The morning sun shines obliquely through the window.

Last night, Lin Sheng fed Gu Jinli medicine, and the medicine contained some ingredients to help her sleep and calm her nerves, so she had a good night's sleep.

Opening her eyes slightly, she saw a person lying on the edge of her bed.

At first, she thought it was Hexiang or Aiyue, but when her vision was clear, she found that the person was dressed in black and seemed to be a man.

Her eyes widened, and she couldn't believe it, looking at the blue under her eyes, and a small stubble popping out of her chin.

I didn't change the clothes on my body, and no matter how I looked, I looked very haggard.

However, he slept so quietly, shrouded in thin sunlight, and his originally cold facial features softened a lot.

The eyelashes are slender and thick, the nose is high and delicate, and the lips are sexy and sultry......

looked at Qi Hao carefully, he was indeed a beautiful man.

It's just that this kind of beauty is not the feminine and evil beauty of Xuan Shizi, but another indescribable feeling.

That feeling, huh...... It's tempting.

Looking at his handsome side face and moving her body, she unconsciously wanted to reach out to his face, but she couldn't move.

When I looked down, I realized that I was like a silkworm chrysalis at this time, wrapped tightly in white gauze.

Except for the fact that she can move above her neck, she can't lift her fingers even if she has a forsythia.

His fingers were "tortured", and he still had old injuries because he played the piano on the top of the Desperate Cliff before, so he was smeared with full ointment by Lin Sheng. I bandage it together, too.

With a slight movement in her eyes, Gu Jinli could only look at Qi Hao quietly.

Last night, when she was carried out of the carriage by Qi Hao, she actually woke up.

It's just that, although she regained a little consciousness, she lost too much blood and didn't even have the strength to open her mouth, so she lay groggily in his arms.

She vaguely heard the conversation between him and Shuang'er, and the shock in her heart at that moment was no less than Qin Feng's.

It was already beyond her expectation that he would save her, and she was going to stay overnight in the Furao Courtyard, and she really didn't dare to guess his thoughts......

Because. For that answer.

She was both expectant and scared......

For some reason, he was close at hand, which gave her the illusion that the years were quiet.

"Qi Hao......" The slightly white lips opened slightly, and Gu Jinli shouted softly.

Coincidentally, just after she finished shouting, Qi Hao opened her eyes the next moment.

He was sleepy-eyed, and the way he had just woken up was so cute.

looked at Gu Jinli in a daze, Qi Hao's head was still in a state of confusion.

Rubbing his eyes, his hoarse voice was full of joy: "Are you awake?" ”

The phrase "you're awake". It gives people a feeling of heaviness after just experiencing life and death.

And the reality is true, if Qi Hao was a step late yesterday, then Gu Jinli might really die......

"Hmm", Gu Jinli pulled her lips.

The hand stretched out to Gu Jinli's face trembled a little, Qi Hao pursed his lips, and finally withdrew his hand.

He looked at Gu Jinli deeply, just as she looked at herself without blinking, neither of them spoke.

It's not that I don't want to say it, but I seem to have too much to say, but I don't know where to start.

His gaze fell on Qi Hao's bandaged arm. She remembered the picture of Qi Hao blocking her in front of her when Mrs. Yin was burning her with a soldering iron.

With a sour nose, she muttered, "Why? ”

"Huh?" Seeing that Gu Jinli's eyes were red, Qi Hao's brows frowned unconsciously.

"Why did you save me?" Gu Jinli didn't think that she would cry as soon as she opened her mouth, and when the tears fell, she turned her face away and swallowed the tears.

Qi Hao's eyes dimmed, and he said softly after a while: "I don't know either." ”

Even he didn't notice that he called himself "I", not the king.

Gu Jinli snorted and said in a muffled voice, "Wound...... Does it still hurt? ”

It seemed like the first time in a long time that the two of them had spoken in such a calm tone.

It's very awkward, but it's much better than meeting the enemies before, and the eyes are red.

After Qi Hao let out a low "um", the two fell into an awkward silence again.

"Squeak", at this time Aiyue came in with a basin.

Seeing that Qi Hao and Gu Jinli had woken up, she was stunned at first, then put the basin down, and after hurriedly saluting Qi Hao, she immediately ran to the side of the bed, looked at Gu Jinli with blank eyes, and choked up: "Miss...... You're finally awake! ”

"Woo...... I'm scared to death the slave! ”

Gu Jinli knew that she must have scared Aiyue and Hexiang yesterday, and showed a weak smile, "Aiyue...... I'm fine, don't worry. ”

"Lord Wang!"

