The palace walls are very high, and the red walls and green tiles are majestic everywhere.

There were many paths to the palace gate, and each one was brought to the guards standing upright, and these people straightened their backs and concentrated on guarding the safety of the entire imperial city.

The palace man who led the way for Chu Qian was an elderly eunuch, he was slightly hunched, holding a white whisk in his hand, his clothes were vermilion, embroidered with dark lines of ink-colored silk, and his status was quite high, but Chu Qian couldn't see his rank.

He had never entered the palace, and every step he took inside was unfamiliar.

Su Li specially dressed him in a silver brocade robe, the clothes were newly made, he was not at home these years, and when the seasons changed, Su Li would not forget to buy him new clothes, so as not to suddenly come back one day without clothes to wear.

The clothes were made according to Chu Huai'an's size, and it was just right to wear on him, he never liked to be too fancy, and after Su Li took the clothes back, he only personally embroidered the word 'Qian' on the cuffs.

He tied his hair with a jade crown, hung a fine mutton fat jade around his waist, and wore a mask on his face that had been sent to the Xiaoyao Mansion by the palace people of the Internal Affairs Mansion many years ago.

He knew that he was about to become the Son of Heaven, the one who could rule over the lives and deaths of many people.

He didn't feel nervous, just a little excited inexplicably.

"Shizi, please!"

The palace people took him to the door of the imperial study and stood still, Chu Qian took a breath, straightened his back and walked into the room, Orange Qi wanted to follow in, but was stopped by the palace people, Chu Qian glanced back at her, and said in a deep voice: "Just wait for me here, don't make trouble!" ”

"Oh."

Orange Seven nodded, because he was wearing a hat and couldn't see the trembling ears underneath.

The buildings in the palace have always been magnificent, and the imperial study room is larger than Chu Qian's courtyard, and as soon as he entered, he saw Chu Lingzhao wearing a bright yellow dragon robe sitting in front of the table to review the folds.

Chu Qian walked to a place three or four steps away from the table and stopped, lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt down: "Grass people Chu Qian, meet Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live long live!" ”

Chu Qian said loudly, obeying the rules given to him by Su Li before entering the palace.

Chu Lingzhao paused, did not look up, and continued to review the recital, the study was very quiet, and Chu Qian was not impatient at all when he knelt.

I don't know how long it took, Chu Lingzhao finally put down the fold and cast his gaze at him.

The gaze was heavy, with the usual coercion of the superiors, but there was not much aggressiveness, Chu Qian straightened his back and looked at him.

He had seen Chu Lingzhao when he was a child, but he didn't remember it for a long time, and only now that the eyes of the two were intertwined, he could see the face of this emperor clearly.

It is not as difficult to approach as Chu Qian imagined, because Chu Lingzhao's current appearance is still four or five points similar to Chu Huai'an, Xu has worked too much on state affairs, and the wrinkles between his eyebrows and the white hair on his temples are much more than Chu Huai'an.

Finally met, Chu Qian's previous excitement subsided, in his opinion, the emperor in front of him was just an elder who was slightly older than his father.

Moreover, this elder's eyes are swollen, and the bottom of his eyes is bloodshot, and he looks like he hasn't rested well in the past few days.

"Did Your Majesty have nightmares today?"

Chu Qian took the initiative to ask, he fused Chu Huai'an and Su Li's temperament, he was frank, he liked to go straight, and he didn't like to use silence to highlight his unfathomability.

"After leaving Beijing, have you learned to swagger?" Chu Lingzhao opened his mouth lightly, his voice could not hear joy and anger, and from the literal meaning alone, it was not a good word.

Chu Qian has seen a lot of this situation, and he doesn't feel anything, and he brings out the results of his observations: "The grass people see that Your Majesty's face is haggard, and there is a faint black gas covering his face, he should have been dreamed of by a powerful ghost, this powerful ghost's resentment is extremely deep, I am afraid that he is waiting for an opportunity to murder the prince these days, if His Majesty is willing to believe the grass people's words, please also ask Your Majesty to tell the grass people about the identity of this powerful ghost." ”

"Why do you think I'll trust you so easily?"

Chu Lingzhao asked, his face slightly gloomy, because of Chu Qian's natural tone.

He hadn't seen this child for more than ten years, this child was taller than he imagined, and his posture was more upright, except for the mask, as if he had not been affected in any way, he grew up healthy and safe, and his temperament was outstanding.

