The emperor looked at the sky and said, "It's okay, I'll go after dinner, Liang'er, do you want to eat with me too?" ”

The crown prince saw that it was not early, and he also knew that the emperor had not eaten lunch until now due to what happened in the morning, so he nodded and said, "Okay." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" then added: "Father, although Guo Mao has been arrested, it is not appropriate to relax his vigilance against him, and the sons have the courage to ask the father to immediately send more people to monitor him." ”

The emperor, who was already exhausted, did not come against the crown prince this time, and immediately sent five more people to the prison to monitor Guo Mao.

But just as the people arranged by the emperor left, a person from the other end hurriedly came and said, "Your Majesty, the military department is still the secretary of the army...... I don't know what he used to kill himself. ”

The emperor was taken aback.

"When did you die? Has his whole body been examined? The emperor hurriedly asked.

"Probably died less than three quarters of an hour after he was caught. The men in charge of the cell examined him all over his body and found nothing suspicious. The visitor replied.

The emperor immediately thought of the situation in the morning when a palace maid was about to explain the facts to him and suddenly lost his breath, and immediately sent someone to call the doctors who had examined the dead palace maid in the morning to assist in the inspection.

At the same time, the emperor and the crown prince walked briskly into the door of the cell.

Guo Mao's body has been placed on a specific bed.

Du Lingsong, the manager of the cell, brought the emperor and the crown prince to Guo Mao's side and began to tell what happened after Guo Mao entered the cell.

"The cell guards locked him in his cell and left, but every quarter and a half they went in to patrol again, and the first time they went in to inspect he found nothing unusual, and the second time they went in to inspect he found him lying on the ground and dying." Du Lingsong said to the emperor.

"Didn't you notice anything unusual on him?" The emperor asked.

"Nope. Here's the blame. Du Lingsong said.

The emperor looked outside and asked, "Are the doctors here?" ”

Father-in-law Zhang, who was standing outside, hurriedly came in and replied, "It hasn't arrived yet." ”

The emperor said impatiently: "Let them come quickly." ”

Gonggong Zhang immediately ordered someone to urge.

After leaning less, the doctors hurried over. The emperor asked them about the cause of the palace maid's death.

"I found a small needle in her neck, and then I looked inside along the needle and found a poisonous needle." One of the doctors replied and presented the needle.

It is an extremely thin needle about an inch long, and because it is so thin, it is impossible to see it without looking closely.

The emperor immediately asked them to check Guo Mao's body.

Soon, they found two poisonous needles in Guo Mao's chest.

Obviously, Guo Mao had prepared for the worst this morning.

The emperor let out a long sigh.

Guo Mao is dead, and the confusing relationship between him and Zhang Zhaoyi has become even more blurred, but obviously, there is indeed some kind of relationship between them, so the crown prince immediately asked the emperor for instructions, asking the emperor to allow him to interrogate the palace maids around Zhang Zhaoyi.

The emperor immediately agreed.

The crown prince immediately took Lin Jian and fourteen personal guards to Shangfang Courtyard.

At this time, two of the remaining four palace maids had been tortured to death, and only two were still breathing, but they were all dying.

The prince took his robe and sat down, and said, "Put them down." ”

Those who practiced torture rushed to untie them.

When they were laid down, the prince ordered them to be cleaned with warm water and to be fed hot lean porridge.

They thought they were going to die soon, but they didn't expect to wake up from a coma after being exposed like this.

When the prince saw that their lives were in danger for the time being, he said, "Anyway, who are you instructed by?" ”

One of them hurriedly replied, "It's the secretary of the military department." ”

The prince asked the other, "Is what she said true?" ”

"Yes."

The prince immediately had their confessions written down.

After recording all the confessions, the crown prince went to the emperor with this confession.

The emperor, who learned the truth of the matter, slowly closed his eyes and lay on his back in the chair without saying a word.

Guo Mao sent someone to monitor Zhang Zhaoyi, it can be seen that Guo Mao wants to manipulate Zhang Zhaoyi, but why did he do this? With Guo Mao's identity and ability, it is still not easy to get the throne, and he must know this very well, so why does he want to monitor Zhang Zhaoyi?

Could it be that the two of them were related before?

But Zhang Zhaoyi was obviously a virgin before she followed the emperor.

But this does not rule out that he wants to implement his ambition to be emperor little by little through Zhang Zhaoyi.

So the question comes back to the possibility that he wants to take the throne.

But...... The emperor always felt that this reason was not sufficient.

The crown prince knew that the emperor was thinking about this matter, so he took out a letter from his pocket and gave it to the emperor, saying, "Your Majesty, this is a letter written by the secretary of the military department to Zhang Zhaoyi at the end of last year. ”

In the letter, Guo Mao asked Zhang Zhaoyi to be careful of Zheng Cairen, and asked her to find a way to conceive the emperor's child as soon as possible.

After reading the letter, the emperor was furious and said, "Why didn't you tell me about this earlier? ”

The prince hurriedly knelt down and said: "The tone of this letter is very similar to an elder's instructions to a junior, and the son-in-law could not distinguish its intentions when he learned about it, so he did not immediately inform his father. However, Erchen immediately sent someone to investigate Zhang Zhaoyi and his origin, and after some investigation, he learned that they had no previous relationship. ”

"So it's very likely that they joined forces for a certain purpose?" The emperor groaned.

The crown prince nodded and said, "According to my understanding, Zhang Zhaoyi has admired His Majesty before entering the palace, and has been waiting for the draft date to come. The military department Shangshu learned about this through others, so he took the initiative to go to Zhang's mansion, saying that as long as Zhang Zhaoyi was willing to help him do a few things, he could use the fastest way to help her get His Majesty's attention. ”

The Zhang family was very aware of the status of the military department in the court, and believed that he could do it, so he agreed. Therefore, Zhang Zhaoyi, who had not thought deeply about the purpose of the military department's book, entered the palace according to his instructions and achieved her goal step by step. When her goal was achieved, the military department began to make his requests. In order to stay by your side all the time, Zhang Zhaoyi has to cooperate with him to complete one task after another. ”

The emperor was furious and said, "Why didn't you tell me about this earlier? ”

The prince said: "The sons and daughters also sorted out the causes and consequences of the matter after this incident, and if there is any inconsiderate information, please forgive my father." ”

The emperor shook his head and said, "What is he doing this for?" ”

"Erchen guessed that he was instructed by someone."

"He was commanded?" The emperor frowned slightly.

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