The first emperor gave birth to seventeen princes, ten survived, except for him and the king of Jin, who was crippled, eight died unexpectedly, and then lost two sons-in-law one after another, so he could only be named as a son-in-law and raised under his knees.

At that time, Jiang Rou was the same as the current Jiang Rongyue, and she was also the first beauty in the capital, and Master Jiang was still alive, and she was the second assistant of Tanhualang who was favored by the first emperor, and then she was very satisfied with Jiang Rou, and he had to marry Jiang Rou in order to cater to the successor and inherit the power of the successor's mother's family.

As for Cai Wei, he couldn't give her a name, and he didn't want her to leave his side, so he could only confine her by his side and be an ordinary female official.

He occupied her for more than ten years, until that year, when the assassin stabbed him with a knife by the Yellow River, she desperately blocked a knife for him and died in front of him.

She was originally a beautiful woman, but she was turned into a cold corpse for him.

Cai Wei, a name he never dared to think of again, became the pain and regret of his life.

If it weren't for the prince's statement today, he would only be afraid that he would not think of the woman who had melted into his bones and blood until he died......

The emperor sighed and stayed awake all night.

After Xiao Xun left the Qianyuan Palace, he personally took people to the side hall of Zhanghua Palace.

After the feast, the palace people cleaned up the entire Zhanghua Palace, inside and outside, and Xiao Xun stayed in the side hall for two quarters of an hour, and no clues were traced.

Qing Yi saw the master's impatience in his eyes, and tried to propose, "Prince, if you don't invite Master Zhang to come and take a look, his eyes are poisonous, and he can't see anything." ”

Xiao Xun is also concerned about chaos, and now when he heard Qingyi mention Zhang Jiu, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said quickly, "Go and ask for ......."

Before he finished speaking, there was a series of footsteps outside the side hall, and a little eunuch with a white face like jade walked in from outside, bowed down and beat him after coming to him, "The slave has seen the prince." ”

Xiao Xun heard that this was Zhang Jiu's voice, and immediately said, "You know everything?" ”

Zhang Jiu raised his head and arched his hand, "Tell me first, what have you found?" ”

Xiao Xun motioned for him to sit down and told him what he had found, "The crown princess and Peony were changed in the side hall, and then both of them were fed spirits, which is the kind of liquor that will be drunk to the point of redness and unconscious as long as you take a small sip...... Later, Peony was brought back to the State Teacher's Mansion, and the crown princess disappeared out of thin air in the side hall......"

"Oh? Is there such a strong liquor in the world? Zhang Jiu raised his eyebrows, full of interest, this is his wife's favorite.

Xiao Xun also knew Zhang Jiu's temperament, nodded at him, and said, "Find the whereabouts of the crown princess, and those spirits are all yours." ”

"Deal!" Zhang Jiu agreed, and then he stood up as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and carefully surveyed in the side hall.

The corners of the table, the wardrobe, and the beams of the room, he didn't let go of them all, up and down, inside and out, checked them all, and after landing on the ground, he pushed open the back window of the side hall, looked at the adjacent pond, held the window lattice, touched his nose and said, "Behind the Zhanghua Hall is the pond, and the assassin wants to take away the princess, so he can only go from the front hall." Or fly to the sky, escape to the ......"

As soon as the two words "retreat" came out, Xiao Xun's eyes froze, he looked sideways at Qing Yi, and said sharply, "Go check the ground and see if there are secret passages in the hall, secret rooms and the like." ”

"Yes, Prince!" Qing Yi bowed his hand and agreed, and checked in the side hall with the rest of the dead soldiers, and after a quarter of an hour, he returned to Xiao Xun's side, "If you go back to the prince, you didn't find the secret passage and secret room." ”

Xiao Xun looked at Zhang Jiu.

Zhang Jiu made a silent gesture to Xiao Xun, squatted down, and re-checked the place where the dead man had checked, to make sure that there was no omission, he opened the wardrobe, cage and the like to check the compartment again, and finally, he even asked people to remove the Duobao Pavilion and the bookshelves.

But there was still no result.

"Could it be that the assassin really has the ability to fly to the sky?" Zhang Jiu muttered in a low voice, glanced at the side hall again, and finally set his eyes on the only brocade couch that had not been checked.

With a flash of interest in his eyes, he walked towards the brocade couch step by step, and suddenly raised his hand and turned the brocade couch up.

