Because Yinzhen's holy decree has been issued, the Ministry of Rites is known to the whole country, because everyone has changed their titles, and Hongli is called the prince.

After Ling Ruowei nodded, he turned his head to look at Yin Zhen and said, "The emperor said that there is news about Hongli's murder to tell his concubines, what is it?" ”

"Let's go into the temple and talk about it." When he was about to enter the hall, he saw that Yunxiang was still standing in place, his expression hesitated, and he said, "Old Thirteen, you can also come in together, there are some things you say that are more useful than what I say." Su Peisheng, you are waiting outside. ”

Listening to Yinzhen's somewhat helpless voice, Yunxiang nodded and followed into the Heart Cultivation Palace, as for Su Peisheng, he waited outside the Heart Cultivation Hall according to Yinzhen's instructions.

After entering the hall, Yin Zhen said: "Do you think Hongli's death is suspicious?" ”

"Yes, the concubine feels that whether it is the report or the words of the second elder brother, there are several places that are not detailed or even unreasonable, so the concubine has reason to suspect that Hongli's death is not an accident."

Yin Zhen didn't say anything about her words, but said: "That's why you are aggressive to Hongshi in Yuqing Palace?" ”

Ling Ruo met Yinzhen's gaze and said word by word: "Yes, if the emperor feels that the concubine has done something wrong, he can dispose of the concubine, but the concubine must find out clearly about this matter and find out the real cause of Hongli's death." ”

"You're not the only one who suspects the cause of Hongli's death." Yin Zhen's sudden appearance made Ling Ruo surprised, and he didn't understand what he meant by saying this. Seeing this, Yunxiang explained: "Don't hide it from my sister-in-law, in fact, as early as a few days ago, the emperor was secretly investigating what the second elder brother and the fourth elder brother encountered in Fuzhou, and he has already found some eyebrows. ”

Hearing this, Ling Ruo's eyes flashed with excitement, and he stared at Yin Zhen and said, "Is it serious?" ”

"What reason do I have to lie to you!" Saying this, Yin Zhen took out the secret fold from the secret compartment of the imperial case and handed it to Ling Ruo, "I originally wanted to wait until I found out before telling you, but I didn't expect you to be suspicious of this matter, and you still asked Hongshi in Yuqing Palace." If I don't make it clear to you, I don't know what will happen later, but this matter must not be spread, otherwise once the person who harmed Hongli is prepared, it will be difficult to find out the clues. ”

"The concubine knows the way." After answering the question, Ling Ruo couldn't wait to open the fold and look at it, it really recorded a lot of things about Hongli's murder, the most surprising thing for Ling Ruo was the burial of more than 100 people's corpses, and the compromise also mentioned suspicion, since those corpses were not eaten as food, then the statement that the people of Lianjiang County were crazy about eating human flesh is not valid, and there are human traces on the fragments of the broken bridge found, which is even more suspicious.

After reading a few excerpts in his hand, Ling Ruo pondered for a long time and said: "From this point of view, the matter of Lianjiang County should be a trap deliberately set by someone, and the purpose is to take Hongli's life. ”

"Not only Hongli, Hongshi is also one of their targets, but he was lucky enough to escape from those people." Speaking of this, Yin Zhen said in a deep tone: "I know that you are suspicious of Hongshi, but he was also near dead at that time, and he suffered many injuries, and for this matter, he has always felt guilty and constantly blamed himself. If the trap was set by him, then he could have let Hongli go to Lianjiang County alone, instead of risking his own life. ”

Ling Ruoliang said in a cold voice: "Maybe this is his bitter trick at all, in order to get rid of suspicion." ”

Yin Zhen knew that Ling Ruo was preoccupied with the murder of Hongli at the moment, and he didn't listen to persuasion, so he didn't argue with her more, but said: "I know Lu Dao, so I have to investigate until I find out what happened in Lianjiang County." ”

Yun Xiang persuaded on the side: "Yes, little sister-in-law, for the sake of the prince, the emperor sent all the secret agents to Fuzhou, I believe that there will be results soon, and I ask the little sister-in-law to wait patiently for a while." ”

Ling Ruo's gaze turned on Yun Xiang's face, and then fell on Yin Zhen again, and said slowly: "The emperor hopes that before finding out the truth, he will not target the second elder brother again?" ”

"Yes." This is Yinzhen's answer to Ling Ruo, and Ling Ruo also gave Yinzhen an answer after a long silence, "The concubine can promise the emperor, but in exchange, the emperor must find out who killed Hongli." ”

Yin Zhen said solemnly: "This is not only your wish, but also my wish!" ”

Seeing Ling Ruo nodding, Yun Xiang lost no time in saying: "Brother Shu Chen, little sister-in-law, in fact, the emperor is really sorry and sad about the death of the crown prince." Besides, if someone hadn't deliberately destroyed the bridge to Lianjiang County, with the people sent by the emperor to secretly protect the prince, the prince would not be in danger at all. The younger brother knows that the prince is the heart of the little sister-in-law, but he is not the heart of the emperor, just look at the emperor's posthumous crown prince, you can see how much the emperor attaches importance to the prince. ”

Yun Xiang's words touched Ling Ruo's heart, and he said with a worried expression: "What about chasing the seal, Hongli has never been able to survive." ”

"Yes, no matter what you do now, you can't bring the crown prince back to life, but at least the emperor has done his best. The younger brother can even say presumptuously that if he has a choice at this moment, the emperor will even exchange his life for the rebirth of the crown prince. "If you dare to say this, there is only one Yunxiang, and if you change other ministers, no matter how much Yinzhen relies on, you don't dare to say such presumptuous words.

In the wordless silence, Yin Zhen took Ling Ruo's hand and said seriously and solemnly: "Not even, it will be, because I don't want to see you in such pain." ”

Yinzhen's short but sincere words, like a clear spring, slowly flowed into Ling Ruo's heart imprisoned by hatred, loosening the confinement, and also making Ling Ruo re-examine Yinzhen, the person who had been constantly pushed away by her. After a long time, she said: "If the emperor hadn't let Hongli go to Fuzhou, all this would not have happened, so the concubines ......"

Before Ling Ruo could continue, Yin Zhen had already raised his hand and said, "I know that you can't forgive me now, and I won't force you, and I'll wait until I catch the murderer who killed Hongli." ”

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside, and Su Peisheng said: "Your Majesty, there is a secret report from Fuzhou." ”

Yin Zhen perked up and hurriedly said, "Bring it in!" ”

With Yinzhen's words, Su Peisheng walked in with the secret box in his hand, and after putting the secret box on the imperial case, he retreated with interest, although he was very interested in the contents of the secret box, but in his position, he couldn't control himself by interest, otherwise he would lose his life at any time.

After Su Peisheng retreated, Yin Zhen took out the fold from the secret box and read it carefully, after reading it, he let out a sigh of relief, handed the fold to Ling Ruo, and said with a shocked look: "Although I thought that those people would not be the people of Lianjiang County, I didn't expect that in order to murder my two sons, they would kill all the people of Lianjiang County in a frenzy, except for those who starved to death during the famine, there were a full one thousand and eighty-nine mouths, and none of them were left!" ”