"Protect the Emperor!" "Protect the Emperor!"

The courtiers suddenly made a pot of porridge, and Cheng Qi also stood in front of Jinshang, looking around vigilantly, especially at the fourth prince, Xiao Yi.

It's just that the arrow that stabbed at Xu Lei didn't shoot Su Lei immediately for some reason, and Xu Lei, who fell in a pool of blood, suddenly seemed to have strength, and rushed towards the prince Xiao Heng.

Because his hands had touched his wounds, they were also stained with blood, and when he rushed towards Xiao Heng, Xiao Heng didn't have time to dodge, and he was dragged to death.

"His Royal Highness the Prince! You don't have to die well! You don't have to die well! Xu Lei glared at the crown prince Xiao Heng and said viciously.

Until he finally died of anger, Xu Lei still refused to let go of the prince's hand, and it took a lot of effort from the palace people in the court to pull Xu Lei away.

And the blood marks left on the main hall are also shocking, like a brand carved in the hearts of all the people present.

Almost instantly, Cheng Qi set his eyes on the fourth prince Xiao Yi, not the crown prince, but this scene was different in the eyes of the ministers of the court, they didn't notice the eyes of Xu Lei looking at Xiao Yi before, nor did they notice the puppet in Xiao Yi's hand.

Xiao Yat also noticed that someone was looking at him, but when he raised his eyes, he couldn't find any clues.

Because of this incident, the culprit behind Xu Lei's greed for ink this time has become His Royal Highness the Prince, even if Cheng Qi wants to defend the prince Xiao Heng, it is impossible, after all, there is no evidence to prove the relationship between Xiao Heng and Xu Lei, and the puppet alone can't prove anything.

Someone from the Imperial Forest Army had already stepped forward to examine Xu Lei's body, and after confirming the cause of death, he said to Jinshang: "Your Majesty, the household servant died of excessive blood loss, and that arrow is not extremely important. ”

"Prince, do you have anything to say?" Jinshang looked at the prince who had been canonized by himself, his eyes narrowed unconsciously, and without waiting for Xiao Heng to speak, he said coldly: "What? I'm not dead yet! Can't wait to take over the household affairs for me? Besides, the silver taels of this household are for the people of the Chen Dynasty and the Jiangshan Society of the Chen Dynasty! You are like this, how can I trust this country to you? ”

"No, father! Erchen really has nothing to do with this Su Lei! Erchen doesn't know why this Su Lei wants to do this to Erchen! The prince immediately knelt down and looked at Imajo with an innocent face.

The people who belong to the princelings here are naturally going to stand up and intercede for the prince: "Your Majesty, this assassin did not hit the key point of Xu Lei, maybe it was to leave time for Xu Lei, maybe someone did it on purpose!" ”

I have to say that this explanation is almost the truth, but unfortunately this view is obviously somewhat untenable.

Immediately, officials from other factions stood up and retorted: "This person is about to die, and his words are also good, and the minister thinks that before the evidence is found, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the most suspicious!" ”

Then there were courtiers who kept standing up to explain their opinions, but most of them were on the opposite side of the crown prince Xiao Heng, after all, the scene was too shocking, even the ministers of the princeling party thought that this matter was really done by the prince.

"Come on, put the prince in the East Palace, no one is allowed to enter! Before the prince's matter was ascertained, all the prince's government affairs were transferred to the four princes, and all the officials who spoke for the prince just now were demoted by one level and fined half a year. Imajo stood up, flicked his sleeves and commanded, and then brushed his sleeves away, and the morning court was unhappy.

Once the prince loses his momentum, the direction of the wind in the court will naturally change, and those officials who were originally down-to-head are now naturally rushing towards Xiao Yi, rushing to pat on the back, Cheng Qi and Taifu just glanced at it, and then went out of the palace together.

"Cheng Qi, did you notice something?" When there was no one around, Old Lady Fu asked Cheng Qidao.

"Xu Lei, the household servant, clearly looked at the fourth prince Xiao Yi, but after a puppet toy flashed in Xiao Yi's sleeve, Xu Lei's originally erratic eyes looked at the prince, and then someone put a cold arrow in, and then there was a shocking scene later, so the disciple suspected that the prince was wronged." Cheng Qi didn't hide it, and told his master what he saw and his own guesses.

Hearing this, Old Lady Fu naturally understood a thing or two, lowered her voice and said: "It seems that these four princes can't be underestimated, they have arranged this matter to such a point, if you don't notice, I'm afraid it's difficult for the teacher not to doubt whether the prince is involved." ”

"There are indeed means, but it is a pity that this cleverness is not used in the right way." Cheng Qi shook his head and said.

