After Emperor Hengde asked, the people inside and outside the house quieted down, and even the little maid who had been crying didn't dare to cry.

Jiang Qinse frowned, pursed her lips and thought about it seriously, and then said calmly after a while: "Back to Your Majesty, the courtiers drank a few glasses of fruit wine at the banquet last night, and when they came back from the banquet, they felt that their heads had been groggy, so they washed up and fell asleep early, and it is not clear what happened during the period, but the courtiers will occasionally drink some fruit wine with their mother when they encounter happy things at home, and the amount of wine is not bad, and there may be some problems with the wine last night." ”

There is such a big thing in the palace, once the responsibility continues, countless people will be implicated.

But at this time, no one dared to shirk the fear, the head of internal affairs Sun Yuehai immediately called the imperial chef in charge of the banquet, and knew that there was a problem with the wine on the way, and the man also brought two jars over.

The amount of wine for men and women is different, the male guests drink are pear blossom white cellared for more than ten years, and the female guests drink is sweet and delicious plum wine, this wine is soft, and the wine power is not strong, even if the girl has never drunk wine, it is not a problem to drink one or two glasses at the girl's house, Jiang Qinse has also drunk at home, even if he is slightly drunk, he should not fall unconscious.

The wine in the palace is supplied by special imperial merchants, and when the wine is sent to the palace, it must be inspected to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

Emperor Hengde's birthday banquet is very important, in addition to the palace people in charge of the inspection, there are also the Praetorian Guards on the side to assist in the inspection, and there will definitely be no problem with the wine before the altar is opened.

And if there is a problem with any jar of wine, Jiang Qinse will never be the only one in such a situation.

Gu Tingge brought in Gong E, who was in charge of distributing vegetables to the ladies last night.

In addition to her personal maid, there were two round-faced palace ladies who were responsible for serving Jiang Qinse last night.

The two didn't know what was going on, and after coming in, they knelt down with the others, Jiang Qinse identified the two, Emperor Hengde's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked in a deep voice: "Miss Jiang who you served last night?" ”

The two palace ladies never thought that they would be able to talk to the Ninety-Five Supreme one day one day, and they trembled with fright, both of them kowtowed to the ground and knelt on the ground, and responded in unison: "Back to Your Majesty, it is indeed Miss Jiang who is served by the slave maid." ”

Emperor Hengde didn't say what was going on, but asked the two of them to think about what happened during the banquet.

One of them was bold, thought for a while and said: "Last night, Your Majesty and the nobles chanted poems to help the fun, the slaves and maids served desserts and waited next to Miss Jiang, helping to grind paper and pencils, Miss Jiang is talented and beautiful, after His Majesty summoned Miss Jiang to question, the official banquet was held, and the ladies of all families came to toast Miss Jiang, Miss Jiang drank a few cups of fruit wine, only ate a few mouthfuls of food and then stopped chopsticks, and was helped back to the room by the personal maid to rest. ”

The palace people who serve in the palace must go through strict training, not only to remember the rank and appearance of the nobles in each palace, but also to remember their likes and dislikes.

After the other Gong E finished speaking, the other Gong E immediately said: "The ones who came to toast Miss Jiang are Miss Lu Qingqing, the niece of the Queen Mother, Miss Lu Xiu, the niece of the Queen Mother, Miss Wu Yuhuan, the daughter of the Ministry of War, and Miss Ye Mingxuan, the daughter of the Ministry of Officials. ”

That Gong'e remembered in great detail, and said everything she remembered in one go.

Gu Tingge first asked the four girls who had toasted Jiang Qinse last night to come over for questioning based on the confessions of the two palace laves.

All the girls waited in their own rooms for the matter to be over, and when they were summoned, they immediately came to Jiang Qinse's room.

The four of them stood up in turn according to their status and status, and they were all startled when they saw Jiang Qinse's embarrassed appearance, but they didn't dare to scream, they saluted Emperor Hengde first, and said in unison: "The courtiers meet Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live." ”

The four of them are all delicate little girls, Emperor Hengde tried his best to ease his face, looked at the four of them and asked, "You all toasted Miss Jiang's wine last night?" ”

Lu Qingqing had the highest status, nodded and responded: "Yes, last night Sister Jiang shined, and the courtiers admired Sister Jiang very much, so they took the initiative to toast to express their love for Sister Jiang." ”

Lu Qingqing replied generously, Emperor Hengde bowed his head, and continued to ask: "Do you feel unwell after drinking?" ”

Lu Qingqing said naturally: "These fruit wines only have a little wine taste, they are not intoxicating, and the courtiers think they are very delicious and drink a small half pot in one go, and they do not feel any discomfort." ”

Wu Yuhuan and Ye Mingxuan also shook their heads, only Lu Xiu did not speak among the four, and Emperor Hengde set his eyes on Lu Xiu.

