After listening to Liu Xiu's words, Guo Shengtong's face was red for a while, white for a while, and he was angry.

Seeing that Guo Shengtong's face was not good, Xu Xiling stood up with interest, and said respectfully: "Since the second prince is fine, the concubines are relieved, Your Majesty, the queen, and the concubines will retire!" ”

Xi Cheying also got up and said, "The concubine retires!" ”

Guo Shengtong ignored the two of them, and Liu Xiu nodded with a smile.

When the two of them left, Guo Shengtong said with some complaints: "Your Majesty......" Liu Xiu held Guo Shengtong's hand and said: "Zitong is the queen, the mother of a country, and there must be a lot of tolerance!" ”

Guo Shengtong's attitude towards Xu Xiling is either very bad, or yin and yang are weird, which makes Liu Xiu very helpless.

She looked at Liu Xiu and asked, "Your Majesty is blaming the concubine?" ”

Liu Xiu smiled on his back, took Guo Shengtong into his arms, and said: "I'm not blaming Zitong, I just think that Zitong should have the demeanor and bearing of the mother of the country." ”

Without waiting for Guo Shengtong to speak, he turned to Zhang Kun and said, "I'll stay in Changqiu Palace tonight." ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

Zhang Kun bowed in response.

Guo Shengtong's little face immediately showed joy, and the complaint in his heart was swallowed back.

Let's say that Xu Xiling and Xi Cheying, the two of them left the Changqiu Palace, and on the way back, Xu Xiling asked, "Now, senior sister should be satisfied, right?" ”

Since Xi Cheying entered the palace, she has been haunted by her lack of name and no points, and she has not asked Xu Xiling to help her talk about this matter in front of His Majesty.

This time when he went to Changqiu Palace, it was also Xi Cheying who pulled Xu Xiling here.

"Not only am I satisfied, but my junior sister should also be satisfied."

Xi Che Ying said happily.

Xu Xiling looked at her strangely.

Xi Cheying said: "If the senior sister is not famous and has no points, even if she wants to help the senior sister in the palace, she can't do it, now that my senior sister and I are both beauties, wouldn't it be easier to take care of each other in the future?" ”

Speaking of this, the corners of her mouth hooked, raised her hand, and her fingertips brushed over Xu Xiling's cheek.

Xu Xiling was startled at first, then stopped and glared at Xi Cheying unhappily.

The latter old god walked up to her on the ground and said softly: "With our sisters' skills, as long as we can take care of each other, in the future, this palace will not be our sisters' world?" ”

Xu Xiling's face changed again, looking at Xi Cheying, a chill arose from the bottom of his heart.

She is already very satisfied with her current status, has the status of a beauty, and gave birth to the eldest princess who is especially favored by His Majesty.

But Xi Cheying is different, what she wants is far from the title of a beauty.

After all, they are sisters and sisters, and they still know each other well.

Even if Xu Xiling's personality has a competitive side, he still prefers to be at ease with what he encounters, relatively speaking, it is relatively soft, while Xi Cheying is just the opposite, he wants to be the first in everything, he wants to come out on top no matter what he does, and he wants to trample on the people around him.

During this time, Xi Cheying was not idle in the palace, making friends everywhere, even if it was a little palace maid and a little chamberlain, she also made a lot of friends, including the palace maids and chamberlains of the Changqiu Palace.

Thinking of this, Xu Xiling's heart suddenly shook, nervously grabbed Xi Cheying's sleeve, and asked in a trembling voice: "Senior sister, second ...... The second prince suddenly contracted an illness, and ...... It's okay with you, sister, right? ”

Xi Cheying asked rhetorically, "If it is related, will my junior sister expose me to Your Majesty?" ”

When Xu Xiling heard this, his head buzzed, and he was about to speak, when Xi Cheying suddenly giggled, patted the back of Xu Xiling's hand, and said with a smile: "I'm joking with you!" For no reason, why did I harm the second prince? ”

Call! Xu Xiling couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, and then glared at Xi Cheying dissatisfiedly, and said angrily: "How can you laugh at such a big thing? ”

plotted to kill the emperor's heir, acted in rebellion, so what did you pay back?

