A wave of unsettled waves has risen again and again, and at this moment there are waves in Luoyang City. Although the murderer of Hu Xiude's case has not yet been brought to justice, after all, nearly a month has passed, and in addition to Yuan Rui, Hu Yuan and others involved, the Luoyang magnates have gradually stopped paying attention to the case. When everything was calming down, rumors suddenly spread from the market that He Gu next to the Queen Mother was actually the killer of the Night Wolf League lurking in the imperial court, and had been waiting for an opportunity to take revenge on the imperial court for many years. The rumors became more and more ferocious, and some people also linked her to Hu Xiude's case, speculating whether Qin Daniu would also be the killer of the Night Wolf League, Hu Xiude was killed because he knew their secrets, and some people even deduced that Mao Qingyu was also a member of the Night Wolf League, and was secretly executed by the imperial court because his identity was exposed. In short, there is everything to say, which makes people panic.

After the dispersal of the dynasty on this day, the general Hu Shen specially led the ministers such as Li Hui, the great Si Nong, to see the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother didn't want to meet them, but this Hu Shen didn't have any opinions on weekdays, and everyone was the same, but this time he was quite resolute, and he took the ministers to kneel down for a long time, looking like he was sacrificing himself for the sake of the society. In the end, the Queen Mother made a compromise and ordered him to enter the house on behalf of the ministers to make a statement.

Hu Shen got up and walked into Danyang Palace under the expectant gaze of the ministers behind him. As soon as he entered the door, he was reprimanded by the Queen Mother: "I didn't expect you to take the lead in opposing the mourning family!" You don't want to think about how you got the position of a great general. How? Now that the wings have been completed, are you going to force the palace? ”

Hu Shen was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Sister, even if you lend your brother a hundred guts, my brother won't dare to force the palace!" ”

The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows angrily: "If what the general said is a business matter, don't be bound by the love of that sister and brother." If it is a private matter, the mourning family does not have that leisure today! ”

Hu Shen: "The Queen Mother is right, the ministers are just unknown, why didn't the Queen Mother order a thorough investigation of He Gu to calm the hearts of the people?" ”

Queen Mother: "You know best how many years Aunt He has been with the mourning family." The relationship between the mourning family and her is far from being as simple as the love of master and servant. ”

Hu Shen: "Now everyone outside says that Xiude's death is related to her, and it is related to our Hu family......"

Queen Mother: "Shut up!" Have you forgotten that Aunt He also came out of the Hu family, how could she be unfavorable to the Hu family? ”

Hu Shen: "That's what makes it scary, sister...... Queen Mother, you think, if Aunt He is really the killer of the Night Wolf Alliance, silently lurking by our side for so many years, it makes people uncomfortable to sleep and eat, isn't it? ”

Queen Mother: "Twenty years ago, when the Mourning family ordered the extermination of the Night Wolf Alliance, Aunt He had served the Mourning family for many years, if she was really a member of the Night Wolf League as you said, how could she do nothing back then?" ”

Hu Shen: "Maybe she had a special mission back then and couldn't interfere with it, or maybe she was only later bewitched by the remnants of the Night Wolf Alliance and joined them." We don't know what the truth is, but fortunately, the members of the Night Wolf Alliance all have a three-eyed tattoo on their backs, and we will know if it is true or false. ”

Queen Mother: "The mourning family has checked, and there is no such tattoo on her back." ”

Hu Shen: "In that case, why don't you openly let hundreds of officials test it to block your mouth?" ”

The Queen Mother patted the case: "Do you want to let the people of the mourning family be humiliated in front of the public in the court?" In short, the mourning family can guarantee that He Gu has nothing to do with Xiude, let alone the killer of the Night Wolf Alliance, as for how to calm this turmoil, it depends on your ability as a general, the mourning family is a little tired, you go out! ”

After Hu Shen left, the Queen Mother still couldn't calm down in her heart for a long time, obviously she had secretly killed everyone who could think of being related to Qin Zhi, and the matter of the Night Wolf Alliance was still poked out, it seems that Qin Zhi was also prepared, even if he couldn't escape the catastrophe, he would have to pull a cushion. Although he barely suppressed Hu Shen today, he didn't know if this matter would stop there, so it would be better to call Aunt He to discuss countermeasures, so he ordered someone to hurry up to pass on Aunt He.

