Just half a month after the Huangbang wanted incident, Emperor Zhaoqing left a group of close ministers and moved to the Tai'an Palace to discuss politics, mainly to discuss the attack on the Japanese state.

It was about to be noon, and the palace people waiting outside the hall suddenly heard a crisp sound from the cabinet, but it was the sound of porcelain breaking, and it was conceivable who could drop things inside, and the palace people lowered their heads one by one, lest the saint lose his temper and be angry with them later.

After a short time, Yin Xiang and Da Tidian withdrew one after another, followed by several ministers of the humerus, exchanged glances outside the hall, and left one after another in silence.

When he saw the meal, the little eunuch of Shang Shan Si probed his brain not far away, and finally saw the chief steward Ying Gonggong coming out of the hall, seeing others, beckoning, and hurriedly salivating and smiling to greet him.

"Baby Grandpa, has the Holy Father eaten?"

Ying Jiuping glanced at him, lowered his voice and said, "Go back and tell Eunuch Sun to prepare a few more appetizing side dishes, and don't touch anything that is on fire." ”

The little eunuch was clever, obedient to the words, he knew that Emperor Zhaoqing had a bad temper, and he couldn't help but look at the inside of the Tai'an Palace, and vaguely saw a figure kneeling by the door from the triple door, wearing a vermilion purple court dress, declaring that this person was in a high position, and before he could take a second look, he was discovered by Ying Jiuping, and he jumped his head with his fingers, and reprimanded:

"Aim at something, don't die, don't you, don't get out of here."

Driving away this timid little thing, Ying Jiuping turned his head sideways and sighed, looked at the scene in the hall, and walked back resignedly

Xue Lingnan angered Long Yan in the upper study, and was thrown a cup by Emperor Zhaoqing. He knelt for half an hour. Before it got dark, it spread to the harem. Although harem women are not allowed to interfere in politics, the powerful concubines, in order to compete for favor, which one lacked eyeliner in the previous dynasty.

When the news reached Yongle Palace, Concubine Yin Shufei pursed her lips and smiled, and rewarded the little eunuch who learned to speak with two gold leaves on the spot, and then cleaned up left and right, leaving only her nurse Qiu Mama to speak.

"I'll see how long that slut can be arrogant."

Needless to say. The "slut" in Concubine Shu's mouth refers to Xue Guifei, who is now pregnant.

Mama Qiu smiled: "The good days of Zhong Cui Palace are coming to an end. Looking at the situation, Xue Xiangguo is really angry. The first to call out a key criminal in the court, then the eldest prince Xue disappeared inexplicably, covering his ears and stealing the bell, long live the saint. is to pamper the concubine again. It will not bring the grace of the harem into the front court. No, Xue Xiangguo was thundered, as if the saint wanted to deal with the Xue family strictly. Won't let it go. ”

Concubine Yin Shu sat on the beauty couch, twisting a cluster of red leaves in a vase, and her solemn face was full of incompatible mean looks.

"Until now, no one in the know has leaked the details, what has happened to the Xue family, if there is a suspicion of disobedience, then it is the best, the sage can't tolerate sand in his eyes, once the Xue family collapses, what will the Nine Emperors take to fight with Ah Heng of the palace."

Liu Hao, the king of Ning, is named "Heng", and the most proud thing in Concubine Shu's life is not to be the emperor's concubine, but to give birth to such a promising prince.

Emperor Zhaoqing did not lack sons, not counting those who died of illness, there were still four princes, seven princes, nine princes, eleven princes, twelve princes, and the youngest sixteenth prince was only four years old.

There are many princes, but the good and the bad are uneven, like the fourth prince and the eleventh prince, they were expelled for making mistakes, and they have no hope of inheriting the throne for a long time.

Liu Tan's biggest backer is the Xue family, without the Xue family, he will not be in trouble, and when the time comes, Liu Hao will be the prince of the East Palace.

Don't look at the concubines competing for favor, in the matter of the throne, they are not confused.

"Niangniang, do you want the slave maid to send someone to Zhongcui Palace to fan the wind?" Mama Qiu came up with an idea. Xue Guifei's fetus is unstable, and when she hears the wind and grass, it is difficult to guarantee that she will not be shocked.

Concubine Shu frowned, thought about it, shook her head and said, "Not good." The saint values this child, and if she is not good at miscarriage, she should pity her a little, it has nothing to do with us, just sit and wait to watch the show, there is no need to find trouble. ”

Mama Qiu has raised her since she was a child, and when she knew that she admitted death, she no longer pleaded with her to do more.

