Zhao Che, as a prince, has always shown the public with a gentle and wise image for so many years, although his tone was not shocking at this moment, after saying that sentence, the air in the entire imperial study suddenly froze into ice.

Concubine De opened her mouth, and swallowed the question that came to her mouth.

Ordinary people don't dare to provoke the feelings between the emperor's siblings, and as the head of the six palaces, she can't talk casually.

Her chest was a little painful, Concubine De took two deep breaths before she eased up, forced a smile and said gently: "Rui Xuan, how can this palace mean this, this palace just feels too sorry for Jing Yuan, you know, he has never suffered since he was a child." ”

Concubine De took the initiative to soften her tone, which was considered a sign of weakness, Zhao Che nodded, and said calmly: "Yes, with the protection of the mother concubine, the fourth brother naturally can't suffer anything." ”

This doesn't seem to mean anything else, but when you listen closely, it's a bit wrong.

Zhao Chou is protected by Concubine De, but what about Zhao Che?

Among the four princes, the mothers of the other three princes are still alive, but Zhao Che, the crown prince's mother, is gone.

It is said that a child without a mother is like a grass, and His Royal Highness the Prince is not pitiful without a mother?

Concubine De's face was a little stiff, but she didn't expect Zhao Che to sell miserably quietly, although the queen was not there these years, Emperor Hengde was very good to Zhao Che and never treated him harshly.

The two have been arguing so far, and Concubine De has forgotten her original purpose.

After the inspection, he knelt on the ground and respectfully saluted Emperor Hengde and said: "Your Majesty, this person has many scars on his body, in addition to the torture caused by Lord Zheng, as well as the sharp blade when he was captured by the Praetorian Guards. ”

After staying in Dali Temple for a long time, the words are very strict, and he does not directly call Li Shan an assassin.

Hearing that Li Shan would go blind, Shen Bai couldn't help but look at him twice.

She remembered that this man had a beautiful handwriting, and if he had changed his clothes, she would never have seen that he would be so skilled in serving people.

He has had his tongue cut out, he has been tortured by the palace, and now he can't even see with his eyes, will he have become an outcast for the master behind him?

Who is the master behind him? What is it about him that he is willing to risk his life to become a pawn in the hands of others?

If Li Shan died, there would be no way for these Shen Bai to know.

Thinking of this, Shen Bai wrote on the paper in front of Emperor Hengde: Your Majesty, I dare to use the head of Xiang Shang's head and dozens of lives of the Taifu Mansion to guarantee that the assassin is not Li Shan, and I beg Your Majesty to ask the imperial doctor to treat him, if he dies, the clues of this case will be completely broken.

Li Shan took good care of Shen Bai, his master would not order him to assassinate Zhao Chou, he appeared near Zhaoyi Gate for no reason, someone must have deliberately set up a trap to lure him over.

The palace was heavily guarded, and no matter how skilled these assassins were, they could not have come and gone completely, they must have been hiding in some part of the palace or even mixed in with the Praetorian Guard.

Li Shan is the only one who has dealt with them, and as long as Li Shan is alive, he can lure these people out like bait.

Emperor Hengde didn't let Shen Bai speak, Shen Bai took it upon himself to go to the palace to write, which was very unruly, Concubine De wanted to let the assassin cut with a thousand knives, worried that Shen Bai would persuade Emperor Hengde not to pursue this matter in a few words, and said eagerly: "Your Majesty, even if Young Master Shen did not participate in this matter, but this assassin was caught by the Praetorian Guards in front of everyone, there is no doubt that he assassinated Jing Yuan, and Lord Zheng used a heavy punishment on him and refused to confess, it can be seen that he is a hard bone, and it is useless to keep him, and please order him to be cut with a thousand knives!" ”

When Concubine De spoke, Shen Bai was not idle, she quickly wrote a paragraph: The murder of the imperial heir is very important, not only the assassin, but also the people behind it must all be investigated and eradicated at one time, so as not to leave future troubles, the injury of the fourth highness is small, and the security and safety of the palace are at stake!

If Li Shan is really not the murderer, there is another person behind him, the entire palace is actually in danger, not only Zhao Chou, but everyone else is also in danger, and there is also an envoy group, if something happens to the envoy group in the palace, it will involve a dispute between the two countries.

Emperor Hengde knows better than anyone that now is not the time to be happy.

