The emperor's face is not very good, his lips are white, and he seems to be sitting on the dragon chair strongly, coming back from the Ling'an Palace, his physical condition is not very good, and the place where he was scratched by the wolf has been bandaged and treated, although it is not complete, but there is no deterioration, but as soon as he comes back, he is sick, and the imperial doctor is frightened and cold, and he must cultivate well.

He coughed twice, endured all kinds of discomfort and said, "Yi Liyun found some clues, and today Zhou Guifei also came to tell me that she found a person and wanted the prince to see him." ”

Zhou Guifei nodded to the emperor, got up from the chair next to her, and smiled smartly: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, this is thanks to a brother of my Zhou family, who accidentally bumped into him and told the concubine's father, who felt that the matter was not trivial, so he cooperated with the concubine to tell the emperor and let the emperor make a decision." ”

Fan Shenxi hooked his lips.

"Bring it in."

A young woman was brought in, and when she was pressed to her knees by two guards, Fan Shenxi's brow jumped, and her eyes half-closed to hide the coldness in her eyes.

Zhou Guifei shouted gracefully: "Raise your head, let everyone see who you are?" ”

Qiu Xiaobei was forced to raise her face with her chin lifted, and everyone in the study could see her appearance clearly.

"Becky!" Fan Shenxi's face changed, and he even stood up regardless of whether his legs could walk well, and then staggered forward, "Why are you here?" Where have you been during this time? ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't seem to know?" Zhou Guifei asked rhetorically.

"What do you mean by this? It is not a secret that Hongu has been sending people to look for her during this time. ”

"Since the prince doesn't know anything, that's this woman's idea."

Fan Shenxi frowned slightly: "Guifei Niangniang, what do you mean by this?" ”

Zhou Guifei slowly walked up to Qiu Xiaobei: "Not all the truth can be satisfied, sometimes the truth is often heart-wrenching, His Royal Highness the Prince, do you know how my Zhou family brother found her, just in Kyoto, she also set up a shop to do business, look, how chic and comfortable she is, where is it like being robbed?" ”

Fan Shenxi looked at Qiu Xiaobei and was silent.

"The concubine felt that something was wrong, and sent someone to investigate, but found that the real Qiu Xiaobei was dead, as early as when she was elected to the East Palace, she was already dead."

When Fan Shenxi took over the Sixth Division, he secretly changed Qiu Xiaobei's information from a eunuch to a palace maid, including her and another eunuch transferred to the East Palace, and the records were also changed to, a palace maid and a eunuch, the palace maid is her, no matter where, the information and records are all made by the prince in order to protect her, so that she was disguised as a eunuch later, anyway, when Fan Shenxi found her, she was indeed a month pregnant, and it was also at that time that she gradually appeared in front of people, if you want to count the time, there is nothing wrong.

The investigation that Zhou Guifei said at this time found out was naturally the identity of Qiu Xiaobei's palace maid.

"This is impossible," Fan Shenxi seemed unacceptable, "how is this possible?" ”

"We found a corpse, which proved that it was the real Qiu Xiaobei, and now this, I don't know for what purpose, used this identity to infiltrate the East Palace. Come to think of it, the concubine is also rare, what is this girl based on, so that the prince has a soft spot for her, not only let her conceive the imperial grandson, but also in order to protect her to let her pretend to be a eunuch, and she has to take it with her when she goes on the expedition, and now the concubine understands a little, this woman enters the East Palace, the purpose is here, the concubine has to sigh and admire. ”

Qiu Xiaobei looked at Fan Shenxi with teary eyes, and when Zhou Guifei said, she shook her head with difficulty, as if she wanted to tell everyone to tell Fan Shenxi that things were not what Zhou Guifei said.

But she can't open her mouth now, she can't speak.

"There are a lot of things that don't make sense about what the concubine Niangniang said," the prime minister spoke, after all, it was about his great-grandson's mother-in-law, although this woman was not his ideal granddaughter-in-law, "Anyone has a record before entering the palace, how can this be impersonated, is there still someone who looks the same?" ”

Zhou Hengzhi snorted: "Haven't you heard of the Prime Minister, the disguise technique and the bone shrinking technique?" ”

Zhou Guifei agreed: "What my father said is that in fact, whether this person is a fake or not, just see what she looks like." ”

She turned to face the emperor and asked: "Your Majesty, look at this matter......