After a while, the palace goddess who gave the order came back in a panic: "The queen mother is not good!" He Gu was missing, which was found in her room. As he spoke, he presented a note, on which only eight words were written - the slave and maid are fine, and the queen mother should not read it.

However, what He Gu didn't expect was that her disappearance did not quell the rumors, and in the eyes of outsiders, her move was equivalent to absconding in fear of crime, and there were more people who believed in her identity in the Night Wolf League. It's just that now the elites are talking about this matter more with the mentality of spectators, and there is less anxiety before.

On the other side, after Yuan Rui received Sun Chaozong's report, he rushed to the Tingwei Mansion to find Zhou Zhengzhi without saying a word. The cooperation in the past month has unconsciously developed the habit of consulting with Zhou Zhengzhi on everything, and for some reason, Yuan Rui faintly feels that Hu Xiude's case may also be related to this. Maybe it's the recent rumors about Aunt He's identity in Luoyang City that evoke some past events in the depths of his memory that he doesn't want to remember, Yuan Rui has always been restless these days, coupled with his relationship with Li Lihua, if Li Hui is really involved, Yuan Rui can't imagine how he will face Li Lihua in the future.

After learning the news, Zhou Zhengzhi paced back and forth in front of the hall, still holding the defense map in his hand: "There are not many people who admire the lower officials, and Li Sinong is one of them, it is really hard to imagine that he will be a thief." ”

Yuan Rui: "This king doesn't want to believe that he is such a person, Zhou Gong thinks it could be that someone deliberately framed him?" ”

Zhou Zhengzhi pondered for a long time: "Your Highness, do you still remember, on what grounds did Yu Chenglie incite the army to rebel in the first place?" Didn't His Royal Highness say that the drought was not very serious at that time, why did Li Sinong have to rush to transfer grain for disaster relief? ”

Yuan Rui's mind flashed with inspiration, although on the surface, Li Hui was by no means this kind of person, but the strange thing was that he did not strongly doubt the authenticity of this news in his heart at the beginning, and this was the reason. And when he met Li Hui when he just came back from Yingyang that day, Li Hui looked at him with a very surprised look, and he didn't pay much attention to it at the beginning.

Zhou Zhengzhi continued to ask, "What does His Highness the messenger plan to do?" ”

Yuan Rui: "Inevitably, his master is suspicious, this king has released him, let him reply that he has successfully sent the map to Lian Dayong, he didn't complete the task, and he didn't dare to tell the truth when he went back, so he could only do what we said." In addition, I have sent someone to follow him to confirm whether he has returned to the Li Mansion. ”

Zhou Zhengzhi: "That's very good! For the sake of prudence, it is best for you and me not to report this matter for the time being, and let's secretly observe for a period of time to see if we find anything. ”

Yuan Rui: "That's right! If you wronged a good person, you and I will be the sinners of Great Wei. ”

"Uh......" Zhou Zhengzhi stopped talking.

Yuan Rui: "Duke Zhou is worried that this king will affect the judgment of the case because of the relationship with Li Hui's young daughter?" ”

Zhou Zhengzhi sighed: "Things are often like this, always force people to make a choice between love and reason, His Royal Highness understands people, national law and private feelings, which is more important, should have already been clear." But having said that, when it comes to the moment of choice, it will still be heart-wrenching......"

Yuan Rui: "Don't worry, Duke Zhou, this king knows what to do." ”

In order to divert the attention of the magnates, and at the same time create a prosperous and peaceful atmosphere to calm people's hearts, the Queen Mother specially ordered people to collect all kinds of chrysanthemums in Hualin Garden, and invited the princes and princes in Luoyang City to come with their families to enjoy the chrysanthemums.

Since the last time he had a hurried meeting with Cui Jiaren in Sitong City, Yuan Yao has always been thinking about her, and this time he heard that Cui Xuan would bring her with him, and he was excited for several days. However, there are also things that surprised Yuan Yao, Yuan Rui actually found a reason not to come, and he is the most positive about this kind of elegant thing on weekdays. For this matter, Li Lihua was very happy all day long, and thought that Yuan Rui deliberately avoided her so she didn't come.

