"Rewarding? I have to think about it. Li Chun listened to Yao Shangyi's speculation, recalled it seriously, and said after a while, "This Wenfu ink is precious, and I seem to have only given it to your aunt, mercy, and the queen mother." ”

"Only these three?" Xiling Yue's eyes widened, wanting to confirm again.

"Hmm." Li Chun's expression gradually became suspicious, "In this way, Guo Guifei is ......"

"Holy!" Xiling Yue hurriedly interrupted, "Before the matter is clear, you can't speculate." ”

"What, you're still going to help her talk?" Li Chun's face was displeased.

"No, no," Xiling Yue naturally wouldn't be so stupid, and hurriedly waved her hand to explain, "Yue'er is not speaking for anyone, but Aunt Guifei is your wife, if you easily suspect her, it will cause unrest in the harem." Maybe this is the trap of someone with a heart, get rid of Ji Meiren first, and then borrow your hand to blame Aunt Guifei, so that King Deng and King Sui will lose their qualifications as princes! ”

King Deng and King Sui are the titles of Li Chun's eldest son Li Ning and third son Li You.

Even Xiling Yue could think of a question, how could Li Chun not think of it? And this is exactly the concern he has been holding, and it is the reason why he asked Xiling Yue to investigate the case. Although Guo Guifei has a fierce face, she and Ji Lianlian have always been on good terms.

"I don't want your aunt to be a murderer." He sighed.

Xilingyue pondered, always felt that there was still a great omission in this clue, and when she saw Li Chun's contemplative recollection, a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, and she added excitedly: "Shengshang, maybe this Wenfu ink was not given by you, but by the first emperor?" ”

Li Chun's eyebrows raised slightly when he heard this, and he suddenly brightened. Yes, he began to govern the country in April of the previous year, and his father abdicated in August, and only officially changed the yuan last year. And the Shangyuan Festival is on the fifteenth day of the first month, less than half a month after he changed the yuan. The ink ingots in the hands of the people who wrote love poems are very likely to have been left by the first emperor during his reign!

"The first emperor had a serious stroke during his reign, and the text and ink were served by the eunuchs of the inner province, which is not difficult, and you can know it when you ask." Li Chun made a note of this matter and asked, "In addition to this clue, what else did you find?" ”

Xiling Yue then recounted what happened in Shangyi Bureau today.

Li Chun was puzzled after hearing this: "This hard yellow paper and Wenfu ink are all commonly used by me, if you don't mention it, I won't care at all." Can we really find any clues? ”

Xilingyue didn't dare to guarantee it, so she only said her thoughts truthfully: "It's true that this, ink, and paper are not rare things, but it's not common to be able to get these three things together at the same time." Yue'er wants to find out the whereabouts of pen, ink, and paper first, and then make a list and compare them to find a concubine who can have these three things at the same time. ”

"Great idea!" Li Chun couldn't help but secretly say that Xilingyue was really a good hand at investigating the case. Originally, more than a year had passed since the incident, and all the clues had been blurred, but in just two days, she was able to find a new clue and narrow the scope of the suspect to a minimum.

"It's a pity that the types of paper and ink ingots have been found, but it is difficult to verify the pen." Xi Lingyue took out the fake love poem again as she spoke, and said to herself, "What about checking the handwriting?" I don't know if I can find out. ”

"Handwriting?" Li Chun seemed to think of something, and narrowed his eyes.

Xiling Yue took the opportunity to ask, "Saint, how similar is this trace to you?" ”

"Seven or eight points, but enough to deceive pity." Li Chun stretched out his hand to her as he spoke, "You bring the poem to me again." ”

Xiling Yue gave the fake love poem to the emperor according to his words.

Li Chun carefully observed the handwriting, and suddenly said, "I just found that this person's strokes are very strange. ”

"How peculiar?"

