Things got to such a point that everyone had no intention of celebrating the New Year, Yang Guang's face became even more gloomy, and he kept holding the grievances written in the Juanxiu font in his hand.

Putting aside who Mrs. Hou's death is related to, there is no need to doubt one point, because of her excellence, she must have been strongly suppressed in the back court, otherwise there are countless banquets in the palace, and she will not have never seen this person's face.

Hey, such a perfect lovely person, he missed himself at the last moment, what a pity! Thinking of this, Yang Guang glanced back at Xu Tingfu in disgust, Xu Tingfu's legs were weak, and he almost fell again. Yang Guang glanced at Empress Xiao meaningfully, she only pretended not to see it, and her expression was as balanced as possible.

"Everyone, let me all disperse, and no one will mention today's events in the future." Yang Guangtou didn't reply and ordered: "Ziyan, you come with me!" ”

Greetings to Your Majesty! The rest of the people waited for Yang Guang to leave respectfully, and it was not until Yang Guang walked away that Empress Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and asked in a cold voice: "Xu Tingfu, does this Hou family's death have anything to do with you?" ”

Oops,! Xu Tingfu cried a handful of snot and tears, knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said: "The slave has received the great grace of his mother, and it is easy to pick up an old life, how dare he harm people again?" Hey, the slave should be damned, he really doesn't dare to hurt anyone. ”

"But this Hou died at the right time, but Yuan Ziyan died with resentment after mentioning it?"

"Niangniang, forgive the slave for saying bluntly, this Yuan Ziyan is a problem, and she does not hesitate to kill people and frame people who have enemies with her!" Xu Tingfu gritted his teeth.

"What do you have with her? Why did you frame you again this time? Empress Xiao asked puzzled.

"Niangniang doesn't know, this Yuan Ziyan and that Li Shimin are in love, it's not a day or two since they came and gone, as early as the time of Yanmen, they hugged each other, it's obvious to all!" Xu Tingfu hurriedly said.

Empress Xiao is not stupid, she knows that what Xu Tingfu said is exaggerated, but she can understand the thoughts of young people to some extent, and she can't help asking: "Where is Li Shimin now?" ”

Someone immediately replied, "Back to Niangniang, Li Shimin has been kicked out of the palace by His Majesty." ”

Empress Xiao was stunned for a moment and asked, "Didn't you leave the palace tomorrow morning, why did you leave the palace so early?" ”

"The little one doesn't know, I only know that after Li Shimin learned the news, he didn't pack up anything, and immediately left the palace."

Oh? Empress Xiao vaguely felt that things didn't seem to be so simple, if Li Shimin had a relationship with Yuan Ziyan, he would naturally live and die together, and the two of them would at least have to find a chance to say goodbye.

And Yuan Ziyan's face did not have any regrets, but his steps were relaxed and calm?

Empress Xiao's carefully arranged New Year's party ended in death, and she was depressed. No matter why the Hou family died, it was inseparable from Yuan Ziyan anyway, so he went back to his bedroom to rest first, and then checked again in the future.

Empress Xiao thought as she walked, from Hou's death, it was inevitable to think of Wang's body, these two murders were greatly implicated in Yuan Ziyan, and Wang's last evidence at the scene was a few long hairs in her hands.

Needless to say, it was a palace woman who killed Wang, and the fascinated Wang started a weak fight with the murderer with the last bit of rationality before his consciousness faded, and ripped off a few of the other party's hairs. Could it be that this hair is Yuan Ziyan's?

Xu Tingfu was still kneeling on the ice ground, and the panic in his heart had already covered up the numbness of his knees.

After entering the palace, the Hou family was the most proud of her talent and beauty, and she looked down on a slave to make a smile on the silver, and always felt that she was born with a seven-trick exquisite heart, and she would always meet the emperor like a fairy tale, and her love was boundless from then on.

But the days passed like this, and the newcomers in the palace were selected from once every three years to once a year.

On the occasion of the New Year, Hou felt sorry for himself in the mirror, and was shocked to find that a trace of silver hair had grown on his sideburns, and he was terrified, and the strong shell that he had tried so hard to maintain collapsed.

In fact, in the eyes of modern medicine, it is really not a big deal for people to grow a few gray hairs occasionally, and children will have them, which does not mean that they are no longer young.

The Hou family is very sad, people are old and yellow, what capital can they have to please the saint? Hearing that it was extremely lively outside, Yang Guang led the concubines to celebrate the New Year, and the Hou family was all lost, rather than waiting until old age and death, wearing orange peel, it was better to wither at the most beautiful moment and leave the most poignant memories.

Of course, it is not ruled out that the emperor will not come to see her until he dies, but he is afraid that he will not even have a memory, but life is a big gamble one after another, under the urging of Yuan Ziyan's ghost, Yang Guang still came to the Hou family's residence and saw her rare face in the world.

Hou's last bet was won. Afterwards, Yang Guang often thought of her, and often had trysts with her in his dreams, talking about poetry and painting, raising his eyebrows, and being very affectionate, which is a later story.

