The Imperial City of the Eastern Capital, Fengyi Pavilion, Xuzheng

Fengyi Pavilion is located in the center of the harem, in front of the Holy Dry Hall of the Chu Emperor, on the left and right are the prince's east palace Qingning Palace, and the queen's bedroom Ziwei Palace, and behind is the Chu Emperor's usual rest of the heart palace.

Fengyi Pavilion has a total of eight floors, there are six zhang high, you can look up at the entire imperial city, overlook the east and west two cities, this attic, whether it is the stone pillar, the beam of the house are carved with the flying phoenix, especially on the top of the attic, there is a huge winged phoenix statue cast by gold, this giant statue is the famous craftsman Xu Lixin in the imperial capital to draw and build, so it looks lifelike, there is really a phoenix wants to soar for nine days.

On the top floor of Fengyi Pavilion, there were already gorgeously dressed royal children, including the crown prince, King Ning and King Huai, as well as the royal relatives who presided over Zongzheng Temple, and of course, the relatives of the Jiang Hou family.

Everyone sat in the left and right guest seats, the table was made of fir wood, painted with bright red paint, and the cushions were woven with gold silk, it was very comfortable to sit on, the main hall was spacious and bright, full of everlasting lamps, and there were stoves around the temple, and there was a copper stove five feet high standing in the middle, which baked the whole hall warm and comfortable.

In addition to the royal relatives and relatives, there are also serving palace maids and eunuchs, as well as musicians sent by the palace music house to play festive songs.

Everyone was chatting and laughing, only the crown prince Song Yu sat at the left end, looking at the vacant seat opposite with anxiety.

The guest seat at the right end is reserved for the king of faith.

Now all the people who should come have come, only the presiding Emperor Chu and Empress Jiang and King Xin have not arrived.

Could it be that his father is secretly receiving the third brother? What will they say?

These questions kept coming to Song Yu's mind, which was why he was uneasy.

Now that King Xin is favored, the situation is very unfavorable to him, if Emperor Chu is hot-headed for a while, he will be abolished, and King Xin will be the crown prince, then Song Yu's party will be all over.

Huaiwang Song Qi knew Song Yu's worries, so he whispered comfortingly: "Brother Huang, it's okay, you haven't made any big mistakes, and you are the eldest son, your father will not do anything against the ancestral system for no reason." ”

"I hope so." Song Yu breathed a long sigh of relief and sighed.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

With the chanting of a eunuch, everyone immediately stopped talking, and all turned to the main seat in the middle, a middle-aged man dressed in a dark red embroidered dragon robe and wearing a golden hair crown, supported by the eunuch, ascended to the main seat, Jiang Hou followed, sitting at the bottom of the main seat, and a young boy walked to the right end of the guest seat, followed by everyone and shouted: "Long live my emperor!" Banzai! Hooray! "Perform three kneels and nine bows in parallel.

After the ceremony, the middle-aged man on the throne gently raised his hand and said, "Zhong Aiqing is flat and sits." ”

"Long live thanks!"

The crowd stood up and returned to their seats.

The middle-aged man on the throne is about forty years old, with these three long beards, good facial features, and not angry but mighty, he is the current emperor of Chu Song Jizhao.

And the young man who was sitting at the right end of the guest seat just now, who was no more than twenty years old and had a fair appearance, was naturally the third prince and the king of letters, Song Lin.

Emperor Chu said: "Today, I learned from the Ministry of Industry that a golden vein was found in the Purple Mountain in Yuzhou, and I have issued an edict to be protected by the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry will send people to dig up this mineral until the early spring of next year." Later, there was a report from the household department that many people from foreign tribes in the Western Regions fled to our country, and the reason was that there was a hunger riot in Jianguo, which was hostile to our Great Chu, and it was a good time for my Great Chu. One more thing······"

Speaking of this, Emperor Chu smiled and looked at King Xin: "Today, my son King Song Lin returned from his inspection in Yanzhou, which can be described as three joys, so I set up a banquet in Fengyi Pavilion to invite all the royal relatives, tonight is both a family banquet and a state banquet." I hope you all enjoy it. ”

After that, Emperor Chu raised the jade dragon cup full of wine and said, "Zhuqing, please." ”

Everyone hurriedly poured wine and raised their glasses: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" I wish Your Majesty a healthy dragon, eternal national glory, and longevity with the sun and moon. ”

Eastern Capital, East City, Jingkangfang, Tiwei Mansion, and the end of the city

In the hall of the Tiwei Mansion, Xiao Chongguang summoned all the Tiwei, including the Privy Counsellor and other large and small civil and military officials.

Everyone was surprised, not knowing what the two guards in front of them wanted to do.

Xiao Chongguang spoke: "Brothers, we have been investigating the assassination of Lord Liu day and night for the past few days, but the murderer is becoming more and more arrogant, today I and Lu Deputy Wei just found clues related to the case, and we were intercepted by assassins, not only that, but also knew some details of the case Qingle Zhai Lord killed, although three assassins were caught, but nothing has been interrogated, the current situation is becoming more and more unfavorable to us, we must speed up the investigation, so I decided to rearrange the work of the brothers." ”

Everyone intervened and bowed and said, "Obey Xiao Tou's orders." ”

Dongdu West City Zhengtongfang Mingjing Division at the end of the year

Li Jin stood in the inner hall of the Spiegel Division, wiping his saber with the white cloth he carried with him.