Suddenly, Hexiang came in, and there was something wrong with her face.

Behind her, followed by Qin Feng.

Gu Jinli had just woken up, Qi Hao saw so many people entering the room "uproar", worried that Gu Jinli would be noisy, and just wanted to open his mouth to let them out, he heard Qin Feng say urgently: "Lord Wang, Yixin Courtyard is dead!" ”

"Who?" Qi Hao's face sank, and he said coldly.

Qin Feng swallowed his saliva: "Yes...... It's a jewel. ”

"Orb?" Qi Hao narrowed his eyes and asked, "How did you die?" ”

Qin Feng recalled Shuang'er's words and replied, "When Baozhu poured tea for the princess the day before yesterday, he knocked over the hot tea and splashed the princess. The princess reprimanded her a few words, and this girl couldn't think about it, so she ...... last night He hanged himself! ”

Qi Hao took a deep breath and said slowly: "What does the princess mean?" ”

Qin Feng said: "The princess said, after all, this is a matter of human life, and the prince has to be in charge." ”

Qi Hao waved his hand. Without thinking, he said: "Baozhu is the princess's maid, and the princess can handle the aftermath." ”

"Uh......" Qin Feng scratched the back of his head and asked cautiously: "The princess is dead, and she is sad now, don't you go to Yixin Courtyard to have a look?" ”

Qi Hao looked at Qin Feng and said lightly: "People are dead, and sadness is useless." You ask Steward Zhou to pick a few more loyal and clever maids and send them to Yixin Courtyard. ”

"Hmm...... Okay, the subordinates will go. Qin Feng secretly glanced at Gu Jinli, and then ran away.

He Xiang thought that Qi Hao was also injured, and he had guarded Gu Jinli all night, and now he must be very tired, so he said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, the slave maid and Aiyue are guarding the young lady here, you can go back and rest for a while." ”

After Aiyue learned that Qi Hao actually kicked Mrs. Yin, her opinion of Qi Hao changed greatly, so she also said: "Yes, Lord Wang, you better go back and take a bath and sleep!" ”

"For the sake of Miss, you didn't eat or drink all night, it's really hard!"

After Gu Jinli heard Aiyue's words, she looked at Qi Hao's eyes with an inexplicable layer of emotion.

There is emotion, warmth, and ...... A little bit of complexity.

Qi Hao saw Gu Jinli staring at him, and his expression was a little unnatural.

Nodding, he left the room with his hands behind his back.

In the palace, after a whole night of Spring Festival, the old emperor felt as if he had lost half his life, so he asked Gonggong Jia to announce the cancellation of today's early dynasty.

Concubine Yao had already been sent back to her palace before dawn, after all, she had been too much of a limelight in the past two days, worried that she would go out of the old emperor's bedroom in broad daylight and cause trouble.

Not long after breakfast, just as the old emperor was lying comfortably on the soft floor enjoying the massage of the little eunuch behind him, Gonggong Jia came in from outside and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Xuan Shizi is asking to see you outside." ”

"Oh?" The old emperor raised his eyebrows and waved his hand, "Let him in." ”

After Chen Zexuan came in and saluted respectfully, he went straight to the point and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen entered the palace today for one thing. ”

"What's going on?" The old emperor sat up straight and asked in a deep voice.

Chen Zexuan shook his fan and said with a smile: "For the sake of Concubine Gu." ”

"Gu Jinxiu?" After hearing this, the old emperor couldn't help frowning, and there was a hint of displeasure in his tone: "Isn't this matter handed over to King Ning to deal with, are you interceding for her?" Or ......"

Chen Zexuan nodded, "Weichen is interceding for her." ”

Seeing that the old emperor looked at him with scrutiny, Chen Zexuan said again: "Don't hide it from the emperor, Weichen is also entrusted by others." ”

The old emperor didn't expect that a mere Gu Jinli would be so tired that Xuan Shizi would snort coldly and ask, "Who is it?" ”

Chen Zexuan said with rare honesty: "Gu Shilang." ”

After a pause, he continued: "The emperor also knows that this Gu Jinxiu is Gu Xiang's daughter-in-law. So once something goes wrong with her, it must be related to the Gu family. ”

The old emperor naturally knew what was at stake, otherwise he would not have connived at Qi Hao to take Gu Jinli away from the Criminal Department yesterday.

As an emperor, he really didn't want to wade into the troubled waters this time.

On the left is Taifu Yin, and on the right is Gu Huai, so it is best to leave it to Qi Hao to deal with.

