The birthday banquet of the Prime Minister's Mansion, His Majesty and hundreds of civil and military officials will participate, although there is no banquet in the palace, but the specifications are not too much different from the palace banquet, if there is a personal grudge with the Zhao family, it is impossible to risk the destruction of the nine clans to come here and poison the Zhao family, so the implication is too great.

The person who spoke was called Xu Mo, the nephew of Shaoqing of Dali Temple and Xu Yuan's cousin.

Xu Mo, like Gu Hengxiu, is backed by a big tree, but his identity is not particularly noble.

He failed to go to Tai Academy, he was a classmate with Gu Hengxiu, and Xu Mo had a good relationship with Zhou Jue in his previous life, and he also helped Zhou Jue to do right with Shen Bai several times.

There was no accident in the Zhou family in this life, and Zhou Jue naturally had no intersection with him, but Xu Mo and Gu Hengxiu were still classmates, and the relationship between the two should be quite good.

After Xu Mo pointed out this problem, others also began to think about Zhao's death.

Li Dai is not famous in Hanjing, after Zhao married him, in addition to being famous for his fierceness, there is nothing special about it, the only thing that people have heard her name recently is that she had no children a few years ago, and it was found that someone framed and implicated in a murder case.

This case is not big, but it is not small.

During the full moon banquet in the Zhou Mansion, the Zhao family had a quarrel with Shen Bai, although the two sides did not tear their faces that day, but they also made people laugh, these ladies and ladies went back and let people dispose of all the spices they bought before, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty naturally heard about it.

It was the spices that made the Zhao family miscarry, and the spices came from Nanxiang, after Jing Zhaoyin's investigation, there were still many women in Beijing who had miscarriages after using these spices, and they never got pregnant.

It is related to the diplomatic relations and commercial exchanges between the two countries, Jing Zhaoyin did not immediately publicize the matter, and now the Zhao family died mysteriously at the birthday banquet of the Prime Minister's Mansion, which inevitably makes people think about it.

After all, as long as the Zhao family is dead, the matter of spices can be stopped.

Many people thought of this, but because of Shen Bai's presence, they didn't say it directly, but just looked at Shen Bai twice.

Shen Bai knew what they were thinking, so he only looked at Xu Mo and asked, "Does this adult know anything about the Zhao family?" ”

Xu Mo grimaced, and said righteously: "The Zhao family is a woman in the house, and she will not have anything to do with her in public and private." ”

"Then how can you be sure that the Zhao clan did not die from vendetta?" Shen Bai immediately asked rhetorically, and Xu Mo said as a matter of course: "The Zhao family usually goes out to contact the ladies and ladies of the family in Beijing, even if there are occasional disagreements, it is indeed normal to have some quarrels, but there will never be such a bad thing as poisoning and killing." ”

Xu Mo's words were conclusive, Xu felt that it was not a matter to be stirred up by Shen Bai like this, and said loudly: "Originally, the Dongfang girl and the Fifth Highness are here, and there are some things that should not be said, but in order to find out the truth of the case, the lower officials must have the courage to speak out." ”

Xu Mo stood up as he spoke, walked to the center of the hall and knelt down, Zhao Che glanced at him, and said softly, "Say it." ”

Xu Mo said: "As far as the lower officials know, the Zhao family had a miscarriage a few years ago, and the miscarriage caused great damage to the woman's body, during this time, the Zhao family should have been recuperating at home, and he has not come out much, and he will not get acquainted with any enemies. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Mo paused for a moment, and then said in a heroic voice: "Xia Guan has the courage to speculate that Zhao's death is related to her previous miscarriage. ”

After Xu Mo finished speaking, he slammed his head on the ground, and he had the posture of admonishing each other to death.

The hall fell silent, everyone's eyes fell on Shen Bai, Shen Bai did not panic, calmly swept around the others, and asked coldly, "What do you mean by this?" Suspect that Nanxiang deliberately sold poisoned spices to Zhaoling? ”

Xu Mo didn't answer Shen Bai's words, and only put his head against the floor and said, "Please Your Majesty Mingjian!" ”

This is to kick the ball to Zhao Che and let Zhao Che make a decision.

The rest of the people in Dali Temple looked at each other, they all held their breath and didn't dare to say more, they only felt that Xu Mo, a fledgling calf who was not afraid of tigers, dared to say such things to show off at this time, and was not afraid of being taken off his head if he was not careful.

Zhao Che's face was cold, and he glanced at Xu Mo and did not hurry to speak.

