After a snowfall for three whole days, the squire of the Criminal Department and the Dali Siqing led people to investigate day and night, but they still found nothing. Of all the palace maids and eunuchs at the banquet that night, except for those who belonged to the East Palace, only the palace maids and eunuchs who served food in the imperial dining room had entered the East Palace.

After checking them one by one, none of these palace maids and eunuchs had a motive for poisoning. The palace maids and eunuchs in the palace have been sent to the palace since they were children, and the Si Zhengsi will assess all the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace every three months.

Rules are dead, but people are alive. Although Si Zhengji will evaluate them every three months, there will still be people who are missed, especially the palace maids in the palaces of various princes and concubines. In ancient times, food was the essence of the people, and the Imperial Dining Room was a particularly important institution in the Imperial Palace.

If the meals in the imperial dining room are given to the emperor and the prince to eat, there will be a specific eunuch who will try each dish first and confirm that there is no poison before sending it to the palaces. The meal is delivered to the emperor's palace, and there will be eunuchs who will try the dish again in front of the emperor to confirm that there is nothing to do, and then present it to the emperor to enjoy.

The dishes were sent from the imperial dining room to the East Palace, and the section from the imperial dining room to the East Palace has never been opened. And the wine is also sent out from the imperial dining room. All the things were tried before being sent out of the imperial dining room, and there was no problem, and after being sent to the East Palace, the eunuchs did not try it again, but directly distributed it to the princes and princesses, and as a result, there was a problem.

The dishes are the same, the wine is the same, the four princes are either poisoned or drugged, only Princess Fengling is safe and sound, the only thing she hasn't touched is the wine at the night banquet.

The squire of the Criminal Department and Dali Siqing focused on the wine, but they still didn't find anything, the wine they drank that night, the wine jug that filled the wine, and the wine glass they used all checked it, and there was no problem at all.

Even the only clues that could be investigated were broken.

The deadline has arrived, and the two of them, who have no clue, consciously went to Emperor Qianwen's self-cultivation hall to ask for guilt.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are incompetent, and nothing useful has been investigated." The squire of the Criminal Department and the Dali Temple Qing knelt in the center of the main hall and said to Emperor Qianwen who was sitting on the top in fear.

Emperor Qianwen looked at the two of them, and after a long time, he asked, "Do you remember what I said three days ago?" ”

Three days ago, the Holy Decree, if there is nothing useful in the investigation, just resign and go home to farm.

"Wechen remembers."

"Then what did you do when you came to my self-cultivation hall? Go directly to the official department and return to the official seal, write the resignation of the official, and go home to farm! "Those who are in high positions are not angry and arrogant. Emperor Qianwen looked at the two courtiers in front of him who had been officials for a long time, and he was angry, and he really wanted to directly say a few dirty words to scold them for being bloody, but unfortunately he was the emperor, and the emperor's prestige could not be lost.

Zhao Hezhang and Xuan Qiuyu hastily withdrew from the Cultivation Hall.

I thought that he would take the initiative to ask for guilt, and Emperor Qianwen could let them go for the sake of their diligence for many years as officials, at most he would demote them and punish them with a penalty or something, but he didn't expect to really let them resign and go into hiding.

Alas, it's just a resignation, it's better than getting involved in a dispute between princes and losing your life in the end. I'm afraid this is just the beginning.

After the squire of the Criminal Department and Dali Siqing left, Emperor Qianwen summoned the secret guard and asked, "Has the dark wind found something?" "At this moment, Dark Wind is investigating outside, and what appears in front of Emperor Qianwen is the Dark Guard Dark Day.

Dark Sun clasped his fists and replied: "Back to the emperor, the wind and dark guard told his subordinates that night was poisoned and poisoned. The medicine was indeed in the wine, and the people who poisoned it were the palace maids and eunuchs in the imperial dining room, which one was exact, Feng Dark Guard was still investigating. ”

Emperor Qianwen pondered for a moment and asked, "In that case, why didn't the squire of the Criminal Department and the Dali Siqing find out?" "Even this poison. I don't know where the medicine is, it's really a waste, such a courtier, he can still be an official in this court for many years, it seems that the selection of officials in the future will have to be more investigated, and you can't just win the imperial examination and give an official position.

"Back to the emperor, Lord Zhao and Lord Xuan also started to investigate from the aspect of wine, but there were no traces of poison or drug in the remaining wine that night, and they couldn't be sure, so they said that nothing had been found out."

"How can the dark winds be sure of drugs and poison. All the medicine is in the wine? Emperor Qianwen looked at the dark day with a torch.

"Feng Dark Guard didn't tell his subordinates, I have to wait for Feng Dark Guard to investigate clearly, and wait for him to personally return to the emperor." Unlike those ministers, the secret guards were afraid of Emperor Qianwen, but in the face of Emperor Qianwen's inquiry, they would not express their fear, and they spoke calmly and without emotion. They have only one creed, loyalty. As long as they are loyal to the king, the emperor will not kill them, they are the secret guards who want to kill whoever he wants above the ten thousand people under this person.

If Dark Cloud hadn't broken away from the Dark Guard organization, I'm afraid it would have been cultivated like other Dark Guards.

"Well, step aside." Emperor Qianwen nodded slightly, and let the dark day hide back on the beam of the main hall.

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Dongfangdu, who had been stuffy in the bed for three days, looked at the thick snow outside the house, and wanted to go out to play in the snow. This belated heavy snowfall, which lasted for three days at a time, was heavier and thicker than in previous years.

