The crown princess knew that Dongfang Xi was not fond and close to her, and the two raised their eyebrows and respected each other, but it was just because she was the daughter of Shangshu. Don't say that the children of the royal family can't do their own marriage, and even the ministers of the court can't do the marriage of their own daughter. The daughter of the minister either became the emperor's concubine or the prince's concubine, but left and right but entered the royal family.

The emperor relied on the daughters of the ministers to control the ministers, and the ministers also relied on their daughters to consolidate their positions and increase the trust of the emperor. And she Qi Ying, when she was eighteen years old, was elected by the emperor as the crown princess, and the prince at that time had already accepted several concubines, but the position of the concubine was vacant for a long time, and she became the crown prince and concubine. The crown princess, the future queen, must be of noble birth, and her mother's family must also have power to bring benefits to the prince.

The crown princess picked up the tray, bowed to the east, and said gently: "Then the concubine will not bother." She is gentle and virtuous, and she takes care of Dongfang Xi, but even so, she can't get Dongfang Xi's favor, and some of them are just his estrangement and respect.

After Qi Ying left the study, Dongfang Xi turned his head and continued the topic that had just been interrupted.

"Okay, do you think, among these royal brothers in this palace, who covets the position of the prince of this palace the most?"

Wuyu was stunned for a moment, his eyes hurriedly moved from Dongfang Xi's body to the ground, and replied with his fists clenched: "Back to Your Highness, my subordinates don't know." "Even if there is a comparison in my heart, I don't dare to say which prince is the most ambitious. It is true that he is a personal guard, but the princes are still the prince's younger brothers, and it is clear at a glance which relatives are far away.

"It's okay, it's okay to be straightforward. Compared with those royal brothers, this palace is closer to you, and its trust in you is even more than theirs. "Wuyu is a personal guard, his subordinate, loyal to him, and he is the head of the horse. And those imperial brothers, even if they call him imperial brothers, in their hearts, they are still jealous of his position as the crown prince, right?!

Gaining the trust of their masters is the greatest honor for them to be subordinates. Listening to Dongfang Xi's words of trust and closeness, Wuyu was grateful in his heart, and he couldn't wait to repay his trust and cultivation grace.

"His Highness trusts his subordinates so much, so his subordinates will say it directly." Because the next thing to say is the following disrespectful words, Wuyu knelt down on one knee first, and then told the results of the analysis of what happened last night from his own perspective.

"Last night, it was His Royal Highness the Third Prince who was the first to pass out with drugs, and then, Your Highness, you were poisoned. At that time, the subordinates suspected that His Royal Highness the Second Prince, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that this move was too obvious, if His Royal Highness really had something, the position of the prince would be given to her naturally, this is not a clear statement to tell everyone, she is the biggest beneficiary and the person who is most likely to attack Your Highness? After saying a long sentence, Wu Yu raised his head slightly and looked at Dongfang Xi.

"Very well, keep talking." Dongfang Xi gave a timely word of encouragement.

Wuyu was affirmed, and continued: "But later, His Royal Highness the Second Prince was also poisoned, and he looked even stricter than Your Highness. The second prince was already weak and sickly, although he practiced martial arts, the congenital deficiency still existed, and he would get sick from time to time. The subordinates dared to guess that even if it wasn't for Your Highness, you would not be given the position of the prince to her. ”

How could Emperor Qianwen rest assured that the Eastern Qianguo would be given to such a half-crippled sick seedling? And she left the palace at the age of three, returned at the age of thirteen, went to Jizhou with the army at the age of fourteen, but disappeared for four years, and did not return to the palace until she was eighteen years old.

"No worries, you said so much, but you still didn't tell the palace, in your heart, which prince covets the position of the prince of the palace the most." After saying so many things, he was clearing his suspicions for Dongfangdu, which was not what he wanted to hear.

"His Royal Highness and His Royal Highness the Second Prince are poisoned, but His Royal Highness the Third Prince and His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince are only drugged, and the suspicion of the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince is even greater."

"Is it the third emperor brother of the palace who is suspicious, or the fourth emperor brother who is suspicious?" One is the younger brother of a mother's compatriot, and the other is the fourth emperor brother born to Concubine Liang. He already had a guess in his heart, and at the moment he just wanted to hear his opinion.

"Yes...... It is His Royal Highness the Third Prince. Wuyu replied hesitantly, a flash of sympathy in his eyes. These three princes, Dongfang Xu, are His Royal Highness's own brothers, how can he attack his own brother?

Sure enough, it was the same as my own thoughts. When he was hesitant to find someone to assassinate Dongfang Du, Dongfang Xu was still on the side, and he made himself ruthless to find a killer. Now, he can also be ruthless with himself. It's too naïve to think that the first one was drugged to clear the suspicion.

"By the way, His Royal Highness the Prince, Princess Fengling, she didn't have anything to do last night, neither poisoning nor Chinese medicine, she ...... "Wuyu is curious why Her Royal Highness Princess Dudu is safe and sound, does this prince still have a trace of pity and cherishment?" Reluctant to attack the only woman in this royal family?

"Imperial sister, she doesn't drink." Dongfang Xi solved his doubts with a word, "What she drank was either tea or water, and she didn't touch a drop of the wine at the banquet." And this medicine and □□ are in this wine.

