrest at the moment, a thought suddenly popped up in He Zhe's heart-

Maybe Concubine De didn't know?

Since entering the palace, Concubine De has not been home much, and Mrs. Rongwei rarely enters the palace because of physical reasons, the mother and daughter have been strangers for more than ten years.

If Mrs. Rongwei's soul is divided into one good and one evil, and the one who teaches Concubine De has always been that "right", then hasn't he wronged her?

And the methods of the concubine......

Now that I think about it, almost all of them happened after the birth of the little prince, and it is understandable that a mother is too radical in order to protect her child......

The more he thought about it, the more He Zhe couldn't sit still, and as soon as he threw the manuscript, he stood up and shouted, "Someone! Change clothes and prepare a sedan chair, I want to go to Yushuang Palace! ”

The days of house arrest were not easy, not to mention that during the period, many palace people fell into the Yushuang Palace with the support of the master behind them, so when He Zhe saw Liu Ying, he was really startled by her haggard appearance.

Thirty-two-year-old Liu Ying is no longer young, and she has not recuperated well during this time, her whole person seems to be covered with a layer of gray, and her complexion seems to be falling at any time.

When she saw He Zhe, Liu Ying's eyes were clear for a moment, and she was very surprised by his arrival, but soon, this light disappeared.

During the house arrest, He Zhe didn't come, but both times it was Xingshi who asked for guilt and blamed him, and she didn't even have room to interject, and this time she didn't have any hope.

Closing his eyes and kneeling almost to the ground from the soft couch, Liu Ying made a big salute to He Zhe: "The Holy Lord is coming, the concubine has not been far away, and the crime deserves death......"

He Zhe strode forward and lifted her up from the ground.

It's so light. He thought.

The upper arm in his hand was not as thick as his wrist, and he could directly pinch the bone, as if it could be broken with a little force.

Pulling Liu Ying, He Zhe paused in his throat just about to say the question, and when he said it, his tone was much more relaxed than he expected.

"I ask you, how much do you know about what your mother did?"

Mother again!

Liu Ying almost crushed her back molars before she couldn't hold back and didn't show a resentful expression, lowered her head for a while before adjusting her mood and raising her head to pretend to be pitiful.

Serving He Zhe for sixteen years, she is good at prescribing the right medicine, he didn't ask before, but now he has the opportunity, and those who don't seize it are fools!

"Holy! The concubine left home at the age of sixteen and entered the palace so far, less than her mother has had contact, how do you know what she is doing now? The concubine didn't understand what her mother, who had always eaten fasting and chanted the Buddha, did to make the saint so angry, and even angry with the concubine...... The saint asked the concubine to think about it behind closed doors, and the concubine didn't understand what was wrong when she thought about it...... Seek it to God! ”

Seeing that Liu Ying's expression did not seem to be fake, He Zhe's already loose attitude softened.

"You don't look good, sit down and talk about it."

"Thank you, Holy Lord."

Hearing her thanks, He Zhe was a little surprised: "Between you and me, has it reached the point where you need to say thank you......

Liu Ying was slightly stunned, her originally seamless acting skills were interrupted for a moment, but fortunately, He Zhe didn't pay attention, otherwise with his character, everything she did would fall short.

"Holy ......"

"Sit down, about Lady Roewe, you and I have too many questions-"