"Erchen! Erchen didn't dare! Erchen is not disrespectful, but he has been busy investigating cases recently, so he neglected to take care of Concubine Yang. Tuoba Heng replied in a daze, he didn't expect his father to suddenly think of Concubine Yang.

As soon as the emperor heard his excuse, he immediately shook his hand, and then said: "Anyway, Concubine Yang is now the mother concubine who has more to do with you in the palace, you should respect her, what is the matter with you, Concubine Yang is also concerned behind her back, why bother to lose your temper with her!?" ”

Although the emperor couldn't guess why the two of them had a dispute, what he knew was that if Tuoba Heng had a good relationship with Concubine Yang, then Tuoba Heng would have one less person to oppose in the palace.

One is his wife, and the other is flesh and blood flowing from his own flesh and bones, which does not reassure him.

"If Erchen knows, he will definitely respect his mother more in the future and not make his mother sad." Although Tuoba Heng was very unhappy in his heart, he still said this sentence as usual.

Thinking of Concubine Rou who practiced outside the palace last time, she was almost poisoned to death because she had a bad hand with Concubine Yang, or he found a poison expert outside the palace to save his mother, but until now, he still can't make any noise about it.

The emperor looked at him with a look of painful change, and immediately nodded with a light smile and satisfaction.

After saying a few more words, the emperor let Tuoba Heng go back to the next court.

Two days later, the account books sent by the emperor to check basically found many clues.

Someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that the government had carefully inspected the ledger and said that it was genuine, but I was afraid that someone had really done something to the food and salary in the household department. Because all the account books handed over by the household department are all clear, and the amount of food and salary and the amount of the place are clearly recorded, if so, there should not be these real account books, and the emperor immediately realized that Lin Xiaoru, the secretary of the household department, is the initiator behind it.

The next day, the emperor re-opened the case in the early court, and at the same time the person who pulled out the household book for questioning was the crown prince.

The emperor interrogated why the prince wanted to do this unsightly thing with Hubu Shangshu, and in front of the civil and military officials, the prince said that it was done by Hubu Shangshu alone, and also framed Tuoba Heng to tell him that he did it.

The emperor was furious when he heard this, and then thought of Lin Xiaoru's inaction as a high-ranking official of the household department. Immediately, he didn't want to listen to what Lin Xiaoru said more, so he immediately ordered the Hubu Shangshu to be pulled down and beheaded, and the rest of the family property was all confiscated as military pay and returned to the soldiers who had stolen the money from him.

Lin Xiaoru had already appeared in the early court in a prison uniform, and when he heard that the emperor had not said a few words and killed him, he was so frightened that he had lost three souls and seven spirits, and then shouted and begged for mercy with a sad and pitiful look, but the emperor was angry and didn't want to listen to his nonsense anymore, so he never mentioned this matter again, which was regarded as erasing.

After getting off the court, Tuoba Heng motioned to Su Cimo to follow him back to the Three Princes' Mansion, and the two of them sat in the study, their faces were heavy.

"Unexpectedly, the initiator behind this escaped this catastrophe without incident, but the person who advised him was killed." Su Cimo looked pensive, looked at the ground fixedly, and then said.

The beautiful white face looked a little more heroic, and Tuoba Heng next to him also looked slightly distracted for a moment.

"What else do you think about this!?" Tuoba Heng looked at Su Cimo with a stunned look in his eyes and asked.

"Opinion!? The minister felt that the prince's move to abandon the car to protect the handsome was really smart. not only got rid of the suspicion, but also killed the damned person, killing two birds with one stone. It's just that the emperor's mistake of favoring the prince is really chilling. Su Cimo shook his head slightly with a stunned look and said.

Tuoba Heng nodded slightly, what Su Cimo said was true, if it weren't for the emperor's intention to turn a blind eye, maybe the prince wouldn't have escaped so easily.

No matter which aspect of this matter is looked at, the prince has an inescapable reproach, but the emperor not only did not mention a word about this matter, but as if he deliberately wanted to protect him, he did not let the household secretary tell the truth in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military and then make a conclusion, but directly ordered the execution of the abnormality, which obviously means that the emperor protects the prince in his heart, and he is also afraid of the royal face and does not want to mention the prince's greed for ink.

Although Tuoba Heng did not immediately restrain His Royal Highness the Crown Prince this time, he also had three more opinions on this matter in his heart, which can be regarded as clear.

It's just that there is one thing he doesn't quite understand, why the prince knew so quickly that if he mentioned this matter too much, it would not only be bad for him but also harmful, so he put all the fault on the head of Tobe Shangshu. With this move, the prince's game of chess was too stable, which made Tuoba Hengsheng have a lot of doubts.

