Shen Wanzhen was eager to finally see the vermilion gate of the palace, and the guards guarding the door saw the shadow of the princess's sedan chair, and hurriedly opened the two heavy wooden doors.

Shen Wanzhen wiped the sweat on her head, got off the sedan chair and went straight to the upper room, Xiuju and Qiaoshan followed behind, and walked quickly, I don't know why the master was in a hurry, and when she entered the hanging flower door of the upper room, she ordered the courtyard door to be closed.

After passing through the hall, bypassing the red sandalwood Su embroidered birds, fish and fish insertion, to the main house, as soon as I entered the hall, Mrs. Yan hit the west wing to see the master come back, followed up with the hind feet, and saw the master go to the west, walked very quickly, and looked at the embroidered chrysanthemum and Qiao Shan strangely, she shook her head blankly, Mrs. Yan followed behind, Shen Wanzhen took the key to the side hall from the dresser, and at this moment the sky was completely dark, so she ordered the embroidered chrysanthemum to take the lamp and go to the side hall with her.

A few people didn't dare to ask, seeing that there was no smile on the master's face, they were all nervous, Shen Wanzhen personally opened the big lock of the side hall, and as soon as she entered the door, Shen Wanzhen ordered to cover the light with a curtain, and the light in the room could not be seen outside.

Shen Wanzhen walked directly to the two wooden boxes against the wall, embroidered chrysanthemum and moved the lamp, the light shone on the two wooden boxes, Shen Wanzhen personally unsealed the seal, the box was locked, she didn't have a key, so she told Qiao Shan: "You quietly go to Mother Qian to find an axe, smash the lock open, don't alarm people." ”

After a short effort, Mrs. Qian came in with an axe, came to Shen Xuanzhen, glanced at the lock on the box, and asked, "Master, are you going to smash open this box?" The old slave was afraid that the box would be broken. ”

Shen Wanzhen nodded and said, "Smash the locks of these two boxes, and don't care if the boxes are damaged." ”

Mrs. Qian has been serving the ground all the year round, has brute force, raised the axe, smashed the lock in a few clicks, and then smashed the other box open, and said: "Master, the box is damaged." ”

Shen Wanzhen didn't care if the box was bad or not, so she opened the box with a few people, and embroidered the chrysanthemum and moved the lamp to shine inside, "Master, these are all books, and the prince is all the way back to this." ”

Qiao Shan knew a few words, Yan Pozi and Qian Pozi couldn't read big characters, looked into the box, Qian Pozi said: "What kind of book is this, so valuable, take the box, lock it, and affix a seal?" ”

Shen Wanzhen reached out and picked up a book, flipped through it, it seemed to be like a textbook or something, becoming more and more suspicious, Zhao Shijiao said that it was important, but these books were usual.

She bent down and flipped through the books, and there were books underneath, she pondered for a moment, and said to a few people: "Take out this box of books." ”

A few people began to push out one by one, all the way to the end, and there was nothing special.

Mrs. Yan straightened her waist and hammered her waist, and Qiao Shan said: "Master, it's a book, nothing valuable, the prince has brought back these books, do you want to read them?" ”

Shen Wanzhen pondered, if it was a book, Zhao Shijiao didn't have to hire a dart bureau to escort him in advance, and when he returned to the capital, he would be finished with it, which was quite strange.

Shen Wanzhen flipped through the books in the other box, and several people moved the books out one by one, and they kept emptying, and Shen Wanzhen didn't see anything abnormal.

Is this weird? Could it be that this box was really sent by Zhao Shijiao, that is, it contained books, but it was wrong, why did he tell him not to move, lock it, and seal it, because he was afraid that people would see the things inside, but there was obviously nothing in it, this thing was very strange.

Shen Wanzhen stared at the bottom of the empty box, and inadvertently glanced at the other empty box next to her, this time, she suddenly found a slight difference between the two boxes, she visually saw that the bottom of the box seemed to be a few centimeters higher than the box, it was her eyes that were dazzled, she rubbed her eyes, if it wasn't side by side, she wouldn't have noticed, but the two boxes were side by side, her eyes were very good, and she felt very accurate about the slight gap.

She couldn't help but reach out and touch the bottom of the box that was one piece higher, she tried a few times, as if the bottom board was alive, she ordered Mrs. Qian to say: "Find something to pry up the bottom plank." ”

Mrs. Qian went out of the side hall, quietly went to the firewood room to find a pointed iron rod, went out of the firewood room, looked left and right to see that there was no one in the courtyard, quietly pushed open the door of the side hall, flashed in, and covered the door again.

