After the emperor and Concubine De had a warm exchange, the two hugged each other and lay down.

has been a husband and wife for all these years, and it is better to be younger.

The emperor regards the concubines in this palace as more responsibilities, but has little feelings, his sincerity has long been given to the deceased Queen Duanyi, and for other women, although there is pity, although there is respect and appreciation, it is difficult to really go to the heart.

The emperor hugged Concubine De, who was as gentle as water, and said: "These powerful families in the capital are really too unrepresentable. ”

Concubine De was silent, only hugged the emperor, and snuggled in the emperor's arms tenderly.

The emperor told her about the affairs of the court, she could only listen and not express any opinions, otherwise she would accidentally bear the charge of "concubine interfering in politics", and she could only act as if she hadn't heard anything.

Concubine De saw Jiang Ruoning go in today, and vaguely guessed what case Jiang Ruoning was handling, but she couldn't guess what kind of case it was. I'm afraid that Jiang Ruoning found out something this time.

"The emperor must have been tired recently, and the concubine will give you a massage."

The emperor said, "My chest is a little stuffy. ”

Concubine De is only in her early thirties, but she is only twenty-five or sixteen years old, stretching out her arms like white lotus roots, and using the emperor to massage it.

The emperor was lying on the couch, still pondering what Jiang Ruoning said today.

This time, he is not ready to let King Rong meddle in this matter, let alone let King Min do it, and King Min's Mansion himself can't get out of it, which is really a headache. This matter can't be ignored, he vaguely feels that more and more civil and military ministers are involved in this case. The Ancheng Houchi family is involved, and the Fuguo Houma family is not necessarily clean, and no matter how famous the family is in the capital, there is a shadow.

If he doesn't eradicate this cancer, it will only grow bigger and bigger.

It is even more related to the Ruijun Palace, and it involves the prince, it is difficult for the person who does this to succeed if he does not have strong means, he needs to cultivate a capable son, rather than letting the prince dominate.

Whether it was the fourth prince, the fifth prince or the seventh prince, he couldn't make up his mind for a while.

Weigh. Weigh again.

The three princes have their own advantages and disadvantages, the biological mother of the fifth prince is Concubine Shu, who is extremely powerful in the court, and the Xiao family is also from the capital. It is difficult to guarantee that the Xiao family was not involved in the disappearance of the noble girl.

The emperor was really embarrassed.

Just when Concubine De thought he was asleep, he let out a long sigh.

The chief steward of the sheep stood outside the light gauze tent, "Your Majesty, the person you want to see has arrived at the Nourishment Palace." ”

The emperor said: "Ai Concubine, change my clothes." I have to go to the temple of nourishment. ”

Concubine De quickly straightened the dragon robe for the emperor.

The emperor said: "Drive back to the palace." ”

"Congratulations to the emperor!"

Gong E said puzzledly: "Niangniang, the emperor is ...... this"

Concubine De looked at the emperor's distant back, after he came today, he sighed lightly twice, this was not before, what was the emperor hesitating, obviously he was going to the concubine of Chonghua Palace, but she pulled people over, judging from this matter, the emperor was hesitating on her and the concubine.

Their sons have all grown up. When the second prince was as old as the fifth prince and the seventh prince, he had already been able to stand alone, had learned to share the emperor's worries, and was even more able to go to Jiangnan to investigate and deal with the corruption case.

"Don't you want to make a queen?" Concubine De said a word, and shook her head again and again: "No! Wrong! The emperor once said that he only had one wife in his life. "He won't make another queen.

So what did the emperor hesitate between her and Concubine Shu?

Is it to reuse one of the two of them?

Now the agent of the sixth palace is Concubine Shu, who is assisted by Concubine De.

It doesn't seem like that.

Concubine De went around in a circle, and immediately thought of the prince, could it be that the emperor had encountered something big and needed to let the prince do it. But he couldn't decide which prince to take over the errand.

Thinking like this, Concubine De said: "Let Mama back up the generous gift, and the palace will go to Cuiwei Palace to visit Princess Fengge early tomorrow morning." ”

"Niangniang......" Gong E was puzzled.

Concubine De said: "Princess Fengge must know the emperor's thoughts. ”

"Yes."

Gong E thought about this princess, although she was a successor. But it is also the real royal bloodline, even in the Emperor Taishang and the Queen Mother.

*

The Temple of Nourishment.

The silver-faced rat is already waiting on the side.

The emperor said: "You are the head of the twelve Xiao, let me ask you, do you know about the dark building in the capital?" ”

The royal rat lowered his head and replied: "Back to the emperor, there are two dark buildings in the capital, one is the Red Shadow Villa. The first is the Red Lotus Temple, behind the scenes, the big proprietor is said to be the powerful of the dynasty, and some people say that they are relatives of the emperor. ”

"I don't want legends, I want exact news. You go to check, who is the big boss behind the scenes? The more detailed the more powerful people are colluding with it, the better. ”

The royal rat immediately felt a chill on his back, "Your Majesty ...... the Emperor"

The Emperor's eyes lit up as he looked at the eyes hidden behind the silver rat, "You know something, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it. ”

"Back to the emperor, as far as his subordinates know, the big proprietors of the two dark buildings are...... It is the king of Ruijun, the prince, and the old Xie Ge. ”

"You say it's the three of them?"

"Back to the emperor, the three of them each have a share, the prince is forty percent, the king of Ruijun is thirty percent, Xie Ge is the second one, and one percent is for the capital's magnates. An Cheng Hou Chi family, Fu Guo Hou Ma family, Su Yi Bo Xie family, Zuo Cheng Prime Minister Cui family, Yang family, Jialong Bowen family, iron cavalry general Wen family...... There are also countless officials with more than five grades in Beijing, if the emperor really wants to move the dark building, he is afraid of ...... It's a lot of involvement! ”

The interests of the dark building affect the whole body, and the powerful families of the dynasty have a share.

