In the palace, the old emperor had just fallen asleep, but he was shouted by Gonggong Jia and summoned Qi Hao with a dissatisfied sleep.

Qi Hao opened his mouth before he got angry, and sure enough, the old emperor was completely angry after hearing that Xuan Shizi had secretly returned to Beijing.

"You say, Xuan Shizi has been in Beijing for a while?" The sharp old eyes stared at Qi Hao, and the old emperor was a little shocked and suspicious.

Qi Hao nodded, and said in a deep voice: "This matter is not trivial, the sons dare not deceive their father, and Xuan Shizi did return to the capital ahead of schedule." ”

The old emperor played with the wrench between his fingers and said slowly: "Recently, I received a secret letter, and someone told me that the king of Nanyang has the intention of rebellion. Fourth, do you think I should believe it or not? ”

Qi Hao's eyes were slightly dim, he didn't expect the old emperor to receive a secret letter before.

After pondering for a moment, he asked, "Father, the sons have the courage to ask, can the secret letter mention the evidence of the rebellion of the King of Nanyang?" ”

The old emperor's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said quietly: "There is no evidence, but the informant said that the king of Nanyang has been highly respected in Nanyang over the years, and there is a tendency to respond to all calls, and many people are still clamoring to support the king of Nanyang as the new emperor behind their backs!" ”

"I haven't sent someone to investigate carefully, if the king of Nanyang has really collected troops and bought horses and usurped the throne, I will not tolerate softness!"

Qi Hao pursed his lips and said in a low voice: "Father, Uncle Wang has grown up with you since childhood, and he has always been loyal to you, and he has also made a lot of contributions. Erchen believes that he will not betray you. ”

After a pause, he added: "Xuan Shizi's arrival in Beijing this time is not a hidden conspiracy as we thought. He has been away from Beijing for many years, and he may have come back early just to spend a few more days in Beijing. Look at the changes in our capital. ”

"As the saying goes, catch the thief and catch the stolen goods, catch the traitor and catch the double. We cannot jump to conclusions without strong evidence. First, if it was known by Uncle Wang and Xuan Shizi, it would be too chilling; Second, the people will also criticize their father and the emperor for wronging Uncle Wang, and there is no distinction between loyalty and treachery. ”

"If the father is not at ease, the sons will send someone to keep an eye on Xuan Shizi. If he does make any moves, we can guard against them. ”

In Qi Hao's heart, King Nanyang is one of the few people he admires.

And. Once when the king of Nanyang was in Beijing, he also taught him horseback archery and military strategy and tactics, and he was his teacher and his kind uncle Wang.

To him, Xuan Shizi was like the old emperor and the king of Nanyang, they were close brothers who could fight side by side.

However, young people will always be full of fighting spirit when they are in high spirits, and the two of them cherish each other and secretly compete, like Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang, there is a sense of both Yu and Liang.

The reason why Qi Hao told the old emperor the news of Xuan Shizi's arrival in Beijing. That's because he has been fighting in the palace for many years, and he knows some things very clearly.

Brothers are brothers, but when it comes to imperial power, then they are two hostile parties.

Furthermore, there is nothing that remains the same, and after seven years apart, who knows what will become of people's hearts?

It's black, it's red, and you don't know until you dig it out at the last minute......

Human nature cannot be tempted, and it cannot be tempted easily.

Because. The results are often disappointing......

In his heart, he was willing to believe in King Nanyang and Xuan Shizi, but reason told him that he should be vigilant.

After all, with ascending to the throne is the supreme right in the world, and he doesn't believe that anyone will not be tempted......

The old emperor understood the truth of the master better than him, so he asked whether he should believe the content of the secret letter.

If he said that he should believe it, then the old emperor might use his words to strike first.

There are two consequences of this, either indiscriminately killing innocents, or killing the traitors.

Therefore, until everything is decided, he prefers to monitor and watch out first.

After hearing this, the old emperor felt that what Qi Hao said was also pertinent, and nodded: "Well, for the time being, let's do what you say." ”

Suddenly remembering something, he frowned again and said, "I originally planned to send King Xuan to Jiangbei to appease the people for me, but now that he is in bed to recuperate, who should I send someone else?" ”

Qi Hao hooked his lips and said in a deep voice: "Father, Liang Kuan, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, is calm and cautious, and he has been honest and honest for generations, and his sons think it is very suitable to send him to Jiangbei." ”

"Liang Kuan?" The old emperor sighed and said helplessly: "Okay, tomorrow I will order him to go." ”

Qi Hao arched his hand and said, "Father Emperor Shengming." ”

"By the way, the Queen Mother didn't know that she would be able to make a decree first, prohibiting the Qing King from returning to Beijing within a year. Also, since Fang Xuwen's death, many people in the Fang clan coveted the position of the right minister, and the Queen Mother hinted several times that I let the children of the Fang family fill it. ”

The old emperor rubbed his eyebrows, and his tone was tired and angry: "This Fang family is really getting more and more excessive!" ”

For the king, in addition to being the most taboo for the master, the second is the interference of relatives in politics.

