"What happened in the house today?" After returning from the East Palace, Fang Xiaoyu's uneasiness in her heart had not dissipated, so she called Sizhu to inquire carefully.

"It's peaceful in the house, and nothing strange has happened. Why did the young lady ask? Sizhu replied.

"It's just that I care a little about ......" Fang Xiaoyu shook his head in a muttering voice, and then continued to ask, "What did Li Suqing and Ye Xiqian do during my absence?" And that Ye Shilan? ”

Sizhu thought for a while and said: "The slave maid has been sending people to watch them, and during the time the young lady entered the palace, Ye Shilan just stayed in the house and didn't do anything, just listened to her maid say that she always seemed to be in a daze." The relationship between Li Suqing and King An became more and more tense, but she met with Concubine Su and had a quarrel, then Li Suqing was completely defeated, angry and angry, and slapped Concubine Su, who happened to be bumped into by King An, and punished her to go to the ancestral hall to kneel and worship the ancestors. As for Ye Xiqian, he sneaked out of the house, went to Twenty Mile Street, and met with a person, according to the slave maid, this person is probably the person who provided Ye Xiqian with the seven-ring snake in the first place, it seems that the communication between them has not been broken, but Ye Xiqian seems to have gone this time to let the man leave, and gave him a lot of silver. ”

Fang Xiaoyu pinched his chin and groaned for a long time, and finally waved his hand and said, "You go down first." ”

Ichitake nodded and left.

It didn't seem to be a problem, but Fang Xiaoyu always felt that something was wrong. Ye Shucheng's purpose was not only to frame her and beat him, but even the spearhead was not all directed at the prince. On the contrary, his behavior seems to be deliberate, and the traces are too heavy. He had a feeling that Ye Shucheng had other plans.

This feeling stems from her understanding of Ye Shucheng. Over the years, I have seen Ye Shucheng's action mode, and I naturally have a sense of familiarity.

Fang Xiaoyu thought hard and meditated, but he couldn't think of the meaning of Ye Shucheng messing around this time and accusing her of beating him. When he was in the imperial study, Ye Shucheng was speechless by her throughout the whole process, but even so, Ye Shucheng's focus was still on 'she beat him', not 'assassination'.

obviously almost lost his life, if he hadn't happened to be rescued, he would have been a dead man at that time. He almost lost his life when he went to the imperial study to complain, but he focused everything on who hit him.

Is it based on the dignity of being a prince? Can you kill or not fight?

What's more, he was almost killed. But he was not seriously injured, just a little abrasion, and most of them could be healed with medicine, which is a bit unreasonable.

The other party almost succeeded. If such a professional killer. How could Ye Shucheng have such flexible action when he was about to succeed?

Moreover, the emperor's behavior is also very strange. He seemed to have seen through everything a long time ago, so the words he said to the prince, those eyes and movements would be so meaningful.

At least the emperor should know the truth about beating people. He looked at the crown prince's gaze and betrayed it all.

Although Ye Xici took the beating on his body, and the emperor seemed to acquiesce in this kind of 'blame' behavior, he should know the truth of this matter in his heart.

The problem is about the assassination of Ye Shucheng. Did he think of the possibility that Ye Shucheng would make a plan?

Ye Shucheng is the prince he loves very much, but he has come down several times. The emperor's attitude towards Ye Shucheng was extremely strange.

Whether it was Ye Shucheng being beaten on the street with a sack by Ye Xici, or the fact that the prince was framed was quietly reversed, or even her public provocation and humiliation of Ye Shucheng at the palace banquet, as well as Mei Chunshui's disrespectful behavior towards Ye Shucheng before he died, and the emperor's salty and indifferent attitude when Ye Shucheng was beaten this time when he accused her of being a prisoner.

The emperor seems to be letting go of something, if he is so disrespectful to the prince as usual, even if Ye Xici is also a royal person, even if he believes in her so-called identity as a Buddhist woman, he should not say anything and not lightly brush everything off.

It gave her a feeling. The emperor doesn't seem to love Ye Shu as much as he used to.

But why? Could it just be that he had an insight into the possibility that Ye Shucheng might compete with the crown prince for the throne? Or did the emperor also begin to suspect that his poisoning, the conspiracy of the Great Zhou, and even the death of Princess Yu An were all related to Zhou Guifei and Ye Shucheng?

That's why he let them attack Ye Shucheng, and even faintly suspected of adding fuel to the fire.

Is that really the case?

