"Father, I ......"

"Since you want to atone for your crimes, then you will first find a way to get this Fire Phoenix Order from Hua Juncheng." Before he could finish speaking, the emperor turned around and interrupted him and continued: "In the past, I did not directly arrest him to inquire, but I was afraid that he would be on guard, and besides, I would not worry about leaving it to others.

"This time you can set a trap to lure him in, so that I can justifiably arrest him and put him in the prison for interrogation. In this way, even those dead men would not be suspicious of anything else when they knew that he had been caught. But don't startle the snake! At the same time, it is best to go to Hua's house to investigate, and after I get this thing, you can go to Hua Juncheng. ”

The king of Chu stood for a long time before he lowered his head with difficulty: "The son obeys the order." After speaking, he raised his head again: "It's just that Erchen has never seen the appearance of the Fire Phoenix Order, I wonder if my father can draw a pattern with Erchen?" ”

But the emperor said, "I haven't seen it either." There was only one token, which was made by King Chen himself, because the tasks of the dead soldiers were all confidential and important tasks, and those who did not do it could not see it. All I knew was that it was a small brand, tucked into the cuffs, with Princess Chen's fingerprint and name engraved on it. It must be a dangerous matter, and you need to be careful in what you do. ”

The king of Chu condensed slightly, and arched his hand: "Erchen can save it." Erchen went back to discuss with Song Changshi and others, and then started. ”

The Emperor raised his hand: "Go." Don't let it go. ”

The king of Chu agreed yes and bowed and withdrew.

The emperor watched him disappear outside the door, then returned to the bookcase and sat down, took out the crested jade hairpin from his cuff, and came to his senses.

The king of Chu was not in a mood all the way out of the palace.

Originally, he only thought that Song Zhengyuan had a good idea. As long as he succeeds, the emperor will inevitably reconsider him as the crown prince. And how could he have imagined that the emperor would give him such a task.

If this is done, it will naturally benefit him a lot, but if it fails, it will be more than just losing the position of prince.

The emperor is determined to win the fire phoenix order, and he is like a man on his back to the three thousand dead soldiers, and this matter has been fought since the moment he confided the truth to him, and he can no longer tolerate not agreeing. His father, the Emperor, was obviously no more merciful to him than he thought.

"Lord, I've arrived at the house."

Feng Yun said under the sedan chair.

He looked down at his already sweaty palms. It took half a day to get up.

Waiting for Xin Yi to talk back. Han Ji sat silently in front of the window, and the wine in the cup seemed to condense into ice. When no one disturbs him, he can carefully recall what happened before and after.

After two glasses of cold wine, my brain seemed to be clear.

Wei Guogong was talking about Princess Chen. It is indeed unnatural. He was sure that the golden lotus matched the emblem of Princess Chen described in the book. But Shen Yan asked him to verify the authenticity, instead of letting him ask a few words in an ominous way, and say the other way around. Even if Wei Guogong and Princess Chen really have a personal relationship, how can they be sure that he must be the son of Wei Guogong?

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, King Chen went south to Jinling, and the accident in Chen's mansion was more than a year after he went to Jinling, if he is really the son of Wei Guogong, then doesn't it mean that Wei Guogong often went to Jinling to have secret meetings with Princess Chen after Princess Chen left Beijing? And how is this possible? At that time, although he was not a prince of the country, he was also a prince, and he was still successful when he was not on the post occasionally, how could he go down from time to time?

Moreover, as a princess, Princess Chen has a large number of people around her wherever she is, so how can she have the opportunity to have an affair with him?

Even if it was a little unclear at the beginning, it was from the time when he was in the army, if there was still warmth later, would King Chen not know? Even if King Chen was too busy to take care of it, didn't King Chen's children notice it at all? According to the information he collected and Xin Yi's relay, Princess Chen's relationship with the county lord can be said to be very close.

And Xin Yi didn't even know what the relationship between Wei Guogong and Chen Wangfu was, and later found out that he was rescued by Wei Guogong, and the emperor did not suspect that the Han family had anything to do with Chen Wangfu, at least it proved that Wei Guogong did not often haunt Chen Wangfu after Chen Wang went south.

In this case, how can it be said that he is the son of Wei Guogong?

The blood in his body had been congealing for half a night, and then suddenly it was flowing again.

Maybe it's really just that he misunderstood, he is actually still the son of King Chen, and Wei Guogong is just his adoptive father. But if that's the case, why would he risk death to keep him? And the night of the accident in King Chen's mansion, it also happened to be when King Chen died in the palace, why did he arrive in Jinling so coincidentally?

Was it really a coincidence, or did he make a special trip?

Shen Yan's doubts also made him really confused. Originally, when he didn't know the secret between Wei Guogong and Princess Chen, he only thought that he was passing by by accidentally, but since he was sure that they were once old acquaintances, he could no longer believe that this was a coincidence. Could it be that Wei Guogong knew the news of the accident in Chen's Mansion in advance and went there specially?

So where did he get this news from?

King Chen's death and the accident in King Chen's mansion occurred at the same time, and it took at least one day and night to get from Jingshi to Jinling.