Therefore, after the night passed, there was no movement at all in the Zhongcui Palace, which was not far from here.

However, in Queen Rui's Qiwu Palace, some people didn't sleep all night waiting to listen to the letter, and when it was dawn, the master got up, and then went in to report.

"Niangniang, Zhong Cui Palace has nothing to do all night."

Empress Rui sat in front of the half-human-high gilded Feiluan mirror to comb her makeup, and the spotless mirror reflected her eyebrows, which made the palace maid behind her hairpin relax her movements and become more and more cautious.

"Hmph, Concubine Shu has a long heart."

The chief eunuch of the imperial dining room is a person from Qiwu Palace, and today the emperor is angry in Tai'an Palace, she first heard about it, and then revealed it to Changle Palace, who thought that Concubine Shu could be calm and did not go to block Xue Guifei.

Concubine Shu is so peaceful, naturally not in line with Queen Rui's calculations, she is not only jealous that Concubine Shu has a promising son under her name, but also jealous of Xue Guifei's grace, I wish the two of them tore their faces and fought, so that she could enjoy the benefits of the fisherman.

It's a pity that Xue Guifei is pregnant right now, and the emperor is watching it tightly, so she can't provoke the two of them openly.

"Then let's wait and see."

Something happened to the Xue family, but Queen Rui was not in a hurry, if the Nine Emperors had no chance to inherit the throne, then there would be only King Ning left.

"King Ning." Queen Rui muttered softly, and a cold smile slowly overflowed from the corner of her mouth.

A prince who devised a poisonous plan to kill his sister, how could He De enter the position of the East Palace?

***

Before November's Kun book was drafted, Yu Shu received a summons from the palace, Xue Guifei wanted to see her, she was not surprised, but she didn't know how much Xue Guifei had heard about external affairs.

On the way to the palace, Yu Shu pondered what to say and what not to say when he met people later.

It has been more than a month since she last entered the palace, and when she saw Xue Guifei again, she felt different, counting that Xue Guifei was pregnant for four months, and she wore two layers of clothes in autumn, and she couldn't see her stomach, but the loose style was missing the girlish waist of the past.

She didn't apply powder, and her skin was still white and shiny. Only lightly depicted the shape of the eyebrows, a little less gorgeous, then a lot more delicate, bent knees sitting on a carpet full of green chrysanthemums, looking back, it is so beautiful that people are palpitating.

With a red face and trouble, these words suddenly popped up in Yu Shu's mind.

"Sit down."

Xue Guifei didn't go around the bend with Yu Shu, and asked her directly when they met: "Chengbi is gone, is it?" ”

With just this sentence, Yu Shu knew that Lu Dao couldn't hide it from her, and he could hear it. She'd heard about it.

Yu Shu said with a bitter face: "He went to Fenghua Mansion to handle the case. The man lived in the post house and disappeared the next day. ”

Xue Guifei sighed and said, "I have a body, and they hide it from me inside and out." There's such a big thing going on in the family. Not even a person who entered the palace to deliver a letter. I don't know what the situation is outside the Ludao Palace now, you are an understanding person, and I don't treat you as an outsider. If you hear anything, you might as well have a breath with me. ”

This is another person who probed her tone, Yu Shu muttered in her heart, probably in the eyes of outsiders, she and Xue Rui are really like brothers and sisters, and they are friends who are irreversible, otherwise why Xue Rui is gone, they all think that she should know the inside story.

She knows a lot about the inside story, but she can't tell anyone if she is killed.

Yu Shu didn't hesitate much, and replied: "Since Niangniang asked, what do I have to say, first of all, I will talk about the emperor's wanted, I am generally in the clouds with you, only that a manager named Xu Li in the Prime Minister's Mansion was arrested and sent to Dali Temple for interrogation, and the name is related to the two life lawsuits in front of the Taishi Academy." ”

"Again, it's the disappearance of Brother Xue, for no reason, I chose this juncture, the wind outside is rumored to be that he ran away from the wind, I don't believe it at all, what kind of character my eldest brother has, I know best, so I suspect that he is called a traitor and kidnapped, in order to make a fuss about the emperor's wanted, so that people can suspect that Xue Xiangfu really committed something big, and the rumors that were originally chasing the wind and shadows have also been created by people with a heart to be seven or eight points true."

She can't tell Xue Guifei the inside story, but it is feasible to analyze and analyze with her.