I saw that under the brocade couch, a hole that could accommodate two people to pass through was revealed.

"Prince, this is it!" Zhang Jiu stared at the secret passage in front of him and raised his voice.

Xiao Xun stepped forward, took a look, and instructed Qing Yi, "You and Qing Er go down and see where this secret passage leads." ”

"Yes, Prince!" Qing Yi received the order, and jumped into the cave with the hem of his robe, Qing Er followed, Zhang Jiu looked at Xiao Xun after the two jumped down, and said, "My subordinates should also go and have a look," After speaking, he also followed.

Xiao Xun looked at the dark entrance of the cave, and after a long time, he took a deep breath and instructed Qing San behind him, "Let people guard the side hall, and not a word of the matter here shall be leaked!" ”

"Yes, Prince!" Qingsan went out to keep an eye on it.

Xiao Xun waited for two quarters of an hour in front of the secret passage before Zhang Jiu and the three of them came back.

"How?" He looked at the three of them and asked urgently.

Zhang Jiu arched his hand and said, "Prince, the secret passage leads to the cold palace, and the subordinates found two lines of extremely shallow footprints outside, and the assassin should be the crown princess who took it from there." ”

Xiao Xun clenched his fists and said in a deep voice, "An hour ago, the guards in the palace just changed guards, there were few guards in the cold palace, and tonight there was just no moon, and the night was dark, it was indeed the easiest for them to leave from there." Are there any other clues? ”

Zhang Jiu shook his head, "The light skill of the assassin is extremely high, except for the two lines of footprints left when he stepped out of the cold palace, there is no trace of it, but ......" he said, and changed the conversation again, "There is another way to find the crown princess as soon as possible." ”

"What's the solution?"

"The normal process of solving a case is to go downstream, and we can now swim against the current."

"Sir, you mean, skip the evidence, lock up the suspect directly, and start with the suspect?"

Zhang Jiu's long and narrow eyes were dark and bright, and he bowed slightly, "To be able to afford such a level of dead soldiers, and to dig out such a tunnel, this person's identity in the palace is definitely not simple, like Concubine Jing, Concubine Ning and others can......'t do it at all."

"Concubine Lu!" Xiao Xun raised his chin slightly, gritted his teeth and said word by word, "It's her!" ”

"That's right," Zhang Jiu nodded, "The crown princess has a deep grudge with Lu Guifei and Princess Huyang, and the strange poison on the prince's body can only be solved by the crown princess, so as long as they put the crown princess to death, it is equivalent to cutting off the prince's back road." ”

Xiao Xun thought of what happened to Qingyao last time, and after a few breaths, he said coldly, "With the skills of assassins, they could have killed Jin'er in the side hall, but they didn't do it, not because they were afraid of death, but because they wanted to nail Jin'er to the pillar of shame, not only ruining her, but also ruining Ji'er, just like ...... The first emperor was the same as Yu's. ”

Zhang Jiubo is familiar with the ancient and modern times, is familiar with the history of the real and the wild, and also has a little understanding of the anecdotes of the original emperor, he sank his face and said, "If this is the case, then Lu Guifei will definitely make this matter known to everyone." It's hard to have a lot of dreams at night, and it's very likely that she'll do it tonight! ”

"No, Prince, we have to find the Crown Princess faster! Otherwise, even if people can be saved, it will be the same fate as ......" and Yu.

Zhang didn't say the last half of the sentence for a long time, but Xiao Xun's heart was like a mirror.

His face became even more gloomy, and he put one hand behind his back, and after a long time, he opened his lips and said, "There is a way to try it." ”

"Prince, please speak."

"If Lu Guifei wants to make a big deal out of it, and it is at night, she must pass through the hands of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, we only need to let people stare at the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and we can know the place where Jin'er is trapped one step in advance."

When Zhang Jiu heard this, his face was happy, "The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, you can, the prince is wise!" ”

He paused slightly, and then added, "However, it would be better if Lu Guifei could lift a stone and hit herself in the foot, she wanted to ruin the reputation of the crown princess and force the crown princess to death, so that her pearl in her palm would taste the same." ”

Xiao Xun understood what Zhang Jiu meant, he tilted his head slightly, and looked at Qing Yi with cold eyes, "Arrange it according to what Mr. said, you must be cautious." ”

"Yes, Prince!" Qingyi agreed and retreated.

