Gonggong Li shook his head and said: "I don't know, because you asked me to spy secretly, I didn't dare to startle the snake, I only asked people to watch from afar, and I didn't get close, so I couldn't see it really." I also found out that the old woman would appear in the garden every few days to water the flowers, and oddly enough, one of them must have been watered at midnight. ”

The more Li Taijun listened, the more surprised he became, and muttered, "It's midnight...... ...... at midnight"

Suddenly, she slapped the table and said, "Many sons and many blessings!" ”

Gonggong Li looked puzzled.

"Have you forgotten, in the old realm of our Yin Mu country, there is a kind of multi-child and blessed grass, which is commonly used by women when they seek pregnancy."

"To remember is to remember...... But what does this have to do with midnight? ”

"Although it is not rare to have many seeds and blessings, in order to grow well, it must be watered at midnight, otherwise the effect of the medicine will be greatly weakened. The last time Chongyan, that kid asked me about this Duozi Duofu grass, and after I interrogated, I realized that it was the crown princess who asked him to ask. I wondered at that time, how the crown princess has the herbs of our Yin Mu country, first the cold heart grass, now it is the multi-son Duofu grass, and now it seems that there is another person behind the crown princess, and I don't know who it is. ”

"Here's one more thing. Since the crown princess has been to Weiyang Palace, she will ask the palace maids around her about the queen mother from time to time. ”

"Sister?"

"Yes, I seem to want to know what kind of person the Queen Mother was when she was alive."

"What is she asking for?" Li Taijun said curiously: "And if she wants to know, why don't she come to ask me, a loved one, but ask the people in the palace." I talked to her several times, and never mentioned my sister...... Is this a deliberate attempt to avoid me? ”

Li Taijun couldn't help but ponder for a moment, but he couldn't understand it.

She stood up and looked out the window. When the moon was in the sky, there was not a trace of clouds, and the room was cold.

"You just said that in Weiyang Palace, that old woman still has a flower garden, can you go and take a closer look?"

"I sent two little eunuchs to take turns to go in and look at it, one took the cold heart grass you gave me, went to look for it, and sure enough, I found exactly the same herb. Another little eunuch ......"

"What did you find?"

"I didn't find anything, and as soon as the little eunuch came back, he began to have a fever and talk nonsense, and died in the second half of the night. I was afraid that others would know, so I didn't dare to let the imperial doctor come to see it, so I asked someone to throw it out of the palace and bury it hastily. ”

"This old woman has grown such poisonous herbs! So what happened after eating cold heart grass by mistake during the birthday banquet of the saint? How do you sleep at night? ”

"Sure enough, it's not very steady, in this month, two of the three days are after the fourth watch to fall asleep, and sometimes when the heart is bored, it will pace back and forth outside the Evergreen Palace, and it will be an hour to wander."

"It seems that this old woman's mind is indeed vicious...... I don't know what kind of plan is to assassinate the saint like this. Thinking about it this way, most of the many sons and blessings are also the crown princess she handed over. ”

"Could the grass be adulterated with poison?"

Li Taijun shook his head and said, "That's not true, I took a closer look, and I planted it quite carefully." It's just that there are too many branches and leaves, and she must not know that if there are too many branches and leaves, and the nutrients are taken away, the fruit will be sparse. ”

"That's strange, it's not only that the saint can't sleep well, but also wants to urge the princess to be happy, is this person friend or foe?"

Li Taijun's eyes lit up: "You just said that she will go to water Duozi Duofu grass every few days, so what day will be the next watering?" ”

"This is today. I was going to go to Weiyang Palace tonight to explore in person to see who she is, but I suddenly heard that the crown princess had arrived at the Taishi Mansion and had a happy pulse, and I felt relieved, so I found an excuse to go out of the palace to ask Princess Rou about you, and by the way, I also told you what I had discovered. ”

"Then without further ado, I will go to Zhangren Palace to meet the saint, and lead him to meet the ghosts and spirits in this Weiyang Palace, and see how this old woman has her sister's golden hairpin, and how she wants to use poisonous weeds to assassinate the saint!"

"Why today?"

Li Taijun finally smiled, "Because Zuo'er has been gone for seven or eight days, count the days, and tomorrow you will cross the Hanjiang River and enter the Blue Sea Country." At that time, the master's secret crossing strategy has also reached the third step, and it is time for my wife to go to see the saint. I had planned to go early tomorrow morning, and since there are still such ghosts in the palace who are close to the crown princess, then I must get rid of this evil for them. You say she's going to water when she's a child, so I'm going to hunt ghosts when she's a child! ”

Gonggong Li smiled bitterly: "If you insist on entering the palace tonight, I will not stop you, I have a token here, even if there are keys everywhere in the palace, it can still be unimpeded." It's just that it's only night, and it's still a few hours before midnight, so even if you want to hunt ghosts, you still need to wait a little longer, right? ”

Li Taijun thought about it, sat down again, and said, "Okay, then wait a little longer." ”

Seeing that the hall was dim, Gonggong Li turned around and lit a few more candles, and the Liyin Hall suddenly brightened a lot. He made another pot of tea and served it on the table.