But Mrs. Fu said disapprerovingly: "Cheng Qi, this seizure is not as simple as you imagined, history has always been that the winner is the king, and the loser is the villain, a good monarch depends on whether he can really serve the people, whether he can balance the relationship in the court, and whether he can keep the people of the Chen Dynasty safe from being disturbed by foreigners." ”

"The apprentice has been taught." Cheng replied respectfully.

On the other side, after Xiao Yi returned to the mansion, Zuo Zhou said respectfully: "The prince really expects things to be like a god, nearly half of the officials of the princelings have been demoted, but there are still some people who have not been implicated. ”

"It doesn't matter, the rest of them do have extremely smart people, but most of them are just some timid rats and wall grass, it is not a problem, and the most important thing is to wear down the trust of my father and the prince and brother of this king." Xiao Yi shook his head and said with an extremely relaxed expression, obviously because of today's victory.

"But why didn't you directly abolish the crown prince today?" Zuo Zhou said incomprehensibly.

And Xiao Yi didn't answer anymore, he knew that if he wanted his father to abolish the crown prince's throne, it was far from enough to just do the affairs of the household department, if the traces of the prince were found in the household department and the army, it would be possible for the prince to abdicate, otherwise the abolition of the prince would never be easy for his father to do such a thing that shook the foundation.

With the crown prince under house arrest in the East Palace, the affairs of the prince were temporarily handed over to Xiao Yi, and the news of a large number of officials being demoted slowly spread from the palace, and the people were all speculating about whether the crown prince's position would be replaced.

"Miss, this is something sent in by Ruoshu." Xiang Xiang walked into the Wuyuan Garden with a food box, and said to Gu Muyan, who was admiring the flowers in the yard.

"Take it in." After Gu Muyan finished speaking, he followed Xiangxiang into the house.

After Raid Xiang took out the contents of the food box and put it on the table, he was about to remove the food box, but Gu Muyan stopped Raid Xiang and said: "The food box will also stay here, when these meals are finished, this empty plate can be sent back to Ruoshu, and the food she brought, if you like it, you can bring it yourself to eat." ”

"Yes! Miss! Without waiting for Raid Xiang to answer, Yi Jin suddenly appeared and agreed, took a few pieces of pastry and put it in his mouth, and after eating two or three pieces in a row, he looked at Raid Xiang and Gu Muyan excitedly and said, "Miss! Attack incense! Eat it! It's delicious! ”

"Slow down, it'll look like someone is robbing you!" Gu Muyan smiled and poured a cup of tea, handed it to Yi Jin and said.

He was so unreasonable, but looking at Gu Muyan and Yi Jin's happy appearance, he also reached out and picked up a piece of pastry and put it in his mouth, which melted in his mouth, with a sweet aftertaste, just right.

After a few people finished eating, some crumbs inevitably fell on the table, so Xiang Xiang went out to get the cleaning tools, and when he came back, Gu Muyan was placing the empty plate in the food box.

At this time, Gu Muyan suddenly noticed something unusual, this food box seemed to be a little shallower than what he usually saw, so he took out the plate that he put in it again, and knocked on the bottom of the food box, it really looked like there was a gap.

However, after carefully searching for it several times, he didn't see the mechanism that opened the bottom, so he asked Xiangxiang: "Xiangxiang, come and see, this food box is different from ordinary food boxes, but there are other differences?" ”

After taking the food box, Xi Xiang looked at it seriously, looked back and forth several times, and when he was about to give up, he finally found something different and said: "There should be only one opening at the top of this food box, but this one has two." ”

"I'll see." Gu Muyan took the food box and said, after a closer look, there were really two openings, and then he finally reacted, and darkened the two openings hard, and sure enough, a mechanism popped open at the bottom of the food box, and there was a letter hidden in that mechanism.

However, there was nothing important written in the letter, it just said that Gu Muyan would have time to chat with Ruoshu.

"I said why this Ruoshu suddenly brought us food, it turned out that it was actually to trick us!" Gu Muyan shook his head and said helplessly.

Suddenly, Gu Muyan seemed to have thought of something, took the inkstone and brush from the study, and then wrote a few words on the letter, and after the ink slowly dried, those words disappeared without a trace, and then Gu Muyan put the processed letter back untouched.

"Miss! How did you do that? Yi Jin was stunned, looked at Gu Muyan admiringly and asked, "This is only available in the book!" ”

"It's just a common trick, these inks are soaked in silk flowers, and when they dry out, they will become colorless, and if you put them on the fire and roast them, the color will come out." Gu Muyan explained with a smile, took another piece of paper, and wrote the names of Yi Jin and Xi Xiang on it, and when he was dry, he lit another fire and put it under the paper to roast for a while, and the word appeared as expected.