Winter nights, heavy snowfall.

The snowflakes were so big that they didn't seem to be falling one by one, but they were entangled, clenched, and falling in clusters.

In the Imperial Palace.

It's cold.

The charcoal fire was lit, and it was very vigorous, and although there were a few windows opened, there were not many.

Yet it was still cold in the temple.

Maybe it's because in this hall, there are also patches of snow.

It's white everywhere.

White gauze hung down from the roof of the temple, white cloth carpet covered the ground, and white linen silk covered every place that the human eye could see.

Even every waiter who came and went, the waiter with red eyes, was also snow-white.

Mei Niang was also dressed in snow white, sitting on the bed and couch without any decoration.

It's been five days.

Do not drink.

Do not eat.

Needless to say.

Silent.

Sleepless.

Endlessly.

She just stared, looking at the little bed in front of her.

Empty cot.

She just watched like this, silently, stupidly.

The black eyes shone with a cold glow like the clear sky on this snowy night.

Ryan also stood beside her blankly, holding the white jade whisk in his arms.

The master and servant seemed to have no intention of speaking anymore.

When Li Zhi returned to the Lizheng Palace, he saw such a scene.

After closing his eyes, he only felt that the bottom of his eyes was sour, and when he opened his eyes and blinked, he thought about whether he could be more moist, but in vain.

Shaking his head, as if he was stepping on the clouds, he silently walked to Mei Niang's side, sat down silently, silently took Mei Niang's cold hand, and silently looked at the small bed with her.

As every day for these days, we looked side by side until dawn.

……

It's night.

His Highness Taiji.

The eldest grandson Wuji paced back and forth in front of the hall, looking out of the hall with a heavy expression.

After a while, he saw De'an hurriedly walk out and shook his head at the eldest grandson Wuji, who turned around in a hurry.

The eldest grandson Wuji sighed, shook his head, and then asked lightly:

"Can I get something to eat now?"

Dean gritted his teeth and reddened his eyes slightly:

"Uncle Yuan, don't blame me, Shu De'an said something straight......

At this moment, I am afraid that Zhaoyi Niangniang can enter the water and rice, and the Lord will not be able to enter it. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji also had red eyes, and after a while, he said lightly:

"And no wonder......

This...... This is also ...... in the end."

He shut his mouth, shook his head again, sighed, and then looked up at De'an:

"Zhaoyi Niangniang, she ......"

"It's the same, it's been five or six days, and the water and rice don't get wet, but I stare at the small bed of Her Royal Highness the little princess in a daze every day......"

De'an's eyes were slightly red, and he said lightly after a while:

"Uncle Yuan, De'an also knows what the adults in Pingsuli think of Niangniang, but this time, Shu De'an said something straight......

There are some sub-rumors out there, but it's too much. ”

Eldest Sun Wuji nodded and sighed heavily:

"The old man knows, after all, it is a matter that has been diagnosed in the Tai Hospital, so it is impossible for Zhaoyi Niangniang to ...... in order to frame the queen."

He closed his mouth and said after a while:

"But you can't blame them for being suspicious, over the years, the harem has never been peaceful for a day, not to mention the indentations around the little princess's mouth and nose, which are really suspicious."

Dean said excitedly:

"Uncle Yuan knows, at the time of the incident, Zhaoyi Niangniang was in the Taiji Palace, how could she return to the palace to kill her own daughter?

What's more, there is Wen Niang? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was silent, and only after a while did he say:

The old man understands that such words will not be passed on for long.

Soon, the truth will be revealed. ”

With the protection of the eldest grandson Wuji, De'an calmed down and said softly:

With Uncle Yuan's words, De'an is also at ease.

Fang Jiang De'an was a little excited, and asked Uncle Yuan not to blame him.

After all, Dean grew up with the Lord, but he has never seen the Lord suffer such a great sin......"

At this point, there was a whimper.

The eldest grandson Wuji nodded, and said lightly after a while:

"Zhaoyi Niangniang, do you know that the cause of the little princess's death is suspicious?"

Dean blinked, shook his head and hesitated:

"I didn't ......

