The emperor sitting on the dragon chair frowned worriedly, and impatiently let Wu retreat, and only after a moment could he speak coldly: "Why hasn't the person who went to inquire come back yet?" ”

At this time, a person hurriedly stood up and bowed his head and said, "It's already on the way." ”

The emperor rubbed his eyebrows, "Prince." ”

Bei Liangye stood up, "Erchen is here." ”

"You go and see what's going on, others go, I'm not at ease."

Bei Liangye received the order, turned around and prepared to leave, this is a person who came in the main hall - it was the eldest prince who did not arrive as scheduled at noon.

But at this moment, the eldest prince was carried by several people and came in scarred.

The emperor's face turned even colder, "What the hell is going on?" ”

The eldest prince held a breath and said very weakly: "Erchen was robbed and killed by a group of black-clothed people on the way here, but it was still the fifth child who came in time, otherwise Erchen might have died on the spot." ”

"Where are the five princes?"

At this time, a person came from behind, and it was the fifth prince.

The fifth prince consciously handed a piece of jade pendant in his arms to the eunuch beside the emperor, and said, "That group of assassins was obviously well-trained, but in the end they let one person escape, but that person accidentally left this one behind when he fled. ”

The emperor took a closer look at the jade pendant in his hand, and then threw it to the eunuch, "Send the eldest prince down to rest." ”

The fifth prince's face changed, and when he looked up, he saw the emperor's disappointed expression, and subconsciously set his eyes on the eldest prince.

The eldest prince is naturally not a stupid person, seeing that the situation is not right, he is afraid that there will be more trouble if he investigates further, so he can only say: "All the sons and daughters obey the arrangements of their father." ”

The eldest prince and the fifth prince left, and the emperor had no intention of being at the palace banquet, and was about to leave under an excuse, when Bei Liangye slowly handed over something leisurely.

The emperor read it patiently, but his face became colder and colder, and finally he slapped the letter on the table.

For a while, there was silence in the hall.

"Are people from the Xiao family here?"

The person who stood up from the banquet table was the second son of the Xiao family.

It seemed that he also sensed the emperor's mood and anger, and Xiao Ergongzi stood up trembling, lowering his head and not daring to speak.

"Come up and take a look for yourself, and see how you Xiao family people do such things!"

For the emperor's anger, many people in the hall are blinded, after all, the eldest prince who was injured in the front foot and the fifth prince who has a ghost in his heart, handed a piece of jade pendant that he didn't know what to do, and the emperor actually let the two leave without asking anything, at this time, it was the prince who handed over a letter of paper, and called the people of the Xiao family, I don't know what is going on, today's palace banquet seems to be a Hongmen banquet.

Bei Liangye stood aside, watching this farce.

Xiao Ergongzi walked up to the eunuch tremblingly, and the eunuch threw the letter directly at his feet. Xiao Ergongzi hurriedly bent down to read, he had just read two pages of content, his face changed suddenly, he didn't have time to study what was left, and he didn't dare to stand up, he crawled in front of the emperor and began to kowtow non-stop, "The emperor is angry, the emperor is angry, this is all done by Concubine Xiao alone, and it has nothing to do with the Xiao family!" ”

The emperor directly kicked Xiao Ergongzi away, and said angrily: "Concubine Xiao is from your Xiao family, a woman, who is helpless in the palace, if it weren't for your Xiao family to support her back, she could do such a big thing alone?" How long can you stay around? ”

Xiao Ergongzi couldn't take care of his appearance at the moment, and kept kowtowing in the hope that the emperor would be merciful, "It's really none of the Xiao family's business, since Huxi married into the crown princess and became a side concubine, she is destined to have nothing to do with the Xiao family!" ”

The emperor sneered, "Let's finish reading the rest first!" ”

Xiao Ergongzi's face changed again and again, and he trembled again and picked up the paper scattered all over the ground, and after he read it carefully, he suddenly didn't struggle anymore, and sat on the ground with dull eyes.

Other people probably guessed the reason why the emperor was angry, not long ago, the crown princess suddenly miscarried, and at that time I thought it was just because of physical reasons, and I once suspected that it was Concubine Jiang, but I didn't expect it to be Concubine Xiao, who has always been good friends with the crown princess!

It seems that he has been planning for a long time.

The emperor paused for a moment before he said, "Come on, raid the Xiao family!" ”

Bei Liangye, who hadn't spoken for a long time, stood up at the right time and saluted the emperor, "Father, slow down." ”

The emperor was already furious, but now he didn't expect someone to stand up and disobey him, but he didn't expect it to be Bei Liangye, and he said angrily: "Prince, that's your own flesh and blood, what?" Do you still want to intercede for the Xiao family? ”

"Erchen just wants to ask for orders, can this matter be handed over to Erchen to deal with?"

The emperor stabilized his mind, squinted his eyes, and said, "Why? ”

"The Xiao family is intertwined in the court, and it is easy for its henchmen to escape, and it is extremely difficult to investigate it in the future."

Only then did the emperor think of the person behind the Xiao family, glanced at Bei Liangye with a vague gaze, and said, "Then this matter will be handled by you." ”

Bei Liangye received the order and retired first.

This palace banquet also broke up unhappily.

The matter at the palace banquet quickly spread to the prince's mansion, and Ruan Wanwan was waiting for the result in the room, but he didn't expect Bei Liangye to take the initiative to ask for a thorough investigation, although he was a little surprised, but he quickly understood his intentions.

The fact that the eldest prince was injured by the assassin is estimated to be self-directed and self-acted, and Bei Liangye has long expected it, and by the way, he stabbed the matter to the emperor's side, at the palace banquet, the emperor was giving the eldest prince face, after all, it is also a chess piece, if Bei Liangye is abolished in the future, there is an alternative.

As for Xiao Luxi's matter, it was the emperor's first grandson, and it was suddenly gone, which naturally made him angry, and the Xiao family's recent hand was indeed getting longer and longer, and the emperor also had the intention of dealing with him.

And Bei Liangye should be planning to take this opportunity to deal with the eldest prince.

Ruan Wanwan thought about it, and was about to take advantage of this cusp to deal with the people who should be dealt with, but as soon as she went out, she bumped into Jiang Huaiyuan, a rare guest on weekdays.

Ruan Wanwan raised her eyebrows, "What are you doing here?" ”

Jiang Huaiyuan held Ruan Wanwan's hand warmly, and said enthusiastically: "My sister has seen my sister, I have heard about the matter at the palace banquet just now, no, come and help my sister solve the problem." ”

Ruan Wanwan naturally knew what she was thinking about, and said with a smile: "Then I have to see my sister more." ”

A group of maids hugged the two and slowly walked towards Xiao Luxi's courtyard.

"Sister, you don't know..."