Emperor Hengde pressed the piece of paper written by Shen Bai with an inkstone, and said to Zheng Yue: "Take him to the Yeting Pavilion, and send people from Dali Temple to strictly guard him, and no one is allowed to trespass without my edict!" ”

This is to agree with Shen Bai's words, rejecting Concubine De's request, Concubine De still wanted to speak, Emperor Hengde preemptively said: "Concubine De, there are a lot of things going on in the past two days, I not only want to give Jing Yuan an explanation, but also give an explanation to the civil and military officials, you don't have to worry, this matter will definitely not be over!" ”

Emperor Hengde's tone was solemn, and the cold dragon power spread silently in the imperial study, Concubine De suddenly felt very uneasy, obviously her son was stabbed and should ask for an explanation, but she felt as if there was a blood basin with a big mouth open, and she wanted to swallow everyone.

Emperor Hengde said so, and Concubine De didn't dare to hold on to it anymore, so she could only salute softly: "Your Majesty." ”

Zheng Yue led people to carry Li Shan to the Yeting Pavilion, and Concubine De returned to Yingze Palace to guard Zhao Chou.

Shen Bai's suspicion has not yet been cleared, and Emperor Hengde can't get used to her dressing as a woman, so he asked the Praetorian Guards to take her to change her clothes.

At this time, it is inconvenient to go back to the palace to get clothes for her, the palace people took a set of ready-made dark blue brocade clothes from the Internal Affairs Office to her, this color is relatively calm, Shen Bai changed it slippery, and tied it with strips of cloth at will, from a delicate girl to a personable teenager, but the ink blue is white, I have just seen her women's dress, I always feel that her face is very small, and her skin is still very transparent.

Zhao Che had also left the imperial study, Shen Bai came back, Emperor Hengde only glanced at her and couldn't help frowning, rubbing his eyebrows and saying, "Standing on the side." ”

Shen Bai didn't stand obediently on the side, and stepped forward very boldly to help Emperor Hengde rub his temples.

Emperor Hengde is old, and there have been a lot of things that have happened in the past two days, and he feels that it is normal for him to have a headache.

Shen Bai massaged very skillfully, the strength was moderate, and the acupuncture points were also found very accurately, Emperor Hengde swallowed the scolding to his mouth, closed his eyes and enjoyed it.

A quarter of an hour later, Emperor Hengde's eyebrows were completely stretched, and Shen Bai felt that it was almost enough, so he withdrew his hand and respectfully stepped aside.

Emperor Hengde breathed a long sigh of relief, turned his head to look at her, and only felt that this child was very pleasing when he lowered his head and didn't speak, as if he was the most well-behaved and cute in the world.

Emperor Hengde asked, "You have also pretended to be a woman before?" ”

On the way back from Ming Zhao Mountain, Zhao Che was quite calm and calm when he introduced Shen Bai to Emperor Hengde, not only did he not show the slightest surprise about Shen Bai's women's clothes, but also did not doubt Shen Bai's identity at all, Emperor Hengde did not feel that his son, the first time he saw Shen Bai's women's clothes, he could have the heart to remain so calm.

Shen Bai nodded, his expression was flattering, and there were four words on his face: Your Majesty is wise.

Emperor Hengde was a little curious about this matter, and Shen Bai had the courage to take a pen and paper to write about himself pretending to be a woman in Muzhou to investigate the case.

The paper was placed on the desk, and when Shen Bai was writing, Emperor Hengde didn't care what she wrote, and his eyes fell on Shen Bai's hand with a mistake.

Her writing posture was taught by Shen Ruxiu, holding a pen in her right hand, and folding the cuffs in two with her left hand and pressing them on her wrist, revealing only a small section of her thin and white wrist.

The wrist is really small, less than half of that of an ordinary man, and the five fingers are slender and white, and the fingertips are round like the best mutton fat jade, I have been injured before, and the fingertips and scars have not completely dissipated, not as delicate as the ten fingers of the family lady who do not touch the spring water, but it does not affect the beauty.

It's true that boys and girls look like this, but it's just a face portrait, and even the skeleton is as petite and delicate as a woman.

Emperor Hengde looked solemn, but when he thought about it, Shen Bai was not yet fifteen, just a half-grown child who had not fully grown up, maybe he would jump in two years, and he would not be like this again.

Emperor Hengde comforted himself in his heart, and inevitably thought of Empress Shuxian again.