"Your Majesty doesn't want to joke with the life of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Chu Qian said firmly.

After he finished talking with Chu Huai'an, Chu Huai'an sent someone to pass his words into the palace intact, and within half an hour, Chu Lingzhao's summons was sent to the Hou Mansion.

Within three days, the prince would die violently.

This is so shocking that no one in the world dares to say that he can be responsible for this sentence.

"Do you think you can save my prince?"

"If it weren't for me, the crown prince would be as simple as vomiting blood." Chu Qian gave an answer tactfully, Chu Lingzhao squinted dangerously, Chu Qian was not frightened, and took out a piece of paper and a pen from his arms: "Now, can Your Majesty tell me who the person in the dream is these days?" ”

The paper that Chu Qian took out was pure black, and he couldn't see the material, the pen was simpler, just a little hair stuffed in a small emerald green bamboo tube, and there was no ink, but he held the pen seriously, waiting for Chu Lingzhao to speak, as if he wanted to write down those contents.

Chu Lingzhao's expression moved slightly, but the palace people who were waiting in the room couldn't help but stretch their necks to see what trick Chu Qian was going to play.

"Do you know what will happen to you if the prince makes any mistakes?"

"But at your Majesty's disposal!"

Chu Qian said calmly, without a trace of waves in his tone.

Chu Lingzhao pondered silently, and spoke after a while: "Before I ascended the throne, I had a side concubine, she was born in a scholarly family, and she was the daughter of the former Shangshu Mansion, and she was talented and good-looking. ”

Chu Qian didn't rush to put down the pen, and listened quietly, Chu Lingzhao carefully talked about his acquaintance with Su Bangyue, his big wedding, and his life after marriage.

"I love her so much that I want to make her my queen." Chu Lingzhao said this, with a tender tenderness in his words, and his thoughts seemed to return to the original time.

I had been dreaming about it for a few days, so the memories that had been there for a long time had become clear.

Chu Qian was a little surprised, the reason why the ghost existed in the world must be because there was too much hatred in his heart, and the person who wanted revenge was either afraid or hated, but Chu Lingzhao's tone when he mentioned this side concubine seemed to have lingering feelings.

If there is still love, how can it be so hated?

Chu Qian suppressed his puzzlement and continued to listen, Chu Lingzhao continued: "...... Later, I found out that this concubine of mine belonged to something else, she enjoyed my favor, but she loved my brother, jealous of all the women who appeared next to the person she loved, and in order to vent her jealousy, she even did not hesitate to hurt the child in her womb! ”

Chu Lingzhao's tone became regretful, Chu Qian was speechless, he didn't expect to hear such a royal secret, this is ...... It's too messy, isn't it?

Although Chu Qian has never entered the palace, he still knows something about the royal family genealogy, as far as he knows, His Majesty Chu Lingzhao has only one blood brother, and that is Chu Lingxi, the king of Huaiyang.

Chu Lingxi is in his fiefdom all the year round, and every two or three years, if there are some grand events in Beijing, he will enter Beijing once.

Chu Qian has seen him several times in the Hou Mansion, and in Chu Qian's impression, Chu Lingxi is a very elegant person, and he has not married yet, is it because of the side concubine that Chu Lingzhao said?

Chu Qian's mind was complicated, and his cognition of Chu Lingxi collapsed for a while, but he quickly thought of a contradiction.

The side concubine was pregnant, if the child was gone, there would be a fetal spirit lingering, but he did not sense the existence of the fetal spirit that day, indicating that the child was born smoothly.

Even if the side concubine is guilty, the child should be born as a prince.

In the entire Yuanzhao now, there is only one imperial heir, the crown prince Chu Chen, if he was born to a powerful ghost, how could a powerful ghost want to harm his life?

Could it be that the child died?

Chu Qian speculated to himself, Chu Lingzhao directly skipped the child, and said that he exiled the former Shangshu Mansion Manmen, and the side concubine went crazy and was finally given death.

After the whole story was finished, Chu Lingzhao stopped, and the palace people served ginseng tea with great vision.

Chu Lingzhao took a sip, Chu Qian knew that the imperial heir was related to the inheritance of the throne, and he couldn't just ask, so he suppressed this doubt and asked Chu Lingzhao if he wanted Su Bangyue's birthday.

Chu Lingzhao still didn't believe in the words of ghosts and gods, and deliberately embarrassed Chu Qian: "She has been dead for many years, I don't remember this, I only know that her name is Su Bangyue, the bun is loose and loose, and the lead is lightly makeup." ”

Chu Lingzhao said a poem, Chu Qian moved his hand, put down the pen and wrote these three words on the paper.