Coughing lightly, the old emperor still said ambiguously: "I have been busy with affairs recently, so this matter should be handled jointly by King Ning and the Criminal Department!" ”

As long as Gu Jinli's people are not in the Criminal Department, they are safe.

The reason why Chen Zexuan deliberately went to the palace was just to do some superficial work and sell Gu Chengen a favor in the future.

He arched his hand, and he didn't need to say more, "Yes." ”

The old emperor yawned, and when he saw that Chen Zexuan had nothing else to do, he said, "If there is nothing else, you ......"

"Your Majesty, it's not good!" At this time, the little eunuch in Concubine Yao's palace suddenly broke in.

Seeing that this little eunuch was shouting, it was so unseemly, and he said unhappily: "In front of the saint, what crime should I be guilty of such a faux pas?" ”

The little eunuch was glared at by Gonggong Jia, knelt on the ground with a "poof", and trembled: "The emperor ...... Your Majesty, Concubine Yao...... She's poisoned! ”

"What?!" When the old emperor heard this, he couldn't sit still, and as soon as he flicked his sleeves, the body of the old dragon bell flashed out of the room at an incredible speed.

"Your Majesty, slow down!" Seeing this, Father-in-law Jia hurriedly took the cloak on the shelf and chased him out.

Chen Zexuan looked at the back of the old emperor in a hurry, and the corners of his lips hooked up an evil smile.

Suddenly thinking of something, he sneered: "Woman! ”

Concubine Yao was still charming and happy under the old emperor last night, and she was poisoned so soon?

You don't have to think about it to know that it must have been done by the jealous woman in the harem.

And among these women, Concubine Li should be the most excessive......

Shaking his head, he also left the room.

Bypassing the small garden, I saw the Seventh Prince coming from the side path, and it seemed that he had received the news of Chen Zexuan's entry into the palace and was waiting here.

"The Seven Princes." Chen Zexuan nodded, smiling gently.

The Seventh Prince's face was not very good, and he looked around vigilantly, "I heard that you entered the palace to intercede for Gu Jinxiu?" ”

Chen Zexuan didn't think about hiding it, and nodded.

"Why are you doing this? You know that Gu Jinxiu knows that Concubine Yao and I ......" The Seventh Prince didn't understand what Chen Zexuan was doing, clenched his fists and said, "It's hard to have such an opportunity to put her to death." If you don't fall into the well, why do you still help her? ”

Looking at the angry appearance of the Seventh Prince, Chen Zexuan sneered in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.

patting the Seventh Prince on the shoulder, he said slowly: "The Seventh Prince, don't worry, listen to this prince slowly tell you first." ”

"If King Ning hadn't rescued Gu Jinxiu from prison, according to the hatred of Taifu Yin and Guo Mingshun for the Gu family, Gu Jinxiu would indeed die."

"However, now that the wood is in the boat and the matter is a foregone conclusion, since you can't snatch Gu Jinxiu out of King Ning's hands and throw it back to the Criminal Department. Then you can only accept reality. ”

"Our plan this time is mainly to make King Ning and the Yin family resentful, as for whether to pull Gu Jinxiu into the water, this is not the most important thing at all."

"That being said, I'm still not reconciled!" The Seven Princes' fists clenched so loudly that they "creaked", as if Gu Jinli had killed his ancestor for eight lifetimes.

"Okay, it's not a deep hatred, the Seventh Prince doesn't have to be angry." Chen Zexuan withdrew his hand and continued: "Gu Chengen has found this son, if this son doesn't help him with this, wouldn't it be very unkind?" ”

The Seventh Prince exhaled depressedly, and said in an irritated tone: "That's it, it's all like this, what else can I do?" ”

"By the way, Concubine Yao is poisoned, does the Seventh Prince know?" Chen Zexuan walked forward and said lightly: "What happened just now, the emperor has already gone to Concubine Yao's palace. ”

On the way to the old emperor's bedroom, the Seventh Prince had already gotten the news.

As Chen Zexuan thought, women can have, but there is only one throne.

When the Seventh Prince decided to pull Concubine Yao into this battle for the throne, she was already destined to become an outcast in the future.

Therefore, as long as Concubine Yao has no worries about her life for the time being, poisoning is a trivial matter.

Since it's a trivial matter, why bother with it?

"Hmm", the Seventh Prince said absentmindedly: "The people from the Tai Hospital will detoxify her." ”

Chen Zexuan smiled and didn't speak again.

