"I'm a little bored in the house, and I want to go out on the street." Murong Xuanji found a reason to explain, and when she saw Baoqing Baoyue's half-believing look, she thought for a while and said: "Baoqing, you know martial arts, you go to the street with me, Baoyue, you stay in the mansion, if the Nine Emperors ask, just say that I will come back soon." ”

Before Baoyue could react, Murong Xuanji strode out of his courtyard, and Baoqing was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and immediately followed.

"Miss, where are we just going?" After leaving the mansion, Baoqing accompanied Murong Xuanji to walk around the market for a while before asking, "The slave doesn't look like the master is out shopping." ”

Murong Xuanji smiled calmly, continued to walk in front, looked at things in this stall for a while, ran to that stall to look at things for a while, and took Baoqing into a teahouse for a long time, and sat down by the window on the second floor of the teahouse.

"Baoqing, when the Nine Emperor Princes sent you to my side to protect me, and you have been with me for a while, what kind of person do you think I am? Are you worthy of the Nine Emperors of your family? Murong Xuanji was drinking tea while looking at the lively street scene outside the window, and asked Baoqing seemingly casually.

"Miss is very good, and she is also very good to her master." Baoqing didn't understand the reason why Murong Xuanji suddenly asked, and replied with some caution.

Murong Xuanji just smiled and continued to drink tea, her eyes were looking out the window, and she didn't speak again. And Baoqing just quietly stayed aside.

After a long time, Murong Xuanji turned his gaze back, pointed to a woman downstairs outside and said to Baoqing: "Baoqing, you can see that woman's appearance clearly. ”

"Yes, miss." Although Baoqing didn't know what Murong Xuanji had made him think about, he still walked to the window and carefully remembered the appearance of the woman Murong Xuanji pointed at him.

"Later, I want you to do one thing for me, which is to secretly follow that woman and make a note of where that woman went and met whom." At this time, Murong Xuanji's expression was no longer expressionless, but he explained to Baoqing with a stern face.

"Baoqing remembered." Baoqing nodded in agreement.

"Let's go back to the house first, otherwise the Nine Emperor Princes will be unhappy to know that I have been out for too long." Murong Xuanji took out the silver from his sleeve and put it on the table, and returned to the mansion with Baoqing.

"I heard Baoyue say that you took Baoqing out shopping, why didn't you come back from shopping?" As soon as Murong Xuanji returned to the mansion, he met Xuanyuan Hao in the garden.

"You are chatting with the Eighth Prince, I am a little bored in the house alone, so I take Baoqing out for a walk, besides, I have everything in the house I want, and I don't want to buy anything. Is the Eighth Prince gone? Murong Xuanji reached out to take Xuanyuan Hao's arm, and the two walked around the garden.

"Gone. He asked me to try his new horse, and I said I'd wait for you to try it another day, so after a while of chatting, he left first. Xuanyuan Hao helped Murong Xuanji straighten her wind-blown hair, and led her into the pavilion by the lake in the garden.

"I heard that my father is around, don't you go into the palace to take a look?" The two sat down in the pavilion, and Murong Xuanji saw Xuanyuan Hao's thoughtful appearance, and took the initiative to find a topic and said.

"I think my father should be surrounded by people who want to visit him now, so I don't need to run to make up the numbers." Xuanyuan Hao said a little indifferently.

Murong Xuanji shook his head with a smile, a little helpless about Xuanyuan Hao's duplicity, "You obviously care about your father's health, but you always say something wrong. Think about it, if our children do the same to you in the future, will you feel good? ”

"I would never give away my own children like he did." Xuanyuan Hao turned his head and said a little angrily.

"Things are over, and now you have returned to the North Underworld, just rest assured of the unhappiness of the past, I hope that all that remains in your heart is happiness, not hatred." Murong Xuanji put his head close to Xuanyuan Hao's chest.

"Nine Emperor Princes, Nine Emperor Princes, something happened, Nine Emperor Princes." Just when Murong Xuanji and Xuanyuan Hao were waiting quietly in the pavilion, one of Xuanyuan Hao's attendants hurriedly ran over.

"What's going on?" Xuanyuan Hao let go of Murong Xuanji and walked out of the pavilion to ask the attendant.

"Second prince, second prince, he was killed." The squire panted.

"What? How could the second prince be killed? Where did this news come from? Xuanyuan Hao took a step back in shock and asked a little incredulously.

"It's from the palace. I heard that the second prince returned from the disaster relief site a few days ago, and was chased and killed by a group of mysterious black-clothed people last night, and the second prince and everyone were killed. Now the emperor is furious, and many ministers have entered the palace to ask the emperor to find out the truth. The attendant quickly told the news of what he had heard.

"What is going on with the queen and the eldest prince?" Xuanyuan Hao thought calmly for a while and asked.

"I heard the little eunuch in the queen's palace say that the queen fainted on the spot when she heard that the second prince was killed, and now the imperial concubine, the lady concubine, the virtuous concubine, and the concubine de are all in the queen's palace to accompany the queen, the eldest prince, the fourth prince, and several other princes are in the main hall." After speaking, the attendant kept observing Xuanyuan Hao's reaction.

"I see, you go down first." After the attendants left, only Xuanyuan Hao and Murong Xuanji remained, and Xuanyuan Hao thought with a stern expression.