The crown prince has always been a bold and big-hearted person, and if he was given such a short time, it is estimated that he would rather continue to wronged Tuoba Heng than say that this matter was all done by Hube Shangshu alone, but why did he say this today!?

Chen Feng happened to return to the house at this time, and then he knelt down on one knee and saluted Tuoba Heng.

"Master, my subordinates found out that Song Bibai, the squire of the military department, went to the prince's mansion yesterday, and what the prince said in the court today is suspected to have been taught to him by Song Bibai." Chen Feng's voice was steady, and he lowered his eyes slightly and said.

When Tuoba Heng heard this, his face immediately turned stunned, and he was a little incredulous that there was Song Bibai behind the prince.

Thinking of Su Cimo, who had a good relationship with Song Bibai, Tuoba Heng didn't immediately say anything on his face, but just looked at Su Cimo sitting next to him casually without intention, only to see that he heard Chen Feng's report, and his eyes were slightly condensed as if he was enchanted, and some uncomfortable expressions were revealed from those eyes.

"Song Bibai!? Isn't he a member of the Seven Princes!? Why! He's going to help the prince figure it out!? Su Cimo was really depressed in his heart, so he didn't wait for Tuoba Heng to say anything, but threw out this question first.

Tuoba Heng pondered for a moment with his eyebrows slightly, he also felt that this matter was very strange, maybe it was not Song Bibai's proposal, this time the prince would suffer more or less losses, but there was no way to verify it now.

"Since Song Bibai is a member of the Seventh Prince, he can help His Royal Highness the Crown Prince get out of danger, which only shows one thing." Tuoba Heng's leisurely voice said lightly.

When Su Cimo heard this, his eyes immediately shifted to the past, and he looked at Tuoba Heng over there fixedly.

Tuoba Heng's eyes also fell on Su Cimo, and the four eyes met, and Tuoba Heng then spoke: "It shows that this prince and the seventh prince are now joining forces." I'm afraid that the seven princes will hate me in their hearts and are afraid that the prince will lose, so this case is really as mentioned in the court last time, the prince who was found by the two of us was greedy for food and salary. I was afraid that the emperor would have some more appreciation for me for this matter, so both of them regarded me as a stumbling block to their climbing, so they would work together to prevent losses. ”

Su Cimo also guessed this, but when she heard Tuoba Heng say it, she was only a little more convinced in her heart.

"Third Prince, it seems that your enemies are really very sophisticated, but I don't know why Bibai is so stubborn. I also taught him a few times in private, but he insisted on following the Seven Princes, and I can't do anything now. Su Cimo sighed in his heart that the Seven Princes had the right to eat, and at the same time, he felt slightly angry that Song Bibai had helped a bad guy get out of danger.

But when she thought that Song Bibai was her classmate and friend for many years, Su Cimo still felt slightly unbearable in her heart, this matter had already suffered the most from the three princes, she thought about it, and still thought that it would be better to soothe Tuoba Heng.

Maybe if it weren't for Song Bibai's reminder this time, the prince wouldn't have been so easy to get out of danger at all, and there would not have been a prince who might have created a series of troubles waiting for them in order to take revenge.

Or, if the prince is dismissed because of this incident, Tuoba Heng's lifelong crisis can also be resolved, Su Cimo thought about it, and just sighed a few more times in his heart.

"It's okay, this matter has nothing to do with you, since this matter was proposed by Song Bibai, then he has to pay the responsibility of befriending the Seventh Prince. In the future, you don't have to worry about Song Bibai's affairs. Although Tuoba Heng was angry in his heart, he saw Su Cimo's soft eyebrows and eyes staring at him carefully, and suddenly he didn't show too much displeasure on his face, but just reminded Su Cimo that he didn't need to ask more about Song Bibai in the future.

"Third prince, the minister knows that you have always worked hard, just please give me more time, I will go back and persuade Song Bibai, he was originally an upright person, but I don't know why I got closer and closer to the seventh prince, so please." Su Cimo saw that the third prince did not intend to forgive Song Bibai's responsibility, so he opened his mouth to explain.

"Didn't you tell you that you don't have to worry about him in the future!? Then don't ask any more questions. I'm not angry. The third prince was slightly angry in his heart, and his face became a little ugly. But it was only a second, and he realized his gaffe.

Su Cimo saw that Tuoba Heng was angry, and immediately didn't dare to say much, but quietly thought about how to deal with the state of alliance between the seven princes and the crown prince.

"The minister thinks that the seven princes and the crown prince should not get too close, and the minister will definitely find a way to untie the alliance between the two of them for you." Su Cimo said with a ruddy face, probably because Tuoba Heng's tone was slightly displeased when he mentioned Song Bibai just now, so he spoke a little louder.

Or maybe it was because he pleaded with Song Bibai, and when he saw Tuoba Heng's cruel eyes looking at him, he felt a little unhappy in his heart.