Xi Cheying rolled her eyes and said, "Senior sister is really getting more and more unable to joke, it must be because she has been in the palace for too long, and the whole person has become rigid!" ”

That night, Liu Xiu stayed in Changqiu Palace.

Liu Fu took the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor, his condition improved a little, his fever subsided a lot, and he was able to drink some milk.

Liu Xiu and Guo Shengtong stayed by the small bed for a long time, and when they saw that the child was sweating, they breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the bed to rest.

After the clouds and rain, Guo Shengtong snuggled in Liu Xiu's arms and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, will it really be like Mama Feng said, someone is plotting to kill our emperor?" ”

Liu Xiu stroked a few strands of hair in front of Guo Shengtong's forehead and said, "Zitong, don't think nonsense, isn't Fu'er's fever already subsided, it's just a little cold, and it's fine after a few days of recuperation." ”

Listening to Liu Xiu's comfort, Guo Shengtong felt a lot more relieved, and tiredness swept over, she pillowed Liu Xiu's arms, and said indistinctly: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, you must protect our emperor...... Fu'er is still so young......" Liu Xiu hummed softly, feeling that the people around him had gradually fallen asleep, he gently pulled his arm out from under her head, and then kissed her lightly on the forehead, sat up, put on his shoes, put on a coat, and walked out of the inner room.

When he reached the main hall outside, he coughed lowly.

Hearing the movement, Zhang Kun immediately pushed the door in, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty! ”

"Xuan Feiyan came to see me."

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

Zhang Kun agreed, bowed, and exited the hall.

Liu Xiu sat down, picked up a roll of bamboo slips, and looked at it absentmindedly.

I don't know how long later, the door opened again, Zhang Kun stood at the door, and whispered: "Your Majesty, the flower beauty has arrived." ”

"Please let her in."

It didn't take long, Hua Feiyan carried the hem of her skirt and walked into the hall from the outside.

She blessed herself and said, "Your Majesty! ”

Liu Xiu waved her hand and signaled her to excuse herself.

After Hua Feiyan sat down, Liu Xiu asked, "How was the investigation going on last time?" ”

He asked about the last time someone in the West Palace drugged Yin Lihua's diet.

Hua Feiyan owed Liu Xiu and said apologetically: "Your Majesty, your subordinates are incompetent. ”

Liu Xiu's eyes flashed, and the person who could make Hua Feiyan not be able to find any clues showed that the main envoy behind the scenes was hiding very deeply in the palace.

He changed his words and asked casually: "This time the second prince suddenly contracted the wind evil, was it accidental, or was it artificial?" ”

"This ......" Hua Feiyan stopped talking and did not speak immediately.

Liu Xiu frowned secretly and said, "Feiyan knows something, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Hua Feiyan was silent for a while, and said: "The night before yesterday, someone secretly burned incense in the forest of the Imperial Garden, and my subordinates don't know if this matter is related to the second prince's illness. ”

Liu Xiu looked puzzled and asked, "Burning incense in the imperial garden?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Who is it?"

"A palace maid."

"The palace maid of that palace?"

"This ......" "Say!"

"Back to Your Majesty, she is a little palace maid in the West Palace."

"Xigong ......" Liu Xiu was stunned, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Why did she burn incense in the imperial garden?" ”

"My subordinates don't know."

Before Liu Xiu could continue to ask, with a bang, the door of the inner room opened, and Guo Shengtong walked out of it.

Seeing this, Hua Feiyan hurriedly bowed and saluted, saying, "Queen! ”

For Liu Xiu's harem concubines, Guo Shengtong's best impression is Hua Feiyan, although he has the name of a beauty, he keeps to himself, does not compete for favor, and does not flatter.