After all, Niangniang is in a depressed mood these days, and the Lord has clearly ordered us not to say it, so I don't dare to tell her about such a thing, for fear that she will be excited and do something. ”

Eldest Sun Wuji nodded and sighed:

"That's fine. Always be careful, at least not to tell the little princess until the cause of her death is proven. ”

Dean said yes and said no more.

The eldest grandson Wuji turned his head, looked at the heavy snow outside the hall, and suddenly let out a long sigh, and his snow-white eyebrows were twisted together:

"The snow is getting heavier and heavier.

I just don't know when it stops......

Can this world be pure? ”

……

December 29 of the fourth year of Tang Yonghui.

Tai Chi Palace.

Seeing that Yuan Zhengri was approaching, but now Li Zhi was sick and couldn't afford it.

Although there is a new funeral in the palace, she is still a minor princess, and she is not yet one year old, so she is not allowed to do major things, let alone break the rules of the palace and break the New Year's example.

Then the ministers of the DPRK and China invited Li Zhi, and the crown prince Li Zhong, who had just performed the crown ceremony, did it on his behalf.

If you don't pass it in for half a day, there will be a will, accurately.

So the crown prince Li Zhong, who had never managed political affairs before, became busy.

He has always disliked to deal with these trivial old things, naturally there are many unkindnesses, under the chaos, he was also upset, fortunately there are all the old ministers around him to mention, and there are a number of Taiyuan Wang clan elders on the side of the side to help, and slowly also on the track.

Such a situation inevitably made some people unhappy, so there were rumors in secret.

Originally, such rumors couldn't reach his ears, but it was such a coincidence, his close servant Yong'an recently accepted a little apprentice who was not a good person, and Ping Suli was the most talkative, and he had to give birth to something to ask Yong'an for the good, not to mention that there was something to do?

So in just an hour, the rumors that had just arisen in the palace reached the ears of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince through Yong'an's mouth.

With a "snap", the pen in Li Zhong's hand, who was folding the book, was violently broken into two, and then he turned his head and glared at Yong'an, who was startled:

"What do you say?!

Sister Yan'er...... You repeat! ”

Yongan was so frightened that he looked left and right, and then told Li Zhongdao in a whisper:

"Your Highness, don't worry...... It's just rumors......"

"What a rumor! Say it again! ”

"Yes...... Be.

It was those little attendants who were idle and chewed their tongues, saying that the little princess did not actually die of charcoal poisoning...... It was said that the doctors of the Tai Hospital had tested it at the time, and the little princess understood some indentations of the fabric on her lips, which were obviously covered with a small quilt or something...... Suffocating.

Then some people said that everyone else had returned that day, and none of them had ever appeared in the Lizheng Palace, and even Wu Zhaoyi himself went to the Taiji Palace, only our Wanchun Palace......

The queen mother once used the excuse that something had fallen in the Lizheng Hall not long after Zhaoyi Niangniang left the palace, and she took an old attendant in and went around and came back quickly.

Although it doesn't necessarily point to the queen's mother, but in the end, she threatened to get rid of the disaster star who harmed the queen's mother's family.

It also happens that the little princess's birthday is the death anniversary of the old man......"

Li Zhongtie's face turned blue, and he said softly after a while:

"Do you mean that it was the Queen Mother who killed ...... Sister Yan'er? ”

Yongan hurriedly said:

"Your Highness, don't take it to heart, it's just rumors......"

"Is it really just rumors?"

Li Zhong sneered, his eyes were sad, and he asked softly:

"Yong'an, you are the one who has followed this palace the longest...... You know best, the biological mother of Hongu...... How is it ...... How to ......"

He didn't say it anymore, but Yong'an hung his head, and said after a long time:

"Your Royal Highness, do you suspect that this little princess incident is a rebirth of Liu Niangniang's old story?"

Li Zhong laughed miserably:

"In order to be able to stabilize her posteriority, the interests of the Taiyuan Wang family, she can kill her mother and take her son, why can't she kill Yan'er's sister for the same purpose today, blame Wu Zhaoyi, and force her father to deal with Wu Zhaoyi, the biggest threat to her posteriority, through the discussion between the court and China?

