Xiao Ran said with a puzzled face: "This is strange, if it wasn't for the prince who killed her, how could she follow the prince and not leave, and she was so unjust." ”

Hongshi smiled bitterly and said: "This king really can't answer the master, in short, thank you for the kindness of the master." Saying that, he took out a silver ticket of five hundred taels from his sleeve, "It is really not easy for the master to come all the way from Luoyang to the capital to make fate, and it is also fate that the king and the master can meet, and these silver should be the sesame oil money donated by the king to your temple, and please accept it." ”

He looked at Hongshi's face seriously, put his hands together and said: "Good, good, the prince is so Buddha-related and kind-hearted, there will definitely be good retribution in the future." ”

"Inherit the master's auspicious words." Then Hongshi asked him some more Buddhist principles, and only after answering them one by one did he drift away, and behind him, the gentleness on Hongshi's face had disappeared, replaced by coldness.

After leaving, he did not go back to the ruined temple, but went to a place to change the monk's clothes, changed his dress, and then went straight to the Forbidden City, after coming to the palace gate, he took out a token and shook it in front of the guards guarding the door, who immediately put away his sword and let go. Because that token belongs to the secret agent, but the only one that can pass through the palace ban is a token, which is owned by the leader of the secret agent.

disguised as a ran, the one who entered and exited Prince Ding's mansion twice was the secret spy with a secret identity.

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, Yin Zhen looked at the secret agent who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "You said that the Xu family was not killed by Hongshi?" ”

The head of the secret agent said respectfully: "If you go back to the emperor, the slave visited Prince Ding's mansion twice, and according to the emperor's instructions, he deceived the second elder brother into being haunted by ghosts, and wanted to take his life. However, the second elder brother has always behaved very calmly, saying that he has never killed anyone, and the people sent to guard the bones of the Xu family have not found anything abnormal. When the slave went to look for him today, he also gave the slave a silver ticket of five hundred taels as sesame oil money. ”

Yin Zhen put down the red pen in his hand and said, "Hongshi didn't find out your identity?" ”

The secret agent said affirmatively: "When the slave first came out of the Dingwang Mansion, the second elder brother sent someone to follow the minion, but the slave believed that they did not find anything abnormal. "As early as when he was first followed, he had already found out, but he just pretended not to know, as a secret agent, if he was followed and didn't know, it would be laughing to death.

Yin Zhen didn't pay attention to the secret agent, but fell into a long silence, he didn't kill Jiang Yue and Zirong, just replaced them with two death row prisoners, all this was done unknowingly, and then deliberately let people whip Xu's bones and throw them into the mass grave, anyone who knows the Tao will think that he is angry that Xu is fornicating with others, so he deliberately uses the bones to vent his anger, but in fact, he does so much to test Hongshi.

The reason why Jiang Yue and Zirong were "killed" was to make Hongshi think that the matter had passed, and he would no longer be on guard, and only when a person was completely relaxed could he try out the truest thoughts in his heart.

Later, he asked Sixi to summon the secret agent, asked him to shave his hair, put on a robe and disguise himself as a wandering monk, and went to Hongshi's mansion to say those words. As the so-called thief has a weak heart, if Hongshi really kills the Xu family, he will definitely be afraid when he hears the unjust ghost asking for his life, so as to expose his flaws, and even go to the mass grave to steal the bones. But it turned out that there was nothing, and Hiroshi was not afraid. It seems that he is really suspicious, and Hongshi is indeed innocent.

Thinking of this, Yinzhen was relieved, no matter what, Hongshi was his son after all, and he didn't want Hongshi to have an affair with the Xu family, so as to kill the Xu family.

Since Hongshi is innocent, then it was Jiang Yue who killed the Xu family, and Zirong was also full of nonsense, and neither of them should live anymore.

Yin Zhen said expressionlessly: "Pass the order and kill Jiang Yue and Zirong." ”

"The minions obey." The secret agent said yes and withdrew from the Heart Cultivation Palace, and with his departure, the dust settled, and nothing could stir up a trace of dust.

As July draws to a close, the lush trees of the Imperial Garden begin to turn yellow, and the osmanthus flowers bloom quietly in summer and autumn, filling the air with the unique scent of osmanthus flowers.

Ling Ruo and Yinzhen walked side by side in the imperial garden, and after walking to the Fubi Pavilion, Ling Ruo chuckled and said, "Why is the emperor so leisurely today, accompanying his courtiers and concubines to this imperial garden?" ”

Yin Zhen smiled and asked, "What's wrong, isn't it good?" As the two of them sat down, someone from the palace immediately brought fresh melons and fruits.

Ling Ruo took a grape, peeled off the skin, and handed it to Yinzhen's lips, and said with a smile: "The concubines are naturally happy, but in case the emperor misses state affairs because of accompanying the concubines, I am afraid that the excerpts of the hundreds of officials will drown the concubines. ”

"With my protection, no one can drown you." Yin Zhen's seemingly casual sentence, but it reveals an absolute authority, perhaps in many things, he has to be subject to the hundred officials, after all, the monarch and the minister have been checking and balancing each other since ancient times, to balance the court, but only relatively speaking, after all, he is the emperor who owns the entire Qing Dynasty.

After spitting out the grape seeds, Yin Zhen said with some emotion: "It's been a long time since I've been out with you like this, these days, there have been accidents one after another in the front and harem, and I really can't have time." ”

Ling Ruo said softly: "The emperor wants to implement the new policy, it is inevitable that there will be more things, but fortunately, now that the new policy has been implemented all over the country, the results will be seen soon, as for the affairs of the harem, ......" She knew that Yinzhen was referring to the Xu family's affairs, and now it has been a while since Yinzhen ordered the execution of Jiang Yue and Zirong, and she has always felt that Yinzhen's will has another inside story, but after these days, she has never seen any changes, and that incident seems to have completely passed, which makes her quite strange.

"I know that you have always felt that Jiang Yue is not like an adulterer with the Xu family, and I think Hongshi is more suspicious." Yin Zhen took the soft towel on the side and wiped the juice from peeling grapes on his fingertips for Ling Ruo, his movements were a little clumsy, because this was not what he did.

Ling Ruo didn't say anything, just took the soft towel from Yinzhen's hand, and said softly: "It's better for the concubines to come by themselves, the emperor's hand should hold the Zhu pen." ”

Yin Zhen stared at her, waved his hand and motioned for Sixi and the others to withdraw from the Fubi Pavilion, "It doesn't matter if I talk to you now, I did suspect Hongshi and felt that he was the one who had an affair with the Xu family." ”

Ling Ruo said puzzledly: "Since the emperor is suspicious, why did he want to kill Jiang Yue and the others?" ”

"When the decree was made, they didn't die, only two death row prisoners died, and then I sent people to test Hongshi many times, but the results did prove that Hongshi was innocent, and it wasn't until it was confirmed that I really executed Jiang Yue and the others." Then Yinzhen said the matter in general, and said: "Although you haven't said it explicitly, but I know that you have always suspected that it is Hongshi in your heart, especially when you see me in the past two days, you always want to talk and stop, I think you must ask about this matter." ”