Shen Bai spoke at the right time: "I also agree with this adult's point of view, the Zhao family lives in the back house, there will be no enemies, and today's death is mostly related to the spice case." ”

Shen Bai suddenly changed his words, Xu Mo felt strange, looked up at Shen Bai, Shen Bai did not dodge, looked at him calmly, and said softly: "After so many hours, the results of the autopsy of the Zhao family should have come out, Your Majesty might as well summon him in for questioning first." ”

Xu Mo's intuition was wrong, and he subconsciously said: "Commander Zhou has already said before, the Zhao family was hit by arsenic and died, what else does the Dongfang girl want to ask?" ”

Shen Bai didn't answer, Zhao Che asked people to pass on the work, and the work was quickly brought by the Praetorian Guards, and he knelt on the ground tremblingly, and was interrupted by Zhao Che before he finished the salute, and asked in a deep voice: "What is the result of Zhao's autopsy?" ”

He said truthfully: "Back to Your Majesty, Zhao was poisoned by arsenic, and there were toxins left in her throat and abdomen. ”

These are all things that Zhou Jue said before, Zhao Che listened patiently, chattered about some things, and finally said: "...... Xia Guan dissected Zhao's corpse and found that her abdominal cavity was intact and undamaged, which was quite strange. ”

The officials of Dali Temple, who had experience in judging cases, had already opened their eyes in surprise, Xu Mo was even more incredulous, Shen Bai was not surprised, and asked gently, "How strange?" ”

He wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and said stubbornly: "The Zhao family has always had a serious cold palace, it is difficult to conceive, and I have never been pregnant, and the previous miscarriage is probably an oolong." ”

He didn't dare to directly assert that Zhao's fake pregnancy had caused so many incidents, and the words were more tactful.

Shen Bai was very supportive, raised his eyebrows and asked: "This kind of thing is very important, how can it be an oolong?" ”

"The pulse is unstable in the early stages of pregnancy, which is sometimes similar to some stomach problems, and it is normal for a doctor to make a mistake. ”

This has also happened in the palace, and even the imperial doctor in the palace can't diagnose it at one time, and it is normal for folk doctors to misdiagnose it.

Shen Bai nodded, and then said: "Misdiagnosis is indeed possible, but the miscarriage will definitely not be a misdiagnosis, after all, it was the Zhao family who insisted that he had a miscarriage, and after recuperating at home for so long, it is impossible for the doctor not to diagnose the pulse once." ”

Obviously he was never pregnant, but Zhao insisted that he had a miscarriage, and the miscarriage was because of the spices shipped from Nanxiang, which was really scary when you think about it.

Xu Mo seemed to have been hit on the head, and when he hadn't seen the autopsy results, he rashly guessed that Zhao's death was related to the spice case, although it was not explicitly said that there was a problem with the spices of Nanxiangguo, but the meaning was also obvious.

It is understandable for ordinary people to say such things, but Xu Mo, as an official of Dali Temple, is very unrigorous and irresponsible.

Cold sweat broke out on Xu Mo's forehead, and Shen Bai continued: "The Zhao family is clearly not pregnant, but he deliberately said that he had a miscarriage, and because of this, he was involved in the spice issue, and there must be someone behind it, and the purpose is obvious, that is, to destroy the diplomatic relations and commercial exchanges between Nanxiang and Zhaoling. ”

Shen Bai's words hit the nail on the head, and everyone present gasped.

Deliberately sabotaging the diplomatic relations between the two countries, this crime can be punished as treason and rebellion, not only to destroy the nine tribes, but also to record the names of all the tribesmen in the annals of history, so that tens of thousands of people will spit on them, and they will never be able to raise their heads.

What kind of person would dare to do such a bold thing?

Everyone was worried in their hearts, and they always felt that Zhaoling was about to change the sky.

No one dared to gasp, Xu Mo's face turned pale with fright, and after a while, he slammed his head on the ground and said loudly: "Your Majesty is guilty of a speech!" ”

The blow was so hard that the skull met the floor with a dull sound.

Zhao Che looked at Xu Mo coldly, and called in a deep voice: "Zhou Jue! ”

Zhou Jue immediately came in and said, "The minister is here." ”

Zhao Che looked away, looked at him and said, "Immediately take the Praetorian Guards to detain the Li Dai clan and the Xu Mo clan and put them in the heavenly prison, if you miss a person, I will ask you!" ”

Zhao Che's words were full of anger, Zhou Jue was ordered to leave, Xu Mo subconsciously wanted to defend himself, Zhao Che said coldly: "Aiqing, don't worry, you have entered the prison, there is a chance for you to speak." ”

Xu Mo sat on the ground with no strength.