The chrysanthemums in the Hualin Garden, even if it is a cluster of small daisies in the corner, are carefully selected to display, at this moment the flowers are in full bloom, competing for beauty, plus the ladies and girls are interspersed with it, and the flowers complement each other, but also give people a feeling of being in a fairyland.

In the vast sea of flowers, Yuan Yao found Cui Jiaren with a dogwood on his head at a glance, and he looked intoxicated. The beauty appreciates the flowers, but she doesn't know that she is also the scenery in the eyes of others, Yuan Yao gently came to Cui Jiaren's side and whispered: "Fangju opens Lin Yao, and the green pine crowns the rocks." ”

Cui Jiaren was taken aback, and then noticed Yuan Yao, and couldn't help but continue to chant: "With this chastity and beautiful posture, Zhuo Weishuang is a masterpiece, does Your Majesty also like Tao Qian's poems?" ”

In fact, Yuan Yao heard Yuan Rui say that Cui Jiaren had a soft spot for Tao Qian's Yongju poems, so he temporarily memorized a few poems. Fortunately, a few days ago, because Yuan Rui had not fulfilled his promise to ask Cui Jiaren out, as compensation, he revealed some hobbies and habits about Cui Jiaren's weekdays, otherwise if Cui Jiaren had asked this a few days earlier, I was afraid that he would not even be able to say whether Tao Qian was an ancient or a modern person, but at this moment he said seriously: "All flowers love to compete for spring, only chrysanthemums are blooming proudly, which is really admirable!" ”

Cui Jiaren: "That's why chrysanthemums are known as gentlemen in flowers, just like Tao Qian, outstanding." ”

The more they talked, the more speculative they became, and they didn't realize that they had lost track of time. Suddenly, a mocking voice sounded beside him: "Your Majesty is really interested, I don't know if it's to look at flowers or people?" ”

The two were startled by this sudden voice, and when they turned around and saw that it was Hu Bizhu, Yuan Yao whispered to Cui Jia: "Let's change places to enjoy chrysanthemums!" ”

This move angered Hu Bizhu even more, and she stepped forward and broke the chrysanthemum in front of them: "As long as the beauty is on the side, what difference does it make if there are flowers or not?" ”

Cui Jiaren sensed that the atmosphere was wrong, and hurriedly explained: "You are the queen, the queen, you misunderstood, the courtiers and Your Majesty just happened to chat a few words." ”

Hu Bizhu didn't listen to her explanation at all: "What is your identity?" This palace is talking to Your Majesty, how can you interject! ”

Cui Jiaren stood aside awkwardly, wanting to explain again but was not allowed, so she had to retreat. Yuan Yao's long-hidden anger finally broke out at this moment, pointing at Hu Bizhu and scolding: "You crazy woman, you don't know the occasion!" ”

Hu Bizhu: "It's better for me to sprinkle than Your Majesty, you and the wild!" As he spoke, he picked up the other chrysanthemums in the garden, "What chrysanthemums?" It's all done in the name of appreciating chrysanthemums! "Wherever I go, I drop petals like bean sprouts.

The invited officials saw that the emperor and queen were making trouble, and they left one after another, except for Yuan Yao and Hu Bizhu, and in the end, only the queen mother and her entourage who heard the news and twitched the corners of their mouths, and a grand event broke up. The Queen Mother ordered someone to stop Hu Bizhu: "Why did the mourning family choose you as a queen?" ”

Hu Bizhu has always given no face to anyone, and immediately pushed back: "If the queen mother is not satisfied, the concubine will be abolished!" ”

The Queen Mother was so angry that she couldn't speak for a while: "You...... You ...... "You have been for a long time, and suddenly your eyes are dark and you faint."

Yuan Yao and a group of palace maids hurriedly helped the Queen Mother to Danyang Palace to rest, while Hu Bizhu was still motionless in place, in her heart, if she stepped forward to help, it meant admitting her mistake, and she did not do anything wrong.