Seeing a figure in Tsing Yi walking not far away, the two glanced at each other, and then stopped in unison.

"Xuan Shizi, seventh brother, such a coincidence!" King Xuan saw that the Seventh Prince turned his head and left, so he quickly quickened his pace, and stepped forward to stop him without a trace: "Seventh brother, why did you want to leave when you saw this king?" ”

"Could it be that this king makes you so annoying?"

The Seventh Prince didn't forget the undisguised mockery of King Xuan at the door of the imperial study yesterday, and then looked at him so hypocritical in front of Chen Zexuan, and sneered: "The second brother just entered the palace yesterday, and he has been very diligent recently. ”

King Xuan was noncommittal, his eyes swept back and forth between Chen Zexuan and the Seventh Prince, and he seemed to smile and said, "I saw that Xuan Shizi and the Seventh Brother had a very happy conversation just now, I don't know what they talked about?" ”

The Seventh Prince had a cold face and said to Chen Zexuan: "Xuan Shizi, this prince still has something to do, so he will leave first." ”

After that, he didn't wait for Chen Zexuan to respond, and immediately turned around and left.

"Hey, this seventh brother has a ...... temper" Of course, King Xuan knew that the seventh prince didn't want to see him, but in this way, it was not bad to leave himself and Chen Zexuan a chance to be alone.

Chen Zexuan shook his fan and said with a smile: "Just now, the Seventh Prince said that there are many good girls in Beijing, and they want to find a son in this world!" ”

Continuing to walk forward, he said meaningfully: "This son is indeed not young, it's time to get married!" ”

"Oh?" After hearing this, King Xuan immediately said: "Xuan Shizi really plans to marry?" ”

How could Chen Zexuan not know King Xuan's thoughts, and cooperated: "Yes, my father asked Yushu to come to Beijing this time, in order to urge the son of the world to find a daughter-in-law quickly!" ”

King Xuan wanted to cling to Chen Zexuan, but he didn't have a suitable opportunity.

If you directly propose alliance cooperation, it will be a bit abrupt.

I once wanted to marry my sister Xiyue to Chen Zexuan, but I didn't see Chen Zexuan have that kind of meaning to Xiyue before.

And now, Chen Zexuan was relieved, so he seized the opportunity to probe: "That...... Does Xuan Shizi have a favorite girl? ”

Chen Zexuan sighed, his tone couldn't tell whether it was true or not, "There are too many women in the capital. This son is picky. ”

After hearing this, King Xuan took the initiative to attack: "Since this is the case, what does the prince think of Xiyue?" ”

"Xiyue?" Chen Zexuan pretended to be surprised, then waved his hand and smiled embarrassedly: "Xiyue is certainly a good woman, but the age difference between this son and her is too big, it is unavoidable!" ”

"Gee, what's wrong with that?" The light in King Xuan's eyes was even worse, looking at Chen Zexuan's eyes as if he was already his brother-in-law, "Xuan Shizi, you listen to this king, Xiyue is ......"

"Brother Huang." King Xuan's words were not finished. I saw Xiyue walking out from behind the rockery with a red face.

King Xuan didn't know how much she had overheard, but it was okay, the two parties were here, and this matter was much easier.

"Princess Xiyue." Chen Zexuan closed the fan in his hand and arched his hand, very polite.

After blessing her body, Xi Yue's face was red and her ears were red, and her voice was very small: "Xi Yue has seen Xuan Shizi." ”

Lowering her head, she secretly glanced at Chen Zexuan, who was smiling on her lips.

King Xuan's eyes rolled, he patted his head, and he suddenly remembered something, and said loudly: "Oh, this king remembered that there was something in the house, so he had to go back quickly." ”

"Xiyue, you have a good chat with Xuan Shizi for this king." After giving Xiyue a look, King Xuan strode away in a good mood.

Xiyue and Chen Zexuan stood side by side, and the two walked aimlessly.

Chen Zexuan whistled, and a little tune that he had never heard but was very nice sounded.

Looking at the shadows of the two people side by side on the ground, Xiyue was very sweet in her heart.

Summoning up her courage, she spoke: "Xuan Shizi, in fact, I ......"

"What people!" Before Xiyue could confess, she saw Chen Zexuan fold the bamboo forest in front of her and shouted.

Xiyue was startled. I saw that there was really a black shadow flashing.

"Where to run!" Chen Zexuan tapped his toes and disappeared in front of Xiyue.

Xiyue's eyes widened, and then she looked lonely.

With a heavy sigh, Xiyue turned around and walked towards her palace.