"I don't know what it's like to roll on the snow?" Dongfang Du looked at the dark clouds with anticipation, and almost said that I want to go out and roll the snow!

Dark Cloud looked at her with a smile on his face, "What else can it feel like, naturally it's cold and cold." Even though there was a charcoal fire in the house, Dongfang Du was still wearing a silver fox coat, and the dark cloud smoothed the hair on the big one, and continued: "How old are you, you still want to go to the snow like when you were a child. ”

"Remember the first winter we met?" That year, they were just children, she had just come back from outside the palace, she didn't understand the rules of the palace, and she didn't care about her image as a prince, and she only thought about playing with Dark Cloud all day long.

As long as Dark Cloud doesn't train, he will go to her. The first snow since the acquaintance, like this snow, has been falling for a long time, has been raised for many days without stopping, covered in silver, the sky is gray, but the whole earth is pure white, dark clouds step on the snow, smile to her and say: "Brother Du, let's go to play in the snow, Yun'er has never built a snowman, I really want to build one, no, to build two, one is Brother Du, the other is Yun'er herself......"

She didn't think she was a secret guard, she didn't think she was a prince, at that time, they were innocent, and they never considered how different each other's identities were, until they ......

"Sister Du, let's go play in the snow." Just as Dongfang Du was thinking about the past, Dark Cloud leaned into her ear and whispered. After speaking, he retreated and hooked the corners of his lips to look at her who was stunned.

The voice in his ears overlapped with the voice in his head, but the title changed from Brother Du to Sister Du, and for a while, the figure of the person in front of him seemed to overlap with the child when he was young, Dongfang Du looked at the dark cloud with a smile in his eyes, "Yun'er wants to build two snowmen today?" ”

Hearing this, Dark Cloud smiled and said, "How about building two little snowmen and putting them on the windowsill?" ”

Banlan looked at the two of her love, shook her head helplessly, and shrank back, although the two of them had always treated her as if she didn't save zài, but she still wanted to work hard to lower her sense of saving zài, "Play in the snow, play in the snow, don't let me go out again!" ’

"Why don't you build two big snowmen?" Dongfang Du reached out and gently held Dark Cloud's hand, she wanted to roll in the snow with Dark Cloud like she did when she was a child. Because at that time, only by rolling snow could he hold her in his arms. And now, as long as you want to hug, you can take a step forward and take her into your arms, and you no longer need any excuses and reasons.

Dark Cloud glanced at Banlan and said, "Big snowman, let Banlan go and build it, you can only play with the snow on the windowsill and build two little snowmen." ”

They are already standing behind so much, why are they still being seen?! Banlan looked at Dark Cloud and Dongfang Du sadly, and said: "Your Royal Highness the Second Prince, the future princess, don't toss the slave maid, the slave maid is afraid of the cold and does not love snow." "She doesn't have anyone she likes, and the person she once had a good feeling for is now in love with other women in front of her, where does she have the leisure to play snowdrifting snowmen!

In the end, Dark Cloud nodded and agreed that Dongfang Du went out to play in the snow. Dongfang Du asked Banlan to send out all the palace maids and eunuchs in front of the dormitory, and then went out of the room with Dark Cloud.

As soon as he went out, Dongfang Du couldn't wait to lie down on the snow, rolled twice on the snow, saw the dark cloud smiling shallowly, and immediately got up, a lion hunted rabbit directly down the dark cloud, and the two of them fell directly on the snow, rolled a few laps directly, and for a time the snow was full of laughter and laughter of the two......

Banlan, who was "looking at the wind" on the side, helplessly looked at the two people in front of him who were obviously adults but playing in the snow like children, sighed twice, and comforted himself: "Alas, fortunately, I didn't let me build a snowman alone to show you......"

After playing with a pillar of incense on the snow, Dark Cloud pulled Dongfang Du back to the house. This poisoning is shallow, but the body is not well, which makes her come out to play for a while is already extraordinarily gracious, if she waves in the snow for an hour, the wind and cold will definitely invade her body while she is sick.

Dongfang Du got up unsatisfied, stretched out his hand and gently patted the snow on Dark Cloud's body, and said with a smile: "Let's go back." ”

Dark Cloud stared at Dongfangdu, who was patting her clothes and brushing the snow, pursed her lips lightly, and stepped forward to kiss her lips lightly, without thanks, thanks were all in this gentle kiss.

Banlan, who was standing on the side, really wanted to get sick, so that she didn't have to follow them all day long to watch them show her affection! These two are really getting in love day by day, and they used to be afraid of her, but in just a few days, they can hug and kiss each other as if no one was around! I don't treat her as an outsider at all, just make love in front of her! Did you deliberately want her to get a needle's eye?!

The two were about to enter the house when they heard a bird whistle. On this silent winter day, the sound of the bird's flute is so abrupt. But the sound of the bird's flute only sounded twice, and then it stopped.

When Dark Cloud heard the sound of the bird flute, his body stiffened, the smile on his face faded instantly, and after a moment of distraction, he turned his head and said, "Du, I'll leave for a while." ”

As he spoke, he let go of his hand, but was held by Dongfang Du's backhand, "What happened?" "Dark Cloud wants to leave, it must be because of the bird's horn he just heard. Thinking that she had given herself a bird flute, I couldn't help but guess in my heart, could it be that she had given it to others in addition to herself? When I thought about it, my heart instantly cooled.