After a fire, Zhao Che was also tired, pinched his eyebrows and said, "I'm tired, I'll temporarily rest in the Prime Minister's Mansion tonight, and I'll discuss something tomorrow." ”

Zhao Che spoke, and the others didn't dare to disobey, so they hurriedly asked him to take care of the dragon body.

These vain words sounded very boring, Zhao Che didn't listen to a word, and beckoned to Shen Bai and said, "Come here." ”137

There is a difference between men and women, Shen Ruxiu subconsciously wanted to stop it, Shen Bai walked quickly to Zhao Che and helped him up, and said softly: "Your Majesty is angry." ”

Zhao Che didn't answer, and let Shen Bai help him out of the front hall.

The Prime Minister's Mansion was not expanded, except for the guest rooms, only Shen Bai's Shuyun Garden was still empty, and Shen Bai helped Zhao Che to go to Shuyun Garden.

Knowing that Shen Bai was going to come back today to celebrate his birthday, Shen Ruxiu asked his subordinates to clean the yard in advance, and also specially lit incense, which happened to be used by Zhao Che.

All the way into the house, Shen Bai helped Zhao Che sit down, and then the pestle waited for instructions next to him.

Zhao Che glanced at her and asked, "I'm thirsty, I don't know how to pour a glass of water?" ”

"Uh-oh."

Shen Bai quickly poured water and handed it to Zhao Che.

In the past three years, she has been taken care of by Yunshang too well, and after she came back, Gu Hengzhou didn't let her do much, she almost forgot how to serve people.

After drinking the water, Zhao Che's face softened a little.

Just now, Shen Bai deliberately didn't close the door of the room, looked out, made sure that the surrounding were all Praetorian Guards who were in charge of defense, and asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, where is Brother Gu now?" Was he really poisoned? ”

Shen Bai asked cautiously, Zhao Che put the cup on the table, and did not answer Shen Bai's question directly, but just looked at her with raised eyebrows, and a sentence was written on his face: This is also the question you should ask?

What Shen Bai was most afraid of was Zhao Che like this, with a shy face: "Your Majesty, I have always stood on your side, and we are all our own people." ”

Quan Zhaoling dared to speak with Emperor Zhaoming in this tone, and he also called us only Shen Bai.

Shen Bai didn't feel bold, smiled facelessly, and continued: "Your Majesty, you have also heard the autopsy of the Zhao family, and the current situation is that there are too many people with different intentions in Hanjing, and it is impossible to wipe them all out in one go, but some bull ghosts and snake gods who are particularly strong should be eradicated or eradicated, Your Majesty, if you have any plans, you might as well say it, and I will help Your Majesty to fight and cooperate when necessary, so as to ensure that nothing goes wrong." ”

Shen Bai smiled and persuaded, Zhao Che glanced at her, lowered his eyes and played with the cup in his hand without speaking, Shen Bai reacted, and hurriedly helped him add another glass of water.

Zhao Che took a sip, and finally opened Chrysostom and said, "Gu Aiqing is not poisoned. ”

Shen Bai's hanging heart was put down steadily, according to Gu Hengzhou's temperament, he should not deliberately hide it and not tell Shen Bai, today's poisoning should be a temporary additional drama.

Shen Bai looked well-behaved, blinked his eyes, and motioned for Zhao Che to continue, Zhao Che hooked his hand, Shen Bai got closer, Zhao Che said: "I asked him to lead a team of Praetorian Guards to quietly surround the Taiwei Mansion, before dawn, I need a reasonable reason for him to lead troops into the Taiwei Mansion and capture the Taiwei Jiang De'an." ”

Three years ago, not long after Zhao Che ascended the throne, Jiang De'an resigned from illness to recuperate at home, and the Jiang family slowly faded out of everyone's sight.

In the past three years, the Jiang family has been staying in the house separately, and only one Jiang Qinse has married Zhou Jue as his wife, and he often appears in front of these ladies and ladies of the family.

Jiang Dean is a veteran of the two dynasties, although he has been fighting with Emperor Hengde in the past few decades, but his prestige among the people is still very high, Zhao Che has only been on the throne for three years, if Jiang De'an is arrested for no reason, it will inevitably cause an uproar in Zhaoling.

Shen Bai didn't expect that Zhao Che was going to capture the thief and capture the king first as soon as he closed the net, looking at him with some surprise, Zhao Che bent his eyes and asked with a smile: "Didn't you say that you wanted to create an opportunity first?" ”

"Surely I said that." Shen Bai didn't deny it, "Can I ask Your Majesty a question first?" ”

"You say."

"Why did Your Majesty suddenly let Brother Gu pretend to be poisoned today, where did you find anything abnormal?"