Hearing this, Xue Guifei's face was cold, and she bit the byte and asked softly, "Then who do you think will be having trouble with the Xue family." ”

Yu Shu tilted his head slightly, avoiding her gaze, "It's hard for me to say." However, the mother is at ease, there is no real evidence, only rumors and slander, there is no sin, the clean person is self-purifying, no need to worry too much. ”

Who is mixing the water, Xue Guifei will not count in her heart, she can use her mouth.

She turned around to comfort, Xue Guifei didn't want to ask any more questions, stared at her for a moment, looked relieved, and said with a slight smile: "Good boy, after you said this, I am a lot relieved." ”

Then, when asked about Kun Ji, he didn't instigate her to take the opportunity to take bribes, and after a few small conversations, he asked the big palace maid in front of her to personally send her away.

Out of Zhongcui Palace, Yu Shu walked on the sandwich road, and the palace people who led the way in front didn't see the sneer flashing on her face.

From beginning to end, Xue Guifei never expressed concern about Xue Rui's situation, even if Yu Shuming clearly told her that Xue Rui was arrested, she didn't ask a question by the way.

Did you forget to mention it for a while, or did you really not worry?

After leaving the palace, Yu Shu did not go back to Si Tianjian, but went home, closed the door and did not allow anyone to disturb him, and calmed down to ask for divination.

Seeing Xue Guifei, there was some indescribable anxiety in her heart, originally she was sure that Xue Rui's life was safe, but it can be seen that his relatives are indifferent one by one, as if it doesn't matter whether he is dead or alive, the important thing is not to hold them back.

However, for her, the power and wealth of the entire Xue family are not as good as the safety of Xue Rui alone.

Ever since she got the news of Xue Rui's disappearance, she has been forcing herself not to think crankily and lose her inch, because she is afraid that she can't help but plan for the worst-

What if Xue Rui is in danger?

Yu Shu stayed from day to night in a quiet room specializing in divination, suffering from not knowing the "eyes", unable to use the six thaumaturgy to calculate Xue Rui's whereabouts, and because of the "blind spot" of the law of calamity, he couldn't figure out what disaster Xue Rui had encountered, let alone who took him away.

After the calculation was the last, there was still no beginning or tail, she crumpled the paper in her hand with red eyes, and the string that had been stretched in her head was almost broken.

She hated that she couldn't do anything, every time she encountered any trouble and got into trouble, Xue Rui would stand up for her as soon as possible, and when it was his turn to have an accident, she could only do it and wait!

"It's all to blame for my lack of skill, if I have Master Qingzheng's three-point ability, what are I worried about at this time."

Yu Shu secretly blamed himself. Looking at the small green stove curling in the middle of the tabletop, the aroma of Daigo continued to linger around her, I don't know how long it took, suddenly she woke up, "eh", as if she thought of something, her eyes lit up.

"How did I forget him!"

I can't find Qing Zheng to help, isn't there another Yunhua?!

At the beginning, Yunhua agreed with her that she would help him find his eldest son, who had been separated for a long time, and he would lend her the "Xuannu Liuren Book". So that she can find him after the deed. Leave her a code to contact.

And this code is the name of the Suzhou Ling who may know the whereabouts of Yunhua's eldest son.

As long as she looks for Yunhua's eyeliner somewhere in Anling City and tells this code to the other party, then the other party will take her to see Yunhua.

Yu Shu wasn't worried about how to convince Yunhua to help after seeing him. Pressing matter. It is to find out who held the position of Suzhou Ling more than 20 years ago.

Exposure is inevitable. She entrusted this matter to Xue Rui, and he came forward and sent someone to the south to find out the exact news. Now that Xue Rui has an accident, she can't sit back and wait any longer

After dinner, Yu Shu wore civilian clothes, rode out of the house, followed by the emperor's eyes and ears, she was unable to move, so she went to the Wangji Building and found someone to act in her place.

The Wangji Building is full of people that Xue Rui can trust, and several guys are all good at force, even Ah Xiang and Ah Ping, who are in charge of sweeping.

Although Xue Rui was not there, this group of people listened to her.

She sent the inconspicuous Ah Xiang to General Feng's mansion to find Feng Zhaomiao, Xue Rui's group of friends who called him brothers, in his opinion, only Feng Zhaomiao could be trusted and could talk to her.

Ah Xiang went for less than half an hour, and invited people back.

Feng Zhaomiao came in quietly through the back door, Yu Shu was waiting for him in the courtyard, and when he saw someone, he hurriedly let him into the house, closed the door and let people guard outside.