The emperor was not in good spirits, but because of the importance of this matter, he was still reluctant to lift his spirits, but when he heard Zhou Guifei pulling a big push, his head was already buzzing, he endured it, and announced a grandmother and asked her to check Qiu Xiaobei.

Mama touched Qiu Xiaobei's shoulder bones, back and other places, and after checking her body bones, she pinched Qiu Xiaobei's face again, in order to see if she could tear off things like a human skin mask, she also pinched her cheeks vigorously, making Xiaobei tearful and her eyes red.

Soon it will be fine, he said to himself, and soon it will be all over.

After some inspection, Mama bowed to the emperor and said, "Back to the emperor, after the inspection of the slave maid, this woman has no signs of shrinking bones, let alone disfigurement, everything is the original." ”

"What!" Zhou Guifei was shocked, "This is impossible!" ”

All her plans are based on the position that Qiu Xiaobei is a fake identity, if this Qiu Xiaobei is real, then ......

"Woo woo woo

At this time, Qiu Xiaobei opened the person who was pressing her, but her hands were still tied behind her, so she threw herself on the ground and squeezed out a voice from her throat towards Fan Shenxi, looking miserable and pitiful.

"Becky." Fan Shenxi took a step forward movingly, but because his legs were not fully healed after sitting in a wheelchair for a long time, he fell to his knees weakly.

"Your Highness!"

"Go away." Fan Shenxi pushed away the person who wanted to support him, came to Qiu Xiaobei and sat her up on her stomach, and hurriedly checked whether she was injured, but "found": "What's wrong with your mouth?" He glared at Zhou Guifei angrily, "Who is it, who drugged her!" ”

Because the emperor was unwell, the imperial doctor was by his side, and at this moment, he came to check on Qiu Xiaobei, and found that it was just an ordinary medicine powder that could not be spoken, after all, he was an imperial doctor, and he still had some ability.

When Qiu Xiaobei could speak, she kowtowed to the emperor in Fan Shenxi's arms: "Your Majesty, the slave is wronged, the slave is wronged!" A slave is a slave, never someone else, the slave was taken away in Jincheng, they stuffed the slave into a closed carriage, leaving only a small window to send some food, on the way, I gave birth to a child early because of the twists and turns of the road, and then it has been muddy, until I was sent to Kyoto, and then, I was brought into the palace, I don't know where the words of the concubine came from, the emperor, the slave is wronged! ”

Qiu Xiaobei burst into tears, she could smell sadness and tears, endless pain, sat on the ground after shouting injustice, lying in Fan Shenxi's arms and suppressed tears, she could only see her shaking shoulders, and couldn't hear the sound she couldn't bear.

"Your Majesty," the prime minister's voice was thick, "If the nephew and daughter-in-law of the old minister are real, then she is just from a night palace, how can she kidnap herself in a place under heavy guard?" Now that you're gone, why do you want to go back to Kyoto and open a pharmacy? Is this not a clear idea of calling for everyone to come and arrest her? Zhou Guifei's words are really ridiculous. ”

The steady prime minister showed his very angry side, and his wrinkled face protested against Zhou Guifei with four words: Deceive people too much!

The emperor was also annoyed, and his unwell temper made him not have a good temper, so he threw the book in his hand towards Zhou Guifei: "Zhou Guifei, you are so bold, you actually called everyone here, just to see this good play you directed and acted in?" ”

"The concubine is wronged!" As soon as Zhou Guifei knelt down arrogantly, tears came out, "Your Majesty, if it is really directed and acted by the concubine, knowing that this Qiu Xiaobei is true, she also asked her to check, didn't she slap herself in the face, Your Majesty, the concubine is not so stupid!" ”

"Perhaps, it was not Concubine Zhou who kidnapped the wife and children of her sons."