Qian Pozi walked to the side of the box, Xiuju and Qiao Shan dodged and made way for the place, Qian Pozi bent down and pried open a wooden board, which was really an empty mezzanine, revealing a piece of bright yellow satin underneath, like a wrapper, Shen Wanzhen stretched out her hand and pulled it out, it was a bright yellow satin small package.

Shen Wanzhen put it on the table, untied the knot, and inside was a dress, Shen Wanzhen lifted it with one hand, shook it off and saw that it was a bright yellow brocade robe, embroidered with gold and dragons, several people were dumbfounded at the time, Qiao Shan was so frightened that she was about to make an 'ah' sound, and quickly covered her mouth.

Or Mrs. Yan is calm and said; "Master, this is a dragon robe, but it is a felony of raiding the house and destroying the door, this is deliberately framed by someone."

Shen Wanzhen didn't think much about it, and ordered: "Xiuju, Qiaoshan and Mother Qian put the book in as it is, pack it up, and lock the door." "Let's say, I pulled a table curtain, rolled up the thing, tucked it in my arms, gently opened the door to take a look, saw that there was no one outside the door, and motioned for Mrs. Yan to come out, and the two walked back to the bright room, and Mrs. Yan bolted the door to death.

Mrs. Yan watched Shen Wanzhen take out something from her arms, put it on the table, and then took out the charcoal brazier, and whispered: "The master is going to burn, do you want to make it?" It's a royal thing. ”

Shen Wanzhen said in a low voice: "This bane must be dealt with immediately, the person who framed the prince behind his back, I estimate that he will act soon, without further ado." ”

Shen Wanzhen put the dragon robe in the brazier, and Yan Mama said; "Master, wait" went to the cupboard and took out a jar of wine, opened the seal, and poured it on top of the dragon robe at an angle, Yan Pozi took a fire sickle from the windowsill and lit the fire, the two of them immediately dodged a step away, the fire suddenly ignited when the alcohol was encountered, and after a while, there was a piece of ash left in the charcoal brazier.

Shen Wanzhen fiddled with the fire hook again to make sure that there was no cloth silk before giving up.

Yan Pozi took the charcoal brazier, went out of the back door, poured the ashes under the tree, buried them with soil, straightened her waist, and breathed a sigh of relief, so that her hands trembled with nervousness.

Handled neatly, Shen Wanzhen opened the door, opened the window, and let the cold air flow, she was afraid of the smell of burnt fabric, at this time, the embroidered chrysanthemum came back, Shen Wanzhen asked: "It's all loaded"

"Alright, the door is locked."

Shen Xuanzhen said in a low voice: "Today's matter, you can't say a word, you can't say a word, you can't say anything about death, you also know the benefits and harms, this is a serious crime to kill the nine clans." ”

Several people were so frightened that their faces changed color, and said: "The slave and maid know the way, and they don't say anything about killing them." ”

Shen Wanzhen is not worried about their mouths, the evidence is destroyed, red mouth and white teeth, and they don't admit it.

Shen Wanzhen was lying on the kang, just because of excessive tension, her body bones seemed to be falling apart, and the night outside the window was deep and silent.

She tossed and turned, thinking about what had just happened, she was very sleepy, and she was about to fall asleep in a daze, when there was a 'knock' sound at the courtyard gate, which was especially heard in the quiet night, Shen Wanzhen woke up suddenly, and heard the noise, followed by hurried footsteps, "Princess, something happened, the Royal Forest Army surrounded the palace." Wang Wengui's voice came from outside the door of the main room.

At this time, Xiuju, who was on night duty outside, opened the door of the main room and ran into the inner room in a panic, "Master, the Royal Forest Army surrounds the palace." ”

When the catastrophe came, Shen Wanzhen was calm, "What are you panicking about?" Palm Lamp"

Xiuju trembled for a long time before lighting the lamp, serving the master and getting dressed, Shen Wanzhen shouted out, "Princess, come in"

Wang Wengui hurriedly walked into the door, behind him was Chen Shuye, the leader of Prince An's personal guards, when Zhao Shijiao left, he deliberately left him to protect the princess, and he had always been calm and did not startle the eunuch who had lived in the deep palace for a long time, and there was a little panic in his voice at this moment, "Master, Dutong Wang Jin led the Royal Forest Army to surround the palace. ”

Shen Wanzhen calmed down for a moment, and Wang Wengui said in a deep voice: "Princess, what should I do?" Bad comer"

Uncle Chen held the hilt of the sword with his hand at night, "You will swear allegiance to the princess"

Wang Wengui took a step forward, and his voice was very low, so that the two of them could hear it, "It's not a problem to go out of the city gate, someone will answer you when you go out of the capital, and the princess can make sure that everything is fine." ”

Shen Wanzhen was shocked, could it be that Zhao Shijiao had already taken precautions, and was ready to mutate one day, and someone outside the city responded, that is, he had secretly arranged people.