"Her Royal Highness the Princess, she is also quite suspicious." Wuyu thought for a while and said, "Nangong Anyi, the current emperor of Nanchi Kingdom, isn't she a woman?" "If Princess Fengling wants to be the empress, she has to get rid of these four princes. Only when the man dies can it be her turn as a woman.

Thinking that the man was dead, Wuyu said again: "Your Highness, there is something unknown to your subordinates. Why is the poison in His Royal Highness and His Royal Highness the Second Prince, not an instant death, but a ......" Seeing Dongfang Xi's cold face in an instant, he hurriedly said: "Your Highness forgives your sin, it is your subordinates who are talking nonsense." "Dongfang Xi can live, only his subordinates have the possibility of a bright future, how could he want Dongfang Xi to be poisoned to death.

"Forgive your innocence, get up." After Dongfang Xi finished speaking, he got up and rolled up the picture of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains that had dried ink and put it aside, picked up the pen and began to draw on the new rice paper, and said while drawing: "What you said is exactly what the palace is puzzled about. ”

"By the way, the people from the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, have you found anything in the investigation?"

Such a big thing happened, and the squire of the Criminal Department and Dali Siqing entered the palace early in the morning to investigate the matter. This incident happened in his East Palace, the main hall and the side hall of the East Palace are the scene of the crime, and the two criminal investigation ministers are either in the main hall or in the side hall at the moment.

"The squire of the Criminal Department and the Dali Siqing only stayed in the main hall and the side hall for a quarter of an hour, and then went to the imperial dining room to inquire about the palace maids and eunuchs there, and there were no clues an hour ago." Wuyu replied, paused and said: "Wushu and Wufu have been following the two adults, and if they get something, they will come back as soon as possible." ”

Dongfang Xi nodded, put down the brush, turned his head sideways and said to Wuyu: "Perhaps, this lightly poisoned imperial brother in this palace should go to see the second imperial brother who was poisoned strictly." After speaking, he hooked the corner of his lower lip, and smiled lightly, but it was inexplicably terrifying.

When Wu Yu heard this, he hurriedly persuaded: "Your Highness, it's better not to leave this East Palace lightly." "It's not safe in the East Palace, let alone anywhere else.

"Let's talk about it, haha."

When such a thing happened, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince could still laugh, which made Wu Yu, who had followed Dongfang Xi since he was a child, unable to figure out the situation, and sighed in his heart, the master's mind is really not something that they can guess casually as subordinates.

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After finishing lunch, Dongfang Lingwu did not leave immediately, but stayed in Fengqing Palace with Chu Mi.

"Ling Wu, Sister Huang, you better go back, just let me recuperate quietly for two days, okay?" The two stayed in her Fengqing Palace for a long time, did nothing, only drank tea and chatted, and took care of her in the name of beauty. This is to take care of her, it is clearly to disturb the two-person world of her and Yun'er!

Dark Cloud was quiet, and he had been sitting quietly beside Dongfang Du and looking at her, his eyes were full of love. Seeing Dongfang Du frowning from time to time, I don't know if she was uncomfortable because of the poison or because she was unwell last night, thinking like this, the love in her eyes couldn't help but be mixed with a little pity.

Dongfang Du thought about it, and said to Chu Mi with a smile: "Senior sister, Imperial Doctor Lin said, I want the master to solve this poison, why don't you go to Wuya Mountain and bring the master back?" ”

When Dongfang Lingwu heard this, he got up anxiously and said, "Didn't you let Mi'er protect my safety?" Why did you let her go back to Wuya Mountain again? "I don't know how long it will take to come back!

"Ling Wu, you should also go back to Wuya Mountain with Senior Sister, just go and have a look...... Mother. "Their mother, the real virtuous concubine, has been living in seclusion on the cliffless mountain since she left the palace four years ago, and she can take this opportunity to go and see her. How many years haven't we seen each other? In the four years since she left, she has never been to Wuya Mountain, and she doesn't know how her master is doing, let alone how her mother is doing.

Looking at the smiling Dongfang Du, Chu Mi always felt that she was planning something, and couldn't help frowning and asked, "Xiaodu, do you really let us leave the palace at this time?" Do you want to wait for us to do something? "It's not the first time she's done this! After tricking people into leaving, they do something worrying alone. Leave once, never leave a second time!

"Senior sister, you think too much, just let you pretend, it just happens that the mother concubine is on the cliffless mountain, you take Ling Wu back together, you can protect her, and let her visit the mother concubine, kill three birds with one stone!" Seeing Chu Mi's look of disbelief, he couldn't help but slander, what happened four years ago is still so lingering? That time I didn't trick them into leaving, I let them go back to the capital for the sake of their safety! And he will leave for four years, which is completely improvised.

Dongfang Lingwu asked, "Is there really anything to hide from us?" "She didn't want to leave and something happened in this palace again.

The ins and outs of what happened last night, because it was related to the dark clouds, so even they didn't reveal it, they would be worried about their safety at the moment, and it was expected, Dongfang Du said in a sincere tone: "Ling Wu, senior sister, you can rest assured, during this time, nothing will happen again." ”

After receiving Dongfangdu's repeated affirmation, Dongfang Lingwu and Chu Mi left Fengqing Palace and went back to pack their bags and prepare to go to Wuya Mountain.