Whether it is the prime minister, the crown prince, a nephew, a wife and children, they all recognize Qiu Xiaobei's status, and he is no longer just a slave of the Night Palace.

"What does the prince mean?"

"Father, Erchen has been thinking, where did Wei Qing have such a great ability to kidnap Erchen's wife and children from the heavily guarded Jincheng, but the evidence shows that it is indeed related to the Wei family, then, there is only one possibility." Fan Shenxi's deep eyes were full of anger, "The Wei family has colluded with other forces, and Zhou Guifei can bring her son's wife to the palace, which means that Zhou Guifei," he looked at Zhou Guifei and sneered, "It also has something to do with this force, but now it seems that Zhou Guifei has been dismissed." ”

At this time, no one can care, Fan Shenxi called Qiu Xiaobei his wife, in the end, it didn't conform to the rules.

Zhou Guifei bit her lower lip and took a breath silently, glaring at Fan Shenxi resentfully.

The emperor's breath intensified.

"Erchen thinks about it very carefully, my father has thought about it, if it is confirmed that Erchen's wife is true or false, then in order to investigate this matter, I don't know how many people will be implicated, if it is confirmed that it is Erchen's wife is true, then, Zhou Guifei will become an outcast, she will indirectly affect the fourth emperor brother and the fifth emperor brother, father, no matter which one it is, it will cause chaos in our royal family."

"According to what the prince said," Zhou Guifei said hatefully, "what good is this for the concubines?" ”

"Of course, if the woman next to Erchen is a spy and an undercover agent, you can transfer the matter of the assassin of Ling'an Hall from the concubine to Erchen."

For example, the prince's woman is a spy, so could it be that this woman instigated the prince's hands and feet, or could the prince have been united with this spy?

This point, the prince reminded him like this, and anyone can think of it.

Zhou Guifei looked angry, but in fact she was hiding her panic: "What nonsense is the prince talking about, how can the assassin's matter be related to the concubine?" ”

Fan Shen said quietly: "Erchen heard that Master Yi has found some clues? ”

The emperor, whose face was dark and dark, raised his hand, and a eunuch announced Yi Liyun in.

Yi Liyun didn't have so many roundabout words, he said the evidence he had found in the past few days.

He found a suspicious person in the palace people who accompanied the Ling'an Hall at that time, and confirmed that the iron ring was destroyed by him, and after testing, he confided in who gave him money, and caught it one by one, and finally found the steward eunuch beside Zhou Guifei.

In addition, when Zhou Guifei called everyone to the study and wanted to "wrong" Qiu Xiaobei, Yi Liyun had secretly obtained the emperor's consent and asked people to search the Hehuan Palace, and found a kind of medicinal powder in the hidden place inside, as long as that medicinal powder was sprinkled on the body, it would stimulate the wolf's sense of smell and make the wolf only stare at that person to kill.

This plan can be described as vicious, if Fan Shenxi hadn't knocked the wolf away at that time, the current emperor would not have been able to sit here.

"No, the emperor," Zhou Guifei knelt and climbed a few steps forward, "This thing must have been put in the palace of the concubine to frame the concubine, you have to believe the concubine, the concubine has been by your side for so many years, giving birth to children for you, how can the concubine harm you?" ”

Yi Liyun said again: "The chief eunuch beside the concubine has just been recruited, and the package of medicine was sent in by Lord Zhou to give the emperor.

Lord Zhou knelt down with a "bang": "Your Majesty, the minister didn't, what the minister asked people to give to their daughter was just, just some medicines that can make a woman's face glow, although this is indeed a violation of the rules, but I never thought of harming you!" ”

"Excuse me, Lord Zhou," Yi Liyun took out a bottle, "the medicine you said is contained in this bottle?" ”

Lord Zhou knew the medicine bottle, and he couldn't deny it now, so he hesitated and nodded: "Yes, it's this medicine bottle." ”

"Your Majesty," Yi Liyun said to the emperor, "The humble position has already asked the imperial doctor to check it, and the medicine in this medicine bottle is what the humble official just said, which can stimulate the wolf, if the emperor doesn't believe it, you can let the imperial doctor check it." ”

For the sake of safety, the old imperial doctor was ordered to take the medicine bottle, and after checking it, he confirmed what Yi Liyun said.