Not long after he left, Xiao Xun and Zhang Jiuyi also left the side hall one after the other......

Yilan Palace.

Lu Guifei hadn't rested yet, when she heard footsteps outside, she leaned on the Luohan bed and leaned slightly to the side.

It was the big palace maid Qingrao who came in.

"How?" Lu Guifei raised her eyelids, put down the beauty in her hand and asked, "Did the prince find out any clues?" ”

"Back to Niangniang's words, your idea is very good, the prince led people to search the side hall of Zhanghua Hall for three or four quarters of an hour, but they didn't find any clues." Qingrao bent down slightly and said in a low voice.

Lu Guifei smiled coldly, "After tomorrow, this palace wants to see how the prince still competes with the virtue of this palace!" ”

From the message sent by Aunt Wanhua, Concubine Lu had already learned that Xiao De was stabbed several times by Lu Nianjin and thrown in Tiger Town before he fell into the South Wind Pavilion.

From that moment on, she decided to take Lu Nianjin's life!

Last time, it was the little slut's good luck that tired her of stealing chickens instead of folding a Qingyao, this time, in order to avenge her son, she deliberately deliberated repeatedly and calculated everything to ......

As long as it's past tonight, Lu Nianjin, she doesn't want to turn over again!

"Inform Lu Kan of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, let him pay more attention to the direction of the State Guesthouse tonight, if there is a fire or something over there, you must bring enough people to save it, after all, the prince is a distinguished guest of our Yun Dynasty!"

"Yes, Niangniang," Qingrao agreed, and retreated.

Qing Yi arranged people outside the Yilan Palace early in the morning, and the dead soldiers guarding outside saw that a little eunuch was about to leave the palace with a waist card for leaving the palace, and immediately followed......

Half an hour later, Xiao Xun got the news.

"Lu Kan? State Guesthouse? He sneered, turned back to Qingyi, "Lu Kan doesn't have to worry about it, take someone to Huyang and go to the State Guesthouse with the palace!" ”

"Yes, Prince!" As soon as Qing agreed, he was about to leave.

When he was about to go out, Xiao Xun stopped, as if he remembered something, and instructed Qing Er again, "You go to the Five Cities Terraigma Division and inform Liu Jue that if someone reports a fire in the State Guesthouse, let him go with him!" ”

"Yes, Prince!" Qing Er replied with his hand.

Xiao Xun took Qing Yiyi and his party and left the palace at night.

Stepping on the night wind, they rode all the way, and after more than half an hour, they stopped outside the state guesthouse.

Xiao Xun asked the dead man to wait outside, and he went in to inquire in person.

The State Guesthouse is a five-door four-entry mansion, and there are more than a dozen small courtyards inside, Xiao Xun went straight to the largest courtyard, and the owner of this courtyard was Mo Mingren, the prince of the Japanese king.

It was getting late, and the lights in the bedroom had been extinguished.

Xiao Xun opened the window and climbed in almost silently.

There was no moon tonight, only the shadow of the night pearl on the bed was shining, and he recognized the woman lying with Mo Mingren on the bed with Lu Nianjin at a glance.

At this moment, the coat on her body had been stripped off, her snow-white arms were exposed, and her face was a pink pink.

"Jin'er!" He screamed anxiously, and at the same time, a jade chess piece popped out and hit Mo Mingren's acupoint.

Mo Mingren slept even more sleepily.

Xiao Xun stepped forward in a few steps, sat down on the edge of the bed, picked up Lu Nianjin and called a few more times. But Lu Nianjin didn't react at all.

He couldn't wake her up, so he picked up the clothes on the ground and put them on, hugged her, and turned out again while no one was looking.

Outside the State Guesthouse, Qing Yi saw the master coming out with a person in his arms, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Prince, have you found the crown princess?" ”

Xiao Xun nodded, then looked at Princess Huyang, who was unconscious on Qingsan's back, and said, "Send her to Mo Mingren's room." ”

"Yes, Prince!" Qing San agreed, carrying Princess Huyang on his back, and after a few jumps, the figures of the two disappeared.

"The palace will take the crown princess back first, you two will guard here, and when Qingsan comes back, you can set the fire!"

"Subordinates take orders!" Qing Yi and Qing Er agreed, and the two watched their master leave.