Wang Wengui said in his ear again, "The inside should be combined with the outside, and the siege of the Royal Forest Army of the palace can be solved immediately." ”

Shen Wanzhen can't help but say that this night has surprised her too much, it seems that although Zhao Shijiao has no quarrel with the world on the surface, he is by no means passively beaten, he has already made careful arrangements, once there is a change, it is easy to leave the land of right and wrong.

At this time, Chen Fu wiped the cold sweat on his head with his robe, and crashed in, "The Royal Forest Army is about to forcibly bang on the door, the princess should make up her mind?" ”

"Open the gates of the palace and invite them in." Shen Wanzhen's calm voice relaxed everyone's nervous nerves in the deep night.

Wang Wengui immediately said: "That's fine, salute first and then soldier." ”

After a while, Shen Wanzhen saw Dutong Wang Jin in the flower hall, Shen Wanzhen was wearing the princess's court clothes, the crown was neat, and said with a smile: "Lord Wang, don't come unharmed." ”

When Dutong Wang Jin was in Jiangnan, he saw Shen Wanzhen, and he knew her quite well and was deeply impressed by that incident.

The king saluted and said respectfully: "Wang Jin, Weichen, came to the palace to verify the matter, disturbed the princess late at night, please forgive the princess." ”

Shen Wanzhen smiled indifferently, her expression was calm, and there was no trace of panic, "May I ask Lord Wang what is the matter?" Can you tell me? ”

Wang Jin paused, bowed down and clenched his fists, "Someone secretly accused Prince An of privately making a dragon robe, intending to rebel, the emperor considered that in order to block the mouth of the world and return the prince to a clean slate, he specially ordered Weichen to investigate this matter, and the princess forgave Weichen for the crime of disrespect." ”

Shen Juan ordered Chen Fu to say: "All the ladies of the inner house will go to the side hall first, let Lord Wang search, and no one can stop me if they say my words." ”

Wang Jin raised his head slightly, and glanced deeply at Shen Wanzhen, Shen Wanzhen's calm and calm attitude, and Yun's light tone, but made him feel cramped and uneasy, he has always been alert, and he felt that if he didn't find out anything today, he was afraid that it would be difficult to end.

Wang Jin had an extra heart, and strictly ordered his sergeants not to come nonsense, and not to damage anything in the palace, and whoever dared to take it privately would be beheaded immediately.

Shen Juan ordered to light up all the palace lights, and suddenly, the entire palace was brightly lit, as bright as day, and the captain of the imperial forest army drove straight in, without any obstruction, Wang Jin led people to start searching the palace, from the outer courtyard to the inner house, and the women of the inner house were concentrated in the side hall.

Chen Fu and the second chief Jiang Huaide were ordered by the princess to guide the route of the Royal Forest Army's palace, fearing that they would trespass and cause chaos, and trample on the lawn of the palace garden.

Of course, searching other places is to cover people's eyes and ears, Wang Jin led people to the upper room of the inner house and entered the side hall, all the doors were opened, but the door of the side hall was locked, and asked Chen Fu: "What is in this?" Ask Grandpa Chen to open the door. ”

Chen Fu hesitated for a moment and said, "This is what the prince asked people to send back, saying that it is very important, and it will not let people move." ”

Wang Jin's eyes were shining, this is probably the place where the evidence of the conspiracy is hidden, and it is the target of the real search tonight.