"Lianfang, you are in such a hurry to come over, is it because my brother Rui has news?" Feng Zhaomiao didn't wait for Yu Shu to speak, and asked urgently.

Yu Shu shook his head, seeing his disappointed expression, he finally breathed a sigh of relief for Xue Rui, and finally someone was still thinking about him.

"Zhaomiao, I want to ask you to do me a favor."

"Don't be so polite, just say anything." Feng Zhaomiao thinks that he and Xue Rui are in love with each other, and he sees what Xue Rui looks like to Yu Shu.

"Do you have any acquaintances in the ministry?"

"Officials?" Feng Zhaomiao didn't know why, "I have someone in the ministry, what are you doing?" ”

"I want you to help me find out which lord was in Suzhou Ling about twenty-one or two years ago."

"Suzhou Order?" Feng Zhaomiao craned her neck and muttered.

Yu Shu saw his strange expression, and hurriedly asked, "What, isn't it easy to check?" ”

"Oh, no, I thought that Uncle Xue used to be this official." Feng Zhaomiao's words were astonishing.

Before Yu Shu could react, he asked him, "Which Xue?" ”

"It's Brother Rui's father."

Feng Zhaomiao's words woke up the person in the dream, and Yu Shu heard a "chuckle" in his heart, and all kinds of suspicions poured into his mind in an instant.

"Really? You remember correctly. She feigned composure and questioned him.

What do you think Feng Zhaomiao said firmly: "Tsk, how can I remember wrong, Uncle Xue was like my brother when he was young, although he died early, but since I have a memory, I often hear my father mention others, sometimes he drinks too much, and he has to cry once, I remember that my father said a few times, Uncle Xue was let go of Suzhou back then, and he made Suzhou orders for a few years, which caused the two brothers to be separated and couldn't get together often." ”

"Do you remember what year he was in office?" Yu Shu's heart was about to rise to his throat, while he wanted to hear the answer from Feng Zhaomiao's mouth, he was afraid of hearing the answer.

Feng Zhaomiao stretched out his slap and counted his fingers, and counted for a while for fifteen, ten, fifteen, and twenty, before he was sure: "Well, it should be the ninth to twelfth year of Baotai." ”

Yu Shu blinked his eyes, and after a short period of stiffness, he said to Feng Zhaomiao: "That's not it, I want to inquire about which adult is in office in Zhaoqing from four to six years." “

Inevitably, Feng Zhaomiao saw the flaw, she picked up the teacup in her hand and wanted to cover it up, but her fingers couldn't help but tremble a little, fortunately, Feng Zhaomiao was sloppy and didn't find any clues.

"What is it difficult for me to do, it turns out that I am just inquiring about someone," Feng Zhaomiao patted his chest, "Wrap me up, you wait for the letter." ”

Yu Shu did not forget to tell him: "This is a private matter of mine, and I must not leak the news." ”

Feng Zhaomiao was full of promises. Reassure her. He is a solid-eyed man, Yu Shu doesn't mention why he wants to inquire about such a person, so he doesn't ask carefully.

After a cup of tea, Yu Shu watched Feng Zhaomiao leave through the back door, and then sat alone on the edge of the small pond in the backyard in a daze.

Without warning, the clues left by Yunhua will point directly to Xue Rui's father.

After thinking about it for a while, Feng Zhaomiao still clearly remembered that Father Xue once served as the Suzhou Commander, how could Xue Rui not know? He knew who the person she wanted to inquire about was, but he hid the truth from her. Procrastination. For what?

There was an answer in her mind that was about to come out, but it made her unbelievable no matter what.

A gust of night wind blew, blowing the lanterns hanging under the eaves, and the light and shadow opened and closed in front of them. It's like a messy mind. Yu Shu sat up from the marble bricks. The cold slate made her legs tingle, and she sniffed, and she crossed her arms back to her room

The next day, he came to Si Tianjian. Wen Shao'an, who had been absent from work recently, was startled when he saw Yu Shu, only to see that her eyes were bloodshot, her eyes were dark and blue, and she was swollen with two eye bubbles, and she thought that she had recruited her.

Yu Shu waved his hand and explained before he asked: "I was blinded by the wind yesterday, and I didn't sleep well all night, don't think about it." ”

In fact, she smoked too much Daigo, had sequelae, couldn't sleep at night, and had some worries, staring at her eyes until dawn, before she became this ghost.