After returning to the dormitory, Yang Guang glanced at Yuan Ziyan with a cold face, "Ziyan, there is no one else at this time, can the death of the Hou family be related to you?!" ”

"Nope!"

……

Yang Guang waited for a moment, but Yuan Ziyan had no other explanation except for these two words, and asked unhappily: "The Hou family has been snubbed, it is my negligence, I will definitely investigate thoroughly, and give her justice, and you will not mention this person sooner or later, I am afraid that it cannot be explained by coincidence?" ”

Hey, Yuan Ziyan sighed slightly, how can I say it, to tell the truth, it will definitely not work, no matter how smart and trendy Yang Guang is, he can't accept such advanced ideas.

"There's only one answer, and you may not believe it all." Yuan Ziyan said with insufficient confidence.

"Straight to the point!"

"That, I calculated that she committed suicide today, so I wanted my eldest brother to rescue her, but I didn't expect it to be a step too late."

What the? Yang Guang is unbelievable, this reason, this is too!

You?! Yang Guang shook his sleeves, turned his back to Yuan Ziyan and said unhappily: "Since I retreated left and right, I deliberately favored you, why are you still not telling the truth?" ”

"I'm telling the truth!" Yuan Ziyan argued.

"How dare you say that!" Yang Guang turned his head suddenly, a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and he said fiercely: "Then do you dare to swear to the sky?" ”

"Dare! If I ......"

"Wait, you swear in the name of your father Yuan Tiangang, if what you say in today's battle is not true, he will not die well!" Yang Guang lost his beloved concubine, and the New Year's atmosphere was disturbed, and the degree of anger can be imagined.

Yuan Ziyan choked for a while, how can this be good? Of course, she didn't tell the truth, but if she told Yang Guang that she was a traverser, I am afraid that Yang Guang might drag her out and behead her in anger.

Hey, Yuan Ziyan sighed slightly, "Big brother, when will you stop trusting me?" ”

"Don't digress!"

"But you can't deny that this Mrs. Hou is because someone deliberately covered it up, so you haven't seen her. I just held her up, but I didn't expect her to kill herself suddenly! Yuan Ziyan was also a little excited: "You didn't interrogate the real murderer who indirectly forced her to die, but you repeatedly made me swear here, is it interesting?!" ”

"Yuan Ziyan!" Yang Guang roared angrily: "I really spoiled you, and you dared to yell at me!" ”

"Okay, I can't serve you, I'll leave here today!" Yuan Ziyan turned his head and walked out as he spoke, but he didn't expect Yang Guang's cold voice to come from behind him: "I did promise you to leave the palace, but at present, you have many suspicions, and I want to give an explanation to the dead soul!" ”

Yuan Ziyan's footsteps slowed, a sharp pain came from his chest, he turned back with tears in his eyes, and asked in a trembling voice: "Big brother, in your eyes, am I really the heinous murderer?" From now on, I will no longer explain a word to myself, I want to kill or chop, listen to it! ”

Yuan Ziyan has been by her side at night, and she has no chance to commit a crime, at least Hou was not forced to die by herself. Maybe Yuan Ziyan's sudden mention of this person was a coincidence. Yang Guang vented his strength, walked to the window with heavy steps, and muttered, "Ziyan, do you know how scared I am now?" A stunning royal wife, who was not known to me for eight years, finally committed suicide in despair. My country is unstable, and this back court is also turbulent, and it can be reversed by non-human beings. I am not a worthy emperor, nor am I a competent husband, Ziyan, you say, will I become a competent father? ”

Yuan Ziyan was angry, but he kept wiping his tears, but he didn't say a word.

Hey, go down. Yang Guang waved his hand at Yuan Ziyan, but Yuan Ziyan immediately turned around and ran out, not wanting to stay here for a quarter of an hour.

Before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the focus in the palace was not Yu Qing after the holiday, but to investigate the cause of Mrs. Hou's death, and finally the conclusive evidence proved that she did commit suicide and was not coerced, because everyone never saw her and who she moved around frequently, including Yuan Ziyan and Xu Tingfu, who were the most suspects.

Yuan Ziyan wanted to travel home, so naturally he didn't particularly care about the honor and disgrace here, and Xu Tingfu was homeless, this palace was his final destination, and the emperor and queen were his backers, no matter what, he had to keep it, and there must be no accidents.

The days returned to the way they were a year ago, everyone was busy, and their figures were shuttling to all corners of the palace, but in contrast, the two major representatives of the old and new generations, Xu Tingfu and Yuan Ziyan, seemed a little lonely, and they stayed in their rooms most of the day.

Because the two of them were questioned by the emperor's greatest trust, Mrs. Hou's death had more or less a lot to do with these two people. The banquet on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month was simply canceled by Yang Guang, who was depressed, and Empress Xiao was even more disgusted with Yuan Ziyan to the point of being incomprehensible, and a good effort was in vain, which made people feel very unlucky.

Originally, he planned to move back to Luoyang, the eastern capital, in March, but because Yang Guang wanted to change to a new environment as soon as possible, so after the first month, on the second day of the second month of February, the mighty palace team set off again.