Wang Jin politely touched the big lock on the door, twisted it, did not move, and said politely to Chen Fu: "Father-in-law Chen, where is the door key?" Please ask Chen Gonggong to take it, the lower officials are also acting according to orders, Chen Gonggong should not make the lower officials embarrassed. ”

Chen Fuha waisted and said humbly: "Lord Wang, the slave does not have the key in his hand, and the princess holds the key herself." ”

"Okay, please princess." Wang Jin said to the soldiers: "Take care of this room, wait for me to come back in a moment." ”

Waiting for Wang to enter the flower hall, Shen Wanzhen sat leisurely and drank tea, watched him enter the door, did not raise his head, and said lightly: "After the search, what can Lord Wang find?" ”

The person who reported the secret named that room, Wang Jin had to bite the bullet and said: "Weichen has something to trouble the princess to help. ”

"What's the matter?" Shen Wanzhen handed the teacup in her hand to Xiuju beside her, raised her eyelids and looked at him and asked.

"The key to the side hall of the upper room, Gonggong Chen said that here is the princess, the princess, please make it convenient, don't embarrass Weichen."

Shen Wanzhen snorted coldly, "It's really carefully investigated, is the princess's bedroom also searched?" ”

"Weichen is offended, he is on official business, please forgive the princess." Wang Jin clasped his fists and said respectfully.

Shen Wanzhen said to the embroidered chrysanthemum beside him: "Go, get the key to the side hall for Lord Wang." ”

Xiuju hurriedly went to the room, took the key, handed it to Wang Jin, Shen Wanzhen said: "Those are the prince's books, please be careful with the prince, if it is damaged, the prince will come back and blame me." ”

Wang Jin watched Shen Wanzhen back and forth a few times, this woman is about to have a big event, how can she act like nothing, is it ......, a cold sweat broke out on his back.

Wang Jin took the key, grabbed it, the hand holding the key was slightly sweaty, he quickly went to the side hall, personally opened the lock of the side hall, opened the door and went in, and made the others stand outside and wait.

Chen Fu carried the lantern, lit up all the palace lamps one by one, the side hall lit up, Wang Jin saw the two wooden boxes against the west wall at a glance, and walked straight over, the seal on the box has followed, there is no padlock, there seems to be traces of prying, as if it is newly left, he was surprised for a moment, and had a premonition that things were not good, the person who reported the secret said very clearly, it seems that he knows the bottom of the road, but how to figure out what is wrong, he opened the box, and sure enough, it was full of books, he reached out and took out the books one by one, and found nothing in the end, Books are also ordinary books, nothing special.

Wang Jin also opened another box, there were also books in it, he knew that he would not find anything, or patiently took out the books one by one, or nothing, he tapped the bottom of the box with his hand, a box made an empty sound, he was immediately alert, with a sword little by little to pry open a moving plank, there was indeed a mezzanine inside, he leaned out and reached out to touch it, empty, nothing, he forced, broke a few wooden boards, the bottom was empty, he seemed to understand a little, couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, there was no evidence.

He knew that this was a trick, and he played it thoroughly, and he immediately realized that the person was none other than Princess An, and the person who made the false accusation lost the whole game.

The box is damaged, the seal is opened, if this can convict King An of the crime of rebellion, it will become a joke for the ages, just a box of books, it is a rebellion, and the people below will not agree.

Wang Jin stood stunned, will Prince An and the Queen Mother be angry with him, although it is the emperor's will, but the emperor can't explain it in front of the Queen Mother, find a scapegoat, Wang Jin thought of this, almost breathless.

At this time, several other ways to search the inner house came up to report, "Your Excellency, there is no private possession of prohibited things." ”

The matter has come to this point, and Wang Jin has no choice but to go to the flower hall to see the princess and ask for guilt.

Wang Jin knelt down in his robe and kowtowed upward, "Weichen offended the princess, please ask the princess to surrender." ”

Shen Xuanzhen's face was solemn, not as kind as Fang Cai, and said coldly: "Lord Wang didn't find the evidence of rebellion, so you don't need to search carefully to see if there is any evidence missing, otherwise, it will be difficult for Lord Wang to report to the emperor when he goes back." ”

The princess sneered, Wang Jin didn't dare to say anything else, and kowtowed again and again, "Weichen is guilty, please calm the princess's anger." ”

"Okay, now that Lord Wang has finished searching, the princess will go back to sleep." Let's say it, Shen Wanzhen stood up and walked towards the back hall, saying as she walked: "Chen Fu, send Lord Wang." ”

"Lord Wang, please" Chen Fu's waist also straightened up at this moment, and he took out the momentum of the head of the palace.

"Weichen retreated" Wang Jin kowtowed, went backwards, and returned to the palace overnight to the emperor.

The light in the emperor's imperial study was not extinguished at night, and the emperor Zhao Shixian paced back and forth in the study, and the eunuch Wang Xi beside him drooped his eyelids, watching the emperor's boots walking around in front of him, shaking his head dizzy.

