Because arson in the palace is a serious crime, and the place of arson is very close to the residence of the queen mother, it alarmed His Majesty, and he bowed down in the main hall for interrogation.

It was almost midnight, and the spring rain outside the hall was dripping, and most of the wine was awakened, and he said to the eighth prince who was standing a few steps away from him: "Why are you trembling? ”

He glanced at her and didn't answer, but a pair of little fat hands shook twice unconsciously.

"Is it hard that you are the culprit?" Cai Ling asked in a low voice.

"This prince has never set fire!" The eighth child exclaimed, and the people next to him looked sideways. Cai Ling stared at him with a hateful face and made a gesture to silence. The Eighth Prince immediately lowered his eyes, like a defeated rooster.

"Jiang's!" After knowing each other for many years, the emperor was still reluctant to call her name, Cai Ling sighed imperceptibly, walked out of the crowd, stood in the center of the hall and replied: "The people's daughter is here." ”

"Where were you at the time of the incident?" The Emperor asked coldly.

Cai Ling is hesitating, he is guilty of bullying the king, and he will be punished for leaving the palace without permission, and he is in a dilemma and doesn't know where to start.

According to Erchen's eyes, Jiang Cailing is the most suspicious. She invited a good girl to stay in the palace for no reason, and she didn't know where to go when the incident happened, she had a bad relationship with Zhuangyuan Lang some time ago, and now she must be jealous of the beauty and talent of the good girl, first let the snake scare people and then set fire to murder. Princess Jing and Princess Jing were angry.

"Enlighten the Holy One." Mingyue took a step forward and said bravely, "The courtiers dare to vouch for their lives, Sister Ling is definitely not that kind of person." ”

"You are the little girl of a good family that the Queen Mother mentioned to me?" The emperor was slightly pleased, "You can know that because of this person, you almost died." Now he is willing to intercede for him! ”

"The courtier Liangmingyue and Sister Ling have known each other for many years, and they are also best friends in the boudoir, this time because His Majesty was able to meet Longen, and he was embarrassed, so he took the initiative to beg to stay in the palace, but he didn't want to cause trouble, and asked His Majesty to forgive him." Mingyue lied, and her face remained unchanged.

"If this is true, then Jiang should tell where she went?" The emperor was unrelenting.

"People's girl ......" Cai Ling had just spoken.

"The retainer invited him to drink." The prince said loudly.

"But the prince's brother was obviously in the place of the incident at that time!" Jinghe, who was supposed to be in the boudoir, actually knew about this matter, and the prince's eyes were already sharp, and the emperor was also dark-eyed and silent. Jing and Fang knew that he had leaked his mouth, and quickly lowered his eyes.

"Your Majesty, the palace maid Cui'e beside the Queen Mother has seen a person." The red-haired Moon father-in-law stepped forward to play.

"Biography." The emperor rubbed the exhaustion in his brow.

"Slave and maid knock to your majesty." Cui'e trembled and knelt in the main hall.

"Palace maid Cui'e, you don't need to be afraid, just tell what you see one by one." Yue Gonggong said calmly.

"Yes." Cui'e looked around the hall, and didn't see the person she was afraid of, so she said timidly, "At three o'clock, the slave maid was ordered to go to Miss Jiang's room to add a bed, but she saw ......."

"Who are you seeing?" Father-in-law of the month urged.

"Seeing that your father-in-law is holding two snakes and is going to put them in the brocade quilt on the bed." Cui'e said as tears rolled down her eyes, "His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince also warned the slaves and maids not to say half a word, otherwise their lives would be lost. ”

Everyone was surprised, and everyone knew that Dagui was a close attendant of the Eighth Prince.

As soon as the slave and maid explained the matter to the Queen Mother, they saw that Miss Jiang's residence was on fire. The slave and maid have committed the crime of stealing their lives, and ask Your Majesty to punish them. Cui'e said loudly that in the three years she served the Queen Mother, she was conscientious and conscientious, and she couldn't forget what the Queen Mother told her: to be honest and fair.

"Let's go down." The emperor just said nothing.

"Come out!" The prince had already flown out, jumped behind the crowd, and caught the eighth child who was about to escape. The eighth prince was so frightened that he knelt down, hugged his third brother's calf and begged, "Brother forgive me." I just wanted to scare her, I didn't want to kill her. And the snakes weren't poisonous. ”

As soon as the iron-like fist was raised, His Majesty hurriedly shouted, "Wait! ”

As soon as the words fell, the prince's fist fell on his side, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but when they saw the prince kicking his legs, the short and fat eighth prince was kicked a few feet away, hunched over, covering his stomach in pain and unable to move.