And the old emperor was able to ascend the throne back then, in addition to the full support of the king of Nanyang, a large part of the reason was that he relied on the Fang clan.

It's just that in recent years, the appetite of the Fang clan has become bigger and bigger, which makes the old emperor's heart extremely uncomfortable.

Qi Hao lowered his eyes and said quietly: "Father, the Queen Mother is kind-hearted, no matter how the King of Qing is, he is always her old man's grandson, and the son thinks that someone may have deliberately slandered the Queen Mother's ear, which led to the Queen Mother's private decree." ”

Regardless of whether the Queen Mother was bewitched or not, she was the grandmother who raised him since childhood, so when the old emperor was dissatisfied with the Queen Mother, he should have tactfully defended the Queen Mother.

The old emperor also knew Qi Hao's feelings for the Queen Mother, sighed, and waved his hand: "It's not too early, I'm a little tired." ”

"Yes, Father." Qi Hao bowed his hand, then turned around and left the main hall.

The old emperor looked at Qi Hao's back, and a trace of unknown darkness flashed in his deep old eyes.

After leaving the palace gate, Du Jiang followed behind Qi Hao and said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, the person who poisoned him has been found." ”

Qi Hao paused, and said coldly: "Who? ”

Du Jiang said: "Jin Mei of Fuyuan Academy." ”

"Jin Mei" was stunned. Then he remembered the miserable appearance of Jin Mei when she was whipped by Gui Mama that day, and sneered: "What a dog slave who will take revenge!" ”

If Gu Jinxiu hadn't cleared her name, how could Jin Mei still live today?

I didn't expect Jin Mei to be so unkind, Gu Jinxiu is really a tiger!

Qi Hao's thoughts are also what Du Jiang thinks.

Gu Jinxiu saved Jin Mei, but just like Mr. Dong Guo saved the wolf, he was counterattacked by the evil wolf, and the evil slave like Jin Mei is really hateful!

Du Jiang asked, "Lord Wang, do you want to do something to Jin Mei now?" ”

Qi Hao shook his head while getting into the carriage and said, "Don't use it first, Jin Mei is just a maid, she is different from Mama Gui, she doesn't dare to rely on her many years in the mansion to act without scruples." Behind her, there must be someone else. ”

Du Jiang nodded, and said: "By the way, Lord Wang, the Qing King is now trying to communicate with some ministers in the capital, but the letters have been intercepted by his subordinates. ”

With that, he pulled out a stack of secret letters from his bosom.

Qi Hao opened the envelope, quickly looked at the contents of the letter at a glance, and said in a deep voice: "Keep watching." ”

"Yes, lord." After lowering the curtain for Qi Hao, Du Jiang drove the carriage back to King Ning's mansion.

After receiving the letter from the Qing King to the ministers, he leaned lightly on the soft collapse on the side and closed his eyes.

The brain carefully recalled everything about Xuan Shizi, and his eyebrows unconsciously frowned.

If memory serves, Xuan Shizi seems to have a strange place, and he doesn't like people to be within five meters of him.

However, Du Jiang said that Gu Jinli was sent back by Xuan Shizi, that is, the two of them were in the same carriage, and Xuan Shizi didn't mind.

To say that he knew Gu Jinli before, it seemed impossible, after all, Xuan Shizi had not returned for seven years.

If Xuan Shizi approached Gu Jinli with a purpose this time......

So, what did Gu Jinli have on him that he wanted?

The prime minister's daughter? Ning Wang's side concubine? Or is it her reputation as the first talented woman?

Qi Hao couldn't guess, but felt that his heart was irritable again.

Of course, Qi Hao didn't know that when he first met Gu Jinli in the teahouse, Lei Zi understood Xuan Shizi's habit of not approaching people, so he pulled out his knife and asked Xuan Shizi at the first time, but Xuan Shizi unexpectedly acquiesced.

I don't know how long I walked, but the horse suddenly neighed and "bang", and the carriage shook and tilted to the ground.

"Whoosh, whoosh", and then, a cold light shot straight through the darkness.