"Look at the words 'night', 'politics', 'in', 'people' and 'come', the last stroke is all pinched, he writes not smoothly, and the tail is slightly hooked." Li Chun pointed to those words, "Ordinary people practice calligraphy, this stroke is basic, and they will never write like this." ”

After he mentioned this, Xiling Yue also found out, and said: "This is also a clue." ”

Li Chun suddenly cheered up a little: "I will arrange it and let the palace write these words, and I will definitely be able to find out the suspicious person." ”

"Holy Lord, don't worry," Xiling Yue stopped him, "The scope of the palace writing is too large, Yue'er has a way to ......"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's not good!" At this moment, a small eunuch burst in panting, and hurriedly interrupted Xiling Yue's words.

Li Chun's face changed when he saw the visitor, and he asked directly, "Is it Qiu Niang who has an accident?" ”

The little eunuch nodded again and again: "Qiu Niangniang, she ...... She was punished by Guo Guifei to kneel outside the Hanxiang Palace......"

Before anyone could finish speaking, Li Chun had already left like a gust of wind.

Xiling Yue didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the harem, but Guo Guifei was her aunt after all, and she was also afraid that the husband and wife would lose harmony under the anger of the Son of Heaven.

Hanxiang Hall is the residence of Guo Guifei, not far from the Queen Mother's Penglai Palace. Xiling Yue hurried to the gate of the hall with Li Chun, and saw a fifteen or sixteen-year-old woman in palace clothes kneeling in the middle of the courtyard, her shoulders swaying slightly, she should be crying.

Li Chunfei ran over to help her up, and his expression was as soft as water in an instant: "Qiu Niang, what's wrong?" ”

Du Qiuniang got up coquettishly and shook her head at Li Chun: "It was Du Qiu who was rude and made the concubine angry." ”

Li Chun's face suddenly sank, and he was angry, but he didn't have a seizure, and only asked the little yellow door on the side: "What about the concubine?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Guo Guifei had already Shi Shiran walked out of the main hall, and saluted Li Chun expressionlessly: "The concubine has seen the saint. ”

Li Chun's breathing was a little short, and he suppressed his emotions and asked, "What did Qiu Niang do to make the concubine so angry?" ”

Guo Guifei's expression did not change, and she replied generously: "Your Excellency, you have not yet decreed the canonization of Du Qiuniang, and the people of the Lizheng Palace are called 'Concubine Qiu', and Du Qiuniang has also accepted it." In the past few days, there have been many rumors in the harem, many concubines are dissatisfied, and the concubines are ordered to take charge of the phoenix seal, so they naturally want to clean up the matter. ”

When Li Chun heard this, half of his arrogance was immediately extinguished. Since Du Qiuniang entered the palace, he did promise to make her a concubine after drinking, but her time in the palace is still short, and the matter of Zhenhai is not over, and everyone in the palace knows that she was a singing and dancing girl in Li Qi's mansion, a low-status criminal slave in the court, and she is not a virgin.

Although he didn't mind as the emperor, the harem etiquette was still there, and he couldn't give her a name for a while, so he could only slowly change her name and revoke her slave status first. It must be that the Lizheng Hall has been vacant for too long, and the palace people finally ushered in the new favorite of the harem, and they rushed to curry favor, so they took his drunken jokes seriously, and openly called Du Qiuniang "Concubine Qiu...... Doesn't that make people grasp the handle?

Thinking of this, Li Chun's face turned a little pale, and he said softly to Guo Guifei: "Don't be angry, Concubine Qiu, she has been in the palace for a short time and doesn't understand the palace rules, so forget it this time." I will punish the palace people in the main hall of Li and give you an explanation. ”

"The saint is not giving an explanation to the concubines, but to the harem." Guo Guifei is righteous and strict, "Since Du Qiuniang has entered the palace, she must abide by the rules of the harem." The concubine wanted to send a female official to the Li Zheng Hall to guide her to learn the palace rules, but I wonder if the saint allowed it? ”

(End of chapter)