"Young master!"

Xin Yi suddenly pushed the door in and said, "The king of Chu is the palace that he just came out of. According to the news in the palace, he and the emperor met in the Xinuan Pavilion, and only the emperor and the king of Chu were included, and the palace people who were waiting were only the close attendants around them. With that, he stepped forward and took the wine glass in his hand and put it on the table, re-brewed a cup of hot tea in his hand, and said, "Such a secret must be a matter of great importance." ”

Han Ji glanced at the tea in his hand and stood up, "What big event can there be right now, which is worth announcing overnight?" ”

Xin Yi said: "The current major events in the court are nothing more than the matter of establishing a prince. Yesterday, there was news from the Ministry of Rites, saying that this year's people who held incense and read the sacrifice selected King Zheng, and King Chu entered the palace twice, I am afraid it has something to do with this matter. After all, if this matter is settled, King Zheng will not be far from the day when he will be crowned prince. ”

Han Ji paced with a cup: "The time I entered the palace in the morning can still be said to be the king of Chu who went to ask the emperor, but when I see the palace driver at night, if there is no important matter, and if there is no call, the prince is not allowed to enter the palace." Tao Xing came to report that he was entering the palace at the right time, so he naturally entered the palace by order. So what would the emperor need to see him late at night? ”

"That's where I wondered." Xin Yi spread his hands, "The emperor always looks like he has some premeditated plan when he does this. ”

Han Ji groaned: "No matter what the conspiracy is, as long as he dares to do anything crooked, I will always let him taste the consequences." ”

Xin Yi's jaw: "The matter of establishing a reserve has been delayed for too long, and there should be a result." ”

"It's coming." Han Ji looked out the window, "You go and make arrangements, I will enter the palace to meet Zhao Jun in the next year." ”

Xin Yi said: "The internal affairs office has almost attacked it, and our people have also been transferred to Biling Palace. If the young master goes, they will come out to answer it. After speaking, he said: "I don't know if the King of Chu will attack the Shen family, should the Shen family also send someone to keep an eye on it?" ”

Han Ji twisted his eyebrows: "The Shen family is now being reused by the emperor, and the emperor will keep him to gather the scholars from the north and the south, and he will not kill them." I'm mainly worried that they will attack the Hua family. ”

Shen Yan mentioned the worries to him yesterday, and he also felt it after thinking about it. It has always been a big hidden danger that the Hua family and the Chen Wangfu have had such close contacts, and why the emperor did not decisively attack the Hua family, but just kept making difficulties, is also incomprehensible. If there really is a reason for this, then what is that cause?

"You go tell He Qun, they should be more careful. In addition," he turned around, "I will inquire about what Grandpa Xia Guo is doing now, and what Luo Wei is doing." ”

Wei Guogong's vigilance was not weaker than him, and when he asked about it, I am afraid that he had already doubts in his heart. If he has anything, he will hand it over to Luo Wei to do, and maybe he can find some breakthrough clues from Luo Wei.

Shen Yan is in Washington, and his mind has not been idle these days.

The sky was sunny this morning, and Hua Juncheng rarely stayed at home with his daughter.

Mrs. Shanghua asked people to pack up the warm fragrance pavilion and let them eat tea and enjoy the snow, Shen Yan had a little cold, so she took advantage of the Hua family sisters to sit next to Hua Juncheng when they went to fold plums outside the door, ate the candied fruit on the plate and said: "Uncle is idle these days, has the silk emperor who recently sent it to the Internal Affairs Office say anything?" ”

Hua Juncheng took a sip of wine and said: "Since your family married the Fang family, my uncle has also been stained, and the old man of Fang Ge has said a lot of good things for me in front of the emperor for most of the past six months, and he has not blindly made things difficult for me. Although it is still a little unpleasant, my heart is more solid than before. ”

Shen Yan glanced at the sister and brother who were picking out the plum branch in the plum forest outside the window, and said: "Those civil and military courtiers who had dealings with the Chen Wangfu in the past, the emperor was very happy to execute them, but in the matter of dealing with the Hua family, the emperor seemed indecisive, did my uncle really think that this was my grandfather's fierce retreat?" ”

Hua Juncheng's eyes flashed slightly, looked at her and said, "Otherwise, what do you think?" ”

Shen Yan exhaled slowly and said, "I don't know either. ”

But she asked again: "Then Uncle thinks the emperor will have any intentions for the Hua family?" "After all, the Hua family is full of gold and silver, and it was copied in the previous life and then filled into the treasury, which made the emperor also make a windfall. Of course, the Hua family's money is unlikely to influence the emperor's life or death of the Hua family, but is there another reason?

Hua Juncheng's color changed slightly, and he turned his head to ponder.

Shen Yan pursed her lips, and then said: "I remember when I persuaded my uncle to move back to Beijing, my uncle originally insisted on refusing, and said that I wouldn't understand you, my uncle was so resolute at the beginning, if it wasn't for my father telling you what the emperor meant to deal with the Hua family, you would still not be willing to move back, right?" Now that I'm not young, can my uncle tell me what is the reason why you want to stay in Jinling? (To be continued......)