"Lord Wang, there are assassins!" Du Jiang resisted with his sword while protecting the carriage and said urgently.

The dense silver needles, like thin rain threads, but as hard as steel and sharp as blades, penetrated the carriage and pierced the horse's body.

"Boom". After the horse's mournful wail, "Dong" fell to the ground and died.

Qi Hao flew out of the carriage, drew the soft sword in his waist and fought side by side with Du Jiang in this needle rain.

Squinting his eyes, he glanced around, only to see the hidden weapon but not a single figure.

With a cold snort, Qi Hao tapped his toes and flew in the direction where the hidden weapon was shot.

At the same time, three or four black-clothed people instantly appeared and tore apart with Qi Hao.

Seeing this, Du Jiang also hurried over to help.

Four against two, Qi Hao and Du Jiang are not difficult.

After more than a dozen moves, one of the four people received a slap on the back, and the other three tacitly fled quickly with the injured person.

"Du Jiang, don't chase it." Seeing Du Jiang raise his feet to chase, Qi Hao shouted to stop him.

Pinching a few silver needles, Qi Hao raised his hand, and by the faint moonlight, he sneered: "This silver needle, this king looks very familiar. It seems that when the Criminal Department interrogated Zhang Liang last year, 81 silver needles were pierced into various acupuncture points around his body. Do you think it? ”

After hearing this, Du Jiang also remembered this, took a closer look, and really saw that the tips of the needles were weirdly dark red, and suddenly realized: "Lord Wang, could it be that Gu Shilang wants to kill you?" ”

"With such obvious evidence, isn't he afraid that you will catch him in front of the emperor and ask him for his crimes?"

Qi Hao shook his head and said slowly: "If he really intends to take the life of this king, how can he just send these four people?" Do you still use this silver needle as a hidden weapon? ”

"Gu Chengen is taking revenge on the few cases that this king asked Qin Feng to do, or how dare he do this unscrupulously?"

"My subordinates understood." Du Jiang looked at the angry horse and the ruined carriage, and said, "Lord Wang...... How do we go back? ”

Qi Hao flicked his sleeves and said disapprehantly: "Stupid question, you can go back no matter what you have legs!" ”

When the words fell, his ink-colored figure had merged with the night, blowing past Du Jiang like the wind.

"Uh......" Du Jiang picked up the sword, and also used light skills to follow, and the two flew towards Ning Wangfu together.

In the Tianzi No. 1 room of Baiyulou, Lei Zi quietly looked at Chen Zexuan's expression, and whispered: "Shizi, there is something unknown to my subordinates. ”

Chen Zexuan looked out the window and said lightly: "What's the matter?" ”

Lei Zi hesitated for a moment and asked, "Since Concubine Gu's poison has been cured, why does the prince still go to the Pure Sky Master today to ask for the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus?" ”

Chen Zexuan pursed his lips. Answer: "According to what Master Jingkong said today, the person who could dance the phoenix dance for the nine heavens died twenty years ago, which is not bad from what Master said. ”

"The person you asked you to find, have you found your whereabouts?"

When Lei Zi heard this, he smiled: "Shizi, according to the news we found out before, the prime minister's eldest lady found the best master in Beijing to teach her piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs, etc., when Concubine Gu was young, so her subordinates started from those masters. Coincidentally, the dancing master had died of illness several years earlier......"

Chen Zexuan glanced at Lei Zi coldly, and said dissatisfiedly: "I can't find anyone, what about that thing?" Is there any news? ”

Lei Zi wanted to shake his head, but he didn't dare; I wanted to say "no", but I couldn't open my mouth, so I could only bow my head timidly.

Looking at Lei Zi's anxious appearance, Chen Zexuan snorted coldly and raised his hand to pick up the wine glass.

After a few glasses of wine, he said, "You just said that Gu Chengen did something to Qi Hao tonight?" ”

Lei Zi nodded again and again, "Yes, but it doesn't seem that Gu Shilang really wants to kill King Ning." ”

That day, when Gu Jinli disguised herself as a man and was forced to the alley by Zhaocai, in fact, Chen Zexuan and Lei Zi were also in the dark.

The fear and panic behind Gu Jinli's forced composure, Chen Zexuan saw it in his eyes.

When he saw Gu Jinli's red eyes when he saw Gu Chengen, he felt a little regretful in his heart.

If she had saved her first, would it be him who she was grateful for?

However, regret is regret, after all, if he saves her, his identity may be exposed.

She's fine, it doesn't matter who saved her.

Gu Jinli seemed to be the first person she didn't hate, this feeling was ...... It's actually quite strange.