Lu Xiu hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the courtier's toast last night was the same pot of wine as Miss Jiang's, the courtier's daughter didn't drink a drop of wine before this, and she didn't feel any discomfort after drinking, if Miss Jiang felt unwell, it should be caused by other reasons." ”

Lu Xiu's voice was soft and calm, and she attracted everyone's attention as soon as she opened her mouth.

She has been accompanying the Queen Mother in Ci'an Palace these days, her temperament is extremely gentle, she never steals the limelight and speaks, and her sense of existence is very low.

Emperor Hengde glanced at Lu Xiu twice, and wanted to continue to ask, but a Praetorian Guard hurriedly came in from outside, knelt in front of Emperor Hengde and said loudly: "Your Majesty, everyone in the palace is restricted from entering and leaving, but there is one person missing. ”

Emperor Hengde asked, "Who?" ”

The man replied, "Shen Bai, the concubine of Taifu, is not in the room. ”

There was silence in the room, and after a while, Jiang Yinglou rushed into the room, knelt down with red eyes, and insisted: "Your Majesty, I have some old grudges with Shen Bai recently, it must be Shen Bai who deliberately humiliated Se'er to take revenge on me, please Your Majesty call the shots for Se'er!" ”

After Jiang Yinglou finished speaking, he slammed his head on the ground, and there was a muffled sound, and Emperor Hengde was going to crash to death here if he didn't make the decision for them.

Hu Xuan looked a little bored when he saw the excitement, and when he heard Shen Bai's name, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he looked at Jiang Yinglou curiously and asked, "What grievances do you have with him?" ”

Hu Xuan was very interested in this, but he was an outsider after all, Emperor Hengde hadn't said anything, Jiang Yinglou didn't want to talk to him too much, and said lightly: "Back to the king, it's just a little unpleasantness between children." ”

How can a little unhappiness between children lead to such a ridiculous thing?

Emperor Hengde didn't believe it, and turned his head to Gu Tingge and said, "Zhenwu sent someone to ask, after the banquet last night, who had seen Shen Bai." ”

After yesterday's dinner, Gu Hengzhou saw Shen Bai, and not only that, he also personally sent Shen Bai back to the room.

Gu Hengzhou was just about to stand up, a figure as warm as a willow walked into the room under the gaze of everyone, the man walked to Emperor Hengde and knelt down, his back straightened, and said firmly: "Your Majesty, after yesterday's dinner, I saw Young Master Shen, at that time, Young Master Shen seemed to be drunk and not very conscious, and the little guy next to him was patting his back to help him calm down. ”

This person is none other than Gu Hengzhou's blood-related younger brother Gu Hengxiu.

Gu Hengxiu changed into a crow blue dress today, and his black hair was tied up with a concentric white jade hair rope, which seemed to be low-key, but in fact, it was exquisite and very meticulous everywhere.

Gu Hengzhou and Gu Tingge's eyebrows were both furrowed, they didn't expect Gu Hengxiu to take the initiative to jump out and identify Shen Bai at this time.

Don't say that he hasn't seen Shen Bai, even if he really does, there is no definite evidence to prove that Shen Bai is the one who humiliates Jiang Qinse, and he shouldn't say such things easily.

Emperor Hengde raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Gu Hengxiu fixedly, and asked, "Who else has seen Shen Bai at that time besides you?" What other symptoms did he have besides being drunk? ”

Gu Hengxiu said: "Last night, the eldest brother left the table halfway, I heard that the uncle was looking for the eldest brother, so I also wanted to help the uncle find someone, and happened to bump into the young master Shen near the ice hockey lake in the daytime game, because the young master Shen had a little servant to take care of, so I didn't care too much, and went straight to the eldest brother." ”

Gu Hengzhou's thin lips were pursed, and the hand hanging by his side was clenched into a fist.

Gu Hengxiu went to the ice lake to find someone, that is to say, he saw what Gu Hengzhou and Shen Bai did on the lake last night, and he said it in front of so many people now, just to warn Gu Hengzhou, if Gu Hengzhou dared to help Shen Bai testify, he would let everyone know that the prince of the dignified town likes men, and he has done such things with men!