After Xiyue left, Chen Zexuan walked out from the depths of the bamboo forest.

And behind him, followed by Lei Zi.

"Master, the subordinates appeared in time, right?"

"Well, it's okay."

Chen Zexuan nodded, and then the two flew up and disappeared again.

After Qi Hao came out of Fuyuan Courtyard, Shuang'er stopped halfway again, crying and wiping tears, begging him to visit Yin Suwan in Yixin Courtyard, but Qi Hao found a reason to shirk it.

After returning to the study, he took a shower, got rid of the dirt of yesterday, and after eating, the whole person was much more energetic.

Du Jiang arched his hand and said respectfully: "Lord Wang, this dagger should be from Nanyang." ”

After a pause, he said again: "Also, Xuan Shizi went to the palace today to intercede for Concubine Gu, and it is said that yesterday Gu Shilang sent someone to send him a letter. ”

After hearing this, Qi Hao sneered: "Heh, it's obvious that he planned it single-handedly, but he is embarrassed to pretend to be a good person?" Chen Zexuan, he's really amazing! ”

Regarding Gu Chengen's letter of help to Chen Zexuan, Qi Hao still has some understanding.

After all, his previous attitude towards the Gu family and "Gu Jinxiu" is obvious to everyone.

Therefore, it is not surprising that he rushed to the doctor for a sudden illness.

It's just that Chen Zexuan's move is too cruel and hateful!

Du Jiang thought for a moment. He also said: "The servant in Taifu Yin's family, his subordinates used some means to finally make him tell the truth. ”

"At that time, Concubine Gu and Second Prince Yin were standing face to face, and the dagger seemed to come out of thin air, piercing the back of Second Prince Yin's heart from behind."

"If it weren't for Concubine Gu kicking Second Prince Yin, she would have been killed with one sword."

His fingers unconsciously tapped on the table, and Qi Hao said for a long time: "Even if it can be proved that the dagger is from Nanyang's craftsmanship, since Chen Zexuan dares to blatantly use it as a killing weapon, it can be seen that he will have a way to exonerate himself at that time." ”

Regarding Chen Zexuan, Du Jiang had no good impression since he sent Lei Zi to burn the granary of the Dongshan military camp.

And this time, Chen Zexuan dared to attack Gu Jinli, and he couldn't help but be even more disgusted: "What does the prince mean, this matter is over?" ”

"There is no evidence that Chen Zexuan did it behind the scenes, but the words of the domestic servant can at least prove that Yin Er's assassination has nothing to do with her." Qi Hao's eyes were turbulent, and he said slowly: "Even if she killed Yin Er's four subordinates with a secret weapon, it is also legitimate defense." ”

"The next task is how to find out Chen Zexuan."

"Lord Wang, Xuan Shizi is not so easy to pull." Du Jiang pursed his lips, and there was a rare anger on his face: "What if he doesn't give up this time, and he still wants to attack Concubine Gu?" ”

"She only needs to take care of her body now, and leave the rest to this king." Qi Hao picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said in a deep voice: "Can you record a confession for that servant?" ”

Du Jiang nodded and said, "It's recorded." ”

Putting down the teacup, Qi Hao said coldly: "Okay, you personally send the servant and the confession to the Criminal Department!" ”

"As for Chen Zexuan, since he dares to hit the head of this king's people, that king will no longer be merciful!" For Chen Zexuan's calculations before, Qi Hao was for the sake of King Nanyang's face and didn't want to deal with him.

But now, because of Chen Zexuan, Gu Jinli almost died, so Qi Hao decided to do something to him.

Du Jiang was stunned and asked, "What is the prince going to do?" ”

Qi Hao looked at Du Jiang coldly, "My father suspected that Uncle Nanyang Wang had bad intentions before, and you sent someone to release the news, just say that Xuan Shizi came to Beijing this time, secretly wooed the powerful, formed a party for personal gain, and had bad intentions." ”

"Yes, lord." Du Jiang answered, and just wanted to leave, but he heard Qi Hao say: "By the way, that Concubine Yao, you can also check it carefully by the way." ”

Concubine Yao's return to favor, Qi Hao also received the news.

Thinking that the person who the old emperor had summoned into the palace for several nights in a row was Concubine Yao, he guessed that the person who was in the study that day, and the person who had sex with the old emperor during the day was also Concubine Yao.

This Concubine Yao returned to favor very suddenly, so it aroused Qi Hao's suspicions.

Du Jiang nodded and walked out of the room.