Glancing at his son with a suspicious face, Gong Yuanhao played with the teacup in his hand, and his eyes flashed with playfulness: "Didn't Yingjie notice that there was anything special between the emperor and the ninth princess?" ”

Gong Yingjie thought about it and shook his head.

"No wonder you can't see it, after all, the ninth princess was still young at that time, and she hasn't been back to the palace in the past three years because of my illness, and something like that happened happened tonight, I guess you didn't have the heart to notice this."

Gong Yingjie's expression was a little unnatural when he heard this.

The implicit meaning of his father's words is that he is young, and he has not been able to achieve the top of Mount Tai without changing his face, and he is careful to look at the overall situation?

As if he hadn't noticed his son's strange appearance, Gong Yuanhao said meaningfully: "I have carefully observed for my father tonight, and all the princes and princesses almost don't look like the emperor, but the ninth princess, and they look a little like the emperor between their eyebrows and eyes." ”

After listening to his father's words, Gong Yingjie's face was suddenly full of shock and disbelief.

"Although the emperor has not been canonized as a queen, the concubines who can get the emperor's favor must be innocent women, and those princes and princesses who have been titled must also be approved by the emperor. How can the royal blood be allowed to be innocent? If it is said that the concubine cheated for the sake of status and power, it is still possible, all the concubines in the harem are like this, and no one will believe it! ”

"I don't know what to do about this." Gong Yuanhao thought thoughtfully: "But as a father, I can be sure that the ninth princess is definitely the emperor's biological daughter!" ”

"What does my father mean, the ninth princess is the illegitimate daughter of the emperor?"

Gong Yuanhao nodded and said, "It shouldn't be wrong!" Then he told the secret that was not a secret.

It turned out that Emperor Huiwen, who was still the crown prince back then, and Qingyun's biological mother Mu Qingyi fell in love at first sight, and soon the two made a private agreement for life.

After returning to the palace, Emperor Huiwen knelt down and begged the emperor for permission to marry Mu Qingyi as the crown princess, but the emperor did not allow Emperor Huiwen to ask for on the grounds that Mu Qingyi was from a humble background, not the only son, and the future emperor was a good match.

For this reason, Emperor Huiwen knelt outside the Mingde Hall for three days and three nights, sleepless, did not eat or drink, but still failed to make the emperor change his mind, and finally Emperor Huiwen was willing to give up the glory and wealth and Mu Qingyi to return to the people.

The first emperor, who had insight into the opportunity, ordered someone to put a flattering medicine in his tea, forcing him to marry Lin Yu, the daughter of the then head of the household department and the current prime minister, as the crown princess.

Mu Qingyi said goodbye in sadness and disappointment, Emperor Huiwen sent people to look for him for a year but did not see him, that year Emperor Huiwen was like a walking corpse and did not know all day, and he also ignored Lin Yudi.

Later, the first emperor died and Emperor Huiwen succeeded to the throne, regardless of the opposition of the courtiers, insisted on vacating the throne, and canonized Lin Yudi, who should have been the queen, as a concubine.

Half a year later, Concubine Rong had the first imperial heir of Emperor Huiwen, and Lin Yuyi suddenly found Mu Qingyi and took him back to the palace.

Emperor Huiwen Longyan Dayue wanted to announce to the world that Mu Qingyi was canonized as the queen, but he didn't want the ministers to oppose it, and even took out the will of the emperor: Mu Qingyi will never enter the palace as the concubine of Emperor Huiwen!

Mu Qingyi didn't want the man he loved to be unfilial and infamous and persuaded him with words, and the remnants of the former emperor's brother King Wen made waves again, so Emperor Huiwen had to give up, but he canonized Mu Qingyi as a close female official, and he was loved by thousands of people!

After investigation, the ginseng soup that Rong Concubine took before contained a large amount of red pu root with the effect of breaking blood and falling into the womb, and the spearhead was directed at Mu Qingyi, just because the century-old snow ginseng that boiled the ginseng soup was given to Rong Concubine, and no one was allowed to touch Rong Concubine's baby, and the palace maid who boiled the ginseng soup was a personal maid who had served Rong Concubine since she was a child, and there was no reason to make a stupid thing to murder the two masters and frame Mu Qingyi.

The evidence is conclusive, and Mu Qingyi cannot prove his innocence.

The courtiers thought that murdering the emperor's heir was a heinous crime, and they wrote to Emperor Huiwen to severely punish Mu Qingyi.

Emperor Huiwen was so anxious and worried that he couldn't sleep and eat.

The concubine, who is the same sister as Mu Qingyi and is three months pregnant, knelt down and begged Emperor Huiwen for mercy, saying that she believed that her sister was innocent, and invited herself to accompany her sister in the prison until the truth was revealed.

