"The plague in the prison, Shi Chengliang and his wife are dead." Luo Liyao slowly read out this sentence on the secret report in a calm tone, a few words, but it carried two living lives.

Maybe it's more than that.

"Your Highness......"

As soon as these words came out, Bang Hua and Bang Yue, who were standing beside her, looked at her with a shocked expression, but she still held the hand stove with an indifferent face, staring straight at the secret letter, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

The two glanced at each other, and a feeling of fear suddenly appeared in their hearts.

When did Your Highness get this news?

Why didn't His Royal Highness tell Lord Tang in person after knowing the news, but found an excuse that he couldn't leave and let him go to prison-isn't this just a fact that he let him discover for himself?

The two of them turned around in their hearts, whether they figured it out or not, and they all came to the same conclusion—they didn't know their master at all, and they didn't know what she was thinking, what she was planning, and what she was for.

"Your Highness...... Why don't you tell Lord Tang about this? Bang Yue cautiously tentatively spoke, "And you ...... just now"

"And you still hide this matter, and pretend to let him go to the prison to show his concern instead?" Luo Liyao laughed at herself, gently tore the crumpled secret letter into pieces, and threw it into the red-hot charcoal fire beside her.

She watched the paper shred into ashes before continuing: "There are some things that I can't stop, so I can only do my best to make amends." ”

Bang Hua and Bang Yue looked at her speechlessly, as if a silent judgment.

"Ahem-huh...... In the end, it's just my hypocritical self-deception. Luo Liyao coughed a few more times, took a deep breath, and continued to rummage through the letter on the case.

Bang Hua and Bang Yue didn't dare to respond.

She didn't say much, but opened the last brand new secret letter, took it out, and looked at it.

When she first saw the first line, her eyes froze.

"It's really retribution." She smiled softly, and the blooming grace of the moment overshadowed the thousands of flowers.

It's just that her smile is full of mockery and sadness.

At this time, Tang Haoqi's little mind was full of big doubts.

The old and young members of the Shi family have a side clan, not to mention that there are more than one hundred and eighty people, except for Shi Yuezhen, who is still in the Moon Tower, they are all thrown into prison.

But why - now this prison, but almost ...... Empty? Not? One? Person?

Tang Haoqi: Σ(ŎдŎ|||) ﾉﾉ！！

Tang Haoqi: Did I cross over again?

Although he felt so strange in his heart, he still carefully avoided the jailer on duty and blended into the depths of the prison.

Her Royal Highness the Princess...... You won't fool me.

He silently touched the letterhead written to him by Luo Liyao in his arms, and suddenly recalled her smile that was different every time, blowing the occasional gust of cold wind in this prison, and shivered violently - didn't he guess it?

He spoke a hundred times and smiled meaningfully, and it was terrifying to think about it-a sincere person like General Meng Yan, compared to her, she was simply a harmless little white rabbit! In the future, they became relatives, and General Meng must have been eaten to death by Her Royal Highness the Princess......

Tang Haoqi shook his head, drove all these messy thoughts out of his mind, and searched carefully one by one.

No, no, no......

Tease me! Really not?

Tang Haoqi cursed a few words in his heart, hid in an inconspicuous corner, took a deep breath, and prepared to rest for a while to calm down his somewhat complicated feelings.

At this time, he was keenly aware of the slightest movement.

Tang Haoqi looked around, climbed to the top of the prison through the uneven stone wall, and listened to the corner of the wall.

"Hey, it's really unlucky, why did we deserve to do this unlucky errand in vain, but the reward was shared by the cell boss!" There were two men, dressed as ordinary jailers, with their mouths and noses wrapped in white cloth, and their faces could not be seen very clearly, but they could easily hear the resentment in their mouths.

"Humph! If it weren't for someone from above who told me that I must be buried properly, I really wanted to throw it directly to the mass grave! The other patted his clothes angrily, as if they had been stained with something, "They've got the plague!" If this thing had reached their bodies and had not been healed in time, they would have been tortured to death like they had been - how could those cell bosses who were pampered take this risk? It's not just about instructing us to do it, it's really a big official to crush people! ”

After complaining angrily, the man didn't seem to understand his hatred, and smacked it on the ground, saying: "I really see it, the first emperor assigned the imperial doctor to come and see it, and Shengsheng was blocked by them - in the end, I had to throw some simple medicinal herbs into it, and I didn't even give much water!" ”

"No wonder there are more and more people in this prison who are sick with the plague every day......" the other gasped, "that was assigned by the Emperor himself to treat them...... How could those people have such guts? ”

"Most of them were instructed by someone above, and the purpose was to solve the trouble of the master's family as soon as possible." The man snorted coldly, "Before it is known whether the master family is guilty, he was thrown into prison by the whole family, and now he is almost dead before the truth is ascertained...... Pity! ”

Tang Haoqi's head was buzzing and aching.

What do you mean, almost dead?

He's dead?

He's dead!

Tang Haoqi instantly seemed to have been struck by lightning, and he was stunned in place.