Thinking of the nervousness revealed in Gu Chengen's eyes when he looked at Gu Jinli, Chen Zexuan actually said the same sentence to Qi Hao: "Gu Chengen...... This person, very interesting. ”

Lei Zi asked: "Shizi, if you want to say that Prince Ning is a piece of ice that can't be hot. That Gu Shilang is an ice knife in hell, where is he interesting? ”

Chen Zexuan hooked the corners of his lips and said word by word: "I fell in love with my sister, do you say it's interesting?" ”

"What?!" When Lei Zi heard this, he was dumbfounded, and he couldn't believe it, "He...... He ......"

Chen Zexuan put down his wine glass and said meaningfully: "The liveliness in this Beijing is far better than our Nanyang!" ”

patted Lei Zi, who was still in shock, and Chen Zexuan walked out of the room.

Three days later, Yin Suwan's wind chill has not improved intermittently. Qi Hao was anxious, so he took her back from Taifu's mansion.

followed back, as well as the maid Baozhu who used to wait for Yin Suwan in the Taifu Mansion.

As soon as she finished taking the medicine under the service of Shuang'er and Baozhu, Yin Suwan fell into a groggy state again.

For five or six days in a row, she would be sleepy after taking medicine, Wei Liao came on time three times a day to ask for a pulse, but she couldn't find anything abnormal, just thought she was sleepy.

Not long after closing her eyes, Yin Suwan heard a faint noise coming from the courtyard.

I only heard Mrs. Deyu say: "It has been three days since the princess returned home, and this Imperial Doctor Wei has come and gone many times, and we are really worried in our hearts." Sister Liu and I went in to visit and leave, and we didn't bother! ”

"Madame Yu, our princess is really resting now, please come back another day." Baozhu heard Shuang'er mention that this Jade Lady likes to play with right and wrong the most, so he stopped her and resolutely refused to let her in.

It was the first time that Mrs. Yu saw Baozhu, and seeing that she couldn't even make a salute, she couldn't help but say a little colder: "Mrs. Ben just said, don't bother, don't you understand people's words?" ”

"Besides, why don't you salute when you see Mrs. Ben and Mrs. Liu? The maid who came out of the Taifu Mansion. Is it so ignorant of the rules? ”

There is a difference between dignity and inferiority, and the jewel can only be blessed with a blessed body, "the slave has seen ......"

"Hey, Madame Jade!" Before she finished her words, Madame Yu took advantage of her bowing her head to salute, pushed her away, and pulled Madame Liu in.

Shuang'er was guarding Yin Suwan in the house, and when she saw her frowning and waking up, she said respectfully: "Princess, the slave maid went out to have a look." ”

"Ouch, I've killed Mrs. Ben!"

The moment Shuang'er opened the door, Mrs. Yu stumbled in and hit Shuang'er, and the two fell to the ground together.

Mrs. Liu hurriedly helped Mrs. Yu up, and said worriedly, "Sister Yu, are you okay?" ”

Madame Yu rubbed her waist, caught a glimpse of Yin Suwan sitting up from the bed, immediately put away the anger on her face, and stepped forward to salute diligently: "Sister Princess, the concubine heard that you are sick, so she specially came to visit you with Sister Liu." ”

Mrs. Liu also stepped forward and said, "Concubine to the princess." ”

"There are two ladies who are worried." Yin Suwan coughed lightly twice, her voice was weak but still tactfully turned to listen: "Baozhu." Go for tea. ”

The orb answered and retreated.

Yin Suwan's face was pale, and in just a few days, the whole person had lost a lot of weight, like a lilac in the rain, which was even more lovely.

This delicate sick beauty added a little jealousy to Mrs. Yu's eyes.

Today is the first time to come to Yin Suwan's house, she looked at it, and her tone was mixed with a sour taste, "Sister Princess, this room is brighter than ours, and the furniture style is also good-looking, the prince is really good to my sister!" ”

Although Yin Suwan knew that Mrs. Yu definitely didn't come to praise her for this house, she didn't have the mood and energy to waste time with her, and planned to send them away after a few cups of tea.