It's a pity that before Emperor Huiwen could find strong evidence to wash away Mu Qingyi's grievances, she said goodbye again without saying goodbye and has not been seen since.

Three years later, Emperor Huiwen suddenly brought back a righteous daughter who was about one year old, the ninth princess Mu Qingyun.

Speaking of this, Gong Yuanhao paused, took a sip of tea and said: "The emperor not only announced to the world that she would be crowned Princess Jiayi, but also gave her the honorific title of 'Nine Princesses', and even decreed that anyone who saw her must bow down, otherwise he would be punished for the crime of bullying the king!"

And the name of the nine princesses is 'light cloud', light and Qing, and the emperor's name contains the word 'cloud', the emperor has a deep love for Mu Qingyi, and it is indeed reasonable to use one word in the name of the two people to synthesize the name of the nine princesses, so the father guessed that the emperor must have found Mu Qingyi and gave birth to the nine princesses, otherwise, how could the emperor give her such a respected status? How could he be so careful and pampered by her?

Tonight, a closer look at the nine princesses' faces resembling the emperor confirmed the speculation of being a father, but after the emperor brought back the nine princesses, he re-investigated the death of Rong Concubine again, killed a lot of people, and completely blocked the news. ”

"Since the emperor has completely blocked the news, how can my father know so clearly?"

"My father and the emperor are also brothers, and some things are naturally more known than ordinary people." A vague smile crossed the corner of Gong Yuanhao's lips.

Looking at his father, who was deep-eyed, Gong Yingjie thought for a while and said: "My son thinks that the concubine is the most suspicious of the death of Concubine Rong back then!" ”

"Oh?" Gong Yuanhao raised his eyebrows and looked at his son: "You can tell me about it." ”

"First, according to his son's secret investigation, the concubine seems to be virtuous and virtuous on the surface, but in fact she is a vicious and powerful woman in her bones, if she is not plotting, according to the concubine's temperament and the influence of the prime minister in the court, even if she fights to the death, she will never commit to the emperor in that way.

Second, the emperor sent so many people to look for Mu Qingyi for a year but did not find Mu Qingyi, but after Concubine Rong became pregnant with the imperial heir, the concubine suddenly found her and took her back to the palace, which in itself is incredible, is the concubine too lucky, or is the power of the Lin Mansion stronger than the royal family?

Third, although Mu Qingyi was favored by the emperor, she did not have any real power because of the emperor, but the concubine was in charge of the affairs of the harem, it is obvious that the concubine found Mu Qingyi in order to please the emperor, and at the same time, in order to deal with Rong Concubine, after she had the imperial heir, she used the power in her hands to buy or coerce some people, get rid of Rong Concubine's mother and son who might threaten her status, and then blame Mu Qingyi, who robbed her favor, this is a clever plan to kill three birds with one stone.

The most important point is that Mu Qingyi was born in a slight cold, and the concubine is everyone's best girl, and the two originally had no intersection, but Mu Qingyi not only got the emperor's heart and all the love, but also snatched the position of the queen belonging to the concubine, how could the concubine swallow this breath? How can they be sisters with Mu Qingyi? ”

"You're very reasonable!" Gong Yuanhao looked at his son with appreciation and pride in his eyes: "The emperor also suspected it back then, but unfortunately he has not found conclusive evidence to prove that it was the concubine who did it." ”

Father's praise made Gong Yingjie's heart couldn't help but be excited: "The concubine is very scheming, not to mention that there is an old and cunning prime minister behind her, since she has set up this vicious conspiracy, she will naturally do it cleanly and neatly, and she will not leave any tricks to harm herself." ”

"Okay, you just know what to do." Gong Yuanhao lowered his eyes and looked at the floating tea leaves in the teacup, and said meaningfully: "Regarding the matter of the royal bloodline, you send someone to carefully and secretly investigate it thoroughly, maybe there will be unexpected results!" ”

"My son understands!" Gong Yingjie hesitated for a moment and asked, "Where are the concubines and prime ministers, should we be careful?" ”

"Don't bother with it just yet! This king wants to see what tricks their father and daughter can come up with? ”

"There is one more thing, the Ninth Princess has established a purple guard for this girl's disappearance, which is responsible for the investigation of major cases in the country, and the emperor has handed over the Nine Princesses to full control, Father, we ......"

"Really?" Gong Yuanhao got up and walked to the window, looking at the direction of Luoxia Palace, there was silence in his deep ink-like eyes, and occasionally there was a hint of darkness that was as deep as a depth.

At the same time, Lin Tao, who was ordered by the prime minister to go to find Zhilan, disappeared from the carriage where the prime minister was sitting, cursed in a low voice that Zhilan was simply a disaster, and ordered the minions to find it, while quietly rushing to the residence of the old man, ready to enjoy a gentle township.

