"What do you say? Why are you lying? Sui'er's eyes filled with tears, "I thought you were all servants in the palace, even if you are not the same master, but you have the same heart and reason, you are all suffering people, and you must have a sympathetic heart, but I didn't expect that you still lied to harm Yu'er!" Sui'er sighed, looked at Zeng Ji with a pair of resentful eyes, and saw that he felt ashamed in his heart, his lips trembled, and he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

Liu Zhao looked at Sui'er's anxious eyes, and was already very distressed, so he said, "What's your name?" ”

"The minion is called Zeng Ji!"

"What you said is true?"

"What the minions say is true." Zeng swallowed his saliva a few times, and struggled to support it.

Cai Lun interjected here: "Your Majesty, can the old minister ask him a few words?" ”

"Okay, let's ask!" Liu Zhao nodded in agreement.

Cai Lun cleared his throat and said, "How many years have you been in the palace?" ”

"The villain has been in the palace for five years."

"Oh, then let me ask you, do you know the consequences of this crime of deception?" Cai Lun's voice was low, but there was an invisible pressure that made Zeng Ji almost faint with fright.

"Small, the villain knows."

"It's good to know, let me ask you, how did the little princess die, was she poisoned or hanged?" The corner of Cai Fen's eyes fell on him, and he asked casually.

"Yes, yes, hanged." Zeng shrank back a few times, and Cai Fen's gaze made him feel furious.

"Oh? Is it? The emperor, the minister felt that the death of the little princess was not hanging, and the minister entered the palace to see it, and there was no hanged mark on his neck. The minister asked the emperor to find the imperial doctor and the court lieutenant to jointly test, if it was not hanging. There is a suspicion of planting falsehood here, please ask the emperor to investigate. His few words made it clear that he didn't believe Zeng Ji's words!

But Liu Zhao had already understood, he stood up and walked in front of Zeng Ji, and said gloomily: "You tell the truth well, I will spare your whole family, otherwise." You can do it! ”

Then. Shen Xiang, who was standing at the door of the hall, suddenly said: "The minister told the emperor that the minister has something to say to Cai Changshi, please come out and talk." ”

Liu Zhao was stunned. glanced at Zeng Ji, who was frightened, and said to Cai Lun: "Look at who it is, this matter must be investigated." I will never wronged a good person, nor will I let a bad person go! ”

"The minister understands!" Cai Lun strode to the door. But seeing the figure of the Ma Gong people flashing in the corner behind the palace, he smiled coldly and asked, "Who was going to talk to me just now?" ”

Shen Xiang came over and said, "It's a subordinate, Shen Xiang!" ”

"Is that you? Good. Go ahead! ”

Shen Xiang looked around and said, "Please take a step to speak, this matter is related to the emperor's reputation!" After pulling Cai Lun to the rockery, he briefly told the story of the incident. In the end, he said: "The minister originally thought that he could take a person to blame for this matter. After the calm past, the emperor can save face, and the people of the Ma Palace can also live in the palace. didn't expect that it was Deng Guiren's maid who took the blame for the crime. Not to mention whether the emperor favored Deng Guiren or not, just because the emperor personally asked about this matter, it was impossible to say. subordinates, let Zeng Ji lie at that time, also out of loyalty to the emperor, and asked Cai Changzhi to say a few good words in front of the emperor, sparing Zeng Ji's child's life, after all, he also had no intention of knowing about it, and in order to survive, he had to be used. ”

Cai Lun thought nervously, and after a long time, he said lightly: "I know this matter, I will deal with it at my discretion, you are so good that you are bad, you are doing the right thing, but this involves Deng Guiren, I am afraid it is not easy to do, the emperor is cold to her on the surface, but in fact he cares about it tightly, and the meaning of maintenance is inevitable." Now, I had to find a way to inform the queen and let go of that Zhao Yu to downplay the matter, as for the people of Ma Gong, there was only one way to give death. ”

There was murderous intent in his faint tone, and when he heard that Shen Xiang was also a spirit, he retreated.

Cai Lun returned to the palace, and saw that Deng Sui had already sat down, and the emperor was talking to the queen, and vaguely heard lies and the like, so he bowed lightly and said: "Queen Mother, the minister made a new brocade robe yesterday, which is embroidered with good silk threads, and can be changed into different colors in the light, can Niangniang come out and take a look?" He winked at the glass.

Yin Li was talking to Liu Zhao, and suddenly saw him come back, and said irrelevant words, and pointed with his eyes, so he understood a thing or two, and said to Liu Zhao: "Your Majesty, the concubine will go out to have a look, and she will be back in a while." ”

Liu Zhao saw Yin Li go out, and his eyes fell on Sui'er's body, in fact, the eyes of the two have been anxious together since Sui'er entered the hall, and that kind of deep gaze is only understood by the two of them. "Sui'er, you've lost some weight, have you always eaten well?" Liu Zhao asked in a low voice.

"Well, the emperor is concerned, everything is fine with Sui'er. But the emperor has lost a lot of weight and is a lot haggard! Sui'er also replied in a low voice, and suddenly felt a grievance in her heart.

"I, I didn't go to see you, I really have a last resort, smart as you are, you should understand my deep meaning." Liu Zhaohao wanted to walk over, take Sui'er into his arms, and talk about his suffering these days. But how can it be done on such an occasion?

"Your Majesty, the concubine is just a woman of the emperor, there are many concubines in the emperor, and the concubine is just an unworthy one, the emperor doesn't have to have any deep meaning for Sui'er, the lost east corner of the harvest of mulberry elm, the emperor is the king of a country, how to do it, the concubines don't have any ideas." Sui'er's voice was faint, with a hint of vinegar, and a little resentment, as if inadvertently, but it also made Liu Zhao hear.