"My son!" Xiao Jieyu cried and greeted her, pointing at the prince and said, "You actually disregarded brotherhood for a woman, this palace used to misjudge you!" He cried to His Majesty again, "If such a ruthless person is the king, how can my mother and son still live?" It's better to let my mother and son die on the pillar right now to thank Your Majesty. ”

"Please." Shen Muchi said coldly.

"Wow......" Xiao Jieyu howled and cried, "Your Majesty! ”

"Nonsense!" The emperor was furious, pointing at Shen Muchi's hand that was trembling slightly, "I'm too disappointed in you!" ”

Immediately, he turned around and left, but he fainted next to the dragon chair, but fortunately he was supported by the fast-eyed Xuan Niangniang. The imperial doctor hurriedly went to the inner hall to diagnose, only saying that he was angry and needed to rest for a few days.

Outside the main hall, wind and rain are intertwined. Aunt Chun in the carriage said that it would be great if it could rain in the next few days, and it would be sunny in the coming days, which would be just right for spring hunting. Cai Ling echoed: "Spring rain is like oil. Now I just hope that this "oil" will stop soon. Because the people kneeling outside the main hall were wearing only single clothes, the dense rain quickly drenched them.

"Your Highness, why is this so painful? I don't know when His Majesty will be willing to dissipate his anger. Manyun said anxiously.

"There will be no overnight feud between father and son, but it is difficult to say between monarchs and ministers." Cai Ling held the oiled paper fan, "Anyway, I'll stand with him all night." ”

Cai Ling was just about to step forward when someone shouted to her behind her, "Miss Jiang." ”

"Aki-sama." Cai Ling bowed, and Qiu Zhibai, who was the Zhongshu Provincial Zhongshu Commander at the time, stood on the corridor with his hands in his hands. Because he is a close minister, he is amnesty and lives in the palace. After looking at each other for a moment, Cai Ling retreated to the porch.

"Miss Jiang still refuses to let go of the prince?" Prime Minister Qiu got straight to the point.

"Don't dare." Cai Ling was still holding an oil-paper umbrella, and the rain was dripping on the black jade slate.

"If you don't dare, please keep your distance from Your Highness." Qiu Zhibai said coldly, "Your Highness has offended Your Majesty several times because of the girl's affairs, and now it is even more angry with Long Yan. In the long run, His Majesty will have the intention of establishing another prince. ”

"Aki-sama, pay attention to your words." Cai Ling warned.

"This official is just talking about things. What is the identity of the girl now, she should know herself! After Lord Qiu finished speaking, he turned around and left, never glancing at the prince who was kneeling in the open space outside the hall.

"Sister." Manyun called her softly, and Cai Ling woke up from her distraction.

"You go back and rest first." Cai Ling patted her on the shoulder.

"My sister still wants to accompany His Highness." The clouds are incomprehensible.

"I'm not going." Cai Ling smiled slightly, "Standing on the porch." ”

"Does my sister believe Aki-sama's words?"

"What if you don't believe it? It's not good for me to stay with Your Highness. It's just that I can't see through how people who used to be so strategizing suddenly came here. Manyun, maybe there are many things we only look at the surface. Cai Ling moved her gaze to the corridor, if the prince wanted to punish himself for kneeling, how could she break his game?

"I also think that His Highness is by no means like that." Manyun affirmed, as far as his eyes could see, a woman in purple trotted to the prince with an oil-paper umbrella, firmly blocking the raindrops on his head for the prince, and even did not hesitate to let half of her body be drenched in the rain, Manyun exclaimed: "How can the good girl be?" ”

Cai Ling seemed to have expected it, and only squeezed out a wry smile, and then took the umbrella and said to Manyundao, "Let's go." ”

Manyun still wanted to argue a few words, but saw Cai Ling's footsteps flying fast, and disappeared around the corner of the corridor in a blink of an eye.

Outside the main hall, the sound of rain was pouring and dark clouds were thick. The prince's posture was like a loose kneeling in the rain, his clothes were soaked by the rain, revealing the strong muscle curves, and a purple agate on the crown of silver hair shone in the rain, and the rain gathered into beads and slipped down from his forehead. "What are you going to do?" The cold tone is inaudible, and I can't hear joy and anger.

The oiled paper fan was immediately covered above his head, and Yan Yuying's voice sounded softly: "Your Highness was punished for Mingyue, and Mingyue can't help but come." ”

"It's none of your business." The crown prince did not raise his head.

"Mingyue has made up her mind. No matter how long His Highness wants to kneel here, Mingyue will accompany him. The tone was resolute.

The prince's face was like frost, and he was silent. Tilting his gaze slightly, he saw that the corridor was already empty.