Half an hour later, Xiao Xun took Lu Nianjin back to the National Teacher's Mansion.

Before Imperial Physician Zhou left, when he saw the prince coming in with a woman in his arms, he quickly got up and shouted, "Prince." ”

Xiao Xun ignored him, he directly put Lu Nianjin on the bed, turned around, and coldly instructed Yun Jiang and Yun Xun, "Find a way to send the peony into the palace and make the merit for the crime, otherwise you won't have to serve in the National Teacher's Mansion in the future!" ”

When Yun Jiang and Yun Jing heard this, they hurriedly agreed with their spirits, picked up the peony and retreated.

Xiao Xun watched the two leave, then looked at Imperial Doctor Zhou, twisted his eyebrows and asked, "Have you found a way to solve this spirit?" ”

Imperial Physician Zhou looked dumbfounded, "If you go back to the prince, you haven't yet." ”

"Then this strong wine will hurt the child in the crown princess's womb?"

This question was even more difficult for Imperial Physician Zhou, cold sweat flowed down his forehead one by one, and after a long time, he said, "Such a strong drink naturally has some effect on the fetus......

When Xiao Xun heard this, his face turned pale, and he pressed his eyebrows tightly, "Is there really no way?" ”

Imperial Physician Zhou trembled and said, "Maybe you can drink some kudzu soup, which can help the wine disperse!" ”

"Then don't go and prepare!" Xiao Xun reprimanded sharply.

Imperial Physician Zhou retreated.

Xiao Xun sat down on the edge of the bed, with pity in his eyes, gently stroked Lu Nianjin's hot cheeks, and said guiltily, "Jin'er, it's the palace that lost its word, and didn't protect you......"

Lu Nianjin couldn't hear the sound of the outside world, she only felt that her stomach was burning, and she was extremely uncomfortable.

Finally, she couldn't help but mutter, and said unconsciously, "Awakening ointment, awakening ointment......"

"Jin'er, what are you talking about?" Xiao Xun heard her muttering, approached her, and said urgently, "You say it again, say it again!" ”

"Awakening ointment, awakening anointing......" Lu Nianjin kept chattering.

Xiao Xun's eyes flashed with a bright color, and he held her hand tightly and said, "You mean, the awakening ointment can cure hangover, right?" ”

Lu Nianjin didn't respond, but kept reading those three words.

At this moment, Imperial Physician Zhou approached from outside with Gehua soup, Xiao Xun saw him, stood up and said, "You feed Gehua soup to the crown princess first, and go out to the palace!" ”

"Yes," Imperial Physician Zhou agreed, watching Xiao Xun walk outside.

Xiao Xun went directly to the study, he searched for a long time in the Duobao Pavilion where Lu Nianjin put the medicine, and finally found a bottle of ointment with the words "Awakening Cream" at the bottom.

Back in the inner room, he uncorked the bottle, and just as he didn't know what to do with it, a pungent smell came out of the bottle.

Smelling this smell, Imperial Physician Zhou glanced back, and said anxiously and happily, "Prince, what you are holding in your hand is the best hangover medicine made from the legendary Awakening Herb?" ”

Xiao asked, "Do you know how to use this awakening ointment?" ”

Imperial Physician Zhou hurriedly said, "It is said that there is a kind of yellow-leaved bauhinia awakening grass on Xingqing Mountain in Liuyang County, and the juice is pounded with it, and the drunk can wake up immediately as soon as he smells it. ”

Xiao Xun heard him say this, and without delay, he walked towards Lu Nianjin and approached her with the mouth of the medicine bottle.

Lu Nianjin smelled this smell, and sure enough, she stopped babbling, and the flush on her face receded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Jin'er, Jin'er......" Xiao Xun held her hand tightly and shouted eagerly.

A quarter of an hour later, Lu Nianjin finally opened his eyes leisurely, and Xiao Xun looked at this scene, his eyes were red.

"Jin'er, you've finally woken up!" He couldn't hold back any longer, and hugged her into his arms.

When Imperial Physician Zhou saw it, he quickly turned around and avoided it.

Lu Nianjin was hugged tightly by Xiao Xun, but she was confused, she didn't even have time to ask, her stomach spasmed violently, her throat vomited, she hurriedly pushed Xiao Xun away, and vomited on the side of the bed.