These days, you have followed the front of the main palace to the apse, and you have seen all kinds of situations.

As soon as Yan'er's sister died, her father and Wu Zhaoyi were grief-stricken, and they couldn't manage the government.

So those of the Taiyuan Wang clan, don't they just rush to the palace and take a walk on the road that is finally unblocked? ”

Yongan raised his eyes and looked at Li Zhong:

“…… When His Highness said this, he ......"

He closed his mouth for a long time before he said lightly:

"And what is Your Highness going to do?"

"How are you going to do it? What can Hongu do? ”

Li Zhong sneered, and his eyes suddenly shone brightly:

"Nature is an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Back then, she harmed her biological mother in the palace, and now she has harmed my sister under the pretext of this incident...... This woman, there is really no need for Wu Zhaoyi to treat her like this! ”

Yongan looked at the little master with a gloomy face, and couldn't help but shudder for a while, and then asked lightly:

"Then His Highness means ......"

"Find an opportunity to tell Ryan about this, remember, to avoid Dean. With Dean here, he wouldn't let Ryan know about it. ”

"Ah...... Your Royal Highness is wise, after all, there is a Wen Niang in this Lizheng Palace! If Ryan knows, he will definitely do his best to help Wu Zhaoyi take revenge on the queen! ”

"Hongu doesn't care if she gets revenge on that woman, as long as she can pull herself together, then everything will be fine......"

Li Zhong's gaze became hazy again, and he waved his hand after a while:

"Go ahead!"

"Yes!"

……

A moment later.

Changan.

Han Wang's Mansion.

Backyard.

Facing the surface of the lake with his hands behind his back, Yuan Jia, who was deep and thoughtful, listened to the report of Shen Shu and was speechless for a long time.

After a long while, he said lightly:

"That's all there is to it, nothing else?"

"Yes."

“…… Concubine Xiao Shufei's side, what's going on? ”

"She is obedient and tight, and she stays obediently at the moment, and does not move at all, so as not to get into trouble."

"Wise woman."

Yuan Jia nodded, but sighed heavily and said:

"It's a pity that the queen is not as smart as her, otherwise she should have thought that she should have reminded her mother clan at this moment not to be too anxious to hug the thigh of the East Palace."

Shen Shu also nodded, and said lightly:

"Isn't it? Now that they come, I'm afraid that the faint monarch and the Wu clan didn't care about them originally, and they have to think about it, are they too proud at this moment?

And what is the reason for them to be so proud? ”

Yuan Jia nodded, and said:

"You said that the people from the East Palace have already gone to the Lizheng Palace?"

"Yes."

"Alright, let's add another fire to him......

The dead soldier we sent in the Wanchun Hall should also come in handy. ”

Shen Shu was stunned:

"What does Your Highness mean...... To let the queen secretly perform a curse, intending to curse and kill the infant child exposed? Isn't it too early? Now it is exposed, and it only proves that the queen has the intention to harm the infant child, but it cannot prove that she really killed her! ”

"It's really early, but the value of this matter can only be so much. No matter how late it is, I'm afraid that even this last bit of value will be gone. Now that the queen had been to the Lizheng Palace when the infant child died, it was already known to the whole palace, and if it was revealed again at this time, she had cursed and killed......

Then her crime, whether it is determined or not, is actually the same. ”

Han Wang Yiran smiled and said:

"It's rare that one is so wise, sitting down in such a good game of leading wolves and tigers, if we don't help one or two, wouldn't it be too disappointing to live up to the kindness of others?"

Shen Shu nodded and stepped back quietly.

……

At the end of the fourth year of Yonghui.

Late.

Taiji Palace suddenly spread a major event, the queen of the main palace of the Wanchun Palace, Wang's family, because of the palace people's secret report, Dao Qi had been in his own bedroom, secretly tried to hall, cursed the emperor who died a few days ago, the three daughters of the little princess. More empirical.

Li Zhi was already sad that his beloved daughter died tragically, and once he heard about it, Long Yan was angry, and he actually ordered to ban Wanchun Hall at the moment, and even ordered Wang De, the inner chamberlain of the province, to find out the facts within three days!!