Fang Xiaoyu couldn't help but think of the 100,000 tiger talisman of the Northwest Army that the emperor personally handed over to her, as well as the 200,000 army he gave to Ye Xici. Is it for what purpose?

"Still thinking about Ye Shucheng's purpose?" Ye Xici poured a cup of tea for Fang Xiaoyu, holding the warm tea in his hand, and the warmth seemed to flow into his heart.

"I always felt that something was wrong. Ye Shucheng's behavior is too weird. But at this time, there is another person who is also very strange in his behavior, which makes me a little concerned. Fang Xiaoyu's brows were tightly furrowed, and her originally good-looking face looked a little gloomy.

"You mean Li Suqing?" Ye Xici had apparently sensed the same problem as her.

Fang Xiaoyu nodded and said, "Ever since my father welcomed Su Hongsu into the mansion, this Concubine Li has been full of things. With the means by which she could kill her mother, how could she be easily planted in Su Hongsian's hands? Even Su Hongsu hadn't used any means, she herself had pushed herself to the forefront first. ”

She knew her father's preferences so well that she ought not to have acted so impulsively. Expressing some jealousy at the right time will indeed make her father love her more and even feel guilty, but if it is too big, it will only make people disgusted, Jian Zhengyan and his wife have been teaching her since she was a child, can she be taught to make such a big noise like a shrew regardless of the overall situation? Ye Xici was also very puzzled.

It is said that the enemy may be the one who knows you best. Ye Xiqi has been in King An's Mansion for so many years, and he has not easily left in the face of any persecution, among them, he has fought with Li Suqing more than once, and he knows her best.

But he had never seen her so stupid. It's like a sudden change of person, and the behavior pattern of the whole person has changed drastically from before.

"Don't you think it's a little strange like today?" Fang Xiaoyu sneered: "Although the power of the family has been taken back by me. also asked Su Hongsu to help control the affairs of the house, but I did not remove all the chess pieces that Li Suqing had planted in the house in the past, and deliberately left her a lot. ”

said. Fang Xiaoyu continued: "With her arrangement in the mansion, after all, for so many years, she is in charge of the entire backyard of King An's Mansion, even if she has to hand over the power of the family now, how can she not leave a way back?" ”

"Take today's events as an example, if it comes to jealousy, it is understandable that she is hostile to Su Hongsilk. After all, after Su Hongsilk came to the palace, she took away her father's favor from her. However, the fact that she would take the initiative to conflict with Su Hongsilk was really a failure, even if she beat Su Hongsu. It's also possible to find a time when no one is around, but he will be hit by his father who just came back? ”

Fang Xiaoyu scoffed, this kind of standard plot that appears like a TV series is too fake.

"Yes, if my father comes back by chance. happened to go to Su Hongsui's yard. How could there be no one who didn't even make a report, and he happened to see the scene of Li Suqing doing it? Ye Xici agreed with Fang Xiaoyu's statement.

"And with those people she planted in the palace, if my father returned to the palace, if someone had told her in advance, she would not have been knocked into it at that time. This gives me the feeling that Li Suqing seems to have done this on purpose, deliberately being bumped into, or rather. She rushed to the muzzle of the gun herself. Fang Xiaoyu was puzzled, frowning and muttering to herself: "What is the benefit of doing this for her?" In addition to making her father even more disgusted with her. She was simply giving Su Hongsu the opportunity to frame her personally. ”

"He is being punished to kneel in the ancestral hall at the moment, although the punishment is not severe, but this will leave a worse impression in her father's heart......" Ye Xici didn't know why, suddenly felt like an alarming omen, and the uneasiness in his heart spread like a tide, flowing into his limbs, making his face change a few times, and finally returned to calm.

And Fang Xiaoyu was lowering his head to think about Li Suqing's strange behavior pattern, and did not notice Ye Xici's abnormality, but said: "You said that Li Suqing's abnormality is related to Ye Shucheng?" ”

Ye Xici's palm suddenly clenched, and then let go.

"It's just, apart from being punished to kneel in the ancestral hall, what other benefits can they get from it?" Fang Xiaoyu was puzzled.

The ancestral hall in the house is just a small private ancestral hall. Because King An is the prince and the royal person, the ancestral shrine is built near the imperial mausoleum, and the ancestral hall will be opened to worship the ancestors on every big day. And if you want to worship your ancestors on weekdays, most of the princes and princes who are separated from the palace will set up a small ancestral hall in the house, in addition to worshiping the ancestors, the main concubines and concubines in the family, as well as sons and daughters or something, if they die, the spiritual position will enter the ancestral hall to accept offerings.