The knife in his hand was personally created by Lin Shangxian, the old owner of Xuzhou Sword Casting Villa, and was called Tiger Spirit. It is made of high-quality cold iron, and it is sharp, blowing hair and breaking hair, as long as it hits a little blade, it will immediately see blood, and the hilt of the sword is cast of bronze, and poured into the style of the evil tiger beast swallowing, which is both beautiful and sharp, and very competent.

Today, he fought against Xiao Chongguang, without sparing his hand at all, and even using such a sharp weapon, it can be seen that Li Jin really intends to kill Xiao Chongguang, if it weren't for Sogo being on a par with him, I'm afraid he would really die at his hands.

Of course, if this really happens, the Spiegel Division will have hundreds of reasons to shirk, and Emperor Chu will just punish him a little as Xiao Chongguang said. After all, Spiegel is "biological" to the royal family.

"I'm sorry, Lingshen, I've kept you waiting, don't blame."

A clear voice suddenly came, Li Jin looked back, only to see He Qian, the spiegel secretary, hurriedly coming, today he was wearing a light green robe and a purple bamboo crown, looking quiet and elegant.

"Don't dare, waiting for Si Cheng is what subordinates should do." Li Jin bowed his head at He Qian and intervened.

He Qian smiled and said, "Ling Shen, why should you be so restrained when you have followed me for many years. ”

Ling Shen is Li Jin's cousin, and only someone as familiar as He Qian would call him so affectionately.

Li Jin said: "I don't know why Si Cheng hurriedly ordered me to come back?" As long as I hold on a little longer, I can arrest all the people of Qingle Zhai and others, and even if they guard and Jingzhao Mansion stop me together, they won't be able to stop me. ”

He Qian said with a smile: "Don't talk so much, Tiwei Mansion and Jingzhao Mansion are not muddy, how can you stop them with your own strength?" ”

Li Jin said unconvinced: "Even if I can't do it alone, the white-clothed armor soldiers I lead are carefully selected, and with the strength of our numbers, it is still possible to rob a few." ”

"I won't argue with you about this," He Qian waved his hand, "I called you back because I had more important things to trust." ”

"What else is more important than competing for the initiative with the Tiwei Mansion?" Li Jin was puzzled.

He Qian said: "The initiative is not so easy to fight, after all, they are all ordered to investigate the case, and sending you today is just to kill their prestige." Guess who I saw today? ”

"I don't know." Li Jin thought for a moment, and finally shook his head.

He really couldn't think of who He Qian had met, and he could actually talk for an afternoon.

"King Xin." He Qian slowly spit out these two words.

"What? King Xin didn't enter the palace first, but met with Si Cheng in advance? Li Jin was very surprised.

He Qian smiled: "Yes, it seems that he is very satisfied with the gift I gave last year. ”

Li Jin frowned when he heard this, and the gift He Qian said made him very afraid: "If King Xin is obsessed with this thing, I'm afraid he won't be able to get rid of it for the rest of his life." ”

He Qian laughed and said, "He begged me to give him some more in Cuitingzhai today." ”

"Si Cheng is trying to ······" Li Jin suddenly understood something.

He Qian said: "Yes, there are some things that I don't want to come forward in person frequently, your martial arts are among the best in our Spiegel Division, and I am more at ease if I send you to this matter." ”

After that, he gave a few words to Li Jinfu.

After Li Jin heard this, he crossed his hand at He Qian and said, "Huh." ”

Eastern Capital, East City, Jingkangfang, Tiwei Mansion, Haichu

"Brothers, do you understand?" Xiao Chongguang put away the roster fold and asked loudly.

"Whoa!" Everyone answered with their hands crossed.

Xiao Chongguang nodded: "Okay, let's all disperse." After that, he said to Lu Yunsheng in a small voice: "Yunsheng, come here, I have some important things to discuss with you." ”

After saying this, he glanced at the feet of several guards and paused slightly.

That's right, several!

"It seems that my Tiwei Mansion is really lively." Sogo secretly laughed at himself in his heart.

Lu Yunsheng comprehended and walked into the inner hall with Xiao Chongguang.

They deliberately walked to the guest seat near the door of the inner hall, and their eyes saw a vague black shadow, printed on the wooden door covering paper, if they usually sat inside, they would not have noticed it.

Lu Yunsheng stretched out his voice and said, "Brother Xiao, is there anything important to discuss?" ”

Xiao Chongguang said: "Yes, just because today I was disturbed by the Spiegel Division, it is really hateful, so it seems that the combat power of our Tiwei Mansion needs to be strengthened." ”

Lu Yunsheng said according to the dialogue that had been choreographed a long time ago: "Yes, why don't we seek foreign aid?" ”

Sogo said: "Do you have any recommended characters?" ”

Lu Yunsheng said: "I came to the imperial capital to eat together, can anyone recommend it, I mean, why don't we go to the East Palace or Liang Xiang to help, no matter which side they are, their power is greater than that of the Spiegel Division, and they will be able to help us solve the case smoothly." ”

Xiao Chongguang pretended to groan, how to say: "For today's plan, it can only be like this, and let me think about it, and I will reply to you tomorrow." ”

Lu Yunsheng nodded and said, "It's okay." ”

After saying that, Xiao Chongguang glanced at Yunsheng, and the two walked out of the door together, and the black shadow disappeared in an instant.