Empress Shuxian gave birth to Zhao Che when Emperor Hengde just succeeded to the throne, at that time the state affairs were busy, and the families in Beijing did not stop, Queen Shuxian in order to help Emperor Hengde reduce the burden, also carried a lot of pressure, the two of them had a lot of negligence in Zhao Che, the eldest son of the emperor, and when the two were idle, Zhao Che was already five or six years old, and later Shen Bai was raised in the queen's bedroom, but enjoyed more care than Zhao Che.

Emperor Hengde sighed with emotion, and couldn't help but ask Shen Bai: "When you were young, you always followed behind your uncle and the prince like a little tail, and you always asked the queen for candy to eat, do you remember these things?" ”

Your Majesty, I was only four years old at that time, how could I remember this?

Shen Bai said in his heart, but nodded obediently on his face.

Your Majesty wants to reminisce about the past, how can she not accompany Your Majesty?

Emperor Hengde didn't know what Shen Bai was thinking, sighed heavily, and said in a dumb voice: "In the blink of an eye, you have all grown so big, and Shuxian has been dead for ten years......"

Shen Bai just finished writing about Muzhou, stopped his pen and stepped aside, just standing still, and heard Emperor Hengde say: "I know that you have a very good relationship with the crown prince and uncle, and I also know that Rui Xuan has been very insecure since the queen left, and now there are no outsiders here, I ask you a question, and you answer truthfully." ”

Emperor Hengde said solemnly, Shen Bai hurriedly lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt down, and Emperor Hengde asked: "Is this assassination a trick you deliberately set up to force me to do something to the fourth child?" ”

Your Majesty, even if you want to set up a set, this set is inevitably too clever.

Shen Bai wanted to roll his eyes a little, pointed to the pen and paper on the table, and signaled that he still had to write it out before he could explain.

Emperor Hengde agreed, Shen Bai immediately walked to the front of the case and took a pen and paper, and now a few circles have been drawn on it, connected together with lines, and then the four words Shen, Gu, Jiang, and Li are filled in the circles to represent the people involved in this incident.

The Jiang family and the Li family are the bitter masters, the Gu family is the identification party, and Shen Bai is currently the most suspected.

This picture is very easy to understand, Shen Bai drew two dotted lines in the two circles of Gu and Shen to intersect together, and drew a circle to write the word prince.

Shen Ruxiu and Gu Tingge are both loyal ministers of the humerus, they never stand in line in the court, and they have no dealings with the big families, and they are the backbone of the two forces that resolutely support Zhao Che.

Shen Bai didn't say anything after drawing the picture, only wrote: Your Majesty, the Shen Gu family is the cornerstone of His Royal Highness the Prince, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has the heart to suppress His Royal Highness, he has a more clever means.

Even if Zhao Che ascended the throne and became the emperor in the future, the Shen Gu family was an existence that he would never use to explore the way.

Emperor Hengde pursed his lips, looking at this picture with deep eyes and thinking, Shen Bai put down his pen and stepped aside.

This time it happened very suddenly, and it was full of loopholes, and it didn't seem like the old fox's elaborate plan, she had already roughly guessed what was going on, and she felt a little funny in her heart.

A few wolf cubs who have never seen anything in the world want to kill her by some shady means, but they didn't expect to play with the fire too much, but I'm afraid that the old fox is so anxious that his tail is on fire.

Shen Bai guessed correctly, and a loud shout sounded in the study room of the main courtyard of the Jiang Mansion: "Fool! ”

The sound was accompanied by the crisp sound of porcelain cracking, and the fine blue and white porcelain teapot smashed on the ground.

Jiang De'an was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, completely losing his usual elegance and sophistication, Li Deren stood in front of him, his face couldn't see anywhere, but he still suppressed his anger and said: "Brother Jiang, something has happened, calm down." ”

The corners of Jiang De'an's lips hooked slightly, and he looked sarcastic: "How do you let me calm down?" My only daughter's innocence has been ruined, and the person behind the scenes has not been found out, and now something has happened to His Royal Highness again, even you and I can't enter the palace, who knows what things will turn out in the end? ”

If Jiang De'an enters the palace now, he will not be angry like this, the key is that the palace door is locked now, and the people inside can't get out, and the people outside can't get in.

Jiang Qinse was taught by him, and he was not too worried about it when he was calm, but Jiang Yinglou has been eager to do something big because of his adopted son, so that he can gain a firm foothold in the Jiang family, last time Jiang Yinglou met Gu Hengxiu behind his back, but there was something in the paddock, stealing chickens and rice, he had already taught Jiang Yinglou a hard lesson, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen again this Winter Gui Festival.