"No, no, this medicine concubine has been taking it, how can it be a medicine that stimulates wolves? It's you! The concubine pointed at Yi Liyun and then at Fan Shenxi, "It was you who changed the medicine in the bottle, and it was you who framed me!" ”

Yi Liyun bowed his head to the emperor without justification, his expression was frank, he was the emperor's protector, he would not frame a concubine, what he said was found by him, as for the truth, the emperor himself made the decision.

Fan Shen sneered: "Master Yi said just now, the medicine is hidden in an extremely secret place, and the son has the ability to escape the heavens and the earth, so he can still change the medicine of the concubine?" ”

Zhou Guifei opened her eyes wide, her former grace was gone, her expression was a little crazy, she thought of something, and suddenly shouted: "In Hehuan Palace, there is a person with the prince, isn't it?" ”

"Enough!" The emperor really couldn't listen to it anymore, he slapped the table hard, and because of anger, he coughed, because he coughed hard, even his pale face turned red, and he finally stopped coughing, he pointed at Zhou Guifei for a long time before he spoke, "Your chief eunuch has been recruited, he is a member of your Zhou family, can he still be installed by the prince?" All kinds of evidence are here, how long do you have to quibble? You're really, so disappointing to me. ”

"Your Majesty—" Zhou Guifei shouted sadly.

"Spread my will, put Zhou Guifei in the cold palace, and before the four princes cleared their suspicions, they were confined in his mansion, as for Zhou Hengzhi," the emperor glanced at the minister he once valued, "Remove the official position, press into the prison, and retry at a later date." ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the ministers are wronged, the ministers are wronged!"

When the once incomparably noble Lord Zhou and Zhou Guifei were dragged down in the most embarrassing way, the emperor closed his eyes, he knew that the Zhou family was not innocent, nor was he wronged, and he didn't dare to say whether he collaborated with foreign countries, and the assassin's affairs were absolutely inseparable from them.

It's just that he was inevitably taken advantage of by the crown prince and added some unforgivable charges, but so what, can he, the emperor, still turn a blind eye to this evidence?

Thinking of this, the emperor's heart churned with blood and spurted out a mouthful of blood.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty—"

only heard the call of the soldiers, and then, the emperor fainted.

……

The prince waited until the imperial doctor had finished treating the emperor, prescribed medicine to boil up, and took it, and after the emperor slept peacefully, the filial piety performance of the performance was finished, and the concubines who served the sick also arrived, he led his wife to prepare to return to the East Palace.

As soon as he came out of the gate of Zhengqian Palace, he met the Queen Mother who came from Fengyi.

"See Grandmother Royal."

Qiu Xiaobei knelt down: "See the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother is a thousand years old." ”

The Queen Mother didn't even look at the humble Qiu Xiaobei, she didn't even speak quietly, and came to the prince: "Where is your father?" ”

"Don't worry about the imperial grandmother, the emperor is fine." Fan Shenxi said and pulled Qiu Xiaobei up.

When the Queen Mother saw his movements, her face turned cold, she took a breath, and said seriously: "Prince, the mourning family knows that you have been wronged over the years, but the entire royal family is ugly, and you, the prince, are not glorious." ”

"What does the imperial grandmother mean by this, has the grandson done anything?"

"As soon as you came back, you pulled down your crown princess and ruined the Wei family, and now you pull down Zhou Guifei and ruined the Zhou family, prince, how long have you been back? Now let a woman from the Night Palace conceive your dignified prince's flesh and blood, is it to make the world laugh? Prince, you are really a good means, a good means! ”

Compared with the Queen Mother's slightly excited tone, Fan Shenxi was very calm: "Imperial grandmother, my grandson knows that you have always favored other grandsons, but my grandson didn't expect that you would turn black and white to this extent." Did Wei Qing and the Wei family do those things that their grandson forced them, and did the Zhou family design to assassinate their father and grandson, was it forced by their grandson? Imperial grandmother, do you know that your grandson has just returned? ”

The Queen Mother opened her mouth, and she couldn't say anything to refute for a long time, so she could not only blame the Wei family and the Zhou family for being too angry.