Gu Hengzhou's cold air leaked all over his body, and there was a dark and violent anger in his chest, he knew better than anyone that Gu Hengxiu jumped out at this time to identify Shen Bai as wanting Shen Bai's life.

No matter what purpose Gu Hengxiu did such a thing, Gu Hengzhou couldn't understand or forgive.

Anger burned his reason, Gu Hengzhou was about to open his mouth to help Shen Bai speak, his sleeve was gently tugged, his head was tilted, and he faced a pair of clear and moist eyes, Shen Bai was covered with his sweat towel, and he shook his head almost imperceptibly, signaling him not to act rashly.

Gu Tingge looked at Gu Hengxiu with a cold face, and asked in a cold voice: "The palace guards are all elite, if Shen Bai is drunk and making trouble, with his ability, it is impossible to hide from so many people, sneak into Miss Jiang's room quietly, and leave after doing such a thing, and it was not discovered until today." ”

Shen Bai's martial arts cultivation was a well-known fact that she was ranked lower in the Tai Academy, if she could go freely under the noses of so many guards, why did she pretend to be like that in the Tai Academy?

As soon as Gu Tingge questioned, Sun Yuehai ran in from outside, as the head of internal affairs, Sun Yuehai had seen any big scenes, but his face changed at this time, and he said anxiously: "Your Majesty, it's not good, His Royal Highness was assassinated and seriously injured, and he is in danger!" ”

"What did you say!?"

Emperor Hengde slapped the table and stood up, even if Zhao Chou made a mistake, it was Emperor Hengde's own son, and when he heard that something happened to him, Emperor Hengde would naturally be nervous and worried.

The faces of all the people present were filled with fear, they never expected that such a big thing would happen in this Winter Laurel Festival.

With so many people in the palace still unable to leave, Emperor Hengde was worried about Zhao Chou, and said to Gu Tingge: "Zhenwu, you and Xingyuan will stay in the palace first to preside over the overall situation, and I and Ruixuan will go back to the palace first to see the situation." ”

Gu Tingge arched his hand and said, "Yes." ”

After Emperor Hengde finished speaking, he was leaving, and when he saw that Hu Xuan was going to follow, he said coldly: "The matter of the palace has not been resolved yet, and everyone can't move around at will, so please stay in the palace first, don't go anywhere!" ”

Emperor Hengde's tone was not very good, but Hu Xuan was not angry, and said with a gentle smile: "Okay, this king listens to His Majesty's arrangement and does not cause trouble to His Majesty." ”

Emperor Hengde and Zhao Che walked out together, Shen Bai wanted to stay and take the opportunity to change back into his clothes, but Zhao Che glanced back at her and motioned for her to follow, Shen Bai did not hesitate, and followed him with Xiaobei, at this time, everyone found out that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not know when there was a more palace with a masked face, but the four princes were in danger, and no one dared to stop this palace to check the situation.

First Jiang Qinse was humiliated, and then Zhao Chou was assassinated, both of which turned the palace's tight guards into a joke.

Emperor Hengde's face was covered with dark clouds, his steps were like flying, and his wide sleeved robe was blown up by the wind to make the sound of hunting.

Zhao Che stepped forward to hold Emperor Hengde's hand, and comforted him warmly: "The fourth brother will definitely be fine, please don't worry too much, pay attention to the dragon body." ”

Emperor Hengde's brows were tied into a dead knot and he couldn't be untied at all, he was just about to speak, Zhao Che said again: "Today's incident is a deliberately staged farce, if the father is too worried and hurts the dragon body, he will fall into the trap of others." ”

Zhao Che said meaningfully, as if he had understood everything, Emperor Hengde paused, looked at him sharply and asked, "What do you know?" ”

Zhao Che didn't speak, turned his head to look at Shen Bai, Shen Bai and Xiaobei had been following closely behind them, receiving Zhao Che's gaze, he immediately stepped forward and slowly dropped his face towel under the gaze of Emperor Hengde.

Emperor Hengde felt two points familiar with just looking at these eyes before, and at this time Shen Bai pulled down all the face towels, Rao is Emperor Hengde has long been accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, and his eyes couldn't control their slight widening, and his breathing was two points faster.

The Gong E in front of me with a hanging ponytail and a pink dress is exactly the same as the child named Shen Bai who was jumping around and causing trouble everywhere!

How can there be two people in this world who look so alike?