"How could it be so coincidental? We just talked about the second prince in the morning, and the second prince was killed, husband, who do you think killed the second prince? Murong Xuanji asked with a stern expression.

Xuanyuan Hao shook his head slightly, "I don't know, but I have a feeling that there must be a big conspiracy behind the killing of the second prince." ”

"Then are you going to enter the palace?" Murong Xuanji thought about it for a while, and said with some embarrassment: "If you enter the palace now, the eldest prince will definitely point the finger at you, but if you don't enter the palace now, you won't know what to do, and you will be suspicious of others." ”

"I'm going to the palace." Xuanyuan Hao seemed to have made a decision, "I have to enter the palace to understand the situation, I really want to know who killed the second prince, and what is the purpose of killing the second prince?" ”

"The Nine Emperors." The secret word suddenly appeared, "Someone from the palace passed the decree, and the emperor let the Nine Emperors enter the palace." ”

"I see." Xuanyuan Hao nodded.

"It seems that my father still cares about you very much, with my father's will, you can enter the palace openly, even if the eldest prince wants to point the finger at you, it is a bit far-fetched." Murong Xuanji said on the side.

"Xuanji, I'm about to enter the palace, I don't know what the situation in the palace is for the time being, if I don't come back before dark, and I don't let someone keep you safe, then you will go to the general king after dawn tomorrow morning." Xuanyuan Hao explained to Murong Xuanji with a solemn expression.

"Husband." Murong Xuanji took Xuanyuan Hao's hand and looked at him with an uneasy expression.

"I'll protect myself, don't worry." Xuanyuan Hao gently stroked Murong Xuanji's cheek to comfort her, broke away from her hand in her reluctant eyes, and left the mansion quickly with a secret word.

Murong Xuanji didn't know how long she had been sitting alone in the pavilion, and knowing that the appearance of Xuanque made her come back to her senses a little.

"What's going on? How did the second prince die? Murong Xuanji asked Xuanque with some excitement.

"Today I was ordered by the master to send the situation of the second prince, just out of the suburbs of the city I heard the news that the second prince was killed, so I immediately rushed to the place where the second prince had an accident last night, the body of the second prince has been transported back to the palace, but I checked the wounds of other people's injuries and deaths, and found that they were all killed by a knife, it seems that the person who killed them should be a professional killer, extremely cold-blooded, extremely cruel, without any hesitation." Xuanque told Murong Xuanji one by one of his investigations.

"Apart from the suspicion that it was a professional killer, there are no other discoveries?" Murong Xuanji's affection slowly calmed down, "The professional killer who can be invited, it seems that the mysterious person has to kill the second prince, who does the second prince have such a deep hatred?" ”

"Master, I think these professional killers who killed the second prince should be one of the best killer groups in the rivers and lakes, and those who can afford such a killer group must not be ordinary people, either very rich, or have a certain amount of power." Xuanque thought for a moment and said.

"I know, when the Nine Emperor Princes come back, I will discuss this matter with him. You go and find out what is going on on the eldest prince's side, and you must come back and report to me in time if there is any trouble." "After Murong Xuanji dismissed Xuanque, he stayed alone in the pavilion and waited for Xuanyuan Hao, not knowing what his situation was in the palace.

"The son of the emperor greets his father!" Xuanyuan Hao walked into the main hall and saw that there were many ministers, and the eldest prince and some other princes were also in the hall.

"Get up." The emperor looked a lot tired, "Your second imperial brother was murdered on the way back to Beijing, who is so bold that he dares to murder the royal heir." Speaking of excitement, the emperor angrily knocked over the teacup in front of him.

"Father, the emperor is angry!" Everyone in the main hall immediately knelt down to comfort the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the second prince was killed, this matter must be investigated clearly, firstly, to comfort the second prince's soul in the sky, and secondly, to give the subjects of the world and foreign monarchs a vigilance." Suddenly, a minister spoke.

"Yes, Your Majesty, you must find out the truth about the killing of the second prince." Soon, people came up to ask for an inquiry about the killing of the second prince.

"Father, it is very good for the sons and sons to have a small relationship with the second emperor's brother, the murder of the second emperor's brother made the queen mother heartbroken, for the sake of the queen mother, for the unknown second emperor brother who died, please ask the father to hand over the investigation of the death of the second emperor brother to the son!" The eldest prince said indignantly.

The emperor looked at the eldest prince and those ministers and was silent for a while before he spoke: "Yu'er is also my son, and I am also very sad about his death, I will not let him die in vain, I will definitely find out and seek justice for him." Hao'er, I will entrust you with the investigation into the death of the second prince. ”

As soon as the emperor's words fell, before Xuanyuan Hao could respond, the eldest prince was the first to stand up and object, "Father, the son is opposed, and the son wants to personally investigate the death of the second emperor's brother." ”

"I know that it's good that you and Yu'er have a small relationship, but it's because of this that I can't agree to you, I'm worried that you will lose your judgment because of Yu'er's death because of your too emotional, so I handed over this matter to the Nine Emperors." The emperor said very insistently.

"But—" The eldest prince wanted to say something more, but was stopped by the four princes on the side.

"The son will definitely not live up to his father's expectations, and will definitely find out the truth for the second emperor brother, and will not let the second emperor brother die in vain." Xuanyuan Hao even knelt down to receive the order.

"Alright, let's all step down, I'm tired too." The emperor waved his hand tiredly and let everyone leave the hall. R638