Li Taijun raised his eyes and sighed: "I only saw when you lit the candle, Brother Ying, you have really aged a lot over the years." ”

Gonggong Li was thrilled by the call of Brother Ying'er, "I don't know how many years no one has called the name of the old slave." ”

"In the blink of an eye, your hair and mine are white. Sometimes I wonder if there was no night, if my father didn't come to Wanhua to pay tribute that year, would we be able to live a carefree life in the Yin Mu country. In that case, my father won't die blindly, my sister won't hate me to death, and you won't destroy your body just to enter the palace......"

"Princess Rou......" Gonggong Li suddenly hid his face and cried.

"I know you're miserable, and I know you're always blaming yourself. But after so many years, you have done so much for my Yin Mu Li clan, even if it is a little impulsive, I have forgiven you a long time ago. Why do you keep torturing yourself? ”

Regardless of the tears on his face, Gonggong Li shook his head vigorously and said, "No...... Princess, it's all because of me, everything is because of me. If it weren't for my youth and vigor at the tribute banquet that night, and I saw the son of Wei Guogong fighting with the eldest princess, how could there be anything later. The lord of the kingdom saw that I had made a move and wanted to stop it, so he stepped forward...... That's what happened later. ”

"Brother Ying'er, my sister was insulted in front of everyone, which of our bloody men present can watch it, you were originally my father's most proud warrior, what is wrong with teaching the son of Wei Guogong a lesson for us? If we endure this breath, how can we have the face of Yin Mu Country? Hate only hates the cunning ...... of the Wei Guogong"

"Yes, the lord of the country came forward to dissuade me, and the Duke of Wei knew that this matter was his own fault, so he took advantage of the chaos to shout in the back, saying that the lord of the country was carrying a sharp blade and wanted to assassinate Emperor Qinwen, so he instigated the soldiers to rush up and stabbed the lord to death. This wicked man sued first, and directly sued me for the ruin of the Yin Mu country...... But I've always thought over the years that if I had punched a few punches, I would have taken it, instead of beating Wei Guogong's son half to death, or I wouldn't have ended up in such a field as I did......"

Li Taijun suddenly said stiffly: "Brother Ying! What a spineless word! I remember when you knocked out one of his teeth, and that's the joy! If I have your strength, I will not show mercy. How can such a beast endure it? I am a man of the country, I have always loved and hated clearly, and I will take revenge if I have revenge! was beaten, and it was right to fight back, where can I regret it? ”

"Princess Jou ......"

"What's more, over the years, for the sake of the master's secret strategy, you did not hesitate to change your face and name from the palace, which is why you have today's situation, if there is no you, can An have the bloodline of my Yin Mu country to sit firmly on the throne today? If my father had known, he would not have blamed you for the extra punches you had that night. ”

Gonggong Li just sobbed in a low voice, Li Taijun's words certainly made him feel a lot better, but the debts he owed, I am afraid that he will not be able to pay them off in this life, and he will never be able to cross this hurdle in his heart.

Li Taijun looked at his old face, and there was an indescribable heart congestion in his heart.

Brother Ying, I think about how heroic and upright you were back then, riding skills, swordsmanship, archery, and all of them were first-class good skills in my Yin Mu country. For revenge, in order to atone for your sins, you voluntarily gave up your life to become a personal eunuch, first serving your sister, and then serving your sister's son. The old man said that you were a loyal servant, but in fact, I know that in addition to loyalty, there is also your affection for your sister......

"Brother Ying'er......" Li Taijun hesitated a little in his tone, "Are you still ...... for your sister to this day?"

Gonggong Li immediately cut off the conversation: "No, the Queen Mother is the eldest princess of our Yin Mu Kingdom, I am just a rough person, even if I was ignorant when I was young, I had some thoughts. But since I entered the palace, I am already a waste, I agreed to enter the palace at that time, just to protect the eldest princess, and now I stay by the saint's side, only because he is the child of the eldest princess...... As long as the Holy One is safe, I will have nothing else to ask for in this life. ”

"yes...... The revenge that should be avenged is almost avenged, and Wei Guogong himself died early, which can be regarded as cheapening him. Didn't his son be quietly poisoned by me with poison, if it wasn't for the old man who advised me to stop in moderation, I didn't plan to stay with Wei Guogong's daughter, let alone let her marry Pei Ran, the head of the household! ”

"It turned out that Old Master Muyun didn't let you make a move back then......" Gonggong Li suddenly realized, he knew that Li Rou's temperament was more ruthless than her sister, and he would not let go of the Weiguo Gong family.

"Forbearance is forbearance, but at a certain banquet in the palace, I saw Pei Ran and his wife, and they still didn't have a good face." Li Taijun sighed lightly: "Sometimes this inadvertent thing, the child will see it, in fact, I haven't mentioned it to my two children, but I don't know when, it was noticed by You'er and Zuo'er." You'er is peaceful and well-behaved by nature, pretending not to know, and only hiding everything in her heart. After Zuo'er beat that, he always didn't like Pei Ran, he was a child, just because his mother didn't like it, he didn't like it, and he didn't ask why, he was really upright and protective of his shortcomings. ”

"It is indeed the character of Taishi Zuo. So Princess Rou still hasn't told him the old lady's secret strategy? ”

"The master's order is to tell him after he crosses the river and takes the Taiye. He Muyun's wisdom is the best in the world, and the master's plan has never been on a business trip, and I can only follow the master's last policy. ”

"Then when I entered the palace tonight, Princess Rou wanted to tell the Holy ......"

Li Taijun stood up, attached to Gonggong Li's ear and said hatefully and unhappily: "That's right, I just want to tell him in person who he is!" ”