For example, Princess An, she is the wife of King An who carried a sedan chair to marry back, even if King An doesn't like her anymore and tortures her, the things in her name are real, and King An can't refute them. Therefore, after her death, she will inevitably be enshrined in the ancestral hall, and every time she worships her ancestors on a big day, whether it is Li Suqing or Ye Xiqian Ye Shilan, when she enters the ancestral hall, she must also respectfully bow to Princess An's tablet, calling her sister and mother. Even though they don't want to.

Although her behavior was strange, she couldn't think of anything for a while. The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and if they come, they will be safe, and see what she wants to do in the future. You are tired of entering the palace, and I have pushed all the banquets for you today, so I can rest and sleep for a while, and I will talk about what I have to say when I wake up. Ye Xici saw the exhaustion on Fang Xiaoyu's face, so he helped Fang Xiaoyu to the side of the bed and persuaded.

He knew that Fang Xiaoyu had been busy entertaining various banquets in the past few days, and he also knew that Fang Xiaoyu didn't like to do these things, if it weren't for the purpose of winning over these courtiers for the crown prince, she wouldn't have had to work so hard.

And the reason why she helped the prince so much wasn't it for him?

Fang Xiaoyu rubbed his temples, feeling a little painful there, even his eyes were a little sore, but he didn't shirk it, nodded and said, "It's okay, I'm a little tired." I'll sleep for a while, if you have time, go and ask Moji to check, what is the emperor's attitude towards Zhou Guifei recently? ”

"I know, you can sleep peacefully, talk about something when you get up, don't get tired." Ye Xici helped Fang Xiaoyu to the bed, helped her cover the quilt, and waited for her to fall asleep, and then left with a gloomy face.

He hadn't forgotten Fang Xiaoyu's words, so as soon as he went out, he ordered Mo Ji to check the emperor's recent attitude towards the harem concubines. Not only Zhou Guifei, but even other concubines also asked to check.

Ink Mark saw that Shizi didn't seem to be very happy, but he didn't ask anything, so he took the order and left. However, Ye Xici walked quickly to the ancestral hall, looked outside the door for a while, and saw Li Suqing walking back and forth in the ancestral hall, but he did not kneel down to worship the ancestors and think, and the expression on his face was a little gloomy.

Li Suqing was there, he couldn't go in, so he had to wait not far away to pay attention to the movements of the ancestral hall.

There's something he's hiding, and it's not to be seen by outsiders.

When Fang Xiaoyu mentioned whether Li Suqing's abnormality would have anything to do with Ye Shucheng, he suddenly had an idea in his mind, and he felt trembling when he thought of the scene where Ye Shucheng threatened Fang Xiaoyu with his secret at the palace banquet that day.

If, if Ye Shucheng's purpose was that thing from the beginning......

Ye Xici gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. He didn't know where Ye Shucheng knew that secret.

On that day, it was clear that there were only two people, her and her mother, and the concubine had already gone, so it was impossible to say it, even if the concubine was not dead, it was impossible to betray him. So, what went wrong that would have allowed others to gain insight into the secret?

At this time, Ye Xici didn't know that it was not only Ye Shucheng who knew the secret, but also the five princes.

According to the fifth prince, he accidentally saw Princess An's brown paper, so he became suspicious of Princess An's death, so he investigated alone, but accidentally learned the secret.

The Fifth Prince once reminded Fang Xiaoyu that there was a wall in Ye Xici's heart, and the other end of this wall was connected to the bottomless darkness.

It's just that unlike Ye Shucheng's reminder, the fifth prince seems to be well-intentioned, he hopes that even if the secret has to be made public one day, Fang Xiaoyu can still stand by Ye Xici's side like now, support him, hold his hand tightly, and don't let go.

It's just that Fang Xiaoyu didn't get any answers. The fifth prince said that Ye Xici couldn't open his mouth at will if he didn't say it, and Ye Shucheng didn't seem to have any purpose and never mentioned the secret again, Ye Xici himself was extremely hesitant, so Fang Xiaoyu was still kept in the dark.

At this time, Ye Xici's only worry was whether that thing would be obtained by Ye Shucheng. So after hearing that Li Suqing was punished into the ancestral hall, he instinctively felt that Li Suqing's strange behavior should be related to this matter, so he hurriedly came.

However, if you want to go in and investigate, you have to wait for Li Suqing to leave. Otherwise, it is to tell others that there is something greasy in this ancestral hall.

Don't be impatient. Be relaxed.

Ye Xici told himself. (To be continued.) )

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