"Then hurry up and go in and lie down, there is no class in the library today, I will stay here all day, if there is anything to do, you can just tell me."

Although Yu Shu was completely sleepy, according to her current state, she couldn't do business at all, so she explained to him, turned around and went into the cubicle to rest.

She thought she couldn't sleep, but not long after lying down, she fell asleep in a daze, and slept until noon, no one disturbed her, and woke up again, finally refreshed.

It's just that she didn't expect that there was a big thunder waiting for her in front of her.

"My lord, my subordinates walked around the prison in the morning and heard about an idle matter." Xu Qing came back to report to her.

Yu Shu sat under the window, holding the donkey meat that Wen Shao'an sent someone to buy on the downtown street, chewing on the sticky tendons, and nodding to him.

"I heard that a little imperial grandson was born in King Ning's mansion, which seems to have been born by a concubine, so there was not much movement when he was a child, but after all, it was the first son of King Ning, and many people were talking about it."

Hearing such gossip, Yu Shu didn't think much about it at the time, and in the middle of the afternoon, Jingchen came silently.

"You come with me." He came in from outside, stood by her door, and after a word, went upstairs.

Yu Shu couldn't see the clue from his face, but his intuition was not a good thing, so he put down the official document in hand, and when he arrived at Jingchen on the second floor, she closed the door casually.

"Why are you here now?" Yu Shu asked. Jing Chen, the temporary right commander, has no desire for power, and he usually doesn't want to see her, he won't come if he can.

Jingchen didn't talk nonsense with her, and told her straight to the point: "The emperor wants to check the Xue family." ”

Yu Shu frowned and said, "Aren't you already investigating?" "That Manager Xu has been arrested for half a month, and the interrogation has not been released yet.

Jingchen shook his head, obviously she didn't understand what he meant, he had to say it more clearly, "I have interrogated Xu Li and tortured him, but he didn't ask anything, I think Xu Li really doesn't know, but the Xue family is still very suspicious." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Da Tidian secretly investigated the murder case in the library building, and suspected that the murderer of Zhan Xueyuan was an old slave in Taishi Library, and after Xu Li was taken to Dali Temple, the old slave disappeared."

Jingchen said solemnly: "Xu Li insisted that when I was in danger last year, he was on the way to escort Brother Xue back to Beijing, and the emperor investigated it, and secretly ordered to bring back Brother Xue and interrogate, but coincidentally Brother Xue disappeared at this time, which aggravated the emperor's suspicions, and he became more and more suspicious that the Xue family had a heart of disobedience. ”

Although Yu Shu had already made a decision, he still couldn't help but be shocked when he heard that the situation had taken a turn for the worse at this time.

"This morning I saw the big mention, heard him confide, last night the emperor sent someone to the Xue Mansion to take away a few people, imprisoned in Dali Temple for interrogation, this morning the emperor sent an edict to Dali Temple Secretary Guo Huai'an, saying that Brother Xue is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, but he was negligent in his duties when he was on an errand, and left his post without permission, so he was suspended for investigation."

Bad news followed, and Yu Shu realized what Jing Chen's opening sentence "The emperor wants to check the Xue family" meant.

first found an excuse to block Xue Lingnan outside the palace gate, and then came to take people late at night, not giving him a chance to plead, and finally suspended Xue Rui, whose whereabouts are unknown, for investigation, this series of actions made people powerless.

Emperor Zhaoqing's resolute and resolute methods, it is conceivable that once the Xue family is found to have traces of rebellion, he will never be merciful.

Jingchen watched Yu Shu's face change back and forth, and he stopped talking, afraid that she would be annoyed if he asked, but he really doubted it in his heart, so he had to ask:

"You... Do you still believe that Brother Xue is innocent? ”

If Xue Rui hadn't disappeared, then he would have been imprisoned a long time ago, thinking about it, it was not so much that he was being held hostage, Jing Chen thought that it was more likely that he was hiding by himself.

And her wishful thinking that Xue Rui was innocently implicated, which made Jingchen worried, afraid that she would be used by others.

Yu Shu was figuring out Emperor Zhaoqing's thoughts, and suddenly heard his words change, and when he asked about this, he was only stunned, his face was sad, and his black and white apricot eyes were nailed to people's hearts, and he said clearly:

"I don't dare to say whether the Xue family has the heart of rebellion or not, but I dare to take the head of the head to guarantee that my eldest brother must be innocent." (To be continued......)

PS: Help. Forgive me for typographic errors