Ping'er was so frightened that her face was as white as paper, and she quickly knelt in front of Hongshi, and said in a trembling voice: "Second elder brother spare your life, the slave has already known that she is wrong, please be merciful." ”

Hongshi sneered: "If you know your mistakes, can you treat them as nothing?" Ping'er, there's nothing so cheap in the world. ”

Ping'er said in a panic: "The queen mother has already said that she spared the slave's life, the slave maid ...... The slave and maid are willing to atone for their sins, no matter what the second elder brother wants the slave to do, the slave and the maid are willing. ”

Hongshi casually put the comb aside and said, "Then if I want you to point out the concubine Qin, saying that she instructed you to wronged the queen, are you willing?" ”

Hearing this, Ping'er shrank back and whispered, "Did the second elder brother say that he was testifying in front of the emperor?" Seeing Hiroshi nodded, she lowered her head and didn't speak, obviously struggling inwardly.

Hongshi stared at her coldly and said, "What's the matter, don't you want to?" Didn't you just say categorically that you are willing to do anything? Regretted it so quickly. ”

Ping'er hurriedly shook her head and said, "No, the slave is not, it's just that the slave said that, will the emperor believe it?" ”

"You don't need to worry about this, I just ask you if you want to or not." Seeing that Ping'er hesitated and didn't speak, Hongshi said: "Ping'er, don't forget, you can live to this day, and you have no worries about food and clothing, and live a life like a boudoir lady, all of which were given to you by my imperial mother, since you can give it, you can naturally take it back, just like I just said, no one will know if you kill you." ”

"The queen mother is a bodhisattva, and she is as kind to the slave and maid as a mountain, if she can help the mother, the slave and the maid are naturally willing." Having said that, Ping'er's body couldn't help shaking, obviously she wasn't willing, just forced by Hongshi's threat.

Hongshi quietly looked at her reaction in his eyes, and smiled indifferently: "You don't have to worry, as long as you do what I say, I will definitely save your life, and even let you continue to live like this." ”

Upon hearing this, Ping'er suddenly raised her head in surprise and said, "Second Brother Mo is not coaxing slaves, right?" ”

Hongshi showed a gentle smile for the first time, "I am a dignified elder brother, and I am the prince of the dynasty, what do I do to lie to you as a little girl, it is naturally true." ”

This time, Ping'er was relieved, and kowtowed again and again: "The slave is willing to obey the orders of the second elder brother." ”

"Very well, stay here, and I'll come back to you when the time comes. But Ping'er, if I find out that you are playing tricks and being dishonest, then I will blame me for being unkind. ”

Hongshi's cold tone frightened Ping'er and hurriedly said, "Second elder brother, don't worry, there will never be such a thing." ”

"Good!" With this word, Hongshi showed a silent smile, and Ping'er thought that she had asked for a life amulet. As everyone knows, as early as when Hongshi saw her, he had already sentenced her to death in his heart.

In his opinion, a mistake is a mistake, and he has never atoned for his sins, as early as when Ping'er was ordered to frame Huang Eniang, she deserved to die, and now she still has a life, but because she still has the value of use, when all the value is squeezed dry, it is her death.

The delicate balance between the front and the harem was broken by the return of Hiroshi, and both sides were calculating each other, but in the end, it was still unknown which side would prevail.

A few days later, Yinzhen ordered Hongshi to enter the criminal department to lead the errand and take charge of the world's criminal injustice, this errand is not light, in the past, Yinzhen had received a long time of errand in the criminal department, which also reflects Yinzhen's attention to Hongshi from the side.

Hongli saw all this in his eyes, and didn't do anything or say anything, just An Fen was doing his errand in the ministry, and secretly maintained correspondence with Hongday, and quietly sent people to Henan to carefully investigate the real cause of death of those rich people, he believed that this matter must have something to do with Hongshi, or was killed by Hongshi at all; As for the murder case of Yixiangyuan at the beginning, although nearly a year has passed, and the hope of finding out the clues is almost slim, Hongli does not refuse to give up, and is also sending people to investigate.

On this day, he returned home after finishing the affairs of the ministry, and before he sat down, Xiao Zhengzi came in with an invitation and said, "Fourth elder brother, Prince Ding's mansion sent someone to send an invitation card, and invited the fourth elder brother to go to the banquet in the evening." ”

"Prince Ding's Mansion?" Hongli took the invitation as he spoke, and sure enough, it was sent by Hongshi, but he didn't understand, what did Hongshi do with a banquet for no reason?

When Hongli was still thinking about it, Xiao Zhengzi had already said: "Fourth elder brother, the slave has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not." ”

For this little eunuch who has been with him for many years, Hongli didn't put on any elder brother's stand, and said, "If you want to say it, just say it." ”

"Yes." Xiao Zhengzi pondered his words for a moment and said: "The second elder brother has always been at odds with you, you have been in the mansion for so long, and the second elder brother has never invited you to a banquet, and now that you suddenly come like this, I am afraid that it will not be a good thing." ”

Hongli stared at him and said, "Are you worried that it will be a Hongmen banquet?" ”

Xiao Zhengzi bowed his head and said: "Yes, the slave is indeed worried, so according to the slave, it is better not to go to this banquet, fourth elder brother." ”

Hongli played with the invitation card in his hand and said indifferently: "It's rare for him to have a banquet, if this king doesn't go, won't he give face?" Besides, even if it's really a Hongmen banquet, can he still kill this king? Without waiting for Xiao Zhengzi to speak, Hongli had already thrown away the invitation, got up and said: "Don't worry, although he regards this king as a thorn in his side, he will not harm this king so blatantly, because he can't afford the consequences that follow, after all, this capital is not Fuzhou, so he can't cover the sky with one hand." ”

"Then the slave will go and order the guards in the mansion to make sure that they must protect the fourth elder brother." Xiao Zhengzi's words made Hongli laugh, "Didn't this king already say it, Hongshi didn't have the guts, and he took so many people to do something, when the time comes, you can just go with this king." ”

Seeing that Hongli has made up his mind, Xiao Zhengzi had to agree, at night, Hongli came to the palace of Prince Ding, just arrived at the door, there was a steward to greet him, smiled and said a thousand children to ask for peace, and then welcomed Hongli to the flower hall, Hongshi was already sitting there, seeing Hongli come in, he beckoned: "Come, sit down, soon you will be able to serve." ”

After Hongli sat down according to his words, he said with a smile: "Why is the second brother so interested today, invite me to come to the mansion for a banquet, in my memory, this is the first time!" ”

Hongshi smiled: "Listening to your words, it seems that you are blaming me for being too stingy as a second brother on weekdays?" ”

Hongli watched his subordinates put plates of delicacies on the table, and said, "How dare you, I'm just a little curious." ”