Countless questions crossed Emperor Hengde's mind, and Zhao Che said softly: "Father, she is Shen Bai." ”

Emperor Hengde's chest rose and fell in a greater arc, there were too many things happening today, he didn't know what to say to express his feelings for a while, Zhao Che held his hand harder, he asked Shen Bai to put the face towel back on, and then said to Emperor Hengde: "Father don't worry, she is a man, and she changed into women's clothes just because the situation is too critical, so she has to do it, wait for the father to see the fourth brother first, and then let her explain the ins and outs of the matter to His Majesty after making sure that he is fine." ”

Zhao Che vouched for Shen Bai, Emperor Hengde secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart that he was indeed a little confused, this child named Shen Bai was born in the dormitory of Empress Shuxian, and he had teased this child many times, how could this child be a daughter?

Emperor Hengde suppressed his doubts and rushed to the palace with Zhao Che, and after walking a distance, Emperor Hengde couldn't help but look back at Shen Bai twice.

When Shen Bai was a man, Emperor Hengde didn't think there was anything wrong with her, but now she is dressed as a woman, but there is nothing wrong with her, a man can make people indistinguishable, is it a good thing or a bad thing?

Emperor Hengde felt a strange uneasiness in his heart, but he couldn't think much about it at this time.

Half an hour later, Emperor Hengde and Zhao Che rushed to Yingze Palace together, the imperial doctor had arrived, Concubine De was waiting anxiously outside the dormitory, and when she saw Emperor Hengde, she immediately wiped her tears and pleaded sadly: "Your Majesty, please Your Majesty must be the master of Jing Yuan!" ”

Concubine De had been crying for a while before, her eyes were swollen, and the delicate makeup on her face had been spent, revealing a little old and embarrassed, Emperor Hengde helped her and asked, "How is Jingyuan's situation?" ”

Concubine De cried and said: "The concubine doesn't know, the imperial doctor is treating him, but the concubine heard from the palace people that the assassin stabbed him in the chest and shed a lot of blood, he has not suffered much since he was a child, and now he has been stabbed in the chest, how can he stand it!" ”

Concubine De couldn't cry after speaking, and she didn't care about her image at this time, holding her chest and sobbing.

Emperor Hengde was also very annoyed, he didn't open his mouth to comfort Concubine De, and waited for a while to let Concubine De be helped to the next room to rest, and he waited outside with his hands in his hands.

The weather has been very bad since last night, Emperor Hengde didn't wait outside for a while, and the dark sky fell with snowflakes, at first the snowflakes were a little small, and after a while, it became goose feather snow.

Xiaobei sent an umbrella, Zhao Che took one to support Emperor Hengde, and Shen Bai had to hold one.

After about a stick of incense, the door of the dormitory finally opened, the imperial doctor touched the sweat on his forehead and walked out, saw Emperor Hengde standing outside, startled, and hurriedly rushed over to kneel down to salute, Emperor Hengde said in a deep voice: "No need to be polite, how is Jing Yuan now?" ”

The imperial physician said: "Back to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness was injured in his left chest, and although the centrifugal chamber was still two and a half inches apart, it was not enough to be fatal, but the injury was also very serious, and he needed to rest in bed for at least two months." ”

It's okay if it's not fatal.

Emperor Hengde's face softened slightly, and he said softly, "I went in and saw him." After speaking, he turned his head and said to Zhao Che, "I can go by myself, Rui Xuan, you can wait outside." ”

"Yes."

Zhao Che bowed his head and watched Emperor Hengde and the imperial physician walk into the dormitory together to see Zhao Chou.

The palace people waiting in the dormitory closed the door, and there seemed to be only snowflakes blown by the cold wind between heaven and earth, Shen Bai felt a little cold, shrunk his neck, Zhao Che held an umbrella and looked ahead, and said abruptly: "Who do you think my father will believe this time?" ”

This question was asked without a beginning or an end, Shen Bai didn't keep up with Zhao Che's thinking for a while, Zhao Che looked at her sideways, his eyes were slightly bent, but the bottom of his eyes was as cold as freezing for several feet, and then Shen Bai heard him say: "When you were in the paddock, you said that you wanted to let the palace see your ability, and if you can save the day this time, the palace can promise you a request." ”

As if feeling that this sentence was not tempting enough, Zhao Che added: "Any request is fine!" ”

The snow fell heavily, and a thin layer of snow quickly piled up on the umbrella, and Shen Bai felt that Zhao Che was like a lonely tree standing in the ice and snow to meet the wind and snow, and it would soon be submerged by the heavy snow.

As soon as his head was hot, Shen Bai grabbed Zhao Che's hand.

Your Highness, Your Majesty is on your side.