Zhao Che's eyes flashed with appreciation, and he said softly: "It was Gu Aiqing who found out, I just cooperated with him, and I don't know what is wrong with it." ”

Only Gu Hengzhou noticed the abnormality, and he didn't tell Zhao Che immediately, but pretended to be poisoned.

This is not quite like Gu Hengzhou's style, Shen Bai faintly had a guess, and said to Zhao Che: "If Your Majesty wants to capture the Taiwei alive, you must first confirm that today's incident is related to the Jiang family, I have an idea......"

Shen Bai whispered in Zhao Che's ear as he spoke, his warm breath hit his ears, Zhao Che was stunned for a moment, but soon Shen Bai withdrew and left, looking at him expectantly.

Zhao Che collected his thoughts and said in a deep voice: "Do as you say." ”

Shen Bai immediately said, "Then Your Majesty will rest first, and I won't be in the way here." ”

Shen Bai wanted to retreat after speaking, and when he was about to walk to the door, Zhao Che spoke: "Wait." ”

Shen Bai stopped and looked back at Zhao Che.

There was only one lamp lit in the room, and the light was dim, and his whole person was shrouded in it, both good and evil.

Shen Bai heard him ask, "If Gu Hengzhou is really poisoned and dies today, what should you do?" ”

This assumption is strangely boring, but Shen Bai still thought about it very seriously before answering: "If he is really poisoned and dies, I will still help His Majesty finish this scene, and when all the real murderers behind the scenes fall to the ground, I will also follow Brother Gu." ”

That's what she did in her last life, and if it's still like this in this life, she doesn't mind doing it again.

Zhao Che looked at her, his eyes were extremely dark, and after a long time, he asked again: "If I exposed your daughter's body from the beginning and protected you by my side, would you still like him so much?" ”

Although Shen Bai's feelings are dull, he has been with Zhao Che for ten years in his previous life, and he can still feel that he treats himself differently from others, especially after experiencing the love between men and women in this life, Shen Bai can also imagine how much pain and struggle Zhao Che had in his heart before he said this.

Shen Bai looked at Zhao Che seriously, and said: "Your Majesty, you have always been a very good person, but you have the society and mountains of Zhaoling on your shoulders, and you have the people of Li in your heart, there are too many things you care about, what you need is a dignified queen who can assist you in handling state affairs, I am just a gadget that you can occasionally tease, and I really don't have much to offer." ”

She and Zhao Che had a huge disparity in identity from the beginning, and there was no possibility at all, and these assumptions made no sense at all.

Zhao Che didn't speak, Shen Baifu bowed to him according to the rules of the Zhaoling woman, and said firmly and briskly: "Your Majesty, you will be the wisest Ming monarch in the history of the Zhaoling Kingdom." ”

Zhao Che was silent for a long time before waving his hand and saying, "Go." ”

Shen Bai turned to leave, walking neatly, his skirt swaying, like a group of butterflies.

Zhao Che sat in the room for a long time and did not move.

At the end of the day, the guests who had been left behind in the Prime Minister's Mansion were told that they could go home and rest, and everyone was shocked, but they did not dare to ask what had happened, and hurriedly got into their carriage and went home.

Jiang Qinse was also helped by the maid to get into the carriage and return to the Zhou Mansion.

Zhou Deshan had already returned, so he lit the lamp and left the door, Jiang Qinse went to greet him first after returning home, Zhou Deshan didn't say much, comforted her a few words and let her go back to her yard to rest.

The kitchen soon boiled hot water and sent it, and the maid waited for her to remove her makeup, took off her complicated clothes, quickly took a shower and changed into her underwear, and finally could relax and lie down.

Jiang Qinse was completely sleepy, and lay down for less than a quarter of an hour, and went to see Zhou Shaoyin once.

An hour ago, the child had just been breastfeeding, and he was sleeping soundly at this time, Jiang Qinse sat on the edge of the bed for a while, still restless, and went back to her room, the maid saw that her face was quite ugly, and asked with concern: "Madame, but she is frightened and uncomfortable?" Do you want the slave to ask the doctor to come and see? ”

Jiang Qinse shook his head and asked in a low voice, "Did the husband send someone to tell him when he will come back?" ”

The maid shook her head, and said fearfully: "There is such a big thing today, the young master must be on duty in the Prime Minister's Mansion, I am afraid that I will not be able to spare time to go home these days, Madame should not think so much about resting quickly." ”

Jiang Qinse pursed her lips and thought about it, and after a while, she said to the maid, "Give me a piece of your clothes." ”

The maid was frightened and whispered, "It's so late, what is the lady going to do?" ”

Jiang Qinse calmed down, said in a cold tone, and said, "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, do what I say." ”