"Isn't it, I don't know who ordered the Imperial Doctor not to come in, it's just a sin." The man fetched water and cleaned his hands, and said, "On the one hand, I want to kill them all, but on the other hand, I feel that I haven't had time to save them, so I ask for a good burial...... It's certainly not the same people. Instead, the cell bosses picked up a big bargain, and neither party was offended, and they also took two rewards for nothing. ”

"You can just say a few words, so that the cell boss hears and can't trouble the two of us again." The other sighed and dragged him away.

Tang Haoqi silently jumped down from the top, took out the letterhead given by Luo Liyao before, and opened it.

"If Shi Chengliang is dead, Cell A 12, take what he has used."

After reading it, Tang Haoqi silently took out a fire fold and lit the letterhead and threw it on the ground.

After watching it burn to ashes, Tang Haoqi slowly walked deeper into the prison, with a solemn look on his face that was incompatible with his age.

He glanced at the bottomless dark prison and said softly: "The grudge against the court is really terrible. ”

No one answered him, only an eerie cold wind blowing from the depths of the prison.

He kept walking—ahead, hiding what they wanted to know.

"Done?"

Yu'an heard the master's question, immediately stopped what he was doing, and said respectfully: "Yes, Your Majesty's intention has been conveyed to the cell boss, and the remains of the Shi family will be properly placed." ”

"There has been no movement in the Canglan Hall in the past few days?" Luo Xizheng dipped it in ink and continued to copy the prayer scriptures, "Remember to go to the Internal Affairs Department to inform you, but if there is anything to dispel the cold and keep warm, send it to the Canglan Hall first." ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Her Royal Highness Li Yao has been in the palace for the past few days, and it is said that she has been reading books every day." Yu An looked at him cautiously and said, "Canglan Hall has not invited a doctor, nor has I seen His Highness's two personal maids boiling medicine—presumably His Highness's body is already in good condition." ”

“…… Is it? Luo Xizheng paused and continued to write, "But when I went to see her, she coughed a few times occasionally. ”

“…… Your Majesty. Yu'an was a little frightened and hurriedly knelt down.

"Your Majesty?" Luo Xizheng seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then smiled lightly, and his sharp eyebrows seemed to have a slight tenderness at this time, "Oh...... I almost forgot, it's time to call myself 'I'. ”

"I, now I am the emperor of the entire Tianqi......" Luo Xizheng stopped writing, looking at the many scriptures he had copied, obviously it was a Buddhist classic that should be read by people who only felt pure and had few desires, but because of his handwriting of the dragon flying and phoenix dancing inexplicably, a little bit of majesty was born.

"Yes." Yu An lowered his head and whispered, "After the first imperial mourning period expires, His Majesty will enter the Yiyuan Hall and become the thirty-eighth emperor of Tianqi." ”

"Congratulations to your majesty, your majesty—" Yu'an kowtowed deeply.

"No, you can get up first." Luo Xizheng interrupted him indifferently, "Now it's just the first step, this throne is just in my hands, with luck and a little affection from my father and the emperor for my mother, can I sit firmly...... It's up to me. ”

In the end, he slowly closed the scripture he hadn't finished copying, and said, "Where is the whole piece of misty jade that I paid tribute to Yucheng before?" ”

"There are very few misty jades, and it is even more rare to have such a large piece of whole jade, not to mention that the color is excellent...... The minions have been kept in the storehouse. Yu An thought for a moment and hurriedly replied, "Why did Your Majesty suddenly ask about that piece of misty jade?" ”

"I got a good dagger from Yanding people before." Luo Xizheng glanced at him, "It's the one that has been placed on the side of my bed...... Take that piece of misty jade and go outside to find a skilled craftsman to make a scabbard for this dagger. ”

"Yes." Yu An didn't understand what he meant, so he was careful about this temptation, "Your Majesty is going to bring this dagger with you?" ”

"It's not." Luo Xizheng paused, rubbed the smooth brush shaft in his hand, and a gentle smile that did not match his temperament inexplicably appeared in his eyes, "Remember to make it like a woman...... When it's done, I'll send it out. ”

"Yes. Speaking of this, the slave still had the courage to ask His Majesty about it, and the princess ...... "Yu'an knelt down, looking like she was pleading, "It's the slave's sin, and he didn't notice the princess's evil illness in time, so that the princess died violently - just now the Internal Affairs Department also sent someone to ask, how to decide on the title of posthumously crowning the princess as the queen...... ”

"Did I say I wanted to posthumously crown her queen?" Luo Xizheng's gaze did not meet him, but it also made him sit on pins and needles, "Wuyuan Lian has returned to his hometown in fine clothes, and he can be crowned as the Marquis of Boyang." As for Wu Yan...... Let's give her the title of county lord - I hurt her and trapped her for the rest of my life, and now I will give her freedom. ”

His tone was very light, as if Wu Yan's death to him was just a trivial matter that passed by lightly.

Although his expression was a little sentimental, Yu'an knew that he had just seen the shadow of another woman through the princess.

The shadow of a noble and unfree woman.

Yu'an didn't dare to say more, and said softly: "Yes." ”