He writes very slowly, and when he puts pen to paper, red fluorescence leaches out of the paper, and when he writes the pen, the fluorescence of the previous stroke quickly disappears, which is a very magical sight.

When he put down the pen, he had no distractions, and after he finished writing, there was no trace left on the paper, Chu Qian took the pen, and his heart paused inexplicably.

This side concubine has the same surname as his mother.

There are more people with the same surname in the world, Chu Qian didn't think too much, he reached out to take the paper, and as soon as he picked it up, a fire broke out in the corner of the paper, and white smoke came out.

Chu Qian was not surprised, and clicked in the void, and the smoke gradually formed and turned into a figure.

This is spiritualism, and if there is a birthday, the effect will be even better.

However, after seeing the figure clearly, Chu Qian frowned, according to what Chu Lingzhao said, that side concubine has been dead for many years, she should be a beautiful woman, how can she be so old?

Puzzled, Chu Lingzhao looked at the figure that suddenly appeared in his teacup, and said in disbelief: "Queen Mother? ”

“……”

He recruited the side concubine, why did he recruit the queen mother?

The Queen Mother was a little older when she died, and she didn't have any grievances, so she should have been reincarnated a long time ago, Chu Qian took a closer look and saw that she had a hairpin like black jade inserted on the top of her head, and she was locked by the powerful ghost named Su Bangyue, so she couldn't be reincarnated and was recruited.

Chu Lingzhao glanced up at Chu Qian very quickly, his naked eyes still couldn't see the Queen Mother's soul, he could only see it through the cup.

"She's not a ghost, she doesn't have attack power, I'll send her to reincarnation in a while, Your Majesty wants to talk to her?" Chu Qian gently asked Chu Lingzhao's opinion, but Chu Lingzhao did not answer, and lowered his head again.

The Queen Mother's face has not changed much from when she first passed away, she has not seen her for many years, and suddenly she saw that Chu Lingzhao had a lot of thoughts in her heart for a while, and she didn't know what to say.

His throne is secure, Yuanzhao is also the country and the people, he and the queen mother of the dispute and disagreement have become unimportant, he used the power very well, remembering that he still felt that he was too impulsive, in fact, the queen mother could not threaten him at that time, he let her live for a long time.

The Queen Mother died suddenly, and she didn't know what twists and turns were hidden behind her death, so she didn't resent Chu Lingzhao, but just muttered and repeated: "Hongyi, the mourning family is all for your good, why don't you listen to the mourning family!" ”

She only had this obsession in her heart, and she was angry that he didn't listen to her and separated from her mother and son.

"I was too young then......"

Chu Lingzhao whispered, with a sigh in his tone, Chu Qian raised his hand and formed a Buddha seal, and the Queen Mother's soul slowly floated towards him.

She didn't harm anyone's life after her death, the light emitted by the Buddha seal was very soft, the Queen Mother's expression gradually became sluggish, and then became peaceful, Chu Qian raised her hand to unlock the soul lock on her head, the Queen Mother opened her eyes suddenly, looked at Chu Qian in horror and screamed: "Hongyi!" How is this evil seed still alive? Why didn't you put him to death! ”

Her soul became unstable and emotional, and seeing that she was about to be blackened by that soul lock, Chu Qian immediately bit her index finger and used blood to draw a talisman in the void and press it on her head.

Chu Qian heard Orange Qi screaming outside the door, the wound on her fingertips quickly recovered, the Queen Mother calmed down again, the soul lock was successfully unlocked, and her soul quickly faded, and then disappeared.

"Where did she go?"

Chu Lingzhao retracted his gaze from looking at the teacup and asked, Chu Qian picked up the ashes that had burned out of the black paper on the ground and said, "Go where she should go." ”

After such a rehearsal, no matter how much Chu Lingzhao doubted Chu Qian, he should believe that Chu Qian had some ability even as a charlatan.

"This ghost is not shallow, if Your Majesty doesn't want the prince to have an accident, please let me eat and live with him for three days."

Chu Qian said while thinking back to what had just happened in his heart, he remembered that he had never seen the Queen Mother, how could the Queen Mother suddenly watch him riot?

Is he the obstacle in the mouth of the Queen Mother? Could it be that the Queen Mother knew that the prince of the Marquis of Xiaoyao Mansion was born with a yin and yang face, and she had the intention of killing him?