She vomited so much that her bile was about to be thrown out.

"Crown princess, rinse your mouth!" Yun Shu, who escaped the catastrophe, stepped forward in time, and handed Lu Nianjin a glass of water distressedly, Lu Nianjin rinsed his mouth, and only then did he feel a little comfortable, and the filth beside the bed was dealt with by someone else, and the bedroom was clean again after a while.

Lu Nianjin stroked his lower abdomen and looked at Xiao Xun, and asked weakly, "Prince, am I drunk?" ”

Xiao Xun squeezed her hand, "These things will be said later, the most important thing at the moment is your body, is there anything else you feel uncomfortable with?" I vomited so much just now, are you hungry, do you need to ask Aunt Wu to prepare some food for you? ”

Lu Nianjin shook his head, "I don't have an appetite now, let Imperial Doctor Zhou cook me some stomach nourishing decoction, my stomach is still a little uncomfortable." ”

Xiao Xun looked at Imperial Physician Zhou, who hurriedly agreed and retreated.

After Imperial Physician Zhou left, Xiao Xun watched Lu Nianjin drink a glass of rose dew before telling her about the changes that happened at the banquet and Concubine Lu's conspiracy.

After hearing this, Lu Nianjin's face turned white, and he hammered down the bedpost hard, and said, "I've never seen such a vicious person!" If she really hates and poisons me, I will admire her for being a man, how can she be so filthy and innocent of a calculating person! ”

Xiao Xun squeezed her palm soothingly, "The people in the palace have always been like this. ”

Lu Nianjin listened to Xiao Xun's words, snorted lightly, shook his hand back, and said, "However, fortunately, the prince found me in time, and helped me avenge this arrow by the way!" ”

Xiao Xun looked at her as gently as water, raised his hand, and helped her comb the broken hair on her cheeks, "Tomorrow, you just wait to watch the show!" ”

Lu Nianjin nodded, and then, as if she remembered something, she said, "What about Peony, is she okay?" ”

"The palace has already asked Yun Jiang to send her into the palace, what Imperial Doctor Zhou means is that it is estimated that it will take three or five days to wake up."

"Does this incident have anything to do with her?"

"I don't know yet, I can't interrogate her until she wakes up."

"Oh."

"It's been a night of tossing, you can sleep well, this palace is here with you."

"It's okay," Lu Nianjin replied softly, leaned into Xiao Xun's arms, and slowly fell asleep.

At this time, outside the State Guesthouse.

Lu Kan and Liu Jue led people to the outside of the burning courtyard one after another.

The two looked at each other, and Lu Kan turned around and instructed his subordinates, "The prince's status is precious, go in and put out the fire immediately!" ”

"Yes, Commander!" Dozens of servants answered, lifted the bucket in their hand, poured it on their bodies, and rushed in.

Lu Kan and Liu Jue both looked ahead, and neither of them spoke.

The fire in the yard was rampant.

It took dozens of men two quarters of an hour to extinguish the fire, and the two officers who rushed to the front rushed out of the fire with one man on their backs.

"Prince!" Lu Kan screamed, and rushed forward as soon as possible, the fire was too big, and he saw that Mo Mingren's face, arms, and legs were lightly and heavily burned, and the woman next to him also burned his forehead.

"Who is this?" Liu Jue only glanced at the prince of the widow, then turned to the woman beside him and asked.

The official of the state guesthouse on the side hurriedly shirked and said, "We don't know about this, the prince likes women, and often brings some girls back from outside, some of those girls stay for one day, some stay for three or five days, and his subordinates can't remember even if they want to." ”

"Let's see what token she's on!" Lu Kan interrupted the state guest envoy and commanded meaningfully.

The officer beside him listened to his boss and immediately stepped forward to check.

"Commander, this woman has a jade pendant on her neck, it's good to look at!" The messenger said, dragged the jade pendant down, got up and was about to hand it to Lu Kan, who knew that at this time, the woman on the ground woke up from pain, she opened her eyes, and saw that there were so many men in front of her, and she was disheveled, and immediately shouted in horror, "Who are you, you dare to surprise this princess!" ”

As soon as these words came out, for a while, Lu Kan and Liu Jue's faces changed.

Especially Lu Kan, his brows twisted so that he could catch flies, looked at the woman on the ground, and said sharply, "Girl, who are you?" ”