Lifting her heavy eyelids, she barely lifted her strength and said, "My body is fine, the two sisters can rest assured." ”

"It's fine." Madam Yu nodded in agreement, then brushed the hair on her chest, and said intentionally or unintentionally: "Sister Princess, in the past few days that you have been in the mansion, another major event has happened in our mansion!" ”

"Alas, these people are just old? Target. Give a hole and drill into it! ”

Seeing Yin Suwan looking at herself inexplicably, Mrs. Yu said again: "Maybe my sister doesn't know, on the first night you returned to Taifu's Mansion, our prince went to Fuyuan Courtyard!" ”

After Yin Suwan heard this, her sick face really stiffened, and her voice was a little stronger than what she heard just now: "You mean, the prince stayed at Concubine Gu's side?" ”

Mrs. Yu shook her head and pouted: "Whether the prince stayed in the Fuyuan Courtyard or not, the concubine doesn't know, but the girl in the concubine's courtyard watched the prince come out of the Fuyuan Courtyard with her own eyes." ”

"At that time, it was the middle of the night, tsk...... Who knows what will happen? ”

"And. I heard that when the prince detoxified that person the next day, there was only one belly pocket left on his body! Heh, what kind of poison does it have to be undressed? ”

Since no one knows the specific inside story of the detoxification, she might as well add more oil and vinegar, anyway, according to Yin Suwan's temperament, she shouldn't question Qi Hao.

Moreover, regardless of whether Yin Suwan had learned about Qi Hao's detoxification of Gu Jinli from Mama Gui, it was a fact that Qi Hao had been to Fuyuan that night.

Her words, firstly, caused Yin Suwan's hatred for Gu Jinli, and secondly, deepened the estrangement and misunderstanding between Yin Suwan and Qi Hao, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Because Qi Hao carried Gu Jinli out of the house, many people saw it. So Mama Gui told Yin Suwan about it.

As for going to Fuyuan that night, Mama Gui didn't bump into it, so Yin Suwan didn't know about it.

There was a fire in her heart, which burned her heart.

At this time, Baozhu brought the tea, and Yin Suwan coughed heavily while holding the handkerchief again.

The Orb tilted his feet, "Ouch! Madame Jade screamed and jumped to her feet in fright.

Fortunately, Mrs. Liu quickly pulled her, otherwise the hot tea would not have been on Mrs. Yu's shoulder.

Mrs. Yu wiped the tea on her body with a handkerchief, and said angrily: "Dead girl, such hot tea." If it were sprinkled on Mrs. Ben's face, wouldn't this flowery appearance be ruined by you? Say, you are not a heart! ”

Baozhu put down the tea tray and knelt on the ground trembling: "The slave didn't mean it, ask Mrs. Yu for forgiveness." ”

Madame Yu threw away the handkerchief and poked the head of the jewel with her hand: "I didn't mean to burn off a layer of skin for Mrs. Ben, if this is intentional, why don't you cook Mrs. Ben?" ”

Shuang'er also said: "Mrs. Yu, the slave maid looked carefully just now, and Baozhu was really tripped by her skirt and accidentally spilled tea." ”

Yin Suwan clenched the handkerchief tightly and finally stopped coughing. "Mrs. Yu, this tea has just been brewed, you better go back and change your clothes first and see if your shoulders are burned."

After a pause, she looked at the jewel again, and said coldly: "Clumsy, don't retreat!" Are you me off here? ”

After Baozhu said again, "The slave knows her mistake", she quickly escaped from the house under the murderous eyes of Madame Yu.

Mrs. Liu caught a cold light in Yin Suwan's eyes, and said to Mrs. Yu: "Sister Yu, the princess is right, let's go back first." ”

Mrs. Yu said unwillingly: "Hey, I ......"

Seeing that Mrs. Liu glanced at her, Mrs. Yu had no choice but to bow and leave with her.

When only two people were left in the room, she and Yin Suwan were left, and Shuang'er whispered: "Princess, don't think nonsense, Mrs. Yu, she is deliberately provoking the feelings between you and the prince!" Besides, Concubine Gu ......"

She and Baozhu have been by Yin Suwan's side for many years, how can she not know Yin Suwan's thoughts?

When coughing, Yin Suwan gave Baozhu a hint of a look at the moment when she covered her handkerchief, so the hot tea just now, Baozhu was deliberately spilled......

"Rak", a crack was drawn on the handkerchief in his hand.

Yin Suwan bit her lip and stared at Shuang'er with a faint gaze, although she didn't say a word, she was like two cold swords.

The two children trembled and shut up in fright.

I'm sorry, I went out today, so I came back late, and the update was late, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Well, Duoduo said that there should be a group, okay, I struggled for more than ten minutes, and decided to send out the group number. 564202918, this is a penguin group, there is no WeChat group for the time being, the group name is Asu's group, my surname is Su. Good night. The backstage review was slow at night, and when you saw this chapter, it was a long, long, long time later than I announced it...... Sorry for my bad, good night. I weakly sent a small red envelope to express my apologies, sorry......