Li Deren naturally knew what Jiang De'an was worried about, he came to Jiang De'an today for this matter, and he didn't hide it at this time, and said frankly: "If this matter wants to be calmed down, you can only sacrifice Young Master Jiang." ”

Jiang De'an's eyelids jumped, he lifted his eyes, and glared at Li Deren with a cold look in his eyes and said, "Didn't Prime Minister forget why the Jiang family had an extra adopted son?" ”

When Emperor Hengde first ascended the throne, the power of the various families was at its peak, among which the Jiang family was the most arrogant.

Jiang De'an realized that this was Emperor Hengde secretly stifling the development of the Jiang family, so he declared that he was not in good health and could no longer have children, so he raised a Jiang Yinglou back.

Although Jiang Yinglou has no blood relationship with Jiang De'an, as the only male in the Jiang family, Jiang De'an still has high hopes for him.

Even if you have raised a dog for more than ten years, you can't say that you will be killed, let alone a living person?

Thinking of the past, Jiang Dean couldn't wait to grit his teeth, and Li Deren nodded understandingly: "Of course I know that Brother Jiang values Yinglou's adopted son very much, but the problem now is that if Brother Jiang is reluctant to sacrifice him alone, then the Jiang family and the Li family will have to give up at least half of their family wealth to appease His Majesty's anger." ”

"Prime Minister, is this threatening me?"

Jiang De'an frowned, a defensive expression, Li Deren shook his head, sighed and said: "This is not intimidation, I am the same as Brother Jiang, I have been carefully planning for decades, but I just didn't teach the younger generations well, this time let them break into a big disaster, I didn't let Brother Jiang sacrifice in vain, I promised Brother Jiang that after this matter subsides, the Jiang family will become the most prosperous family in Zhaoling, and Miss Jiang will be the best choice for the queen!" ”

After this incident, Jiang Qinse's reputation has been completely ruined, not to mention that Zhao Che will not take Jiang Qinse, even the children of the family with a little identity will not want to marry her, but Li Deren firmly said that he would allow her to take the throne.

The meaning behind this sentence made Jiang De'an's back cold, his eyes widened slightly, even in his own home, he didn't dare to say his conjecture, but Li Deren didn't have any scruples, and said word by word: "Brother Jiang guessed right, Your Majesty can't tolerate Jingyuan and the Li family anymore in order to pave the way for His Royal Highness the Prince, the Li family has been a stepping stone for the royal family for so many years, Your Majesty is not benevolent first, so you can't blame the Li family for being unjust!" ”

Li Deren's words have been said very obviously, Emperor Hengde has already started to eradicate the Li family, the Li family will not be stupid to do the meat on the board and let others slaughter, he wants to help Zhao Chou to be the prince and rob Zhao Che of the position of prince.

As long as Jiang Dean nods, once Zhao Chou succeeds to the throne, Jiang Qinse will be the best candidate for queen.

Li Deren's suggestion is very tempting, but the risk is also very large, the Jiang family was forced by Emperor Hengde to raise a child without blood to continue the incense, Emperor Hengde's methods are not vegetarian, if the two plots are discovered, they will be beheaded.

Jiang Dean couldn't make up his mind for a while, and Li Deren continued to persuade: "Brother Jiang, a lot of things have happened in Hanjing in the past few months, I believe you have also seen it, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not a straw bag, the kid of the Shen family seems to be crazy, but in fact he is a shit-stirring stick who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, Gu Hengzhou and Zhou Jue's strength should not be underestimated, they have not yet become a climate, they have been able to stir Hanjing into unrest, if it becomes a climate, will Zhaoling still have a foothold for you and me?" ”

Li Deren's analysis is very reasonable, Jiang Dean hesitated, seeing that he was shaken, Li Deren finally made a fierce surprise: "Brother Jiang, I won't hide it from you when it comes to this, in fact, I have been thinking about this matter for a long time, five years ago, I selected thirty young women from Muzhou to enter Beijing in the name of the draft, and now these thirty women have arrived where they should be, Brother Jiang can rest assured, this matter has been completely planned, just because of a little accident, now I have to advance the plan." ”

Every word Li Deren just said was enough to commit a felony full of crimes, Jiang De'an's eyes widened in astonishment, he saw the crazy greed in Li Deren's eyes, and the dark desire in his heart actually grew crazy.

After a long time, he heard his firm voice: "Okay, I'll let Yinglou pave the way for His Royal Highness." ”