He smiled slightly, it turned out that his Sui'er cared about it and was jealous, but she loved face and refused to admit it. Suddenly, the pain that had been pent up for a long time seemed to fade a little, and he said dotingly: "I am always good for you, you will understand in the future, but why is it that you are dressed so thinly on such a cold day?" ”

Su Lan'er said: "Your Majesty, since the beginning of winter, none of the fabrics sent from the West Palace are good, and there are not enough items for the winter, and the charcoal is not carrot charcoal. ”

Sui'er hurriedly interrupted her and said, "Don't talk nonsense, everything is fine, Your Majesty, the maid is talkative, don't be surprised." ”

Liu Zhao was distressed. It's just that he is the king, and the queen is the lord of the six palaces, and it is a very time at this moment, so it is inconvenient to ask, so he secretly remembers it in his heart, and secretly blames himself, why he didn't think that he didn't pamper Sui'er. What will her days in the palace be like?

At this time, Yin Li's face came in uncertainly. glanced at Deng Sui, then at Liu Zhao, and sighed in his heart. There is no way, he is the lord of the six palaces, no matter what, this matter must be hidden, and the emperor cannot know. At least not to publicize it. So he said, "Sui'er, I have asked other people in the palace. They all said that they didn't see Zhao Yu kill anyone, but just watched her enter the house, so you can bring her back first. We'll talk about that later. ”

Sui'er was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down to thank him and said, "Thank you for the queen's kindness." Sui'er thanked Zhao Yu on behalf of him! ”

Yin Li ignored her and said to Liu Zhao: "Your Majesty." You are also tired, go to the concubine's Changqiu Palace to rest for a while, leave the affairs here to the concubine, and I will let everything pass safely. ”

Liu Zhaogang was about to ask again, Cai Lun said: "Your Majesty, let's take a rest in the Changqiu Palace, Deng Guiren will also go to Yongxiang to bring Miss Zhao Yu back, I think she has also suffered a little." Your Majesty, the minister has something to say to the emperor, let's talk while walking! With that, he pulled Liu Zhao and left.

An attendant dragged the emperor out of the palace in a hurry, which was a great disrespect, but Cai Lun was different, he was the person Liu Zhao had been with since he was a child, and like his father, he just watched, but he didn't dare to show it. Liu Zhao was puzzled, looked back at Sui'er, saw her beautiful eyes, and was also looking at herself, her heart was sour, very reluctant, how could Cai Lun have pulled him out of the hall. Then he hurriedly said: "What do you mean, I haven't said that I want to go to Changqiu Palace yet." ”

"Your Majesty, go back to Changqiu Palace and drink some tea! It's time for today's business. Cai Lun let go of Liu Zhao and said to the sedan chair outside the door: "Quickly help the emperor to go to Changqiu Palace!" ”

Sui'er got up and withdrew from Qingyan Palace, and Liu Zhao's hurried departure made her very puzzled, but she was eager to save Yu'er, so she ignored it.

Along the way, Liu Zhao sometimes stretched his head out of the sedan chair and asked Cai Lun why he had to ask him to go to Changqiu Palace to drink tea, but the queen stayed in Qingyan Palace and did not go back. Cai Lun only said: "The emperor is not impatient, when he arrived at the Changqiu Palace, Rong Laochen slowly told His Majesty." ”

The fragrant tea that was served did not arouse Liu Zhao's interest, and the previous saying that coming to the queen's palace to taste Lu'an tea was just an excuse, but it was just a matter of calming Yinli's heart. But he didn't expect that Yin Li would kill Sui'er and push Sui'er to a helpless situation, which was distressing to him.

Cai Lun slowly tasted the tea, without saying a word, Liu Zhao had asked a few times, but he was still silent, until Cui Huang outside the door came in and whispered a few words to him, and then smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the matter of the little princess has been handled properly, and she is buried outside the city, and she is still named Princess Shujun, but she is young and died young, so she can't enter the imperial mausoleum." As for the people of Ma Gong, she couldn't stand the pain of losing her daughter, and she had hanged herself in the apse of Qingyan Palace. Guo Jin of the Tai Hospital took care of the little princess unfavorably, and he had already given poisoned wine. As for saying that the little princess was killed, it was purely because of the Ma Gong people's false accusation against Deng Guiren, and the queen had sent the little yellow gate named Zeng Ji out to guard the princess's mausoleum. Is it appropriate for the emperor to do this? ”

He spoke in a calm and indifferent voice, as if everything was reasonable, without a single flaw. Liu Zhao didn't expect things to be handled so quickly, let alone that so many things would happen. It's just that for Guo Jin's treatment, he asked: "That imperial doctor Guo Jin is just taking care of it badly, it doesn't seem to be a capital crime, and the queen's move doesn't seem appropriate." ”

Cai Lun said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it's just a doctor, what's more, I heard that in order to invite merit, he deliberately put something else in the little princess's medicine, so that the little princess has been sick, is such a wolf ambitious person enough to be a princess doctor?" ”

"Damn, this person is really hateful, he killed it well, and the queen handled it neatly and very properly this time. It's just that the people of Magong died a pity, I-"

He was just about to say reward, Cai Lun smiled and said: "Your Majesty, drink tea, this Lu'an tea is really delicious, the queen is really a person with a heart, since the people of Magong died because of sadness, they are attached to their children, if the emperor is rewarded, for a concubine who hanged herself, the reputation is not good, it is better to be buried with the little princess in one place, and let their mother and daughter accompany each other!" (To be continued)