"I don't want to listen to you, I want to prove it definitely."

Rat Zhiwu: "This ......"

The Emperor looked at the Rat coldly.

The royal rat lowered his head: "The subordinates did their best to get the evidence." ”

The prince colluded with King Ruijun and Xie Gelao to pull most of the courtiers into his command, and he didn't know it.

"You're so bold, you even knew it early in the morning, why didn't you report it to me?"

It's not that he didn't say it, but he thought that the emperor knew about these things a long time ago.

They have always obeyed the emperor's dispatch alone, and they will do whatever the emperor says, but the master did not order, and they did not dare to take the initiative on their own.

"The Twelve Xiao are only loyal to the emperor, and on the first day of the Twelve Xiao, the subordinates were told by the master: You must not have your own opinions, you must not act arbitrarily, and you must not arbitrarily guess the holy will......"

The rules of the twelve Xiao, the emperor is the clearest.

It's no wonder that rats are being controlled. The emperor didn't give an order, how dare he do anything.

Even if he knew some things, the emperor didn't ask, but he just didn't know.

They learned only two words: faithfulness. And can only be loyal to the emperor.

"Someone from Dali Temple and Mingjing Division has infiltrated the dark building, you can send someone to cooperate."

"Subordinates obey!"

The Emperor said, "Go!" ”

He squinted slightly, he hadn't made up his mind which prince would come forward to deal with the matter, and he didn't think that the inside story would shock him even more: the crown prince and the king of Ruijun had attracted most of the courtiers because of two dark buildings.

If one day someone will turn against him. These people must not be complicit.

The emperor sensed the severity of the matter.

The death of King Jing, Murong Qi, is still full of fog.

If the second son is still there, he will definitely solve problems for himself, which is the son he values the most, but the only regret is that he is not the eldest son.

The emperor sighed lightly, looked at the chapter on the case, took a copy, looked through it and was not interested at all, his mind was all about the dark building.

The biological mother of the fourth prince, Liu, was too strong and domineering earlier. The mother is strong and the son is weak, it is really confirmed in him, from childhood to adulthood, he obeys Liu's arrangement everywhere, and it is really difficult to become a big thing.

The fifth prince is more assertive than the fourth prince, but in the end he is still a teenager, and he is still three months younger than the fourth prince before he is the age of the weak crown. The mother family, the Xiao family, is one of the clans in the capital, and is in the dark building case. I'm afraid that the Xiao family will also be difficult to get out of it.

The Seventh Prince is a little immature, although he has practiced martial arts and studied all these years, he has not had enough experience in the end, such a big thing. He really needs a prince to come forward to handle it, and he only needs to stand behind this prince, and this prince's methods must be strong enough, domineering, calm and fierce enough, so that he can hold down the position.

Of the three princes, which one is up to the task.

The emperor compared his three sons in his mind. Compared with each other, he still hesitated between the five princes and the seven princes, the two sons had their own advantages and disadvantages, and the uncle's family of the seventh prince was not in the capital, but thousands of miles away. If the fifth prince showed fairness in this matter, it could be used, but this concubine was sometimes not sober enough.

said that at the last palace banquet, she acted as the agent of the Sixth Palace, and actually followed Feng Wu and others to mess around, making Jiang Ruoning stumbling, and at this point, the Queen Mother was dissatisfied. The emperor sees it in his eyes, and he, as the emperor, can ask about the major affairs of the world, but he can go and ask about such trivial matters in the six palaces.

Tomorrow, I summoned my two sons to ask him to see who was more suitable.

After making up his mind, the emperor made up his mind to hold several important pieces of the recital in his hand one by one.

*

The next morning, Jiang Ruoning was lying in bed, dreaming of Zhou Gong.

"Princess, Concubine De is here to visit you."

Jiang Ruoning opened her eyes, she entered the palace to avoid quietness, and she couldn't even sleep lazy, who said that being a princess could be a rice worm, and being a princess was like this, I am afraid that it is even more difficult to be a princess.

"I'll come!"

Cui said with a smile: "Concubine De Niangniang is looking at the princess's painting "Talented Son Rulan" outside, and let the princess slowly freshen up. ”

Having said that, Concubine De is her concubine in the end, and she can't be rude.

Jiang Ruoning quickly picked it up and moved to the main hall to meet Concubine De.

After a few words, Concubine De said: "I haven't used breakfast in this palace, so I'll use some with Feng Ge today." ”

Jiang Ruoning and Concubine De sat opposite each other in front of the dining table.

Concubine De said with a worried face: "Yesterday, the emperor took a rest in my palace, and left after only staying for more than half an hour, sighing a few times, which really made the palace worry about his dragon body." ”

The emperor sighed?

Jiang Ruoning recalled yesterday's request to search the Ruijun Palace, but the emperor did not respond.

King Ruijun is the royal prince in the end, she can guess that this matter involves the crown prince, and the emperor will definitely be able to guess it. When she finished speaking, the emperor was clearly distracted, as if he had thought of something.

Concubine De saw that Jiang Ruoning was distracted, and look, Jiang Ruoning really knew the reason, "Feng Ge can know what the emperor is worried about, if you know, you might as well forgive the emperor." ”

This is the cleverness of Concubine De, she doesn't ask about anything, she just lets Jiang Ruoning relieve and comfort.

Outside, a palace lady beside Concubine De Niangniang came in: "Niangniang, it's a matter from the side of the Seventh Highness." She glanced at Jiang Ruoning, approached Concubine De, and whispered in a low voice. (To be continued.) )