Ah Zi's question spat out.

The Empress Dowager stood like a sculpture one step away.

Needles can be heard in the main hall.

Ah Zi heard her heartbeat getting faster and faster, but she couldn't wait for the answer she wanted for a long time.

She clutched her fingers tightly around her skirt, her lips closed, and she didn't dare to come out.

Looking forward to it, afraid of it.

But in the end, she didn't wait for the answer she wanted.

The Empress Dowager slowly raised her feet and continued to walk forward.

"Ancestor ......"

Ah Zi was unwilling.

The Empress Dowager paused: "There are some things, I don't know, it is far better than living with such a shadow for a lifetime." Because of who you are, you're curious, and I don't blame you.

"But because I know what the truth is behind it, I don't want you to live like me. You are still young, you have not experienced many things, and you still have the opportunity to experience many things, don't let the irretrievable things that have become history ruin your future. ”

Ah Zi's eyes were hot, and tears were about to fall, she still wanted to shout, opened her mouth, but it was difficult to make a sound, she could only watch the back of the old ancestor disappear at the palace gate.

In Dongyang Palace, Ah Zi couldn't get the answer he wanted, and in Xiyin Palace, the emperor was also worried about the answer he promised.

"Zuo Qiyang hasn't come back yet?"

Just instructed the people around him to track the direction, at this time the emperor sat in front of the bookcase in the imperial study, and asked a little impatiently.

Although he had assigned all the clues he could think of, the emperor knew it very well. I found out about this matter too late, and now I only want to investigate it after the incident, and it is impossible to find out anything.

Several little eunuchs around him lowered their heads and glanced at each other, but they didn't dare to talk.

The emperor sneered, looked around, and saw that there was no one to talk to, and shouted: "Where is Chang Dehuai?" ”

A little eunuch was about to step forward to pay respects, when he saw Chang Gonggong hurrying back from outside, kneeling down and saluting the emperor.

The emperor waved his hand. Motioned for him to get up. "What did you go out for?" ”

Father-in-law Chang stepped forward with a smile and whispered, "Your Majesty, Ruipeng outside asks to see you." ”

"Ruipeng?" The Emperor frowned when he heard this, and carefully searched his memory for the name.

"It's someone under Lord Zuo." Grandpa Chang reminded in a low voice.

The Emperor nodded suddenly. beckoned: "Hurry up and pass it in." ”

Ruipeng entered the imperial study. His hands were on his sleeves. knelt down and bowed deeply, thinking that the emperor probably didn't know an unknown junior like himself, and simply reported his identity. That's what it means.

"Two days ago, Lord Zuo got the news that the identity of the new eunuch Wang Chuanchao, who was close to His Royal Highness the Prince, was unknown, and it was suspected that Dongyuan had secretly inserted a detailed work, which was afraid that it would be unfavorable to the prince and the entire forbidden palace, so he ordered his subordinates to lead someone to investigate. But because Lord Zuo was worried that this matter would be publicized and might startle the snake, and these days the womb was busy preparing for the queen's birthday banquet, if there was a rumor of fine work, I was afraid that it would cause panic and seriously affect the discipline in the forbidden palace, so he ordered his subordinates to only investigate secretly, and not to reveal their intentions, so the subordinates were ordered to act and kept the investigation in their hands secret and did not report it.

"The subordinates know that they are suspected of bullying the king, and they can't shirk it, so they only ask Your Majesty to forgive their subordinates for their own bitter feelings.

"As for hiding it from Your Majesty for the time being, it is true that Lord Zuo's order is in advance, and his subordinates dare not violate the rules, if His Majesty still has doubts, he can wait until Lord Zuo comes back to confront him face to face."

Regarding the investigation, "must be secretly investigated, not publicized" is Zuo Qiyang's order, Ruipeng is just a loyal executor. But the so-called executor naturally represents the will of the mastermind behind the scenes.

"When Wang Chuanchao's matter is finally exposed in front of the emperor, I am likely to be far away at the foot of Longji Mountain, and I can't come back, if the emperor is really angry at that time, I'm afraid that it will still be blamed on you," Thinking that Ruipeng might bear for himself for no reason a crime of bullying the monarch that he couldn't afford at all, Zuo Qiyang said frankly when he was instructed to investigate, "At that time, you just have to move me out and let the emperor come to me if he has any questions." Remember, don't be soft-hearted and put it all on me. With the emperor's trust in me, even if I don't report it for the time being, even if he is angry, he will not do anything to me, but if this notoriety is changed to you, the matter will be two-fold, so remember not to be rash, and try to exonerate yourself first if you can get rid of it. ”

With Zuo Qiyang's advice first, when kneeling in front of the emperor in the imperial study at this time, Ruipeng shirked the blame with great ease.

And as Zuo Qiyang expected, the emperor's face was gloomy and terrifying when he heard that Zuo Qiyang had already known about Wang Chuanchao but did not report it, and his hands were clenched into fists without saying a word.

It turned out that Zuo Qiyang had already known that Wang Chuanchao had a problem, and even chose to investigate secretly without reporting it first. He promoted him to a first-class imperial guard, nothing more than to let him use it for his own use, on weekdays, he was too close to the Empress Dowager, and he lost the treasure and did not say anything to himself, but found the shelter of the Sacred Heart Palace, and did not mention it for the time being, but now even the people around the prince have problems with such things as hiding from themselves, so that he was reprimanded by the Empress Dowager in front of so many people in Duanben Palace today, and lost face......

The emperor, who originally wanted to directly take the person in front of him out and give Zuo Qiyang some color, recalled Ruipeng's words just now, and had to suppress his anger.

After all, he was just acting on behalf of Zuo Qiyang, and it was useless to do this person.

What's more, the most important thing now is the results of the detailed investigation.

Thinking of this, the emperor loosened his fist, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said, "That's it, I will not pursue this matter for the time being, and when Zuo Qiyang's kid comes back, I will settle accounts with him." You said that you had already started investigating Wang Chuanchao a few days ago? What did you find? ”

A few days ago, Wang Chuanchao should have been thinking hard about how to plot against the prince, and he would not have thought that someone had already targeted him, so it was inevitable that he would leave some traces, unlike the difficulty of verifying it afterwards.

Sure enough, Ruipeng puffed up his chest when he heard this, and Cheng Zhu said in his chest: "The way Wang Chuanchao came in is very strange, it is not the way of the regular internal affairs office, and the person in charge of checking his identity before either disappeared for no reason or was suddenly transferred out of the forbidden palace, and his subordinates had no choice but to send more people out of the palace to find those eunuch servants who had been assigned to have something to do with Wang Chuanchao." Fortunately, God has eyes, so that a few of his subordinates found a eunuch who had been in charge of Wang Chuanchao's identity check before entering the palace in a deserted house in the western suburbs, that person thought that we were sent to kill him and kill him, and tried his best to resist, and when his subordinates revealed their identities, that person cried and begged us to save his life.

"The subordinates promised that they would save his life, and he was relieved and told what he knew."

Speaking of this, even the emperor couldn't help but lean forward slightly and asked in a low voice, "Who is behind the scenes?" (To be continued.) )