Who knows, when he walked to the alley next door to his old friend's residence, two masked men in black suddenly appeared, and without saying a word, they punched and kicked him, and accidentally injured his important parts, and he fainted in pain......

In the early morning of the first day of the new year, Qingyun came to the secret base on time, looking at the purple guards in front of her, who were wearing purple clothes and embroidered with blood-red manzhu sawa patterns on the sleeves of their right arms, their energetic and calm and introverted appearances made her very satisfied.

After arranging their next tasks, Qingyun led them to the purple gate in the city, which had just been established.

The subjects who rushed to hear the news stood on both sides of the street, watching the purple-clothed guards who were slowly walking on horses, all with various blades pinned to their waists, as if the sharp sword in the long-hidden scabbard was about to be unsheathed, and the pace of the horses was surprisingly uniform, which was both pleasing to the eye and exciting and awe-inspiring.

For the nine princesses at the front, everyone has an indescribable feeling in their hearts, after all, the bloody killing that lasted almost all night last night, they still have lingering palpitations, but the nine princesses have always served the country and the people, and now they have established the purple-clothed Wei Zhaoxue to uphold justice, which is really respectable.

Taking in everyone's colorful eyes, Qingyun Qingli's face is always as calm as water.

She doesn't care about gossip, she doesn't care if her reputation is damaged, she only cares about the safety of her relatives and friends, as long as they are all happy and happy, even if she pays for her life, she has no regrets!

Emperor Huiwen led the courtiers to wait at the gate, looking at his beloved daughter who came slowly, his elegant face was majestic, but his eyes contained love and pride.

Jumping off the horse, Qingyun walked in front of Emperor Huiwen and saluted: "The son sees the father, long live the father, long live the father!" ”

All the purple-clothed guards also dismounted and knelt on the ground and shouted, and the loud and neat voice resounded through the sky.

"Good, good, good!" Stretching out his hand to help his beloved daughter, Emperor Huiwen ordered someone to hang the pure gold plaque of the purple cloth door inscribed by him on the door, and then looked at the radiant crowd, and said loudly: "From now on, you are one of the purple guards, I hope you can all be loyal to your duties under the control of the Nine Princesses, eradicate traitors, promote righteousness, and will not disappoint me and the Nine Princesses!" ”

"Eradicate traitors and promote righteousness!" The purple-clothed guards shouted in unison, which immediately infected everyone present, and everyone felt their blood boiling.

No one noticed Gong Yuanhao in the crowd, and a glimmer of unclear light quickly flashed in his eyes.

And the prime minister was expressionless, slightly lowering his eyes and not knowing what he was thinking.

After instructing the purple-clothed guards to familiarize themselves with their respective workplaces, they quickly performed their duties, and Qingyun took Emperor Huiwen's arm and came to her own workshop.

Naturally, all the courtiers also returned to their respective houses.

In the room, Emperor Hui Wen looked at his beloved daughter who was sitting on the left-hand side, although she had been retouched, a faint black halo was still faintly visible under her eyelids, and she was very distressed: "Jiu'er, don't hold on to everything, don't forget, you and me and Uncle Leng, we are a family, no matter what happens, we will bear it together!" ”

"Well, let's take it together!" Holding the hands of Emperor Huiwen and Leng Yi tightly, Qingyun's eyes were filled with a layer of mist, and his heart was full of emotion and warmth.

"By the way, Jiu'er, it's time to tell you about the dragon guards."

Hearing this, Qingyun looked straight at Emperor Huiwen.

In her previous life, although she had heard of the dragon protection clan, she had only heard of its name but not its people, and her father had never mentioned it to her.

Later, her father died suddenly, and when she rushed to the Mingde Hall in grief when she heard the news, her father had already returned to heaven, and she didn't even see her father's most reluctant, and then Uncle Leng was forced away by Sima Chun, and she had no way of knowing.

Originally, she thought that her father had handed over the Dragon Protector Clan to Sima Chun, after all, Sima Chun married her at that time, and he naturally became the successor to the throne, but looking at Lin Yuemei's appearance, her father obviously did not do so.

After all, the father and emperor guarded against Sima Chun, to be precise, he was guarding against the concubine and prime minister behind Sima Chun, and it was to protect her!

As Emperor Huiwen clapped his hands three times, a figure walked up to the two of them and knelt down respectfully and said: "Subordinates see the emperor, see the nine princesses, long live the emperor, long live the nine princesses, long live the nine princesses!" ”

"Flat!"

When he saw the man's face clearly, Qingyun was shocked and stunned: "It turned out to be you!" ”