Thinking too deeply, his head ached a little, Chu Qian raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, Chu Lingzhao suddenly spoke: "Didn't your mother tell you about her life experience?" ”

Chu Qian suddenly lifted his eyes to look at Chu Lingzhao, and almost instantly affirmed that his mother had something to do with the side concubine in Chu Lingzhao's mouth.

Sure enough, the next moment Chu Lingzhao said: "Before your mother was named the county lord, she was the third lady of the former Shangshu Mansion and the sister of my side concubine Su Bangyue. ”

No wonder that terrible ghost wants to choose Yue'er to possess her!

This was the first thought that came to Chu Qian's heart, but soon he felt that something was wrong.

Shangshu Mansion was exiled because of Su Bangyue, and his mother was not only not implicated, but was also named the county lord, no matter how you look at it, this thing is not right!

Could it be that the target of the devil's revenge is actually his mother?

Chu Qian was a little uneasy, but Chu Lingzhao didn't say more, and waved his hand to let the palace people take Chu Qian to the prince's bedroom.

Chu Qian didn't want to ask any more, and went out and left with Orange Seven.

After he left, Chu Lingzhao looked at the ginseng tea in the cup with dark eyes.

This kid will really provoke evil, but it is different from what he imagined, with the name of evil, but when he grows up, he has a righteous spirit.

Like whom?

Chu Lingzhao hooked his lips, his expression was self-deprecating, and he didn't look like him and Su Wanyue at all.

Chu Chen's vomiting of blood was not hidden, An Ruolan went to the dormitory early to guard Chu Chen, and asked for warmth in the morning, Chu Chen was annoyed, so he said that he would drive An Ruolan away.

An Ruolan heard that it was Chu Yue'an who was looking for Chu Chen, Chu Chen's blood was vomited, and his momentum changed, and he was about to go to Chu Yue'an for trouble, and he happened to meet Chu Qian halfway.

"The slave meets the concubine!"

The palace people who led the way saluted respectfully, and Chu Qian slightly turned sideways to get out of the way: "Meet the noble concubine." ”

He is low-key, but this mask is too eye-catching, An Ruolan recognized his identity at once, and a disgusted expression suddenly appeared on his face: "Why did you enter the palace?" ”

She asked, her tone was not good, and she transferred Chu Chen's anger of vomiting blood to Chu Qian.

"Hui Niangniang, it was His Majesty who let the grass people enter the palace."

Chu Qian replied gently, not wanting to quarrel with An Ruolan, his eyes fell on a white hosta on An Ruolan's head.

is older, An Ruolan's usual makeup is not as delicate and gorgeous as before, the white hosta looks particularly simple and eye-catching, of course, what attracts Chu Qian is not how good-looking the white hosta is, but that the white hosta is exuding a luster that is invisible to the naked eye.

The light is extremely soft, and it is a sign of the sustenance of a very gentle and pure soul.

Chu Qian stood only one step away from An Ruolan, so he could feel the deep and warm love of his soul.

Although it will not harm people, staying in the world for too long is also against the cycle of heavenly dao, and it will be retributed.

"Let's go."

Chu Qian said to the soul in the white hosta, the people next to him were all shocked, they didn't expect him to be able to speak to the hairpin on An Ruolan's head.

An Ruolan's face changed, and he glared at Chu Qian: "What nonsense are you talking about, this evil obstacle!" ”

It's an obstacle again.

Chu Qian stabbed in his heart, and felt a little resistant to these two words, and was about to say something when a pink figure suddenly pounced and directly threw An Ruolan to the ground.

"You are the obstacle, your whole family is an obstacle!"

Chu Yue'an scolded, and after being stunned for a moment, the palace people next to him hurriedly stretched out their hands to pull Chu Yue'an away.

An Ruolan fell to the ground, her clothes and hair were messy, and she suddenly lost the prestige of the concubine.

Chu Qian took advantage of the chaos to pick up the white hosta and put it in his sleeve pocket, pulling Chu Yuean behind him to block it.

"Yue'er, what are you doing here? I'm your aunt! An Ruolan was trembling with anger, and her eyes were red with anger.

"Niangniang, the sister is still young, impulsive, embarrassed, if Niangniang has to be investigated, she can go directly to your majesty and ask your majesty to decide."

It was not early, Chu Qian wanted to settle the matter as soon as possible, and he didn't want to get entangled with An Ruolan too much.