Emperor Zhao Shixian as early as King An came out of the capital, he received a recital from the courtiers, saying that Prince An was premeditated and wanted to seize power, he was not very convinced, the third brother was not very concerned about court affairs, he was independent of the house, he ate and drank and had fun every day, and he was obsessed with women and was obsessed with Shen, but the courtiers played in wisps, and he was a suspicious person, and he slowly became a little suspicious.

He had put down all the secret excerpts of King An, it was difficult to make a decision for a while, if he shot at the third brother, the queen mother could not explain it, after all, the third brother was born to the queen mother, if there was something, the queen mother would spare no effort to help her own son, one is not very good, the brother turned against him, and broke the mother-son relationship, because he has been hesitating, he is afraid of the third child in his heart, the third child is the prince, if he rebels, it is more justifiable, not to mention that the queen mother of the dynasty is the backer, the queen mother has a group of old ministers of the first dynasty to support, the momentum can not be underestimated, echoing inside and outside, It is only necessary to find a reason why the emperor's throne is in jeopardy.

But he didn't plan to act rashly, if not, the third brother had no intention of rebelling, wouldn't he force him to rebel, it would be unwise.

However, in the past few days, frequent news has been reported, saying that Zhao Shijiao secretly contacted the king of Xiangyang in the name of inspection, recruited troops, and intended to rebel, and waited for Zhao Shijiao to return to Beijing.

Emperor Zhao Shixian was a little unable to sit still, if Zhao Shixian returned to Beijing, the inside and outside should be combined, the situation was not good, he should make a decision, but this matter was important, he hesitated a little, and saw Wang Xi standing beside him at a glance, and said: "If King An is reversed, what will be the result?" ”

Wang Xi was taken aback, during this period of time, there are often people who impeach King An, suffering from not being able to produce evidence, and now the secret report, if it is accurate, then it will confirm the crime of King An's rebellion, Wang Xi thought slightly: "The courtiers have a book to say that King An is rebelling, but they can't put forward real evidence, if the forgery of the dragon robe is true, then there is a rebellion." ”

The eunuchs in the palace have followed the emperor for many years, and they have never spoken half of their words, but the listeners can generally understand the meaning, because few in the palace are stupid and stupid.

Zhao Shixian also thought so, it seems that there is no evidence of guilt, it is all on the dragon robe, the person who reported the secret is a person in the palace, he almost does not doubt the accuracy of the news, he walked twice in a row, suddenly stopped, and said: "King Xuandu Tong entered the palace." ”

Within half an hour, Wang Jin hurried into the palace, faced the saint, received the order to leave the palace, mobilized the royal forest army, and went straight to the palace.

The emperor Zhao Shixian is still not sleepy, he has been nervously waiting for Wang Jin's news, and the gentle footsteps of the eunuch came from outside the silent imperial study, "Dutong Wang Jin asks to see the saint." ”

Wang Jin entered the imperial study and knelt down and bowed, and Zhao Shixian's first sentence asked: "How is it, have you found anything?" ”

Wang Jin kowtowed and said in a deep voice: "The minister did not find any evidence of rebellion. ”

The emperor's head slammed to the ground and almost fell headlong, but fortunately, the king was quick and held on.

Seeing that the emperor's face was pale, a layer of fine cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

There is another person in the palace who has not slept all night, that is the Empress Dowager Guo, all the movements in the court, someone has secretly reported to her Zhilu Dao, and even searched the palace with Wang Jin, she is also expected, the reason why she can calm down is because her son is not in the palace and has no worries about his life.

Empress Dowager Guo has been sitting for a few hours, and she is also waiting for news, waiting for Wang Jin to make a conclusion after searching the palace.

Cui Changhai wanted to persuade him, but he didn't dare to disturb when he saw the Queen Mother's eyes closed.

Late at night, the harem extinguished the candles, only the palace lights of Cining Palace were still on all night, before dawn, some palace people quietly slipped into Cining Palace, the Queen Mother retreated everyone, the two whispered a few words, the palace people left, the Queen Mother dragged a long voice to call Cui Changhai and said: "Father-in-law Cui, serve the mourning family to wash, and the emperor will come to Cining Palace to ask for peace for the mourning family in a while." ”

Cui Changhai saw that the Queen Mother had not slept all night, but her spirit was not reduced, and he couldn't help admiring, he secretly sighed, and finally there was nothing to do.