She walked quickly to Hua Feiyan, took her hand, and asked nervously, "Feiyan, you said, did you see the people of the West Palace secretly burning incense in the imperial garden?" ”

Hua Feiyan subconsciously glanced at Liu Xiu, and when she saw the latter nodding to herself, she said: "Returning to the queen, this matter is not what Feiyan saw with her own eyes, but her subordinates inadvertently discovered it and reported it to Feiyan." ”

"Good manner, why did a palace maid secretly go to the imperial garden to burn incense, Your Majesty must investigate clearly!"

Guo Shengtong looked at Liu Xiu with red eyes.

Liu Xiu pondered for a moment, stood up, and said, "Feiyan will take me to see it." ”

Guo Shengtong immediately answered: "The concubine will go with Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Xiu glanced at her and nodded.

Regardless of whether the palace maid's incense burning is related to the second prince's illness, in short, burning incense in the palace has violated the palace rules, and Guo Shengtong, as the queen, has the right to deal with this matter.

Hua Feiyan only knew about it, but he didn't know where the palace maid burned incense.

She whispered a few words to the maid beside her, and the maid walked away quickly.

By the time Liu Xiu and Guo Shengtong had dressed, the maid had already returned to Hua Feiyan's side, and at the same time brought her a silk handkerchief, on which there was a hand-drawn map, which was drawn in great detail, marking the place where the palace maid burned incense clearly.

According to the map brought by the maid, Liu Xiu, Guo Shengtong, and Hua Feiyan went to the Imperial Garden together, and in the forest near a rockery in the Imperial Garden, everyone really found traces of incense.

Since the matter was only a day apart, the traces left were clear.

Hua Feiyan stepped forward and asked the maid to put the lantern down, she squatted down and looked carefully, she pinched out a half-burned residual incense from a few dead leaves, and handed it to Liu Xiu.

Guo Shengtong stepped forward quickly, bent down, looked closely, and after looking at it, she said with an ugly face: "Your Majesty, it is indeed an unburned incense!" ”

As soon as she finished speaking, Hua Feiyan suddenly said, "No, there seem to be traces of digging here." ”

As she spoke, she turned her head to look at Xuying and asked, "General Xuying, can you borrow a sword?" ”

Xu Ying looked at Liu Xiu, and when he saw Liu Xiu nodding, he pulled out his saber and handed it to Hua Feiyan.

The latter took her saber and slowly stabbed it into the dirt, stabbing it back and forth a few times, she suddenly stopped, and then used her saber to dig through the dirt.

Soon, a small parcel of red silk was revealed.

Seeing this, everyone present was also shocked, Hua Feiyan put down his sword, lifted the small package from the soil, looked at it carefully, and then slowly unbuttoned it.

When the red silk outside was opened, people looked at it again, and their faces changed greatly.

I saw that the red silk was wrapped in a wooden man, and the wooden man had obviously been burned, black and shady, but the handwriting engraved on it was clearly visible.

There are two words engraved in the center of the little wooden man: Liu Fu.

Behind it, Liu Fu's birthday is clearly engraved.

After looking at this little wooden man, Guo Shengtong felt that his eyes were black, and then the sky was spinning, and her body shook involuntarily.

Liu Xiu's hands were quick, and he hurriedly supported Guo Shengtong and asked with concern, "Zitong?"

Azusa Tong? ”

Guo Shengtong finally relieved her breath, she looked at Liu Xiu with teary eyes, choked up and said, "Your Majesty, the palace is ...... There are indeed villains in the palace who are trying to harm our emperor with witchcraft......" At this point, she was so crying that she couldn't stop crying.

Liu Xiu's face was pale, and he took the little wooden man from Hua Feiyan's hand and looked at it carefully.

In addition to being engraved with Liu Fu's name and birthday, there are also dense small eyes.

Obviously, it was pricked with a needle.

The person who made the wooden man, how much he hated Liu Fu who was still in his infancy, could pierce so many small holes in the little wooden man.

He subconsciously clenched his fists and said, "Find out the palace maid who burned incense, put her in the court prison, and interrogate it severely!" I'll supervise it myself! ”