The matter of the thunder and lightning warning sent down by the heavens to the imperial tomb was forcibly suppressed within the minimum range under the hint of Emperor Chu, but the people of the capital still faintly circulated some kind of speculation.

The thunder and lightning that day were so obvious and the tremors rumbled, how could Emperor Chu cover them up if he wanted to.

After Emperor Chu saw Qin Tianjian's recital, he quickly issued a holy decree to the prince's mansion.

The content of the holy decree was known almost immediately from Chu Lige in the palace.

"Master," Zhang Hua respectfully stood among the two pillars with plaques outside the pavilion, looked at the brocade-clothed man standing with his hands in his hands, and was looking up at the flowing water, and said, "The will has been made, the prince will leave for the imperial tomb in the near future - to supervise the repair project, Your Majesty's will, the wall must be repaired within half a year." ”

Chu Lige turned around and glanced at him with a smile, the corners of his eyes were slightly sarcastic, and he didn't speak.

Zhang Hua tugged at the corners of his mouth and looked at him suspiciously, "Master? "Only take the crown prince to the imperial tomb for half a year, is this punishment too light?

Chu Lige lowered his eyes, stared at the fingertips that were becoming more and more pale under the moire brocade sleeves, and said lightly, "Enough." ”

I believe that the days of guarding the imperial mausoleum for half a year are enough for the prince to cultivate his self-cultivation, and it is enough for the prince to forget what he shouldn't be worried about - no matter who or what.

When Mu Xiaofeng knew that the emperor gave the crown prince this holy decree, he was not surprised at all, and said with a smile, "Half a year, this day is really not long, not short." ”

After returning from the imperial tomb, it is estimated that the prince definitely has no heart to remember the idea of beating her again. Just re-enveloping the forces is enough for the prince to be busy.

The prince's visit to the imperial mausoleum was ostensibly to personally supervise the renovation project of the imperial mausoleum, but in fact, few ministers did not understand that Emperor Chu was punishing the prince in disguise.

In fact, when the prince's hunting of prisoners broke out, there was another thing quietly going on in the capital.

However, at that time, everyone's eyes were attracted by this huge royal scandal, and another thing was relatively bleak.

But that's just for comparison, and it's for the elite.

For ordinary people, the crown prince is too far away for them, and the prince's conduct is definitely not as attractive to them as popular opera.

Almost at the same time, when the elite were attracted by the crown prince's affairs, the common people of the capital were attracted by the recent cliché stories.

This story is the story compiled by Mu Mingyue before, and it was rewritten later.

This time, it suddenly became inexplicably and quietly hot, because Mu Mingyue died unexpectedly, and this spearhead was even more vaguely aimed at the only palm pearl of the current Mrs. Yan Shao's left minister.

For this kind of folk insinuations and other things, the Zuo Xiang, who consciously has a noble status, still adopts an attitude of resignation.

Only this time, the craze for the story seems to have lasted for a long time.

On this day, an experienced man was passing through a bamboo forest when he suddenly tripped over something.

Due to the heavy rain last night, the road is extremely muddy at the moment. When he fell, he immediately fell and was dirty. Just as he was scolding and trying to stand up, something suddenly appeared out of the corner of his eye, and then he stiffened, and his eyes suddenly widened.

Only then did he realize that it was a leg that had just tripped him. To be exact, it is a human leg bone that will not move after being dead for a long time.

After being startled, he turned his head and spit a mouthful of water to the side, and then stood up with his clothes patted in disgust.

He has been dealing with dead corpses for many years, and even if he suddenly encounters a dead corpse that has already decomposed, he does not feel anything terrible.

And, out of professional habit, he stood up and looked at the corpse twice.

The body was covered with mud and sand, and it was obvious that it was probably because the soil was too shallow to be washed out by the heavy rain last night.

It was no longer possible to tell the face of the deceased from the extent of the decomposition of the corpse, but judging from the height and size, it was clear that it was a female corpse, and his slightly surprised gaze stopped at the deformed neck bone of the female corpse.

After thinking for a while, he walked around the neighborhood and finally found a grave that had been washed away by the rain.

"Since I have met it, I will do a good deed every day." He shook his head, thought of a way, and used the loose coffin to get the woman's body to the grave and reburied it.

Later, he noticed that a very ordinary tombstone was covered in dirt.

He brushed aside the dirt and stared at the words on it for a long time, first shaking his head in confusion, and then sighing in relief.

After another two days, when he had finished his work, he went to the tavern for two drinks.

Two glasses of water and wine fell into the stomach, and the usual strict mouth gradually became more talkative.

"Hey, let me tell you about a strange thing that happened to me the other day." He shook the empty flask, half-lying on the table, and winked mysteriously at the person opposite.