"As for her," Fan Shenxi raised his hand to hold hands with Qiu Xiaobei, "Imperial Grandmother, when any of your Wei family and Zhou family bullied their grandson, she was by my side to protect me, and I found a way to worry about me, for my grandson, she is my wife." If the world wants to laugh, then laugh, grandson," he chuckled, his eyebrows furrowed, "really, I don't care." ”

"Prince!"

"Grandmother is here to see my father, right? Then the grandson won't delay you, the grandson still has something to do, so go first. ”

Fan Shenxi pulled Qiu Xiaobei past the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother looked at the prince who was surrounded by the palace people and left, and was so angry that she fell backwards, and was supported by the grandmother behind her: "Queen Mother, take care of your body." ”

"Prince, Prince!" She gritted her teeth and closed her eyes, "You have to find a way, otherwise, it's all over." ”

On the other end, Qiu Xiaobei clenched Fan Shenxi's hand: "Are you just like this?" ”

"We all know what is in each other's hearts, it's time like this, and it's a joke to maintain that so-called family relationship." Fan Shenxi pulled her hand to his chest, "None of this matters, you better tell me first, what's going on with the spy?" ”

What he found out at the time was that she and another eunuch who entered the East Palace at the same time were indeed replaced, and she was almost eliminated along with another eunuch.

Although when they got along later, he determined that she had nothing to do with the spy, so the process of dropping the bag at that time was intriguing.

"This," Qiu Xiaobei's smile brought a hint of wind and frost, "It's a bit of a long story." ”

……

Qiu Xiaobei opened his eyes suddenly!

In the darkness, she saw through the moonlight that the closed wooden window was being opened little by little.

Something terrible approached, and she laughed and laughed again, and it was getting closer and closer, but she lay straight on the bed and couldn't move......

Help, help......

With a "snap" sound, the spell of immobilization was lifted, Qiu Xiaobei gasped, looked at the little eunuch in the same room, and lit the oil lamp.

"You're awake? Then get up quickly, it's late, and Grandpa You is going to scold again. ”

At this time, it was still dark outside, but as low-ranking eunuchs, they had to get up and work every day before dawn.

Qiu Xiaobei got up slowly, and after the little eunuch went out, she hurriedly put on her eunuch costume, which was a thin uniform blue dress, and then quickly pulled up her hair, put on a black hat, and hurriedly walked out of this cramped and narrow room.

Like all the little eunuchs, she led a wooden bucket and a rag and a brush, and scrubbed and washed, making sure to wash everything that was visible and invisible before the palace masters got up.

The water in the early morning was extremely cold, Qiu Xiaobei endured the discomfort caused by his frostbitten hands, forcibly stretched into the ice water, and started a day of hard life.

The cold wind blew, and the thin clothes made her shiver with cold.

At this time, a big eunuch with a higher rank than Gonggong You, who was guarding them, came over with a whisk, and in the face of Gonggong You's bowing to curry favor, he looked arrogant, Qiu Xiaobei's five senses were keen, and he heard it clearly, he was going to pick two little eunuchs to serve the prince of the East Palace.

Gonggong You said that the eunuchs here are all the lowest, how can they serve the prince, but the big eunuch came over with a look, and Gonggong You didn't dare to say anything, accompanied by the big eunuch, the eunuchs present all shouted over, and let the big eunuch look at them one by one as if picking pork.

Qiu Xiaobei shrank in the second row, bowing his head and shoulders, reducing his presence as much as possible.

But this big eunuch, who was called Chief Wu, walked around, and then ordered her and the eunuch beside her: "You two, give you a quarter of an hour to go back and clean up, and then follow me." ”

They don't have a choice, they have to be.

Qiu Xiaobei returned to the room where she lived, packing up her two thin clothes, if you want to talk about other things, it is really not much, because she is an outsider.