He didn't feel sorry at all in this tone, and instigated An Ruolan to complain, An Ruolan had never been so angry in all these years, and his hand painted with Kodan almost poked Chu Qian's nose.

"You wait for Hongu!"

After saying cruel words, An Ruolan took the palace people and left quickly and went in the direction of the imperial study.

Chu Yue'an didn't realize that she was in trouble, and hugged Chu Qian's arm affectionately: "When did you come back?" Why didn't you tell me earlier? Did you come to pick me up from the palace today? ”

Because it was daytime, the black qi on her body was much lighter than last night, and now she looked barely awake.

I haven't seen her for five years, but she has grown up a lot, which is very different from the little girl who held his hand and cried and didn't let him go.

"I haven't seen you for five years, and you've learned to fight with people?" Chu Qian asked in a low voice, with a little reprimand, Chu Yuean immediately frowned: "She scolded you first!" ”

That can't hit people either!

Chu Qian was about to give Chu Yue'an a good lecture, but Orange Qi, who had been standing quietly next to her, hugged Chu Yue'an and kept sniffing around her neck: "It's so fragrant." "It's just a matter of flowing Harazi.

Chu Yue'an paid all her attention to Chu Qian, she didn't notice Orange Seven, she was suddenly hugged, and when she turned around, she saw that Orange Seven was dressed as a man again, and when she raised her hand, she punched Orange Seven in the face.

"Ahh

Orange Qi just transformed, the use of hands and feet was not very flexible, was beaten up, covered her eyes and retreated to the side, Chu Qian was afraid that she would change back to her original body, so he hurriedly pushed Chu Yuean away, grabbed Orange Qi and secretly cast a soul spell.

Chu Yue'an was stunned, before Chu Qian left home, he was obedient to her, when did he push her away for others?

"Who is this little white face? What did you bring him back for? ”

Chu Yue'an questioned angrily, feeling very aggrieved, Chu Qian pulled Orange Qi forward: "I'll explain to you when I go back." ”

Chu Yue'an was willing to listen, and followed unrelentingly.

Chu Qian was followed by her, and the three of them went to the prince's bedroom together.

The crown prince lived in the East Palace, the dormitory was huge, and the imperial doctors of the Tai Hospital were still waiting in the house, and the hair on his head fell out a lot overnight, and he was shocked when he saw Chu Qian come in.

Isn't this the prince of the Marquis of Xiaoyao? Why did he suddenly enter the palace? Your Majesty gave permission?

A group of anxious people all threw away their troubles and chased after Chu Qian vigorously, if they could get out alive this time, they would be able to gossip with other old men again!

Entering the dormitory, seeing that there were so many people in the house, and the yang energy was very vigorous, Chu Qian's brows were slightly relaxed, and he walked straight to the bed to check on Chu Chen's situation.

Chu Chen's spirit is good, he has dragon qi to protect his body, and there is no major problem for the time being.

Chu Qian finally breathed a sigh of relief, took out a triangular yellow talisman from his arms and handed it to Chu Chen: "Take it!" ”

Chu Chen: "......"

What are you doing?

Chu Chen looked dazed, he lived so big, he had never seen such an unruly person, and he didn't even greet him when he came to him.

Chu Qian ignored him, stuffed the talisman into Chu Chen's hand, and gestured at Chu Chen's hand, and the talisman disappeared into Chu Chen's palm.

Chu Chen: "......"

Everyone: "......"

What kind of trick is this?

"Brother, what did you just do?"

Chu Yue'an asked in surprise, reaching out to grab Chu Chen's hand to see what was going on, but was stopped by Chu Qian, and after a little on her shoulder, her body couldn't move.

Chu Yue'an's eyes widened, and he was hugged out of the door by Chu Huai'an, and then directly closed the door of the palace!

After a moment of silence outside the door, Chu Yue'an screamed in disbelief: "Chu Qian! What have you done to me! Why lock me out! Let go of my ......"

The expressions of the imperial doctors gradually solidified when they heard Chu Yue'an's shout, because they saw that after Chu Qian closed the door, he took out a pile of yellow rune paper from his arms and stuck it densely on the door.

"Is there cinnabar?"

Chu Qian took the time to ask, and everyone was still immersed in shock and speechless, when they saw Orange Qi raise his right hand and wave, there was an extra plate of cinnabar on the ground.

Everyone: "......"

There is a sentence that I don't know whether to say it or not!