The person opposite was also his colleague, and the wine was almost drunk at this time. As soon as I heard his tone, I instinctively shouted in disbelief, "What miracle? Just brag about you. ”

He waved his hand, glared at him with a red face and was not angry, and shouted louder than him, "How can I brag, you listen to me...... Listen to me, and you'll know if it's a miracle. ”

At this time, there are not many customers in the tavern, and most of them are regulars, and they are all in a state of drinking.

The shopkeeper had nothing to do, and he usually liked to listen to bragging, so he also came over, pretended to be suspicious, and asked, "What is the strange thing?" Speak it out and let everyone listen to the evaluation in the end. ”

"That's it, it's the story that was popular in the capital during this time, everyone knows it, right?" He asked a question, but he didn't wait for others to answer, and said, "I met a female corpse a few days ago, which is the wife of Yan Xiu, guess what I saw at that time?" ”

The man wanted to hear the strange thing behind him quickly, but he couldn't bear to hang his appetite, so he immediately urged, "Tell me, what did you see?" ”

He tilted his head to look at him, suddenly put on a serious look, and said, "She didn't die of a sudden illness, but was strangled to death." ”

The man knew that he was doing that, and he was stunned when he heard this, but the man did not doubt the truth of his words.

After staying for a while, the guy's eyes suddenly lit up, and he lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "Brother Chang, this is indeed a strange thing, but I also discovered another strange thing just now." ”

Waving his hand indiscriminately, he squinted at him and smirked, "What strange things can you find?" Don't fool me, I'm not drunk. ”

In order to prove that he was not a fool, the guy immediately patted his chest and said, "Didn't Brother Chang say that Yan Hexiu's wife was strangled to death?" You must know why Yan later married the daughter of the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, and suddenly went from a little-known poor boy to a big official now, right? ”

"Does this sound very similar to the popular story these days?"

In order to continue to prove that his reasoning was correct, the man gave another example, "Besides, everyone listen, is the woman who broke up the poor couple in it from a powerful family?" Is it rich and bad? In the end, did he secretly kill and rob her husband? Most importantly, I remember that the woman's name seemed to be Nightfeather! ”

"This night can be the same as Ye," he looked around, and put one hand to his mouth to make a secret statement, and said, "Moreover, I also heard that Miss Ye has this feather character in her cousin." ”

I heard that this series of guys is not, and the speculation that pretends to be mysterious is actually very loud. The half-drunk man sobered up, and the other guests in the tavern also looked at the man with wide eyes in surprise and excitement.

Seeing this, the man was even more energetic at the moment, patted his chest and spoke like a river of his rich imagination.

After this night, all kinds of hints that the left minister's daughter Ye Ling'er murdered Yan or Shishi's original partner to replace the upper position, and the version of the story actually spread all over the capital.

Of course, even Ye Ling'er, who was raising a baby in Yan Mansion at this moment, inevitably heard these stories.

Mrs. Yan's methods are ruthless, but she has governed the Yan Mansion obediently. But Mrs. Yan of Yan's Mansion under Yan or Shi's mother, since the first day Ye Ling'er married her son, she has seen this daughter-in-law all kinds of unpleasant.

She often takes advantage of Yan or Shi's absence in the mansion to work against Ye Ling'er.

As the saying goes, you're afraid of tyranny.

Even if Ye Ling'er is unreasonable in the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, when she meets Mrs. Yan, who is even more domineering and never unreasonable, she is often so angry that she has nothing to do.

Those messy stories, of course Yan or Shi didn't want Ye Ling'er to hear them. But with the connivance of Mrs. Yan, she intentionally or unintentionally brought all the versions of the story to life so vividly that Ye Ling'er knew it.

Recalling the scene in the Huxin Pavilion, even if Ye Ling'er, who was calm and stern in front of people, was inevitably afraid when she was alone at night.

On this night, the ink came as usual, but there was still a faint afterglow. Ye Ling'er suddenly remembered that she had forgotten to take something, and she had already stepped out of the door, so she remembered it and turned around and pushed the door in.

But this push door, a section of the door looked particularly eye-catching in the dim light, and the miserable white hand bones swaying in the air suddenly poked into the eye.

"Ahh Ye Ling'er screamed, and immediately turned black in front of her eyes, her legs were weak, and her whole person was planted on the ground bulkyly.

If it weren't for the quick reaction of Yahuan, who was not far behind her, and supported her at the last moment, the consequences of her planting would definitely be extraordinary.

"Young lady, what's wrong with you?" Yahuan held her up, immediately asked urgently, and shouted outward, "Come on, the young lady has fainted." ”

This girl was also in a hurry and made a slip of the tongue, Ye Ling'er just closed her eyes, and after a while, she slowly came back to her senses and opened her eyes again.

When the people outside heard the shouting, they all ran inside in shock.

Ye Ling'er clinged to the girl's arm tightly, and was so frightened that she wanted to stand up and walk out.

Seeing this, Yahuan became even more nervous.

"Young lady, what's wrong with you? You're heavy, but be careful. ”

"Ghost, there is a ghost here, help me out."